10 Great Moments In Rock And Roll Heckling

“A band is only as good as their hecklers,” notes journalist, ex-pornographer, and former GG Allin drummer Mike Edison. Allin may be rock’s most infamous provocateur, proclaiming his body a weapon, the audience his enemy, his fluids the ammunition. Allin is also the exception to the rule—turning himself on the crowd rather than the opposite. Heckling has been a favorite pastime of music fans for generations. From the 1913 Paris riot at Stravinski’s maiden performance of “The Rites of Spring” to Britney Spears’ detractors outside an L.A. nightclub imploring her to go home to her kids.

A good heckler cuts to the heart of the matter with tossed off remarks encompassing quick wit with sharp criticism. A good performer has a stable of quick one-liners ready to fire back. Sometimes though they don’t. The world of standup comedy is notorious for heckling incidents gone awry—Pauley Shore and Michael Richards being two of the more notable recent examples.

Here are 10 great moments in rock and roll heckling, compiled by Gibson.com writer Aaron Lefkove:

Iggy Pop’s Metallic K.O. –- Iggy Pop built his career and early reputation on taunts from the crowd. Inciting Stooges fans by cutting himself with glass or smearing peanut butter across his chest, Pop went one step too far at a notorious Stooges gig that’s been immortalized in the live recording Metallic K.O.

As critic Lester Bangs put it: The audience, which consisted largely of bikers, was unusually hostile, and Iggy, as usual, fed on that hostility, soaked it up, and gave it back and absorbed it all over again in an eerie, frightening symbiosis. “All right,” he finally said, stopping a song in the middle, “you assholes wanna hear ‘Louie, Louie,’ we’ll give you ‘Louie, Louie.’” So the Stooges played a forty-five-minute version of “Louie Louie,” including new lyrics improvised by Pop on the spot consisting of “You can suck my ass / You biker f****t sissies,”… Iggy singles out one heckler who has been particularly abusive: “Listen, a*****e, you heckle me one more time and I’m gonna come down there and kick your ass.” “F**k you, you little punk,” responds the biker. So Iggy jumps off the stage, runs through the middle of the crowd, and the guy beats the s**t out of him, ending the evening’s musical festivities by sending the lead singer back to his motel room and a doctor. The entire altercation is included on the Metallic K.O. album. Bangs goes onto comment: “Metallic K.O. is the only rock album I know where you can actually hear hurled beer bottles breaking against guitar strings.”

Axl Rose Sets a New Standard -– Axl set the bar high during Guns N’ Roses’ heyday. The incidents are too numerous to mention but one highlight is a very famous incident where Rose — unhappy with the treatment fans were given from the stage bouncers — accosted a security guard mid-set. Yet Rose’s most famous heckling scuff up happened in St. Louis in 1991. Angry at a fan for taping the show, Rose jumped into the crowd and proceeded to pummel the audience member. The band stormed off, the crowd erupted into a full-scale riot, and Rose was later charged with inciting the event. Though the charges were eventually dropped the band did feel inclined to include the message “F**k You St. Louis” in the artwork of their Use Your Illusion double album. Even more recently Rose and the resurrected GNR lineup have been the object of audience derision but nothing that has made headlines quite like his early-’90s antics.

Watch the videos here and at this location.

Sid Vicious Messes with Texas -– The ill-fated 1978 Sex Pistols American tour was a heckler’s delight. With the band touring heavily throughout the deep South — an area of the country not yet infected with New York and LA’s punk sensibility — the shows resulted in an almost-riot every single night. One particular night stands out. At Randy’s Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas several hundred fans crowded into this converted bowling alley to see the Pistols. Angry fans berated the band non-stop, prompting Sid Vicious to club a fan over the head with his bass during the end of “New York.” Vicious — senses clearly impaired — took a wild swing and missed, clocking one of the record company’s execs in the head instead.

Jack Hits Back –- One of the obvious advantages of being on-stage is that you have a microphone in your arsenal. While unruly fans can hurl insults and bottles all night their voice barely registers compared to the house PA. White Stripes mainman Jack White has seen his fair share of controversy. From scuffles with rival bands to his well-publicized feud with Billy Childish, White has never shied away from letting his anger seethe to the top. So when a crowd member went a little too far White spared no time in making an example of the concert-goer. Let this video be a lesson to you would-be harassers out there.

Watch the video here.

Misfits vs. Mötley Crüe -– Even in their prime the muscle-clad Misfits were no strangers to hecklers. The legend, as recounted in the Misfit box set liner notes by longtime roadie Eerie Von, hold that on one of the band’s early trips to the West Coast they encountered Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil at a sound check before a gig at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go. Neil incessantly heckled and insulted the band throughout their sound check. With buddy Henry Rollins in tow, Danzig, Jerry Only, and Doyle chased Neil out of the Whiskey and all the way down the Sunset Strip.

