What Was Your First Concert?

helplessdancer said:

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

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.

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!

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 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?

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.

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 .