May 252011
You know the drill: Dugout Chatter is Rock Town Hall’s rapid-fire thread that requires nothing more than your gut answers! Don’t think too long. Don’t think too hard. Perhaps you shouldn’t think at all. No one’s an expert on the topics that follow. Just answer the questions.
[NOTE: The term rock concert, as used in the following questions, connotes paid attendance at a show by a touring artist, rather than, say, coincidental attendance at the debut of a lame teenage band playing for your 8th grade dance in a church basement.]
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What was your first rock concert?
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What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
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Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
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Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
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Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
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Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
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What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
I look forward to your answers.
1. First actual rock concert: Ramones opening for Peter Frampton at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, probably summer 1981. The sound system was so horrible that I couldn’t even tell which song the Ramones were playing until Joey started singing. Frampton’s hair was cut really short and I remember thinking his keyboardist looked more like him than he did. It was pretty awful all around.
2. What most impressed (in the sense of “made an impression,” not in the positive sense) me was what jerks the bouncers were. If fact, I haven’t met bigger jerks in positions of power until I met an actual presidential secret service guy.
3. No, and even if I owned one I’d never do something so lame.
4. I have a Johnny Ramone guitar pick from a later show (which, like all of the subsequent ones, was much better.) I also have a few set lists from various concerts.
5. egads…I was visiting my friend in LA in summer 1985 and she dragged me to a Sting concert. Jeff Beck made a “surprise” appearance, though seemingly everyone in the audience knew it was going to happen. It was pretty terrible, but it was cool to hang out at the Greek.
6. Do high school dances with cover bands count? Anyway, I was only 14.
7. Actually, this always works in the other direction for me: great live bands often can’t figure out how to translate it to record. For example, Living Color may well be the best live band I ever saw, but their recordings were terribly disappointing.
What was your first rock concert?
Country Joe & The Fish when I was 14 – my older brother took me.
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
Being handed a lit joint by some stranger (my first taste of sin!).
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
No, but I’ve been known to wave a light stick or two.
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
No, but I really wanted to steal one of the gear boxes at a Yes concert – they were stenciled “Yes – Fragile”.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
Yep.
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
For quite a few years I resisted the Grateful Dead because I didn’t like their albums and I still don’t. However, I finally saw them live in 1982 at the insistence of Deadhead friends and I was impressed. While I’m still not a fan by any means, I’ll admit on a good night they could put on one hell of a show.
1. What was your first rock concert?
Head East/Motorhead – drank lime vodka for the first and last time.
2. What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
People smoking weed in the open freaked me out. I was 15 or so.
3. Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
Yes – probably did it at some of my first shows – maybe at a Kansas concert I saw at the old Met Center (opener Louisiana Leroux).
4. Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
I have a pick from a Soul Asylum show somewhere. Does grabbing the setlist from punk “supergroup” Havana 3AM count?
5. Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
Dave Edmunds joining Carlene Carter to do a couple of numbers from her classic “Musical Shapes” record (recorded when she was Mrs. Nick Lowe) album at the old Birchmere in Alexandria VA – circa 1990. The album was 10 years old then – and to see Dave join her on stage – was fantastic. Carlene was also smoking hot 21 years ago.
6. Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
Yes — Beach Boys at the Minnesota State Fair.
7. What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
I was not a big “X” fan – until my buddy dragged me to see them at The Guthrie Theatre in Mplis – 1983 or so. Seeing them live and especially Billy Zoom made me a fan for life.
Head East and Motorhead?! What a weird bill!
What was your first rock concert?
Elvis Costello and the Attractions at Lehigh County Community College Gymnasium in 1978. Also on the bill was Eddie Money and Willie Alexander & the Boom Boom Band
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
nope
Nine Inch Nails
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
I’ve been given a few items over the years.
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
John Sebastian with NRBA
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
I made out with some patchouli princess at a Grateful Dead show thus preventing me from falling asleep.
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
Nine Inch Nails is my answer for making me a believer and not caring for the record. Whoops, not sure how my answer got under the bic flick question.
And NRBQ not NRBA…what the fuck is with my typing today.
1. Peter Gabriel, The Spectrum, 1993
2. I’ve mentioned this before, but PG’s set-up was two stages connected by a catwalk. One was a normal, boxy stage to represent the masculine side of consciousness. In the center of the arena was a round stage representing the feminine side. I don’t know if I was impressed by this per se, but it wound up being the subject of an English class essay I wrote.
3. Never flicked a Bic, even back when I smoked. I always had a hard time lighting cigarettes, by the way.
4. Grabbed a set list twice, I think. One from Joe Pernice, one from Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci. Not even sure why.
