Workday Time Killer - WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONCERT?
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JOEJOEJOE said:
Did Brian Wilson quit touring that far back?brianlux said:Cropduster-80 said:Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there
three dog night openedNice!My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.(Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8 in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert. We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
Yeah, he stop touring with the band in December 1964, a year before I saw them. I was 14 at the time and didn't keep up much on music news at that time, so I was clueless. When the band came out, Mike Love stepped up to the microphone and said "We're sorry to say, Brian Wilson will not be joining us today," and went on to introduce his touring replacement, Bruce Johnston. Damn! My heart dropped like a stone. Next to Micky Mantle, Brian Wilson was my ultimate hero at that time.
Funny, in a way I never got over that. I still have not seen Brian Wilson perform.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
AC/DC Edmonton Northlands Coliseum June 21, 1991.Interestingly, four songs from that show were released on the AC/DC Live album released in 92. LA Guns opened and they are still in the top 5 worst bands I’ve ever seen.
Ironically, I really don’t like AC/DC all that much (Razors Edge is the only album of theirs I ever bought) but my friends had a spare ticket.
Having said that, they did put on a helluva show and my 15 year-old ears were ringing for days after.0 -
It’s weird to think that pet sounds which is by far my favorite beach boys album (it’s really more just a Brian Wilson album though) was released and recorded after he wasn’t even touring anymore.brianlux said:JOEJOEJOE said:
Did Brian Wilson quit touring that far back?brianlux said:Cropduster-80 said:Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there
three dog night openedNice!My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.(Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8 in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert. We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
Yeah, he stop touring with the band in December 1964, a year before I saw them. I was 14 at the time and didn't keep up much on music news at that time, so I was clueless. When the band came out, Mike Love stepped up to the microphone and said "We're sorry to say, Brian Wilson will not be joining us today," and went on to introduce his touring replacement, Bruce Johnston. Damn! My heart dropped like a stone. Next to Micky Mantle, Brian Wilson was my ultimate hero at that time.
Funny, in a way I never got over that. I still have not seen Brian Wilson perform.0 -
Cropduster-80 said:
It’s weird to think that pet sounds which is by far my favorite beach boys album (it’s really more just a Brian Wilson album though) was released and recorded after he wasn’t even touring anymore.brianlux said:JOEJOEJOE said:
Did Brian Wilson quit touring that far back?brianlux said:Cropduster-80 said:Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there
three dog night openedNice!My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.(Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8 in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert. We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
Yeah, he stop touring with the band in December 1964, a year before I saw them. I was 14 at the time and didn't keep up much on music news at that time, so I was clueless. When the band came out, Mike Love stepped up to the microphone and said "We're sorry to say, Brian Wilson will not be joining us today," and went on to introduce his touring replacement, Bruce Johnston. Damn! My heart dropped like a stone. Next to Micky Mantle, Brian Wilson was my ultimate hero at that time.
Funny, in a way I never got over that. I still have not seen Brian Wilson perform.
Yes, for sure. And strange to think this incredible work was accomplished not long before Wilson went off the deep end. In a big way, he was another casualty of 60's drug excess.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
HORDE Festival 1995, Somerset, WI
Black Crowes, Blues Traveler, Ziggy Marley, Sheryl Crow headlined the main stage.Me and a buddy were 17 and drove 4 hours in my 85 Oldsmobile to the show. Black Crowes were supporting Amorica. Chris Robinson was rumored to have packed a suitcase with a single change of clothes and cocaine for the tour. Bumped into and chatted with Sheryl at some point after her set. She was pretty boozed up. Smoked too much schwaggy weed during day and ended up sleeping in the car at a truck stop. Good times.0 -
The Go-Go’s at The Greek Theater, Los Angeles. 1981.0
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Flaming Lips (opener)
Stone Temple Pilots (opener)
Butthole Surfers (headliner)
Roseland Ballroom NYC 1992
if anyone remembers MTV News they would show a bunch of clips in the intro, one of which was STP dressed as Kiss. That was the show I was at.Next show a few months later was White Zombie at the Stone Pony in Asbury.0 -
AC/DC I think for those about to rock tour with yngwie malemstein (sp) opening. I think I missed him too. I remember headbanging the whole show.0
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An early Ozzy concert memory had me waking up the next day and barely being able to move my head/neck from rocking out the whole show the night prior.Loujoe said:AC/DC I think for those about to rock tour with yngwie malemstein (sp) opening. I think I missed him too. I remember headbanging the whole show.
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He heard Eddie was born and figured there was no reason to try and compete.brianlux said:JOEJOEJOE said:
Did Brian Wilson quit touring that far back?brianlux said:Cropduster-80 said:Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there
three dog night openedNice!My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.(Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8 in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert. We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
Yeah, he stop touring with the band in December 1964,This weekend we rock Portland0 -
Depeche Mode in Atlanta, it’s either 1988 or 1990. My mom wouldn’t let my older sister go by herself so she “dragged” me. I enjoyed it, but wasn’t truly appreciating it.
