Conference napalm::heavy_metal

    The first concert I saw was YES.
    
    I had front row center, couldn't ask for better seats.  It was in
    Springfield (Ma.).  It was a great concert, but the company I was
    with wasn't to hot.  I like Providence best around the New England
    area.   Boston Gardens is too big, and the Centrum doesn't allow
    pyrotechnics.
                             
    
    Bill (The Sentinel)
    

                Well, the  first  *BIG*  concert I saw (over 2500
                people)  was  Aerosmith,  Pat  Travers  and  Rose
                Tattoo, none of which I like now, so . . .
                
                Since,  I've  probably  seen  close  to  100  big
                concerts (again, that big word).
                
                Favorite place is Providence (or  Miami/Hollywood
                Sportatorium).    Favorite  place  for  "smaller"
                shows would have to be The Paradise.
                
                Least  favorite    place   is  definately  Oxford
                Speedway (after this summers happenings).
                
                - Rob
                
                

    My first concert was AC/DC during Back in Black tour. It was in
    Houston,TX and I was really impressed.

    I won't forget it.

	Didier

    
    My first concert was Duran Duran !!! (ahem), but then I'm still
    a nipper, and I haven't seen nearly as many concerts as most of
    your guyz have.
    
    -Tony (Dallison)

       Donny and Marie was my first!!!!!
    
    My first real one was Billy Squire!
    
    Awesome!
    After that dance in ROCK ME TONIGHT video, I'm wondering if he is
    "straight??"
    
    BOZ

    
    	My first concert was at the Kingston Fair Grounds.  There was
    five bands playing, and the main attraction was Blue Oyster Cult.
    There was Mountain, Trash, Molley Hatchet and another that I have
    since forgotten.  Quite the concert too !
    
    I would have to say that the Montreal Forum is a good  place  for
    concerts - `BIG' ones anyways, but  for  smaller - around  10,000
    people, would have to be the  Saratoga  Performing Arts Center in
    Saratoga Springs, NY.  It's an amphitheater and nicely kept. That
    is about it.
    
    METALord"

My first was not too long ago, it was Krokus/Airace at the Dominion
    Theatre London, the Blitz tour. The concert was good, but Marc Storace
    was a complete a**hole, as Kerrang correctly reported.
    
    I prefer Hammersmith to Wembly and all the concerts I have seen
    there were good, particularily Motley Crue and Iron Maiden.
    
    
    Prince Of The Dawn.

    My first concert was Tom Petty and the heartbreakers in the Boston
    Garden I can't remember how many years ago.  
    
    Rae

    
    My first concert was Bryan Adams at the Boston Garden in 1986 when
    he was touring his Reckless album.  
    
    Tracy
    
    

    
    
    	I thought there was already a topic on this somwhere?
    	Wasn't there?  Hmm...I don't know.  Maybe I'm wrong,
    	(I'm too depressed about GTI to think straight...heh heh)
    
    	Anyways!  I'm afraid that since my first concert ever
    	wasn't HM, I can't mention his name here.  Besides, if
    	I DO mention that it was Michael Jackson's Victory Tour,
    	I may get bludgeoned to death by all you animals that
    	want to know where Renee's tatoo is....
    
    	(^;
    
    	Tig~~
    

    My first "small" concert was at the Commador Ballroom in Lowell.
    Grand Funk Railroad was playing.  The most memorable thing about
    it was the girl next to me.  When Mark Farner (the guitar player)
    took his shirt off (he was muscular) she went crazy and started
    ripping at MY shirt and clawing me.  I loved it but her boyfriend,
    sitting on the other side of her, wasn't to thrilled.  Later she
    asked him to let her get on his shoulders and he said no.  So, she
    asked me.  Naturally I couldn't refuse a beautiful damsel in distress
    so I said yes.  
    
    My first "big" concert was Ten Years After at Harvard stadium. The
    thing I remember most about that one is how much faster Alvin Lee
    played I'm Going Home live as compared to the studio album. 
    
    Chris D.
    
    P.S. as an aside, the girl mentioned above and I dated for a few
    months after that and then split up.  We remained friends for a
    long time after that.

    
    	Mine wern't that long ago...  It was Ozzy and Accept at the
    centrum.  He (the Ozz) was promoting the Bark.. album. And Accept
    was so fu*kin loud... it was the best.
    
    Bk
    

    My first concert was Alice Cooper (funny, eh ?)  I was a mere tot of
    10.  Then I saw David Cassidy, my real hero !  Then I saw the Grateful
    Dead 24 times (yep- I was a dead head), then I started scoping out
    metal... 

    jc

    
   .13 �  -< I was a strange kid... >-
        
    You saw the 'dead TWENTY FOUR TIMES ?????????
    
    Jezuz H Christ, you *were* a strane 'un !!!

    Yep.  I usta be quite the deadhead unit.  I used to see 'em anytime
    they even came close to Mass !  I even had a 'steal your face' painted
    on my pinto...A BIG one.  The cops loved it !
    
    jc
    

    
    I'm not tryin to date myself here (Gawd I'm a fresh 25 years old!),
    but my first rock show was Aerosmith at the Boston Garden.  They
    were supporting the Rocks album (1976).  My second concert was
    Aerosmith....
    
    Buck

My first concert was Heart/Orleans/Burton Cummings triple bill. It was
a free concert sponsored by WRKO (back then - *the* station to listen to!)
and was a free show on the Esplanade. 

The only problem? They expected about 70,000 people. But it turned out to
be such a nice day (Sunny, 75�) that over 275,000 showed up!!! It was
wild!!!

Burton Cummings had just released "Stand Tall" which was a hit, and
Orleans had a hit with "Still the One".

