Top 5 interesting antics of rock musicians

Story #1. Ozzy Osbourne

Once, at one of his concerts in '81, Ozzy Osbourne ripped a bat's head off with his teeth. It's also rumoured that this wasn't the only animal. The second victim was a pigeon. Ozzy did it in the CBS studio. In general, there are many legends about Ozzy, because he is a living legend: for example, once he "sniffed out" ants, or how about this, he bet that he would lick bassist Nikki Sixx's urine right off the ground, and so on....

Story #2. Jerry Lee Lewis

An outstanding pianist and musician in 1958 had to warm up the audience before rock legend Chuck Berry's performance, and he did, and he did it well! He rocked the audience! At the climax of the song "Great Balls Of Fire" he set his piano on fire, which surprised and excited the audience. Chuck saw it too, and I don't think he was happy about it. By the way, this story was told by Lewis himself, it is not possible to check or watch that concert.

In the '89 feature film "Great Balls of Fire," this scene is reproduced almost verbatim with minor directorial deviations.

Story #3. Folk festival under Bob Dylan's new rules

Electric guitars were not welcome at folk festivals in 1965. The acoustic sound was so much a part of this style that electric sound was alien to the audience. However, Dylan still performed Maggie's Farm on electric guitar, which displeased the audience. On the live recording, you can hear their crowd whistling. Despite this, we all love this particular rendition of the song. Steve Jobs especially loved it.

Story #4. Jimi Hendrix follows in Lewis' footsteps

The 1967 Monterey concert was to be a turning point in Hendrix's life. He prepared for it more mentally than physically. After all, at that moment nobody knew about him in America, he and his manager had just arrived from England, where he had already been recognised and where he had made a lot of noise with his extraordinary sound. Before the band's performance, Jimi was thinking how they would be remembered, how they would make a furore so that they would be written about in the newspaper the next day. The idea was simple: smash an electric guitar on stage. It didn't work... The band playing before them had already done it. The trick wouldn't work a second time. What did Jimi do?

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That's right... he lit his electric guitar on fire and started praying and invoking spirits. That's how he became the coolest guitar player in the world! He was a virtuoso on it, he could play solos with his teeth, he could make love to it without stopping playing, and he could hit notes that few people would have thought of.

Story #5. How Pete Townsend went deaf in one ear

At the time, the English band was practising barrel bombs during performances! When they had their first performance on American television, the drummer Keith Moon planted 10 times the amount of explosives they were supposed to!

After that, poor Pete Townsend was out of earshot in one ear, and Keith got his hand hurt. Backstage, someone fainted!