Category Archives: Bad Breaks

Pierce the Veil guitarist badly injured in bike accident

Posted by on June 17, 2015

It’s a little ironic that the Vans Warped Tour, which celebrates extreme sports alongside punk, metal and emo music, will be missing Pierce the Veil guitarist Tony Perry for the beginning of the tour after he suffered a mountain biking accident. It was enough to require immediate surgery, and with a collapsed lung it looks like […]

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Lorna Shore, Hate Eternal pull out of Deicide tour [Updated]

Posted by on June 16, 2015

The tour formerly known as Metal Alliance just can’t catch a break. Last week, the tour lost its name and one of its featured bands, as Entombed A.D. were sent packing, apparently through no fault of their own or Deicide’s. As for the headliners, they decided to soldier on with the remainder of the tour, […]

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Arch Enemy’s Alissa White-Gluz is playing with a broken rib

Posted by on June 4, 2014

We  already know that Alissa White-Gluz was good enough to make the cut to become Arch Enemy’s latest vocalist, but just how tough is she? Tough enough to play shows with broken bones, for one. During the bands European tour Alissa crashed into a stage riser during one of the concerts. She has decided to […]

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Dillinger’s Ben Weinman To Be Operated On This Week; Band Gains Unlikely Fan

Posted by on June 11, 2013

We were supposed to interview The Dillinger Escape Plan on Sunday following their triumphant performance at the Orion Music + More fest. We call it “triumphant” because the band’s lead guitarist and songwriter Benjamin Weinman had broken his hand and it was unsure as to whether they would even be playing the festival. They persevered, […]

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Vince Neil Takes Walk On Wild Side, Breaks Foot

Posted by on September 14, 2012

The Mötley Crüe/KISS tour just cant catch a break. Actually, it can, but it’s Vince Neil’s foot. Following the postponement of a show last week after one of the pyro trucks overturned, Neil sustained two fractures in his foot while performing on September 12 in Cleveland. There’s no confirmation that tripping over his own ego or […]

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