How many Shows Have you Been to Where you Were Too Drunk to Remember?

Red Lukin
Red Lukin Canada Posts: 2,994
edited June 2008 in The Porch
Well, anyone been to any shows where they either just pre-partied to hard or drank too many overpriced beer to remember the show? I wouldn't say I remember nothing, but there are at least 2 shows I recall. Toronto 98 and Cleveland 06'.

Toronto - well I went with some of my brothers’ friends. I've never tried that stuff called "Rev", but it went down so easily (little did I realize the stuff is like 7% and goes down easier than a beer for some people). After lots of beers and a few Rev's I was pretty gone. A good show, but very foggy.

Cleveland - we got into town early and realized what a shitty part of town it was. It was a nice day and we all cracked open some beers pretty early in the afternoon. One beer led to another, which led us to a couple of bars before the show, and some cheap shitty beer inside the venue. Man I was smashed - I think I remember Comatose - maybe because I pretty much was comatose : )

The plan was never to get drunk, but sometimes it just hits you.

Anyone else got any stories?
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,908
    I would say I have gotten less drunk/intoxicated at each show I have been to below in chronological order.
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,129
    I always remember something when I'm really, really drunk, but two shows come to mind that I was wasted at...

    Ft. Lauderdale 1996 and Birmingham, AL 1998 (3rd Row)- also my 1st two shows.

    Sure, I'd love to remember more than I really do, but what're you gonna do? :)
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    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore
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  • ovechkin8
    ovechkin8 Posts: 491
    i've never really been anything more than slightly buzzed for a pj show, and i've seen about 35 of them. i don't even like smoking green at a pj show.


    disco biscuits shows are a different story....
  • PrlJam27
    PrlJam27 Colonia, NJ Posts: 346
    Not that I didnt remember it, but the day after the DC show in '06 I remember wishing I didnt get so hammered. Was pounding shots of Tullamore Dew with Eric from Georgia. Probably did a few too many. Oh well, it was still a good time. And dont worry I'm not a sloppy drunk. Not one of those jerkoffs that find the need to piss on the floor.
  • gozzo5058
    gozzo5058 Posts: 611
    zero
    s

    Montreal/98, Toronto/00'03'05'06x2, Brad Toronto/02, Buffalo/03, Kitchener/05, London/05, Hamilton/05, Late Show Taping/06, Cleveland/06, Pittsburgh/06, Bridge School Benefit Concert/06, Hartford/08, Mansfield 1/08, EV Montreal/08x2, EV Toronto/08x2...
  • MKTerp
    MKTerp Posts: 66
    PrlJam27 wrote:
    Not that I didnt remember it, but the day after the DC show in '06 I remember wishing I didnt get so hammered. Was pounding shots of Tullamore Dew with Eric from Georgia. Probably did a few too many. Oh well, it was still a good time. And dont worry I'm not a sloppy drunk. Not one of those jerkoffs that find the need to piss on the floor.


    That describes me at MSG 1 '03. I had the time of my life, but the details were a bit of a blur. I went home that night thinking that Wishlist was the best version I ever heard, but couldn't remember why. Good thing we have bootlegs (and a dvd)...

    On a related note, Irving Plaza is a complete blur even though I was sober. It sounds corny, but I was really just high on the experience being right up front.
  • mdgsolo
    mdgsolo Posts: 796
    I was at a show?
  • pjhunz28
    pjhunz28 Posts: 206
    zero
    9/26/96, 9/15/98, 8/29/00, 7/2/03, 9/28/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 7/23/06, 6/27/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    EV
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  • voodoopug
    voodoopug Posts: 1,011
    zero
    There's Pearl Jam, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson......and then everybody else.
  • jxchamb
    jxchamb Posts: 55
    Zero. I do a shot or two in the car and that's it for the night. I like to be clear headed for concerts (especially Pearl Jam)
  • VedderBlue
    VedderBlue Posts: 40
    None, what would be the point?
    45 Shows & Counting!!!
  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,932
    The second summerfest show when they were opening for Tom Petty. The Sox-Cubs were playing that day and we spent about 6 or 7 hours at a bar watching the game before the show. Barely remembered the show. At least they were only the opener and it wasn't a full PJ concert I got too fucked up for.....
  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    no, i like to enjoy the concert!
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    i dig ALL of you but WHY do some of you get so hammered at a PEARL JAM show? If you really REALLY like them and they are your favorite, wouldnt you want to remember the show entirely and rock out without falling over or spilling your drink or things like that? Any other show/band fine get WASSSSSSTEDDDD but PEARL JAM? Now AFTER or BEFORE the show.....thats a different story! :D
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  • Shawn Smith Collective
    Shawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    If you were too drunk to remember, were you really ever there?

    I don't drink, so zero for me.
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  • mateymate
    mateymate Posts: 291
    I am not a big fan of drinking too much before shows as I like to remember everything. At Reading Festival I had a heavy night before so I think my first beer was at a hotel after the show! Paris and Wembley possibly one or two quiet ones, I tend to enjoy having a drink and a chat back in the hotel/bar afterwards, and plus a lot of the beer at venues is overpriced and not very good!
    Reading 2006, Paris 2006, Wembley 2007, Manchester 2009, London 2009, Dublin, Belfast, London 2010, Manchester x 2 2012, London x 2 2018.
  • butterflybabe
    butterflybabe Posts: 26
    At the Birmingham '03 show, my husband and I waited it line for about 5 hours to get our tickets. It was about 35 degrees and drizzling. After we secured tickets, we got a 12 pack of Budlight at gas station. We took it back to the parking lot and I drank 6 in about 1.5 hours (P.S. I am only 5'2 and about 110 lbs). I was so sick, I stayed in a fetal position during the entire Sleater-Kinney performance. Luckily, after a few trips to the restroom, I felt better by the time Pearl Jam came out.
    "...thoughts arrive like butterflies..."
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,389
    Zero. I'm always aware at a concert since it's unsafe not to have my wits about me.
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  • Shawn Smith Collective
    Shawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    Ms. Haiku wrote:
    Zero. I'm always aware at a concert since it's unsafe not to have my wits about me.

    The irony being that it'd be a lot safer if others didn't get so out of control. The air guitar guy from last night that I've referenced a few times on here was cool, but there were moments when he was walking that tightrope and almost became asshole drunk. He had a few people worried for sure.
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  • walkunafraid
    walkunafraid Posts: 2,655
    I might have a beer or two at a show, but I would never, EVER allow myself to get drunk at any concert.

    What's the point? I can get drunk and not remember anything at home. Why spend money on a ticket? What a fucking waste.

    Plus, I can't stand going to a show and being next to or around some guy (it's pretty much ALWAYS a guy) who's too drunk to know how irritating he is. Obviously there are varying degrees of this, but regardless, I have nothing but contempt for anyone who goes to a show, gets drunk, and thus proceeds to make the show less enjoyable for those around him.

    If I am ever "that guy" please shoot me.
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