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What was the first concert that you attended ?

green mountain mangreen mountain man Posts: 735
edited May 2012 in Other Music
Emerson , Lake and Palmer 1971 New Haven CT
I had too much to drink and vomited right where I was sitting.
I do not remember much.
My second show was Ted Nugent In Sprigfield, MA
The crazy man wore a lion cloth and shot a flaming arrow across the arena.
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  • Spoony CSpoony C Posts: 278
    The Monkees, featuring "Weird Al" Yankovic, Louisville Gardens, 1987. I was eleven. "Weird Al" is officially the first live artist I ever saw perform, and I think that's fantastic. I saw one other show with my dad as a kid--a multi-act "History of Rock'n'Roll" show with a bunch of ex-members of name bands, plus Tiny Tim on ukulele and Otis Day & the Knights (the party band from "Animal House").

    First show as a semi-adult (when I was 18): Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge, RCA Dome, Indianapolis, 1994. Counting Crows opened. It was a few weeks before the start of my sophomore year in college, and I was off and running. Been to hundreds of shows since.
  • barger395barger395 Posts: 855
    June, 1987...I saw the Beastie Boys open for Run D.M.C. at the Greek here in Los Angeles. Fantastic show, 2 days after high school graduation. Something I will never forget.
    Seen the Best Rock Band on the Planet a few times here and there.
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,291
    Whitesnake with opening act Great White in Manchester, NH in 1988
    14 years old and one of the first times I ever got drunk -- went with my older brother and all of his friends. It was actually a pretty cool show.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • quimby20quimby20 Posts: 823
    1978
    Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Frank Marino and Journey. Tickets $10.00
  • Leyna MinaiLeyna Minai Posts: 691
    Mine is quite embarrassing....
    Static-X at El Corazon in Seattle..
    7/15/2011 - Benoroya Hall - (Eddie Vedder Solo) - Seattle, WA
    4/2/2008 - The Center in Vancouver for Performing Arts (Eddie Vedder Solo) - Vancouver, WA
    9/21/2009 Key Arena - Seattle, WA
    7/22/2006 - Gorge Ampitheater - George, WA
    9/1/2005 - Gorge Ampitheater - George, WA
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    Blur at the Mile End Stadium in 1995. Then Reading Festival later that year - Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins, Neil Young (with PJ as his backing band), Green Day, Hole, Beck, Mudhoney, Blind Melon - almost too much awesomeness for my 13 year old mind!
  • SG GhazSG Ghaz Posts: 148
    Guns N' Roses, June 28th, 2006, in Oslo (Spektrum). At the age of 18, was pretty old for a first gig, but whatever. If I remember correctly, they opened with Jungle, It's So Easy and Brownstone, a real sucker punch and the pit was stirring. Great fun. Nightrain was amazing this night.
    Manchester & London 2009
    Dublin, Belfast & Werchter 2010
    Amsterdam 1 & 2 & Oslo 2012
  • green mountain mangreen mountain man Posts: 735
    quimby20 wrote:
    1978
    Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Frank Marino and Journey. Tickets $10.00
    The good old days. What a foursome for 10 bucks. I saw U2 for 6 bucks in 1981.
    How was Frank Marino back then ? I hear he is unbelievable now.
  • Mamasan23Mamasan23 Posts: 16,388
    The first real show I ever went to was the Mushuganas at the Fireside Bowl, but the first real concert I ever went to was Twisted Christmas 2:
    Alanis Morisette
    Porno For Pyros
    White Zombie
    Oasis
    Silverchair
    Tripping Daisy
    Goo Goo Dolls
    Soul Asylum

    Also the first time I got high :mrgreen:
    WI '98,  WI '99 (EV),  WI '00,  Chgo '00,  MO '00,  Champaign '03,  Chgo '03,  WI '03,  IN '03,  MI '04,  Chgo '06:N1 & 2,  WI '06,  Chgo '07,  Chgo '08 (EV:N1),  Chgo '09:N1 & 2,  Chgo '11 (EV:N1),  WI '11:N1 & 2,  Philly '12,  Wrigley '13,  Pitt '13,  Buff '13, Detroit '14, MKE '14, Wrigley '16: N1 & N2, Seattle '18 N2, Wrigley '18: N1 & N2, Fenway '18 N1, STL '22, St Paul '23 N2, Chgo '23: N1 & N2
  • Black DiamondBlack Diamond Posts: 25,107
    Kiss MSG 1976
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    Journey---at the Rose Bowl. 1980? can't recall
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • green mountain mangreen mountain man Posts: 735
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    The first real show I ever went to was the Mushuganas at the Fireside Bowl, but the first real concert I ever went to was Twisted Christmas 2:
    Alanis Morisette
    Porno For Pyros
    White Zombie
    Oasis
    Silverchair
    Tripping Daisy
    Goo Goo Dolls
    Soul Asylum

