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| Dire Strait User Info... | Okay, let's hear it!! Who was the first rockband you saw Live? I'm dating myself but here it is: T REX at Memorial Arena. Cheers - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 9:29pm | ||
| The One After Two User Info... | Ozzy, Vancouver. mid-90s - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 9:37pm | ||
| cooper User Info... | First concert was Weird Al @ the Royal Theatre! First REAL concert was Collective Soul @ The Vogue in Vancouver! - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 9:37pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Kim Mitchell with at McPherson - a good 17? years ago. Ugghh. - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 9:39pm | ||
| Jesse The Malcontent User Info... | Ton-Loc & 2 Live Crew... - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 9:53pm | ||
| SickFuk User Info... | Tom Cochrane and 5440 at Western speedway.. 198? 'ere - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 9:53pm | ||
| Brandon User Info... | Metallica '96, 1 day after my 15th B-day, GM Place. - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:05pm | ||
| Haden User Info... | U2 Zoo TV - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:06pm | ||
| TheWolf User Info... | Helix with Haywire at the MacPherson or Alice Cooper at the Memorial...whatever came first - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:09pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Wow, you ARE old, think you take the cake...awww, just teasin, I feel kinda old myself with the Kim Mitchell. - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:31pm | ||
| the pine tree savage User Info... | Hell-Billy Deluxe I was a late bloomer - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:36pm | ||
| Dire Srait User Info... | Yes, I take the Take, but your never too old to rock& roll !! - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:01pm | ||
| Natalie User Info... | summerjam 99. - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:10pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | Hahaha ! T-REX at Memorial Arena ! We’re both dating ourselves ! Drank a whole Mickey in 10 minutes outside by the time I got in I could hardly walk and got sick out on the floor in front of the stage “ get it on , bang a gong , get it on !” Been to some small ones before that Holy smoke , Bowser Moon , Tyro ( buds from school ,was in musicianship class with the guitarist , tragic end to that band )and another big one a year or so later Supertramp doing Crime of the Century - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:21pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | I'd love to see Supertramp. - Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:37pm | ||
| Little Red User Info... | Alannah Miles at the civic arena (nanaimo)... I think I only recognized one song the entire night... I think I was 11 or 12. I went with my mom. First real concert Tragically Hip in Van- had nosebleed seats. Once again I think I only recognized one song and I went with my mom. sad but true... - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:20am | ||
| The One After Two User Info... | Brandon... I was also at that show! Good times. Little Red, I may have sat near you at that hip show, but I took my little brothers :) mid 90s? Pacific Col.? - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:36am | ||
| Little Red User Info... | yup totally... I just remember having problems breathing b/c of all the smoke - shows you how far up we really were - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:53am | ||
| Troutbreath User Info... | The first Rock concert I saw was The John Mayall Bluesbreakers at the old Coliseum in Vancouver. Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, if I remember correctly, on guitar. How's that for dating yourself? - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 1:36am | ||
| Død[]Sanger User Info... | Metallica - George Washington - Mid 90's - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 1:52am | ||
| Dr.V User Info... | maybe not the first but the best would be Emerson Lake and Palmer with Journey back in the late 70`s or Talking Heads doing the Stop Making Sense tour - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 6:03am | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | Midnight Oil - Diesel and Dust Tour '86, Memorial Arena. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 6:14am | ||
