Rock Groups In Your High School?

Thought this might be kind of fun-

When you went to high school, did you see any rock bands play there at the Dances, or were there just DJs?
    Though i went to high school a long time ago (1976-1980), i have fond recollections of several bands i saw there, and all the concerts were good ones, and the highlights of my high school years!

I saw-

Rose
The Stampeders
Moxy
Avalon
Madcats
Consilium
Teaze
100 Proof

   Who were you lucky enough to see, prog or otherwise, at your high school?

When I was in high school (mid 80s), parties were usually DJ-driven.  Very occasionally, a student band would play for a school assembly (seeing guys I knew perform "Message in a Bottle" for the school was probably a key event in my desire to play in a band myself -- I was sooo awestruck and wanted to be up there too. Incidentally, one of those guys later became the drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls!), but school dances were all about listening to records playing the greatest hits of the day ("Super Freak" was my favorite).

However, in college, band parties were much more common.  These involved heavy drinking and that always went well with live music.  They usually came in three forms:  a) southern rock bands playing "woo hooo" music, b) skinny, artsy REM-like bands (for the intellectual crowds; REM was only starting to get national attention), or if you were lucky, c) funk bands.  I say "lucky" because although I wasn't really into funk then, those always created the most fun atmosphere, more people dancing, more people screwing, all that jazz.

As a side note, it's worth mentioning that the grunge explosion seemed to happen almost precisely at the moment I graduated from college.  The difference in parties before and after I graduated was astounding.  Before I graduated, it was Bobby Brown.  After I graduated, Pearl Jam.  Same people dancing.


Edited by HolyMoly - March 19 2013 at 12:05

I never went to any dances or parties when I was in high school, but I am pretty certain that they were just DJ driven.  I don't really remember anyone having bands that actually played gigs while we were in high school. 

A couple of these guys went to my high school way back in the late 70s, early 80s.  Not sure if either of them is still in the band and they play metal so I never got into them anyway.  An early version of the group played at our high school graduation including a really long version of "Freebird" (not surprising for 1981).

When i was at college, Doug and The Slugs played there fairly often (early 1980s)

I have the same predicament as smartpatrol; although, most of the bands that would play for high schools here aren't really that great. Probably DJs, most of the time.

I was at school with Adrian Borland who was in a band called The Sound, who were a fairly popular indie band in their time. He did a gig in our school hall with a band made up of teachers as support. There was a minor riot and the headmaster banned any future gigs.

Dean wrote: chopper wrote: I was at school with Adrian Borland who was in a band called The Sound, who were a fairly popular indie band in their time. He did a gig in our school hall with a band made up of teachers as support. There was a minor riot and the headmaster banned any future gigs.   Adrian sadly committed suicide a few years ago. Adrian's death was sad news, may he rest in peace. Jeopardy is one of my favourite post-punk albums.

Sad indeed. His gravestone is in the same row as my parents', it's looking a bit neglected these days.

Deathcore.... it's all deathcore