    Also the first time I got high :mrgreen:
    Great lineup !! I am listening to White Zombie right now.
  • LloydXmasLloydXmas Posts: 7,539
    Whitney Houston 1987


    I was 8.
    My parents took me
    My dad got pulled over on the way to the concert.
    Kenny G opened
  • HeisenbergHeisenberg Los Pollos Hermanos Posts: 4,957
    Mamasan23 wrote:
    White Zombie

    :thumbup:
  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Lynyrd Skynyrd in 2001.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

    9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
    5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
    8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
    EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
  • wpg pearlwpg pearl Posts: 1,258
    edited February 2012
    Soundgarden 1994 Winnipeg Arena :mrgreen: 16 years old
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  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Pearl Jam - June 27, 2008 - Hartford, CT
    Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
    "Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
  • MookieBfan01MookieBfan01 Posts: 15
    1977 Tarrant County Convention Center-Led Zeppelin. I was 14 Yrs. old.
  • TonykinTonykin Posts: 252
    A mexican rock band called Molotov, back in 1997 at age 18...
    "... Tan suato mi'jo!!"

    -Salomón & Artemisa Vargas
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,469
    Genesis, Foxborough MA 1992

    I was 15 years old & my older brother took me. They played Domino & blew my mind.
  • BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,754
    Forget the yr. But it was Aerosmith (Pump tour) with Skid Row opening for them at the SkyDome in Toronto
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
    2011 - Toronto 1&2
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
    2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
    2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Doors - Fillmore East - 1968. I was only a kid (10 going on 11) and had been listening to bands like the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane & the likes of Dylan, etc. but I wasn't that much 'into' music and didn't know who the Doors even were. It was a Saturday and I was staying for a 'sleep over' at my friend's. Her dad worked at the Fillmore and asked it we wanted to see where he worked and watch a band. I was blown away (even at that tender age) and the Celebration of the Lizard has been branded on my brain since. My first and most amazing experience of live music.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,602
    Real 1st concert at an arena 1975 Led Zeppellin Nassau Coliseum .....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • green mountain mangreen mountain man Posts: 735
    redrock wrote:
    Doors - Fillmore East - 1968. I was only a kid (10 going on 11) and had been listening to bands like the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane & the likes of Dylan, etc. but I wasn't that much 'into' music and didn't know who the Doors even were. It was a Saturday and I was staying for a 'sleep over' at my friend's. Her dad worked at the Fillmore and asked it we wanted to see where he worked and watch a band. I was blown away (even at that tender age) and the Celebration of the Lizard has been branded on my brain since. My first and most amazing experience of live music.
    8-)8-)8-) Imagine if you took one of those cardboard ads for the concert off the wall. It would be worth a couple grand now.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    green mountain man wrote:
    redrock wrote:
    Doors - Fillmore East - 1968. I was only a kid (10 going on 11) and had been listening to bands like the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane & the likes of Dylan, etc. but I wasn't that much 'into' music and didn't know who the Doors even were. It was a Saturday and I was staying for a 'sleep over' at my friend's. Her dad worked at the Fillmore and asked it we wanted to see where he worked and watch a band. I was blown away (even at that tender age) and the Celebration of the Lizard has been branded on my brain since. My first and most amazing experience of live music.
    8-)8-)8-) Imagine if you took one of those cardboard ads for the concert off the wall. It would be worth a couple grand now.

    If only I had been a few years older, I could have appreciated what I witnessed a lot more (and nicked a poster or two!) :mrgreen:
  • kellanazziekellanazzie Posts: 1,484
    quimby20 wrote:
    1978
    Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Frank Marino and Journey. Tickets $10.00
    Frank Marino :thumbup: & Mahogany Rush...euchre, Labatt Blue in stubby bottles (5 bucks a case ;) ) Oh yeah!

    First concert....Paul McCartney & Wings, I was 13. Next up, Aerosmith, Pine Knob 1980 or 81, Tyler was extremely wasted & fell off the stage.
  • EvieVedderEvieVedder NW Indiana Posts: 461
    Pearl Jam... Allstate Arena...2000...
    Feel the sky blanket you with gems and rhinestones...
  • kwdaleykwdaley Posts: 499
    first big name concert:

    David Bowie Glass Spider Tour 1987 (Duran Duran opened and Peter Frampton played guitar in Bowie's band).
    Ottawa 2011
    London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
  • left the porchleft the porch Posts: 504
    1987 Motley Crue, Girls Girls Girls tour. Whitesnake opened. Tommy Lee did the 360 degree drum solo. My Uncle took us and he was hungover really bad. But by the end of the show he was having a blast. Never forget it. 8-)
  • eb239643eb239643 Posts: 36
    AC/DC
    flick of the switch tour
    1982
    LA forum!!
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