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I was at a Crue concert in Detroit quite a number of years ago. They absolutely rocked. Absolutely. They were totally sick. They make Metallica look like girl scouts.
Tommy Lee is absolutely rocking out during one song- full on. Some
dimwit in the crowd launches a bottle rocket at him. It hits him in the head and explodes right in front of his face. He was so wired on whatever that he didn't flinch. Nikki Sixx just stops playing, clubs the guy in the pit over the head with his bass: Instant riot. Huge fight. The show just keeps on going. Insane. Vince Neil was unaffected.
The guy in the pit or one of his A-hole buddies who launched the bottle rocket actually grabbed the body of Sixx's guitar when he clubbed him. He pulled the guitar into the crowd, probably hoping to pull Sixx in there too. Bouncers appear from everywhere. The music goes on. Sixx calmly walks back stage for another guitar. Bouncers have now retrieved the original guitar and are beating the down south shit out of the guy who grabbed the guitar as they drag him up on the stage then back stage and out of the arena, probably after getting a few more licks in.
The song ends and Vince Neil makes no mention of it. It is as though it was just a typical night for these guys. Which it was. I lost a shoe and got a black eye at that concert. It was absolutely outstanding.
I saw them way back in 198? at Joe Louis, opening for Ozzy. They were good but the Ozzman still blew them away.
BTW, that dimwit must have been at Pine Knob as well because same thing happened there during a Maiden concert I saw. Dickinson wraped a microphone cord around the guys neck though. :-)