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binnie
08-18-2006, 09:12 AM
What are the moments from gigs lodged in your memory?
Might not be the best gig/ performance you've ever seen, just an anecdote, catching a band play a song live that they rarely do, or whatever.
binnie
08-18-2006, 09:16 AM
Mine was in 1997 at Leeds Town And Country (now closed) seeing Machine Head.
By no means the best gig I've ever seen (although they are a phenomenal live band) but the best experience I've had at a gig was when they played the song "violate"
This song is about someone's feelings towards their rapsit/ abuser. For the first hour of the gig the band had just blasted through their style of powerhouse metal - great.
But then they through this song in - starts off really slow and haunting, Robb Flyn snarling the lyrics out, and then it kicks in about five minutes later into full metal rage.
I have never, ever, seen a performnce of a song with more emotion or intensity. All the hair on my body stood, and I experienced a host of emotions as they played this uncomfortable, haunting masterpiece.
Stayed with me clearly ever since........
Shaun Ponsonby
08-18-2006, 12:09 PM
Some things that will always live with me...
The first time I saw Lemmy on stage, I just thought...My Alan, he's cool.
A drunk guy shouting at me in the bathroom at Judas Priest/Scorps and falling backwards into a cubical and passing out.
Dave saying "Look At All the people here toniiiiiight"
An over eager fan pulling David Coverdale into the crowd at the end of the gig
The heat of the room whilst THE WHO were playing.
Shaun Ponsonby
08-18-2006, 12:27 PM
Also...at a Southside Johnny gig last year, some guy randomly shouted out "I've just had twins"...so, of course, Southside was on him all night then. ("What, right there? Make a space for him. I didn't know men could. Or are you a very masculine woman?). But, the GRATE thing was, he managed to change the lyrics to half of the songs in the set to fit the word "Twins" in. The guy's GRATE.
Hardrock69
08-18-2006, 01:54 PM
Seeing Glenn Tipton's wireless guitar transmitter go on the fritz just as he was starting his infamous "one-note guitar solo" in the midst of Victim Of Changes in 1986
Tripping on acid while Rob Halford was screaming at me as I hung onto the front railing at my first Priest show in February of 1983
Seeing Van Halen blow Black Sabbath off the stage in Sept. of 1978 in Seattle.
Randy Hansen in 1980 on his tour for his Capitol Records Release "Millionaire"...I have never seen a guitarist showman like that anywhere else in my entire life...fucking amazing.
At that show (my best friend was tripping on acid) we were standing on the floor about 20 feet from the stage. It was a ballroom, and the main floor had tables and chairs around the back end of the floor...so anyway this teenager is standing on a chair in the middle of the crowd firing up a small bong....a crusty old Sherriff's officer walks up to him and taps him on the shoulder....the kid looks up and freezes....terrified.
The sherriff...(had to be in his 60s) just yells above the noise "YOU'LL HAVE TO GET DOWN OFF OF THAT CHAIR!!!".
The kid hurriedly nods yes and starts to get down, and by the time he is on the floor the sherriff had turned and walked away.
My friend and I looked at each other and I said "Did that just happen?".
Seeing Rainbow at Arrowhead Stadiumn in Kansas City in 1983 or so...Ritchie Blackmore destroys a Strat on the scaffolding that is holding the PA cabinets on the right side of the stage....there was a giant scrim (large piece of painted cloth) covering the scaffolding...about 80 feet high and 50 feet wide, and he tore a hole in it while doing so....as the band is playing I see some stage manager guy pointing at the tear and screaming bloody murder at some hapless roadie...
The year before I witnessed REO Speedwagon (don't laugh) at Royals Stadium in Kansas City...they were the headliners, and they played their hit song "Riding The Storm Out" During a heavy thunder/rain storm with lightning flickering above....one strike (nobody left...there were 65,000 people there) and there would have been thousands of fatalities.....the performance was later released on a greatest hits record...a Decade of something or other....I was there for the other acts (Pat Travers, Santana...oh and Little River Band) and thought I would hang around for the rest of the show.
All the times I saw chicks getting naked on their boyfriend's shoulders.....the best was on the Monsters Of Rock Tour at Royals Stadium in 88 I think.
During Kingdom Come's set, some chick gets up on her boyfriend's shoulders topless...and was getting more applause than the band....then later on during the Scorpions set, she got back up and was completely naked. The Scorpions were standing on the edge of the stage drooling at her with their tongues hanging out.
Seeing AC/DC August 31 in Seattle opening for Cheap Trick & Ted Nugent...I had never even heard of them before and they kicked the fucking shit out of Cheap Trick and made Ted actually work for his pay...
Seeing a new wave band called The Clocks open for Black Sabbath on their Heaven and Hell tour and get booed off the stage, leaving it ankle deep in change and trash....and then having Black Sabbath come out and kick our fucking asses....
