im lazy, i didn't do a search for this topic in the old/new old forums, so if there is one, oh well.
anyway, what is the first concert everyone attended?
Mine: August 15, 1997 - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Rage Against The Machine/Wu-Tang
i hope to see some embarrassing concerts in here...
Phish
Rupp Arena
Lexington, KY
11/7/1996
Debby Boone
Garden State Arts Center (now PNC Bank Arts Center)
circa 1977
with my grandparents
Foreigner in 1980 on the Foreigner 4 tour (Waiting For a Girl Like You, Jukebox Hero, Urgent and all that crap) at San Diego Sports Arena. I had to buy my older brother a ticket just so he'd drive me to the show. What I really wanted to see was Foreigner on the Double Vision tour with that lineup, THAT would've been a different story altogether. At least they had Junior Walker on sax, that was pretty cool, although I had no clue at the time.
The one I didn't get to go to a couple years earlier:
Cheap Trick
Blue Oyster Cult
UFO
Pat Travers
live at the San Diego Stadium in 1978. I was 11. I wanted to see Cheap Trick so bad. I had no idea who the other bands were. My mind would've been blown by the other three in 1978!
1. John Denver, Universal Amphitheater - August, 1974
2. John Denver, The Fabulous Forum - May, 1975
3. John Denver, The Fabulous Forum - May, 1978 (w/The Starland Vocal Band!)
C'mon, who doesn't love a little Afternoon Delight? :bath:
Quote from: mind at large on Sep 06, 2012, 02:06 PM
i hope to see some embarrassing concerts in here...
I'll be your huckleberry.
MC Hammer 1988
You may think you have one more embarrassing, but U can't touch
this. :bath:
:grin: :grin: :grin:
Quote from: Jon T. on Sep 06, 2012, 03:02 PM
Quote from: mind at large on Sep 06, 2012, 02:06 PM
i hope to see some embarrassing concerts in here...
I'll be your huckleberry.
MC Hammer 1988
You may think you have one more embarrasing, but U can't touch this. :bath:
winner! /end thread
As for me, Beastie Boys with The Roots opening in '95 - Philly Civic Center
Doe Maar, 1982
http://youtu.be/fHxgJvGtMhI (http://youtu.be/fHxgJvGtMhI)
Chicago, Doobie Brothers and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ 1974
Never forget that smell for the first time. :smiley:
John Cougar, right around the time he found the Mellencamp
Loverboy - 1981 Municipal Auditorium - I went with my sister and her friends. I distinctly remember Sue Schnicker vomiting in the car on the way home.
huey lewis and the news - freedom hall, louisville, ky - fore tour (sometime in 85-86)
A Day of Rock N' Roll ~ June 10th, 1979 ~ Louisiana Superdome for $12.50!
Boston ~ Van Halen ~ Heart ~ Blue Oyster Cult ~ Sammy Hagar ~ Nazareth
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/ycartrob/dorr.jpg)
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Sep 06, 2012, 04:01 PM
A Day of Rock N' Roll ~ June 10th, 1979 ~ Louisiana Superdome for $12.50!
Boston ~ Van Halen ~ Heart ~ Blue Oyster Cult ~ Sammy Hagar ~ Nazareth
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/ycartrob/dorr.jpg)
That looks pretty badass, Tracy. I bet you got a baseball style concert shirt at that one.
Quote from: Shug on Sep 06, 2012, 02:34 PM
The one I didn't get to go to a couple years earlier:
Cheap Trick
Blue Oyster Cult
UFO
Pat Travers
I saw them at the Shoreline! I don't remember UFO but the other 3 were there. Loved it!
My first that I chose to go to was a Day on the Green - Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers, and the guy who sang Dreamweaver.
BUT - I went with my parents to see Barry Manilow. :) Jimmy JJ Walker opened and was really dirty and all the people there with kids were not happy. :grin:
I had just turned 14 when Summer Celebration '78 played at our high school football stadium (Engel Stadium in Bay City, Michigan). 08/19/78.
The headliner was Bob Segar & The Silver Bullet Band. The opening acts were Cheap Trick and Van Halen. Tickets were $9. Van Halen went on first. They blew me away. I'm sure I went out and bought their debut album the next day.
Seriously, they used to be a decent rock act. Don't know what the hell happened.
Quote from: vespachick on Sep 06, 2012, 02:55 PM
1. John Denver, Universal Amphitheater - August, 1974
2. John Denver, The Fabulous Forum - May, 1975
3. John Denver, The Fabulous Forum - May, 1978 (w/The Starland Vocal Band!)
C'mon, who doesn't love a little Afternoon Delight? :bath:
Wow, Amy. You were really into Denver as a kid.
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Sep 06, 2012, 04:01 PM
A Day of Rock N' Roll ~ June 10th, 1979 ~ Louisiana Superdome for $12.50!
Boston ~ Van Halen ~ Heart ~ Blue Oyster Cult ~ Sammy Hagar ~ Nazareth
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/ycartrob/dorr.jpg)
Man, I hate Hagar now but that Montrose album was tits!
And oh god, Nazareth. Band I adored in 9th grade that I can't even stomach today.
U2 - Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ - May 1987
I had to leave my freshman baseball practice early to attend and I was benched for the next game. Worth it, though.
Simple Minds at the Cleveland Agora in May of 1983!
