The 90s were an innocent time, where the idea of a guy removing a rib in order to suck himself off was the most outrageous thing we could imagine.

[eabod25@lemm.ee]

1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy - Wikipedia

(en.m.wikipedia.org)

However, this apparently a stand-alone incident

Incidents during the Hajj - Wikipedia

(en.m.wikipedia.org)

[donkter@lemmy.world]

We didn't start the fire

[sendmephotos@lemmy.world]

Omg that was one time!

[kyrgizion@lemmy.world]

I suspect people living in Sarajevo in the 90's resent that opinion.

[eabod25@lemm.ee]

Funny you mention that. When I saw the comment, I was listening to the Fallout Boy version

[beacon@fedia.io]

I mean as bad as those things were, none of those things come close to recent events. Look at your examples and compare them to "worldwide virus kills millions and the entire planet goes into quarantine for a couple years" or "president of the United States fails to get reelected so he foments a literal coup on the US government and his rioting mob breaks into the capitol building trying to stop the transfer of power. And then 4 years later that criminal gets elected to be president again".

[ivanafterall@lemmy.world]

Not just any guy, but Marilyn Manson, who used to play Paul on The Wonder Years. I'm not sure what was more shocking, learning about this, or learning of Mark Paul Gosselaar's fatal motorcycle crash. Taken from us far too soon.

[honeymustardgas@lemmy.world]

Yes, better synonym. Bizarre and ridiculous, and also untrue lol.

[thassodar@lemm.ee]

Damn I'd be turning 3 in 17 days after that, no wonder I never heard of it

[thassodar@lemm.ee]

Lemmiwinks?!

[solomon42069@lemmy.world]

Entirely possible, but I didn't want to assume! My dad didn't know the Village People were gay and he was a grown adult with kids when people broke the news to him...

[neidu3@sh.itjust.works]

Not ozzy. Van Halen.

That way they knew all the prep work was properly done by the crew: unsorted M&Ms = short on time, and it's possible something more important was missed.

[rhynoplaz@lemmy.world]

It was Richard Gere, and it was a Gerbil, not a hamster.

[neidu3@sh.itjust.works]

I remember seeing an Ozzy interview about what happened.

In short, he didn't eat it, but he did bite its head off. Why? Because he thought it'd look cool after someone had thown what Ozzy assumed was a toy bat. "Because who the fuck brings a luve bat to a concert and throws it on stage?"

Also, he wasn't hospitalized. He just went and got a tetanus shot or something like that to be safe.

[cowfodder@lemmy.world]

Richard Gere, and it was a gerbil.

[aggravationstation@feddit.uk]

So it was actually Van Halen and you're right, it was so they could quickly be sure that the venue actually read their contract which contained instructions on how to assemble the moving platforms they used for one of their tours. But there was a parody of that story in Wayne's World 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_7kg5ZzDZo

[pieisawesome@lemmy.world]

It was Van Halen

[albbi@lemmy.ca]

Apparently Marilyn Manson playing Paul was just one of the first internet rumours and isn't true, which in itself is a pretty facinating piece of history.

The True Story Behind 'Wonder Years' Star and Crazy Marilyn Manson Rumor [Video]

Josh Saviano, who played Paul Pfeiffer, once considered getting onstage with the shock rocker.

Yahoo Entertainment (www.yahoo.com)

[whatsay@slrpnk.net]

In the 90s, I remember going to rotten.com and seeing dead bodies. Kids these days don't know about the wild west world web.

[cowfodder@lemmy.world]

I'm sad that none of the other responses seem to have gotten the Wayne's World 2 reference.