Pete Wentz Goes Berserk -– Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy has found himself on the wrong side of some well-deserved fiery criticism on a number of occasions. And on several of them he has let his temper flare, attacking both fans and security at various times. After a private acoustic set at a party co-sponsored by Spin and Diesel, Wentz made an abrupt exit from the stage. One fan—unaware of Wentz’s propensity towards violence — offered some gentle ribbing regarding his relationship with Ashlee Simpson. Ever the consummate professional, Wentz did the logical thing by attacking the fan with a bottle.

Not All Hunky Dory for David Bowie -– The Thin White Duke has become the elder statesman of three generations of rockers. That still didn’t stop one detractor from nearly blinding Bowie at a recent show in Oslo, Norway. Midway through a set already marred by inclement weather someone hurled a lollipop at the stage. This fan must have had a sharpshooter’s arm as the lollipop stick lodged itself between Bowie’s eyelid and eyeball, temporarily blinding the singer and forcing the performance to come to a halt.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young: Not So Peaceful or Loving -– On-stage at the Big Sur Festival in 1969, CSNY were the object of one fan’s ire. The heckler called the band sellouts and derided them for abandoning the Laurel Canyon-infected hippie ideals. Steven Stills became enraged, jumped into the crowd in a full length-fur coat, and pounded the angry hippie something fierce. David Crosby meanwhile tried to placate the situation, pleading for, like, some “peace and love and understanding.” Of the incident Stills was later quoted as saying, “We think about what that guy was saying, and we look at these coats and these pretty guitars and fancy cars and say, ‘Wow man, what am I doing?’”

L7’s Bloody Hell -– 1992 may have been the year that grunge finally broke but at the Reading Festival fans may not have been ready for the all-female L7. During a rather violent set punctuated by taunting from the riled-up festival crowd, Donita Sparks offered the crowd a one-of-a-kind piece of concert memorabilia. Sparks removed her bloody tampon and flung it into the audience. The gesture caused ripples throughout the music world with the clip constantly topping critics’ lists as the grossest concert moment ever.

Watch the video at this location.

Green Day Gets Dookied -– Green Day’s set at Woodstock ’94 may go down as one of the muddiest in rock history. At the height of the success of their album Dookie, the band appeared at the festival touted at “3 More Days of Peace and Love.” What it turned into was a long, wet weekend of rain and mud. Some over-eager fans at the front hurled fistfuls of mud at the band throughout the set. The band playfully fired back at the crowd. All was well until security sensed something amiss. A small-scale riot erupted on-stage with drummer Tre Cool coming away bruised and battered but no worse for the wear.

Watch the video here.

Thanks for the article to Gibson.com.

Comments

[deadlyMETAL]

Hah, nice article.

First.

[corey3815]

Thanks for the info to Gibson.com.

ugh.

[slann101]

good,they really love gibson.com

still, i did findthis article funny

you won't believe, but we love gibson.com as much as we love blabbermouth, yahoo, gigwise, nme etc etc etc

[andrew606]

they left out QOSTA live album/dvd, where josh homme totally owns a heckler. he makes the venue turn the lights on and he singles the guy out and tell everyone to call him cocksmoker. haha

[Shread_6009]

Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy

haha!!

finally this proves what ive been syaing all aloong.

these guys are just like n'sync or backstreet boys or new kids on the block

[Comeback Kiddd]

Green Day Gets Dookied

hahaha what a title

[yam]

wow, 57% spam free? thats the worst ive ever seen. anyway, I thought that was a really good, entertaining article.

[FrickinWhatever]

That Iggy story is hysterical, and the Jack White clip is killer. I watched at Gibson.com its right in the story. What's the problem with UG posting the good Gibson stories? I dont know what everybody is freaking out about its not like its some product placement thing. I like these stories, they're usually some of the best ones on here. Quit throwing your used tampons at everything hahahahahaa.

[boffy]

I'm sorry but this can't even be a real list. It's missing the best heckle ever.

Folk Music Fan: "Judas!"

Ring any bells anyone?

[FrickinWhatever]

Oh man, the Dylan one! I can't believe they left that out. That was crazy. And then Dylan yells back, "You're a liar" and you can hear him turn to Robbie Robertson and yell, "Play ****in' LOUD" and he just screams "Like a Rolling Stone" at the crowd. Great one, Boffy.

[severed-metal]

That was funny, they should've added one of Phil Anselmo's quarrels with the crowd...or Dave Mustaines. Dave's were funny as hell

[frusciante_50]

andrew606 wrote:

they left out QOSTA live album/dvd, where josh homme totally owns a heckler. he makes the venue turn the lights on and he singles the guy out and tell everyone to call him cocksmoker. haha

He has done that on more than one occasion my friend!!