1984 - I was 13. The Jackson's - The Victory Tour. AMAZEBALLS. :cheesy:
Pat Metheny Group, McNichols Arena, Denver, 1985(?)
More embarrassing is that I was 16 years old before I ever went to a not-classical-music concert! Shit, does jazz fusion count?
VC, Jealous of those John Denver shows, and that afternoon delight. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Crispy on Sep 06, 2012, 05:34 PM
Pat Metheny Group, McNichols Arena, Denver, 1985(?)
More embarrassing is that I was 16 years old before I ever went to a not-classical-music concert! Shit, does jazz fusion count?
VC, Jealous of those John Denver shows, and that afternoon delight. :thumbsup:
Speaking of being 16, I also remember the first concert I went to where I could actually drive! It was Guadalcanal Diary in Cleveland, 1988. I remember driving up in my friend's mom's minivan. A van full of white suburban dudes driving around in a freaking minivan lost in East Cleveland and afraid to pull over to ask for directions... :grin: We did eventually make it to the show unharmed. :tongue:
Quote from: Tracy 2112 on Sep 06, 2012, 04:01 PM
A Day of Rock N' Roll ~ June 10th, 1979 ~ Louisiana Superdome for $12.50!
Boston ~ Van Halen ~ Heart ~ Blue Oyster Cult ~ Sammy Hagar ~ Nazareth
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f296/ycartrob/dorr.jpg)
Holy shit, that looks good! Hell, yeah Van Halen was a great rock band in their early years! All of those bands were really good, in my book. But I'm a freak for 70s rock, its what I love the most.
Quote from: Fully on Sep 06, 2012, 04:20 PM
Quote from: vespachick on Sep 06, 2012, 02:55 PM
1. John Denver, Universal Amphitheater - August, 1974
2. John Denver, The Fabulous Forum - May, 1975
3. John Denver, The Fabulous Forum - May, 1978 (w/The Starland Vocal Band!)
C'mon, who doesn't love a little Afternoon Delight? :bath:
Wow, Amy. You were really into Denver as a kid.
Sigh, you know what? I JUST realized that my mom (who obv was the mega-fan back in the 70's and was why I was there in the first place) was younger then than I am now. Still, I must admit, I looooove me some JD!
He was always a good listen for me, Vespa
I think my first concert was the Philosopher Kings, a now-defunct Canadian band, back in 1994.
10/27/91 - Van Halen w/Alice and Chains
Quote from: Ruckus on Sep 07, 2012, 09:40 AM
10/27/91 - Van Halen w/Alice and Chains
This makes me sad. By then, Van Halen was a sad shell of their former selves. You deserved to see them in their prime.
Quote from: Ruckus on Sep 07, 2012, 09:40 AM
10/27/91 - Van Halen w/Alice and Chains
Please tell me you went because of the opener! :tongue:
Quote from: iLikeBeer on Sep 07, 2012, 09:58 AM
Quote from: Ruckus on Sep 07, 2012, 09:40 AM
10/27/91 - Van Halen w/Alice and Chains
Please tell me you went because of the opener! :tongue:
Nope, although that was around when Man in the Box came out and my older brother and I would stay up every weekend to watch Headbangers' Ball. I always found the great guitar based music of the early nineties to be way too depressing for me. I was too happy to be brought down by all this "Seattle" stuff. I was a huge Van Hagar fan in my early teens. I was just 13 when I saw this and it blew my mind. It started a year of all things Van Halen fandom including of course the old stuff. I think the ladies at Googamooga and fiddle can attest to my old Van Halen love :grin:
My first concert was Aerosmith in 1983, during the lowest point in their existence. They played a small hometown show of sorts, in Concord, NH. Sort of a dress rehearsal for their tour. Steven Tyler was trashed, carrying around a bottle of Jack, spit on the front row, and constantly stumbed across the stage. It was awesome!
My second show? David Gilmour in Boston 1984!
Third show? Grateful Dead, Worcester, 1984!
The rest is history...
Quote from: johnnYYac on Sep 07, 2012, 11:16 AM
My first concert was Aerosmith in 1983, during the lowest point in their existence. They played a small hometown show of sorts, in Concord, NH. Sort of a dress rehearsal for their tour. Steven Tyler was trashed, carrying around a bottle of Jack, spit on the front row, and constantly stumbed across the stage. It was awesome!
My second show? David Gilmour in Boston 1984!
Third show? Grateful Dead, Worcester, 1984!
The rest is history...
Seeing Aerosmith and Ted Nugent were annual events for me and my friends throughout high school. Both played at The Saginaw Civic Center every year back then. Funny, I would not walk across the street to see either of them now.
David Gilmour. :cheesy:
I saw the Beach Boys in the early 1970s when I was away at Sleep-away camp and my family took us to a Hall & Oates show in the mid-197's but the first concert I ever attended with friends and "no chaperone" was seeing the Electric Light Orchestra in 1978 at Madison Square Garden during the Out of the Blue tour.
That was the first of many many shows at MSG.
Quote from: Devil Ledbetter on Sep 07, 2012, 11:22 AM
Quote from: johnnYYac on Sep 07, 2012, 11:16 AM
My first concert was Aerosmith in 1983, during the lowest point in their existence. They played a small hometown show of sorts, in Concord, NH. Sort of a dress rehearsal for their tour. Steven Tyler was trashed, carrying around a bottle of Jack, spit on the front row, and constantly stumbed across the stage. It was awesome!