My first show I chosen go to was Live, 1994, at Legion Field in Athens, GA. Throwing Copper tour, most songs off that and Mental Jewelry. Throwing Copper was just starting to take off. They were amazing!Post edited by CarryTheZero on0 -
Fuck you, my man. They absolutely crushed it raw live back then! At least they did in that Showtime documentary.Guy Dudebro said:The Go-Go’s at The Greek Theater, Los Angeles. 1981.I SAW PEARL JAM0 -
Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs at Finsbury Park in London, July 93.
Pearl Jam were the main support, with James and Teenage Fanclub also on the bill. 4 Non Blondes were the opener.
The following month I saw Manic Street Preachers at the Heineken Music Festival in Swansea.“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
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Godfathers, '91, i was 14..Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.
I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..0 -
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Vancouver, BC - 2009
Vancouver, BC - 2011
Vancouver, BC - 2013
Mountain View, CA - 2014
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Quebec City, QC - 2016
Ottawa, ON - 2016
Pemberton, BC - 2016
Seattle, WA 1 - 2018
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Guy Dudebro said:The Go-Go’s at The Greek Theater, Los Angeles. 1981.
They were so good in their early days! Young, feisty, beautiful, energetic. I loved seeing them the first time around. Second time some years later they had kind of tamed down- good show, but not nearly as good as the first time.goldrush said:Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs at Finsbury Park in London, July 93.
Pearl Jam were the main support, with James and Teenage Fanclub also on the bill. 4 Non Blondes were the opener.
The following month I saw Manic Street Preachers at the Heineken Music Festival in Swansea.
Wow! Nice first show. No wonder you're a big Neil fan!
And how cool that you've seen Teenage Fan Club. I imagine that was great. (PJ also, of course!)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NektarThis I believe to be my 1st show must of been 74 or 75 we hitched like 20 miles to see them lol never listened to them at all!jesus greets me looks just like me ....0
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Very cool to see James and TFC on the same bill.goldrush said:Neil Young with Booker T & The MGs at Finsbury Park in London, July 93.
Pearl Jam were the main support, with James and Teenage Fanclub also on the bill. 4 Non Blondes were the opener.
The following month I saw Manic Street Preachers at the Heineken Music Festival in Swansea.
Back then, I assume TFC played a lot of songs from Bandwagonesque.0 -
Too bad he stopped touring with the band so long ago.brianlux said:JOEJOEJOE said:
Did Brian Wilson quit touring that far back?brianlux said:Cropduster-80 said:Beach boys with Brian Wilson. Probably 1989-1990-ish
i was 9 or 10. Could have been earlier too, I can’t remember when Brian was touring with them or not, just remember he was there
three dog night openedNice!My first concert was also Beach Boys, but sadly sans Brian Wilson, 12/29/65.(Actually, before that I saw Barry McGuire and The New Christie Minstrels perform a couple of songs at an outdoor performance for the unveiling of United Airlines' first DC-8 in 1959, but that wasn't really a concert. We went to go tour the plane at SFO, not expecting there to be music.)
Yeah, he stop touring with the band in December 1964, a year before I saw them. I was 14 at the time and didn't keep up much on music news at that time, so I was clueless. When the band came out, Mike Love stepped up to the microphone and said "We're sorry to say, Brian Wilson will not be joining us today," and went on to introduce his touring replacement, Bruce Johnston. Damn! My heart dropped like a stone. Next to Micky Mantle, Brian Wilson was my ultimate hero at that time.
Funny, in a way I never got over that. I still have not seen Brian Wilson perform.
I have seen him solo a few times, and once when he got back with the beach boys in 2012.
IMHO, the Beach Boys are one of the top American bands of all-time.0 -
Molly Hatchet and Michael Shenker Group at Nassau Coli, circa 19800
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Alabama and Charlie Daniels band at Hampton coliseum in the 80s.0
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Genesis at Foxboro Stadium, 19920
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pink floyd at the metrodome in minneapolis, 19940
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Fun thread! Wow, the variety of types of first-show music here is very cool to read about!
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Page and Plant - Kiel Center St. Louis, MO June 7, 19980
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Lollapalooza 1994 in Barrie for me. Some great bands played for my first show.0
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Guns N Roses , Skid Row opener 1991 Alpine Valley
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Neil Young with support from Van Morrison & Pearl Jam at Slane Castle in 1993Kearnsy0
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great show.... saw them in Cleveland that tour.DewieCox said:Page and Plant - Kiel Center St. Louis, MO June 7, 1998
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