The Strangest Thing To Happen To You/You've Seen At A Metal/Rock Gig?

DrumSteve

Dunno what prompted this but I am sitting at my desk this morning and this memory of the Metallica 04 gig (the one with slipknot) resurfaced in my head.

I was there with a group of mates and we'd been drinking all day. Anyway one of the lads disappeared and he was gone for about an hour at this stage so we heading into the main arena for the start of Metallica's set.

About 2 songs in he appears beside us along with some homeless guy he found outside the venue. It was funny at first however a pit formed around us at the start of the third song (i think). Anyway the homeless guy gets into the pit and starts jumping around and moshing.

One of the lads calls me and I turned around ( I was in the pit). I turned back and in, what seemd like slow montion, I felt the homeless guys hand end up in my mouth. So naturally enough I puked my brains out but because I was in the pit the puke was going everywhere. Fun all round.

Anyone had anything similar happen to them?

AaronEnnis

At The Gates of Slumber gig in Limerick, some old lad kept screaming 'Black Sabbath' and for 'Layla' to be played. He was about 60 and off his tits. Now that I think of it, it was probably Bobby Liebling.

Nothing strange really happens at most of the gigs I go to, as I tend to stay away from gigs that would attract idiots.

Being charged £2.60 for a hot, not warm, can of Tuborg in Leeds SU at a gig was fairly shocking though.

reverenddave

i went to see Hatebreed a few years ago in a small venue
and naturally i was in the middle of the Pit, and i slipped and about 20 people fell on top of me, it didn't really hurt coz i had so much drink in me

But any way
the band stopped middle of the song to ask was everyone OK, and gave everyone that fell(and a few more) Hatebreed plectrums

scottie pippen

DrumSteve wrote: »

Dunno what prompted this but I am sitting what seemd like slow montion, I felt the homeless guys hand end up in my mouth. So naturally enough I puked my brains out but because I was in the pit the puke was going everywhere. Fun all round.

Anyone had anything similar happen to them?

lol, what the f**k prompted him to stick his hand in your mouth?
was it intentional or just the way it was going?

& how did he get into gig.


great story!





strangest thing that I ever saw was a chap in a wheelchair being rammed into people that were in his way at the front of the stage, so he could get a better view

Bill2673

Years ago I went to a Beatless concert in the Olympic Ballroom.....there was a cloakroom......I queued up to get my coat and fell asleep in the queue. Woke up two hours later and the venue was closed.

chin_grin

This is a recent one so it's still fresh in the oul memory.

Was at the Misery Index gig in Whelans (Dublin) and the support bands were still on. Anyway, it was some screamcore crap from Canada that were half way through their set.

In walk two guys that could only be described as 'howayas'. Trainers, jeans, short hair, rings. So they take position beside me leaning against the sound desk at the back.

One was holding his jacket strangely when he arrived then pulled out two purple (dunno what flavour it is) west coast cooler and gave one to his mate. About ten fifteen minutes later I hear them talking to a metaller beside them and made out an odd question.....

"Is this the Daft Punk gig?"

The metaller only shrugged. I looked away and started to break my heart laughing.

So seeing that they didn't get the answer they were looking for (and I didn't want to be the one to tell them) they started to try and get the attention of the sound engineer as he was preparing for the next band to go on.

Realising they were indeed at the wrong gig (maybe it was the fact that ther were a lot of hairy men dressed in black?), they asked could they get their money back and promptly headed for the door.

DrumSteve

scottie pippen wrote: »

lol, what the f**k prompted him to stick his hand in your mouth?
was it intentional or just the way it was going?

& how did he get into gig.


great story!





strangest thing that I ever saw was a chap in a wheelchair being rammed into people that were in his way at the front of the stage, so he could get a better view

To be honest I've no idea how he got in to the gig... his arms were flailing about everywhere though haha

Angron

chin_grin wrote: »

This is a recent one so it's still fresh in the oul memory.