[Shabalaba]

lol at the greenday one, loads of people get onto the stage

[knightsof muse]

id love to see gordon ramsay's reaction to being heckeled if he was a musician, that would ****in funny

[thebrewfan]

I am amazed that the Brian Jonestown Massacre did not make this list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVOTNNGihtA&feature=related

[thebrewfan]

actually this one is better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9admQrK9Bzs

[Wakisazhi]

^Oh yes, Dave v.s. the laser is just classic.

[Rorok_89]

The one who threw the lollipop to Bowie must be the one who shot Kennedy as well...

[messenjah]

what about the incident that led to writing of Five Minutes Alone by Pantera??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Minutes_Alone

[JL Sevenfold]

Here's another list for gibson:
10 greatest songs written about corporate greed & corruption.

[Aplanken]

lol, josh homme is the greatest on stage-moments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNvchjGoyEo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjnhREQl0uU
http://www.you tube.com/watch?v=lBgwPBPxY4s

[Wardster]

Wheres dave mustaine :|

[Sound_Garden_X]

Who cares were the article came from it's good entertainment, let me put it like this I throw a Les Paul at you are you not going to play cause I bought it from gibson.com **** no. But really I thought this was funny Jack White was a blast and what the Misfits did to Vince Neil was funny to.

[kaptink]

[quote]thebrewfan wrote:

I am amazed that the Brian Jonestown Massacre did not make this list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVOTNNGihtA&feature=related[/ quote]

Im suprised the BJM didn't feature in every place of the list

[pwnerer]

I was at the bowie concert when that happened... Haha I saw it happen..

[Mongoose87]

What kind of dick throws a lollipop at David Bowie?

[Nick_porter333]

Shread_6009 wrote:

Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy

haha!!

finally this proves what ive been syaing all aloong.

these guys are just like n'sync or backstreet boys or new kids on the block

Dude, how does this PROVE that!? It's just someone else's opinion on the matter!

[SmileOfHavok]

Wardster wrote:

Wheres dave mustaine :|

yeah! I was about to say. But Iggy Pop, Axl Rose, Jack White, Sex Pistols, and Green Day are priceless. Why the **** is Fall Out Boy mentioned? Lame band, lame story.

[walidb123]

cool article.

i thought Jack White handled his situation pretty well.

[Spay]

They left out The Who at Woodstock?

"Get the **** off my stage!"
-proceeds to hit with guitar-

[Megallica666]

i like the Misfits one a lot lol. i ****ing hate motley crew

[CJRocker]

Even though it's from Gibson, it's a cool article. The L7 incident is a classic imo

[DroptheBomb]

[quote]Shread_6009 wrote:

Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy


finallly the truth is out!

the only diff, is N'sync and backstreet gays, at least they were smart enough to not to emmbarrass themselves by pretending they could play an instrument.




haha!!

[DroptheBomb]

Mongoose87 wrote:

What kind of dick throws a lollipop at David Bowie?

i was thinking the same exact thing.

[Silverstein X]

totally butchered that comment. i meant to qoute Shread and say amen. and then ask about ozzy. he hasnt had an inciident with hecklers?

[Powerhouse]

There is no such thing as a "good heckler." They're all dickheads.

[zlef666]

What about Sebastian Bach in 1989 getting hit with a bottle and throwing it back and jumping into the crowd.
watch at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5WHLJ6OP5k

[mnhockey99]

So much better than Avril's article about her new clothing line.

[Pinderoonie]

The whole thing about the message in the Use Your Illusion albums is not true. I've read them front to back and there is no mention, just another Wikipedia thing i believe.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

[LewisMasonx]

"Ever the consummate professional, Wentz did the logical thing by attacking the fan with a bottle."

LOL!

[James_Het_Rules]

Go DANZIG and ROLLINS!

they pwned neil's ass...

good job guys!

[Lumeister]

As soon as you see "10 greatest" on an article, the reflex is "Another Gibson article?"

Why...

[GuitaPlaya]

I hate GG Allin. People need to stop portraying him in a positive light. Other than that, I thought this was a pretty good article.

Another good one is on the Jesus Lizard DVD. During a song David Yow begins taking people's ear plugs out of their ears. When the song ends he goes, "Who else has ear plugs in? (points to someone) You get those the **** out there what the ****s wrong with you? (begins to fake cry) It's too loud it, it hurts my hearing." Then the next song starts and the crowd begins to throw dozens of disposable ear plugs at him. Classic.

[M.B.MetalTabber]

boffy wrote:

I'm sorry but this can't even be a real list. It's missing the best heckle ever.

