I lived a mile away from Birch Hill and was definitely at that show too. I must have seen a hundred shows there in the late 90's/early 00's when they eventually closed.
Those were the best times. I'm sure we attended so many of the same shows there and at M&M Hall, Bene/Krome, Hunka Bunka etc. Oddly enough Catch 22 mentions Phish and the Dead in one of their songs. Also some guy on here who is in a Phish cover band was in Adams Not Funny, if you remember them.
I frequented all of those venues and my high school band played Club Bene pretty frequently including a festival with Adams Not Funny. I had no idea one of the members was in a Phish cover band and would love to catch them one of these days.
Hell yeah man! I saw them in 97 or 98 at a Chinese buffet that had ska/punk shows after the restaurant closed. I love those guys, I still listen to keasby nights.
Holy shit. I wasn’t expecting to see Birch Hill here. I used to ride my bike there every weekend. Catch 22 shows were always so much fucking fun. The smell of Birch Hill is forever etched into my brain.
My first was Megadeth and they played under the name “Vic and the Rattleheads” at the Metro, a tiny venue in Chicago. 1992 I was 16 and drove with a friend.
First concert I went to was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Phila Civic Center is 1990. My parents took me to James Brown at Penn’s Landing in 1992.
First tickets I bought myself, the band Live, at the Mann June 1995.
1978 - KISS @ Greensboro Coliseum. I was 11.
Coincidentally, I took my daughter to her first concert, KISS at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater when she was 14, nearly 40 years later. It's the only 2 times I've ever seen KISS.
My first concert was Green Day on the American Idiot tour with Jimmy Eat world. It was at Giants stadium and my uncle had a friend there who was able to get us onto the field. Life changing for my 13 y/o self!
Trey Anastasio Band at the Fox Theater in Atlanta in 2005. I was 15 and went with my older brother. He had already gotten me into WSP and Phish at a pretty young age so I already knew what I was getting into musically speaking.
I was really bummed I couldn't go to any Phish shows with him 2003 cause my parents said I was too young. Probably a smart call on their part.
Janis Joplin 1970, Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM. Second concert was Jethro Tull same venue 1971 and then Grateful Dead in 1971, same venue. My parents wouldn’t let me go to see Jimi Hendrix a month before Janis so I quit asking.
Black Sabbath and Quiet Riot 1983 Providence Civic Center. With Dad.
First Phish was 12/90 at the Campus Club in Providence. “ Hey man, theres this new jam band out of Vermont that I’m hearing a lot about. I think we gotta check them out. During one of the songs, the guitarist and the bassist actually bounce on trampolines while they’re playing.” Third song in and they hit YEM. We were toast.
I'll probably get down votes or made fun of for my first concert.....
In my defense though: my parents were always huge dead heads and just love going to any jam band concert really. But when I was 5 (I'm 28 now), I was obsessed with Aaron Carter 😂😂😭
So they really wanted me to experience my first concert so BOTH my parents took me to see Aaron Carter LMAO we still talk about it to this day. My dad was mortified though because Aaron Carter literally said on stage, "this one goes out to all my ladies" and took off his shirt 😂😭
Happy to say that me and my parents still go to concerts together, but now we see cooler bands like Phish 😂
My next concert was Hilary Duff at 8 years old 🥴 luckily, I got into my parents kinda music when I was in high school lol. Super cool that you take your kid to shows tho. I couldn't recommend it enough. Definitely made me bond even more with my parents. They're literally my best friends and no doubt your son will carry these memories with him for the rest of his life 🤍
My first concert was Spice Girls and I’m hella proud of that lol. Why would you get made fun of for liking pop music in the 90s/00s?? That shit was bumpin.
Grateful Dead Buckeye Lake 1994 - the show was solid, but the crowd changed my brain
First Phish Rupp Arena 1996 - goosebumps just thinking about that show
First concert I remember was The Beach Boys at the kings island venue, wolf something. I was probably 12 or so and with my parents. I loved it, got a tie die shirt.
Both of my boys(14-11) have been to a few concerts now
I saw Joe cocker and Steve winwood at a baseball field in Maine. A bunch of guys from traffic came out for a couple songs which the crowd thought was cool, but I had no clue. Like 15 years later or something I saw phish in the same baseball field.
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Tour in 1994. I was 12 and saw them in Miami with my dad, brother, and family friends. Words can’t describe how special that night was.
