What Was Your First Concert?

goldrush

Spiritual_Chaos said:

goldrush said:

July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
Pearl Jam
James
Teenage Fanclub
4 Non Blondes

all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!

Technically Black Crowes would be my first then, because they opened for Neil Young too, in 2001

That’s a much better opener than 4 Non Blondes, that’s for sure!

helplessdancer

ya'll are young kids...
my first show was in 1979...
where's @brianlux when i need him?

given2fly23

Pearl Jam

Soldier Field - 7/11/95

...and I was never the same.

F Me In The Brain

helplessdancer said:

ya'll are young kids...
my first show was in 1979...
where's @brianlux when i need him?

@Wobbie shared 'Canned Heat' was his first.  They started in the mid-60s so I am gonna guess his first show was in 1969. 

LukinFan

Beach Boys 1988 - Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (after a Braves game)

CantKeepmedown

Van Halen, 5150 tour with BTO opening.  1986
Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME

And looking up the Wiki article on it makes me laugh.  A tour that encompassed 6 months or so had the exact same 17 song setlist, (sans 1-2 songs).  Hilarious.  I know a lot of bands do that, but it's still funny.  

Merkin Baller

Genesis - Foxboro, MA 1991

I was 15, my brother brought me for my birthday.

Domino was otherworldly. 

lolobugg

Stone Temple Pilots

Meat Puppets

Jawbox

1994- Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

I was hooked after this. there was even a purple horse wandering around outside the arena.

wall232

Iron Maiden - Somewhere On Tour 1987 MSG.

I was 12 years old and went with my best friend and his older sister and her friends. Great night!

JOEJOEJOE

goldrush said:

July 1993 Finsbury Park, London

Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs
Pearl Jam
James
Teenage Fanclub
4 Non Blondes

all for the princely sum of £22.50!!!

So, I guess technically the first band I saw live would be 4 Non Blondes... but the day got a whole lot better after that!

Wow, PJ - James - TFC on the same bill....very cool!

brianlux

helplessdancer said:

ya'll are young kids...
my first show was in 1979...
where's @brianlux when i need him?

Holy shit dudes, you're makin' me feel old.

My first concert was in 1964, Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California:  Jackie Lee, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels and the Beach Boys.  I was a Brian Wilson FANATIC, and when Mike Love stepped up to the mic and greeted the audience with, "We're sorry to say Brian Wilson will not be performing with us tonight but instead we have Bruce Johnston filling in for him" (like we were supposed to think this was an added treat), my heart sank like a stone.  This was one of the earlier shows where Wilson stayed home to write music while the others went out and toured.  It was devastating.  It was a good show but the highlight turned out to be Mitch Ryder and his band.  What a powerful, rocking band!

Actually, I saw live was The New Christie Minstrels in 1959 at an event my Pop took me to for the unveiling this first commercial DC-8 jet airliner, but they were a part of the event we hadn't known about or planned on, so I don't consider it my first regular concert, but Barry McGuire (who later recorded "Eve of Destruction") was awesome .

PJ_Soul

F Me In The Brain said:

Whitesnake and Great White
Made it to the rail and then got smooshed and whisked out.  Was 16, small, it was blistering hot, and I had consumed far too many beers

I took a breather and headed back in.  It was a memorable experience.  

I still love Whitesnake. 

EDIT --- I was 14, it was 1988.  I went with my older brothers and his friends and they fed me beer.  Looked up the date and damn...I was a bad kid!

I saw all of Whitesnake at Granville Island Market one time, probably in the late 90s or early 00s. They were all there with their kids, just strolling around, eating ice cream cones and shit, being tourists (they probably had a show in town, but I wasn't aware of it) ... and what I thought was kind of curious was that they were all in what they pretty much wore on stage, with the spandex pants and everything. It seems that's just how they dress all the time, lol.

Norman

RATT 
Poison (opener)
87?

F Me In The Brain

lolobugg said:

Stone Temple Pilots

Meat Puppets

Jawbox

1994- Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

I was hooked after this. there was even a purple horse wandering around outside the arena.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzFongNGuQM

LukinFan

lolobugg said:

Stone Temple Pilots

Meat Puppets

Jawbox

1994- Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

I was hooked after this. there was even a purple horse wandering around outside the arena.

