famous controversial performances

sparky_fry · May 2015

Don't Go to BP Amoco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFSM_lkk22Q

Whywhyzed · May 2015

What about the Quarter Rant from Mansfield '98?

Jed · May 2015

Why was the 2007 lolla daughter controversial? If it's because he said "George Bush leave this world alone..." then every show they've ever played is controversial.

RB90590 · May 2015

Here is some of the fun from Mesa 93...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zs0cjBkTjo

1995 was full of controversy, the following playlist has most news clips and shows in order...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLQ6DW2NIGAIWisS3Nywl-n6v24B_b1NTX

ehbacon · May 2015

Jed said:
Why was the 2007 lolla daughter controversial? If it's because he said "George Bush leave this world alone..." then every show they've ever played is controversial.

because AT&T was livestreaming it and they blocked that part out of the stream

OnWis97 · May 2015

mcgruff10 said:
What about San fran 95? Pretty damn controversial. That show made national headlines. And of course Denmark 2000 was controversial in its own way.

Yeah. I was home from college (no internet, no cable TV) holding a ticket to my first show (Milwaukee) and I remember thinking "these guys are gonna fizzle out like Guns N Roses." If you'd have told me they'd be around in 2000, much less 2015, I'd have laughed at you. I think the assumptions of a lot of people (myself included) were that Eddie stormed off the stage Axl Rose style or something. Anything I've read since then, taken at face value, indicates that Eddie was in legitimate need of a hospital visit.

But it was definitely controversial. They were cancelling shows due to Ticketmaster (they cancelled, and reinstated the Milwaukee shows) and people were turning on them because they just wanted to go to a show. Then this happens. I'd have bet there would not be a 4th album after that.

badbrains · May 2015

Bad tuna and according to Greg graffin, bad acid too.

Sarah · May 2015

RB90590 said:
Here is some of the fun from Mesa 93...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zs0cjBkTjo

Thanks for finding that... That's definitely the bit I saw... For some reason, I love that Stone is the one who douses the shirt in lighter fluid. The image of them playing "Leash" as it burns is awesome.

red mos · May 2015

mcgruff10 said:
hartford 96 or 98.....police used tear gas on the crowd. good times.

That was Hartford 98. In the liner notes of live on two legs, It says something like" thanks for a great summer and our crew" ps: Hartford police leave those kids alone."

WhatYouTaughtMe · May 2015

Sarah said:

RB90590 said:
Here is some of the fun from Mesa 93...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zs0cjBkTjo

Thanks for finding that... That's definitely the bit I saw... For some reason, I love that Stone is the one who douses the shirt in lighter fluid. The image of them playing "Leash" as it burns is awesome.

Is that U of A shirt? I can't tell for sure. I thought they were protesting ASU? Fucking stoners, hahaha.

my2hands · May 2015

YLed2 said:
Not a controversial show by any means, but the Bristow (DC) show in 2010 he flat out told corporate lobbyists to go kill themselves. He literally asked if there were any corporate lobbyists in the crowd, and if there were - "go kill yourselves." Not too cool of a statement by any regards. I was at the show and trust me, he wasn't really joking.

He later apologized in the show for the statement, but again, not really too bright or cool of a statement to make by any account.

Never knew this... I actually wanted to go to this show

Very poor taste by Ed

OnWis97 · June 2015

Wrigley 2013. The storm came and just stopped right above Wrigley for a couple of hours. So, given the amount of travel fans did to get to that show, they negotiated a 2:00 AM finish. There were some very unhappy neighbors. It was awesome (though not as awesome as it would have been had it gone as planned; we lost eight songs)

danphxariz · January 2017

Sarah said:

RB90590 said:
Here is some of the fun from Mesa 93...

Thanks for finding that... That's definitely the bit I saw... For some reason, I love that Stone is the one who douses the shirt in lighter fluid. The image of them playing "Leash" as it burns is awesome.

Is that U of A shirt? I can't tell for sure. I thought they were protesting ASU? Fucking stoners, hahaha.

Wow! This is the first Pearl Jam show I ever went to, and I was standing right in front of that burning shirt! There was so much smoke, you really can’t tell from the video but the smoke was almost choking us in front. I remember seeing this video on MTV years ago - I'm the tall head right in the center (I’m 6’5”). It was a U of A sweatshirt, not a t-shirt, and they were protesting U of A, not ASU - even though the show was in Mesa. Thanks for sharing that great memory and glad you posted the video!

And speaking of controversial shows, I don't think anyone mentioned the show in Indio, CA, right before they came to Mesa... maybe that one goes without saying though but hopefully it's not forgotten.