what was the 1st concert you went to?

*discordiatookie* · 02-25-2006, 02:45 PM

i seen there was a 'what was the last concert you went to' but what about the first?

mine was when i were a nipper, just 14 years old, in the year of 1997, and it was oasis, at the aberdeen exhibition and conference centre (AECC)... and it blew my mind!

HolyGuakamoly · 02-25-2006, 03:27 PM

the first concert i went to...
hm.
a few years ago [somwhere in the 90's i believe], there was a brit pop band called Five. they were excellent, i was their #1 fan.
i went to their concert with my best friend, we were noly 11 [!] and it was back in 99, i think.
it rocked!

Jed · 02-25-2006, 04:01 PM

Foo Fighters, 2000, I was 15, at The Olympia Theatre, Dublin.

I'd seen bands at festivals before that but none that I liked.

Peanut · 02-25-2006, 04:09 PM

I can't quite recall, but I do remember going to some kind of Alt Rock show in the newly built (at the time) Air Canada Center with two of my cousins and seeing RATM and I think Limp Bizkit. I can't quite remember. It was either that or Spice Girls. One of them.

Mobius One · 03-14-2006, 09:41 PM

Oh ****! You saw Rage live?! They have always been my favorite band and I never got a chance to see them. Anyways, first show I went to was Dream Theater. Real kickass. They covered some Pink Floyd too, and it was pretty incredible. Their guitarist, John Petrucci, is just ridiculous.

Peanut · 03-14-2006, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DemoGoblin87

Oh ****! You saw Rage live?!

Yeah, they were pretty f*cking intense. I used to love them. I was pissed when they broke up. Ripped down my posters and everything. DAMN!

*Spitfire* · 03-14-2006, 09:52 PM

I went to see Rob Zombie when I was like 12. The last concert I went to was Sunday, I saw Dark Tranquillity. I've gone to countless concerts in the past 6 years since that first.

*VaughnMichael* · 03-14-2006, 09:54 PM

They Might Be Giants was the first band I ever saw live...and boy was that a great show!
next was Marilyn Manson I think and some other underground bands around at the time..
-Putrescent

Mobius One · 03-15-2006, 12:20 AM

Dude, Peanut, you're like number one on my coolness list right now, man!

*Ecto Jedi* · 05-17-2006, 09:00 PM

'Never been to a live concert. Could've gone to see Alice Cooper in Halifax, but I'm too damn lazy. (sigh!)

*Kid Icarus* · 05-17-2006, 09:34 PM

First concert? I'll post two... one was my first stadium 'big' event concert, the other a smaller club type one. Two totally diffrent experiances, by the way. Try 'em both

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First up, the 'big' one. Bands: Godsmack, Stained, Cold, and Systematic.

Show was good, just what you'd expect. Cold sucked beyond words. Their timing was off, the singer just kinda stood there and sang, and the guitar players were horrible. Systematic was awesome, great opening band. Lots of energy, great songs... it's a shame they never went anywhere. Stained was just starting to break at the time. This was actually a few weeks before 'Outside' went on the radio, so they were still pretty much unknown, unless you listened to rock radio. Great band, really enjoyed their set.

Godsmack was ****ing insane. Sully Erna knows how to get a crowd worked up. We were so close I could have plucked a nose hair from him. Loud, fast, tons of energy... great live act. Not sure how they'd be now, with their recent suckfest of the last two albums... but meh. It was fun.

Second, smaller venue show, concert hall type thing. Bands: Crazy Metalhead Opener Dude, Blood on the Walls, Yeah Yeah Yeah's.

Crazy Metalhead Opener Dude, can't remember his name, was amazing. He played complex speed metal by himself onstage to a backing of, get this... TECHNO. Really freaking cool sound. Guy was doing some extremely impressive guitar work. Reminded me how much I suck LOL.

Blood on the Walls was great too. A mix of Pixies, Breeders, and Sonic Youth, how the hell coulden't they be good? The trio rocked a chick on bass and vocals (hell, Kim Deal), a guy on guitar and vocals, and this awesome hawaiian dude on drums. ****in rocked. He broke a stick durring one song, and just starting hitting the drums with his hand 'cause he didn't have time to grab a new stick. LOL.

Oh, and one of my friends got punched in the head before the show. Good times, funny stories.

Yeah Yeah Yeah's were sick. Karen O is a ****ing rock goddess, Nick Zinner is great at making his guitar do some funky sounds, and Brian Chase is one of the best drummers I've ever seen. Half the time he was playing the songs with one hand, and they're some pretty complex beats. Very cool. We were right against the security gate, which was right infront of some stacks. Super ****in loud... I coulden't hear for days.

