View Full Version : First Concert Of Your Life, Ever
oil_spill_bill
05-13-2009, 10:36 AM
I already answered this on the "Summer Concert Plans" thread but I thought it might a fun thread to start.
My First Concert was a Nostalgia Show at the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino. My parents drug me to it when I was in my early teens.
Needless to say I was not that thrilled to see Bill Haley and the Comets, ShawNaNa, The Coasters, and some other 50s bands.
But now I can look back and appreciate what they were trying to do =-]
KittyLeigh
05-13-2009, 10:46 AM
Not sure if it was REALLY my first concert, but the first one I REMEMBER seeing was Alabama at "Irvine Meadows" (now Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre) when I was around 9. I remember the hike from the venue back to the car - a bunch of people singing "99 bottles of beer on the wall....."
NicoleErin
05-13-2009, 10:53 AM
My first concert was Bryan Adams. My Mom was the "house nurse" at Universal Amphitheatre (gibson, now?) and she of course knew everyone and got us in, got us pit passes, backstage passes, etc. Amy and I thought we were so badass, having complete run of the place at 11 years old!
Chevgirl357
05-13-2009, 11:12 AM
My first concert was Bryan Adams. My Mom was the "house nurse" at Universal Amphitheatre (gibson, now?) and she of course knew everyone and got us in, got us pit passes, backstage passes, etc. Amy and I thought we were so badass, having complete run of the place at 11 years old!
I seriously have the "Mom memory" so I couldn't even tell you! I used to be HUGE in the music scene and go to different shows every weekend (not big name concerts). I had a lot of friends in badns and dated some musicians so I was always backstage somewhere. I saw the Bellamy Brothers when I was a kid, so that might count as my first. Otherwise, probably The Living End at the Roxy, or Dave Matthews at the Dallas Cowboys stadium.
Miss B
05-13-2009, 11:14 AM
lalapalooza i was 2 or 3 lol~i love my mom :)
bree621
05-13-2009, 11:53 AM
Simple Plan at HOB Anaheim... it was raining. I was soaked. I was miserable. The end.
Clay_Shooter
05-13-2009, 11:56 AM
KISS....I think I was 7 years old(1977). I went with my Dad and brother. I fell asleep ;). (Actually I was probably feeling the affects of the "special" smoke in the air :)
onebadcountryboy2613
05-13-2009, 11:57 AM
carlos santana at the pagent in st. louis, i was 5, i have the greatest dad in the world!!!
KUZN EDY
05-13-2009, 12:06 PM
Huey Lewis And The News, Midstate Fair... I was in the 4th grade and my aunt took me cuz her boyfriend just broke up with her. The opening act was The Cars. I remember after begging her the whole show she finnally bought me a black Pantera "cowboys from hell" T-shirt at a tent next to the entrance and my mom threw it away when i came home and busted my aunt. We still laugh about it today.
uscpsycho
05-13-2009, 12:17 PM
Ummm...
Not to burst your bubbles but there is already a long thread on this very subject and it's barely two weeks old - http://stagecoachfestival.com/forum/showthread.php?t=901&highlight=concert
Cooter
05-13-2009, 12:25 PM
or it's over a year old. you have your math, i have mine...
KUZN EDY
05-13-2009, 12:30 PM
.......
uscpsycho
05-13-2009, 12:31 PM
Well about two weeks since the last post.
It was Blondie not Bondie :rolleyes:
I thought this thread sounded familiar...great minds think alike OSB
tractorpilot
05-13-2009, 12:58 PM
Swing Auditorium that brings back some memories. I can't remember my 1st concert but that place was great a concert every weekend. Saw fleetwood mac there when they were a blues band. Foghat ,blues images, Mountain,& many more. Hey it was the 70's,
Too bad the plane crashed into it.
tgcali
05-13-2009, 02:38 PM
Judas Priest, Testament and Megadeath. Painkillers Tour. That might explain a few things....
Little Bit's first was when she was around 2 years old at the MGM Grand for Pink Floyd. She was sitting on the end of her seat rocking back and forth during 'Another Brick In The Wall'. Priceless. She's also seen Alice Cooper at the Del Mar Fair.
As for ones she can remember, outside of weekend festivals (Stagecoach), well, let's just say, stay tuned.....:p
oil_spill_bill
05-13-2009, 03:36 PM
Sorrrrry about copying the thread uscpsycho.
Was it your originally Rose, well, great minds alright
The Swing, Yeah, after I got over the Nostalgia thing I saw a lot of shows there too because I live in Big Bear and it was the closest place.
I saw Emerson Lake and Palmer, Black Sabbath. Blackmore's Rainbow and some others I can't remember
oil_spill_bill
05-13-2009, 03:40 PM
So Psycho your first concert was Sha Na NA also wow we have something else in common
uscpsycho
05-13-2009, 03:56 PM
So Psycho your first concert was Sha Na NA also wow we have something else in common
GTFO that was your concert? Where at? I saw them in Lake Tahoe.
gaypalmsprings
05-13-2009, 05:18 PM
The Cowsills.
KC4avon
05-13-2009, 07:22 PM
lalapalooza i was 2 or 3 lol~i love my mom :)
oh thaaaaaaat's funny!!...Way to go Mom Kathy!!...I took my kids to Alice Cooper!!...they remember it too...love you Kath!!...Brit--how fun, do you remember anything?...hee hee
KC4avon
05-13-2009, 07:26 PM
carlos santana at the pagent in st. louis, i was 5, i have the greatest dad in the world!!!
Santana was my first concert w/out parents, yes, everyone was smoking pot--no, I didn't---San Diego Sports Arena in the earrrrrrrrly 70's.
I go to alot of concerts, all genre's. Camped on Mission Bay wkend after SC for a concert. I love live music & theater. And camping, ha ha. And drinking--hee hee, hence the RV.
great thread, enjoying reading it
oil_spill_bill
05-14-2009, 08:47 AM
At the Nostalgia deal I mention at the beginning of the thread. The Swing Auditorium San Bernardino CA
MISSMARIANNE
05-14-2009, 02:42 PM
First concert ever: Bob Dylan/George Harrison
First country concert: Garth Brooks opening for The Judds
Artist I've seen the most times: has to be either Bruce Springsteen or
Chris LeDoux (sure do miss him) I've seen them so many times - lost
count (probably 12-15 times each!) I know - pretty crazy!:D
wagonwheelfestival
05-14-2009, 03:26 PM
Van Halen, in Irvine I think... with Sammy Hagar, Early early 90's, I think 1990 or maybe 1989... Ahhh, good memories... That was fun...
wagonwheelfestival
05-14-2009, 03:26 PM
Favorite Concert ever... Country Rat Pack earlier this year... great show!
Miss B
05-14-2009, 03:35 PM
oh thaaaaaaat's funny!!...Way to go Mom Kathy!!...I took my kids to Alice Cooper!!...they remember it too...love you Kath!!...Brit--how fun, do you remember anything?...hee hee
haha i remember the port o potties were gross and it was a sea of people.lol. reminds me of SC;)