Petra
'85

I think my parents dragged me to a Basia concert when I was too young to protest. I don't count this one. The earliest I can remember was The Ramones and Pearl Jam in Cruces. Yes they actually played a show together. It was sick! I lost track of how many hits of acid I took after six, puked on all over a bouncer, and woke up in El Paso. Epic.

Johnny Winter, Knoxville, 93 or 94.

Doobie Brothers and Ducette. Tingley or Kiva, probably 1978 or so. Brutal.

38 Special. North Dakota state fair. Early 80s, I can't remember exactly. First one I paid for myself was Violent Femmes, in like '92? Man, my memory is so shot...

Beach Boys and America ay Great Woods (Mansfield, MA) in the early 90's. Still one of the Best concerts I've ever been too.

INXS Tingley Colosseum 1989.

With my parents - Neil Diamond 1979

With friends - Dokken, Ratt, Helix, & WASP Tickets were $8.95 for general admission.

Metallica, Candlebox, Fight, and Suicidal Tendencies at UNM Stadium circa '94.

Alice in Chains was supposed to play this one, but Hetfield punched out Layne Staley and AIC dropped off.

Kick ass show.

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Originally posted by Ditch Troll:
The earliest I can remember was The Ramones and Pearl Jam in Cruces. Yes they actually played a show together. It was sick! I lost track of how many hits of acid I took after six, puked on all over a bouncer, and woke up in El Paso. Epic.

This was my first show,too. But instead of ending up in El Paso after taking too much acid, I ended up at Chili's with my friend and his mom, and then got a ride back to Albuquerque in their mini van.

So we pretty much had identical experiences.

depends on how you define concert.

soupy sales(tv kidshow host who made novelty records) in '65 with my mom.

first "real" concert, arlo guthrie in '72.
but i'm much prouder of the 2nd one, texas bluesman lightnin' hopkins in '73 at carnegie hall.

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first "real" concert, arlo guthrie in '72

Alice's Resturant is the first "fingerstyle" song I ever learned.

Alabama in like '83 and Huey Lewis the same year.(my older sister took me to both of them, didn't really like either, but was stoked to go.)
In '85 or '86 I worked backstage at a Roy Clarke show...I walked into the "green room" wearing a Sabbath T-shirt while Roy was warming up....he saw me, and started playing "Crazy Train" on his fiddle. That gave me a new respect for him as a musician. That is also when I figured out that music was music...it is all in the approach.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo '82 in South Africa...

fair warning tour oct.'81 tingley coliseum
then ozzy diary of a madman tour jan '82 at tingley rush/golden earring feb '83 also tingley
i was 7 and 8 at the time

Actually, the first "REAL" concert I went to was U2 first night of the Unforgettable Fire tour in '84, Dallas, TX. That means I must've seen Petra in like '83. Fuck I'm getting old. Good thing I stay fucked up all the time. It prevents me from maturing so I feel young!

Beach Boys ... 1986 er 1987 maybe?

White Zombie - lubbock,tx 1995

if memory serves me right, it was DC Talk when i was maybe 12... yes i am young and yes i was raised religious... go figure... lotta good that did me

'71 or'72, Eagles and Jackson Browne.