Folk Music Fan: "Judas!"

Ring any bells anyone?

nope, sorry

[YouAreDirt]

I checked out the clips, and on the related vids on the side, one was "50 Cent and G-Unit get bottled off stage!"

My reaction to even seeing the title: ".....YYYYYESSS!!!"


Haha. MCR got it pretty bad, too. The dude from Panic at the Disco got bottled in the face/knocked out. Gotta love it.

The basic philosophy to getting bottled: Don't suck, and it won't happen to you.

[Dvnc]

there was a Tool concert video where someone jumps on stage so Maynard puts him in a headlock, sings the rest of the song while puching him, then throuws him into the crowd.

[SikkiNixx]

James_Het_Rules wrote:

Go DANZIG and ROLLINS!

they pwned neil's ass...

good job guys!

Hard men eh, three on one?...

[SixStrings]

boffy :
I'm sorry but this can't even be a real list. It's missing the best heckle ever.

Folk Music Fan: "Judas!"

Ring any bells anyone?

I was thinking about that same incident, i kept scrolling down sure to see it and it wasn't there. Bob Dylan playing his first show in England since he's gone electric. The first half of the show went over great being that it was just him and his acoustic guitar. The second half, when his band came out, not so much. Great stuff!

[ghoulsnightout]

IVE NEVER HEARD THAT STORY BEFORE! HAHAHAHAHAHA i would pay to see danzig doyle jerry and henry beat the shit out of vince... hahahaha good god just doyle himself woulda been devastating lol

[Regular_Guy]

boffy wrote:

I'm sorry but this can't even be a real list. It's missing the best heckle ever.

Folk Music Fan: "Judas!"

Ring any bells anyone?

A classic, indeed, and maybe the most famous ever. I think the reason it's not on the list though is because there was no actual physical violence involved.
Anyways, this was a very enjoyable article to read.

[jerry138]

what about the killswitch one where a fan yells the whole show and howard calls him onstage and says you have two options, punch in the face or leave. that was badass

[FLNagle]

Dvnc wrote:

there was a Tool concert video where someone jumps on stage so Maynard puts him in a headlock, sings the rest of the song while puching him, then throuws him into the crowd.

i was just going to mention that.

[gallagher2006]

Pointless article really.

[OffspringPhreak]

Awesome list.

[recliner33]

andrew606 wrote:

they left out QOSTA live album/dvd, where josh homme totally owns a heckler. he makes the venue turn the lights on and he singles the guy out and tell everyone to call him cocksmoker. haha

Yeah I seen that and laughed my ass off, but there is alot more good heckling stories that they forgot in this article, but it was still good none the less. And they talked about GG Allin at the beginning because he is probably the most ****ed up rocker in history. I like a few of his songs but he is still a scumbag. And I'm a big fan of the stooges but I never heard that one story with Iggy Pop. I laughed my ass off when I read that. Playing Louie Louie for 45 minutes? Wow lol. And then he had the balls to jump in the crowd and fight a big biker. Sure he got his ass kicked but you got to give him credit for standing up against the guy. 99% of most rockstars would have chickened out.

[radioplay]

Mongoose87 wrote:

What kind of dick throws a lollipop at David Bowie?

What kind of dick throws a lollipop at all?

And btw punk and boy band are two terms that cancel each other out...

and theyre missing when the guy from Limp Bizkit got hit with a lawn chair, if i remember right. But he kinda had it coming, with fronting Limp Bizkit and all...

[dooncan]

they left out QOSTA live album/dvd, where josh homme totally owns a heckler. he makes the venue turn the lights on and he singles the guy out and tell everyone to call him cocksmoker. haha

that bits ace i wish i was there

[andrew606]

FLNagle wrote:

Dvnc wrote:

there was a Tool concert video where someone jumps on stage so Maynard puts him in a headlock, sings the rest of the song while puching him, then throuws him into the crowd.

i was just going to mention that.

oh yeah...that clip is AWESOME!

[Punk Poser]

Stravinsky is spelled wrong....

[0h The Horror]

Gibson could write a book on this shit concerning Axl.
But they won't.
Cuz that's something I'd enjoy.
BTW Jack White keeps it real.

[BriGuy7727]

Akon threw a kid off stage...I know that's not rock & roll but that's pretty damn funny. He's getting a lawsuit from it

[BriGuy7727]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auen-tPyu40

[BriGuy7727]

This kid at a concert ( KFEST 2007 ), threw some ball at akon's face. Akon got mad and sent his bouncer into the crowd, and brought him on stage and humilated him by throwing him back into the crowd.