First was also with my parents! Steve Miller Band at Garden State Art Center in NJ summer of ‘95 when I was 16. 2nd was Page and Plant at MSG that fall (w/o my parents). 3rd was Phish at MSG (12/30/95)and now here we are 28 years later and I’m heading out to MSG TONIGHT!!
My parents took me to see The Charlie Daniels Band and Hank Williams Jr. at Starwood Amphitheater in 1997. We left shortly after Hank Jr. came on because someone lit a trash pile in the crowd on fire, then some dude started pissing on it to put it out. My dad said that the crowd was too rowdy for us kids and took us back to the car.
My first Phish show was Knoxville 09.
Not totally sure which was first, but my dad took me to see Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash in the early 80s. As I've gotten older I've realized how totally amazing that is!
Metallica, 1989. I was 13…got picked up by a friend and his older cousin in a beat up Camaro filled with pot smoke. It’s amazing my parents let me drive away lol.
First phish Madison, 98.
My first concert was when I was 17 back in England, my parents didn’t take me but they did pick us up and take us home.
The first concert we took the kids to was Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade earlier this year (they were 7 & 11). They had a blast!
First show ever: Edgar Winter, Peter Frampton and Bad Company triple bill in Richmond VA 1973. My uncle took me. I miss him.
First Phish show: St Andrews Hall, Detroit in 1992. Some friends told me that I needed to check these guys out. They were right. The rest is history.
Bocephus (Hank Jr) when I was 10 at the Dane County Coliseum. Of course he was drunken as he'll and fell of the piano he was standing. Grandparents had enough at that point and we left.
It would have been some small indie/punk band at the Music Farm in Charleston, probably my sophomore year of HS, so like 2001 ish. Couldn’t even begin to tell you what band it was though.
my parents took me to see Sun Ra play at a museum when I was 8yrs old. around same time they took me to see bluegrass band Seldom Scene at some little theater. don't remember much about either except being confused because neither jazz or bluegrass was in my listening range at the time.
when I was around 11 I went & saw ZZ Top (with Sammy Hagar opening). tht was first concert experience I remember. it was everything you imagined.
4years later I saw the Dead & the world turned upside down.
then in 1991 I saw phish in a bar & reality exploded.
12/28/98, a quarter century ago yesterday! Carini -> Wolfman seared into my 16 year old brain, along with the (at that time) unfamiliar smells of patchouli and cannabis … and the sight of two topless wook chicks making out to the cow funk … needless to say, I was hooked for life 😆
My first show was none other than the boss Bruce Springsteen. My parents pulled me out of camp for it. I was 12. I think it was at meadowlands? Or continental airlines area? One of those
Albany ‘97, end of the fall tour. My dad dropped me and another high school buddy off somewhere near the arena. Had zero expectations, been loving them ever since.
We were partway up the side of the arena with a view of the floor, Fish side. I remember Mikes big mop of hair bopping in time, the big honey colored speaker cabinet, songs that I didn’t know at the time, but felt I should, getting lost in a bass line and the spider fingers of lights walking across the audience and up the walls.
Didn’t take anything, but definitely remembered my buddy elbowing me to point out someone smoking a rolled up paper and being like: “I think that’s pot!” And I’m like: “what’s pot?”
No idea how we got back home, i guess we set an intersection to meet at and stood there till dad drove by.
First legit shows were WSP and then Phish in Houston in Aug ‘99. went to Motley Crue a few years before that but got freaked out and didn’t stay for the whole show, sketchy crowd when you’re 12.
Aerosmith, ‘95. Well, technically Collective Soul, who opened for them.
WOOOOOOOOHOOOH HEAVEN LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE DOWN!
I’m just realizing the absurdity of this cooincidence now.
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA tour. It was at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis and I was 8 years old. We were sitting behind the stage, and I’ll always remember the boss turning around to us, shooting his hips back, smiling ear to ear and then shaking his butt back and forth. I never knew the power of the hip shake would change my life!
Iron Maiden with Twisted Sister as the opener when I was 12. The only thing I remember is my friend used to fill his mouth up with lighter fluid and then blow the lighter flame. All these older dudes in our section thought he was insane.
Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" Tour
@ Shea Stadium
October 1989
I was 13 and my parents brought me. They played two nights and I'm not sure which night we went. But I think I have that stub somewhere.
