r/Concerts • u/profeshidiot • 2d ago
Concerts Have you ever caught something thrown into the crowd at a gig?
Hey everyone :) I run an indie music magazine and I'm currently planning an article/spread on things people have caught at concerts like guitar picks, promo tapes, drumsticks, setlists - or anything weird/unexpected!! as long as you caught it/had it thrown to you, i wanna know!
would love to hear if you have drop me a message on here or on subterraneanclub on insta! :) thank youuu!
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u/dervari 2d ago
Drumsticks from Alan Gratzer (REO) and Simon Kirke (Bad Co). The REO stick had a thick later of tape wrapped around the back and and painted red white and blue.
Sunglasses from Anne Curless (Expose)
A kiss on the hand from Madonna when she held my hand for like 20 seconds during La Isla Bonita in the late 80s.
Guitar picks from numerous artists, but the coolest was Brad Gillis (Night Ranger). I was like 14 rows back and felt something hit my chest. I looked down and saw a stainless steel guitar pick about the size of a half dollar with his signature engraved on it.
Setlist that Eddie Money actually un-taped and handed to me.
Back in the early 90s I was 3 sheets to the wind on the front row of a Brian Adams concert. Had been drinking all afternoon at an office party before the show since my date cancelled. I was sitting down and kind of drifting off when I was doused with water. I look up and he was standing on the edge of the stage with an empty cup of water. A spotlight was on me and he said "You look like you had a hard day at the office" to which I nodded. Then he said "You need to get on your feet and rock!". I stood up, put my fists up like a fighter and the whole arena started cheering. He grabbed a bottle of water and held it out towards me saying "You look like you need this more than I do!"
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u/mp3god 2d ago
At a Phish show in November of 1994 at UIC Pavilion in Chicago I caught a glow stick that was thrown from the stage by Trey Anastasio during what was probably the bands last 'glow stick war'. Hundreds of glowsticks were thrown into the pit from either side and the fans were throwing them up on stage and everywhere else while Trey ran around, picking them up and throwing them back out at the audience. I was 12 people from the stage and had my hand up and made the briefest eye contact with Trey just as he threw the stick that I caught. He smiled at me catching it and went back to grabbing more sticks to hurl at the audience.
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u/rideincircles 2d ago
They probably weren't as crazy as back thrn, but there were still a bunch of glow sticks at the phish Bonnaroo 2009 set. I brought hundreds for phish, crystal castles and nine inch nails.
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u/CanAfter8014 2d ago
Have a big 3 ring binder full of set lists. A shelf with a stack of drum sticks and bucket full of picks. Between the wife and I we have manged to catch lots of fun stuff. Going to smaller venues and shows really helps.
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u/mbjb1972 2d ago
One more.... While waiting for a friend after a Nick Cave show, I was standing next to the venue Massey Hall in Toronto, Nick Cave gave me something interesting. I had no idea I was waiting where he was going to come out of a rear entrance. Figuring I was hoping he'd come out this way, he came up to me and asked if I wanted an autograph. I said sure and handed him my hard copy ticket (miss those) and to free his hands he bit down on the ticket while he searched for a sharpe in his jacket I have Nick Caves dental imprint on a Nick Cave ticket. I think it was 2009. Definitely still have it.
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u/ImaRaginCajun 2d ago
We usually get the rail, and Gary Clark Jr gave me his capo after his set. I was on the rail asking for a pic and he handed me that. I got a small bottle of Fireball that fell from a singer's pocket once. One singer handed me a tshirt from their band. One band gave me pot on their bus...John Popper gave me a signed harmonica.
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u/alexj_baker 2d ago
Yes a tambourine at arcade fire who promptly sent security after me as soon as show was finished who basically ripped my arm off with no explanation retrieving it
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u/dervari 2d ago
Did they get it? If so, did they offer anything in trade? That's just a dick move there. They're expensive but could have send you home with a drumstick and pick.
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u/alexj_baker 2d ago
Literally the only way we found out that the band had requested it was because we complained to the venue the next day
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u/chueysworld 2d ago
Front row at a Tool concert. Danny Carey handed me his half-drunk Gatorade. I'm pretty sure that's how I became a better drummer. I drank it.
