RANT-Bad Concert Experiences (Part 1)

[@ZMsoloman5000]

GNR 2015. Cincinnati, Ohio. >I was in Cincinnati >so far away from the stage >girlfriend is assaulted by drunk asshole >left early >Steven Adler literally takes the stage as I’m leaving >I break a tail light backing out of Paul Brown Stadium

[@BlindArthurBlake]

Pete, you have really made the pandemic blues better for me with your videos the past couple months. Just wanted to let ya know, man. Thanks.

[@lahloonatic]

“It looked like he had a stroke and nobody told him”. Alo is killing it! His takedown of Blaze Bailey was savage and 100% fair.

[@Intermentor]

hehe. That was a good one. So glad Bruce came back. But Blaze is a great person and I really like those old Wolfsbane records. But as mentioned, not good for Maiden

[@Joefaf104]

I saw Cher and Cyndi Lauper double Bill with my wife for her birthday! Awful

[@theaussieburwoodboy9943]

I never liked wolfsbane...so when it was Announced blaze was in i was pissed.....glad bruce came 2 his senses

[@morebeer7673]

@@theaussieburwoodboy9943 Actually it was Steve that came to his senses, lol. Bruce was enjoying a great solo career and didn't need to get back into Maiden, but Maiden needed Bruce. So Rod started the ball rolling to make it happen.

[@lahloonatic]

@@Intermentor No hate on Blaze. I don't know him personally, and i wish him luck and success. just judging his stuff with Maiden - especially live. And laughing at Alo's remarks because I'm fuckin' human. Cheers!

[@nazaholicable]

I had the ultimate bad concert experience in July 2004. I took my 15 yr old son to London in order to see Cheap Trick. (Of all the bands I got him into Cheap Trick were right up there). So, it's standing room only at Shepherds Bush for the 'Special One' tour. A few songs in, with my boy beside me, I spotted a man behind me with a half-full pint glass of beer. Then this guy stands in front of me, and he throws the beer over Rick Neilsen, before turning and disappearing. Everyone was shocked. I couldn't believe the guys reach. We were six rows from the front. A disgruntled and dripping wet Rick Neilsen stops playing and demands that the bouncers eject the perpetrator - even though he has flown the scene. But Rick isn't having it. Then pointing directly at me, my musical hero shouts, "it's him there in the black Cheap Trick t shirt." I could've died. I was thinking about the show (which had cost me a fortune to attend) being ruined for my son and myself. As the bouncers pushed their way towards me, someone near shouts, "it wasn't him." Then several more folk nodded and piped up in my defence. Then, to coin a phrase, the band played on, but I couldn't give a sh*t thereafter. My night was ruined, and allied to that the set list only lightly touched on the latest album.

[@raymondbonington9355]

1 I was there and the sound was disjointed .

[@VeteranCapybara]

Did Rick Neilsen apologize for mistakenly calling you out?

[@nazaholicable]

@@VeteranCapybara No, he just resumed the concert after stopping it to try and throw me out.

[@VeteranCapybara]

@@nazaholicable that would ruin it for me too. Ugh

[@dbrjaxfl]

Bad situation - I would have felt the same

[@analogkid2869]

Chris Alo rules !!!! Love him !!! What a guest Pete ! Please continue these Monday night rants with Chris !

[@kiplambert64]

November,1981 A Riot broke outside the Hollywood Sportatorium..It was before a Rush concert,and we got teargassed..Ironically,the opening act was the band Riot..

[@davidl570]

Hey!! Dr. Fukk (if you're familiar with him) was at the same concert! He mentioned this on one of his videos.

[@j.m.5300]

I was there. Only my 4th concert. I was 15. Due to transportation issues we arrived late and only saw the last couple songs of Riot. We walked into the Sporto and the residual tear gas stung our eyes. Only after reading about it the next day in the Miami Herald did I find out what happened. Loved the Sporto. Classic dump of an arena notorious for great pre and post concert partying.

[@Footjones]

Once again, this foursome nailed it. It is so funny to see Pete, who is so kind and respectful to even the bands and music he hates, be surrounded by good friends just letting it rip. This is such a great combination! I absolutely love this - cheers!

[@kayfimt7769]

This is great, you guys are hilarious trash talkers. I’d love to hear this team discuss the worst songs they ever heard in their life.

[@ffsf739]

Suggestion: Rant - albums everyone hates but I love!

[@rlanger3108]

Ooo thats good. Mine would be Pantera - Metal Magic.

[@ffsf739]

@@rlanger3108 Mine would be Van Halen III!!

[@22Clearwater]

@@ffsf739 A lot of hate for Sabbath's Never Say Die, even by band members, but for me it's one of their best.

[@hmpz36911]

Black Sabbath Forbidden. Probably my favorite Sabbath album aside from the first 6. Diamond Head Canterbury and Death And Progress

[@davidl570]

Rush - Presto and Test For Echo.

[@solarwinds5114]

Worst Concert Experience? Getting through 2020

[@user-ei9ns9hq6b]

At Ozzfest at the Glen Helen Pavilion during Iron Maiden's set they experienced technical difficulties and it was revealed that the singer's vocals had been prerecorded and was lip-syncing. Afterward Sharon Osbourn came out and badmouthed Maiden while the crowd hurled objects at her and booed her offstage.

[@purplepeavey7874]

Excellent rants. Can't wait for part two. Rob Halford bit was hilarious especially the guy setting his Rob Halford T-shirt on fire.

[@MRB16th]

Tony Iommi probably bailed once he saw the setlist - using the flight story was his way of backing out of that trainwreck.

[@kevinismawayoflife4660]

1987 I finally got to see my favorite band. Whitesnake!! Looked forward to it for months. Loved that raw bluesy rock sound. What I got was an over blown hair band. They played everything from (the new album) & a few hits from Slide it In. They played nothing from the first 5 albums. I was devastated.

[@independenceltd.]

I saw them in '87 as well, and if you saw them in the US you should have seen it coming. I was disappointed too, but not the least bit surprised.

[@stewy62]

In my early twenties Whitesnake was my favourite band, the 1st time I saw them was in 82 at the Birmingham Odeon on the Saints’n’Sinners tour, it wasn’t bad but I had bought the tickets months before and my expectations were probably too high, I think DC had a sore throat and of course there was no Bernie Marsden or Neil Murray. I saw them a few times afterwards and was always disappointed. I refused to go to Monsters of Rock in 81 with my brother who was a big AC/DC fan, AC/DC topped the bill with Whitesnake second. I’ve heard that concert on a bootleg and it sounded great, I’ll always regret not going. 🇬🇧🏍

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Kevinism A way of life I agree 100%. I never saw Whitesnake at their peak with Moody and Marsden, but I saw them twice in 1984 and then on the ‘1987’ tour at Wembley Arena in London. It was fucking shit. Pouting, preening hair metal bullshit with no feel whatsoever. Coverdale made a ton of money with that album but I have no wish to ever hear it again.

