So I have been to well over 100 concerts from my high school days to today. Here are my Top 10:
Styx
Bon Jovi
Foreigner
Shinedown
Evanescence and Halestorm together in Fort Worth
Whitesnake
Motley Crue
Rainbow
Moody Blues
Scorpions
Dokken
Van Halen
I booked in to see Rose Tattoo last night, in a Pub in Adelaide, $45 a head! Unbelievable. I happened to look at another date in the tour, at an interstate pub, $118, so I don’t know why this one’s cheap. Laughin’ though, I saw them in 87, twice sometime in the early 90s, but this has been my next opportunity! I doubt there’ll be another opportunity, they’re no spring chickens!
Angry has been my inspiration as a singer since I was 11, '81 and already a bit sick of AC/DC, so I’m pleased as pee!
My first concert was in 1978 in Richfield, Ohio . The show was fantastic and we drove in from Akron to see it. I was still in High School at the time and I used money from my paper route to pay for it. It was in January so it was a really cold trip.The band lowered Gene Simmons from the rafters in his outfit and platform shoes to sing God of Thunder. The weather was so bad that night that we had to stay in town before heading back the next day.
Because I live in a small city and do not drive, I have not seen many live concerts. Though many years ago I went to the Monsters of Rock concert at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. You can probably tell how long ago due to the order of appearance on stage. Opening with Kingdom Come, which I had not heard before. Followed by Metallica, Dokken, Scorpions and headlined by Van Halen/w Sammy Hagar.