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u/Merrick_McIntosh 2d ago
Went to a Violent Femms show in an alley in Cincinnati. They threw out a pick and we couldn't figure out where it landed. When I got home later I found it when I was getting changed. It landed in my cleavage.
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u/4thaRecords 2d ago
1980 Blondie, When I was at the Midnight Special taping, Clem would bite his drumsticks and throw them into the audience. Me and a girl grab the same pair and I wrestled her to the ground for them. I was just 19 lol
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u/dead_skeletor 2d ago
Tony Iommi guitar pick and Dimebag Darrell guitar pick all from the same concert.
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u/mbjb1972 2d ago edited 2d ago
At a father John misty show at a festival he tossed a bouquet of flowers that someone gave to him earlier. I carried that bouquet all day.
Toronto Urban Roots Festival 2015 Toronto, Canada
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u/rideincircles 2d ago
He is such a great performer to the crowd. He sees you and he shows it. Some artists are super good about that. He is one of them.
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u/mbjb1972 2d ago
He is an artist and a performer for sure. I remember he brought on stage a giant cut out of an iPhone, told everyone to put away their phones, stood inside and said there you can see me through a phone.
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u/thorntron3030 2d ago
I have caught guitar picks from Deftones and A Perfect Circle. Drumstick from Tomas Halle from Meshuggah and a setlist from the same show. Guitar picks from Sergio Vega (formerly Deftones and now Quicksand), etc. other setlists from other bands too. That’s what I can think of off the top of my head.
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u/K-Bot2017 2d ago
Almost: I saw Cheap Trick twice in concert, once in 1977 opening for KISS, then a second time in 1981 as the headliner. When they played "Surrender" at the end of the '81 show, Robin sang the line "got my KISS records out" and held up a copy of KISS' debut album. I stood up and let out a good whoop. Robin turned and looked right at me and flung the album in my direction! Unfortunately, it sliced to the right and someone else got the souvenir. So close and yet so far....
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u/Inside_Pool4146 2d ago
Nice! I have a Cheap Trick guitar pick from about 12 years ago. Casino show. I was up front and they threw a few out in the audience.
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u/Longjumping-Eye8740 2d ago
I caught Aaron Carter’s fake cellphone he threw in the audience at a concert in 2002!
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u/SpankyArbuckle 2d ago
Got a guitar pick from Andy Dunlop when I saw Travis many years ago. I also got a pin directly from B.B. King, but he was handing them from the stage after a show.
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u/muphasta 2d ago
I caught Johnny Marr's guitar pick from one of his solo shows in 2018.
Paul Barker's guitar pick (Lead Into Gold) opening for Skinny Puppy at their 3rd to last concert.
Stephen Perkins' setlist at a Porno for Pyros show a couple of years ago
Albert Bouchard's drum stick when he played with The Dictators opening for The Damned. He was the original drummer and founding member of Blue Oyster Kult.
Kriz DK's drum stick during Genitorturers' set opening for Lords of Acid around 2018.
Galen Waling's drum stick playing for Julien-K a few times. (ok, handed a stick a couple of those times)
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u/Glum_Cod_6344 2d ago
I’ve caught 4 drumsticks over the years. Oddly enough 3 were from Green Day
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u/spandexandtapedecks 2d ago
A smaller band than many others mentioned here, but Eric Lanese of Ohio jamband ekoostik hookah threw me, very specifically, a broken drumstick in 2006. He'd noticed awkward teenaged me and my sweet-but-square mom at a few shows, sticking out like a pair of sore thumbs in the crowd of hard-partying jamband fans. (I later heard him joke that he "could see all" from behind his drumkit).
Anyway, he caught my eye, held up the broken stick, mouthed "for you!!” and threw it in a perfect arc between his bandmates and into my ecstatic little paws.
I still have it, proudly displayed on a shelf in my bedroom.
Like everyone in that band, Eric is an absolute sweetheart. I don't know him well, but we've crossed paths a handful of times over the years - and not only does he recognize me (decades later), but it always feels like he's just always as delighted to see me as I am to see him.
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u/Concerts_Bananas_94 2d ago
It wasn’t thrown into the crowd, more smashed to pieces and I caught it!
