concert kodak moments

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

What are some of your most memorable moments from a show? Local or pro. Onstage or off. I especially remember the last time I saw DIO. He brought out a lifesize mannequin of Reagan from The Exorcist and serenaded her with his version of Heaven and Hell.

UncleScabby · Post by **UncleScabby** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

At one of the first Gwar shows I ever saw Oderus (Dave Brockie) did the encore in nothing but fishnets with a handtowel tucked in as a loincloth, neither stayed on very well. Yikes! He's still my hero even though I've seen his wang, hehehe. I'm sure there could be an entire Gwar thread on this topic.

Grëg

ZappasXWife · Post by **ZappasXWife** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

My most memorable moment was standing in front of Gregg Allman at the old Cisco's (Red Lobster) in Altoona while he sang Melissa on a stool with an acoustic guitar then tossed the pick right to me when finished. And yes of course I still have it.

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

I saw Living Colour right after the first CD came out. It was in the basement of the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh. There were about 500 people and the atmosphere was super charged. Living Colour was the first band I ever saw that really wanted to turn every person in that room into a fan. Up til that point I usually went and saw established artists that were playing the hits and faves. Not that most of those shows weren't excellent, it's just that the established bands were not as hungry for the show. Living Colour did a fantastic job and everyone left the show totally jazzed.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

God, I have to go back awhile for this one...got tickets to see Skid Row (and an unannounced opening band) on the "Slave To The Grind" tour back in late 1991 at the King Street Palace in Charleston, SC. Me and my buddy Mike went down for the show, walked in, and waited for the opening band, trying to guess who it would be. The opening band came out, and almost everyone in the hall walked out, leaving me, Mike, and about 70 other people standing there for the 45 minute set. We rocked our balls off, since it was almost a private show.

The opening band?

Pantera, touring to support "Cowboys From Hell".

I still to this day can't figure out why everyone walked out. Pantera was unbelievable. One of the best sets I've ever seen in my life.

JayBird · Post by **JayBird** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

I have many memories of concerts. When I attened IUP, every other week they had an up and coming band play at the HUB or Fisher Auditorium. I've been front row center for Sevendust, Jimmies Chicken Shack, Adam Sandler, Dave Matthews, Rusted Root, Helmet, Caroline's Spine, Our Lady Peace, Hootie and the Blowfish(you own the album too!), Jewel(she's hot-shut up!), Edwin McCain, Vanilla Ice, The Clarks, The Flamin Lips, The Wallflowers, Biohazard, etc. I have set lists from Biohazard and Helmet. I have guitar picks from Kiss, Biohazard, Creed, Helmet, Static-X, Puddle of Mudd, 3 Doors Down and Our Lay Peace. Every concert I go to is a memory...but...my most memoriable moment...winning the Kid Rock prize pack. I won two free tickets to start and then I won the big contest to sit at the sound board/light board for the whole show. They called them the best seats in the house, but the view actually sucked! I was to also get two autographed directors chairs, but the damn radio station who I won the tickets from, never got them signed for me. I did however get two backstage passes and I met him and got a few pics and autographs from him.

Another neat moment was hanging with the lead singer of One Minute Silence at Metropol during their show with Sepultura, Biohazard, and Spineshank. The guy was wearing a kilt. That was pretty cool!

I've also met Steve-O, Preston, and Ryan Dunn when they came through IUP on the Jackass Tour. I got pics and autographs from all of those guys as well. All that stuff got framed! Seeing a grown man staple his nut sack to his thigh...OUCH and PRICELESS!

Lastly, while at IUP I slept outside with about 1000 other Rusted Root fans waiting for the doors to open the next morning for tickets. Oh yeah...it was late OCTOBER and the temps at night were around 35-40 degrees. I met so many people that night. It was one of those college moments that will never leave my head. Thank god for the person who thougt to pass around a number sign up sheet. Once the doors opened it was a mad rush...the police found the list and made everyone get in their numbered postion. Got my tickets!