[@Jermeister12]

Same here😀 . Funny thing I saw Whitesnake twice .I have no memory of either show & not because I was drunk which I was not😀.

[@colinwoods4435]

Thank you Chris for your Motorhead comments. I saw Motorhead about 30 times between 1982 and 2008 or so. In October 2015 they came to Montreal and I had the chance to go. I didn't know what to do. It was my chance to see the great man one last time, but equally I knew that he would be so sick. In the end I decided not to go and to keep my memories of him at the height of his power rather than have my last memory of him as a sick and feeble old man. I still wonder even now if I went the right way but you comments confirm to me that I probably did the right thing in not going.

[@monkeypoo47]

Saw Motorhead with Saxon in August of 2015. Short set( I think 12 songs) Lemmy still had a bit of energy. His voice was solid and didn't really talk much. Wasn't disappointed at all. Sad to hear he got worse on stage later

[@gordy3714]

Nick's face when Pete mentions Poison and Ratt. 😂😂😂

[@unchattytwit]

Suggeston for rant: brilliant support acts. Bad gigs or performances at gigs: Van Morrison at Fleadh - drunk, lousey; Syd Arthur , Islington - singer ill, kept telling us, failed to finish 3 songs; John Primer - 100 club - sang Rhinestone Cowboy when I went to see 'the blues'!; Wreckless Eric - Stared me out the entire concert and mostly played feedback in the second half. The more I think about bad gigs - the more I remember.

[@drummer78]

That’s not the first time I’ve heard Van Morrison being bad live.

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

@@drummer78 Van the man is renowned for being grumpy, perhaps he enjoy such a reputation and,play up to it..

[@Matt-fs1yy]

Baby Animals, Aussie band that opened for VH on the Carnal Knowledge tour, were kick ass

[@unchattytwit]

@@Matt-fs1yy Good one.

[@janpoelkamp4229]

‘I hated the 90’s alternative scene with the power of a thousand suns...’ 😂

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

I saw Jerry Garcia Nod-Out Resting his Nose on the Microphone!! Philly Spectrum...I forget the year..I was pretty Hi Too!!!

[@drummer78]

I’m wondering if it was from March of 1995.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

@@drummer78 No Definitely Not spring 95. Late 80s..

[@maxslamer]

Stockholm 1980: Kiss supported by Iron Maiden. I was 15 and hadn't heard of Iron Maiden and the volume and the quality of the sound was very painful and I saw a guy at the entrance with fingers in his ears weeping. After Maiden me and my mate went back to the floor not that far from the stage and if Maiden was loud Kiss sound engineer must have thought "Wow, these go to 12, even better than 11!". To recognize most of the songs I had to put fingers in my ears. Otherwise it was listening to a jumbo jet in a small garage. I think the venue, Eriksdalshallen was infamous for it's sound and I just read that it was used while Johanneshovs Ice Stadium was renovated and it only had place for 3 300 spectators. So it was two Jumbo jets in a small garage then... (At Johanneshov I had seen Thin Lizzy 1979 and earlier 1980. Those two shows are on the other hand very high on my all-time favorite list).

[@neil1390]

My neighbor gave me two tickets for Deep Purple and Winger, at the last minute because he couldn't make it. Worcester Centrum Massuchusetts , I drove like a bat out of hell to get there, knowing I would miss the backup band,. Since I had the extra ticket, I decided to give it away. The only people I saw was a group of about 10 people, so I asked them if anyone needed a ticket. They started laughing all at once, turns out the person I asked was Kip Winger! Went into the show, found my seat, and was hit in the head by an empty nip bottle, some idiot must have randomly threw from the balconies above. Deep Purple were great. Joe Lynn Turner was the singer back then, however. I go to my pick up truck and some loser was trying to break into my rear toolbox, after chasing him away, I pulled out, and a cop, has seen the commotion and pulled me over. He made me get out of the truck, in the pouring rain, while searching it. He didn't find anything, but arrested me for disturbing the peace. They towed my truck while they wrote me up at the cop shop, and I left with a summons for court. It cost me over 100 bucks for the tow charge, taxi fair, and another 100 for the bullshit disturbing the peace charge. So free tickets ended up being a hellish night, but at least I got to see Deep Purple!

[@independenceltd.]

You may have won the prize.

[@dommccaffry3802]

My friend went to see red h chilli peppers in scotland a few years ago. And when he got inside , he was told the chillies had banned the sale of all alcohol on site because they were all clean ??????? In scotland !!! So, my friend was so disgusted by the band enforcing their lifestyle choices on their audience, that he left the gig, went to the pub and had a couple of beers. And he never bought another chilli pepper record .

[@Walesktf]

Loved this show! I've been listing since the start of lockdown and this is the best one yet. it's always good to give 'sacred cows' a bit of kicking! Loved your comments guys. Have to go out for the day, but I'll be back with the four worst gigs I ever had the misfortune to be at, from November '77 through to 2007.

[@martinfranco3716]

You guys are the best, for sure. The pandemic isolation had been great for me because I'm catching up on all the shows. Love them all. Great to see a bunch of metal buddies hanging out and talking about metal. Thank you!

[@danohstoolbox]

Cool my worst concert experience was guns n roses in 91 in Hamilton Ontario Canada axl did over 2/3 of the concert was done from a goddy yellow couch close to the end of the show someone hit axl with a flashlight and the show abruptly ended

[@Rockerlady]

My worst concert was also on that tour! At Pacific amphitheatre in Orange County, CA. Axl was angry about something from the getgo. Was ranting and would stop the songs. Ended up walking off stage and the show ended early, maybe 30 minutes in. They had been hours late getting onstage. My friend shouted after the show, " Axl's on the rag!" Skid Row was the opening act. Never been a fan but they did perform very well and professionally. Needless to say, I saw GnR years later, a normal show!

[@ChampippleD]

I was at that show too and you are waaay eggagerating. They did a few acoustic songs on the sofa (like they did at all the shows on that leg of the tour), and it was the last song axl stomped off and it was pretty cool Duff took over the vocals and finished the show. I’d agree they weren’t at their peak since it was towards the end of a brutally long tour, but wasn’t a nightmare show or anything.

[@jamesw4895]

I was working in a hotel in Birmingham Alabama. It was the night of an Aerosmith concert. I was speaking to this woman who had her teenage son with her. This night Aerosmth had cancelled due to the electronic screen above the stage had collapsed on the stage just after their soundcheck. It could have killed one or more of them. Anyway this woman had saved her money and bought tickets for 3 Aerosmith concerts Birmingham al , Lexington Ky and one other city. All 3 shows were cancelled. For one reason or another. I told her that I would be trying to contact the fan club or their management. Maybe they could have done something for them, as I felt bad for her.

