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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: TAC on September 18, 2022, 05:15:04 PM
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Taking over for Lonestar, who did a great job with his presentation of his Top 25 shows. I love how he included footage wherever possible, and I will be doing the same. Even if I wasn't a fan of some of his bands, I enjoyed the writeups and checking out the vids. I hope you all will do the same here.
I'll start the countdown in earnest tomorrow, but I'll list three Honorable Mentions tonight to kick things off.
Van Halen
Autograph
March 18, 1984
Providence Civic Center
Setlist:
Unchained
Hot for Teacher
Drum Solo
On Fire
Runnin' With the Devil
Little Guitars
Cathedral
House of Pain
Bass Solo
Jamie's Cryin'
I'll Wait
Everybody Wants Some!!
Girl Gone Bad
1984
Jump
Guitar Solo
Oh, Pretty Woman
Panama
You Really Got Me
Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
(https://i.imgur.com/nt0Fsu6.jpg)
This was my third concert. I was 15. So a funny story about this, is that they played two nights in Providence. The 17th and the 18th. Turns out the future Lovely Mrs TAC, who was 20 at the time, went with her then boyfriend to the show on the 17th, while I attended the show on the 18th.
This was a great show. Here is the footage from Montreal a month later..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-90SPx6Xfwo
Operation Rock And Roll
Judas Priest
Alice Cooper
Motorhead
Dangerous Toys
Metal Church
August 14, 1991
Great Woods, Mansfield, Ma
Setlists:
Judas Priest
Hell Bent for Leather
Heading Out to the Highway
The Hellion
Electric Eye
All Guns Blazing
Metal Gods
Some Heads Are Gonna Roll
The Ripper
Night Crawler
A Touch of Evil
Painkiller
The Green Manalishi
Breaking the Law
Living After Midnight
You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Alice Cooper
Under My Wheels
Trash
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Billion Dollar Babies
Love's a Loaded Gun
Bed of Nails
Play Video
I'm Eighteen
I Love the Dead / Devil's Food / Steven / Black Widow Jam
Sick Things
Feed My Frankenstein
Cold Ethyl
Only Women Bleed
Poison
Go to Hell
School's Out
Hey Stoopid
Elected
Motorhead
I'll Be Your Sister
Traitor
I'm So Bad (Baby I Don't Care)
The One to Sing the Blues
Going to Brazil
Angel City
Love Me Forever
Killed by Death
Ace of Spades
Dangerous Toys
Sport'n a Woody
Sticks & Stones
Sugar, Leather & the Nail
Line 'em Up
Gimme No Lip
Scared
Teas'n, Pleas'n
Metal Church
The Human Factor
In Mourning
In Harm's Way
Fake Healer
Badlands
Start the Fire
Date With Poverty
I took a couple of pics of Motorhead, as these shows were the only times I saw Motorhead. This was the 1916 tour so I also got to see Phil Taylor, along with Wurzel and Phil Campbell.
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I took a bunch of shots of Alice, but sadly none of his band. He had a great band with him on this tour..
Vinnie Moore
Stef Burns
Derek Sherinian
Greg Smith
Eric Singer
(https://i.imgur.com/4sCSVYE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FpUXFZP.jpg)
No idea why I didn't get any shots of Metal Church, but there weren't a ton of people in there yet for their set, and I didn't want to get busted.
I saw a JP headline show a few months before (possible in the countdown), but this was a more condensed setlist from them, and um...Alice blew them off the stage.
Oh, and I got a Dangerous Toys guitar pick...
I also saw this tour 5 days earlier at the Brendan Bryne Arena in New Jersey.
Perhaps some of you remember that ABC resurrected their In Concert series that summer, and included this tour for one of their shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyh82mIwT6U
Flotsam & Jetsam
July 16, 1990
The Living Room, Providence
Setlist:
Deviation
Hard on You
The Master Sleeps
6, Six, VI
She Took an Axe
Greed
E.M.T.E.K.
The Jones
Burned Device
No More Fun
No Place for Disgrace
October Thorns
Suffer the Masses
Dreams of Death
Scars
I saw a bunch of old F&J club shows back in the day. This show was in support of When The Storm Comes Down which is a Top 50 album for me. This show was a couple of months after I graduated college, and is responsible to my first hungover workday of my new full time job. Troy Gregory was still the bassist at this point before he jumped to Prong, but the two albums he made with F&J are still my two faves.
Here is a clip of Suffer The Masses from Toad's Place in New Haven a couple of months later..
https://youtu.be/UHy2As50OqY?t=103
No Place For Disgrace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYncALRX8CU
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Hell of a start.
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Couple of bangers there... Definitely following.
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Judas Priest on the Painkiller tour........Jesus!
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Following, and will chime in with snide remarks as needed. :biggrin:
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Judas Priest on the Painkiller tour........Jesus!
Twice! But more on that later... ;D
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I am actually curious to see if there is any concert in this top 25 where the headliner doesn't fall under the hard rock or metal banner. Time will tell... :tup :tup
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I am actually curious to see if there is any concert in this top 25 where the headliner doesn't fall under the hard rock or metal banner. Time will tell... :tup :tup
Time actually won't tell... :lol
The best non hard rock shows I have seen were by Rod Stewart, who is not on the list. Saw him 3 or 4 times back in the day and he was awesome live.
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Spotlighting!!! :P :P
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Tim. You suck at promotion.
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Tim. You suck at promotion.
What do you mean? It's literally in the title! :lol
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The art of surprise dude! :lol
Also Rod Stuart?! :lol :lol :lol
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Big VH fan but I didn't see them until the fuck tour. My future current wife saw the 1984 Philly show that the Panama video was shot at. I watched a few songs from the posted video and man Dave does not sound good through most of it the test of the guys are on fire though
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Big VH fan but I didn't see them until the fuck tour. My future current wife saw the 1984 Philly show that the Panama video was shot at. I watched a few songs from the posted video and man Dave does not sound good through most of it the test of the guys are on fire though
My understanding was that Panama was shot at the Providence 3/17 show.
https://metalinjection.net/editorials/back-in-the-day/footage-and-outtakes-of-van-halen-goofing-around-while-filming-panama-and-jump
Actually this mentions Philly...
https://www.themightyvanhalen.net/1984/03/18/3-18-1984-providence-ri/
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Also Rod Stuart?! :lol :lol :lol
Hell yes!! He kicked a damn soccer ball off my finger. I thought he busted it. :lol
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That's because metal dudes suck at sports.
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So I'm going to ask this question. Is any shows on this list that took place in the 2000s? I'm still going to follow this thread, since I'm sure there are shows listed where you had some solid photos.
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Since he was buried in a time capsule in the 90's I'd bet there a few.
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So I'm going to ask this question. Is any shows on this list that took place in the 2000s? I'm still going to follow this thread, since I'm sure there are shows listed where you had some solid photos.
Plenty of shows in the 2000's... of old bands. :lol
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Since he was buried in a time capsule in the 90's I'd bet there a few.
There's a few. Very few though. At this point, I only go see my favorite bands. I am not what you'd call a regular concert goer since I had kids.
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Even though I rib you. It's obvious you put your priority on your boys.
That should say it all about your character.
I can't tip my hat to you enough.
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Thanks Joe.
I'm a married fogey with kids, so my heyday was obviously not in the 2000's. :lol
I think I saw more shows in 1991 than I have in the 2000's! ;D
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Rod Stewart got plenty of pussy, respect!
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Rod Stewart got plenty of pussy, respect!
I honestly wish I saw Rod Stewart back in the day. My high school concert buddy went kicking and screaming with his girlfriend once and came back and said it was a huge surprise how good it was.
I haven't seen any of these three shows, but I'm sure there's a fair amount of overlap coming here. I can't wait!
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Tim,
Great start. Really looking forward to your rundown. WOW on the VH gig.
I've been to about 275 shows since 1995 when I first started going. And I have details on all of them (I keep a spreadsheet). I'd love to take part at some point and do something similar. Can't wait to see what you have next!
B
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I have a spreadsheet too Samsara. :) I don't keep notes on it, which I probably should, but I have written about many of my favorites over the years in various places - forums, emails, etc.
There's a chance one show before 2000 could make my list, but in general mine would be the opposite of TAC's. :)
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I'm interested in TAC's list just for the 10 DT and Iron Maiden shows he's got coming... :P
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I probably would like to throw my hat in the fold as well, but I probably would like 5 more years of piling up on good concerts before doing a thread like this. Some of the notes I took are already on the concert threads, so I can reference off of those and fill in the blanks. When I get to that point, I will have premade written reviews before the thread is made unlike the album thread where I basically given up on writing the last five (sorry guys about stalling on that one).
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Saw two of the first two. Didn't catch the 1984 tour--honestly didn't much care about it. Caught Flotsam at a shithole in FT Worth, and became a big Prong fan that night. Didn't know what it was called, but the Priest/Motorhead/Alice Cooper (and Metal Church FTW) was one I'd kind of forgotten about. We watched a couple of the bands, and ignored a couple of them.
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I've been to about 275 shows since 1995 when I first started going. And I have details on all of them (I keep a spreadsheet). I'd love to take part at some point and do something similar. Can't wait to see what you have next!
B
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I have a spreadsheet too Samsara. :) I don't keep notes on it, which I probably should, but I have written about many of my favorites over the years in various places - forums, emails, etc.
Setlist.fm is your friend. I have about 345 shows in there - I know I'm missing about 25 or so - and it's neat to go back and look. It's funny, because I pride myself on my memory, but there are a couple in there that absolutely DEFY my memory. I was convinced that Page-Plant was at the Nassau Coliseum, but the show I saw - date match and everything - is from Brendan Byrne. Go figure. I saw Squeeze at Uconn and was convinced I was a freshman/sophmore, but the date - confirmed - is when I was a junior. Couple others too, from when I was working at the Civic Center in Hartford. It's disconcerting to have such stark proof that your memory has faults/gaps.
I could do my top five pretty easily, but 6 through 25 would be VERY tough.
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Luckily I kept my stubs, but there are some shows that I don’t even remember going to.
I'm interested in TAC's list just for the 10 DT and Iron Maiden shows he's got coming... :P
That’s 10 from each! And 5 from UFO!
Ok that about wraps it up!! ;D
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Stads - setlist.fm is often wrong. I collected bootlegs from the original Queensryche (1982-1997), and I rely on those complete shows for the setlists I post at anybodylistening.net. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to setlist.fm, and it is totally incorrect.
I don't have extensive notes in my live show spreadsheet. Just the date, venue, city/state, and who the opener(s) were. So setlist-wise, I'm not that detailed (with some exceptions). But I remember bits from every show. Bootlegs, particularly the shows I went to from 1995-2010ish (I stopped collecting then), have helped reinforce those memories.
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I've been to about 275 shows since 1995 when I first started going. And I have details on all of them (I keep a spreadsheet). I'd love to take part at some point and do something similar. Can't wait to see what you have next!
B
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I have a spreadsheet too Samsara. :) I don't keep notes on it, which I probably should, but I have written about many of my favorites over the years in various places - forums, emails, etc.
Setlist.fm is your friend. I have about 345 shows in there - I know I'm missing about 25 or so - and it's neat to go back and look. It's funny, because I pride myself on my memory, but there are a couple in there that absolutely DEFY my memory. I was convinced that Page-Plant was at the Nassau Coliseum, but the show I saw - date match and everything - is from Brendan Byrne. Go figure. I saw Squeeze at Uconn and was convinced I was a freshman/sophmore, but the date - confirmed - is when I was a junior. Couple others too, from when I was working at the Civic Center in Hartford. It's disconcerting to have such stark proof that your memory has faults/gaps.
I could do my top five pretty easily, but 6 through 25 would be VERY tough.
It is indeed my friend. I like my spreadsheet for various reasons, but I also use setlist.fm which of course (usually) has the right setlist for each show. For bands I've seen lots of shows of, reviewing the setlist definitely helps jog my memory.
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Luckily I kept my stubs, but there are some shows that I don’t even remember going to.
I'm interested in TAC's list just for the 10 DT and Iron Maiden shows he's got coming... :P
That’s 10 from each! And 5 from UFO!
Ok that about wraps it up!! ;D
Looking forward to them. :) I actually saw UFO once, but it was very recent. Maybe 2019.
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Great start. Already a few bands listed that I either wish I had seen, or that I got into late and just wish I had seen earlier. Alice is definitely one of those. Never got into him at all, but saw some concert footage earlier in Covid that got me to go back and binge footage from a few tours, and MAN that guy brings it!
I remember a LOT of VH and Autograph concert shirts showing up at school after that tour came through town. In the grand scheme of things, I don't regret missing it. But it would have been fun. Autograph was one of those bands I never could bring myself to take seriously. And outside of Turn Up the Radio, I don't know anyone that did.
Anyway, I enjoyed Lonestar's thread, but I suspect this thread will have a lot more in common with my musical tastes.
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I remember a LOT of VH and Autograph concert shirts showing up at school after that tour came through town. In the grand scheme of things, I don't regret missing it. But it would have been fun. Autograph was one of those bands I never could bring myself to take seriously. And outside of Turn Up the Radio, I don't know anyone that did.
I actually felt bad for them. I don't think all of the arena lights were even down for them, and I remember some dude standing up giving two middle fingers to them. Nobody wanted to sit through their set.
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27. Iron Maiden
Accept
June 2, 1985
Providence Civic Center
Setlist:
Aces High
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Revelations
Flight of Icarus
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Powerslave
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
Run to the Hills
Running Free
Sanctuary
Accept
Metal Heart
London Leatherboys
Love Child
Midnight Mover
Screaming for a Love Bite
Too High to Get It Right
Living for Tonite
Up to the Limit
Balls to the Wall
(https://i.imgur.com/oWcv38x.jpg)
Here is a scan of my Tour program!
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So, when Powerslave came out, I didn't really care for it. I kind of thought they might have sold out. Standard fast tempo rocker to open the album. Recycled riff on the single. Long song so they could brag on it being long.
But I went to the show, and have a pretty vivid memory of it. I would kill to go back and experience it live again.
Live After Death was recorded three months before this.
Also, my Top 5 all time opening acts are included in this countdown, and Accept is my #2 all time opening band. They were incredible. They were touring Metal Heart in 1985 and they simply blew me away.
Here's a pro shot video of Accept in Japan in 1985..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGTc2brOkos
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26. Page & Plant
October 23, 1995
Fleetcenter, Boston
Setlist:
The Wanton Song
Heartbreaker
What Is and What Should Never Be
Thank You
No Quarter/Tangerine
Hurdy Gurdy Solo
Gallows Pole
Since I've Been Loving You
The Song Remains the Same
Going to California
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Whole Lotta Love
Dancing Days
In The Evening
Black Dog
Kashmir
(https://i.imgur.com/ppmOaMQ.jpg)
Here's the show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGTc2brOkos
Here is a Pro Shot from Irvine Meadows 3 weeks earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmMx7xw87zE
I actually also saw them on April 9, 1995 at the Boston Garden.
Here's that show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5c02V2bgks
I wasn't sure what my expectations were for these shows. I just knew that I had to go. Long story, but I passed up my ticket to Jimmy page's '88 show in Worcester, and I had always regretted it. I had never previously ever felt like I needed to see Robert Plant though.
This was as close to the Led Zeppelin experience as you could get. These shows were great.
To me, that actual star of the show was drummer Michael Lee. He gave the band some serious pop and energy. He was dead on every song and really drove the whole thing. He was a fascinating watch and I spent a lot of the show just watching him. Sadly, he passed away 13 years later at the age of 39 after a fatal epileptic seizure.
The April show was one of the (if not THE) last concert at the old Garden, and the October show was one of the first (if not THE) at the new Fleetcenter. Checking Setlist FM, seems they were the second band. REM played there 3 weeks earlier. It also lists The Tragically Hip as the opener. I have no clue if I even saw them.
What's the difference between the Boston Garden and the Fleetcenter?
The Fleetcenter is now known as the TD Garden, but around here it will always be called the New Garden.
The new Garden was built literally inches from the old Garden..
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The lower bowl..
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The old Garden demolished...
(https://www.boston.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/garden_lot.jpg)
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Stads - setlist.fm is often wrong. I collected bootlegs from the original Queensryche (1982-1997), and I rely on those complete shows for the setlists I post at anybodylistening.net. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to setlist.fm, and it is totally incorrect.
I've experienced a lot of wrong SETLISTS; they either copy it from the night before, or from the live albums/boots that circulate, and those are often wrong. I've not noticed a lot of wrong DATES, though.
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Setlist.fm is like the wikipedia of Setlists. It's a good tool when it's accurate, but it's mainly a site that's driven that by fan input, which is or isn't, accurate.
Anywho, interesting shows to start off the list. I would imagine something like a show from the World Slavery Tour or a Page & Plant tour, for anyone else, be higher in the list, so I'm really curious on what the bar is as we progress.
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So I saw Accept open for Kiss in '84, and they were good.
I didn't see the Powerslave tour.
I did see the Page and Plant tour, albeit earlier - April, 1995 - and I will say this: "The Song Remains The Same" in that show was the single greatest moment in a concert I've ever experienced. It was transcendent. I was with my buddy, who was a die-hard Zeppelin fan, and after the song was over I looked at him and he looked at me and we were like "what did we just see?" I know it sounds whack, but I felt like I was in a trance, like I got transported somewhere else. The power of music, indeed. It was so good. (And for the record, I was sober; I don't usually - usually - get wasted before shows, and didn't even then).
We also got a couple other surprises: "Lullabye", a Cure song (Porl Thompson was the second guitar player) and Plant sang "Shake My Tree", a Coverdale Page song. And killed it! Another highlight: Calling To You, Plant's solo song; the band brought it down and he was mumbling and scatting, and then as if from nowhere, he sang "For What It's Worth" by the Buffalo Springfield; the arena was dark, with red and blue lights and he was singing, then when he did the "Stop! Hey! What's that sound?" he went to his high register and the white lights from the stage came on... what a moment. Plant even then wasn't as good as he once was, but once he was as good as he ever was. That show totally changed my opinion of Zeppelin; when people talk about them being a live band, and having to see them when they were on, that explained it for me.
Thank You
Bring It On Home
Ramble On
Dancing Days
Shake My Tree
Lullaby
No Quarter
Gallows Pole
Hurdy-Gurdy Solo
When the Levee Breaks
Hey Hey What Can I Do
The Song Remains the Same
Since I've Been Loving You
Friends
Calling to You (Robert Plant cover) (Medley: Break On Through, For… more )
Four Sticks
In the Evening
Encore:
Black Dog
Kashmir
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Tum, the only concert I saw at the old Garden was Athens Kinks w/ Tommy Shaw opening.
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Anywho, interesting shows to start off the list. I would imagine something like a show from the World Slavery Tour or a Page & Plant tour, for anyone else, be higher in the list, so I'm really curious on what the bar is as we progress.
You have a lot of questions! :lol
If it weren't for Accept, the show would not have made the list. Yes, I know it's a classic set, but don't worry, there'll be plenty of Maiden to come!
@Stadler, that's pretty much the same set we got in April. Yes! Shake My Tree!!!!
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Tum, the only concert I saw at the old Garden was Athens Kinks w/ Tommy Shaw opening.
My name is not Tum, and who on earth are the Athens Kinks? :lol
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so I'm really curious on what the bar is as we progress.
The bar is basically, if I had a time machine and could go back relive my experience, which shows would I time travel to?
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When we were in California in 2019, we drove through Long Beach and I told my wife, we have to go by the Long Beach Arena. I wanted to drive into the parking lot and take a look around, but there was some event happening, so we had to settle fora drive by.
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Tum, the only concert I saw at the old Garden was Athens Kinks w/ Tommy Shaw opening.
My name is not Tum, and who on earth are the Athens Kinks? :lol
Holy shit Tam. I guess I should read before hitting send.
The Kinks
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Tum, the only concert I saw at the old Garden was Athens Kinks w/ Tommy Shaw opening.
My name is not Tum, and who on earth are the Athens Kinks? :lol
Holy shit Tam. I guess I should read before hitting send.
The Kinks
Tam? :lol
At the old Garden I saw:
Alice Cooper
U2
Aerosmith
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Anywho, interesting shows to start off the list. I would imagine something like a show from the World Slavery Tour or a Page & Plant tour, for anyone else, be higher in the list, so I'm really curious on what the bar is as we progress.
You have a lot of questions! :lol
I'm just naturally curious when it comes reading good stories of your experiences in life.
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A show from the World Slavery Tour not even making the top 25. :lol Wow!
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Tee hee. I saw U2 in the Orpheum and The Centrum, 1983 & 85.
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Tee hee. I saw U2 in the Orpheum and The Centrum, 1983 & 85.
Garden '87 and Foxboro '92.
'83 at the Orpheum sounds awesome. Must've been one of your first shows.
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My 3rd
Asia
Rainbow
U2
Judas Priest
Rush
KISS
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27. Iron Maiden
Accept
June 2, 1985
Providence Civic Center
WASP opened up for Maiden on their Texas tour, a few months before they got to you. A moth later I saw Accept's headlining gig for Metal Heart. It all worked out well.
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27. Iron Maiden
Accept
June 2, 1985
Providence Civic Center
WASP opened up for Maiden on their Texas tour, a few months before they got to you. A moth later I saw Accept's headlining gig for Metal Heart. It all worked out well.
I would've loved to have seen WASP in 1985. Iron Maiden played in Worcester in January of 1985 with Twisted Sister opening, but Worcester was too far for my parents to be comfortable with me going.
A show from the World Slavery Tour not even making the top 25. :lol Wow!
I'm basing my rankings on how much I enjoyed them at the time, and a 16 y/o TAC was quite skeptical of Powerslave at the time. There's a handful of Maiden shows that I enjoyed more, and I only really listed it to get Accept in.
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27. Iron Maiden
Accept
June 2, 1985
Providence Civic Center
WASP opened up for Maiden on their Texas tour, a few months before they got to you. A moth later I saw Accept's headlining gig for Metal Heart. It all worked out well.
I would've loved to have seen WASP in 1985. Iron Maiden played in Worcester in January of 1985 with Twisted Sister opening, but Worcester was too far for my parents to be comfortable with me going.
A show from the World Slavery Tour not even making the top 25. :lol Wow!
I'm basing my rankings on how much I enjoyed them at the time, and a 16 y/o TAC was quite skeptical of Powerslave at the time. There's a handful of Maiden shows that I enjoyed more, and I only really listed it to get Accept in.
Oh yeah, I get all that and I know you're views on Powerslave, but it doesn't make it any less mindblowing from where I sit. :lol
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So far, the tours on your list that I also caught (iin Vancouver) are:
Van Halen - May 1, 1984. Meat Puppets were the opening act. This show would likely make my top 25 also, edging out the VH show I saw in 82.
Iron Maiden - December 9, 1984. Twisted Sister were the opening act. I’d much rather have seen Accept, although I did catch them earlier in the year with Saxon.
Page & Plant - May 26, 1995. Lazy Susan were the opening act. I don’t remember anything about them, but Page & Plant were transcendent.
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I had a few friends going to that Page/Plant show. I passed. Had I known they were gonna play so much LZ, I would have gone. Darn it.
I will echo the sentiment that setlist.fm is a nice reference, but is often wrong.
And I don't see the issue with Rod Stewart either. He is by no means a favorite, but he has some good tunes.
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The joke about Rod is that he's not what your think Tim would go see live.
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I remember a LOT of VH and Autograph concert shirts showing up at school after that tour came through town. In the grand scheme of things, I don't regret missing it. But it would have been fun. Autograph was one of those bands I never could bring myself to take seriously. And outside of Turn Up the Radio, I don't know anyone that did.
I actually felt bad for them. I don't think all of the arena lights were even down for them, and I remember some dude standing up giving two middle fingers to them. Nobody wanted to sit through their set.
I also kind of feel bad for them for the fact that, I think for years afterward, people know the song, but don't even know who the band is. I'm sure a lot of FM stations back in the day got calls like, "Hey, can you play that Turn Up the Radio song by...uh...is it Quiet Riot? Van Halen? Um...who does that one?"
For your other ones: Wish I had been into Maiden back then. But better late than never. Never got into any of the opening acts listed for that tour.
Don't like Page/Plant. Don't care.
No issue with Rod Stewart. He legit had some good tunes.
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So far, the tours on your list that I also caught (iin Vancouver) are:
Van Halen - May 1, 1984. Meat Puppets were the opening act. This show would likely make my top 25 also, edging out the VH show I saw in 82.
Iron Maiden - December 9, 1984. Twisted Sister were the opening act. I’d much rather have seen Accept, although I did catch them earlier in the year with Saxon.
Page & Plant - May 26, 1995. Lazy Susan were the opening act. I don’t remember anything about them, but Page & Plant were transcendent.
Hah! Six shows listed, and you've been to three of them. Nice hit rate. I'd be willing to bet that you'll be close to 50%.
I'm sure a lot of FM stations back in the day got calls like, "Hey, can you play that Turn Up the Radio song
I'm sure a lot didn't. :lol
However, there will be a Quiet Riot mention later in the thread.
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However, there will be a Quiet Riot mention later in the thread.
:caffeine: Mine too (if I do a top 25 concerts thread).
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However, there will be a Quiet Riot mention later in the thread.
:caffeine: Mine too (if I do a top 25 concerts thread).
And I already know the show!
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Do you?
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PM sent to confirm! ;D
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Interesting.
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Great write-ups so far! Following this thread.
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My 3rd
Asia
Rainbow
U2
Judas Priest
Rush
KISS
That's a Stadler Christmas list, right there. Dammit.
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I remember a LOT of VH and Autograph concert shirts showing up at school after that tour came through town. In the grand scheme of things, I don't regret missing it. But it would have been fun. Autograph was one of those bands I never could bring myself to take seriously. And outside of Turn Up the Radio, I don't know anyone that did.
I actually felt bad for them. I don't think all of the arena lights were even down for them, and I remember some dude standing up giving two middle fingers to them. Nobody wanted to sit through their set.
I also kind of feel bad for them for the fact that, I think for years afterward, people know the song, but don't even know who the band is. I'm sure a lot of FM stations back in the day got calls like, "Hey, can you play that Turn Up the Radio song by...uh...is it Quiet Riot? Van Halen? Um...who does that one?"
For your other ones: Wish I had been into Maiden back then. But better late than never. Never got into any of the opening acts listed for that tour.
Don't like Page/Plant. Don't care.
No issue with Rod Stewart. He legit had some good tunes.
So there's a local guy - Jimi Bell - that plays guitar. He did some work on "Light Of Day" with Joan Jett, was the runner-up for Ozzy's gig (to Jeffrey Weigand - I mean, Zakk Wylde), claims to have written a track (uncredited) on Dehumanizer, was in House Of Lords, and he plays in a Purple/Rainbow/Whitesnake tribute band called "Beyond Purple". He's now the lead guitar player in Autograph. They played the Enfield Town Green for July 4th this past year. I saw the first four songs or so. ;)
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I missed Page/Plant which I wasn't amazed by their 1st record, but I regretted not going years later having never seen Zeppelin of course.
I almost went to see Robert Plant on my bithday like 15 or 20 years ago, but it was over 100 degrees out that evening and I decided to pass. I've regretted that one as well.
To this day, the only member of Zeppelin I've seen live was John Paul Jones when he opened for King Crimson in 2001.
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That name rings a bell. :neverusethis:
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I missed Page/Plant which I wasn't amazed by their 1st record, but I regretted not going years later having never seen Zeppelin of course.
I almost went to see Robert Plant on my bithday like 15 or 20 years ago, but it was over 100 degrees out that evening and I decided to pass. I've regretted that one as well.
To this day, the only member of Zeppelin I've seen live was John Paul Jones when he opened for King Crimson in 2001.
Tastes and all that, but I think Robert Plant is arguably better now than he was back then. He sings differently - though he can always bring it when he needs to - and his music is really solid for what it is. I probably listen to his last four or five solo albums (from Dreamland on) more than that which came before OR most of Zeppelin. Just understand it's NOT Zeppelin, it's something different.
