What was the music genre of the first-ever gig you attended?

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  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,563
    Metal
    Soft Rock, 1985,  5 yo me with my family at six flags over Georgia seeing Air Supply. I remember the lights and being far away sitting on my Dad’s shoulders.
    Nice memory
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,858
    Poncier said:
    cutz said:
    The Cars
    Same
    What Decade?
  • TJJLFN2917TJJLFN2917 Maine Posts: 11
    Rock
    Not counting my parents taking me to classical music concerts, my first real concert was Van Halen 5150 tour at the Meadowlands in NJ
  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,052
    Metal
    I do consider my 1st real true rock show to be Led Zeppelin 75 Nassau Coliseum 15 years old attended it with 3 friends from my neighborhood I remember getting my dad to drive us to get tickets back then I think we paid $15 for the top row of the arena! 
    I was exactly the same age as you when I attended my first gig. One of my older brothers had to accompany me and a classmate to the venue. I wanted to be front row, but my brother insisted to stay at the back near the bar. That was definitely the right choice considering all the fighting and moshing that took place right in front of the stage :tongue:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 10,959
    Rock
    Pap said:
    I do consider my 1st real true rock show to be Led Zeppelin 75 Nassau Coliseum 15 years old attended it with 3 friends from my neighborhood I remember getting my dad to drive us to get tickets back then I think we paid $15 for the top row of the arena! 
    I was exactly the same age as you when I attended my first gig. One of my older brothers had to accompany me and a classmate to the venue. I wanted to be front row, but my brother insisted to stay at the back near the bar. That was definitely the right choice considering all the fighting and moshing that took place right in front of the stage :tongue:
    I took my younger sister to her first concert when she was 14 - an all ages show for the Circle Jerks at the old 9:30 Club in DC. It didn’t take her long to figure out why I had us standing near the back. 
  • LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 9,563
    Metal
    ❤️ ^^
  • TJJLFN2917TJJLFN2917 Maine Posts: 11
    Rock
    I do consider my 1st real true rock show to be Led Zeppelin 75 Nassau Coliseum 15 years old attended it with 3 friends from my neighborhood I remember getting my dad to drive us to get tickets back then I think we paid $15 for the top row of the arena! 
    Wow. Must have been such a great show! My best friend and I paid my brother to drive us to Nassau Coliseum to see Pink Floyd. Must have been around 1987-88.
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 10,959
    Rock
    I do consider my 1st real true rock show to be Led Zeppelin 75 Nassau Coliseum 15 years old attended it with 3 friends from my neighborhood I remember getting my dad to drive us to get tickets back then I think we paid $15 for the top row of the arena! 
    Wow. Must have been such a great show! My best friend and I paid my brother to drive us to Nassau Coliseum to see Pink Floyd. Must have been around 1987-88.
    I saw Pink Floyd on that tour. I remember it was on my birthday. Great show. 
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    edited November 25
    Rock
    Someone knew YouTube would be a thing in 11 years.

    https://youtu.be/uRnXxc3zUqU?si=pAUNTQFHLA2EY2n4
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  • ekwiptekwipt Vancouver Posts: 585
    Hip-Hop
    Pap said:
    Can you offer some more info ekwipt? :smile:
    Sir Mix-A-Lot at the PNE amphitheater in Vancouver, BC. Either ‘90 or ‘91. 
    Definitely before the Baby Got Back era. 
    I remember Beepers & Posse On Broadway being the songs we were pumped to hear. 
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,102
    Other
    goldrush said:
    Kearn5y said:
    Neil Young supported by little band called Pearl Jam 
    Same here! Finsbury Park, London, in 1993  B)

    Fantastic time two!  :smiley:
    "A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts."
    -Edward Abbey















  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Rock
    goldrush said:
    Kearn5y said:
    Neil Young supported by little band called Pearl Jam 
    Same here! Finsbury Park, London, in 1993  B)
    https://youtu.be/aF40eKwgbQ0?si=jItVQnrtM4XdKPN1
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Rock
    goldrush said:
    Kearn5y said:
    Neil Young supported by little band called Pearl Jam 
    Same here! Finsbury Park, London, in 1993  B)
    https://youtu.be/aF40eKwgbQ0?si=jItVQnrtM4XdKPN1
    https://youtu.be/x7ooX-iXKk8?si=8630rGupgI2L1guc
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Rock
    I do consider my 1st real true rock show to be Led Zeppelin 75 Nassau Coliseum 15 years old attended it with 3 friends from my neighborhood I remember getting my dad to drive us to get tickets back then I think we paid $15 for the top row of the arena! 
    Wow. Must have been such a great show! My best friend and I paid my brother to drive us to Nassau Coliseum to see Pink Floyd. Must have been around 1987-88.
    https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLlaFn_S_ziBxu_x35ggJxPeevTF7ZNqsY
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Rock
    GlowGirl said:
    Pap said:
    GlowGirl said:
    My first concert was Rush. 
    Place/date?
    Landover, Maryland. 1981. Ticket was $9.00. I still have the ticket stub. My friend’s older sister took us. I felt so cool getting to hang out with a bunch of older teenagers. 
    https://youtu.be/jTtetM99FyQ?si=3Wk7GDHFOtv5usyg
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,102
    Other
    goldrush said:
    Kearn5y said:
    Neil Young supported by little band called Pearl Jam 
    Same here! Finsbury Park, London, in 1993  B)
    https://youtu.be/aF40eKwgbQ0?si=jItVQnrtM4XdKPN1

