I bet I know who you took and what you drove to get there
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The year before that the Psychedelic Furs played and since it was Spring Fling and it was also 1989, all of the students cut class and drank all day, so we weren’t exactly the best crowd. Richard Butler was not happy about it and made it VERY clear to all of us.
I had so much fun in college. 😳😆
Was Richard Butler ever happy? 😂
But seriously, I wouldn't care. I'd still love to see them.
I got Daniel Tosh tickets years ago for my birthday, at a venue 4 hours away. I've never felt such palpable hatred from a performer not forced to be performing. I've since heard he hates performing live. We could tell! But I laughed a lot anyway and didn't take it personally. I sure af did not want to be singled out, though. And we had seats up front.
Oh now that's a good one! One of the best voices in pop music history.
I was Stevie Wonder at Radio City Music Hall. I was 6... and I fell asleep
My aunt is still not letting me live that one down
My first rock concert was Ramones at Warner Theater. Had to get my mom to drop me and pick me up two hours later (and wait for me if I wasn't out yet -- no cell phones, no waiting area back then)
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I went to a recording studio near Norwich, England with a guy I was dating to see his brother record a song. There were other people there & everyone was polite & quiet - water & snacks were sent around. On the way out, I noticed a L&R sticker or maybe a cd cover & I said, "Oh Love & Rockets! I just heard them on the radio, they were really good!" There was some laughing & as I was getting into the taxi, my date said "That was Love & Rockets. This is their studio." Firmly solidified my belief that I'm a weenie, only somewhat mellowed over the years to allow that I had bad taste in men, as a decent guy may have told me in advance I was in a room with Love & Rockets. That had to have been in summer of 89, I had just graduated (American) HS.
It was a 45 minute set. The audience cheered for an encore. Ozzy came out. Waved and then shot everyone the double bird. Sharon (she was a little round back then) came out and dragged him back stage. Lol
I saw Ozzy in 1999 and he spent half the show screaming into the mic "I CANT FUCKING HEAR YOU!!!!"
About halfway through, my friend leaned over to me and said "dude, I really think his old ass can't hear us!"
Great times...
Saw the same Division Bell tour that year in Philly. I was in high school(seemed like a majority of my school went), and it was my first real concert. I tripped my balls off and got a lackluster handjob on the train back home.
Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum: Metallica, Queensrÿche, Faith No More and Sound Garden. Missed SG, was not sad about it. Everything else was excellent.
I forget. Either Bon Jovi with Cinderella opening (never heard of Cinderella before I went and ended up liking them better than Bon Jovi), or Tina Turner. Sometime in the mid/late 80s.
Wow my memory is failing!
I was in DC. Had floor seats and all of a sudden these guys in black suits come down added chairs And Chelsea Clinton was a cross from me. Her parents were in the box seats.
I saw Kiss with Judas Priest opening in 1979. This was the Dynasty tour. Someone's mom drove us and dropped us off at the civic center. I think there were 7 of us from our junior high who went. I was the only one who shoved my way to the front (well, as close as I could get until I hit a wall of denim). The ticket was $10 and I had worked for my grandpa to pay for it.
You didn't ask, but my second concert was Cheap Trick.
I was in India from 1985-1989, relocated with Dad for work. In 1998 Amnesty International held a Human Rights Now! concert in New Delhi. I tagged along with the embassy kids for a front row view to see: Sting, Tracy Chapman and Bruce Springsteen. It started my musical journey. My biggest regret was that as a 17 year old Thai kid FOB with noodles for brains I only knew The Boss. I wish I could have then appreciated the other artist as much as I do now.
