Infamous rock star injuries:
1. Noel Gallagher
location: Canada | Doctor's notes: bruised ribs
Lego haired, Burnage Beatles basher, Noel, was running through another set of lad rock when a 'fan' jumped on stage and barged him into his monitor. Cue one angry brother and trip to the ER.
2. Michael Jackson
location: Los Angeles| Doctor's notes: scalp singe
The Billy Jean love denying, lunar strolling, Jehovah's Witness was taping a Pepsi commercial in 1984 when a special effect ignited his hair. Result? Off to hospital on a stretcher. Before his death he claimed this was the start of his surgery woes.
3. Arthur Brown
location: Windsor | Doctor's notes: minor burns and wetness
Never one to avoid the flames, painty face, 'God of Hellfire' Brown, sported a crown ablaze with methane gas. One night the methane ran down his face and chest but he was instantly extinguished with beer from the front row.
4. Matt Bellamy
location: USA | Doctor's notes: hole in face
Prog rocking, baby-faced stadium botherer Matt, was launching into another epic solo when he bashed his boat race with his axe and shoved a machine head through his cheek. Gig over.
5. Krist Novoselic
location: Hollywood | Doctor's notes: bashed bonce
Bearded, lanky Nirvana sideman Krist, was turning in another spurt of teen spirit at the VMA awards and celebrated by lobbing his bass in the air. Said instrument proceeded to fall on his skull with some considerable force. Ambulance attended.
6. Shingai Shoniwa
location: London's Buffalo Bar | Doctor's notes: poorly peeper
The elaborately coiffed Noisette was enjoying a set by The Young Knives when the bass player leaned out for a kiss and just about took her bloody eye out with a stray string. Eyepatch ahoy.
7. Pete Townsend
location: Washington | Doctor's notes: impaled paw
The beconked, boiler suit sporting, amp destroyer is known for his windmill guitar action. However, at one American gig he managed to stick his whammy bar clean through his playing mitt. No encores, or waving, that night.
8. Blackie Lawless
location: USA | Doctor's notes: don't plan a family
Daft, fright-wigged, PMRC upsetting WASP frontman Blackie, is famed for his exploding codpiece. But on this particular night in the 80s the device misfired and almost removed little Blackie from his owner. Backstage Big Blackie quipped 'If we wrote better songs, we wouldn't have to do stunts.'
9. Aldrin Montecinos
location: Chile | Doctor's notes: facial hair incineration
Scary, less-than-famous, South American death metal dugong Aldrin, once rocked a lengthy stretch of face fungus until he set light to it as he attempted to eat fire on stage. Not the best a man can get.
10. David Bowie
location: Oslo | Doctor's notes: suck it and see
Giving it some Space Oddity, Ziggy, Let's Dance action in 2004, The Dame was going down so well with one Norse fan that they opted to show their pleasure by bunging a Chuppa Chupp lolly onto the stage. With painful precision the stick of the confection inserted itself into his left eye socket. Nooooo ... (He finished the show though).
Magnus Shaw, February 2011
1. Noel Gallagher
location: Canada | Doctor's notes: bruised ribs
Lego haired, Burnage Beatles basher, Noel, was running through another set of lad rock when a 'fan' jumped on stage and barged him into his monitor. Cue one angry brother and trip to the ER.
2. Michael Jackson
location: Los Angeles| Doctor's notes: scalp singe
The Billy Jean love denying, lunar strolling, Jehovah's Witness was taping a Pepsi commercial in 1984 when a special effect ignited his hair. Result? Off to hospital on a stretcher. Before his death he claimed this was the start of his surgery woes.
3. Arthur Brown
location: Windsor | Doctor's notes: minor burns and wetness
Never one to avoid the flames, painty face, 'God of Hellfire' Brown, sported a crown ablaze with methane gas. One night the methane ran down his face and chest but he was instantly extinguished with beer from the front row.
4. Matt Bellamy
location: USA | Doctor's notes: hole in face
Prog rocking, baby-faced stadium botherer Matt, was launching into another epic solo when he bashed his boat race with his axe and shoved a machine head through his cheek. Gig over.
5. Krist Novoselic
location: Hollywood | Doctor's notes: bashed bonce
Bearded, lanky Nirvana sideman Krist, was turning in another spurt of teen spirit at the VMA awards and celebrated by lobbing his bass in the air. Said instrument proceeded to fall on his skull with some considerable force. Ambulance attended.
6. Shingai Shoniwa
location: London's Buffalo Bar | Doctor's notes: poorly peeper
The elaborately coiffed Noisette was enjoying a set by The Young Knives when the bass player leaned out for a kiss and just about took her bloody eye out with a stray string. Eyepatch ahoy.
7. Pete Townsend
location: Washington | Doctor's notes: impaled paw
The beconked, boiler suit sporting, amp destroyer is known for his windmill guitar action. However, at one American gig he managed to stick his whammy bar clean through his playing mitt. No encores, or waving, that night.
8. Blackie Lawless
location: USA | Doctor's notes: don't plan a family
Daft, fright-wigged, PMRC upsetting WASP frontman Blackie, is famed for his exploding codpiece. But on this particular night in the 80s the device misfired and almost removed little Blackie from his owner. Backstage Big Blackie quipped 'If we wrote better songs, we wouldn't have to do stunts.'
9. Aldrin Montecinos
location: Chile | Doctor's notes: facial hair incineration
Scary, less-than-famous, South American death metal dugong Aldrin, once rocked a lengthy stretch of face fungus until he set light to it as he attempted to eat fire on stage. Not the best a man can get.
10. David Bowie
location: Oslo | Doctor's notes: suck it and see
Giving it some Space Oddity, Ziggy, Let's Dance action in 2004, The Dame was going down so well with one Norse fan that they opted to show their pleasure by bunging a Chuppa Chupp lolly onto the stage. With painful precision the stick of the confection inserted itself into his left eye socket. Nooooo ... (He finished the show though).
Magnus Shaw, February 2011