I'm not talking about 'how he sings' or anything like that, but having seen him four or five times (solo and with Page) he really IS one of the greatest front men of all time. He's just got this j'nah c'est quoi that you can't teach.
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My 3rd
Asia
Rainbow
U2
Judas Priest
Rush
KISS
That's a Stadler Christmas list, right there. Dammit.
Hell of a start to my concert going eh? :lol
Plant is great live. I saw him on the Manic Nirvana tour. What a show and what a band at that time. I also saw him on the Shaken 'n' Stirred tour. Though, I did not like the Honeydrippers section of the show.
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My 3rd
Asia
Rainbow
U2
Judas Priest
Rush
KISS
That's a Stadler Christmas list, right there. Dammit.
Hell of a start to my concert going eh? :lol
Plant is great live. I saw him on the Manic Nirvana tour. What a show and what a band at that time. I also saw him on the Shaken 'n' Stirred tour. Though, I did not like the Honeydrippers section of the show.
I saw the Manic Nirvana tour as well. Killer. At one point he left the stage and came back late, missing his cue. He said "sorry, Alannah's dressing room door jammed" (meaning, Alannah Myles, the opening act). Later turned out he probably wasn't kidding. :) :) :)
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It's well known about him and Alannah. She had a powerful voice live.
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Pretty good start, following...
Of course I don't have much to add since these concerts are from when I was a baby, but hitting Van Halen and Iron Maiden early must mean the list is going to be strong for my tastes. Also Flotsam and Jetsam! :metal
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It's well known about him and Alannah. She had a powerful voice live.
I agree; and she's a looker as well (even now, though I imagine the hair might not be for everyone).
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That Iron Maiden post is awesome. I really enjoyed the pictures from the tour book as well. I don't think I would have recognized Adrian Smith if that was just a random picture though. :)
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25. Queensryche
July 16, 1995
Great Woods, Mansfield, MA
Setlist:
I Am I
Damaged
Bridge
Screaming in Digital
NM 156
My Global Mind
Neue Regel
I Remember Now
Anarchy-X
Revolution Calling
Operation: Mindcrime
Spreading the Disease
The Mission
I Don't Believe in Love
Waiting for 22
My Empty Room
Real World
Eyes of a Stranger
Empire
Jet City Woman
Promised Land
Disconnected
Lady Jane
Out of Mind
One More Time
Silent Lucidity
Take Hold of the Flame
Someone Else?
(https://i.imgur.com/UnlNOBe.jpg)
Here's an interesting multi camera audience mix from Minneapolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEfVWtZ8Zbg
Here it starts at Promised Land. It's a song presentation that still blows my mind.
https://youtu.be/oEfVWtZ8Zbg?t=4920
So this show was amazing. I had extremely low expectations as I had seen Queensryche before and I didn't think they were that exciting live, and from what I heard of Promised Land, I was less than impressed. But I went with a buddy of mine, got baked out of our gourds and settled in for the show.
According to Setlist FM, Type O Negative was the opener. I have no recollection of that. We were still out in the parking lot during their set.
I was blown away from the jump. What a presentation. The video screens were amazing. And Geoff Tate, holy hell, what a performer. I loved the change in scenes throughout the show. And Promised Land... what can you say? A legendary spot.
Here's another version of Promised Land from Wantagh, the show after mine..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPdWRgyW7Jg
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That's a crazy setlist for them and I'm sure Tate sounded much better back then. Interesting opener. While I'm not too into Type O Negative, they ended up being pretty popular so seeing them as an opener might have been cool. It's a reason why I try to not miss openers these days, you never know who might end up being a headlining band themselves and the chance you had to see them as a young opener learning the ropes.
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Here's some more photos from the show - https://anybodylistening.net/7-16-95.html
Also, NM 156 and Screaming in Digital were both abridged. Both ended right before their respective guitar solos.
I, too, was blown away by the staging, particularly for the title track, Promised Land. Incredible. :metal
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Thank you for providing the pics Brian!
And yes, NM156 and Screaming In Digital were merged.
And I would also like to add this. THIS performance of Screaming In Digital was so powerful, even in its shortened version, was what made the song click with me, and in turn, was the turning point for me on Rage For Order as well.
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Never seen Queensryche unfortunately. Back in this time with Promised Land they were one of my abdolute favorite bands (oh how the mighty fell).
So envious for this.....
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That's a crazy setlist for them and I'm sure Tate sounded much better back then. Interesting opener. While I'm not too into Type O Negative, they ended up being pretty popular so seeing them as an opener might have been cool. It's a reason why I try to not miss openers these days, you never know who might end up being a headlining band themselves and the chance you had to see them as a young opener learning the ropes.
I discovered two of my favorite bands when they were opening for someone else, since then I always try to catch the openers now.
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That's a crazy setlist for them and I'm sure Tate sounded much better back then. Interesting opener. While I'm not too into Type O Negative, they ended up being pretty popular so seeing them as an opener might have been cool. It's a reason why I try to not miss openers these days, you never know who might end up being a headlining band themselves and the chance you had to see them as a young opener learning the ropes.
I discovered two of my favorite bands when they were opening for someone else, since then I always try to catch the openers now.
Yeah, that's on top of flat out enjoying the opener to becoming a fan. That's how I discovered Bad Omens this year and I think their album might be my favorite of 2022.
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I saw the opening night of that tour in Kalamazoo, MI, and it was one of the best shows I've ever seen. I really dug the whole presentation, and the setlist was absolutely killer. I really wish they had continued down that road.
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THIS performance of Screaming In Digital was so powerful, even in its shortened version, was what made the song click with me, and in turn, was the turning point for me on Rage For Order as well.
The vampiric imagery on-screen was intense.
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That's a crazy setlist for them and I'm sure Tate sounded much better back then. Interesting opener. While I'm not too into Type O Negative, they ended up being pretty popular so seeing them as an opener might have been cool. It's a reason why I try to not miss openers these days, you never know who might end up being a headlining band themselves and the chance you had to see them as a young opener learning the ropes.
Me too; I've apparently seen Garbage TWICE and had no idea. :)
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That's some setlist indeed. I have seen Queensryche but only on the OM2 tour. ;D
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I’ve seen Queensryche plenty of times, but missed the Promised Land tour :sad:
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Van Halen - had two opportunities in college, but each time I would have had to ride with an obnoxious friend of a friend for the 2 1/2 hour trips to Kalamazoo. Years later, while living in Kalamazoo, they cancelled their OU812 show. Did see their F*CK show (with way too much from that album :sad:)
Alice Cooper - '87 in Kalamazoo (with Ace Frehley's Comet and Faster Pussycat) and three times in the last four years.
Queensryche - first time was the 'Empire' tour at The Palace of Auburn Hills with the ex (had to pass on their Kzoo show because I was working). I had paid rent for seven years with her, and the week before we moved into OUR house. Had a good but slightly chilly time tailgating. Recall very little of the opening act. I think I watched 5-10 minutes, then joined the rest of the gang in the concourse bar. Quite the stage! Quite the show! :tup 15 rows up at the 'blue line' left of the stage. I remember not knowing a few songs, and 'Real World' was rather different and disappointing from the studio version (my #1 in the countdown). Getting up at 5AM the next day for work came way too early.
Unlike Tim, I have no pix or ticket stubs from these shows (or most concerts, for that matter).
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Alice Cooper - '87 in Kalamazoo (with Ace Frehley's Comet and Faster Pussycat) and three times in the last four years.
Ace unexpectedly did not perform in Boston, so FP got the entire opening slot and holy shit did they suck. The second worst band I've ever seen.
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Alice Cooper - '87 in Kalamazoo (with Ace Frehley's Comet and Faster Pussycat) and three times in the last four years.
Ace unexpectedly did not perform in Boston, so FP got the entire opening slot and holy shit did they suck. The second worst band I've ever seen.
:lol Just a fucking horrible band name too.
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24. Paul Stanley
Warrant
February 23, 1989
West Hartford Ballroom
Paul Setlist:
I Stole Your Love
I Want You
Tears Are Falling
Tonight You Belong to Me
C'mon and Love Me
Wouldn't You Like to Know Me
Heaven's on Fire
Hide Your Heart
I Still Love You
Crazy Crazy Nights
Reason to Live
Lick It Up
Let's Put the X in Sex
Love Gun
Goodbye
Communication Breakdown
Detroit Rock City
Warrant:
So Damn Pretty (Should Be Against the Law)
Big Talk
Ridin' High
32 Pennies
Sometimes She Cries
Instrumental Jam
Cold Sweat
Down Boys
D.R.F.S.R.
Heaven
Baby Loves to Rock
(https://i.imgur.com/Wn5m3pk.jpg)
Here is a great video from the New Haven show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUdxoc1xqNc
Paul's band included:
Bob Kulick
Eric Singer
Dennis St. James (who played with Michael Schenker for a bit)
Gary Corbett (keyboardist who was a member of Cinderella and also toured with Kiss. He passed away last year from lung cancer at the age of 63)
Some shots from the show..
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And the late great Bob Kulick!!
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Got a couple of picks!
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And a pic of my buddy and I after the show showing our picks and our Gene tongues.
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So, this was an incredible show. The Boston show was sold out, so we decided to go to Hartford. We had such a blast. I must say that Warrant was amazing! What a great live band. I also saw them open for Motley Crue at the Centrum later that year and they commanded that stage too. That band was legit live.
Paul was freaking awesome. Finally, an opportunity to hear tracks from his great 1978 solo album, plus a bunch of Kiss classics. He didn't just show up like a rock star and mailed it in. I mean, he did show up like a rock star, but he fucking worked it. It was an amazing experience. I was a huge Kiss fan during this time period.
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'Ryche on the Promised Land tour would probably be a top 10 all-time concert for me. We had 3rd row center. :metal :metal
No comment on Paul Stanley (I will be nice) or Warrant.
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No comment on Paul Stanley (I will be nice)
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Saw that QR tour. As mentioned, I was at the heavily bootlegged San Jose show. The show itself was stellar. But Geoff's voice was rough, at least early in the set. They had some sound issues right at the very start where you couldn't hear Geoff at all in house (doesn't seem to be an issue from the radio broadcast that got bootlegged, as I recall), and I speculated at the time that maybe he blew his voice out early by pushing hard to try to hear himself. But in any case, this was an incredible show. First 5 times I saw Queensryche, they were incredible, and all those shows are in the running for a "top __" concert list. But this has to be a tour that makes the final cut. Type O were a really boring opener though.
Looks like you saw Warrant just about a month after DRFSR came out. Did you even know who they were that early in the game? I don't recall them blowing up until later that year. I saw them about a month before it was released and was blown away by how good a live show they put on.
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Looks like you saw Warrant just about a month after DRFSR came out. Did you even know who they were that early in the game? I don't recall them blowing up until later that year. I saw them about a month before it was released and was blown away by how good a live show they put on.
I was definitely aware of them. I know we had their album in the bin at my college radio station, and Down Boys was already out. I remember sampling the album and struggling to find something to play on my show.
But you are right, they were great live. What kind of venue did you see them?
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But you are right, they were great live. What kind of venue did you see them?
It was a basketball field house on the base where I was stationed in North Carolina. Nantucket opened, the then-unknown Warrant warmed up the crowd for the headliner, and Britney Fox closed the show. I bought the album right after it dropped and played it all the time. It was cool watching them grow so quickly.
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'Ryche on the Promised Land tour would probably be a top 10 all-time concert for me. We had 3rd row center. :metal :metal
The Promised Land tour is the Queensryche tour I'd want to be able to go back in time to see. I've heard a lot about how awesome it was and the setlist does look great.
No comment on Paul Stanley (I will be nice) or Warrant.
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Must have been cool to see Warrant at that time. I rate them as one of the worst bands I've seen but that was in 2019 when the band is just a shell of themselves. Back then is a completely different story.
Paul looks so odd in your pictures. Not just because hes making some odd faces, I think it's because I'm so used to seeing him with his fat lips and face work that seeing him before that is something I'm not used to.
Also, awesome guitar pics! Do you still have them? I have a little jar that I keep mine in and a frame with my favorite 5 of them that can be hung (although it's just leaning on my desk at home).
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Alice Cooper - '87 in Kalamazoo (with Ace Frehley's Comet and Faster Pussycat) and three times in the last four years.
Ace unexpectedly did not perform in Boston, so FP got the entire opening slot and holy shit did they suck. The second worst band I've ever seen.
I remember Ace playing 'Cold Gin', which was fun, and nothing else. That, and he appeared so bored, three sheets to the wind, or he was simply being Ace. :lol
Faster Pussycat: I'm thinking 'so this is the LA scene, and I'm supposed to like these guys because it's the cool thing at the time?' Nah. I found them to be visually and audibly unappealing (disgusting).
:lol Just a fucking horrible band name too.
Just read their wiki page. And to think there was a dispute this century over the band name, where there were two in existence for a spell. :facepalm:
Where have I heard that frequency unknown story before? ;)
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But you are right, they were great live. What kind of venue did you see them?
It was a basketball field house on the base where I was stationed in North Carolina. Nantucket opened, the then-unknown Warrant warmed up the crowd for the headliner, and Britney Fox closed the show. I bought the album right after it dropped and played it all the time. It was cool watching them grow so quickly.
Nantucket? :lol Never heard of them.
Imagine this tour:
Boston
New England
Nantucket
;D
Also, awesome guitar pics! Do you still have them? I have a little jar that I keep mine in and a frame with my favorite 5 of them that can be hung (although it's just leaning on my desk at home).
I have most of them. I gave my Jason Newstead bass pick to my nephew, along with my Justice tour shirt. My brother sent me a pic of them at the last Metallica show in Foxboro and my nephew was wearing the shirt.
I had Adrian's pick from the Seventh Son tour, but I simply cannot find it. On the front was his autograph, and on the back it said 7th Pick Of The 7th Tour. It was really cool. I had it framed with a picture I took from the show.
I also had like 5 trash bags of concert shirts, but somehow only one of them made it here. I made 4 moves in a little over a year in the mid 90's and they disappeared along the way.
I remember Ace playing 'Cold Gin', which was fun, and nothing else. That, and he appeared so bored, three sheets to the wind, or he was simply being Ace. :lol
Most likely all of the above..
I saw Frehley's Comet a few times as well.
I will mention Faster Pussycat again soon enough as they were responsible for me almost deciding to not go to an upcoming show in the Countdown..
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But "Taime Downe" is one of the best stage names ever, no? Isn't it? HAHA. I love the song "House of Pain", but as a band they're a joke.
That Paul Stanley show is one of my greatest concert regrets. I was at Uconn at the time and I can't remember why I didn't go, but I didn't go, and I rue that to this day. That's a KILLER setlist (and to see "Goodbye" live would be a treat; it's one of my favorite songs).
I have all my picks in a shot glass. I should mount them some day. I will once Wolfking sends me one of his. :) :) :) :)
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re: Tate's voice at the 5/24/95 show - bosk is right, Tate's voice was rough. He had a bad cold for the week surrounding that show, and that particular show was the worst of it. He got a lot better as the tour moved east (I saw it in July at Jones Beach).
re: Warrant/KISS - I'm not a KISS fan at all, but more power to those who enjoy them. how was Warrant? One of my biggest regrets was not seeing them on their first three albums. I couldn't. My parents wouldn't let me go to concerts until I was 18 (this was why I missed QR/Metallica, QR/Def Leppard, QR Building Empires). I think Jani Lane was a brilliant songwriter (Cherry Pie was bullshit and he should never had been forced to write it). Always wanted to see him and just never did. Love those first three Warrant records.
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That Paul Stanley show is one of my greatest concert regrets. I was at Uconn at the time and I can't remember why I didn't go, but I didn't go, and I rue that to this day. That's a KILLER setlist (and to see "Goodbye" live would be a treat; it's one of my favorite songs).
He literally played 7 shows within driving distance of you over a three week period.
Stads, the funny thing is that, yes, I was a big Kiss fan during this time, but I actually recognized this as a potential huge concert regret later in life. Boston was sold out, and with no show in Providence, we drove to Hartford.
I would have also be going to Hartford for another show about a month later...more on that coming up...
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re: Warrant/KISS - I'm not a KISS fan at all, but more power to those who enjoy them. how was Warrant? One of my biggest regrets was not seeing them on their first three albums. I couldn't. My parents wouldn't let me go to concerts until I was 18 (this was why I missed QR/Metallica, QR/Def Leppard, QR Building Empires). I think Jani Lane was a brilliant songwriter (Cherry Pie was bullshit and he should never had been forced to write it). Always wanted to see him and just never did. Love those first three Warrant records.
Brian, I totally get the parent thing. I think we ALL have a list of shows that we had just missed by a couple of years. I know I sure do.
I wasn't a Warrant fan per se. In 1989, I was full on metal. But they were great on stage. I loved their performances. Seeing them in a club (opening for Paul) and months later seeing them in an arena (opening for Motley Crue) showed their ability to command both settings. I thought they were fantastic.
Jani Lane was great. I just wished I liked their music more.
Not even getting very far in this countdown, and I think we are up to at least a dozen people that are no longer with us.
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That Paul Stanley show is one of my greatest concert regrets. I was at Uconn at the time and I can't remember why I didn't go, but I didn't go, and I rue that to this day. That's a KILLER setlist (and to see "Goodbye" live would be a treat; it's one of my favorite songs).
He literally played 7 shows within driving distance of you over a three week period.
Stads, the funny thing is that, yes, I was a big Kiss fan during this time, but I actually recognized this as a potential huge concert regret later in life. Boston was sold out, and with no show in Providence, we drove to Hartford.
I would have also be going to Hartford for another show about a month later...more on that coming up...
I know, I know. And I was going to Hartford regularly, because I worked at the Civic Center! It was a weird time though. This probably won't be the first show I say "I regret" in that time period.
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23. Black Sabbath
Prong
August 9, 1992
Orpheum, Boston
Setlist:
E5150 Intro
The Mob Rules
Computer God
Children of the Sea
Time Machine
War Pigs
I
Die Young/
Guitar Solo
Black Sabbath
Master of Insanity
After All (The Dead)/
Drum Solo
(Vinnie Appice)
Iron Man
Heaven and Hell
Neon Knights
Paranoid
Heaven And Hell Reprise
(https://i.imgur.com/ssVHktu.jpg)
This show was broadcast on the radio..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRSDWmIWdUA
There's also a great video from this tour at The Beacon in NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH890FGzBTs
After stupidly skipping the Tony Martin Era tours, but continuing to see Dio throughout his tours, him reuniting with Tony Iommi and Geezer was a no brainer. This is the only time I ever saw Tony live and he did not disappoint. He is so iconic, and he was fucking ON for this tour. Just listen or watch the shows I linked.
We were quite close to the stage right in front of Geezer. Watching him play bass was like watching Animal from the Muppets play drums.
I was not a Prong fan, but I wanted to make sure we got in to see the last couple of songs just to see them. Plus, Troy Gregory from F&J was with them at the time.
A quick story..at the end of the show, when the band was throwing out picks and towels, Geezer threw a towel a few feet in front of me. This guy comes over my shoulder walking on the chair arms and kind of shoves me, so I gave him a little "leverage" back, and he turned around and punched me square across the jaw and ran off. WTF?? My jaw fucking killed, and there was some blood coming out of my mouth. We took the train back to my buddy's house in Cambridge and people on the train were looking at me funny. It took about a week and a half for me to no longer feel it.
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My buddy Jim saw that show in Hartford at the Bushnell Theater and says it was awesome. He met Ronnie outside, who he said stood there for over an hour in sub-freezing weather signing everything that was put in front of him.
I've seen Dio twice, and Iommi three times, but never saw the Dio-fronted Sabbath. I don't know that I regret that. I never got into Dehumanizer much, though I think it was emtee that got me to listen to it again about a year or so ago and it was better than I remembered. Dio Sabbath sort of devolved into being as heavy as they could be; I think they - Iommi - started to believe their own hype about being the "Riffmaster General".
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My buddy Jim saw that show in Hartford at the Bushnell Theater and says it was awesome. He met Ronnie outside, who he said stood there for over an hour in sub-freezing weather signing everything that was put in front of him.
I was going to say that the show was in August, but they did swing through the Northeast again in mid October.
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SO jealous. I only got to see Ronnie once - with Black Sabbath/Heaven and Hell in 2007. I love Dehumanizer. Would love to have seen this tour. Great stuff, TAC!
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I would describe myself as a mostly casual "hits" fan of both Dio and Sabbath. So needless to say, I didn't see this tour. But I bet it would have been cool to see. And it featuring my three favorite songs from my favorite Sabbath album doesn't hurt either.
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Ahh Sabbath, excellent choice. Saw them at Ozzfest 99 with SLAYER and Judas Preist. We went to a bar to pregame, and got Chinese food. My fortune said "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing" so I got fucking hammered during the early bands. By the time Preist rolled around I was passed out on the upper lawn. Managed to wake up and find my buds in the pit in time for sabbath and with a renewed buzz (with chemical assistance) enjoyed the fucking hell out of it. Somewhere in the ether is a video of me rocking out to Paranoid.
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What an amazing tour to see. Holy shit.
Fuck that guy that smacked you too though!
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What an amazing tour to see. Holy shit.
Check out the links. My show was broadcast on the radio and sounds awesome. The video from NY is also great.
Ahh Sabbath, excellent choice. Saw them at Ozzfest 99 with SLAYER and Judas Preist. We went to a bar to pregame, and got Chinese food. My fortune said "Anything worth doing is worth overdoing" so I got fucking hammered during the early bands. By the time Preist rolled around I was passed out on the upper lawn. Managed to wake up and find my buds in the pit in time for sabbath and with a renewed buzz (with chemical assistance) enjoyed the fucking hell out of it. Somewhere in the ether is a video of me rocking out to Paranoid.
:lol
Gotta find that video.
I'll be posting the next show later tonight..
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Man, that audio boot sounds amazing. Computer God rips. Geezer tearing shit up too! Will listen to more of that.
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Man, that audio boot sounds amazing. Computer God rips. Geezer tearing shit up too! Will listen to more of that.
:metal
Has a ton of energy.
@ Lonestar....some J-metal coming your way tonight....
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Galneryus?
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Galneryus?
Not exactly. :lol
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Loudness.
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Loudness.
They played with Nemophila a few months ago.
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Loudness.
They played with Nemophila a few months ago.
They played with AC/DC in 1986. :neverusethis:
(https://i.imgur.com/HZPAPJx.jpg)
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22. Guns n Roses
EZO
October 26, 1987
The Living Room, Providence
Setlist:
It's So Easy
Move to the City
Out ta Get Me
Mr. Brownstone
My Michelle
Sweet Child o' Mine
Rocket Queen
Welcome to the Jungle
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
You're Crazy
Paradise City
Nightrain
Mama Kin
(This is the setlist on SetlistFM for the Boston show the following night..)
Here's footage from The Ritz in NYC 3 nights earlier..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ4erUOGhBk
Some shots from the show..
(https://i.imgur.com/z4u3id9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uOml6XJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OSikQmR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GmlVHbY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gL03ztv.jpg)
...and EZO
(https://i.imgur.com/ObhZzM9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZUT3VUM.jpg)
I started reading about GnR in Kerrang in the summer of '87. They were being hailed as the next big thing. I heard Appetite and was blown away by it. What a great album. But there were a lot of bands just like them at that time. In fact, I had taken a chance and went to see Faster Pussycat a month earlier and holy shit did they blow. They were so bad, I almost passed on GnR. But GnR were just better, on record at least.
The Living Room, while not a big place at all, was freaking packed. People were on to them. Duff, in his book, even mentions the short East Coast club tour in his book. Considering they were on the precipice of being one of the biggest bands in the world in a couple of years, I really cherish this show.
I also saw them when they came back around the following summer opening for Aerosmith.
EZO was a weird band to pair with GnR. They were a weird band to pair with anyone, actually. Their set was really cool though. It was quite groovy and played well. I never really followed up on them though.
No live footage, but this is their video to Flashback Heart Attack..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL8k2jzlVDE
They were good live though.
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I know I'm not always the most knowledgeable at times, but at first I'm going "who the frick are 'Los Angeles' and 'Japan'?" :lol
(hey, Kansas and Asia could have played the same night somewhere, right? ;))
Forgot to mention: jealous of the Page / Plant show. I was going to get tickets for myself and my best female friend who lived about ten minutes from The Palace of Auburn Hills, but she didn't want to go. The plan was drive over from Kalamazoo, go to the concert, spend the night, and then drive back the next morning. Should have just gone myself and stayed at a hotel/motel, but I never did that sort of thing.
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Dog, I wasn't getting laid either and I still went to the show. :lol
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I didn’t catch Black Sabbath on the Dehumanizer tour. I also never saw Prong live, even though I really enjoyed a few of their albums. My favourite Sabbath shows are the Mob Rules tour, which I saw on April 26, 1982, and the Ozzfest 99 tour. I had chills down the back of my neck when they took the stage at Ozzfest. I was so in awe.
The first time I saw GnR was when they opened for Maiden in 1988. So awesome that you got to see them in a smaller venue.
I was a big fan of the self-titled EZO album. When I’ve listened to it in recent years, it still sounds great to my ears.
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My favourite Sabbath shows are the Mob Rules tour, which I saw on April 26, 1982,
I think you have a couple of years on me. ;D
Who opened the show? I remember that tour coming here (I wasn't old enough, did I mention that? :lol) and The Outlaws opened. A strange combination for sure.
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My favourite Sabbath shows are the Mob Rules tour, which I saw on April 26, 1982,
I think you have a couple of years on me. ;D
Who opened the show? I remember that tour coming here (I wasn't old enough, did I mention that? :lol) and The Outlaws opened. A strange combination for sure.
Yes, I think I do have a couple of years on you :biggrin:
It was indeed The Outlaws who opened. I only knew their two radio hits, so they didn't make much of an impression on me.
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Oh wow seeing GnR in such a small venue so early on is pretty epic.
Any shenanigans from them that night or was this before Axl was unreliable to start a show?
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I saw GnR on the Use Your Illusions tour in a big stadium with 50,000 other people. And as good as it was I would have liked to see them in a more intimate setting.
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I'm a massive Appetite-Lies era GnR fan. They were just real and gritty sleaze from the gutters of Los Angeles and I really dug their sound. I worked hard to identify all the songs from the Illusion era that had their start in the Appetite era (You Could Be Mine, November Rain and Don't Cry to name a few), and I tend to focus in on those. SO jealous that you got to see a gig on the Appetite tour. I finally got a chance to see GnR in 2016, in Seattle. A buddy bought me a ticket for my birthday and I flew up to see them. Alice in Chains opened. Phenomenal show. Axl sounded amazing that night (I was relieved). But I so wanted to see them on the Appetite tour.
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I saw Guns back in the day, in Hartford (with Brian May opening) and again on a club tour in Philly on the Chinese Democracy tour. That club show was fucking AMAZING. They went on at 11 sharp, and I left at ten after 2 and they were still playing, and Axl was on stage for all but about 10 minutes of that (Dizzy Reed's solo spot).
Good gig; I was married at the time but going through troubles; I was standing right next to this really cute girl, and her husband was sitting right on the other side and was literally on his phone the ENTIRE show. Didn't look up once. The girl and I sort of danced the entire show. There was nothing said, but she knew I knew and it was clear she just wanted to have a good time at a show. Good clean fun at the end of the day.
I remember the first show, though; I remember thinking "these guys are at another level; this isn't an arena stage show, this is something dangerous. Anything can happen." It was a weird feeling that I've literally never once ever had with any other band.
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Any shenanigans from them that night or was this before Axl was unreliable to start a show?
No shenanigans. I saw them 4 more times on the USI tour, including the first two nights of the second leg. (The first leg was in the summer of '91 before the USI albums were released. Anyway, Soundgarden came on at the regular time and then GnR didn't come on until about 11. It was fucked up. And for the couple hours in between bands, all they did was show girls in the crowd on the big screen.
