What is the craziest thing you have seen during a live concert?

[JunkPanda]

I am trying to think of the most infamous things that have happened at concerts, you have seen either taped or live in person, I loved the recent video of Josh Homme blowing up on a kid, even all it was kinda dick, really funny...DISCUSS

[catherinexhimel]

I saw a middle-aged, drunk woman throw up on a group of twelve year olds trying to mosh to Hawthorne Heights. That was pretty entertaining.

[golferpunk1]

I remember the kid rock video for Only God Knows Why where he is on stage and someone throws like a brick at his face. Still funny when I remember it.

[kbi the crowing]

Foxy Shazam do their usual show.
Other bands could learn from their charisma.

[fallingapart101]

When I was on tour with Mxpx, I wish we recorded it, Mxpx's roadie had a camera, but couldn't record it. This girl was wearing a skirt and a guy, the boyfriend?, was definately having butt sex with her. Every so often she would leave and come back, we assumed she went to the bathroom to clean up a little.

[heyguys123]

dear landlord at harvest of hope...barricade collapsed on everybody in front of it almost immediately, and then all these cops came to try to hold it up, some cops came in the pit and started roughing kids up, it got pretty out of control.

[orangekows]

when i saw Dillinger Escape Plan some dumbass stage dived into a trash can full of empty beer bottles. ended up breaking like 20 bottles. but yeah he got pretty fucked up. i've seen some crazy wall of deaths too. mainly when i saw Children of Bodom.

[ohitsmark]

Singer of Foxy Shazam taking his pants off.

During Rise Against at The House of Blues in Orlando, someone jumped off the balcony into the pit.

Tom DeLonge get hit with a water bottle and a shoe at two separate shows.

[kbi the crowing]

Hardcore/XXX guy putting a security guard in a head lock was pretty crazy. Somehow his friends convinced security not to throw him out.
Same show, a guy crawled out of the crowd after being trampled and his leg was mangled. His bones were so close to puncturing the skin.

[Brand-new-123]

Already a thread filled with lulzworthy stories:
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1211792

[JunkPanda]

there was also Courtney love I believe pulling her tampon out and throwing it at the crowd (could be wrong about that)

I think the coolest and most influential (maybe not the craziest) was Hendrix burning his guitar if we want to go old school

WOzhbj1BVOU

[greenteaallday]

Geoff Rickly broke his nose during the intro to Understanding in A Car Crash.. did 7 more songs after that, awesome.

[only the clouds]

Foxy Shazam do their usual show.
Other bands could learn from their charisma.
Was gonna talk about the time when I saw Foxy Shazam and the lead singer lit a cigarette... and then ate it. which I would imagine is kinda nasty. The rest of their set was insane too, lots of jumping around and standing on various items around the stage.

I also remember when I went to see Killswitch Engage when I was 15 and Bury Your Dead was opening, Adam D. from Killswitch ran out and mooned the audience and had "BURY YOUR DEAD" written across his ass in sharpie. Good times.

[honkyg88]

Ben Folds-Some lady passed out, the crowd parted like the Red Sea to get her out, quite a sight.
Every Time I Die-The guitarist (not sure which one) did a stage dive and made it half-way into the pit, his horizontal leaping ability was crazy.
Underoath-Some mom asked me to crowd surf her 10 year old son.

[WordsAndFears]

Rise Against at Bamboozle last year- nearly the whole left side of the pit sat down in a circle with our lighters during Hero of War and started waving them back and forth. i have never seen so many people sit down at once in the middle of a rock set.

[Spenny]

http://www.chartattack.com/news/79452/alexisonfire-olympics-show-cancelled-after-crowd-breaks-barricade-fans-injured

Summary:
Alexisonfire show for the Olympics, not even 15 seconds into the first song the crowd surging forward caused the barrier at the front to collapse, injuring 20 people and sending 9 to the hospital. I was like four rows back from the front, so I almost fell forward with the people that got badly injured, but managed to regain my balance.


Craziest I've seen, I haven't been to a ton of shows.
Also, inb4cokietheclown

[onepartloss]

At a Terror show in '05 I saw two guys jump out of the balcony at St. Andrews Hall.

Anybody who has been there knows that's a leap.

[Chris Nelson]

The singer of Dillinger Escape Plan beating a crash symbol against a wall while screaming, then throwing it into the pit and watching kids scramble to narrowly escape certain death.

[11:11]

I saw Jesse Lacey make a joke.


OHHHHHH SHIT.

[jeremyc]

girl passed out while crowd surfing..pissed herself in the act of doing so. not too many happy faces around.

second would be dan keyes calling 2 annoying girls in the front ugly, further explaining he named "night of the creeps" after their faces. at that same show (this was their tour with the get up kids) we chilled in recover's fan and saw tons of empty bottles of JD. hilarious.

