I have been on a major nostalgia trip while play music tag, and thinking about live gigs I've been to.
so if we can have topics like best song ever, today was the day when
why not this topic
so who was the first band you ever saw live/ where / when time to rave or rank
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umm from memory, Tool, Wellington Town ...
umm from memory, Tool, Wellington Town Hall can't remember which year it was, bloody good time till someone pissed Maynard off, I think we were lucky to even get an encore, which he performed with his back to the crowd. I remember at one stage two eggheads at the line in Aenema, "fuck all you junkies and fuck your short memory" start shaking their heads, dumb asses.
Yay, Tool! How'd Maynard get annoyed?...
Yay, Tool! How'd Maynard get annoyed?
the rumour was someone threw a bottle ...
the rumour was someone threw a bottle and it hit Maynard, I think someone rang up Talk (Wellington Talk, the good one back in the day) and admitted to it, not sure if they were joking around or not though. Rumour also is that is why they skipped Wellington recently.
Bastards... Yeah, when I saw your ...
Bastards... Yeah, when I saw your original post I wondered if that's why they only did Auckland & Christchurch last year. Damn, wish I'd gone seen them... but I didn't like them enough then to pay $70!
I saw Tool in Auckland - It WAS a LONG ...
I saw Tool in Auckland - It WAS a LONG time ago - maybe '98 ..?
It was pretty good from what I can remember - they were all painted diff. colours and they were pretty strange.
Yay, TOOL! Maynard is so cool, I dunno ...
Yay, TOOL! Maynard is so cool, I dunno why the hell anyone would throw anything at him. I'd get shiity & not do encores & never go back if someone threw stuff @ me on stage!
because of one person everyone else ...
because of one person everyone else should suffer? That is pretty egotistical in my opinion.
oh yeah, good point. id be pretty ...
oh yeah, good point. id be pretty pissed to be a wellingtonian tool fan now.... hunt down the bottle thrower & kill
praise tool. i want them to come back ...
praise tool. i want them to come back so we can embrace their new stage show.
// Tool, Wellington Town Hall Woulda ...
// Tool, Wellington Town Hall
Woulda been '97. The Ænima tour. I got booted in the face by a crowd surfer at thet gig. Propeller (formerly Semi-Lemon Cola) opened.
Yeah that was the gig. Wow this thread ...
Yeah that was the gig. Wow this thread is still going.
I had purple hair because I couldn't find any blue.
Last years Christchurch Summer Jam was ...
Last years Christchurch Summer Jam was my first... Umm, it sucked, so I don't remember it well, but there was Garageland, Breathe, Zed, Killing Heidi & Stellar* I think...
First real concert was Live tho. (With Stabbing Westward & Slim opening) That was cool fun, since I was right up at the front.
<-------------------- old bastard...The ...
<-------------------- old bastard...The Clean, university riverbank in Christchurch, 1981 - skipped school ..
i remember that riverbank from ...
i remember that riverbank from 1987-91
i saw guys skulling eachothers urine - *shivers with nausea and dread*
bunch of pussies the lot of them. Back ...
bunch of pussies the lot of them. Back in the day is was just all good lovin' musical vibes - and me and a bunch of friends feeling self-conscious in our short-trousered school uniforms enjoying bunking school (as we used to call it down south)
//i saw guys skulling eachothers urine ...
//i saw guys skulling eachothers urine - *shivers with nausea and dread*
Let me guess - engineering students?
It is constantly a wonder to me why more buildings dont fall down. Or Bridges.
Well, not a band as such, but the first ...
Well, not a band as such, but the first artist I ever saw live was none other than Paul Simon. I was about 10 at the time, and I still remember it as being a great show. I've been a life-long fan of Simon's work - both with Garfunkel and alone.
The first actual band I saw live were the Smashing Pumpkins about five years ago at the SuperTop.
oh hell.....i think it was parachute ...
oh hell.....i think it was parachute and man was that full on for a 12 year old!! i had the time of my life, running around with a bunch of 22 year olds with no parental supervision.....hehe....but aside from that i havent seen that many bands live, i've been to a couple of parachutes, a couple of christian bands/concerts (all star united, steamer) and to the summer jam in ham town....killing heidi were my favourite band at that time so i luved that bit of it...thats all i can remember cus i didnt like the other bands (zed...need i say more..)...so i would be what you would call unexperienced in the live music feild...
actually i lie...tina turner would have ...
actually i lie...tina turner would have been my first concert...my mum had two tickets and so i went with her...(i was a keen 10 year old i tell ya!!)...we were so far back, all we could see was a frickin dot so i ended up falling asleep at mums feet while she sang her heart out with her lighter....
