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presdoug ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 24 2010 Location: Canada Status: Online Points: 8774 |
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What was the first rock concert you ever saw? This includes any kind of rock music at any kind of location.
Mine was the Canadian rock band Tobruk, at the Community Center of my hometown of Prescott, Ontario, Canada in 1973. They did mainly covers in a mostly hard rock vein, and I remember a couple of Bachman Turner Overdrive songs done quite well. Not much of a stage show, mind you, but they rocked. I was 10 years old at the time. Edited by presdoug - March 22 2014 at 12:59 |
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ExittheLemming ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11420 |
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Glasgow Apollo was the venue where I saw Eddie & the Hot Rods supported by Radio Stars on 4/3/78
(I was 16) Funny thing is that according to the Glasgow Apollo website: http://www.glasgowapollo.com/index.asp?s_id=1&m_id=9&action=show&band_ID=630&searchtext= Squeeze were the second support act but for the life of me I cannot remember a 3rd group that night (and I had heard and liked Squeeze at that time - old men forget? ![]() ![]() Given that I was oblivious to even seeing one of the bands on the bill, it won't come as much of a shock to learn I don't remember that much about the music but I do recall that the bass player in Eddie & the Hot Roads is the only one I have ever seen break a string and that Radio Stars had a really daft song called There Are No Russians in Russia ![]() Edited by ExittheLemming - March 22 2014 at 13:17 |
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NotAProghead ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Errors & Omissions Team Joined: October 22 2005 Location: Russia Status: Online Points: 7966 |
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Rock? I guess it was the concert of Mashina Vremeni (Time Machine) in 1979, one of the most popular bands in Russia till now. In 1979 they were in undergound. A little later (1981) record:
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The first live music I saw was The Atlanta Rhythm Section, playing outdoors at an arts festival at Florida International University, where my father was a professor. They had a hit "So In To You" at the time, which I liked. I was probably about 10 years old.
When I was 12, I went to my first actual concert, and it was a doozy. My family was visiting Copenhagen Denmark on business, and my dad and I went to see Camel on the Single Factor tour! I already loved the band at that point, so seeing them live was hugely memorable and it was a great show. I still remember practically the whole thing.
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A lot of people hate this Sab era but I loved the 1983 show, and the album is the one I play the most these days (along with Mob Rules).
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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smartpatrol ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 15 2012 Location: My Bedroom Status: Offline Points: 14169 |
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Rush in St.Louis, 9/22/12. Very exciting, great show.
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^ My first concert was Genesis at knebworth 78 aged 14. With my older sister and her friends. Atlanta Rythm Section were o the bill too and I thought they were dull. Hey ho! Never listened to them since.
![]() My first gig was The Members in 1979 - 80 I think? When they had their hit 'Sound of the Suburbs' I don't know who was supporting them. If anyone. Edited by akamaisondufromage - March 22 2014 at 14:15 |
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Blacksword ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130 |
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Accept at Hammersmith Odeon 1986....
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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I never have thought about it, but it must be in 1981 if i remember well, i was 17 years old and went with some friends and my sister's too, to watch the show of Van Halen in the Canecăo Show House (in Rio), kind of small for that show. Nevertheless, it was a well produced show and i enjoyed mainly the colourful performances of Eddie Van Halen with the guitar, and David Lee Roth surprised me with his good acrobatic capabilities during the show.
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Mine was Megadeth, saw them in Israel in 1995 the euthanasia tour. Now that I come to think of it, I don't really remember the show except for one or two moments, but I know I had a good time.
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I think it was Rainbow in the Ahoy Halls in Rotterdam, in... 1982 or something like that.
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Rainbow at Leeds Queens Hall on July 14th 1981 on the Difficult To Cure Tour, I was 17 and spent the whole gig is a blissful crush bouncing up and down.
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dwill123 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 19 2006 Status: Offline Points: 4460 |
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My first concert was The Motown Revue at Steel Pier in Atlantic City, 1965. My first "rock" concert was Steppenwolf, Ten Wheel Drive and Haystacks Balboa at South Mountain Arena, West Orange, NJ in 1970.
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Cheap Trick opened for Kansas in Wichita, I think it was 1978 (I was still living with my parents and had to sneak out of the house to go).
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Motörhead. Bomber tour, Deeside Leisure Centee.
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I don't remember.
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Suicidal Tendencies in 1988.
I remember it seemed like 30% of the crowd were wearing Anthrax T-shirts for some reason. ST played a reasonable amount of stuff from their debut to make me happy. |
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Saxon at the Stone in S.F., but my first stadium show was Sabbath with the Outlaws-- unaccountably, Sabbath opened, though they may've been rotating headliners on the tour.
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SAXON!! Great band.
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stegor ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 23 2013 Location: Minnesota Status: Offline Points: 2053 |
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I had tickets for REO Speedwagon (pre-mega-stardom) in 1976 but we were
turned away at the door because of a union strike - roadies union?
groupies union? not sure what union it was. So the first concert I
actually saw was Jethro Tull, 1977, Songs From The Wood Tour. One of the
most important days of my life.
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