1995 NIN Milwaukee. Trent and company smashed their keyboards up to all hell. We were near the front by Robin Finck. Pieces of the keyboard flew everywhere and I managed to catch one.
There was a younger girl standing by me who was upset she didn’t catch it and gave me a whiny ear full 😂
At the end of the night I caved and tapped her on the shoulder and said Here you go!! and gave her the piece of the key. I hope she still has it wherever she is!
Also Duke from Garbage handed me a pick at the end of their set back in 2015…I assume he picked (no pun) me out for my singing and dancing etc. there was a young girl with her parents next to me. Her face lit up when she saw him hand it to me. I immediately turned to her and handed it to her. Duke acknowledged this and the parents and others around us high fived me.
It’s always an easy choice to do something for someone else who may enjoy that moment more than me whether it’s their first concert, their fave band etc. plus it feels good to make their day!!
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u/Striking_Ad_6742 2d ago
I’ve gotten a Margo Price rose but she hands them directly to you.
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u/profeshidiot 2d ago
would definitely love to see this!
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u/Striking_Ad_6742 2d ago
It’s how she ends her shows! She’s so kind, she usually hangs out at the merch table chatting and signing things.
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u/aimeewins 2d ago
Drumsticks, picks, set lists…
I did see LØLØ recently, one of her songs has a cheerleader aesthetic and I caught a Pom Pom she threw into the crowd
I’ve also been to shows where towels and beach balls have been thrown into the crowd though never caught them myself
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u/my11p 2d ago edited 2d ago
I caught a drum stick from Quest Love at a Roots show. He bounces it off the stage and it came right to me.
I play drums and my thought was, “cool! What am I going to do with one stick?” I took a picture with the drums in the background and gave it to girl standing next to me who drove in for her birthday.
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u/_BeautifulGarbage_ 2d ago
We sat at the very top of the stadium for Foo Fighters and a piece of the fireworks fell in my lap. Does that count 😂
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u/hunnyb33_ 2d ago
i caught portugal the man’s drum top! idk what it’s actually called. but they threw it and it had the set list on it. i’ve also caught a drum stick at rise against and got thrown a french fry by the bassist of DNCE hahah
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u/dzuunmod 2d ago
Towel thrown into the crowd by Questlove at a Roots show. Ottawa Bluesfest, about 10 years ago.
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u/Wizzmer 2d ago
Negative side - I got hit in the face with a slab of rancid meat at a show. I don't remember the band but they were opening up for Skinny Puppy.
Positive side - I also caught a drumstick from Klaus Meine, singer from the Scorpions. Another Scorpion concert I caught a Rudy Schenker guitar pick. I caught guitar picks from Paul Stanley and Tommy Thayer of Kiss. Also, Devon Allman recently.
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u/AuroraDF 2d ago
Guitar picks and set lists. I was handed a drumstick by the drummer after one show. I also once caught a towel, but it was covered in the sweat of the band member I wasn't so keen on so I gave it to a friend who would appreciate it more.
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u/Capable-Watercress16 2d ago
I didn’t catch it but Ice T threw his bandanna into the crowd at the Body Count show in 1993 in Sydney and when everyone had left I found it almost mashed into the ground in the pit area
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u/Len-cheese101 2d ago
Not my story but my older coworkers story.
She was seeing The Smiths and Morrissey ripped his shirt off and threw it in the crowd and she caught a piece and used it as a bookmark for years🤢
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u/natd327 2d ago
I caught Ginuwine’s sweaty towel in 1999 at the Orlando House of Blues 😭
My friends and I cut it up and each of us kept a piece of it.
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u/Celina_cue 2d ago
That's a great thing to do with that type of souvenir. It's like one of those best friend heart lockets that's broken in half.
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u/Tactical_Sasquatch 2d ago
Still have an AC/DC dollar with Angus on the face somewhere. It was blown out of a cannon during the 21 gun salute during “for those about to rock.” Almost had to fight a guy for it but he grabbed another one that fell close by. Good times
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u/PsychologicalCrow382 1d ago
i caught tre cool’s drum stuck at the green day show at wembley stadium in 2024!
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u/blkwidow76 2d ago
Wasn't thrown but Barry from Shinedown gave me a guitar pick during a show. He had previously thrown a drum stick in my direction at another show but a guy got to it first.
