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deastman · Post by **deastman** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:48 pm

Seeing that laughable thread about synths used by Night Ranger got me thinking about the first concert I ever attended (no, it wasn't NR)

Actually, if I really want be accurate, the first "concert" I ever saw was a San Francisco performance of the Nutcracker when I was about 4 years old. After that was a concert by Peet Seeger at Stanford University, when I was perhaps age 5.

So I guess what I'm really asking is, what was the first big "rock" or "pop" show you ever went to? For me, it was...

Ronnie James Dio at the Cow Palace!

It was big, it was loud, there was a giant dragon on the stage and lots of explosions... I got a nice contact high from the people smoking pot right in front of me... and to top it off, when we left the show we had to fight our way through throngs of religious protestors to get to the car where my mom was waiting to pick us up!

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:51 pm

Elton John Early 70's, (73 I think) Boston Garden, kikidee opened up...

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:52 pm

ELO's Time tour. OOOOOOOOHHHHH YEEEEAAAAAAA!

elv · Post by **elv** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:53 pm

Iron Maiden when I was about 13 years old.One of the better concert I have seen

Bunnyboy · Post by **Bunnyboy** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:54 pm

The first gig I ever saw was:

SUGAR!!!

The mighty Bob Mould and lots of hardcore punks stagediving constantly!!

It was more like early Husker Du playing sugar songs - basically they mangled every single one into a massive, powerful noise. It was brilliant if not what I expected.

Support came from Puppy Love Bomb who have dissapeared as they deserved.
Apparently the Bordoms supported at the London gig

The next one was shed 7...

John_P · Post by **John_P** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:55 pm

Jean Michel Jarre
Manchester Nynex Arena (as it was known then)
June 7th 1997
Block 206
Row D
Seat 10

John

kingtubby · Post by **kingtubby** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:56 pm

GenerationX in Oxford '77
I was 13 and a wanabee teeny-punk

Mart.

darcyb62 · Post by **darcyb62** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:57 pm

April Wine...
Heart opened for them...

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 7:58 pm

darcyb62 wrote:April Wine...
Heart opened for them...

If you see kay, tell her I love her...

ugo · Post by **ugo** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:01 pm

bob dylan, the shot of love tour.

-ugo

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:06 pm

Some 70's stadium thing with my parents when I was little, probably.
On my own, some tiny local punk show in a smelly basement somewhere, probably.

geekboy · Post by **geekboy** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:06 pm

Cheap Trick -- 1979 (9 years old)

ford442 · Post by **ford442** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:06 pm

i saw NIN and Maralyn Manson when they had just teamed up and Manson was pretty unknown..

Sicklecell666 · Post by **Sicklecell666** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:07 pm

1st show ever was Black Sabbath on the Paranoid tour(my mom was like 8 months pregnant with me

).

1st show seen was Kiss on the Destroyer tour with my stepfather.

1st on my own was either Rush on the Signal's tour(I know

) or Iron Maiden on the Piece of Mind tour, I forget which was first..

Almost time to be led out to the pasture..

diverdee · Post by **diverdee** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:07 pm

The specials in leeds, think I was around 12.
'too much too young'

First concert you ever attended?