Was at the Misery Index gig in Whelans (Dublin) and the support bands were still on. Anyway, it was some screamcore crap from Canada that were half way through their set.

In walk two guys that could only be described as 'howayas'. Trainers, jeans, short hair, rings. So they take position beside me leaning against the sound desk at the back.

One was holding his jacket strangely when he arrived then pulled out two purple (dunno what flavour it is) west coast cooler and gave one to his mate. About ten fifteen minutes later I hear them talking to a metaller beside them and made out an odd question.....

"Is this the Daft Punk gig?"

The metaller only shrugged. I looked away and started to break my heart laughing.

So seeing that they didn't get the answer they were looking for (and I didn't want to be the one to tell them) they started to try and get the attention of the sound engineer as he was preparing for the next band to go on.

Realising they were indeed at the wrong gig (maybe it was the fact that ther were a lot of hairy men dressed in black?), they asked could they get their money back and promptly headed for the door.

I was at that gig, but didn't see them. I really wish I had now

scottie pippen

DrumSteve wrote: »

To be honest I've no idea how he got in to the gig... his arms were flailing about everywhere though haha

ha ha ha, cant get the image out of my head, all I can picture is one of the stage 12's from st clabberts - out of father ted, moshing with you guys, imagine where his manky homeless hands were before they ended up in your gob! scratching his manky ****e encrusted ass!!!

DrumSteve

scottie pippen wrote: »

ha ha ha, cant get the image out of my head, all I can picture is one of the stage 12's from st clabberts - out of father ted, moshing with you guys, imagine where his manky homeless hands were before they ended up in your gob! scratching his manky ****e encrusted ass!!!

Thanks Bro.:p

Much appreciated.

chin_grin

Denny M wrote: »

I was at that gig, but didn't see them. I really wish I had now

Was a great you-had-to-be-there moment all right!

Ah after remembering another.

The last time Putrefy played Fibbers. Whoever put that foam statue of Jack Daniel there should've known this would happen. Cue nearly getting a loaf from a crowd surfing whiskey founderer....er.

Also at another gig in Fibbers, Warpath were melting faces as they do. Lads started to get up on stage to dive. There's this weird fella who comes to gigs and I actually think he's a bit special as he just stares at you until you make eye contact and then comes over. He's renowned.

So this weirdo decides to dive. And I'm a few feet back watching. He's got the 'catchers' lined up two to the left and one big motherf*cker to the right. He jumps and the big guy immediately and purposefully sidesteps out of the way. Nearly choked on my pint.

scottie pippen

chin grin - was it the the big bearded chap or the bald guy???

GrizzlyMan

AT Dissection '04, Watain (support) decided to have year old Ox blood in buckets and giant fans to blow the "Stench" of death onto the audience, someone up at the front puked all over the two security dudes, who were busy going around with air freshers very disgusting but funny none the less:D

Planemo

At Machine Head last year, fellas burning the fingers out of their gloves while they were still wearing them, another lad wearing nothing but shorts and a tshirt despite it being -5 degrees talking to himself and when the Monster Energy truck pulled up and gave everyone a free can, everyone taking one sip, realising it was rank, and throwing it on the ground leading to a river of Monster outside the Olympia.

Metallica '09, I was at the front of the crowd, surrounded by (annoying) Avenged fans. The non Avenged at the back of the pit were mocking them for their fanboyism. This lasted the entirety of their set, then, right before Metallica came on, they pointed at their wrist bands, flipped them off and moved towards the front. Maybe you had to be there, but it was hugely satisfying after spending an hour with a 14 year old girl screaming I LOVE YOU ZACHY! in my ear.

