First Concert?

[Papins]

-Three Dog Night

[Willie Ack]

Judas Priest Defenders of Faith tour Kick Axe opended! 1984 I was 11

[Mojo Rises]

Willie Nelson - Alabama State fair. I was about 10 - been a live music fan ever since.

[steffie]

Chicago
Philadelphia Spectrum 1976

[Zydekitten]

Elton John, Oakland Coliseum, 1974 - I was 9 . . . Good Times. :)

[rosetree]

...O.K. we have a double thread going here....mission control, what is the proper etiquette involved here....beep, over....

[Belle]

Greatful Dead

Sometime in 1969 SanFransico

[wbtiger]

black sabbath at the old wherehouse

[NYMAMA]

OMG Black Sabbath was mine also! Asbury park NJ-Joe cocker opened for them.

[mariena]

When I was really young my parents took me to see ShaNaNa. I think that I spelling that correctly. Anyway, when I was old enough to choose, I chose Buffet. Mississipi Coast Coliseum.

[funkkjunkie]

Three Dog Night or Steppenwolf. Can't remember.

[piscesgirl]

Cheap Trick at the Saenger in New Orleans about 1981 or 1982. I was about 14 and my parents didn't want me to go because they thought I would get trampled by crazed fans.

[bbcfm]

8/15/82
Summer Jam, Arrowhead Stadium

707
Rainbow
John Cougar
Ted Nugent
REO Speedwagon

I was 8 and scared of all the passed out puking people!

[mangoon]

The Hooters at Great Adventure around age 12. Memory is a little hazy, but I'm pretty sure I was there against my will.

[Zenwinemaster]

Hmm. Stevie Wonder, I think, in about 1967. He was only a few years older than me.

[Michelino]

Sonny and Cher

[ibjamn]

1965 or 66, the Animals opening for The Who. My favorite, Mad Dogs & Englishmen, 1970 at the Warehouse.

[abbeyrd]

The Monkees with Weird Al opening. I was 8 and when I had to pee a few songs into the Monkees my parents told me that we couldn't go back to our seats so we went home. BOO! But it was awesome anyway!

[doctorgmb]

Badfinger in Huntington, WVa on August 1, 1972. I was 14 y/o and met the band---the closest I'd ever get to meeting a Beatle!!

[Fred (Texas JF Fanatic)]

1972 Jackson MS, The Allman Brothers Band & Opening was this really weird guy named Doctor John & the Night Tripper. 35 years later still jamming to the Allmans & Dr John.

[Festvet]

Procol Harem, Richie Havens, Aerosmith @UMASS sometime in 73 or 74?

[freebo]

First big-time concert:

Bread, with Cheech & Chong opening.

New Orleans Municipal Auditorium

Probably late 1974 or so...

[Frosty]

Rush - Grace Under Pressure Tour
And my second....

The Firm.

[bluedog]

Van Halen 1981? I think? ... somewhere in Tampa ... but yeah it was definately Van Halen

[Goose]

The Cars w/ Wang Chung opening
1984 at the Cow Palace in San Francisco

[stynger]

Elton John Dodger Stadium 1975 with Joe Walsh and Emmylou Harris opening.

[scojo]

Heart 1977 Iowa State Fair

[Corona]

Heart 1977 Iowa State Fair
Peter Frampton....I was 13 and in love :)

[LaTiDa]

1982.
My parent's wouldn't let me go to a concert til I was 14.

Three days after my 14th birthday... Philadelphia, the Spectrum, Billy Squire... "Stroke me, stroke me!"

[Amy Winette]

Guess I'll double post. It was 1990, Bozeman MT, I was 16, Poison and Warrant. All we got in those days was cheese metal and country and I wasn't into country yet ;)

[festivalgirl]

1st real rock concert - Queen (Thin Lizzy opening) 1976

My parent took us to see the original Tommy in '69 but only have vague memories of that (as did most of the adults in the audience, I'm sure ;) )

[steeleye]

Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels, with opener Pacific, Gas & Electric. Whew, that was a long time ago.

[balmer_hophead]

The Hooters at Great Adventure around age 12. Memory is a little hazy, but I'm pretty sure I was there against my will.

The Hooters played at my high school when I was a Freshman. We won a big radio promotion. I guess that was my first concert too.

Outside of that it was Van Hagar.

[Zydekitten]

1st real rock concert - Queen (Thin Lizzy opening) 1976

My parent took us to see the original Tommy in '69 but only have vague memories of that (as did most of the adults in the audience, I'm sure ;) )

THREAD DRIFT ALERT:

Well, Tommy was my first drive-in movie in 1975 (I don't think my Dad knew what it was before he took us) . . . The Ten Commandments with Charlton Heston was my second! :D

[where yat brah]

In 8th grade, I wanted to go see Styx but wasn't allowed. I had to wait until '80 or '81 to go see Journey and Loverboy in Mobile a year or two later.

