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Gordon Bennett 
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 Topic: Who was the first band you saw live?Posted: May 19 2005 at 20:31 |
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Erm.. I think it was some time in 1973/74 maybe ELP at Liverpool Empire or Hawkwind at Liverpool Stadium (now sadly demolished) Hayzy sayz indeed. |
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limeyrob
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 15:00 |
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Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Tour, Wembley. Can't remember exact date. 1975 or thereabouts. Excellent concert. Where else will you get Echoes as an encore
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:59 |
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I was there too in The Hague. Wonderful show. My nr. 1 wish would be ELP too, or it would be U.K. |
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Moogtron III
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:58 |
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That was my favorite tour. I was sober, so I enjoyed it all |
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Fragile
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:57 |
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Jeremy Bender
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Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:50 |
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KING CRIMSON 1996 DEN HAAG I WAS TEN. YESTERDAY I WENT TO BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS........AWESOME! I SAW NUMEROUS BANDS AFTER KC, BUT IF THERE IS ONE BAND I'D LIKE TO SEE ONCE IN MY LIFETIME, IT WOULD BE ELP........DON'T THINK IT'LL HAPPEN
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Syzygy
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7178 |
Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:24 |
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My first prog gig was Genesis at Stafford Bingley Hall back in 1976, the TOTT tour, though I'd been to a few folk festivals and I'd seen Steeleye Span at the Liverpool Phil before that. By a curious coincidence, I caught my first glimpse of the Sex Pistols on So It Goes when I got home from the Genesis gig. I didn't get the Pistols at all until a few months later when I discovered the joys of pogoing at a friends party while wired on a deadly mixture of Woodpecker cider and Players No.6, plus whatever had been added to the fruit punch
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |
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Heptade
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Joined: May 19 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 427 |
Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:13 |
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Pink Floyd, 1988, Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, Toronto. 14 years
old, and I stole a bunch of liquor from my parents and mixed it together. After vomiting, I really enjoyed the flying pig etc. |
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Henkka
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Joined: May 16 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 44 |
Posted: May 19 2005 at 14:07 |
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Well, there's a lot of users here who saw their first show back in the 70's. That's old to me! :) I don't mean that in an offensive way, I just thought the majority of the people here would still be in their teens. Edited by Henkka |
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ita_prog_fan
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Joined: April 20 2005 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 258 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 15:12 |
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Oh dear ! Don't be afraid !
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WillieThePimp
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Joined: May 02 2005 Location: Bryan, Texas Status: Offline Points: 421 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 15:07 |
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Well for me it was the Sesame Street Tour with big bird on vox and oscar on the drums (no doubt) in '87. The first small venue show I went to was Opeth in 2002, during the Fair Judgement Tour.
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You can't possibly hear the last movement of Beethoven's Seventh and go slow. ~Oscar Levant, explaining his way out of a speeding ticket
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 14:41 |
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soooo...how "old" is old ?
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silvertree
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Joined: December 31 2004 Location: France Status: Offline Points: 317 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 13:35 |
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Will you believe me if I told you that the first artist I saw in concert was... Phil Collins for his No Jacket Required tour... |
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Moogtron III
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Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 13:29 |
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I guess Rainbow in 1982 or something, my 1st concert. My "peer group" was into hardrock, most of my friends... They were analyzing the percentage of guitar solos on any given metal album. So like: I bought the new Scorpions album, it has 40% guitarsolo on it. Rainbow was one of the bands that were allright with me. If I should have known Yes or Genesis at the time, things would have been a lot better, though. It could have been an other hardrockgroup for my 1st concert. Genesis was the 1st band I really wanted to see myself. I didn't have any progressive mates in 1987 (now I do), so I went by myself to see them. A progrockmagazine, Sym-Info, attended the concert and handed out free issues of their magazine. I discovered a world I didn't know of before. Progrock. I discovered lots of bands I never heard of before, and became a progfan for life. |
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Henkka
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Joined: May 16 2005 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 44 |
Posted: May 18 2005 at 12:03 |
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I didn't realize so many of you guys are so old. My first mention-worthy show was Paul McCartney about a year ago. Meh. |
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lpd42
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Posted: May 18 2005 at 11:01 |
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Pink Floyd, Division Bell Tour. (in either Cleveland or Cincinatti ohio, can't
remember which...) That was definately the best show I could have had for my first (I was 14 at the time). Inflatable pigs coming out of the speakers, the giant video screen, "Dark Side of the Moon" played in it's entirety for the second set, and a near infinite number of joints! (later shows include Bob Dylan, Sunny Day Real Estate, Legendary Pink Dots (who are proggish enough to deserve some reviews on this site, I'd be more than happy to do them!) ,Metallica, Ramones, Soundgarden, Violent Femmes, Rancid, Misfits\Black Flag, The Pretenders, Neil Young, Black Heart Procession, GWAR, Insane Clown Possee, Twiztid and many others!) |
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Blarg! My cheese has bones!
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rushaholic
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Joined: May 13 2005 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1141 |
Posted: May 17 2005 at 22:33 |
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Mine too! Moving Pictures in 1981 (I think). Absolutely fantastic! |
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The-Bullet
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Joined: January 23 2005 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 401 |
Posted: May 17 2005 at 21:59 |
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Theakston's music festival 1982 near wakefield -
Marillion Huang Chung - lots of beer cans hurled 
Lindisfarne Blues Band Jethro Tull |
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"Why say it cannot be done.....they'd be better doing pop songs?" |
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gr8dane
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Joined: May 11 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1127 |
Posted: May 17 2005 at 21:49 |
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Deep Purple March 1972.Copenhagen Denmark.Brilliant Year after, Led Zeppelin. |
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Posted: May 17 2005 at 21:13 |
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Yeah, I dug it up from page 73 or something..way, way down the list of topics..and it's become a hit again |
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