well time to think back to that first time you saw your first show concert,whatever, me due to hairmetal phase was bon jovi then after that i went to the stadium tour (def leppard, motley crue,joan jett,poison,)
Sure it was! The Venue was called “Catedral del Metal” (The Metal Church or something like that ) cause’ there were so many thrash and Death metal gigs at late 80’s early 90’s. In fact, Demolition Hammer played If Im not wrong their first International gig rigth there with Cancer (UK).
Heiderroosjes 9th of september 2001 (punk band from the Netherlands)
My first Metal concerts couldn't be better 🤘😁🤘
Iron Maiden - Bospop 2005 on their amazing 'Early Days' tour, playing some stone cold classices from Iron Maiden, Killers, Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind....What an amazing concert!
hm...my first gig i saw (from a band with at least 1 album and/or international knowing) was:
Disastrous Murmur - Album release party to Rhapsodys in red (1991 or 1992 it must be...i think)
My dad said "wanna see the Beatles" when I got home after school. I was thinking he was talking about going out to the airport to see them arrive? It was windy, wet and miserable so I said "No". Later my father "better give the tickets to someone else" and the penny dropped. Much panic but we got there! Like many, I had a couple of 7" singles 45 rpm and a huge fan. Obviously never seen anything like it and pretty awestruck. Yeah a couple Vox AC 100's guitar amps on stage didn't cut through the constantly screaming girls much but down near the front we could actually hear them and see them! My father was into boxing and knew someone there so was very lucky indeed. 😅
Haha trust me, wild screaming pre-teen girls is not a pretty sight. 😂 "Beatlemania" was a weird phenomena of the times. Luckily Jim Marshall came along and the stacked backline was born. First metal gig would be '71 Ian Gillan Deep Purple followed by the loudest being Led Zeppelin '72 and Black Sabbath '73🤘
LOL 😂 It really was all new and exciting. 🥰 Here's my. Setlist FM of many of the concerts attended. Been a great ride and still going. Kreator next week!. 🤘 https://www.setlist.fm/concerts/SurfingCronulla
my mum dragged me to an engelbert humperdinck concert sometime in 1984 or so....I'm still a huge fan today!
that aside (if I discount a local heavy metal band called R.I.P. which played at the village fair in 1990), it was Black Crowes / Mötley Crüe / AC/DC / Metallica in Basel in 1991, which was the first show for which I actually bought a ticket and went to myself
1988 AC/DC Blow up your video tour Brussels Vorst Nationaal
Opening act Dokken Back for the attack tour
600 Belgium frank = 15 euro / 16$ / 13,50 pounds
Good old memories
Around the same year : Cyclone at a local cafe De Familia in Stockel ( Brussels )
It was a baptism of fire for sure! Incredible crowd too, really partisan Motor-maniacs as you might imagine. I think they were touring the 1916 album at that point, which I really like (probably why I went to see them, in fact, lol)
motley crue bored me to death but def leppard woke me up
and poison and joan were very sweaty cause it was like 90 degrees and i was dressed in my old vest and a leather spike bracelet and the stadium was packed no pit sadly
1976, I saw the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. I don’t remember what they played. I had a good time though. And then I saw an opera, 1977. Don Giovanni. Another good show. First rock concert I saw was 1982, a Seattle band, Rail. They were great.
Autopsy, Bolt Thrower and Pestilence. February 1990 in ‘t Beest in Goes, the Netherlands. I had just turned 14 and went with a friend who’s father drove us there. Legendary gig and I remember being blown away by all the bands but Bolt Thrower especially. I think shortly after that it was Gorefest, who were a local band. It was before the release of their Mindloss album but they already were quite a big deal in the scene.
My first concert was Iron Maiden (Somewhere On Tour) at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA on 30 March, 1987. UFO bassist Pete Way's band at the time, Waysted, was the opener. To think that I saw Pete Way and Steve Harris at my first show and somehow didn't become a bassist is insane!
The wiggles, 2016 (I think). But my first metal show was megadeth and in flames march 2023. Most of the bands that I’m into don’t come out to Australia very often
If you ever sell the Gravesend piece, lmk
Sköal yeah, börther
Sick one!
A absolute beauty
Sick patch!
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Nice Maiden tape..
Thanks man! They must be sold out by now yeah
Nice pins..
