# What was the first concert you attended? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 28, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298 "2011-03-28T19:23:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/61 "2011-03-28T22:51:32Z")
Rush, Grace Under Pressure Tour October 2, 1984 The Centrum, Worcester, Massachusetts ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/62 "2011-03-28T22:51:36Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > As an additional question that doesn’t really deserve its own thread, if the OP will allow the partial digression… > > In addition to the first, which act have you seen live the most times? For me it’s a toss-up between Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Buffett, with the count well into the dozens for both. Grateful Dead, about 15 times. If I count the shows that the various members did in different incarnations after Jerry died, it probably goes up to around 25-30. ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/63 "2011-03-28T22:56:25Z")
Oh and band Ive seen the most is Phish at 21 shows, which doesn’t come close to most of their fans. ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/64 "2011-03-28T22:57:11Z")
Embarrassingly enough the first concert I went to was Leo Sayer…mid 1970’s I’d guess. There’s no accounting for taste but I managed to redeem myself for my second concert…Rush, Max Webster, Triumph (I think) and Ian Thomas…for $15.00! ---
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Van Halen 1984 Tour (a few weeks shy of my 16th birthday) April, 1984 Brendan Byrne Arena (now the Izod Center) in the Meadowlands Sports Complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey. ETA: I saw the Dead Kennedys before that, circa 1983, but it was in a club in Manhattan and that probably doesn’t count as a “concert”. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/66 "2011-03-29T01:03:49Z")
Rush, December, 1981, “Exit…Stage Left” tour. I don’t know what band I’ve seen most - probably a small celtic band, either The Elders, Enter the Haggis, or Seven Nations. In terms of big well-known bands, I’ve seen NIN three times, Queensryche four, Ozzy probably four, and random various 80s hair bands a bunch. ---
**Author:** ![chillywilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@chillywilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chillywilly)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/67 "2011-03-29T01:10:59Z")
> [@expectopatronum](#): > > new kids on the block. (i know, i know) Glad I wasn’t the first to say it. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/68 "2011-03-29T01:17:57Z")
The Beatles. San Diego, August 1965. I was 14. ---
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Ozzy Osbourne at the Capital Center (Landover, Maryland) in 1988. I was 13, and my mom was _not_ happy. The artist I’ve seen most often would either be Bob Dylan or Fugazi - 15 to 20 times each. ---
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> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > ETA: I saw the Dead Kennedys before that, circa 1983, but it was in a club in Manhattan and that probably doesn’t count as a “concert”. I’d count it. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/71 "2011-03-29T01:28:25Z")
Act or group I saw most often: The Doors. Late 1967, mid '68, late '68, mid '70; and after Jim’s death in mid '72. . ---
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> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > The Beatles. San Diego, August 1965. I was 14. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Act or group I saw most often: > > The Doors. > > Late 1967, mid '68, late '68, mid '70; > > and after Jim’s death in mid '72. > > . We are not worthy. We are not worthy. We are not worthy. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/73 "2011-03-29T01:46:21Z")
Alice Cooper, early 70’s in Florida. I’ve seen him twice. I feel lucky to have seen Lynyrd Skynrd not long before the plane crash that killed Ronnie. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/74 "2011-03-29T02:21:52Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > We are not worthy. We are not worthy. We are not worthy. Again, please. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/75 "2011-03-29T02:22:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > In addition to the first, which act have you seen live the most times? Styx, three times. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/76 "2011-03-29T02:25:08Z")
First concert - Ratt, LA Guns and Band Tango. Most often - Poison I am not ashamed of these shows - I love me some hair metal. However, I would like to regain some credibility - My second place, most often is Steely Dan. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/77 "2011-03-29T02:33:08Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > My first concert was KISS in 1976, in Seattle. I was 13 at the time. My ears still hurt. The _second_ concert I attended was Motorhead, in Madison, WI, in December, 1985. They played in a gymnasium (I kid you not). We were no more than 25 feet from the amps. I suffered significant hearing loss that night. ☹ ---
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> [@Sateryn76](#): > > First concert - Ratt, LA Guns and **Band Tango**. > Most often - Poison Is that Bang Tango? I thought I was the only one who’d ever heard of them. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298/79 "2011-03-29T02:44:54Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Is that Bang Tango? I thought I was the only one who’d ever heard of them. Yes! It’s **Bang Tango**. They were terrible, IIRC. But LA Guns was terrific. ---
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> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Again, please. 😃 We are not worthy! 😃 Seriously, I’d probably have donated a major organ to have seen either of these bands. I’m awestruck. And gobsmacked too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-concert-you-attended/576298.md?page=5)