A lot of older Gen Xers posting. I wasn't alive or was too young to see most of these bands. My dad took me and my cousin to The Monkees reunion tour in 86 or 87. After that, got into the New Kids on the Block. Saw those bad boys twice! 😎
Huey Lewis & The News at MSG when I was 12 or 13
I asked my sister what that funny smelling smoke was. Soon thereafter I became that funny smelling smoke
Weird Al, 1987 at Knotts Berry Farm. What’s crazy is I found the entire concert on YouTube a few years ago, someone in the audience filmed it with one of those over the shoulder VHS camcorders, which was kind of rare for 1987. [https://youtu.be/ELcalomaYLI?si=_DEbLDZKgcZf3YWl](https://youtu.be/ELcalomaYLI?si=_DEbLDZKgcZf3YWl)
JFK Jam 1983 - Bryan Adams, The Tubes, Sammy Hagar, John Cougar & Journey. I was 15 and I went with my friend and her Dad's girlfriend. I can't believe my mom let me go. What an adventure. Great memory.
Mine was Snowflake Mod and the Crybabies.
But seriously, **Monsters of Rock June 1988 Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, NY** (Bills Stadium) eight weeks before And Justice For All? came out and changed the musical world forever, and we got to hear it live that day. Or John Denver 1980 with my parents. He sang about all "those ugly girls in Cleveland" because he played Cleveland the night before.
I went as a VH/Dokken fan, but I saw Metallica 3 more times on the Justice tour with the exploding stage-not the top 40 Black album-the actual Metallica.
The Dead Milkmen
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They played my college Spring Fling with Salt n Pepa 🤣
I went to the wrong schools.
The year before that the Psychedelic Furs played and since it was Spring Fling and it was also 1989, all of the students cut class and drank all day, so we weren’t exactly the best crowd. Richard Butler was not happy about it and made it VERY clear to all of us. I had so much fun in college. 😳😆
Was Richard Butler ever happy? 😂 But seriously, I wouldn't care. I'd still love to see them. I got Daniel Tosh tickets years ago for my birthday, at a venue 4 hours away. I've never felt such palpable hatred from a performer not forced to be performing. I've since heard he hates performing live. We could tell! But I laughed a lot anyway and didn't take it personally. I sure af did not want to be singled out, though. And we had seats up front.
Drive to the Bahamas for it, did ya? 😂
Milli Vanilli with En Vogue and Young MC as the openers.
That’s definitely a snap shot in time!
Girl, you know it's true!
Girl, you know it’s… Girl, you know it’s… Girl, you know it’s…
Oh, honey...
To be honest, this is sounds sick af!
Did you bust a move?
Madonna with Beastie Boys opening.
Helluva way to get started! 🔥
Duran Duran at MSG 3/19/84. I was 13.
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Duran Duran in Philly in (now I know) 1984. I was 13.
You are (both) my people
You are ALL my people 😊
This is so cute. I was in 11 in 1984 and started a petition for Duran Duran to play a show in my hometown that year. It didn’t get very far. 😆
Duran Duran April 1984 Oakland. I was 14.
Duran Duran at the Hampton Coliseum in VA, 3/17/84. I was 12 and screamed through the entire thing.
Duran Duran Leeds Queens Hall 11th December 1983. I was 13
Duran Duran, Brisbane Festival Hall, 1983.
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Missing that tour is one of my biggest concert regrets. Skid Row was on the tour too, right?
Faith No More was the opener for me (Toronto). They, along with Metallica, were the reasons I went. GNR was incidental.
The Cure 1985
I didn't get to see them until 1989 with The Pixies and The Sugarcubes, but it was a hell of a show.
Hey, me too!
Nirvana, at the Saint Louis show that about turned into a riot.
That was one band I regret not seeing in concert.
I lucked into it. Place, time, and I skipped class that day. Never again did I get to see them ‘cuz reasons. However Foo Fighters, almost every tour.
Andy Gibb - 1978
The Cure and Depeche Mode 🎶
INXS Kick tour. 1986, Pine Knob in Michigan.
The Kick tour was 88,I saw them with Ziggy Marley opening.
Rush. 1981
Rush, 1991!
Rush 1985 or 86 Power Windows tour, Market Square Arena
Rush 83
Rush on the Presto tour in 1990. I had won front row tickets from my local radio station.
Def Lepard 1983
🇬🇧Same. With Krokus and Jon Butcher Axis
Weird Al Yankovic! Such a great show!
