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In reply to the discussion: what was the first rock concert you attended and how old were you? [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)76. INXS - It was either 1980 or 81 in Canberra, Australia...
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It should have been ABBA in 1977 in Sydney, but Sydney was a long way to go for a 13yr old whose parents ruined her life at the time by refusing to take her
On edit: This is the sort of stuff INXS were doing back in the very early 80's
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what was the first rock concert you attended and how old were you? [View all]
arely staircase
Aug 2013
OP
I didn't get to see them in the 70s, though. It was 1983 when I first saw them.
Common Sense Party
Aug 2013
#467
I am so jealous!!! It HURTS US PRECIOUS with its talk of Cheap Trick in the 70s
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#441
Yep, the Dynasty tour, aka The Return Of KISS. Hampton Coliseum (I think it was July...)
arcane1
Aug 2013
#33
In my case it was a band called New England. Why I remember that, I don't know.
arcane1
Aug 2013
#52
Yeah, that does kinda suck. As KISS proteges go, I think Van Halen did a little better
arcane1
Aug 2013
#129
Skinner himself has said the hosts have permission to go easy on threads like this
steve2470
Aug 2013
#81
No worries. It wasn't hard for me to find as it's sitting on the first page in the Hosts forum n/t
Violet_Crumble
Aug 2013
#97
I won't alert, though you seem to have been reduced to personal insults...
pinboy3niner
Aug 2013
#373
You, my friend, are displaying the patience of Job. I thought your original comment was
HardTimes99
Aug 2013
#452
Are you upset because one of your threads got locked? That's all I can figure...
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#317
I saw them in the Bay Area in 96 or 97 (can't remember exactly). The idiot I was with at the
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#447
No need for Google. Behind Closed Doors is one of the earliest songs I remember
NuclearDem
Aug 2013
#32
Jethro Tull - 1970 I was 16 and saw an unknown haze, but didn't know if I was high.
The Wielding Truth
Aug 2013
#252
I've lots of musical memories at Radcliff, but not of the Beatles. Nope, not the Beatles.
Melinda
Aug 2013
#144
I never got too into his subject matter, but oh wow, the melodies he could put out!!
arcane1
Aug 2013
#79
Now this one makes me insane with jealousy. The Beatles, The Cow Palace. Awesome.
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#450
I was there! What a great concert! I think I still have the ticket stub somewhere. nt
Mojorabbit
Aug 2013
#400
first concert I ever saw people smoking pot openly, quite eye-opening for a 16 year old nt
steve2470
Aug 2013
#435
California World Music Festival 1979. I was 18. It was at the L.A. Colusseum.
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#67
Gerry/Pacemakers, DC5, Cilla Black in 1964 at a small cinema near the air base where we lived in the
msongs
Aug 2013
#91
I was like that too about Duran. I relistened to Rio circa '92 and it BLEW MY MIND
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#438
The Police when I was a college freshman and the group was largely unknown. Cool and the Gang
bluestate10
Aug 2013
#124
Murray the K, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Isley Brothers, Del Shannon, Gary US Bonds, Drifters...
immoderate
Aug 2013
#132
We took our 14- and 16-year-old daughters and two of their friends to Memphis in 1976 to get
indepat
Aug 2013
#140
OMG WATERS and BILLY SQUIER? I am a squealing fangirl right now but this is making me crazy.
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#455
It was. Even at that age, and despite the fact that she polished off a whole bottle of something
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2013
#232
I remember seeing the Band, but my memory doesn't go back to the time and place.
PDJane
Aug 2013
#184
Unless watching Big Brother and the Holding company practice in a garage, it would have to be
OffWithTheirHeads
Aug 2013
#186
Family? No but my bestfriends dad printed most of those posters for the Fillmore, Avalon, etc.
OffWithTheirHeads
Aug 2013
#228
I saw the Yardbirds in November 1966 as part of a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars tour!
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#221
Oh yeah... very familiar with them. They were OK. But my heart belonged to the long-haired groups!
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#437
Very cool! Keith Relf (RIP sniff) and Paul S-S were wearing shirts similar to that when I saw the
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#420
Apr.1966, the Gene Pitney Show also featuring Chad & Jeremy, the McCoys, Norma Tanega, B. J. Thomas,
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#226
I didn't discover Zappa till around 86 so I never got to see any of his shows at the Celebrity
sweetloukillbot
Aug 2013
#297
Age 11 -- wow. Did you go with friends? I'm guessing you didn't go with parents.
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#265
In '84 I hade a date with a girl that loved those guys and I didn't tell her that was where we were
brewens
Aug 2013
#295
Black Oak Arkansas at 14 years old. Some of you may laugh if you only know "Jim Dandy To The Rescue
brewens
Aug 2013
#274
That's Blackfoot. Rickey Medlocke was the brains of that outfit. His grandpa "Shorty" wrote
brewens
Aug 2013
#289
I can't say I blame you there! I loved Styx in the 70's up until they screwed us, twice!
brewens
Aug 2013
#299
college-age, fleetwood mac before they got famous. small stage you could just walk up to.
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#292
I know a couple guys that swear the real early stuff was the best. I can't really say.
brewens
Aug 2013
#301
some of it was great, imo. future games, bare trees, heroes are hard to find, penguin =
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#304
This song becomes ever more meaningful every year, a nicely done live version
Fumesucker
Aug 2013
#389
I applaud you for saying "they sucked". They probably did around that time and
brewens
Aug 2013
#341
agreed and the staff got the deal of the century ! The Doors at a high school ? Wow
steve2470
Aug 2013
#418
I went to a community center "punk" show or two in high school (circa '00/'01). Kids my age playing.
nomorenomore08
Aug 2013
#343
Were you the one we kept yelling at to stop screaming so we could hear the music?
NBachers
Aug 2013
#439
First and ONLY... Little Anthony & The Imperials (Miami)..He introduced a very young
SoCalDem
Aug 2013
#382
Yes - "in the round", Olympia Stadium, Detroit, about 1977, making me 16 or so.
corkhead
Aug 2013
#388
this really is a wonderful and enlightening thread, thanks for starting it !
steve2470
Aug 2013
#407
Iron Maiden, 7/1981, Swing Autotorium in San Bernadino, CA with Paul Di'Anno on vocals. n/t
pitbullgirl1965
Aug 2013
#431
My dad saw the Beach Boys in the early 60s in SoCal; my mom--the Stones and Joan Baez
anneboleyn
Aug 2013
#444
OK. But pop-cultural type threads easily get lots of attention, the main flair & fare of the M$M
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Aug 2013
#465