5. I once saw Aimee Mann bring up an audience volunteer to play bass and he wound up being really good and stayed on stage for three or so songs.
6. No.
7. I saw Mark Eitzel once, despite not knowing his music. I thought I was “converted”, but never I got around to buying any of his music, with or without American Music Club.
1. What was your first rock concert?
Squeeze touring in support of Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti (!), with Oingo Boingo opening.
2. What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
How sucky Oingo Boingo were and how terrible the sound was in the college gym where the concert was held.
3. Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
Be serious.
4. Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
No.
5. Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
You know, I really can’t think of one. Which, I guess, by definition, means there haven’t been any.
6. Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
Not yet.
7. What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
Seeing Nirvana on the In Utero tour in Fitchburg, Mass. I had very, very little interest in going but was pretty knocked out. Most of the songs that I had heard on record, and which had done nothing much for me, really came to life. I still don’t listen to the records, but once in a while I will put on a Nirvana bootleg from that period. I don’t know if this qualifies as “making a believer out of me” but it did at least give me much higher level of respect for a band I had been pretty dismissive of.
Agree on Mark Eitzel — I saw him once and was completely into him — he plays “house concerts” now.
Shoot! I thought I wasn’t alone in my love for ’90s “boy band” sensations New Rough Boy Association.
Ha, I saw him without ever previously hearing his music at one of those singer-songwriter semi-circle shows. Next to Graham Parker, my motivation for going to said show, he impressed me the most. I, too, thought I’d end up buying one of his albums, but I have not yet done so.
first rock concert?
ACDC opening for KISS
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
Everything
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
I don’t think so but maybe.
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
My younger brother is a drummer and I used to collect drumsticks for him when he was too young to go to shows.
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
I was bartending at a Ron Wood show and this little pudgy guy came out while they were playing Little Red Rooster. He looked like a bureaucrat on a bender. He had a dirty looking, rumpled up raincoat and a beat up hat and he was holding a glass of wine palm up like it was a snifter. It took a while to figure out that it was Van Morrison. He just stood there on stage staring as the young Rod Stewart sound-a-like singer went through the first verse. It was a bit awkward. Then he sang the second verse. At the end of the song, the singer tried to engage Van in a little call and response “If you see my!” “If you see my!” action but Van just continued to stare him down and then turned and walked off stage.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
Yes, and I was in my late 30’s at the time. Embarrassing…
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
I only like two songs by the Church but they blew me away when I saw them live in about ‘90
I am now reminded of this clip
http://youtu.be/wQbtepB_O2Y
I saw Oingo Boingo with the Police,the Go Gos the Specials and the Coasters. In one of my few lucid moments from that show I recall thinking how much Oingo Boingo sucked.
What was your first rock concert?
The first concert I really remember actually caring about was Whitesnake/Great White at the Mississippi Coliseum. My (rockin’ hip) aunt was charged with taking my 7th grade 12-year-old self to this spectacle.
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
The extreme amount of F-bombs dropped by Great White’s Jack Russel (along with his vivid retelling of waking up with a fat groupie).
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
Never. Not once.
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
I nervously changed Victoria Williams’s low E on her red Strat one night in a club in Memphis. I kept the broken string and she signed my CD, “Thanks for teching for me…” I also have a Big Star set list from Oxford, MS that was handed to me by Jody Stephens. He also signed it for me.
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
I thought it was cool when The Everlys came out in the middle of Simon and Garfunkel’s set in 2003.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
Nope.
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
I was really impressed with the professionalism (and amount of hits) at a Def Leppard show I was forced to attend. I usually don’t see bands I don’t care about, but I was dragged to this one. I didn’t hate it.
TB
In the separate, but perhaps related, category of shows I wished I had gone to but didn’t, there was the Police/Go-Gos show in Boston around 1981 or 82. Really wanted to go. Couldn’t. Though, if Oingo Boingo was on that bill, too, I feel a little less bad.
1. My older brother and sister took me to see ZZ Top. This was when The Black Crowes had just debuted and was the tour they either quit or were fired from for bitching about it being sponsored by Budweiser or whoever it was.
2. I was impressed by the silly lasers ZZ Top had and also by my brother toking on a joint that was passed to him.
3. I have never flicked a Bic for a band.
4. If it counts, I got one of the millions of guitar picks that Rick Nielsen always throws out to the crowd at a Cheap Trick concert.
5. I want to say Scott McCaughey when I saw R.E.M., but he’s been in their touring band for a while now, so it doesn’t really count. I just want to say that because I love Young Fresh Fellows a million times more than R.E.M.