Saw the tour with Metallica, and no issues there, but like Stadler, I also saw them on that last leg in March of '93 at the Garden with Brian May opening, and Axel did stop the show for what seemed about 10 or 15 minutes because I think someone threw something on stage.
Good gig; I was married at the time but going through troubles; I was standing right next to this really cute girl, and her husband was sitting right on the other side and was literally on his phone the ENTIRE show. Didn't look up once. The girl and I sort of danced the entire show. There was nothing said, but she knew I knew and it was clear she just wanted to have a good time at a show.
You've been listening to too many Paul Stanley introductions to Love Gun.
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21. Armored Saint
November 3, 1988
The Living Room, Providence
Setlist:
March Of the Saint
Nervous Man
Reign Of Fire
Raising Fear
Chemical Euphoria
Long Before I Die
Book Of Blood
Can U Deliver
Spineless
Madhouse
There is no setlist available for this show, but I put this together based on what they were playing at this time, plus my memory.
Believe it or not, Armored Saint was the opener. They were opening for King Diamond, who I simply was not into at the time. I didn't even care enough to stick around for a couple of songs, which is exactly how I fell in love with Armored Saint to begin with. King Diamond came around two months earlier, but with Flotsam & Jetsam, and I left after F&J too.
But I wanted to get Armored Saint into the countdown and I chose this show as it was special for a couple of reasons.
First, Jeff Duncan had by now joined the band and they were now a 5 piece. They were also playing new songs that would end up on their amazing Symbol Of Salvation album. We got Reign Of Fire and Spineless. They were also playing Dropping Like Flies around this time as well.
Secondly, and more importantly, it was the last time I saw Dave Prichard live. They only had 7 shows left in 1988, and played just a handful in 1989. He only had about 15 shows left. Sadly on February 28, 1990 he passed away from Leukemia at the age of 26. Fucking 26.
I remember we were standing outside of the club before the show, and he walked by us and said something like "Get sick in there!".
A few pics of the show..
(https://i.imgur.com/rJOCLjG.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/D3bPt0S.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0VjRssY.jpg)
And I got a pic too!
(https://i.imgur.com/noWWgXx.jpg)
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Great photos. I didn't realize Dave Pritchard was so young when he passed away :(
The only time I saw Armored Saint live was in 1985 when they opened for Metallica on the Ride the Lightning tour. I had the March of the Saint album and quite liked it, so it was a great double bill for me. That show would be in my top 25 for sure.
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Great photos. I didn't realize Dave Pritchard was so young when he passed away :(
The only time I saw Armored Saint live was in 1985 when they opened for Metallica on the Ride the Lightning tour. I had the March of the Saint album and quite liked it, so it was a great double bill for me. That show would be in my top 25 for sure.
You need to do a list.
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I was waiting for the Saint entry. Bad ass. Great pics. Crazy enough, John Bush is a better singer now. Saint still killing it, 30+ years later. Can't wait for the show with WASP in December. Funny enough, we'll be leaving after Saint (no interest in WASP).
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Funny enough, we'll be leaving after Saint (no interest in WASP).
:lol
Yeah, John is amazing. Those old Armored Saint shows were great. Gonzo was the heaviest drummer I have ever seen. His bass drums vibrated through the floor.
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Dog, I wasn't getting laid either and I still went to the show. :lol
Who says I wasn’t at the time?😀 To this day, she is still my ‘sister’
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Killer photo at the end there. :metal
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Dog, I wasn't getting laid either and I still went to the show. :lol
Who says I wasn’t at the time?😀 To this day, she is still my ‘sister’
(https://media4.giphy.com/media/aNtt9T8SqGNK8/200w.gif?cid=82a1493bnhccctdqpb221kd9ar0wqx3lh2t4ylcxwy5aeg7c&rid=200w.gif&ct=g)
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No no no. We never did ‘that’! Silly gutter mind goose😀
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No no no. We never did ‘that’! Silly gutter mind goose😀
I kinda read it the same way Tim did too lol.
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20. Rush
McAuley Schenker Group
December 3, 1987
Centrum, Worcester
Rush Setlist:
The Big Money
Subdivisions
Limelight
Marathon
Turn the Page
Prime Mover
Manhattan Project
Closer to the Heart
Red Sector A
Force Ten
Time Stand Still
Distant Early Warning
Lock and Key
Mission
Territories
YYZ
Drum Solo
Red Lenses
The Spirit of Radio
Tom Sawyer
2112 Part I: Overture
2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
La Villa Strangiato
In The Mood
MSG Setlist:
Armed and Ready
Get Out
Gimme Your Love
Time
Courvoisier Concerto
Lost Horizons
Into the Arena
Rock Bottom
(https://i.imgur.com/NVmpE50.jpg)
Here's footage of the show in Springfield Ma a month earlier..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehcyXELDCxM
This was the second night of a two night stand in Worcester. I was not into Rush during this era obviously. In fact, they played two nights in Providence a month earlier, which was so much closer to where I was at school. However, the day of the show a buddy and I decided last minute to go to the show just for something to do. So we packed a few bones and off we went.
I must say that I had such low expectations following my experience at the Power Windows show I saw. But this show had such a different vibe. The band seemed so into it. The Hold Your Fire material is actually quite catchy and the songs were great live. I had an amazing time, and I actually fell in love again with Rush that night. By the time Presto would come out, I was back to being a huge fan.
Opening the show was the McAuley Schenker Group. Being a huge UFO and Michael Schenker fan, this was no small thing. Michael Schenker is one of the musicians responsible for shaping my musical direction. It was short opening set, and they were promoting a disappointing album, but they played the best track, Get Out, off it and also the great Rock Bottom.
All around, an amazing night.
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Tim, if I remember, there was a huge snowstorm that night as well. It was a scary drive to Worcester.
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Tim, if I remember, there was a huge snowstorm that night as well. It was a scary drive to Worcester.
I don't remember. Did you go to that show or the first one?
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Went to both. I have a funny story about the mall across from the Centrum for the 1st show.
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Went to both. I have a funny story about the mall across from the Centrum for the 1st show.
Of course you did. :lol
A story? Let's have it!
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My buddy and I walked around the Mall. I see him walking to the information booth. We get their and he asked, "What's the diameter of the son." The guy their, confused asked, "Why are you asking me this?"
My buddy says, "Aren't you you an information booth?"
The guy unleashes a billion swears telling us to go. :lol
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My buddy and I walked around the Mall. I see him walking to the information booth. We get their and he asked, "What's the diameter of the son." The guy their, confused asked, "Why are you asking me this?"
My buddy says, "Aren't you you an information booth?"
The guy unleashes a billion swears telling us to go. :lol
(https://c.tenor.com/d6LWysYT08wAAAAd/funny-laugh.gif)
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No no no. We never did ‘that’! Silly gutter mind goose😀
I kinda read it the same way Tim did too lol.
Didn't mean it that way, obviously :D
I'm an only child, with a half brother I met eons ago. That female friend I mentioned was and is my best female friend, has been for almost four decades, and both my ex and current treat her as my 'sister'. We've visited her home and spent the night, she's gone to sporting events and been the one of a few who have visited me since my move two decades ago.
But...if you perverts wish to dream...... :D :lol
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Yay, Rush. :) I love all eras of Rush so I'd have loved that setlist. I'm glad you enjoyed the set so much that it made you a fan again. :)
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My buddy and I walked around the Mall. I see him walking to the information booth. We get their and he asked, "What's the diameter of the son." The guy their, confused asked, "Why are you asking me this?"
My buddy says, "Aren't you you an information booth?"
The guy unleashes a billion swears telling us to go. :lol
My wife's spell checker is blipping like crazy over this one, Joe! :lol
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My buddy and I walked around the Mall. I see him walking to the information booth. We get their and he asked, "What's the diameter of the son." The guy their, confused asked, "Why are you asking me this?"
My buddy says, "Aren't you you an information booth?"
The guy unleashes a billion swears telling us to go. :lol
My wife's spell checker is blipping like crazy over this one, Joe! :lol
Pretty sure I never said that. Need to a quote checker. ;D
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Pretty sure you both suck at quoting. :lol
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Pretty sure you both suck at quoting. :lol
Haha, Joe's right. Come on guys!
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I love that Rush setlist. Beautiful.
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Pretty sure you both suck at quoting. :lol
Haha, Joe's right. Come on guys!
:rollin
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:facepalm:
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One of Tim's 25 favorite concerts is a Rush one where they played four songs from Power Windows.
(https://thumbs.gfycat.com/LastingSameBlackbear-max-1mb.gif)
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No no no. We never did ‘that’! Silly gutter mind goose😀
I kinda read it the same way Tim did too lol.
I'll take an explanation for $200 as well, Alex. :) :) :) :)
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Pretty sure you both suck at quoting. :lol
Haha, Joe's right. Come on guys!
:rollin
I see what you all did there.
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TAC, I’m curious why you went into the Rush show with low expectations? I remember the show I saw on the Power Windows as being pretty decent. Did they just have an off night when you saw them, or were there just too many tunes from Power Windows? :lol
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(https://i.postimg.cc/Fzf9D9JC/Zombo-Meme-23092022122725.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
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TAC, I’m curious why you went into the Rush show with low expectations? I remember the show I saw on the Power Windows as being pretty decent. Did they just have an off night when you saw them, or were there just too many tunes from Power Windows? :lol
Rush was one of my favorite bands as I started getting into music during the Moving Pictures cycle. The first Rush album release that I experienced in real time was Exit Stage Left. I was ready to be a Rush fan for life. But then Signals came out and while it has aged greatly, I was really perplexed when it came out. I was heading down the hard rock path and whatever Rush was becoming didn't appeal to me.
Flash forward to the Power Windows tour. One of my best friends in high school was a huge Rush fan. He begged me to go with him, so I did. We had great seats about 5 rows in front of Geddy. But it was literally the second night of the tour, and the band just seemed preoccupied with everything but the crowd. Geddy looked kind of pissed all night. Plus they played so many new songs that i didn't know or care to hear.
For the HYF show that I went to, it was a that day spur of the moment decision to go with a buddy of mine from college. We really went as a night out together and didn't look as it going to a concert. We got pretty baked and just enjoyed the show with no preconceived notions. The band was engaged and really gave it back to the crowd, something that I didn't experience at the PW show.
It really reignited my love for Rush, and luckily they would follow it up more Presto, which felt more contemporary that the keyboard era.
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19. Iron Maiden
Anthrax
January 25, 1991
Providence Civic Center
Iron Maiden:
Tailgunner
Public Enema Number One
Wrathchild
Die With Your Boots On
Hallowed Be Thy Name
22 Acacia Avenue
Holy Smoke
No Prayer for the Dying
The Clairvoyant
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Trooper
Heaven Can Wait
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
Run to the Hills
Sanctuary
Anthrax:
Time
Madhouse
Caught in a Mosh
Keep It in the Family
Got the Time
Indians
Antisocial
I'm the Man
I Am the Law
(https://i.imgur.com/Y6TkjdO.jpg)
How on earth does the No Prayer For The Dying tour beat out the Powerslave tour??
Well..
Yes the No Prayer album was sure disappointing. This was their first tour after I graduated from college. Also, it had been three years since they toured, which back then was an eternity. They took a break after Seventh Son and Bruce released his first solo album in the meantime.
The first noticeable thing about the stage was that it was stripped down to nothing but a full backline of Marshalls. Not props or fancy stage. Just a stage built for metal.
The other thing was Jannick Gers was now in the band and he brought so much energy to the stage. I felt like he also unlocked something in Dave because I didn't ever remember Dave being so loose. They just had this vibe about them. I also loved the way the setlist was created. this was before you would know what was coming. Playing Hallowed so early in the set was a surprise, but then following it up with 22 Acacia Avenue...talk about getting pounded early on. And I love the No Prayer title track.
I have a recording of this show and I listened to it endlessly.
The opener was Anthrax, and in this moment, I thought Anthrax hit their peak. They were touring Persistence Of Time and they hit the stage like madmen. Such a great performance.
Here's a great video boot of Maiden's San Fransisco show..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNkl5_Unh3w
Here's Anthrax's Pro Shot set at Auburn Hills 10 days later..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAo3Mee7mjI
Here's some shots from the show..
(https://i.imgur.com/INyEmQP.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vo6TduR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OAC5S69.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YnAcxvU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/W8PiBag.jpg?2)
(https://i.imgur.com/BIqWmMD.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/44p2R8M.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lV5Cem0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MfYg1UF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jHbw3xo.jpg)
Anthrax...
(https://i.imgur.com/DcWYqlK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/umsmxSR.jpg)
I mentioned that I also saw the show at the Meadowlands, and luckily, the shirt I bought is one of the few I still have..
(https://i.imgur.com/FOp5WgU.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0odP3vX.jpg)
One last funny note on the show..
You remember the Snickers commercial where the rapper mentions the wrong city on stage? Well after Wrathchild, Bruce says "How the fuck are ya, Rochester?" :facepalm:
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Love that shirt!
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Awesome pictures and write-up, look at the depth of those toms!
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I loved both that and the Fear too. The energy as you mentioned from everyone was a joy to watch.
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TAC, I’m curious why you went into the Rush show with low expectations? I remember the show I saw on the Power Windows as being pretty decent. Did they just have an off night when you saw them, or were there just too many tunes from Power Windows? :lol
Rush was one of my favorite bands as I started getting into music during the Moving Pictures cycle. The first Rush album release that I experienced in real time was Exit Stage Left. I was ready to be a Rush fan for life. But then Signals came out and while it has aged greatly, I was really perplexed when it came out. I was heading down the hard rock path and whatever Rush was becoming didn't appeal to me.
Flash forward to the Power Windows tour. One of my best friends in high school was a huge Rush fan. He begged me to go with him, so I did. We had great seats about 5 rows in front of Geddy. But it was literally the second night of the tour, and the band just seemed preoccupied with everything but the crowd. Geddy looked kind of pissed all night. Plus they played so many new songs that i didn't know or care to hear.
For the HYF show that I went to, it was a that day spur of the moment decision to go with a buddy of mine from college. We really went as a night out together and didn't look as it going to a concert. We got pretty baked and just enjoyed the show with no preconceived notions. The band was engaged and really gave it back to the crowd, something that I didn't experience at the PW show.
It really reignited my love for Rush, and luckily they would follow it up more Presto, which felt more contemporary that the keyboard era.
I’m with you on the disappointment with some of the material of that era. Too bad that you had such great seats but the show was sub-par.
Is it possible that being totally baked helped put the HYF show into your top 25? :lol
Regarding the Maiden concert, the NPFTD tour was one of the few Maiden tours I didn't catch. I would have a hard time evaluating each show based on the dusty vault of my mind, as every Maiden concert has been great. Like you, it would probably be the shows where they paired up with another great band that would elevate them to a top tier ranking.
Always enjoy seeing your photos :tup
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Is it possible that being totally baked helped put the HYF show into your top 25? :lol
I believe it's totally possible. :lol
It was just a fun show. I saw them a bunch of times after that with my renewed fandom, but there was something special about that show.
Regarding the Maiden concert, the NPFTD tour was one of the few Maiden tours I didn't catch. I would have a hard time evaluating each show based on the dusty vault of my mind, as every Maiden concert has been great. Like you, it would probably be the shows where they paired up with another great band that would elevate them to a top tier ranking.
So, I mentioned the Powerslave show with Accept, but if I'm talking strictly Maiden, this was still a top show.
And no, we are not nearly done with Iron Maiden on this countdown.
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And no, we are not nearly done with Iron Maiden on this countdown.
Oh, I was fully expecting to see more Maiden shows pop up on your list. I’m interested to see which one(s). :tup
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Me too! ;D
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That's a really cool tshirt
and I'm a bit shocked to see a NPFTD tour show here, but I know you've talked about it before. I guess you had to be there.
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So, I mentioned the Powerslave show with Accept, but if I'm talking strictly Maiden, this was still a top show.
And no, we are not nearly done with Iron Maiden on this countdown.
Good. :) I'm enjoying these posts and the pictures and all that stuff.
It's interesting reading that Jannick helped make the show better for you, because I've only ever read complaints about his stage presence. I've only seem them with him and don't really have the same complaints myself.
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So, I mentioned the Powerslave show with Accept, but if I'm talking strictly Maiden, this was still a top show.
And no, we are not nearly done with Iron Maiden on this countdown.
Good. :) I'm enjoying these posts and the pictures and all that stuff.
It's interesting reading that Jannick helped make the show better for you, because I've only ever read complaints about his stage presence. I've only seem them with him and don't really have the same complaints myself.
I've also only ever seen IM with Jannick and I've never had an issue.
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It's interesting reading that Jannick helped make the show better for you, because I've only ever read complaints about his stage presence. I've only seem them with him and don't really have the same complaints myself.
I've also only ever seen IM with Jannick and I've never had an issue.
I think if you only know Iron Maiden with Jannick, then it's not that big of a deal. But he does catch a lot of flack for his stage whooping and sloppy solos and such.
His on stage style is such a contrast to Adrian. The guy owns his side of the stage, and I rate the No Prayer show so high just not for his energy, but for the energy he seemed to pull out of Dave. Back in those days, I always got relatively close to the stage, and I could really see it and feel it.
I'm a big Jannick guy. His guitar solo style, does come off a bit...weird sometimes, but I feel like he tries to differentiate himself from Dave and Adrian. He's actually quite a melodic soloist, as the Tattooed Millionaire album would support. And with all of the jumping around, he has amazing pick control no matter what angle his guitar is in.
Plus he's written some of the Reunion Era's best songs. Him standing next to Steve for The Book Of Souls intro gave me goosebumps.
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#18 Monsters Of Rock
Van Halen
Scorpions
Dokken
Metallica
Kingdome Come
June 26, 1988
Giants Stadium
Van Halen:
A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
Summer Nights
There's Only One Way to Rock
Panama
Bass Solo
Runnin' With the Devil
Why Can't This Be Love
Mine All Mine
Drum Solo
You Really Got Me
Sucker in a 3 Piece
When It's Love
Eagles Fly
I Can't Drive 55
Best of Both Worlds
Guitar Solo
Black and Blue
Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
Superstition
Rock and Roll
Audio:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in59qYW7jjI
Video Pt. 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfaE8UUoMmg
Video Pt 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv3RnpWWJvs
Scorpions:
Blackout
Big City Nights
Every Minute Every Day
Rhythm of Love
Bad Boys Running Wild
Make It Real
Coast to Coast
Still Loving You
Don't Stop at the Top
Can't Live Without You
Coming Home
The Zoo
No One Like You
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Dynamite
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQeg3mY59LM
Dokken:
Tooth and Nail
Just Got Lucky
Burning Like a Flame
Into the Fire
Heaven Sent
It's Not Love
Guitar Solo
Mr. Scary
Dream Warriors
Alone Again
Turn on the Action
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L_aGjXbblE
(footage is from Buffalo a week earlier..)
Metallica:
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Harvester of Sorrow
Whiplash
Fade to Black
Seek & Destroy
Master of Puppets
Last Caress
Am I Evil?
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XluL5WHO3uk
Kingdom Come:
Shout It Out
Living Out of Touch
Pushin' Hard
17
What Love Can Be
Get It On
The Shuffle
(https://i.imgur.com/HtuOUEA.jpg)
Going to this show was an amazing experience. We went down and stayed with my college roommate (in the Anthrax shirt below), who lived in northern NJ. We got there and started partying. the main draw for us was Metallica, so we partied until we heard Kingdom Come start playing. We walked in during their last song.
It was my first time seeing Metallica and they were great. They opened with Creeping Death, and while the place wasn't full by that point, everyone who was there was fist pumping Die Die Die chants. It was really wild.
I had seen Dokken a couple of times before. Live they were always solid. I always thought Don Dokken's stage banter was some of the worst I've ever heard, but I thought he was a decent frontman this show. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Dokken.
Scorps and VH did what Scorps and Vh do, which is to put on a great show.
Unfortunately I only took a couple of pics during the show. We weren't very close, and the couple VH shots I took were terrible. I did manage this pic of Metallica on stage..
(https://i.imgur.com/oejWdNN.jpg)
Here's a couple of shots of a 19 y/o TAC. One is when my buddy and I stopped on the highway to take a pic in from of the NJ sign, and the other is us drinking beers in the parking lot before the show..
(https://i.imgur.com/yPIal7y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mQCgwpS.jpg)
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They did two nights at the Pontiac Silverdome, but I was in the Upper Peninsula for two weeks during that time. I also recall buying a Kingdom Come CD the following year. Rather enjoyed it.
That must have been one lonnnnnnnngggg day for you.
Hotel or drive back that night?
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I love how you saw these amazing concerts at Giants stadium, I never saw a concert there (but some football games). You may find it interesting to know a concert that could be top 3 for me was Iron Maiden at IZOD center (also known as Brendan Berns, Continental Airlines and so on) but that was during the time when they almost finished the demolish of Giants stadium. I'm pretty sure I have a picture of the parking lot before the show with just the endzone bleachers left to destruct.
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Hotel or drive back that night?
My college roommate lived in Wayne NJ, so we stayed at his house for the weekend.
I love how you saw these amazing concerts at Giants stadium
Well, this was the only one, but I did see a number of shows at the Brendan Byrne Arena
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Went to the show in Oxford Ma. Got back to my friend's camp at a late. Puked a million times outside that night. Oof.
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Lightweight.
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I drank for half the stadium.
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And puked for the other half. ;D
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Felt like it. :lol
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Those sunglasses should have been illegal.
And you were friends with Ralph Malph, cool shit.
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And you were friends with Ralph Malph, cool shit.
I was a cross between the Fonz and Potsie. Probably more Potsie..
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And you were friends with Ralph Malph, cool shit.
I was a cross between the Fonz and Potsie. Probably more Potsie..
:lol
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Nostalgia all over. Thank you for the thread TAC. I follow.
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I remember enjoying Kingdom Come. Metallica was their typical great thrash. Dokken I loved so I enjoyed the set. Saw the Scorps in 84 then this. They always rock,, VH were great live.
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Nostalgia all over. Thank you for the thread TAC. I follow.
Glad you're following along Serox! Thank you.
I remember enjoying Kingdom Come. Metallica was their typical great thrash. Dokken I loved so I enjoyed the set. Saw the Scorps in 84 then this. They always rock,, VH were great live.
Joe, not sure if you remember, but the Scorps did their own tour that fall and had Kingdom Come opening. I saw the show in Worcester.
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I only saw them at the time on the Love at First Sting tour with Bon Jovi opening.
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#18 Monsters Of Rock
Van Halen
Scorpions
Dokken
Metallica
Kingdome Come
That was kind of the final installment of the Texxas Jam. Before that they'd always take two different package tours and merge them for one giant show. In this case they just brought TMoR to town. It was most notable for Sammy's voice going out pretty early on, resulting in Van Halen coming back and causing a riot years later. :lol
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I read that when this bill came to the Coliseum in LA, Metallica caused a huge frenzy to the point where their power went out and everyone in the GA area was going crazy throwing chairs and stuff. When you see shots of that show, the capacity crowd look monstrous compared to when I was there yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc11Og9Qmh0&ab_channel=Milanicachannel
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Before that they'd always take two different package tours and merge them for one giant show.
Is that how they did it? Grabbed two tours in the area and make one show? I did not know that.
I read that when this bill came to the Coliseum in LA, Metallica caused a huge frenzy to the point where their power went out and everyone in the GA area was going crazy throwing chairs and stuff. When you see shots of that show, the capacity crowd look monstrous compared to when I was there yesterday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc11Og9Qmh0&ab_channel=Milanicachannel
Wow, that's fucking crazy!
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That’s a nice line-up, but how are Dokken billed above Metallica?
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That’s a nice line-up, but how are Dokken billed above Metallica?
While One helped them get more popular due to its play on MTV, Metallica had not broken big in the mainstream yet.
Dokken was still fairly popular due to the A Nighmare on Elm Street soundtrack song (Dream Warriors) and then a few songs from their '87 album receiving massive heavy airplay on MTV.
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That’s a nice line-up, but how are Dokken billed above Metallica?
While One helped them get more popular due to its play on MTV, Metallica had not broken big in the mainstream yet.
Dokken was still fairly popular due to the A Nighmare on Elm Street soundtrack song (Dream Warriors) and then a few songs from their '87 album receiving massive heavy airplay on MTV.
I’m just thinking of when I saw Metallica on the MoP tour in 86. They played an ice hockey arena, but only the lower bowl seats were sold. Still, it was a big crowd and I don’t think Dokken would have drawn a quarter of that audience. Maybe it’s a regional thing, but I don't recall Dokken being that popular.
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That’s a nice line-up, but how are Dokken billed above Metallica?
While One helped them get more popular due to its play on MTV, Metallica had not broken big in the mainstream yet.
Dokken was still fairly popular due to the A Nighmare on Elm Street soundtrack song (Dream Warriors) and then a few songs from their '87 album receiving massive heavy airplay on MTV.
I’m just thinking of when I saw Metallica on the MoP tour in 86. They played an ice hockey arena, but only the lower bowl seats were sold. Still, it was a big crowd and I don’t think Dokken would have drawn a quarter of that audience. Maybe it’s a regional thing, but I don't recall Dokken being that popular.
I don't think any of their songs at the time were big top 40 hits, but they were an MTV favorite, and it seemed like a lot of people in school at the time talked about them (8th grade and then my freshman year of HS).
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At this moment in time, they were probably equally popular. But 1) Dokken had been popular for longer (they were peaking after 3 straight hit albums) and 2) they had the more popular audience.
I don’t think the commercial world knew what to do with someone like Metallica…or their audience.
I’ve told this story before, but when this tour came to Seattle, the crowd was mostly there for VH/Scorps, and most had never even heard of Metallica. And almost none had EVER seen a mosh pit, nor been to a show that had one. When Metallica first took the stage, more than a few of that crowd were a bit freaked out.
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I'll update in a little bit. Been out all day!
That’s a nice line-up, but how are Dokken billed above Metallica?
Dokken was much bigger at this point. This was a few months before Justice came out and their first run of shows since the theater tour after Jason joined the previous fall. My picture shows mow many (or how few) people were there for Metallica. The place filled in big time as the day wore on.
At this moment in time, they were probably equally popular. But 1) Dokken had been popular for longer (they were peaking after 3 straight hit albums) and 2) they had the more popular audience.
I don’t think the commercial world knew what to do with someone like Metallica…or their audience.
I’ve told this story before, but when this tour came to Seattle, the crowd was mostly there for VH/Scorps, and most had never even heard of Metallica. And almost none had EVER seen a mosh pit, nor been to a show that had one. When Metallica first took the stage, more than a few of that crowd were a bit freaked out.
Metallica absolutely crushed their slot. Playing to FM radio fans of VH/Scorps/Dokken really helped them.
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Tim, dead on.
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Legendary tour. Wow. I remember it. Didn't go, but in retrospect, it would have been killer.
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17. UFO
November 2, 2019
Worf's Den
Mohegan Sun, CT
Setlist:
Mother Mary
We Belong to the Night
Run Boy Run
Venus
Lights Out
Burn Your House Down
Fighting Man
Only You Can Rock Me
Cherry
Love to Love
Too Hot to Handle
Rock Bottom
Doctor Doctor
Shoot Shoot
Most of you know that I'm a huge UFO fan. I spent my high school years listening to more UFO than any other band. It's hard to rank my Top 3 bands of Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, and UFO.
I started The UFO Discography And Listening Party Thread with this:
When I pass away, and they perform a Rock And Roll autopsy on me, on my brain they'll find Dream Theater. In my heart, they'll find Iron Maiden. There's a good chance they'll find Alice Cooper on my liver.. ;D
But on my soul..well, that's where they'll find UFO.
Sometime when I feel bitchy (Sometimes?? :lol). I often rail against people that go see old legacy bands. Like this summer's Def Lep/Crue tour, or any recent Kiss tour. I say the say thing..Why would anyone go see that show? The setlist never changes! They just play the same old songs!