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u/anderoogigwhore 2d ago
Lots and lots of stuff, almost too many to mention in a comment tbh. Guitar plectrums, setlists, a few drumsticks, waterbottles, lyrics wrote out and taped to the stage, a waterbottle with a setlist wrapped around it...
ALSO I have recently created my own sub called r/fame_wall precisely to show off this kind of thing. If anyone wants to upload pics or talk about anything you've caught (or people you've met too) then feel free to join and/or spread the word!
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u/rwilliams1283 2d ago
I caught a Sevendust drumstick and a few picks from Metallica.
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u/Kdean509 2d ago
Caught a Travis Barker drumstick across the nose, thought it was broken. It was immediately ripped from my hands by a large man.
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u/Key-Perspective-8133 2d ago
The coolest catch I’ve had at a concert was his drumstick July 4 2003 in Ct at 104fest. I am 6 feet tall and had to jump as high as I could, and bending backwards I caught it in two fingers at my apex.
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u/Kdean509 2d ago
Mine was July 9, 2005 Warped Tour when he was playing with Transplants.
That’s an amazing catch! I couldn’t believe I almost had mine considering I’m only 5’2”. The tall guy behind me almost ripped my arm off ripping it out of my hand. 😭
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u/Stellabration95 2d ago
I caught a guitar pick from an up-and-coming band 10 years ago, and I held on to it for a while in the hopes they'd make it big. They did not.
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u/fakevegansunite 2d ago
picks, setlists, sticks for me personally. monday night a crew member gave my friend a piece of the stage to take home so that was a new one
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u/AuggieNorth 2d ago
At my third Grateful Dead concert at Penn State in May of 1980, I got in early and stood front and center on the board, which was a hassle at first, but pretty great when the music started, and especially during the drum solo when one of Mickey Hart's drumsticks came flying right at me, and I caught it in the air.
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u/littlerobot818 2d ago
Besides the usual set lists and picks, got a pair of Weezer branded socks at their concert. Still have them. They were touring with blink 182 at the time.
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u/No_Capital1308 2d ago
I had my phone used on stage last summer by the fray. that when joe was done with it he tossed to me from the stage. I had caught it one handed.
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u/iwannabefamouss 2d ago
Didn’t catch it but got a stage hand to toss me Jesse Welles guitar pic and then I got him to sign it after his show. He said “where did u get this?” I said “I asked for it but u can have it back if u need it” and then he laughed and said it was okay and signed it for me. I keep it in a lil box with my dogs baby teeth lol.
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u/shaft_of_lite 2d ago
I've only ever caught one thing and it was a guitar pick at a Rusted Root concert. It landed right on my shoulder and stayed there.
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u/spacehog1980 2d ago
We go to enough shows that we have a family setlist wall. Their first setlist was the Wiggles.
My prized items are a guitar pick Tom Morello took out of his pocket and gave to me.
... and Jack White's metal finger slide. He kicked it off the stage after playing Seven Nation Army.
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u/catcherintherye222 2d ago
Saw a McDonald’s themed Black Sabbath cover band called “Mac Sabbath”. I caught a drumstick thrown into the crowd that had the drummers signature and a little drawing of his face on it. It’s fun seeing grimace rip a bass guitar like a mad man
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u/Dboogy2197 2d ago
Years and years ago. I was about 10 (and 40 years ago) my parents took me to a Kenny Rogers concert. Kenny tossed out a bunch of stuff including some drumsticks. I caught one. Some old fat woman ripped it out of my hands and ran off. (She was probably 40 or so but in my youth she was OLD! Lmao.)
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u/badyodelers 2d ago
This happened in the mid to late 80’s at a David Lee Roth concert. He would come out with a silver baton/stick and do a martial arts-esque routine. After he was done he tossed it into the crowd. I caught it but with hundreds of my closest friends also catching it, there was a scuffle for it. It broke in half, two of us got a souvenir.
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u/AcadiaRemarkable6992 2d ago
I got a Jeff Hanneman guitar pick from a Slayer show. As soon as I picked it up I got kicked in the face. It was ultimately worth it
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u/drowsyfox 2d ago
Not me, but my mom caught a chunk of guitar that was smashed by Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun.
