ronz28 Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 My first concert was the Rolling Stones, 1966 at Houston, Texas. They played Satisfaction, Paint it Black and much more that I can’t remember. A lot of people lit up despite the police and there was so much guncha in the air I felt high from second hand smoke and the greatest Rock and Roll band ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdenner Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Queen - A night at the Opera - in Perth WA approx 1975 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 The first one I missed was the Queen Live Killers tour - I was about 12 at that time and thought concerts are only for 18+...was kind of disappointed hearing from other guys in my class the next day how great it was. The first one I saw was BAP at Stadthalle Dueren in 1982(?). Had an autograph from the lead guitarist after the show... First Festival was the Golden Summernight at Loreley in 1984. It was raining all day, the place was turned into a swamp. Cannot remember most of the bands, but the last three ones were The Alarm, Rory Gallagher and Zappa. Cannot recall much of Zappa after 12 hours of noise and rain, but saw him three times more after that - including the Yellow Shark performance in Frankfurt. Those I saw several times were apart from Zappa the Stones, Deep Purple and ZZ Top - once also in Dueren as warm-up act for Neil Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aughie Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I dug up my ticket from the concert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibebop Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 I dug up my ticket from the concert. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayenram Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Wasn't it Black Sabbath who invented the phrase: 'Too old to rock too young to die'? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think you'll find it was Ian Anderson. "The old Rocker wore his hair too long, wore his trouser cuffs too tight. Unfashionable to the end drank his ale too light. Death's head belt buckle yesterday's dreams the transport cafe prophet of doom. Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams in his post-war-babe gloom. Now he's too old to Rock'n'Roll but he's too young to die. He once owned a Harley Davidson and a Triumph Bonneville. Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs and prays that he always will. But he's the last of the blue blood greaser boys all of his mates are doing time: married with three kids up by the ring road sold their souls straight down the line. And some of them own little sports cars and meet at the tennis club do's. For drinks on a Sunday work on Monday. They've thrown away their blue suede shoes. Now they're too old to Rock'n'Roll and they're too young to die. So the old Rocker gets out his bike to make a ton before he takes his leave. Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner just like it used to be. And as he flies tears in his eyes his wind-whipped words echo the final take and he hits the trunk road doing around 120 with no room left to brake. And he was too old to Rock'n'Roll but he was too young to die. No, you're never too old to Rock'n'Roll if you're too young to die." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayenram Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Hawkwind - Threshold (Phonographique), Leeds. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've just remembered the price for admission - 3 bob and that included a beefburger and chips! (3 bob is about Bht 10.00.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnustedt Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Watford Odeon, about 1960/61, Everly Brothers - there was a relatively new band, The Rolling Stones as a warm up act. Seen them (Stones) many times since, incl. Voodoo Lounge, latest was in HK last year (a load of pensioners in lycra) . Used to go to gigs in local village hall and at youth clubs with bands such as The Who (saw them smash up their equipment first time), Zoot Monnie (Sp). Oh yes, and the Baron Knights from Leighton Buzzard! Then went to Flamingo Club (Wardour St) and Ricky Tick (Windsor), etc. where Georgie Flame, et al performed and went to many Beatles concerts. Anyone remember the NME Pollwinners Concerts in the Wembley Arena? - Went to all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayo Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 what was the pink floyd reunion set like at last years Live8 Concert??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Pat Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Voice of the Beehive at Cambridge Corn Exchange, 1988... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorFart Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 (edited) First gig for me. KISS, Bingley Hall Stafford 1980ish. Class! Edited December 23, 2005 by ProfessorFart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcalsop Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Redcar Jazz club Curved Air ...then Emerson Lake and Palmer ( Pictures at an Exhibition Album or as they say and write in Thailand al A bum) at Newcastle City Hall ...Stoned , pissed on Newcastle Brown Ale a turning point in my life then end of one era and the start of the next for me . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym528 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Bob Dylan on his first electric tour in Detroit, Michigan. Think (not sure) it was 1964... He played the first set acoustic and the second set electric. About 1/3 of the audience walked out when the band came on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake7 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 U2 Unforgettable Fire tour. 1986 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raggedjagged Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Korn live in bangkok, February 2004. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thailien8 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Iron Butterfly on the campus of U. of North Carolina, 1970. Memorable even tho, or maybe because, I was so stoned. The drum solo on In-a-Gadda-da-Vida went on forever. To my surprise, IB showed up in Palo Alto CA at a local dance club in 1984, on some kind of reunion tour. So I went to hear them again--not so memorable, not so stoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellohello Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Not the first -I dont remember the first- - but an early one -Bob Marley and the Whalers at the Santa Cruz Civic in Cali (the local venue) gosh 1978, not sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLah Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 oh my god I have to think na. It could be Madonna (virgin tour) or or or, what the F*** the name of that band. Anyway about 20 yers ago Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoastnative Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 The Tubes - 1977, That was a wild concert. I saw Led Zepplin that same year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmeriThai Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 The Beatles, Portland Oregon, August 1965. Some friends and I got free tickets and transportation to see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcw16 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 1975 in Richmond, Virginia. Blue Oyster Cult/Foghat/Bob Seger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Burlington, Vermont, Blood Sweat and Tears around 1970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 /Foghat/ Creators of one of the very best rock song intro's ever performed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detmar Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 Several great small concerts at the good old Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London, 1973/74: Thin Lizzy, East of Eden, Marmalade and several others - unique great club atmosphere! Have been missing the Marquee ever since it has gone... But Thailand makes up for this loss in other ways... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehaigh Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Queen at Leeds University. i was still in high school so i guess arounf 1976. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoophound Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Akld NZ Fleetwood Mac at western springs stadium Followed very closely by Supertramp Crime of the Century concert I think. Queen at Leeds University. i was still in high school so i guess arounf 1976. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11 Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Several great small concerts at the good old Marquee Club in Wardour Street, London, 1973/74: Thin Lizzy, East of Eden, Marmalade and several others - unique great club atmosphere!Have been missing the Marquee ever since it has gone... But Thailand makes up for this loss in other ways... Cheers! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The Marquee is now a crappy theme pub Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Snake Posted December 26, 2005 Share Posted December 26, 2005 Either Tom Petty and the heartbreakers at Denver University Coliseum or Pretenders/Police show at Denver's Rainbow (before the term was gay) Gardens. I went for the Pretender's Hynde; but the Police were very remarkable just before the went large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsycat Posted December 27, 2005 Share Posted December 27, 2005 Van Morrison circa 1979, Bowie at Murrayfield, Dire Straits at The Playhouse, Edinburgh (front row, Knopfler winked at me!!), Men at Work same venue. But my claim to fame is seeing Paul Simon doing his sound check at Paleo Festival in Switzerland sitting with a total of 8 other people AWESOME Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonik Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Alice in chains during the grunge period.......don't remember to much of it thou but i think the singer was just as stoned as i....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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