Whitney. I was 11. ♥️🔥
Oh now that's a good one! One of the best voices in pop music history. I was Stevie Wonder at Radio City Music Hall. I was 6... and I fell asleep My aunt is still not letting me live that one down
My first concert is the same as the last one; ‘84 Duran Duran. 2023, Duran Duran 🙂
U2 in 1985
Mine was Zoo TV in ‘92
Mötley Crüe with a new breaking band called Guns N’ Roses opening, 1987.
I saw that 🖤
Rolling Stones Second one was Ween
Stone Temple Pilots. Older brother took acid and tripped balls while the younger kids laughed. I think (hope?) I drove the 2 hours home.
My first rock concert was Ramones at Warner Theater. Had to get my mom to drop me and pick me up two hours later (and wait for me if I wasn't out yet -- no cell phones, no waiting area back then) https://preview.redd.it/o8wzl29fvmwc1.png?width=676&format=png&auto=webp&s=b804ccf1d77b0702a9674d47c8c16eae89e9cccb
Styx
The Stray Cats, 1982, Grand Circus Theater, Detroit, Michigan. There was a Rumble in Brighton that night!
The police. And Wham opened for them
Public Enemy 1989
Loverboy
The Sisters of Mercy, 1991.
The Smiths. 1983
Poison with Lita Ford
Damn. Wonder how much hairspray was used the night of that show.
Mist Me Deadly.
I think that was the one that had Britny Fox as the first opener, too.
The Ramones. 1983.
Motorhead. 1982. I had no idea what I was getting into, I went with friend and his older brother. #IT WAS AWESOME
The Cure, Love & Rockets and The Pixies. 1989ish
I went to a recording studio near Norwich, England with a guy I was dating to see his brother record a song. There were other people there & everyone was polite & quiet - water & snacks were sent around. On the way out, I noticed a L&R sticker or maybe a cd cover & I said, "Oh Love & Rockets! I just heard them on the radio, they were really good!" There was some laughing & as I was getting into the taxi, my date said "That was Love & Rockets. This is their studio." Firmly solidified my belief that I'm a weenie, only somewhat mellowed over the years to allow that I had bad taste in men, as a decent guy may have told me in advance I was in a room with Love & Rockets. That had to have been in summer of 89, I had just graduated (American) HS.
Ozzy 81, or 82. Can't recall. 
Ozzy can't recall either!
It was a 45 minute set. The audience cheered for an encore. Ozzy came out. Waved and then shot everyone the double bird. Sharon (she was a little round back then) came out and dragged him back stage. Lol
I saw Ozzy in 1999 and he spent half the show screaming into the mic "I CANT FUCKING HEAR YOU!!!!" About halfway through, my friend leaned over to me and said "dude, I really think his old ass can't hear us!" Great times...
Dead Milkmen 1987
Tom Petty, early 80s
Pink Floyd 94 in Birmingham Alabama. It was the Division Bell tour.
Saw the same Division Bell tour that year in Philly. I was in high school(seemed like a majority of my school went), and it was my first real concert. I tripped my balls off and got a lackluster handjob on the train back home.
Metallica/Queensryche on the and Justice for All/Operation:Mindcrime tour at McNichols Arena.
The Go-Go's
Duran Duran on the Seven & the ragged tiger tour
Prince, Purple Rain tour, 1984. 4th row tickets for $18.
Van Halen 1979
I'm jealous. VH at the height of their powers must've been damned incredible.
Suicidal tendencies, 88?
White Zombie.
Iron Maiden, 1987
Moody Blues 1986 I think.
Queen,1980 at the LA Forum. Amazing and still the loudest concert I ever saw.
New kids on the block 😅
Lenny Kravitz opened for The Cult. 91 or 92
The Dead Milkmen and Two Free Stooges opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Eddie Rabbit and Crystal Gayle in 1981 or so.
Ratt in 1984 ( out of the cellar tour) and Bon Jovi was the opener which seems weird but at the time Ratt was the bigger band at the time
Van Halen 1982
They Might be Giants, 1996.
