What was your first concert you attended?

I was reading on the Facebook, Ozomatli page a question they asked and thought I would ask it here also.
[B][B][SIZE=2]How many of you remember your first concert? Who'd you go see?[/SIZE][/B][/B]

I believe mine would be back in about 1969 or 1970. It was to go to the San Jose Civic Auditorium for the Ike & Tina Turner Review with the Ikettes.

What about you?

My first concert - Waysted opened up for Iron Maiden on the Somewhere In Time tour. This was back in 1987. I was 17 and a senior in high school. There were several concerts that I wanted to go to prior to this one, specifically Metallica opening for Ozzy, but my mother was very protective of me. Now that I have kids of my own, I can understand where she was coming from.

Regards, Roy

[B][I]I started off big. It was the Worlds series of rock at the old Municiple stadium in Cleveland back in 78. TED NUGENT, THIN LIZZY, ACDC, AEROSMITH, JOURNEY, SCORPIONS are just a few I remember who played that day in front of 66,000 spasmos.[/I][/B]

KISS, WAS MY FIRST, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER I WAS ONLY IN 6TH GRADE, WENT WITH MY COUSIN, I THINK IT WAS THE DYNASTY TOUR, MY SECOND CONCERT I STEPPED IT UP A LITTLE AND SAW BLACK SABBATH

I don't remember if it was my junior or senior year in high school (83 or 84) my aunt and uncle took me and my cousin to the Coliseum outside of Cleveland to see MSB (the Michael Stanley Band). Back then they were the biggest thing in Cleveland. They hold the attendence record at the Coliseum and Blossom Music Center (our outdoor pavilion). They were known for outdrawing the Who, I can't remember if that was for the Coliseum or Blossom.

Chicago / Beach Boys / Boz Scaggs / Tower of Power

July 5, 1975 * St. Paul, Minnesota

Day on the green 1 - Frampton , Fleetwood Mac and Gary Wright played.

Mine was in birmingham 93 I think.it was the bonfire tour (our lady peace,eve6 and 3 doors down)

KISS back in 76 or 77, it was AWESOME!!!

yep me too, KISS,,,,,,,,,,and i'm still a member of the KISS ARMY

Fleetwood Mac... They put on a hell of a show ...back then anyway. Year was 1985 I believe...

Openers-Testament, Megadeth Main-Judas Priest

Shane

[QUOTE=craz4hw;459937]Openers-Testament, Megadeth Main-Judas Priest

Shane[/QUOTE]
Throw out Megadeth and I'll bet that show was great!! Dave Musdaine is a total dickhead, seeing him once was enough...

Hey Shane, CONGRATS on hitting a 100 posts!!! A milestone!!!! :)

[QUOTE=PeepingScott;459815]KISS back in 76 or 77, it was AWESOME!!![/QUOTE]

I'm jealous Scott! That must have been amazing. I didn't see 'em until 1996 on the reunion tour...

Kurt

November 12, 1983.
Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan on vocals, Bev Bevan on drums. The Born Again Tour at the Cleveland Music Hall.
Openers were Quiet Riot.

We were in 10th grade, took the RTA (bus) downtown. (Fare was something like 0.13 or 0.25 cents)
Good times, seems like a long time ago on one hand, and "just like yesterday" on the other. :)

[QUOTE]Hey Shane, CONGRATS on hitting a 100 posts!!! A milestone!!!! :)[/QUOTE]

Man, 100 posts, I feel old.:p

1985 or '86

Heart and Autograph..............

[QUOTE=PeepingScott;459944] Dave Musdaine is a total dickhead[/QUOTE]

I met him at a show in Hershey, and he didn't seem that bad....

The Osmond Brothers in Vegas sometime around 1968-1970. I was 10 or 11 years old. All of our family was in Vegas for a wedding and all my cousins and my brothers, totalling 14 of us, were asked who we wanted to see in concert...The Osmond Brothers or Elvis Presley?

We all were teenagers or younger so we all said The Osmonds!

Yes...hindsight is 20/20

Van Halen, 1981

Grand Funk Railroad w/Openers Wet Willie at Cleveland Public Hall 1974. I even got to see a Streaker that night. LOL.
John

[QUOTE=toysalot;460010]The Osmond Brothers in Vegas sometime around 1968-1970. I was 10 or 11 years old. All of our family was in Vegas for a wedding and all my cousins and my brothers, totalling 14 of us, were asked who we wanted to see in concert...The Osmond Brothers or Elvis Presley?

We all were teenagers or younger so we all said The Osmonds!

Yes...hindsight is 20/20[/QUOTE]

BWAAAAAAAAA!!! Hindsight, YES!
Was "One Bad Apple" their encore song?????????????????????

