Memorable concerts
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I had pieced together that riffblaster general was in some type of substantial touring band, but it was unexpected and great to read this thread and see it was converge. Saw you guys at sonic unyon in Hamilton back in maybe 2002, and at hellfest in 2003, both just incredible performances. I think there may have been a couple other times, but life is long and it's been awhile.
Best live experience ever would probably be broken social scene at lee's palace, a pretty small and classic toronto venue for them to play at that time. The set started with Kevin drew buying the whole room shots of tequila for a toast and then bringing Tom cochrane out to play a song with them. Later in the show cochrane came back out and they covered boy inside the man. Pretty incredible stuff for a canadian, and possibly meaningless to a non canadian. Bill priddle also made one of his few appearances playing live with bss at this show which was a real treat, as he is a phenomenal guitarist. They also played guilty cubicles, which is my favorite social scene song, and a real live rarity.
Edit: googled to confirm that hellfest was the correct year and ended up with this gem
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hey danielafc
i was also at the sonic unyon show
and theres a bunch of pics from it in the hardcore thread i believe
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that is awesome. great to see so much love for cursed and colohan in that thread as well, I don't listen to hardcore much these days, but I still give ONE a spin from time to time. pictures really spun back the years for me. at the mercy of inspiration were one of my favourite local bands
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The first time I took acid. It kicked in about 15 minutes before the start of this video.
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Absolutely, and Stiff Little Fingers! The whole festival was mind-blowing.
But the greatest for me were the Pixies, then and still are now.
In the late 80s/early 90s that was the soundtrack of my life.I hear you. Was born in 1973 and still remember having my mind blown when I first heard Nimrod Son at age 15. Doolittle is probably still in my top 10 albums of all time.
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"Doolittle is probably still in my top 10 albums of all time."
Same for me. How come, you saw NMA 20 times in one year. Did you work as a roadie?
Don't know if you remember, but NMA had a group of fans, tattooed, partially shaven heads, wearing Yorkshire clogs and army fatigues. They would follow them around the UK and sometimes to the rest of Europe and go to every gig. They were called "The Following". I was one of those guys and girls. I was on the 1991 Purity tour, the Small Town Tour after that, and the Love of Hopeless Causes tour a couple of years later. I saw them 40 or more times in all, but having moved to northern Norway the last time was a long time ago.
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Didn't know that, but must have been good times. I think I saw NMA a few times, but definitely not that often.
In the 90s I was working as a climber in a crew of friends building open air stages for summer festivals all over Germany. Unfortunately, it wasn't all cool music, sometime shit (sorry) like Jon Bon Jovi. But there were also many great concerts, like Iggy Pop, and other punk and alternative. After the stage was finished we usually stayed for the concert or festival on duty and got back stage passes, which sometimes let to great hang-outs with the bands and their crews. It was the 90s …
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I’m starting a journaling project this year to write about all the concerts I’ve been to, basically just so I don’t forget them. I moved with my dad to Dallas, TX from a small town in Missouri in the early 80’s. He had a client that did the security for Reunion Arena so we were able to get in to see a lot of shows. My first concert was David Bowie…Serious Moonlight tour in 1983 and I was 12. Freaking amazing show and kind of spoiled me for what to expect from an artist. Silver balloons dropping onto the stage during the encore is something that sticks out to me all these years later.
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@SKT what a great first gig! I am a huge Bowie fan and lucky enough to have seen him several times. The SM tour was brilliant and I attended 3 of his UK shows. Great memories.
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