Holy shit - I was at that show too! Are you from Tallahassee?

lolobugg

LukinFan said:

lolobugg said:

Stone Temple Pilots

Meat Puppets

Jawbox

1994- Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

I was hooked after this. there was even a purple horse wandering around outside the arena.

Holy shit - I was at that show too! Are you from Tallahassee?

From South Alabama.... about an 1 hour from Tallahassee. remember the Cow Haus?  I saw a lot of shows there too over the years. Saw Fugazi at the Moon. we probably were in a lot of the same crowds!!

LukinFan

lolobugg said:

LukinFan said:

lolobugg said:

Stone Temple Pilots

Meat Puppets

Jawbox

1994- Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

I was hooked after this. there was even a purple horse wandering around outside the arena.

Holy shit - I was at that show too! Are you from Tallahassee?

From South Alabama.... about an 1 hour from Tallahassee. remember the Cow Haus?  I saw a lot of shows there too over the years. Saw Fugazi at the Moon. we probably were in a lot of the same crowds!!

Very cool!  Oh yeah, I definitely remember the Cow Haus and the Moon. I saw tons of concerts at both places. I don't think I saw Fugazi though.The Cow Haus actually used to be in a smaller location (about a block or two away from where the building is now) and I saw Jerry Cantrell there. Killer show. I bet we were at some of the same shows.  Crazy.

I moved away from Tallahassee about a year ago but still have friends and family there, so I go back frequently. Whenever there is a good show on the weekend, I try to make it back. Tallahassee doesn't get the quality of shows that it used to though, even though there is now two amphitheaters there.

lolobugg

LukinFan said:

lolobugg said:

LukinFan said:

lolobugg said:

Stone Temple Pilots

Meat Puppets

Jawbox

1994- Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center

I was hooked after this. there was even a purple horse wandering around outside the arena.

Holy shit - I was at that show too! Are you from Tallahassee?

From South Alabama.... about an 1 hour from Tallahassee. remember the Cow Haus?  I saw a lot of shows there too over the years. Saw Fugazi at the Moon. we probably were in a lot of the same crowds!!

Very cool!  Oh yeah, I definitely remember the Cow Haus and the Moon. I saw tons of concerts at both places. I don't think I saw Fugazi though.The Cow Haus actually used to be in a smaller location (about a block or two away from where the building is now) and I saw Jerry Cantrell there. Killer show. I bet we were at some of the same shows.  Crazy.

I moved away from Tallahassee about a year ago but still have friends and family there, so I go back frequently. Whenever there is a good show on the weekend, I try to make it back. Tallahassee doesn't get the quality of shows that it used to though, even though there is now two amphitheaters there.

wow. 2 amphitheaters? that's insane. The Cow Haus  I used to go to looked liked an old black Haunted House.  My friends in Verbena used to play there. Saw Pavement, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Queens of the Stone Age and Neutral Milk Hotel there back in the late 90s/early 00s.  My friend went to FSU. I didn't even know it still existed. I moved to NC back in 2001.  

EDIT: I used to go shopping at Vinyl Fever too. they had a great selection for about $12 for a new record.

my, my how times have changed.

Eraserhead

Bon Jovi, 1996 in Manchester.

RS151862

brianlux said:

helplessdancer said:

ya'll are young kids...
my first show was in 1979...
where's @brianlux when i need him?

Holy shit dudes, you're makin' me feel old.

My first concert was in 1964, Circle Star Theater, San Carlos, California:  Jackie Lee, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels and the Beach Boys.  I was a Brian Wilson FANATIC, and when Mike Love stepped up to the mic and greeted the audience with, "We're sorry to say Brian Wilson will not be performing with us tonight but instead we have Bruce Johnston filling in for him" (like we were supposed to think this was an added treat), my heart sank like a stone.  This was one of the earlier shows where Wilson stayed home to write music while the others went out and toured.  It was devastating.  It was a good show but the highlight turned out to be Mitch Ryder and his band.  What a powerful, rocking band!

Actually, I saw live was The New Christie Minstrels in 1959 at an event my Pop took me to for the unveiling this first commercial DC-8 jet airliner, but they were a part of the event we hadn't known about or planned on, so I don't consider it my first regular concert, but Barry McGuire (who later recorded "Eve of Destruction") was awesome .

Was that in black & white or technicolor?