Motorhead gig stopped

[Chip Hart]

> I heard on MTV a few years ago that a Motorhead tour had to be
> canceled or postponed because of an incident during one of the shows
> where a "fan" through a sharpened coin at Lemmy.  The coin cut his arm
> and gave him blood poisoning...Anyone else remember this?

        Years ago, I read an editorial penned by Lemmy himself about how
        much he *hates* having things thrown at him on stage.  He gave
        examples of things he'd been hit with (including the coin) and
        damage he'd seen done (a girl losing all her front teeth to a
        crowd "surfer").

        He essentially said he'd walk off the stage if it ever got too
        bad and invited anyone who was cowardly enough to throw things
        at him to come up on stage ("like a man" I believe were his
        words) to do it face to face.

        Personally, I think he's completely right.  When you're on stage
        you have no protection and you certainly can't see it coming.
        People who throw things up there ought to be arrested.

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