[@dave_creamcheese1496]

How bout a video on the strangest thing you’ve ever witnessed at a show/festival

[@jeremyp.6883]

Seeing Ozzy in 1995 in Oakland on the Ozzmosis tour & he was onstage for barely 50 minutes...people were furious. Then the next year he came back around again & I thought "I'm sure he's going to make it up to us & play longer" & bought another ticket. And of course he lasted 50 minutes again. I couldn't even be mad at him since I was the idiot that went twice...

[@morebeer7673]

Wow, bummer. I saw that same tour in Houston, and he did much more than 50 mins. Although, he never did very long shows on his solo tours, about 85-90 mins and he was out of there. Korn opened on that tour and they were pretty boring.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

Bob Dylan Opening For Grateful Dead, 1987..That Dude Just Cant Sing!! Great Songwriter, But puts NO EFFORT into his Vocals!!! C'mon Bob!

[@erichbraithwaite8759]

My dad and his girlfriend at the time saw Bob Dylan in his very early days playing on the same bill as Joan Baez. Hardly anybody knew who he was. After her set, Joan introduces Bob as this great up and coming folk singer. Imagine going from Joan Baez, a woman with an amazing voice, to Bob Dylan. After the first couple of Bob's songs, my dad's girlfriend couldn't take it anymore. His voice was that intolerable. They both walked out. They never thought in a million years that Bob Dylan would go on to become legend. Not bad for a guy who can't sing.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

@@erichbraithwaite8759 Its Funny Erich, I'm A Dylan Fan! I Know he CAN sing! Deep Cuts on his Albums Proove it. He Can Harmonize, He can Enunciate. Man Go Listen to A songs like " Your A Big Girl Now" or " Every Grain of Sand" their Beautiful!! I think he Does that Dumb Voice on Purpose...Because Hes BOB DYLAN!!!!

[@erichbraithwaite8759]

@@spaghetti.lee-69 So true! I like a lot of Dylan's stuff too, and my dad loves his Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid album. I never understood why his live vocals were so bad. Was it laziness, age, fatigue or his own signature gimmick? I don't know. He does a fine job on his studio recordings. I have to check out these deep cuts you suggested. Thanks a lot!

[@gilwood7530]

Even peaceful Dead Heads were getting angry !!!!... He is one of those people that OTHER people do his song amazingly ...he is just awful

[@peterm.fitzpatrick7735]

How could anyone think that combination of performers would work?

[@felinefanII]

Saw Rainbow in 1983 (Odense, Denmark) with I believe Pretty Maids opening instead of Lita Ford, the Rainbow gig was cut off after approx. 40 minutes because the lighting rig at the front of the stage came loose and fell down on parts of the front rows audience. Ouch.

[@alanmilne1070]

In 2012 , Jethro Tull came to Cape Town, us fans were thrilled. The concert had gone on for a while when Ian Anderson told the audience not to whistle because it was a problem for him! Of course a couple of guys whistled , so he turned around and took the band off stage - end of show!!

[@mccallosone4903]

old Ians voice is too far gone for me. since martin was fired, no real reason to go now

[@alanmilne1070]

Unfortunately you are right. I've even tried to listen to the more recent albums and just get nothing out of them. @@mccallosone4903

[@christopherconard2831]

Stevie Ray Vaughn. I saw him soon before he went into rehab. And he needed it. Lyrics were intermittent and mostly mumbling. He stopped playing a few times because he had to hold on to the mic stand in order to remain vertical. Phish. I admit I wasn't a big fan before seeing them. Nothing against them, I just never got why they were so hyped. Some friends convinced me I had to see them live to appreciate them. After a several Grateful Dead shows this made sense. It started okay, but just got longer and more monotonous as the show went on.

[@TsukiumisGuy]

Cincinnati Music Hall, late 70s, Bob Dylan. Went just so I could say I saw Dylan. Had no idea until later that he sang like THAT at all his concerts. Couldn't understand a thing he said. A lot of people I know went to see him once and their experience was the same. Never again.

[@ronnelson8876]

a buddy told me he saw Dylan in 2017 or 2018 at the Clay Center in Charleston, WV. said everyone was warned before the show, you'd be removed without refund if you were caught shooting pics/video. said the lights would go out between every song, Dylan never faced or spoke to the crowd at all, he didn't play anything older than 2010, only sang and played piano (no guitars, just jazz stuff) and when the lights went out after his last song, the house lights came on, Dylan and his band had disappeared and everyone was instructed towards the merch shop. said Dylan never welcomed or thanked the crowd or anything. plus, there were only 2 ticket prices, $100.00 or $300.00. I didn't think I could like Dylan any less until I heard that story.

[@guillaumechabason9606]

Greta Van Fleet 2019 Bored to death Singer sounded like a alarm signal Songs were terrible I left after 45 mn

[@scottlosey4978]

Really? The clips I have seen seem electric

[@billymac72]

Just curious, did you get dragged to the show? Doesn’t sound like you’re a fan.

[@guillaumechabason9606]

@@billymac72 I had the Cd and liked some of it I bought the ticket They play well and have lot of energy But I quickly realised that the songs were very similar in their structure I got bored and tired of the high pitch voice much too high for my ears like a castrated Robert Plant in 1969 They were very good posers in my opinion No substance... Let's wait the second album

[@cartermlb]

Seen them twice in two different states. Legit both were coincidences that were not on my dollar. They kinda blow. Talented for sure but not quite original. Their outfits and "peaceful army" BS are pretty cringeworthy #PetePardoArmy ​#PetePardoNation​ ​#SplashYourSeaOfTranquilityAllOverMyFace ​#BigMeatPete ​#BigPP ​#OfficerPP ​#PPVerySoft​

[@brucelee9528]

Greta Van SUCK

[@neugey]

My 3 choices - 1 - Aerosmith - early 90's. This was one of the first shows of a long tour and the band was quite rusty and sounded bad in every regard. They said they were filming some footage from this show for concert/promotion video (which never materialized into anything) and Steven was paying almost all his attention to the cameras and not caring if the show sucked. The best moment of the show was Joe Perry singing Walk On Down ... pretty sad though if that was the highlight! 2 - Rez Band - mid 80's. Went to a Christian music festival and this was the band I was most excited to see. But a heavy rainstorm occurred and as Rez was performing their first song "The Main Event", with them singing the chorus "the power is on, the power is on tonight" as the power for nearly all their speakers went out. The crew wanted no part of trying to get those speakers working in the heavy rain. They did an impromptu backstage greeting to make up for the show being cancelled but it was a really rushed affair due to the bad weather. At least they eventually made a very good live double album "Twenty Years" which helped erase the disappointment from my lone chance to see them. 3 - Def Leppard - early 90's. The band was still "In the Round", but on a much smaller stage and budget this time around and the sound was downright terrible. On top of matters, my girlfriend and I were fighting during half the show. It was a huge letdown from the iconic "In the Round, In Your Face" VHS tape I owned and watched several times.

[@rebelwithacause3574]

I actually love walk on down, good tune of a not so good album. It's quite rare for Aerosmith to put on a bad show (specifically in the late 80s and 90s) every time I've seen them they have been fantastic. They played Kiss off the stage in like 2002 when I saw them tour.