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

I'd have to say Rush on the "Farewell to Kings" tour in 1977. We were up front and center squished on the "ice" at the War Memorial when the lights went low. They put a purplish/pink light on us as they started the mellow beginning of Xanadu. They started the fog machines and thick purplish pink fog came rolling off the stage over us and went straight thru the crowd. It had a sweet smell and really cooled you off. Then WHAM...the 1st power chord and the lights went crazy with the guitar arpeggio. The fog cleared as they went thru the intro and the 1st verse and when they got to XA - NA -DU, they repeated the fog trick, like they were trying to put us in the pleasure dome. They repeated that for the 2nd XA - NA - DU and for the ending. Can you say lysergic acid diethylamide tartrate-25?

On Memorial Day 1994, an associate and I hired Kansas, Hybrid Ice, Archer, and a few other bands to play a daytime outdoor show at Harvey's lake up by Scranton. It was a perfect day and I spent most of it backstage lounging around in the sand with the bands. I went out to the sound guys right before Kansas came on and then moved up to the best vantage point. Kansas is my favorite band (see the signature below) and I had seen them many times before, but this time it was different. I had just got done talking to them and it was my show. They came out and played my favorite song "Song for America" and it was one of the most powerful and emotional moments in my life (not to mention expensive).

Pure Evil · Post by **Pure Evil** » Thursday Jul 22, 2004

We set up a metal fest a few years ago and had some really good bands on the bill. The whole thing was awesome and I'll never forget it, but I think a few of the things that stick out in my mind the most was watching Mushroomhead out in the crowd throwing the football without being noticed (without their masks on of corse) and after the show was over us hanging out in the trailer with MH cooking hot dogs and relaxing for the night.
The vibe for the whole weekend was great.

DMFJ03 · Post by **DMFJ03** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

In 2001 and I saw Slipknot on the Pledge of Alligence tour at the Bryce Jordan center. The thing that stuck out in my mind the most (aside from the 'jump the f*ck' contest) was when Clown had his percussion kit hydrolicly lifted into the air (probably around 20 ft high) and he removed the keg from his kit and then threw it down to the stage below trying to hit their DJ. It was insane.

Staceman · Post by **Staceman** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

1989, Johnstown War Memorial, Bulletboys / Winger / Cinderella show.

Cinderella was more or less the headliner. When they played "Don't Know What You Got Till It's Gone", the singer, along with the piano he was playing, was lowered from the ceiling as he was beginning the song.'

Not a real exciting thing I guess, but it was my first big name band concert, and I thought it was the s**t at the time. And I really wasn't even a real fan of any of the 3 bands before that show.

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

Lonewolf,
Was that the show with Cheap Trick and Mark Farner?

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

witchhunt wrote:Lonewolf,
Was that the show with Cheap Trick and Mark Farner?

I think you're right, but I can't remember for sure...all I can really remember from that show was Xanadu and the fog. Shame on me.

Post by **Jim Price** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

Most memorable major concert moments for me:

1. 1981, Judas Priest/Whitesnake/Iron Maiden at the Cambria County War Memorial in Johnstown. Several moments during Priest's set, including the band rising through the floor to the stage to a hail of strobe lights and fog as the opening chords of "Solar Angels" sounded - with Rob Halford casually strolling out onstage through the fog midway through the first verse - what a fantastic opening! Later, KK Downing and Glenn Tipton's heated guitar duels during "Victim Of Changes," highlighted by strobe lights - unforgettable! And then Halford riding the cycle on stage late in the show - the second concert I ever went to, this still ranks as one of the best! (Maiden - then with Paul DiAnno - opened and blew everybody away so well they got to encore, very rare for an opening band!)

2. 1990, Queensryche/Warrior Soul at the Cambria County War Memorial. Queensryche doing the entire Operation: Mindcrime album in itself was unforgettable; but doing "Suite Sister Mary" complete with a female singer in the Mary role was great! And at the end of "Eyes of a Stranger," the effect as Geoff Tate did several laps around the stage and seemingly dove through a video screen to end the show!

3. 2003, Queensryche/Dream Theater/Fates Warning at Chevrolet Amphitheater, Pittsburgh. Both Queensryche and Dream Theater coming out onstage and doing The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" for the encore. I was awed and speechless!

