CONFESS!!!!! What was the first concert you ever went to?

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

Mine was the Monkees at the Hartford Civic Center in, I don't know 1986? I was around 9 or 10. Gary Pucket and the Union Gap and the Grass Roots played! I loved it except for 2 things: Mike Nesmith wasn't there. 1 - Since he helped create MTV and his Mom invented Liquid Paper (the original White-Out) he didn't need to tour. And 2 - some rabid fan kept screaming MICKEY!!!!!! in my ear. Other than that it was ok.

My next one was the Dead.....but that's a different post. Quiet Whitacre!!!

[texas1928]

1. Ratt with Dokken

To close to the front, we could not hear for 2 days. But it was an awesome concert.

[KCDem]

2. INXS Kick

Can't remember the year. 85, I'm guessing offhand.

[Catch22Dem]

3. KISS 10/29/79 - Tulsa, OK

[democratreformed]

111. My first KISS concert...

My sister was a nut. One fine day, she asks me "If KISS comes to Arkansas, do you want to go to the concert with me?" (Thinking to myself - "They'll never come here") I say "Sure". Lo and behold, several months later, guess what?!? My first rock concert ever in my life at 30 years old. What an experience! What a rockin' show! It was general admission so we had to go four hours early and sit on the side of the road so my sister could get the seats she wanted (right beside Gene Simmons' side of the stage). Closer to time for the gates to open, my sister realized that people WALKING up to the gate were gonna get in before her. So, she and my daughter (11 at the time) ran up to the gate, got in line, and RAN all the way to Barton Coliseum (1/2 mile?) so they could be near the front of the line.

Before that, I had only been to country concerts. I was awestruck. Like I said, it was quite an experience. I have been to several rock concerts since (even another KISS concert) but none that were general admission and none that were as wild as that first one.

[crimson333]

4. .38 Special/Eddie Money 1984

.

[Don_G]

5. Beatles

At Shea Stadium.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Bullshit I say - BULLSHIT!!!! ----Prove it!!!

No offense but that's like saying Woodstock was my first concert!

[Don_G]

21. I'm Over 50

And my parents took my brother and I to NYC for a vacation.

It sure as hell beat the Strauss Waltzes and Polka music my father liked.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

23. WOW!!!!!!!! I'm still skeptical but that sounds fucking AWESOME!!!!

All be it drowned out by screaming!

:)

[DoYouEverWonder]

31. Which time?

I was at the last one in 1966 and it was my first concert. My parents got me the tickets for my 12th birthday present.

Yeah, yeah, yeah....

[Burma Jones]

6. Uh, Seals and Crofts

I was 13 and my date was oh so cute and she really really really wanted to go. The next one was Alice Cooper though, followed by Emerson, Lake and Palmer and Frank Zappa on my 14th birthday, wheeeeee. Finally there were many many many Dead shows.....

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. Kinks, Capital Centre. n/t

[KG]

14. my first was at the cap centre also.

about 1975. got drunk and passed out missed the whole show. damned if i cant recall who it was....

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

30. What is the outdoor venue in Columbia, MD... Saw Pat Benatar there,

in her prime.... Good times...

[Burma Jones]

118. Merriwether Post Pavilion

Real Fun Dead shows there back in the 80's

[dolo amber]

8. ACK!!

Boston!! With like...some other place band, like Kansas or something. With my dad, when I was like 11...the people behind me were trying to share their coke (not *a cola*) with me. :o

Poor dad, he thought he was doing such a cool thing, when in fact he nearly put me off concerts for life... :D

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

12. That's almost.....no that's not nearly as bad as mine!

Still that's awful!

:)

Wow, you seem so official with that icon next to your name!

[dolo amber]

62. I *am* official!!

Now lick my boots, you dirty...uhhh...oops, wrong message board. :spank:
:D

[flamingyouth]

10. Go-Go's/Fleshtones 1981

Beauty & The Beat/Roman Gods tour.

The Fleshtones were amazing, and the Go-Go's weren't bad either. I was in ecstacy at age 12.

[Fleshdancer]

11. okay, how old are you now???

I only ask because my first concert was the Monkees reunion concert. I was around 10 or 11?? It was at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin and I thought it was the greatest thing!

on edit: I'm 27 now

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

16. That's the one!!!!!!!!!!! I'm 28 and will be 29 July 31

Did we see the same tour?!?!?!?!

[Fleshdancer]

41. Holy Crap! I think we did!!!!!

what are the odds that the Monkeys Reunion Tour would be our first concert??? Crazy.

