Spee Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Okay, not a survey, but since we're hitting the music genre pretty hard, who played at the first rock concert you ever went to? Time to show your age. For me: - Rare Earth (in their prime) (followed soon after by REO Speedwagon about a year before they hit it big for the first time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chonabot Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 (edited) Bristol Coston Hall , 1978 , Black Sabbath supported by a new American band who blew them off the stage - Van Halen. Edited June 25, 2005 by chonabot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryHacker Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Jeez, that made me think. I remember seeing The Who at the Valley in South East London. I think I was still in school and now I'm closer to 50 than 40! <deleted>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryHacker Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Bristol Coston Hall , 1978 , Black Sabbath supported by a new American band who blew them off the stage - Van Halen. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I saw the same concert in Lewisham, South London they must have been on tour. You are so right, VH blew BS away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 I hate to admit it, but it was Bryan bloody Adams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickerelastic Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Quintessence (sp) Glasgow 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Rolling Stones supported by Roy Orbison about 1964. (really showing my age) Roy nearly stole the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiquila Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 The first one is hard to remember, probably Frank Zappa or the Greatful Dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TizMe Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Randwick Race Course in Sydney. Slade, Caravan, Lindisfarne, Status Quo and Blackfeather. January 1973. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Merton Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Concert? A concert to hear rock music is quite a new phenomena to us old fogies. I actually stopped going to see live rock stars after seeing the "Rolling Stones" play in a cinema in Coventry circa 1970 (there was a time before mega-concerts when cinemas were used quite often for these events). I do remember a time - I was 11-12 - when I saw a skiffle-group called the "Quarrymen" play at the Kingsway in Hoylake (10Ks from Liverpool) - I got in free because my Mum knew the manager. I saw this group, about 3 or 4 years later, at a dance held in the Floral Hall in Southport, on the day they achieved their first number 1 with "Please, Please Me". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyree D. Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Jackson's Victory Tour 1984. age 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dereklev Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 The Who....Country Club, Belsize Park, London......Mid Sixties. I am old..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto_manibo Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Genesis... 1987....Montreux Switzerland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Burr Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 (edited) It was either Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Hammersmith Palais on the "Gimme Back My Bullets" tour, or, Queen at the Hammersmith Palais, in 1973 or 1974. Skynyrd were unbelievably good! Edited June 25, 2005 by Sir Burr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Kiss. Dynasty Tour. VFL Park, Melbourne. 1980. That was a fantastic concert. The visual effects were excellent and I still have fond memories of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11 Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 The Jam-Hitchen Regal 1981 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daleyboy Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 First concert i went to was the Eagles fairwell tour last year in Bangkok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aughie Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 The Beatles Candlestick Park, San Francisco, 1966. I was nine years old my brother was thirteen and my cousin was fifteen. Our parents dropped us off because The Beatles were 'clean kids'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buadhai Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 First really big concert was Isle of Wight, 1970.... But, often went to the Fillmore and Winterland in The City (that's San Francisco) all through the mid-to-late 60's: Jefferson Airplane, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
republic Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Depeche Mode at the Hammersmith Odeon London in 1983. Fantastic. I was 14 and I can still remember the buzz and the power of my first experience of live music. Truely moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gburns57au Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Suzi Quatro at Beatty Park Pool in Perth Australia.....1973.....I was about 17yo...Mum gave me the ticket as a birthday present.... Next was Blondie at the Regal Theatre in Sydney circa '77 And then ELO at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney Heard a Kiss concert in Adelaide that was cut short cos of the tennis tourny being played nearby. Heard it cos I couldnt afford the ticket and we sat outside...lol Been to a heap of Aussie band Concerts too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meom Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Rolling Stones supported by Roy Orbison about 1964. (really showing my age)Roy nearly stole the show. Rolling Stones 1982 supported by the J Geils Band and George Thorogood (spelling?) & the Destroyers. Both couldn't beat the Stones but the J Geils Band were pretty good actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDN Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 First really big concert was Isle of Wight, 1970....