star Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) The answer is probably know by many GN'R fans except me ;D Question: Guns N' Roses - Live At The Ritz 1988 - at the end, during Rocket Queen, Axl pulls an angry face and throws the microphone not into the audience, but to the side of the stage, possibly at someone. What was it all about? Edited May 9, 2016 by star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MillionsOfSpiders Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 He threw his mic at the monitor man because of sound problems, he missed and it hit someone else. Theres an interview about it on YouTube . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprite Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Still think that's the best performance of Rocket Queen haha. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvH Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Gotta love Izzy's guitar fills during this performance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italian girl Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 1 hour ago, MillionsOfSpiders said: He threw his mic at the monitor man because of sound problems Poor guy!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderram Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 4 hours ago, MillionsOfSpiders said: He threw his mic at the monitor man because of sound problems, he missed and it hit someone else. Theres an interview about it on YouTube . Link? I've never seen it and can't find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dontdamnmeuyi2015 Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 when I listened to the cd I was like "What the hell" Where is Axl? My brother told me what Axl did. I just laughed and thought I would have loved to have seen that in person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walapino Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I just saw it yesterday, he didnt sang one of the verses. Slash and Duff were like "where the fuck did he go?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychoKiss344 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 2 hours ago, Walapino said: I just saw it yesterday, he didnt sang one of the verses. Slash and Duff were like "where the fuck did he go?" They both looked nervous he wasn't going to come back out and just kept going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PirateRadio Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Just wish he picked it back up in time to complete the song. It's one of my very very favorites parts in a GNR song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) Axl: You see on that live MTV thing, everything was pro except this monitor man who didn't have a clue what was going on. The crowd's hearing the show, everything's great, we're hearing spaceships' landing onstage, backwards echoes, screaming feedback, and the drummer doesn't know what, Steven doesn't know what's going on. Finally I tried to nail the monitor man with my microphone and my tour manager moved and I nailed him [laughs]. That was messy. But it leaves for some excitement [MTV Headbanger's Ball, September 1988]. a-4-d.com is your friend. [http://www.a-4-d.com/t1277-1988-02-02-the-ritz-new-york-city-usa#3789] Edited May 11, 2016 by SoulMonster Added link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulMonster Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 On 9.5.2016 at 0:45 AM, thunderram said: Link? I've never seen it and can't find it. http://www.a-4-d.com/t477-1988-09-03-interview-with-axl-and-slash From the beginning of the first video you can see Axl talk about the incident. [It is not transcribed yet so you have to watch the video]. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 He tossed it up in the air with the cable attached, I doubt the guy was hurt bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stella Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 (edited) If you watch the uncut video or the radio version, there's a moment before they come back out for the encore (Rocket Queen) where Axl's asking for the monitor man to get off the stage, too. ETA: here's the video. At about 54:30, there's someone fussing with the equipment on Duff's side, and then Axl's gesturing for someone on the other side of the stage to go away. It's so funny...if you watch or read interviews from 1988 the band members all seemed to think that the Ritz gig was awful. There's one interview I remember because Duff actually called it "frightful," LOL, and used it as an example of how they sometimes still had bad shows. And yet it's become perhaps the most iconic gig from the AfD era. Even when they thought they were bad, they were electric... Edited May 12, 2016 by stella 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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