70s
A friend asked me a great question, & I thought I'd ask you. Ever see a band long before they became famous? Who did you see, where & when? And did you just know they'd one day be stars? In my case, Rush in late June 1974 in Cleveland, 3rd on the bill. (And yes, I believed in them from day 1.)
I saw U2 in a mid size night club (Cardis) in Houston 1981 (1st us tour) supporting their first us hit song ‘I Will Follow’ Not that many people were there.
Actually saw them in London at the Moonlight Club, Dec. 10, 1979. Not even sure there were 10 people there. I was unfamiliar with them and was there to see openers Medium Medium. After U2 played, my friend and I both agreed they were really good and that they could possibly make it big. Even with that small of an audience, they still played like the place was packed.
Wow, that must have been incredible. I saw them later than that. They were still not big, but developing a following. Did you sort of know they'd be something one day?
I saw that tour in Columbus, Ohio. They were so good that I will never go see them again on account of it would be a let down. At the time I had heard "I Will Follow" on the radio only 2 or 3 times.
I wanted to see them on this tour, but I was too young to get into the bar. I saw them the next time around when they were touring for October. It was still a pretty small place. I actually met them after the show. Got their autographs.
A lot of cover tunes and it was GREAT! Footnote: I feel I have a strange strong connection to them because of seeing them, I went to the same high school as Gregg ( he was ahead of me, dammit) and Duane unfortunately lost his life on my wedding day. However, the strongest connection was loving their music!
still miss them...they were so freaking incredible. i saw them "open" for johnny winter, who i also loved, at the fillmore east but they were so great he had them close the 2nd show (after the bomb scare was over)
I lived in Savannah, Ga in 1997 when a friend told me we had to go checkout this kid guitarist who was already amazing. We went to a small basement bar with about 12 people in it and saw Derek Trucks. I think he was around 18.
I saw them open for ELP as well, but they had a singer when I saw them. When they were introduced, I mis-heard and thought that the band's name was "Johnny".
I saw the Jackson Five many years ago. They played at a local festival but they weren’t a headliner act. They played a small stage. The other girls in the small audience (it was almost all girls) were Black. I was the only White girl in the audience
Bruce Springsteen in a nyc bar as an opening act for someone else. Around 1973. Yes it was obvious he was going to be huge.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in an off off Broadway Midsummer’s Nights Dream, I think N.Y.U. production? 1980ish. Yes oh yes she stole the show.
U2 in a club, just starting out I worked at Island Records at the time. I wasn’t sure because their manager was such an asshole I thought he’d lose them jobs!
I hope you’re not referring to Phil Quatararo. I don’t think he was their manager, but he was at Island & work with them. Not a nicer guy in the business.
No not him. The guy I’m talking about was from Ireland, not at Island. The US Island people were sitting at a table, not even in front, but this guy was extremely insulting and wanted us to move and clear the table for who knows who, not the VIP since that was us. When we didn’t move and told him off for being so condescending he went off in a big huff and said he was going to get us kicked out. Nobody bothered us again. Maybe he only claimed to be their manager, I have no idea.
Island had fantastic people altho I don’t remember Phil. Maybe from the UK office. We were a smallish co and all knew each other.
The best was when the reggae people came and filled the elevator with their blunts! They’d come out to the lobby, a more conservative building, and the smoke would come wafting out in a big cloud 😂
Life works in funny ways. Last night I was at a concert at Jones Beach and was introduced to Phil Citron & Liz Rosenberg. I’m not a music industry guy, but asked if they had known Phil. Their eyes lit up and smiled. And like me, they echoed my sentiments. Liz had some very funny stories of her & Phil needing to extinguish a ‘small fire’ on Madonna’s hair after she tilted her head backwards and her hair caught fire in a candle!
bruce only played one bar in nyc in the year 1973..though he did 3 stands there that year playing 2 shows a night at each stand. he played upstairs at max's kansas city which held maybe 100-150 people. in jan/feb he opened for a guy named biff rose. the third stand in nov 73 he opened for hall and oates. but the second stand in july of that year he co-headlined with bob marley and the wailers. since i can't imagine anyone forgetting that insane combination of artists for under $10...you must have seen him at one of the other 2 gigs. since biff rose was very forgettable he'd be my guess.