[Ryan Rumsey]

New Found Glorys bass player stopped playing and starting punching a security guy in the back of the head. Warped Tour, 2004, Cincinnati, Ohio. Not sure why he did it.

The singer of The Wedding poured a bunch of trash on 2 girls in the front. Also not sure why. Hilarious though.

[paramorekicks]

guy jumped out of the balcony into the crowd during new found glory at the house of blues in cleveland
surprisingly, i don't think anyone got hurt...or at least i didn't see anyone getting carried out

[kbi the crowing]

Was gonna talk about the time when I saw Foxy Shazam and the lead singer lit a cigarette... and then ate it. which I would imagine is kinda nasty. The rest of their set was insane too, lots of jumping around and standing on various items around the stage.

he did that with 3-4 cigarettes at my show haha. I'm pretty sure he spits them out, but still the intense puffing he does must kill his lungs.

[Chromefox]

A few years ago I went to see Brand New, and there was a clown convention being held in the same building. Couldn't tell half the kids in line apart from the clowns. I dunno if that counts.

[Thomas Nassiff]

Singer of Foxy Shazam taking his pants off.

During Rise Against at The House of Blues in Orlando, someone jumped off the balcony into the pit.

Tom DeLonge get hit with a water bottle and a shoe at two separate shows.
I was at that show dude! That's what I came in here to say! That was wild, I was in the group of people that moved out of the way just in time haha. And they stopped playing for a while too. Of all the ironies that it was during "Ready to Fall". Fuck they are good live.

[Thomas Nassiff]

I saw Jesse Lacey make a joke.


OHHHHHH SHIT.
/thread

[A7XXX]

The singer of Dillinger Escape Plan beating a crash symbol against a wall while screaming, then throwing it into the pit and watching kids scramble to narrowly escape certain death.
Do you mean a cymbal?

[HometownHero]

I saw a dude jerk off another dude while seeing Tegan & Sara

[rosielikesyou]

there was also Courtney love I believe pulling her tampon out and throwing it at the crowd (could be wrong about that)

I think the coolest and most influential (maybe not the craziest) was Hendrix burning his guitar if we want to go old school

WOzhbj1BVOU

I believe that was at the 1992 Reading Festival. Donita Sparks of L7 threw hers into the crowd. The things I remember from old VH1 countdown marathons...

[ohitsmark]

I was at that show dude! That's what I came in here to say! That was wild, I was in the group of people that moved out of the way just in time haha. And they stopped playing for a while too. Of all the ironies that it was during "Ready to Fall". Fuck they are good live.

That show was fucking crazy. I was shooting it and once I got done shooting Rise Against, I kind of sat on the side of the place for the rest of their set. Towards the end of the set, I started to leave just to get home early (its a 2 hour drive for me), and they started playing my favorite songs one after another, I turned around just in time to see some white thing fall down and then security rush the pit. Even Tim told people to stop that, haha.

One of my photography buddies said he saw someone during a Pennywise show jump off the balcony, grab the curtain and swing on stage like a pirate too, which is awesome, haha.

[ohitsmark]

I believe that was at the 1992 Reading Festival. Donita Sparks of L7 threw hers into the crowd. The things I remember from old VH1 countdown marathons...

Yup. And she even yelled "Eat my tampon you fuckers!". God I love Donita and L7.

[aradiantsunrise]

I got sexually harassed (not really) by a topless drunk chick at Copeland's Farewell Tour.

[aradiantsunrise]

I saw a dude jerk off another dude while seeing Tegan & Sara
Joke? lol

[HometownHero]

Joke? lol

I wish :-(

[aradiantsunrise]

I wish :-(
What. The. Fuck. lol

[Enolase]

I can see that happening at Tegan and Sara, when I saw them the crowd sure wasn't shy about showing their sexualities haha

[HometownHero]

What. The. Fuck. lol
It was ridiculous haha No respect for people that do that shit. Gay or straight
I can see that happening at Tegan and Sara, when I saw them the crowd sure wasn't shy about showing their sexualities haha
I was definitely in the minority. Being one of like 10 straight people there haha

[Enolase]

It was ridiculous haha No respect for people that do that shit. Gay or straight

I was definitely in the minority. Being one of like 10 straight people there haha
Me and my friend were trying to guess whether some of the people were girls or guys, some were really hard haha

[aradiantsunrise]

It was ridiculous haha No respect for people that do that shit. Gay or straight

I was definitely in the minority. Being one of like 10 straight people there haha
Wow, haha.