My first concert was Kiss in auckland, ...
My first concert was Kiss in auckland, my mum took me when i was 5yrs old, heres the set list.....
Detroit Rock City, Cold Gin, Strutter, Shandi, Calling Dr. Love, Firehouse, Talk To Me, Is That You, 2000 Man, Ace Frehley Guitar Solo, I Was Made For Loving You, New York Groove, Love Gun, Bass Solo, God Of Thunder, Solo, Rock And Roll All Night, Shout It Out Loud, King Of The Night Time World, Black Diamond
i dont remember a thing. (gutted)
hey me too! except it was athletic ...
hey me too! except it was athletic park. i was 4 1/2 yrs. my parents dressed me up as gene! the setlist was probably the same, all i can remember is shandi, dr love & the guitar & bass solos (is that where gene flew?) whre did u get the setlist info?do you know what the date was? maybe i was 5 too.
Wow, Shandi live. I'd be keen as nanas ...
Wow, Shandi live. I'd be keen as nanas to hear that. I've only ever heard the Unmasked (was it Dynasty?) version. New York Groove too. Ace Frehley rocks the free world.
12/3/1980 auckland heres the link ...
12/3/1980 auckland
heres the link for the set lists
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wish mine had been that . . . my ...
wish mine had been that . . . my parents thought I was too young : ( . . . missing it scarred me for life! . . . maybe.
Still, Faith No More on the "Angel Dust" tour wasn't too bad a starter : )
cheers geetar
PS: The Auckland concert was Ace's last proper one with KISS for 16 yrs, with an apparently "amazing sounding soundboard" bootleg of it floating about amongst traders (might have to get back into trading methinks)
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Yeah I was there at Western Springs. ...
Yeah I was there at Western Springs. Absolutely awesome. I'd done a runner 'cos I'd been grounded. Won't tell you what for but that night was magic. My first time in Auckland too! Still remember it almost like yesterday. Grown up since then. I think!
this ain't the first band i ever saw ...
this ain't the first band i ever saw but the first gig that had a huge effect on me was mountain rock '94. i don't remember who the headliners were but i remember seeing hlah and shihad and i was blown away by how grunty they were and more the fact that they were from wellington.
shihad town hall, that must be the best ...
shihad town hall, that must be the best 1st concert u could go 2! & it rocked! yeah yeah yeah! i wish i could hear you again live :( cause that would kick ass
which one at the Town Hall?...
which one at the Town Hall?
I guess technically my first gig was ...
I guess technically my first gig was Olly Olsen at Ozbo? day when I was a cub. It was at Fraser Park out in the hut and I had to get off the blow up castle early to get in to hear Olly belt out rocking tunes like the song about Fangface the Crimefighting werewolf.
My first real gig would have been the Exponents in Dunedin many years later.
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Olly Olsen.... what a legend! ...
Olly Olsen.... what a legend!
Arghroooooooooooooooooo,
arghr, arghr, arghr,
Arghroooooooooooooo,
something, somethiing, something......fangface!
Olly Olsen...hmmm that got me thinking ...
Olly Olsen...hmmm that got me thinking my first concert was actually Sesame Street Live and not Kiss, oh well both world clas acts!!! hehe
"keep cool (add hand gestures) til ...
"keep cool (add hand gestures) til after school". Im young again hahaha.
My dad dragged me & my bro along to the ...