The audiance was great too. Everyone was there not because the band is huge, 'cause they really arn't in the mainstream all the way yet, but because they actually *like* the bands music. Everyone was screaming along to the words, jumping around... totally diffrent enviroment compared to Godsmack (didn't use the Green Day concert, 'cause well... this comparison would have been TOO easy). Great stuff.

Space Lieutenant Josh · 05-17-2006, 10:16 PM

My first concert was a Weird Al one. Heh.

---Josh

**Barkworm** · 05-18-2006, 12:33 AM

My first one was a local band. I can't even remember the name. First big one was Chili Peppers.

OA · 05-18-2006, 07:06 AM

My first concert ever was... GLORIA ESTAFAN!! I know, i know...but i didnt buy the tickets...i was like 12 or 13 and i lived right across the street from the old Miami Arena (florida) and happened to be hanging outside when the concert was getting ready to start..lots of people milling around outside when this family of 4 came up to me and asked if I wanted a ticket cuz their cousin or aunt or someone wasn't gonna make it..I said sure, and the rest is history...wasnt too bad if i remember correctly...lots of energy..and who doesnt like a Conga Line!!

**Jo Dawn** · 05-22-2006, 07:02 PM

First one I went to (not counting kiddy concerts) was Goo Goo Dolls. Sweet seats. Front row, center, I was literally two feet from the stage (though I got pushed back a bit when they rushed the stage, hehe.) It was awesome.

My next concert was Simon and Garfunkel. Also awesome.

05-26-2006, 11:31 AM

I can't exactly say where the first concert I went to was and what band was playing, but one thing I do clearly remember was someone getting impaled with a javelin-candlestick thing.
That night didn't end well.

愛 · 05-26-2006, 12:48 PM

I've never been to an actual band concert. I've been to plenty of orchestra and band concerts in my life, though. My first band concert will be the Family Values tour this September. Dir en grey will be there. That's the only reason I'm going. Fourth row, baby.

**Barkworm** · 05-26-2006, 02:47 PM

Wait... You're going to be SITTING?!

愛 · 05-26-2006, 02:49 PM

.......what?

Well, you know what I mean! I'm close!

**Barkworm** · 05-26-2006, 02:55 PM

So did you got a ticket for a seat or a standing place? Seats are not Rock'n Roll!!!

02-25-2006, 04:01 PM	#3
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03-14-2006, 09:41 PM	#5
Mobius One Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: US Posts: 411	Oh ****! You saw Rage live?! They have always been my favorite band and I never got a chance to see them. Anyways, first show I went to was Dream Theater. Real kickass. They covered some Pink Floyd too, and it was pretty incredible. Their guitarist, John Petrucci, is just ridiculous. __________________ You can kill the Revolutionaries, But you can't kill the Revolution! www.worldskater224.deviantart.com -visit it! Formerly Demogoblin87...

03-14-2006, 09:52 PM	#7
Spitfire Writer • Director Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,035	I went to see Rob Zombie when I was like 12. The last concert I went to was Sunday, I saw Dark Tranquillity. I've gone to countless concerts in the past 6 years since that first. __________________ Check out my online portfolio http://www.christopherpelletier.com/

03-15-2006, 12:20 AM	#9
Mobius One Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: US Posts: 411	Dude, Peanut, you're like number one on my coolness list right now, man! __________________ You can kill the Revolutionaries, But you can't kill the Revolution! www.worldskater224.deviantart.com -visit it! Formerly Demogoblin87...

05-18-2006, 12:33 AM	#13
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,758	My first one was a local band. I can't even remember the name. First big one was Chili Peppers. __________________ Make ****, not kill!

02-25-2006, 02:45 PM	#1
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	what was the 1st concert you went to? i seen there was a 'what was the last concert you went to' but what about the first? mine was when i were a nipper, just 14 years old, in the year of 1997, and it was oasis, at the aberdeen exhibition and conference centre (AECC)... and it blew my mind! __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection

02-25-2006, 03:27 PM	#2
HolyGuakamoly Random Punk Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Israel Posts: 30	the first concert i went to... hm. a few years ago [somwhere in the 90's i believe], there was a brit pop band called Five. they were excellent, i was their #1 fan. i went to their concert with my best friend, we were noly 11 [!] and it was back in 99, i think. it rocked!

02-25-2006, 04:09 PM	#4
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	I can't quite recall, but I do remember going to some kind of Alt Rock show in the newly built (at the time) Air Canada Center with two of my cousins and seeing RATM and I think Limp Bizkit. I can't quite remember. It was either that or Spice Girls. One of them.

03-14-2006, 09:54 PM	#8
VaughnMichael I'm Baaaaaaccck! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 11,833	They Might Be Giants was the first band I ever saw live...and boy was that a great show! next was Marilyn Manson I think and some other underground bands around at the time.. -Putrescent

05-17-2006, 09:00 PM	#10
Ecto Jedi Denki Wo Kitte Kudasai Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 2,439	'Never been to a live concert. Could've gone to see Alice Cooper in Halifax, but I'm too damn lazy. (sigh!)