Well I myself am guilty of this. TBH, I've not always extended myself to see UFO. The fact that their setlists over the last 15 years was quite static always pissed me off. I get playing 4 or 5 classics at every show. But UFO often played the same B-level tracks tour after tour, and frankly, I don't understand why. Maybe they're easy for Phil to sing. I mean, he continues to sound amazing into his 70's.
UFO had their final run of dates scheduled for this fall in Europe, but Phil recently suffered a heart attack and those shows have been cancelled...for now they say. It's quite possible UFO has played their final show.
When they announced the stop at Mohegan Sun, I knew this was probably the final area stop for them, so I made it a point to go.
I let all of my issues with the setlist fade away and simply enjoyed the show for my inner 16 y/o TAC.
What was really cool about this show was that Neil Carter had rejoined the band on Keyboards/Guitar. After Paul Raymond passed away in April of 2019, Neil agreed to do the rest of the Farewell tour.
I actually love Neil Carter. He joined UFO right before they released The Wild The Willing And The Innocent, and played on their Mechanix and Making Contact albums, the latter being the final album of UFO's Original Era. He then became Gary Moore's right hand man.
The other thing that was cool about this tour, and this show, was that Vinnie Moore was on fire. Generally I had very high hopes when Vinnie joined the band, but Phil took the band into a real bluesy/Rolling Stone-ish direction. So while it's not all that heavy, it's still pretty cool, and there are tons of great songs throughout. It just seemed that this being the last UFO tour, Vinnie was NOT holding back.
Sometimes it's not just reliving your youth, but to me it's nourishing your soul, and that's what happened on this night.
Some pics of the show...
(https://i.imgur.com/YNUlmcX.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/j0igfd7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MT3gP1k.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/zz7DuAE.jpg)
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Shit Tim. Never saw UFO but that looked amazing!
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:metal
That's a nice rounded setlist too considering the length.
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I don't think Dokken ever had any real popularity, but they were extremely well known for a number of reasons, and were generally well regarded. They were one of the ubiquitous openers, and they got tons of MTV time. They're not a band people would go out of their way to see, but a whole lot of people knew them and liked them. Looking at SetlistFM, their first six Dallas shows were 5 arena and one stadium gigs. That was opening spots for BÖC, Dio, Twisted Sister, Priest, Aerosmith, and the Monsters of Rock. The MoR tour was probably their pinnacle, and after that it was all down hill. Metallica was exploding in popularity at the same time. After that tour they were selling out arenas.
17. UFO
November 2, 2019
Worf's Den
Mohegan Sun, CT
How can you not love Neil Carter? That dude stole the show, I thought. Dude rocked harder than all the others combined. :lol
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I don't think Dokken ever had any real popularity, but they were extremely well known for a number of reasons, and were generally well regarded. They were one of the ubiquitous openers, and they got tons of MTV time. They're not a band people would go out of their way to see, but a whole lot of people knew them and liked them. Looking at SetlistFM, their first six Dallas shows were 5 arena and one stadium gigs. That was opening spots for BÖC, Dio, Twisted Sister, Priest, Aerosmith, and the Monsters of Rock. The MoR tour was probably their pinnacle, and after that it was all down hill. Metallica was exploding in popularity at the same time. After that tour they were selling out arenas.
By this time, I had seen Dokken open for Priest and Aerosmith.
And both Dokken and Metallica on the MOR bill. Talk about two bands on cross trajectories.
How can you not love Neil Carter? That dude stole the show, I thought. Dude rocked harder than all the others combined. :lol
Yeah, he was great. He appears again later in the thread.
I really thought he added a lot to those final two Classic era UFO albums. Too bad the band self destructed. He ended up making a great living with Gary Moore.
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Hey I saw that UFO tour. :) it wasn't the same thing for me as it was for you, but it was a cool show and I enjoyed it.
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Hey I saw that UFO tour. :)
:metal
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What makes me sad about looking at the MoR tour is that there doesn't seem to be something quite as similar today. I mean, you have something like Knotfest Roadshow which features maybe 4 metal bands with some young/growing bands opening up, but it's not a stadium tour. The stadium tours today are basically the same bands from the MoR tour. The big rock stadium tour this year was Motley Cru / Def Leppard. I'm not here to say rock is dead or something, just that, it's not as big as it used to be and I feel like this is a good example. The stories of the opening bands being the next thing in the genre still exists, it's just happening at a smaller level.
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Hey I saw that UFO tour. :)
:metal
So there's a reason for people to see "legacy" bands - they've never seen them before. And in my case it didn't matter what the setlist was because I wasn't familiar enough with the songs. I was just going to check it out. But I guess there are bands that I like that I'd probably see anyway... I don't know. If DT did the same songs every time I'd probably be pretty bummed. But if I really liked the songs they were doing and wasn't sure if each tour would be the last, I'd probably go to at least one show on the tour.
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Just caught up on the last two entries.
Tim - I want your buddy's Anthrax shirt. :lol I'm a huge Judge Dredd fan.
Great memories. What a killer show. Wish I was able to attend that. That Metallica set looked incredible.
As for UFO - you got me to appreciate them a ton. And I have most of the catalog. Saw them once at a small club, in...man, I forget the year. It was probably early in the 2010s? I saw the awesome Mindflow open for them. Really enjoyed UFO a ton. Great set.
Regarding legacy acts and all that - I am learning to just let shit go. If you still enjoy something, go enjoy it. Obviously, if there are personal reasons you want to avoid an artist, then you gotta do you. But if you still love the music, go see your bands. They won't be around forever.
Case in point - I've seen Armored Saint now a bunch of times since I first saw them in...2006. My wife and I weren't going to go to this upcoming tour with WASP because we have no interest in WASP. But we're going anyway, to go support and enjoy Armored Saint. The setlist will hopefully feature the newest record, Punching the Sky, but I suspect it will be 45 minutes of the standards tracks with maybe a couple from PtS. But who cares? We decided to go anyway. You never know when a band is going to pull the plug.
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I only saw them at the time on the Love at First Sting tour with Bon Jovi opening.
That's the show I saw. The part where Klaus comes in at the end with "STILL LOVING... YOU-U-OO! OO-OOOH!" was spine-tingling.
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I only saw them at the time on the Love at First Sting tour with Bon Jovi opening.
That's the show I saw. The part where Klaus comes in at the end with "STILL LOVING... YOU-U-OO! OO-OOOH!" was spine-tingling.
Saw that tour too...not on this list. Bon Jovi was incredible.
Update coming in a little bit..
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16. Kiss
Shooting Gallery
May 8, 1992
Avalon, Boston
Setlist:
Love Gun
Deuce
Heaven's on Fire
Parasite
Shout It Out Loud
Strutter
Calling Dr. Love
I Was Made for Lovin' You
Unholy
100,000 Years
Take It Off
God of Thunder
Lick It Up
Firehouse
Tears Are Falling
I Love It Loud
I Stole Your Love
Cold Gin
Detroit Rock City
I Want You
Drum Solo
God Gave Rock and Roll to You
Rock and Roll All Nite
No setlist is available for Shooting Gallery.
Here's Kiss at The Ritz the night after I saw them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVOkPJV6Yfc
Here's Shooting Gallery playing Nature Of My Business from the Troubadour show a week earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM4GFvOJ0bE
Probably not going to convince anyone with this footage, but they were freaking awesome.
(https://i.imgur.com/xobv4ZZ.jpg)
So, Kiss did a two week club tour before the actual Revenge arena tour. There was no way we were going to miss this. There were like 5 or 6 of us and we literally rented a van (and a driver) and threw a keg in the back.
In the two videos above, the Avalon stage is smaller than The Ritz, yet bigger than the Troubadour. Needless to say, they were right on top of us. I had seen Paul on his club tour, but this was so cool to be able to see Gene. And Gene was badass for this album and tour. Rededicated it seemed. The whole band was.
The opening band was an LA band called Shooting Gallery. It was led by Hanoi Rocks guitarist Andy McCoy. They were freaking awesome and turned in one of my all time favorite opening sets. I was at the stage right in front of Andy and had a great sightline of the drummer, who was mesmerizing in his playing. I went right out and bought their album. Musically, they were basically a Hanoi clone, but that album, their only one.., is really good.
But this was all about seeing Kiss...in a club. Unfortunately no pics. Regrettably.
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I know I may make an enemy for life saying this in Stads, but I hate KISS. :lol
I know the history, I know their important place in music history and what an influence their show had on so many musicians. I just dislike them. Same thing with AC/DC - I get it. I totally do, and I respect them (and I respect with Paul and Gene did with KISS). But it just isn't for me.
I'm sure the show was spectacular, Tim. But man, even if could have gone to that gig, I wouldn't have. :rollin
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I know I may make an enemy for life saying this in Stads, but I hate KISS. :lol
I know the history, I know their important place in music history and what an influence their show had on so many musicians. I just dislike them. Same thing with AC/DC - I get it. I totally do, and I respect them (and I respect with Paul and Gene did with KISS). But it just isn't for me.
I'm sure the show was spectacular, Tim. But man, even if could have gone to that gig, I wouldn't have. :rollin
I got ya back mate! Never could stand them personally either.
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So...popular pick? :lol
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So...popular pick? :lol
Yeah sorry, uncalled for I guess. :lol
The album I tried a year back you guys pimped was pretty solid I gotta say but just never been my thing. I do quite like the Paul Stanly solo album thing though. That was pretty good.
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Killer setlist Tim.
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Oh, you young whippersnappers with no appreciation for Kiss :lol
I'm not a huge Kiss fan, but they rescued my twelve year-old self from K-Tel disco compilations. And I still love Destroyer.
So cool that you got to see Kiss in a smaller venue, TAC. The UFO show sounds amazing too. I’m jealous, as I never saw UFO live.
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That’s basically the Auburn Hills set list. Killer.
I get the hate for Kiss; I do. But for me, they are everything that other bands are to them. I’ve met Gene and Paul twice each and they could not have been nicer. Gene treated me like I was the only fan in the world that mattered. Was it an act? I don’t fucking care. He talked to me like I was his best friend. Paul was a little more reserved, but I had my daughter when I met him the second time and he talked to her like an adult. She remembers it to this day and of all the bands I like, Kiss is her favourite. For all the $$$$ about them, I can’t say I ever felt like I didn’t get value for money*, especially live.
* except for Peter Criss’ solo album. Haha.
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Oh: and Paul Stanley is a top ten, maybe even top five, rock frontman of all time.
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That’s basically the Auburn Hills set list. Killer.
I get the hate for Kiss; I do. But for me, they are everything that other bands are to them. I’ve met Gene and Paul twice each and they could not have been nicer. Gene treated me like I was the only fan in the world that mattered. Was it an act? I don’t fucking care. He talked to me like I was his best friend. Paul was a little more reserved, but I had my daughter when I met him the second time and he talked to her like an adult. She remembers it to this day and of all the bands I like, Kiss is her favourite. For all the $$$$ about them, I can’t say I ever felt like I didn’t get value for money*, especially live.
* except for Peter Criss’ solo album. Haha.
You gotta respect that. That's the sort of shit that cements things IMO. 5 minutes of their time makes you realise they are either your idols or all of a sudden not so high up on the favourites list.
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Oh: and Paul Stanley is a top ten, maybe even tools five, rock frontman of all time.
Top 5 tool of a front man? Yeah I guess I can see that. ;D
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As much as I love to bag on Kiss, their fans love them and have their back. I can respect that, even while wondering why. :P
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Oh: and Paul Stanley is a top ten, maybe even tools five, rock frontman of all time.
Top 5 tool of a front man? Yeah I guess I can see that. ;D
:rollin
That’s basically the Auburn Hills set list. Killer.
Yeah, the arena tour that followed was awesome and had a great setlist. Without looking, didn't they add Watchin' You to the arena tour?
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Oh: and Paul Stanley is a top ten, maybe even tools five, rock frontman of all time.
Top 5 tool of a front man? Yeah I guess I can see that. ;D
:rollin. I share your and Samsara's feelings on this one. But it's all good.
And Stadler, I'm glad they were so cool to you when you met them. That goes a long way.
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Yeah, don't mistake what I said at all. I don't bag on anyone who likes them. They just aren't for me. But I am glad folks had good experiences with them, and that their music helped others too. That's the beauty of music when it's right - sometimes it's more than just entertainment, and when it's a positive force, no matter who it is, that's awesome.
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Never saw Kiss.... Got a chance since they're headlining the day of Aftershock that Nemophila is playing, but they're also going head to head against Meshuggah... May split the time or something.
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Never saw Kiss.... Got a chance since they're headlining the day of Aftershock that Nemophila is playing, but they're also going head to head against Meshuggah... May split the time or something.
Meshuggah will be around, Kiss may not be for much longer (who knows how long this final tour will go on for). Personally, I'm not a huge Kiss fan (I enjoy some of their music) but I wouldn't miss seeing them if you haven't yet and have the opportunity.
I only saw them twice on this final tour (back when it started in 2019) so I'm sure they aren't what they used to be live, but those were still fun shows.
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I love this thread!
I saw Kiss once in 2000, on their original Farewell tour. They were coming through my college town and it was a no-brainer to get tickets. We had great floor seats within the first 10-15 rows, if I remember correctly. It was the final tour with the original lineup, and they played non-makeup era songs for the first time while in makeup. Paul Stanley flew over our heads during Love Gun, Gene spit blood and sang God of Thunder from the top of the lighting rig. Peter Criss came to the front to sing Beth and instead of saying "hello Champaign, IL," he said something about Chicago, which is 2 hours north. At the start of the next song, Paul ribbed him and said that they needed to get him a map. :lol
It's worth it if only to say that you've seen them live and for the spectacle of the show.
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Hot In The Shade tour was the 1st time, KISS went deep into their catalog. The album was terrible but the tour was fantastic.
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I love this thread!
Thank you!!!
I saw Kiss in '96, '98, & '00. After the 2000 show, I turned to my wife and said I was never giving them another dollar for a concert. I literally felt ripped off and thought I basically saw the same show for three straight tours.
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24. Grim Reaper
Armored Saint
Helloween
September 24, 1987
The Living Room, Providence
Setlists:
Grim Reaper
Rock You to Hell
Night of the Vampire
Lust for Freedom
Rock Me 'till I Die
Fear No Evil
Dead on Arrival
See You in Hell
Armored Saint
March of the Saint
Underdogs
Human Vulture
Chemical Euphoria
Isolation
Can U Deliver
Mad House
Helloween:
I'm Alive
Future World
Twilight Of The Gods
A Tale That Wasn't Right
Halloween
There is Pro Shot footage that aired on MTV from Minneapolis:
Grim Reaper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTyS1yVwZNo)
Armored Saint (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-q_oFMbU3I)
Helloween (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S7CwDMtDAc)
Here's a tour ad from Cleveland:
(https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.7a7a95d7e7142b06789cf6dc0bc60ca5?rik=8GguQTDaZarzfA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmetallipromo.com%2fimages%2fhelloween%2f19871016.jpg&ehk=PSCWs9fhNVNPIOvSTTUoVAGN2ot4%2fCHXFJBYzlSJUcg%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0)
So, it's rare when an album comes along and literally and permanently changes your musical direction. Helloween's Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt.1 was that. I cannot begin to tell you what an effect it had on me. Practically a perfect album with everything I love about music. I first heard it in the summer of 1987 upon its release after seeing THIS magazine at a friend's house.
(https://i.imgur.com/hXCXJgi.jpg)
Anyway, it was announced that they were touring as the third band on a bill that was headlined by Grim Reaper with Armored Saint as Special Guest.
We also found out that during the afternoon of the show, all three bands would be doing an in-store at Strawberries in Downtown Providence. So we went. I literally ignored both Armored Saint and Grim Reaper and went right to Helloween's table. I remember how young Michael Kiske looked. I asked him how old he was and he said he was 19. Wow! I had just turned 19 two days earlier.
Here's some pics:
(https://i.imgur.com/8gPJAAk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/U9Jhw9q.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5ZHqT5Y.jpg)
After the session we were walking around killing time when we see some of the Helloween guys coming out of a Dunkin' Donuts!
That's me, arm in arm with Michael. Damn if Markus and Kai could've looked at the camera!
(https://i.imgur.com/fFW3L6c.jpg?1)
And...the show!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/16v141I.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/liNmONR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/WZXVqxF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/MBkhxxT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/1WJCp6n.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/h3j85bc.jpg)
...and the late great Ingo, one of Power Metal's pioneer drummers.
(https://i.imgur.com/G8USR3S.jpg)
We went for Helloween, but decided to stay for a couple of songs from Armored Saint. I was blown away! We stayed for their entire set.
I actually had March Of the Saint, and I thought it was OK. I skipped Delirious Nomad, and hadn't yet tried Raising Fear, which is what they were promoting in 1987. Obviously I had no idea how much I would've loved them. I really wished I stopped by their table earlier in the day, or snapped a few pics. I would've loved to have a pic of Dave Prichard sitting there.
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HELL of a post, considering the announcement today. SO jealous of this one, as you know.
Armored Saint and Helloween on the same bill. MAN! :metal
Great pics and memories, Tim.
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HELL of a post, considering the announcement today. SO jealous of this one, as you know.
Armored Saint and Helloween on the same bill. MAN! :metal
Great pics and memories, Tim.
Thanks Brian. Yeah, quite a coincidence..
I wish I was fully up on Armored Saint. I never thought March Of The Saint was all that great, so I wasn't anticipating them in the least. But they BLEW ME AWAY! I got Raising Fear right after that, and they came back to Providence three more times for that album.
Unfortunately I used up all of my film on Helloween.
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For some reason I would have thought Helloween, at least the keeper albums which are the ones I'm most familiar with, wouldn't be heavy enough or would be too happy for you. I'm not sure why; maybe because the stuff you sent me in my roulette was mostly heavier.
That's a really cool write up, and great pictures. I saw Helloween at ProgPower but not with Michael Kiske. But I did see him with Avantasia.
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A great story as always 👍
In-cred-ble pics!!!👍
Enjoy the new release.
That said….would it surprise you if I told you I have never heard one second of anything from these three bands?
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That said….would it surprise you if I told you I have never heard one second of anything from these three bands?
Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys - pt. 1
Armored Saint: Symbol of Salvation
Go now. You're welcome.
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:D :tup
…in about two weeks, if I survive Boston and what follows
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That said….would it surprise you if I told you I have never heard one second of anything from these three bands?
Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys - pt. 1
Armored Saint: Symbol of Salvation
Go now. You're welcome.
:metal
The funny thing is that I didn't fly for 15 years. Made my family suffer for dozens of rides to Florida.
But.. my take off song is....Raising Fear! :metal I have it on pause and as soon as we head down the runway....it's on!
The lyrics are frightening..
"...With all your peers
You're going down...
...Everything has gone haywire
A sneak attack is going down...
...No one hears you
Then you disappear...
:lol
It's the first album I listen to on every plane ride. Ascending to Out On A Limb.. :metal
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Great post and, indeed, fantastic pictures!
And to get one like that just out in the street...pretty amazing :)
(btw, yes, Kiske looks REALLY young there...I mean, he was :biggrin: but if you asked me I'd have guessed even younger than 19...)
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Wow, those pics are amazing. I love that Hell on Wheels show you can find on youtube. Such a young band with so much passion and energy.
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HELL of a post, considering the announcement today. SO jealous of this one, as you know.
Armored Saint and Helloween on the same bill. MAN! :metal
Great pics and memories, Tim.
I too am jealous, as I’ve never had the chance to see Helloween :'( i would have loved this triple bill back in 87, as I loved Helloween and really enjoyed Armored Saint and Grim Reaper too.
Amazing photos, TAC. So cool that you ran into the boys oustide Dunkin Donuts.
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Helloween is one band I have been lucky enough to see. The Gambling with the Devil tour, was an excellent show.
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Never saw Kiss.... Got a chance since they're headlining the day of Aftershock that Nemophila is playing, but they're also going head to head against Meshuggah... May split the time or something.
Meshuggah will be around, Kiss may not be for much longer (who knows how long this final tour will go on for). Personally, I'm not a huge Kiss fan (I enjoy some of their music) but I wouldn't miss seeing them if you haven't yet and have the opportunity.
I only saw them twice on this final tour (back when it started in 2019) so I'm sure they aren't what they used to be live, but those were still fun shows.
Kiss really doesn't do much for me though...I'll probably catch about half an hour of Meshuggah's set, then half of Kiss, then hit the shuttle busses before the crush. Nemophila and Spiritbox are my big bands, and they're both earlier. Jinjer dropped out unfortunately. Everything else is just gravy, the other main ones I'll try and catch full sets will be Apopalyptica and Lamb of God. No matter, gonna be a fun ass day.
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I couldn't ever imagine seeing Kiss again. Sorry, but I'm not into the Pauli Vanilli show.
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That's really awesome how you got to meet Helloween and then see them, I guess they knew who you were when the show started and made sure to look at your camera for those pictures. Also it's funny to see them with cigarettes indoors. You just don't see anything like that anymore. I also can't imagine touring the world like that at 19. I know it's not that odd for the entertainment business, but just seems like a wild way to grow up.
I couldn't ever imagine seeing Kiss again. Sorry, but I'm not into the Pauli Vanilli show.
Well, you've seen them so the again doesn't work for RJ. But of course I understand RJ's choices here.
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That's really awesome how you got to meet Helloween and then see them, I guess they knew who you were when the show started and made sure to look at your camera for those pictures. Also it's funny to see them with cigarettes indoors. You just don't see anything like that anymore. I also can't imagine touring the world like that at 19. I know it's not that odd for the entertainment business, but just seems like a wild way to grow up.
Yeah, what's the coolest thing about seeing those pictures. The cigarettes, the youth.
Kiske.. 19
Ingo..22
Markus..22
Kai...24
Weiki..25
I couldn't ever imagine seeing Kiss again. Sorry, but I'm not into the Pauli Vanilli show.
Well, you've seen them so the again doesn't work for RJ. But of course I understand RJ's choices here.
Yeah, I wasn't addressing RJ, but Kiss has had me quite perplexed lately. I totally understand if you've never seen them and it's a bucket list item kind of thing, or if they are one of your favorite bands and can accept anything they do.
Sure, just walking a bit to go check them out when you're already there...I might actually do the same.
Me, I was a huge fan up to and including the Reunion. But it kind of ended for me there.
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14. Judas Priest
Megadeth
Testament
December 7, 1990
Centrum, Worcester
Judas Priest:
Hell Bent for Leather
Grinder
The Hellion
Electric Eye
All Guns Blazing
The Sentinel
Metal Gods
Night Crawler
The Ripper
Beyond the Realms of Death
Riding on the Wind
Drum Solo
A Touch of Evil
Victim of Changes
Painkiller
The Green Manalishi
Breaking the Law
Living After Midnight
You've Got Another Thing Comin'
Megadeth:
Wake Up Dead
Hook in Mouth
Hangar 18
The Conjuring
In My Darkest Hour
Take No Prisoners
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
Peace Sells
Anarchy in the U.K.
Testament:
Disciples of the Watch
Sins of Omission
Practice What You Preach
Souls of Black
The Legacy
Face in the Sky
Judas Priest:
Pro Shot Footage from Detroit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDeBY1rmBmw
Bootleg footage from Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez6EXF7K08U
I had this back in the day and watched it all the time.
Bootleg footage from Toronto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCI1xbgIc2Y
Megadeth:
Pro Shot footage from Detroit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iuzDZiWRws
Bootleg footage from Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQN1CEzZO5s
Bootleg footage from Toronto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX96M8VN9Io
Testament:
Bootleg footage from Toronto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fp4_2S0riM
(https://i.imgur.com/SYkxGW9.jpg)
I had first seen Judas Priest in 1986 on the Turbo tour. I've posted pics from that show. Dokken opened and it was a good concert but nothing else. I thought Turbo blew.
I skipped/ignored the Ram It Down tour, but for some reason Painkiller piqued my interest. I knew Scott Travis had joined JP, and he hits you over the head right out of the gate. Painkiller is such an awesome album and I decided that I was going to this show.
Also, opening was Megadeth, and I was heavy into them at this time. I loved SFSGSW, but I thought Rust In Peace was amazing. Painkiller Era Judas Priest/Megadeth makes Turbo Era Judas Priest/Dokken look like a creampuff tour.
And Testament to boot! I wasn't into them, but I was interested and they delivered a tasty short set.
I mentioned Jannick breathing life into Iron Maiden's live show, but Scott Travis picked Judas Priest up and put them on a whole 'nuther level. The album was heavy AF. The show...crazy intense.
Megadeth was excellent. I had a great view of Nick Menza and we were on Dave Ellefson's side. They killed it!
You could tell right off that Dave upgraded the band and they completely delivered.
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Very cool line up, would make for a great show today too
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HELL of a post, considering the announcement today. SO jealous of this one, as you know.
Armored Saint and Helloween on the same bill. MAN! :metal
Great pics and memories, Tim.
Thanks Brian. Yeah, quite a coincidence..
I wish I was fully up on Armored Saint. I never thought March Of The Saint was all that great, so I wasn't anticipating them in the least. But they BLEW ME AWAY! I got Raising Fear right after that, and they came back to Providence three more times for that album.
Unfortunately I used up all of my film on Helloween.
That's a great experience. I like how it looks like Michael is actually mugging for you (maybe he was!). I love those connections people can make with music.
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That's a great setlist for Priest. The Sentinel live is worth the price of admission for me.
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This was the night I finally fell in love with Grinder. This version is incredible.
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I caught that Priest tour on October 31, 1990. It was my fifth time seeing Priest, as I’d seen them on each of the tours from Screaming for Vengeance onward. I can’t say from memory which show was the best Priest performance, but having Megadeth and Testament on the bill definitely made the Painkiller tour a standout show.
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14. Judas Priest
Megadeth
Testament
Holy fuck!
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That's a great setlist for Priest. The Sentinel live is worth the price of admission for me.
Tim is basically celebrity status to me now seeing Tipton perform that All Guns Blazing solo in the flesh! :hefdaddy
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That's a great setlist for Priest. The Sentinel live is worth the price of admission for me.
Tim is basically celebrity status to me now seeing Tipton perform that All Guns Blazing solo in the flesh! :hefdaddy
Halford's vocal intro to that is :metal
Pick any of the posted videos and check it out!!
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That's a great setlist for Priest. The Sentinel live is worth the price of admission for me.
Tim is basically celebrity status to me now seeing Tipton perform that All Guns Blazing solo in the flesh! :hefdaddy
Halford's vocal intro to that is :metal
Pick any of the posted videos and check it out!!
Haha, I've already pretty much gone through the rabbit hole on Youtube for that tour. :metal
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That's really awesome how you got to meet Helloween and then see them, I guess they knew who you were when the show started and made sure to look at your camera for those pictures. Also it's funny to see them with cigarettes indoors. You just don't see anything like that anymore. I also can't imagine touring the world like that at 19. I know it's not that odd for the entertainment business, but just seems like a wild way to grow up.
Yeah, what's the coolest thing about seeing those pictures. The cigarettes, the youth.
Kiske.. 19
Ingo..22
Markus..22
Kai...24
Weiki..25
I couldn't ever imagine seeing Kiss again. Sorry, but I'm not into the Pauli Vanilli show.
Well, you've seen them so the again doesn't work for RJ. But of course I understand RJ's choices here.
Yeah, I wasn't addressing RJ, but Kiss has had me quite perplexed lately. I totally understand if you've never seen them and it's a bucket list item kind of thing, or if they are one of your favorite bands and can accept anything they do.
Sure, just walking a bit to go check them out when you're already there...I might actually do the same.
Me, I was a huge fan up to and including the Reunion. But it kind of ended for me there.
It's not even a bucket list thing, I just happen to be at a festival they're headlining, and I figure I might as well catch a song or two to be able to say "yeah, I saw Kiss" :lol
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What amazes me is that watching Glenn play that solo on the Detroit vid for example, it's so effortless and his fingers hardly move and that's in a live setting, yet the cover I did years ago, it looks so much more busy and nowhere near as efficient. Such an incredible guitar player, so underrated. I've never ranked my fav guitarists, but he may come out on top. Something about him and his playing, perfect.