[@Rockerlady]

@@rebelwithacause3574 I agree. They put great concerts in that era. I haven't seen in awhile but always a good show. First time I saw them was in 1984 when the original line up got back. Steven seemed to be moving in slow motion but I was just so excited to see them. Was barely my third concert to attend.

[@diannecarpenter7718]

Thank you for your Rant: Bad Concert Experiences (Part 1).🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@sixstringmetal8559]

pantera was opening up for the Sabbath reunion tour in 98/99 and pantera absolutely sucked live!! Phil talked about how bad ass and tough he is for about an hour and a half, it sounded like that non existent bass player wasn't even plugged into an amp, that big drummer couldn't keep a beat if he had to and that diamond darrell was so drunk he probably didn't even know where he was. Truly a dreadful performance!

[@independenceltd.]

Man, I saw that tour too, and it was killer. Pantera may have even stolen the show from Sabbath. But it was in Dallas, and the fans were actually even louder for Pantera.

[@everythingsaddiy6985]

@@independenceltd. yeah they rarely played a bad show , this guy just probably hates confederate flags and people who dont act like pussies so hes saying they sucked , odds are they didn't

[@fernandobenitezvalencia2591]

I once saw pantera at a small club in California, waaay back in 92. the opening band was called Wrathchild America and they just blew the Texans away... i don't know, i just don't like Anselmo's attitude nor his vocals. so: agreed.

[@morebeer7673]

Saw this same tour in Houston and Pantera was okay. Dime's guitar tone was so screechy and he overused the hell out of those false harmonics, lol. It was hard to hear much else in their performance due to the screaming guitar. They weren't that bad, but it could have been better. I'm not a huge fan of theirs anyway, but folks seemed to dig it.

[@Jermeister12]

@@fernandobenitezvalencia2591 Same here😀

[@Jamie.Laszlo]

I don’t expect most of you to read all of this. But here it is if you choose to… Boston: 1987- While driving home someone cut me off so I gave him the bird. A few miles later, while waiting in line to get a Pennsylvania Turnpike ticket (with my car’s window down) the dude came up to my car and punched me in the face. Tibetan Freedom Concert: 1998- It was about 110 degrees in the stadium and no beer was sold. Bottle waters were about 8.00 each. There were buckets of ice laying around. So I’d get a chuck of ice and melt it down in my hand. I figured no one’s grimy hands touched the INSIDE of the ice chucks. So after they melted a bit I’d suck on them. No beer was a deal-breaker though. Monster Magnet/Kid Rock/(Hed) Pe: 1998- I was there to see Monster Magent. My ride ended up getting too drunk and left without me. I was downtown Pittsburgh and 40 minutes from my home. I had to pay a taxi about 80.00 to get home. I did end up backstage asking the lead singer if he saw a wasted dude stumbling around. And while I was looking for my ride outside a hooker DID invite me to a hotel room. She was cute, but I naturally declined. Columbus Wing Zing: 2003- Blue Oyster Cult, Edgar Winter, Stephen Percy performed with some local bands. I really wanted to see BOC, but Edgar Winter played before them…and droned on for TWO freakin’ hours! He was signing merchandise after the show so I walked by and yelled, “You stole my buzz, old man!” Ozzy Osbourne: 2007- My wife was passing out on the lawn three songs into his set. It was either enjoy the show and carry her to the car…or leave then and help her walk. So we left. Greg Allman: 2013- Coming home I decided to stop and eat some wings at a bar. But I ended up drinking too much and getting my first (AND LAST!) DUI. I haven’t gotten behind the wheel after drinking since. Bob Seger: 2019- I Ubered to this show and the weather was fine. When it was over a blizzard was hitting us bad. No taxis, Ubers or Lift drivers were responding. Everyone was panicking. By a miracle I found an Uber driver. As I ran to meet my Uber (with the driver on the phone) I heard on the other end someone trying to steal him away from me. I yelled into the phone, “Don’t let that guy steal you away from me!” What was normally a 12.00 ride home turned into a surge-charged 80.00 ride. Iron Maiden: 2019- I paid extra money to join Maiden’s fan club so I could get good tickets. When they went on sale Ticketmaster did “its thing” of making me wait and booting me from the line…twice. I finally got tickets a little bit to the left of the stage. Because of the dumb way the pavilion was set up the tickets ended up being “limited-view” tickets. I couldn’t see deep into the stage. So I just walked back and forth on the sidewalk behind the seated area so I could see the whole show…until security caught on to what I was doing, that is. And while driving to the show we were in a 5-mile, one-lane construction zone with high walls to the left and right. About half way into the zone a five car pileup happened about a half mile up from us. No one could go backwards or forwards. We were stuck for three and a half hours. People were peeing on the other side of the construction wall. Five tow trucks had to drive backwards from the construction zone’s exist (one by one), pick up each car and then drive forwards

[@elgatofelix8917]

"I gave him the bird" Is THAT what the kids are calling it these days? 😅

[@thebrood138]

Sorry about your face.

[@garyjoyce2160]

Jamie Laszlo / tremendous stories. I visualized each story in my head / 💯👍lol

[@LuchaLibertaria]

Great stories. 👍

[@glenfinston704]

Just catching up, great stories Jamie, thank you for sharing!

[@knightvisioniixv]

This was awesome. Definitely looking forward to the second part. I'm with Pete 100% on Dream Theater: Went to a show when they were touring The Astonishing. The show practically put me to f***ing sleep. A boring show for a boring album. Was 2 1/2 hours. I nearly spat my drink out (twice!!!) when Ryan talked about the show with Marcy's Playground, Gin Blossoms, and Everclear. Hilarious, and I actually like Gin Blossoms.

[@wooohooo771]

I'm thankful I haven't had any bad concert experiences. Most of my complaints would just be nitpicking like "they should've play this song" or "the singer sang the wrong words."

[@independenceltd.]

Sounds like you went to a lot of Sabbath/Ozzy shows.

[@mvwmark8955]

New to Sea of Tranquility but loving it. Really entertaining. The stories are horrific. Worst concert experience for me was being at Donington Park in 85 to see Marillion, but during Metallica that day, was hit square in the face by a plastic bottle, quarter full of piss. Burst my nose. Still able to watch Marillion, but was in pain. God, it hurt.

[@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712]

23 June 1980, Bremen, Germany, Tour over Europe...Led Zeppelin. The sound was bad, the band played super bad, Bonham was drunk, his drumming sucked. Eight concerts later, the band was no more.

[@christopherconard2831]

I have two friends that saw Zeppelin live. Neither were impressed. Some high points during the shows, but overall they were like a bar band with more amps.

[@gilwood7530]

I think them at LIVE AID is an AWFUL RECORDING but people swear they are amazing

[@independenceltd.]

@@gilwood7530 I've never heard anyone say that Live Aid performance by "Led Zeppelin" was any good. It most certainly wasn't.

