What was the first band you ever saw live? 

"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech) 01/29/2015 at 01:21 • Filed to: Musiclopnik

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This was mine. Sue Generis, though they changed their name to Dropping Daylight so as not to be confused with another band called Sui Generis. They were amazing and had a ton of energy. There couldn'thave been more than 100 people there. On of the guys on the band cut himself on his guitar strings and got a band-aid from someone in the crowd. They opened for...

Allister. Very much enjoyed andstill one of my absolute favorites. There may have been other bands there that day but I don't remember them if there were. The guy with the red shirt and big hair also played in August Premier.

norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:23

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Toby Keith was my first concert. First "Band" was Blue's Traveler I think.

ttyymmnn > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:26

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Styx, Paradise Theater tour, 1981. Back when concert tickets were actually affordable.

bob and john > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:27

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I beleive mine was the eagles...then I saw linkin park and rise against

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > ttyymmnn 01/29/2015 at 01:29

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It really depends on the show you go to. I think my first was $12 and I've never spent more than $40. But I don't go to big, super famous bands so that's definitely a part of it.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > norskracer98-ExploringTheOutback 01/29/2015 at 01:31

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I completely forgot about Blues Traveler, the perfect example of 90's music.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:32

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Modest Mouse in 2007, then Ween in 2008,and Dropkick Murphy's in 2010. I haven't been to a concert since.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ 01/29/2015 at 01:36

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I can't even fathom not going to more shows. After my first show I was hooked and proceeded to spend the next 5 years going to at least one show every month spending thousands on tickets and merch.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > bob and john 01/29/2015 at 01:38

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I am super jealous that you've seen Rise Against. They are my absolute favorite and I've only ever seen them from way too far away at warped tour. I would love to see them in a small club-style venue.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:39

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I want to go, but my current situation lends me to having a far lower income than what I need to do stuff like this. I'm basically dead broke until after I graduate.

bob and john > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:41

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:P I was actually in the mosh pit that time.

oh boy...good times.

i wanted to see them again when they playing in toronto (home town) in fall 2014....BUT I WAS IN THUNDER FUCKING BAY A THOUSAND MILES AWAY/rage

ly2v8-Brian > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:43

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Brooks & Dunn with Diamond Rio about '96 or so.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:43

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I think Steve Miller Band, my uncle brought me and it was there I realised adults did drugs.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ 01/29/2015 at 01:46

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I know dem feels, bro. I was the same way when I was going to tech school.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > bob and john 01/29/2015 at 01:48

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Sounds like a good time. For me a band isn't worth seeing if they can't get a good pit going. Not that I always jump in, but it's a good indicator of the energy.

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:48

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Big D and the Kids Table opened up for Rancid at the Electric Factory in Philly, it was awesome.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish 01/29/2015 at 01:49

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Hell yeah. That would have been intense and overwhelming for a lot of people as a first show.

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:51

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First band I saw live was Nine Inch Nails, in 1990. Small club, definitely fewer than 200 people there.

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:53

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Since then I've fallen in love with going to shows, there is always such a good energy.

Doge_Supreme drives a BRZ > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:53

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Yeah so I've got about 2 years until I can start doing fun stuff again, but it's worth it in the end.

bob and john > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:54

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it was uhh...a bit too much energy. 3 people went to hospital in the wall of death.

Flat Six > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 01:56

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BABYLAND "Omaha" HD - 16mm:

I don't remember the exact first, but one of the first I remember was going to see Babyland, which was sort of a industrial punk band. They were awesome! I was at the concert in the video.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:01

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My parents tell me I once went to a Peter Paul and Mary concert with them sometime in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Unfortunately, toddler me fell asleep during that concert. I again went to see them a few years ago, with just Peter and Paul after Mary passed away. Good concert.

And then two years ago, I went to see this lot. Go figure.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 01/29/2015 at 02:01

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Small venues are the best venues. I would hate to see a show in one of those massive stadium venues.

