Remember Your First Concert?

[Rockvillejoe]

A fun experience? A hassle? Did the group deliver? Did your eardrums melt?

Mine was at American University in DC. John Sebastion had just left the Lovin' Spoonful, and was a solo act. i lived next door and was a mere kid.

It was an outdoor concert and freezing. around 1968, 1969, or 1970. can't remember. Sebastion was on a small stage at the bottom of this atrium amphitheater. wearing a blanket over his shoulders, and doing more harmonica playing than singing. it was interesting, and we all knew his spoonful songs. a very woodstockish experience. a lot of blankets, dancing in the aisles, and cannibis aplenty. i was shocked as well as intrigued.

after that, at AU, they had the groups Spirit, Mountain, Bruce in the gym, Grateful Dead, and Johnny Winter, (or was it Edgar Winter?), to name a few. All incredible, and free.

Do you remember your first concert?

[Team_Ramrod]

My first 'official' concert was Beastie Boys live at the Max Bell Center in Calgary in 1996.

It was swell.... but the arena smelled skunky.... weird.

Yeah, swell.

[realmenhatelife]

Nofx w/ Lunachicks, Snuff, and Groovie Ghoulies at the troc in philly on the Heavy Petting Zoo tour.

It was before they redid the troc so everyone was smoking and it was super hot, but everyone I was sandwiched between was still wearing their leather jackets. While Nofx played 'kill all the white man' this black guy working security asked me 'what are they saying?' and I told him, to which he replied 'sheeeeeeet.'

[bossdjbware]

My first was Pat Bennatar opening for Steve Miller at the former E Center(now the former Tweeter Center) in Camden. I had snacked on some shrooms just before we rolled in. I don't remember much but I know it was FANtastic.

[drusilla]

4 tops & the temptations with my parents at the old westbury music fair

[Dougie Brootal]

monster magnet, nashiville pussy, and marilyn manson. at the verizon center. dont remember much.

[EddieMoscone]

Genesis
Giants Stadium, 1992

During the "I Can't Dance" tour. How annoying was everyone doing that stupid walk up and down the aisles. Phil Collins killed it on the drums at one point though.

[Rockvillejoe]

4 tops & the temptations with my parents at the old westbury music fair

what a great intro to live music.

[Devo37]

Mojo Nixon, Violent Femmes, and the Pogues on one of the piers on the west side of Manhattan.

[midwestjeff]

Primus opening for Rush. I've loved Primus ever since, Rush, not so much.

[TheGameHHH]

New kids on the block at Giants Stadium sometime around 1990 maybe? it was awful but i was simply a child so i didnt know any better.

[Fezticle98]

Beastie Boys on the North Shore of Oahu, summer of 1995 I think. I was 15 and had to take the bus all the way across the island. It was like 1.5 hours.

The concert was cool, but I had the flu or something.

So...that's what weed smells like.

[BoondockSaint]

Pantera, Exodus and Suicidal Tendencies in 1990. I got a black eye in the pit. It was awesome.

[Jujubees2]

I was in junior high school (it was 1974 or 75) and my brother and I went to see Gene Simmons and friends. Even bought a bootleg black t-shirt!

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/9333/kiss01bandwg2.jpg

[WhistlePig]

I saw my brother's band (the Shooze--and later Kix) play a bunch of times when I was a kid but I don't think those count as "real" concerts--one I paid for and went with friends. So my first "real" concert was The Cramps, the Slickee Boys and a showing of "The Punk Rock Movie" around May, 1980. The Cramps didn't play, though, something about Bryan Gregory not showing up, and the band Teen Idles played instead (with Ian MacKaye before he formed Minor Threat). It was a disappointment not to see the Cramps, but it was still fun for a bunch of 14 year olds to be around "real" punk rockers. Besides, the Cramps rescheduled and played in August and THAT show was great!

[crawdaddye]

Rush - 1985 - Pittsburgh Civic Arena. Kick ass show, and I've been a huge fan ever since.

[Lady Resin]

Joe Walsh with Barnstorm at the Capital Theatre in Passaic, NJ.

[Skellington]

lollapalooza 1991 & 1992.

-Al Jourgensen was still a heroin addict
-Trent Reznor still had a neck that was definiable as a neck.
-Ice T and Ice Cube scared me.
-I aimed from that point on to look like Siousxie Sioux, and failed.

[reillyluck]

New kids on the block at Giants Stadium sometime around 1990 maybe? it was awful but i was simply a child so i didnt know any better.

Im with you on this one.....dont blame us...blame the 90's.