I remember Heart (who just released "Magic Man" as their first single)
was great! Nancy Wilson came out in a red dress, and she looked *hot*!
And Ann looked great then, too! As an encore, they played "Rock and Roll"
and "Stairway to Heaven".....wow, this brings back memories.....

BTW, the year was 1976 (or was it 1977?). I was 13, and I went in by
myself - my parent's dropped me off and picked me up at the T station in
Revere!

cat

    
    My first concert was Van Halen in Oct. 1982 on the Diver Down tour.
    I went with 8 friends in a van to Worcester and had the best time.
    That is still one of the loudest shows I've seen, having been to
    about 50 shows, mostly metal.
    
    The show was on a Saturday, the same day that we took our SAT tests,
    so we were all ready to do some major partying.  I remember walking
    up to the front of the stage over on the side, and Eddie was standing
    on the speakers right over me.  It was incredible to see him wailing
    that close.  Couldn't hear very well the next couple of days, but
    it was worth it.
    
    Sean
    
    

    My first concert was UFO at the Phoenix Convention Center in 1980.
    They were incredible!  I love UFO to this day.  
    
    I was sick as a dog (not 'devil dog' references intended) with a severe
    case of the flu, but went anyway.  That few hours was the only time
    that week I felt good.  The Phoenix Convention Center is all concrete
    and they had aluminum risers to sit on.  It was soooo LOUD!  There was
    absolutely nothing in there but people to dampen the sound (I pity
    their sound man...).  You could hold your hands out and FEEL the music
    beating on them.  The entire riser (a pretty big one) vibrated!
    
    It was a great start, even if it was a little late, I was 19.
     
    gh

    
    	I think my first concert was the first rock concert at the
    Worcester Centrum 
    	I saw Krokus open for Ted Nugent.
    
    The loudest show I ever saw, my ears hurt for days.
    It was an awesome show.
    I think it was in 1980? 1982? I can't remember.
    
    /Motorbreath

    I think that Ted Nugent may have been the first rock act to play
    at the Centrum.  Yea, that was a long time ago.....
    

>    I think it was in 1980? 1982? I can't remember.
    
Must have been about 1982. If memory seres me correctly, the Centrum opened
in September of 1982. I went to the opening night concert there (Frank
Sinatra with Buddy Rich - great show!)

cat

    Time: 1968/9 (?)
    Place: Boston Tea Party (Ballroom-style -- no seats)

    MC5 (rhythm guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith now married to Patti Smith)

	loud

		opened for...

        
    Led Zeppelin (first U.S. tour)

	even louder (couldn't believe it)

                
                Re: .23
                
                I thought  Nugent  was  the  opening  act for the
                Centrum . . .
                
                

    
     My first concrt was at the Pheonix civic center(?), It's where
    they usually have the world of wheels car shows. Anyway, it was
    in 1976 and it was Graham Parker/Blue Oyster Cult/Bob Seger. This
    was also for $5. The show started 2 hours late due to late arriving
    equipment or somthing like that, GRaham Parker was boo'ed and cupped
    off the stage, then it was announced Seger had a sore throat and
    cancelled, but, BOC finally came on and said they would make up
    for the troubles and they played for at least 2 hours or more. They
    where really good and being only in 7th or 8th grade I was very
    impressed.
    
     /Bill

    re:26
    No way. Nugent headlined (and well he should have).
    
    I remember saying to my friend before the show that the opening
    band would probably suck, but after Krokus was done we were
    both pretty impressed.
    	Ted Nugent was amazing though.
    
    /Motorbreath...who is not a Krokus fan anymore

>    re:26
>    No way. Nugent headlined (and well he should have).
    
No, no, no.....when Rob said the opening act, he meant that Ted was the
first band to ever play the Centrum. 

But I'm still quite sure that it was Frank, 'cause it was a big opening 
night celebration (the cheapest tix were $50!). I think Sweaty Teddy 
was the first rock act to play
there.

cat

    OOPS, wicked sorry Rob. I should have caught that, but I'm
    moshed out from listening to Metallica all day.
    
    /Motorbreath

    re -.1
    
    Frank S. WAS the first show at the centrum
    Ted N. was the first rock show.
    
    (to those of you in other parts of the country, the centrum is very
    dear to those of us from central MA., It opened up the concert scene
    here.  Almost everyone in the last 6 or 7 years has played there)
    

    First concert was Beatlemania about 6 years ago.  Been too broke
    or too busy or too sick or too preoccupied to go to number two.
    Such a sad, boring life I live...
    
    HITMAN (who would give his *achoo* to see Def Leppard)

    
    Cheap Trick at the Providence Civic Center in 1979.  We had horrible
    seats, I didn't have contact lenses or glasses at the time, so I
    couldn't see, and I almost got hit by a car before the show.  I wonder
    if that had to do with me not being able to see, hmmmmm....  Naaaah, 
    couldn't be!
    
    
    Paul
    

    
      First concert I went to was Van Halen at the old cape cod collesium
    in 77 or 78,it was right after VHII came out.General addmission,they
    place was wall to wall and about 110 degrees.Still one of the top
    5 shows i've seen,they were jacked.
      Centrum gets my vote for large crowds,the channel for the smaller
    clubs
    
    Shawn
    
    PS. I also saw Teddy/Krokus way back when,wish he was still headlining.

    My first concert was Joe Cocker/Edgar Winter Group/Robin Trower
    at the Boston Garden, 1970.  My ticket cost $4!  Sure wish that
    ticket prices would go back to those good ol' levels.
    
    joe (second oldest member of this conference, or what?)
    	 still rockin' though...

