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 TheGreggMill My very first concert at the age of 13. Attended with my dad and brothers and beginning a long extensive habit of attending shows. The Doobie Brothers Apr 14, 2023
 TheGreggMill My very first concert. My cool dad brought me and my brothers and I began my life of attending many concerts. The Doobie Brothers Apr 14, 2023
 RickyRacer Additionally, I'd just recently turned 18 and had graduated from HS, was head-over-heels in love with Brenda (who later became my 1st wife) and, it was the 4th of July afterall. Nugent, hanging from the rope ladder suspended below the helicopter, circled the crowd multiple times to amp them all up. Finally, with the copter hovering off to the right of the stage, Uncle Ted was lowered to the ground then, ran to it and began his set. Btw, Def Leppard took the stage first at 2pm to play songs from their just released first album. The Scorpions played next, then Pat Travers followed by Molly Hatchet then finally, Nugent at about 8:30PM. Fwiw, this concert was the one and only one ever done at Road Atlanta. And, originally, ZZ Top was to have been the main Headline band. But, scheduling problems with them cropped up a couple months or so before the show resulting in Nugent taking over. Also, a case of Budweiser in 1980 was less than $10, so, to pay $2 for one can at the concert seemed high - heck, back then, it represented about 5 times its retail price. And, back then, the "Devil's Lettuce" was about $40 / ounce so, individual Doobies typically went for $1 each and were widely available at the concert. Don't kid yourself, even at a 4% level, one shared between two would do the job nicely. Keep in mind that 35,000 people, primarily white kids from suburbia aged 15 to 30 showed up to party to Nugent and Molly Hatchet. That fact alone speaks volumes about the times back then. Ted Nugent / Molly Hatchet / Def Leppard / Pat Travers / Scorpions Apr 14, 2023
 Skull They played under the name The Four Skins as a secret warm up gig for that year's Donington Monsters.of Rock Mötley Crüe Apr 13, 2023
 houseinvirginia rained the whole time but it was so silly and fun !!!! They Might Be Giants Apr 13, 2023
 Scott Olson One of the loudest shows I’ve ever experienced at First Avenue. Mogwai Apr 13, 2023
 TheGreggMill Was there an opening act for Zappa on this date? Frank Zappa Apr 13, 2023
 HanzDieter No 10 from setlist "Edith Groove" was not played The Last Internationale / TAIPEI HOUSTON Apr 13, 2023
 Dosh Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse were in the audience! Babybird Apr 13, 2023
 kaffein Duro (Houston, Texas) Alternative Metal band from the early 2000s. Photo shown is not Duro (Houston, Texas) Duro Apr 13, 2023
 Mike Carden One of my best concerts Led Zeppelin Apr 12, 2023
 RickyRacer Wow, 41 years ago today on April 12th, 1982 I went to my 12th concert and saw "The Charlie Daniels Band". The ticket cost just $9.50. The Charlie Daniels Band Apr 12, 2023
 Jeremy Bator Hard to track this one down, got info from Lethbridge Herald Archives, photo of shirt I bought at the show. Red Rider / Deserters Apr 12, 2023
 Jeremy Bator Went with Darcy Boyden! Live Apr 12, 2023
 Jeremy Bator Went with my little Bro Chris, this was an amazing show! Live Apr 12, 2023
 John Keel Matthew Sweet was opener. Not sure why he's not listed. Indigo Girls Apr 11, 2023
 rockriverine Note on location name. I lived in USC and it was never spelled out as Upper Saint Clair. Also, Pennsylvania tends to be insistent on its municipality identification, so "Township" needs to be included. The Bob Seger System Apr 11, 2023
 Staggerlee St Stephen Breakout!!!!!! Grateful Dead Apr 11, 2023
 Andy J Ryan Love of Diagrams, Spectrum 21 November 2008 I arrived to some tracks quite oxymoronic for a band called Songs, who were playing what could best be described as ‘jams’ or possibly even ‘excursions’ at a stretch. They came as an interesting addition to their more melodic moments where they’re content keeping it clean. Love of Diagrams, however, kept everything tight and precise. Barely a wasted note was summoned as the Melbourne three-piece were all fringes down, sticks’n’strings up right from the almost prophetic opening lyric of “This may sound a little strange”. You can’t get by as long as Love of Diagrams have just by peddling the regulation drums/bass/guitar sound. Right from their early, more instrumental incarnation right through til the launch of their latest 7” single ‘Forever’, the band have provided a unique and evolving take on the traditional ‘trio’. Their songs are enlivened with searing blasts of distorted guitar and squalling feedback, the gamey bass throbs along inspiredly, driven by the whip-sharp drumming of Monika Fikerle causing a disturbance up back. There are certainly no weak links in this triumvirate as each instrument variously surges to the forefront, craning for attention before ceding to the background to regroup for the next attack. The twin vocals elevate the songs even further; contrasting the more hypnotically urgent tones of bass player Antonia Sellbach with the more melody tinged-ones of guitarist Luke Horton. Terrific. Love of Diagrams / Songs Apr 11, 2023
 Andy J Ryan The Charlatans – The Forum 14 November, 2008 The Black Ryder cut through the pre-Charlatans chatter with a mightily mesmerising mist of sprawling guitars and sparse, smoky vocals. Ride’s ‘Vapour Trails’ came booming out of the venue’s Pa and pretty much date-stamped the mood of the evening. The Charlatans really shouldn’t be lumped in with the reform-a-rama of the last couple of years as they had never really broken up, but I’ll go out on a limb and speculate that most here tonight wished to be ‘up to their hips in the band’s mid-nineties hits. This was the band’s first ever visit to our shores in their near twenty-year career and the fact that the show was sold-out weeks ago gave a good indication of the level of anticipation. The between band choice of music may be an under appreciated art, but I tip my hat to the Forum’s disc spinner for the zesty choice of ‘tween set tunes that kept the crowd cherry ripe for the main course and the atmosphere buzzing right until the moment The Charlatans took the stage. Our headliners just owned it right from the moment they walked on. Lead singer Tim Burgess bounded out in a bewitching bundle of black-bob cut and effusive energy, casually waving to the packed crowd as he ducked, weaved and gestured his way about the stage. The songs traversed the band’s ten albums, swaying from the relatively recent ‘Mis-Takes’, ‘Bad Days’ and ‘Blackened Blue Eyes’ right back to ‘Opportunity’ from their 1990 debut Some Friendly. The set peaked with a coupling of Charlatans classics when 1997’s Tellin’ Stories single ‘One To Another’ lead into the glorious ‘Only One I Know’ which had all three tiers of the venue dancing and punctuating every note with raised arms and phones alike. They pretty much had the crowd and their mercy after that and they milked it better than a Dairy Farmers employee. All too soon the band were thanking us all and wistfully acknowledging their long coming arrival in Australia and letting us know “This is the End”. It wasn’t though, and the band returned amidst much frenzied chanting for a throttling quinella of ‘North Country Boy’ and ‘How High’ before departing the stage once more only to return for their debut album’s – and tonight’s – closing song ‘Sproston Green’. If it proves just to be a once off tour, then no one could justly ask for much more. It was just an ultra-impressive and completely compelling show well worth the wait. The Charlatans / The Charlatans UK / The Black Ryder Apr 11, 2023