[Flesh N' Blood]

Pinderoonie wrote:

The whole thing about the message in the Use Your Illusion albums is not true. I've read them front to back and there is no mention, just another Wikipedia thing i believe.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yeah dude it exists, its listed in the thank you section of the booklet

checked.
any negative gibson comments from now on will result in a warning.

[SL!!!]

This is lame. This kind of stuff is common place with any smaller band.

Also, the Stravinsky riot was not at the first performance. It was after the first performance because it didn't go over too well, so Igor went there and heckled his own piece and then there was a riot. haha. classic. pun intended.

[Felty666]

Pete Wentz definitely deserves it for being in such a shitty band.

[Guitarfreak777]

ex-pornographer

They do mean Photographer, right?

[GU1T4R-H3R0]

haha the jack white video was hilarious lol

[C1osur3]

radioplay wrote:

Mongoose87 wrote:

What kind of dick throws a lollipop at David Bowie?


What kind of dick throws a lollipop at all?

And btw punk and boy band are two terms that cancel each other out...

and theyre missing when the guy from Limp Bizkit got hit with a lawn chair, if i remember right. But he kinda had it coming, with fronting Limp Bizkit and all...

"That guy" is Fred Durst. Although he isn't that much of an artist, he's a great businessman in the music industry.

[johnther]

HAHAHA Vince neil running awayy from misfits AND henry rollins.. haha what a little B i t ch

[Guns 'n Roses57]

Are you ****ing kidding me!? The Bob Dylan "Judas Heckle" isn't on here?...that is the stupidest ****ing thing I've ever heard. Every list that's ever on here ends up sucking more than I can possibly imagine....and this isn't spam. If anything is, it's the ****ing list. wow...

[CQB_241]

SikkiNixx wrote:

James_Het_Rules wrote:

Go DANZIG and ROLLINS!

they pwned neil's ass...

good job guys!


Hard men eh, three on one?...

Neil heckling the Misfits?? Run Neil run.....you little bitch...

[kidwizz88]

anyone seen the one of gallows at nottingham rock city the other week? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=lOeCiDRSEDI&feature=related

that was pretty cool to witness

[adslam3]

an entertaining little article

[shuriken]

my mom went to high school with donita sparks

[Zero-Hartman]

johnther wrote:

HAHAHA Vince neil running awayy from misfits AND henry rollins.. haha what a little B i t ch

You would run away from The Misfits and Henry Rollins, they're both pretty ripped. Someone threw a deers head at a Black Flag concert once, he ate the eye and the head back at the crowd.

[headstone05]

It wasn't toward a fan but a security guard. Some kid was smoking a joint to "home sweet home" (crue). And a seurity guard attacked the kid and Nikki Sixx stopped the song turned on the lights and called the security guard (who was black) the N-BOMB.

[Heavens_To_Hell]

my fave heckle I've heard about was Papa Roach at Reading last year.

The singer was talking about fuked up families and he said "My family was really fuked up" and someone shouted "Daddy didn't buy me a pony!"

Classic.

[Tye1989]

Check the links on the left of the greenday vid, there is one where Billy jumps off the stage and kicks a guy in the face, i think that should be in here lol

[warlockking]

This one's probably not a top ten moment, but at a marilyn manson concert, some guy threw a bottle on stage and manson made the guy come up on stage, stand at the opposite end of the stage from him, and try to hit him then. the guy missed again and manson told him to get of the f*cking stage and the crowd booed the guy... it was hilarious. it's on the guns god and government world tour dvd.

[warlockking]

sorry about the double post, but i though of another one, as far as ozzy goes, he does tell a story about a time when some guy tried to stab Toni Iommi on stage, but the roadie whacks him in the back of the head and knocks him out. it's on the Last Supper DVD

[TheIceCreamMan]

JUDAS!

First thing I thought when I read the title.
The Iggy story is awesome though. I want that album now.

[Kevin97220]

haha they should have added the MCR incident at last years download fest

[TeenBite]

Heckler: PLAY THE MOOR!
Akerfeldt: Shut up! We'll play what we want when we want. This next one's called The Moor.

[Satch_Boogie]

boffy wrote:

I'm sorry but this can't even be a real list. It's missing the best heckle ever.

Folk Music Fan: "Judas!"

Ring any bells anyone?

I dont believe you! Youre a liar! Play it f*cking loud!

The greatest heckling moment in history.

[Scourge441]

TeenBite wrote:

Heckler: PLAY THE MOOR!
Akerfeldt: Shut up! We'll play what we want when we want. This next one's called The Moor.

Fucking ROFL.