| Lucius User Info... | Skidrow Aerosmith early 90's?? - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 7:52am | ||
| snuh User Info... | Johnny Cougar, 87-88 ish. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 7:55am | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | DR. V those are two bands I regret never getting to see. What LP was ELP touring with ? - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 8:21am | ||
| dooker User Info... | Neil Young - 1970 (BB King just after) - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 8:35am | ||
| moron User Info... | First live gig I saw was No Means No at La Hacienda which was a bar that used to be in Market Square before Sweetwaters and whatever that place is called now. I snuck in through a window in the square along with some mouthy drunk lady because I was underage and spent most of the time inside the bar hiding under a table because I was afraid that the bouncer at the time Bruno was going to kick my ass (he had already refused me at the door twice that night). Not sure the year but probably 1985 or 1986. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 8:53am | ||
| davescene User Info... | My first "larger" concert was Men Without Hats at UBC, springtime 1984. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:22am | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Bill Hailey and the Comets - Stockholm, '54. /curious to see Zippgunn's first. /XY-Satan - let's just hope it ain't the "Works (I + II)" Tour. ////annoying slashes.///// - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:26am | ||
| Helonwheels User Info... | INXS- Montreal Forum and I think it was 1987. Good times, great concert. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:38am | ||
| de mayo User Info... |  w/spirit opening at the los angeles forum -1972 - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:39am | ||
| Natalie User Info... | dooker-im envious, neil young and bb king as your first shows...awesome - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:36am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | Depeche Mode: Singles Tour 1998. I was 13 and awesome. Fuckin' Metal!!! - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:55am | ||
| Pierce User Info... | Gowan: Strange Animal Tour Brantford ONTARIO 1985? I believe. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 10:56am | ||
| Solitary Confinement User Info... | AC/DC, hell ya! opened me up to the world of really loud guitars and rediculous solos, thank god. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:15pm | ||
| Wig User Info... | aerosmith / white lion 1986 aerosmith was on there first clean tour, permanent vacation. it was really cool then but what a bunch of ass clowns they are now. as for white lion..... - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:18pm | ||
| SentencedtoBurn User Info... | Pantera/Sepultura/Prong @ the PNE Forum, July 1994 - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 1:07pm | ||
| Dave Slaughter User Info... | technically my first was this french rock band that came to my elementary school when i was in like grade 4. alls i remember is they did some song about halloween but my first REAL show would have been feb or jan of 02 or 03 i think. it was a 4 bands for 4 bucks show at pandora projects, yeknob, the staggers, micky christ and the mcguillicuddys headlined. to this day it was one of the best shows ive been to. the whole show was like an hour late though cause the first band (yeknob) had to put up there fucking like foot long mohawks before they could play. haha - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 1:21pm | ||
| Nocturna User Info... | I loved La Ha! That, the Beaver and FOE were fairly easy to get into when underage in the 80's (for us girls anyway). What ever happened to old Bruno? I went to lots of "gigs" early on, but first "concert" I recall was Siouxsie @ UBC circa '85/'86 methinks. Had tix for Alice Cooper at Memorial too, but regretfully sold them. All my friends who saw that show were stained bright orange from all the fake blood :) - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 1:44pm | ||
| k8 User Info... | Sharon, Lois, & Bram @ The Royal Theater in '94 or '95 - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 2:13pm | ||
| Livevic Scott User Info... | Live w/ PJ Harvey & Veruca Salt @ The Pacific Coliseum in like '94... - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 2:50pm | ||