Laughing at any lame act unforuntate enough to open for CVH...like "The Scream" and "G-Force" ("HEY WANNA HEAR WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH A SYNTHESIZER?!?!?!?!?!?! **ROOOOOOOOOAR**)
The encores at G-3 at The Ryman a couple of years ago, where Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Johnny Hiland and Neal Schon traded licks for half an hour....
Witnessing Plant/Page in Kansas City in 1998 blow the roof off of Kemper Arena...the closest I will ever get to seeing Led Zep...
Watching John Paul Jones bring a ukelele out to much laffter at a gig here in Gnashville a few years back, and playing a silly little blues song on it that ended up being a monstrous kickass performance that brought him a riotous standing ovation from everyone in the building....
Hearing the crowd at the end of a CHV set (before the encores) in the early 80s making so much noise stomping on the floor that I thought the building would come down....
Seeing Randy Rhodes with Ozzy about a month before he died
Seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan once....
Being stared at heavily in Long Beach in early 1991 at a Frank Sinatra concert by the Diamonds & Furs set because my roommate and I were there with our long hair and leather motorcycle jackets....
And many, many more stupid and ridiculous things....
DrMaddVibe
08-18-2006, 03:03 PM
Having a photographer take a live shot of the crowd and it winds up in a jewel case for the band's greatest hits...with me jumping up larger than life!
Anyone have Nuttasaurusmeg? That's me with the Fishbone t-shirt jumping up to meet Angelo.
binnie
08-21-2006, 05:04 AM
Originally posted by Hardrock69
Seeing Glenn Tipton's wireless guitar transmitter go on the fritz just as he was starting his infamous "one-note guitar solo" in the midst of Victim Of Changes in 1986
Tripping on acid while Rob Halford was screaming at me as I hung onto the front railing at my first Priest show in February of 1983
Seeing Van Halen blow Black Sabbath off the stage in Sept. of 1978 in Seattle.
Randy Hansen in 1980 on his tour for his Capitol Records Release "Millionaire"...I have never seen a guitarist showman like that anywhere else in my entire life...fucking amazing.
At that show (my best friend was tripping on acid) we were standing on the floor about 20 feet from the stage. It was a ballroom, and the main floor had tables and chairs around the back end of the floor...so anyway this teenager is standing on a chair in the middle of the crowd firing up a small bong....a crusty old Sherriff's officer walks up to him and taps him on the shoulder....the kid looks up and freezes....terrified.
The sherriff...(had to be in his 60s) just yells above the noise "YOU'LL HAVE TO GET DOWN OFF OF THAT CHAIR!!!".
The kid hurriedly nods yes and starts to get down, and by the time he is on the floor the sherriff had turned and walked away.
My friend and I looked at each other and I said "Did that just happen?".
Seeing Rainbow at Arrowhead Stadiumn in Kansas City in 1983 or so...Ritchie Blackmore destroys a Strat on the scaffolding that is holding the PA cabinets on the right side of the stage....there was a giant scrim (large piece of painted cloth) covering the scaffolding...about 80 feet high and 50 feet wide, and he tore a hole in it while doing so....as the band is playing I see some stage manager guy pointing at the tear and screaming bloody murder at some hapless roadie...
The year before I witnessed REO Speedwagon (don't laugh) at Royals Stadium in Kansas City...they were the headliners, and they played their hit song "Riding The Storm Out" During a heavy thunder/rain storm with lightning flickering above....one strike (nobody left...there were 65,000 people there) and there would have been thousands of fatalities.....the performance was later released on a greatest hits record...a Decade of something or other....I was there for the other acts (Pat Travers, Santana...oh and Little River Band) and thought I would hang around for the rest of the show.
All the times I saw chicks getting naked on their boyfriend's shoulders.....the best was on the Monsters Of Rock Tour at Royals Stadium in 88 I think.
During Kingdom Come's set, some chick gets up on her boyfriend's shoulders topless...and was getting more applause than the band....then later on during the Scorpions set, she got back up and was completely naked. The Scorpions were standing on the edge of the stage drooling at her with their tongues hanging out.
Seeing AC/DC August 31 in Seattle opening for Cheap Trick & Ted Nugent...I had never even heard of them before and they kicked the fucking shit out of Cheap Trick and made Ted actually work for his pay...
Seeing a new wave band called The Clocks open for Black Sabbath on their Heaven and Hell tour and get booed off the stage, leaving it ankle deep in change and trash....and then having Black Sabbath come out and kick our fucking asses....
Laughing at any lame act unforuntate enough to open for CVH...like "The Scream" and "G-Force" ("HEY WANNA HEAR WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH A SYNTHESIZER?!?!?!?!?!?! **ROOOOOOOOOAR**)
The encores at G-3 at The Ryman a couple of years ago, where Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Johnny Hiland and Neal Schon traded licks for half an hour....