Definitely not Bob Marley or Hall and Oates, I knew them, I had never heard of the artist so must have been Ross since only Bruce made an impression. And yeah 100-150 capacity is my memory. Thank you, I couldn’t remember the name of the bar, but I can see it in my mind
I saw Jane’s Addiction in November 1987 opening for Love & Rockets. They were completely unknown and half of the promotional materials billed them as “James Addiction” or something similar. They played with ferocity but I was still a little bit surprised when Nothing’s Shocking came out and their popularity exploded.
Never saw them live, but a lot of folks were talking about them in several of the cities where I worked. We got good reaction when we played them on the radio, but I never expected they'd have any big success.
I had the same reaction to them as I did with Nine Inch Nails as an opening act in 89 or 90: I think this band will be lucky to ever play to 1,000 people on their own. Boy, was I wrong when both bands started headlining arenas and festivals.
By the same token, sometimes it goes the other way—you see a great opening act and think that they’ll become huge and they either fade into obscurity or spend the next 30 years playing small clubs.
As a music director, that happened to me more than a few times. There's a radio expression, a "turntable hit." It referred to a song we deejays loved but nobody else did. And I could name you a large number of songs that we thought were excellent, but they didn't sell 5 copies... 😕
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan shortly after he released Texas Flood. He was still playing small venues. I saw him at The Keystone Palo Alto (near Stanford University). I think the club held about 400 people or so.
Styx played at my high school in December 1971. I got to talk to them during a break. I asked Dennis DeYoung if they played anything by The Who. He said they used to cover Won't Get Fooled Again but had erased the tape they used for the synthesizer part. I said thanks anyway and went back to my table. When they were ready for the next set DeYoung asked where the guy was who had inquired about The Who. I yelled and raised my hand. He asked me my name, and I told him; then he asked for my date's. "This next song is for these guys," he said as they launched into Summertime Blues.
Cool! We saw them at St. Christopher gym in Midlothian right around the same time. Back then they called themselves TW4. Admission was 75 cents. The next summer their single Best Thing was playing on the radio but we didn't know it was the same band.
Def Leppard 1980. They opened at the Nugent / Molly Hatchet concert in Atlanta. Def Lep was at the bottom of the 5 band line-up and were first to go on stage. Here's my actual ticket and the graphic design I made to commemorate the concert.
Waiting in line to get into a summer Pretenders concert in MKE, 3 guys on the corner playing music to those in line. They were so good, Chrissie Hynde invited them in to be the opening band. They called themselves The Violent Femmes.
I saw Squeeze when I was in high school on the uncle Floyd show, a local TV station show. They sang if I didn’t love you and I specifically remembered them because when they sang the chorus “if I if I if I “ they moved in time. The song was good and catchy, and it was a few months before I heard them on the radio. That had to be 1978 or 1979. I ended up seeing them in 1980 at the pier in NYC . They were great 80s band.
I absolutely loved the Tragically Hip. It must have been way cool to see both of those bands in a college environment. Our local college clubs attracted some incredible up-and-coming talent. Greater Boston was part of the folk music boom and many of us saw performers like Bob Dylan & Joan Baez (and Ian & Sylvia too) very early in their careers.
I saw My Morning Jacket in a club a couple times in Minneapolis before they hit the bigtime. On one of those occasions, Jimmy Buffett was playing the Target Center & the streets of downtown Minneapolis were filled with middle aged men wearing grass skirts & coconut bras! Jim James came out on stage with a plastic parrot on his shoulder.
One of my brothers & his wife saw Billy Strings in a bar in Montana while they were out there skiing.
I used to catch the Dave Matthew’s band opening up and playing in bars all of the time. Used to speak with some of the guys in the band about nonsense. I thought they were good. I never thought they would blow up into the phenomenon they became.
I remember telling my nieces that I had seen them more times than I can recall when her and her friends were going to catch him at a sold stadium concert. I shared where I saw them, etc and her and her friends minds were blown that this “old “ guy knew all the songs and had met them. P
I really can relate to your comment about Dave Matthews. That's what is so interesting-- I can recall quite a few bands that I thought were just okay-- entertaining but nothing special. And they went on to become famous. Go figure... 😊
Maybe I'm pushing the term "classic rock" too hard, but I used to see The Hooters when they were local guys playing at the Zoo and outdoor festivals. (I was too young to see them in clubs.)
I saw Fastball open for Matthew Sweet before they broke with "The Way." They were fantastic - fast and punky and melodic.
The Way was one of my favorite songs, when I was a deejay; and it still is. I didn't see them live when they were up-and-coming, but a friend of mine did, and he predicted big things for them.