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It's not even a bucket list thing, I just happen to be at a festival they're headlining, and I figure I might as well catch a song or two to be able to say "yeah, I saw Kiss" :lol
Yeah, totally cool!
What amazes me is that watching Glenn play that solo on the Detroit vid for example, it's so effortless and his fingers hardly move and that's in a live setting, yet the cover I did years ago, it looks so much more busy and nowhere near as efficient. Such an incredible guitar player, so underrated. I've never ranked my fav guitarists, but he may come out on top. Something about him and his playing, perfect.
I'll pull up the Detroit show and zero in on that solo.
EDIT: :metal
He has some long ass fingers.. :lol
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14. Iron Maiden
July 18, 1999
Orpheum, Boston
Setlist:
Aces High
Wrathchild
The Trooper
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Clansman
Wasted Years
Killers
Futureal
Man on the Edge
Powerslave
Phantom of the Opera
The Evil That Men Do
Fear Of The Dark
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Run to the Hills
Apparently Clutch opened the show. I didn't see any of them..
I actually have the full boot of the show, but this guy on youtube has only single songs up.
Here's Powerslave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-qlYvX7fVw
Rare to have a Dave/Jannick version of this..
Phantom Of The Opera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz6sGi3h-kU
Bootleg video from Hamburg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TguoHe72n80
Bootleg video from St. John, NS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOl1_xaSNMU
(sound isn't great)
(https://i.imgur.com/FfPgjTu.jpg)
In the summer of 1999, Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith reunited with Iron Maiden. The band released the Ed Hinter video game, and the tour was dubbed the Ed Hunter tour.
And it was a theater tour!!!! The Orpheum has a capacity of 2700. It was ridiculous to see Iron Maiden on a stage so small. I cannot convey just how cool that was.
The set was a collection of classic tracks. Most notably, Bruce sang THREE Blaze era tracks...The Clansman, Futureal, and Man On The Edge.
Unfortunately for my show in Boston, it was one of a handful of shows Adrian missed due to the death of his father. In a way, that kind of makes these shows a bit rarer. A Jannick/Dave version of Powerslave!!
This was literally the hottest show I've ever been to. For some reason the AC was shut off. I remember going to the bathroom and running my shirt under cold water and putting it back on.
The energy, the heat, the size of the venue....yeah, I'd do this show all over again! One of my favorite Maiden shows.
Oh, and for some reason, I bought a fucking coffee mug at the show.. :lol
(https://i.imgur.com/DpszM2B.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ejcBfBu.jpg)
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Seeing Maiden in a smaller venue must have been amazing. :metal
I almost got a chance to see them in a similar sized venue on the X Factor tour, but the show was cancelled with only hours of notice, due to personal reasons for a band member. Not that seeing Maiden with Blaze would be comparable to seeing them with Bruce, but it would have been a cool experience.
P.S. I have a Maiden coffee mug too, bought for me as a Christmas gift. :lol
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That's awesome TAC. Seeing them in a theater is probably way different than in an arena.
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It's not even a bucket list thing, I just happen to be at a festival they're headlining, and I figure I might as well catch a song or two to be able to say "yeah, I saw Kiss" :lol
Yeah, totally cool!
What amazes me is that watching Glenn play that solo on the Detroit vid for example, it's so effortless and his fingers hardly move and that's in a live setting, yet the cover I did years ago, it looks so much more busy and nowhere near as efficient. Such an incredible guitar player, so underrated. I've never ranked my fav guitarists, but he may come out on top. Something about him and his playing, perfect.
I'll pull up the Detroit show and zero in on that solo.
EDIT: :metal
He has some long ass fingers.. :lol
Some of his stretch phrases are almost impossible to replicate.
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Oh, and for some reason, I bought a fucking coffee mug at the show.. :lol
(https://i.imgur.com/DpszM2B.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ejcBfBu.jpg)
:lol To be fair, it's a pretty badass mug!
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Jeez, on Powerslave, that's one of H's solos that Janick didn't butcher. Very cool.
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That must have been something to see that tour. I loved hearing those blaze songs with Bruce too from the Eddies Archive collection. Also seeing them in a theater, with Bruce! Do you recall if it was sold out? Also, the mug is pretty cool. Maybe an odder thing to buy at a metal show, but a cool souvenir none the less.
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14. Iron Maiden
July 18, 1999
Orpheum, Boston
Ours was at the Bronco Bowl, one of Dallas's most beloved venues (it's a Home Depot now). About 5500 people. Killer show. And maybe it was a band thing, because the AC wasn't working for ours, either. If you think Boston gets hot, try Dallas. :lol
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First...that Judas Priest/Megadeth/Testament bill in 1990 was CRAZY. So awesome. That was what, the Painkiller/Rust in Piece/Practice What You Preach album cycles for all three? Honestly - arguably the best albums for each band. What a great bill to see. Killer.
Iron Maiden - a fucking mug. Tim goes to a show, and buys a coffee mug. You could tell TAC was getting old in 1999. :rollin
All kidding aside, it IS a bad ass mug, and so cool that you got to see the Ed Hunter tour. I ended up going a year later at Madison Square Garden for the Brave New World tour. My first Maiden show, and I was really only there to see Queensryche, as I wasn't a hardcore Maiden fan until AFTER the gig. I stupidly left to catch the train before Maiden's set was over, as I had to get home and drive back to law school in MA the next day (it was my first year, so I was terrified). :facepalm: I never left a Maiden show early again...
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The Ed Hunter tour was amazing! I saw them in July 1999 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. There was also no AC - I've read that many singers request the AC to be turned off at venues, as the dry air messes up their vocal cords. Humid air is better for singing. At the Chicago show, someone in the crowd said that it was 112 degrees on the stage that night, and I remember being soaked in sweat after the show.
It was my first Maiden show and the excitement of Bruce and Adrian being back was HUGE. As was seeing them in a small venue.
Bruce introduced the Clansman by saying that "this is not a song about men in pointy white hats." :lol I had the Hamburg video on VHS and transferred it to DVD. Such a fun reminder of what the show I saw was like.
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That's really awesome how you got to meet Helloween and then see them, I guess they knew who you were when the show started and made sure to look at your camera for those pictures. Also it's funny to see them with cigarettes indoors. You just don't see anything like that anymore. I also can't imagine touring the world like that at 19. I know it's not that odd for the entertainment business, but just seems like a wild way to grow up.
Yeah, what's the coolest thing about seeing those pictures. The cigarettes, the youth.
Kiske.. 19
Ingo..22
Markus..22
Kai...24
Weiki..25
I couldn't ever imagine seeing Kiss again. Sorry, but I'm not into the Pauli Vanilli show.
Well, you've seen them so the again doesn't work for RJ. But of course I understand RJ's choices here.
Yeah, I wasn't addressing RJ, but Kiss has had me quite perplexed lately. I totally understand if you've never seen them and it's a bucket list item kind of thing, or if they are one of your favorite bands and can accept anything they do.
Sure, just walking a bit to go check them out when you're already there...I might actually do the same.
Me, I was a huge fan up to and including the Reunion. But it kind of ended for me there.
It's not even a bucket list thing, I just happen to be at a festival they're headlining, and I figure I might as well catch a song or two to be able to say "yeah, I saw Kiss" :lol
I'd love to hear your thoughts; I don't expect a "WOW, they're now my favorite band!" response, but it'd be interesting to hear if they met your expectations, exceeded them, or failed to meet them.
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That's awesome TAC. Seeing them in a theater is probably way different than in an arena.
I've seen Jethro Tull twice at the Orpheum. To maybe have seen Maiden there... I give a tooth to see that.
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Jeez, on Powerslave, that's one of H's solos that Janick didn't butcher. Very cool.
HAHAHAHA. Did he swing the guitar instead?
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Jeez, on Powerslave, that's one of H's solos that Janick didn't butcher. Very cool.
HAHAHAHA. Did he swing the guitar instead?
He did, and not only that, he stuck his leg up on the speaker.
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Ours was at the Bronco Bowl, one of Dallas's most beloved venues (it's a Home Depot now). About 5500 people. Killer show. And maybe it was a band thing, because the AC wasn't working for ours, either. If you think Boston gets hot, try Dallas. :lol
I couldn't imagine.
The Ed Hunter tour was amazing! I saw them in July 1999 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. There was also no AC - I've read that many singers request the AC to be turned off at venues, as the dry air messes up their vocal cords. Humid air is better for singing. At the Chicago show, someone in the crowd said that it was 112 degrees on the stage that night, and I remember being soaked in sweat after the show.
:metal
Iron Maiden - a fucking mug. Tim goes to a show, and buys a coffee mug. You could tell TAC was getting old in 1999. :rollin
Also, the mug is pretty cool. Maybe an odder thing to buy at a metal show
:lol :lol
It actually was not lost on me at the time. I joked about it then.
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Seeing Maiden in a smaller venue must have been amazing. :metal
I almost got a chance to see them in a similar sized venue on the X Factor tour, but the show was cancelled with only hours of notice, due to personal reasons for a band member. Not that seeing Maiden with Blaze would be comparable to seeing them with Bruce, but it would have been a cool experience.
I actually missed TXF tour. They played in Providence and Boston on consecutive nights and my boss would not let me take one of those nights off. I was pissed.
I did see them on the VXI tour in Phoenix at the Celebrity Theater. We just happened to be on vacation out there when they were there. No clue how I talked my wife into that. :lol
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12. Dream Theater
December 16, 1992
Axis, Boston
Setlist:
Metropolis Pt. 1
Under a Glass Moon
Surrounded
Pull Me Under
The Ytse Jam
(with drum solo)
Moon Bubbles
Another Day
Another Hand
The Killing Hand
Take the Time
Wait for Sleep
O Holy Night
Learning to Live
Believe it or not, this was my third time seeing Dream Theater. I had seen them in the summer, and then they played at Axis in Boston in October. They would come back to Axis 2 months later. Axis was a very small club with a 750 capacity. I have no idea how they'd get 750 in there honestly.
One thing about Axis is that there was this really weird second floor, with no views of the stage. It was literally like the Moloko Milk Bar from A Clockwork Orange.
One night I went to see Mr. Bungle there, and we go upstairs and there's all these gypsies selling jewelry and shit. WTF??
Anyway, at this point, Dream Theater was everything to me. I was so immersed in Images & Words. It was so exciting to go see them. You could also tell that it was a musician's crowd. Opening up with Metropolis, with that mid section was ridiculous. It was like BAM!
I also fell in love with The Killing Hand which they played in both of the October and December shows. I vividly remember MP standing up and spinning his cymbals in the "I'm in the valley" section.
A local band called Moodcrush opened and they were also fantastic. When DT returned 3 months later to play Avalon next door, they had Moodcrush play with them again.
I have the bootleg to this show, but it's really not that great. Warpy battery, but Oh Holy Night actually came out pretty good, so I'll upload that if anyone wants to hear it. It's a great version, much different than the acoustic version from the Rhode Island telethon.
https://we.tl/t-1TVcMiyl9R
Some pics from the show..
(https://i.imgur.com/0w57RV8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ClJE0wj.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ly6xw6x.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KmYTvhh.jpg)
Even got a JP pick!
(https://i.imgur.com/G7mOvPS.png)(https://i.imgur.com/5M9pc56.png)
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Jeez, on Powerslave, that's one of H's solos that Janick didn't butcher. Very cool.
HAHAHAHA. Did he swing the guitar instead?
:rollin This comment is outstanding, so fucking clever Bill, love it.
If you listen, it isn't Adrian level of course, but he somewhat stays true to parts of the solo, which coloured me surprised!
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Man, to see DT on the I&W tour so up close and personal, just wow!!
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Man, to see DT on the I&W tour so up close and personal, just wow!!
James was great on the '92 leg. Definitely download the Oh Holy Night. He's tremendous.
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I purchased some JP picks a couple years ago, I really like them and use them all the time now. Looking at that pick, seems like he's stayed true to what he's used all along. Good shit.
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I purchased some JP picks a couple years ago, I really like them and use them all the time now. Looking at that pick, seems like he's stayed true to what he's used all along. Good shit.
Yeah, it's a Dunlop Jazz III right? He's still with them. I was surprised how small it was. And that was before the Paul Bunyan arms.
It's a little scratched up from sitting in a drawer for 30 years.
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I purchased some JP picks a couple years ago, I really like them and use them all the time now. Looking at that pick, seems like he's stayed true to what he's used all along. Good shit.
Yeah, it's a Dunlop Jazz III right? He's still with them. I was surprised how small it was. And that was before the Paul Bunyan arms.
It's a little scratched up from sitting in a drawer for 30 years.
Yep, looks like the jazz one. I actually purchased the purple flow picks which is similar but I see you can buy the jazz ones which looks near the same. That's a hell of a piece of memorabilia mate. To be anyway.
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This is another show I’m jealous of. Even though I became a Dream Theater fan in 1989, I didn’t get to see them live until 2003 when I saw them in Seattle on the triple bill with Queensryche and Fates Warning. They had never played Vancouver before, but after that Seattle show they suddenly started playing here all the time, which was great.
Those are some great up-close photos.
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Count me in as being jealous as well.
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Those are some great up-close photos.
The problem with being so close was that most of the pics kind of suck. :lol These are the best ones..
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I've been pretty much jealous of every single concert Tim has been to.......except KISS. :lol
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I've been pretty much jealous of every single concert Tim has been to.......except KISS. :lol
Definitely not Kiss here either. :) Jealousy is probably too strong for most of his submissions. For example I think it would have been really cool to see Judas Priest when he did, and I like reading about it. But I'm jealous of the DT and Rush and Maiden shows.
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Half a year before I saw them in the iconic Warwick R.I. boot at an Amusement park. What an energetic tour. Can't say enough.
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Yeah, jealous too and I was going to say that pic looks like one JP gave to the guy next to me at the Red Bank show earlier this year. So fucking cool to have seen DT back then and I'm sure there's more from the Era coming on your list
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Man, imagine having to pick your top concerts in order when you’ve seen all these awesome shows!
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Man, imagine having to pick your top concerts in order when you’ve seen all these awesome shows!
I would need to see 25 concerts first before I could even do a list! :lol
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14. Iron Maiden
July 18, 1999
Orpheum, Boston
This was my very first time seeing Maiden, in New York at Hammerstein Ballroom, 2 days earlier. Such an amazing show! The crowd was electric and the band was on fire.
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I purchased some JP picks a couple years ago, I really like them and use them all the time now. Looking at that pick, seems like he's stayed true to what he's used all along. Good shit.
JP picks are great, I used 3 of his picks and all 3 feel great when playing.
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I purchased some JP picks a couple years ago, I really like them and use them all the time now. Looking at that pick, seems like he's stayed true to what he's used all along. Good shit.
JP picks are great, I used 3 of his picks and all 3 feel great when playing.
I didn't realize he used a jazz III for as long as he has. I played Jazz III's for the past 15 years but recently I found the prodigy pics from Ernie Ball which are amazing.
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I purchased some JP picks a couple years ago, I really like them and use them all the time now. Looking at that pick, seems like he's stayed true to what he's used all along. Good shit.
JP picks are great, I used 3 of his picks and all 3 feel great when playing.
I didn't realize he used a jazz III for as long as he has. I played Jazz III's for the past 15 years but recently I found the prodigy pics from Ernie Ball which are amazing.
By far, top and bottom middle picks are the best picks I have ever used. I got the bottom middle at his last G3 (2018?), and while is a little bigger than the Jazz III, it still feels great.
(https://media.guitarcenter.com/is/image/MMGS7/L73568000000001-00-720x720.jpg)
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DT headlining in 1992. Doesn't get much better. Really cool, Tim! :metal
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Funny thing, this and the Kiss show are the only two so far I AM jealous of (maybe because I saw variations on the other ones).
I've been to both Axis and Avalon. Good times. I'm skeptical that "newer" will be "better".
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Funny thing, this and the Kiss show are the only two so far I AM jealous of (maybe because I saw variations on the other ones).
I've been to both Axis and Avalon. Good times. I'm skeptical that "newer" will be "better".
I don't think newer is automatically better. Or older either. I'm jealous of the DT shows because they're one of my favorite bands and I'd like to have seen every tour. I'd like to have seen them at the beginning, as I've seen them at the middle and what is now presumably towards the end. The same with Rush. I feel like if I had to choose, I got the better deal because I got to see them do the 3 hour shows, as well as hearing from multiple people that they were just a little bit better/more relaxed/happy to be on stage when they came back. But certainly it would have been cool to see them when Geddy was real young and to hear him singing some of that old stuff live like he did on the record. Etc.
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Funny thing, this and the Kiss show are the only two so far I AM jealous of (maybe because I saw variations on the other ones).
I've been to both Axis and Avalon. Good times. I'm skeptical that "newer" will be "better".
I don't think newer is automatically better. Or older either. I'm jealous of the DT shows because they're one of my favorite bands and I'd like to have seen every tour. I'd like to have seen them at the beginning, as I've seen them at the middle and what is now presumably towards the end. The same with Rush. I feel like if I had to choose, I got the better deal because I got to see them do the 3 hour shows, as well as hearing from multiple people that they were just a little bit better/more relaxed/happy to be on stage when they came back. But certainly it would have been cool to see them when Geddy was real young and to hear him singing some of that old stuff live like he did on the record. Etc.
Dream Theater is probably THE band I kick myself most about seeing early on. I love that I saw Maiden as an opening act. It's not like I wasn't a DT fan - I bought I&W on release - it's not like I wasn't close - Toad's Place was 35 minutes from my house, and I could be at Hammersmith or Axis in about two hours, easy - and it's not like I didn't have the means - I was a single guy making good coin at construction. Why I didn't see them in a club at that time is an incomprehensible oversight as far as I'm concerned. I can only surmise that my relative lack of presence on the internet at that time may have been a factor.
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I purchased some JP picks a couple years ago, I really like them and use them all the time now. Looking at that pick, seems like he's stayed true to what he's used all along. Good shit.
JP picks are great, I used 3 of his picks and all 3 feel great when playing.
I didn't realize he used a jazz III for as long as he has. I played Jazz III's for the past 15 years but recently I found the prodigy pics from Ernie Ball which are amazing.
By far, top and bottom middle picks are the best picks I have ever used. I got the bottom middle at his last G3 (2018?), and while is a little bigger than the Jazz III, it still feels great.
(https://media.guitarcenter.com/is/image/MMGS7/L73568000000001-00-720x720.jpg)
Bottom middle ones are the ones I have, they are indeed amazing.
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Half a year before I saw them in the iconic Warwick R.I. boot at an Amusement park. What an energetic tour. Can't say enough.
I skipped that show. It was a Saturday night and had to listen to it on the radio while putting together a dining room set. I should've said fuck off, but I was going to a lot of shows at that time, and well, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I would see them at Avalon in March, which holds about 2500 people, so they were building their audience. I also had tix to see them in Providence in Feb '93, but there was a damn blizzard, and as soon as I got on the highway, I turned right back around.
Funny thing, this and the Kiss show are the only two so far I AM jealous of (maybe because I saw variations on the other ones).
I've been to both Axis and Avalon. Good times. I'm skeptical that "newer" will be "better".
I don't think newer is automatically better. Or older either. I'm jealous of the DT shows because they're one of my favorite bands and I'd like to have seen every tour. I'd like to have seen them at the beginning, as I've seen them at the middle and what is now presumably towards the end. The same with Rush. I feel like if I had to choose, I got the better deal because I got to see them do the 3 hour shows, as well as hearing from multiple people that they were just a little bit better/more relaxed/happy to be on stage when they came back. But certainly it would have been cool to see them when Geddy was real young and to hear him singing some of that old stuff live like he did on the record. Etc.
The thing about this era of DT is that I feel like I was just lucky. There was no internet and PMU hadn't really broke. I just happened to see them and watched the music papers in Boston and you literally wouldn't know about a show until you saw it in an ad.
I was out of college for a couple years at this point and I thought I'd never find a "new" band, like I would discover bands when I was younger.
I was old enough to go to club shows and it was just really exciting. Images & Words was a musical life changing album. From the moment I bought it, I didn't listen to much else for a year and a half.
I'm working on an update now that should be ready tonight. It's a good one! I'll likely be unable to update tomorrow, but will again on Sunday. I plan on finishing next Friday so whoever is going next...
EDIT: Gee, I'm glad I included JP's pick in the post. Wasn't expecting so much pick talk. :lol
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I told you Tim, it's an amazing piece of memorabilia. :lol
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Hearing 92 prime James that close with this setlist is like living Heaven on Earth. So F*CKING jealous.
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Hearing 92 prime James that close with this setlist is like living Heaven on Earth. So F*CKING jealous.
I posted a download link to Oh Holy Night. It's worth a listen. James is fantastic.
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11. Clash Of The Titans
Anthrax
Slayer
Megadeth
Alice In Chains
July 6, 1991
Great Woods, Mansfield MA
Anthrax:
Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)
Got the Time
Caught in a Mosh
Keep It in the Family
Indians
Antisocial
I'm the Man
I Am the Law
Slayer:
Hell Awaits
The Antichrist
War Ensemble
South of Heaven
Raining Blood
Altar of Sacrifice
Jesus Saves
Dead Skin Mask
Seasons in the Abyss
Mandatory Suicide
Angel of Death
Megadeth:
Wake Up Dead
Hook in Mouth
Hangar 18
The Conjuring
In My Darkest Hour
Dawn Patrol
Tornado of Souls
Holy Wars
Peace Sells
Anarchy in the U.K.
Alice In Chains:
Would?
Real Thing
Put You Down
We Die Young
Bleed the Freak
It Ain't Like That
Man in the Box
(https://i.imgur.com/VIAJKKc.jpg)
Anthrax:
Bootleg vid from Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPrSf5ZEskM
Hampton Va
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EterEsL49o
Slayer:
Boot from Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuNBQ9AqiDM
Hampton VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7uGpqF1wGc
Megadeth:
Boot from Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIMuJUP6N6Y
Alice In Chains:
Weedsport NY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4XyVy71v1s
Miami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ep1hC6V270
There used to be tours in Europe called The Clash Of The Titans, similar to The Monsters Of Rock, but it was on a much smaller scale and had more of a thrash edge to it. I remember seeing the ads in Kerrang.
So when they announced a Clash tour in the US for the summer of 1991, which included Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer, this was a must go. They tour had each band basically playing a 55 minute set, rotating headlining. What was interesting was that even when we got to the show, we had no idea what the band order would be. I am not even sure that I knew Alice In Chains was opening, for that matter.
I love daylight shows. Seeing Megadeth, playing pretty much all of their set in daylight to dusk was awesome.
This was my second time seeing Anthrax and Megadeth on their respective tours and the third time seeing Slayer on the Seasons tour. In fact, of the three bands, only Slayer did an actual headlining run.
The Priest and the Titans tours were the only times Megadeth came through, and that's after headlining theaters on the SFSGSW tour. I never understood this. Anthrax did come through again in the fall co-headling with Public Enemy, and needless to say, I skipped that. Persistence Of Time and Rust In Peace begged for headlining runs.
Anyway, we were there early and saw Alice In Chains. they were pretty cool. I already had their first album. They opened with Would? which I was unfamiliar with as it's not on the album.
Megadeth was awesome, as was Slayer. For some reason, Anthrax didn't give me the same vibe that they did 6 months earlier opening for Maiden. I love Anthrax, but I don't know if their thing worked with Joey wearing the Indian headpiece right after Slayer melted our faces.
Some pics from the show..
(https://i.imgur.com/dVDcWB4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7TUmC3G.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/JRlQV6b.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KWRsti2.jpg)
We actually left before Anthrax finished. I didn't feel like we were going to miss anything, plus we wanted to beat the traffic out of Great Woods. Great Woods was notorious for having like 100 people helping you park, but having no one helping you out.
Anyway, when we left, we drove to Providence because Quiet Riot was playing at this place called JR's Fastlane.
We got there in time for Quiet Riot. This was a really small place, but it was cool to see them. Here's a pick.
(https://i.imgur.com/UbGie7N.jpg)
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I figured this one would show up on your list. I saw this tour too and Anthrax were also the headliner. If I am remembering correctly, the encore featured an extended version of Bring the Noise. So no, you didn't miss much. I enjoyed their set, apart from that song.
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I figured this one would show up on your list. I saw this tour too and Anthrax were also the headliner. If I am remembering correctly, the encore featured an extended version of Bring the Noise. So no, you didn't miss much. I enjoyed their set, apart from that song.
I always preferred John Bush doing Bring The Noise. His grittiness really made it so much stronger and convincing.
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Great pictures, as always. That Slayer set is awesome.
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
I linked a couple of performances from the tour. If you haven't watched them, they're pretty good, especially the Weedsport on as it's outdoors.
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
I linked a couple of performances from the tour. If you haven't watched them, they're pretty good, especially the Weedsport on as it's outdoors.
I haven't yet, but I definitely will.
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I don't think newer is automatically better. Or older either. I'm jealous of the DT shows because they're one of my favorite bands and I'd like to have seen every tour. I'd like to have seen them at the beginning, as I've seen them at the middle and what is now presumably towards the end. The same with Rush. I feel like if I had to choose, I got the better deal because I got to see them do the 3 hour shows, as well as hearing from multiple people that they were just a little bit better/more relaxed/happy to be on stage when they came back. But certainly it would have been cool to see them when Geddy was real young and to hear him singing some of that old stuff live like he did on the record. Etc.
The thing about this era of DT is that I feel like I was just lucky. There was no internet and PMU hadn't really broke. I just happened to see them and watched the music papers in Boston and you literally wouldn't know about a show until you saw it in an ad.
I was out of college for a couple years at this point and I thought I'd never find a "new" band, like I would discover bands when I was younger.
I was old enough to go to club shows and it was just really exciting. Images & Words was a musical life changing album. From the moment I bought it, I didn't listen to much else for a year and a half.
EDIT: Gee, I'm glad I included JP's pick in the post. Wasn't expecting so much pick talk. :lol
The guitar picks are cool. :) When you saw DT for the first time, was it before you bought Images and Words? Or did you buy it first and then check them out live?
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10. Michael Schenker
March 9, 2018
Berklee Performance Center
Boston
Setlist:
Into the Arena (inst)
w/ Gary Barden
Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Cry for the Nations
Attack of the Mad Axeman
Messin' Around
Armed and Ready
Coast to Coast (inst)
w/ Graham Bonnet
Desert Song
Dancer
Night Moods
Searching for a Reason
Assault Attack
Captain Nemo (inst)
w/ Robin McAuley
Bad Boys
Save Yourself
Anytime
Heart and Soul
Love Is Not a Game
Searching for Freedom (inst)
w/ Doogie White
Live and Let Live
Vigilante Man
Lord of the Lost and Lonely
Take Me to the Church
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
w/ All on vocals
Warrior
Rock Bottom
Doctor Doctor
Shoot Shoot
Natural Thing
Lights Out
So..there have only been a handful of albums that have changed my musical life. The Michael Schenker Group's second album, MSG, is one of them. Michael's guitar work is legendary, particularly as the guitarist for UFO in the 1970's. He's had a long and sometimes bumpy career as a solo artist, but for the last 15 years or so, he's been quite active.
This tour was billed as The Michael Schenker Fest, containing his most popular former singers Gary barden, Graham Bonnet, and Robin McAuley, as well as his then current singer Doogie White.
He also has his classic rhythm section on bassist Chris Glen and drummer Ted McKenna.
This lineup in itself checked off so many boxes for me. Seeing Barden and Glen, 2/5ths of the great MSG album (the others being Paul Raymond and Cozy Powell), was such a fulfilling experience.
Sadly, drummer Ted McKenna passed away just 10 months later from of all things, suffering a hemorrhage during hernia surgery. WTF??
Anyway...the show. Gary Barden should really be finished..
