You gotta see this! Back by popular demand, it’s time for another sabotage countdown. In the past, we’ve told stories of bands that undercut rivals on stage, acts that have tried to tank their most popular song, and even bands who have accidentally sabotaged their careers. We’ve got all that and more this time around. Including the story of singer Shirley Manson who cussed a fan out in the middle of a concert over bouncing a beachball… at the next show, 100s of fans came to the jilted fan’s rescue. Find out what happened. Plus, the famous songwriter who wrote a hit song for Kelly Clarkson… problem is he wrote the exact same song with different lyrics for Beyonce too. Both came out at the same time, so this Kelly Clarkson did everything she could to sabotage her own song, but it was still a hit. And then there was Blind Melon's frontman who stripped off all his clothes onstage and took a wiz on concertgoers. Not exactly the best way to win over a crowd.
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Hey music Junkies, Professor of Rock always here to celebrate the greatest artists and the greatest songs of all time. Make sure to like, share, and comment to keep this channel alive, and unsubscribe and resubscribe to get me on your feed again. We’ve got a great one today: our top sabotage stories.
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#7, I’ve got Rush and The Runaways. Musical Precision vs Musical anarchy. This one’s insane. February 1977. Detroit's Cobo Arena. Two bands that had absolutely no business being on the same tour. To understand the collision, you have to understand who both of these bands were at this particular moment in time. Rush, comprised of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and recently added drum genius Neil Peart, had spent the better part of a decade grinding their way to legitimacy.
Rush’s 1974 self-titled debut had gained unexpected traction in the US after a Cleveland DJ named Donna Halper started spinning "Working Man." Then came Fly by Night, Caress of Steel, and the landmark 2112 in 1976, a record that told their label to get out of their creative business and showed they could fill arenas on pure musical ambition. By early 1977, Rush were one of the tightest, most technically precise rock bands on the planet. The Runaways were something else entirely. Formed in LA in 1975 by producer Kim Fowley, the all-female teen band was built on punk attitude, heavy metal riffs, and a middle finger aimed at the male-dominated music industry. Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, Sandy West, and Jackie Fox had released their debut album in 1976, complete with the rebellious "Cherry Bomb.” That was followed quickly by Queens of Noise in early 1977. Critics in the US largely dismissed them. They were a band fighting for respect on every single stage they walked onto.
Which made the environment on the Rush tour especially charged. Now I tell this story from the two different perspectives on record. I don’t know what really happened: I’ll just give you the accounts. According to Cherie Currie and Joan Jett, the hostility was palpable from the start. They claimed Rush and their crew treated them with open contempt… Jett alleged that during The Runaways' set, members of Rush sat at the side of the stage laughing at their performance. That experience burned so deeply that it later inspired one of the most memorable scenes in The Runaways biopic… where Jett's character gets even with a mocking headliner in the most satisfying, unprintable way possible. Jett confirmed the scene was drawn directly from her feelings toward Rush.
But Currie's accusation was even more serious. She claimed Rush's camp physically sabotaged their set… hurling standard 8x10 sheets of paper across the stage, spinning them like frisbees into the performance area. It sounds comical, until you picture Currie performing in six-inch platform boots. After jumping off the drum riser mid-set, she came down on one of those sheets of paper, slipped, and nearly went headfirst into the orchestra pit. She would claim that she could have been paralyzed. But Rush tells a different version of the events.
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