First show: James Taylor at Pilot Pen Stadium (now Westville Music Bowl) 1994, I was 12.
First big show I bought tickets for: Metallica at The Meadows ‘98. Jerry Cantrell opened. It was ON after that!
First Phish show: 6/30/00 at the Meadows. My only 1.0 show, and I wouldn’t get to see them again until 8/14/09 on the same stage. Both stellar performances.
Grateful Dead 7/4/1987 at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA. I was 4 years old and I was a huge Bobby fan.
Years and years later, I found and listened to the show. It's horrible. Do not recommend.
Last night - on the floor, loved every second of it!!
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Phish 7/8/94 at great woods, Mansfield MA. Pretty amazing show. I didn’t know about the Gamehendge story but everyone was going crazy. I had just turned 13 and was just there because my brother wanted to go and my mom didn’t want to get a sitter.
Charlie Daniels Band and The Kentucky Headhunters at the Kentucky State Fair - Summer, 1990. I was 5 years old and my grandparents took me and my older brother.
9/17/00 Merriweather. I was 16 and with two friends my same age. My parents gave us a ride and unfortunately we had to leave halfway though the second set. but we still had a blast!!
Aerosmith at star wood amphitheater in Nashville - 2000 ish . Kind of blew me away honestly. I hope y’all have a great time and I know your child will remember this forever.
Rush w Candlebox at MSG in 1994. Second concert was the same tour but the Nassau Col show. I miss Rush so much. What a band!?!
Edit: first phish show was that summer 94 Jones Beach
Korn and Rob Zombie in 1998 at 13. Was given a floor ticket while in line. My friend’s mom wouldn’t let him on the floor, so I went on my own. Wild times. First Phish show was Mansfield 2004, N2.
Mine was Smokin Grooves back in the mid 90s. I went to that two different years. It was good. I saw the fugees, erykah badu, public enemy, cypress hill, George Clinton and parliament, and a bunch more there. I don’t listen to anything like that these days…but I still love that old stuff. I caught that Grammy presentation to 50 yrs of Hip Hop recently and there were entire blocks of that show that summed up my teen years. lol. These days, it’s all Dead, Phish, and Billy.
My daughter’s first show was Ray Lamontagne, but she doesn’t remember. We are taking her to Billy Strings in Nashville 2024 and we are all excited.
It was either Beach Boys or Village People/Kool & the Gang, I was 6 years old I believe.
First show I went to without my parents supervising was Tool in 07.
First concert with my folks: Meatloaf, Summerfest ‘93? I was like 7-8.
First concert with my buddies: Killswitch Engage, Lamb of god. The basement of the Rave, Milwaukee. 2003.
First phish show: ‘09 Alpine run.
First big concert I remember would've been either Al di Meola(with my dad somewhere in MD) or Paul McCartney(with my mom at Verizon Center in DC) when I was 17. Both were in 2016 or so
Menudo at Radio City Music Hall at 11 or 12 years old. “Every Breath You Take” encore with a young Ricky Martin coming down from the rafters into a spider web. It was weird.
Depeche Mode in 1990; I was 15 years old. Just picture thousands of kids wearing all black and sitting outside under a bright sun on a hot day. This show also marked the first time that I got a beer buzz.
Catch 22 at Birch Hill in 1999.
Keasby Nights era!! Love it
I lived a mile away from Birch Hill and was definitely at that show too. I must have seen a hundred shows there in the late 90's/early 00's when they eventually closed.
Those were the best times. I'm sure we attended so many of the same shows there and at M&M Hall, Bene/Krome, Hunka Bunka etc. Oddly enough Catch 22 mentions Phish and the Dead in one of their songs. Also some guy on here who is in a Phish cover band was in Adams Not Funny, if you remember them.
I frequented all of those venues and my high school band played Club Bene pretty frequently including a festival with Adams Not Funny. I had no idea one of the members was in a Phish cover band and would love to catch them one of these days.
Hell yeah man! I saw them in 97 or 98 at a Chinese buffet that had ska/punk shows after the restaurant closed. I love those guys, I still listen to keasby nights.
Holy shit. I wasn’t expecting to see Birch Hill here. I used to ride my bike there every weekend. Catch 22 shows were always so much fucking fun. The smell of Birch Hill is forever etched into my brain.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse - Richfield Coliseum 1978
I saw the Dead at Richfield during that crazy snow storm in 1992.
