First Concert (don't judge)

[folksnake]

There were so many college goons there that Nirvana stopped playing and walked off the stage....

What were they doing, Spoony? Just not paying attention, or what?

[dave from knoxville]

It was supposed to be Black Sabbath, in 1970 or 1971, but Ozzy didn't show up, so we got a double dose of Black Oak Arkansas.

So how many times did they play Jim Dandy and then smash a washboard Dave.

Jim Dandy was only played once, but they did play a 25 minute version of "When Electricity Came To Arkansas." They were still all just as proud as punch.

[Stan]

Grateful Dead, 9/3/77, Englishtown, NJ (Dick's Picks 15).

 I saw traffic stopped from that show at the intersection of Routes 79 and 516 in Matawan, ten miles from the venue.

[Spoony]

What were they doing, Spoony? Just not paying attention, or what?

They were brawling. I think this was around In Utero, so they were as big as they were going to get. The place was like a saloon you see in the westerns, where everyone is throwing each other over tables and through windows. It was such a slugfest. I was seriously worried I was going to have an arm broken since I wasn't a big kid by any means. Afterwards, I thought every show would involve survival instincts.

[Julie]

I hope you didn't weigh 500 lbs. then if you were wearing hot pants.

I used to be very skinny. Being very skinny can lead to being very fat.

[andrew in philadelphia]

1st gig accompanied by a parent: tony bennett with my dad at the academy of music in phila around age 15.

1st gig unchaperoned: dookie-era green day at the old philadelphia civic center when i was 15.

followed by megadeth at the same venue months later.

concluding with mike watt at a smaller rock club venue in chinatown shortly after that. that was pretty much the end of the line for me. once i saw heroes like watt and pat smear driving their own vehicles to the gigs and loading their own gear - my entire thought process of what rock n' roll was all about was blown to smithereens. up to that point, i just assumed that bands flew 1st class from town to town on the record label's dime and stayed in the finest of hotels. actually seeing that that way wasn't necessarily written in stone was pretty heavy on me. also, getting to see bands i loved up close in tiny rooms pretty much ended any desire i had to see/hear them from row 90 in some arena.

[chrisfoll577]

mine was alanis morissette at great woods in 1996 when i was fifteen... a little alt-rock band from oxford, england named radiohead opened for her. i wondered what happened to them?.......... and yes, i hate it when people talk like that. 

[samir]

mine was alanis morissette at great woods in 1996 when i was fifteen... a little alt-rock band from oxford, england named radiohead opened for her. i wondered what happened to them?.......... and yes, i hate it when people talk like that. 

they made that one album about a computer, and then sort of fell off the radar.
alanis went on to become a movie star.
what's up with the world?

[A.M. Thomas]

Bad Religion sometime in 1999 [I think].

[ughwhy]

My first chaperoned concert was Sharon, Lois, and Bram. My first unparented concert was the 1997 HORDE Festival in Saratoga Springs. My friend's stepdad took me and another friend. He really wanted to see Primus. We really wanted to see Kula Shaker. Don't judge. Beck wore a sailor hat. Mike Doughty ranted about rope. We left during Neil Young. It's been uphill from there.

[Spoony]

they made that one album about a computer, and then sort of fell off the radar.
alanis went on to become a movie star.
what's up with the world?

I'm no fan of her music, but that woman works really hard to make me like her. Everything she does is so smart-assed I can't bring myself to dislike her.

[cutout]

My first show was Billy Idol in 1986 at the Norfolk Scope. My mom took me and I wore parachute pants.

The opening bill was a blur, but someone later told me it was the Blake Babies (Juliana Hatfield). Would that even be possible? All I remember is that the Harley Davidson dudes in attendance pretty much booed them off the stage, and before they exited, they tossed playing cards into the audience with little messages printed on them.

[Martin]

The Creeps in 1988 or 89. I was 12-13.

[WavyGravy]

3 days of Phish man

[mokin]

David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails at the Camden Waterfront in 1995. I was 15 years old. I was staying with my best friend for the weekend, and he had tickets, so I went. I wasn't really into David Bowie or Nine Inch Nails at the time. In fact, the kids who were into NIN scared the crap out of me. A lot of the same kids were into Marilyn Manson.

One memorable moment was when Bowie played The Man Who Sold the World, and this girl turned around and asked us, "Isn't this a Nirvana song?"