Lawrence1895

It was in 2002, when Eisregen played in Dortmund/Germany (my hometown). The power went off a couple of times, I guess 6 or 7 times. They decided to do some kind of unplugged gig, before some electrician who was in the audience, fixed the problem :cool:

And about Watain...wasn't it their singer, who used to have a bath in his own sh***? I remember some article 10 years ago in 'Rock Hard':D

GrizzlyMan

Lars1916 wrote: »

And about Watain...wasn't it their singer, who used to have a bath in his own sh***? I remember some article 10 years ago in 'Rock Hard':D

hahah yeah I remember hearing that, not sure how true it was, have seen them since and there latest endevour is incence dipped in god knows what but it fu*kin reeks!

chin_grin

scottie pippen wrote: »

chin grin - was it the the big bearded chap or the bald guy???

Bald guy. You know him too eh?

scottie pippen

yes......I have had the pleasure of making his acquaintance......

ha ha

harmless a enough...but I tend not to make eye contact with him too much, I hear he works in arnotts.

Lawrence1895

GrizzlyMan wrote: »

hahah yeah I remember hearing that, not sure how true it was, have seen them since and there latest endevour is incence dipped in god knows what but it fu*kin reeks!

Well...there was a picture of the guy in this magazine...it might have been some kind of dark and melted chocolate, he was lying in, but according to 'reliable sources' it was something else :eek:

the_syco

scottie pippen wrote: »

chin grin - was it the the big bearded chap or the bald guy???

Sorry, but I gotta laugh. There are many of these in Fibbers. Heck, I'm sometimes one of them :P :pac:

=-=

Weirdest thing would be probably the naked guy in the Hellfest moshpit: no-one would touch him, or go near him.

JBnaglfar

My first proper concert was Metallica at the RDS in 2003 supported by Linkin Park and the Darkness. Metallica hit the stage, and I was up around the front of the crowd. I think they opened with battery. Whatever it was, the crowd loved it, and I still regard it as the most insane mosh pit I have ever been in.
By the second song, I think it was Master of Puppets, I realise that somewhere in all the insanity I have lost one of my shoes. I never found it again, although a friend who was wedged in the crowd a fair distance away later claimed that he saw a shoe flying towards him. Unable to raise his arms (due to lack of space) the (my?) shoe hit him in the face .

On a less funny note, my friends and I were walking around earlier between bands and got talking to 2 girls who were pretty upset. Apparently some guy who was standing behind them during one of the support bands, can't remember which now, was pretty drunk. Being in the middle of the crowd, there were no toilets around and, well, he just pissed on one of the girls. That was f*cking shocking tbh.

So yeah, two odd incidents at my first gig which I haven't experienced in the many gigs since.

adox

Dont know if this qualifies but........

I used to play drums in a metal band back in the 80s. One night we were doing a gig somewhere in Dalkey I think it was.

Anyway I was playing away and looking out at the crowd and saw a tall dark figure with a big mop of hair standing at the back in the shadows. He really stood out even though you couldnt make out his face in the light.

Anyway, we played the rest of the gig and when we were finished we headed over to the bar. The tall dark figure approached us and to my astonishment it was none other than Phil Lynott!! Aparently he frequented that establishment quite often. we had a few drinks with him, had a good chat, and posed for photos with him for punters in the pub!

Its one of my best memories from back then. Unfortunately I dont have any photos myself, just the memories, but its a night I will never forget.

Motley Crue

Went to see The Darkness in 2006 in the Point, and it was virtually empty at the beginning of the evening, the first band playing were called the Ark. I was standing there watching them - mostly in disbelief - when the lead vocalist jumped onto an amp...realising it wasn't secured into the ground...and fell backwards. He landed on his arse, and kept singing, got up and decided to kick the Amp - which then hurdled towards the crowd and came crashing down on the head of some security guard. Thankfully, he was alright, but I doubt the vocalist apologised.

In 2003 I went to see a gig at the Ambassador, but I can't remember which one it was, might have been Killswitch Engage, Chimaira, Shadow's Fall and God Forbid. Anyway I'm heading for a bus at the end of O Connell St with two mates and just past the GPO (literally at the turn for Grafton Arcade) these guys jump out, about 6 of them, 2 of which put their hands up and ask myself and a mate to stand back while the other four proceed to kick the **** through my other mate.