| SweetGrass User Info... | I'm afraid to say mine would be Loverboy....the 1st time they hit at the memorial arena during a blizzard.... My dad took me and sulked a lot!!!! Number 2 was Alice Cooper one crazy new year's eve here in Vic.... Ahhhh Good times! - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 3:41pm | ||
| Onemosphere User Info... | Edgefest 98'. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 3:41pm | ||
| Peter Gardner User Info... | Bad Religion when they Came here last year. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 3:50pm | ||
| Jodi User Info... | no use for a name, mad caddies, and consumed, 1998 in Regina. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 3:58pm | ||
| dooker User Info... | yeah natalie - my dad took me to the show - room was full of smoke - must have been where i first - oh never mind - but how times have changed - I purchased tickets to see Jeff Beck (Blow by Blow) in 1975 at the Edmonton Coliseum - 5th row - $5 a ticket full price - and no overnight lineup - that was the ticket price then for shows - Deep Purple was $7 - damn gougers (Jeff Beck was the first time I saw God while watching a musician play) - but I must say that the local show I ever saw Nothing to Lose at the old Langford Youth Centre - amazing performance - and yeah - where is Bruno anyways? - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 4:07pm | ||
| princess p User Info... | My first rock show was the rolling stones at bc place but my very first concert was mc hammer in Penticton the year of the big riot. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 4:08pm | ||
| dooker User Info... | I meant the best local show I ever saw.... God couldn't make it but Jesus was there... - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 4:13pm | ||
| jay brown User Info... | Well I saw a bunch of shows before these but these were the first really big ones. I saw The Who and the Clash in like 81... and it was either that year or the next I cant remember which I saw Iron Maiden for the Killers tour. I saw D.O.A. in 79 my dad took me to see them play in stanley park. Read Joey Shithead's book the show is even listed in there it was the 5th show they ever played. Saw BB KIng at the Orpheum in Vancouver about ten years ago it was awesome....... Oh No Bruno... Too Much Is Not Enough.... if its the same Bruno I do believe it was a witness protection kinda thing..... - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 4:27pm | ||
| Dr.V User Info... | Back to XY Satan E.L.P. was doing the pirates tour with the huge orchestra but ran out of money paying those union wages so they went back to playing all the old stuff, best drum solo i`ve ever witnessed! Journey had just got Steve Perry and had just released the first album, Aynsley Dunbar was still playing drums. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 4:46pm | ||
| Yo Mama User Info... | Burton Cummings in '80 (I think) at the Memorial Arena. Went with my Dad, who had free tickets. Fell asleep after "Break It To 'Em Gently." It's been all downhill from there. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 5:03pm | ||
| Anonymous User Info... | L7, the Melvins and Wool at the Commodore 94' - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 5:38pm | ||
| Nocturna User Info... | There's only one Bruno...witness protection eh? Very curious. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 6:02pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Yo Mama: Ouch! /"gonna break it to my grandmaaaaaa." - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 8:34pm | ||
| Cheeky User Info... | sadly enough Metallica last year. But it rocked, despite the fact that the new bassist looks like hes taking a shit everytime he's on stage.. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:43pm | ||
| Dire Strait User Info... | Very good acts on this list!! Here's a couple I forgot to mention: Dire Straits Live in 85, right in the middle of the Brother's in Arms Tour, Memorial Arena, next night in Vancouver ! Van Halen - Memorial Arena Paul McCartney Seattle- Kingdome Too Many to list Cheers. - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 9:44pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | Hey Dire , Van Halen, I was there it was their first album and I couldn't believe they were coming here !! Slammed tequila puffs after that show in the parking lot and just kept saying “ VAN FUCKING HALEN !!! FUCKING EHHH !! Anybody remember the old RUSH , TRUIMPH , HEART , APRIL WINE and the best oldie that graced or island THE SCORPIONS days at memorial barn ,changed my taste in music in 10 minutes , god bliss you scorpions …. THE ZOO MOTHERFUCKERS !! - Tue, 4 Jan 2005 11:38pm | ||