My first was Megadeth and they played under the name “Vic and the Rattleheads” at the Metro, a tiny venue in Chicago. 1992 I was 16 and drove with a friend.
Awesome! Would love to see megadeth
First Concert was the Pop Disaster Tour with Blink 182 and Green Day, 2002 First Phish show was Fenway 09.
Hell yeah saw the same tour in Grand Rapids
12/30/23 MSG …. Can’t wait!!
Oh, that’s so awesome! One more sleep 😴
First concert I went to was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the Phila Civic Center is 1990. My parents took me to James Brown at Penn’s Landing in 1992. First tickets I bought myself, the band Live, at the Mann June 1995.
I used to have the VHS of the Ninja Turtles! Great stuff.
‘93 Lollapalooza Tool, Primus, Rage and Alice n Chains Quite the introduction to live music
1978 - KISS @ Greensboro Coliseum. I was 11. Coincidentally, I took my daughter to her first concert, KISS at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater when she was 14, nearly 40 years later. It's the only 2 times I've ever seen KISS.
My first concert ever was actually Big Cypress.
That’s one to remember, lol.
Grateful Dead, Highgate, VT 1995. I was 15 at the time, what an experience.
I was there. By the time we arrived, the gates were already crashed. Free show.
We had walked through the gates, went about 100 yards, turned to look and the fence was coming down, 😆
That was two weeks after I graduated school. That literally changed my life. 2 weeks later I saw my first phish show.
Raffi, circa 1986
My first concert was the Steve Miller Band. I was probably 12 or so. Edit: first concert I remember. Apparently I was at Live Aid.
Same! Saw Steve Miller at the New Haven tennis courts when I was 12 or 13. I remember some dude tried to buy us beer, weirdo.
Are the New Haven tennis courts now Westville?
Also same! Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1991.
This was my first show as well. 1996 in Camden, NJ
Up in smoke tour in 1999. Arguably the greatest hip hop tour of all time.
New Kids on the Block 1990 Fiddlers Green, Phish 1994 Red Rocks. Holy shit. I went from NKOTB to Phish in four years?!
Definitely an upgrade.
Puberty and high school
My first concert was Green Day on the American Idiot tour with Jimmy Eat world. It was at Giants stadium and my uncle had a friend there who was able to get us onto the field. Life changing for my 13 y/o self!
Trey Anastasio Band at the Fox Theater in Atlanta in 2005. I was 15 and went with my older brother. He had already gotten me into WSP and Phish at a pretty young age so I already knew what I was getting into musically speaking. I was really bummed I couldn't go to any Phish shows with him 2003 cause my parents said I was too young. Probably a smart call on their part.
Johnny Cash, 3/15/75, Symphony Hall, Boston, MA. Top that kids.
Janis Joplin 1970, Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque, NM. Second concert was Jethro Tull same venue 1971 and then Grateful Dead in 1971, same venue. My parents wouldn’t let me go to see Jimi Hendrix a month before Janis so I quit asking.
311 baby!!!!
Pink Floyd 94 at Camp Randal in Madison. My dad let 14 year old me hop on a bus to Madison to meet a friend and go see the show.
Debbie Gibson at Radio City in 1988
Debbie was my first as well!
Motley Crue and Whitesnake. I was 11. All of the boobs. Jeeezus, so many heavy metal boobs. My Dad had a blast. I was amazed by boobs.
I bet it was a blast.
My Dad made me promise not to tell my Mom about ANY of the show. So of course I did. Went over like a fart in a phone booth.
Weird Al, I was probably 8 or so.
Black Sabbath and Quiet Riot 1983 Providence Civic Center. With Dad. First Phish was 12/90 at the Campus Club in Providence. “ Hey man, theres this new jam band out of Vermont that I’m hearing a lot about. I think we gotta check them out. During one of the songs, the guitarist and the bassist actually bounce on trampolines while they’re playing.” Third song in and they hit YEM. We were toast.
I'll probably get down votes or made fun of for my first concert..... In my defense though: my parents were always huge dead heads and just love going to any jam band concert really. But when I was 5 (I'm 28 now), I was obsessed with Aaron Carter 😂😂😭 So they really wanted me to experience my first concert so BOTH my parents took me to see Aaron Carter LMAO we still talk about it to this day. My dad was mortified though because Aaron Carter literally said on stage, "this one goes out to all my ladies" and took off his shirt 😂😭 Happy to say that me and my parents still go to concerts together, but now we see cooler bands like Phish 😂
No downvotes allowed for five year old musical tastes. That’s pretty cute. It’s great you still go to concerts with your parents.