My second show? David Gilmour in Boston 1984!
Third show? Grateful Dead, Worcester, 1984!
The rest is history...
Seeing Aerosmith and Ted Nugent were annual events for me and my friends throughout high school. Both played at The Saginaw Civic Center every year back then. Funny, I would not walk across the street to see either of them now.
David Gilmour. :cheesy:
Funny, I also saw Ted Nugent in the late 70's at MSG (on the Cat Scratch Fever tour)- was given a free ticket.
You couldn't pay me enough to see Ted Nugent today.
(I also saw Aerosmith at MSG and Pink Floyd several times there as well). I've also seen both Gilmour & Roger Waters solo a few times since the breakup.
Of my choice or that I can remember: Metallica when I was in Middle school. :evil:
Quote from: johnnYYac on Sep 07, 2012, 11:16 AM
My first concert was Aerosmith in 1983, during the lowest point in their existence. They played a small hometown show of sorts, in Concord, NH. Sort of a dress rehearsal for their tour. Steven Tyler was trashed, carrying around a bottle of Jack, spit on the front row, and constantly stumbed across the stage. It was awesome!
My second show? David Gilmour in Boston 1984!
Third show? Grateful Dead, Worcester, 1984!
The rest is history...
As we discussed somewhere else, johnny, I saw that Aerosmith tour, too. They played like 30 minutes before it was clear Tyler was too drunk to continue. Dio, the opener, blew them away.
I also saw that Gilmour About Face tour and it was frickin' rad! Chris Slade beating the shit out of the drums, Pino Palladino on bass, horns and back up singers and Gilmour's impeccable guitar tone, playing all those great songs from his second solo album. And it was in a (relatively, for Pink Floyd guys) small venue, San Diego Open Air Theater.
Unfortunately, I didn't see the Grateful Dead until 1987 (Dylan/Dead Anaheim Stadium), wished I would've started sooner, but things happen when they are supposed to, I guess.
Iron Maiden on the Killer tour in 1981 at the Ipswich Gaumont.
EDIT: Wikipedia tells me it was 17 February 1981, and that the gig was the first night of the tour (Paul DiAnno's last tour as vocalist).
I was 12, and my friend and I went together; his mother drove us there and sat at the back with some earplugs, a book and a torch. I headbanged so hard I couldn't move my neck for a week. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Ruckus on Sep 07, 2012, 10:05 AM
Quote from: iLikeBeer on Sep 07, 2012, 09:58 AM
Quote from: Ruckus on Sep 07, 2012, 09:40 AM
10/27/91 - Van Halen w/Alice and Chains
Please tell me you went because of the opener! :tongue:
Nope, although that was around when Man in the Box came out and my older brother and I would stay up every weekend to watch Headbangers' Ball. I always found the great guitar based music of the early nineties to be way too depressing for me. I was too happy to be brought down by all this "Seattle" stuff. I was a huge Van Hagar fan in my early teens. I was just 13 when I saw this and it blew my mind. It started a year of all things Van Halen fandom including of course the old stuff. I think the ladies at Googamooga and fiddle can attest to my old Van Halen love :grin:
Speaking of Van Halen, my first concert was Kool & The Gang back in 81 or 82. (Kool & The Gang opened for VH on their 2012 tour.) "Get Down On It" and all that.
June 1985 Iron Maiden - World Slavery Tour - Peoria, IL
Setlist:
Intro - Churchill's Speech
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Guitar Solo
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Run to the Hills
Running Free
Encore 2:
Sanctuary
Honestly, I don't remember much of it other than being jammed pack amongst a lot of head bangers and being visually stimulated with all the skull props on stage. My friend Davey, who had a crush on me, took me and got me too stoned hence the memory loss. :cheesy: :grin:
My first show was punk/ska band Mustard Plug with Catch 22 opening at a club that closed down about 10 years ago. In High School all I listened to was punk. There was probably another band that played too that I can't remember. I don't have a ticket stub for this and payed at the door, so I don't know what the date is. Back in those days if you paid at the door you didn't get a ticket.
Mustard Plug - Mendoza (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzpAi2QHA-0#)
Catch 22 - On & On & On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nkbh9JN3uY#)
RUSH Signals Tour, Madison Square Garden, Dec 1982. Wondering what I told my parents to get out of the house and into NYC at the ripe old age of 14? :thumbsup:
1st show - Beach Boys back when they played the mall in D.C. every July 4th.
2nd show - was dragged to Huey Lewis and the News at MPP, and going back to MPP always reminds me of Huey.
Quote from: APR on Sep 07, 2012, 08:50 PM
1st show - Beach Boys back when they played the mall in D.C. every July 4th.
2nd show - was dragged to Huey Lewis and the News at MPP, and going back to MPP always reminds me of Huey.
My first two shows were both at MPP- the John Cougar mentioned above, and a Peter Gabriel show that really blew my impressionable mind.
1982 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers w/special guest Stevie Nicks.
I was 15 and had to beg my mom for weeks to allow me to go to this local show with my older brother. Stevie Nicks was so wasted she fell down on stage repeatedly.
It was awesome.
9/11/95 Nashville
R.E.M. with Radiohead opening
I was at that show, Sheets!
