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Post by Queenie on Jun 27, 2008 9:22:43 GMT -5
you ever attended.
My first was the Rolling Stones . . . I won tickets from a local radio station.
My best was Boston at Starwood. Their music never sounded the same again and still when I hear a Boston song, it always takes me back.
"Gonna hitch a ride . . ."
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Post by The Biff Lebowski on Jun 27, 2008 9:26:18 GMT -5
First: .38 Special and ZZ Top (yes, I'm old. Eff off).
Best: Too many to mention. White Trash 1991. Alice Cooper 1987. King's X 2003. The list could go on.....
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Post by Queenie on Jun 27, 2008 9:32:55 GMT -5
First: .38 Special and ZZ Top (yes, I'm old. Eff off). Best: Too many to mention. White Trash 1991. Alice Cooper 1987. King's X 2003. The list could go on..... Me too Biff . . . that's okay, we're like wine, we get better with age!! |
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Post by Derek on Jun 27, 2008 9:33:36 GMT -5
Best: Foo Fighters and Weezer when they were at Van Andel in 2006(or 2005, can't remember for sure)
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Post by Fistor on Jun 27, 2008 9:35:17 GMT -5
Metallica/Queensryche, Battle Creek, 1987.
My mullet was in top shape and whipped around ferociously to Kirk Hammet's blazing riffs.
Also, this was a couple months before the release of the video for One, and well before the INTER-NETS were so popular. I had no idea what they looked like prior to the curtain rising. It also happened to be the first concert I ever attended. All this combined to create the best concert experience I could ever hope to have.
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Post by The Biff Lebowski on Jun 27, 2008 9:37:25 GMT -5
Metallica/Queensryche, Battle Creek, 1987. That was 1989. Somewhere around March IIRC. |
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Post by Fistor on Jun 27, 2008 9:38:21 GMT -5
Metallica/Queensryche, Battle Creek, 1987. That was 1989. Somewhere around March IIRC. Was it? My bad. Either way, my mullet was the tits. |
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Post by The Biff Lebowski on Jun 27, 2008 9:39:55 GMT -5
Metallica/Queensryche, Battle Creek, 1987. That was 1989. Somewhere around March IIRC. Crap. Off by one month. April 14, 1989. Linky....(near the bottom of the linked page) |
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Post by Derek on Jun 27, 2008 9:40:26 GMT -5
Metallica/Queensryche, Battle Creek, 1987. My mullet was in top shape and whipped around ferociously to Kirk Hammet's blazing riffs. Also, this was a couple months before the release of the video for One, and well before the INTER-NETS were so popular. I had no idea what they looked like prior to the curtain rising. It also happened to be the first concert I ever attended. All this combined to create the best concert experience I could ever hope to have. Damn that would have been awesome |
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Post by Fistor on Jun 27, 2008 9:47:53 GMT -5
It was. When the curtain lifted as they started playing Blackened, all bets were off. The entire crowd was transformed into a brotherhood of mullet-flying head-bangin' which didn't stop for three hours. It was raw energy full of teen angst, adrenaline, and Aqua Net. It'll never be duplicated.
Sorry, I hit the wrong button. - Biff
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Post by The Biff Lebowski on Jun 27, 2008 9:51:52 GMT -5
It was. When the curtain lifted as they started playing Blackened, all bets were off. The entire crowd was transformed into a brotherhood of mullet-flying head-bangin' which didn't stop for three hours. It was raw energy full of teen angst, adrenaline, and Aqua Net. It'll never be duplicated. Most. Accurate. Description. Ever. Although I've never seen a bad Metallica performance (and I've seen them 6 times) the Battle Creek show was the standard bearer. I saw them later that summer in Mears. Great show too. That was before they condensed the AJFA stuff down to a medley. They played the full songs. |
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Post by dasbow on Jun 27, 2008 9:55:21 GMT -5
My first concert was Peter Frampton's 'Comes Alive" tour in 1976 when I was 12.
Best? Hmmm... Ozzy's 'Diary of a Madman' concert was epic, I saw Blue Oyster Cult at a hall in Germany that was about the size of a school gym.
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Post by Fistor on Jun 27, 2008 9:58:02 GMT -5
It was. When the curtain lifted as they started playing Blackened, all bets were off. The entire crowd was transformed into a brotherhood of mullet-flying head-bangin' which didn't stop for three hours. It was raw energy full of teen angst, adrenaline, and Aqua Net. It'll never be duplicated. Most. Accurate. Description. Ever. Although I've never seen a bad Metallica performance (and I've seen them 6 times) the Battle Creek show was the standard bearer. I saw them later that summer in Mears. Great show too. That was before they condensed the AJFA stuff down to a medley. They played the full songs. I saw them again at The Palace, but it wasn't even close to the Battle Creek show. Kellogg Center Arena was nice and small, with a huge general admission area. The perfect venue. |
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Post by Dino on Jun 27, 2008 10:01:34 GMT -5
My first concert was Peter Frampton's 'Comes Alive" tour in 1976 when I was 12. Best? Hmmm... Ozzy's 'Diary of a Madman' concert was epic, I saw Blue Oyster Cult at a hall in Germany that was about the size of a school gym. My first concert was Blue Oyster Cult and Edgar Winter Group in 1995. |
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Post by Allyson on Jun 27, 2008 10:02:07 GMT -5
A few years ago my friend invited me to an Almost Queen concert, a Queen tribute band. I said I'd go but didn't expect much. Best concert I've ever seen and I'm looking forward to going again.