And Graham Bonnet!! :metal He's a legend in his own right. I've been listening to him since the early 80's. I think his one album with Rainbow was actually their best one. To get that close to him, he was great. Robin McAuley still sounds great. What a voice. And Doogie..Michael had done his best work in decades with Doogie, so it was great to see him too.
It was cool how Michael separated each singer's portion of the show with a classic instrumental.
Michael is a fantastic player. He doesn't hit you over the head like other "guitar heroes" do. He tends to be more of a songwriter. But his playing is so smooth and melodic. His tone still kills me. Fantastic night!
Gary Barden:
(https://i.imgur.com/hjitgSx.jpg)
Graham Bonnet:
(https://i.imgur.com/qUIaYof.jpg)
Robin McAuley:
(https://i.imgur.com/LqfE4sh.jpg)
Doogie White:
(https://i.imgur.com/B2NTI66.jpg)
Chris Glen & Ted McKenna:
(https://i.imgur.com/lpn8Uju.jpg)
And Ted:
(https://i.imgur.com/AIIVz3J.jpg)
And of course...Michael!
(https://i.imgur.com/2t1Wm2R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/HdbFmmF.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nk89myR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/s0l4aes.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/jlyXjSW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BW2EQAB.jpg)
Oh...and me and Michael...sort of..
(https://i.imgur.com/DD63cDD.jpg)
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:metal
Last pic is perfect! :lol
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The Ed Hunter tour was amazing! I saw them in July 1999 at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. There was also no AC - I've read that many singers request the AC to be turned off at venues, as the dry air messes up their vocal cords. Humid air is better for singing. At the Chicago show, someone in the crowd said that it was 112 degrees on the stage that night, and I remember being soaked in sweat after the show.
It was my first Maiden show and the excitement of Bruce and Adrian being back was HUGE. As was seeing them in a small venue.
Bruce introduced the Clansman by saying that "this is not a song about men in pointy white hats." :lol I had the Hamburg video on VHS and transferred it to DVD. Such a fun reminder of what the show I saw was like.
I was at this same show. Hot does not begin to describe it. The back of the venue was lined with people that passed out due to heat exhaustion. My wife was with me and she collapsed towards the end of the show. Nice guy on the other side of her helped me stand her back up.
I remember getting out to the car after the show and taking my shirt off and wringing it out. It was soaked with buckets of sweat. Pretty strong memory for my first ever Maiden show. I have also boycotted the Aragon and have never been back. Not a fan of that venue at all.
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Nice choice :metal I saw the Schenker Fest tour in April 2019. It was awesome to see all the old MSG vocalists, and Graham Bonnett was amazing. It was a spectacular show, and great value for money with a two and a half hour set.
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
I'm with you; I saw the new version headline a festival with Jane's Addiction, and they were AWESOME. Jerry blew me away. But while some of their earlier material was a little too dark for me (Dirt is probably the most intense, heavy album I own, and it's hard to listen to, knowing what I know now) I'd have loved to have seen that version live.
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10. Michael Schenker
March 9, 2018
Berklee Performance Center
Boston
I saw the show the next night in NYC, at Irving Plaza. AMAZING.
I've written about it before, but the show was great, and then we were just standing about on the sidewalk. There were two tour busses parked on the street, and all but Graham and Michael (who hopped into a taxi and left right after the show) came out and mingled with the fans on the sidewalk. I had like a 15 minute conversation with Gary, who was nice as beans (we were talking about the shit weather in the Northeast in March; they were headed to I think Philly the next night). He signed a copy of that second MSG record, and was clearly very proud of it. Chris Glen was like a walking stand-up comedian, working the sidewalk, talking to Ted (RIP) and getting him to take pictures with the fans. Dougie came out, but was clearly sick and didn't really hang much, though he did sign some stuff. It was really a fun time and since those early Barden albums mean as much to me as they do TAC, it was great to meet what I consider to be my heroes.
(https://i.imgur.com/TFUtK39.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ou9njay.jpg)
In the second one, Chris was yelling at Ted to get in the picture; I don't know the guy on the left, but he was cool and sent me that pic as I was moving to join in as well.
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Nice choice :metal I saw the Schenker Fest tour in April 2019. It was awesome to see all the old MSG vocalists, and Graham Bonnett was amazing. It was a spectacular show, and great value for money with a two and a half hour set.
It was a great setlist too. I can only take so much "playing the old stuff setlists' but this was worth it, largely because the songs were sung by the classic singers. They had newer material as well, especially the Doogie stuff. And yes, seeing Graham Bonnet was so damn cool!
It was really a fun time and since those early Barden albums mean as much to me as they do TAC, it was great to meet what I consider to be my heroes.
(https://i.imgur.com/TFUtK39.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ou9njay.jpg)
You are totally photobombing that Chris Glen pic.
I'd love to have a pic with Gary Barden though, even though he's basically toast.
Hey, I'll have my own pic with Stadler later this week!
Working on tonight's update. I've posted a couple of shots from this concert, but I'll be posting a bunch of never before seen pics.
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9. Metallica
Queensryche
March 16, 1989
Worcester Centrum
Metallica:
Blackened
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Harvester of Sorrow
Eye of the Beholder
Bass Solo
Master of Puppets
One
Seek & Destroy
...And Justice for All
Creeping Death
Fade to Black
Guitar Solo
Battery
Last Caress
Am I Evil?
Whiplash
Breadfan
Queensryche:
Queen of the Reich
Anarchy-X
Revolution Calling
Operation: Mindcrime
Speak
Spreading the Disease
Take Hold of the Flame
The Needle Lies
Chemical Youth (We Are Rebellion)
Eyes of a Stranger
My peak Metallica fandom was the Justice album and tour cycle. This was one of five shows I saw on this tour, including the following night in Hartford.
Here's a great boot from the Hartford show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SQ671TVtD4
I got a legit second row seat for this show. I also had a backstage pass through my college radio station. That's the good news. The bad news is that after the show, everyone with a pass was seated in a section in the lower arena. The guy took one look at our passes and told us that they were pre-show only. Must be what that diagonal line meant, I assumed. I was so pissed. My program director neglected to tell me that. Still, we had a great time, even got Jason's pick.
Queensryche was cool enough. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pics even though we were quite close. I just didn't want to take a chance and get busted before Metallica. Tate came out with sunglasses on, which always rubs me the wrong way. I had seen Queensryche 6 months earlier open for Def Leppard and to me, I really liked them, but I was definitely looking past them to see Metallica.
Metallica
Boot from Tulsa 6 weeks earlier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMKt0fOCDTg
There's some pro shot footage out there, but although the sound isn't great on this, it will give you a truer idea of what the show actually looked like.
Queensryche
Boot from Buffalo three nights earlier
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVvof7NugsM&list=PLxDcWR6wjL0chWsBawWJtqWNeMLFmmnOj
(https://i.imgur.com/g0Nz0Mz.jpg)
Row B...Second row!!
(https://i.imgur.com/yZJWrV9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8IHSEux.jpg)
I got Jason's pick! I actually gave it to my nephew a couple of years ago, but here's a pic of it with the Paul Stanley and JP pic to show its size.
(https://i.imgur.com/LGBJpHk.jpg)
Had a backstage pass! Dammit!
(https://i.imgur.com/ve6gPBY.jpg)
Some pics from the show!
(https://i.imgur.com/xHk7erI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/qTwD1fH.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/YLOun00.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FiVcb6F.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6JUYx1s.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kZ7XEw6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6M6b8bz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/lYNMUoC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/vAobzLn.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Lv7fCVL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Ljn1TkZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tjrTrh8.jpg)
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I saw the Justice tour on May 31, 1989 and was so bummed that the Cult were the support act instead of Queensryche. It was still a great show though. I still have the tour shirt too, but there's no way I could squeeze into it now. :laugh:
That sucks that you had a backstage pass that you couldn’t use. :'(
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I saw the Justice tour on May 31, 1989 and was so bummed that the Cult were the support act instead of Queensryche. It was still a great show though. I still have the tour shirt too, but there's no way I could squeeze into it now. :laugh:
Sure you could!
I saw two shows that summer and The Cult opened. One of them, also in Worcester I went solo, and for The Cult, who I wasn't a fan, I sat up on the side and watched Matt Sorum, who was a beast.
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Oh nice. So they played the same venue twice within the space of a few months? Metallica are touring beasts.
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
I linked a couple of performances from the tour. If you haven't watched them, they're pretty good, especially the Weedsport on as it's outdoors.
I didn't care for them quite as much as I thought I would - and I knew the video quality wasn't going to be great but they were OK. But a show from Germany came on afterwards, and that was awesome. He sounded incredible the backing vocals were great.
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
I'm with you; I saw the new version headline a festival with Jane's Addiction, and they were AWESOME. Jerry blew me away. But while some of their earlier material was a little too dark for me (Dirt is probably the most intense, heavy album I own, and it's hard to listen to, knowing what I know now) I'd have loved to have seen that version live.
Dirt is my favorite Alice in Chains album and I love it. Maybe if I didn't already have my own connection to it, it would now be hard to listen to for me. But I think it's an incredible listening experience.
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11. Clash Of The Titans
Anthrax
Slayer
Megadeth
Alice In Chains
July 6, 1991
Great Woods, Mansfield MA
My recollection of this was going to see it with one of my oldest and dearest friends, and the abject lawlessness of the whole thing, due in no small part to her. She started the biggest fire I've seen at a concert (and I've seen some humdingers). It burned through Slayer's entire set with people moshing around it the whole time. In between bands a bunch of guys in yellow shirts ran out with a fire hose to extinguish it and were quickly repulsed. The entire lawn turned on them and took the hose away, at which point they scurried off. They didn't come back until after the show, and with a pretty hefty police escort.
She's not doing so well right now, late onset MS, but it always pleases me thinking about her contribution to that great show.
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9. Metallica
Queensryche
March 16, 1989
Worcester Centrum
One of my top five concerts. I still remember it fondly. (And you may well have an FM broadcast recording of the Dallas gig.) Queensrÿche was fantastic, and their set prompted me to buy O:M a few days later. We had seats around rows 8-10, but withing 5 minutes of Ecstasy of Gold I was firmly entrenched at the barricade and never gave it up. I've mentioned it before, but during the first beer break Newstead handed me a roadie cup of beer. During the second beer break he leaned down with a second, and when I went to grab it he kicked my hand away and said "don't be greedy!" I came away with a Newstead pic and a drumstick.
Totally coincidentally we met Kenny Rogers (the Gambler, not the pitcher) after the show. Nice guy.
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Cool pics TAC. I would be more interested to go back in time to see Queensryche with Chris DeGarmo, and that looks like a great setlist
I did see Metallica once from the lawn; I'm sure it would have been way better from the second row. :)
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Oh nice. So they played the same venue twice within the space of a few months? Metallica are touring beasts.
They came back to Dallas a few months later, too. It was iced up when we saw them indoors, and the next time around it was Summer and they played the shed.
Tours were different animals back then. Texas tours were often 8 or 9 dates back in the day. Now it's almost always three, with San Antonio and Austin duking it out for the third gig. On the Damaged Justice Tour they played 12 cities in Texas, and then came back for three more in the Summer.
January 17, 1989 Waco, Texas Heart O' Texas Coliseum
January 18, 1989 Odessa, Texas Ector County Coliseum
January 20, 1989 Lubbock, Texas City Bank Coliseum
January 21, 1989 El Paso, Texas El Paso County Coliseum
January 22, 1989 Amarillo, Texas Amarillo Civic Center
January 24, 1989 Beaumont, Texas Beaumont Civic Center
January 25, 1989 Corpus Christi, Texas Memorial Coliseum
January 31, 1989 Abilene, Texas Taylor County Expo Center
February 1, 1989 San Antonio, Texas Convention Center Arena
February 3, 1989 Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center
February 4, 1989 Houston, Texas The Summit
February 5, 1989 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
Maiden always did the same thing, and not being able to see one of those Podunk Amarillo or Waco shows is one of my concert regrets. That's back when the Jesus Freaks were out in full force, and in Lubbock they're apt to take that nonsense a whole lot more seriously. Not to mention they're probably playing a highschool gymnasium. :lol
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Of all Tim's concert experiences, the Metallica Damaged Justice tour with Queensryche is the one I'm most jealous of. All of you know I became a fan of Queensryche prior to MC coming out...and I couldn't go see them until 1995. Well, you're also looking at a hardcore fan of the ...And Justice for All record. I wanted this. SO. BAD. But I didn't even bother to ask. To me, ...And Justice for All and Operation: Mindcrime are Metallica and Queensryche's best albums, respectively. I would have killed to see this. Queensryche at their most metal, Metallica at their most complicated.
Prog-thrash is how I refer to ...And Justice for All. And what seems like a weird pairing of bands, was actually a brilliant one. In many ways, QR's technical skills pushed Metallica to deliver on stage, and Metallica's rise to glory was something QR got a lot of lessons on as they transitioned to a headline act in spring 1989.
Amazing tour.
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
I linked a couple of performances from the tour. If you haven't watched them, they're pretty good, especially the Weedsport on as it's outdoors.
I didn't care for them quite as much as I thought I would - and I knew the video quality wasn't going to be great but they were OK.
I enjoy boots a lot. I know they're not for everyone. the Weedsport was pretty much my POV of the show.
I would be more interested to go back in time to see Queensryche with Chris DeGarmo, and that looks like a great setlist
I wasn't all that impressed honestly. I had seen them "in the round" opening for Def Leppard 6 months earlier and I enjoyed them a lot more.
Oh nice. So they played the same venue twice within the space of a few months? Metallica are touring beasts.
They came back to Dallas a few months later, too. It was iced up when we saw them indoors, and the next time around it was Summer and they played the shed.
Tours were different animals back then. Texas tours were often 8 or 9 dates back in the day. Now it's almost always three, with San Antonio and Austin duking it out for the third gig. On the Damaged Justice Tour they played 12 cities in Texas, and then came back for three more in the Summer.
January 17, 1989 Waco, Texas Heart O' Texas Coliseum
January 18, 1989 Odessa, Texas Ector County Coliseum
January 20, 1989 Lubbock, Texas City Bank Coliseum
January 21, 1989 El Paso, Texas El Paso County Coliseum
January 22, 1989 Amarillo, Texas Amarillo Civic Center
January 24, 1989 Beaumont, Texas Beaumont Civic Center
January 25, 1989 Corpus Christi, Texas Memorial Coliseum
January 31, 1989 Abilene, Texas Taylor County Expo Center
February 1, 1989 San Antonio, Texas Convention Center Arena
February 3, 1989 Austin, Texas Frank Erwin Center
February 4, 1989 Houston, Texas The Summit
February 5, 1989 Dallas, Texas Reunion Arena
Maiden always did the same thing, and not being able to see one of those Podunk Amarillo or Waco shows is one of my concert regrets. That's back when the Jesus Freaks were out in full force, and in Lubbock they're apt to take that nonsense a whole lot more seriously. Not to mention they're probably playing a highschool gymnasium. :lol
That's a sick list of tour dates. The Maiden tour itineraries were ridiculous.
Amazing tour.
I thought Queensryche, after the Def Leppard leg in the fall of '88, would've been able to do headline theaters the following Spring. But there was no way they could turn down the Metallica tour.
@Brian.....do you have any info on how they got on the tour, and if they may have contemplated a small venue headline tour during this time period?
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I thought Queensryche, after the Def Leppard leg in the fall of '88, would've been able to do headline theaters the following Spring. But there was no way they could turn down the Metallica tour.
@Brian.....do you have any info on how they got on the tour, and if they may have contemplated a small venue headline tour during this time period?
They had the same management at the time, so getting on the tour was no problem. They were scheduled to go out with Metallica prior to the point where they exploded on MTV. So while they certainly could have done a successful tour headlining that winter/spring, they were fully booked to continue with Metallica. IIRC, the label actually wanted them to end that stay with Metallica early and go do another record, but the band and management convinced them to let them stay out and continue providing tour support. Good thing. Because "Eyes of a Stranger" hit then, and Queensryche shot up the charts, setting themselves up for that great headline run they did in April/May 1989 of Japan and the West Coast.
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Thank you for that. It all makes sense.
I wonder if they wanted to strengthen the opening slot given that this was Metallica's first major headline tour.
Back then though, I always found it curious why QR never did a headlining run. I thought O:M was really excellent, and they had been building just as long as Metallica had.
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I'd have loved to seen the Justice tour, but I was 9 years old at the time and it was two years prior to me discovering the band through Enter Sandman.
I did see Metallica from the front row once, which was insane - they did a small arena tour in late 99/early 2000. My brother and I got right up on the rail, and once Metallica came on the crush was unbearable. At one point, I was lifted off of my feet and was positioned diagonally, being held against the rail by the people pushing and surging behind me. James sang For Whom the Bell Tolls directly in front of me, which was a dream come true, to be that close to him. Halfway through the show, I moved back about 5 rows to a space where I could breathe. I found my brother and we enjoyed the rest of the show.
At the end, Lars came to the front of the stage and handed a drumstick to the Asian girl that I was next to while I was up front. I recall him tossing a plastic beer/lemonade cup out into the crowd and it landed near us. The amount of people that dove to get his cup was amusing.
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Tim,
Yeah, QR just wasn't at the level they felt they needed to be yet to make that all work. Once "Eyes of a Stranger" boomed, then it was finally realistic.
Starlight Bowl in San Diego had a capacity of 4,000, the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre...it says it NOW has a capacity of 16,000, but I am guessing it was less than half that during QR's show there in May 1989 (no way QR could have filled 16k in 1989, pre-Empire), the San Jose Civic Auditorium could seat 3,000 back then, etc. It was just a really slow build for Queensryche, which in retrospect, was really a good thing. It really taught them what to do and not do watching other headliners. And when Empire hit huge, and they were playing arenas, that tour was dialed in from the get-go, ya know? Because they had all the experience of being road dogs and seeing what the prime way to handle things and do things was.
The funny thing was, even as an opener, in the EP and The Warning days, they were getting WAYYYYY more money than an average opener. Through the connections of Kim Harris, their first manager, he was able to secure guarantees that at times tripled most other opening bands. So my guess is, Metallica paid them VERY, VERY well.
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Thank you Brian. I appreciate it. Yeah, makes the Justice slot a no brainer for sure.
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8. Bruce Dickinson
September 28, 1997
The Strand, Providence
Setlist:
Accident of Birth
Toltec 7 Arrival
Starchildren
2 Minutes to Midnight
Darkside of Aquarius
The Magician
Road to Hell
Tattooed Millionaire
Tears of the Dragon
Powerslave
Taking the Queen
Flight of Icarus
Laughing in the Hiding Bush
The Prisoner
(https://i.imgur.com/gRNl8Vw.jpg)
Chicago a week before I saw him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0M5T3fugIw
Pro Shot from Sao paulo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBS-Mqh4fq8
After loving the freshness of Balls To Picasso, and the I'mnotsurehwatyoucallit-ness of Skunkworks, hearing Accitent Of Birth was a familar experience. Oh, and adding Adrian Smith was really interesting. Bruce also had the Tribe Of Gypsies band back with him, Guitarist Roy Z, Bassist Eddie Casillas, and Drummer David Ingraham. When I found out Bruce was touring this album, this was a must go.
It was amazing to see Bruce on a theater sized stage. The Strand is quite similar in size as The Ritz in New York City. Seeing Adrian was such a treat. He was my favorite member of Iron Maiden when he left, and it had been 9 years since I'd seen him on stage. And the Tribe guys...holy shit, they are amazing, incredible musicians.
The setlist was really cool 4 excellent Iron Maiden tracks. I wasn't expecting them, but as soon as I heard them I was ecstatic.
It was great that he included Tears Of The Dragon in the set as well. It was just all around an amazing experience.
Apparently GZR opened, but I don't remember them. I wonder if I even went in for them, as I would not have known that it was Geezer Butler's band. Had I did, I would've definitely been in there for them. Hell, I even may have, but I simply do not remember.
Honorable Mention:
Bruce Dickinson
July 22, 1990
The Living Room
Providence
Setlist:
Riding With the Angels
Born in '58
Lickin' the Gun
Gypsy Road
Dive! Dive! Dive!
Drum Solo
Zulu Lulu
Ballad of Mutt
Son of a Gun
Hell on Wheels
All the Young Dudes
Tattooed Millionaire
No Lies
Fog on the Tyne
Sin City
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
I offer this as an Honorable Mention here. Truth be told, had the '97 show not happened, this would be in this spot. Plus, I have pictures to this show!!
Bruce was obviously still a member of Iron Maiden. This show was fantastic. The Living Room was a very small club with an even smaller stage. Seeing Bruce up close like this was amazing. And he would have future Iron Maiden guitarist Jannick Gers with him.
Kings Of The Sun opened and I have zero recollection of them.
Here is Dive Dive Live, filmed in LA on this tour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTGGIL6H2Qg
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$10 to see Bruce? That's amazing - especially on the Accident of Birth tour. I'd have loved to see that show.
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$10 to see Bruce?
... yeah but a $3 service charge! :lol
The other notable thing about that ticket stub is that I bought it only 9 days before the show..
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According to Setlist FM, Sammy Hager played The Strand the night before Bruce, and the Foo Fighters played there a week and a half later..
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I was at the Chicago show and those dates don't line up. I think that is from the Sauget, IL show which is near St. Louis.
Either way, seeing Bruce and Adrian at the House Of Blues was amazing! My first time seeing both and it was such an awesome show. The Tribe of Gypsy's were amazing as well. He had a really tight band there. I'm sad he did not use them on his last solo album. It seemed to be missing something and that was the Tribe and Adrian even though Roy was still there.
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I was at the Chicago show and those dates don't line up. I think that is from the Sauget, IL show which is near St. Louis.
Either way, seeing Bruce and Adrian at the House Of Blues was amazing! My first time seeing both and it was such an awesome show. The Tribe of Gypsy's were amazing as well. He had a really tight band there. I'm sad he did not use them on his last solo album. It seemed to be missing something and that was the Tribe and Adrian even though Roy was still there.
OK. the youtube clip said Chicago, and I see on Setlist FM that he played Chicago and Saugut on consecutive nights.
I loved David Ingraham's drumming.
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I saw the thread title update and immediately thought, "Tim went to a Springsteen concert? Interesting." :lol :lol
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It's extremely rare but the thread title is a MOVIE REFERENCE!! :lol
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLkC9Bj28So
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So jealous. The band were on fire on this tour.
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8. Bruce Dickinson
September 28, 1997
The Strand, Providence
Cool show. We saw him at a tiny club in Ellum. I doubt you could legally put more than a couple of hundred people in there, and the stage was barely big enough for five guys. Great to see Bruce up close like that. We got there early to see Geezer, but wound up going outside to smoke during his set. Not at all what we were interested in.
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Not one, but two Bruce shows vying for your number 8 spot. This made me recollect the days when Bruce called himself Bruce Bruce :lol
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OK I'm jealous of the Alice in Chains set. I finally saw them when they reformed, and they were very good and it was better than I'd hoped it would be. But I wish I'd been able to see them with Layne Staley. What a great voice he had. I remember when he died, hearing how horrific he life was at the end (and the end apparently took a long time), and he said something to the effect that he hated it (heroin) but couldn't live without it. Rest in peace.
I linked a couple of performances from the tour. If you haven't watched them, they're pretty good, especially the Weedsport on as it's outdoors.
I didn't care for them quite as much as I thought I would - and I knew the video quality wasn't going to be great but they were OK.
I enjoy boots a lot. I know they're not for everyone. the Weedsport was pretty much my POV of the show.
Actually these were fine. I watched them again today and maybe I was too distracted yesterday. I like the indoor show better; daylight feels wrong for Alice in Chains. :) I probably could have done without him saying (in the least threatening voice) that he was gonna put a cap in someone's ass and stuff like that, whereas at the indoor show they pretty much just pushed through with minimal talking and it was great. After watching that and a bunch of other videos, I can only say again, what a great voice he had.
I would be more interested to go back in time to see Queensryche with Chris DeGarmo, and that looks like a great setlist
I wasn't all that impressed honestly. I had seen them "in the round" opening for Def Leppard 6 months earlier and I enjoyed them a lot more.
If I could choose I'd really want to see the Promised Land tour, which I've heard so much about. But I imagine I would have enjoyed just about any of their tours, as long as they were sounding good and I've heard that Geoff Tate was very consistent.
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So jealous. The band were on fire on this tour.
I'm jealous of this one too.
TAC, if it's not coming up later, did he tour for The Chemical Wedding, and did you see it? That's my favorite of his solo albums but Accident of Birth is pretty awesome too.
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I watched a boot from this AOB tour a few weeks back. It was incredible. I'll have to find it again.
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I somehow missed Bruce every time when he toured his solo records, so yeah, I'm jealous :D
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I watched a boot from this AOB tour a few weeks back. It was incredible. I'll have to find it again.
https://youtu.be/z0M5T3fugIw
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I absolutely LOVE Accident of Birth, so I am completely jealous, as usual, of the shows you've attended Tim. Very cool.
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As much as I'm not a huge fan of the Tattoo Millionaire, that 1990 show still would have been awesome, but I'm very jealous of that 97 show from Accident of Birth. That is top notch Bruce music there.
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The New Haven show on the Tattoo'd Millionaire made the news; apparently there was a huge fight or something. Another opportunity lost, though it was different circumstances; I had just graduated college and was working a construction job down in New York, getting up at 3:00 am to be on the job site by 5:00 every day, and basically in bed by like 8:30 or 9:00 every night. There is a dearth of concerts in my record during that time. :)
I loved the Skunkworks record, though; I would have really enjoyed that '97 setlist for real.
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The New Haven show on the Tattoo'd Millionaire made the news; apparently there was a huge fight or something. Another opportunity lost, though it was different circumstances; I had just graduated college and was working a construction job down in New York, getting up at 3:00 am to be on the job site by 5:00 every day, and basically in bed by like 8:30 or 9:00 every night. There is a dearth of concerts in my record during that time. :)
I loved the Skunkworks record, though; I would have really enjoyed that '97 setlist for real.
Skunkworks is an odd duck. When I first bought it I thought is was garbage and sold it. Then years later when my completest thing took hold I picked up the deluxe re-release. Listened to it again and could not understand what my thinking was all those years ago. It's a solid record. Not metal, but also not bad. Glad I righted that wrong.
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I watched a boot from this AOB tour a few weeks back. It was incredible. I'll have to find it again.
https://youtu.be/z0M5T3fugIw
I actually did the work for you! ;D
8. Bruce Dickinson
Chicago a week before I saw him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0M5T3fugIw
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Skunkworks is an odd duck. When I first bought it I thought is was garbage and sold it. Then years later when my completest thing took hold I picked up the deluxe re-release. Listened to it again and could not understand what my thinking was all those years ago. It's a solid record. Not metal, but also not bad. Glad I righted that wrong.
I didn't take to it right away either. I like it a lot now. Really cool.
TAC, if it's not coming up later, did he tour for The Chemical Wedding, and did you see it? That's my favorite of his solo albums but Accident of Birth is pretty awesome too.
He toured but not in the US. I think in Europe, and maybe SA..
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Cool show. We saw him at a tiny club in Ellum. I doubt you could legally put more than a couple of hundred people in there, and the stage was barely big enough for five guys. Great to see Bruce up close like that. We got there early to see Geezer, but wound up going outside to smoke during his set. Not at all what we were interested in.
This is how I saw them. Just a different show. (The Cabooze in Minneapolis) That was an amazing show. A couple hundred people maybe. We could get up close to the stage. Go to the bar and grab a beer and not have any issue getting back near the stage. One of my favorite shows ever.
