Rockers Who Forgot Lyrics To The Songs That Made Them Famous

Each band has hardcore fans who know every word and note from every track on every album. But to songwriters and singers, the experience of composing and remembering a song is quite different. They've got to construct the song, collaborate with band members, practice in the studio, record, sleep on buses between gigs, and somehow focus on stage amidst a flood of noise, lights, and cheering faces, night after night after night. It's impossible for even the most well-practiced veteran to not mess up now and then, even for some of rock's biggest names and biggest songs.

Lyrics present their own unique challenges, too, ones that start with writing and remembering. Tatiana Shmayluk of Ukrainian metal band Jinjer sometimes doesn't write lyrics until two hours before a recording session, as she