    My first concert was Led Zeppelin in 1972 when I was five. The first
    concert I went to that a can remember was KISS in 1977, they freaked
    me out and scared the hell outta me. Loved the show 'tho.
    
    
    the devil dog who was a rockin little kid (At least I thought I
    was)

    
    
    	A band called Arizona, Kenny Loggins, Fleetwood Mac, and
    	Marshall Tucker were my first in Tucson, Az. (1977)
    
    	It was alright if like the bird's eye view of things. I mean
    	we were way up there in the stands. the damn stage looked 
    	like a matchbox and the bands were a flea circus, but the music
    	was loud and I partied my ass off so I guess it wasn't a complete
    	loss.
    
    	It was at the University of Arizona Stadium and I've been to
    	a few other places but I can't pick a favorite place seein's
    	how I haven't seen them all.

    FOGHAT, 1979 in Lexington Kentucky (Rupp Arena).
    	
    				SLOOOOW RIIIIIDE
    
    						Cathead.

	Prince (Ahem).
    
    	Philippa

	Bob Seger - Blue Oyster Cult, in El Paso Texas in 1976

    
    non-HM
    
    Pablo Cruise
    
    HM
    
    Judas Priest
    
    I had to be bound and gagged to be taken there, but I was a changed &
    bettered person afterwards!
    

    
    
                STRYPER..........
    
                              Frizkid
    

    The 10th annual (or was it the 11th?) TEXXAS JAM!
    
    Boston, Aerosmith, Poison, Tesla, Farenheit (anyone ever heard of these
    guys??), and a coupla others...my memory fails me. 
    
    

    oh yeah, and Whitesnake...

    Alice Cooper at the Boston Garden.
    
        Crazy_Welcome_to_my_Nightmare_tour_Al
    
    Who was that Chic who used to play Heather or Leather Tuscatilli
    on Happy Days??
    Anyways,she opened...

    Was that Suzi Quattro.... ???
    
    Bonzo 
    
    (not old... my sister told me about Ms. Quattro)
    

    
    Yep.

    Her name was Leather, not Heather!
    
    
    Crazy_but_I_won't_see_Cooper_cuz_Pitrelli_ain't_on_the_tour_Buck

    
    My first: Ozzy's tour for Blizzard (At the time the only h_m I liked)
    My Second: Mosters of Rock, with Metallica, and VH
    The most Recent: Iron Maiden/Anthrax, No prayer on the road
    
    ...Oh did I forget to mention, the Manilow concert in '88, think I saw
    BUCK there!!!!         8*)
    
    
    Chris, Who really didn't go... but really, really wanted to....
    
    

    
    Black -n- Blue Tour at the Boston Gahden.
    BOC kick Sabbaths' butt. This was the first Sabbath tour w/ Dio and it
    showed. Sabbath was fantastic the next tour (Mob Rules). 
    
    jeff

    re: -2
    
    Your first concert was Ozzy's Blizzard of Ozz, and the second was
    Monsters of rock with Metallica/VH?!  There's a pretty big gap between
    the two.  You mustn't have gone to concerts for like 6 years after
    Ozzy!
    
    |KS|
    

    
    exactly, I was in a Classical phase for a coupla years (around 3) where
    I was addicted to classical music, even though I still bought metal
    albums (including the virtually unknown Metallica (RtL)) I had been to
    festivals where bands had played, but since I can't remember who played
    or when, I won't mention them.
    
    Chris, Who has a very great appreciation for classical
    
    

    
    	RE: April
    
    	Ummm, yeah, we've heard of Farrenheit.
    
    
    	Charlie Farren reads/writes in the MUSIC conference.  8^)
    
    							GTI

    	AC/DC with Yngwie FU*KING Malmsteen.
    
    	Yngwie was the Ballesz 
    Pierre who was very into Malmsteen!!!!!!!

    Gillan at the Oxford Apollo with Spider supporting.
    
    Then Iron Maiden on the World Piece Tour (still got the t-shirt.Very
    good t-shirt it is as well).
    
    Joe Strummer.
    

    Try to think back through the "Hazy" past, but I think it was
    Black and Blue (Sabbath and Oyster Cult) at Madison Square Garden
    

    My First ever concert was U2, The Alarm, The Pretenders at Cardiff arms
    Park in 1987. But my first metal concert was Donington 87...(WASP,
    Anthrax, Metallica, Dio...on and Cinderella and Bon Jovi..YUCK!)
    
    MArk 

    Gillan at the Oxford Apollo in 1982 with Spider supporting. Then
    UFO at the Oxford Apollo in 1983,and then Iron Maiden at the Oxford
    Apollo in 1983,then er,Michael Schenker Group in 1983 (at the Oxford
    Apollo).
    
    Wot a great venue.
     

    
    
    Judas Priest - Glasgow Apollo '78
    AC/DC        - Glasgow Apollo '78
    UFO          - Glasgow Apollo '79
    Van Halen    - Glasgow Apollo ( '81 I think !!??)
    
    Seen too many concerts to mention but the ones above are the stand
    outs.
    
    Derzo.

    >Judas Priest - Glasgow Apollo '78
    >AC/DC        - Glasgow Apollo '78
    
    If I'n not mistaken, this was the same Bill, no?  JP was opening for
    AC/DC in 1978 on their UK tour!!
    
    
    Dood, you rule if you saw that concert!!!
    
    
    Buck, who saw AC/DC in the states with Bon Scott just before he met the
    maker!

    Buck... yo are (to coin a UK phrase) a jammy b*****d!!!
    
    Never saw Bon Scott in Concert, but did see a live televised
    performance in late 77 early 78...
    My first gig...
    
    	Eddie & The Hotrods supporting Boomtown Rats!
    
    Bonzo

    Don't laugh (no old fart jokes either):
    
    	Cat Stevens, Madison Square Garden, 1975
    
    Actually that was the first standard "arena concert".
    