[EZLN libertad]

for some reason I find maynard keenans taking down a fan in the middle of pushit and continuing to finish the song while pinning the fan down a little more worthy than most of these

[Guitarded130]

What about the one where Billie Joe drop kicks the dude in the face off the stage

[thisworkstoo]

For those that spoke of the Maynard incident. He wasn't a heckler, just someone who ran on stage and went to hug Maynard. He didn't punch him or throw him back in the crowd, still very funny though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WQR978rvsYg

[Pontius2000]

not a "top 10" meltdown moment. but at a Pearl Jam show one time, somebody threw a shoe and hit Eddie Vedder. he then said, "after the show, I'll be standing by the exit and I'm gonna beat the s**t out of anybody that's only wearing 1 shoe."

[Pontius2000]

I saw Nickelback before they were famous. I had never actually heard of them, I was just at the show. I was very drunk and near the end of the show, I walked to the front of the stage and just reached up and unplugged some of the horsefaced singers pedals. he didn't do anything (I definitely could've took him). but in hindsight, as bad as Nickelback sucks, it was actually a good thing for me to do.

[GoWithTheFlow]

Nick_porter333 wrote:

Shread_6009 wrote:

Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy

haha!!

finally this proves what ive been syaing all aloong.

these guys are just like n'sync or backstreet boys or new kids on the block


Dude, how does this PROVE that!? It's just someone else's opinion on the matter!

dont try and stand up for fall out boy its just not possible.

*checked*

[TC1223]

THAT L7 SH*T IS NAAAASTY

[TC1223]

It was cool what Axl did - nothing worse than some a**hole security guard on a power trip

[Nightrain7]

TC1223 wrote:

It was cool what Axl did - nothing worse than some a**hole security guard on a power trip

Axl is king

[Blash]

I thought it said "Iggy Pop’s Metallica K.O", like he punched them all out or something (or vice versa) lol

[Ibanez2427]

jack white is awesome.

[thedarkblues06]

At a Nickelback concert, some guy threw a Jager bottle and ****ed up the tuning on his strings, had to pull out another guitar.

He asked the fans if someone wanted a thousand bucks to drag this guy on stage and throw shit at him. It was awesome.

[.6.bullets.]

Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy...

ASDKJFDJUIYRCTYUILWEYTICAJTGBEBWWEWEEEEE KKDPOAKSD WTF PUNK BAND???!?!?!!
WHO WROTE THAT? -sh!ts pants-
FallOut Boy....not punk. I'm sorry but whoever wrote that seriously needs to shut it. :|

[Jibbs]

I can't take this article seriously without the mention of Roger Waters spitting on a heckler and being inspired to write the freaking WALL from the experience.

[Teh Freak]

Nightrain7 wrote:

TC1223 wrote:

It was cool what Axl did - nothing worse than some a**hole security guard on a power trip

Axl is king

Axl is king? Please! Axl is nothing but a psycho cry-baby bitch.

Anyhoo, I'd have liked to see the Misfits chasing Vince Neil. I hate Crue so much.

Good list... could have used some more research though. They could have had better heckles on there.

[gwitersnamps]

Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy has found himself on the wrong side of some well-deserved fiery criticism on a number of occasions

*zing*

Checked.

[Moonman13]

Misfits > Motley Crue

[bassmanjoe08]

My God, all people comment on in these articles is how they "arent news" or are void because of a certain source.
Personally I thought it was a good article.

[KnivesIsEvil666]

What about when Greg from The Dillinger Escape Plan flung a towel with poop on the audience? He should at least get an honorable mention.

[the boogieman]

JL Sevenfold wrote:

Here's another list for gibson:
10 greatest songs written about corporate greed & corruption.

hahaha +1

[GodbowstoMath]

Pete Wentz wants to be punk so bad... it's adorable.

I also love how cock-rock, faux macho, ass hat vince neil got chased down the strip by rollins and danzig. I love the picture it brings to mind. lol.

[GodbowstoMath]

.6.bullets. wrote:


Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy...


ASDKJFDJUIYRCTYUILWEYTICAJTGBEBWWEWEEEEE KKDPOAKSD WTF PUNK BAND???!?!?!!
WHO WROTE THAT? -sh!ts pants-
FallOut Boy....not punk. I'm sorry but whoever wrote that seriously needs to shut it. :|

it says 'punk boy band'.... punk boy band... not punk... boy... band.

though, you're right in your disgust, if that was what it actually said.

[jthm_guitarist]

FREEEEE-BIIIIIRD!!

[AxeMeister666]

not really heckling, but my band played with devildriver in cleveland and right as devildriver took the stage, someone threw a cup of beer at em and it splashed on dez. he stopped the song pulled the guy on stage and beat his ass and threw him out. pretty funny shit

[bicko19]

At a My Chemical Romance gig i was at, through the first 2 songs, some kids at the front kept throwing lollies at Gerard. You could see him getting more and more pissed off about it. So at the end of the second song:

Gerard: Okay, I don't care who it is, I don't care if your 12 years old, if you throw candy, I will drag you up here and make you lick up all the candy you've thrown. *Pause* ... then I'm going to kick your ass.

