12 Brutal Times Famous Musicians Attacked Their Own Fans

5. Sid Vicious

Whether or not Sid Vicious could actually play his bass is up for debate, but he certainly knew how to use it in other ways. During The Sex Pistols' first tour of the USA, the band primarily played in the roughest bars that their notorious manager Malcolm McClaren could book. When one fan in Texas threw beer at Vicious, the notorious punk reacted with typical subtlety by raising his bass over his head and bringing it down upon the skull of the offender. Frontman Johnny Rotten probably didn't do the band any further favours either by baiting the inhabitants of the infamously homophobic Bible-belt with statements like "all cowboys are f*cking f*gg*ts"... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adIeDI3NgbI