[@gilwood7530]

@@independenceltd. Ok ...It wasn't me ...many people have defended it to me . i thought it was beyond bad

[@kimberlywalker3970]

@@independenceltd. I saw Zeppelin's Live Aid performance on KZbin and it wasn't their best, I agree. I will say Plant did clean it up on "Stairway To Heaven." Jimmy was obviously wasted and it showed in his performance. In their defense, it's my understanding that Plant was on a solo tour and his voice probably needed a rest. He tends to push himself unnecessarily. The band had little practice time and the drummers weren't in-sync. I give them a little slack because it was for charity. And, judging by the concerts I've watched, they tend to a hit or miss. I love the August 11th Knebworth show. The August 4th was a little shaky because they took time off for the obvious reason. I will say, aside from their LIve Aid show, the Earl's Court May 25th performance is also a little shaky but it got better during the second half. Again, they tend to push themselves and maybe the smarter thing would've been to do fewer great concerts that a bunch that were maybe mediocre. Unfortunately, I don't think they had the luxury because bad luck seemed to follow them, especially Plant.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

ZZ -Top / Black Crowes , Jan 26th 1991, Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY. I Puked in my own Lap !!. Passed out , missing most of the show!

[@flyingburritobro68]

Spaghetti Lee 🤣 classic!

[@chrismecklin1710]

I like 90s alternative way more than any of these guys and even I was horrified by that casino/county-fair level bill. I went to Bonnaroo several years ago and Eminem was the headliner one night, so no other stages with other bands were going on. I tried to watch him, but gave up and one of the few entertainment alternatives, besides just going back to my tent, was a burlesque show. I quickly found out who else didn't like Eminem.

[@1970borntorun]

Anyone with good Music taste wouldn't like Eminem.

[@Trifixion22]

@@1970borntorun I liked him until he became a wimp

[@vinylsolution2522]

I saw Motörhead 15 or so times, so glad I missed the last two years before Lemmy passed, I bought a boot dvd from the last tour, and could only get through 2 songs. He was in such bad shape, I was in tears. The dvd went into the trash, I'll remember the legend I saw from Snake Bite Love tour through The World Is Yours tour. RIP LEMMY, PHILTHY, FAST EDDIE.

[@LegionOfEclaires]

That Poison/Ratt show 30 years ago was so bad that Ryan's like, 'fuck it, I'm out' and leaves the call. XD

[@jupiter7x7]

I love this format and these topics, guys. Very enjoyable, and really funny!

[@smashmachine1144]

Ratt was terrible in Providence RI in 87 as well.

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Great Hollywood Squares show and already looking forward to the next one! Several good laughs from listening to the four of you relive some memorable times. My worst... probably the concert in the early to mid 70's [can't recall the exact date] waiting for Sly and The Family Stone to take the stage and perform. The only concert I ever had front row center tickets but Sly and the band were notorious at the time for taking the stage late or not showing at all. My recollection is that it was around a two hour wait and there was on playing while the crowd waited. The crowd got a little impatient to say the least. They finally took the stage but many seemed under chemical influences of the time.

[@meanmrmusician9469]

That Dream Theater show sounds like a glorified sound check. Imagine being there and the band doesn't talk to the audience for two hours. You're like "Hello!"

[@Jusnzl]

Man, no one brings the hammer down quite like Chris Alo. The guy needs to start his own podcast, he's fantastic lol.

[@toddshroyer4227]

I don't remember the date or year but I was at the Creed show in Chicago at Rosemont horizon that was the show they were sued for, it was TERRIBLE

[@thBrilliantFool]

In Palestrina, Italy, on July 3, 1999, singer-bassist Mark Sandman of the band Morphine died of cardiac arrest onstage during a live performance. How's that for a bad concert experience?

[@kamranmalik8546]

I’m sorry to hear about that

[@Danimal77]

Gotta defend Blaze. His solo albums (the first 5 at least) are solid fucking metal albums from start to finish. I also love the material on X-Factor. It's dark, depressing and moody. I've seen Blaze solo live several times and he's a kick ass front man with a ton of passion. And Dio's Angry Machines album was brutally heavy and criminally underrated.

[@MRB16th]

I think Angry Machines was a mess, but I agree with you on Blaze Bayley. His main flaw in Iron Maiden was that he was not Bruce Dickinson. X Factor really kicked ass, though.

[@markellis7847]

I was at Altamont.

[@independenceltd.]

did you lose your knife?

[@flyingburritobro68]

The Donald and his pool cue

[@whitey7998]

Great guys, great review. Chris really makes me laugh.

[@renetrachet]

In 1991, I went to a concert by Johnny Thunders in Brussels [Belgium]. Thunders would sing, play guitar and was accompanied by a sax player. It started with one song and then Thunders began to ramble in an incomprehensible language. This went on and on, a real disaster. The audience was dead silent. Suddenly he collapsed to the podiumfloor and had to be carried away. A month later he passed away. Very sad story.

[@jaecrowther7869]

Dude you new what to expect with Thunders

[@Deborahtunes]

I went to a Styx/Foreigner/Def Leppard concert, when my then boyfriend, fell asleep during the show. He had worked all night long, and was exhausted. But I missed most of Styx's set, because of coming into two traffic accidents on the way to the venue. And Foreigner didn't play one of my favorite tracks from them, plus they started performing one or two Zepplin songs. So I wasn't too happy with the concert. During a 2001 concert, I had a beer spilled in my lap, from the person next to me...

[@JohnnyRecently]

I like Everclear. They got plenty of melodies, but those other alternative 90's bands suck. Love the Fulci Zombie poster of over Alto's shoulder.

[@FoutstoChandler]

I saw Maiden in Sunrise, FL on the Fear of the Dark tour '92 when the power went out for several minutes!

[@rosshageman951]

I am looking forward to Part 2 of this topic

[@kevintynan796]

Great show! You guys are funny! Loved ‘ like a railroad spike in ear’ comment also sounded like’ Sams Club Machine Head’. More please!

[@mrbuckets1106]

I also fell asleep to an Opeth show. Sounds of the Underground 2005 in MN

[@lucassloan8176]

Worst concert experience for me I was in Texas in 2015 at the time(I was 10)visiting my uncle who was stationed in El Paso at the time(he’s in the military) and he wanted to see disturbed in Dallas and he asked me if I wanted to go and my mom was ok with it cause me and him were and still are huge disturbed fans so we take the 9 hour drive up there and we get to the house of blues in Dallas which is where they were on tour for immortilized and we were in the 6th row so we were kind of close but midway through their set David draimen the lead singer stops the show and calls out a fan for texting and we look behind us and he said she was on the balcony and we look behind us and she’s flipping him off and he’s going on a rant saying “don’t tell me to fuck myself” and so on and so forth and she was pissed because she was publicly humiliated and later on turns out she was texting her daughter because in the area in which she lived there was a hailstorm and she was trying to calm her daughter down and when people on the internet found out they voiced there disappointment in draimen for being egotistical and not thinking about who or why she was texting So yeah he kind of ruined the show but we watched the rest of it(it was a good concert except for the rant) But yeah that’s mine

[@davedavid7061]

Tool, with Maynard in the dark behind the drum riser the whole show.