| Irishmike User Info... | S.N.F.U. It was at the dugout in Guelph Ontario at an all ages show. As Shitty as my memory is l will never forget the intensity of this show and the wicked pit. Good times - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 6:03am | ||
| Dr V User Info... | Ha! one of our favourite fall things to do was drive to Duncan, pick a bunch of mushrooms, go see Rush and Max Webster at the Memorial - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 6:10am | ||
| brad User Info... | its been so long its hard to recall, but i think my first "real" show was SNFU at the Commodore,jan '91 or '92, the Wrong Turn Down Memmory Lane Tour with Gorilla Gorilla (bif naked) and someone else...this show has stood up to be the BEST handsdown i've yet to see..and which all live shows since haven't come close to. Thankfully I saw SNFU just at the end of their prime, i was underage, got past the bouncers with a buddys interm DL, was right up front the whole time to witness Chi in all his glory and stage props..and sang in many a chorus as he passed the mic to me and others up front to sing along... - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 6:29am | ||
| Big bird User Info... | Can;t remember first show it was at the memorial maybe Heart I was five.Other memorial highs Ozzy with Randy backed up by Motorhead .Rush,Vanhalen with Dave Scorpions Iron Maiden Blue oyster cult Def leppard Quiet Riot Whitesnake Kickaxe Cheaptrick Pat Travers Tad Nugent so many more it all seems so hazy - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 9:07am | ||
| john User Info... | um i dunno the first, probably my uncles band or does sharon lois and bram count? or maybe mr. rogers. - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 9:20am | ||
| maniac User Info... | Duran Duran....'88 at the PC. Goin' back for more in March!!! - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 1:40pm | ||
| Helonwheels User Info... |  I'm so teasing my bangs and we're goin slam dancing afterwards. - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 2:53pm | ||
| Nik Olaz User Info... | Bram of Sharon, Lois, and Bram. I brought spoons, and the mosh. - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 3:44pm | ||
| jaronevil User Info... |  \m/ - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:35pm | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | First big concert was the Pink Floyd Division Bell tour at GM place. 1993? I had bought a stolen ticket that the original owner had been able to replace so when I got to the designated seat their was already a guy there with the exact same ticket as me. We sorted out how the whole thing happened and I had to float around hanging out on the stairs. Staff would come and tell me to go back to my seat but I would just say that my seat was no where near my freinds and wandered around until I would be told by someone else to go to my seat. I managed to see the whole show though. Plus I smoked myself straight for the first time!! - Wed, 5 Jan 2005 10:38pm | ||
| Ty Stranglehold User Info... | Saw a bunch of crap like Idle Eyes and Mr. Mister in the early 80's since that was all that came to Hicksville. My first punk show was SNFU in Kamloops in late 86 or early 87. Life changing. My first forrays down to Vancouver for bigger shows were for the Stones' Steel Wheels (89?) and for Public Enemy in 90. It's been a steady stream ever since. - Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:30am | ||
| kittykat666 User Info... | 1st Big Arena Concert -- Pink Floyd 1994 Vancouver - Thu, 6 Jan 2005 4:03am | ||
| dumpstermesh User Info... | Hey KittyKat666 was it 1994? I can't remember years and stuff. Did you go to the first night or the second? I went to the first. I bought my stolen ticket early:) - Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:58pm | ||
| Doppelganger User Info... | 12 years old. Ultravox.8th Dec.1980 Edinburgh Odeon.I was mesmerized! BTW Dire Strait, T-Rex!?...Wow! Do tell... - Thu, 6 Jan 2005 6:16pm | ||
| Mike K User Info... | There were others before this...but this was the first by an established artist that I have seen, in what was also a true concert experience. The PIXIES w/ Leeroy Stagger - Sold Out April 21st, 2004. Victoria Curling Club - Thu, 6 Jan 2005 6:21pm | ||