Quote from: searchinbig on Sep 06, 2012, 03:28 PM
Chicago, Doobie Brothers and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ 1974
Never forget that smell for the first time. :smiley:
Nice one Mike! That was where I saw the first of many shows there growing up in J.C. Mine was Yes, summer of 76.
I guess it counts even though it was with family, and I was a kid, but one summer late 60's I saw the Cowsills, Beach Boys, and Duke Ellington in Atlantic City over the course of a week vacation. I always count the Yes one as my first real concert though, mainly for that smell too. :wink:
Quote from: lucylew on Sep 07, 2012, 11:41 PM
1982 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers w/special guest Stevie Nicks.
I was 15 and had to beg my mom for weeks to allow me to go to this local show with my older brother. Stevie Nicks was so wasted she fell down on stage repeatedly.
It was awesome.
Long After Dark tour, nice! Or was it still the Hard Promises tour? I guess having Stevie there makes it more likely still Hard Promises. Did they sing The Insider or Stop Draggin' My Heart Around? What was the venue? I know, lots of questions, I'm a dork for that stuff.
Quote from: ericm on Sep 08, 2012, 06:03 PM
Quote from: searchinbig on Sep 06, 2012, 03:28 PM
Chicago, Doobie Brothers and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ 1974
Never forget that smell for the first time. :smiley:
Nice one Mike! That was where I saw the first of many shows there growing up in J.C. Mine was Yes, summer of 76.
I guess it counts even though it was with family, and I was a kid, but one summer late 60's I saw the Cowsills, Beach Boys, and Duke Ellington in Atlantic City over the course of a week vacation. I always count the Yes one as my first real concert though, mainly for that smell too. :wink:
In the mid 70s Count Basie and his Orchestra came to play my high school gym in Escondidio, CA. The school band teacher had some jazz connections and somehow was able to get Basie to come play. I don't usually think of it as my first concert, because it wasn't my idea to go, but I'm so glad I got to see a legend like that before he was gone. In 1986 I also got to see Ella Fitzgerald backed by the Joe Pass Trio in a tiny club in Westwood, Los Angeles. She had to be helped on stage but she still sang like a goddess. I'm pretty lucky to have seen her, too.
I'm envious of Yes in 1976, too. That must've been either the Relayer tour or Tales of Topographic Oceans?
Summer of '76 in St Louis.
KISS (billed as the Hottest band in the land) was the headliner at Kiel Auditorium.
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band opened w/ Get Out of Denver, the crowd went nuts and didn't stop til after KISS's encore. What a night!!
36 years ( and a couple hundred concerts ) later- on August 8th I finally got to see MMJ for the 1st time at Peabody Operahouse in St Louis, next door to the site where Kiel was- now ScottTrade Center.
Quote from: ericm on Sep 08, 2012, 06:03 PM
Quote from: searchinbig on Sep 06, 2012, 03:28 PM
Chicago, Doobie Brothers and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ 1974
Never forget that smell for the first time. :smiley:
Nice one Mike! That was where I saw the first of many shows there growing up in J.C. Mine was Yes, summer of 76.
I guess it counts even though it was with family, and I was a kid, but one summer late 60's I saw the Cowsills, Beach Boys, and Duke Ellington in Atlantic City over the course of a week vacation. I always count the Yes one as my first real concert though, mainly for that smell too. :wink:
Not my first, but saw Yes in the round at IU in '78 - saw the other Yes guys (90210 tour) in early '80s w/cool lasers , then saw all of the guys together later.
A very interesting mix of old and young fans here, but y'all know that already. My actual first concert was Barry Manilow in '81. Due to my mom being a "fan," but she didn't even go to the concert. My mom would never have let me go see KISS in '79 on the Dynasty tour, although I was a huge fan at the time. My best friend had his "birthday party" there. I tell alot of people that was actually my first concert, but it is a lie. :cry:
Don't judge me. You don't know me.
My first "real" concert was Billy Idol on the Rebel Yell tour. I was supposed to see Van Halen on the 1984 tour, but I got a "D" or "F" on my report card in Physical Science (8th Grade), and that was the punishment. Man, knowing what I know now, I certainly would have studied my Periodic Table better!! Thought I'd see them again, but as Patterson Hood once elequently exclaimed "The rest as they say, is history."
I did see some great shows in the 80's. Saw the previously mentioned Iron Maiden Powerslave tour, when Twisted Sister opened. Saw DLR a couple of times. Those were good times, I don't care what anyone says.
Quote from: jcoyote on Sep 10, 2012, 05:30 PM
A very interesting mix of old and young fans here, but y'all know that already. My actual first concert was Barry Manilow in '81. Due to my mom being a "fan," but she didn't even go to the concert. My mom would never have let me go see KISS in '79 on the Dynasty tour, although I was a huge fan at the time. My best friend had his "birthday party" there. I tell alot of people that was actually my first concert, but it is a lie. :cry:
Don't judge me. You don't know me.
My first "real" concert was Billy Idol on the Rebel Yell tour. I was supposed to see Van Halen on the 1984 tour, but I got a "D" or "F" on my report card in Physical Science (8th Grade), and that was the punishment. Man, knowing what I know now, I certainly would have studied my Periodic Table better!! Thought I'd see them again, but as Patterson Hood once elequently exclaimed "The rest as they say, is history."
