Earlier this month, Grammy-nominated singer Michelle Shocked went off on a bizarre diatribe near the end of a San Francisco performance. While her behavior may have, uh, shocked, fans, it’s not a first. Here are some other examples of rock star meltdowns.
Johnny Cash. During a show at the Grand Ole Opry in 1965, the Man in Black got upset about a faulty microphone stand. Reaction: Cash flipped out and used the faulty stand to smash all the footlights on the stage. The Grand Ole Opry banned him from performing there for decades.

Fiona Apple. During a 2012 show in Houston, the singer ranted about getting busted for marijuana possession in Texas’ Hudspeth County a week before. In a strange turn of events, a representative from the county’s sheriff department responded by writing her a public letter in which he advised Apple to “just shut up and sing.”