This happened all within about 30 seconds, after which they helped him up, and then walked away. Now, when I say he was a friend, he was more a friend of a friend and I'd only met him the week before. I later found he'd known them, as they kept saying, you know what this is for during the beating. They took nothing, asked for nothing, and he was the type that just shrugged the whole thing off....

Mushy

After seeing Ash in the Ambassador, was talking to the support band outside. Can't remember their name but I enjoyed them. Anyway, one of the roadie guys for them went to leave for a pub, went across the road but got flattened by a taxi. Was quite scary and weird as I turned around to see him lifted off the ground and flying through the air. All was ok in the end.

One of the band members was one of the victims (although not killed) of a stabbing in bray years ago too:eek:

slavetothegrind

adox wrote: »

Dont know if this qualifies but........

I used to play drums in a metal band back in the 80s.

which band adox? bet i've seen ya!

only thing that comes to mind is a gig i ended up in for a while in killarney at a harley meet thingy, that crowd Aslan were playing so wasn't there long.

anyways, we were standing there in wonderment at the rear of the crowd when in came two lads in those electric mobility chairs, you know the ones, i think one of the poor lads was steering with a straw.

so we make a hole and urge the lads into a better viewing position in front of us.

well a minute or two passed and then the band played one of their more lucrative offerings and i get a nudge from my now shaking buddy,

the lads were well into it and were flashing their indicators to the music:D

fair play to them!

adox

slavetothegrind wrote: »

which band adox? bet i've seen ya!
!

Was a band called Kruger, a five piece with twin lead guitar. Most of our gigs in Dublin were in the Ivy Room, the Baggot Inn etc.

old gregg

anyone remember the night (on television obviously) when there was some sort of boyband type concert on tv (maybe an mtv thing) and for some reason they had Iggy Pop doing a set. At some point the Igg did his usual dive out into the audience routine except that this audience was made up mostly of pre-teens and kids who'd never heard of Iggy Pop. The kids did the logical thing when a big scary man throws himself at them and dodged out of the way. Iggy landed on his face on the floor. The band kept playing while a very dazed and confused Iggy was helped back onto the stage and the security helped him put one of his shoes back on that had come off when he slapped on the floor.

Numina

AC/DC at Punchestown 28th June last year, some guy walked right by us completely naked, big wtf moment.

This ones not metal or rock, but I want to tell it anyway.

Public Enemy 2008: I saw a middle aged, balding midget trying to start a fight with a man that was probably around 6'10" or so, he was much taller than the rest of the crowd. The tall guy was at the front having a good time, and the midget was unlucky enough to get stuck behind him, was none too happy about it and well, started letting his anger out at the tall guy. Nothing came of it, the situation diffused by itself and the tall guy went away I think.

CiaranTheGreat

old gregg wrote: »

anyone remember the night (on television obviously) when there was some sort of boyband type concert on tv (maybe an mtv thing) and for some reason they had Iggy Pop doing a set. At some point the Igg did his usual dive out into the audience routine except that this audience was made up mostly of pre-teens and kids who'd never heard of Iggy Pop. The kids did the logical thing when a big scary man throws himself at them and dodged out of the way. Iggy landed on his face on the floor. The band kept playing while a very dazed and confused Iggy was helped back onto the stage and the security helped him put one of his shoes back on that had come off when he slapped on the floor.

If im not mistaken that was MTV Europe Music Awards and i think it was in dublin that year!! cos Ronan Keating presented it! I dont know how i remember that tbh

sentient_6

old gregg wrote: »

anyone remember the night (on television obviously) when there was some sort of boyband type concert on tv (maybe an mtv thing) and for some reason they had Iggy Pop doing a set. At some point the Igg did his usual dive out into the audience routine except that this audience was made up mostly of pre-teens and kids who'd never heard of Iggy Pop. The kids did the logical thing when a big scary man throws himself at them and dodged out of the way. Iggy landed on his face on the floor. The band kept playing while a very dazed and confused Iggy was helped back onto the stage and the security helped him put one of his shoes back on that had come off when he slapped on the floor.