If it's the same one I went to, there were other bands there too...the band that sang "Henry the VIII I am I am..." The Grassroots were there and the Hermen Hermits and I think someone else.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

43. Gary Pucket and the Union Gap !?!?!?!?!

Am I right???????

[Fleshdancer]

49. YES!

I have the concert t-shirt around here somewhere...suprisingly enough, it still fits me. HILARIOUS!!!!

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

56. Holy Shit!!! Pardon my language but that's too funny!

Here's to you!

Maybe we're similarly emotionaly scarred!

:)

[scottcsmith]

13. John Cougar

I was the 10th caller and won tickets to John Cougar during his tour for "Jack and Diane." I guess that was 1982 or so.

[DS1]

15. Overkill. It was a benefit concert. The dissonance was amusing

[DODI]

17. Doobie Brothers, 1980 Hartford Civic Center

Was disappointed - Baxter wasn't with them, nor Tiran Porter, but a pretty good show.

[m-jean03]

18. Victoria Williams,

I was nine or ten, it was in the UP. . . She signed my poster. :-)

[flamingyouth]

19. OMG - I saw the Monkees on that tour in '86 too

:scared: I think it was in Santa Clara - I was down there with my friends' family. Too weird! Gary Puckett & the Union Gap - ok, has there been a cheesier act than them? I think not. And the Monkees w/o Mike Nesmith, well, you've already made that clear. Too funny.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

33. Did they come on stage with a big fake dynamite stick?

They did in mine. Disgraceful!!!

[flamingyouth]

48. I don't remember that

I just mainly recall the giant sucking sound. :puke:

[BigMcLargehuge]

87. I think my wife saw that one too

:)

[thatgemguy]

20. Emerson, Lake and Palmer

the J. Geils Band was the warm up act. (Pittsburgh Civic Arena in 1970)

I also saw the Velvet Underground and Alice Cooper play a show in Steubenville, Ohio that same year. What a show... it was just before Alice's "Love It To Death" was released.

Damn, am I old...

[DBoon]

32. Velvet Underground AND Alice!!!

Cool!!

[Whitacre D_WI]

35. Jesus, dude.

That would be the Best. Concert. Ever.

[truthspeaker]

126. I had no idea J. Geils Band was around in 1970

I thought they were a late 70s/early 80s two-hit-wonder band.

[Dover]

22. Three Dog Night in the early 70's........momma told me not to come!

Celebrate, celebrate! Dance to the Music...

And they are STILL in concert. Check out their schedule:

http://www.threedognight.com/shows.html

[Wickerman]

24. 5 Man Electric Band - Iowa State Fair - 1971

if I recall correctly. Sings, signs, everywhere a sign

[Rowdyboy]

25. Charlie Pride in 1968 when I was about 14

and had limited taste in music...

[Peachhead22]

26. BÕC & Rush

Blue Oyster Cult with Rush opening in (I think) '78. I'm pretty sure it was at New Haven, Ct. Geez, I'm getting old.

[Maestro]

60. I've seen BOC

and I have seen Rush three or four times. They are excellent!

[LWolf]

27. 1974 Loggins & Messina

universal ampitheater...when it was still open and universal studios was a modest little place. Anne Murray opened. I was 14.

[TOhioLiberal]

28. I am truly embarrassed to say this....

It was the Bay City Rollers circa 1975-76. I was 13 or 14 and I was crazy about them (go figure) Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze no flames!

[DBoon]

29. Zappa and the Mothers

Shrine Auditorium, LA in 1974.

[Catch22Dem]

36. DAMN

Now, that's a show!

[BigMcLargehuge]

88. I saw Zappa on the Jazz from Hell tour

in 1988 or 89. It was excellent. He came out, did Stinkfoot, sent the rock and roll band off stage, brought out a 48 piece big band, and conducted them for about two hours. By the end only about 200 of us were left at the Providence Civic Center. He turned around and said "well, I see I still have some fans." then brought out the rock and roll band again and did a full 90 minute set of classics.

It was rocking!

[maveric]

34. John McGlauthlin<sp> and the Mahavishnu Orchestra.

It was great, 1972, Univ. Lowell MA. Billy Cobham on drums, Jan Hamner on keyboards and McGlauthlin on the double neck. It was great.

[Eurobabe]

37. The Byrds 1968, Oberlin College

I thought the woman was taking me to the movie, THE BIRDS, imagine how freaked out this 8 yr old was!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

38. Quiet Riot, San Juan PR 198........wait it will come to me......n/t

[HawkerHurricane]

39. L.A. Philharmonic

At the Hollywood Bowl.