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7. Alice Cooper
Megadeth
February 19, 1987
Civic Center
Providence
Alice:
Welcome to My Nightmare
Billion Dollar Babies
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Be My Lover
I'm Eighteen
The World Needs Guts
Give It Up
Cold Ethyl
Only Women Bleed
Go to Hell
Ballad of Dwight Fry
Teenage Frankenstein
Sick Things
I Love the Dead
School's Out
Elected
Under My Wheels
Megadeth:
Wake Up Dead
The Conjuring
Bad Omen
Rattlehead
Peace Sells
Devil's Island
Mechanix
Good Mourning/Black Friday
(https://i.imgur.com/EK3zN6E.jpg)
Alice..Pro shot in Detroit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzW1kFN-KwU&list=PLhkcPgNyqpi1dB_xwDzb6wWdz_YuR1fOa
Megadeth..boot from Des Moines two weeks before I saw them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzfB1DzV8Uc
The happened to see Alice Cooper on MTV Halloween night in 1986 playing in Detroit. I wasn't familiar with his music, though as a kid, I did have Alice Cooper's Greatest Hits on 8 track. I was never really smitten with it either. Anyway, something made me watch this broadcast and I was blown away. This was heavy Metal Alice.
I went out and bought tickets to see him in Worcester in a couple of weeks, and it was an amazing experience. I wasn't really familiar with Alice's catalog, but it launched me on a musical journey that was almost unmatched for me. When he came to Providence a few months later...I was musically ready.
This show is incredible. His band was great/ Kane Roberts, Ken Mary, Paul Taylor, some other rhythm guitarist and some bassist who for some reason half of DTF seems to love.
But they were freaking tight. I especially loved their take on The Ballad Of Dwight Fry and Welcome To My Nightmare.
Oh, and the opening band was Megadeth on their Peace Sells tour. I wasn't really into Megadeth, but I made sure I didn't miss them. At this point, I was still slightly out on bands like this. But I remember sitting with a great view of Gar Samuelson. He played the drums like a damn lumberjack. He was really cool to see.
Some pics!
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Oh...and suck on this!
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Paul Taylor, some other rhythm guitarist and some bassist who for some reason half of DTF seems to love.
Fuck you Tim!
Paul Taylor was also in Winger!
AND KIP WINGER FUCKING RULES. You're just a crazed loon! :lol
In all seriousness, cool gig. I am not a huge Alice fan either, but I've seen his show and enjoyed it.
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Paul Taylor, some other rhythm guitarist and some bassist who for some reason half of DTF seems to love.
Fuck you Tim!
Paul Taylor was also in Winger!
AND KIP WINGER FUCKING RULES. You're just a crazed loon! :lol
:lol :lol :lol
I met Paul on Alice's next tour at the Boston Garden.
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Dude on the left has a Member's Only jacket.
Damn 80s clothes baby... :lol
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He was obviously not a member. :lol
Dude on the right with the blood had a battle jacket on! ;D
(er..not really. It had no patches)
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How is Kane Roberts still ripped even to this day?
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Dude on the right with the blood had a battle jacket on! ;D
(er..not really. It had no patches)
I got the jacket yesterday and I have all the patches here except the main back patch of the QR Mindcrime logo. But while I like the jacket (it's like this gray/black washed thing), and will wear it, I'm unsure if I am going totally 80s and putting the patches on or not. I'll wait until the back patch gets here, lay everything out, and then take a picture and see if I like it. If you're lucky, I'll share that picture with you, fellow old fogey! :lol
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Don't forget to include your mullet, and remember that your hightop sneakers are to double laced.
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Don't forget to include your mullet, and remember that your hightop sneakers are to double laced.
Got it. Do you want a shot of the Reebok Pump itself on the tongue of the shoe?
I mean, I was gonna go LA Gear on ya, but now I feel pressured to represent.
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Don't forget to include your mullet, and remember that your hightop sneakers are to double laced.
Got it. Do you want a shot of the Reebok Pump itself on the tongue of the shoe?
I mean, I was gonna go LA Gear on ya, but now I feel pressured to represent.
I was a Nike guy in the 80's.
LA Gear?? :lol :lol
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Alice looks the exact same still
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Tim, I saw the Raise Your Fist And Yell Tour as well at the Worcester Aud. It had Moterhead as the opener though. Was that a different leg?
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Tim, I saw the Raise Your Fist And Yell Tour as well at the Worcester Aud. It had Moterhead as the opener though. Was that a different leg?
Yes. That was actually the second leg of the RYFAY tour.
The first leg, they played the Garden in November '87. That's the show that I got all bloody. That tour was with Frehley's Comet and Faster Pussycat, though for some reason Ace didn't play the Boston show.
Then they came around in early '88 with Motorhead. In fact, the night they played in providence on that leg (at the Veteran's Memorial Auditorium), Paul Dianno's Battlezone was playing at the Living Room, which is within walking distance. I was so pissed I couldn't go that night. I'd have hit both shows!
The concert I'm featuring here was the second leg of the Constrictor tour, in the winter of early '87.
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Got it. Thanks!
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You know you’re old when you owned an album on 8 track. Yeah, I had a few of those too. ;)
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I watched a boot from this AOB tour a few weeks back. It was incredible. I'll have to find it again.
https://youtu.be/z0M5T3fugIw
I actually did the work for you! ;D
8. Bruce Dickinson
Chicago a week before I saw him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0M5T3fugIw
:facepalm:
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I truly think Tim has a signed copy of that photo of Kip on his bedroom wall too.
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I truly think Tim has a signed copy of that photo of Kip on his bedroom wall too.
I didn't even need tape to stick it up there.
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I truly think Tim has a signed copy of that photo of Kip on his bedroom wall too.
I didn't even need tape to stick it up there.
(https://media.tenor.com/kGKcwtOj6TkAAAAC/dwayne-johnson-nice.gif)
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I got the jacket yesterday and I have all the patches here except the main back patch of the QR Mindcrime logo. But while I like the jacket (it's like this gray/black washed thing), and will wear it, I'm unsure if I am going totally 80s and putting the patches on or not. I'll wait until the back patch gets here, lay everything out, and then take a picture and see if I like it. If you're lucky, I'll share that picture with you, fellow old fogey! :lol
You could always do just the back patch.
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I truly think Tim has a signed copy of that photo of Kip on his bedroom wall too.
I didn't even need tape to stick it up there.
We will not be shaking hands tomorrow. We might not even fist bump. :) :) :) :) :)
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Fucking Tim... :rollin
Stads, photo op with Tim, or I call BS. Even better if its captured with you revolted at his hands. :lol
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6. Dream Theater
March 30, 2006
Orpheum, Boston
Setlist:
The Root of All Evil
I Walk Beside You
Another Won
A Fortune in Lies
Take the Time
Caught In a Web
Raise the Knife
Strange Deja Vu
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About to Crash
War Inside My Head
The Test That Stumped Them All
Endless Sacrifice
Sacrificed Sons
Octavarium
Wait for Sleep
Learning To Live
Bootleg from Endless Sacrifice on...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIjX6Q-ZftQ
(https://i.imgur.com/Nr7xqlJ.jpg)
Having missed the 6 D's and Train Of Thought tours, when DT came back in 2005 opening for Megadeth on Gigantour, it was the first time seeing them since the SFAM tour 5 years earlier. Finally, I would be able to witness one of the legendary "Evening With" tours.
They were still juggling setlists so I had no idea what we were going to get. Also, the spectre of the Radio City show the following night made me extremely nervous for my show. They cancelled in Detriot, I believe, because they had to rest James' voice. I figured the Boston show, being the 3rd of a 4 night run, ending in NYC, could be sacrificed for the video shoot, if it meant having James at his best.
I was pleasantly surprised when the show went on.
I thought the setlist was outstanding. I Walk Beside you won me over with how much energy it had. Another Won, Raise The Knife..amazing. Not a huge fan of Caught In A Web, but they did a great version of it on this tour. Take The Time was fantastic. I thought ending the first set with Strange Deja Vu was a bit disappointing but the rest of the first set was outstanding.
Once I heard the opening three tracks of the 2nd set, it was obvious they were playing the full Six Degrees the following night. But Octavarium was phenomenal live as was the '06 version of Learning To Live.
James was outstanding I thought.
A funny story is that during the first set, MP was all pissed off about something. All while playing, he was yelling at someone off stage and just being pissy.
At one point, MP and James seemed to have words with James' back to the crowd, and he turned around shaking his head back and forth as if the say "WTF is up with this fucking guy.". It was really interesting to watch it all.
Unfortunately no pics, which is too bad because we had third row balcony on JP's side.
The other cool thing about Boston is..well..Berklee is here. I love watching The Score So Far doc. It shows how DT spent their afternoon hat day walking around Berklee. They show a pic of JP sitting on the sidewalk waiting for Rush tickets. Well, I'll be walking that same sidewalk to see JP there tomorrow night.
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That's still a pretty cool set, I like ending it with Learning to Live. This was shortly before my time as a DT fan. I remember looking at the sets from this tour and thinking "WOW what a band to be able to play these shows!" and then being upset that I didn't discover them early enough to see them at either Radio City or Convention Hall in NJ from that tour.
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I was there as well. It was a great show.
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Now I don't have to be jealous, because I saw a few shows on this tour, including Radio City. Awesome awesome show and tour. James sounded great, the changing setlists were fantastic, and the sets were nice and long.
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Nope....still jealous.
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Nice. I didn't catch this DT tour either. How long was the set? Looks like a good two hours, at least.
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How long was the set? Looks like a good two hours, at least.
The bootleg says 2 hours and 30 minutes of music, not including the intermission.
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Nope....still jealous.
Me too. Grrrr.
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That was a great tour. I caught the CT show and then ended up in the 5th row (albeit way to the side) for Radio City.
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I love the CT show. That’s one boot I really enjoy.
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I love the CT show. That’s one boot I really enjoy.
I had to go and look up the whole setlist because I didn't remember a ton offhand other than absolutely losing it when they started The Glass Prison (the first DT song I ever heard, still one of my favorites, and responsible for so much of my subsequent musical journey). Where do you get these various boots for different shows?
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5. Def Leppard
Krokus
Gary Moore
June 25th, 1983
Cape Code Coliseum
MY FIRST CONCERT!!!
Def Leppard:
Rock! Rock! (Till You Drop)
Rock Brigade
High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)
Another Hit & Run
Billy's Got A Gun
Mirror Mirror (Look Into My Eyes)
Foolin'
Photograph
Rock Of Ages
Bringin' On The Heartbreak
Switch 625
Phil Collen Solo
Let it Go
Steve Clark Solo
Wasted
Stagefright
Travellin' Band
Krokus:
Long Stick Goes Boom
Heatstrokes
American Woman
Rock City
Screaming In The Night
Eat The Rich
Stay Awake All Night
Headhunter
Gary Moore:
Wishing Well
Back On The Street
Cold Hearted
Nuclear Attack
Always Gonna Love You
Guitar Solo
End Of The World
Rocking Every Night
Def Leppard:
Audio from Allentown 6/27/83 (2 days after I saw them!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNP4-pIbNRE
Video from Montreal June 9th 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvDz1HXG63E
Krokus:
Audio from Allentown 6/27/83
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5K5lmZJuec
Gary Moore:
Audio from Allentown 6/27/83
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb-HdWFu050
This boot surfaced in the past year and this set from Gary Moore had kind of been one of my Holy Grail recordings.
(https://i.imgur.com/eMeBIul.jpg)
The anticipation for my very first concert was something that I am not sure was ever replicated. I remember keeping my ticket ( which I bought with money I made covering a paper route for the person that was delivering our papers. I actually took the route over and did it for a year.) in my top bureau drawer, and I think every night I went to bed, I took it out of the Ticketron envelope and just stared at it. Just had to make sure it was still there.
I was 14 in the summer of 1983. I went with two friends and one of their father drove us. He didn't come in with us, but I think went somewhere to kill time. I remember he stood in the back of the small arena and watched the end of the show. Anyway, the fact that a parent was bringing us I think made it ok to get the thumbs up from my father.
The Cape Cod Coliseum was a very small "hockey barn". I actually played in a Pee Wee tournament two summers before. It was apparently owned by Vince McMahon, and during that tournament, we saw Vince in the lobby. I was a wrestling fan at the time of that hockey tournament, so I knew who he was, and I was struck at how tall he was.
The really cool thing about the Coliseum is that it was out in the middle of nowhere with a huge grassy area around the building which was great for tailgating. I saw my second concert there two months later, Iron Maiden, and I remember playing in a soccer game before the concert.
At this point, I was a huge Def Leppard fan. I remember them coming the previous March opening for Billy Squier. I also liked Krokus a lot, and really liked Gary Moore's new album, Corridors Of Power, still a Top 50 album to this day. So I knew all three bands, but really it was Def Leppard that I was waiting on.
This also means that the first live band I ever saw on stage was indeed Gary fucking Moore!
His band:
Ian Paice, Neil Murray, and Neil Carter. Fuck yes! I knew Ian Paice and Neil Murray were part of his band, but I immediately recognized Neil Carter on stage. An actual member (to find out UFO was done at this time) of UFO!
Krokus was really cool. I don't remember anything in particular other than them looking cool as shit. Hey, I was 14!!
I was blown away by Def Leppard. Yeah, they were never really the same, but this was pre-accident Rick Allen, and this was a great first step in my concert journey.
(https://www.capecod.com/wp-content/uploads/16938953_10210834477835232_6280296930312093220_n.jpg)
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Old school Gary Moore! Still jealous. :metal
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That’s a great triple bill and an awesome first concert. I think we discussed this before, but I saw Leppard less than a month after you on July 20th, but the support act was Uriah Heep.
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Weird.. I went to shake Stadler's hand tonight...
(https://i.imgur.com/zivrfCH.jpg)
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:lol Outstanding!
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How else should someone react to meeting real life TAC? :rollin
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:lol
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How else should someone react to meeting real life TAC? :rollin
:lol
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4. Helloween
September 14, 2018
The Palladium, Worcester
Setlist:
Halloween
Dr. Stein
I'm Alive
If I Could Fly
Are You Metal?
March of Time
Perfect Gentleman
Starlight / Ride the Sky / Judas
Heavy Metal (Is the Law)
A Tale That Wasn't Right
Pumpkins United
Drum Solo
(Dani Löble live & Ingo Schwichtenberg recorded video)
Livin' Ain't No Crime (partial)
A Little Time
Waiting for the Thunder
Sole Survivor
Power
How Many Tears
Eagle Fly Free
Keeper of the Seven Keys
Guitar Solo Kai
Future World
I Want Out
As noted earlier, I became a Helloween fan very early on. I followed them quite closely until Michael Kiske left.
When they resurfaced a year or so later, I ordered their new CD singles on Import. Perfect Gentleman and Mr. Ego. Suffice to say that I did not like the songs, or the voice. I basically cast aside the new Helloween.
1996 brought Michael's Instant Clarity album, a great album that featured both Kai Hansen and Adrian Smith. From that point on, Michael would release a number of quite iffy albums, but still his voice was magic to my ears. I gave up on ever seeing him live again.
I would eventually come to love the Andi Deris version of Helloween. Unisonic was all win as it marked the return of Kai and Mickael. A Helloween reunion seemed inevitable.
The fact that Worcester was one of a handful of dates for their US tour was a stroke of luck. I bought those tickets, what seemed like a year in advance, and just waited. Watching footage from the tour on youtube, the band was tight. They seemed to be enjoying themselves.
At my show, the most notable thing was just how much interplay and respect between the members there was. Kiske and Deris seemed to really like each other and it was so joyful. Kai and Sasha played together like they had been bandmates and friends for years.
It was clear to me that Dani Loble held this ship together. He turned in one of the greatest live drumming performances I've ever seen. He was on point the whole show and was truly the engine behind the band.
And then of course....Michael Kiske. :hefdaddy
What can I say. My all time favorite singer. His voice gives me chills. Seeing him a mere 30' from me was something that I never ever thought possible.
This evening brought so much of my musical journey full circle, and I will be forever thankful for being there.
Pics!!
(https://i.imgur.com/yrG6rtQ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/N263UQA.jpg)
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The Drum solo featuring Dani and Ingo was tearjerking. It was really awesome and shows the amount of care put into this show.
(https://i.imgur.com/OKDqHMn.jpg)
The Kai medley might be the single fucking coolest concert moment I've ever witnessed.
(https://i.imgur.com/xn4SiHN.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BZlFDz5.jpg)
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That's awesome TAC. I'm only a very very casual listener of Helloween, but I enjoyed reading that. I'm glad Kiske finally came back; I didn't see a reunion show but it seemed like a great success.
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That's awesome TAC. I'm only a very very casual listener of Helloween, but I enjoyed reading that. I'm glad Kiske finally came back; I didn't see a reunion show but it seemed like a great success.
Thanks Lethean. I think you're near Chicago? is that right? They're playing there next May.
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That's awesome TAC. I'm only a very very casual listener of Helloween, but I enjoyed reading that. I'm glad Kiske finally came back; I didn't see a reunion show but it seemed like a great success.
Thanks Lethean. I think you're near Chicago? is that right? They're playing there next May.
I'll probably check that tour out unless something else comes up. I saw Kiske with Avantasia so I didn't mind missing the 2018 tour too much. It was probably too close to ProgPower and the Angra tour that I saw a bunch of shows for.
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Amazing photos, TAC. Another show I’m super jealous of, as I have yet to see Helloween live.
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I shouldn't be surprised this is so high in here but I am. Speaks volumes this being at number 4 with the amount of shows you've seen.
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I shouldn't be surprised this is so high in here but I am. Speaks volumes this being at number 4 with the amount of shows you've seen.
It's really the years that I have spent listening to Michael Kiske. Even though his music hasn't always been :metal , I have always found it meaningful. His voice has a God-like quality to me in both his singing and overall message and approach. I have stayed extremely close to his career since he left Helloween. He just doesn't bring out great memories from being a kid, but has been even more impactful to me as an adult.
I'm truly grateful that I got to see him, and yeah, I've seen a lot of classic shows and all, but none really match the amount of appreciation that I had standing there. It was actually quite a fulfilling experience.
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Simply love the stories and write ups. You should have had your own radio show! :tup ;)
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I shouldn't be surprised this is so high in here but I am. Speaks volumes this being at number 4 with the amount of shows you've seen.
It's really the years that I have spent listening to Michael Kiske. Even though his music hasn't always been :metal , I have always found it meaningful. His voice has a God-like quality to me in both his singing and overall message and approach. I have stayed extremely close to his career since he left Helloween. He just doesn't bring out great memories from being a kid, but has been even more impactful to me as an adult.
I'm truly grateful that I got to see him, and yeah, I've seen a lot of classic shows and all, but none really match the amount of appreciation that I had standing there. It was actually quite a fulfilling experience.
This is awesome. I can relate even though it's with different bands.
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I shouldn't be surprised this is so high in here but I am. Speaks volumes this being at number 4 with the amount of shows you've seen.
It's really the years that I have spent listening to Michael Kiske. Even though his music hasn't always been :metal , I have always found it meaningful. His voice has a God-like quality to me in both his singing and overall message and approach. I have stayed extremely close to his career since he left Helloween. He just doesn't bring out great memories from being a kid, but has been even more impactful to me as an adult.
I'm truly grateful that I got to see him, and yeah, I've seen a lot of classic shows and all, but none really match the amount of appreciation that I had standing there. It was actually quite a fulfilling experience.
Fair play. Even though I'm not massive on this new Helloween, 10-20 years ago, we wouldn't believe in the slightest that this line-up would eventuate. So outside looking in, it's kinda a big deal. I get that.
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I shouldn't be surprised this is so high in here but I am. Speaks volumes this being at number 4 with the amount of shows you've seen.
It's really the years that I have spent listening to Michael Kiske. Even though his music hasn't always been :metal , I have always found it meaningful. His voice has a God-like quality to me in both his singing and overall message and approach. I have stayed extremely close to his career since he left Helloween. He just doesn't bring out great memories from being a kid, but has been even more impactful to me as an adult.
I'm truly grateful that I got to see him, and yeah, I've seen a lot of classic shows and all, but none really match the amount of appreciation that I had standing there. It was actually quite a fulfilling experience.
So there were two singers on stage that night? Michael and the guy that took his spot after he left? That must've been pretty cool.
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So there were two singers on stage that night? Michael and the guy that took his spot after he left? That must've been pretty cool.
Yes. The Helloween reunion returned singer Michael Kiske and original guitarist Kai Hansen, who actually sang on their first album when the band was just a 4 piece. But no one left so they're a 7-piece band with two singers and three guitarists.
Their first album was a lot more Thrashy than Power Metal, so the Kai Section of the concert was a damn frenzy.
I've always said that Keeper Of The Seven Keys Pt.1 is to Power Metal as Images & Words is to Progressive Metal. It is the blueprint for the genre.
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Your first concert had a pretty awesome DL setlist. I'd love to see that set today.
I never really got into Helloween. I can see why you rate it highly because of Kiske though since you've shared your feeling for him in the Avantasia thread. I probably should give Helloween a chance though, I just remember not liking it when I tried many years ago.
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Your first concert had a pretty awesome DL setlist. I'd love to see that set today.
It was a cool time to be a Def Leppard fan. The ONLY cool time to be a Def Leppard fan. :lol
I never really got into Helloween. I can see why you rate it highly because of Kiske though since you've shared your feeling for him in the Avantasia thread. I probably should give Helloween a chance though, I just remember not liking it when I tried many years ago.
They have a large discography and I don't know what you checked out. If you watch any of the United Alive footage from a couple of years ago, that'd be quite representative of what they're like today as a full band.
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Your first concert had a pretty awesome DL setlist. I'd love to see that set today.
It was a cool time to be a Def Leppard fan. The ONLY cool time to be a Def Leppard fan. :lol
I saw the March show when they opened for Billy Squier. I LOVE Billy Squier, and he put on a great show, but he STILL got blown off the stage by Def Leppard. They were a live force to be reckoned with. I get that it might be age, and the fact that DL was like my second or third concert (second, I just checked) but it seemed like back then you could tell a lot easier who was going to be great and who wasn't. I saw Maiden, Leppard, Bon Jovi, and Queensryche as opening bands, and maybe it's hindsight, or wishful thinking, but I feel like I could tell that they were going to be more than opening acts in the future (every one except for QR has headlined stadiums at some point later on). And I feel like that wasn't always the case. I don't want to name names, but one of Maiden's opening acts and one of Kiss's opening acts... didn't leave me with that impression, let's say.
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Sometimes it's just that simple, the opening band has "it".
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Weird.. I went to shake Stadler's hand tonight...
(https://i.imgur.com/zivrfCH.jpg)
:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :heart :heart
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re: Helloween show
I had a ticket to LA and couldn't go. So incredibly jealous, Tim. I have tickets to both LA and San Fran for next year. Here's hoping that despite the new record, I get to see just as much Keeper 1 and 2 material.
Kiske still sounds amazing.
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3. UFO
June 14th, 1986
The Living Room, Providence
Setlist:
Heaven's Gate
The Chase
Meanstreets
Too Hot to Handle
Name of Love
The Only Ones
Wreckless
Night Run
Only You Can Rock Me
Lights Out
Doctor Doctor
Shoot Shoot
(https://i.imgur.com/VJJYWSP.jpg)
So..you guys know I'm a huge UFO fan. They basically broke down/broke up in the Spring of 1983.
About a year and a half later, Phil Mogg reemerged and was putting together a new band. It wasn't originally to be called UFO. Apparently Yngwie met with him and thought he was so out of it that Yngwie took the offer from Graham Bonnet to join Alcatrazz.
In 1985, UFO released Misdeameanor. It was available as an Import and I got it! It was released un the US in 1986, but it was remixed with way more keyboards. It was nowhere near as good.
The lineup was:
Phil Mogg
Paul Raymond...former UFO/MSG/Waysted member (I love the guy! RIP)
Paul Gray...Former The Damned bassist who took over for Billy Sheehan on that final fateful 1983 tour.
Jim Simpson...ex Magnum drummer
Tommy McClendon aka Atomic Tommy M on guitar. A Mike Varney find in LA.
Pro sot video from Oxford UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fGCCITHDVM
Video Bootleg from Vienna 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4URSRBbxIyM
I have quoted my post from The UFO Discography & Listening Party Thread.
June 14, 1986
STORYTIME!!!
I was so excited when it was announced that UFO would be playing at The Living Room in Providence on June 14, 1986. It would be a couple of weeks after I graduated high school. I was 17.
There were a number of obstacles.
First, I had to convince my parents, or my father really, to let me go. This was at a club. I had been to many concerts by this point, but none would be at a club, or this late at night.
Second, in Massachusetts, anyone under 18 could not drive after midnight. With it being so late, I can't remember exactly where my father stood on taking us. Before I got my license, my father would take us to Providence, and keep himself busy while me and my friends were in the Civic Center. We would always meet him at the same spot. I am so grateful for the many times he did this for me.
As luck would have it, a girl I worked with, who was a couple of years older than me, her husband was a big UFO fan. He was also 23. I had met him a few times. So I bought his ticket, and the plan was that he would drive my car home. So now I had convince my father to let some dude 6 years older than me, who he didn't know, to drive us home at 1:00 am.
I have NO IDEA how I pulled it off. I know my father respected and knew I had a real love of music. And I was a good kid. I made a promise to myself that day. No beers. No weed. And I held it.
We drove to downtown Providence in the afternoon. It was pretty early. Now there are many hotels in Providence. But right in the center, we decided to hang outside of The Biltmore. It was the nicest hotel in the city. Not sure why. Not sure how. But we did. Now this is going to sound unbelievable, but we couldn't have been out there more than 15-20 minutes, and out the front door walks fucking Phil Mogg! :omg:
He was cool. We chatted and he agreed to take a couple of pictures.
(https://i.imgur.com/Zugnbjx.jpg)
Two of my best friends are on the right, and the short guy with the glasses is the guy that drove us home. He's actually wearing a Mechanix tour shirt, which he would end up giving to me.
(https://i.imgur.com/GaZ6I2p.jpg)
We probably hung around another hour or so. Bass player Paul Gray also came out and he freaking cool as hell.
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A bit later on, the tour bus pulled up, and they all ran onto the bus. I did have a hotel postcard that went onto the bus, and someone handed it to me with all of their signatures, including Paul Raymond. Unfortunately, that has not survived. We followed the bus to the venue. They went in for soundcheck, and we went to grab a bite to eat. We were back so when the doors opened, we were first in line.
We got our spots right at the stage.
Even though it was really a bastardized version of UFO, it was still Phil Mogg, but having Paul Raymond meant a lot to me. Not only was he part of the Classic UFO lineup, but he is also instrumental on MSG.
It was a long day, but the payoff was UFO finally taking the stage. I smuggled my camera and two extra roles of film. Prettty sure they were 36 roles, and for many shows, I might get a handful of good shots per role. For this show, changing film twice during the show, I got so many great shots.
(https://i.imgur.com/igqOdQ8.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8fMsZKY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Do3HgT9.jpg)
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Apparently I would have a conversation with someone this night that would pay some UFO related dividends six years down the road....
Not including days with my kids, or days when I was a kid with my parents, June 14, 1986 would be a Top 5 Tim Only Day. The next day, after developing my pics, I simply could not believe the previous day went off as it did.
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I love your stories where you met the band earlier in the day, got some pictures, and then saw them up close and got some more pictures of the show with the band almost looking like they are posing for your pictures. It shows a real, human, connection between the band and fans. It's something that still can happen today, but not every band is that friendly or interested because of how common it is today, but I'd imagine back then it was really special. No internet to find where the band might be, just pure luck and dedication.
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I love your stories where you met the band earlier in the day, got some pictures, and then saw them up close and got some more pictures of the show with the band almost looking like they are posing for your pictures. It shows a real, human, connection between the band and fans. It's something that still can happen today, but not every band is that friendly or interested because of how common it is today, but I'd imagine back then it was really special. No internet to find where the band might be, just pure luck and dedication.
This exactly.
I remember commenting on this show in the UFO thread - Paul Gray is holding a Miller Beer, the champagne of beers, and my personal go-to American beer - but I don't remember that Pete Way WASN'T there. Tim, did you ever see Pete Way live?
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That pro shot video of this tour is really cool. I enjoyed it a lot for what it is. Not classic UFO but very enjoyable. I thought both Misdeameanor and Ain't Misbehaving were really enjoyable.
