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I was thinking about Chris Cornell and how he killed himself the other day while I was listening to some Soundgarden. I briefly wondered how someone so talented and rich could kill themselves and then I remembered something that happened when I saw Soundgarden in concert back in 1992 at Lollapalooza. I had pretty good seats for the main stage, which were not too far above the mosh pit.
During Soundgarden's set, Cornell pulled out a large wooden staff with a goat's skull on the top of it. He held it in his hand and pointed it at the crowd in the pit and told them to bow down to Satan. All of them did except one and it didn't take him too much prodding. The one guy wouldn't bow though. Chris barked at him a few times and he finally did conform to the peer pressure and bow down to Satan. After thinking about his suicide, I wondered if the two events were connected. Like maybe he sold his soul to the devil to be a rock star or something, lol.
That has to be my strangest concert recollection ever. Lollapalooza was a very action packed venue in the early days especially. That same concert had Eddie Vedder climbing up the set facade and almost falling into the crowd as well during Pearl Jam's set. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were dressed up in costumes and they did a big dance routine like they did at the awards ceremony that year. Fun concert, but weird. What was your strangest concert occurrence?
During Soundgarden's set, Cornell pulled out a large wooden staff with a goat's skull on the top of it. He held it in his hand and pointed it at the crowd in the pit and told them to bow down to Satan. All of them did except one and it didn't take him too much prodding. The one guy wouldn't bow though. Chris barked at him a few times and he finally did conform to the peer pressure and bow down to Satan. After thinking about his suicide, I wondered if the two events were connected. Like maybe he sold his soul to the devil to be a rock star or something, lol.
That has to be my strangest concert recollection ever. Lollapalooza was a very action packed venue in the early days especially. That same concert had Eddie Vedder climbing up the set facade and almost falling into the crowd as well during Pearl Jam's set. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were dressed up in costumes and they did a big dance routine like they did at the awards ceremony that year. Fun concert, but weird. What was your strangest concert occurrence?