    The first non-classical concert I ever went to was clearly a bridge
    between my classical roots and my rock tendencies:
    
    	Renaissance at Carnegie Hall, circa 1973
    
    They made a double live album from that concert too.  There are now
    two recordings made from concerts I've been to - the other being the
    version of "I'm Down" that appeared on the recent "YesYears"
    collection.
    

    
    BONZO! Now that would have been an excellent gig!
    
    Flip

    
    re : 63
    
    Maybe I've got the year wrong because AC/DC and Judas Priest were not
    on the same bill. Thought it was '78 it might have been '79. The Priest
    gig was just prior to the release of "Killing Machine" and they were
    supported by Iron Maiden who had Paul DiAnno up front and had just
    released "The Soundhouse Tapes".  The AC/DC gig was prior to the
    release of Highway To Hell with Bon Scott at his very best. They were
    supported by Def Leppard who had just released their 3 track E.P on
    Bludgeon Riffola (Sp ??). 
    
    Two of the greatest shows I have ever seen.
    
    Derzo.
          

    >Maybe I've got the year wrong because AC/DC and Judas Priest were not
    >on the same bill. Thought it was '78 it might have been '79. The Priest
    >gig was just prior to the release of "Killing Machine" and they were
    >supported by Iron Maiden who had Paul DiAnno up front and had just
    >released "The Soundhouse Tapes".  The AC/DC gig was prior to the
    >release of Highway To Hell with Bon Scott at his very best. They were
    >supported by Def Leppard who had just released their 3 track E.P on
    >Bludgeon Riffola (Sp ??). 
    
    Well, you have the time frame correct.  Just before Highway to Hell was
    released (1978), AC/DC did a UK tour.  Didn't know about any Lep shows
    supporting, but I DO KNOW that JP supported the band on a few stops (at
    least).
    
    Judas Priest didn't hit the states (with Dianno-based IM) until 1980. 
    I know, I saw all US Priest shows, which started in 79 (Unleashed in
    the East tour), and they returned in 80 with IM (British Steel tour),
    in 81 with IM (Point of Entry tour), in 82 with Dickenson-based IM
    (Screaming for Vengence tour), and again in 84 with Great White (aack!)
    supporting (Defenders of the Faith tour).
    
    Actually, I thought Iron Maiden were BRILLIANT back in the Maiden in
    Japan/Killers days.  They were even good on their Number of the Beast
    tour.  Thought they started to loose it on Piece of Mind, though.
    
    
    Buck, who had front row seats for the IM -- Number of the Beast / JP --
    Screaming for Vengence concert!!

    
    re: .67
    
    I"M JEALOUS!

    Flip...
    
    As I remember the EHR/BTR gig was a most triumphant affair... that
    would have been in the Summer of '78... 16 year old nugget with a
    penchant for da less extreme punk!!!
    
    Between '78-'80 I saw, Iron Maiden... (With Paul Di'), Wytchfynd, Girl
    School, Psycadelic Furs, The Enid, Judas Priest, UFO (about 4 times),
    Randy Calafornia, John Miles, A band called Heratage, etc..
    
    The list for that time frame is pretty extensive, some of these bands
    were excellent, but for the most part they were so wasted it was
    unbeleivable... I saw Def Lep support Wytchfynd... or was it 'tother
    way round... both were p*ss poor.
    
    Bonzo

    Witchfynde.....what a great band. Also,Jaguar,Angel Witch,Samson
    Diamond Head,Holocaust,Fist,Tygers of Pan Tang etc on such tacky labels 
    such as Ebony and Neat records with dreadful productions. 
    
    Eeeeh,those were the days. Er,i think.
    
    
    

    >Witchfynde.....what a great band. Also,Jaguar,Angel Witch,Samson
    >Diamond Head,Holocaust,Fist,Tygers of Pan Tang etc on such tacky labels 
    >such as Ebony and Neat records with dreadful productions. 
    
    WOW!  What a rush...I can't believe someone else remembers these
    bands?!  My favs were:
    
    Jaguar
    Fist
    Tygers of Pan Tang
    
    Anyone remember Rouge Male?

    Witchfynde, Angel Witch, Diamond Head and Samson are my faves out of
    that list.
    
    Also Witchfinder General... anyone remember them?  Does anyone have
    anything by them on CD??!  I tried to find them but couldn't.
    
    Ken

    Witchfinder General were always a touch too Black Sabbath for me...
    though great album covers. (Fnarr,fnarr).
    
    Rogue Male,they wuz a band. The album cover wuz great,with a kind of
    half robot half male er,type effect.
    
    Not forgetting Hellenbach (g-g-great early Van Halen influenced stuff)
    Tank (Algy Ward,where are you know?),Battle Axe etc.
    
    Also,Killer (from Belgium),Heavy Load (from Sweden), Evil (from
    Denmark),and Acid (from Belgium). I always thought Mercyful Fate 
    circa Nuns Have No Fun and Melissa era were excellent n`all.
    

     
      First concert:  Aerosmith/Skid Row, 2 years ago at Skydome in
    Toronto.
    
     (Call me a youngin....)
    
    Ratt
    

    
    	ACDC was opening for the OZ man here in the states before Jon bit
    the dust.
    
    First Concert..1973-74  Allman Bros,Outlaws,Lynyrd Skynyrd
    
    Call me a old fart..but a fun one!
    
    B.A.

My first concert??

Late 70's , early 80's I forget. Just a young gangly teanager.

My big bro took me to see the Cars, at the Orphium I think??  Anyhow, it
was a somewhat small place.  Very small, we sat 2 seats away from one of the
speakers, right up front.

