Haha! I can attest to this!
My first “band”s first REAL performance was at the catholic grade school’s (which my drummer attended) talent show.. we were given a time slot of three songs. In between the 2nd and 3rd.. the bass player beamed me in the face with his headstock.. t’was a horrible noise, and the freshly cut end of the Low-B on his five string bass guitar moved through my eyebrow like it wasn’t there....
We played the last song anyways... It was quite a spectacle.... they made me BUY the (now) blood drenched Mic/cords/and stand... a “Sure SM-58”... my first microphone...