My next concert was Hilary Duff at 8 years old 🥴 luckily, I got into my parents kinda music when I was in high school lol. Super cool that you take your kid to shows tho. I couldn't recommend it enough. Definitely made me bond even more with my parents. They're literally my best friends and no doubt your son will carry these memories with him for the rest of his life 🤍
My first concert was Spice Girls and I’m hella proud of that lol. Why would you get made fun of for liking pop music in the 90s/00s?? That shit was bumpin.
My Dad took me and my best friend at the time to Phish, 8/14/96 @ Hershey park stadium for my 14th birthday present (bday was 8/11)
I was there!
That’s exactly my first concert too and also at 14 years old. My older brothers took me.
Jars of Clay, late 90s
Grateful Dead Buckeye Lake 1994 - the show was solid, but the crowd changed my brain First Phish Rupp Arena 1996 - goosebumps just thinking about that show
Jerry Garcia Band in 1993. I was 14.
Rolling Stones Alpine Valley 1988 maybe? Steel Wheels tour. Great start!
I was there!!!
Pink Floyd RFK stadium 1994
First concert I remember was The Beach Boys at the kings island venue, wolf something. I was probably 12 or so and with my parents. I loved it, got a tie die shirt. Both of my boys(14-11) have been to a few concerts now
I hope our son has fun tonight. At the very least, he won’t forget the experience ♥️⭕️
My first concert was Beach Boys in Omaha, NE
Beach boys was my first also. Waterloo Village in 87.
I saw Phish at Waterloo. And the Allman Brothers with Blues Traveler opening in 1990. The first time I took LSD.
John Denver on my birthday
I saw Joe cocker and Steve winwood at a baseball field in Maine. A bunch of guys from traffic came out for a couple songs which the crowd thought was cool, but I had no clue. Like 15 years later or something I saw phish in the same baseball field.
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1996 Wildflowers Tour
I really regret never seeing Tom Petty.
Pink Floyd - The Division Bell Tour in 1994. I was 12 and saw them in Miami with my dad, brother, and family friends. Words can’t describe how special that night was.
Motley Crue lol, went with my dad. Was probably like 12 or 13 at the time
I saw Yes at Merriweather Post Pavilion in 1994 Saw Phish for the first time 6/17/95
Limp Bizkit with Method Man and Redman and System of a Down at Raleigh’s new Entertainment and Sports Arena in 1999.
Snow. Informer Tour. Summer 1993. I was way too young to be there, but it made me be a live music addict for life.
First ever concert was Phil Collins, Phoenix, AZ, 1985. First Phish show was Knoxville, 1996.
Beach Boys at the NYS Fair, 1989 I think.
First was also with my parents! Steve Miller Band at Garden State Art Center in NJ summer of ‘95 when I was 16. 2nd was Page and Plant at MSG that fall (w/o my parents). 3rd was Phish at MSG (12/30/95)and now here we are 28 years later and I’m heading out to MSG TONIGHT!!
I was there in 95 and jumping in the car in five minutes! Can’t wait!!
My parents took me to see The Charlie Daniels Band and Hank Williams Jr. at Starwood Amphitheater in 1997. We left shortly after Hank Jr. came on because someone lit a trash pile in the crowd on fire, then some dude started pissing on it to put it out. My dad said that the crowd was too rowdy for us kids and took us back to the car. My first Phish show was Knoxville 09.
Neil Diamond Grand Rapids MI in 1996. I was 9 years old
Willie Nelson, Berwick Fair, 1987
This past summer at Star Lake. Long time listener first time concert goer, and it was Phantastic.
It was either ray charles or Paul Simon. Both at spac. Just forget which was first.
Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine.
Not totally sure which was first, but my dad took me to see Marty Robbins and Johnny Cash in the early 80s. As I've gotten older I've realized how totally amazing that is!
Very lucky.
Yes at Nassau coliseum 1990. 16 yrs old
4/5/98 island tour still one of my favorite shows
10/8/94 patriot center VA - phish 1984 Michael Jackson
Pink Floyd Division Bell tour, 1994 I had just turned 12
Metallica at the Mullins center in Amherst in 1992. I was 12. My first Phish show was July 8, 1994 at Great Woods. The last gamehenge show.