I remember seeing that! I've a feeling it was the meteor awards in the point. Not sure why myself & few of my mates were watching it but it made it worthwhile!

CiaranTheGreat wrote: »

If im not mistaken that was MTV Europe Music Awards...

Might stand corrected actually.

Motley Crue

CiaranTheGreat wrote: »

If im not mistaken that was MTV Europe Music Awards and i think it was in dublin that year!! cos Ronan Keating presented it! I dont know how i remember that tbh

Funny enough, I remember this because Marilyn Manson showed up at the end and everybody was going on about his music in the papers at the time...

For those who have forgotten....(btw the sound is so bad that someone can actually be heard saying "Marilyn Manson" before he announced it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O2w8WRT3Pk

and just in case you forgot what caused the biggest problems that year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik-M9BNXpN4

Atavan-Halen

I was at dragonforce a few years ago in the ambassador with turisas supporting. We were in the seated area upstairs and in the same row as us there were about 3 14 year old guys in really bad body paint, supposed to look like turisas. So anyway turisas came on and the guys start going mental, trying to mosh with 3 people in a seated area. Then they just left halfway through turisas' set. Really weird :P

c - 13

Oddest thing i've seen would probably be at Apocalyptica in the Netherlands.

There was a guy about 20ish standing beside me the whole gig, he stood there with his eyes closed not moving for the entire gig muttering away to himself. About 4/5 songs from the end of the gig he gets down on his knees in the middle of the crowd and puts his hands up in front of himself like he's praying - stays like that for a song or two, gets back to his original position for another song and then walks out the door.

Couldnt work out what he was at for the duration.

D1976

Completely unrelated but had to post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZyaOlrb7E

Motley Crue

c - 13 wrote: »

Couldnt work out what he was at for the duration.

He was probably on drugs

c - 13

Motley Crue wrote: »

He was probably on drugs

Yeah did cross my mind alright. He seemed fairly sober when he opened his eyes and walked towards the exit though.

Motley Crue

c - 13 wrote: »

Yeah did cross my mind alright. He seemed fairly sober when he opened his eyes and walked towards the exit though.

Interesting, maybe for him the band was like going to Mass, and he was just leaving after Communion to avoid the car park rush

fruitbats

I was at Iron Maiden in the O2 last year, seated upstairs and some drunken English auld lad in his 60s stumbled into me spilling his whole pint all over me. It didn’t bother me much, ( Just took the t-shirt off and bought a maiden one) My younger brother was going mad as it was his first proper gig and he didn’t know about what goes on at gigs.

So anyway 15-20 minutes later the auld lads mate grabs the security and gets him kicked out. We saw him being lead out past us, he had pissed and **** himself, it had stained right through his clothes front and back- Worst state i’ve ever seen anybody at a gig and Maiden haddened even started. No self-respect, what ever happened to getting drunk, falling asleep and puking all over yourself….

DrumSteve

fruitbats wrote: »

I was at Iron Maiden in the O2 last year, seated upstairs and some drunken English auld lad in his 60s stumbled into me spilling his whole pint all over me. It didn’t bother me much, ( Just took the t-shirt off and bought a maiden one) My younger brother was going mad as it was his first proper gig and he didn’t know about what goes on at gigs.

So anyway 15-20 minutes later the auld lads mate grabs the security and gets him kicked out. We saw him being lead out past us, he had pissed and **** himself, it had stained right through his clothes front and back- Worst state i’ve ever seen anybody at a gig and Maiden haddened even started. No self-respect, what ever happened to getting drunk, falling asleep and puking all over yourself….

Sounds like a decent evening for all involved.

NIBBS

so many....must have a think of a few of the weirder moments...

one that springs to mind was Marilyn Manson supporting Maiden in the RDS - just standing watching and a boot goes flying up at the stage, and smacks him in the side of the head :-)
amazing shot, I'm sure it was barely travelling when it hit him, but it hit him all the same, I'm not one to condone throwing **** at bands - but it was funny....