Wow!!! What a treasure, congratulations Jeff a real jewel in your amazing collection
sale or trade?
Love this vest ! Every bands killer and I love the old school look !
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KISS Love Gun/AliveII....KISS always puts on a hell of a show!
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Rammstein, with Combichrist opening. May 5, 2011.
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That sounds fucking rad... I was huge into industrial back in 2011-2012
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Destruction and Violator, 2013.
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sounds like a hell of a show
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Sure it was! The Venue was called “Catedral del Metal” (The Metal Church or something like that ) cause’ there were so many thrash and Death metal gigs at late 80’s early 90’s. In fact, Demolition Hammer played If Im not wrong their first International gig rigth there with Cancer (UK).
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sounds like i need to make visit
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I agree
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I agree
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Heiderroosjes 9th of september 2001 (punk band from the Netherlands)
My first Metal concerts couldn't be better 🤘😁🤘
Iron Maiden - Bospop 2005 on their amazing 'Early Days' tour, playing some stone cold classices from Iron Maiden, Killers, Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind....What an amazing concert!
meaningless
hm...my first gig i saw (from a band with at least 1 album and/or international knowing) was:
Disastrous Murmur - Album release party to Rhapsodys in red (1991 or 1992 it must be...i think)
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Mötley Crüe and Whitesnake 1987..
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18th June '64 The Beatles in Sydney.
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Gotta ask, how was the show?
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Holy cow! ... we have a winner 🤘😅🤘 That must have been quite a happening and very special memory.
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My dad said "wanna see the Beatles" when I got home after school. I was thinking he was talking about going out to the airport to see them arrive? It was windy, wet and miserable so I said "No". Later my father "better give the tickets to someone else" and the penny dropped. Much panic but we got there! Like many, I had a couple of 7" singles 45 rpm and a huge fan. Obviously never seen anything like it and pretty awestruck. Yeah a couple Vox AC 100's guitar amps on stage didn't cut through the constantly screaming girls much but down near the front we could actually hear them and see them! My father was into boxing and knew someone there so was very lucky indeed. 😅
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Great anecdote! It seems not only the Beatles were impressive, but also the wild girls 😂
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Haha trust me, wild screaming pre-teen girls is not a pretty sight. 😂 "Beatlemania" was a weird phenomena of the times. Luckily Jim Marshall came along and the stacked backline was born. First metal gig would be '71 Ian Gillan Deep Purple followed by the loudest being Led Zeppelin '72 and Black Sabbath '73🤘
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Wow. You were born just at the right time to see literally everything interesting happen live. I am humbled.
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Holy cow! Purple, Zeppelin, Sabbath...You've seen the best in the business. Anything you missed? 😂
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LOL 😂 It really was all new and exciting. 🥰 Here's my. Setlist FM of many of the concerts attended. Been a great ride and still going. Kreator next week!. 🤘
https://www.setlist.fm/concerts/SurfingCronulla
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Juicy list of concerts you attended. Amazing!
Muddy Waters, Queen, Rory Gallagher, the Stones.... Awesome! Thanks for sharing 🤘
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Twisted Sister 1985, Sydney, Australia.
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wooooowww, that must've been excellent
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Dropkick Murphys in 2007 at the Warfield in LA, with The Briggs and The Tossers supporting.
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Ozzfest 2002, Mountain View, California
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Rolling Stones in 2002.
First metal concert Iron Maiden in 2009
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Before The Dawn in Tuska 2007.
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my mum dragged me to an engelbert humperdinck concert sometime in 1984 or so....I'm still a huge fan today!
that aside (if I discount a local heavy metal band called R.I.P. which played at the village fair in 1990), it was Black Crowes / Mötley Crüe / AC/DC / Metallica in Basel in 1991, which was the first show for which I actually bought a ticket and went to myself
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Joe Satriani, in 2008. And first metal concert was also Iron Maiden, in 2009.
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Aside from local metal hc punk shows in the early 90's, my first big concert was Beastie Boys check your head tour September 1992.
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yeah, that must've been excellent! well I think it's booty! that's what it is!
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1988 AC/DC Blow up your video tour Brussels Vorst Nationaal
Opening act Dokken Back for the attack tour
600 Belgium frank = 15 euro / 16$ / 13,50 pounds
Good old memories
Around the same year : Cyclone at a local cafe De Familia in Stockel ( Brussels )
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19 Feb 1991 seeing Motorhead at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, with The Almighty as support. Couldn't hear a thing for about 2 days afterwards.
