Your first rock n roll concert

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

for me, and this is funny...

Dio
opened by
Twisted Sister

1984
Pittsburgh, Civic Arena

OMFG

Had a dose of "orange sunshine" (liquid A in Tang) beforehand.  First concert, first A experience.  Amazing.  

I guess a Slaughter cover band could have been playing, and I still would have thought it was amazing.  But hey, I was young.

[CC]

ít was a scottish affair

Simple Minds

with openers Gun

I think it was 1989

[thebigbang]

I think this thread is a sly way to find out just how old are some of us old farts hanging around this forum.  At the risk of demonstrating that I am in fact the oldest relic jumping into the fray on a regular basis here . . .

Location: Freedom Hall, Louisville Kentucky
Opening act: All the way from LA, it's Artful Dodger
Second act: Ramblin' Gambling Man, Bob Seger
Headliner: Just as the Rock 'n' Roll Army hit its peak, KISS.

Date: September 8, 1976
You can find the tour info here:
http://www.kissonline.com/news/tour/archive/all_shows/1976.html

I actually caught the last four songs or so of a Three Dog Night outdoor concert (at Louisville Downs Harness Race Track) earlier, I believe.  Went with a friend to pick up his sister and they let us in for free.  That was an infamous show, as the lead singer (Cory) was busted after the show and got into a fair amount of legal trouble.

But KISS was the first show I saw in its entirety.  Big Fun Too!

[peanut butter puddin surprise]

I think this thread is a sly way to find out just how old are some of us old farts hanging around this forum

nope, not at all.  (hey, i'm one of those old farts!)

[marktwain]

Hmm.  I can't really remember.  I think the first show I was dying to go to was Guns 'n' Roses w/ Skid Row, when I was in like 8th grade - this would have been just after Lies was released, I think. But I was too young. [sigh]

So, my first show was either BB King, outdoors in Florida (went with my dad and brothers) or Eric Clapton in Cincinnati (I won tickets off the radio by singing the guitar solos to 3 different clapton songs - funny thing is, I never listen to clapton anymore)
THese shows would have been 1990 or 91, and I was 12 or 13.

[wordawg]

Sad but true.....
Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Newcastle City Hall.

Can't remember when, but they recorded Pictures at an Exhibition that night.

If anyone works the date out, let me know.

[SMc55]

T Rex
Newcastle City Hall
1972

I know, I could be Methuselah's granny  :-/

[wordawg]

Gets worse Doc.

March 1971 was ELP at the City Hall.

Buggeration :-[

[SMc55]

There must be a problem with the space-time continuum dear greggy, because you're the same age as me and I'm 17  ;)

[sweatboard]

I wanted to see Motley Crue so bad I couldn't stand it but my Mom wouldn't let me.  

[marktwain]

I wanted to see Motley Crue so bad I couldn't stand it but my Mom wouldn't let me.  

Lousy moms -- always trying to keep their kids away from heroin and devil worship! >:(

[thebigbang]

T Rex
Newcastle City Hall
1972

I know, I could be Methuselah's granny  :-/

Wow. T Rex has been extinct for thousands of years. Maybe you are older than Methusalah. Were you afraid of getting eaten alive?

[katkillad]

Metallica back in 97

[antoniostrohs]

The summer of 74(I think?).Freedom Hall
Peter Frampton (opened the show followed by)
Kansas
ZZ Top

I also was at the Kiss show at Freedom Hall that thebigbang mentioned.

[SMc55]

Wow. T Rex has been extinct for thousands of years. Maybe you are older than Methusalah. Were you afraid of getting eaten alive?

Now don't get smart just because you've found out there's somebody older than you around here  ;)

[dogandponyshow]

Cheap Trick on the Live at Budakon Tour in Seattle at the Hec Ed Paivilion.....can you say Surrender.

D.

[ben grimm]

Verve as they were called then, The Mill at the Pier, Wigan, 90/91 I think with support from 'Music of the Sphere's' my mum still doesn't know we snuck out so keep it to yourselves

[thebigbang]

T Rex
Newcastle City Hall
1972

Just curious, dust off the cobwebs and tell us how was the T-Rex show. I've seen a couple of old video clips to think it could have been one of the more interesting rock shows to come down the pike.

[thebigbang]

I also was at the Kiss show at Freedom Hall that thebigbang mention.

Hey, was that you in the green shirt and Paul Stanley makeup three rows in front of me?

[MMJ_fanatic]

Sad but true.....
Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
Newcastle City Hall.

Can't remember when, but they recorded Pictures at an Exhibition that night.

If anyone works the date out, let me know.

not sad at all!!!  must've kicked some ass I say ;)