Real talk: if rock music has one motto, it's probably, "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." Rock music is all about excitement, freedom, and the ability to make things bigger and louder than anything the universe has ever seen. Unfortunately, musicians are made of meat, and often their mental or philosophical scope is at odds with the sheer physicality of being human. Simply put, it's all a lot of fun until somebody gets hurt.
No one knows this more than professional musicians, who have a long history of getting severely hurt in the name of fun. Whether they're leaping from balconies or getting caught in the gears of their own elaborate stage shows, rock stars know a thing or two about shedding blood in the name of entertainment. But among those ranks, there are a handful of non-lethal injuries that rise to the top of the WTF pile.
Here are nine of the craziest injuries to ever grace the rock stage…