[MrSpot]

when the guy behind you in the last row is spewing his brains out right behind you and you need a raincoat at your first concert...emerson, lake and palmer at the providence civic center and I was 15 years old in '75-'76. now that was not a good spot!

[Amy Winette]

Kitten, the first drive in movie I remember with my parents was Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. First movie I remember in the theater was Man from Snowy River . . .

[mrSteve]

Bachman Turner Overdrive 1977? at the Chicago Stadium

[ScoopJohnD]

First one I went to my oldest brother took me. J.Geils Band and the Blues Project in oh 71. It was after J. Geils 2nd album. I must have been 11 or 12. In some crappy gym/auditorium in North Bergen, N.J. I remember my brother explaining what everyone was smoking. And that I was too short to see anything. The place had one of those stages like in older elementary schools with steps on either side. So I walked up and sat on the steps right on the stage about 2 feet away from Magic Dick on harmonica.

First one with no adult supervision.....Loggins and Messina and Poco at Madison Square Garden. Still remember my Dad's directions. "Go out of the Port Authority and make a right. If you end up by water you walked too far."

[mightyradgumbo]

Aerosmith, 1970, I was 7 years old and my brothers had the task of babysitting me and my younger brother. We had an event called SummerThing, it was at a local park and there was all kinds of things to do.

Well, mom said no to them taking us up there because she feared my little brother (5 at the time) would get lost. Needless to say, we were sworn to secrecy that we went. Aerosmith was about to go on their first national tour and they wanted to play Boston one last time and that was the gig. Of course as soon as my mom asked my little bro what we did he ratted us out unintentionally. Definitely a defining moment in my road to my love of music.

[Amyloves...]

Zebra at St Christopher's gym where they played all the time in 1979 when I was in 8th grade! They were a pretty decent rock cover band, mostly Zeppelin I think, and ended up doing some of their own stuff later. We called them Zee-"brah" when we grew up.

First biggie was a "Day of Rock & Roll" concert in the Superdome in 1980.....Cheap Trick, Foreigner (I think) and the Eagles. They had those for several years in a row cause I know that wasn't the first and I know that I went again the next year and saw Foghat and Heart. Cool stuff.

[mariena]

In 8th grade, I wanted to go see Styx but wasn't allowed. I had to wait until '80 or '81 to go see Journey and Loverboy in Mobile a year or two later.

HEY, Styx just played the Saenger Theater in Mobile, Alabama about a month ago. I just have to say, that was an excellent show. Still going strong.
Mariena

[steffie]

My 1st non-adult supervised concert was at JFK Stadium- Fleetwood Mac,
Bob Seeger and the Silver bUllet Band, and quite a few others. Don't remeber cause we were experimentin with well ummmm funny cigarettes. I got busted because my father was at the outdoor concert. too :D :eek: ( I didn't know he was there )

[mymecca]

rolling stones, zz top and fabulous thunderbirds...in the houston astrodome...next was devo and the judys...had 6th row tix to the police but had to stay late at HS play practice...some crew boys went instead...brought back the plate sting ate his pineapple off of...man i'm still steamed about that one

[rosetree]

First one I went to my oldest brother took me. J.Geils Band and the Blues Project in oh 71. It was after J. Geils 2nd album. I must have been 11 or 12. In some crappy gym/auditorium in North Bergen, N.J. I remember my brother explaining what everyone was smoking. And that I was too short to see anything. The place had one of those stages like in older elementary schools with steps on either side. So I walked up and sat on the steps right on the stage about 2 feet away from Magic Dick on harmonica.

First one with no adult supervision.....Loggins and Messina and Poco at Madison Square Garden. Still remember my Dad's directions. "Go out of the Port Authority and make a right. If you end up by water you walked too far."

Hey Scoop... My brother is real good friends with the guys from Poco! He designed and did the artwork on their last few CDs.

Your right about older brothers influencing your musical choices. As a pup, I was exposed to Hendrix, Zeppelin, the whole Woodstock scene instead of bubble gum AM one hit wonders. I shared a room with him, and some nights we would play "Name That Tune" with some pretty great music. I guess that made up for the abuse and ridicule of an older brother!

[rosetree]

. Don't remeber cause we were experimentin with well ummmm funny cigarettes. I got busted because my father was at the outdoor concert. too :D :eek: ( I didn't know he was there )

Now THAT is funny :D Wasn't there a commercial like that???

[Freakwinox]

Harry Chapin...'there were 30,000 pounds of bananas...'

[sophisticated sissy]

I can't remember if it was B.B. King, Dr. John The Night Tripper, or the original Allman Brothers Band.

These bands all played at a Cincinnati club called The Ludlow Garage at about the same time. There is one side of an ABB album that was recorded live there.

