Mine was Ted Nugent at 15. Got broken in real good.
What was the first concert you ever attended.
Mine was The Who and I was probably about 16 or 17 years old. They were playing Public Hall in downtown Cleveland and me and a friend were standing at the side of the building (no tickets) and suddenly this door flew open and this girl was waiving and yelling to us "Hurry, get in here!!!" We entered the building and walked about 20 feet to find ourselves right at the stage near Townsend. The concert had already started, but we were able to catch about 6 or 7 songs.
It is my most memorable concert. The group seemed larger than life.
Mark
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Mine was Ted Nugent at 15. Got broken in real good.
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Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band. I was 14 or 15. Still one of the best shows I have seen.
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Other than local classical or pops concerts in the park, etc, I would say it had to be Pat Metheny Group in Seattle in the 80s at the Paramount, or Bow Wow Wow in a small Seattle Theatre around the same time.
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The Police
November 16th, 1979
The Danforth Music Hall
Set:
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I was a big fan of Outlandos D'Amour , and Reggatta De Blanc hadn't been released that long.
I'm sure the Hall only holds 1,200 or 1,300 seats.
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Armory in Troy NY, April 19, 1968. The material was pretty much all from Are You Experienced and Axis: Bold as Love. Red House was the highlight of the show, for me. An obscure band called the Soft Machine opened for them. So I got to see the legend in person at least once, during his short time with us....
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Not only did you get to see Jimi, of which I can never express how truly envious I am, but you got to see Soft Machine open for him! They may be/have been obscure at the time but I certainly know who they are, and listen to their albums a lot. Great first show!Originally Posted by duhvoodooman
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Yeah, it was obviously an early version of the band. When I saw them, just a trio--keyboards, bass and drummer. No guitarist, a rarity at that time. This was quite a number of years before Holdsworth joined the band.Originally Posted by R_of_G
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Ozzy and Motley Crue, Bark at the Moon tour 1985, Hollywood Sportatorium
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<butthead>You're, like, old</butthead>Originally Posted by duhvoodooman
My first was sometime in the summer of 1987 when I saw Whitesnake open up for Motley Crue at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. I never have been a big Crue fan. I really wanted to see Whitesnake's new lineup with Rudy Sarzo on bass (my hero at the time), Vivian Campbell, and Adrian Vandenberg. I couldn't hear right for several days afterwards. I remember thinking that Whitesnake was actually too quiet for the arena. Crue was so loud that I mainly heard distortion.
Actually, I suppose technically my first concert was when I saw Victor Borge in Midland, MI, on July 10, 1981. I still have my ticket stub and program with his signature on it.
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Ozzy Osbourne at the Kansas Coliseum in 1981. I sat right next to the PA column. I couldn't hear out of my left ear for two days. ude:
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You're, like, right. But I saw Hendrix live, so, like, p-f-f-f-f-t-t-t to you!Originally Posted by marnold
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Donna Fargo when I opened for her around 1976-77.
The first one I paid for was Fleewood Mac with Kenny Loggins opening.
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I have no idea, honestly. Something in the Jax Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in the 70's, those are all pretty hazy. Coulda been any of these: Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, UFO, Cheap Trick, Nuge...
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Ha, This is a good tread, How can us old guys remember that far back!
I realy cant remember my first concert I do seem to think it was a day on the green concert in the bay area I think it was Led Zep and Rick Deringer and some other bands.
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I think my first "real" concert was The Clash at Exibition Stadium in Toronto, around 1981 ? Opened by Blak Uhuru.. WTF was I thinking, it was horrible, it was so bad, even the purple haze was crap.
Thank God for flashbacks....Originally Posted by 250Keith
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