Orange Goblin singer Ben Ward was off his nut on pills when he pierced a hole in his own arsecheek with a mic stand. Or it might have been LSD. For obvious reasons, he can’t quite remember. What is certain is that it happened during Orange Goblin’s set at a German festival called South Of The Mainstream in 2007. Beyond that, specific details are hazy.
Ben recalls partaking in the pills – or whatever it was – earlier that afternoon. Predictably, things started to kick in halfway through the band’s set. At some point during the gig he tripped over and fell into the crowd, nine foot of hair and gristle plunging earthwards. And that was the point when one of Ben Ward’s mudflaps met the business end of his mic stand.
