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Top 10 best band fights Huge Egos, pressure from record labels and important performances, in some cases the added confusion of drug cocktails…the perfect blend for a good ole ruckus…there is nothing more entertaining than a good band fight.

10. Robbie Williams vs Take That

This fight began when Robbie left Take That at the height of their fame. The rivalry evolved rapidly and involved several dirty tricks. Gary said “He said: "Oh yeah. Me and Robbie used to play terrible tricks on each other. I took Robbie's album back to a music shop once and...Stupid, stupid things! Things you wouldn't dream of doing as a 37-year-old bloke. Quite seriously I'd do it, as well. It wouldn't be as a joke." Seems to have turned out ok for both parties though…back to the top of their game! Has Robbie Williams mellowed out now?

9. Oasis

Toronto, Maple Leaf Gardens, in the middle of a set, Liam decided to grab a bottle of champagne, walk out of the venue, get in a limousine with a fan and drive around the city for 20 mins, just to get on Noel’s nerves…brotherly love eh?

8. The Kinks

Seems to be a theme here…maybe not form a band with your brother…fights got so bad between Ray and Dave Davies that it fractured the band during a tour of the USA in the Summer of 1965. They appeared on an NBC Dick Clark special and didn’t pay their American Federation of Television and Recording Artists…

7. Jerry Lee Lewis vs Chuck Berry

They don’t make them like they used to…this story comes from the famous 50s show that they arguing over headlining . The promoter eventually forced Lewis to go on first and it was one of the wildest shows he ever played, culminating in setting his piano on fire with gasoline…as the place erupted and the police arrived he calmly said to Berry: “You’re on Chuck”. ..

6. James Brown vs Joe Tex

These fighters used to share a label in the 50s and Joe Tex purportedly penned one of Brown’s first hits. Things got sour when Tex accused Brown of stealing his stage moves. Brown replied by stealing something a little closer to home…Tex’s wife. They still shared billing occasionally but things blew up again at a one event when Tex parodied Brown’s stage show by putting a blanket around his shoulders shouting “Please, please, please – get me out of this cape!” Brown’s distinctly rational reaction was to open fire on Tex with his handgun. Apparently, patrons hit by stray bullets at the club were given $100 bills by Brown to keep quiet…

5. The Brian Jonestown Massacre

This clip needs no introduction… Film-maker: “Is that blood on you? From where?” Anton Newcombe: “From people’s faces”

4. Metallica

Some Kind of Monster…if you’ve seen this you’ll know what I’m talking about…it’s harder to find a normal conversation between the members of this band then it is a stupid argument over apparently nothing…

3. John Lennon vs Paul McCartney

Sometimes the best way to express something that’s annoying you and slap it into a pop song; following a load of digs by McCartney regarding his solo material Lennon wrote this left-right combo into his song ‘How Do You Sleep?’.: “The only thing you done was yesterday/ And since you're gone you're just another day" Ouch…

2. Oasis vs Blur

This was one of the most public fights in modern music history as the bands went up against each other in the charts during the heyday of Britpop when the world spotlight was on British music. Noel famously said: ‘"I hate that Alex and Damon. I hope they catch AIDS and die." Some say it was a class war between the working class Oasis and the middle class art-school Blur. It was Blur who came out on top of the chart battle with ‘Country House’ outselling ‘Roll with It’…

1. Altamont Free Concert 1969

The Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang was hired as security for this concert featuring The Rolling Stones. The tension had been brewing all day with several altercations between the Hell’s Angels and the 50,000 strong crowd. By the time The Rolling Stones took to the stage things had reached fever pitch…a huge circus performer weighing in at over 350 pounds stripped naked and started stomping through the crowd. Several members of the crowd and the Hell’s Angels tried to detain him and as this happened about 4-5 thousand fans pushed right up against the stage and some tried to climb onto it…a shoving match erupted ast the front of the stage and a crowd member, Meredith Hunter brandished a hand gun…he was stabbed several times by a Hell’s Angel named Alan Passaro who was later cleared on murder…just shows how important good security is at concerts to stop this kind of thing happening…