[@mikeomo3235]

The Who Tempe Az. 1980's I believe. Not the bands fault but it was mid August and a monsoon came through and knocked the power out. The Who were supposed to start a 8pm. My wife and I waited until 10:30 in an arena with no A/C in Arizona in August. It was miserable. I heard they did play around Midnight.

[@johnpatterson4272]

Great video as always. I can dig all of the S. of T. experiences. Probably a time of shitty concert experiences was more akin to the 70s and early 80s when there was General Admission ticketing and most big-band shows cost your average teenager $6.50 to $12.50 (CDN) for a ticket. My experience with a rather wild out-of-control rock concert experience happened in July 1984 at Kingswood Music Theatre north of Toronto. Aerosmith was the headliner with Orion the Hunter (Brad Delp) opening. The first act played a great set, on-time and with a few 'Boston' songs thrown-in. Aerosmith was late in-starting (an hour and 40 minutes between bands). When Aerosmith took the stage they were obviously ALL wrecked-out of their heads. They did a 10 minute jam session and then segued into a loose rendition of 'Back in the Saddle'. The headliner lasted exactly 55 minutes, with no encores and then the house-lights came-on. After another 20 minutes Steven Tyler himself came-on stage and announced, "the police are taking us away, so we gotta go". That was it, that's when the plastic-seat backrests started sailing over everybody's heads. the crowd was dispersed by police over the next hour.

[@stevebasney1423]

Judas Preist Turbo tour. I hadn't heard the album yet. Showed up ready for some headbanging. Might have had a few to drink...might have. No headbanging at all, super commercial sound and I got kicked out of the show...😑

[@zachary1966]

They played that song "Turbo Lover" in Helsinki 2005 and it rocks like Hell! But yeah, I can imagine your disappoinment then...

[@independenceltd.]

I saw the Turbo tour too. Dokken opened, who I already wasn't a fan of. But hey, we get to see Priest (my first time BTW). They played 5 friggin' songs from Turbo. I was at the Dallas show where some of "Priest...Live!" was recorded, and that show pissed me off so bad I didn't even buy that album till a couple of years ago.

[@253timeandtimeagain2]

But they filmed a great show from the Dallas concert of that tour

[@independenceltd.]

@@253timeandtimeagain2 Forgot about that. Still haven't seen it. Buying the CD did make me look back on the show with more fondness, as nostalgia has a tendency to do.

[@253timeandtimeagain2]

@@independenceltd. i think it's "Fuel For Fire Live". Check it out, it's very very good, Halford is great. I don't think Dave Holland fits in with Heavy Metal but he's also ok.

[@VeteranCapybara]

A Matter of Life and Death is a fantastic album. I would have loved to see them play the whole album

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

I have been to hundreds of concerts in the past 25 years, and the majority of the shows I have been to were all amazing. One show that I went to in 1999 was Poison , Cinderella, Dokken, and Slaughter. I went with a group of friends , and the only two bands that I was there for was Dokken and Cinderella. I have never been a fan of Poison , but the majority of my friends were so I had to endure their set. It is not that they played terrible. I just don't care for their music. Another show I went to was Ozzfest 2000, and most of the bands played well and the fans were enjoying them. The only band that got booed immediately after they started their set was Methods Of Mayhem. After they started their second song Tommy Lee could not handle the booing anymore. They stopped playing , flipped us off, and left the stage. That is the only time I have ever seen a band get booed , and it was very loud.

[@4themusicman]

I'd also like to hear more stories about your experiences leading up to the concert. For me, part of the "fun" the day of a show is the pre-concert festivities. Like, share stories about cool bars you found for drinks or a meal before the show. Cool people you met in line while waiting for the show. Local bands that were invited by the promoter/venue to play in the parking lot, etc.

[@richardkey4289]

Ha ha, you triggered my memory back to a liquored up pre - show afternoon before a kick axe/ Whitesnake/ quiet riot show, we hit up a bar, a few doobies, as we are filing in to the arena, we were finishing a beer each, 2 people away from being patted down, I realize I'm still holding a beer, & a cop is wiggling his way toward me, I squat down & chug my beer, my friend got grabbed by the cop, took his beer away, then we went in.another concert, monsters of Rock, Seattle 1988, between Dokken & Metallica, I was in the seats, saw my friends on the floor, stairways took 45 min.to get down ( seriously) , so I jumped the 10-12' down to the floor, a guard tossed me out, I had just enough money to get another ticket & get back in, I stood exactly where I was caught, friends turned up after a while

[@rlanger3108]

Seeing Lemmy that way would have been crushing.

[@Stonky77]

I waited my whole life to see Ozzy playing with Sabbath, and I got to see them in 2013 at the Woodlands, TX. It was horrible. Ozzy was singing off key and couldn't leave his mike because he was reading the teleprompter. There is a YT video of it.

[@morebeer7673]

Yeah he'd been using the teleprompter for years by that point. He used it on the 99 reunion tour, but at least at that time he still sounded decent. I'm in Houston too and my first time seeing Ozz was in '86 w/ Metallica at what's now Lakewood Church, lol. That place was the rock cathedral for a lot of us in the 80's.

[@davidpetersen6425]

I was also at the black and blue tour in Milwaukee Wisconsin Black Sabbath and Blie Oyster Cult when someone threw something and cut Geezers forehead. It turned into a complete shitshow of a riot! The crowd literally destroyed the arena! Luckily I got out of there unscathed buy just another crazy memory. I've seen over 300 shows in my lifeand for the most part they were all fucking awesome! Some of the highlights were Frank Zappa on the Joe's garage tour, well over 20 Black Crowes shows, Every Van Halen performance with David Lee Roth in Milwaukee Wisconsin INCLUDING opening for Black Sabbath at The Uptown theater downtown Milwaukee which is now a Police department.

[@gilwood7530]

All the ZAPPA shows I saw still remain in my favorites ...JOES GARAGE was AMAZING

[@ghastlybat107]

While attempting to buy tickets to see Rush on their 'Permanent Waves' tour in Cleveland my group of concert going friends were informed that only the limited seating tix were available. So after taking a vote we decided to go see J. Geils Band instead of the Rush show, much to my chagrin. I would have rather watched Geddy, Alex & Neils asses for 2 hours than having been tortured by "Centerfold" & " Love Stinks". Sucked. (No offense to J. Geils fans, just not my cup of tea)

[@pewsterbaby]

Not to mention Rage In The Cage and that insufferable "Hey Reputa" rap when Peter Wolf tries to sound black.