4. 1988, Fates Warning/Hallow's Eve at Cisco's, Altoona. Fates was headlining, but everybody came to Cisco's to see Hallow's Eve, and the crowd cleared out of the building after their set - except a handful of people, including Troy Earnest and me. We were both headbanging alone at the front of the stage as Fates came out and did their set. Fates looked bewildered and stunned, wondering what they did wrong to scare everybody away except these two maniacal metalheads up front!

5. 1983, Kix/The Front/Nitro at Sir Skate, Altoona. During Kix's set, I was getting into the music so much that I hadn't noticed Steve Whiteman stepping off the stage and into the crowd, until I turned and looked to see Steve standing right next to me and singing! Wild!

I could list countless memorable moments during local shows, but I'm saving it for when I write my memoirs someday. Too many to list here.

Staceman, I remember the Cinderella/Winger/Bulletboys show, and that moment with Tom Kiefer and the piano being lowered from the ceiling. In fact, I sneaked a camera in and took a picture of it! (Not a real good one, all you can see is the piano on the platform being lowered, you can't see Keifer.) I also remember during Winger's set, Kip Winger spotted me with the camera and tried to point me out to security - a**hole!

ZappasXWife · Post by **ZappasXWife** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

The Rush War Memorial show I saw was also the Farewell to Kings tour, yes...it was Mark Farner & Cheap Trick ...reminded me that this was also an unforgettable concert for me. It was Thanksgiving night (right, lonewolf?), and my friend who was inexperienced with, um, indulging in some things, proceeded to throw up her turkey dinner on the floor and people parted like the Red Sea. We had lots of room around us to enjoy the show after she went to sleep...

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

ZappasWife wrote:The Rush War Memorial show I saw was also the Farewell to Kings tour, It was Thanksgiving night (right, lonewolf?)

All I can remember was that there were a lot of colors that night...and then they turned the lights on.

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

I was at 1. and 4. Jim! But i stayed for Fates also!

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

Yes, the Rush show was Thanksgiving night. With the help of my bouncer friend, Wolfman, I got to go over the barricade for Rush. If I'd only had a camcorder. The Priest show J.P. spoke of was great, too. I got to meet Murray and Harris from Maiden that night. How come cool shit never happens to me anymore?

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

Back again. Thinking of the War Memorial, there have been some great shows there. Kansas, Charlie Daniels, Blue Oyster Cult, and Nazareth all played there more than once. I remember one Nazareth show when Dan McCaffrey(singer) had a broken leg and did the show sitting on a stool. The lights went out between songs and came back on a couple seconds too soon. It caught a stagehand running off the stage with a bong and Dan blowing out a rather large hit. Pain relief. The first concert I ever saw was at the War Memorial. Probably about 1974. It was Black Oak Arkansas. Tickets were 4.25. The first time I saw KISS was there, too. I got to shake hands with Simmons through the bars at the end of the mezzanine. I swear he was 10 feet tall. I about came in my pants.

313 · Post by **313** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

My first show was at the War Memorial - 1975. Kiss and Rush were on tour together supporting their new albums -Hotter Than Hell and Fly By Night, respectively. At that time (I was in 7th grade), Kiss was my favorite band and Rush was a close 2nd. The opening band that night was a regional favorite called Artful Dodger. They played what I thought was a great set, and they became my favorite band for about the next 30 minutes. Rush then took the stage and after the opening guitar riffs of "Finding My Way" they became my favorite (for the next 45 minutes, anyway). Kiss was unbelievable - what a spectacle for my first concert ever! They remained my favorite until Destroyer hit the record bins years later.