My dad dragged me & my bro along to the 'Little River Band' at the Bowl of Brooklands when I was about 6. Looking back, I'm surprised my dad took me to the concert, I was one of those kids with boundless energy who'd run up and down the movie aisle.... I can't really remember if he spent the night chasing me or not.
thats like mums favourite travelling ...
thats like mums favourite travelling tape so i know all the damn words to every song on that tape...."happy anniversary baby...got you my miiiiiihhiiiiiiinnnnnndd!!"...i must say i am guilty of having the odd sing song with mama.....
first live gig i went to was dire ...
first live gig i went to was dire straits, mt smart stadium, but i dont really remember anything about it except the pretty lights they used (i was quite young).
yeah - dire straits in chch in 86 (?) ...
yeah - dire straits in chch in 86 (?) money for nothing... seeing the master on his guitar from about 30 rows back - waving my arms in the air like a 16 yr old (and I was too)... one of my 1st big solo trips away from home (southland)
then walking outside u2's streets have no names gig in chch... for zoo tv i actually bought a ticket - and man it blew my mind - all those big screens and shit
then shellac at oflaherties just recently - that's gotta be the best ever
HLAH - at the filthy State in Naps ...
HLAH - at the filthy State in Naps (fellow Hawkes Bayins will know what I mean) at the young and impressionable age of 15...was drunken disorderly no doubt, but I 'think' it rocked up...Big Blue Blanket...Shihad about the same time also...Jakob, countless times in the Bay.
ahhh let the good old times roll...
Uriah Heep in Wellington when I was ...
Uriah Heep in Wellington when I was about 7 with my Dad.
The first gig I went to on my own accord was Violent Femmes at St James Caberat in Wellington about 10 years ago....
i got grounded after going to that show ...
i got grounded after going to that show - it was at the st james theatre though, across from the (then state) opera house, wasnt it? i've seen them a few times, but can never remember seeing them at the james cab ... mind you, it seemes like they used to comer out to nz every quarter back then ...
Fat Mannequin @ the State of it in ...
Fat Mannequin @ the State of it in Napier, it was THE first gig at the State (late 1996) i think Big Blue Blanket or Anti-Ring finger opened up so that was my first gig. I was in Form 2 at the time. aah, Young Daze in Napier, i live in New Plymouth now.
Anyone know what happened to Anti-ring finger? are they still playing?
nope, they're history... dimi's in ...
nope, they're history... dimi's in wgtn - anybody know where maya and d ended up?
ah yeah, i think i could fill ya in ...
ah yeah, i think i could fill ya in here... d is still a napier man, has since taken over the hanging tree studio engineering duties last i heard.
maia has just recently returned from new york a husband. is now carving marble sculptures for millionaires. dim says 'hullo ed', and says he and some downstagers will see you sat night with bells on. heard you're playing some sweet sounds for us good folk?
What about Hanging Tree from Napier? I ...
What about Hanging Tree from Napier?
I remember Dave Hannay had alot to do with Hawkes Bay music at the time.
Ahhhh... drunken nights watching Hanging Tree, Softcock Giraffes, Eskimo Chain and Premature Autopsy at The Cabana/Shakespare....
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yey olde hanging tree.... i remember ...
yey olde hanging tree.... i remember them.... now thats a looong time ago
Youre a bit older than me i guess. (im ...
Youre a bit older than me i guess. (im 18)
Much respect to Dave Hannay. if there was ONE person who introduced me to the world of Rock and Roll, it was Dave. pity my olds used to bag him every time he was mentioned in the paper.
Much respect.
Yeah Dave did alot for the youth ...
Yeah Dave did alot for the youth entertainment saga...my parentals were a little sceptical when I was a youngster... about these types of events. His name was pretty tainted around the old Bay. But those days rocked up... anyone remember Mogwai Saga & Happy Jars etc...poor excuses!
The old state rocked up...Old school shit. I used to love Anti-ring finger & BBB...
i used to go to school with the happy ...
i used to go to school with the happy jars,
any way that you know of to contact them?
be good to catch up with them again.
ZED - silencer would have to be my ...
ZED - silencer would have to be my first proper one *14yr old birthday vibes*....i mean - u cant really call truebliss a 'live band' experience, it was a performance - not really a concert. but ahhh - i have no IDEA why i went to truebliss....lol.
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my first was 99 big day out, i think it ...
my first was 99 big day out, i think it was regurgiator or powderfinger, or some other aussie band that was playing when i arrived.
Ummm.. First concert would have to be ...
Ummm.. First concert would have to be Zed silencer tour with Canvas & Heavy Jones Trio... It shoulda been Shihad @ Welly town hall... But nooooo... i stupidly sold that ticket.. *grumbles to self*