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This goes back to the late 60's.



My Dad worked for IBM in upstate New York and IBM had a huge recreational center for its employees and that is where they played. I must have been 13 years old and I remember being amazed that such a great band was playing locally. LOL.

Stevie Wonder at the Bitter End.

The mighty Jay geils Band. I must have got lost, I must have got lost, I must have got lost, somewhere down the line

Ebba Grön, legendary Swedish punk-rock band that super big in Sweden. Was not really a fan but they had a gig at the local youth-center so me and the rest of the pack went there....I pretty sure scenes in this vid is from just that gig http://v.youku.com/pad_show/id_XMjI5MzY ... 25C3%25B6n

Zeppelin at Knebworth, first show, 1979.
I was 16, never been to any kind of "music concert" before. In at the deep end...

1970
Hungarian band Omega,

https://youtu.be/QhQdIAj70ec

Bill, stop phishing for my security questions

1983: Sammy Hagar (Three Lock Box tour) and Night Ranger (Dawn Patrol tour).
Parents said I couldn't go, but I snuck out and went anyway. Next morning mom was livid, dad was surprised (you went?!?).

My first big concert was the surf show
Beach boys
Safaris
Jan and Dean
Paul and Paula
Roy Orbison
Doug Parkinson

about 23 years too late... but i saw these guys in '90

Trick wrote:Ebba Grön, legendary Swedish punk-rock band that super big in Sweden. Was not really a fan but they had a gig at the local youth-center so me and the rest of the pack went there....I pretty sure scenes in this vid is from just that gig http://v.youku.com/pad_show/id_XMjI5MzY ... 25C3%25B6n

They were great.

Intensity, anger and a whole lot of heart. Nowadays many have lost their hearts and are only angry.
Maybe we should try to play more of this kind of music to bring back at least a little bit of heart to the people?

Almost went to see these guys during their tour of the USSR in 1977, but we ended up listening to them from the outside...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c0ud7QSZnM

The first actual live concert was Peter Gabriel in Vienna, the whole 15 years later. (Which was an absolutely mind-blowing experience...)