My ears were literally ringing for 3 days, thought I was gonna go deaf or 
something.  The music was very cool (they remained one of my fav bands for 
years), but as anyone else knows that's seen the Cars in concert, they
don't give a great personal show. Just kinda stand there...

Anyhow, I enjoyed it at the time.

-andy

    Yo,Frizzy_One..
    AeroSmith and G&R at Great_Woods about 2 or 3 years ago!!!
    
        Crazy_I'm_Still_Reelinnnnnn_Al

    
    re. 68
    
    Maiden definately supported Priest on the UK dates of the "Killing
    Machine" tour.....I've got the photos to prove it. The only reason I
    remeber it so well is because my mate had won 2 tickets in a Sunday Mail 
    competition to meet Priest backstage before the gig. We met the band and 
    got photos,autographs etc etc...We missed most of the Iron Maiden set
    because we were backstage but when they finished we also got Clive
    Burr, Steve Harris and Paul Dianno autographs. By this time I was
    totally gobsmacked...14 years of age...and meeting my heroes...ah they
    were the days. 
    
    I remeber the AC/DC - Def Leppard gig because Leppard had just
    completed a couple of dates in support of Sammy Hager in London. Prior
    to that they had played their own headlining tour of small venues. I
    saw them at Ayr Pavilion on that tour. Leppard were very good when they 
    opened for AC/DC but the most vivid memory I have of that night was Bon 
    Scott..mike in hand..strutting from one end of the stage to the other !
    Songs like Touch Too Much, Sin City, Let There Be Rock, The Jack and
    finally the loudest most OTT version of Whole Lotta Rosie I have ever
    heard. Now those really were the days !!!!
    
    
    re.72 Witchfynde & Fist
    
    Saw both of these bands live during the upsurge of the NWOBHM...think
    that stood for New Wave Of British Heavy Metal...or something along
    those lines. Witchfynde I saw when they supported Leppard at Ayr
    Pavilion...they were appauling...nuff said. Fist I saw supporting UFO
    at Glasgow Apollo and they are still probably the WORST band I have
    ever seen. Shocking to say the least.
    
    Diamond Head are the only band from those days that deserved to make it
    big..but didn't. Sean Harris' vocals were great and drew comparisons
    with Robert Plant. Saw them live twice and both times the were
    excellent. They recorded 3 albums..the first had no title but became
    known as "Lighning To The Nations",it had a plain white cover and could
    only be bought at there gigs. Think I paid 2 or 3 quid for it...not
    sure now but an absolute bargain. The other 2 were proper studio albums
    called "Living On Borrowed Time" and "Canterbury" both great albums
    that I'd recommend to anyone. Just recently a BBC1 Radio1 In Concert cd
    was released of the band. Might just have to purchase that one !
    
    Derzo.
    
    ps. Anyone remeber Praying Mantis, More and Vardis (the man with talc
                                                                 in his hair!!) 
    
        What about that for a trio of the crapiest bands ever to (dis)grace a
        rock stage !!

    Praying Mantis had a 12" single called Jonny Cool... I know cause I
    still have it!!!
    
    Everything concidered... the NWOBHM was a rather good time... only
    probelms as I remember was getting the money to pay for t-shirts!
    
    Bonzo

    Vardis! Wot a band. They were originally known as Quo Vardis,don`t you
    know.
    
    

    If you want to see Bon Scott in action, check out the film "Let There
    Be Rock".  Concert footage from a show in Paris, as I remember.  I saw
    it back around '82.
    
    gh

    It is a great video.....Livewire is a great start to the set
    
    Mark

    I`ve got the video on Betamax.
    
    Embarassing,eh?
    

    Does anyone else remember seeing AC/DC circa 78/79 on "Rock Goes To
    College" TV show. I don't think my life was the same again!!
    
    Most vivid memory of that was Bon carrying Angus (who was mid-solo)
    through the middle of a coupla' hundred completely bewildered teenagers
    who were gasping for air. Only wish I could see that one again.
    
    Re Witchfynde...one of my fav NWOBHM songs was "Give 'Em Hell" - whaada
    classic!!
    
    Tom
                    

    Tom,
    
    Do you  remember the first Witchfynde Single... at the very and of the
    song there was a fade in of the Dick Bartin theme tune and those
    Imortal words... "This one's for you Geoff..." which if I remember
    correctly refers to Geoff Barton.. "Kerrang?" who was at that time
    editor of "Sounds"....
    
    BOnzo

    my first major concert was (gulp)Saxon "Rock the Nations" tour with
    Loudness supporting.The first concert I was at was Magnum when they
    played in my home town (Stirling).A week earlier,Phil Lynott's band
    after Thin Lizzy called Grand Slam played at a venue about 2 miles from
    my old house and I missed it.................................not happy!
    
    
    NWOBHM...........the band that always stuck in my mind about this era
    other than the big boys was Tank.Not because they were good but I
    remeber seeing a 12 inch picture disk of theirs for sale in a Norweigan
    record store.A year later I went back to the same store and there it
    was........STILL!
    
    
                       not only that,they were crap!!
    
                                                  Staynz

    
    Only time I saw Saxon was with Triumph on the Aliied Forces tour at
    EM Loews.

    I saw Saxon on that Rock The Nations tour at Hammersmith Odeon.
    
    I also saw them on the Crusader tour at the Oxford Apollo.
    
    .......Much to my embarrassment. ho!ho!
    
    "Where were you in `79 when the dam began to burst?
     Were you wearing denim,wearing leather..."
    
    etc,etc.
    

    
    Saw Saxon supporting Motorhead at Glasgow Apollo in '79. 
    
    Biff Byford came onstage with a knife between his teeth and promptly
    flung it point end into the floor. How macho....eh !!. 
    