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u/PufferFishInTheFryer 2d ago
Many years ago, DJ Swamp was playing a small club in Baltimore. At the end of his set he lit his record on fire then threw the warped record into the crowd and I caught it. I kinda had to fight a girl for it when she tried to grab it from me but I won in the end.
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u/0rachael0 2d ago
caught a drum stick at black veil brides once, i was recording at the time and still not even sure how i did it! put it down my jeans so nobody could steal it lol
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u/mbjb1972 2d ago
Not me, but when I took my 10 y/o to see Zappa plays Zappa, he asked him what he wanted to hear, he answered Penguin in Bondage. Big laughs, he has no idea what bondage is. Dweezil called him up on stage to lead this audience participation part of a song. My kid was wearing a bowler, similar to what Frank sometimes wore in the UK which probably got Dweezil attention. Afterwards we hung out with the band, and he got drum sticks, picks, setlist a t-shirt and a killer lifelong memory
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u/JennyCosta76 2d ago
I caught guitar picks at Brian Setzer Trio and Cheap Trick back in the day, and I have a setlist from L7.
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u/ItsAPandaGirl 1d ago
A rose! From Margo Price, at a blues festival. I put it in my pocket after her set :)
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u/Quietcookieok 1d ago
Don Broco show in Manchester lost my shoes in pit and stood on a mini roll covered in chocolate my foot was and caught a drum stick bounced and landed in my jacket pocket!!
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u/DeathByJell-O 1d ago
I caught a drumstick thrown by Thrice...Gave it to a friend for her birthday, as Thrice was her favorite band...caught in Salem, Oregon...
So many Less Than Jake memorabilia from their early days...
Picks...
Ahh, the good old days...
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u/OneBillionLightYears 1d ago
Ive caught a few items in my time. It helps that I am tall, have ape arms and above average hand-eye coordination and reflexes.
I caught the following:
-Billy Corgan water bottle (x2) I gave them to other fans -Many guitar picks -Smashing pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin drum stick -Stone temple pilots towel and guitar slide -Marilyn Manson’s sunglasses. These are framed in a sweet display shown here.
The most rock and roll thing I’ve ever observed was during the Marilyn Manson/smashing pumpkins tour. Manson did this thing every show where he would break a bottle and use a piece of glass to cut his hand, then smear blood on his face. This particular show he must have went a little deep and blood got all over his face. He looked a little frustrated, walked over to the PA speakers and tore the set list from it where it was taped. He used it to wipe the blood off of his face.. then threw it into the crowd. I was all like.. “got.. daaayum!”
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u/natwashboard 2d ago edited 2d ago
I caught a guitar pick at an Anthrax show and my kid got the setlist at a Blood Incantation one, handed to him by the lead singer, the lovely Paul Reidl
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u/vinylmartyr 2d ago edited 2d ago
I caught a copy of Brainfreeze the Cut Chemist DJ Shadow mashup CD at Jurassic 5's 1999 Coachella performance, I was a huge fan and on acid which made it incredibly epic. Cut Chemist threw it into the crowd right after the set. It was a very hard to get CD.
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u/How2DragonyourTrain 2d ago
In Detroit Rock City, my friends and I, then in high school, went through a huge series of hijinks, ultimately got into the show and I caught a drumstick from Peter Criss aka The Catman from KISS! Oh wait..
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u/holopointsmile 2d ago edited 2d ago
Lord yes. Besides the basic drumsticks, guitar picks, and setlists (got a whole binder of those), some of the most interesting things include:
- a set of baby blue elbow-length opera gloves that the singer ripped off with his teeth and threw to me
- a $5 bill ripped in half (singer took a bunch of cash from the merch booth and ripped it up and threw it into the crowd)
- a cigarette box that I got signed after the show (the singer ate most of the cigarettes mid-set, but there are still a couple left)
All of those are from the same singer (Eric from Foxy Shazam)... now for some other bands:
- fur vest that Lex Vegas, drummer of Cadaver Dogs, was wearing. Still stinks to high heaven with sweat and various types of alcohol
- volume knob that broke off Mummy Cass (Here Come the Mummies)'s guitar, he makes all his guitars himself so that was extra special!