Anyone been to Wingstock at the Jersey Shore? I keep meaning to go but never get around to it. Hopefully I will this year.
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Post by Fistor on Jun 27, 2008 10:11:31 GMT -5
www.livemetallica.com/For Metallica fans. You can download concerts for free. It's only the recordings, though, not the video. I'm currently listening to the free one from 1989, trying to recapture the feeling. I just bashed my head into my cubicle wall.
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Post by cassierae on Jun 27, 2008 11:07:24 GMT -5
My cousin who works for Thunder 94.5 gave me extra tickets he didn't use for Kenny Chesney....One down on my bucketlist...:-) It was the best birthday present ever.
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Post by ratrad on Jun 27, 2008 11:14:22 GMT -5
First: Tim McGraw (Embarrassing, but I'm not a liar)
Best: Tie between Down (Tiny little show) and Sounds of the Underground (Strapping Young Lad one hour, Devin Townsend would be God if there was a God, and then Opeth the next hour, met them both)
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Post by lovegrenade on Jun 27, 2008 11:47:32 GMT -5
First: Rage Against the Machine
Best: Rage Against the Machine
I was by no means a huge Rage Against the Machine fan, but the concert was absolutely awesome and I proudly told everyone for weeks how I got my black eye.
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Post by ratrad on Jun 27, 2008 11:50:01 GMT -5
First: Rage Against the Machine Best: Rage Against the Machine I was by no means a huge Rage Against the Machine fan, but the concert was absolutely awesome and I proudly told everyone for weeks how I got my black eye. ARGh!! Jealous!!! |
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Post by ChampKind on Jun 27, 2008 14:19:51 GMT -5
first show: Styx at Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, MI
best show(s): Foxfest (Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, Broken Sunday, Kenny Wayne Shepherd) front Row in Ionia Bitches, Verve Pipe Christmas Show at the Intersection last December, Front row there too, Trans Siberian Orchestra, all three times so far, what can i say, all kinds of stuff gets me all worked up just thinkin' about it...
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Post by Derek on Jun 27, 2008 14:19:56 GMT -5
My cousin who works for Thunder 94.5 gave me extra tickets he didn't use for Kenny Chesney....One down on my bucketlist...:-) It was the best birthday present ever. And you listen to 97.9? That's......creepy |
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Post by The Biff Lebowski on Jun 27, 2008 15:17:09 GMT -5
www.livemetallica.com/For Metallica fans. You can download concerts for free. It's only the recordings, though, not the video. I'm currently listening to the free one from 1989, trying to recapture the feeling. I just bashed my head into my cubicle wall. You are my Hero of the Day. |
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Post by Queenie on Jun 27, 2008 16:15:16 GMT -5
first show: Styx at Soaring Eagle Casino, Mt. Pleasant, MI best show(s): Foxfest (Blue Oyster Cult, Deep Purple, Broken Sunday, Kenny Wayne Shepherd) front Row in Ionia Bitches, Verve Pipe Christmas Show at the Intersection last December, Front row there too, Trans Siberian Orchestra, all three times so far, what can i say, all kinds of stuff gets me all worked up just thinkin' about it... Dang I forgot about the Styx/REO Reunion tour . . . they were pretty awesome. |
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Post by providencecrow on Jun 27, 2008 16:42:58 GMT -5
First: Ozzy on his Retirement sucks tour
Best: Gwar, sorry but no band can possibly ever come close to that high quality of a live show.
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Post by Queenie on Jul 1, 2008 19:26:09 GMT -5
Man I totally forgot about seeing Porter Wagner. He's hot with his sparkly clothes.
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Post by Peachs on Jul 2, 2008 5:30:14 GMT -5
Best: Foo Fighters and Weezer when they were at Van Andel in 2006(or 2005, can't remember for sure) I agree.. They were my favorite, saw em at UIUC, two days before I moved to Chicago.. other favorites would have to be: The Strokes I saw em in Chicago at Park West. Tiny venue and great show, Gnarls Barkley at House of Blues in Chi, and Queens of the Stone Age at Northearn Lights near Saratoga, NY |
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Post by ipowrie on Jul 2, 2008 22:57:00 GMT -5
First- Verve Pipe
Best- Steepwater Band and Honeytribe or Queens of the Stone Age
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Post by toki on Jul 29, 2008 14:48:11 GMT -5
First: Motley Crue (on the Dr. Feelgood tour)
Best: Tie between Weird Al Yankovic (seen him 3x - best live performer ever) and Alice in Chains (my favorite band of all-time.)
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Post by brytn on Jul 29, 2008 15:50:25 GMT -5
first concert: Rush "Grace Under Pressure Tour"
Best concert(s) 1. Arc Angels 2. Black Crowes (Shake your moneymaker) 3. Clapton (journeyman)
Worst: Sorry Queen but, Boston at Starwood was the absolute worst show I have ever seen. I fell asleep and left early.
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