The Donington Disaster 1988

[Irish gunner II]

As i'm sure we all know, this was an obvious low point in the whole monsters of Rock festival history. I have found something through Wikipedia which is a paper on the incidents at Donington in 1988.

http://www.safeconcerts.com/documents/Donintondisater1988.pdf

It's from one of the head security guys at the event and to be honest, even when i wasnt a GNR fan, i heard about the incident but i don't like how it was blamed 100% on one group or one specific thing.From reading the thing, its obvious that it was a few things that happened at the time which made the situation worse. It's an interesting read IMO, and gives another view other than the one the press gave at the time and the guy mentions the press and how they reported the tradgedy which it obviously was. And the two guys who died RIP.

[faldor]

Interesting read, thanks for sharing.

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Never seen that before. Thanks.

[Gunner_Rose]

Wow, really interesting information, thanks!

[nightrain_jh]

Very interesting read and good to hear about the events that took place from a perspective thats not the press. 

I was at this concert myself and to blame the band for what happened was just ridiculous.  But that is the press for you, especially the British press.

[ShotgunBlues1978]

I remember reading an interview with Izzy about how that incident really messed him up and was kind of the beginning of the end for him in GnR and made him realize what they were doing wasn't just fun and carefree anymore

[Krispy Kreme]

Wikipedia is NOT a reliable  source and should  not be taken as  the "truth." It can be  "edited" by any reader without any control  whatsoever. So  an idiot  or  deranged person  could  write  text  and no one  would  know or  care. This is the "trash  can" of the internet  that  Axl referred  to in 2002. Take it for  what it  is: unconfirmed  rumor  and  gossip,  with no quality control.

[Irish gunner II]

Wikipedia is NOT a reliable? source and should? not be taken as? the "truth." It can be? "edited" by any reader without any control? whatsoever. So? an idiot? or? deranged person? could? write? text? and no one? would? know or? care. This is the "trash? can" of the internet? that? Axl referred? to in 2002. Take it for? what it? is: unconfirmed? rumor? and? gossip,? with no quality control.

im well aware of that. But the article was a seperate article written by the one of the heads of security, and was linked to the article. Did you even bother to click the link ? If you had you would have seen it wasnt a wikpedia article, that I had linked to.

[Krispy Kreme]

Wikipedia is NOT a reliable? source and should? not be taken as? the "truth." It can be? "edited" by any reader without any control? whatsoever. So? an idiot? or? deranged person? could? write? text? and no one? would? know or? care. This is the "trash? can" of the internet? that? Axl referred? to in 2002. Take it for? what it? is: unconfirmed? rumor? and? gossip,? with no quality control.

im well aware of that. But the article was a seperate article written by the one of the heads of security, and was linked to the article. Did you even bother to click the link ? If you had you would have seen it wasnt a wikpedia article, that I had linked to.

Ok then, we are  agreed.