During a videotaped performance of this song in 2003, indoor pyrotechnics created a fire at the Station nightclub, which resulted in 100 deaths.
[2] On February 20, 2003, at 11:00 PM, the band (touring as the name Jack Russell's Great White) began a performance of "Desert Moon".
[3] As the song began, illegal indoor pyrotechnics were set off by the band's manager, Dan Biechele.
[4][5][6] 100 people died as a result, including guitarist Ty Longley who had joined the band for the tour.
However, following Great White's full reformation in 2006, Desert Moon was added back into the common set lists by July 2007.