    Saxon were ok...Motorhead were great and as you'd expect very,very loud! 
    
    Derzo.

    Motorhead in 1979,eh? Superb.
    

My first show was KISS in 1976 on the Destroyer tour in Montreal.  The
sound was unbelievably loud and distorted.  I think the fire marshal had a
fit because they were toned way down with the flames/smoke next time I saw
them (Love Gun Tour - blech).

I took some amazing pictures of the 2nd show though.  What a concept being
able to bring a camera to a concert...

Tim

    My first show was Queen with Thin Lizzy backing them up. It was at the
    Boston Garden. I think it was the "Day of the Races" tour. I'm not too
    sure...Of course Queen put on a great show as usual. Thin Lizzy was
    without Brian Robertson cause he was sick I think..that relly bummed me
    out. I think he is a great guitarist!!

    -1
    
    WHAT A SHOW!!  Wished I had seen that puppy!!

    The Clash, TRB, X-Ray Spex, Steel Pulse....Victoria Park, 
    East London, 1978.
    
    barry.

                                
    My first concert was Jefferson {Starship,Airplane} at the Boston
    Music Hall (later to become the Wang Center) on the "Earth" tour
    and I don't remember 'xactly what year it was, but I think it was
    about '76 or so.
    
    Also in that same time frame, I saw Kiss (the year that they were
    really HUGE) and ELO (ditto).

    Does seeing the Osmonds when your 10 count as a first concert? :)
                                                               Rat

    
    Re: Rat
    
    No.
    

    RE: Go-Go's gig.
    
    Hay -- it was a tough choice between them, Dee-Lite, and Frankie Goes
    to Hollywood!  8^)

    Cool BARRY !!  I can't beleive someone else knows who Xray Specs 
    are !!  the BALLZ dood!
    
    I've already entered this before, but my first concert was
    David Cassidy at the Music Hall in Boston.  Imagine that sh*t?
    
    And I was bummed that Susan Dey wasn't there...
    

    I started lat but made up for it in a a big way.
    
    First concert........Magnum..in the Stirling Royal Albert hall
    first major venue....Saxon at the Edinburgh playhouse with Loudness
                         supporting!
    
    
                                                Staynz

    
    That Queen show at the Garden was awesome.  I was there.   The reason
    Brian Robertson wasn't there was because he had gotten in a brawl in a 
    bar and broke his hand... But I didn't mind because 1) Gary Moore was
    that man that took his place that night at the Garden and 2) I got to
    see Brian during the next tour at the Orpheum...
    
     LIZZY LIVES
    
       Rich

    Hey Rich, what's up?!  Fancy seeing you in here!
    
    |KS|
    

    My first concert:LED ZEPPELIN in Vorst Nationaal in Brussels
    They were great.
    "BONZO" we still remember You...
    The Belgium fan's loves You.
    
    
                           Jopi
    

    
    
    YOU lucky thing!!!

    I'm happy that i saw Them,but the fan's here in Belgium are more
    "unlucky" because Bonzo's dead.In the States are rumours that
    Bonzo's son will take over from his father,...
    
    
                                Jopi
    
    
    I saw also Fleedwood Mac(very good,very nice);Santana(also good);
    Golden Earing;Phil Collins(very......good)and Pink Floyd come to 
    Werchter in Belgium.Is there anyone who knows concerts from
    Kanses in Europe ???See You later.....
    

    
    Yes,,, There are rumours that Bonham will fill in to go around
    for a LED ZEP REUNION... I would love it !!!!
    
    Fleetwood Mac must have been excellent....
    
    
    Seeya
    
    SueJ

    Sue,can You let me known if You hear something about a reunion....
    or if they bring out a new CD...
    I'm also traying to have a copy of there film "The song remains the same"
    in VHS.I'm traying via my video shop but it seem's not easy.
    Maybe YOU(or other Notes writters) have a solution for my problem.....?
    
    
                           Thanks in advance,
                            
    
                             Jopi
    
    If You like,You may writte to my All-in-one account:Pieters_j@BRO
    See You...................

    Sure -- No Problem!! Ill keep you updated!
    
    SueJ

    Whaw,.........YOU are very quick...
    Thanks again
    Sorry for my bad english.
    
    
                          jopi
    
    
    Rock and roll will never dy.

    
    >Whaw,.........YOU are very quick...
    
    
    	Yeah, she's got quite a reputation.
    
    	8^)
    
    							GTI

    
    Shawn GAWD....I Love u... 8}

    
    	Awww, it's just lust.  8^)
    
    							GTI
    

    reply on .121
    Me or GTI...
    
    
    
    My i ask You to answer Quick... 
    
    
    
                          jopi
    

    My first concert was J. Geils in 1977 at the Boston Garden.  We had 
    last row, balcony seats.  We could barely see 'em but we had a ball.
    I paid $7.00 for the ticket (I think) and $5.00 for the T shirt. I
    still have the ticket stub and T.
    
    My "date" that night kissed me then yelled at me for letting him
    on a first (and only) date.  I've been confused ever since!!
    
    Boys, geeshe!

    Being from Worm_Town I Scorn My_Self fer Never Seeing them at WPI.
    I Believe they Played ther Many Times..And tho I was Under_Aged..
    I Know I Couldda Snuck_In.As it is...I Never got to see them.
    Would Love it if they Could Put their Ego's A_Side and Play the
    Gahden One more time before they Blow the Place Up.
    
    
      Crazy_Blow_Yer_Face_OUT_Al

    I saw them again after that.  A new Years eve show.  Talk about wild!!
    A bunch of us (high schoolers in the 70's, mind you) rented a bus and
    with no chaperones went to providence.  That poor bus driver!!
    
