Jadera
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Question for the old dudes on here, what was the craziest concert you guys have been to?
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cvairwerks
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Probably the Police/Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, March 1982 at the Summit Arena in Houston. Nearly killed myself working that show. Lost count while running back and forth between projector rooms up in the catwalks and beaned myself on a beam. Nearly fell off of one of them, right above the stage. Would have been about a 40 feet fall to the stage. Couldn't hear for nearly 3 days after that one. 
Most fun was Yanni on the Ethnicity Tour, American Airlines Center, March 2003. Wife and I had 3rd row floor seats, on the isle and were about 15 feet from the stage. Felt like we had run a marathon by the time it was over. It was grand to see everyone from 3-4 year olds to great grandparent age people there and everyone having a lot of fun.
Most fun was Yanni on the Ethnicity Tour, American Airlines Center, March 2003. Wife and I had 3rd row floor seats, on the isle and were about 15 feet from the stage. Felt like we had run a marathon by the time it was over. It was grand to see everyone from 3-4 year olds to great grandparent age people there and everyone having a lot of fun.
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yosimitesam
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September 17, 1971 at the Mid-South Colosseum in Memphis, Tennessee. ZZ-top was the opening act for the Allman Brothers. Billy Gibbons came out wearing a pair of red "hot pants" (remember Hot Pants?) and colored leggings. He was otherwise clean-cut and "normal" looking. The crowd jeered and laughed somewhat but after a short while the crowd was wild for them. They were terrific! They were relatively unknown then but I went out and bought their first album from Pop Tunes Records on Summer Avenue the next day. The crowd was more enthusiastic for ZZ top than the Allman Brothers! I was a college freshman then and they were the hot topic in my dorm for the next several weeks. And the outfit Gibbons wore was talked about as much as how GREAT a band they were. They were unforgettable on two levels, I guess.
Their later song "Velcro Fly" is ear-worming me right now! ("I need just enough of that sticky stuff, to hold the seams on my fine blue jeans....")
Their later song "Velcro Fly" is ear-worming me right now! ("I need just enough of that sticky stuff, to hold the seams on my fine blue jeans....")
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The Ramones, Paris october 13, 1987.
They were playing so loud that I feared having an hearing damage for three days.
And a bunch of weirdos had tried to force their way without payment. They were charged by the cops and at the end of the concert the street smelled of tear gas.
They were playing so loud that I feared having an hearing damage for three days.
And a bunch of weirdos had tried to force their way without payment. They were charged by the cops and at the end of the concert the street smelled of tear gas.
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Jadera
Senior Airman
Wish 99x could do Big Day Out again, but Mumford and Sons was probably the best concert, while Noah Kahan was probably the funniest for obvious reasons.
Crimea_River
Marshal
The major rock festival held at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto in 1979 was the Canadian World Music Festival (also promoted as the Canadian Music Festival), which took place on July 2, 1979. [1, 2]
Festival Details
Notable Incidents
The festival is famously remembered for the The Ramones' tumultuous performance. Roughly 40 minutes into their set, the band was pelted with debris, chains, cans, and frisbees by fans waiting for main acts like Ted Nugent and Aerosmith. A frustrated Johnny Ramone flipped off the crowd mid-song and the band stormed off the stage.
Festival Details
- Date: Monday, July 2, 1979
- Location: Exhibition Stadium (CNE Stadium), Toronto, Ontario
- Ticket Price: $12.50
- Lineup: Aerosmith, Ted Nugent, Nazareth, Johnny Winter, The Ramones, Triumph, Goddo, Moxy, and Nash the Slash.
Notable Incidents
The festival is famously remembered for the The Ramones' tumultuous performance. Roughly 40 minutes into their set, the band was pelted with debris, chains, cans, and frisbees by fans waiting for main acts like Ted Nugent and Aerosmith. A frustrated Johnny Ramone flipped off the crowd mid-song and the band stormed off the stage.
Greg Boeser
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Deep Purple, Worchester, MA, 1987
Joan Jett opened.
