Being a rock star isn’t for the faint of coronary heart. There are numerous dangers concerned with a life onstage, and we’re not simply speaking concerning the potential to embarrass your self in entrance of a crowd of followers.
Through the years, lots of the greatest names in music have been bruised, bloodied, battered and damaged on account of accidents that occurred whereas they had been performing.
In some instances, reminiscent of these skilled by James Hetfield of Metallica and Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, onstage pyrotechnics had been the reason for harm. In different situations, like these of Frank Zappa and Noel Gallagher, overzealous followers had been guilty for rockers getting damage.
Often, pleasant hearth might be blamed for an harm. Members of Slipknot and a 9 Inch Nails know all to effectively that fellow bandmates can by accident deliver on ache. Then there are situations the place musicians damage themselves with their very own devices, just like the Who’s Pete Townshend impaling his hand along with his guitar, or Keith Emerson breaking his nostril with a piano. Nonetheless, the largest perpetrator with onstage accidents is none aside from the stage itself. Dave Grohl, Axl Rose and Steven Tyler are simply a number of the many rock icons to get damage after tumbling off of their efficiency platform.
We have collected 24 of Rock’s Worst Onstage Accidents and put them collectively within the gallery beneath. Amazingly, in nearly each occasion, the rocker completed out their efficiency earlier than looking for medical consideration, as soon as once more proving the previous adage: The present should go on.
