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Nine Inch Nails, guitarist sued
Wisconsin security guard claims Aaron North "intentionally and violently" injured him when he threw a microphone stand into the crowd.
Ten months after he allegedly took a microphone stand to the head at a Nine Inch Nails concert, a Wisconsin man has sued the band and its lead guitarist, saying he was "intentionally and violently" injured.
Aaron North
Mark LaVoie, a resident of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, alleges he "was struck in the head by a cast iron microphone stand which had been intentionally thrown into the audience by the lead guitarist of Nine Inch Nails, Aaron North," according to the report, which was filed in late June. LaVoie was working security at the concert at the Alliant Energy Centre and was posted between the crowd and the stage, the complaint said.
North, a guitarist known for having a penchant for wreaking havoc onstage during his concerts, allegedly injured LaVoie "intentionally, violently and without a just cause." The mic stand toss "knocked [LaVoie] unconscious, [he] fell to the floor, and was bleeding from a large laceration on the top of his head."
LaVoie, who claims he suffered "serious and permanent injury" in the incident, is seeking an undisclosed sum of damages from the band, both compensatory and punitive. He named North individually in the suit.
To bolster his case against North, LaVoie cited another outburst by North, this one available on YouTube. The video shows North performing at a Hard Rock Café and using a mic stand to smash a glass case containing a guitar previously played by Stevie Ray Vaughn and removing the guitar from the case.
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