Very Superstitious (Or Just Strong Willed)
Twenty One Pilots ALWAYS end their show by saying the following...
In 1982, THIS highly influential heavy metal frontman infamously bit the head off a bat on stage...
Ozzy Osbourne
"This song is bout the time I got a ride in a guy's iroc and got absolutely pregnant..."
Gerard Way
Known as 'The Garden', this famous NYC venue is the fame summit for many bands and doubles as a hockey arena
Madison Square Garden
For the longest time until recently, Paramore refused to play this mega-hit...
Misery Business
In 1982, N.W.A. was told if they performed THIS song at their Detroit show the cops would immediately shut it down ... they opened with the song, and were shut down within fifteen seconds ...
"F**k Da Police"
"My only regret in life is I'll never be able to see myself perform live..."
Kanye West (I wish he stopped speaking after this)
An open-air amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado, this venue is the jam band haven and hosts plenty of long, lengthy sets from famous bands. Many have said that the acoustics are impossible to replicate.
Red Rocks Amphitheater
Zach De La Rocha cut this line out of the track 'bombtrack' because it no longer aligned with his views...
"Hard line, hard line, after hard line"
(he no longer lives hardline)
During the original Woodstock, THIS ARTIST was told they would be going on in about four hours, so they took some tabs of acid. Things were moved around and they had to perform in twenty minutes. They described their guitar melting in their hands, seeing new colors, and meeting Jesus all on stage.
Santana
“It's so weird how V.I.P. thinks they're so way too cool to do this ... WHAT THE FUCKKK ... You're not fun! Be Fun!"
Chappell Roan
This theatre in Harlem hosted many early rock n' roll artists including B. B. King, Chuck Berry, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, and Ella Fitzgerald.
The Apollo
Unless on a festival stage, this metal vocalist prefers to not face the audience and not have a spotlight on him...
Maynard of TOOL
Who is this ...
[PLAY VIDEO: THE CLIMB]
Eddie Vedder , Pearl Jam
"I want you to step back from the guacamole, I want you to put the chicken fingers down and turn your television all the way up!"
Bruce Springsteen
What venue was Queen's iconic 'live aid' performance recorded at...
Wembley Stadium in London
These /mu/ legends finished their farewell tour with their lead guitarist not breaking a single string throughout an entire world tour ...
Kikagaku Moyo
After Anthony Kiedis called his more serious band a copy cat, the frontman used THIS side-project band to get revenge .. Playing a show in Kiedis' hometown, they botched several RHCP covers, pretended to shoot heroin to mock John Frusciante's addiction, and even dressing up as their dead former guitarist
Mr. Bungle (they actually did this)
"I think, particularly the last few years in '75 and in '77 we were playing to very large audiences, some of whom were our old audience who'd come to see us play, but most of whom were only there for the beer, in big stadiums, and, er, consequently it became rather an alienating experience doing the shows. I became very conscious of a wall between us and our audience..."
Roger Waters (on the creation of 'The Wall')
This famous venue in Columbus, Ohio has made headlines for hosting punk shows inside of this (still active) laundromat ...
Dirty Dungaroos