| Demen Ted User Info... | Choke, w/ small brown bike and moneyshot three years ago at the Gary Oak Room... Shit, I'm a young 'un. Dan Conner - Thu, 6 Jan 2005 7:48pm | ||
| lucifurious User Info... | streetheart, helix, and the headpins at northlands coliseum in edmonton on January 1, 1982.(81?) some chick didn't want to go with me because she didn't like "heavy metal". could've been a line, though. I'm glad not to be as old as some folk here though... - Fri, 7 Jan 2005 2:23am | ||
| Dire Strait User Info... | Doppelganger Dire Sraits was at Memorial Live in 85 during the Brothers in arms tour, Bros in arms is now the biggest selling cd of all time.I was shocked that they came to our humble Memorial arena. Also saw them the next night in Van.1985 Dire straits in Rome during the Making Movies tour 1981. Alice Cooper fell out of a giant toy box, had to leave the stage, thought it was part of the show. Alice came back out all bandaged up around the ribs singing only women bleed, sadly he had to cut the show short to go to the hospital. Suzi Quatro backed him up and came back on when he couldn't continue. Yes Suzi Quatro!! Any other concert moments????? Cheers - Fri, 7 Jan 2005 9:23am | ||
| Chip Douglas User Info... | Greetings, The other night I was out for beers with three lovely ladies when I decided to ask them who their first concerts were. There shows were AC/DC, The Rolling Stones and The Who. Mine...Huey Lewis & the News (Sports Tour 83 0r 84, Ottawa Civic Center), felt pretty lame I must say. They opened with The Heart of Rock n Roll and I got hit in the head with a bottle-all I really remember. - Fri, 7 Jan 2005 9:40am | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | Suzi fucking Quatro ! I was in love with her in my teens ! Sexiest bassist EVER ! - Fri, 7 Jan 2005 9:54am | ||
| dj sweatbox User Info... | ooh, Monsters of Rock festival with Metallica, ACDC, Slayer, white zombie (kinda), and some other bands.....this was a pretty intense first festival. but my fave show yet that i seen has to be Slayer at Rock city in Nottingham, UK. - Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:40am | ||
| Whiskey User Info... | Dayglo's, it was fuckin wicked! - Fri, 7 Jan 2005 3:38pm | ||
| Dire Strait User Info... | Saw "The Voice" Paul Rodgers formerly of Free, Bad Company, The Firm with Jimmy Page.He was at The Massey theatre Nov 04. This was the latest show I've attended. Incredible Voice now he is going on tour to front Queen. Rolling Stone has labelled him the best voice in rock & roll. Check out his killer website: http://www.paulrodgers.com - Fri, 7 Jan 2005 9:27pm | ||
| moe User Info... | Eric Burdon & The Animals. Kerrisdale Arena. Early 60's. Then Jefferson Airplane same year same place - Sat, 8 Jan 2005 9:23am | ||
| jenko User Info... | men at work @ the coliseum in edmonton, 1982? more importantly, opening act: stevie ray vaughan and double trouble. i started guitar lessons 1 week later (at the tender age of 7) - Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:56pm | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | Until you've seen Rod Stewart, you aint' been to no concert. - Sat, 8 Jan 2005 4:26pm | ||
| lonemonk User Info... | Someone else mentioned them too. My first show was The Headpins, in Fredericton, New Brunswick of all places. Prolly 1983-84. I think Red Rider opened. It would be another 10 years until I actually started using any drugs, but I remember one guy who said (We were in the nose-bleeds), "Breath deep son, while its FREE!" I still use that line whenever I smell weed burning somewhere... My musical recollection tells me the concert itself bit badly, but a first concert is a first concert... - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:38am | ||
| CC User Info... | well well..... id have to say i was about 16 and went to van with friends to see my first stadium show at the colloseum happened to be DIO! with noless than yngwie malmsteen opening! ahhaha well it was a pretty cool first big rock show i remember dio having a cool set with dragons and lasers and a huge crytal ball materialized with dios face and his voice came over the system saying "come with me my children" etc etc in a demonic voice of course damn fine 80's metal it t'was haha even got yngwies autograph @ sam the record mans - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 2:53am | ||
| Robnoxious User Info... | The original Heart at the Memorial arena on their Magazine album tour. Most amount of people I've ever seen in the old barn. - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 9:02am | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Rodgers fronting Queen? /hard time picturing the crooner goin' "Ma-ma mia! ma-ma mia!" - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:20pm | ||