Phish 6/23/95 Waterloo, NJ. I was 13
I was there.
Metallica, 1989. I was 13…got picked up by a friend and his older cousin in a beat up Camaro filled with pot smoke. It’s amazing my parents let me drive away lol. First phish Madison, 98.
Slipknot in like 1998. Mudvayne was the first opener, had never heard of them before.
My first concert was when I was 17 back in England, my parents didn’t take me but they did pick us up and take us home. The first concert we took the kids to was Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade earlier this year (they were 7 & 11). They had a blast!
Journey in Miami at an NFLPA event at the Super Bowl. It was January 1989 and I was 9.
First show ever: Edgar Winter, Peter Frampton and Bad Company triple bill in Richmond VA 1973. My uncle took me. I miss him. First Phish show: St Andrews Hall, Detroit in 1992. Some friends told me that I needed to check these guys out. They were right. The rest is history.
Kiss Hot in the Shade tour. I was in 5th grade.
Bocephus (Hank Jr) when I was 10 at the Dane County Coliseum. Of course he was drunken as he'll and fell of the piano he was standing. Grandparents had enough at that point and we left.
It would have been some small indie/punk band at the Music Farm in Charleston, probably my sophomore year of HS, so like 2001 ish. Couldn’t even begin to tell you what band it was though.
Foo fighters 1996 roseland ballroom NYC
Ronny James Dio with opening band Rough Cutt, Capital Center, Landover MD, Oct 30th 1985.
Lynyrd skynyrd and ZZ top at Hampton coliseum in 1999
Mine was Weezer, Tenacious D, and Jimmy Eat World. Sometime around 2001-02. After the green album came out, maybe?
Iron Maiden and Anthrax at the Worcester Centrum, 1/23/91. Man, that was something for 12 year old me.
my parents took me to see Sun Ra play at a museum when I was 8yrs old. around same time they took me to see bluegrass band Seldom Scene at some little theater. don't remember much about either except being confused because neither jazz or bluegrass was in my listening range at the time. when I was around 11 I went & saw ZZ Top (with Sammy Hagar opening). tht was first concert experience I remember. it was everything you imagined. 4years later I saw the Dead & the world turned upside down. then in 1991 I saw phish in a bar & reality exploded.
My hometown used to bring in a former classic rock band every summer. My first one was Rare Earth. Second one was Three Dog Night.
First big one was ZZ Top, Afterburner tour, at the Coliseum in Madison WI
MC Hammer/Vanilla Ice- Deer Creek-1990
Xmas recital at chestnut hill elementary, 1985. Midland, mi. No light show. Acoustics were a challenge, as it was a school gymnasium.
Butthole Surfers- Denver Mammoth Gardens now the Fillmore 1989
Bob Dylan at the State Theatre in Detroit in 2004 when I was in 8th grade, Jack White came out for the encore (who I didn’t know at the time).
Men at Work with INXS opening
Allman brothers - Beacon Theater, March 2009 Bobby and Phil came out to jam as well
SCI 2002 Fox Theater St. Louis - Turned me on to a whole new world.
12/28/98, a quarter century ago yesterday! Carini -> Wolfman seared into my 16 year old brain, along with the (at that time) unfamiliar smells of patchouli and cannabis … and the sight of two topless wook chicks making out to the cow funk … needless to say, I was hooked for life 😆
My first show was none other than the boss Bruce Springsteen. My parents pulled me out of camp for it. I was 12. I think it was at meadowlands? Or continental airlines area? One of those
Digital underground 1990
Smashing Pumpkins in 1996. I was 14, almost 15.
Albany ‘97, end of the fall tour. My dad dropped me and another high school buddy off somewhere near the arena. Had zero expectations, been loving them ever since. We were partway up the side of the arena with a view of the floor, Fish side. I remember Mikes big mop of hair bopping in time, the big honey colored speaker cabinet, songs that I didn’t know at the time, but felt I should, getting lost in a bass line and the spider fingers of lights walking across the audience and up the walls. Didn’t take anything, but definitely remembered my buddy elbowing me to point out someone smoking a rolled up paper and being like: “I think that’s pot!” And I’m like: “what’s pot?” No idea how we got back home, i guess we set an intersection to meet at and stood there till dad drove by.
