Top 10 Times Band Members Fought Each Other Live On Stage

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These bands engaged in a little too much on-stage chin music. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down the bands or acts who had an infamous bandmate altercation during a live performance.

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00:00 And that was it.

00:01 That was really the straw that broke the camel's back."

00:04 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down the bands or acts who had an infamous

00:09 bandmate altercation during a live performance.

00:12 If you're looking forward to Oasis, note that the Gallagher Brothers' partnership

00:17 ending row was backstage.

00:25 Number 10.

00:26 The View.

00:27 The View know how to energize a crowd with their uniquely hot-tempered indie rock.

00:36 In May of 2023, tempers got too hot at a show in Manchester.

00:41 A purported dispute culminated in bassist Kieran Webster kicking frontman Kyle Faulkner's

00:47 mic stand.

00:48 Audience footage shows Faulkner shoving Webster, then discarding his guitar to throw in some

00:52 punches and kicks.

00:54 It was the band's first performance in over five years, and the show was going well until

00:58 the lead singer, Kyle Faulkner, lost his cool in the middle of the performance and pushed

01:03 bassist Kieran Webster before trying to punch him.

01:06 The band walking off the stage effectively ended the gig, as well as a stop in London

01:24 for their eventually salvaged tour.

01:25 The View's clash set the proper tone with true shock horror.

01:28 Number 9.

01:30 Motorhead.

01:31 For all the wild stories about Lemmy Kilmister, his professional commitment led to Motorhead's

01:36 most public meltdown.

01:38 In 2011, the bassist and frontman was so sick the band considered cancelling their appearance

01:47 at the music festival, Bloodstock.

01:49 Lemmy insisted on powering through the outdoor show.

01:57 As he struggled to keep up with the speed metal fury, he repeatedly ordered drummer

02:01 Mickey D to slow down.

02:02 D eventually got fed up and started throwing stuff at Lemmy.

02:06 After the pair had time to cool down, the band played on.

02:10 D now remembers it as the worst show he ever did with Motorhead.

02:13 Lemmy's stubbornness was still better than no show at all for Bloodstock metalheads.

02:27 Number 8.

02:28 Baby Shambles.

02:30 Pete Doherty built quite the reputation for mischief and more with the Libertines.

02:35 And then there was his project Baby Shambles in action during a 2005 gig at London's

02:40 Brixton Academy.

02:45 Doherty was already out on bail with charges of robbery and blackmail.

02:49 He had to negotiate an extended curfew to attend a show so massive that audience members

02:54 were crushing each other.

02:55 As the band struggled to contain the frenzy, Doherty accidentally unplugged Patrick Walden's

03:00 guitar.

03:01 The pressure finally exploded in a skirmish between the bandmates.

03:04 Thankfully, bouncers were quickly able to get the show back on track before Doherty

03:08 got in more trouble with the law.

03:14 The incident still says a lot about his hot-headedness.

03:24 Number 7.

03:26 The Who.

03:27 It took The Who many hostile years to get their early concert's intensity under control.

03:38 Bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon were in no condition to keep a 1966 Berkshire

03:44 set civilized.

03:45 The pair showed up late after drinking and jamming with the Beach Boys' Bruce Johnston

03:50 all afternoon.

03:51 They even jumped in mid-song after discovering that the band went on with a substitute rhythm

03:56 section.

04:04 By the time guitarist Pete Townsend took collateral damage during the show's explosive closer,

04:09 a melee broke out.

04:11 Entwistle and Moon decided that they had enough with the band, but thankfully changed their

04:15 minds.

04:16 The Who's unplanned blowout in Berkshire was still a wake-up call to get their chaotic

04:21 act together.

04:27 Number 6.

04:28 Poison.

04:29 The hard-partying Poison are notorious for both their chemistry and their scrapes.

04:40 Bret Michaels and C.C.

04:41 DeVille's volatile relationship has especially garnered attention since a backstage brawl

04:46 at the '91 Video Music Awards.

04:49 But the violence that an Atlanta audience caught in 2006 was between Michaels and Bobby

04:54 Dahl.

04:59 As the band prepared for an encore, things started to go haywire and the two exchanged

05:03 words and a shub before Dahl swung his bass.

05:06 Roadies were able to break up the fight before it got too carried away.

05:10 Dahl has since claimed to not remember what instigated the incident.