| Zippgunn User Info... | The first gig I ever saw, period, was Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show at Memorial Arena, but I was taken by a pal for his birthday, otherwise I would have given it a pass. the first gig I went out of my way to go see was Kraftwerk in 1975 at the Gardens in Vancouver. They were touring the "Autobahn" album and each band member had his name written in neon light in a plexiglas box in front of him. The keyboards were tilted up so you could see their fingers and the light show was a bank of coloured flourescent lights that were in an arc behind them. The two percussionists had marimba mallets with curly cords coming out of them. They played the whole Autobahn album and most of the "Ralf and Florian" album. I recently found a bootleg of that tour which reminded me of the endless pauses between songs while they re-programmed their old analog synths to the accompaniment of the sound of all the phase shifters buzzing away. Very weird. - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:43pm | ||
| Dire Strait User Info... | Paul Rodgers will be singing Free , Bad Company, The Firm, and Paul Rodgers solo material along with Queen songs. Rumour has it he is coming to Victoria... stay tuned!! ALL RIGHT NOW... - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 5:30pm | ||
| evilkleg User Info... | First one for me was KISS at the Pacific Colloseum (without makeup) for the Hot in the Shade tour 1990. Forgettable album but unforgettable show. Even then, Kiss were the masters of the theatrical stage show. I never was a huge Kiss fan, but after seeing that show I knew I wanted to play in a rock band. - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 5:40pm | ||
| ScottL User Info... | My first rock concert was either Meat Loaf (Cheap Trick Opened) or Ozzy Osborne (Filter opened). Both were at the Saddle Dome in Clagary. Good shows the both of them. Ozzy with Firehoses.... You cannot go wrong. - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 6:00pm | ||
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| Wreaker of Havoc User Info... | Metallica and Metal Church @ the Pacific Colliseum 86 (or 87) - Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:00pm | ||
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| R@R User Info... | Yes, That counts big time!!! cheers - Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:13am | ||
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| jay brown User Info... | The Clash at the pacific colliseum, was that the tour in like 84 or 85? I was at that one, they had that Vancouver band Corsaige open up the show. - Mon, 10 Jan 2005 5:30pm | ||
| jepsycho User Info... | . - Wed, 12 Jan 2005 5:28pm | ||
| jepsycho User Info... | My first ever concert was MADONNA in seattle. The Who's that Girl tour in '87. I was 12 years old and it was crazy!!! - Wed, 12 Jan 2005 5:29pm | ||
| salmon queen User Info... | the dates are fuzzy , but the mememories come back..locally.. Supertramp, Stix, Heart, Max Webster, Rush, then in Van the Cars, Rod Stewart, and Headpins newyears eve in a small venue and on and on from there ,and ONLY cause I was higher than a goat and the ticket was free the Bay City Rollers at the lovely Memorial Arena yes it's sadly true. - Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:59pm | ||
| Bob Stinson User Info... | Beatlemania, if you can call what was essentially a musical a concert, 81 or 82. If that doesn't qualify it would be Rush, Signals tour in '83? Like jenko my third is worth a mention for it's weird factor: Stevie Ray Vaugn opening for Men at Work '83? in Edmonton (not unlike Hendrix opening for The Monkeys). Bowie is somewhere in '83, however unfortunate brain damage acrued during the pre-event festivities makes it impossible to recall the exact date. - Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:51pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | Hey Salmon Queen , I remember that Bay City Rollers tour coming through just when they were peaking, the girls at my school were going crazy about it . I was listening to Zep, Sabbath, Floyd, Yes etc. I thought it was funny as hell to see all the tartan clothes and scarves at school ! But here's the kicker a couple of years ago I get this E-mail from a dude who I guess saw my name on a metal message board and was talking about how much his wife loved death metal . He says " Hey, I played for this band years ago , maybe you've heard of them The Bay City Rollers ?" , fuck yea I've heard of them ! It was Woody , we talked a few times on line and played some dumb tricks on his wife’s web site ( a site for woody), crazy who you might meet on line ! - Thu, 13 Jan 2005 2:24pm | ||