The Honda Civic Tour is definitely going to have an interesting crowd then.

[Thomas Nassiff]

That show was fucking crazy. I was shooting it and once I got done shooting Rise Against, I kind of sat on the side of the place for the rest of their set. Towards the end of the set, I started to leave just to get home early (its a 2 hour drive for me), and they started playing my favorite songs one after another, I turned around just in time to see some white thing fall down and then security rush the pit. Even Tim told people to stop that, haha.

One of my photography buddies said he saw someone during a Pennywise show jump off the balcony, grab the curtain and swing on stage like a pirate too, which is awesome, haha.
Haha that is cool. Where do you live? I'm two hours north of Orlando, in Gainesville.

[Spenny]

I saw a dude jerk off another dude while seeing Tegan & Sara
I absolutely love Tegan and Sara, but they sure do seem to attract that sort of crowd. At the last show of theirs I went to I saw two women feeling each other up excessively (let's just saw I saw a bit more than I was expecting). Sometimes people need to realize they should save their sexual energy for the bedroom, not a concert.

[deFobbed14yrs]

Already a thread filled with lulzworthy stories:
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1211792

good times

[BornUnderPunches]

when Cedric from At the Drive-In yelling at the moshers then leaving, then later that night a girl died at Limp Bizkit after Fred Durst encouraged the crowd to become more crazy

[runningohfive]

I haven't seen anything crazy, but I feel for anyone who witnessed this (http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1605962)

[Manicapathy]

I saw this guy at warped last year
http://www.hahastop.com/pictures/Mosh_Pit.jpg

[SuchAPerson22]

Wow, haha.

The Honda Civic Tour is definitely going to have an interesting crowd then.
... I'm quite worried about what could happen.
I saw this guy at warped last year
http://www.hahastop.com/pictures/Mosh_Pit.jpg
I am now scarred for life, thanks.

At the SassyBack Tour last year, this guy crowdsurfed in a full neon lime green body suit, and Gabe pulled him up for "My Moves are White, White Hot That Is." He stayed up there the whole song.

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[Macbeth.]

Greenman is everywhere.

[aerofan11]

While I watched Fall Out Boy, a guy jumped on stage, and a secruity guard tackled him down. That was pretty funny.

Don't know if this counts, but when a local band was playing at a hall, and their guitarist tried to crowd surf, and instead he fell straight on the floor, and broke his wrist. Douchebag deserved it.

[ohitsmark]

Haha that is cool. Where do you live? I'm two hours north of Orlando, in Gainesville.

Two hours south. Sarasota/Venice.

[sweepthenation]

I thought it was awesome when during Enter Shikari they asked us to make a human pyrmamid (which I was a part of) then had the breakdown start and we got rocked by the crowd

[Chrisj182]

I thought it was awesome when during Enter Shikari they asked us to make a human pyrmamid (which I was a part of) then had the breakdown start and we got rocked by the crowd

Yeah I seen that just before "Take to the Skies" came out, they used to be amazing live, how long ago were you in that? I've been told they do less crowd interaction nowadays.

[sweepthenation]

Yeah I seen that just before "Take to the Skies" came out, they used to be amazing live, how long ago were you in that? I've been told they do less crowd interaction nowadays.

Last week haha

[SanePsychotic]

Sod throwing at Family Values. People were just ripping up the lawn and throwing big pieces of grass everywhere. How I loved it so.

[QueenontheRadio]

On a greenman note: There was a Greenman, Frylock, and Meatwad at the NFG/STD show at HoB Chicago. They stayed up for the entire song and were singing in the mic's. Nothing crazy, but it was pretty funny.

[Chrisj182]

Last week haha

Fair enough, the rumours were wrong then, good they're still mint then.

[tyler2tall147]

Last year at the minnesota warped less than jake had the crowd make a bridge with their arms, and then guys walked down it and stripped and at the gallows show, the lead singer got hit with a beer bottle and started fighting a guy

[TheFaceOfZach]

Last year at the minnesota warped less than jake had the crowd make a bridge with their arms, and then guys walked down it and stripped and at the gallows show, the lead singer got hit with a beer bottle and started fighting a guy


I was there too. But that wasn't it for me. The circle pit that Anti-Flag has to be one of the most insane things I've ever seen. It had about 100+ people and was about 50ft wide.


I got it on video. :)

[TheUprisingShow]

BFD like 3 years ago with The Strokes. The lead singer came out totally falling down drunk. He sang the songs perfectly but went out in the audience, took a fan's beer, took their chair for the rest of the song, then when he got back up on stage... threw up everywhere. suuuuuper classy

[JunkPanda]

I am still going to stick with Hendrix lighting his Guitar on fire as the classic one (I know there are more vulgar modern acts) but for some reason I feel that is such a defining rock and roll moment that lead to all of these other acts, oh btw while I'm thinking about it I found this page giving out free dls to the new hendrix (http://www.facebook.com/scattertunes), heads up

also thanks for the info that it wasn't Courtney love who threw her tampoon, I thought that didn't sound right

did anyone see anything at cochella like this?