    Grammy

    Re: .124
    
    I was 5 !  :)
    
    Shane, the young whipper snapper

    
    My first concert was Rush at the Music Hall back in '79. I forget who
    opened up for them, I think it was Starz. My friends had 24-27th row
    seats (somewhere down there), they said I could ride in if I could snag
    a ticket, 10 days before the show I scooped 3rd row balcony! AWESOME
    concert, partied up there that night! Really good show, then saw em in
    Milwaukee in '80 and the CowPalace in '81. '80 show had 38 special and
    I almost got thrown out due to constantly heading to the front! Hey!
    Liberty weekend from bootcamp at the time!
    
    ;-)
    
    Mike
    

    My first "rock" concert (and if you know me, you'll know this is totally
    appropriate) was Renaissance playing with an Orchestra at Carnegie Hall
    in NYC.
    
    That concert was recorded and became the album "Renaissance - Live at
    Carnegie Hall".
    
    Not a "typical" rock concert by any means, much of the audience was
    in suit+tie and formal dress (it was the first "popular music" concert
    ever held at Carnegie Hall, a place that is steeped into the tradition
    of classical music) and it was an incredible experience.
    
    My next concert was Cat Stevens at Madison Square Garden.  Then a Yes
    concert at Roosevelt Stadium in Newark where two guys had a knife fight
    on the hood of my 67 Chevy Impala.
    
    	db

    My first rock concert was Rush, also, on the Hemisphers tour (year?)
    in Houston, TX.  We were in the front row and I was blown away!!

	My first concert was Yes and Donovan at the Gahden...I went with 4
	people from NYC, who were big fans of Yes.  It was the Going for the
	One tour and Wakeman was on tour with them.  Man that guy was impressive
	And then Jon Andersons voice...

	Since we were all kinda young we enlisted a driver and bought him a 
	Ticket...this guy ate all the blotter he could find, what a ride home.

	/Cap'n Quad

    re: Yes & Donovan
    
    Hey, I was AT that concert too and it was one of my first as well.

Buck,

Looks like that was Thursday March 1, 1979 (approximately)

    
    Ah! That was circa 1980 as I saw Permanet Waves first in '79, then the
    Hemispheres tour (EXCELLENT show with lights/screen!), then Moving
    Pictures which was good as well!
    
    Mike
    

    
    	My first ever was Motley Crue at The Providence Civic Center in
    	'85, for the Theater of Pain tour.  Did Dokken open up that show?
    	I don't remember.
    

    
    I saw Yes in the gahden back in '79 also! After I got out of HS. It was
    "In-the-Round", all Yes, about 2-2.5 hrs! Excellent show as Wakeman put
    the old strap to one of his keys/synths and came out and was jammin on
    the front of the stage! Another excellent concert! We were going to see
    them in Springfield the night before, but the guy at Sears mentioned
    the second date in boston, we said "Five tickets please" when he said
    he had 6th row seats! Sat the entire show until Roundabout for the
    encore with Chris on the 8-string bass (at least I think it was an
    8-stringer, probably a 6 string, but after partying that night, it
    didn't matter!).
    
    

    	Well, my first was The Stray Cats, I was just a little nard,
    and went with my Mom, back around 1982 ( I was 11 or 12 )
    
    	Re-.135 The Crue, thats pretty funny, I think I have that concert
    on a bootleg. Bands I've seen open for the Crue were, Shout-Accept,
    Theater-Y&T, Girls-Whitesnake, Dr.-Warrant (Buffalo) Tesla (Toronto)
    Johnny Crash & Lita Ford (Indiana) Ratt was suppose to open, but
    they were just breaking up. The Crue was my first concert without
    Mom. 
    
    Bobby T

    
    	Y&T ... that was who opened!!
    
    	Thanks.
    

    
    My concert virginity is sorta in question, as my dad was a touring
    musician and I went to many of the concerts he played in (jazz
    and big band stuff). My parents have film with me in a playpen
    at the Newport Jazz Festival, hanging with a bunch of other kids
    who "belonged" to musicians...
    
    My first rock concert, however, was in 72 or 73 at the Worcester
    Auditorium. The headliner was T-Rex (with Marc Bolan), and the
    opening act was some obscure Canadian band that I'd never heard
    of before, but sounded a lot like Led Zeppelin. Their name was
    something like "Wuss" or... oh "Rush", yeah that's it! :-) :-)
    
    The opening opening act was Woostah's own "Albatross"; I knew
    most of the members from hanging out at the old "Bean" music
    store in Worcster, which used to be on Main Street (and later
    on Park Ave where E.U. Wurlitzer is now)... my dad's recording
    and music studio was in the "Day Building" a few doors down
    from Bean... I remember touching my first Arp 2600 there (an
    awe inspiring experience, at the time). I also purchased my
    first "gigging" amp there, an Acoustic 360 with a massive
    twin 18" cabinet...
    
    MEM-O-REEEEEEEES.... gak! :-)
    
    -b

    
    
    	I'm not revealing what my first concert was.  I'd
    	be banished from the file forever.
    
    	(It's worse than Xxx Xxxxxx)
    
    	JJ
    

    
    	It's gotta be Shaun Cassidy or Milli Vanilli.
    
    	I'll take bets on this one.  8^)
    

    Ok my first concert wasn't even what I'd call a rock concert...
    my parents took me along...I must have been like 10 or something.
    It was this Juice Newton/ Rick Springfield concert ...AAACCKK !
    What was that song she sang..?? oh yeah "just call me angel of
    the morn-ing ba-by...just touch my feet (or something) before
    you leave...blah blah".  Oh yeah and that big hit by Rick Springfield
    "Jesse's bitch" or something oh yeh Jesse's Girl that was it.
    