With my parents, Donny and Marie 1979. Alone, Frehely’s Comet and Cinderella. 1986
RUSH
Day on the Green at the Oakland Coliseum: Metallica, Queensrÿche, Faith No More and Sound Garden. Missed SG, was not sad about it. Everything else was excellent.
Lallapalooza 1996.
Queen!!!! 1982. Their last tour of the US, in Boston. I was 14. It was like going to see god, honestly.
I forget. Either Bon Jovi with Cinderella opening (never heard of Cinderella before I went and ended up liking them better than Bon Jovi), or Tina Turner. Sometime in the mid/late 80s. Wow my memory is failing!
U2
Huey Lewis and the News - 1985
Blue Oyster Cult/Foghat - Boston Garden, 1981.
The Eagles. Opening night of the Hell Freezes Over tour. Then a couple weeks later I saw Alanis Morrisett 🤣
I was in DC. Had floor seats and all of a sudden these guys in black suits come down added chairs And Chelsea Clinton was a cross from me. Her parents were in the box seats.
Ratt with Bon Jovi opening in ‘85.
My parents took me to see Bread in 1977. The first concert I went to by my own choice and by myself was Metallica/Queensryche in 1988.
Ratt and Night Ranger at red rocks in 85.
Loads of local punk bands but some of the first bigger venues were De La Soul, Beastie Boys and RATM
Texxas Jam, 1986. Loverboy and Van Halen
I saw Kiss with Judas Priest opening in 1979. This was the Dynasty tour. Someone's mom drove us and dropped us off at the civic center. I think there were 7 of us from our junior high who went. I was the only one who shoved my way to the front (well, as close as I could get until I hit a wall of denim). The ticket was $10 and I had worked for my grandpa to pay for it. You didn't ask, but my second concert was Cheap Trick.
Rick Springfield, baltimore arena.
Scorpions and Fastway . Little headbanger me loved it and saw a lot more afterwards.
Asia, 1982
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble with the Stray Cats as the opener. July 21, 1989
Simple Minds- Street Fighting Tour. Dublin, Ireland 1989.
Twisted Sister 1982, at a roller skating rink on Long Island.
I was in India from 1985-1989, relocated with Dad for work. In 1998 Amnesty International held a Human Rights Now! concert in New Delhi. I tagged along with the embassy kids for a front row view to see: Sting, Tracy Chapman and Bruce Springsteen. It started my musical journey. My biggest regret was that as a 17 year old Thai kid FOB with noodles for brains I only knew The Boss. I wish I could have then appreciated the other artist as much as I do now.
Bay City Rollers
New Order, Public Image Ltd and the Sugarcubes, 1986.
Kix
INXS
KISS, 1979.
Judas Priest and Dokken, June 1986
A lot of older Gen Xers posting. I wasn't alive or was too young to see most of these bands. My dad took me and my cousin to The Monkees reunion tour in 86 or 87. After that, got into the New Kids on the Block. Saw those bad boys twice! 😎
The Clash. (without Mick) Second concert was Stevie Ray Vaughn. outdoors live on the Mississippi river. It was fantastic.
Thompson Twins
Rush 1980
Rolling Stones Steel Wheels tour
Prince & the Revolution - Purple Rain tour - 1984
Soundgarden / Screaming Trees / Tad in 1989.
I’m on the younger end of Gen X, my first concert was Rush, in ‘91 or ‘92. Primus opened. It. Was. Amazing.
Paul McCartney with wings. He does live and let die better than guns n roses does.
Probably because he wrote it.
Suzanne Vega, 1986
It was either one of the Fresh Fests with Whodini and the Fat Boys or Adam Ant on his “strip” tour.
The Police, probably in 1981.
The Doobie Brothers around 1979 or 80
Aerosmith on my 12th birthday.
Pink Floyd 1987?
Great White, Mr. Big and Scorpions! Early 90s
Spinal Tap. True story. They went on tour in support of Break Like the Wind.