"please dont go girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl"

yeah you bitches rocked to it too...so fuck youuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!

[TheGameHHH]

Im with you on this one.....dont blame us...blame the 90's.

"please dont go girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl"

yeah you bitches rocked to it too...so fuck youuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!

and dont act like you didnt get all hot and bothered when donnie took his shirt off

[weekapaugjz]

10,000 maniacs. yech, i was such a tool when i was little. picture an overweight 10 year old kid with a bowl cut probably wearing some type of turtleneck clapping along to 10,000 maniacs sitting next to his mom and her boyfriend. rockin times.

[reillyluck]

and dont act like you didnt get all hot and bothered when donnie took his shirt off

:lol: i was actually in love with Joey McIntyre. Crazy.... I know!!!!!

me and a couple of my friends were talking about going to their concert. it went something like this, only we were talking about NKOTB:

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[JPMNICK]

Im with you on this one.....dont blame us...blame the 90's.

"please dont go girrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl"

yeah you bitches rocked to it too...so fuck youuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!

i thought for you it would have been smokin grooves in 1999, featuring Cypress Hill

[reillyluck]

i thought for you it would have been smokin grooves in 1999, featuring Cypress Hill

he said "first concert" not first stoned concert!!

[nate1000]

lollapalooza 1991 & 1992.

-Al Jourgensen was still a heroin addict
-Trent Reznor still had a neck that was definiable as a neck.
-Ice T and Ice Cube scared me.
-I aimed from that point on to look like Siousxie Sioux, and failed.

Hey, I remember that tour-caught it in Toronto. "Butthole Surfers, Trent Reznor chucking his synthesizer across the stage, then tackling the roady trying to put it back up, Body Count in the House!!"

Good times.

[bossdjbware]

I must retract my previous post. I forgot that in my youth my Dad took me to Veteran's Stadium to see The Monkees, minus Mike Nesmith, after a Temple football game. They rocked that bitch.

[Ritalin]

Alright, look, don't laugh.

When I was in 7th grade, my friend Mike's mother took us to see the BeeGees at the old Chicago Stadium. She fucking loved them, and Mike's dad sure as hell wasn't going, so she took us.

We went to Ichiban for Japanese chop chop before the show.

True story.

[outlawfrank]

Pink Floyd, The Division Bell Tour, at the Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan.

[grlNIN]

Warped Tour '99.

Saw Eminem open around 10am there were about 15 people around that stage and we were all wondering who he was and why he was at the Warped tour.

Luna Chicks
H20
Blink 182
Pennywise
Dropkick Murphys

My friend cracking her head open after being dropped while crowd surfing.

[weekapaugjz]

Warped Tour '99.

Saw Eminem open around 10am there were about 15 people around that stage and we were all wondering who he was and why he was at the Warped tour.

warped tour 99 was the first concert i went to on my own. i saw it came through buffalo that year. stood with about 35 people watching eminem.

[Drunky McBetidont]

Adam Ant 1983 Shea Theater, Buffalo NY.
my older sister took me.:unsure:

[tele7]

Rick Derringer w/Horselips as the opening act at Middlesex County College. I'm guessing it was around 1978-9. That was back when he played mainly BC Rich guitars (the real ones). All in all a great show.

My first arena show was Foreigner w/ Johnny Winter opening at MSG.

[BlackSpider]

Mine was Foreigner, the "Double Vision" tour 1978.
At the Great Allentown Fairgrounds in PA.
I was 11.

[Team_Ramrod]

Warped Tour '99.

Saw Eminem open around 10am there were about 15 people around that stage and we were all wondering who he was and why he was at the Warped tour.

warped tour 99 was the first concert i went to on my own. i saw it came through buffalo that year. stood with about 35 people watching eminem.


You guys saw Eminem?

I officially want to fuck you both from behind while you tell me stories of Eminems performance.

[BoondockSaint]

You guys saw Eminem?

I officially want to fuck you both from behind while you tell me stories of Eminems performance.

Back in college I worked for the radio station. In 1998 we got to go to the CMJ music fest. Eminem had just put out his first single "I Just Don't Give a Fuck" and was supposed to play at one of the clubs. Me and my friend liked the song so we were going to see him. When we got to the club he was standing outside with a bunch of guys and he saw our passes around our necks and came over to us. The club canceled his appearance when they saw he was a white guy. We talked to him for about 10 minutes about how fucked up it was. He seemed like a nice guy. Inside the club they were passing out fliers saying that Eminem was sick and had to cancel. Just another example of people trying to keep the white man down.

