Talk:Instrument destruction

Hendrix
Nobody's going to add the iconic burning? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8B0:1CA:6848:922B:34FF:FE53:A855 (talk) 21:31, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

What About NIN?
Yeah, uh, see title. 206.53.67.229 (talk) 23:46, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

This really needs some sources
After the recent deletion of 27 Club, I feel that this could be rock trivia AFD fodder as well. Anyone want to help?--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 13:22, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I'll say it needs sources. This article is a great example of wikiality. It erroneously claimed that the Animals and Yardbirds were smashing guitars before The Who, resulting in Parade.com parroting that false information in an article on guitar smashing. The Who began smashing guitars in 1964, before Jeff Beck even joined the Yardbirds. The only reason Jeff Beck smashed a guitar in the Yardbirds in the first place was for the film Blowup, when the director couldn't get The Who. The Animals aren't known for smashing their equipment at all, certainly not prior to The Who. The Who's guitar smashing is well-documented in various sources as beginning in September of 1964. I've added citations to verify that. It's sad when fictions originating in Wikipedia seep into the mainstream media. Clashwho 22:14, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh well, at least this article is better now than it was when I first found it. More cites, less crap. Still why was the thing about Charles Mingus removed?--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 16:57, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The thing about Charles Mingus was removed because it was wrong. Where did you get it from? The idea that the Animals learned guitar smashing from Charles Mingus is preposterous. I don't know if Charles Mingus ever smashed a bass onstage, but the Animals never smashed anything in their lives. They were shocked when they saw The Who's instrument destruction. Clashwho (talk) 16:05, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

John Hiatt - Perfectly Good Guitar
John Hiatt recorded a song Perfectly Good Guitar on an album of the same name, decrying the practice and recommending that musicians treat their tools with respect. Worth noting? --Davecampbell (talk) 01:48, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Expansion
Hello there,

I'm interested in A) moving this article to Musical instrument destruction for clarification B) Expand the subject to include more than simply pop-culture / contemporary / rock'n'roll. Several historical of musical instrument destruction exist (see Category: Musical instrument destructionYeago (talk) 20:47, 4 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Over a year late, but I've added a non-pop culture case of instrument smashing (the vilin in 8 Songs for a Mad King).

If you know of others, go ahead and add them.--Peter cohen (talk) 21:18, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

on albums
it can occasionaly be heard on album, usually on the last track such as on RATM's debut at the end of freedom and on slipknot debut at the end of eeyore♠♦Д narchistPig♥♣ (talk) 19:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Conor Oberst quote
Just amended the Conor Oberst quote from "very expensive" to "extremely expensive". I know YouTube videos can't be used as citation, but I'll use it as proof that I'm right in doing so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fDFxpzcYPo (5:24) —Preceding unsigned comment added by FinalDeity (talk • contribs) 12:11, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Earlier appearance
The destruction of musical instruments is also often performed by (Circus) Clowns. One famous performance for ex in Chaplin's 1952 film Limelight with destruction of one violin, one drum and seemingly a piano. I don't have more info where the roots of this came from, but IMHO it should be mentioned in the article and would be an interesting matter of further investigation. ––Trofobi (talk) 01:19, 15 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Pianos are of course a comedy mainstay. I'm sure Laurel and Hardy did for one. It would be nice if someoen followed this up.--Peter cohen (talk) 11:41, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

The Crow
In the movie The Crow the character Eric Draven smashes a guitar. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.241.169.42 (talk) 11:40, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

Green Day Drums on Fire
LOL they have an article for this. There's gotta be some mention of this epic example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8X21rL1FsA 184.175.21.11 (talk) 06:09, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

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Merge List of musicians known for destroying instruments
Into this article? 123.243.76.165 (talk) 15:53, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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Notes 2, 5, 6, 9 (though this one is marked), 13, 14, and 18 are dead links. 7/19 is not a good ratio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.219.198.64 (talk) 04:03, 19 August 2016 (UTC)

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Annea Lockwood
Lockwood did more than just burn a piano. She produced a series of compositions, each of which destroyed a piano in a different way. Besides the burning piano, she has placed pianos out in the woods in the weather; buried them in the ground; sunk them in ponds; and placed them in the ocean surf.See | Piano Transplants — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.89.176.249 (talk) 20:45, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Robin Page
Robin Page should be mentioned in this article, but is there anything more than this?
 * Danat, A. (2015): Robin Page: Pioneering British Fluxus artist and art-world rebel. In: The Art Newspaper.
 * Personalien - Robin Page gestorben. Published at: kunstforum.de (German)
 * Kraushaar W. (2014) Guitar Smashing: Gustav Metzger, the Idea of Auto-destructive Works of Art, and Its Influence on Rock Music. In: Brown T.S., Lison A. (eds) The Global Sixties in Sound and Vision. Palgrave Macmillan, New York --Friedricheins (talk) 21:47, 3 February 2020 (UTC)

Last Part About Hotel Vandalism
I don't think that it should be mentioned on the article since that isn't part of the musicians' live performance. ––Darkchiefy (talk) 1:02, May 30 2020 (UTC)