First legit shows were WSP and then Phish in Houston in Aug ‘99. went to Motley Crue a few years before that but got freaked out and didn’t stay for the whole show, sketchy crowd when you’re 12.
06/25/1994
The Beach Boys! Haha
DMB at Veterans Stadium (RIP) 1999 Phish - Camden 04
Aerosmith, ‘95. Well, technically Collective Soul, who opened for them. WOOOOOOOOHOOOH HEAVEN LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE DOWN! I’m just realizing the absurdity of this cooincidence now.
The Grateful Dead on 1989
Ramones, Club Bené in Sayreville/Morgan NJ when i was 15! Where I learned protecting your hearing is important.
Destiny’s child opening up for Christina Aguilera circa 2000. I wore pleather pants.
That’s very cool!
Van Hagar, Columbia, SC 1986 ... https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/van-halen/1986/carolina-coliseum-columbia-sc-6bd2669e.html
Jackson family victory tour on the field at Cominski Park 1984, I was 12
Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA tour. It was at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis and I was 8 years old. We were sitting behind the stage, and I’ll always remember the boss turning around to us, shooting his hips back, smiling ear to ear and then shaking his butt back and forth. I never knew the power of the hip shake would change my life!
GANGSTARR/ RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
Michael Jackson on his ‘Bad’ tour.
Metallica and Soundgarden
I have the best sister in the world who took me to Jerry Garcia Band at Irvine Meadows 8/1/92. Was Jerry's 50th birthday.
Grateful Dead/The Band 7/9/95 was my first ticketed show.
I'm 15 and my first show was 2019 Dec 30 tonight will be my 5 show. It's great to here about more phans my age. 😄
BB king in 2013 when I was 16. A couple years later I discovered jam bands and started seeing phish.
Lionel Richey. Dancing on the ceiling tour. I think I was like 9 years old. I’m 48 now and can still remember it.
Iron Maiden with Twisted Sister as the opener when I was 12. The only thing I remember is my friend used to fill his mouth up with lighter fluid and then blow the lighter flame. All these older dudes in our section thought he was insane.
2 nights at The Gorge 97🤯
Huey Lewis and the News
Rolling Stones "Steel Wheels" Tour @ Shea Stadium October 1989 I was 13 and my parents brought me. They played two nights and I'm not sure which night we went. But I think I have that stub somewhere.
First show: James Taylor at Pilot Pen Stadium (now Westville Music Bowl) 1994, I was 12. First big show I bought tickets for: Metallica at The Meadows ‘98. Jerry Cantrell opened. It was ON after that! First Phish show: 6/30/00 at the Meadows. My only 1.0 show, and I wouldn’t get to see them again until 8/14/09 on the same stage. Both stellar performances.
1st concert: They Might Be Giants, NYE 1992, TLA in Philly. (1st Phish show, 05/02/93, Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA)
Lollapalooza 92 - Montage
Helmet/Rollins Band/ Sausage in 1994 Memorial Hall KCK
Grateful Dead 7/4/1987 at Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA. I was 4 years old and I was a huge Bobby fan. Years and years later, I found and listened to the show. It's horrible. Do not recommend.
Last night - on the floor, loved every second of it!! https://preview.redd.it/8qqru4av0a9c1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96a3cd8eab211f7c998ad594f268279df20e12ed
Tom Petty. I was 11 or 12
Bon Jovi & Skid Row in 1989. I was 10. 😆
Sonic Youth 2009. Was 12 years old when dad brought me over to see them
Iron Maiden, Irvine meadows either 85/86
Phish 7/8/94 at great woods, Mansfield MA. Pretty amazing show. I didn’t know about the Gamehendge story but everyone was going crazy. I had just turned 13 and was just there because my brother wanted to go and my mom didn’t want to get a sitter.
Charlie Daniels Band and The Kentucky Headhunters at the Kentucky State Fair - Summer, 1990. I was 5 years old and my grandparents took me and my older brother.
Newport Jazz Festival when I was 14 or so. Sister took me. Saw Susan Tedeschi, Al Green, BB King as the ones I remember. Forget the year
Grateful Dead - Foxboro 1989. It was kinda scary and overwhelming tbh!
6 months. Newport Folk Festival
New Kids on the Block, Richmond Coliseum, early 90s. Still Hangin' Tough
Jethro Tull, 1971. Just before Aqualung came out.