Yes, that's where I got to see so many up-and-coming bands, and also play some of them on the air when nobody had ever heard of them. It was a much different era, and radio stations had more freedom to break new artists. 😊
Saw The Black Keys play in a club of about 50 people. Hung out with Dan and Patrick for a few beers after the show. They signed my CD and I still have it. Knew they were going to be huge.
In 1972 I saw Eagles open for Yes in a 600 seat venue in Louisville, Kentucky. The next year in San Francisco, the Tubes at the Boarding House and Bette Midler at Bimbo's. Yes, yes, yes and especially yes for Bette who had just finished her stint in the NYC gay bathhouses and was over the top amazing.
Oh, and AllBros' (the original band) second ever gig on May 11, 1969, free in Piedmont Park in ATL.
I saw Judas Priest in 1975 or 1976 at the Stockton Memorial Auditorium (CA). I think they had just released Sad Wings of Destiny. They were the opener. I don't remember the headliner. Might have been Mahogany Rush. Anyway, most people in the audience hadn't heard of them and did not like them.
I had heard Sad Wings of Destiny on the local college station (KUOP) and loved it.
I vaguely recall seeing Judas Priest early in their career; and they too were lower on the bill, and the crowd didn't come to see them, since they weren't the headliners. Being 2nd or 3rd on a bill is not an easy task, even for the best up-and-coming band!
Beck, early 1994, when he was touring what would eventually be Mellow Gold on DGC. He had a bunch of singles on Bong Load, and was playing a dive bar in New Orleans called The Boot. Him, an acoustic guitar, and for some reason, a pink tutu. It was hilarious. And you knew immediately that he had a ton of talent, and a wicked sense of humor.
I disagree. I always liked Bryan Adams. I too saw him early in his career, but he had a very good stage presence and seemed really comfortable up there. I kind of thought he'd become popular, but you and I both know there's no way to predict who the public will or won't like... Still, I'm glad he made it. He was really fun to watch in his younger days, and even when he became famous, he continued to be a very good live performer.
I saw No Doubt on the bill as the openers for Goo Goo Dolls and Bush. No Doubt was easily the best band there and I hadn't heard of them yet. Not too long after Just a Girl hit.
Queen opened for Mott the Hoople on Broadway in NYC. Keep yourself alive was a rising hit, but that's about it. I don't believe they were an opening act since then . They rocked it!
Saw Tom Petty and the Cars in a bar.
Billy Joel at our tiny college, shortly after Piano Man came out. He nailed it and played the piano so long and so hard. Wasn't surprised at all when he went big a year or two later.
Yes, I too saw Billy Joel early in his career, and I was impressed-- I've always loved singer-songwriters, and he was a really good performer. I sort of thought he'd become something, but at the time, I never thought he'd become a superstar...
Prince, August 1981, opened for the Rolling Stones in the LA Coliseum. Was booed off the stage after 2-3 songs. Saw Prince years later in Austria for his 55th birthday. He was fantastic
I saw Elton John at Fillmore East in November 1970, a month after “Your Song” was released. It got a lot of airplay on New York AOR stations (R.I.P. WNEW-FM) and a few other markets, but Elton John was not yet 🌟🌟ELTON JOHN⭐️⭐️ late 1970.
I saw Blondie in the clubs early on. Later as an opener for big rock shows. I saw Suzanne Vega on the new performer stage, Philadelphia Folk festival, basically singing on a piece of plywood in a field.
I saw David Bowie shortly after he transitioned from Ziggy Stardust to the thin white Duke long before he was a big rockstar. I suppose he was a headliner at that point though. I saw the Ramones at CBGB and thought it was a nightmare, I caught on later on.
The weirdest has to be Nickel Creek who appeared at the Philadelphia Folk Festival the weekend they were “discovered” by the country music establishment. They were invited to be on TV and had to leave early, promising to return. They returned the next year as headliners.
Wow, were you working in the industry at the time, or just seeing a lot of shows? When I worked for Mercury Records, I saw various bands at CBGB (a really bizarre place to see a band). I wish I could have seen Bowie early in his career... that must have been interesting!
I volunteered at the Philly Folk Fest from 85 to 2017. Closest I got to working in the business. Mostly I just spent all my time and money on music back then.
