ragingplatypi
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Boston - Third Stage tour in 1987 at the Philadelphia Spectrum, way far in the back. I was 12 and it was so unbelievably loud, and freakin’ awesome. I had a lot of “I can’t believe this is real” moments.
What was your FIRST show (as a spectator)??
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cragginshred
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1981 RUSH Moving pictures = mind blown!
Mooselake
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It wasn't my first show, but saw them in 81 at the tail end of the Exit...Stage Left tour, which was short of an extension of MP. Life changing experience.
gearJunkie
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Fall of 1981 at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, AL
The second show I went to was Iron Maiden - Killers Tour later that same year.
The second show I went to was Iron Maiden - Killers Tour later that same year.
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My first concert was at the Civic Arena (Pittsburgh), 1985. Y&T opened up for Motley Crue. Meniketti kicked ass. The Crue was pretty tame. The drum riser tilted forward about 35° (it lifted up a little bit in the back). I think there were some guys in the back of it with car jacks. 
Vince kept his voice the whole show, gotta give him that. Mick’s tone was really great and he played well.
Edit - found the actual date. August 7, 1985
Vince kept his voice the whole show, gotta give him that. Mick’s tone was really great and he played well.Edit - found the actual date. August 7, 1985
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Frank Zappa - 1984! He was wearing a pink jumpsuit and a orange full moon rose behind the stage!! EPIC!!!
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My first concert was on 04-17-1996. White Heart and Petra were on tour with Grammatrain and Johnny Q. Public as the opening acts. I was with my dad and it was at the University of Portland campus in Portland, OR. I would have been nine years old at the time.
I remember not liking Johnny Q. Public, but Grammatrain was really good. I bought their albums and still enjoy their music. White Heart's set was the highlight. They were a super tight band.
I will be kind of shocked if anyone on this forum has heard of any of these bands.
I remember not liking Johnny Q. Public, but Grammatrain was really good. I bought their albums and still enjoy their music. White Heart's set was the highlight. They were a super tight band.
I will be kind of shocked if anyone on this forum has heard of any of these bands.
JiveTurkey
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JiveTurkey
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I saw this same tour only GnR was replaced by Megadeth. The level of happy I was at that replacement could not be emphasized enough. Then they played like
I was definitely disappointed.
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He never could last more than 3 songs.
JiveTurkey
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No SFSGSW era. Definitely hungover/still drunk and/or doped up.
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That’s right. I actually did like that album but it wasn’t the same as the Chris/Gar era.
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Holy shit! This is the original lineup touring for Fugazi?!?!? Goddamn this is a lot of envy (dripping shades of green?) to process first thing in the morning.Marillion, December 1984
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Yes, gentlemen: full-on Prog with much lyrical embellishment. I was 14.
Most of the crowd were much bigger than me; that is to say, fully grown adults. I suppose at least half of them smoked. Like all gigs back then, it stank of smoke and beer. Pretty exciting for a teenager to be with a big roaring crowd like that.
Got my first tour t-shirt
JiveTurkey
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Couple of duds on this album but overall; it's great. The production sucks. I would like to take a listen to a remaster, if Dave got around to fixing it here years back when he did those remasters.
