After the Paranoid Alice gig at The Hairy Dog the internet exploded when video footage of the guitarist Fabrizio Federico destroying his axe to smithereens into the stage made its way onto Facebook & TikTok, creating a trolls paradise with rock fans & pop fans clashing over the validity of bands destroying their guitars in a cathartic moment. It has been a tradition in rock music since 1964 when The Who’s Pete Townshend smashed his first Rickenbacker into the ceiling and Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, The Vines, Arcade Fire and Deep Purple all going ape shit onstage when the music takes them higher.
The hate got so bad online that many people were given 30 day bans from the platforms and generated a backlash towards vanilla mainstream artists who dont bring any passion to music anymore. Things didnt get any better when Federico said ”Im gonna keep doing it cose it feels so good. Guitars wanna be smashed when the time is right, its the ultimate sacrifice to the God’s of rock.” We’re not sure if anybody has been the face of guitar smashing over the last couple of decades but this band has now staked its claim as that face and its thrilling.
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