The first musical festival I went to was in June of 1970 in Cinn. It was an outdoor, 1-day event. I don't remember the entire lineup, but Traffic played, along with Mountain, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quattro, and Savage Grace.

[ScoopJohnD]

I can't remember if it was B.B. King, Dr. John The Night Tripper, or the original Allman Brothers Band.

These bands all played at a Cincinnati club called The Ludlow Garage at about the same time. There is one side of an ABB album that was recorded live there.

The first musical festival I went to was in June of 1970 in Cinn. It was an outdoor, 1-day event. I don't remember the entire lineup, but Traffic played, along with Mountain, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quattro, and Savage Grace.

Holy crap, I was gonna mention that festival when I was talking about seeing stuff on TV when I was a kid. They showed it here. It was at Crosley (sp) Field. Don't remember seeing Suzi Quattro or Savage Grace but I remember Traffic, Mountain, Alice Cooper, (before he was big....he covered every member of the band with white bedsheets) and Iggy and the Stooges. Iggy jumped into the audience, grabbed a jar of peanut butter that someone had and smeared himself with it. Am I correct with my memory Sissy.

And like I said. That was regular TV and I was 12.

[KeyWest Bruce]

I am really scratching my head on this one because I'm not exactly sure what the first was. Remember I date back to the '60s. But I believe it was the Grateful Dead, either 1968 or 1969. Not sure if the first was in New York or Miami. I was visiting New York (had an older sister living in the East Village), and I WISH I had taken advantage and went to more shows. The Fillmore East was in its heyday...but everything was exciting and new to me, and we just hung out on the street a lot taking in the whole scene. Ahh, the good old days..........

[sophisticated sissy]

Yes, scoop, you are absolutely correct! It was at Crosley Field, just before Riverfront Stadium opened.

True what you say about Alice Cooper's performance, and Iggy Popp's as well. Iggy invented the Mosh Pit that day. He had a reputation for thrashing around violently on the stage. He'd come off the stage quite a bit and that would be the end of the show. That day, he came off the stage, but everybody up front put up their hands and kept him from falling and he was able to walk back to the stage! Never seen anything like it before or since!

I had forgotten about the peanut butter incident! Too funny!:D Thank you for reminding me.

Funny you should mention the TV show. I saw that, too. It ran here in about December and we all watched it. A friend who was always losing stuff, her purse or what have you, lost her shoes that day. The show ended with a long slow pan out shot of a pair of women's shoes on the pitcher's mound. My friend jumped up and started yelling, "My shoes! My shoes!"


End of the day was bad, though. It turned into a full dress police action in replete splendor with tear gas and snarling German Shepherds included. One of my pals and I jumped into a passing step van from Ann Arbor and rolled out of there. Whew! My older bro was supposed to be driving the teeny-bopper train that night and came to pick us all up, but he couldn't even get in there to find us. I made it home about 2 days later!

[windowman]

My 1st non-adult supervised concert was at JFK Stadium- Fleetwood Mac,
Bob Seeger and the Silver bUllet Band, and quite a few others. Don't remeber cause we were experimentin with well ummmm funny cigarettes. I got busted because my father was at the outdoor concert. too :D :eek: ( I didn't know he was there )

Steffie, I saw a concert in July '79 at JFK with Fleetwood Mac, Bob Welch and The Steve Miller Band. Is that the same concert you are trying to recall? My first real concert would be Kansas at the Spectrum in Philly in '77.

[ScoopJohnD]

It seems tensions between the kids and cops were high back then, Sissy. I started to go to shows a little bit later when things calmed down a bit, but my next oldest brother saw The Doors and The Who out here probably that year and a full scale riot broke out. In the Book of Rock Lists it's #3 in Ray Manzarek's Most Memorable Doors concerts -"What a show! The Doors and The Who. And what a riot! One of the best riots I've ever been in."

[pokerchick66]

1st real rock concert - Queen (Thin Lizzy opening) 1976

My parent took us to see the original Tommy in '69 but only have vague memories of that (as did most of the adults in the audience, I'm sure ;) )

My mom took me to see that, too. Pretty heavy stuff for a kid but I liked it anyway.

[pokerchick66]

when the guy behind you in the last row is spewing his brains out right behind you and you need a raincoat at your first concert...emerson, lake and palmer at the providence civic center and I was 15 years old in '75-'76. now that was not a good spot!

lol, no wonder you're always in the front row!

[ScoopJohnD]

Hey Scoop... My brother is real good friends with the guys from Poco! He designed and did the artwork on their last few CDs.

Your right about older brothers influencing your musical choices. As a pup, I was exposed to Hendrix, Zeppelin, the whole Woodstock scene instead of bubble gum AM one hit wonders. I shared a room with him, and some nights we would play "Name That Tune" with some pretty great music. I guess that made up for the abuse and ridicule of an older brother!

