YAM (Live Shows)
Stolen from wsmith and grega:
Your top 5 most memorable live shows.
In format:
5)
4)
3)
2)
1)
(1 being most memorable.)
These do not have to be GOOD show memories. Just potent memories.
(what does it say that, even tho I havent been to a lot of shows, comparitively, I had a hard time ranking these?! :))
5. GWAR, The Palladium, Worcester, MA: The night I found out GWAR blood makes great saline solution. And, it's freaking GWAR, people.
4. TMBG at (deadwinter, help me out!) _____, Raleigh, NC: BIGGEST MUTHAF8CKING CONGA LINE, EVAH. it wasnt downtown; it was by where Marrs was.. you recall?
3. RUSH, MSG, NYC: First time sleeping outside for tickets in THICK FOG, by myself; hanging out talking to the homeless guys buying up tickets for scalpers to resell. F*cking awesome show.
2. White Zombie/Pantera, Roseland Ballroom, NYC: The ENTIRE place (and, it's huge, for those that dont know) at one point turned into a GIANT mosh pit; so much so, that guys started sitting their girlfriends on top of the bartops for safety.
1. Iron Maiden/Anthrax, Spectrum, PA: I spent the entire concert backstage with someone (Ginger) from Capitol Records, getting hit on by Frank Bello (nang!) and running from stinkbombs (also Frank) when not hanging out with Anthrax's driver (who also drove for Faster Pussycat, he said). I'd gone to Scott Ian's wedding some months before - his MIL worked for my stepmother, who got me the tickets/passes.
Honorable Mention:
-Some show at the Roxy, NYC: watching my friend Lee get pushed off the balcony by an overzealous bouncer. She broke her nose.
-Overkill, Club 35, Keyport, NJ: 1)my friend's BF (of Chalice) auditioned as a replacement drummer for Overkill by opening for them that night. 2)It was the first time I was trampled in a pit, but got picked up (literally!) shortly thereafter.
-Van Halen, GSAC (ampitheater), Holmdel, NJ: Being so smoked up that I thought the lightning storm was part of the light show. It DID look pretty cool tho!
-Faster Pussycat, The Whisky, L.A.: So. Drunk. Free Donuts! HA!
-Warrant, The Longhorn, Raleigh, NC: Warrant in a Country Bar. 'Nuff Said.
-Ace Frehley, L'Amour, Brooklyn, NY: Ok, it's small, so you cant HELP but be ten feet away from him, but, I'm positive this one night is majorly responsible for considerable hearing loss. Plus, HI, he's with KISS.
-WASP, Studio One, Newark, NJ: So, it wasnt actually the show that made the list, but the fact that Blackie Lawless invited me to "go back to the bus to hang out... you know" (exact words). I politely declined. Blackie to me is scarier than Mick Mars, dude. and only slightly taller.
Your top 5 most memorable live shows.
In format:
5)
4)
3)
2)
1)
(1 being most memorable.)
These do not have to be GOOD show memories. Just potent memories.
(what does it say that, even tho I havent been to a lot of shows, comparitively, I had a hard time ranking these?! :))
5. GWAR, The Palladium, Worcester, MA: The night I found out GWAR blood makes great saline solution. And, it's freaking GWAR, people.
4. TMBG at (deadwinter, help me out!) _____, Raleigh, NC: BIGGEST MUTHAF8CKING CONGA LINE, EVAH. it wasnt downtown; it was by where Marrs was.. you recall?
3. RUSH, MSG, NYC: First time sleeping outside for tickets in THICK FOG, by myself; hanging out talking to the homeless guys buying up tickets for scalpers to resell. F*cking awesome show.
2. White Zombie/Pantera, Roseland Ballroom, NYC: The ENTIRE place (and, it's huge, for those that dont know) at one point turned into a GIANT mosh pit; so much so, that guys started sitting their girlfriends on top of the bartops for safety.
1. Iron Maiden/Anthrax, Spectrum, PA: I spent the entire concert backstage with someone (Ginger) from Capitol Records, getting hit on by Frank Bello (nang!) and running from stinkbombs (also Frank) when not hanging out with Anthrax's driver (who also drove for Faster Pussycat, he said). I'd gone to Scott Ian's wedding some months before - his MIL worked for my stepmother, who got me the tickets/passes.
Honorable Mention:
-Some show at the Roxy, NYC: watching my friend Lee get pushed off the balcony by an overzealous bouncer. She broke her nose.
-Overkill, Club 35, Keyport, NJ: 1)my friend's BF (of Chalice) auditioned as a replacement drummer for Overkill by opening for them that night. 2)It was the first time I was trampled in a pit, but got picked up (literally!) shortly thereafter.
-Van Halen, GSAC (ampitheater), Holmdel, NJ: Being so smoked up that I thought the lightning storm was part of the light show. It DID look pretty cool tho!
-Faster Pussycat, The Whisky, L.A.: So. Drunk. Free Donuts! HA!
-Warrant, The Longhorn, Raleigh, NC: Warrant in a Country Bar. 'Nuff Said.
-Ace Frehley, L'Amour, Brooklyn, NY: Ok, it's small, so you cant HELP but be ten feet away from him, but, I'm positive this one night is majorly responsible for considerable hearing loss. Plus, HI, he's with KISS.
-WASP, Studio One, Newark, NJ: So, it wasnt actually the show that made the list, but the fact that Blackie Lawless invited me to "go back to the bus to hang out... you know" (exact words). I politely declined. Blackie to me is scarier than Mick Mars, dude. and only slightly taller.