<{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's strange, I didn't see you there . I was up on the hill with my Lambretta and all the other people who didn't buy a ticket But my first concert (I think) was the Groundhogs at South Parade Pier, Portsmouth. Not sure when - things were a little.. er.. hazy? in those days Maybe it was Simon Dupree at the pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lampard10 Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 When you say rock concert, of course i thnk of sitting in a field for three days watching non-stop music. I was at Shepton Mallett in 1970 for my first. I couldn't remember the whole line up but looked it up and even though I was there it surprised me. And I can vividly remember about 90%; Pink Floyd Santana Canned Heat Donovan ( came by helicopter) Dr John ( not the same one) Flock Hot Tuna ( part of Jefferson Airplane) Steppenwolf Maynard Fergason Joe Jammer Hawkwind Byrds Colosseum Country Joe Johnny Winter Frank Zappa Moody Blues ( also by helicopter but were very late) Fairport Convention Keef hartley Band It's a Beautiful Day Jefferson Airplane Led Zeppalin John Mayall What a line up. The next music feast I devoured was some years later at Knebworth. The line-up there was; Genesis Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Devo Jefferson Airplane ( without Gracie; she was left pissed in Hamburg) Hot Tuna Brand X ( Phil Collins's other group) In my extreme youth 14-18 I had seen dozens of other groups at Dreamland in Margate. In fact most of the top acts of the time. Suppose thats why I love 60's & 70's music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Wow! Lampard, I am very humbled.... Er.... As for me... 8 years old... Roxette in Brussels.... I didn't say that too loudly did I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camelot Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 Err, first one must have been 'The Kinks' at the Pavilion in Bath around 1963. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas_Merton Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 First really big concert was Isle of Wight, 1970....<{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's strange, I didn't see you there . I was up on the hill with my Lambretta and all the other people who didn't buy a ticket <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...me too. But I was more than a little affected by beer and chemicals. So much so, I actually slept through all of Jimi's set. Something I've spent all my life trying to live down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350torana Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 I could name lots of obscure pub bands , not many big bands made it to my neck of the woods when I was young. - Cosmic Physchos 1991 - Faith No More 1992 - Henry Rollins ( Rollins band) 92 Have to say Rollins really knows how to put on a show, my ears are still ringing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dereklev Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 When you say rock concert, of course i thnk of sitting in a field for three days watching non-stop music. I was at Shepton Mallett in 1970 for my first. I couldn't remember the whole line up but looked it up and even though I was there it surprised me. And I can vividly remember about 90%;Pink Floyd Santana Canned Heat Donovan ( came by helicopter) Dr John ( not the same one) Flock Hot Tuna ( part of Jefferson Airplane) Steppenwolf Maynard Fergason Joe Jammer Hawkwind Byrds Colosseum Country Joe Johnny Winter Frank Zappa Moody Blues ( also by helicopter but were very late) Fairport Convention Keef hartley Band It's a Beautiful Day Jefferson Airplane Led Zeppalin John Mayall What a line up. The next music feast I devoured was some years later at Knebworth. The line-up there was; Genesis Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Devo Jefferson Airplane ( without Gracie; she was left pissed in Hamburg) Hot Tuna Brand X ( Phil Collins's other group) In my extreme youth 14-18 I had seen dozens of other groups at Dreamland in Margate. In fact most of the top acts of the time. Suppose thats why I love 60's & 70's music I was at both of those too.... Great weren't they! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chonabot Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 When you say rock concert, of course i thnk of sitting in a field for three days watching non-stop music. I was at Shepton Mallett in 1970 for my first. I couldn't remember the whole line up but looked it up and even though I was there it surprised me. And I can vividly remember about 90%;Pink Floyd Santana Canned Heat Donovan ( came by helicopter) Dr John ( not the same one) Flock Hot Tuna ( part of Jefferson Airplane) Steppenwolf Maynard Fergason Joe Jammer Hawkwind Byrds Colosseum Country Joe Johnny Winter Frank Zappa Moody Blues ( also by helicopter but were very late) Fairport Convention Keef hartley Band It's a Beautiful Day Jefferson Airplane Led Zeppalin John Mayall What a line up. The next music feast I devoured was some years later at Knebworth. The line-up there was; Genesis Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Devo Jefferson Airplane ( without Gracie; she was left pissed in Hamburg) Hot Tuna Brand X ( Phil Collins's other group) In my extreme youth 14-18 I had seen dozens of other groups at Dreamland in Margate. In fact most of the top acts of the time. Suppose thats why I love 60's & 70's music <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was at both of those too.... Great weren't they! ! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Luck old gits , I would have been 4 at the time , but still would have dug it. The best era in music and I was too young....sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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