I did see some great shows in the 80's. Saw the previously mentioned Iron Maiden Powerslave tour, when Twisted Sister opened. Saw DLR a couple of times. Those were good times, I don't care what anyone says.
I agree w/ you that there's a very interesting mix of old/young and their 1st concerts and I also saw lots of great shows thruout the '80s (including the Allman Bros 3 times).
I saw the Iron Maiden tour w/ Twisted Sister in ST Louis - TS was practically boo-ed off the stage by the fanatical Maiden crowd, including me.
Don't blame you for lying about KISS/ Manilow deal. :grin: My 1st show actually was KISS.
I don't agree w/ you - and know you don't care - but imho I wouldn't walk across the street to see DLR. :evil:
But that's what makes a cool thread, all the different musical tastes.
Quote from: LD on Sep 07, 2012, 01:45 PM
June 1985 Iron Maiden - World Slavery Tour - Peoria, IL
Setlist:
Intro - Churchill's Speech
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Guitar Solo
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Run to the Hills
Running Free
Encore 2:
Sanctuary
Honestly, I don't remember much of it other than being jammed pack amongst a lot of head bangers and being visually stimulated with all the skull props on stage. My friend Davey, who had a crush on me, took me and got me too stoned hence the memory loss. :cheesy: :grin:
I saw this show 6 months earlier(12/18/84) in ST Louis. Understand about the memory loss... what I remember best is the fanatical Maiden crowd, me included, practically booing TwistedSister off the stage and the 30 foot Eddie at the end.
Considering your memory issues, how did you come up w/ setlist? :grin:
Iron Maiden w/ Quiet Riot (IM - World Piece Tour) - 1983 at the Baltimore Arena
I actually had to look that up to be sure of the year, and sure it actually happened. I think I also saw Twisted Sister at Baltimore Arena that year or the next, and definitely saw Night Ranger at University of Maryland Ritchie Collesium around this time.
I was a little metal head...
I don't agree w/ you - and know you don't care - but imho I wouldn't walk across the street to see DLR. :evil: But that's what makes a cool thread, all the different musical tastes.
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I hear ya', but DLR in 1985 was still a performer, and he had assembled a pretty good band w/ Steve Vai and Billy Sheheen. Not Eddie and Michael, but as close as it was going to come, ever again.
Quote from: YimYodd on Sep 10, 2012, 07:28 PM
Quote from: LD on Sep 07, 2012, 01:45 PM
June 1985 Iron Maiden - World Slavery Tour - Peoria, IL
Setlist:
Intro - Churchill's Speech
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Guitar Solo
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Run to the Hills
Running Free
Encore 2:
Sanctuary
Honestly, I don't remember much of it other than being jammed pack amongst a lot of head bangers and being visually stimulated with all the skull props on stage. My friend Davey, who had a crush on me, took me and got me too stoned hence the memory loss. :cheesy: :grin:
I saw this show 6 months earlier(12/18/84) in ST Louis. Understand about the memory loss... what I remember best is the fanatical Maiden crowd, me included, practically booing TwistedSister off the stage and the 30 foot Eddie at the end.
Considering your memory issues, how did you come up w/ setlist? :grin:
Because w/ all the production involved, that setlist did not change. Live After Death is still one of my favorite concert dvds. When Eddie comes out, I still say "Whoa!"
The first concert I ever attended was an Our Lady Peace show.
Yup.
I'm no statistician, but iIt seems to me that a relatively high proportion of MMJ fans had their first live experience with Iron Maiden in the 80s.
Quote from: ItBeats4Jew on Sep 06, 2012, 04:35 PM
U2 - Brendan Byrne Arena, East Rutherford, NJ - May 1987
I had to leave my freshman baseball practice early to attend and I was benched for the next game. Worth it, though.
similar situation here...
Phil Collins, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA September, 1990. Missed football practice and didn't get to start in the next game. Oh well...Su... Su... Sussudio!
My first concert was some kind of Motown Revue in Sparks, Nevada. It was during Hot August Nights, and I would've been about 12 or 13. I don't remember who performed, but do remember the matching suits and dance moves. I was with my family and friends, and people sang along to the hits.
The first show I ever went to on my own was a punk show at the Guild Theater in Sacramento. Face to Face and Tilt played, along with 2 or 3 other bands. It was amazing, and I still remember how thrilling it was. It was in 1994, and I was 16. I started going to as many shows as I could over the next few years. Mid-90s, Sacramento All-Ages Venues FTW: Cattle Club, Crest Theater, Guild Theater.
Quote from: ericm on Sep 08, 2012, 06:03 PM
Quote from: searchinbig on Sep 06, 2012, 03:28 PM
Chicago, Doobie Brothers and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ 1974
Never forget that smell for the first time. :smiley:
Nice one Mike! That was where I saw the first of many shows there growing up in J.C. Mine was Yes, summer of 76.
I guess it counts even though it was with family, and I was a kid, but one summer late 60's I saw the Cowsills, Beach Boys, and Duke Ellington in Atlantic City over the course of a week vacation. I always count the Yes one as my first real concert though, mainly for that smell too. :wink:
Wow Eric! I was at that Yes concert also! If I recall it was one of the last shows there, something fell off the stage and killed somebody, gang fights, etc.
Small world, we met up again some 36 years later at a concert! :smiley:
And you saw Duke Ellington, holy crap that's cool.