[mountainvue]

40. The

Marshall Tucker Band 1975ish.

[democraticinsurgent]

42. The Association

1966 in Terre Haute, Indiana.

[Crewleader]

44. KC and The Sunshine Band

in Providence, RI...that takes me way back! :-)

[mitchum]

45. T Rex...

but Marc Bolan was only on stage for 10 minutes out of a 35 minute set

First musical performance I ever saw was Gram Parsons with his old band The Shilos. Not a concert, instead they were playing at a car show I attended as a little kid. It was almost 20 years before I found out that was Parsons fronting the group.

[LastKnight]

46. weird al... nt

[MasonJar]

47. It was either Elvis or the Messiah. n/t

[GOPisEvil]

50. Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band - 1983

Hemisfair Arena, San Antonio, up in the nosebleeds.

[DancingBear]

51. Rolling Stones - 1965

A "Dick Clark Cavalcade Of Stars" show with The Rolling Stones, Gene Pitney, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and (I think) Cilla Black (or maybe Marianne Faithful - I forget).

[ben_thayer]

52. Cream

at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit around '68 or '69. Pretty sure it was their 1st US tour. The James Gang with Joe Walsh was the opening act.

[Earth_First]

53. Collective Sould & Van Hagar

1992

[GOPisEvil]

54. I saw that tour as well.

I was fairly impressed with Collective Soul. Van Hagar was, well, Van Hagar.

Last show ever (I think) at Hemisfair Arena.

[KamaAina]

55. Jethro Tull, New Haven Coliseum, summer '82?

I was renting a room in this frat house over the summer and one of the guys was a major Tull fan, and he took me. A good start; 13 of the next 15 or so were Dead.

P.S. The New Haven Coliseum has recently been demolished. "It's such a drag getting old..."

[On the Road]

69. Hey, I Saw Jethro Tull in New Haven in '82 Also

small world. I remember their doing a lot of new stuff that I had difficulty getting into.

Did not know the Coliseum was no more. Walked to many minor league hockey games there.

[DancingBear]

84. Ah, the old New Haven Nighthawks

If you drove to the games, there were certain sections of the parking garage that you couldn't park in because the floor, was, let's say, "structurally unsound." There were large heavy steel plates all over the place where the floor was crumbling.

[BlueStateGirl]

57. Bon Jovi and Keel at the Capital Center, sometime in the late 80's.

[Seeking Serenity]

58. Elvis, 1976

followed in rapid succession by Dionne Warwick and the Beach Boys, all for the grand opening of the Pine Blouff Convention Center.

[Maestro]

59. Ozzy and Loverboy and a band called LaRoux

There might have been another. I can't remember. This was at a Jam in New Orleans in 1980 or 81 I believe. I was with 6 girls and one of the girl's father.

[Tom Kitten]

61. Jethro Tull also

in 1973, "A Passion Play" was the tour. Very "theatrical" performance.
Opening was Robin trower, who had just released his first album, "Twice Removed From Yesterday". He was good too.
All in all, a pretty good show for an impressionable 15 year old!

[SmileyBoy]

63. Rock concert? That would be Soundgarden in 1995.

Played at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul.

[Jack_Dawson]

64. Journey (Loverboy opened)

Cow Palace, SF

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

65. WHITACRE - I CALL YOU OUT! WHAT WAS YOUR 1st?

Answer me oh in mourning one!

BTW - no offense to Spock - RIP.

[tilsammans]

66. Leslie West and Mountain

. . . in 1969.

[deek]

67. Black Sabbath or Alice Cooper

....a thousand years ago.

Hmmm...wonder why I don't recall exactly?

:smoke: :headbang:

[loafie]

68. Paula Abdul

1989- Nassau Coliseum. Color me Badd opened for her. My mom bought me a Paula Abdul t-shirt which i wore to school the next day and was the envy of many.

[Lavender Brown]

110. lol-me too

I still have the shirt (blush, blush)

[vajraroshana]

70. Heart 1977

So much pot smoke left lingering when the lights came on at the end of the concert you couldn't see across the arena.

[callous taoboy]

127. Lucky dog!

[On the Road]

71. Johnny Winter, The Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, 1970

I was 16. My father said I had to be home by 11PM, but there were two warm up bands and he didn't take the stage until 10:30. But my father wouldn't give me a reprieve and I left. I found a perscription drug container full of pot but I was scared to take it home and gave it to my friend.

A few months later we were supposed to go see Traffic and Jefferson Airplane in Dayton, but at the last minute I couldn't find my driver's liscence and I wasn't allowed to drive without it.