- Breathe Carolina threw out sour patch kids packets at a festival a couple years ago. Still not totally sure why
This didn't happen to me, but I heard a story where Dr. Yo from Here Come the Mummies hit a golf ball with his flute, and some lucky fan caught it
This sounds like a super interesting article idea OP, definitely feel free to DM me if you want to chat about it more!
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u/Available-Ruin-6188 2d ago
Drumstick from Andrew Pinching (Damned, Lagwagon, Spike and the Gimmie Gimmies) guitar pick from Monte Lee Pitman (Madonna guitarist/ Ministry). Guitar pick from Christ Rest (RKL). Not caught but met Angelo Moore who signed his comic and took a pic with me. Also talked for a long time about said comic and project. Met Greg Graffin and had him sign his book with pic, met Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!) having a cigarette.
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u/Hefty_Evidence_447 2d ago
At an insane clown posse show I caught a box with 6 two liters of faygo inside. Everybody ripped the box apart and took the two liter bottles but when I dropped the box on the ground I found a t shirt inside.
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u/DarkSideInRainbows 2d ago
Yes! I caught a pick from Brent Hinds (Mastodon), and one of those Three Man bills a robot was throwing out at a Jack White show.
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u/loureed1234 2d ago
98 Mute threw an entire stack of CDs into the pit at the warped tour and I somehow managed to catch them all like a scooby-doo sandwich. Needless to say, I was swarmed.
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u/Inevitable-Rush-2752 2d ago edited 2d ago
Here’s two.
I took a guitar pick to the chest at a Travis concert in Cincinnati, OH. Fran Healey probably wasn’t aiming for me, but it hit me and skittered down my chest to land at my feet.
I don’t know if anyone but me and my girlfriend noticed. It was dark and crowded, so I couldn’t crouch down and it was quite dark. I took a guess at where it landed and planted my foot. I didn’t move for the rest of the show.
Lo and behold, after the show ended and space cleared around us, there it was. It remains in a little box of college-era stuff my wife (same person!) has on her work desk.
This ain’t exactly a “caught something” story in the physical sense. We took my mom to see Ben Harper play a show at the Tabernacle in Atlanta. Me and my brother, and both our girlfriends, and mom.
We made good and damn sure we got a first row spot on the balcony, just to the right of the band.
If anyone was at that show (2001 or 2?) and saw Ben go climbing all the way across the railing, you’re welcome (so says my mom). He hugged and thanked her for being there. She was among the oldest fans in attendance, I am sure.
Afterwards, we waited to meet the band. Mom was a trooper and lasted the whole time while we waited. When Ben came out, he recognized my mom and after another big hug he explained that he saw her, felt compelled to meet her and thank her for being at the show.
The problem was, he had no direct way to climb up, so he had to go all the way the hell around bc she caught his eye. I quietly asked Ben if he’d sign a poster for me but that it was for her, not for me. He asked me her name and wrote “for Elizabeth, you had me climbing!” It’s still in hanging in a frame at her house.
This sadly was before iPhones were videoing everything. I have a couple of old printed photos somewhere around here. I’ll circle back and edit this post if I can find them.
EDIT: here’s a video (not my own) from that concert. He was almost to where we were sitting when it cuts off. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=apCFvNllg2g&ra=m
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u/areyouwhistling 2d ago
Half of a smashed guitar, drum sticks, guitar picks, a ton of setlists. I have a signed drumhead that a band signed for me for doing their merch one night
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u/amburino 2d ago
My current collection of caught guitar picks: Hinder ×2 (they threw like 20 picks at both concerts), Parkway Drive, The Devil Wears Prada, The Amity Affliction, I Prevail, Imminence (ahhhh), Unprocessed, Not Enough Space + a signed drumstick, Alpha Wolf setlist, Asking Alexandria setlist🤘 Also a lot of artists grabbing my phone to film themselves in smaller venues is always sick to look back on! Anyone else have an addiction to rewatching concert footage?
