East Troy, WI - Tour Story

East Troy, WI 1983 - Rick Savage 1989 Interview Quotes

Has there ever been a crowd disaster at a def Leppard show?. We're all aware of the Donington tragedy last year, where two kids lost their lives.

Once, in '83, we were playing Alpine Valley.

I had a nasty cut on my knee that needed stitches, so an ambulance took me straight from the gig to the local hospital.

There, I saw all these kids who were injured at our show.

Some were in right bloody messes.

Again in '88, in Biloxi, Mississippi, I cut my leg open on the stage - same knee and I saw lots of kids messed up at that hospital too.

What's with the injuries?. Are you accident prone?

Not really. I really shouldn't tell you this because it'll cast a bad light on Gary Moore - oh well, that injury in '93, here's what happened.

We were playing Apline Valley with Gary Moore.

He's just finished his set and wanted to get from the side of the stage into the dressing room area with these two girls.

The girls didn't have the proper passes, so security stopped them.

Gary got angry.

He happened to have a Heineken beer bottle in his hand at the time.

I was standing around the corridor, talking to a fan.

All of a sudden this beer bottle comes flying around the corner and catches me flush on the knee, cutting a big hole in my leather pants.

This is 20 minutes before we're supposed to go onstage!.

Gary felt so bad - he's really a very nice guy.

Whenever I see him, eh always asks, "How's the knee>"..

I still got a scar.

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Animal Instinct 1987 Biography - Quotes

"Even so, there were problems."

"Backstage at Alpine Valley, an outdoor amphitheatre outside of Milwaukee, Gary Moore - a temperamental Irishman at the best of times - got pissed off about some small matter and threw an empty Heineken bottle on to the floor."

"Unfortunately for Sav, who happened to be standing nearby, a few pieces of the broken bottle bounced up off the floor and into his leg."

"He received eight stitches after the show."

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