Nolanger

Know a guy whose name got called out on stage at Oasis 95 in Slane. He wasn't at the gig though.

Motley Crue

Nolanger wrote: »

Know a guy whose name got called out on stage at Oasis 95 in Slane. He wasn't at the gig though.

The Gallagher brothers obviously know how to hold a grudge!

lord lucan

Probably the funniest thing i've ever seen at a gig is the Biohazard mini-riot i've referenced on Boards a few times. Biohazard were playing a show at the Tivoli in 1994 in support of the 'State of the World Address' album. They took to the stage and ripped into heir set. There appeared to be something going on between the band and the bouncers,the band seemingly unimpressed with the bouncers rough treatment of the crowd. I seem to remember some lads with long hair being pulled by the hair over the rail.

More verbals were exchanged before Evan Seinfeld(i think) launched a size ten boot at one of the bouncers heads. The bouncers hopped on stage and a fight broke out between band and bouncers. Cue the crowd surging onstage to help the band out(and kick a few bouncers too!).

I stood back in front of the sound desk and sparked up a smoke and watched it all unfold. 2 and a half songs,15 minutes and a mini riot,LEGENDS!!:D

seachto7

saw Marilyn Manson headline a festival in Italy in 1999, and he opened his ass to the camera. He got banned from Italy after it. There was uproar....

At the same festival, I remember seeing the bass player for Skunk Anansie a few feet away from me, taking photos of the band on before them. I think it was Bush who were on before them. Anyways, there he is taking snaps, and about an hour later, he is up on stage rockin out. That was pretty cool...

Dan_Solo

Manson seems to bring out the best in people, huh?
I remember him getting hit with a glow stick at the Leeds/Reading so he turned 180 and shoved it right up his own ass before tossing it into the crowd. Awesome.
Does anyone remember Bryan Adams at Feile drinking out of a big glass bottle at the edge of the stage between each song and then fecking his microphone stand into the crowd? How bizarre is that?

raz86

i was at that metallica 04 gig as well. the slipknot mosh pits were seriously violent. a pit opened up right in front of myself and my friends and i saw a guy take an awful dig to his face, he lost most of his front teeth. there was a lot of blood and vomit! and shoe throwing at the lostprophets. but a really good gig otherwise. the metallica 03 gig was much less eventful. everyone was very well behaved. i think it was slipknots fault...:rolleyes:

peter1892

Jaysus, i'm starting to think all the gigs I've been to were very quiet!

A few things do come to mind though, not necessarily rock/metal events.

Outside a Stiff Little Fingers gig mid 1990's I saw a (admittedly drunk) punk stood there crying because 'that's not the band I saw in 1979!!'

Crosswalk

I guess having some guy pee on me at the Slipknot concert where they headlined the RDS was fairly strange.

Seeing a guy crowd-surfing at Hellfest wearing a Borat mankini and a helmet with a dildo strapped to it tops that though.

chin_grin

Oh wait! Has just come to me.

The last time Bloodhound Gang were over playing in Whelans. Of course I could write a thesis about the weird sh*t that went on at that gig.

Namely Evil Jarred dragging a stool across the stage hooked by wire to his penis while a jug of (what looked like) jaeger was on it.

I'm pretty sure this was at the end cos I remember the house lights coming up and I had an eyeful. Girl got up on the table that's at the centre of the room and gets her bewbs out. With no one on stage. Cue a bunch of lads getting their mobile cameras a flashin'.

No, I wasn't one of them. <cof> I swear!

Dan_Solo

chin_grin wrote: »

No, I wasn't one of them. <cof> I swear!

Evidence or it didn't happen.:D

chin_grin

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Evidence or it didn't happen.:D

Nah I didn't take any. I gawked for less than a minute, but then promptly thought "Wow! Daddeh must be soooooo proud!" and continued walking out. It's the oul fella in me.