It was a pisser =P

[qwerty_555]

AxeMeister666 wrote:

not really heckling, but my band played with devildriver in cleveland and right as devildriver took the stage, someone threw a cup of beer at em and it splashed on dez. he stopped the song pulled the guy on stage and beat his ass and threw him out. pretty funny shit

Your band played with Devildriver???? Whats your bands name?????

[MorgothAkerfelt]

TeenBite wrote:

Heckler: PLAY THE MOOR!
Akerfeldt: Shut up! We'll play what we want when we want. This next one's called The Moor.

In Sydney in 06, for a lot of the night a guy was yelling out "PLAY NECTAR" so Mikael said "In Perth, we played Black Rose Immortal" The whole place went nuts, he played the bit in the middle that always gives you shivers and then stopped, and said "Thats all you ****ing get"

Just felt like sharing, that is all.

And why Isn't the egg incident with Iron Maiden at Ozzfest up there?

[Nick-182]

didnt mike from green day get his teeth knocked out as well :|

[true_bacon22]

lol i want to see danzig and rollins chasing down neil i like motley crue but just the thought is hilarious.especially if he was in make up

[Kadaj]

No flying kick from sebastian bach?

That was awesome.

[freakypop]

OMFG where is pantera 5 min alone!!!!!

he made the crowd about kill a guy!!!!!

[Vrstone87]

This is probably the first post from Gibson that isn't biased as hell

[RATM forever]

what about pantera with the heckler that inspired the song '5 minutes alone'? screw you gibson.com

Checked*

No. Anti-Gibson. Spam. Everyone's getting warned for it.

[Vortis]

Bilie Joe's Dropkick was pretty amusing too, but I agree with the others, 5 Minutes Alone is kinda obvious by it's abscence.

[fts666]

thisworkstoo wrote:

For those that spoke of the Maynard incident. He wasn't a heckler, just someone who ran on stage and went to hug Maynard. He didn't punch him or throw him back in the crowd, still very funny though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WQR978rvsYg

that sucked man, dont get me wrong, i love tool! but i would have beaten the shit out of maynard if he would have done that to me

[red_hot_chili18]

lol.

[Shard Heilia]

Uh, it was Mike Dirnt that got his ass kicked by security. He got a tooth knocked out.

[Aaron-Maiden]

Spay wrote:

They left out The Who at Woodstock?

-proceeds to hit with guitar-

+1

freakypop wrote:

OMFG where is pantera 5 min alone!!!!!

he made the crowd about kill a guy!!!!!

+1

qwerty_555 wrote:

AxeMeister666 wrote:

not really heckling, but my band played with devildriver in cleveland and right as devildriver took the stage, someone threw a cup of beer at em and it splashed on dez. he stopped the song pulled the guy on stage and beat his ass and threw him out. pretty funny shit


Your band played with Devildriver???? Whats your bands name?????

+1

[gopherthegreat]

nice article

[Tonedeth]

I was at a Metallica concert in Stockholm, and HIM was the opening band. They got boo'd offstage after 3 songs and on the way off the drummer throws his sticks into the crowd, and one of the people in the audience threw a stick back at him and got him in the back

[mister_crowley]

killswitch engage had a fun one. HOWARD got some guy up and offered a punch in the face or leave. Classic

[RyanMcCartney]

What about Mike Dirnt losing two teeth in the riot at lollapalooza!

[Ali-b912]

pete wentz?! i mean iggy pop, GNR, misfits, sid vicious, and oh hello PETE FUCKING WENTZ!?! what about dave mustaine getting a laser in the eye and having a bitch about it? true ******* hilarity there. or when pete townshed kicked a guy off the stage at woodstock? theres like a billion things not mentioned which shit all over the last few things in this list.

[2020vision]

i honestly expected mustaine vs the laser to be #1.. not even on the list? wtffff

[CapnKickass]

Lollypop lollypop oh lolly lolly pop XO "Argh. Me eye!"

[AgentHappyDay]

oh man..i read every comment and no one mentioned nickelback! i think they were in portugal or somewhere, and some people started throwing rocks so they quit after like the second song..lmao Chad Kroeger saying "do we have any fans in Portugal?!" then boos then "are you sure?! alright cya" lmao!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7kANf792oY

[Hash4you]

they should have added maynard's wrestling match...

Checked.