71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:03

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My first was Imagine Dragons, but my favorite has to have been Jack Johnson playing the quad at my school (UCSB) for free.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > bob and john 01/29/2015 at 02:04

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Oh no good. Luckily all of the shows I've been to people looked out for others if they fell or were in any real danger. I've seen guys basically form a Roman phalanx to protect someone they don't even know who's just fallen.

SVTyler > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:06

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Little Swedish band called Graveyard. Me and my cousin drove 3.5 hours, got lost in Chicago rush hour traffic, and ended up with a parking ticket to see these dudes. So worth it, they blew the fucking roof off the House of Blues starting with this song as their set opener.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish 01/29/2015 at 02:07

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I don't know about always. There was one band I saw, can't remember who though they ended getting pretty big in following years, that literally made me fall asleep standing up while they were playing.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 01/29/2015 at 02:11

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No offense if you like them, but damn! I was mesmerized by how bad they are at dancing in sync.

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:12

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I haven't really experienced that, I usually go to punk/metal shows so they keep the energy high. Although, I did see Cradle of Filth and they were terrible, I left half way through their set.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Flat Six 01/29/2015 at 02:14

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Not bad! I've never heard of them before. Definitely not the sound I expected from their name.

PS9 > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:20

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The first (and last band so far) that I've seen live was Tool. It was incredible...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish 01/29/2015 at 02:26

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This was at a punk show. But damn it I can't remember any of the bands at that show now. I do remember the one that made me fall asleep seemed very much out of place though.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > PS9 01/29/2015 at 02:29

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I bet. I could see then being really intense, in a good way of course.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors 01/29/2015 at 02:30

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Free shows are great. Saw and met Seether for free a few years back at a fair/festival thing. Good times.

E. Julius > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:31

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REO Speedwagon, Styx, Def Leppard in some ridiculous concert with all three when I was like 13 haha

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > SVTyler 01/29/2015 at 02:31

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Adventures like that are half the fun, at least in memory. I enjoyed listening to that, thanks for sharing!

Big Bubba Ray > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:32

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I think the first band was Ludo. Tiny little St. Louis band and a few of the guys attended local high schools not too far from where I live. I've seen them three or four times and their shows are always fun as can be.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > E. Julius 01/29/2015 at 02:33

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That must have been a huge show!

With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:34

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First and last stadium show I went to was U2. If anyone could pull it off in the early 90's, it would have been them, and I thought it sucked. Even basketball/hockey arenas are too big for my taste, but not horrible.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Big Bubba Ray 01/29/2015 at 02:36

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OMG those lyrics are amazing. How have I never heard of this band?!

E. Julius > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:36

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Yeah it was pretty big. Would've been a lot cooler if this had been in, say, 1985 instead of 2007, but my mom (yes, my mom was there) said it "like a total 80s flashback". Weird night, but I did have a lot of fun.

Big Bubba Ray > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:45

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Haha they're a hilarious little group. This song is what got me hooked on them way back in the day.

Really stupid/fun/nerdy songs. If you want to look into them, check out the albums Ludo and Broken Bride. You won't be disappointed and I guarantee it!

Here's my favorite song by them. Insanely stupid but so fun to listen to!!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > With-a-G is back to not having anything written after his username 01/29/2015 at 02:46

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For ashow that big you might as well just watch it on TV. And if you're going to watch it on TV you're just there for the music. And if you're just there for the music you might as well listen to a recording because most bands sound like shit live, especially in big places like that.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > E. Julius 01/29/2015 at 02:51

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Nothing wrong with going with your mom. I would go with mine if we could stand each other's music. I have friends who have gone with their parents to music festivals. The kind where most everyone is drunk, and many people end up at least partially naked at some point, and you can usually smell some reefer. Not my kind of thing, but they always enjoyed it!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Big Bubba Ray 01/29/2015 at 02:53

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I will. Thanks!

