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rushwanabee · Post by **rushwanabee** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:54 pm

My first proper concert was Kansas at the Lakeland Civic Center, 11/19/79. it was general admission and I got there early. When they opened the doors, I hauled ass down to the stage and was as close as I could get without being on stage.

During the concert whilst they were playing, at a certain spot in the song, Robby Steinhardt(violinist)had a break and wasn't playing. I reached out across the security barrier with my autograph book, and he motioned for the security guard to give him the book. He took it back to his stand and signed it, all while the band was still playing! he had just enough time to give it back before he had to resume playing. I was flying after that!

SecondSkin · Post by **SecondSkin** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:20 am

First concert, part two (ie first night in a bar): The Damned, Clutch Cargo's in Downtown Detroit, 1981. All I remember is being in awe of the Capt.

FaX · Post by **FaX** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 12:59 am

Simon & Garfunkle the first reunion tour after the Concert in Central Park at VFL Park (Melbourne) 80-81 .... ooops showing my age.

Miro · Post by **Miro** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:06 am

Early 1980's - Madness supported by Joboxers at the Brighton Centre

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:26 am

whyterabbyt wrote:scuzzphut quoth Cocteau Twins at Barrowlands.
Ended up going to see them 4 times in total.

Only saw them once; in Liverpool. Wish I'd seen them more often. Just for Liz...

I did see Dead Can Dance once, though. Utterly amazing.

I liked DCD, too

Could never get a handle on how many were in the band etc. Was it just Lisa Gerrard and that other bloke or did they bring a band?

emdot_ambient wrote:
scuzzphut wrote:Cocteau Twins at Barrowlands.
Ended up going to see them 4 times in total.
Saw them about that many times in the DC/Baltimore area in the late 80's. They're the ones that saved my musical life back then. Made me realize that all musical ideas had not already been done.

Who will convince me of that now?

Good ol' Liz. Her influence is everywhere but nobody realizes it

Good point.

Cocteau Twins were utterly unique and I think that's what appealed to me - the music in particular was lush and dense and gorgeous - I could've actually listened even without Liz

Who is there now that sounds like no-one else? (and is also good, obviously - it's dead easy to make a uniue sound and be crap

)

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:27 am

Yagushi wrote:Band: DEVO
Location: Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz, CA)
Date: December 1982

I would have killed to have seen Devo.

You bastard

just kiddin' -

Miro · Post by **Miro** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:56 am

Saw the Cocteau Twins in Paris about 10 years ago, just after the release of the pretty shite 4 calendar cafe and was utterly underwhelmed. That layering on the guitar and vox just wasn't there (cant believe I imagined it would be) and Guthrie just looked bored - like some kind of surreal karaoke...

Har · Post by **Har** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:02 am

Meatloaf (with Wet Willie opening) at The Tower in Philly when "Bat Out of Hell" first came out.

Second concert I'm pretty sure was Angel

with some band called Trillion opening for them, again at The Tower ...some guy at school had free tickets, so I figured what the hell

. All I can mainly remember was some stoner sitting next me who kept yelling "hey, he's playing that Count Frankenberry shit, maaaaan!" again and again and again every time Greg Guiffria played a synth part...

smp · Post by **smp** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:01 am

U2 Zooropa tour (actually, they were calling it the Zoomerang tour by the time they came here) in 1993 when I was 15. Then it was REM the following year and then two years after that Massive Attack.

That's three concerts in four years. I didn't get out much as a kid

-s

eel_gravy · Post by **eel_gravy** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:01 am

The Tubes sometime back in Arizona in the mid 70's. I'll never forget Quay Lude strutting around on outrageous platform shoes singing "White Punks on Dope". Theatrical rock parody that even the mighty Spinal Tap could never equal.

Coolredguitar · Post by **Coolredguitar** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:11 am

Jimmy Page in Washington DC sometime in 1989. Had seen a few others in the club scene but Jimmys concert was my first one in an arena.

ew · Post by ew » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:42 am

Mothers of Invention

- 1969 at a place called the Labor Temple in downtown St. Paul.
ew

meeks · Post by **meeks** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:29 am

RUSH: grace under pressure 1984...never missed one since.

experimental.crow · Post by **experimental.crow** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:40 am

i can't remember back that far ...
it's all a blur ...

possibly iron butterfly ...
saw a shit load of bands from 67 to 71 ...

Hovmod · Post by **Hovmod** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:30 am

ew wrote:Mothers of Invention - 1969 at a place called the Labor Temple in downtown St. Paul.
ew

You bastard! I now I am jealous! And at Emdot as well.

First concert you ever attended?