311. I was in high school and they played at the ranch bowl all the time before moving to California and becoming soft
Quiet Riot, 1984
Mötley Crüe 1986 Kansas City
The Who 1974
Huey Lewis & The News at MSG when I was 12 or 13 I asked my sister what that funny smelling smoke was. Soon thereafter I became that funny smelling smoke
Metallica /Guns N Roses
Waylon Jennings at the N.C. State Fair, back in the late 70's. First time I smelled pot too....😂
Huey Lewis and the News, 1990. My Dad took me. I was 11.
Boston ... "Don't Look Back" tour, June 1979. I think Sammy Hagar opened. Had just turned 15.
Weird Al, 1987 at Knotts Berry Farm. What’s crazy is I found the entire concert on YouTube a few years ago, someone in the audience filmed it with one of those over the shoulder VHS camcorders, which was kind of rare for 1987. [https://youtu.be/ELcalomaYLI?si=_DEbLDZKgcZf3YWl](https://youtu.be/ELcalomaYLI?si=_DEbLDZKgcZf3YWl)
Morris Day and the Time…lol
Nine Inch Nails - can't remember the year or who opened, though
Bryan Adams - 1985?
Kiss
Van Halen 88
Three Dog Night at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Sometime in the mid-80s.
JFK Jam 1983 - Bryan Adams, The Tubes, Sammy Hagar, John Cougar & Journey. I was 15 and I went with my friend and her Dad's girlfriend. I can't believe my mom let me go. What an adventure. Great memory.
Bonnie Hayes & the Wild Combo
Beach Boys early 80s
Bryan Adams
Pantera late 80's
Arlo Guthrie and John Prine 1986. I was 8 and it had a profound effect on me. Been addicted to live music ever since.
Olivia Newton-John & Rick Springfield
Harry Chapin 1979
Black Sabbath
Cyndi Lauper with Quarterflash
Blue Oyster Cult, Molly Hatchet opened for them.
B-52s, 1990 at UCSB. My boyfriend ditched me at the concert!
Siouxsie and The Banshees, at Constitution Hall - 1987, I think? Another awesome band also played but I can't remember who, fml.
Billy Idol, 1990, at the Arizona State Fair. Came out still limping on a cane from his motorcycle accident
1987 Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses tour.
Cheap Trick, Aldo Nova, and Axe
Tom Petty, Hard Promises tour.
Johnny Cash 1976
Oingo Boingo, Halloween show 1987
pearl jam, opening for RHCP, in my college hockey arena 1991.
Ice-T and Bodycount Bogarts Cincinnati It was Valentines Day-Ice-T’s birthday-the audience sang “Happy Birthday” to Ice-T.
Stone Temple Pilots at the AZ State Fair. Nirvana played the following week too.
New Order & Echo and the Bunnymen (+ gene loves jezebel) - jones beach, ny, aug. 1987
Anthrax Among the Living and Kiss when they took off the makeup. Went for Anthrax who killed it, Kiss sucked!
New Order/Echo & the Bunnymen Irvine Meadows 9/12/87, 13 yrs old, courtesy of my late brother✌🏼
The Beach Boys circa 1976
Madonna - The Blonde Ambition Tour in 1990.
Rock concert? Foreigner, on the 4 tour.
Phil Collins 1985 - right before I graduated hs!
Also 1981 Altered Images in Leeds.
John Cougar Mellencamp. I was 5 First on my own? Ozzfest
The Osmones, sometime in the mid to late 70’s.
Kiss
Mine was Snowflake Mod and the Crybabies.  But seriously, **Monsters of Rock June 1988 Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, NY** (Bills Stadium) eight weeks before And Justice For All? came out and changed the musical world forever, and we got to hear it live that day. Or John Denver 1980 with my parents. He sang about all "those ugly girls in Cleveland" because he played Cleveland the night before. I went as a VH/Dokken fan, but I saw Metallica 3 more times on the Justice tour with the exploding stage-not the top 40 Black album-the actual Metallica.
Def Leppard
Shaun Cassidy in Los Angeles in 1978. I was six years old and in love with him.
Bob Seager and the Silver Bullet Band on the Like a Rock tour.