| Isolation Ride User Info... | AC~DC ....Detroit Michigan. - Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:55am | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | XY-SATAN: In our gr. 6 class ('76) luckily there were only two girls doing the tartan thing. They were razzed to shit. My all-time favourite tabloid blurb: from the cover of a special 'feel sorry for us' edition of Teen Beat(?) on the Bay City Rollers, there's a small photo of either Woody or Eric looking despondently at us and underneath it says "I Look Ugly". Oh - sorry - first band? Well, first "major" gig (however the heck one defines that): XTC, Uvic Centre, '79. /Young Canadians backed them up, with their 'groundbreakingly' profane anthem "Let's Go to Fuckin' Ha-wai-i." - Fri, 14 Jan 2005 1:17pm | ||
| eboner User Info... | jan arden - Sat, 15 Jan 2005 1:35am | ||
| salmon queen User Info... | XY Satan, Curmudgeon, Zippgunn ect....surely I'm not the only burger with fries...what was the first concert you took your kid(s)to? I think the first show I took my son to was Crosby, Stills and Nash at the U.Vic Stadium - Sat, 15 Jan 2005 7:20pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | I'm still a straight-up double bacon cheeseburger with avocado, tomatoes, and red onions, myself. If I did have kids I was hoping that their first concert would have been Flipper, which is so impossible now, so I'm at a total loss now what else there is. - Sun, 16 Jan 2005 2:09pm | ||
| NUVO WAVO User Info... | 1st concert (parent chaperoned): Eagles 1st concert (wasted): KISS Best concert: Boomtown Rats with Bob Geldof (early 80s) Yes, I know I'm an old fart. - Sun, 16 Jan 2005 3:46pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | The first big concert I took my 13 year ( 8 at the time) old was The Sooke outdoor festival a few times and a Smaller one with Treble charger, and smaller shows was ML7,moneyshot,withina vision, lots of others, the last one being here at the house . My 6 year olds big one was Avril Lavene ( sp?) , smaller shows when she was about 4 , Rampant , Machine gun Kelly, Betty Ford , a few other all ages shows. - Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:24pm | ||
| stokin'thefire User Info... | Bands like April Wine, Kim Mitchell, Foot in cold Water used to play our high school dances. First "big" concert: mid 70's, Emerson, Lake and Palmer at the CNE in Toronto, followed by more than I could ever remember..Favourite show (artistically): Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary tour at the Orpheum....front row centre..."feel the sweat of Jethro Tull" was the radio ad.....yep.... - Thu, 27 Jan 2005 1:00am | ||
| Broccoli User Info... | Crash Test Dummies on the lawn of the parliament buildings when I was 8 (durring the commonwealth games)... my 1st pit, and likely the ONLY one CTD ever got. - Thu, 27 Jan 2005 1:42am | ||
| zack User Info... | hahaha i remember that...i think i was really upset because there was some dude trying to beat up my dad or something...i was about 8 or so. I saw garth brooks with my grandma when i was a wee one as well...thumbs up to that - Thu, 27 Jan 2005 1:47am | ||
| shaggy User Info... | my first rock show was David Lee Roth in 1986 at the pne forum - Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:56am | ||
| Non-commercial User Info... | The Smalls (RIP) at the Vernon arena, fall 93 - Tue, 1 Feb 2005 12:47am | ||
| samhain User Info... | Couple of the first were ALL at the Roxy (the night before DRI) same night of Terry H getting stabbed and Severence, Malevolence, Black Roses and Moral Decay. I think it was in Fernwood. Dislocated my knee cap under a pile of large metal guys - hahaw - Tue, 1 Feb 2005 3:46pm | ||