US Festival '83. May, 1983 on heavy metal day.... I was a teenager with all my buddies and about 400,000 people, none of which were our parents.
Van Halen, Scorpions, Triumph, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osborne, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot.
Good times... good times. I think my second was the Grateful Dead. Wow.
Adam
Metallica 1993
First concert with parents: Jan & Dean featuring Mike Love @ Ontario Place Forum, early 1980s
First concert with friends: The Spoons @ Hamilton Convention Centre, 1984
First concert I went solo to (and sat out for tix - ugh, such a waste!): Gowan, Hamilton Place, 1985
A few years later I started seeing local punk and "alternative" bands at bars around town until:
First concert I'm not cringing about: The Cramps, The Concert Hall, 1990
10/7/96
Pearl Jam with Ben Harper & the Fastbacks
Ft. Lauderdale Baseball Stadium
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Chicago, Doobie Brothers and Ozark Mountain Daredevils.
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ 1974
Never forget that smell for the first time. :smiley:
Nice one Mike! That was where I saw the first of many shows there growing up in J.C. Mine was Yes, summer of 76.
I guess it counts even though it was with family, and I was a kid, but one summer late 60's I saw the Cowsills, Beach Boys, and Duke Ellington in Atlantic City over the course of a week vacation. I always count the Yes one as my first real concert though, mainly for that smell too. :wink:
Wow Eric! I was at that Yes concert also! If I recall it was one of the last shows there, something fell off the stage and killed somebody, gang fights, etc.
Small world, we met up again some 36 years later at a concert! :smiley:
And you saw Duke Ellington, holy crap that's cool.
Haha. Great memory Mike! That did end up being the last summer of shows there, and anything that didn't have a signed contract got canceled after that night.
It wasn't a gang thing, as I actually knew both parties involved from school and Little League, and had friends that witnessed it.
A couple of drunk guys got into a fight,and the smaller guy ( who really knows why, but) .....broke a bottle and held it out to defend himself, and keep the big guy at bay. Unfortunately the big guy whether too drunk or tough decided to go at him anyway. The guy was swinging the bottle and when the big guy charged, caught him right in the throat, and ended up killing him. Totally messed up all around, but that put the kibosh on future shows. They had been looking to do away with the shows there for a while, and this was all they needed to put an end to them. Too bad,imo. It was always a fun time there,and this was really the only violent thing I ever heard happen there. Actually I think someone got hurt real bad or killed trying to scale the big concrete walls outside at a show once too.
Too funny you saw that show, and like you said took us 36 years to meet and see a show together. I got a big kick out of your son, and really cool you had your whole family at the Brooklyn show. It was nice to meet and chat with all of you, and looking forward to the next time. I'm sure we'll have some more tales to tell. :beer:
Ahhh. Thanks for that info Eric. Great story. I'm amazed that I remembered anything about that. When you are a kid (15) those things stick with you. I do remember however that the show was awesome. I got sick before the show because I drank a six pack of Heineken and puked my brains out in the parking lot! Thank God my brother and sister were both with me or I may have gone down with the stadium.
Sounds like what happened to most of us at a show or two there at least once Mike! Must have been a rite of passage or something. :wink:
That was an amazing summer for show's there. I saw Boz Scaggs during his Silk Degrees Tour open for The Eagles during their Hotel California Tour.
Bob Seeger/Night Moves - J Geils Band (forget the album) - Kiss/ Destroyer
Chicago, The Beach Boys, and who can forget the Grateful Dead show on July 4th that got postponed because of the Bi Centennial, OP Sail on the Hudson, and the huge influx of people into Jersey City. The Mayor and his cronies were worried about bringing in 50,000-100,000 Dead Heads into the mix for the weekend. It ended up being played in August, and even though I didn't get in, it was my first real introduction into the Dead lot scene. I swear there were more people in the lot than inside. Good times.... :cool: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :beer:
Beach Boys, 1974 Milwaukee. My Mom took my brother & I , I was 7 and Fucking Cranky. Who the fuck are the Beach Boys and why are they so loud, goddamnit stop throwing the beach balls at me , Mom I think someone got sprayed by a skunk somewhere close by.
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Beach Boys, 1974 Milwaukee. My Mom took my brother & I , I was 7 and Fucking Cranky. Who the fuck are the Beach Boys and why are they so loud, goddamnit stop throwing the beach balls at me , Mom I think someone got sprayed by a skunk somewhere close by.
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My first concert experience was No Doubt at Maple Leaf Gardens, with my dad in the spring of 1997. Sweet show!
Hard Promises, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around and Cal Expo in Sacramento.
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A very interesting mix of old and young fans here, but y'all know that already. My actual first concert was Barry Manilow in '81. Due to my mom being a "fan," but she didn't even go to the concert. My mom would never have let me go see KISS in '79 on the Dynasty tour, although I was a huge fan at the time. My best friend had his "birthday party" there. I tell alot of people that was actually my first concert, but it is a lie. :cry:
Don't judge me. You don't know me.
My first "real" concert was Billy Idol on the Rebel Yell tour. I was supposed to see Van Halen on the 1984 tour, but I got a "D" or "F" on my report card in Physical Science (8th Grade), and that was the punishment. Man, knowing what I know now, I certainly would have studied my Periodic Table better!! Thought I'd see them again, but as Patterson Hood once elequently exclaimed "The rest as they say, is history."