6. Never made out at a show.
7. I can’t say this has happened to me. If I went and saw a band it was because I already liked them. But of course, Elvis Costello made me less of a believer after I saw him do his thing with Emmylou Harris a few years back. But we’ve discussed that.
1. What was your first rock concert?
Herman’s Hermits and Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders in 1965.
2. What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
How if you waved hard enough one of the band members would point right at you and wave back even though you were in the balcony. (Hey, I was 12.)
3. Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
No.
4. Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
One of Rick Nielsen’s guitar picks with a drawing of his face on it. He used to (maybe still does) throw out dozens of them during concerts. I didn’t save it; I used it till it fell apart.
5. Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
I think I’ve told this story before, but at an Allman Bros. show (in 1970?) Peter Green, then recently ex-Fleetwood Mac, came out and played the second set with them. It was awesome.
6. Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
No.
7. What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
I think I’ve told this one before too, but a friend dragged me to a Nancy Sinatra concert in the mid 00’s, and she turned out to be unexpectedly great.
1. First show: The Who-The Clash-Eddie Money (Pontiac Silverdome, 1982)
2. Impressions: The whole experience was amazing for a 16-year old kid. I got mom’s station wagon for the day and we piled a bunch of kids in for the ride up. I remember throngs of people jumping from the stadium seats eluding the security guys to jam the main floor. Another thing that sticks out were the thousands of people booing the only band that matters off of the stage. And also Jamie (the pretty young lady who rode up in our car full of dudes).
3. Bic waving: Only ironically
4. Equipment: Nope.
5. Special Guest? None were memorable.
6. Yes. The Pixies at St. Andrews Hall. Girl from work.
7. What live show made a believer out of me: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Joe Louis Arena in 1984. Ironically, I went back to being a Springsteen cynic after I saw another show a year later at the Silverdome. The Hockey Arena at the start of the Born In the USA tour was 100 times better than the stadium tour at the end. Plus my expectations were way higher the second time.
1. Stray Cats at the Old Waldorf, S.F. 1982. My first concert was actually the late Maynard Ferguson a few months previous, but he doesn’t count in the rock world (sorry Maynard).
2. Everybody scared me with their punkrock style. I was 14
3. No
4. I have several setlists, and I (used to?) have a drumstick from the Echo & The Bunnymen drummer who died.
5. Cyril Jordan coming up for an encore (probably “Shake Some Action”) with the Plimsouls at the Stone, S.F., probably 84 or 85. He seemed old even then.
6. No. I’m not a big PDA guy.
7. Peter Gabriel in, oh, 2003? I loved the first three albums, but then he sucked for 20 years. I went on a lark and it was great! I even wound up buying the special fourple vinyl special edition version of the album, I was so taken.
There are actually others I came around to only by seeing them live. I’ve developed a whole post-show critique regarding bands that are better live or better in the studio. Some bands should never tour, and some bands should only tour.
I can relate to the Maynard story – my first actual concert was Al Hirt at the old Minneapolis Auditorium — my Dad took me along with carload of NUNS (in full boat habits). I guess it was OK for them to go because he did a killer version of “When the Saints Go Marching In.” One of the weirder moments of my childhood . . .
COMMENT OF THE MONTH CONTENDER!
I’ll play.
1. The Cars with Greg Kihn Band
2. The Cars sound exactly like their first 2 records, which I thought was cool!
3. Not that I recall.
4. Not any major band, although I somehow ended up with an orange pick from the leader of local band Electric Love Muffin. It was a pretty generic orange pick and whether I actually retained it for the next 10 years or so I’m not sure, but chickenfrank and I always excitedly referred to whatever orange pick I was using as the “Muffin Pick!”
5. Conan O’Brien with The Fab Faux.
6. Yes, at a James Taylor outdoor show, on the grass, of all places and shows.
7. Yes in the Round!
We saw him open for the Magnetic Fields and I really liked him. I ran home and listened to all our AMC cds but they don’t really capture him very well.
I’ve seen Oingo Boingo many, many times and always enjoyed the shows. But then again, I was there to 1. dance, and 2. meet boys.
1. Abba circa 1978 or 1979.
2. Their costume changes!
3. I don’t recall flicking a bic but I was once party to setting off some bottle rockets with said instrument at a Cars show.
4. I have a piece of Freddy Mercury’s sweaty towel that he threw into the crowd. And I’ve been politely asking for the set lists for a long time: I have some good ones that I’m proud of. The first might have been the Hot House Flowers or the Cocktails, I’m not sure. The most recent acquisition was from Tame Impala. I’m most pleased with/cherish those from the Go-Betweens and PJ Harvey.