Good to hear Poco are still about. I always loved em back in the day. They always put on a great show, and the audience was always full of cute females. A win/win situation

[rosetree]

Good to hear Poco are still about. I always loved em back in the day. They always put on a great show, and the audience was always full of cute females. A win/win situation

I saw them on the Riverboat President back in the 80's...good show. On a sad note, their drummer George Grantham suffered a stroke onstage a couple of years ago. He doesn't tour anymore.
I was trying to get them to play down here again, but they don't seem to come down here anymore. Maybe I'll get them to play the Rosetree patry next year!!!:cool: ;)

[steffie]

Steffie, I saw a concert in July '79 at JFK with Fleetwood Mac, Bob Welch and The Steve Miller Band. Is that the same concert you are trying to recall? My first real concert would be Kansas at the Spectrum in Philly in '77.

THAT WAS IT !!!!! Shame on me Steve Miller!!!! Were you in the seats or grass ?

[Chicago Fest Fan]

For me my first concert was Black sabbath but with Ronnie James Dio. I made up for it with my second concert Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Ozz with Randy Rhodes.
Rock on.

[festydave]

U2 - the War tour.

[Corona]

Aerosmith, 1970, I was 7 years old and my brothers had the task of babysitting me and my younger brother. We had an event called SummerThing, it was at a local park and there was all kinds of things to do.

Well, mom said no to them taking us up there because she feared my little brother (5 at the time) would get lost. Needless to say, we were sworn to secrecy that we went. Aerosmith was about to go on their first national tour and they wanted to play Boston one last time and that was the gig. Of course as soon as my mom asked my little bro what we did he ratted us out unintentionally. Definitely a defining moment in my road to my love of music.
I LOVE that story :)

[Corona]

roflmao Steffie! Too funny!:o

[ozzie]

You guys have been having FUN today!

My first was the Bee Gees in '71. Think it was a blind date!

[Corona]

U2 - the War tour.
really Dave? What year was that?

Chicagofestfan- Ozzie was one of my absolute favorite tours in the '80's. It's when Metallica opened for them that whole year. Did anyone see that tour? Man, that was smokin'! I was a Ronnie James Dio head too and hit a few of his concerts. He just played in Detroit and my ex-husband, music critic supreme, stated that he was still fantastic. We you a metal head back then? I sure was! :)

[Carolina Beadhead]

Fifth Dimension, '69, I think, at a local colllege.

"Age of Aquarius" anyone?

CCR - May '70 - Charlotte Coliseum - a spur of the moment decision on the way back from a trip to Myrtle Beach. My best friend and I were 16 and running with the Seniors. Ahhhh! The memories....

[mendelj2]

ZZ Top at the Worcester Centrum - they did everything in unison for the whole show. Awesome!

[t.o..fester]

First big concert was Emerson Lake & Palmer. Not sure of the opening act the first time a saw them, (4 times in total), but opening acts I saw them with included Brownsville Station (Smoking in the Boys Room) and Black Oak Arkansaw. First concert was at a small arena in Montreal (Pierrefonds Arena). T-Rex with opening act the Doobie Brothers. At the time, we had never heard of the Bros. Man I'm I old. LOL.

[pokerchick66]

ZZ Top at the Worcester Centrum - they did everything in unison for the whole show. Awesome!

That is cool. I can't wait to see them again at fest.

[ohio]

I can't remember if it was B.B. King, Dr. John The Night Tripper, or the original Allman Brothers Band.

These bands all played at a Cincinnati club called The Ludlow Garage at about the same time. There is one side of an ABB album that was recorded live there.

The first musical festival I went to was in June of 1970 in Cinn. It was an outdoor, 1-day event. I don't remember the entire lineup, but Traffic played, along with Mountain, Alice Cooper, Suzi Quattro, and Savage Grace.
Actually there is an entire ABB show from Ludlow Garage on commercial cd:
http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000001FWM.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
Pretty good, but sound quality is just fair. Great version of 'Outskirts of Town' though! I have some bootleg shows from Ludlow Garage, most notably a fine Santana show. I was still in grade school when Crosley Field was torn down, so my first show was at the Cincinnati Gardens, home of Oscar Robertoson and the Cincinnati Royals NBA team. It was Alice Cooper- School's Out tour '72 (?)

[jazzfestchic]

Ratt.... HAIR BANDS!!! Oh yeah those were the dazz!! NOT!!!

[where yat brah]

Back to the J. Geils poster about Magic Slim. I just saw him and 4 other harmonica greats at B.B. King's in NYC the weekend of the U.S. Open. What an amazing harmonica jam the 5 of them did together to end the show.

[AFew2Many]

My first concert if you want to call it that was KC and the Sunshine Band. I was 9 and they were playing at Carowinds Amusement Park in Charlotte NC. We went to the park for the day and when my sister saw they were playing she forced my parents to take us to see them. "That's the way.. aha aha.. I like it.. aha aha".