Witnessing Plant/Page in Kansas City in 1998 blow the roof off of Kemper Arena...the closest I will ever get to seeing Led Zep...
Watching John Paul Jones bring a ukelele out to much laffter at a gig here in Gnashville a few years back, and playing a silly little blues song on it that ended up being a monstrous kickass performance that brought him a riotous standing ovation from everyone in the building....
Hearing the crowd at the end of a CHV set (before the encores) in the early 80s making so much noise stomping on the floor that I thought the building would come down....
Seeing Randy Rhodes with Ozzy about a month before he died
Seeing Stevie Ray Vaughan once....
Being stared at heavily in Long Beach in early 1991 at a Frank Sinatra concert by the Diamonds & Furs set because my roommate and I were there with our long hair and leather motorcycle jackets....
And many, many more stupid and ridiculous things....
Damn, you've been to some great gigs!
CVH and SRV - very jealous right now!
Who is Randy Hansen, can you recommed any albums?
You know that the Sherrif still tells that story, and it ends in "those pesky kids."
Hardrock69
08-21-2006, 11:27 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Hansen
Randy Hansen only released one major label album:
Millionaire on Capitol Records. I have this on vinyl:
http://devilmusic.kenkoh.main.jp/images/02randy.jpg
Here are a couple of CDs that can be ordered:
http://www.randyhansen.com/merch.htm
He began doing the Hendrix tribute thang, but then toured doing his own material with a few Hendrix tunes. That was when I saw him. He had 6 White Marshall stacks musta been turned up to 11.
I say again, THE SINGLE GREATEST electric guitar showman I have ever seen in my life. He still plays gigs around the Seattle area....with occasional forays over to Europe.
Official Website:
http://www.randyhansen.com/home.htm
Now does he look like Hendrix, or what? And by the way, he is a white dude...
http://pnwbands.com/MachineGunHendrix1.jpg
binnie
08-21-2006, 01:17 PM
Cheers Hardrock, I will check him out!!
And yeah he looks like Hendrix big time!!
mako_kimura
08-30-2006, 08:31 PM
Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
Having a photographer take a live shot of the crowd and it winds up in a jewel case for the band's greatest hits...with me jumping up larger than life!
Anyone have Nuttasaurusmeg? That's me with the Fishbone t-shirt jumping up to meet Angelo.
Which band is this?
binnie
09-01-2006, 04:37 AM
Second for me would be seeing Metallica at Leeds in 2003
Hetfield got the crowd to sing the chorus to Sad But True - 90,000 metalheads in unison - quite moving!
Hetfield looked overwhelmed.
DrMaddVibe
09-01-2006, 06:16 AM
Originally posted by mako_kimura
Which band is this?
Fishbone
mako_kimura
09-01-2006, 10:50 AM
Ok. My best experience was probably two weeks ago, seeing Ted Nugent. I was front and center, got to see the band up close and personal. The speakers were loud as fuck, and Ted was really friendly
franksters
09-01-2006, 11:05 AM
I'd have to say Van halen 1984... which was like doing heroin for the 1st time.
violent femmes was incredible too.
janes addiction in a small theather.
rage against the machine, extremely small place.
white zombies, with all access area pass, my friend the sound guy.
rush as always been excellent!
the brand new heavies was a burst of emotions.
niagara, delight, beastie boys, the cult with opening act guns and roses...
franksters
09-01-2006, 11:08 AM
And I forgot:
JAMES BROWN let me hear you say JAMES BROWN!!!
LoungeMachine
09-03-2006, 10:15 AM
Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
Having a photographer take a live shot of the crowd and it winds up in a jewel case for the band's greatest hits...with me jumping up larger than life!
Anyone have Nuttasaurusmeg? That's me with the Fishbone t-shirt jumping up to meet Angelo.
LMMFAO
You're a Star!
:D :D :D
DrMaddVibe
09-03-2006, 02:40 PM
Originally posted by LoungeMachine
LMMFAO
You're a Star!
:D :D :D
You're NOT!:cool:
ddirvine
09-03-2006, 02:47 PM
Seeing Saga live in 2003 at the Hardrock in Toronto. They are always playing in Europe. Best live band out there period. Any other Saga fans out there?
www.sagaontour.ca
LoungeMachine
09-03-2006, 06:32 PM
Originally posted by DrMaddVibe
You're NOT!:cool:
I am a "used to be"
You're a "never was, never will be"
LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kiss your fat wife for me. And you might want to check the air in the right front tire of your house.
It's getting a little low.
:D
Don't stay up too late dreaming of Bo Bice....
you have to go to WORK tomorrow
:lol:
ThrillsNSpills
09-03-2006, 06:49 PM
^
He's still good.