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Stone 'Deaf' forever 🤘😂🤘
Wow! Great first gig man. Must have been quite impressive.
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It was a baptism of fire for sure! Incredible crowd too, really partisan Motor-maniacs as you might imagine. I think they were touring the 1916 album at that point, which I really like (probably why I went to see them, in fact, lol)
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motorhead hell yeah man
sandmanforce
Drakula Festival 1990 februar In Budapest. There were Hungarian bands as Pokolgép, Ossian, Moby Dick, and others Hehe
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This is so amazing!!
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sounds cool
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Iron Maiden Legacy Of The Beast live August 2018 in Saint Paul MN my First Concert
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why wasnt i there he thought as he sowed angrily listening to one by metallica
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it was fun i had a good time there
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motley crue bored me to death but def leppard woke me up
and poison and joan were very sweaty cause it was like 90 degrees and i was dressed in my old vest and a leather spike bracelet and the stadium was packed no pit sadly
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also my grandma brought me to both of my first concerts
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that's cool
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i went with my couple metal classmates friends who knew me in high school went to iron maiden concerts with me
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that would be better than with family
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yeah
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but i did see tits when tommy from motley crue said he was suprised he hadnt seen any then some 28 yr old flashed the stage
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cool
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That happened when i saw them to but it was awkward since i was there with my dad lol!
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Children Of Bodom in December 2005, right before they turned into garbage.
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11/11/1984, Iron Maiden/World Slavery Tour, Motley Crue supported.
meaningless
oh damn dude...seriously?..hahahahahaha...damn
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:) Seriously, in my hometown....it was a blast !!!
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yeah..i can imagine!!! DAMN IT......Maiden + Mötley Crüe...on their World Slavery Tour....god damn it..hahaha
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Genesis on the last domino tour. It was a great show!
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Damn dude I'm so jealous that you saw Genesis, GG for your first concert, a masterpiece !
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Slayer on their last leg of their final tour. One hell of a first I must say
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Velvet revolver in 2004 I think it was. I was 11 I'm pretty sure.
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Wâldrock Burgum 1991 (with Sepultura, Candlemass, Sacred Reich...) made the biggest impression (I was 12).
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1976, I saw the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. I don’t remember what they played. I had a good time though. And then I saw an opera, 1977. Don Giovanni. Another good show. First rock concert I saw was 1982, a Seattle band, Rail. They were great.
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Autopsy, Bolt Thrower and Pestilence. February 1990 in ‘t Beest in Goes, the Netherlands. I had just turned 14 and went with a friend who’s father drove us there. Legendary gig and I remember being blown away by all the bands but Bolt Thrower especially. I think shortly after that it was Gorefest, who were a local band. It was before the release of their Mindloss album but they already were quite a big deal in the scene.
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reminds me slightly of my first death metal show
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Jo Bench lookin fine!!! Are these photos you took?
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that sounds sick fr
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Ozzfest 2004 was my first metal concert. But technically Britney Spears was my first real concert experience. It’s laughable
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B-52's when I was 6 months old (:
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My first concert was Iron Maiden (Somewhere On Tour) at Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI, USA on 30 March, 1987. UFO bassist Pete Way's band at the time, Waysted, was the opener. To think that I saw Pete Way and Steve Harris at my first show and somehow didn't become a bassist is insane!
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Mötley Crüe/Skid Row Oslo 1989
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Michael Graves era Misfits 🤷
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GNR...with Skid Row 1992
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hevisaurus or some shit
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Iron Maiden, legacy of the beast tour '22, Spokane
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It was Ugly Kid Joe in 1992
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The wiggles, 2016 (I think). But my first metal show was megadeth and in flames march 2023. Most of the bands that I’m into don’t come out to Australia very often
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The wiggled are some heavy shit man
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My dad dragged me along to a Kiss concert when I was like 6. I was terrified at the time lol but looking back on it I’m really glad he took me
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X-Mas Festival 2003 with deicide, destruction, amon amarth, nile, dew-scented, misery index, disbelief, graveworm
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Sisters of Mercy along with New Model Army back in 1997
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Gwar 2000 in Zeche Carl in Essen "Germany must be destroyed".
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Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier tour with Dream Theatre opening