05:14 It was reportedly bad enough for Michaels to announce that the concert may have been

05:18 Poison's last.

05:19 But by all accounts, the band has survived worse.

05:28 Number 5.

05:30 The Jesus and Mary Chain.

05:32 Noise pop pioneers and brothers, the Jesus and Mary Chain are also known for their noisy

05:37 conflicts.

05:45 This culminated in 1998 when Jim Reed came drunk to his show in LA's House of Blues.

05:51 As he grew more belligerent and knocked over equipment, William Reed tried to put him in

05:55 his place.

05:56 The brothers' violent quarrel ended the performance after just 15 minutes and prompted

06:01 William to drop out of the tour altogether.

06:09 The incident would be the catalyst for the band's formal split the following year.

06:13 The Reed brothers eventually reconciled in 2007 and the Jesus and Mary Chain have been

06:18 going strong ever since.

06:20 Though they've thankfully been able to forgive, fans can't forget their legendary falling

06:24 out.

06:32 Number 4.

06:34 The Beatles.

06:35 The international brand of some boys from Liverpool truly began with their residency

06:39 in Hamburg, Germany.

06:49 But it was also infamously the end of their musical relationship with bassist Stuart

06:54 Sutcliffe.

06:55 He got engaged to local Astrid Kircher after a two-month courtship.

06:59 The couple didn't even speak a common language.

07:12 The band teased Sutcliffe for his relationship and other things, especially Paul McCartney.

07:17 This supposedly led to the on-stage altercation that had been a long time coming for him and

07:22 Sutcliffe.

07:24 The fight factored into Sutcliffe's decision to leave the Beatles to focus on his art career.

07:28 With McCartney on bass, the band went on to become one of the biggest acts in music history.

07:33 Meanwhile, Sutcliffe tragically died from a brain hemorrhage in 1962.

07:38 Still engaged to Kircher.

07:48 Number 3.

07:50 Marilyn Manson.

07:51 As shocking as Marilyn Manson's concerts and behavior are, his 2003 appearance at Rock

07:56 'Em Ring took a turn which surprised everyone.

08:04 Professional footage shows Manson marching along the stage until he accidentally kicks

08:09 John 5 in the head.

08:10 The ensuing frenzy nearly came to blows when John tossed his guitar aside.

08:15 Though the two quickly got their bearings, fans would spend 20 years referencing the

08:19 fight in rumors that John left Manson's band with bad blood.

08:30 In a 2022 interview, the guitar virtuoso finally revealed that he had recently learned of his

08:35 sister's sudden passing and took full responsibility for what he did in his state of grief.

08:40 Given the circumstances, nobody is holding his meltdown against him.

08:44 Number 2.

08:45 The Kinks.

08:46 The feud between brothers Ray and Dave Davis is legendary.

08:51 But while they were able to stay civil on stage, Mick Avery led the Kinks' most consequential

08:59 fight.

09:00 Dave had been on his case leading up to and during a 1965 gig at Cardiff's Capitol Theatre.

09:05 When Davis kicked Avery's drum kit, Avery knocked him unconscious with a hi-hat stand.

09:10 He then fled from what he thought was a murder scene while Davis was rushed to the infirmary.

09:16 When word of this and other incidents reached the United States, the Kinks were banned just

09:27 in time for the British invasion.

09:29 The band's popularity and influence thankfully secured them independent stardom.

09:34 But they were nearly undone by the kind of hostility witnessed at the Capitol Theatre.

10:02 Number 1.

10:03 The Eagles.

10:04 The Eagles were one of the biggest rock bands of the 1970s.

10:13 This pressure escalated the group's artistic and personal conflicts into a lengthy recording

10:18 session for the long run.

10:32 The album's title took on an ironic meaning after its 1980 promotional tour detoured to

10:37 a charity gig at Long Beach.

10:39 Don Felder and Glenn Frey exchanged threads and swipes throughout the set, sometimes deliberately

10:45 into the microphone.

10:52 As soon as the show ended, Felder smashed his guitar backstage and quit on the spot.

10:57 The rest of the band soon followed.

10:59 After a long hiatus, the Eagles would spend the following decades reuniting and breaking

11:03 up.

11:10 Still their very public first breakup ranks among the most devastating ever witnessed.

11:15 What are your favorite band battles?

11:17 Let us know in the comments.

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