Or that you've seen happen at a gig?
My previous band was playing a battle of the bands at a club near where the 2 guitarists in the band lived. We had played there QUITE often before this battle, and the only other area band that we thought had a shot at topping us wasn't going to be there due to scheduling conflicts. I was thinking, "We've got this in the BAG!"
We get to the gig, and find out we're playing second to last. I would've preferred to have been last, for the "fresh on everyone's minds" advantage, but no biggie. I decide to go grab a beer and mill around the club a bit since I've got a couple hours to kill before we'll even have the oppotunity to set up (the stage in this place is so small I ended up having to set up on the floor, so no chance of getting to backline any our gear).
As I walk up to the bar, this guy walks in wearing sunglasses (it's 8 P.M. in a dark club) and a black button down shirt, unbuttoned, with a wife-beater tank top on underneath. He walks up to the bar and orders 2 beers, then proceeds to start drinking from one, then the other. 10 minutes later, he's back at the bar for 2 more. Then again, and again, and..... etc., etc. I'm thinking, after about the 3rd trip this tool makes, "This guy's gonna be trouble."
By our set, this guy is TRASHED! He's at the front of the crowd, screaming along to our (original) songs that he's never heard before. At one point, he hops up onstage and throws his arms around our singer and attempts to yell his way through our song along with our vocalist. Our singer puts himin a headlock and hiptosses him over his monitor. The dude was so drunk, he didn't even realize our vocalist had just thrown him on the floor! He pops up and yells "WOOOOO!!!!", like he's Ric Flair or something.
The end of the next song, I went over by my lead guitarist to jam out with him for a bit, and the tool has parked himself right in front of my amp. As my frontman's talking to the crowd, I walk back over and yell to the tool "Hey, man, can you back up a little? I need to get back to my amp." He just stands there, looking like he thought I was a Martian. I ask again. Nothing. Next song's starting, so I turn towards my amp and gently push him away with my back. He responds by SHOVING me AND MY BASS straight into my amp! My amp and cab start to fall along with me, I grab the back of my amp, set it back on the floor, turn around and scream "I'M GONNA %!@*ING KILL YOU!"
I don't remember what happened from there, I've only been told. I "redded out", I guess. Apparently 2 other audience members grabbed him to throw him out, but before they could get him out, I slung my bass around to my back, jumped over both of them, and clocked him right in the jaw. I didn't come back to reality until he hit me across the jaw, as well. The 2 guys drag him out, and I realize my band is still playing the song. I sling my bass back around, and finish the tune.
Afterwards, a friend of mine gave me his shirt with the statement "This is the pelt of the A**hole". She told me that after they got him out, his friends came out and loaded him in the car and he kicked out their back window because he was so pissed.
We ended up losing that battle of the bands, and I'm sure it was because I was involved in a bar fight. Oh well, it was worth losing to have that story to tell!