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u/CthulhuJankinx 2d ago
Nabbed the set list of the bassist for Mild Orange at the Roxie in LA, drove 16 hrs to see them
Was given the setlist by the keys/violin player from All Them Witches at the end of a show. Hands down the most hyped I've been for a show and lost my godamn mind over how great they were with me standing almost stage center at the barrier
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u/Immediate_Speed_1357 2d ago
Drumsticks, guitar pics, a microphone, a shoe, a few shirts, small prop from gwar, an unopened condom that a band threw a bunch at a festival concer, couple joints. I think that's it really
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u/DEADxBYxDAWN646260 2d ago
Caught a guitar pick at a Destruction show years ago. It wasn't really thrown at me, I was drunk and happened to catch it. Lost it almost immediately after the show.
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u/dino-em 2d ago
Caught a drumstick at bmth at the exact same time as someone else and we ended up breaking it in half so we each could have some bc neither of us would drop it.
Got a half drank water bottle with a setlist taped to it from the lead singer of The Devil Wears Prada.
And a blow up joint from Wiz Khalifa.
Also a little collection of guitar picks of course.
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u/Dissolution_Wave 2d ago
Drumstick thrown by Ben Koller of Converge. July 2018, Dallas Canton Hall. Amenra, Converge, and Birds in Row played.
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u/Sounder253 2d ago
Got hit by one of those mini bibles they threw out at Stryper shows when I was 12. I’ve been an athiest ever since.
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u/Mexicola1984 2d ago
Yeah I went to see Jamie Lenman and he threw some plastic bowls from Asda I think they were too me, not sure why but the kids use them for brekkie
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u/jimewp86 2d ago
I caught a menorah at the matisyahu Chanukah concert back in like 05(?) after king without a crown became a hit .. he tossed a few into the crowd
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u/milksasquatch 2d ago
When I was a kid I was at Edgefest, I thought I suddenly blacked out. Turned out, Nappy Roots threw a sweaty ass towel into the crowd and it wrapped around my head. Lol. It was nasty, so I.gave it to some chick next to me that wanted it! It was a def 2 second wtf just happened to moment. The lights went out, but my eyes were just covered!
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u/No-Werewolf-2087 2d ago
I got the guitar pic from I Don’t Know How But They Found Me at Castle Theatre in Blo-No, IL! Proudest accomplishment. I was rewarded well for being the most hype audience member 🤣
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u/Comfortable-Visit165 2d ago
No, BUT I've been personally handed the setlist by the lead once while he was still performing the last song. And I've had a bass pick handed to me by the bass played once after a show finished while they were packing up
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u/grogu989 2d ago
At a Macabre show, one of the guys came out dressed as santa & had a big sack of books about serial killers that he threw out into the crowd. I caught "Milwaukee Massacre", which is about Jeffery Dahmer.
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u/Sorry-Government920 2d ago
Guitar picks from 10 or so acts and the weirdest a microphone cord Al Jourgenson of Ministry threw in the crowd at the end of the night, got into a tug of war for it with another guy it snapped in half so we each got a piece.
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u/For_serious13 2d ago
Last year, I went to a Deftones concert for my birthday, and I caught a pick from Chino after he played Digital Bath and the security guard helped me get one of Abe’s drumsticks (he threw it to me but it felt short)
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u/Organic_Industry_417 2d ago
Pantera 3/13/2001 with Nothingface, Soulfly and Morbid Angel at the Mid Hudson Civic Center in Poughkeepsie NY.. I caught a guitar pick from Dimebag and I caught a crumpled up set list off of Vinnie Paul's bass drum.
I carefully uncrumpled the duct tape and paper and put the set list in a plastic sleeve with the guitar pick. Two weeks later someone stole it from my bed room. Mid Huson Civic Centre, Poughskeepsie, NY, USA. with Soulfly & Morbid Angel.
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u/MikeLovesOutdoors23 2d ago
As a blind person, this whole concept just seems dangerous. You can correct me if I'm wrong.
I've never caught anything, obviously. Me catching a random thing that somebody's throwing into a crowd of thousands of people is like me winning the lottery, not gonna happen. Lol
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u/summersrage 2d ago
I got a setlist from The Used during their Medz tour. I’ve been a fan since the beginning and it was my first time seeing them.
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u/Hexagon_Sun33 2d ago
Ozzfest 2002 my best friend and I were seated fairly close and during Black Label Society Zach Wild half drank and threw a Budweiser into the crowd and my buddy caught it and proceeded to chug the rest, mind you we were 16 years old lol. Later that same night during System of a Down I caught a drum stick at the end of the show, core memory type shit right there.
