Your first *real* concert? - Follow-Up
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I saw Cypress Hill just a couple of years ago here in P'Cola and there was a cop just 4 foot away from the group I was with, he just shook his head, laughed, and went walking to the other side.
They don't care nowadays.........it's kind of awesome.
I have syblings 5, 14, 20, 22 years older than me, so I went to a bunch when I was a little kid as a tag along, some really good ones, like Joan Jett and the black hearts when I was 5.
But the first show that I went to because I wanted to go, was the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1988. Punk Rock club in Little 5 Points in Atlanta, my sister took me, but it was my idea.
But the first show that I went to because I wanted to go, was the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1988. Punk Rock club in Little 5 Points in Atlanta, my sister took me, but it was my idea.
Agreed - I like to see bands change it up - I probably have the studio versions, so give me something different.
The worst culprit I have seen of this is Tears For Fears - saw them on 2 consecutive tours in the 90's - every song sounded EXACTLY the same as the studio version. Though one time they actually broke into "Creep" by Radiohead - killer version to boot.
Black Oak Arkansas, in Harrison Arkansas 1974. Ruby Starr and Grey Ghost opened for them....
The local churches were really up in arms about this rock concert being held in this holy little town.... several pastors prophesied that horrible storms would ensue to rain the whole event out.
It was a beautiful sunny day and one I'll never forget as a fourteen year old who immediately fell in love with this crazy rockin' redhead named Ruby. BOA kicked ass too.
edit, per the rules.... Ruby Starr
The local churches were really up in arms about this rock concert being held in this holy little town.... several pastors prophesied that horrible storms would ensue to rain the whole event out.
It was a beautiful sunny day and one I'll never forget as a fourteen year old who immediately fell in love with this crazy rockin' redhead named Ruby. BOA kicked ass too.
edit, per the rules.... Ruby Starr
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Edgar Winter and White Trash, Uriah Heep, Mountain and Hot Tuna all together. 2nd show was Black Sabbath, 3rd was Ted Nugent. 1st road trip that I took my own car was to Tallahassee to see ZZTop.
My first: 1984 Orlando Ted Nugent
Best: 1985 Lakeland Civic Center Iron Maiden "Power Slave" (seen IM 8 times total)
Best: 1985 Lakeland Civic Center Iron Maiden "Power Slave" (seen IM 8 times total)
I am not a fan of Led Zepplin at all, but I would have enjoyed seeing their 20 minute set. Overall, the lineup was OK compared to Wembley (back to back to back with U2, Dire Straits and Queen!), but in 1984 Judas Priest was a few years into their British invasion and would loved to have seen some British steel with Priest (who actually got less stage time than George Thorogood
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Just saw the Tuna here at the Variety Playhouse for the 4th time; Jorma and Jack can still bring it.
I also saw the Iron Maiden Power Slave concert at the Lakeland Civic Center.
This was mine as well. Weekend of my 21st birthday and the place ran dry after I only had like 2 beer. Pure ridiculousness
No problems getting good seats to concerts recently but like you said that GD Chicago weekend was a tough ticket. Figured they would trickle more onto the market as they usually do but it doesn't look likely. Didn't know the Cali shows were request only, my FIL got shut out of both stops I kinda feel bad for the guy.
My mom took me to see Styx at 13. The people in front of us were smoking pot and she told me not to inhale too deeply. I also think she was using cotton balls in her ears because it was so loud. I loved it, from what I can remember.
They've come down a bit on StubHub, but not much. We paid way too much, but what's the price tag on an experience, right?
Vanilla Fudge 67? Daytona Beach amphitheater. I think the Young Rascals were also there. Saw the Allman Brothers when they were the Almond Joys on Daytona Beach Pier. Went to many pop festivals from California to Atlanta to Louisiana and a few in South Florida, Hallandale and two Miami festivals. Too many groups to mention. Promoted a couple of shows with my friend, one in Tallahassee, The Chambers Brothers, and another at the Sportatorium that didn't go through.......costly experience.
Beach Boys at Riverfront Stadium after a Reds game... somewhere mid to late 80s. I guess that isn't a "real" concert as I was there for the game. My next one was the Beach Boys and the Miami Sound Machine at the florida lottery kickoff party at the Orange Bowl. I was very young for both of these and only there because my parents took me.
The first I can remember choosing to go to was Living Colour and Kings X around 1991 or so.
The first I can remember choosing to go to was Living Colour and Kings X around 1991 or so.