I saw INXS perform at the local Univeristy's Student Center. I was on campus that night with some friends and saw a flyer about the show, so we went to go see what a band from Austrailia sounded like. A few months later, their album Shabooh Shoobah was released, and "The One Thing" was getting a lot of air play on the radio and the video was often showed on MTV. After that, I made sure to go see them each time they came thru my hometown while on tour for their next 5 albums.
Saw Guns N’ Roses play a small theater in Pasadena in 1987 that sat maybe 1,800 people.
Appetite for Destruction had dropped a few months prior and was getting some airplay, but hadn’t really hit yet.
Steven Adler had broken his hand so Fred Coury from Cinderella was sitting in on drums.
Saw them open for The Rolling Stones in the L.A. Coliseum a couple of years later with 70,000 people. They started late because Axl “wasn’t feeling it” and just couldn’t be bothered to get to the stage on time.
During a long instrumental section, there was a kerfuffle in front of stage right. Axl had jumped off stage and was doing a lap around the entire arena floor as security scrambled to keep up with him. He finished his lap, climbed back on stage, and continued singing.
During the encore, Axl and Steven got into a screaming match and Steven threw his drumsticks at Axl.
That was pretty much the end of the original lineup.
Saw GnR open for Ted Nugent at the Santa Monica Civic the week they were signed, so well before Appetite came out. They weren’t amazing or anything (and that lead singer tried too hard to play the rock star) but you did remember them. The next day I was in a record store wearing my new Ted Nugent shirt and a couple of guys saw the shirt and started a conversation. Sure enough, we ended up talking mainly about the opening act.
1st Dog Day Rockfest at Grant Field in Atlanta. A band opened up that wasn't listed on the bill. Later found out it was Cheap Trick. We were down front and all I remembered was the guitar player spitting picks.
In 1970, my high school band opened for a group named Ask Rufus (later just Rufus) at a store opening in Chicago. They had an amazing young female singer named Chaka Khan.
Also, REO Speedwagon played Chicago areahigh schools in early 70s, along with Styx and others. Also saw Alice Cooper in a high school field house right about when “I’m 18” was released. That was an great show.
My uncle said he saw Kiss in a small club in upstate New York before they got big. This was also when they were still figuring things out as far as stage presences and make up. He listened to them for a little bit, said they sounded awful and looked like a mess, so he's like "These guys will never do anything." So he went to the car, got stoned and listened to Dark Side of the Moon.
I remember Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids, and Jack Off Jill when they were local bands.
In or around 1983 i saw U2 at NY’s Palladium on 14st and 2d Ave. I’m going to say it has 3000 seats. My friend worked for the record company and got tickets. I was blown away. Had heard a few of the hits on the radio before but they were not yet really big. We were in loge right at rail. I remember during Bloody Sunday the Edge walking up to an electric piano and doing the piano riff. Awesome memory. I’ve also seen them at Yankee Stadium and places in between. lol.
Those were the days! The record companies often gave out comps (complimentary tickets) to friends or colleagues, just to make sure a certain new band got a good audience. And sometimes, if you knew the right person, you could get tickets to see a more famous band.
3 band show: Main band Journey, middle band Montrose, opening band Van Halen. Van Halen was not on the radio yet and no MTV. WE where joking" Whats a Van Halen?" 30 seconds after they hit the stage we knew!
Wow, I wish I had been at that one-- I saw all of them later on, but it must have been amazing to see them in their formative years. And yeah, with some bands, the first time you see them, even when they are relatively unknown, you just know. I felt that way about Aerosmith...
I've always liked Garth Brooks. He told me that when he was growing up, he had wanted to be a rock star. And when he started performing, his hero was Bob Seger, as I recall.
Not classic rock, but I saw Nine Inch Nails at Irving Plaza in 1988. I was one of 5/6 people there. They were horrible, but they got way better when I saw them in '89.
Also, I saw Front Line Assembly in 1991 in Anaheim, CA. It was the night before ConFurence 2 (a furry convention). Someone at CF2 was selling Bill Leeb's "Decommission THERAC-25" shirt.
Not a band or classic rock but I saw J Cole when he opened for Rihanna maybe around 2009-2010. He said “right now you probably are thinking who’s this guy (used a different word I’m not gonna say) but one day you’ll know my name” and I was like ok whatever where’s Riri. But then a year or so later Power Trip and Work Out were all over the radio and when I got older it clicked that this was who I saw before anyone knew who he was!