E. Julius > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:54

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That's the spirit! My mom is pretty cool, I enjoyed it. I also know someone who went to one of the big name music festivals with one of their parents, and said parent brought weed and cocaine 0_0

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > E. Julius 01/29/2015 at 02:55

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That's hilarious!

Big Bubba Ray > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 02:55

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Here's another semi car related song they made and it's another one of my favorites by them.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 03:02

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They're tired. Normally they're pretty famed for being the best in sync in Korea, but after several country tours they were worn out.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 01/29/2015 at 03:04

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Fair enough. Exhaustion is a bitch.

BoulderZ > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 03:31

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The Pixies, as the opening act for U2 on the ZooTV tour in... 1992? I drove my then-girlfriend-now-wife and some of our friends to The Spectrum in Philadelphia. I've seen a lot of shows since then, and it still stands out as a contender for "best" (I'd hate to ever choose just one, and refuse to do so).

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 04:12

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Plus, it's not like they had time to relax and unwind at every stop on the world tour. Literally no more than three hours after the concert ended, they were on a plane bound for another country. It's crazy. Normally, they're very good.

MCS2014 > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 04:54

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oasis

McMike > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 05:12

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John Denver - it was 77 or 78

McMike > ttyymmnn 01/29/2015 at 05:14

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^^ This is my answer for "What is the first album you owned"

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 07:37

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Pretty sure it was either an Alice Cooper or Ian Anderson concert when I was about 13 or 14, then a The Cure concert not long after. All were excellent.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 07:39

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Saw my first solo artist before seeing a band. That was Eric Clapton. This was probably around 1990 or so.

Saw my first band around 1991-92 I think. That was The Black Crowes.

BunkyTheMelon > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 08:22

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Kix in 1991. They played the local college because hair metal was on a stiff decline. Kind of a shame, because these dudes were pretty good at the hair metal thing (and local boys to boot). I feel really old right now.

JEM > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 09:10

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Alice Cooper on the Trash tour. 1989 or 90 I think?

EL_ULY > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 09:35

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KREATOR \m/ !!!!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > MCS2014 01/29/2015 at 09:38

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Nice, I like them. How were they live?

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 01/29/2015 at 09:41

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I can respect that, it isn't something I could do. You're right, they are much better in that video.

Pabuuu, JDM car enthusiast & Italian parts hoarder > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 09:57

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Korn.

Flat Six > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 10:00

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They would cut the lights and shoot sparks into the audience by sticking an angle grinder into their instruments. The music was great for getting pumped up and moshing. 924 Gilman was a fun place to see shows like this because it was all ages / no alchohol / no drugs / no violence / no racism, so you wouldn't get drunk morons starting fights. They had a "no sellout" policy but a lot of popular bands started there like Green Day or Operation Ivy.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 10:26

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I went to my very first concert at the ripe age of 22 and it was Alexisonfire I was an AWESOME show.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 11:00

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Fleetwood Mac.

Takuro Spirit > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 12:46

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Weird. Al. Yankovic.

MCS2014 > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 13:29

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They were great. This as 10+ years ago, but I remember it was a fun concert, lots of energy there!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Flat Six 01/29/2015 at 15:59

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Sounds like a great venue.

SVTyler > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 18:03

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Welcome!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 01/29/2015 at 21:25

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Maybe you know. Is it 'alex is on fire' or 'alexis on fire'? I've heard much debate...

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/29/2015 at 21:56

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I always thought it was "Alexis on fire" I could be wrong but that is what I'm gonna keep calling it.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 01/29/2015 at 22:58

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That's what I always thought too. I was hoping maybe they said it at the show you went to.

orcim > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 01/30/2015 at 03:52

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Had to think about this one. Major artists, probably Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass with the family, then KISS on my own.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 02/08/2015 at 11:09

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Pretty good introduction to live music, methinks.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 02/08/2015 at 11:10

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Nice! How were they? I think I would really enjoy seeing them.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 02/08/2015 at 11:19

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Quite good! They sound just as good live as they do in their recordings, and the light show was immense.