[hiddeninromance]

FrickinWhatever wrote:

Oh man, the Dylan one! I can't believe they left that out. That was crazy. And then Dylan yells back, "You're a liar" and you can hear him turn to Robbie Robertson and yell, "Play ****in' LOUD" and he just screams "Like a Rolling Stone" at the crowd. Great one, Boffy.

YESSSS!!!!!

[seljer]

On the Opeth+Porcupine Tree tour through america Opeth where playing their softer set for the most part so there was some guy in the audience constantly shouting "PLAY THE HARD SHIT!!! YEAHAHGIHGGHGHG", the guy continued into the Porcupine Tree set when Steven Wilson decided to give a comeback "hey, you're the guy that was yelling pley all the hard shit before? look at this! i'm tuning my guitar into DROP D!!!! is that heavy enough for you?!"

[b0ch0]

Axl rules

[zObiPhiOn]

There's an awesome AC/DC one on youtube where someone throws a bottle of beer at Angus, who then gives hhis guitar to a roadie, gets the security guys to bring the ass next to the scene and pulls the guys' nose.

[Fresh Flesh]

That's bullshit. They left out the best crowd heckler of all time. Lee Ving from FEAR. He owned crowds every show for years in the late 70's & early 80's, a piece of which was forever immortalized in the film 'The Decline Of Western Civilization'. You can find that particular performance on Youtube.

[tands]

Shread_6009 wrote:

Singer and bassist Pete Wentz of punk boy band Fallout Boy

haha!!

finally this proves what ive been syaing all aloong.

these guys are just like n'sync or backstreet boys or new kids on the block

+1

[foomanfat]

not mentioned was at that Green Day performance, after the riot started bass player Mike Dirnt was so covered with mud that security thought he was a id that had rushed the stage. a security guard proceeded to tackle him, knocking out his front teeth

there was also an incident with Green Day in shich Billie Joe jumped from the stage into the crowd and fought a heckler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f94054Lbhus

[foomanfat]

oh i guess someone already mentioned the Dirnt thing

[jshizznit]

"With buddy Henry Rollins in tow, Danzig, Jerry Only, and Doyle chased Neil out of the Whiskey and all the way down the Sunset Strip."

haha what a sight to see...3 devil locks, a big angry almost bald man...and a blonde queer in platform boots running down the sunset strip

only in america

[Guitarmeister]

What's everyones beef with gibson?
Sure, they make top ten lists, big wow, don't get your knickers in a twist
anyhoo, list was good, still think they should have put in another one of axl's whiney charades where he storms off stage
they're pretty common

[jesuswalked2008]

GodbowstoMath wrote:

Pete Wentz wants to be punk so bad... it's adorable.

I also love how cock-rock, faux macho, ass hat vince neil got chased down the strip by rollins and danzig. I love the picture it brings to mind. lol.

+1

[Jaykib]

Hehehe that Green Day video was cool.

[xalyssam]

i was gonna say if green day wasn't on here at least once, i'd have to seriously complain

[dado00]

seriously where is my chemical romance at download last year? that was the ****ing best time of my life heckling those dirty emo bastards

[KurtandKrist11]

How about Roger Waters calling a heckler on stage and spitting on the guy in Montreal during the Animals tour? Not to mention his flipout earlier in the show at all the people lighting off fireworks...

[thewho65]

I had actually seen that Jack White video before. I felt bad for the guy though.

[hüguín]

the green day video was really funny

[DP_SF_DTX_RATM]

God Iggy Pop looks stupid

[whitestrat279]

the green day video was really funny

+1, mike calls the guy out

[guitar_hero543]

hahaha that was probably the best article i've read on here yet..the crosby stills and nash was one really funny haha

[guitaraddicted]

what about the one with a fan at a megadeth concert shining a laser is dave muistaine eye's ?

[Phoenix_24Leas]

andrew606 wrote:

they left out QOSTA live album/dvd, where josh homme totally owns a heckler. he makes the venue turn the lights on and he singles the guy out and tell everyone to call him cocksmoker. haha

Haha that was hilarious
"Hey cocksmoker, go eat a bag of dicks"

I thought the Iggy Pop one was pretty fun, painful to get your ass kicked in front of your "fans"

[Bodom69]

Well the bikers had the right idea about Iggy Pop

[RHCP603]

I can't believe that FOB ended on this list, the guy was joking, not hecklilng. I think that Crue has way better issues of heckling. Well, most of thier freak outs were drug induced, but they did throw a whisky bottle at a japanese businessman.

[Tallywacker]

lol i was there at the greenday mudfight. good times man, good times

[l)ragonForce]

hah iggy ur histarical!!

[lorahhh]

Green Day Gets Dookied


hahaha what a title

Ano right? Lmao I laughed so much at that.

[bja12]

Woodstock 94 is my fav Green Day Concert LOL