Saw Johnny Cougar (definitely didn’t advertise Mellencamp) open for the Kinks. I think Nothing Matters had just come out so, Jack and Diane were a couple of years away. Played a lot of 50s R&B along with his own stuff. He held his place against the Kinks admirably.
Yes, when I first saw him, very early in his career, he was still Johnny Cougar. That was evidently his manager's idea? He was told not to use his real name, for some reason. I guess flashy names were "in" during the mid-70s.
I saw Metallica in Lund 1986 with Cliff Burton. They were a 5-piece with John Marshall (?) on guitar since James Hetfield had a broken arm. Cliff Burton died three days later. I had a ticket to see them on a previous tour but had to sell my ticket since I had to travel for work.
I saw Billie Eilish at Vega in Copenhagen with my daughter just before she got big.
Many many times. In February 1974 I went to see Wishbone Ash at the same Allen Theater in Cleveland. Had to sit through the opening act which turned out to be surprisingly great, considering it was Bruce Springsteen
I saw Rick Springfield in the early 80’s. Everyone knew him as an actor in General Hospital.
My Husband saw the Tubes in the late 70’s.
He saw Asia before they were popular.
Damn I am old.
Used to go see Stevie Ray Vaughan on Ladies Night every week at the Chatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, TX. '80 and '81. He played every Tuesday or Wednesday. George Strait played the other Ladies Night, but I was never into country music.
I saw Rush open for Blue Oyster Cult and the next year (or two) saw AC/DC open for Rush. Both shows were amazing. I hadn’t heard of Rush before the first show as I was probably a bit young to see that show but I loved it.
Saw AC/DC in concert before they were cool (at least before they were cool in Fresno) in 1977, maybe 1978.
There was a lot of serious heckling and booing -- cups and stuff thrown onto the stage. Bon Scott dropped his trousers and bared his ass to the crowd then walked off the stage. If I recall correctly, there was nothing wrong with the performance, but the people were there to see Aerosmith, and they just didn't want to wait.
I saw ZZ Top both at the Armadillo world headquarters and at an outdoor venue called Kings Village in Austin right around the time the first album came out. They were a lot of fun, but I never would’ve expected the massive success. Good for them!
First time I heard of Primus I saw them open for 24 7 spyz at a small club. Around that time I also saw Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins (neither of whom I had heard of at the time) open for the Chilly Peppers on the BSSM tour. Also saw GnR twice in the 80s open for the Cult (at the time hadn't heard of them) and a year later Iron Maiden both before Appetite for Destruction got legs (they never returned to my tiny city after that).
I saw Evanescence at a $1 show at 9:30 Club in D.C. with 3 other bands. It wasn’t even very crowded. I’m not sure if they count, but I think that’s as close as I got to seeing a band before they “broke”.
jackson browne opening for laura nyro at the fillmore east in december 1970
the castiles (with guitarist bruce springsteen) playing at the cafe wha? in december of either 1967 or 1968 (bruce on the left in this shot of them from that gig)
jimi hendrix at both the cafe wha? and the cafe au go go arounf 1966
the loving spoonful, david crosby, stephen stills and james taylor all at the nite owl cafe...
joni mitchell at the bitter end
joan baez bringing dylan on stage at her concert in 1963...he wasn't really huge yet though he already had 1 album out and freewheeling had just been released.
the grateful dead at their first nyc gigs at the cafe au go go in june of 1967. they were well known on the west coast but not in nyc yet.
Oh wow, you and I go back to the same era. I wonder if we were at some of the same shows! And that is an incredible photo. (We all looked different back then, didn't we? 😉)
CAKE. They started in Sacramento playing tiny gigs around town. I played in an Afro-Cuban percussion band that opened for them in the basement of a church. Their first Cassette release party was in a downtown backyard that quickly got shut down by the police. I still have that cassette.
Saw Primus countless time between '85 - '90 at various clubs all around the SF Bay Area. I loved them (still do!), but I was absolutely shocked when the Seas of Cheese album came out and they became "mainstream" - ALL OVER the radio and MTV. As much as I loved them I always thought they'd be a niche band. I guess in some ways they still are... I suppose I underestimated how many weirdos like me were out there!
Oddly enough the only time I've seen them at a "big" show was when they opened for Rush which was maybe '92-ish?
Some 35 years later, Frizzle Fry is still on my Top 10 albums list...