[mendelj2]

Guess I'll double post. It was 1990, Bozeman MT, I was 16, Poison and Warrant. All we got in those days was cheese metal and country and I wasn't into country yet ;)

I saw that same tour (in Boston)!

[mendelj2]

I was really lucky - my dad worked in radio (WBCN) and we went to lots of shows starting when I was 7 or 8.

Two landmark shows:

1. The Kinks at Great Woods (where I first smelled marijuana) - talk about a band that doesn't get their due!

2. Metallica at the Providence Civic Center on the ...And Justice for All Tour. I knew the song One and had heard some other stuff but was not prepared for the ride that was Metallica. (I have decided that the black almbum was the last one I will recognize) Part of me was scared, most of me was blown away!

[kyfester]

July 29, 1961 -- Jimmy Reed, Dee Clark, The Pips, Phil Upchurch Combo, Ben E. King, Chuck Jackson, The Miracles and Shep & The Limelites

[mangoon]

I was really lucky - my dad worked in radio (WBCN) and we went to lots of shows starting when I was 7 or 8.

Two landmark shows:

1. The Kinks at Great Woods (where I first smelled marijuana) - talk about a band that doesn't get their due!

2. Metallica at the Providence Civic Center on the ...And Justice for All Tour. I knew the song One and had heard some other stuff but was not prepared for the ride that was Metallica. (I have decided that the black almbum was the last one I will recognize) Part of me was scared, most of me was blown away!

Metallica " And Justice for all tour " at tHe Nassau Coll. was the 1st show I ever went to on my own. The Cult opened up. Was totally blown away buy the power of it all.100% agree with you about the black album bieng the last one that mattered.

The way my musical tastes were at that time, if you had told me that 16 or 17 years later I would be at a race track in New Orleans enjoying Etta James ,Dr.John ,etc. I would have thought you were out of your mind. My how times have changed for the better:D

[mendelj2]

Metallica " And Justice for all tour " at tHe Nassau Coll. was the 1st show I ever went to on my own. The Cult opened up. Was totally blown away buy the power of it all.100% agree with you about the black album bieng the last one that mattered.

The way my musical tastes were at that time, if you had told me that 16 or 17 years later I would be at a race track in New Orleans enjoying Etta James ,Dr.John ,etc. I would have thought you were out of your mind. My how times have changed for the better:D

Totally agree - although I always loved the blues too. I think my sore neck and receding hairline didn't help my fading affection for metal!

[La Ti Da]

My first concert was KISS at the Providence Civic Center in 1976/77? when I was around 12 or 13. My mother took me and my brother and a bunch of friends....We had lousy seats way up top but all of us kids ran down to the lower sections, to be closer to the stage, leaving my poor mom up there to inhale all the fumes...We loved that firebreathing -blood -spewing pyrotechnic mania!

[windowman]

THAT WAS IT !!!!! Shame on me Steve Miller!!!! Were you in the seats or grass ?

I was in the grass. It was really hot and there had to be 90K there that day. Some folks had tents, but we just baked and listened from midfield. I remember that day (well, parts of it) quite clearly, and it was a blast.

[Corona]

Metallica " And Justice for all tour " at tHe Nassau Coll. was the 1st show I ever went to on my own. The Cult opened up. Was totally blown away buy the power of it all.100% agree with you about the black album bieng the last one that mattered.

The way my musical tastes were at that time, if you had told me that 16 or 17 years later I would be at a race track in New Orleans enjoying Etta James ,Dr.John ,etc. I would have thought you were out of your mind. My how times have changed for the better:D
roflmao! I hear ya on the black album being the last best. I saw them 6 times over the years and it stopped at the black. But man, they were the supreme metal band at that time. Saw soooooo many metal concerts....went almost deaf for a week after seeing Motorhead in a small venue....it was awesome though :) Dumb as a stump when your 20 lol.

[Corona]

roflmao! I hear ya on the black album being the last best. I saw them 6 times over the years and it stopped at the black. But man, they were the supreme metal band at that time. Saw soooooo many metal concerts....went almost deaf for a week after seeing Motorhead in a small venue....it was awesome though :) Dumb as a stump when your 20 lol.
oh yeah, favorite Metallica album? Master of Puppets, hands down!

[specialed]

Thank god KYfester put one older than mine! 1965- Sam the Sham and the Pharoah's (Woolly Bully)with the opening act,The Chaotics! A place called Misty Waters just outside Atlanta, GA. Second concert, 2 weeks later, The Atlanta Tams(What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am?, Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy)

[steffie]

I was in the grass. It was really hot and there had to be 90K there that day. Some folks had tents, but we just baked and listened from midfield. I remember that day (well, parts of it) quite clearly, and it was a blast.

