What was the first concert you attended?

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  • dekuda
    dekuda Posts: 756
    edited July 2009
    Black and Blue concert in Milwaukee...wanna say around 1980 maybe. Blue Oyster Cult opened and then Black Sabbath came out and played one song and a riot broke out among the fans. Ozzie refused to continue and then more rioting continued.Sabbath did not return to stage.Never knew that Sabbath and BOC fans had this rivalry/hatred. I was there to see BS.....Man was I upset!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad:
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  • raidersrule76
    raidersrule76 Posts: 471
    edited July 2009
    Well I don't know if I should admit this or not, but you have to understand I was only 13 at the time but my first concert was Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer. Yea I know sad isn't it.
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  • woodhead 2
    woodhead 2 Posts: 367
    edited July 2009
    The zombies, back in the late sixties.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited July 2009
    Foreigner 1979
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  • skipf
    skipf Posts: 694
    edited July 2009
    Dave Bruebeck 1960.
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  • apphd
    apphd Posts: 1,514
    edited July 2009
    I don't really remember, come to think about it there were a lot of concerts I don't remember unfortunately. But I'm pretty sure it was the Doobies in 1978
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  • michaeljhsda2
    michaeljhsda2 Posts: 2,185
    edited July 2009
    Blue Oyster Cult or The Tubes in 75' or 76'
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited July 2009
    I've been going to a ton of shows since I was a wee lad, but I think my first "concert" was either Nine Inch Nails or Depeche Mode.
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • Marty913
    Marty913 Posts: 760
    edited July 2009
    My first was in the late 60's. Mississippi River Festival with The Band (Bob Dylan showed up unannounced). Don't really remember too much of it. Wonder why?

    Attended a concert in the early 70's with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Poco at a converted roller rink in KC called the Cowtown Ballroom. A real stoner-fest (a good thing). The warmup-act act was a comedian friend of the Dirt Band that told jokes / killed time while the hippies wandered in. Some guy with banjo he never played and a fake arrow through his head. Strange for a rock concert. I think his name was Martin. Wonder whatever happened to him?
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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited July 2009
    311 at the Lloyd Noble center in Norman OK - 2005
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  • chef-nick
    chef-nick Posts: 40
    edited July 2009
    mine was "weird" al yankovic. I was in 4 grade. it was awesome. i found out that my wife was also at that show and was sitting about 3 people away from me. we have since seen him 3 more times, two of those with our kids. great live show.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited July 2009
    skipf wrote: »
    Dave Bruebeck 1960.

    Oh man, Brubeck live in his prime. Very cool.
    Mine was the Canadian band The Stampeders in '74. First well known band was Heart in '75 just before they hit big with Dreamboat Annie. Those girls could rock!!!!
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  • ken brydson
    ken brydson Posts: 8,774
    edited July 2009
    Bad Company with Kansas as the opening act, around '76 I think. A couple years later I saw Ted Nugent with Cheap Trick and a little known band called AC/DC opening.
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  • oifvet0608
    oifvet0608 Posts: 148
    edited July 2009
    Eric Clapton...Del Mar Fair, California 1988. Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band were the opening act. Since then I've seen just about everyone alive worth seeing in concert.
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited July 2009
    Jouney, mid-80's. I even rocked the Perry-mullet.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited July 2009
    PolkWannabie wrote: »
    Credence Clearwater Revival at Filmore East ... They were the warm up group for the Beach Boys ...

    Most recent ? Clapton at the Garden ( Great Show besides the current material he also did tunes going back to Cream, Blind Faith, Derrick and the Dominoes )

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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited July 2009
    Aerosmith 1977 at the Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ. Aerosmith was warm up to Climax Blues Band and everyone was asking "who is Aerosmith?. After Aerosmith finished their set with Train Kept a-Rollin, no one wanted them to leave and started booing Climax Blues Band when they first came out.
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  • silversubaru
    silversubaru Posts: 42
    edited July 2009
    Def Leppard- early nighties, was my first and was a huge treat for us in SA and they were part of a few classic bands to venture into unknown territory!