[@thedude3423]

Saw the jam band Phish back in 1995 at Kent State. Show sucked, crowd sucked, too many doped up people after show, etc, etc... Never saw them again. And this coming from a HUGE fan and show goer prior to this show. Everything changed in that one evening for me. They got too big and it was no longer fun, at least for me. Thanks for all you do! 👍😊

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

It Just wasn't the Same after the Clifford Ball & the Death of Jerry Garcia.. I was in Very Early with Phish starting in '92. I agree with You that its just not the Same. There still Great , but the Crowd is A bunch of Affluent Dooooshes!!!

[@tenplex]

Spaghetti Lee I agree, the makeup of the fans changed dramatically after Jerry died. When the Dead was no more, an influx of random people just looking to get high infiltrated the scene and it never recovered. The band was still doing cool things, here and there, and their light show continued improving, but the fans went from diehard music nerds to lazy entitled wannabe hippies falling all over people and ruining everyone’s good time.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

@@tenplex Completely Agree, Phish has become A Rich-Mans Hobby. Every Year they play on A beach in Mexico! Have You seen the Prices of that Tour Package??!!??..THOUSANDS$$$!!! Now I don't wanna Complain like I'm Poor or some Grumpy Old Man , But I remember going to Shows for Under $20..Sad thing is the Band is still Great! Went New Years Run 2018 /2019. Killer Shows!! My first shows since 2004!! I was shocked at the Crowd. No more Dreadlocks, Hippies, & as you Said Music Nerds.. Just Yuppie Dooches From CT & The Upper East Side!!! WHAT HAPPENED??? The Band still Kicks Ass - Just Dont Tell any more People..lol

[@michaelfreeman4218]

Kiss (without make up) early 90s, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. Free tickets courtesy of radio competition. Kiss had absolutely no energy or enthusiasm, guy next to me had worst body odor ever, guy next to wife threw up. Left early

[@stephenbrown4211]

Didn't happen to me but a friend of mine. He's American, although has lived in England for most of his life. He did serve in the USAF and was stationed in Idaho. No bands ever came to Idaho but his favourite played Boise one time. He was stoked when Kiss came to town. He was a real Kiss fan but had never seen them live. Went with a mate and a bottle of Tequila. Saw Nightranger while chugging the Tequila, then fell asleep through the whole Kiss set.

[@independenceltd.]

@@stephenbrown4211 Funny that. I had a friend who happened to be black and who happened to love hard rock/metal. So, he never got to see many shows growing up cuz he didn't have anyone to go with. I started taking him to some shows. This one happened to be Kiss/Ted Nugent/Skid Row on 8/23/00 in Fort Worth. We did quite a bit of preshow drinking and then met another friend and went to the show. The beer continued to flow and during Ted my buddy pulls out some weed. Me and the other guy took a hit or two but my friend kept hitting his pipe all through Nugent's show and by the time Kiss hit the stage he was passed out cold. And they were loud. He didn't wake up until the house lights came on.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

Farm Aid 1985, Manor Downs, Austin Texas...Try being A 15 yr old Metal Head at that Cow Manoer Pit!! In the Texas Sun!! JeeeZZZ!!!!

[@welshtoro3256]

I remember that Farm Aid thing. Yeah, that would suck.

[@danielbowden6330]

My disappointing experience was going to the Virginia Beach Amphitheater for a 1998 Yes concert. Although the venue opened in 1996, they were doing extensive construction work in and around it. It took about an hour to get there. We had difficulty finding the place (at the time in the middle of nowhere) due to the poor signage. We somehow got on the wrong entrance road and found ourselves avoiding dump trucks, backhoes and a steamroller that headed right for us that we were just able to avoid. We got to the event a little late as a result. Then my friend who drove spent a long time getting a t-shirt once we got there. I went to my seat and watched and listened. I wasn’t a big Yes fan at the time so I was hoping that he could tell me songs and albums that they played from that I wasn’t familiar with. Finally, he returned and then doubled over. He was going into his last year of college and didn’t know what to do with his life and had a full-on panic attack. At the time, he kind of hid this but then we had to leave about mid-concert. He was the driver and I had to go back with him.

[@SuperToombs]

Chris tells theeeee best stories he should write a book if he hasn't already.

[@srobbins1973]

"The Astonishing" show in April of 2016 was at Radio City- not the Beacon.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

Usually my biggest problem, is that most shows these days have too many bands. Usually it's 1-2 that i want to see, but am too tired or bored by the time i see them, because i had to sit through 2-3 shitty local bands and then 2-3 lame deathcore bands first. So after 2-3 hours of music i dont give a shit about, im just ready to go home. But one of my biggest disappointments was going to see Dream Theater/Queesnryche/Fates Warning, but Fates Warning couldn't make it. Queensryche and Dream Theater were amazing though.

[@jeremiahpapa7868]

Every parking lot walk after the show. Everyone is so jazzed up and ears blown out along with whatever "extra fun" added somehow turns everyone into assholes.

[@bretthue7259]

Love Motorhead big-time, but when dude was talking about Lemmy(regarding the MH cruise) and said that "it honestly looked like Lemmy had already died but nobody told him" I friggin' exploded in laughter😆😅😁😫😫😢🤪🤪

[@muldoon67]

Here is a possible video suggestion for the future Pete. 'what song/album am I talking about'. Each panel member has to describe a song/album without naming any person or band name. Toughy?

[@abbieandus]

I don't get how 2 out of 4 metalheads could be bored with pre-Heritage Opeth live. To each their own

[@jamesirwin1957]

REM ... it was like watching a coma.

[@tbone8223]

Hahahaha that’s a good way of saying it

[@independenceltd.]

lol

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

How did REM get so big? Really?!!!

[@NaughtyVampireGod]

why did you go if you aren't a fan?

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

Seen most of the biggest bands around, but never the pretentious crap that is rem...Thank god...

[@supersport22]

Good show… What’s the point of the time limit though?

[@pewsterbaby]

Legendary vocalist with a bad concert idea - Robert Plant Honeydrippers set in the middle of The Shaken and Stirred show 1985. Honeydrippers was a nice change-up and Sea of Love and Rocking At Midnight were cool on the radio but not something you wanna see in concert. Also, Shaken and Stirred was too 80's techno. Plant just ran out of good material for his 3rd solo record, fired his band after the tour, and came back with a vengeance in '88.

[@MRB16th]

With the Ratt fiasco of 1987, I think the Dancing Undercover tour name was a misprint: it was actually Drinking Under The Table. And I got some laughs out of the Halford show riot and the dude setting the t-shirt on fire.