We were baked too........sunburnt I mean!!!!:o :D

[mightyradgumbo]

ZZ Top at the Worcester Centrum - they did everything in unison for the whole show. Awesome!

I saw that show as well ...great show, can't wait to see them @ fest this year

[mightyradgumbo]

oh yeah, favorite Metallica album? Master of Puppets, hands down!

I agree with you on that Corona. Some said they sold out with the Black Album-I think it was their last good album-rest after were crap, crap and double crap

[jumbalaya]

Nicksilver opened for Hot Tuna at the RAC. :D

[mangoon]

I agree with you on that Corona. Some said they sold out with the Black Album-I think it was their last good album-rest after were crap, crap and double crap

Lol.In an extreme attempt to hang on to my metal youth, I purchased the last album and hoped for the best. After about 4 listens to it , I kept wondering if the album actually s****d that bad, or was I just to old to appreciate(sp, have been drinking)it any more.:(

[Corona]

Lol.In an extreme attempt to hang on to my metal youth, I purchased the last album and hoped for the best. After about 4 listens to it , I kept wondering if the album actually s****d that bad, or was I just to old to appreciate(sp, have been drinking)it any more.:(
nah, there's just die hard Metallica fans (like me) who know their music from the beginning and there's the pop metal kids who think Metallica started at the Black album. Those peeps are the ones that think their pre-black days were "too heavy" haven't even listened to those albums.

I'm not sure if they sold out or evolved with the times...maybe you can call it sold out...not sure. I miss the way they used to be though. I'd see them again in a heartbeat though, as long as I knew they'd be doing their old stuff too...took my cousin a couple years ago and Godsmack opened. It was a great concert!

[mendelj2]

I think even Metallica knows their new stuff is terrible. They play the old stuff more from what I hear.

Master of Puppets is by far their best album! Although Ride the lightning doesn't get its due...

(Never thought we'd get some good metallica talk on the jazzfest board!)

[t.o..fester]

Now that I think about it, Edward Bear was the very first concert I went to see. Anyone remember them?

[Corona]

I think even Metallica knows their new stuff is terrible. They play the old stuff more from what I hear.

Master of Puppets is by far their best album! Although Ride the lightning doesn't get its due...

(Never thought we'd get some good metallica talk on the jazzfest board!)
Ride the Lightning was fantastic as well as Kill em All...I remember being completely blown away that they could do this crazy speed metal and then kick over into the most beautiful ballads.....Fade to Black, Sanitarium...absolutely beautiful! You ever hear of Manowar? "All men play on 10...". That was our anthem and why I'm half deaf today lol!!! British metal was real cool but not into that really dark stuff though...gave me the creeps! Detroit was awesome for metal concerts and I saw so many in the 80's and early 90's. I think there are few more T-heads who were into metal back in the day too...they're just not posting on this thread. C'mon you closet metal heads! Spill ;)

[chicagomike]

My first show was the Rolling Stones in 1981.... Opening act was the NEVILLE BROTHERS...Little did I know at the time...

[Tryagain]

I think my first was the Beatles at Shea Stadium, August of 1966. Not much for sound quality, based on some documentaries I've seen fairly recently. But all you could ask live music for in the way of full-on body/mind involvement.

[mightyradgumbo]

Ride the Lightning was fantastic as well as Kill em All...I remember being completely blown away that they could do this crazy speed metal and then kick over into the most beautiful ballads.....Fade to Black, Sanitarium...absolutely beautiful! You ever hear of Manowar? "All men play on 10...". That was our anthem and why I'm half deaf today lol!!! British metal was real cool but not into that really dark stuff though...gave me the creeps! Detroit was awesome for metal concerts and I saw so many in the 80's and early 90's. I think there are few more T-heads who were into metal back in the day too...they're just not posting on this thread. C'mon you closet metal heads! Spill ;)

YYR, Corona. I hit high school near the end of the 70s. Catholic high school, so the best way to torment the staff was to come riding in blasting some metal, grateful dead or the topper-Billy Joel's "Only the good die young"-I was told that all that music was the devil's music hehehe Metallica not out then so Sabbath, Motorhead, Priest, etc. were all fine choices:p
Hey I was an A student on the football team-I needed a vice like everyone else (well that, and a lot of Robert Nesta Marley's medicine)

[Jaypee]

Humble Pie, 1972, Boston (the Orpheum, I think). My ears rang for days.

[luvdancin]

My first concert was Yes with Styx opening at the Kiel Opera House in St. Louis. The blue smoke was so heavy in the place you couldn't see across the room. Good times!! :D

[marignygreg]

Hey luvdancin, I'm enjoying some Yes right now ( Tales From Topographic Oceans ). My first concert was Chicago in 76 at the old Chicago Stadium. I would return the following year to see Queen on the News Of The World tour. Chicago was good, but the Queen show was jaw dropping. Does anyone remember when the toilet paper would be removed from the stalls and used as streamers ??

