[Mackle]

New Order with Red Hot Chili Peppers

[LifeDistortion]

The very first live performance I ever went to was in Hawii. I went to a club to see a band called "Indestructible Grey". They were a Nine Inch Nails/Skinny Puppy influnced kind of band. First show I went to beyond that small gig was Rancid during thier "Life Won't Wait" tour. U.S. Bombs were the first band to play. I didn't have that great a time at the concert to be honest. I've been to much better since then.

[Mackle]

Originally Posted by LifeDistortion

The very first live performance I ever went to was in Hawii. I went to a club to see a band called "Indestructible Grey". They were a Nine Inch Nails/Skinny Puppy influnced kind of band. First show I went to beyond that small gig was Rancid during thier "Life Won't Wait" tour. U.S. Bombs were the first band to play. I didn't have that great a time at the concert to be honest. I've been to much better since then.

Not a big Rancid fan but I saw them a few years ago and it was great. Total dancing fun! Met Tim Armstrong after. What a dick

[youthoftomorrow]

Originally Posted by nomadicfollower

how much Kansas can one take?

well, i lived there for 16 years.

[LittlePuppetBoy]

Tragically Hip......if you mean first rock concert

[TheMadcapLaughs]

my first real concert was Iron Maiden with Motorhead opening. It was fucking sick.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

the first live music I ever saw was a Sleater Kinney gig at the Roxy in LA for the release of the Hot Rock. Since that record was such a dramatic shift in direction, and it being my first show ever, it turned out to be a fantastic night of good music. I was 15 and my pops took me over there, which made him feel the most uncomfortable since the only dudes in their 40s at SK shows tend to be gay. As well, this was mid bubble for SK's scene, and so the crowd was essentially full of lipstick lesbian college girls (the last sk show i went to in 05 had the most ecclectic mix of people in an audiance i had seen outside of the hollywood bowl) My second live show was This Aint No Picnic when Sonic Youth got jacked for that truck full of equipment. moral of that story, just because your a band doesn't mean its a good idea to carry around most of the equipment you own, unless all you own is enough to gig with.

 

this was from the Roxy gig.

[DemonBox]

Turbonegro

[Norma J]

I remember seeing bands before this, but my first show that I really wanted to see, and went by myself to, was a Silverchair concert. It was '97 I recall.

[CHOUT]

The first live band I ever saw was probably my uncle's band when I was tiny. I remember them playing on a trailer at a farm in South Dakota.

The first real concert I went to was the Red Hot Chili Peppers with Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam opening in November 1991. No one gave a shit about SP and PJ at that point. Everyone was going to the bathroom and grabbing beers during Pearl Jam's set. I thought they were a local band.

[_slavo_]

The Gathering in Prague in like 1999 or so

[finding nobody]

jeff healy

 

[sonicl]

Altered Images, some time about 1982, I think.

[youthoftomorrow]

well, now you've got me intrigued.

[DemonBox]

Originally Posted by sonicl

Altered Images, some time about 1982, I think.

Happy Birthday!

[sonic pharmacist]

My first concert was David Gilmour in the mid 80's...was actually quite good. First arena concert was Rush a couple of years later (Faith No More opened). Rush was great, FNM was not.

Originally Posted by CHOUT

The first real concert I went to was the Red Hot Chili Peppers with Smashing Pumpkins and Pearl Jam opening in November 1991. No one gave a shit about SP and PJ at that point. Everyone was going to the bathroom and grabbing beers during Pearl Jam's set. I thought they were a local band.

That same lineup came through San Diego, and I passed on going (didn't like the Chilis, not familiar w/ SP at that point). What a fool I was.

[luxinterior]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

the first live music I ever saw was a Sleater Kinney gig at the Roxy in LA for the release of the Hot Rock. Since that record was such a dramatic shift in direction, and it being my first show ever, it turned out to be a fantastic night of good music. I was 15 and my pops took me over there, which made him feel the most uncomfortable since the only dudes in their 40s at SK shows tend to be gay. As well, this was mid bubble for SK's scene, and so the crowd was essentially full of lipstick lesbian college girls (the last sk show i went to in 05 had the most ecclectic mix of people in an audiance i had seen outside of the hollywood bowl) My second live show was This Aint No Picnic when Sonic Youth got jacked for that truck full of equipment. moral of that story, just because your a band doesn't mean its a good idea to carry around most of the equipment you own, unless all you own is enough to gig with.

 

this was from the Roxy gig.

Some pictures I took at the SK concert I went to (these are only of Carrie, because I was closest to her and the pictures of the whole band didn't turn out):

 

 

 

[noisemachine]

This is sad, but my first concert was .... Green Day. Yeah, I'll admit it. But I was pretty young at the time (I think I was around 13) so I was still into shitty music.

[Inhuman]

uuuhhhh...I kinda forget. Trying to remember...

I think it was Against Me!.

[CHOUT]

Originally Posted by Kegmama

I just go with telling people my first show was Elton John, when I was like 12, with my mom. That was actually my second show, but I can't say the first band I ever saw for fear of being completely banned from this forum forever.

Tell us! We'll still love you.