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- The dangers of a good, solid session of headbanging have been well documented in articles and peer-reviewed papers for decades now, from the case of the 15-year old drummer who suffered an aneurism in his neck in the early-‘90s to the 50-year-old who developed a blood clot on his brain after attending a Motorhead concert earlier this year. Slayer frontman Tom Araya’s trademark headbanging and windmilling caused such long-term damage to his back that he required surgery – and had to give up headbanging entirely. The jarring activity has been linked to strokes, aneurysms, mediastinal emphysema, Headbanger’s whiplash, and potentially connected to dementia later in life.
CrazyEyeJoe · 3795 days ago · link ·
Pretty obvious stuff, I'd say. I've had a sore neck several times after headbanging for a night, and it doesn't take a genius to realize that one should take care while doing it.