    The first real concert I went to wasn't until 1990 when I saw
    Damn Yankees and Bad Company at the Centrum...which was actually
    a really good show and I got in for free !
    
    Shane, who feels like makin love...dunna dahh, dunna dahh, dunna dahh,
    feels like makin...dunna dahh dunna dahh 

    Motley Crue at the centrum. I thought it was in 84.........
    Y&T did open for them and then for AC-DC a few months after that. 
    What ever happend to them anyway. All I can remember from that band was 
    that summertime girls tune that they were playing every five minutes on
    the radio that summer.
    
    Jim

    
    	Ever notice that when people don't want to admit remembering a
    	song or performer, they pretend they don't remember the exact
    	name of the song, as if they don't like it any more?
    
    	8^)
    
    	Rick Springfield ROOLZ, and Juice Newton is a doll.
    

    C'mon JJ, inquiring minds want to know??!!
    
    Donavan? The Hurdy Gurdy Man was so Mellow Yellow.  He did a 
    song about witches or something.  It was a good song.  My Mom turned me
    onto Donavan.
    
    I remember the Yes, Roundabout Tour.  Everyone talked about that but
    I didn't go. Neil Young with Crazy Horse did a good show about that
    time, too.  I went to that.
    
    
    Grammy, who's not feeling so old anymore.
    
    Grammy, who's not feeling so old anymore!!

    My first concert was Styx- The Grand Illusion tour!
    
    
	I was in awe.... 
    
    	We were chaperoned... yippee!
    
    	SueJ

	I saw that Styx tour, it was in the BG and there was a great
	snowball fight in the parking lot afterwards.  It also was the
	loudest concert I have heard in an arena that size...the Kon Tiki 
	take's the loudest show in a small venue (every time)...

	/Cap'n Quad

    
    It was cool..... 8}

    
    Wow--first concert.  I'm having a memory problem...but I think it was
    the Pretenders...but then again it might have been VERY early U2.
    
    /jen (who wondered where her ticket stub collection went to)
    

    I still have my ticket stub collection....
    
    Up to over 100 not including lost ones.... 8(
    
    SueJ

    
    
    	Ok, ok..... you were right Shawn.  It was Shaun Cassidy,
    	at Tanglewood. I was ten years old.  My aunt's neighbor
    	in Pittsfield took me.  =)
    
    	I don't remember what my first rock concert was.....if I
    	had to guess, I'd say Heart.
    
    	And you're right Shawn.  Rick Springfield still rules.  I
    	read just recently that he'll be releasing a new album
    	soon.  Next to Bon Jovi, I've seen Rick Springfield the
    	most times in concert.
    
    	Ok, the throwing of the tomatoes may now commence.  =)
    

    Splat*****  Squishhhhhh***  Sloooppppppppp~~~~````
    Ahhh...These are too00000 Soft.Give me A_Rock.She needs to Be Stoned
    fer her Sins!!!!   40_Lashes be tooooooo Kind fer the Poor Mis_Guided
    Child.  The Rack!!!! The Rack I Say!!!
    
    

    
    	I'd say she deserves a spanking at least.
    
    	Any volunteers?  Heh ... take number!!  8^)
    

    
    re a few
    
    Y&T and Accept.There was a couple of very under-rated band especially 
    the former!They were quite possibly my favourite American band.
    
    
    							ian

  

first concert?  Ratt and Billy Squire at the Centrum... was a cool show..

Whit- 

    Billy Squire's drummer had the "stick trix" thing down to an art form.

    RE: ian
    
    Accept!  Man, I'll never forget doing whippets in Washington Sq. at 4am
    and someone playing the Balls to the Wall album on their boom box.  I
    was like SO blown away, I became an instant Accept fan for life!
    
    The followup album, Metal Heart, was very good, also.  Too bad they
    slipped into a formula after that.

Whippets RULE

    
    I think they tried to go for the US audience and lost a lot of their
    charm.When they booted out Udo and did the "big hair"  then it was
    their downfall.
    
    their album with the barbed wire going through the lassies head was 
    good(even though I can't remember the name)
    
    
    							ian

    
    	"Breaker", I believe.
    

    I believe you're right!It has the classic S.O.B!
    
    
    						ian

    it was the monsters of rock in foxboro, ma
    
    i'll never forget it
    

My first concert was Steppenwolf in Hartford, CT around '69.  Then I saw Led
Zeppelin and Chicago Transit Authority on separate occasions at Yale Bowl, some
time in the very early 70s.  (I still mourn the senseless death of Terry Kath.)

Around the same time period, I saw Rush and Kiss (separate shows) at the
Coliseum in New Haven.  Awesome shows.

Val

    RE: -1
    
    Chicago Transit Authority -- YES!!  i saw them on many occaisions in
    the early 70s -- killer act!

    
    	And what a show that must've been ... wish I could've been there,
    	but alas, I was very young at the time.
    
    	Peter Cetera is DEFINITELY no Terry Kath.
    

    >>	Peter Cetera is DEFINITELY no Terry Kath.
    
    yeah -- esp. since one played bass and the other, guitar!
    
    8^)                    

    
    	Ummm, I was referring to vocals.
    

    BBBBBBBBBBBBBWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhaaahahhahhhahahah!
    
    
    
    
      Crazy_Ohhh_Kit_Al

    Sorry..
    Don't Feel Bad.I Once had A Girl Dis Me Because I Got A Hair_Cut!
    
    
        Crazy_Hell_With_Her_Al

    My first concert was at Brandeis University I was about 14 
    and I saw George Benson...it was great
    
    Lynne

    
     My first concert was Journey, then ABBA, then the third concert was
    Air Supply.....what can I say....I'm an old fart too !
    
    /Sax