[eeroomnhoj]

Does the "Little Wilson Band" count?






If not, then I will use http://re3.yt-thm-a04.yimg.com/image/25/m8/4238623897

[Team_Ramrod]

Back in college I worked for the radio station. In 1998 we got to go to the CMJ music fest. Eminem had just put out his first single "I Just Don't Give a Fuck" and was supposed to play at one of the clubs. Me and my friend liked the song so we were going to see him. When we got to the club he was standing outside with a bunch of guys and he saw our passes around our necks and came over to us. The club canceled his appearance when they saw he was a white guy. We talked to him for about 10 minutes about how fucked up it was. He seemed like a nice guy. Inside the club they were passing out fliers saying that Eminem was sick and had to cancel. Just another example of people trying to keep the white man down.

I love you; You know that, right?

[timfrompittsburgh]

J Geils Band at Lehigh University. The year Centerfold came out.

[IMSlacker]

Scorpions with opening act Bon Jovi in 1984 at the Rosemont Horison. I remember that my friends and I thought that it was so cool that we couldn't hear anything for a couple of days afterward.

[Dougie Brootal]

You guys saw Eminem?

I officially want to fuck you both from behind while you tell me stories of Eminems performance.

not for nothing but i saw eminem in 2000 or 2001 at whfs-tival. did tequila shots with him backstage...:smoke:







sooooooooooo 9:30 tonight is good for me.....:wink:

[Bossanova]

In '90, making me 12, my uncle took me to see the Dead. I don't remember much. First contact high ( the old you never get high your first time thing right out the window) or any kind of high. Such an awesome night. So yes thank my uncle for me being a filthy stoner hippie

[Dougie Brootal]

Scorpions with opening act Bon Jovi in 1984 at the Rosemont Horison. I remember that my friends and I thought that it was so cool that we couldn't hear anything for a couple of days afterward.

i would to if it started before the show:tongue:

[Enabler]

6/10/94 Pink Floyd--Yankee Stadium. Got dropped off and picked up by my Dad, which was mortifying at the time but very cool of him in hindsight. Funniest memory is of some older guys near us shining their flashlights and complaining at anyone who stood up to dance in front of them.

[Mike Teacher]

First = Kiss/Piper [Billy Squier on lead guitar] 1977 MSG. If you ever listen to Eddie Trunk it was his first concert /Kiss show too. I was 14.

Second = Kansas; Point of Know Return Tour, MSG 1978 my path into Suburban Rock firmly entrenched

Other early shows, from my ticket stub collection:

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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Tickets/tixc.jpg



Have a bunch more but not sure if online.

[watson]

October 1982 - van halen "hide your sheep tour" @ the Spectrum in Philadelphia

the opening band was bandit or something

I think my brother bought product off of Ronnie B

i was 12

[PapaBear]

My first concert was Jerry Lee Lewis at the Charles Town Race Track in West Va. I think I was about 12. He put on a hell of a show. Or should I say, "Killer show"?

[Thomas Merton]

The Eagles with Joe Walsh at the Cap Center, Md 1978. Opening act Jimmy Buffett

[DiabloSammich]

Pajama Party and Young MC opening for the headliner.....


Milli Vanilli.


Ugh.

[Stankfoot]

Ike and Tina Turner Revue
Westbury Music Fair
early 70's (?)
with my PARENTS :glurps:

Tina was hot! :smoke:

[Coach]

Ok, got you all beat!!!!
Can't remember who was first..But Ferrante and Teicher and Beverly Sills were about the same time...I had fun..but I was 6 or 7..going to the big boy urinal was exciting then too....

[Coach]

First = Kiss/Piper [Billy Squier on lead guitar] 1977 MSG. If you ever listen to Eddie Trunk it was his first concert /Kiss show too. I was 14.

Second = Kansas; Point of Know Return Tour, MSG 1978 my path into Suburban Rock firmly entrenched

Other early shows, from my ticket stub collection:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Tickets/tixa.jpg
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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Tickets/tixb.jpg
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http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m110/MizzleT/Tickets/tixc.jpg



Have a bunch more but not sure if online.
Odd, I saw a few of them at the convention hall, but about 12-15 years later...and the tickets didn't change much!
I have my 1 signed Springsteen ticket from an xmas show he did at the convention hall about 17 years ago "hidden" somewhere in a ziplock bag...wish I could find it!!!

[ChrisBrown]

Cars on their Candy-O tour in 1979 at the Spokane Coliseum. I was 12.