THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T THROW STICKS INTO THE CROWD

Sometimes you nail the target on a stick throw, and most of those then catch the stick or at least come out unscathed... In some rare occasions like this one, they're completely oblivious of any travelling projectiles coming from the stage 😅
Here's my full apology/disclaimer:
"To the lady in the bright jacket,
I'm extremely sorry for hitting you in the face with my rough rim-shot beaten up drum stick, but you were giving me a pretty solid indication that you would have liked to catch this particular drum stick.
However, after seeing absolutely no reaction from you what so ever when the stick was within catching distance, I discovered that in actual fact, you had absolutely no desire to attain ANY drum stick and/or potentially also had no idea I or my drum stick even existed...
Also, if the gentleman in front of you had better hand-eye coordination, you would have had a much more pleasant evening.
Yours truly, the drummer 😘"
😅😂
*This is the last bit of GoPro footage I want to share on KZbin while I was on tour with The Amity Affliction in December of 2017. This was the last show of our European tour in London at the O2 Forum Kentish Town 🇬🇧 🤘🏻 Song is This Could Be Heartbreak.
STAY SAFE AND PAY ATTENTION TO THE DRUMMER AT ALL TIMES!!!!

[@mars_over]

Wright in her face. DesTroyed.

[@noobslayer95]

@Troy Wright give this man a rimshot

[@bjpdrums]

Solid 😂😂

[@whophead6837]

Good doogo 😂

[@vincentfdrums]

The apology/disclaimer had me dying

[@zomer7101]

Same 😂😂😂

[@canschottke1047]

Yeah Bro, that was hilarious 😂😂😂

[@acutting11]

I'll never forget watching Slipknot open the 2nd stage at Ozzfest in '99. One of the extra percussionists took one of their big ass marching sticks and fired it into the crowd full force. I watched it slam into some poor bastard's head and bounce another 75 feet into someone else. It was like skipping rocks in the ocean.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Yes, I don’t understand why some drummers are thinking that this would be cool. You can really hurt someone when you hit them hard. It’s absolutely not necessary.

[@BobbyJetty1502]

@@lanishareinhardt8570 how is it that you know so much about what is necessary and it is not necessary. For the last 8 years of my touring career I would sit up front and sideways due to being the lead singer as well as the drummer. Tossing out sticks into the crowd was a nightly occurrence. People ask for it they're going to get it. However there is a difference between throwing it and tossing it. Good luck to you and all your future endeavors

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

@@BobbyJetty1502 Thanks. As for the „Throwing vs. Tossing“ part, I’m not an English native so I don’t know what term is used to differentiate language wise one from another, in my native language we just have one word for it, but I try to add terms to show a difference in the examples below. Of course I didn’t know that you’re sitting near to the front and instead was speaking about the common scenario. Necessary vs. Unnecessary. Compare both Situations and wonder for yourself. Before I start a side Note: In some countries (as far as I know only US) drummers were getting sued by fans they accidentally hit, a famous example was Todd Sucherman. And unless you are pretty rich, you’d definitely want to avoid a potential lawsuit and also it’s better for the conscience if you were responsible doing it even if you hit someone. Situation 1: The drummer has his riser classically on the back of the stage, the stage is already 2-5 meters away from the audience when standing on the Edge of the Stage, even more far from the riser. But the drummer on this example decides to throw the sticks from the riser between songs or while playing. No one in the audience sees it coming, they don’t expect it already and because it’s a huge distance the drummer has to throw very hard to reach the audience. If someone gets hit, it looks like in the Video, it’s a really hard hit. Situation 2: Classicel situation as well, drummer sits on the back of the stage. After the concert is over, he takes bows with his bandmates and has brought some sticks to the front. Now after the bows are over, he makes eye contact with someone maybe points on someone and throws his sticks gently with just enough impact that the selected fans can catch it, they can see it coming and even if he accidentally hits them, it would only be a soft to mild hit. Long Story short: The more far away someone from the audience is, the harder he has to throw.

[@lewy_g_official]

That analogy though. xD

[@jonathanmellqvist2]

@@BobbyJetty1502 your drummer threw drumstick I peoples faces every night? That's fucked up.

[@Isaiah9277]

Easily the most well written apology in history.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

It’s actually no real apology.

[@drummerpatrick18]

Troy, The letter to this fan is undoubtedly the single greatest letter I’ve ever laid eyes on 😂😂 Sincerely, Another drummer

[@DrLangly]

i’d pay towards a patreon or something of the gopro footage from all the shows on that tour you played on. love your work

[@SeanBoweVideos]

I was there at this show, such an awesome night! Would love to see more 🤟🏼

[@MarkInflictedDrums]

That apology is gold

[@nickshutta8351]

I love the apology letter lol

[@ManuelCataLdo]

que buen tipo troy!

[@blakenunndrums]

Good for you, man! It's one thing to be a phenomenal player, but it's another thing entirely to be a phenomenal human being! 😉 Class act! Keep killing it! (Not them...lol! 😉)

[@P0LYBiUS7]

I love this! Reminds me of a concert at Wacken once. Can't remember which band played. But sticks were thrown. One stick bounced out of the hand of the first dude, then out of the hand of the second dude, and then the bottom portion of the stick (luckily) hit me right in the eye xD

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Ouch. Where you blind?

[@NirfeDrums]

Best apology ever made, lmao.