I saw David Bowie at Public Hall shortly after he bombed at the Allen.MMS played Ziggy Stardust constantly before the show.I honestly thought Mick Ronson was Ziggy.The singer might have been Weird or Gilly.
Saw Black Crowes open for Aerosmith in Omaha on July 9, 1990. I don't think Hard to Handle or She Talks To Angels had been released as singles yet at that point.
In the 60's, used to go see Joe Walsh and The James. Gang at a NE Ohio teen club, Mentor Hullabaloo. Amused me how many quitar strings Joe always broke.
Wow, I hadn't thought about the Joe Vitale Band in years... they actually had a little local following in a few places...this was before the Eagles, of course. I remember him playing in Michael Stanley's band in Cleveland...
Anyone remember Honk? Most famous for Five Summer Stories soundtrack, but the Honk album with the clay figures is still one of my favorites. They played at my high school, Sunny Hills, in Fullerton in 1976.
Problem is I already had tix for Crosby/Nash at the Anaheim Convention Center for the same night.
Raced out after the show and sped back to our school to catch the end of the show. Great night!
I saw Springsteen in this same venue, the Allen Theater in 1974….was not sold out. Saw Joe Walsh open for the Guess Who at the Blossom Music Center the summer before
In 1973ish I went to see Bachman Turner Overdrive. The opening act was Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet band. Never heard of them. We spent the whole time they played saying "Who are these guys?" Way better than BTO was.
Once I went to see Faith Hill and Tim McGraw in concert. Their opening act was a young teenager country singer. She played maybe 6 songs. I thought she was great but I felt like I was at a high school assembly. Anyway, I think young Taylor Swift, would probably be an ok country singer some day….
Saw Cheap Trick three or four times at a bar in Ann Arbor as they did the Midwest college town circuit before their first LP. I immediately felt they were destined for something good.
Nirvana @ the Offramp, Seattle Fall 1990. I had just gotten a fake ID so I could hang out with friends who were already over 21. I hadn't a clue who Nirvana was. We just wanted to hang at the Offramp for its cool dive bar vibe & cheap drinks. Then, this band comes on and proceeds to blow the crowd away. I was hooked. I vaguely recall 2 sets. At intermission, we went outside. In Seattle alcohol can only be served until 2 am. While the crowd was outside, the staff did something with the alcohol so we could come back in. My friends left & I hung around for more. Too bad I was drunk & high on shrooms, or I'd remember much more of the night.
I saw Def Leppard (opening act), Scorpions and Ted Nugent (headliner) in the summer of 1980. l had not heard of Scorpions or DL, who was on their first US tour to support On Through the Night. Within 2 years, both had surpassed Nugent in popularity.
In August of 1994 I saw the Dave Matthews band open the Horde Festival at Star Lake outside Pittsburgh. We had just run out of beer - and were running low on weed - so we decided to wrap up our pregame festivities and head to our seats. The stage had just come into view when we heard what we thought was the opener's sound check.
THWAP!
THWAP!
THWAP!
THWAP!
THWAP!
I thought to myself "Holy shit this sound check is going to take forever" when the rest of the band joined in the opening of Ants Marching.
HOLY SHIT they took me completely by surprise. Who the heck ARE these guys? Is that... Funkabilly? Pure ecstasy. A fiddle and sax?
The other bands, Big Head Todd & The Monsters, Blues Traveler, and the Allman Brothers were pretty good, but not particularly memorable. The next day I had to go to several records stores to find Under the Table and Dreaming and I became a rabid fan.
Then their second album came out, and didn't do a thing for me. And neither did any of the others.
AC/DC when they first landed in the STATES, one of the most energy shows I’ve ever seen, they burned that fucking sports arena down,BON SCOTT what a great front man,
A guy a played hockey with in the late 90’s played in a stoner rock back called “500ft of Pipe” why was the band called that? Because “there is nothing heavier than 500ft of pipe” anyway he was playing an opening gig at the Magic Stick in Detroit and he said they were opening for a band called Queens of the Stoneage who he thought were pretty awesome. I had no idea and guessed that they were a girl group. Shows how in touch I was.
Loggins and Messina right as their first record came out. They opened for Billy Preston and Bonnie & Delaney. They set up their own equipment. Got to hang with their band afterwards as my buddy interviewed them for our college news. Two months later they were back as the headliner.
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I saw U2 in a mid size night club (Cardis) in Houston 1981 (1st us tour) supporting their first us hit song ‘I Will Follow’ Not that many people were there.