I did see some great shows in the 80's. Saw the previously mentioned Iron Maiden Powerslave tour, when Twisted Sister opened. Saw DLR a couple of times. Those were good times, I don't care what anyone says.
I saw that tour as well. Made me no longer a Billy Idol fan. He was awful live?!
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Beach Boys, 1974 Milwaukee. My Mom took my brother & I , I was 7 and Fucking Cranky. Who the fuck are the Beach Boys and why are they so loud, goddamnit stop throwing the beach balls at me , Mom I think someone got sprayed by a skunk somewhere close by.
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My first concert experience was No Doubt at Maple Leaf Gardens, with my dad in the spring of 1997. Sweet show!
More like child abuse.
Rolling Rock Town Fair 2001
STP
Deftones
Live
Tantric
Oleander
Staind
and a field full of mud, so awesome as deftones killed it
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The first concert I ever attended was an Our Lady Peace show.
Yup.
As a Canadian, I feel your pain.
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June 1985 Iron Maiden - World Slavery Tour - Peoria, IL
Setlist:
Intro - Churchill's Speech
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
Guitar Solo
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Encore:
Run to the Hills
Running Free
Encore 2:
Sanctuary
Honestly, I don't remember much of it other than being jammed pack amongst a lot of head bangers and being visually stimulated with all the skull props on stage. My friend Davey, who had a crush on me, took me and got me too stoned hence the memory loss. :cheesy: :grin:
I saw this show 6 months earlier(12/18/84) in ST Louis. Understand about the memory loss... what I remember best is the fanatical Maiden crowd, me included, practically booing TwistedSister off the stage and the 30 foot Eddie at the end.
Considering your memory issues, how did you come up w/ setlist? :grin:
Thank god they have something called archive :thumbsup:
July of 1995....Live at the Miami Arena....right when "Throwing Copper" was getting big. Big Audio Dynamite was the opener....great show, even though we were in the nose bleeds.
Everclear with Jimmy's Chicken Shack...around 1997, can't remember the venue in Columbus, OH. It was somewhere on OSU's campus. Don't remember too much about the show, but can remember very clearly that I was on a bad blind date with a guy wearing rainbow suspenders...in 1997.
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My first show was punk/ska band Mustard Plug with Catch 22 opening at a club that closed down about 10 years ago. In High School all I listened to was punk. There was probably another band that played too that I can't remember. I don't have a ticket stub for this and payed at the door, so I don't know what the date is. Back in those days if you paid at the door you didn't get a ticket.
Mustard Plug - Mendoza (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzpAi2QHA-0#)
Catch 22 - On & On & On (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nkbh9JN3uY#)
Would you believe that Mustard Plug is still touring? I saw them on too many occasions at the Trocadero in Philly, but saw them here in New Orleans maybe 6 months ago! Can't skank like I used too... :embarrassed: :grin:
Summer 1985...the Power Station (Duran Duran off-shoot) at the Spectrum...both the band and the venue are no longer in existence.
Gotta say, Robert Palmer was incredible. I owe my T.Rex obsession to this band.
Get It On (Bang a Gong) - Power Station (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieOwL1UB1V4#)
I also owe them for clueing me into the Isley Brothers (my older sisters actually had this record which I'd never listened to)
The Power Station - Harvest For The World [2002] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYgz2EQXOw#ws)
If you have a turntable and find this used somewhere, pick it up. It's a VERY good sounding record!!
Radio 104 Fest - Hartford CT - May 27, 2002
Headliners were Blink 182, Green Day, and Saves the Day (Pop Disaster Tour)
Others included:
Good Charlotte, The Used, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sugarcult, Remy Zero, Unwritten Law, Andrew W.K., Mest, Gob, Throne, Trik Turner, Riddlin' Kids, Headstrong, Reveille, Quarashi, Grover Dill, Abandon Pools, 2 Skinnie J's
http://articles.courant.com/2002-05-23/entertainment/0205231450_1_blink-182-fest-green-day (http://articles.courant.com/2002-05-23/entertainment/0205231450_1_blink-182-fest-green-day)
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Gotta say, Robert Palmer was incredible. I owe my T.Rex obsession to this band.
Yep, that dude had a lot of smooth style and he was pretty good at some R&B singing. A lead singer/frontman in the best sense of the term, for sure!
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If you have a turntable and find this used somewhere, pick it up. It's a VERY good sounding record!!
I still have the vinyl =) ...but no turntable. I'm a little hesitant to pick one up b/c I don't want to start collecting vinyl. My CD collection takes up enough space. Somehow, I don't doubt that I'll find a turntable somewhere just to replay this record. :embarrassed: :grin:
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Radio 104 Fest - Hartford CT - May 27, 2002
Headliners were Blink 182, Green Day, and Saves the Day (Pop Disaster Tour)
Others included:
Good Charlotte, The Used, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Sugarcult, Remy Zero, Unwritten Law, Andrew W.K., Mest, Gob, Throne, Trik Turner, Riddlin' Kids, Headstrong, Reveille, Quarashi, Grover Dill, Abandon Pools, 2 Skinnie J's
http://articles.courant.com/2002-05-23/entertainment/0205231450_1_blink-182-fest-green-day (http://articles.courant.com/2002-05-23/entertainment/0205231450_1_blink-182-fest-green-day)
Where you being punished or something?