    Bon Jovi, The Cult, U2, Depeche Mode, Lenny K all followed and since then we have had a steady flow of mediocre to decent bands coming through our way. Not to mention the King of Pop but I missed that one....

    Most notable was Metallica in 06 but by then I had already seem them in the UK in 99:D
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  • WastelandWand'r
    WastelandWand'r Posts: 466
    edited July 2009
    Aerosmith Permanent Vacation 1986(?) with Dokken as the opening act. Aero was returning from their hiatus, and sounded like it. Dokken was by far the better sound and that is not a complement. Even though, I do still have some Dokken cd's laying around here somewhere.
    Location was at the WSU Sports Arena in Pullman. Not a concert venue at all.
    I don't know if I felt so bad the next day from the copious amounts of beer I drank, (it was college) or being beat alive inside of a concrete box by spl's.
    Anyways, I have never liked WSU since then. Go Vandals!!
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited July 2009
    Steppenwolf with Savoy Brown and Argent in 76

    As I was going through the pages on theis thread, I found out I'd already posted to this last year, and amazingly enough, I came up with the same answer.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited July 2009
    Rush opened
    Mott The Hoople followed
    38 Special followed
    Blue Oyster Cult headlined

    My first laser show in 1975
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  • jimmydep
    jimmydep Posts: 1,305
    edited July 2009
    ken.paduch wrote: »
    Aerosmith 1977 at the Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ. Aerosmith was warm up to Climax Blues Band and everyone was asking "who is Aerosmith?. After Aerosmith finished their set with Train Kept a-Rollin, no one wanted them to leave and started booing Climax Blues Band when they first came out.

    I was there too.. Lots of great concerts at the Capitol may she RIP...

    My first concert was Frankie Valie and the 4 Seasons with Jay Black and the Americans in Asbury Park NJ. summer of 1973.....Oh what a night!!!..


    Jimmy
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited July 2009
    Charley Daniels during 1978 in Huntington WV. It was over 150 miles away and my brother won a pair of tickets via a radio call in. He was too young to drive, but I could. Our parents loaned us the family car for such a specific trip. My brother and I had a great time!

    We arrived home at 2:00 A.M. with Mom and Dad sitting up, awaiting for us. We did not dissappoint their trust and we regaled them concerning this specific adventure. After that trust in the loan with the family, my brother and I could, more or less, borrow the principal family car at will.... Gawd, did my brother and I abuse that trust! ... but we never wrecked the main family car either.....
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  • Retro152
    Retro152 Posts: 985
    edited July 2009
    Black Sabbath, "Mob Rule's Tour". Providence civic center, 1982. Ronnie James Dio was the new frontman replacing Ozzy. I was 14 years old. Simply awful.:rolleyes:



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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited July 2009
    The didn't invent Fabreze yet, so there were no 'Armadillos' in the family wagon!

    snfff, snfff, what is thaaaat ?
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited July 2009
    Too many years ago to remember, but it was either Steppenwolf in Balt. (I do remember that they sucked !), or CS&N (fantastic !!). Not too long after those, I hitched with a couple of friends to upstate NY for a three day mud/music fest. After the first hour there, I didn't see them again until I was back in Maryland!:eek:
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited July 2009
    Black Sabbath in about '72/'73. It was scary. I didn't even like the band, but a cool friend of mine asked me to go, so I did.

    Next concert was incredible, also around the same time - The Who with an unknown opening act by the name of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Incredible concert.
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,448
    edited July 2009
    1974... John Denver with the Starland Vocal Band. I was only nine, and it took me some time to understand what Afternoon Delight was...
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  • John30_30
    John30_30 Posts: 1,024
    edited July 2009
    jimmydep wrote: »
    I was there too.. Lots of great concerts at the Capitol may she RIP...

    My first concert was Frankie Valie and the 4 Seasons with Jay Black and the Americans in Asbury Park NJ. summer of 1973.....Oh what a night!!!..


    Jimmy

    Nice. I can still listen to both those groups occasionally. My first was either Steppenwolf or Jefferson Airplane '68 at OKC Civic Center. Last act I caught there was Yo-Yo Ma about 5 years ago, accompanied by the local symphony.
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