    Y'all be livin' right.  Phew!
    "A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts."
    -Edward Abbey















  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    edited November 25
    Rock
    Not counting my parents taking me to classical music concerts, my first real concert was Van Halen 5150 tour at the Meadowlands in 
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,911
    Rock
    Found 82, nothing from 86
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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,959
    Rock
    cutz said:
    Poncier said:
    cutz said:
    The Cars
    Same
    What Decade?
    Early 80's.
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 10,959
    Rock
    GlowGirl said:
    Pap said:
    GlowGirl said:
    My first concert was Rush. 
    Place/date?
    Landover, Maryland. 1981. Ticket was $9.00. I still have the ticket stub. My friend’s older sister took us. I felt so cool getting to hang out with a bunch of older teenagers. 
    https://youtu.be/jTtetM99FyQ?si=3Wk7GDHFOtv5usyg
    Wow. Thanks. I miss the Cap Centre. I saw so many cool bands there when I lived in Maryland. 
  • Rock
    My first show was U2 at MSG 2001. After that it was The Who at Jones Beach with Robert Plant opening, and then Sir Paul at MSG (not sure which was first). Then the only first show that mattered…PJ at Nassau Coliseum 2003
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 10,959
    Rock
    My first show was U2 at MSG 2001. After that it was The Who at Jones Beach with Robert Plant opening, and then Sir Paul at MSG (not sure which was first). Then the only first show that mattered…PJ at Nassau Coliseum 2003
    I think I was at that Who show at Jones Beach. Was it raining?

  • Rock
    GlowGirl said:
    My first show was U2 at MSG 2001. After that it was The Who at Jones Beach with Robert Plant opening, and then Sir Paul at MSG (not sure which was first). Then the only first show that mattered…PJ at Nassau Coliseum 2003
    I think I was at that Who show at Jones Beach. Was it raining?

    Lol yes
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
  • cutzcutz Posts: 11,858
    Poncier said:
    cutz said:
    Poncier said:
    cutz said:
    The Cars
    Same
    What Decade?
    Early 80's.
    Nice !
  • JeBurkhardtJeBurkhardt Posts: 4,863
    Rock
    Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum in California 1982.  Foreigner, Loverboy, Scorpions and Iron Maiden.
  • Mikemzl91Mikemzl91 Posts: 496
    Punk
    Vans Warped tour 98 
    Is that punk?
  • GlowGirlGlowGirl New York, NY Posts: 10,959
    Rock
    GlowGirl said:
    My first show was U2 at MSG 2001. After that it was The Who at Jones Beach with Robert Plant opening, and then Sir Paul at MSG (not sure which was first). Then the only first show that mattered…PJ at Nassau Coliseum 2003
    I think I was at that Who show at Jones Beach. Was it raining?

    Lol yes
    Yup. I remember getting soaked and having to take that long train ride back to Manhattan. But what a great show.

  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,052
    Metal
    Mikemzl91 said:
    Vans Warped tour 98 
    Is that punk?
    Do you remember any specific bands?
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1&2 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024
  • HughFreakingDillonHughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 37,101
    edited November 26
    Rock
    Aerosmith/Skid Row March 1990. Pump tour. I was 16. 

    https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/aerosmith/1990/winnipeg-arena-winnipeg-mb-canada-6bd70266.html

    Heart's Done Time
    Same Old Song and Dance
    F.I.N.E.
    Monkey on My Back
    Don't Get Mad, Get Even
    What It Takes
    Permanent Vacation
    Janie's Got a Gun
    Angel
    Hangman Jury
    Voodoo Medicine Man
    Red House(The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
    Rag Doll
    Draw the Line
    Jailhouse Rock(Elvis Presley cover)
    Dream On
    Love in an Elevator
    Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
    Sweet Emotion

    Encore:
    The Train Kept A-Rollin'
    (Tiny Bradshaw cover)
    Walk This Way

    Skid Row's set:


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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,102
    Other
    Aerosmith/Skid Row March 1990. Pump tour. I was 16. 

    https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/aerosmith/1990/winnipeg-arena-winnipeg-mb-canada-6bd70266.html

    Heart's Done Time
    Same Old Song and Dance
    F.I.N.E.
    Monkey on My Back
    Don't Get Mad, Get Even
    What It Takes
    Permanent Vacation
    Janie's Got a Gun
    Angel
    Hangman Jury
    Voodoo Medicine Man
    Red House(The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover)
    Rag Doll
    Draw the Line
    Jailhouse Rock(Elvis Presley cover)
    Dream On
    Love in an Elevator
    Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
    Sweet Emotion

    Encore:
    The Train Kept A-Rollin'
    (Tiny Bradshaw cover)
    Walk This Way

    Skid Row's set:



    Sounds like a great show, and very cool that you were able to chase down the set list though setlist.fm.  Great site!
    "A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts."
    -Edward Abbey















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