5 Nasty Stage Falls

Stage falls: They happen to even the best rockers out there.

Sometimes, they’re hilarious, but sometimes, a tumble will literally have you scream, “OH, SH*T!” out loud.

In honor of James Hetfield’s latest spill, we look back at some of the nastiest stage falls in recent memory

Just last night (September 4), Papa Het fell into a hole on stage during Metallica’s show in Amsterdam. Thankfully, he’s okay, but it certainly could’ve been worse.

Another fall that could’ve been a lot worse was this misstep by The Edge on opening night of U2’s 2015 “Innocence and Experience” tour.

Bless his heart, but Steve Tyler has fallen off the stage A LOT in his storied career. One of the worst times occurred in 2009 when Aerosmith played Sturgis, and Tyler’s fall landed him in the hospital with head, neck and shoulder injuries.

Like Steven Tyler, Axl Rose has fallen off stage a lot, so much so that one inspired YouTuber made this compilation of his most memorable tumbles.

Who could forget this moment? Dave Grohl’s major fall off stage during a show in Sweden may have resulted in a broken leg, but it gave us the Foo Throne, so we’ll just chalk this up to taking the good with the bad.

Plus, he had THE BEST reaction to falling off stage, too. Even in tons of pain, Grohl manages to be the most charming mofo in the room!

Alright…so this isn’t a proper stage fall, but as far as stage injuries go, Krist Novoselic’s bass toss at the 1992 MTV VMAs is always worth mentioning.

Erica Banas is rock/classic rock news blogger that loves the smell of old vinyl in the morning.