[vetwife]

72. Was an usher when 16 but the 1st I paid for was Elvis

The Freebies were Paul Revere and The Raiders
Gary lewis and the Playboys
the Supremes
Newbeats
Jerry Lewis

--------------------------------------
than after 40 after I met my husband who used to be in the music business
All was free
Mel Tillis
Loretta Lynn
All the Grand Old Opry Shows about 6 of them Backstage
and 1 Freebie with Al Gore and Sen. Harkin at the ADA we saw Peter Yarrow and Jose Feliciano
------------------------------------------------------

Guess I have been entertained nicely huh?

Come to think of it..A date when I was 25 took me to se Ronstadt..so the 1st and only concert I ever paid for was Elvis. 1973..Omni ,,Atlanta

[thebaghwan]

73. OK, rack one up for the oldies. My first concert was Little Richard@!!!!

n/t

[Colin Ex]

74. Take Six. nt

[Mr. McD]

75. Dolly Pardon and Porter Wagner

:)

[AwakeAtLast]

76. Rick Springfield

And I would do it again!!!

1982, I think (I was 12).

[SoCalDem]

77. Little Anthony and the Imperials..special "new talent" introduced

"Little Stevie Wonder"...his first performance.. He must have been about 12 or 13..:)

[kcwayne]

78. The Crying Shames and the Ides of March in 1967

The Crying Shames big hit was "Up on the Roof", and the Ides of March was "Vehicle". They did a street concert in Bloomington, Illinois and there were maybe 2000 people there. Both bands were basically 1 hit wonders.

[justjones]

79. The Jacksons, The Victory Tour 1984.

Before they all became freaks.

[Quahog]

80. Bob Welch-era Fleetwood Mac w/ Triumvirate

This would have been 1973, when I was 13. My cousin took me to this show when we were visiting Phoenix. This was the tour in support of "Mystery To Me," and FM were terrific. Triumvirate (a German ELP knock-off) sucked hugely.

In the following year I saw Lou Reed's Rock & Roll Animal tour, and Genesis' Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour. At that point I was pretty much screwed up for life. But in a good way.

[DBoon]

94. Saw them in LA in 1974

With the Jefferson Starship and Triumvirate. I actually went to see the Starship, and while I liked Fleetwood Mac never imagined they would soon become a mega-band.

Triumvirate was a total ELP clone.

[sniffa]

81. kiss 108 concert

with headLiner 'marky mark & the funky bunch'. best acts there -'kriss kross' and 'right said fred'.

my 2nd concert was much cooLer: "the souL assasins tour" featuring "cypress hiLL", "house of pain" and "funkdoobiest".

[SaveElmer]

82. Bachman, Turner Overdrive

St. Paul Civic Center...first time I smelled Pot too !!!

[Qanisqineq]

83. Jan and Dean, sometime in the 80's

I was probably around 10.

[arwalden]

85. The Osmonds... Or Up-With-People (I forget which)

The memories start to blur together, sorry.

-- Allen

[BigMcLargehuge]

86. I saw The Tavares at Buttonwood Park in July of 1984 or so

we walked there from home. Their show, which was fantastic, closed the Whaling City festival. It was free, so I am not sure if it counts...

The first concert I paid to see was Alice Cooper (Raise your Fist and Yell tour) and Motorhead at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Front row center. It was awesome!

[non sociopath skin]

89. First concert I saw was Chuck Berry supported by Carl Perkins...

.. and the original Animals (just before House of the Rising Sun was released). At the City Hall in Newcastle upon Tyne, England circa 1964.

Was a long, long time before I saw another one as good.

The Skin

[Cadfael]

90. George Harrison with Ravi Shankar

at the old Chicago Stadium...I'm pretty sure Billy Preston played with them.

[Bonhomme Richard]

91. Seatrain...First Earth Day in Philly...Fairmont Park n/t

[livetohike]

100. I loved Seatrain!

Saw them in concert in a gym at my college in 1971.

[Bonhomme Richard]

102. I guess "13 Questions" was the only

big tune they had.

[livetohike]

104. I really liked Despair Tire

I guess they were more popular out on the West Coast, but they were a favorite with my group of friends.

[Sticky]

92. I don't remember

It was one of the following

Joe Cocker
Doobie Brothers
Guess Who
John Prine
Nick Gilder

...all in one summer.

Joe Cocker was mesmerizing with his wild hair and trance-like performance. I wore tye-dye from that night on. I saw him again in 1999...lol...he was dressed like a banker and much more subdued but just as mesmerizing.

