First Gig

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7234 Age : 53

I'm sure that this is one that pops up again and again but I don't remember it since I've been on here.

What was your first gig? Was it cool, or were you forced to take your little sister to an Osmonds gig and you are still trying to recover your street cred! Laughing very hard

Mine was this

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Wasn't supposed to be, I had tickets for Metallica/Anthrax a month later and that was going to be my first, but then we won tickets for this from the local newspaper so off we went.

Warlock, Motorhead and Ozzy were great, the rest not so much although I took an interest in The Scorpions as they had been firm favorites a few years previous and Def Leppard as it was Rick Allen's first gig post accident. The guys from Bad News are some of my favorite comedians from that era and beyond, but I wanted metal, not a joke band!

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 6393 Age : 44

I can't quite remember, but local bands for sure. First "major" concert was Alice Cooper, I think.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5014 Age : 55

Eddie And The Tide at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds with my mom and younger brother. A really cool local band that was a cross between Eddie Money and the Eddie and The Cruisers Soundtrack. Got free tickets to Greg Khin Band after that show was over and went the next day to that.

With friends: Metallica and Ozzy at The Cow Palace (Master Of Puppets/Ultimate Sin Tour)

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The Doobie Brothers with special guests UFO. October 5th, 1978 at the Roanoke Civic Center in Virginia. I was 8 years old.

Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37962 Age : 54

Judas Priest's "Turbo" tour at the Meadowlands Arena in New Jersey, June of 1986. Dokken opened the show. I was sixteen years old and had the time of my life! headbanger

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53

S.D. wrote:: The Doobie Brothers with special guests UFO. October 5th, 1978 at the Roanoke Civic Center in Virginia. I was 8 years old.

The Doobie Brothers were mine as well, but a few years later, during their farewell tour in 1982.

Metal master Number of posts : 828 Age : 51

Oak Ridge Boys when I was 5. Elvira had just come out & it was packed. My first metal gig was Whitecross in 89 I believe.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5090 Age : 27

Kiss; I was 13 at the time. Pretty cool show, but I've never been a huge fan of them.

Metal master Number of posts : 882 Age : 61

June 1979 Colorado Sun Day at Mile High Stadium. Denver Colorado

Ted Nugent, Heart, The Cars, UFO, The Rockets

Dinky Do Number of posts : 4830 Age : 43

My first gig was when I was 15. We played a Firehouse with a bunch of other bands who were all punk.. We were called The Burning Orphans and had a whole setlist of original songs that of course no one knew. After that concert I realized I needed to start learning some songs to cover, as my death metal growls weren't going over real well with the crowd Laughing very hard

I know this question isn't LITERALLY about my first gig, but I said it any way!!

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

Stryper - To Hell With The Devil tour, Feb 26, 1987, Warner Theater, Washington, DC. Hurricane opened up

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thejokeriv wrote:: Stryper - To Hell With The Devil tour, Feb 26, 1987, Warner Theater, Washington, DC. Hurricane opened up

I think it's funny that we both went to that same concert. The main difference is that by that point I had already been going to concerts for 9 years.

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 12811 Age : 55

S.D. wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:: Stryper - To Hell With The Devil tour, Feb 26, 1987, Warner Theater, Washington, DC. Hurricane opened up

I think it's funny that we both went to that same concert. The main difference is that by that point I had already been going to concerts for 9 years.

I know - pretty cool though! Loved that gig - form the moment Hurricane hit the stage, I was hooked on live shows.

My dad wouldn't let me go to concerts until that one (towards the end of my Senior year of high school) - at that point, it was off to every gig I could get to.......

26 + years later and it hasn't changed....... except I bring my kids to shows sometimes too. My son has seen KISS (his first show), Iron Maiden and Scorpions. My daughter to Scorpions. Next up for the kids Pat Benatar and Cheap Trick @ Wolftrap in a couple weeks.

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

First concert was at the Orange Bowl, dubbed the event The Rock Superbowl with Journey headlining, Aerosmith ( Jimmy Crespo line up ) and Bryan Adams as a support act, I was 12 years old

Metal is my Life Number of posts : 19337 Age : 53

Winger/Slaughter. KISS was suppose to headline, but cancelled.

Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12862 Age : 60

First attended concert was me taggin' along with sister and boyfriend to Ontario Motor Speedway and catch the California Jam. Note:the co star act TBA in flyer below was ELP

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First pro gig in a band was at The Starwood in Santa Monica, Calif. (1979) Quiet Riot headlined with The Boys, Dante Fox, and Lethal Dose opening. Due to my age, I had to sit by the backstage door after our set in case the cops came.

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Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7059 Age : 44

Roger Daltrey, Fresno Fairgrounds, sometime in the 90's, with John Entwistle.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 7059 Age : 44

James B. wrote:: First attended concert was me taggin' along with sister and boyfriend to Ontario Motor Speedway and catch the California Jam

God, I wish I had known you (and been alive). I watch that concert all the time on youtube. It looks like it was amazing.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1346 Age : 53

First was a local battle of the bands (Drifter, Low Profile, Stormbringer) in 1985.
First by a band with a record deal was Law and Order, with Scrooge (a local band, although 'local' was completely different by then) opening, in 1989 or '90.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1268 Age : 57

June 18th 1981 Seattle Center Coliseum......Rush Moving Pictures Tour. Amazing, hooked me for life.

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stepcousin wrote:: June 18th 1981 Seattle Center Coliseum......Rush Moving Pictures Tour. Amazing, hooked me for life.

LUCKY bastard! First Gig 19976

Master Sailboat Number of posts : 9301 Age : 45

Pantera & Skid Row in 1993

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4238 Age : 48

I am a lot younger than most of you guys:lol!: and my first concert was back in 1990. A spanish heavy rock artist ROSENDO. Later i saw a lot of local bands but my first big concert was back in 1992. METALLICA in Barcelona.
Today i am going to see VENOM, TESTAMENT, BARON ROJO, DORO, ANKHARA, KREATOR, PICTURE (NL) etc...at a spanish metal festival in the South. More than 20 years ago after my first big concert, still kicking some ass tonight. HEAVY METAL FOREVER.

Metal student Number of posts : 131 Age : 31

Haha, this is going to be fun:

- First gig I remember: 2002 Gotthard. I was 9 years old back then
- Afterwards some more Gotthard gigs, cause these were the ones my father took me along to
- First "big" gig: 2009 AC/DC in the Olympic Stadium in Munich. Not too long ago, but it was a huge experience. I've been to all kind of concerts ever since. Must have been around 30 concerts in the last 4 years. Had to catch up a lot Very Happy

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

First concert I believe was George Thorogood & the Destroyers, probably around '86 or '87. My friend's older sister took us to the Philadelphia Spectrum.

First concert that I went to unsupervised with just friends and no parental guidance, Huey Lewis & the News, probably around '88 or '89, also at the Spectrum.

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