At least they picked the right brand to smash.

[jeffrey]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5891085855028362139&q=guitar

 

[Sigmunds Couch]

That's funny

 

[Beth]

well, I never really enjoy seeing someone smash a guitar, but I LOVED the little dials that go up to 11 that turn into the MC logo at the end - fantastic marketing!

 

[Eilif]

ROFL!

As long as it aint one of our beloved Balls, smash away, I say.

Who started all that? Was it Townshend? Hendrix?

 

[maddog]

Who started all that? Was it Townshend? Hendrix?

The Who would smash everything to bits. Hendrix would set guitars on fire. Ravi Shankar would have heartattacks over the sacriligious behaviour.

 

[fogman]

I think I have that clip somehere!
It's funny.
Too bad it was banned shortly after being on the air.
That was a long time ago!

 

[Spudmurphy]

well, I never really enjoy seeing someone smash a guitar, but I LOVED the little dials that go up to 11 that turn into the MC logo at the end - fantastic marketing!

Yeah, I like 'em when they go to 11 too!

 

[threeminutesboy]

well ...

I must admit that this a little bit to straight foward for me and also that ruining an instrument (what ever the brand) is not really my cup of tea

I could never be Pete Townsend or Jimy Hendrix , but it's good to be me

 

[spkirby]

As a kid with a nasty korean guitar it used to pain me watching musicians smash up what I once considered decent gear, now I play EBMM I find it entertaining...

 

[Spudmurphy]

I saw Pete play a few times in the 70's - he was a VERY exciting guy to watch !!!
Spud

 

[threeminutesboy]

well I heard John Entwistle was sick about destroying his bass after the last song ...

 

[B2D]

Destroying instruments always seemed so wasteful to me... i remember being 7 years old and wanting an electric guitar so bad (didnt get one until i was 13) and then I'd see someone smashing one on TV and I'd feel so bewildered as to why someone would do that.

For every person that smashes a guitar for fun, there is one person that would give anything to have had that guitar.

Wasteful and destructive.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

I think when Townshend did it in the 60's it was shocking and outrageous . These days its just a cliche that bands do because companies give them free guitars.

 

[beej]

Good point. At least the Who had the balls to put themselves into debt when smashing up the stuff they actually paid for

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Good point. At least the Who had the balls to put themselves into debt when smashing up the stuff they actually paid for

It nearly bankrupted them by all accounts!

 

[B2D]

It nearly bankrupted them by all accounts!

I have a book full of funny stories and stuff from various walk of musical life, and I think at one point, John Entwhistle said something to the effect of, "We'd wind up in the green simply by not showing up!!"