5. I had seen Downey Mildew (lovely atmospheric vocals) and then the next night went to see KMFDM. Just about shit my pants when the female singer from DM came out and started to sing “To Share Is to Split” with them. Another story as mentioned last week: seeing Sean Lennon play with Cibo Matto.
6. Made out at a show – see Oingo Boingo, etc. above.
7. Tortoise, who were so mesmerizing live. Mr. Royale is a big fan but they hadn’t really done anything for me until I watched John Mcentire yammer away on a number of different instruments. And the first time I saw Yo La Tengo I realized that they were so much better live than on memorex. I continue to enjoy seeing them when they tour around here.
1. The Kinks and Red Ryder at the Spectrum, Phila 1981
2. The Kinks were much like the “One for the Road” album so I remember Tom Cochrane of Red Ryder, tall gangly guy, sitting behind a lap steel guitar.
3. no, don’t smoke
4. Setlist from the Smithereens at a London nightclub. Pat DiNizio was getting annoyed at the Philly guys down front.
5. Springsteen came out for the encore at the JFK U2 show where Bono performed the whole night in a cast.
6. At a club show by China Crisis
7. The Dead are primarily good live, not always but if you catch them on a good night.
Electric Love Muffin. Enjoyed those guys and would have saved that pick as well.
What was your first rock concert?
Rush. Rick Derringer and Max Webster were the openers. I went and saw Rick several more times, but didn’t like Max Webster and Rush underwhelmed me after Rick Derringer’s band blew it out.
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
Rick Derringer spinning around and not getting caught up in his guitar cord. And the guys that snuck in apparently several cases of beer in cans and shared them with us because we shared something else with them.
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
Of course. I would never hold up a cell phone, though.
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
Not from a Rock Concert. I have from a Rock Show, but I gave that pick to a kid that seemed to want it way more than me. his older brother bought me a Tall Boy for being swell, so it was a good trade, if you ask me.
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
I saw Lenny Kravitz join The Stones for No Expectations. He didn’t add much to it. I saw some guitar tech stand in the shadows and play Ritchie Blackmore’s parts when Blackmore broke a string and stomped off. He stayed in the shadows and I don’t think anyone missed him much.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
No. There’s no place to do it. After a show, though.
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
Jackson Browne was really great. I still don’t have any of his records, but I might buy Hold Out some day.
Herman’s Hermits and Wayne Fontana. Jesus H. Christ, man! Was the show like 20 minutes long?
Probably, but remember that back then our model for what a performance by a rock group should be was an Ed Sullivan Show appearance.
What was your first rock concert?
I think it was Aerosmith at the Cow Palace. Possibly the opener was Pat Travers (forgettable in any case).
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
The huge pile of empty and broken booze bottles tossed into a central area of the parking lot as the long line of people waited to get in. Man, I was too young for that show. But the band was great!
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
That would require first posessing a Bic.
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
+1 for a Rick Nielsen pick, mid-air catch 20 feet away. Did not catch the Kiss record he frisbeed out.
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
The only one I can think of was Bo Diddley joining Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at the Fillmore a few years ago.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
Not that I can recall.
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
I sort of recall seeing Jackson Browne headline with Warren Zevon (went for Zevon) and the band sounded great, especially David Lindley. Aha, I’ll betcha it was this one, 1979:
http://www.buffettnews.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/ad37_img1_large.jpg
What was your first rock concert?
Bad Company, Desolation Angels tour, University of Toledo arena. My dad took me; he read “Byte” magazine the whole time. He had exquisite taste in the performing arts. Seriously!
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
Laser stick drum solo. I was also freaked out by the stench of dope smoke, and terrified of the security turds who kept shining flashlights in my face to see if it was me (or maybe my dad?) who was toking.
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
No.
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
Hmmm… you’d think. Can’t remember any, though. Townsman Machinery and I got d boon to announce an upcoming gig of ours from the stage of the 9:30 club, though — probably the most punk thing I’ve ever witnessed. We just handed him our flyer, he read it, then said a word or two about supporting local bands.
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
I truly believe the guy playing backup behind Bo Diddley at Little Steven’s Underground Music Festival five or six years ago was an uncredited Steve Miller.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
No. Might’ve smooched somebody, though.
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
Brian Setzer Orchestra. To this day one of the best shows I’ve ever seen. Seeing Hank Williams III live also blew my mind — absolutely, totally willing to vouch for that guy any time he’s in town. His live show is incredible.
What was your first rock concert?
Dio/Megadeath Philadelphia Spectrum 1987
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert?
Everybody on the floor seats (including us) standing on our chairs for the WHOLE SHOW
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
No. I don’t do anything ceremonial like that, unless i understand it’s origins (line dancing, throwing salt over my shoulder, etc.)