| bad_fairy User Info... | Now don't loose your mind ROSS B AY.......but my first concert was ROD STEWART!!!!! The "Tonight I'm yours" tour, 1981, in Vancouver at the Collesium(sp)....Oh YEAH!!!! - Wed, 2 Feb 2005 6:48pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | LMFAO !! Hey for a old fuck he ain't doing to bad ! Feel....un....contol...able....urge...must ...fight ....thinking.... of.. the.. song "Do you think I'm sexy" !!!!!! Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, Heh, Baby Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, Oh, No, She sits alone waiting for suggestions He's so nervous avoiding all the questions His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding Don't you just know exactly what they're thinking [Chorus A] If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on sugar let me know. If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on honey tell me so (Tell me so baby) Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, Heh, Baby Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, He's acting shy looking for an answer Come on honey let's spend the night together Now hold on a minute before we go much further Give me a dime so I can phone my mother They catch a cab to his high rise apartment At last he can tell her exactly what his heart means [Chorus B] If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on honey tell me so If you really need me just reach out and touch me come on sugar let me know. (Tell me so baby) Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, His heart's beating like a drum 'cos at last he's got this girl home Relax baby now we are alone Heh Baby! If you want my body and you think I'm sexy come on let me know (let me know let me know) Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, If you think I'm sexy, and just reach and touch me come on sugar let me know (nananananananar) Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar, [Repeat Chorus A] Na na na na na, nananananananar, nananananananar - Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:00pm | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Hi hunny, you too funny. I know you still dance to that song for B... - Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:26pm | ||
| XY-SATAN User Info... | Hey sweets you should know !! ;) Queen B likes to dance to "Do you think I'm sexy" Topless !!! Woot ! I'm thinking you're more of a " Maggie May " kinda gal ? - Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:34pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Back around in '79 I remember the amazing, THE INCREDIBLE, Bob and Ray doing their suave cover of "D.Y.T.I.S." on SNL. /suave, I tell ya. - Thu, 3 Feb 2005 8:23am | ||
| Kimberleykaos User Info... | Did you really just say WOOT!? Bawhahahah...Are you fine people gonna be hittin the show on Friday or what??!! Maybe some coolies before the show... And I'm not much of an anything kinda girl when it comes to Roddy Baby - my mom raised me on the shit, it still trickles out my ears and smells like burning... - Thu, 3 Feb 2005 9:43am | ||
| Jesse The Malcontent User Info... | My first real concert "experience" was after seeing 2liveCrew & Ton Loc, it was Lollapalooza 93. Earlier on in the show I decided to buy some pot and sit with a few of my friends. Unfortunately the pot was cut with something strange and adverse to my not so tolerant 15 year old physiological condition, and I ended up getting really incapably high in addition to getting a bad case of sunstroke. It was at this point that my skin started to turn green and I swaggered around for a while looking for a concession stand. I eventually found a Pepsi merchant (one of dozens which is quite a few for an “alternative” and “political” music festival) and bought one of their gigantic maga-savings trash can sized cups of pop for about $11.00 and drank the whole thing really quickly. Though I felt better for about thirty seconds I started feeling even more nauseous and threw up all of it back into the cup. I then proceeded to replace the cap and crawl a few feet away into some shade. A minute later a scruffy hippie guy wandered nearby when I noticed him picking up the regurgitated Pepsi and started to drink it without any hesitation and walked away sipping the drink every few steps. After that I felt a little better. Beyond that the show was okay - Thu, 3 Feb 2005 9:46am | ||
| ROSS B AY User Info... | "Now don't loose your mind ROSS B AY.......but my first concert was ROD STEWART!!!!! The "Tonight I'm yours" tour, 1981, in Vancouver at the Collesium(sp)....Oh YEAH!!!! - Wed, 2 Feb 6:48pm " This makes you the coolest. Ever. RB - Thu, 3 Feb 2005 4:56pm | ||
| bad_fairy User Info... | Thought you might like that! - Thu, 3 Feb 2005 6:11pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | Awww... poor Jesse! I feel for ya after what happened to ya at Lolla. - Fri, 4 Feb 2005 4:14pm | ||
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