How old were you...

Isbjørn · 08-16-2013, 02:58 AM

I was at my first concert when I was twelve. It was with my school, so I was kind of forced to go, but I was also at a festival and a Bruce Springsteen concert a month later or so.

bob. · 08-16-2013, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

The first concert I attended was Citizen Fish, I was 2. Other than that, I think it was th bluegrass fest when I was 9.

i know you lived ion the reno area....this was not by chance in 94-95 and in Carson City was it?

my skin has turned green from this thread....Dylan and Willie....****ing Marillion WITH FISH....eh

mine was Chicago in 83 or 84 which would make me 8 or 9.....i slept through most of it

first show that i picked was Run DMC and Beastie Boysin 87 (i think).....my mom basically said NEVER again

after that was Ministry and KMFDM in 90.....i told them i was at the library.....til 2am......i was grounded for months

as far as what i think about you and your kid going to shows....i feel it's 100% up to you and what you want her exposed to....

crazed · 08-16-2013, 05:38 AM

14 years old when I went with my parents to a Johnny Cash concert.

**Janszoon** · 08-16-2013, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by crazed

14 years old when I went with my parents to a Johnny Cash concert.

Nice!

~~SheliaWilkerson~~ · 08-16-2013, 06:37 AM

I guess i was 11 when i attended my first stage show..it was a group of band from the college up skirts to perform in the local school..that wasn't a great experience.

blackdragon123 · 08-16-2013, 06:46 AM

I was maybe 9 or 10 when I saw Robbie Williams perform in Cardiff. Great, great days

The Batlord · 08-16-2013, 11:32 AM

I was around 21. I know because I could actually drink. It was Children of Bodom, with Black Dahlia Murder and Between the Buried and Me opening. I've always been a recluse, so I just never gave much thought to going to concerts, then I heard on the local rock radio station that this show was happening the next day, and I was totally into COB and BTBAM (it was right around the time they released Colors), so I just got it into my head that I was going to this show and I didn't care how. One of the best decisions I ever made. Got wasted, moshed, and in general just had the time of my ****ing life. Only regret is that the Children of Bodom and BTBAM tour shirts I got are now too small for my fat ass. And I'm pretty sure my mom threw out the BTBAM shirt because it had a cat skeleton on it. Cause they're not a bunch of touchy-feely vegans or anything.

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Originally Posted by crazed

14 years old when I went with my parents to a Johnny Cash concert.

I didn't know they let children in for conjugal visits.

FRED HALE SR. · 08-16-2013, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Psy-Fi

August 6, 1967. I was 5 and with my parents in Montreal, Canada, attending Expo '67. We saw a free, outdoor, afternoon show featuring Jefferson Airplane (I was familiar with them, as they were getting a lot of radio airplay with "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love") and an opening act I hadn't heard of called "The Grateful Dead."

The first show I saw without adult supervision, was David Bowie at Boston Garden in Boston, MA on May 6, 1978.
As soon as I sat in my seat, the person sitting to my right handed me a lit joint and told me to take a toke and pass it on down the line. My buddy and me had people handing us lit joints left and right all through the show. There were so many people smoking weed, there was a marijuana haze throughout the arena. To this day (and many hundreds of shows later) it's the most pot smoking I've ever seen occur at a concert.
Some of the songs from the show, wound up being included on Bowie's "Stage" album, released later that year.
Recently, I found and downloaded a good quality audience recording of the entire show.

I've searched for a recording of the Grateful Dead/Jefferson Airplane show, but it appears there was no recording made of that performance, either by Owsley (the LSD chemist and soundman for The Grateful Dead, who recorded most of their performances while he was with the band) or any member of the audience.
I'm hoping a recording of that concert will surface someday.

Not sure if you can find the show on this link, but Deadheads are usually pretty good about passing recordings back and forth. I searched many moons for a Nassau Coliseum show with Branford Marsalis and eventually came up it.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...yzVuGXDBU-BsBQ

Pretty cool poster for the show also with the Terrapin.

ribbons · 08-17-2013, 03:29 AM

My first concert was The Pretenders when I was 17. katsy, I like the Blind Pilot performance you posted (never heard of that band before) and agree with you and Erica that it seems a serene, secure environment in which to introduce your daughter to live music. Same for Burning Down's clip of the REM concert -- the crowd doesn't seem the least bit raucous. My daughter was 12 when I took her to her first concert, (radio station) Z100's Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden. A group of her friends from school went with us. Destiny's Child, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Maroon 5, Good Charlotte. Oh, and Ashlee Simpson. Suffice to say I was glad when we got home! When my daughter was about 16, she started going unaccompanied by me to concerts with friends. I remember her seeing her hearthrob Jason Mraz and Jimmy Eat World and Paramore at that age.

kushy26 · 08-17-2013, 03:58 AM

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blackdragon123 don't be no bojangles Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Wales Posts: 496	I was maybe 9 or 10 when I saw Robbie Williams perform in Cardiff. Great, great days __________________ 'Well, I'm a common working man, With a half of bitter, bread and jam, And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man, When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

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ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	My first concert was The Pretenders when I was 17. katsy, I like the Blind Pilot performance you posted (never heard of that band before) and agree with you and Erica that it seems a serene, secure environment in which to introduce your daughter to live music. Same for Burning Down's clip of the REM concert -- the crowd doesn't seem the least bit raucous. My daughter was 12 when I took her to her first concert, (radio station) Z100's Jingle Ball at Madison Square Garden. A group of her friends from school went with us. Destiny's Child, Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Maroon 5, Good Charlotte. Oh, and Ashlee Simpson. Suffice to say I was glad when we got home! When my daughter was about 16, she started going unaccompanied by me to concerts with friends. I remember her seeing her hearthrob Jason Mraz and Jimmy Eat World and Paramore at that age.

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