[Corona]

YYR, Corona. I hit high school near the end of the 70s. Catholic high school, so the best way to torment the staff was to come riding in blasting some metal, grateful dead or the topper-Billy Joel's "Only the good die young"-I was told that all that music was the devil's music hehehe Metallica not out then so Sabbath, Motorhead, Priest, etc. were all fine choices:p
Hey I was an A student on the football team-I needed a vice like everyone else (well that, and a lot of Robert Nesta Marley's medicine)
lol Gumbo!

[ScoopJohnD]

I think my first was the Beatles at Shea Stadium, August of 1966. .

You THINK that was your first one?!?........

That's like saying I think I was at Woodstock. Although, on second thought there's probably thousands of people with faulty memories of that. : )

[ohio]

You THINK that was your first one?!?........

That's like saying I think I was at Woodstock. Although, on second thought there's probably thousands of people with faulty memories of that. : )
More likely it was a Mets game...Beatles played in August of '65. Perhaps this was a little joke? 'Tryagain' was exactly what I was thinking after reading that post...

[UncleFester]

the first one i really remember is foghat in 1976 in iowa- i was 7. i was with my best friends parents who were into them.

[ohio]

Humble Pie, 1972, Boston (the Orpheum, I think). My ears rang for days.Back then, Humble Pie toured non-stop with Edgar Winter Group and sometimes Gentle Giant. Must have seen them twice a year for a few years there. Young fools that we were, our favorite spot was right at the base of the speaker stacks. What? Huh?

[Tryagain]

You THINK that was your first one?!?........

That's like saying I think I was at Woodstock. Although, on second thought there's probably thousands of people with faulty memories of that. : )

Kinda/sorta - although I do distinctly remember not being at Woodstock. :D What I'm not sure about is if I saw the Lovin' Spoonful at a community college dance before or after that.

[Tryagain]

More likely it was a Mets game...Beatles played in August of '65. Perhaps this was a little joke? 'Tryagain' was exactly what I was thinking after reading that post...

Definitely not a Mets game. :rolleyes: But you are right - they played both years. It happened that I saw them from the subway platform outside the World's Fair in '65 - but I don't count that as attending a concert.

"tryagain" because I couldn't get the email to complete my forum registration at my regular addy, and had to . . .

johanna

[ohio]

Definitely not a Mets game. :rolleyes: But you are right - they played both years. It happened that I saw them from the subway platform outside the World's Fair in '65 - but I don't count that as attending a concert.

"tryagain" because I couldn't get the email to complete my forum registration at my regular addy, and had to . . .

johannaok, sorry!

[Chicago Fest Fan]

really Dave? What year was that?

Chicagofestfan- Ozzie was one of my absolute favorite tours in the '80's. It's when Metallica opened for them that whole year. Did anyone see that tour? Man, that was smokin'! I was a Ronnie James Dio head too and hit a few of his concerts. He just played in Detroit and my ex-husband, music critic supreme, stated that he was still fantastic. We you a metal head back then? I sure was! :)

I sure was. I wish I had an old pic of me with my long hair and leather jacket.Might have to dig one up.
I remember Zeppelin had just taken out a full page ad in a Chicago paper for a lottery for their upcoming concert. This would have been my first concert but on the day the ad came out John Bonham died.

[peteup]

John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers in '72 and the Stones (with Mick Taylor) in '73. Both great shows, but the Stones back then ...phew!!! BTW, just saw Eric Clapton with Derek Trucks last weekend. Derek Trucks is unbelievable ... Eric just stood aside and let him rip!

[Headless Hornman]

1st: Ron Stewart and Faces with Free and some rock and roll circus, Tampa Stadium, 1972. I was 12; my uncle took me. A few months later he took me to see Savoy Brown and about 3 openers (pretty sure one was Atomic Rooster).

Next show wasn't until '77, but it was my first unchaperoned. Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Bayfront Center in St. Petersburg. It was a Sunday night; the plane crashed the following Thursday.

[seadog]

The Steal Pier in Atlantic City in the Summer of maybe 1965, I was 13 & I paid $3.00 and there were 3 groups: I believe it was the Buckinghams, The Stones and maybe some mellow girl group called the Lennon Sisters.

It was obvious the Stones were destined for greatness.

[seadog]

Steel Pier

[balmer_hophead]

really Dave? What year was that?

Chicagofestfan- Ozzie was one of my absolute favorite tours in the '80's. It's when Metallica opened for them that whole year. Did anyone see that tour? Man, that was smokin'! I was a Ronnie James Dio head too and hit a few of his concerts. He just played in Detroit and my ex-husband, music critic supreme, stated that he was still fantastic. We you a metal head back then? I sure was! :)

I just read that Dio is reuniting with Black Sabbath for a tour - calling themselves Heaven and Hell. If they come around, I may check em out to relive the day,

[Chicago Fest Fan]

I just read that Dio is reuniting with Black Sabbath for a tour - calling themselves Heaven and Hell. If they come around, I may check em out to relive the day,

Does Dio still have the voice? I haven't heard from him in forever. I guess electronics do a lot of the work today. Look at Ozzy.
By the way, The original Heaven and Hell tour was when I first saw them.