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
sadly, no.
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
none stand out.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
hell yeah!
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record?
Nick Turner Space Ritual (Hawkwind)
Mercury by American Music Club is the one to get. Beautiful album.
Brian Setzer Orchestra! — Yes! I saw the first incarnation of this. Went on a total lark. He had the Lawrence Welk type music stands that said “BSO” set up on the 9:30 club stage before they started. I told my then girlfriend now wife “We may want to get up close for this one.” He was off the charts good. Maybe one of my top five shows ever.
Oh, one of my (may) pet peeves: everyone standing on their chairs. People, if everyone stands on their chairs, isn’t that the same as everyone NOT standing on their chairs? I never, ever got that. Mind you, I am quite tall and seeing over people has seldom been an issue. But simply adding two feet to everyone’s height doesn’t accomplish anything. Does it?
Hey, funoka — I wonder if that was the same show I saw, ’cause I’m talking about the 9:30 club, too. Don’t remember what year it was — I remember they started (I think) with the theme from “The Pink Panther.”
Could be — I am thinking it was his first BSO record — 94 or 95, but I am an idiot and didn’t save concert tix stubs in the 90s.
What was your first rock concert?
I saw Sweet with Eric Carmen as warm up in 1975. I must have been 15 years old.
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert? We actually got pretty good seats..so probably the whole vibe. It was like we entered a new and cooler church. 🙂
What I most remember is that at that age we thought Sweet were kind of silly at times. The one guy with the fox tail hanging off his guitar! The guy changing the lyrics while singing Ball Room Blitz ..”she could kill you with one wink of her tw@t”. We looked at each other like each thinking both clearly thinking “what a moron”. It kind of cracks me up in hindsight that we were stupid kids at our first show thinking that lyric was just soooo JR High lame.
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance?
Nope.
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)?
I think I got a set list once or twice. Where they ended up I do not know…
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended?
I mentioned it once here before. Large guy being pulled up on stage at a U2 concert to sing the vocals to southern man (per they didn’t know the lyrics and they had no more songs to sing per first US tour). He killed it.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert?
No.
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record.
Hmmm.. This isn’t exactly fitting but I’ll go with Tom Waits. The show I saw years ago was fantastic. I like some of his records but have to be in the mood. It’s rare that I am. That show was really special…
i agree it’s totally silly. but at 12 years old, it was quite impressive.
What was your first rock concert? Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band – 12/18/1984
What do you recall most impressed you at this first rock concert? 1st note of Born In the USA. I was not prepared for this kind of volume and intensity. Also how much the fans were into the show, knowing ever word, singing along, going crazy ( I was 13)
Have you ever flicked a Bic in approval of a band’s performance? Never had one with me (non-smoker)
Have you ever gone home with a piece of a band’s gear (eg, set list, drum sticks, guitar pick, cod piece)? Set Lists a few times
Who is the most memorable special guest performer you’ve ever seen join a band on stage at a rock concert that you’ve attended? Tom Petty did a tour where he brought out Stevie Nicks after the 5th or so song and she did about 1/2 the show as a member of The Heartbreakers.
Have you ever made out at a rock concert? Yes, but not like the whole time. I had a girlfriend in college who was a metal chick that I used to take to see hair metal bands that my hip friends would not go to. A couple of later at Billy Joel and Elton with an ex. Ok now I am remembering many more times (oh the shame) Aerosmith (three shows and three diferent girls a few years apart)
What band’s live show most made a believer out of you after years of not caring for the band on record? Band Of Horses were impressive, Snow Patrol (although I only knew one song when I saw them). Rush in 1987, I went because my musician friends insisted that I go. U2, from the MOVIE (rattle and hum) I went to see it but was not a fan. I left the theatre a fan and saw them on the next 4 tours.
I saw ZZ the next night and Atlanta local favorites Michelle Malone & Drag the River got to fill in for The Crowes. I had just seen the Black Crowes a few weeks before so it was ok by me. BTW The Crowes were my rival High School’s rock band (they went to Walton High and my band was the rock band at Wheeler High) we did lots of talent show tryouts and benefit shows etc with them (they were Mr. Crowes Garden at the time) Remember them playing Driver 8 and She Talks To Angels as a trio with Chris on bass and singing and that they had boom mic stands and multiple cymbals on their drum set (fancy stuff) and a way better PA than any other band had. Turns out their folks were loaded and they lived in Atlanta Country Club!
I’m noticing a theme of Metal music and making out during the show. Can I have a do over in life but with ear plugs?
Jungleland2 — RTH Lothario.