Ok I was rockin out in the you tube thread and that got me to remebering my younger days. What was the first concert you evrr went to? Mine, The Boomtown Rats with X as the opening act. 1978 (8th Grade) Hollywood Paldium:icon_toast: I went with Ken Breen from church youth group :icon_rofl:
Poison opened for Ratt in Oakland (Ratt was great). For a 16 year-old kid it was quite an experience. :lol: :lttehghost: :icon_party:
You guys are going to tar and ferather me and call me Susan about my first concert I went to. The Village People in in the LA. In 1977 I forget the place but it is close to Disney Land but there. Now the tar and feathers can be applied and I can now be called Susan.
January 2nd 1988 in Missoula, Montana.....me, my dad, and Alice Cooper. The opening band was supposed to be Motorhead, but they were held up in England due to visa reasons. Instead, a young band was called in from Seattle, Washington. The band was Screaming Trees (a great "grunge band") 4 years before Nirvana's "Smells like Teen Spirit" makes everyone in that area code famous. Alice is, of course, known for his gory stage show. I was front row-center as an 11 year old...getting pelted with random gore/glitter and COVERED in fake blood. I got most of it, but my dad got alot too. Since we were rural folk in the big city for a spell, we decided to go pick up some groceries before we went the 80 miles home. The looks we got as I went through the store yelling loudly (post concert hearing = loud talking) while covered in blood. Im surprised they didnt call the cops. Years later, on a John Lennon tribute album, Screaming Trees would cover "Working Class Hero".....my dad's favorite song.
The B-52's Hollywood Palladium 1980 All my friends were still into Zepplin, Rush and Black Sabbath and they though I'd lost it for going to this "punk rock" concert. :lol: View attachment 552
Grand Funk Railroad, 1973, Hampton Coliseum. I was 16. Surprised I can even remember that far back...... :lol:
The night before I enlisted in the Army, September 12, 1967, I took acuppola girls to see Jefferson Airplane downtown San Diego, but I can't remember where. CRS.
1981 Styx the Paradise Theatre tour. I can't remember if it was at the Norfolk Scope or the Hampton Coliseum...I wonder why that is?:icon_huh: :lol:
My sister just went to the RATT/Poison Concert last week here. Her best friend is frontman Stephen Pearcy's sister. They got to go behind the stage and party like rock stars.:icon_party:
I saw Ratt on New Years Eve, in San Diego and Steve Pearcy was SOOOO drunk, he fell down the stairs during the opening song. :icon_rofl: 1 of the worst concert's I ever saw. Thank god Lita Ford was there.
I went to a Day on the Green Concert in Oakland in the mid 70's, Aerosmith, Pat Travers, ACDC, and Van Halen were all there.
I was at the same concert, Fournier was the headliner, Van Halen had released their first album two weeks before and AC/DC did not have an album out yet. Van Halen put on a great show, as did a oiled-up girl walking around in a pink bikini.
Kiss - 1975 in Houston at the Summit (where the Rockets used to play), I was 7. My mom took my sister who was supposed to have a friend com with her. But the girls folks found out where she was going and would not let her. So I got the extra ticket. :yes:
The first X-fest at the stadium. Tom Petty, Bowowow, the Ramones, the Stray Cats, and some other band... I think that was Modern English. The Stray Cats were my favorite act. Great show. I think it was in 1983 or 84... I was 14.
I was there! :icon_party: Cold Chisel was the first band. :icon_eek: I left before Tom Petty to go see Bob Seger at the Sports Arena.:nana_rock:
