What was your first concert?

MOJO writes:

I love asking this question!

7/1/2009 3:51:01 PM

swanee writes:

The Kinks and Red Rider, 1980...took Terry's AMC Gremlin to the Bawstun Ghadin!

7/1/2009 4:12:59 PM

Paul Wadsworth writes:

Jeff Beck (Blow by Blow Tour) and John McGlaughlin with Mahavishnu Orchestra - Music Hall (Wang Center) 1976. Wow, I'm old!

7/1/2009 4:13:36 PM

MOJO writes:

Swandyke I was at that show!

7/1/2009 4:43:00 PM

Morganic writes:

I've got you all beat. The Dave Clark Five, July 18, 1966 at Shady Grove Music Tent in Gaithersburg, MD. It was very similar to North Shore Music when it was just a tent. I was not quite 11 and I had all their albums, since they were my second favorite after the Beatles.

My next concert was The Byrds in Annapolis in 1970. A whole bunch after that...

7/1/2009 4:47:48 PM

Rush writes:

YES 1976, Relayer tour, I haven't been ther same since

7/1/2009 4:48:29 PM

.. writes:

VH 5150 in 1986

7/1/2009 4:50:25 PM

swanee writes:

You were...how didn't I know that?

How many shows you suppose you and I have been too over the years Paul?

7/1/2009 4:51:47 PM

Paul Wadsworth writes:

Rush, I was at that show too! Those 70's Yes shows at the Gahden were epic.

Oh, and correction of my senior moment, I think the Blow by Blow tour was 1975.

7/1/2009 4:54:16 PM

BEEF writes:

Tn Years After

7/1/2009 5:42:30 PM

Deantho writes:

Triumph and Mountain 1985 Worcester Centrum .....
I bought the tickets downtown Lowell at Record Box for 11 bucks each ....
I wish I saw Jeff Beck and Yes in the 70's , that must have been amazing !

7/1/2009 5:48:12 PM

Morganic writes:

I actually saw Yes opening for Humble Pie at that same Shady Grove tent/theater in Maryland on December 17th, 1971. Yes was debuting their newest song "Roundabout."

7/1/2009 5:55:32 PM

boomer writes:

Opening night of the Love Gun Tour - Jan 1st 1977 Providence RI & then again a couple days before the blizzard of 78 on Feb 3rd. These shows definately changed my life.

7/1/2009 6:24:29 PM

SKI and THE 99'ERS writes:

Jethro Tull 1969 Boston Tea Party "Stand Up" album debuted!

7/1/2009 6:35:39 PM

Darxis writes:

Steppenwolf

7/1/2009 6:52:41 PM

MOJO writes:

I was at the Triumph & Mountain show, we met Mike Levine & Rik Emmett walking out of WAAF before the ! We were psyched!

SwanRico, I beieve we have seen every incarnation of VH together and every reunion after that. well every incarnation except the Gary Cherone debacle...

7/1/2009 8:17:04 PM

Kennium writes:

BB King
Little Stevie Wonder
and The Rolling Stones

Boston Garden, 1969.

Five bucks!

7/1/2009 8:24:57 PM

BarbieK writes:

Screw you all.

Barry Manilow.
Boston Garden.
1976.

7/1/2009 10:06:35 PM

Kennium writes:

LOL!

7/1/2009 10:54:14 PM

StumpyBass writes:

I'm not afraid to show my age...first concert was Wilson Picket opening for Sly and the Family Stone at Harvard Stadium...favorite concert was Thin Lizzy with Queen at the Providence Civic Center

7/1/2009 11:01:40 PM

DMESS writes:

Van Halen 1991
worcester centrum

7/1/2009 11:21:29 PM

kc writes:

I am guessing at the year, but I think it was 1982.....Quiet Riot opened for the Ian Gillan led Black Sabbath. Not the best of shows. Kind of sucks when the lead singer for the main act needs a cheat sheet of the lyrics hidden behind a stage prop...lol.

7/2/2009 6:11:52 AM

SRD86 writes:

Dec 1979 KISS' Dynasty tour in Springfeild, MA

7/2/2009 8:28:57 AM

SteveD writes:

VAN HALEN - October 1982 @ Worcester Centrum.

7/2/2009 8:30:47 AM

riffdaddy writes:

Kiss Dynasty, 1979, Worcester Centrum 2 night in a row!

7/2/2009 8:32:36 AM

Musicmall writes:

U2-The Unforgettable Fire, Worcester Centrum, 1984

7/2/2009 9:22:48 AM

Keiley writes:

Rush and Triumph. Worcester Centrum. Grace under pressure tour

7/2/2009 9:50:20 AM

MOJO writes:

DMESS, I was there

KC I use cheat sheets every weekend!

Steve D, i was there

Musicmall, I was there

Keiley, I was there

I made a cottage industry out of going concerts! My first was Queen at the Boston Garden September 26, 1980. The crowd was giving Freddie shit about his moustache and he politely replied: "Fuck Off". A group called Dakota warmed them up, one hit wonders with a top 10 song called "Mystery"

7/2/2009 10:14:57 AM

Musicmall writes:

Cool MOJO! Would have loved to see Queen.
I went to a lot of shows back then. I worked right across the street from the Centrum.
I think a group called Lone Justice opened for U2 on that tour-they had 2 Mtv videos out back then.

7/2/2009 10:27:57 AM

MOJO writes:

Haha It was Lone Justice, I was at that show too... I saw U2 on the first leg of that tour and The Waterboys opened for them...

7/2/2009 10:39:09 AM

Tony Carle writes:

George Harrison, Boston Garden, October 12, 1974
I can still smell the pot smoke!

7/2/2009 10:54:54 AM

ThatGuy writes:

*technically* - mine was Johnny (& June Carter) Cash at the Boston Garden in 4th grade. Yeah. My mom took us.

My first "bought my own tickets 'cause I WANNA go" concert was in '84... Rush's Grace Under Pressure tour. Saw Steve Morse & the Dixie Dregs open for them. Was blown-away from beginning to end.

7/2/2009 11:02:41 AM

.. writes:

I got one of those too

but it was Donnie and Marie-

had to have been in like 79 or some sh*t

7/2/2009 11:04:18 AM

swanee writes:

"KC I use cheat sheets every weekend!"

half the pics from the bands I've been in with Mojo he's glancing down...damn that 3-ring binder!

7/2/2009 11:07:45 AM

Arte K writes:

J Geils Band, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 1975, $7.50. Set the bar very high for all live acts to follow.

Kevin, I've heard that a lot of these singers now use teleprompter type things that look like monitors. At our level of local musicians often playing in several bands at a time, it's one thing, but I agree that national touring acts that are doing the same show night after night should know the words of the 15-20 songs they do all freakin' tour.

7/2/2009 11:40:58 AM

.. writes:

I hate cheat sheets-

I know there's places for 'em, but I always chose (and still shoose) to make the words up if I don't know them- if it's a song where I know it's going to be noticed, I memorize the words

7/2/2009 11:44:18 AM

ThatGuy writes:

It's just a safety net.

I see it the other way. When you've been gigging the same songs for 15, 20, even 30 years... and you're doing it night after night... there ARE times that your head wanders and for WHATEVER reason, you have a brain-fart and need a quick reminder where you are in a song.

7/2/2009 11:45:40 AM

.. writes:

true dat

7/2/2009 11:50:36 AM

kc writes:

It was Ian Gillan and I dont know how long we had been with Sabbath at the time. I do remember him bending over and because his hair was so long, you couldnt tell he was reading lyrics. Of course I had shitty seats on the side of the stage so I saw it all...lol. Sabbath was wayyyy to loud and the mix was horrible. The best sounding song was their encore (which was Smoke on the Water). It sounded great because we were in the parking lot getting ready to leave....lol

7/2/2009 12:22:55 PM

best damn roadie writes:

1st show with a chaperone, Bob Seger Against The Wind Tour 1979 - Boston Garden

1st solo show UFO/Cheap Trick 1980 Boston Garden

7/2/2009 12:48:53 PM

sge writes:

Peter Frampton, 1976, Boston Garden...

7/2/2009 1:21:14 PM

Coven Of 13 writes:

Pink Floyd in the 80's down at foxboro - executive sweet (free tix) niiiiceee..... great show!

7/2/2009 1:56:51 PM

MOJO writes:

Swannee, I could never keep my lyrics straight in my head because I was always answering you when you asked "What sone agre we doing next?" or "Can I take a pee break" or "Holy sh&t, check out 3 O'clock guys"...

I was at The Dregs and Rush too, Other than Farrenheit shows (Which number about 60) I've seen Rush more than any other band. Including Rush at the Montreal Forum in 1994!

I was also at the Triumph show in 1985 when they filmed the MTV music video for "Follow your Heart" where Rik Emmett caught a stage explosion in the face and had to be taken out in an ambulance...

youtube.com/watch?v=3sh_htrpj...

The rest of the band did about 12 more takes without him, and then he came back from the hospital and took a bow at 3 AM!

7/2/2009 2:26:30 PM

John Shore writes:

Quiet Riot
Dokken
Saxon

Capital Theatre Concord, NH 1984 I think

7/2/2009 5:49:04 PM

CPA writes:

Judy Garland at Carnagie Hall April 23, 1961

yeah, I was still in the womb (pretty good seats) but could still hear everything.

7/2/2009 6:39:18 PM

Not Dead Yet Music Lovers writes:

SORRY BUT I AM OLDER THEN DIRT!!!IMY FIRST CONCERT WAS THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS AT THE COMM.ARMORY ON COMM. AVE IN BOSTON ,THEN JOSE FELICINO AT THE THEN MUSIC HALL ALSO SAW CHUCK MANGIONI THERE ALSO LAST ONE WAS FRANKIE VALLIE AT THE HATCH SCHELL HOW BAD AM I !!! A J BIRDMAN

7/2/2009 6:40:11 PM

Saxman writes:

1970 Issac Hayes, with Rare Earth opening at the Boston Garden
my Dad took me back stage and I got the Sax player's autograph
and kept on asking Dad whats that smell?

7/2/2009 9:45:38 PM

Almac77 writes:

Aerosmith-Barston Garden

Bought Get your Wings in '74 and bugged the heck outta my parents till they let me go.Finally went when I was 13.

Concert was loud as F*ck

7/3/2009 8:22:48 AM

kazm writes:

Motley Crew
Ratt
Springfield in 1983?

7/3/2009 9:54:46 AM

DMESS writes:

Kazm I believe Johns 1st was crue as well

7/3/2009 2:53:30 PM

kazm writes:

We were Crue virgins together? How cute!

7/3/2009 7:21:31 PM

Melvern Taylor writes:

W.A.S.P. at the Orpheum. The Electric Circus tour. I was like 12 and I was a huge W.A.S.P. fan. I actually cried like a girl through the whole show. It was amazing.

7/4/2009 1:27:27 AM

TME writes:

Worcester Centrum
Twisted Sister
Iron Maiden
1985 (i think) Crazy cool show

7/4/2009 8:45:59 AM

Darxis writes:

That Maiden-TS show was one of the best Maiden shows I have ever seen.

7/4/2009 11:22:53 AM

MOJO writes:

Crue Virgins? Hahaha

7/7/2009 11:17:38 AM

Mc Kracken writes:

1991.. I remember it like it was yesterday.. Paula Abdul at the Worcester Centrum... man was she hot!

7/7/2009 4:25:58 PM

GOD writes:

Triumph with Foghat opening, 1983.

7/7/2009 6:36:43 PM

tarotteller writes:

Aerosmith.....1973...I was 14 and my best friend's sister was in her first year at Lowell State College. She bought the tickets for us.
They played The Costello Gym. And the tickets were...$2.00. I remember because I could afford a ticket. And we waited outside the gym doors and some guy pushed us aside and said "Hey, make way for the band" And it was them. Entering the same door we eventually passed through. They looked like the Rolling Stones. Their garb that is. But that was then. Steve, Joe, Brad etc. patted us on the shoulders as they passed. Upon entering it was standing room only but they sounded incredible. We had heard the 1st album before the show so knew the songs.

The scary thing though was it was general admission and this was '73. I did experience being picked up by the crowd with my feet not touching the floor only for 20 seconds but scary even for a 14 year old. No control that is. That is how we entered. I learned back then to never go to another show without a seat.

7/7/2009 8:28:33 PM

SKI and THE 99'ERS writes:

i also saw them in late 73 at the orpheum. they blew off mott the hoople from england. joey kramer has a new book out about the band. have to get it!

7/7/2009 8:48:12 PM

flynvgtr writes:

AC/DC For Those About to Rock tour at the Garden.

7/7/2009 8:49:30 PM

La Soule Fontaine writes:

Queen - 1980, The Game tour at the Cumberland County Civic Center AWESOME!

7/8/2009 7:36:49 PM

RobBreton writes:

Rush..October 3, 1984--my 18th birthday. "Grace Under Pressure" Tour.

7/9/2009 8:43:29 AM

BackStage grille writes:

Guilty Party LOL

Journey Escape I think

7/9/2009 7:26:55 PM

In My Soul writes:

Beatlemania......Lowell Auditorium........'80-81ish?

7/9/2009 8:27:10 PM

FOTF writes:

Nero.....Rome, Live on the Fiddle. All the fires made parking a bitch.

7/9/2009 9:15:27 PM

MOJO writes:

Guilty Party huh Dawn!! How Ironic that our first paying gig with Guilty Party was at The Hula Lau circa 1990? For everyone else sayin so what, The Hula Lau is now The Backstage Grille!

The Aerosmith '73 story is awesome!

7/12/2009 11:00:09 AM

Mark Rich (Drums & Bass) writes:

A true Rock n Roll legend... Jerry Lee Lewis in 1994.

7/12/2009 9:58:46 PM

kk writes:

Def Leppard & Europe!

7/13/2009 2:12:52 PM

ThatGuy writes:

I think my 2nd or 3rd "on my own" concert was not a choice - but more of a "Hey, some friends have an extra ticket, wanna go?" deal...

It was WASP, Saxon & Raven at the Orpheum in Boston.

I am not sure if I could have been more bored and out-of-place at a concert. :D And it was #*$&%ING LOUD!!!

7/13/2009 2:18:16 PM

ThatGuy writes:

my first "Camp-out for tickets" concert was the 5150 tour - slept in-line on the sidewalk at the Burlington Mall box office.

Ah! Remember the days of sleeping-out for tix...? :D

7/13/2009 2:19:30 PM

MOJO writes:

Europe!!! thats cools

Dude I was at the Mall for those tickets too!! Ah the good old days sleepin out at Sears!

7/13/2009 3:16:06 PM

John Green writes:

Ray Charles around 80? HE performed at the Perkins school for the blind . My dad was a teacher there.

First one I went on my own was Huey Lewis and the news backed by tower of power at the concerts on the boston common.. that was a good show as I recall Heart of rock and roll tour 82? or 83? I thin. Also tagged along with some friends to that same venue to see Berlin and thompson twins. :) I remember that was a terrible show ! terrible signing playing and a bad sound mix .

7/15/2009 12:13:51 PM

P78 writes:

The Police Reggatta DeBlanc Tour at the Boston Garden front row balcony....Great show!!

7/15/2009 3:40:45 PM

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