Have you ever been or been "dragged" to a concert and ended up loving it?

[Olivia Sophia]

Maybe your girlfriend say "ey come with me to see Michael Buble" or you've been in a cruise and a polynesean band was setting up stage and you say "well let's stick around for a song" and you ended up loving it?
Share your stories.

Almost.

But, I avoided Springsteen successfully.

That douche blabbering his politics while living in bel air

[Shinerrox]

The Mrs really wanted to go see Pink. I was like I know a few of her songs.. Ended up being one of the best theatrical shows I've ever been too..

[BootyDaddy69]

my friend Fred worked at a record store. he got tickets for Stryper and white lion. I was not much of a fan of chjirstian rock. white lion was sub par and stryper blew me away. I spent ten years in church after that show..it was life changing. I am not so much into church at all any more but there were some gems of music among the many junk in the xtian world of music,

Fuck you sound like me, went to see Stryper in 1989 (Was not dragged) and then spent 9 years at church and listening to Xtian bands

the in god we trust was a great tour and album. I had friends that tried to expose me to xtian rock early on in my early teens, but it was lame. around stryper, most was still lame. I did see Petra on the "fired Up" tour. I thought that was good. Their album "Beyond Belief" was good too. So was the mini movie. I went back and looked up early Petra and i found I did like most of their music which I still listen to today. I would go to the local xtian "little drummer" book store, ran by a nice old lady that had a small section of xtian rock. Most bands would have labels that read "Sounds like AC/DC". Sounds like "Iron maiden".
I did like Whitecross. First band I ever saw that i knew for sure were using backing tracks, even though I now know stryper used them heavily. The Rez band was pretty heavy. I toured in a xtian prog rock band for about 5 years. There's a book there for sure..lol.
anyway. I still like the music.

You sound even more like me, Saw both Petra and Whitecross in 1989 as well, I liked bands like Barren Cross (Iron Maiden), X Sinner (AC/DC), Rage of Angels, Guardian and more, had a mate who would buy everything so I got to listen to a lot of shit but also some good stuff which I would then buy, I also did sound engineering here in Australia during the 90s and did sound for Mortification (Still friends with Steve) Paramecium, Cry Mercy and a few others, I probably have a few good stories too

[gtrjay]

Old friend played debut CD of artic monkeys and dig a few songs. They play a few months later. I go because this friend did a ton for us and felt like it would be a dick move if I didn’t go. So I go. Had thoughts entire way there I would rather be in bed.

I go and end up loving the band and show.

[keyofgee]

Fuck you sound like me, went to see Stryper in 1989 (Was not dragged) and then spent 9 years at church and listening to Xtian bands

the in god we trust was a great tour and album. I had friends that tried to expose me to xtian rock early on in my early teens, but it was lame. around stryper, most was still lame. I did see Petra on the "fired Up" tour. I thought that was good. Their album "Beyond Belief" was good too. So was the mini movie. I went back and looked up early Petra and i found I did like most of their music which I still listen to today. I would go to the local xtian "little drummer" book store, ran by a nice old lady that had a small section of xtian rock. Most bands would have labels that read "Sounds like AC/DC". Sounds like "Iron maiden".
I did like Whitecross. First band I ever saw that i knew for sure were using backing tracks, even though I now know stryper used them heavily. The Rez band was pretty heavy. I toured in a xtian prog rock band for about 5 years. There's a book there for sure..lol.
anyway. I still like the music.

You sound even more like me, Saw both Petra and Whitecross in 1989 as well, I liked bands like Barren Cross (Iron Maiden), X Sinner (AC/DC), Rage of Angels, Guardian and more, had a mate who would buy everything so I got to listen to a lot of shit but also some good stuff which I would then buy, I also did sound engineering here in Australia during the 90s and did sound for Mortification (Still friends with Steve) Paramecium, Cry Mercy and a few others, I probably have a few good stories too

in the early 2000's, the xtian band I was in played the same dead end coffee house circuit that rex carroll played, just never at the same time..lol. My friend was Skillets F.O.H. guy and we would be down the street at a coffee house playing and Skillet would be down the same street at a Kmart's parking lot playing.\It was fun. I never made any money at it. We released some albums. we had David Ragsdale play on the last full album we released. that band shut down around 2005. I walked fully away from church by then. I have "faith" but really, that's about it.

[BootyDaddy69]

the in god we trust was a great tour and album. I had friends that tried to expose me to xtian rock early on in my early teens, but it was lame. around stryper, most was still lame. I did see Petra on the "fired Up" tour. I thought that was good. Their album "Beyond Belief" was good too. So was the mini movie. I went back and looked up early Petra and i found I did like most of their music which I still listen to today. I would go to the local xtian "little drummer" book store, ran by a nice old lady that had a small section of xtian rock. Most bands would have labels that read "Sounds like AC/DC". Sounds like "Iron maiden".
I did like Whitecross. First band I ever saw that i knew for sure were using backing tracks, even though I now know stryper used them heavily. The Rez band was pretty heavy. I toured in a xtian prog rock band for about 5 years. There's a book there for sure..lol.
anyway. I still like the music.

You sound even more like me, Saw both Petra and Whitecross in 1989 as well, I liked bands like Barren Cross (Iron Maiden), X Sinner (AC/DC), Rage of Angels, Guardian and more, had a mate who would buy everything so I got to listen to a lot of shit but also some good stuff which I would then buy, I also did sound engineering here in Australia during the 90s and did sound for Mortification (Still friends with Steve) Paramecium, Cry Mercy and a few others, I probably have a few good stories too

in the early 2000's, the xtian band I was in played the same dead end coffee house circuit that rex carroll played, just never at the same time..lol. My friend was Skillets F.O.H. guy and we would be down the street at a coffee house playing and Skillet would be down the same street at a Kmart's parking lot playing.\It was fun. I never made any money at it. We released some albums. we had David Ragsdale play on the last full album we released. that band shut down around 2005. I walked fully away from church by then. I have "faith" but really, that's about it.

Thats awesome was your band Salem Hill???

[AliceManson]

Franz Ferdinand.

[HoldenSSV]

Nope. I went to a Rush show because friends had an extra ticket but no car, so I drove and got in for free. I'm very happy I did not pay for it.

Tommy Shaw opened and played Styx tunes, and was actually more enjoyable.

[kanister]

Ex girlfriend was a huge Morrissey fan I went along to one of his concerts. Wasn`t expecting him to be quite the world class pop singer he turned out to be.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Nope. I went to a Rush show because friends had an extra ticket but no car, so I drove and got in for free. I'm very happy I did not pay for it.

Tommy Shaw opened and played Styx tunes, and was actually more enjoyable.

Aim for the heart, and fire away.

[HoldenSSV]

Nope. I went to a Rush show because friends had an extra ticket but no car, so I drove and got in for free. I'm very happy I did not pay for it.

Tommy Shaw opened and played Styx tunes, and was actually more enjoyable.

Aim for the heart, and fire away.

He actually didn't play that song, even though the album had been out for several months.

[Bono Nettencourt]

Nope. I went to a Rush show because friends had an extra ticket but no car, so I drove and got in for free. I'm very happy I did not pay for it.

Tommy Shaw opened and played Styx tunes, and was actually more enjoyable.

Aim for the heart, and fire away.

He actually didn't play that song, even though the album had been out for several months.

Lolwut... WTF was he even touring for?

[HoldenSSV]

Maybe he figured he'd get a better reception with the old Styx tunes? I don't know.

Actually, Girls With Guns had been out for a few years, so that's probably why.