Me and a buddy bought scalped 2nd row seats. The people in the front row were smokin' weed and disappeared halfway through Joan's set. So we moved up.
Awesome!
Joan Jett opened.
Me and a buddy bought scalped 2nd row seats. The people in the front row were smokin' weed and disappeared halfway through Joan's set. So we moved up.
Awesome!
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
GABBA GABBA HAY!
Hey ! Ho ! Let's Go !
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Jadera
Senior Airman
Reminds me of a certain Nirvanna concert
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Pink Floyd "The Wall", February 1980 at the Los Angeles Arena.
Words cannot do the experience any justice...
Words cannot do the experience any justice...
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Jadera
Senior Airman
what happened
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
First of all, the energy.
Then it became clear that in the shadows of backstage, a giant wall was building, then all of a sudden, images appeared on it during a high point in a song.
This is a fraction of all that went on, like I said, it's hard to put into words, the total experience.
In short, it was f**king amazing.
I would be a better judge if I had been sober.
Queen at the Seattle Center Colosseum 1980, that was memorable. I'd say that one, but it is fuzzy at best.
Springsteen same year same place. I remember they turned around and played an entire set at the folks seated behind the stage. He also just took off and went across the floor for a song and wandered back on stage to finish it.
Heart played the Yakima Speedway, a little podunk bleacher show in 1977. They were just making the rise on the charts then. Journey opened for them. Giant crowd of 6000 LOL.
Queen at the Seattle Center Colosseum 1980, that was memorable. I'd say that one, but it is fuzzy at best.
Springsteen same year same place. I remember they turned around and played an entire set at the folks seated behind the stage. He also just took off and went across the floor for a song and wandered back on stage to finish it.
Heart played the Yakima Speedway, a little podunk bleacher show in 1977. They were just making the rise on the charts then. Journey opened for them. Giant crowd of 6000 LOL.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I went to a King Crimson show in Central Park, NYC. Golden Earring opened. My friends told me later it was a great concert and that I really enjoyed it.
Elvis
1st Sergeant
The Tubes & The Kinks.
The Tubes - Fee Waybill came on stage riding a Harley and during the concert, jumped out of the top window of a "building" erected on stage. Excellent concert.
The Kinks - Guy snuck in and got in the rafters, with the cops and building security chasing him. Ended up falling out of the ceiling (must've been about a 50-foot drop) and hit two concert goers when he came down. They broke his fall and he was fine, but the two concert goers were pretty messed up and had to leave by ambulance. Everyone was asked to stay where they were and to make way for the medics once the ambulance arrived. Both gurneys went right past me, so I saw the people he landed on. Suffice to say, that kid went to jail.
Elvis
1st Sergeant
I was at that Queen concert too. We were up in the nose bleed level, stage left. We could see behind the stage and everything. It was a pretty cool show. I remember someone in the row in front of us was passing a pipe, so we got a couple of hits off it. He later complained that everyone got to smoke his weed except for him.
I didn't see the Heart show, but I remember hearing about it. That was kind of a big deal for them back them. '77 was the year Little Queen came out.
Hard to think about Journey opening for anyone these days, but we all had to start some place.
Mine may have been in 1972 or so, with Santana at Winterland in the San Francisco ghetto. I loved Santana and experienced them every chance I could get. I say "may have been" because I have almost no memory of the concert -- I dropped a bunch of acid before going in, and the next thing I remember was waking up in my bed in the barracks some time the next afternoon. I then had to walk a couple of miles over the San Francisco hills to search for my motorcyle, which was still there. I have no idea how I got back to the Presidio that night. I can only assume that I had a good time...
Then there was the huge festival in Georgia when I was exhausted and medicated from a strep throat and then got so stoned I slept through Jimi Hendrix playing his version of The Star Spangled banner. I just remember the opening chords...
This is how my military service was
Then there was the huge festival in Georgia when I was exhausted and medicated from a strep throat and then got so stoned I slept through Jimi Hendrix playing his version of The Star Spangled banner. I just remember the opening chords...
This is how my military service was