[@gellargod]

Sitting through Opeth was one of the most boring concert experiences I have ever had. Thank God there were 4 good bands as well.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

*Top 4* Bad Concerts: *1) Greatful Dead / Bob Dylan backed up by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.* Concert was in the Metrodome in Mpls., MN. *Sound was dreadful.* Grateful Dead tech did the sound. About a month or two later, *Pink Floyd (Momentary Lapse of Reason tour)* played in the Dome. Sound was incredible. *2) Fleetwood Mac (Tusk tour)* Festival in West Germany. *Scheduled was Rockpile, Don McLean, Little River Band, Bob Marley & The Wailers* (Marley died about 7 months later) *and Fleetwood Mac.* McLean & LRB didn't show up. They had 3 local German bands. Rockpile started the day. Decent. Bob Marley (started around 5 O'Clock) & *WAS THE BEST BAND (MUSIC WISE) I EVER WAS AT.* Two unknown bands then Fleetwood Mac came on at 8 O'Clock. *BORING!!* *3) Zakk Wylde.* He opened an outdoor show in Mpls (forgot who - maybe Heart??). He played an acoustic set with him and a acoustic guitar. Another *BORING SET!!* *4) David Allan Coe.* A free outdoor concert in Mpls. He played an acoustic set. No drums. Problem was these 4 guys near me just talked talked talked & talked. Song stops. They clap. Songs start. Back to talking. Half way through the 45 minute show. Had to move. David Allan Coe was good. Saw him at a country club year after this show. He had his regular band with him. Great show. Smoked weed in the cloud. Good show.

[@jaecrowther7869]

Seen the same show July 4 Bafflo Ny was there 4 the sheets I never like the dead

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

@@jaecrowther7869 - Huh?? Never saw a concert in Buffalo, NY.

[@jaecrowther7869]

kevin the truck driver I saw the same line up as you but in Buffalo Ny on July 4

[@rogermaybank8623]

Without going into details here's my four: King Diamond, Hammersmith Odeon 1988 Celtic Frost, Hammersmith Odeon 1988 Megadeth, Hammersmith Odeon 1987 Monsters Of Rock, Donington 1988 The main reason Donington is on there is two people got crushed to death down the front. Just a horrible day all round.

[@independenceltd.]

Was that the GNR show?

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

@@independenceltd. Yes,my mate went to it(my debut Donington was 91 with AC-DC) Apparently you could pay on the gate,and it got overcrowded,and tragedy struck...But at every MOR show I went to,there was always bottle's of piss flying around (!) I took my girlfriend once to see Aerosmith and she was certainty not impressed...

[@independenceltd.]

@@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180 Yeah, some of those outdoor festivals used to get a little crazy. Too old for that now...

[@stephaneherringtoniowritin9180]

@@independenceltd. You are never too old to rock n roll... Believe me!!!

[@TheOicyu812]

1) Ratt concert: Saw Bobby Blotzer get hit in the head with a bottle of Heineken beer. He never stopped playing but kept checking his head to see if he was bleeding. 2) Van Halen concert: Saw Eddie Van Halen duck down just in the nick of time to avoid getting hit by a firecracker. 3) Guns N' Roses concert: Axel Rose singlehandedly ruined the concert with one of his typical onstage diatribes that droned on and on. 4) Monsters of Rock concert: After standing in the sun at the old RFK stadium for 8 hours, I got badly sunburned. I also got hit in the head with a hotdog & bun and a shoe. Fans at the show started setting bonfires on the field.

[@petervanbuskirk500]

I went to see Rhapsody and Manowar in Buffalo NY (2 hours away). Was standing in line at the club and the crew started bringing out all the equipment. Canceled before the doors opened.

[@hartmutpeter215]

It was April 1975, and in age of 15 years old, I want to see "deep purple " in Dortmund, germany.The eventhall was "Westfalenhalle ".It was the stormbringer tour. My Fahrer,my older brother and I went by train to Dortmund. What we dont really knowed it was a festival with many bands. I olny remember " Randy Pie ".The day went by and no deep purple. My brother and I was watching the show and my lovely father was waiting in the foyer. So far so good. Deep purple played at last. It was midnight and we had to go, to roll off with the last train at central station. We saw olny 2 tunes "Stormbringer and Burn" .Iam an extraordinary great deep purple fan since "Deep Purple in Rock " since 1970. Awesome band .It was the last concert with Mr. Blackmore before Rainbow.

[@dawnthechaldean5377]

I understand that it would have been upsetting to have to leave after only seeing two songs by Deep Purple, but I think you are very lucky. You actually got to see MK III Deep Purple and you saw them perform two of their greatest songs. I bet David Coverdale was singing his ass off back in those days.

[@hartmutpeter215]

Yes,I was very lucky. On the next day (easter holiday) I heard Burn and Stormbringer on vinyl at least 5 times. Coverdale and Hughes on the top.👍😀

[@bobbaldwin3572]

Ryan "hated it with the power of a thousand sun's" 😂

[@GMHG777]

Worst concert experiences (thankfully I didn't have too many). 1. 2017 Maryland Deathfest - While watching Akercoke some asshole in the upper level of the venue dumped an entire beer all over me prompting me to go hunting for them, probably good I didn't find them, then during Candlemass assholes on the upper level started throwing beer again and I got nailed a second time. First and last time I ever go to MDF ! 2. Monster of Rock show in Philly 1988 (I goofed and said it was 86 initially), the heat was insane and I ended up getting hammered and going out to the parking lot and falling asleep during Van Hagar's set, yeah that was on me ! 3. My first Rush concert in Feb 1980 , I had bought 6 ot 7 shirts for my 8th grade buddies and while walking to meet my ride I had them thrown over my shoulder and some prick ran by me and ripped them off .. Had to pay my mom back for reimbursing my friends. Back when concert shirts were 8$ for a baseball jersey

[@GMHG777]

@ Yeah pretty much but it sucked as I fell asleep between two cars and couldn't find my vehicle for an hour i was way too wasted... Jack Daniels is not my friend

[@nickbonstein800]

Saw RATT when out of the cellar came out. They were the headliners in the old pne coliseum in Vancouver B.C. and they were horrible. Fastway the opening band kicked their ass!

[@patrickcrowther9195]

I’d like to think that following that insult, Cronos banished those responsible to the ninth circle of hell where they would have their intestines eaten by rabid, starving demons and their fundaments given a flaming pitchfork enema.

[@spaghetti.lee-69]

1000 Days in SODOM!!!!!

[@mrbuckets1106]

Vision of Disorder used to put on a great show but holy shit they should have never opened for Cradle of Filth

[@markgatica12]

Worst experience for me was in 1987. I was at an outdoor reggae festival at a baseball stadium . The show had a phenomenal lineup -- Dennis Brown, Sugar Minott, Inner Circle and two dozen others. Toward the end of the final set we heard shots fired behind us. Everything stopped for a second, then the entire audience started running for the exits. We were about halfway across the field when the MC got on the PA and shouted for everyone to come back. No one was shot, he said. That was just how Jamaicans celebrated. Well, we stayed for another half hour, but the mood was gone and we left before it was over. All of my other bad experiences at shows were caused by audience members, not the bands or the venue. In most cases, it was drunk people spilling their drinks, puking, falling over and starting fights. I'm not against drinking and having a good time, just don't let your good time ruin it for everyone else.