Somebody please make a GIF out of Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs smashing his guitar at Treasure Island Festival

The War on Drugs | Photo by Kate McCann | katemccannphotography.com

So this is what happens when you sign to Atlantic Records? You start taking the stage at major festivals, getting a bit nervy and wrecking your guitars? Kidding aside, take a look at this awesome video we recently came across of The War on Drugs playing Treasure Island Festival in San Francisco earlier this month. As a particularly epic space-out of “Under the Pressure” reaches a climax, we see frontman Adam Granduciel lift his Fender Jag off his shoulders and hurl it, headstock down, to the floor of the stage. I mean, it was more akin to a mic drop than outright instrument destruction but, you know, it’s pretty badass. Watch the entire view below or cue up to 2:25 for the awesome part. Thank goodness it wasn’t a DiPinto.

UPDATE: 11/2/15

Adam has assured us that his fender is “100% in tact!”

 

@lalalandstudios @TheKeyXPN 100% in tact!! But you can see how it severed my cables on impact. Well done @Fender pic.twitter.com/4BNNMQL3Fd

— The War on Drugs (@TheWarOnDrugs) November 2, 2015