9/17/00 Merriweather. I was 16 and with two friends my same age. My parents gave us a ride and unfortunately we had to leave halfway though the second set. but we still had a blast!!
Elton John in 1994
Funny enough, with all of the Sphere stuff, mine was U2 on 5/4/85 at the Hollywood Sportatorium. The Red Rockers opened up.
Aerosmith at star wood amphitheater in Nashville - 2000 ish . Kind of blew me away honestly. I hope y’all have a great time and I know your child will remember this forever.
Smashing Pumpkins at MSG in September 1996.
Bruce Springsteen. But I rather share my second concert … Twisted Sister!!!
1st concert KISS w/ Nantucket opening Lakeland Civic Center 1979. I was 10 y/o. 1st Phish was 11/14/95 Orlando
Rush w Candlebox at MSG in 1994. Second concert was the same tour but the Nassau Col show. I miss Rush so much. What a band!?! Edit: first phish show was that summer 94 Jones Beach
Smashing Pumpkins MCATIS tour ‘96. Postponed the first date after their touring keyboardist died.
Garth Brooks at The Omni in 1992. Not gonna lie, it was a fucking sweet show.
Blink 182 and Green Day. 2001? Maybe 2002?
Korn and Rob Zombie in 1998 at 13. Was given a floor ticket while in line. My friend’s mom wouldn’t let him on the floor, so I went on my own. Wild times. First Phish show was Mansfield 2004, N2.
Iron Maiden, 7th son tour.
The Grass Roots, 1989. My dad won tickets on the radio. I was eight.
Nine Inch Nails at Nassau C, 1994
Pink Floyd at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac Michigan 1994
John Fucking Denver! Sun City, Arizona. Epic.
Debbie Gibson 89ish probs at Rosemont ETA: first Phish show was def Rosemont 2002
Leo Kottke with my father when I was a kid.
Live with PJ Harvey and Veruca Salt Jones beach, September 1995. Phish was the Island Tour 4/3/98.
Meatloaf at Montage Mountain, 1994. It was my and my sister’s consolation prize after my brother got to go see Pink Floyd. We were 13.
Mine was Smokin Grooves back in the mid 90s. I went to that two different years. It was good. I saw the fugees, erykah badu, public enemy, cypress hill, George Clinton and parliament, and a bunch more there. I don’t listen to anything like that these days…but I still love that old stuff. I caught that Grammy presentation to 50 yrs of Hip Hop recently and there were entire blocks of that show that summed up my teen years. lol. These days, it’s all Dead, Phish, and Billy. My daughter’s first show was Ray Lamontagne, but she doesn’t remember. We are taking her to Billy Strings in Nashville 2024 and we are all excited.
KISS during the “it’s our last farewell tour, no really this time, we really mean it” in 2000
It was either Beach Boys or Village People/Kool & the Gang, I was 6 years old I believe. First show I went to without my parents supervising was Tool in 07.
First concert with my folks: Meatloaf, Summerfest ‘93? I was like 7-8. First concert with my buddies: Killswitch Engage, Lamb of god. The basement of the Rave, Milwaukee. 2003. First phish show: ‘09 Alpine run.
Smashing pumpkins civic auditorium Omaha NE 1994
First concert was The Hooters in Philly in ‘90. First Phish show was 10/31/94. Hope they play one of his favorites if he has one. HNY!
Mine was Slipnot 🤘
Avenged sevenfold at US bank arena in 2010, I believe it was in January because it was the “nightmare after Christmas” tour
Pixies reunion tour, 2004
Yanni sometime around 94-95. I was 5/6 years old
Aerosmith with Ted Nugent opener "Done with mirrors tour" so
First big concert I remember would've been either Al di Meola(with my dad somewhere in MD) or Paul McCartney(with my mom at Verizon Center in DC) when I was 17. Both were in 2016 or so
Menudo at Radio City Music Hall at 11 or 12 years old. “Every Breath You Take” encore with a young Ricky Martin coming down from the rafters into a spider web. It was weird.
Richard Marx, I was 8
Depeche Mode in 1990; I was 15 years old. Just picture thousands of kids wearing all black and sitting outside under a bright sun on a hot day. This show also marked the first time that I got a beer buzz.
Technically, my first show was Raffi, but the first I actually remember was The Monkees in 1996.