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I remember commenting on this show in the UFO thread - Paul Gray is holding a Miller Beer, the champagne of beers, and my personal go-to American beer - but I don't remember that Pete Way WASN'T there.
Pete Way left after the Mechanix tour to form Fastway with Fast Eddie Clark. Fastway signed with Columbia I think, but Chrysalis wouldn't let Pete out of his contract to jump labels, so he basically gave away his songs.
Instead, he stayed with Chrysalis and formed Waysted.
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The UFO show sounds like an amazing experience for young TAC.
You seem to have a knack for meeting band members before or after shows. That makes for some great memories.
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Yet another great story and set of pics.
I had a similar tee shirt at the time 😀
Great legs btw😉
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TAC, I love this UFO write up. It's great when you meet a band and they're cool, and then they also put on a great show.
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You seem to have a knack for meeting band members before or after shows. That makes for some great memories.
My inner Forrest Gump.
TAC, I love this UFO write up. It's great when you meet a band and they're cool, and then they also put on a great show.
Thanks Lethean.
Great legs btw😉
I was rocking a great look, wasn't I?
Mullet..check
Tube socks...check
High top Nikes with shorts...check
Double laces...check
It does look ridiculous.....check! :lol
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I can't really rip on your outfit when Phil looks much worse :lol
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I can't really rip on your outfit when Phil looks much worse :lol
I was thinking the same. :lol
We all looked pretty silly in the eighties. We just didn’t know it.
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I was rocking a great look, wasn't I?
Mullet..check
Tube socks...check
High top Nikes with shorts...check
Double laces...check
It does look ridiculous.....check! :lol
But no BATTLE JACKET?! :lol
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That jacket is for anything else other than a battle. :lol
Working on my update right now...
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2. Iron Maiden
Waysted
March 30, 1987
Civic Center, Providence
Iron Maiden:
Caught Somewhere in Time
2 Minutes to Midnight
Children of the Damned
Stranger in a Strange Land
Wasted Years
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Guitar Solo-Walking On Air
Heaven Can Wait
Phantom of the Opera
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Iron Maiden
The Number of the Beast
Run to the Hills
Running Free
Waysted:
Toy With the Passion
Won't Get Out Alive
Heaven Tonight
Singing to the Night
Heroes Die Young
Wild Night
Walls Fall Down
(https://i.imgur.com/dY28aPH.jpg)
My all time favorite audience bootleg! Troy, NY
I find this to be so realistic and accurately shows what a Maiden show was really like
Nice view of Nicko too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu64ESskzR4
Pro shot in Philly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1EE-YR4fi4
One camera pro shot in Paris (mostly on Bruce)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AchE4Ua4zE
Waysted-Sheffield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNVLRTU3N8c
When Somewhere In Time came out, I thought it was their best album to date. I was very disappointed with Powerslave and the whole Live After Death experience. At the time, I thought it was all quite cliche. Somewhere In Time, on the other hand, sounded so fresh. It had a number of longer songs without them continually telling me they wrote long songs.
While I attended the Powerslave show, I was pumped for the Somewhere In Time show.
When people talking about setlist spoilers, I always think of this show. This is when you had no idea what a band was going to play until they played it.
Starting the show is Caught Somewhere In Time. This is my #3 all time favorite Maiden song. I do remember the intro to the show taking forever. Children Of The Damned was played third and I was so happy. It's also a Top 10 track, and I simply wasn't expecting it.
I remember wondering why the hell they were playing Rime Of The Ancient Mariner. Where was Alexander??
But the big shock that came out of nowhere was when they went into Phantom Of The Opera. Those first notes sent me into a frenzy. It was literally the last thing I was expecting.
What also made this show special was having Waysted open. yeah, they're a nobody to most every fan, but it was special for me. Waysted was formed after Pete Way, who left UFO to form Fastway, only to be unable to get out of his contract to change labels. Waysted were touring their third album and first with American vocalist Danny Vaughn, who would go on to form Tyketto.
Also part of the band was former UFO guitarist Paul Chapman, the man who played in UFO, both along with Michael Schenker in the early days, and then after Schenker left.
So I was seeing in front of me both Pete Way and Paul Chapman. Unforgettable for me.
Some pics!
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Waysted!!
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What an amazing combo and both bands I guess in their prime you would say. Incredible that you saw Walking On Air live in the flesh. I always loved that live piece.
Seeing Chapman and Way together here would have been amazing.
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Great legs btw😉
I was rocking a great look, wasn't I?
Mullet..check
Tube socks...check
High top Nikes with shorts...check
Double laces...check
It does look ridiculous.....check! :lol
Not in the least.
Mullet? Really? Doesn't look like it. At least no cheesy mustache as mine at the time :D
Tube socks: I'd have been wearing knee high whites.
High tops: I had Converse
Shorts: Mine would have been white, blue, or maroon.
Double laces: well ...yeah.... :lol
Ok, I guess I looked ridiculous as well....
I've only done a handful of concerts in the first five rows. How you managed to not to have diminished hearing.....
I know what each of those bands mean (meant) to you.
These write ups!!!! And all those pix!!! How you can take them while fist pumping or raising your at the time nonarthritic metal horns is beyond me :metal
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2. Iron Maiden
Waysted
March 30, 1987
Civic Center, Providence
One of those shows that I thought was really cool at the time but have almost no recollection of. Unlike you I was a big Powerslave fan, and I think I thought the show was a letdown after the previous World Slavery gig, which wasn't all that long before.
Waysted was funny. I always figured they were just a myth because they always cancelled their Dallas support gigs. I was supposed to see them 2 or 3 times and never did. In this case Vinnie Vincent opened.
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I would've loved to see Maiden on the Somewhere In Time tour. Still my favorite album and the one that really brought Adrian to my attention. Sadly, I was 10 when you were at this show and didn't even know who Maiden was. :lol
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Saw the Centrum show. That's when I was so drunk that 2 rows folded and I went head first into another set of chairs and hit my noggin.
When I came too, Eddie was on stage.
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Seeing Chapman and Way together here would have been amazing.
Danny's vocal on the Save Your Prayers album is Top 10 material for me....and I was a Fin guy!
Waysted was funny. I always figured they were just a myth because they always cancelled their Dallas support gigs. I was supposed to see them 2 or 3 times and never did. In this case Vinnie Vincent opened.
This was Waysted's second and last time through here. They opened the Ozzy/Motley tour in early 1983.
I would've loved to see Maiden on the Somewhere In Time tour. Still my favorite album and the one that really brought Adrian to my attention. Sadly, I was 10 when you were at this show and didn't even know who Maiden was. :lol
Adrian was great for that album, especially and including the Reach Out B side.
I was 18 y/o.
And all those pix!!! How you can take them while fist pumping or raising your at the time nonarthritic metal horns is beyond me :metal
The challenging part was changing rolls of film in virtual darkness. I think for this show, I probably just took a fresh 24 roll, or maybe a 36.
I had tix in SEC 6 which is the second group on the floor, with SECs 1-3 across the front of the stage.
There weren't many people in front of me in the section ahead of me, so we worked our way up for Waysted. As people filled in between bands, we never got displaced.
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This was Waysted's second and last time through here. They opened the Ozzy/Motley tour in early 1983.
No they didn't. :lol
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This was Waysted's second and last time through here. They opened the Ozzy/Motley tour in early 1983.
No they didn't. :lol
I was going to say...yes they did.
But then... :lol
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I would've loved to see Maiden on the Somewhere In Time tour. Still my favorite album and the one that really brought Adrian to my attention. Sadly, I was 10 when you were at this show and didn't even know who Maiden was. :lol
Adrian was great for that album, especially and including the Reach Out B side.
I was 18 y/o.
I LOVE Reach Out. I remember when I heard it I had no idea who was singing. Adrian has always said he's not a big fan of his singing voice but I love it. I have his A.S.A.P album that he sung on (very 80's sounding music) and it's why I love the Smith/Kotzen material so much. Adrian has such a bluesy voice.
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I have the vinyl of ASAP in my closet.
It's been ages since I've heard it.
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I saw this tour just a few weeks after you, on April 27, 1987. The only Waysted album I have is Vices, so I was just casually into them at the time and I don’t remember anything resonating with me at this show.
Not sure where the SiT tour would rank among all the Maiden shows I've seen, but I do remember thinking that the stage set was super cool.
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I'm kind of surprised that you liked Somewhere in Time over Powerslave; not sure why, maybe the synths and all that. I love the pictures though and it's another great write up. Stranger in a Strange Land is one of my favorite Iron Maiden songs.
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I did not see that Maiden tour, and I wish I did. Bruce's outfit belongs in the RnRHoF. :)
That was March of my sophomore year at Uconn so it's almost a given I was, um, waysted myself in some dorm room.
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Tim,
Incredible. Glad to see someone else have big time love for "Caught Somewhere in Time" and the whole Somewhere in Time album. I'm a also huge fan. Great pics as always.
It's funny how things change, I totally remember that feeling of not knowing what was going to be played, and the thrill you got when you got something that you wanted or didn't expect. I miss that feeling. I had a friend do that for Porcupine Tree (he's a huge, huge fan) when we saw them a few weeks back, and he loved every second. It takes a lot of discipline and staying off places like this forum to avoid it. I miss the feeling, but not sure I'll ever have it again. I like reading about the bands I love.
Take the upcoming Alter Bridge tour. I get to see them five times on the U.S. swing starting next year. There's NO WAY I won't be spoiled. But my daughter, who is a massive, massive fan as well - she goes in blind, and you can see it in her eyes how amazed she is. I took her to Unleash the Archers (another fav) and she literally gasped when they played her favorite tune. So I get to remember that feeling through her.
Anyway, great write-up, and fantastic memories. Thanks for sharing. :metal
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As a huge fan of SiT, this tour is something I would have loved to see. The setlist is really good too although I do agree with the oddness of having Rime in there, but that song is so damn good that I'd still be cool with it. Awesome pictures.
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I'm kind of surprised that you liked Somewhere in Time over Powerslave; not sure why, maybe the synths and all that.
I've talked about this before, but at the time, I was not a fan really of Powerslave. I actually saw the Piece Of Mind tour so I was eagerly awaiting their new album.
The single, 2 Minutes To Midnight, which I love today, but then it was disappointing. It used the same recycled riff that I had a half times over already in my collection. I thought Aces High was a cliche fast opener. Rime I didn't think was all that special and all they did in interviews was highlight the fact that they wrote a 13 minute song. But it just seemed long for long's sake. And I was turned off at how proud they are. And I also thought the Egyptian thing was also cliche. I didn't find anything about the album original.
I thought SiT sounded so fresh.
That all said, Powerslave has aged well, and SiT hasn't. I probably rank them somewhat evenly today.
It's funny how things change, I totally remember that feeling of not knowing what was going to be played, and the thrill you got when you got something that you wanted or didn't expect. I miss that feeling.
Those days flew the coup long ago with the internet. It's too bad.
I would again recommend you guys to click on the Troy NY Boot I linked. That is the truest representation of a Maiden show that I've ever seen, especially from the 80's.
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June 8th, 1992
The Ritz, New York City
Iron Maiden:
Be Quick or Be Dead
The Number of the Beast
Sanctuary
From Here to Eternity
Wasting Love
Tailgunner
The Evil That Men Do
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Fear of the Dark
The Clairvoyant
Heaven Can Wait
Run to the Hills
2 Minutes to Midnight
Iron Maiden
Hallowed Be Thy Name
The Trooper
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
Running Free
Dream Theater:
Pull Me Under
Under a Glass Moon
Metropolis Pt. 1
A Fortune in Lies
Learning to Live
(https://i.imgur.com/t4DsWG0.jpg)
Video Boot of Iron Maiden
It's a bit shaky but definitely watchable. In some spots, you can see my camera flash down in front of Dave and Steve.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5SoofegTwk
Audio Boot of Dream Theater.
Only Learning To Live is on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvSWzXSD42Y
I've uploaded their full set..
https://we.tl/t-f9IBXiVAYp
So..when Iron Maiden played at L'Amour's in 1988 before the 7th Son tour, my college roommate, who lived in northern NJ, and I pledged that if we got wind of anything like that happening again, we'd be there. Well, 2 years after college, it happened.
We went into the city early in the day. One of my best friends from high school (the guy that had Rik Emmett sing at his wedding...I've posted those pics) worked in NYC at the time, and we met him and had lunch at Planet Hollywood. And SoCo shots!
I remember lining up so we could get in when the doors opened. We got down to the front on Dave's side. I just remember thinking that I hope the opening band doesn't suck. Hell, I wish they didn't have to come on at all. I was on a huge Iron Maiden fever pitch. I loved Fear Of The Dark, which was such a huge improvement over No Prayer.
So this band called Dream Theater come on and they start Pull Me Under, not that I had any clue. When they hit the "Watch the sparrow falling", my jaw was on the floor. Holy shit, I thought. This band is incredible. They were so talented and tight.
I two main thoughts were that first, the drummer was incredible. By the time I figured out what he was playing, he was already playing something else. Other than Neil Peart, I had simply never been so moved by the drummer.
And secondly, and this is funny, but I thought the bass player was a madman! JM was at the edge of the stage in front of us. Seriously, I thought he was insane.
My only regret was not snapping a few pics, but I did not want to take a chance and get busted before Iron Maiden.
Iron Maiden was incredible. Seeing my favorite band on a small stage like this was truly amazing. There were no real surprises in the setlist, but I thought busting out TNOTB second song of the set was awesome. And they stuffed Fear Of The Dark in practically the middle of the set.
It was so cool to be so close to Dave. For the SiT and 7th Son shows, I was right in front of Adrian. So my pics from those shows are great, but unfortunately there's hardly any Dave.
Pics!
(I'm lucky to have this pics. Seems my negatives got jammed when they were developed. In this pic of the Marquee, in the lower right hand corner you can see an imperfection, and the pic of Bruce is almost ruined too. These are really the only decent pics I have from the show)
(https://i.imgur.com/AVDvMAG.jpg)
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Unfortunately, this great Iron Maiden show is shadowed by my discovery of Dream Theater. In fact, my all time favorite Maiden show is the Somewhere In Time tour, but the inclusion of Dream Theater nudges it past that show slightly.
I bought Images & Words and listened to it for what seemed like 2 years straight, only taking it out to listen to Live At The Marquee. There was no internet back then. I remember being at work and going through the Boston Phoenix, which was a free paper of mostly ads. It's where I would see who's playing in town. And low and behold, I see that Dream Theater is playing at Axis. Not 6 months from now. In like two weeks!! And then they came back in December, which I posted previously in the thread.
My musical life was forever changed, and had I not been at this concert, I'd likely not be here at DTF typing this.
Thank you all for your comments and reading this thread. It has been fun going through many of these shows and tours again. I scanned a ton of shit in for this. I'd come home from work, and my son, thinking I'll be scanning in more stubs and pics, would ask, "Dad, do you want me to turn the printer on for you?"
What's better than that?
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Awesome. What an incredible gig to be at. DT on I&W, and Maiden killing it on the FotD run. Damn! :metal
You've been inspiring me to do something similar, Tim. I guess my thing is, I didn't take many pictures. But I remember a lot. I made it a rule to never drink at a show. I made a couple of small exceptions over the years (I was pretty drunk when I got to Maiden in 2000 at the Garden, after attending a pre-show gig where I outdrank QR's later-on road manager before he got sober). But I sobered up quickly throughout Halford's set and remember QR and Maiden pretty well.
But yeah, I'm wondering if I should do something similar. Not sure folks here would dig it, as my tastes are a bit different, and I don't have a ton of pics. But even if I write it up for myself, it's probably worth it.
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I just realized that Theater on that Marquee was spelled as Theatr rather than Theater or even Theatre.
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Should have known. What a fantastic experience!!
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Awesome. What an incredible gig to be at. DT on I&W, and Maiden killing it on the FotD run. Damn! :metal
You've been inspiring me to do something similar, Tim. I guess my thing is, I didn't take many pictures. But I remember a lot. I made it a rule to never drink at a show. I made a couple of small exceptions over the years (I was pretty drunk when I got to Maiden in 2000 at the Garden, after attending a pre-show gig where I outdrank QR's later-on road manager before he got sober). But I sobered up quickly throughout Halford's set and remember QR and Maiden pretty well.
But yeah, I'm wondering if I should do something similar. Not sure folks here would dig it, as my tastes are a bit different, and I don't have a ton of pics. But even if I write it up for myself, it's probably worth it.
You should definitely do it. I'd love to read that. I just have my pics and my stubs so I like to share, but I'd be more interested in your thoughts and memories anyway.
I drank and will drink at shows, but I've been drunk just a handful of times. One time we went to see Mr. Big at The Living Room in Providence maybe in 1990 and they took one look at us, and wouldn't even let us in. :lol
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Yeah, should have known and picked this one. I loved IM on that tour. Donington 92 is one of my fav vids discovering them as a kid. The energy they had on that tour was immense.
Discovering DT like this though is certainly something else. :metal
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That is awesome TAC. I've been waiting for this post. I had been listening to DT for a few months the first time I saw them, had most of the albums, and even then my jaw was on the floor and I came away almost not believing what I'd seen. It was definitely a transforming experience for me.
I can't imagine what it would have been like to know absolutely nothing about them, wanting to just get it over with to get to the headliner, and then experience them for the first time live and up close.
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I can't imagine what it would have been like to know absolutely nothing about them, wanting to just get it over with to get to the headliner, and then experience them for the first time live and up close.
It was a combination of this...
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...and this..
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(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fkTCRWihPNo/hqdefault.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ab7NyKw0VYQ
I wish I could have seen this 2010 pairing. Jiffy Lube Arena near DC is a virtual cesspool for driving and parking on a week night, so I had to pass.
I can only relate as to what it's like to see a band that is basically an unknown as a Ute, and it ends up as a life changing experience. ;) :tup
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I wish I could have seen this 2010 pairing. Jiffy Lube Arena near DC is a virtual cesspool for driving and parking on a week night, so I had to pass.
That tour didn't come here and I was so pissed. I was trying to figure out a way for us to go to NY for it, but The Lovely Mrs TAC was having none of it. We may have gotten pretty heated too.
We ended up being rewarded with the last US DT headline show of the MP Era instead, which almost made the countdown.
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I wish I could have seen this 2010 pairing. Jiffy Lube Arena near DC is a virtual cesspool for driving and parking on a week night, so I had to pass.
That tour didn't come here and I was so pissed. I was trying to figure out a way for us to go to NY for it, but The Lovely Mrs TAC was having none of it. We may have gotten pretty heated too.
We ended up being rewarded with the last US DT headline show of the MP Era instead, which almost made the countdown.
I was at that show! I saw a couple of the Iron Maiden/DT shows but I really wanted to see some headlining shows as well. And I totally wanted to see The Count of Tuscany again.
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Awesome TAC! I know I didn't comment on this thread as the reveals came through but I really loved ready these write ups. I actually saw Iron Maiden live for the first time on the Fear of the Dark tour - this was at Festival Hall in Melbourne and that is probably my number 2 concert of all time.
And the fact you also saw DT as the support! WOW!
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I knew another Maiden show would be your #1, I just wasn’t sure which one it would be. Sounds like an amazing show. I did catch this pairing on the 2010 tour, but that’s nothing like seeing them in a small venue.
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I figured this was #1 going in but still, such a cool concert and story. Stadler mentioned something in another thread about the openers being really good and I said sometimes "a band has "it"" and I truly believe you experienced the same thing that night. Obviously I'm jealous of this show and many others you have seen, but at least I can say I also saw these two together on that final MP tour with DT :metal I defintiely think that SiT setlist was better, but I get it, DT would put this show over the top as it's such a memorable experience, not just to see a really good young band, but also how it lead you here like the rest of us. Thanks for sharing these concert stories.
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This was an excellent thread! Great stories! One question, you've mentioned it a few times; what's the deal with the illegal activity of taking pictures and getting tossed out of a venue like Jazzy Jeff?
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This was an excellent thread! Great stories! One question, you've mentioned it a few times; what's the deal with the illegal activity of taking pictures and getting tossed out of a venue like Jazzy Jeff?
Jeesh, you finally weigh in and then you go all Jazzy Jeff on me! :lol
You just never knew how security was going to react. I'd seen them have people remove their film a number of times.
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I wish I could have seen this 2010 pairing. Jiffy Lube Arena near DC is a virtual cesspool for driving and parking on a week night, so I had to pass.
That tour didn't come here and I was so pissed. I was trying to figure out a way for us to go to NY for it, but The Lovely Mrs TAC was having none of it. We may have gotten pretty heated too.
We ended up being rewarded with the last US DT headline show of the MP Era instead, which almost made the countdown.
Give it the Viper King treatment and add it on as a bonus, please. :tup
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This was an excellent thread! Great stories! One question, you've mentioned it a few times; what's the deal with the illegal activity of taking pictures and getting tossed out of a venue like Jazzy Jeff?
Jeesh, you finally weigh in and then you go all Jazzy Jeff on me! :lol
You just never knew how security was going to react. I'd seen them have people remove their film a number of times.
Yeesh, security and police can put a damper on things sometimes ;) ;)
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As I said in lonestar's thread, I am not a concert guy. Never have been. So have little to contribute to these threads. But I do read them and appreciate the thought and care you all put in to them.
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This was an excellent thread! Great stories! One question, you've mentioned it a few times; what's the deal with the illegal activity of taking pictures and getting tossed out of a venue like Jazzy Jeff?
Post more.
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Awesome. What an incredible gig to be at. DT on I&W, and Maiden killing it on the FotD run. Damn! :metal
You've been inspiring me to do something similar, Tim. I guess my thing is, I didn't take many pictures. But I remember a lot. I made it a rule to never drink at a show. I made a couple of small exceptions over the years (I was pretty drunk when I got to Maiden in 2000 at the Garden, after attending a pre-show gig where I outdrank QR's later-on road manager before he got sober). But I sobered up quickly throughout Halford's set and remember QR and Maiden pretty well.
But yeah, I'm wondering if I should do something similar. Not sure folks here would dig it, as my tastes are a bit different, and I don't have a ton of pics. But even if I write it up for myself, it's probably worth it.
Yeah, RJ and now TAC's lists have gotten me to at least try to make a master list of all the shows I've been to. I'd probably only have enough really good shows for a top 10, but I also don't have pictures in my personal collection for the most part or the sleuthing ability for digging up live footage.
I wish I could have seen this 2010 pairing. Jiffy Lube Arena near DC is a virtual cesspool for driving and parking on a week night, so I had to pass.
That tour didn't come here and I was so pissed. I was trying to figure out a way for us to go to NY for it, but The Lovely Mrs TAC was having none of it. We may have gotten pretty heated too.
We ended up being rewarded with the last US DT headline show of the MP Era instead, which almost made the countdown.
I was also at that last Worcester show thanks to the king and queen. How could a show where the whole audience was that close to heatstroke rank so highly :lol
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This was an excellent thread! Great stories! One question, you've mentioned it a few times; what's the deal with the illegal activity of taking pictures and getting tossed out of a venue like Jazzy Jeff?
Jeesh, you finally weigh in and then you go all Jazzy Jeff on me! :lol
You just never knew how security was going to react. I'd seen them have people remove their film a number of times.
Did you ever have an issue with your camera? I noticed on a lot of the ticket stubs it explicitly said no cameras. Did they check at the door and you had to hide it? I'm kind of curious since it was brought up and I've had my moments of being sneaky with a camera before.
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This was an excellent thread! Great stories! One question, you've mentioned it a few times; what's the deal with the illegal activity of taking pictures and getting tossed out of a venue like Jazzy Jeff?
Jeesh, you finally weigh in and then you go all Jazzy Jeff on me! :lol
You just never knew how security was going to react. I'd seen them have people remove their film a number of times.
Did you ever have an issue with your camera? I noticed on a lot of the ticket stubs it explicitly said no cameras. Did they check at the door and you had to hide it? I'm kind of curious since it was brought up and I've had my moments of being sneaky with a camera before.
There are about 100 or so ticket takers still talking about that guy whose cock looked square when he came through the turnstile. :)
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I was also at that last Worcester show thanks to the king and queen.
Yes, that was the first time I met Joe, and he introduced us. You were pretty lit I think. :lol
Did you ever have an issue with your camera? I noticed on a lot of the ticket stubs it explicitly said no cameras. Did they check at the door and you had to hide it? I'm kind of curious since it was brought up and I've had my moments of being sneaky with a camera before.
I actually never had an issue with my camera. I was told a couple of times "No pictures" by an usher but then I'd chill and snap off more later in the show. I used to put it right in my crotch. Never got busted.
I was recording shows for a while, and I got busted at The Strand in the bathroom setting up my tape recorder. I was in a stall, and a security guard noticed I was fiddling with something. They took my batteries. This was the A Change Of Seasons tour, but luckily, there was someone else that taped the show, which I have.
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I was recording shows for a while, and I got busted at The Strand in the bathroom setting up my tape recorder. I was in a stall, and a security guard noticed I was fiddling with something. They took my batteries. This was the A Change Of Seasons tour, but luckily, there was someone else that taped the show, which I have.
Care to rephrase that one! :D
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I should sig that.
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:rollin :rollin :rollin
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The wide stance must have tipped off the security guard.
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I think they heard a clicking sound.
....oh boy..
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I was also at that last Worcester show thanks to the king and queen.
Yes, that was the first time I met Joe, and he introduced us. You were pretty lit I think. :lol
Did you ever have an issue with your camera? I noticed on a lot of the ticket stubs it explicitly said no cameras. Did they check at the door and you had to hide it? I'm kind of curious since it was brought up and I've had my moments of being sneaky with a camera before.
I actually never had an issue with my camera. I was told a couple of times "No pictures" by an usher but then I'd chill and snap off more later in the show. I used to put it right in my crotch. Never got busted.
I was recording shows for a while, and I got busted at The Strand in the bathroom setting up my tape recorder. I was in a stall, and a security guard noticed I was fiddling with something. They took my batteries. This was the A Change Of Seasons tour, but luckily, there was someone else that taped the show, which I have.
See? You thought I was kidding with the "square" comment.
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That said….would it surprise you if I told you I have never heard one second of anything from these three bands?
Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys - pt. 1
Armored Saint: Symbol of Salvation
Go now. You're welcome.
I listened to this, Keepers Part 2, and someone's favorite #2 song FINALLY over the past two weeks.
Do I Remember A Life? from Michael Kiske's 1996 first solo album Instant Clarity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-QA4euTJDo
with this advice (don't quit on the piano outro!)
*****
I didn't like the band's artwork when I first heard of them, and had no one to steer me during that time, so I had no clue.
That, and...I just saw their 'I Want Out' video for the first time ever.
HOLY CRAP ON A CRACKER !!! :tup
I had only seen Michael Kiske in recent photos. Damn, him and the band were, shall we say, damn good looking back in the day.
I did my best to put my old fogey mind and ears to when these came out, and.....me likee a lot! :hefdaddy
He certainly would rank in my new Top Ten of favorite vocalists. What can I say....even an ostrich can pull his head out of the sand and alter his knowledge.
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Keepers Pt 2 is an amazing album. Remember, Kiske was only 20 when he recorded that, and just 18 when he recorded Keepers Pt 1.
I forget what I recommended to you Joe, but yeah, he's amazing on all counts.
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Keepers Pt 2 is an amazing album. Remember, Kiske was only 20 when he recorded that, and just 18 when he recorded Keepers Pt 1.
I forget what I recommended to you Joe, but yeah, he's amazing on all counts.
Yeah, what Kiske did on those albums at that age is nuts. I mean, he sounded SO good. And he replicated it live too. To be young again...oh wait, he still sounds like that. lol
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Is someone else going to do another concert countdown thread? I have my list moreorless done but I don't want to cut in line...
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Is someone else going to do another concert countdown thread? I have my list moreorless done but I don't want to cut in line...
I don't think anyone has dibs, so go right ahead.