This past weekend, Greenday frontman Billie Joe Armstrong totally snapped after his set got cut at the iheartRadio Festival. Rihanna and Usher’s shows ran long, effectively cutting Greenday’s performance time in half, so he did what any other tried and true rockstar would do: have a total meltdown on stage, complete with profanity, smashed guitars, thrown mics and all.
But you know Billie Joe can’t be the first one to flip out on stage – we’re curious, can anyone top his on-stage rage?
AXL ROSE – GUNS AND ROSES
Guns n’ Roses Axl Rose and company were playing in Dublin, when he stopped the song with a threat – if the crowd threw just ONE more bottle, they’d leave. And he stuck to his word.
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DAVID LEE ROTH – VAN HALEN
David Lee Roth gets pissed at the venue’s crew for making the stage too cold for him by turning the AC blowers on and stops Hot for Teacher’s intro to blow off some steam. Waaaah. Grab a sweater vest.
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NIKKI SIXX – MÖTLEY CRÜE
Nikki Sixx, Motley Crue goes nuts after he sees a security guard beating up on concertgoes. Calling out the guard, he then tells the crowd to beat him up. You can watch his highly NSFW, extremely racist rant here, if for some reason you feel so inclined.
GRAVE GROHL – THE FOO FIGHTERS
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters (who’s been known to fill up fans’ empty solo cups with a beer), went off on one fan who tried to start a fight with another one at his show. And we all know, that’s NOT why you go to a Foo Fighters’ show.
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Kurt Cobain T-Shirt Meltdown:
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