I got the Richard Cheese T-shirt.
LMAO
EAT MY ASSHOLE
09-03-2006, 06:51 PM
Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Also...at a Southside Johnny gig last year, some guy randomly shouted out "I've just had twins"...so, of course, Southside was on him all night then. ("What, right there? Make a space for him. I didn't know men could. Or are you a very masculine woman?). But, the GRATE thing was, he managed to change the lyrics to half of the songs in the set to fit the word "Twins" in. The guy's GRATE.
You couldn't be much gayer, could you?
EAT MY ASSHOLE
09-03-2006, 06:54 PM
My favorite gig was at CBGB, some no-name punk band with a Dead Boys, New York Dolls fixation announced, "Hey, anyone out there eating the chili tonight? You shuld maybe know that we all circle jerked into it before the show".
Some gay guy shouts out, "So what? I've had worse in my mouth!!!"
EAT MY ASSHOLE
09-03-2006, 06:57 PM
Also, back in '97 I think Nine Inch Nails at Madison Square Garden. Or raqther ,m they were scheduled to play, but after a thirty minute delay Trent Reznor came out and explinaed that the guitarist had hurt his hand earlier in the day and it's swelled up and alas the band cant play, so if you want t arefund, go to the ticket windown, etc etc.
Some goth dude (of course) two rows behind me SHOUTS out "I just paid seven dollars for a fucking PEPSI!!!!"
Areena rock, summed up in ten words or less...
binnie
09-05-2006, 02:15 PM
Originally posted by chan_bkny
P.S. Years ago, I was walking to Irving Plaza to see the Rollins Band play when i saw a shiny tour bus half a block away. I imagined what would I do if I saw Rollins climbing out of the bus. Just then he actually did appear from the bus. Suddenly, I remembered what I had read in his books; that he hated being bothered by fans on the street, so I walked right by him and pretended I didn't know who he was. I wish I had said something to him, even a "Have a nice show." I'm a geek. But it was interesting to see Rollins offstage.
Another Rollins-related incident happened...maybe 8 years ago when he had Mother Superior as 3/4 of the Rollins Band. They played the Bowery Ballroom in NYC which is a small club, so small that I was up against the stage and could rest my elbow on the stage. I made the mistake of standing too close to Rollins because he sweats a lot and every time he swung out his arm, I got rained on.
I am a very jealous, I would have loved to seen those incidents...
SparkieD
09-06-2006, 01:43 PM
I was gonna borrow Tiki's soapbox 'cuz I really wanted to share this, but the bastard won't let me! So here I am :D
I saw Maiden on their World Slavery Tour a couple of times, but Charlotte, NC really stands out. Twisted Sister opened and would've been okay had it not been for Dee Snider fucking with me. If anyone here has seen them live, you know he is notorious for picking someone out of the crowd and givin' 'em all kinds of shit for not getting into Sister the way he thinks you should. Well, I was there for Maiden, not TS as I never was a fan. I was in the front row, the only chick for God knows how far. I'm not very big and I was being sardined between the barricade and a couple of big guys. I know, it sounds terrible, but I can't think of a better way to describe it :p So anyway, Dee starts to talk shit about how I'm not getting into it and how it took me 13 years to grow my tits and I didn't want to flatten them. He was just being a complete asshole, but the guys around me had my back and we all just booed them for the rest of their set.
Maiden comes on and it is, as always, incredible. I was able to get some awesome shots of Dave, Adrian, and Steve. I had seen them a few days before and Davey even acknowledged me. Later in the show, he was getting ready to throw out his wristband, but instead gave it to their tour manager, who was in the pit, and pointed to me. Man, I don't know what came over me, but I actually fucking cried. That was my most prized possesion for so long. A little while later they did "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and the sprinklers came on when Bruce screams "...down in falls comes the RAAAAIIIIINNNNN!" They didnt do that when I had seen them before, but it was way cool. When the show was over, I was waiting for my friends who I had separated from earlier, and Dave's guitar tech, Bill Barclay, tried to get me to go backstage with him. Fuck, I wasn't that kind of girl and besides, that geezer was old enough to be my grandpa.
Hardrock69
09-07-2006, 10:11 AM
Fuck Twisted Sister.
You have the right attitude!
;)
SparkieD
09-07-2006, 10:53 PM
Originally posted by Hardrock69
Fuck Twisted Sister.
You have the right attitude!
;)
Why, thank you. It's not every day someone compliments my attitude:)
VAN HLN CA
09-08-2006, 02:41 AM
Originally posted by mako_kimura
Ok. My best experience was probably two weeks ago, seeing Ted Nugent got to see the band up close and personal, and Ted was really friendly
really, just how close did you come?
Do you like bears Mako?
binnie
09-08-2006, 03:20 AM
What was Ted like?
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