My memory of this whole thing is fuzzy, so hoping others can fill in the blanks. Definitely a story that didn’t make it into the book.
There was a release celebration that had moved onto Sixth Street, maybe it was the Rebel release? It was near the end of the night and we wound up in one of those very dark dirty clubs, I think it was the Black Cat. Someone grabbed Neil‘s arm to drag him onto the dance floor. My memory is that it was Beth Buyse, but who knows. They dragged him nose first into a pole. Put a very quick stop to the evening!
Yes, that happened and left quite a bruise. I also recall we were doing exec head shots a day or so after. The photographer was not amused but managed to cover up the damage with a lot of makeup and some photoshop.