Motorhead gig stopped

[Paul Mather]

On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Carl E. Anderson wrote:

> > Just read in the paper that Motorhead stopped playing after Lemmy got a second glass of
> > beer in his face, after 45 minutes. Eh, not the glass - the beer... The chance of
> > electrocution probably was too high.
> > The manager told he was crying in the dressing room. It was the first ever gig this
> > happened - not the beer throwing, but stopping a gig for that...
> > It was the only gig Motorhead were supposed to do in Holland on their current tour.
>
>         Quite appalling really.  You'd think people would be ashamed of
> themselves to act in such a way ...

What is it you consider appalling: stopping the gig, crying in the
dressing room, or throwing beer? ;-)

Could've been worse; he could've stopped the gig because people were
throwing used syringes on the stage (a la Zappa in Italy in the 80s,
thereby precipitating a riot)...

Cheers,

Paul.

obCD: Gong, _Gong est Mort_

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