Some other great Concerts I remember:

Motorhead, Exciter, and Mercyful Fate at the Tower Theatre
Leppard, Priest, and Maiden at the Stanley Theatre
Kix / Wrathchild at the Shiley Acres Shows
Twisted Sister and Back Street Kids at the Metron in 1984
Teeze and Defiance at the Strand in Sunbury
Queensryche and Motorhead at the Stanley (1984)

Post by **Jim Price** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

One more show I wanted to mention for one of my most memorable concert moments: Ozzy's first and last show at the Bryce Jordan Center. Who can forget the ending, when Ozzy spat in the face of Penn State Security and told the whole audience to come down front and get crazy, and whoever got the craziest would get to go backstage with the band. Can you say melee? I'll never forget the rush of humanity down through the bleachers and up to the front of the stage, with Ozzy turning the water hoses on everybody up front...while the ushers and security people at the Bryce looked on in shock and fear. I had sneaked a camera into the show, but once this melee started, I wasn't afraid to break it out - security had far more urgent things to worry about!

And I also remember the press conference with Penn State's president the next day, who proclaimed that "Mr. Osbourne will not be welcomed back into our facility again." Classic!

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Friday Jul 23, 2004

It was Black Oak Arkansas. Tickets were 4.25.

I saw them at the 1972 Bedford County Fair. Tix were $3

SEE WHY I BITCH ABOUT COVER CHARGES!

esa · Post by **esa** » Saturday Jul 24, 2004

five massive sides of the music spectrum.

i saw garth brooks about 10 years ago in bryce jordan. he had a dude come out in a white suit and tails...sit down at a baby grand and start playing/singing. made it to look like garth.. then the big G on the baby opened up a circle.. and the real garth got elevatered up. he then proceeded to jump and swing from ropes the rest of the night. crazy.

2. phil collins. saw him 10 years ago as well. the man jogged the whole stage in circles doing suedeo. and he didn't have a heart attack.

3. jamie jumping off a stage, straight at me and landing not a foot away. best damn picture i ever took.

4. rush.. just all the lights and anatronics... the skeleton dude singing and the dragon. i saw them last year.

5. wierd al.. suit changing straight from 'fat' to the bedrock song. 5 years ago...in pittsburgh.. then same stunt, add in straight to coolio dress.. at hershey.

the others are just kinda silly, but still.. left an impression. America played 2 years ago in indiana. just..awe.
Tool's Maynard standing on stage at bryce jordan...just in his bra and panties, never moving.. 2years ago.

and it may not be a band, but seeing phantom..that was awesome. pyrotechnics and music.. i love it! phantages needs to bring it back.

DMFJ03 · Post by **DMFJ03** » Saturday Jul 24, 2004

Another specatular moment for me was the first time I saw The Professor do his drum solo. I can't remember if I was a Junior or Senior in highschool when I first saw Rush (however I do know that it was the Test For Echo tour in which they performed 2112 in its entirety at the then Civic Arena) and I remember standing there with my jaw dropped and in complete awe thinking that never again would I wittness something as awesome as that.

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday Jul 24, 2004

Rush seems to play a lot of U.S. holidays. I saw them at Alpine Valley Ampitheatre in WI (where Stevie Ray's helicopter crashed) on July 4, 1981--Moving Pictures tour.

It was an outdoor daytime show. There was a helicopter hovering pretty high above the ampitheatre and 2 guys with parachutes and 1 guy with a hangglider came out of it and landed behind the stage. Then, Rush came on. I don't know if it was them flying out of the helicopter or not, but it was a cool trick anyway.

I took pictures, but never got the film developed. The film is still in the camera! Damn, I'm gonna get it developed!

Can't find the camera, but I found an LCB receipt for my birthday in 1990:

Kasser Vodka, Jim Beam Bourbon, Gilbey's Gin, Monte Alban Mezcal and Dewars White Label Scotch: Total $50.97 aaaaahhhh, the good old days.....

ImAGrimmette · Post by **ImAGrimmette** » Saturday Jul 24, 2004

A couple of years ago... I saw Live at the Star Lake! No opening band just a whole entire night of them. During their 2nd set, the stage spun around and there is this set done up with living room furniture. We were all thinking what the heck is this???? Then all of a sudden the whole band came out unplugged and did an entire acoustical set. Just sitting around bullshitting and playing some really cool and off the wall tunes. Reminded me of watching friends of mine having band practice. It was an Awesome moment!!!!!!

GRIMMETTE Lisa