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u/HoarderLife 2d ago
Flaming Lips show in Memphis. One of these balloons they threw out popped. I ran over and grabbed it. It’s in my music/vinyl room to this day. Not sure if this counts 😂
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u/blissfulheadgames 2d ago
Yep! Danny Carey's drumstick, MJK's birthday cupcake, and Billy Howerdel's guitar pick.
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u/hulachic6 2d ago
Yes!!! Caught the guitar pik that Kyle threw into the crowd at the Matchbox Twenty Concert in 2017
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u/Opposite_Tax_5112 2d ago
Clown (Shawn Crahan)'s towel from Knotfest in 2022, and Niklas Karlsson's pic from the time I saw them, Orbit Culture, in February of this year.
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u/cassholex 2d ago
Caught two picks in the same show. Gave one to my older brother who was further back who was the one to get me into the band.
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u/Inside_Pool4146 2d ago
Over the years, I’ve landed various items from just being in the right place at the right time. A Ralph Molina (Crazy Horse)drum stick, NIN guitar pick from Twiggy, Cheap Trick guitar pick, Mummy Dust (Papa Dollars) from Ghost, a Jack White frozen Charlotte/Third Man certificate. Set lists from King Buffalo, White Hills and Rezn. Oversized glasses from Buckethead’s Toy Time.
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u/Bandanaramma 2d ago
Drumstick and a pick from Of Mice and Men back to back and a pick from Stone Sour and Bullet for my Valentine.
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u/whaaamm 2d ago
I went to a Katatonia concert in March, and their fill-in guitarist Henric Palm threw his pick right at me. Nice Dunlop extra heavy c:
More recently, the drummer for Mastodon tossed a drum stick at me, but a taller guy next to me snatched it, since his arms could go farther than mine. Bummer, but still cool for him.
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u/corgiobsessedfoodie 2d ago
I caught a Susan Tedeschi blue chip so naturally it’s all downhill from here.
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u/xxxlovelit 2d ago
I have a very sweaty towel from a drunk Adam Lazarra from Taking Back Sunday … it’s from 2011. I don’t know why I still have it but it’s in my concert memory box
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u/mbjb1972 2d ago
One more. In July 2011, I went with my kid who was 9 at the time to see Weird Al. He dressed up like a character in a song CNR, and his staff saw him and moved us front and center. They filmed the alpocolypse concert film there and we are in it a number of times. Al sent him the DVD & a zany photo of himself autographed.
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u/Brilliant_Thought436 2d ago
I have gotten a bunch of picks and sticks over the years. Set lists as well. Had some encounters and gotten autographs (I have only ever done one meet and greet cause I don't care to pay that price). My absolute favorite item... A felt slip disc from Sid Wilson from the Slipknot ST 25th anniversary. I didn't get to see Slipknot in '99. I was 11. My Mom was cool but she wasn't that cool lol. Cliche and all bit Slipknot really introduced a direction of my music taste so seeing them perform songs from ST was a 😘🤌 for me. Getting center rail and going hard throughout the show may or may not have played a role, but I ended up getting a piece of Sid's gear. Just really unique. Bittersweet now with Sid out of Slipknot.
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u/Unusual-Stock-5591 2d ago
I once caught a packet of anal bleach thrown by John Waters at a speaking engagement in Seattle. He said it was given to him by Johnny Knoxville.
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u/lawofthewilde 2d ago
I once caught a towel thrown into the crowd by Dicky Barrett of the bosstones. Problem was a very large woman also grabbed it, looked me straight in the eye and said “I will fucking kill you”…so I let go.
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u/ChogbortsTopStudent 2d ago
I caught a rose at one of Murder by Death's final shows last year.
I also have a drumstick, couple of picks, and many many many setlists
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u/Mediocre-Situation50 2d ago
Lollapalooza 2011 I had Bruno Mars come out and throw lighters at the beginning of Eminem’s lighters song almost caught the lighter flick through my hands and went 10 feet behind me and somebody else got it
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u/BabyOpposite7013 2d ago
Marilyn Manson live in Utica NY. Was in the pit when he was at pulpit and tossed a signed bible into crowd. I caught it. As well as several punches and kicks from those who apparently wanted it more.