05-17-2006, 09:34 PM	#11
Kid Icarus Foot Elite Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Angel Land Posts: 4,150	First concert? I'll post two... one was my first stadium 'big' event concert, the other a smaller club type one. Two totally diffrent experiances, by the way. Try 'em both . First up, the 'big' one. Bands: Godsmack, Stained, Cold, and Systematic. Show was good, just what you'd expect. Cold sucked beyond words. Their timing was off, the singer just kinda stood there and sang, and the guitar players were horrible. Systematic was awesome, great opening band. Lots of energy, great songs... it's a shame they never went anywhere. Stained was just starting to break at the time. This was actually a few weeks before 'Outside' went on the radio, so they were still pretty much unknown, unless you listened to rock radio. Great band, really enjoyed their set. Godsmack was **ing insane. Sully Erna knows how to get a crowd worked up. We were so close I could have plucked a nose hair from him. Loud, fast, tons of energy... great live act. Not sure how they'd be now, with their recent suckfest of the last two albums... but meh. It was fun. Second, smaller venue show, concert hall type thing. Bands: Crazy Metalhead Opener Dude, Blood on the Walls, Yeah Yeah Yeah's. Crazy Metalhead Opener Dude, can't remember his name, was amazing. He played complex speed metal by himself onstage to a backing of, get this... TECHNO. Really freaking cool sound. Guy was doing some extremely impressive guitar work. Reminded me how much I suck LOL. Blood on the Walls was great too. A mix of Pixies, Breeders, and Sonic Youth, how the hell coulden't they be good? The trio rocked a chick on bass and vocals (hell, Kim Deal), a guy on guitar and vocals, and this awesome hawaiian dude on drums. in rocked. He broke a stick durring one song, and just starting hitting the drums with his hand 'cause he didn't have time to grab a new stick. LOL. Oh, and one of my friends got punched in the head before the show. Good times, funny stories. Yeah Yeah Yeah's were sick. Karen O is a ing rock goddess, Nick Zinner is great at making his guitar do some funky sounds, and Brian Chase is one of the best drummers I've ever seen. Half the time he was playing the songs with one hand, and they're some pretty complex beats. Very cool. We were right against the security gate, which was right infront of some stacks. Super *in loud... I coulden't hear for days. The audiance was great too. Everyone was there not because the band is huge, 'cause they really arn't in the mainstream all the way yet, but because they actually like* the bands music. Everyone was screaming along to the words, jumping around... totally diffrent enviroment compared to Godsmack (didn't use the Green Day concert, 'cause well... this comparison would have been TOO easy). Great stuff.

05-17-2006, 10:16 PM	#12
Space Lieutenant Josh Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Village of Rock'n Kick-Ass Posts: 492	My first concert was a Weird Al one. Heh. ---Josh

05-18-2006, 07:06 AM	#14
OA Scatter the nuns!! Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,981	My first concert ever was... GLORIA ESTAFAN!! I know, i know...but i didnt buy the tickets...i was like 12 or 13 and i lived right across the street from the old Miami Arena (florida) and happened to be hanging outside when the concert was getting ready to start..lots of people milling around outside when this family of 4 came up to me and asked if I wanted a ticket cuz their cousin or aunt or someone wasn't gonna make it..I said sure, and the rest is history...wasnt too bad if i remember correctly...lots of energy..and who doesnt like a Conga Line!! __________________

05-22-2006, 07:02 PM	#15
Jo Dawn Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Authority On All Things Don Posts: 5,190	First one I went to (not counting kiddy concerts) was Goo Goo Dolls. Sweet seats. Front row, center, I was literally two feet from the stage (though I got pushed back a bit when they rushed the stage, hehe.) It was awesome. My next concert was Simon and Garfunkel. Also awesome. __________________

05-26-2006, 11:31 AM	#16
Ryona Guest Posts: n/a	I can't exactly say where the first concert I went to was and what band was playing, but one thing I do clearly remember was someone getting impaled with a javelin-candlestick thing. That night didn't end well.

05-26-2006, 12:48 PM	#17
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	I've never been to an actual band concert. I've been to plenty of orchestra and band concerts in my life, though. My first band concert will be the Family Values tour this September. Dir en grey will be there. That's the only reason I'm going. Fourth row, baby.

05-26-2006, 02:47 PM	#18
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,758	Wait... You're going to be SITTING?! __________________ Make ****, not kill!

05-26-2006, 02:49 PM	#19
愛 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 7,449	.......what? Well, you know what I mean! I'm close!

05-26-2006, 02:55 PM	#20
Barkworm Draconian leftist ruler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 6,758	So did you got a ticket for a seat or a standing place? Seats are not Rock'n Roll!!! __________________ Make ****, not kill!