Candlebox
Opening Act: Flaming Lips
1994
The Summit
Houston, TX
peter frampton, freedom hall, louisville.
the "i'm in you" tour, 1977, maybe '78.
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Gotta say, Robert Palmer was incredible. I owe my T.Rex obsession to this band.
Yep, that dude had a lot of smooth style and he was pretty good at some R&B singing. A lead singer/frontman in the best sense of the term, for sure!
I read somewhere that Robert Palmer hated rock and roll,(including his solo stuff) and only did it for the money because he was not able to be very successful in his preferred style.
My first who was Cal Jam 2, March 1978. Heart, Santana, Foreigner, Aerosmith, Nugent, Dave Mason, Bob Welch (not the pitcher), and Frank Marino. Aerosmith was the headliner. THEY SUCKED, and we left mid set, after 24 hours of sitting in a crowd so huge it took over an hour of people hopping to take a leak. Only went once in that period. Nightmare, but being 16, and first show, I did not realize it at the time. Santana is the one one I would ever want to see again, and I did 3 times.
Took my future wife to see:
Salt n Pepa
Illinois State Fair
August 1994
They had male dancers bouncing around wearing banana hammocks. I have felt inadequate ever since. :shocked:
Black Sabbath
Mob Rules tour
March 1982--Boston Garden
featured some forgettable band name Wrabit as an opener. Got to see Dio, which was quite memorable
The Who - Raleigh, NC - 1997
My dad took me to see Don Henley at Merriweather Post Pavillion, either the summer of 1989 or 1990. I was 14/15 years old and had been listening to The Eagles my whole life with my dad since that was one of his favorite bands! It was awesome...and so it began! :)
First concert I attended was Elvin Bishop with Eric Carmen opening in Sacramento, Ca. First big concert I went to was at Cal Expo in 79. Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Pat Travers and Shakin' Street. Great loud and rocking show. The good old days.
Pat Travers....WOW that brings back some memories....good stuff !!!
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Rolling Rock Town Fair 2001
STP
Deftones
Live
Tantric
Oleander
Staind
and a field full of mud, so awesome as deftones killed it
I was at that show. Not my first concert though.
The Cranberries in '94 in Gettysburg with MC900 Ft. Jesus and the Gigolo Aunts opening
I talked my Dad into taking me to see INXS open up for Adam Ant, on the Goody Two shoes tour.
(God Damn that man Loves me! My father that is. I'm unaware of any feelings, good or bad, that Adam Ant has for me )
P.S. I was in fifth grade
P.P.S.- Antmusic is still a great record
:thumbsup:
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I talked my Dad into taking me to see INXS open up for Adam Ant, on the Goody Two shoes tour.
(God Damn that man Loves me! My father that is. I'm unaware of any feelings, good or bad, that Adam Ant has for me )
P.S. I was in fifth grade
P.P.S.- Antmusic is still a great record
:thumbsup:
Love me some Adam Ant!
Tool. Back in 97' in kalamazoo as a Junior in High School. First time that I smoked weed. Melvins opened. Maynard was painted blue with colored dots on his body. In the right light his body would glow.
The Black Crowes
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
March 1995 at the Orpheum in Boston
Depeche Mode
OMD
Thomas Dolby
Wire
The Pasadena Rose Bowl
June 15, 1988
Kriss Kross. Harvey's Lake Amphitheater 1992 with my mother and others. I was 12. And for as corny as that sounds, it was one of my first encounters with hip hop and it led me to seek out the authentic stuff with a passion.
My first concert without adult supervision was Roger Waters at Montage Mountain in 1999.
The Robert Cray Band w/Little Feat...1988 Fox Theatre Atlanta. Balcony seats. Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark Tour :cheesy: :cheesy:....Damn, if I were only 16 again :undecided:
GNR in '92 with my mom.
AC/DC at the San Diego Sports Arena, 7 June 1991. Razor's Edge Tour.
Still probably the loudest concert I have ever heard, thanks in part to the crappy echoes of the Sports Arena. Remember feeling the loose parts of my jeans shaking back and forth to the drums. God it was fun though. Lots of rockers dressing the part, torn jeans, tight mini skirts, high heels.
October 15, 1988, Louisville Gardens for...
New Edition, Al B. Sure, and Bobby Brown
Huh?
Anyway, years later I took my oldest son, at nearly the same age to his first show. On the rail at White River State Park in Indy for MMJ. He wins.
The Toasters, Masquerade, Atlanta, I think it would have been 1992. I went through a ska phase in my early teenage years.
I'm dating myself...
John Denver 1973 at the Universal amitheatre in California with my guitar teacher. I was 13 so I had to get permission from my parents to go.
Opening band: Starland Vocal Band with their one hit wonder: Afternoon Delight
Steve Earle - I was 14.
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Phil Collins, Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA September, 1990.
Also in 1990, and not sure which came first... Milli Vanilli and Young MC at the Selland Arena in Fresno. I'm glad I'm finally at the point in my life when I can openly admit this. Only took 25 years to build up the courage.
Great thread to read! Mine was Soundgarden Superunknown tour 1994(I think) at the Fox Atlanta with my cool older cousin. I was 12 it and was the first time I saw and smelled the greenery...