Music at work

Wasnt directed at anyone.!!! ... Some youngens just might not know all kinds of important music facts...

I'm young enough to know the 1st time I saw a Maiden album cover it scared me..... Then a couple of years later one of the 1st live shows I saw Somewhere in Time in 86.

All y'all are a bunch of young'uns.

My first concert was was Sha-Na-Na.... and I still have a few of their albums.

A-machine-insp Check out Clarity by Attila.

Side discussion; What was the first concert you went to, the best concert you went to, the last concert you went to, and a concert you want to go to?

First: Jimmy Buffet (parents couldn't find a babysitter and I was 8)
Best: It's a draw between Metallica (with Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and some others in 04) and Avenged Sevenfold in 2018 or 2019 (don't remember the exact year).
Last: Sevenfold in 2018/2019
Dream: Rammstein

One of the best (but not the best, more of a great bonus) I went to was the Beach Boys. I won tickets to see them at a local county fair. The scheduled opening act for them was Cheap Trick (after they had gone to doing covers of 'oldies'). Cheap Trick for whatever reason, couldn't make it to that date so they got a different group to open..... America. Yeah, I would have bought tickets to see them.

First: Dwight Yoakam (I was 7 or 8 and went to Summerfest with my mom)
Best: Thrice in 2005.
Last: It's been a while. I don't recall honestly.
Dream: If they were around yet, The Chariot. Otherwise, I'd have to say a big band like Metallica, Rammstein, or Slipknot.

Roy Orbison, Monkees, Herman's Hermits, on one of those 'oldies' tours. That was a pretty good concert, except it was 100% outdoors, seating was basically on a ski slope.

First: VAN HALEN 5150
BEST/MOSTEST IRON MAIDEN all 14 times.... Ran into Bruce Dickenson 2 hours before concert at a musuem......we talked for awhile, he was with his family. I was too shocked to ask to come to meet and greet before show...... haunted still to this day 20 years later
Front Row 2x at Alice in Chains last 2 x they have been thru town was amazing....
Missed my chance to see Black Sabbath......
Last show was SLAYER final tour, late last winter before shutdown.....

Very memorable recent shows....Took my son to the final Motley Crue tour a couple of years ago..... he was same age as me when I saw them in 87. he wore my original concert shirt and many people recognized it ! Saw Maiden In Prague a few years ago. It was at an open air soccer stadium and my hotel room window overlooked the back of the stage ! 1 liter beers are 3 euros.....

I saw the 2nd to last SOUNDGARDEN show ever. 6-7 bodies behind the barricade at a summer festival 3 days before tragic event.... I had never seen them before , me and son are huge fans. Last 3 bands of the day were BUSH / GODSMACK/ SOUNDGARDEN. Epic show.

I grew up in Minneapolis suburb in 80's / 90's, We went to shows at one of the 3 huge local arena's probably every 6 weeks or so. Cant even start to list the bands I have seen.

Between the ages of 15 and 20, I probably saw 12-15 bands a year. A big chunk were throughout the summer at festivals. I got married and had kids and that slowly went away. I do miss concerts for sure.

Fun fact: I have never fallen in a mosh pit.

First: Kathy Mattea with my mom for my birthday, I think I was 16
Best:
1. Family Values Tour 1998 with Rammstein and KORN
2. Five Finger Death Punch
3. In This Moment
4. Stitched Up Heart
5. Journey
6.Joan Jett......there are several more, but these are the most memorable ones.
Last: In This Moment, great show
Dream: ANYTHING at this point!! Volbeat! We had tickets, but the show got cancelled due to the flu (aka covid-19). Hopefully seeing Saving Able in August!