[torontospur]

Slade Wembley Pool London Early 70's

[mangoon]

Love Dio, but any of you guys remember when he tried to do a heavy metal answere to "we are the world" called hear n aid. Song was called "were stars". The thought behind it was great, but it was the most comically cheesy song ever. It's a little long but if you liked metal back in the day ,check it out.:eek:

http://tinyurl.com/2gyt9f

[mightyradgumbo]

Love Dio, but any of you guys remember when he tried to do a heavy metal answere to "we are the world" called hear n aid. Song was called "were stars". The thought behind it was great, but it was the most comically cheesy song ever. It's a little long but if you liked metal back in the day ,check it out.:eek:

http://tinyurl.com/2gyt9f

Oh, man. Thanks for putting that song back into my head LOL

[Corona]

Yup, according to my ex, his voice was perfect! He got tix to this show in Detroit. I think it'll be cool!

[ohio]

I sure was. I wish I had an old pic of me with my long hair and leather jacket.Might have to dig one up.
I remember Zeppelin had just taken out a full page ad in a Chicago paper for a lottery for their upcoming concert. This would have been my first concert but on the day the ad came out John Bonham died.
We had the ticket lottery here for Zep too. I had sent in my money a couple days before the news....

Luckily had been able to see the tour a couple years earlier. Was scheduled to see the tour before that in Cleveland, but a riot broke out and all the ticket windows were smashed and closed when I got there....

[glinda]

Great thread, what a cool walk down memory lane.

First concert (with my parents) was The Supremes at the Wisconsin state fair when I was a kid. I loved it!!!

First one on my own was The Boxtops (best known for their soft/bad version of my baby wrote me a letter... ) at a YMCA pool, I think. Supremes were much better, even with the 'rents. Then a couple early Chicago concerts - back when they were good (does anybody really know what time it is?)

TW4 which became Styx, used to play at our HS dances.

[jonnygospeltent]

Great thread, what a cool walk down memory lane.

First concert (with my parents) was The Supremes at the Wisconsin state fair when I was a kid. I loved it!!!

First one on my own was The Boxtops (best known for their soft/bad version of my baby wrote me a letter... ) at a YMCA pool, I think. Supremes were much better, even with the 'rents. Then a couple early Chicago concerts - back when they were good (does anybody really know what time it is?)

TW4 which became Styx, used to play at our HS dances.

Hey Glinda,What high school did you attend?
Styx,Reo and Siegal Schwall all played at Proviso East

[ScoopJohnD]

Does Dio still have the voice? I haven't heard from him in forever. I guess electronics do a lot of the work today. Look at Ozzy.
By the way, The original Heaven and Hell tour was when I first saw them.

Ah Dio......saw him in the classic version of Rainbow, the Blackmore, Dio, Cozy Powell edition. It was supposed to them AND Thin Lizzy. Lizzy cancelled cause Phil Lynott caught hepatitis. The beginning of the sad downward spiral of one of the greats.

Rainbow however was top notch. Ritchie Blackmore is one of the best in my book and the late great Cozy Powell, well what can you say.

[stlbarb]

i think Black Sabbath may have been mine also. you know what they say about the '70s.
the Arena Annex had these huge concerts - no chairs, you sat on the concrete. there were always multiple bands with 3-4 bands, including several headliners. can't remember who played on the same nights, but do remember seeing BS, Humble Pie, Ten Years After, Ted Nugent, and Alice Cooper (several times). i remember one time, a bunch of college kids (we were 13-15) were angry because some opening band from illinois didnt show - i had not yet heard of REO Speedwagon.
Timothy Leary's spirit attended a lot of these concerts.

[sophisticated sissy]

[QUOTE=stlbarb;25836]i think Black Sabbath may have been mine also. you know what they say about the '70s.
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One of my cousins says if it weren't for flashbacks, he wouldn't have any memories at all!:)

[mangoon]

Ah Dio......saw him in the classic version of Rainbow, the Blackmore, Dio, Cozy Powell edition. It was supposed to them AND Thin Lizzy. Lizzy cancelled cause Phil Lynott caught hepatitis. The beginning of the sad downward spiral of one of the greats.

Rainbow however was top notch. Ritchie Blackmore is one of the best in my book and the late great Cozy Powell, well what can you say.

For my money, Cozy has to be considered one of the most underrated drummers of all time. The last thing I think I heard him play on was a Brian May solo album from the early to mid 90's. Album was not that great, but still listen to it simply because Cozys playing was so awsome.