[dryan]

95. Philadelphia Symphony

Played in Bucks County in a young peoples concert early 1960s. They played "Pictures at an Exhibition" which is still my favorite symphony. (Sorry no rock concert stories!)

[Bonhomme Richard]

101. must have been his Leave Your Hat On phase LOL

[Sticky]

107. It was

But he covered everything from his entire career. Even so, I betcha he didn't burn a single calorie during the entire performance. Slow, easy and laid back.... The next day I went to a skating event at the same venue and people backstage were saying what a classy guy he was.

I wondered if he would consider that a compliment. :-)

[Bonhomme Richard]

108. I'm sure he would. n/t

[NashVegas]

93. Peter Frampton

14 years old and it was an awful experience.

My 24 year old sister kept screaming. The guy I had a HUUUUUGE high school crush on was there - with my archnemesis as his date. And the punks in the row behind us tried to grope me. Looking back, I wish I'd let 'em, it probably would have saved the night.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

96. janis joplin , 1/3/69...ithaca, ny

[TX-RAT]

97. Stones 1969

Next was Deep Purple 1972, only concerts I've attended. Did go to some USO shows in 70.

[livetohike]

98. The Jaggerz

http://www.jaggerz.com

Somewhere in Pgh. in 1967.

99. Louis Armstrong, fall of 1966

at Stanford University in 1966 or spring 67.
next one was Country Joe & the Fish playing on a flat bed truck outside of Kesar Stadium May 1, 1967.

[TX-RAT]

124. Louis Armstrong--- My favorite

[NewJeffCT]

Twisted Sister, Ratt & Lita Ford when TS & Ratt were popular

At the Agora Ballroom in West Hartford, CT. Twisted Sister was popular with their "I'm Not Gonna Take It" and Ratt had "Round & Round"

[NewJeffCT]

Twisted Sister, Ratt & Lita Ford when TS & Ratt were popular

At the Agora Ballroom in West Hartford, CT. Twisted Sister was popular with their "I'm Not Gonna Take It" and Ratt had "Round & Round"

[NewJeffCT]

103. Twisted Sister, Ratt & Lita Ford when TS & Ratt were popular

At the Agora Ballroom in West Hartford, CT. Twisted Sister was popular with their "I'm Not Gonna Take It" and Ratt had "Round & Round"

[Commendatori]

105. REO Speedwagon

[XNASA]

106. 'Bloodrock' & 'The Flock' in '71 or '72....

At the Indiana Beach Ballroom, Montecello, Indiana.

[bif]

109. The Temptations

At the Michigan State fair--way back in the mid 60s.

[demgurl]

112. April Wine

I was very young, maybe ten or eleven? Met the band afterwards. They came out and signed autographs. One of them had a pen stop working because he was signing upright on a wall. I bent over and let him sign a bunch of autographs using my back as a table. He gave me an autograph thanking me for the use of my back! It was a very cool experience for that age.

[democratreformed]

113. I'm pretty sure it was Keith Whitley right before he died.

Opening act was Garth Brooks when people barely knew who he was.

[sangh0]

114. The Who @ Madison Sq Garden, 1972

Awesome

[blindpig]

115. Rolling Stones, 1969, Yayas tour

BB King was the warmup(injustice!).

[gpandas]

116. james gang-california,pa college

[truthbetold]

117. I saw...

Aerosmith in 1996, on their Nine Lives tour. I was 10.

[tigereye]

119. think it was Jethro Tull in the mid seventies

Hey Chavez

Did you guys have fun in the Keys? I have always wanted to go there. DId you see that great sunset?

[noonwitch]

120. The Cars in 1980 at Pine Knob

My mom took me, with my siblings and some friends. Mom was hilarious, covering her ears the whole time and shocked at the people smoking pot out in the open.

[SoFlaJet]

121. Pink Floyd

Dark Side Of The Moon at Jersey City Stadium-right b4 all the hippies moved to California.I was in H.S. at the time-never heard of them I asked"who's he?"

[trackfan]

122. Queen at the Fabulous Forum (L.A. [Inglewood, actually]) 1978

[truthspeaker]

123. Judas Priest, 1985. Dokken opened

It was awesome. Or "killer" as I said back in those days.

[MissMillie]

125. 1978 Electric Light Orchestra

Their "Out of the Blue" tour.

[zanana]

128. The Jacksons

In the early 70's. Michael was a cute little kid with an unbelievable voice and stage presence. It was a free concert held at the local armory.

[Redleg]

129. Rod Stewart with special guest Jeff Beck.

A good concert in the early 1980s.