I wanted to follow-up on this post.
The daughter and I went to the Dead Milkmen concert on Saturday. We had a really good time. The place where the concert was held was pretty cool (9:30 Club in DC). There was an upstairs "balcony" level that we watched from. The ear plugs I got her - which reduced the sound by 30+ decibels - were a great call, because the music was really loud and would probably have hurt her tender little ears. It's too late for me and my crappy hearing, but hers can still be protected, so I felt like a good dad for remembering to get them.
We could see the band really well, and it was up away from the people that were slamdancing during the concert. I asked the daughter if she wanted to go try "moshing" like that, but she did not. I asked her if she wanted to watch from up on the balcony while I went down there and did it, but she did not.
the crowd definitely trended older - older than me even - but I guess that's to be expected for a band that was most popular in the mid/late 80s. Mine wasn't the only kid there - there were a few other parents who brought their kids as well. I never felt like it was unsafe for her, and I'd definitely take her to another concert there if there's one she wants to go to.
In the end, we had a lot of fun. She recognized/knew a lot of the songs that they played. They played until about midnight, and she was worn out by then. She managed to get me to get her a t-shirt and a keychain, because I'm a sucker!
That's cool as hell Russ. I remember skating around on my Vision Gator listening to Big Lizard in My Backyard on my walkman without a care in the world.
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We did. We drove it up here from the Bahamas.
The daughter's only disappointment was that they didn't do the same intro to the song that they do on the CD - the reference to driving the car up from the Bahamas, the sand bar, buying Def Leppard and Motley Crue t-shirts. Instead, I guess he uses the intro to go on different comedic rants about whatever's going through his head. Still, she digs the song though.
Thanks! That's the one that got her started liking them. Really it was her hearing Bitchin Camaro for the first time, and then also finding out that she likes a lot of their other songs too. She's got that CD loaded onto her i-tunes. Well, most of the songs - there are a couple that I exercised my parental right to deselect when loading them onto her computer.
All the shows I saw in Biloxi weed was everywhere. At one show, I was sitting in an aisle seat and joints just kept coming my way. I couldn't pass them across the aisle, so I kept ending up with 3 or 4 joints at the same time. It was insane.
Shortly after that we moved to the Tally area and I started going to shows at the civic center. They were like the Gestapo about smoking in there, even cigarettes. It was culture shock after the wild west that was Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum.
Edgar Winter and White Trash, Mountain and Canned Heat 1975, I was 15 years old. Went with my best friend and his 20 year old brother. 2nd concert was Black Sabbath, 3rd was Ted Nugent. All 3 shows in the same year. I don't consider country a real concert, more like a band that's much better in a bar or small venue. I like people like George Strait but it's much better in a intimate atmosphere. Arenas are for rock and roll.
You must be kidding. The Bahamas are islands.
Sounds like a rad time Russ. Good call on the ear plugs.
Sometimes I worry about my hearing. But sometimes I hear a guy crunching and smacking chips from 30 feet away and think about how much worse it would be if I didn't go to all those shows.
Probably Steve Miller in 1970 when some friends suggested going to the concert at the old Curtis Hixon.
My sons' first was magnolia fest 2012. I think the first full show they sat thru was JJ Grey & Mofro. They also watched most of jimmy herring, Bonnie Raitt, and a few others, and a small portion of Chris Robinson brotherhood (they were a late show, boys were exhausted; got them & mom back to campsite, then I went back for the rest of the show.
Aerosmith-Nassau Coliseum 1979 - Tyler passed out after about 6 songs....on stage....
The first show I attended without a band member passing out on stage was Genesis 1981 at the Coliseum.
The first show I attended without a band member passing out on stage was Genesis 1981 at the Coliseum.
Saw Zeppelin do four songs at the old Sombrero in Tampa back in (I think) '77. They stopped due to rain even tho the tickets clearly said "rain or shine." Riot ensued. Good times!
I saw Queen in '78 or '79 in the old Hollywood Sporatorium. Was a good show, but not really in my top ten of concerts I've seen.... just an average rock concert. I remember the stage rose on some hydraulic lifts which was pretty cool at the time.
I saw them together in Tampa on that same tour. SRV and Huey were good friends & Huey arranged for him to open the southern swing of that tour. It wasn't really a good mix, most of Huey's fans were teenyboppers who did not at all appreciate or understand the talent that was SRV. He was treated extremely shabbily by the brats in Tampa.