The Velvet Underground and the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (Andy Warhol producer) in Sept. 1966 in Philly, with Lou Reed, Nico, et al. I was just beginning to see things a bit differently then.

Allan

My 1st concert was Woodstock but I was one of the little kids more interested in playing in the mud then the music. My parents were hippies until college. All I remember vaguely is Jimi Hendrix playing and a funny smell that was always prevalent in the air LOL

My actual first concert that I wanted to and did attend (with my Dad) was KISS at Madison Square Garden back in 1976

[QUOTE=PeepingScott;460037]BWAAAAAAAAA!!! Hindsight, YES!
Was "One Bad Apple" their encore song?????????????????????[/QUOTE]

Don't remember much except they introduced little Jimmy Osmond for the first time at the show we saw. He was a really little kid.

Ya, I know...I could have seen the King, aka Elvis!!!

Who knew?

Pat Benatar 1984 at the Meadowlands Area, NJ.

[QUOTE=bernardkappesjr;460076]Pat Benatar 1984 at the Meadowlands Area, NJ.[/QUOTE]


I saw Pat in 1984 also, she opened up for Billy Squire.

[QUOTE=craz4hw;459937]Openers-Testament, Megadeth Main-Judas Priest

Shane[/QUOTE]


I saw megadeth open up for dio in the 80's, it was megadeths peace sells tour and dio's dream evil tour, one of my favorite concerts of the 80's right behind judas priest's turbo tour

Rolling Stones, sometime in high school. Oakland. A friend "borrowed" his parents' van; me, Alex, Brian and some girl that one of those two was dating. Her older sister had bought us beer. That's about all I remember.

My first show was "Head East" probably around 1977ish in Racine, Wisconsin. I would have been around 7 years old. My Dad took the whole family.

Well if I don't count the free concerts at the county fair (I remember seeing Johnny Cash) I would say that my 1st would have been Alice Cooper "Trash tour" in 1990.
Then: Kiss - Hot in the shade, Billy Idol - Charmed life (3rd row with 2 hot chicks I was friends with) Those were were my 1st 3 after that I kinda lost track, went to alot between 1995- 2000.

AC/DC with Love Hate opening.
December 1990 in Ames, IA.

JR

1978 Toledo Sports Arena

The Doobie Brothers with Ambrosia warming up.

Ahhhh the smokey haze was a sight to smell.

Matt

Led Zep- 1977. Ticket cost $8.50. Waited in line 10 minutes at L.A. Forum. Haven't seen anything like that since- and my ears are still ringing!

1979 black sabbath heaven and hell at the garden

Kenny Rogers Oakdale Theater CT. 1983 Hey I was invited and it was free!! plus I was 12 years old. Next was 38 Special.

ACDC back in the late 70's with Bon Scott, i believe they played on the same bill with Kiss?? ...."its a long way to the top.........."

[QUOTE=CougarXR7;459787]My first concert - Waysted opened up for Iron Maiden on the Somewhere In Time tour. This was back in 1987. I was 17 and a senior in high school. There were several concerts that I wanted to go to prior to this one, specifically Metallica opening for Ozzy, but my mother was very protective of me. Now that I have kids of my own, I can understand where she was coming from.

Regards, Roy[/QUOTE]

Can't believe Waysted showed up here,under rated band. If you like U.F.O. look them up.
My first was AC/DC at Cleveland Public Hall, early 80's with Brian Johnson. First tour without Bon, Back in Black. Can't remember who opened though:cursing:

Josh, I saw the Hot in Shade tour in Hershey. I would have seen it twice, once outside at Cith Island and once inside at the Hershepark Arena, but had a bit of bad luck with a fifth of Jack Daniels and missed the outdoor show. Long story short I got a little bloody hopping a train to City Island and a little muddy jumping of the walking bridge into a tree, missing(mostly) and falling in the river trying to get away from the cops since I could barely walk straight. Good news - I made it back to my buddy's house to sleep it off safely, bad news - I had backstage passes because the girl I was dating at the time worked at a record store and I never got in the show.

JR Prowler, I still have some of those AC/DC bucks that fell from the ceiling from the AC/DC Love Hate show in Philly. I got hit buy a POS '76 tan Chevy Nova in the parking lot which ironicly pinned my leg between that and the only other POS '76 tan Chevy Nove 4 door in the state.

It still amazes me I am still alive sometimes.....

8/6/1977 World Series of Rock. Cleveland Stadium. Frampton-Seger-J. Geils and Rick Derringer. There were few things that could match a stadium concert in the 70's.

I just got tickets to see someone I've wanted to see for years but never got around to it. Gordon Lightfoot. 5th row. I figured I better do it before I no longer have the chance.