What was the first rock concert you went to and....?

[Apositive]

What was the first rock concert you attended and would you pay money to see the same band today?

I'll start.....

My first show was Motley Crue and Y &T in 1985 at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh....I'm embarassed that I used to like them and I would never spend money earned today on (expletive) like that.....

[megoscott]

1983 Rush Signals tour, Pan Am Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Had no idea who they were, my very hip best friend took me. We were...14?? My ears rang for 3 days afterwards.

edit: Apparently, Feb 26, 1983 exactly.Setlist

[The Toyroom]

Bon Jovi/Skid Row 1989

[megoapesnut]

Joan Jett. Let's see, it was somewhere around 9th or 10th grade so that would have been 1981.

[TMANSTOYS]

Sammy hagar . He was awesome !!! 1983 - 4 ish. I can't drive 55. He was playing with iron maiden in philadelphia.

[TomStrong]

Saw Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie in Memphis TN. at the Pyramid. Great show. Ozzie's voice was great! The audience however was INSANE! Although I'm glad I went I'll never do that again. I'm about 5'11" and 250 lbs and it was all I could do to stand up.

[GlobalObserver]

The Rossington Collins Band w/ The Henry Paul Band in 1981

$7.50 a ticket.

I would definitely go again.

[Bill]

Government Issue back in '87 I think. I would definitely see them again.

[Shanester]

Tom Petty - Damn the Torpedos tour. No idea when it was or how I got home...

[Random Axe]

October 2nd, 1986 I saw Journey for the Raised on Radio Tour. I didn't know any of the songs from the new album, but they played a bunch of classics. Stellar performance, though I got the feeling Perry was starting to degrade just a little bit. To this day I don't like the RoR album, but they remain an overall favorite classic rock band just behind Styx, Triumph and Kansas.

[pmwasson]

I saw Metallica with The Cult in 1989.

I would still like to see The Cult, but I've grown tired of Metallica.

[C.H.O.A.M.]

KISS for the Dynasty tour, Madison Square Garden, 1979. It was AWESOME (even though the band was barely still together by that point)
I went with my older sister and was a little overwhelmed but the stage show was amazing. I could feel the flames from my seat!

[boss]

First concert ever: RUSH... Grace Under Pressure tour (1985-ish).
Last concert: RUSH... Time Machine tour (2011).

[megoapesnut]

but they remain an overall favorite classic rock band just behind Styx, Triumph and Kansas.

Great musical taste. You only missed RUSH

[TMANSTOYS]

Vintage journey is one of my favorites to this day. Steve perry is a legend. He is journey !! He can out sing that want to be they have now.. Same with styx. Dennis deyoung is styx. Not tommy shaw.. Just saw dennis in concert.. He was awesome !!!!