Shoop > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 02/09/2015 at 03:31

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Greenday with parents

My favorite? KISS of course.

McMike > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 03/15/2015 at 12:19

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John Denver. Capital Center (where the Washington Capitals and the Bullets used to play) 1978

Went with my parents.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > McMike 03/15/2015 at 12:22

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Holy crap. It doesn't really get much more 70's than that. Well, legally anyways.

McMike > ttyymmnn 03/15/2015 at 12:25

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That's my answer for the "first record you bought/wanted"

Clown Shoe Pilot > ttyymmnn 03/23/2015 at 00:24

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styx @ austin 360 in august. $25 on the lawn!

Clown Shoe Pilot > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 03/23/2015 at 00:27

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They Might Be Giants - Flood tour

and 100 more > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 03/27/2015 at 11:26

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Silverchair at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.

Some friends (a couple, who we referred to collectively as "Jimpala" since they were basically already married in high school) has a line on four tickets, and wanted to go with some friends. All our other friends either weren't interested or backed out, but I was down with seeing them. We had one ticket left over, so I got the go-ahead to invite this girl I was crushing on (we'll call her Jennifer) to come hang w/ us. It was an overnight trip, and we rented a couple rooms at one of the hotels there, i think it was Medieval Times.

Anyway, the evening of the show, we head out. Jimpala took off early, I was about an hour behind. I pick up Jennifer in my mom's burgundy 94 Taurus, and we cut the back way across the desert, windows down on a temperate spring evening, via Amboy Rd, old Route 66, Kelbaker Rd. & Hwy 40 - a beautiful tour of the desert and some of the most open, empty roads you can imagine; a route I'd traveled many times as a kid, and would travel again many times in the future. The sun was at our backs, low on the horizon, giving the world that typical desert glow of golden light and a cast of sky-blue pink, and the shadow of our car stretched out long ahead of us. We'd turn northward, and my passenger's face was illuminated with that honey-colored light and when she'd pull her dark, wind-blown hair back from her face, I was struck dumb and had a hard time watching the road ahead.

As it turns out the concert was completely forgettable. It started about 2 hours late, as the lead singer had to sober up enough to get out on stage, there was no opening act, and instead we two-thousand-or-so patrons all stood crammed into a chairless room, watching an X-Games trailer on loop on two low-quality screens on either side of the stage. Then they only played for an hour and a half, without encore.

Jennifer and I stayed up all night talking, sharing poetry; she sat there curled up in a chair smoking - and she had that sexy way of smoking, too. For some people, smoking is an unforgivable sin, a deal-breaker, and for the most part it's not something I find attractive - I'm not a smoker, and having lived with smokers, it presented itself as more of a nuisance than anything. But some people smoke, and the WAY they smoke, the body language of their smoking, the way they relish a cigarette... these are the people that keep smoking alive, because they look so goddamn good doing it.

I never made a move on her. I wanted to, but I was so intimidated, and so bashful at that age. I think she was hoping I would. Or maybe I'd like to think that's what she wanted...

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > and 100 more 03/27/2015 at 21:15

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That sounds like it could almost be an excerpt from a book. I'm disappointed to hear that about the band though, I really used to like them way back when.

and 100 more > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 03/27/2015 at 22:14

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From what I recall hearing, the lead singer had a pretty heavy heroin habit around that time. Money and fame and access...

I mean, their music was good on the albums. They were a decent band. This concert tho, just didn't do them justice at all.

Thanks for reading all that, I know it was way longer than it needed to be. I'm not a writer but i've always had aspirations to be one.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > and 100 more 03/27/2015 at 22:46

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Keep at it if that's what you want to do. The biggest regrets are risks not taken.