[bemerboy526]

seen a lot of guys on stage whip out their dicks and play with their dicks out

[ohheroine]

I saw this guy at warped last year
http://www.hahastop.com/pictures/Mosh_Pit.jpg

he goes to my school.

[joe.boy.fresh.]

ive witnessed 2 people have sex at a show once, i turn to my left and BAM there goes two bunny rabbits

[SuchAPerson22]

GREENMAAAAAN. Apparently he is everywhere.

[Red Lion]

I am still going to stick with Hendrix lighting his Guitar on fire as the classic one (I know there are more vulgar modern acts) but for some reason I feel that is such a defining rock and roll moment that lead to all of these other acts, oh btw while I'm thinking about it I found this page giving out free dls to the new hendrix (http://www.facebook.com/scattertunes), heads up

also thanks for the info that it wasn't Courtney love who threw her tampoon, I thought that didn't sound right

did anyone see anything at cochella like this?


it wasn't Courtney love, can't remember who, but wasn't her.

and at cochella, if you consider hipsters pretending there are interesting as crazy, thats what you got there ;)

ps, thanks for the link to the hendrix dl

[Red Lion]

GREENMAAAAAN. Apparently he is everywhere.


lol, people still think thats original, although i love any sunny reference

[Ilovetheunknown]

I was by a group of guys a either bamboozle or warped tour a couple of years ago, and a girl was crowd-surfing and was about to fall down in the middle of them, when all of a sudden her top feel down. All the guys turned away and went "ew" and I'm almost 100% sure they were all straight, so it was pretty funny. Her tits were NASTY.

Lead singer of gallows talking about porn onstage.

Lead singer of another band throw up on stage and continue to sing.

I think I either read about or saw a video about couples getting up on stage at a festival and having sex on stage.

[Red Lion]

I was by a group of guys a either bamboozle or warped tour a couple of years ago, and a girl was crowd-surfing and was about to fall down in the middle of them, when all of a sudden her top feel down. All the guys turned away and went "ew" and I'm almost 100% sure they were all straight, so it was pretty funny. Her tits were NASTY.

Lead singer of gallows talking about porn onstage.

Lead singer of another band throw up on stage and continue to sing.

I think I either read about or saw a video about couples getting up on stage at a festival and having sex on stage.

I saw a girl at a shitty wet t-shirt contest at spring break get booed off the stage, the DJ actually lectured us, but that's her fault for not being more understanding of the fact that she had a terrible body

[Chris Nelson]

Do you mean a cymbal?

yes...damnit

[MarkAndros]

At Edgefest in Arizona before Thrice-Beggars was released, I saw some really short black man with 2 oxygen tanks moshing to Thrice with everyone in the pit.

edit: oh and he was wearing a WWE shirt with a fake belt on it.

[MarkAndros]

I was by a group of guys a either bamboozle or warped tour a couple of years ago, and a girl was crowd-surfing and was about to fall down in the middle of them, when all of a sudden her top feel down. All the guys turned away and went "ew" and I'm almost 100% sure they were all straight, so it was pretty funny. Her tits were NASTY.

Lead singer of gallows talking about porn onstage.

Lead singer of another band throw up on stage and continue to sing.

I think I either read about or saw a video about couples getting up on stage at a festival and having sex on stage.

haha last time I saw Gallows, the lead singer was singing in the pit and hog tied a group on scene girls and made them fall on the hot Arizona pavement.

[CheckeredFloors]

Nobody has referred to Frank Carter as Frank Carter in this thread, everyone just says "the lead singer of Gallows".

Nothing overly crazy happened when I saw Gallows:-(

[ggolden91]

I saw Greg Gillis (Girl Talk) do a line of coke off of his laptop.

[Demilition]

At Brisbane Soundwave this year in the middle of Escape The Fate these small girls were coming up to my brother and his friend asking to be thrown (mostly over the barrier) and because they are the buffest dudes ever, they easily just started picking them up....and throwing them.

Also at Brand New in 2008 - at the end of the set everyone on stage just started throwing shit everywhere; drums, cymbals, mic stands, a guitar I'm sure. There were two drum kits on stage so there was more to throw too

[anthonydarko]

I saw Greg Gillis (Girl Talk) do a line of coke off of his laptop.
Somehow I find that unsurprising.