The Worst Gig : From Psycho Fans to Stage Riots, Famous Musicians Tell All

''WORST GIG is Music Appreciation 225, taught by that cool professor everyone wanted to have beers with after class. One fun nugget after another. It was harder to close than my Twitter app.'' Matthew James, McSweeney's ''Tawdry tales of concert catastrophes!'' Buzzfeed ''Musicians' 'Worst Gig' makes for best read ever.'' Salon What is the worst show you've ever played? Sometimes the worst shows inspire the best stories. After hundreds of interviews with national headliners and beloved indie acts alike, entertainment journalist Jon Niccum has crafted a collection that chronicles the most embarrassing, most hilarious and most insane live show moments ever. THE WORST GIG features outrageous stories from stars such as Wilco, Def Leppard, Tenacious D, Rush, John Mayer, and The Sex Pistols. Be it nature's wrath, equipment breakdowns or even military intervention, get the wild scoop on what really happened, straight from the artists themselves. "WORST GIG is Music Appreciation 225, taught by that cool professor everyone wanted to have beers with after class. One fun nugget after another. It was harder to close than my Twitter app."--Matthew James, McSweeney's "Tawdry tales of concert catastrophes!"--Buzzfeed "Musicians' 'Worst Gig' makes for best read ever."--Salon "The best and funniest book I've ever read about the thing that ultimately unites us all: failure."--Wendy Molyneux, Bob's Burgers What is the worst show you've ever played? Sometimes the worst shows inspire the best stories. After hundreds of interviews with national headliners and beloved indie acts alike, entertainment journalist Jon Niccum has crafted a collection that chronicles the most embarrassing, most hilarious and most insane live show moments ever. THE WORST GIG features outrageous stories from stars such as Wilco, Def Leppard, Tenacious D, Rush, John Mayer, and The Sex Pistols. Be it nature's wrath, equipment breakdowns or even military intervention, get the wild scoop on what really happened, straight from the artists themselves. "WORST GIG is Music Appreciation 225, taught by that cool professor everyone wanted to have beers with after class. One fun nugget after another. It was harder to close than my Twitter app."—Matthew James, McSweeney's "Tawdry tales of concert catastrophes!"—__Buzzfeed__ "Musicians' 'Worst Gig' makes for best read ever."—__Salon__ What is the worst show you've ever played? Sometimes the worst shows inspire the best stories. After hundreds of interviews with national headliners and beloved indie acts alike, entertainment journalist Jon Niccum has crafted a collection that chronicles the most embarrassing, most hilarious and most insane live show moments ever. THE WORST GIG features outrageous stories from stars such as Wilco, Def Leppard, Tenacious D, Rush, John Mayer, and The Sex Pistols. Be it nature's wrath, equipment breakdowns or even military intervention, get the wild scoop on what really happened, straight from the artists themselves. "WORST GIG is Music Appreciation 225, taught by that cool professor everyone wanted to have beers with after class. One fun nugget after another. It was harder to close than my Twitter app."—Matthew James, McSweeney's "Tawdry tales of concert catastrophes!"— Buzzfeed "Musicians' 'Worst Gig' makes for best read ever."— Salon What is the worst show you've ever played? Sometimes the worst shows inspire the best stories. After hundreds of interviews with national headliners and beloved indie acts alike, entertainment journalist Jon Niccum has crafted a collection that chronicles the most embarrassing, most hilarious and most insane live show moments ever. THE WORST GIG features outrageous stories from stars such as Wilco, Def Leppard, Tenacious D, Rush, John Mayer, and The Sex Pistols. Be it nature's wrath, equipment breakdowns or even military intervention, get the wild scoop on what really happened, straight from the artists themselves.

Whether a stage riot, snowstorm, or a deranged fan, rock stars tell the tale Since 1998, entertainment journalist Jon Niccum has asked touring musicians the question, ""What is the worst show you've ever played?"" Now, after hundreds of interviews with national headliners and beloved indie acts alike comes a collection that chronicles the most embarrassing, most hilarious, and most insane live show moments ever. The Worst Gig features outrageous stories from stars like Wilco, Tenacious D Jon Niccum has been interviewing artists for the past 14 years about their worst shows of all time. Whether natural disaster struck, their equipment blew up on stage, or the military had to break up an audience riot, Niccum has the scoop on what really happened, direct from the artists themselves. The book features stories from dozens of artists, such as Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Def Leppard, The Sex Pistols, and Garbage. The Worst Gig features outrageous stories from stars like Wilco, Tenacious D, John Mayer, and The Sex Pistols. Whether natural disaster struck, equipment blew up on stage, or the military had to break up an audience riot, Niccum has the wild scoop on what really happened, straight from the artists themselves Whether a stage riot, snowstorm, or a deranged fan, rock stars tell the tale. Jon Niccum has been interviewing artists for the past fourteen years about their worst shows of all time.