40 years ago, went to my first concert....

[daveg]

April 19 1984
Van Halen in Montreal.
sadly, I have almost no memory of it, even though I was completely sober.
Took a bus tour from Ottawa. Anyone remember Big Man Chappy Tours
I stole the 45 bucks from my parents for the ticket and 2 hour bus ride. That whole package would be about 2 grand now.

Is pretty cool that this show is basically the best video of that entire tour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-90SPx6 ... nStore.com

Anyone else have their first show on YT.

[JamesHetfieldsAcneScars]

But sir, how do you not remember any of it? How old were you? You said you took a bus, makes me wonder did you go by yourself?

[HottKarl777]

My first concert was Van Hagar 2 years later Omaha May 27 1986. I can't fucking believe how old I am now.

[Gibsonite]

April 16, 39 years ago. Triumph Thunder Seven tour with Helix opening. Great show

[daveg]

But sir, how do you not remember any of it? How old were you? You said you took a bus, makes me wonder did you go by yourself?

Was 14. Took me weeks to convince my mother to let me go. She finally did, but she was coming with me. Few days before, she allowed me to take a friend instead.
I do remember everyone getting high on the 2 hour bus ride...that probably explains it.

I did go see Kim Mitchel at a high school gym a few weeks later and I remember that like it was yesterday

[cowpins]

Very cool that you got the YT of this.

[Love_Industry]

April 16, 39 years ago. Triumph Thunder Seven tour with Helix opening. Great show

41 years ago, Iron Maiden on the World Piece Tour with Rock Goddess opening. Also a great show.

[HottKarl777]

Very cool that you got the YT of this.

Dude that's how I feel about Live Without A Net. What an excellent video from the peak Van Hagar year, which was the first year to be honest.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Very cool that you got the YT of this.

Right, or he wouldn't remember it.

[GreatWhiteSnake]

45 years ago. Either Firefall or Pablo Cruise...

[BDG135]

First big name concert I remember was in '87. The Monkees with Weird Al as the opener. I was 9.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Very cool that you got the YT of this.

Dude that's how I feel about Live Without A Net. What an excellent video from the peak Van Hagar year, which was the first year to be honest.

Almost like he was inferior to the guy he replaced and as the band soldiered on with him he made them worse.

[keyofgee]

my first concert other than seeing "freefare" at school was KISS in 1978. The now iconic tour. It blew my young mind away.

[TooOldToCare]

I think a first concert thread was on Sludge years ago.

Mine was The Village People when I was 10. A bunch of moms dragged a bunch of kids with them to see this. I was too young to get the gay thing. I just knew I heard a few songs on the radio. My second concert, a few months later, was KISS.

I remember going to McDonald's after the KISS show. All of us kids were sitting in the back of a pickup truck eating when a stoner chick from the concert came up to us, high af, and said, "Where is Dr. Love?" My very unhip mother, who is now 84 years old, said, "I think he is back at the arena." I remember being embarrassed by that at 10 years old.

[keyofgee]

I think a first concert thread was on Sludge years ago.

Mine was The Village People when I was 10. A bunch of moms dragged a bunch of kids with them to see this. I was too young to get the gay thing. I just knew I heard a few songs on the radio. My second concert, a few months later, was KISS.

I remember going to McDonald's after the KISS show. All of us kids were sitting in the back of a pickup truck eating when a stoner chick from the concert came up to us, high af, and said, "Where is Dr. Love?" My very unhip mother, who is now 84 years old, said, "I think he is back at the arena." I remember being embarrassed by that at 10 years old.

the village ppl were cool and yea I didn't get the gay theme stuff either back then. It's still good music for the time and I believe I saw them on the Captain and Tennille show.

[GoodJudge]

My niece went to her first show this week, w/my siater. Someone called Tate McRae at what used to be Hammersmith Odeon. Never heard of her but then I'm not a teenage girl. That was the venue for my first proper gig too - Maiden 7th Tour Of..., Dec 88. Maybe she'll go on to see a thousand or more bands too.

[metalmetalrdu]

My first real show was November 21, 1988 - Poison and Britny Fox at Louisville Gardens. I was 14. I had seen a few shows before that with my parents: Beach Boys, Everly Brothers, Mel Tillis.

Tonight my wife and I are taking our 12-year-old daughter to her first club show to see Shinyribs. I think it will become a lifelong memory for her.

[TooOldToCare]

I think a first concert thread was on Sludge years ago.

Mine was The Village People when I was 10. A bunch of moms dragged a bunch of kids with them to see this. I was too young to get the gay thing. I just knew I heard a few songs on the radio. My second concert, a few months later, was KISS.

I remember going to McDonald's after the KISS show. All of us kids were sitting in the back of a pickup truck eating when a stoner chick from the concert came up to us, high af, and said, "Where is Dr. Love?" My very unhip mother, who is now 84 years old, said, "I think he is back at the arena." I remember being embarrassed by that at 10 years old.

the village ppl were cool and yea I didn't get the gay theme stuff either back then. It's still good music for the time and I believe I saw them on the Captain and Tennille show.

All of it was totally Dazed and Confused. 1976-77ish, the clothes, the vibe, the 6 kids in the back cab of a pickup truck with no seat belts. What a great era.

[MetalSludgeCEO]

I just celebrated my 40th as well...

It was sometime in Feb. 1984, that I saw the KISS "Lick It Up" tour, with Vandenberg and Heaven in Green Bay at Brown County Arena.

A few weeks later, (March 8th 1984) I saw Ozzy on the "Bark At The Moon" tour, with Motley Crue "SATD" opening... that was the game changer. That was in Madison.

In the summer of 1984, I saw Van Halen on the "1984" tour, and that sealed it. Forget where... maybe Madison as well.

Soon after, I saw Ratt on the "Out Of The Cellar" tour... and I think Mama's Boys opened. Thinking Milwaukee...

What followed was 2-3 years of non-stop buying records, magazines and going to concerts...

Simultaneously, I was determined as F#@k, that I was going to be a singer, go on tour, get signed, radio, MTV, etc.,..

Every single thought (not a dream) I had and more, all came to fruition over time... with the exception of going Gold or Platinum.

40 years later... and here I am... who'da thunk!

$tEvil

[TheImpaler9]

Mine was 40 years ago as well in July. I saw Huey Lewis & The News with Juice Newton opening at the North Dakota State Fair.