[@phillbr51]

I never threw sticks into the crowd, mostly because there was no crowd at our shows and I could barely afford sticks.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Makes sense. I’ll do so when I get the chance to play at our huge city feasts and the crowd is attentive, but never in the way shown in the video.

[@phillbr51]

@@lanishareinhardt8570 Sounds like a blast.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

@@phillbr51 it is. There are audiences like 5K to 30K depending on the town.

[@tinyswift]

THAT'S ME

[@BobbyJetty1502]

Tossed my stick into the crowd at the Viper Room on Dennis Rodman’s birthday show and dude didn’t quite catch it hit his front tooth and chipped it in half. Yes I know it’s a small club but this girl was yelling give me a stick, so Mr. Douche bag jumped in front of her received instant karma, then it’s “I’m going to f’ing sue you, don’t you know who I am” so unless you’re a rock god, don’t throw your sticks. BTW, I never paid for shit.

[@RockBarnRecords]

Stick in the tooth has gotta fucking hurt.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Well, my opinion is that no one cares about the drummer and as long as there is an attentive crowd you can go for it.

[@BobbyJetty1502]

@@lanishareinhardt8570 if there was no drummer there would be no rhythm and many drummers do more than just drum. Some of us actually sing our songwriters and need to learn how to play bass to be a decent drummer so you can take your comment and shove it up your ass. The same as you wouldn't be able to shake if there weren't a drummer playing

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

@@BobbyJetty1502 damn man, first of all I’m a drummer myself and secondly there is no need to get rude. What I meant was, that you don’t need to be very famous to toss your sticks into the crowd, if your band plays at crowded festivals or city feasts then I don’t see why you shouldn’t go for it. But! You should make sure that the fans see it coming and by tossing sticks in a way that isn’t a 100% guarantee for hitting and injuring them.

[@jonathanmellqvist2]

@@lanishareinhardt8570 bobby is in a permanent bad mood I think

[@Jamva1020]

This made me hit the subscribe button tho 😂

[@DanT2406]

she didnt even get to keep them lmao

[@louisvarga7282]

I pay for my sticks.......don't throw them. breaking them is bad enough.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Well, usually worn out sticks are thrown.

[@baptistelebrun6758]

Hahahaha excellent 😂😂😂👌

[@rjlong89]

Ow my eye

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

You’re right. Poor thing.

[@JeremyWard101]

Yes.

[@JPJamminn]

Legendary move Troy! 🤣👌

[@DavidLee-wj9sp]

I caught a stick at violent femmes because I knew at least one would hit the ground so I got low. Simon Kirk hit my friend in the balls with a stick. I owned it for a while

[@artisupitis2147]

What song is that

[@adamalexanderray]

Where there’s a blame there’s a claim. Time to dig out your public liability insurance documents mate 😂

[@erik.kangas]

bonk

[@jeffmoppi]

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

[@larrytate1657]

Why was she calling for a stick?

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

True. And that’s why I can’t understand why they throw from risers instead from the edge of the stage. A gently underhand toss it all it needs. Even Lars Ulrich does it right.

[@Alex-vz1el]

maybe if you throw a stick at my head I will gain some of your skills

[@fausto9338]

hahahaha

[@snorkpork]

I got a girl right in the eye once. She had to leave the show. Oops. My bad.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Ouch.

[@spcsh1936]

what's the name of this band?

[@spcsh1936]

ok I got it from the description

[@BongWatah]

That's really cool in and all but that's a potential lawsuit

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Especially because he did it from his riser and she didn’t saw it coming.

[@StraightNoChaser86]

Did it even hit her?

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Yes, he zooms in and you can see how she got hit. Hard.

[@Bebopopotamus]

She looked pretty indifferent about the whole thing. Good playing though!

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

For me it looks like after she got hit, she needed time to realize what happened.

[@fedsmokerlegacy54]

I probably sound like a Karen but I think throwing sticks is kinda sketchy and probably wouldn't do it if I was in the situation, the probability of something like a serious eye injury is very high if you factor in the number of shows you do it lol

[@busTedOaS]

I wish that was my face getting hit like that :]

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

No, you wouldn’t. You have no imagination how painful it is.

[@busTedOaS]

@@lanishareinhardt8570 would mean I've seen Troy live though!

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

@@busTedOaS haha, I assume you’re from the US, so most probably you can.

[@busTedOaS]

​@@lanishareinhardt8570 nah, germany, wonder why you assume US. But to be fair Troy did some europe tours in the before-times.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

@@busTedOaS du bist aus Deutschland? Geil! Ich auch.

[@-darrell]

Great, now she's pregnant.

[@MDNDrums]

What I would give to be hit in the face by a Troy Wright drum stick. It works like spiderman right, I inherit his powers?

[@user-zi4hu9wz5q]

Ты б ещё лопату в зал бросил. Даже палочки придав им ускорение могут травмировать .

[@BehindTheKitOfficial]

Savage

[@vishnugopakumar8807]

_headshot_

[@TheIcpfan23]

should of ducked out the way...

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

How when she didn’t see it coming?

[@victorbravovidal4475]

she looks like hayley williams 😅

[@ND-iz6dd]

🤣

[@juanmaggots18]

That was she said

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

Hi, I’m glad you at least apologized but you really should overthink how you toss your sticks into the crowd. Why aren’t you standing on the edge of the Stage when doing it? That way you can gently underhand them.

[@itsawonderfulknife7031]

Drumming is garbage. Not a bad throw though.

[@lanishareinhardt8570]

It’s an awful throw. Way to far, way to hard.