WMMS-The Buzzard World Series of Rock

Murray Saul and Shelly Stile of WMMS open the 1975 World Series of Rock in Cleveland, OH. Courtesy of John Gorman, author of "The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio-A Memoir"

[@thomesocksup]

OMG! I feel so old. I remember that. I remember shopping with my mom and wishing I was at the concert. WMMS rocked back then. Thank you my brother for getting me to listen to that station when I was little. Simply awesome. Cleveland Rocks!

[@johnjoyko1]

the throet remembers. i was there too brother. awesome times. i was but a young lad but i say bring the world series of rock back! gonna bust the big 50 next year. i will come back just to see all my old friends. all 80,000 of them. peace!

[@TheF86Sabre]

I was there in 1980, 16 years old and the whole world ahead of me...Great show, I just got over the "hang over" yesterday!

[@rbktwo5195]

Murray Saul, legendary Cleveland personality, and a friend we all lost this year, 2014. Love you forever, Murray...GET DOWN...

[@LunaticByTheSea]

I didn't miss many of these shows. I don't actually remember many of the details but the reefer was gold, the girls were bold and now I'm old. I made it!

[@billysnoid]

Wow! Who could forget those concerts! Each one was a Woodstock in it's own. I remember my first one seeing Crosby Stills Nash & Young and seeing greats such as Yes,Peter Frampton, Aerosmith, and seeing The Rolling stones on Their Black & Blue tour on a stormy day. 70's Man! Remember The weekend salute? Get Down!

[@GreenDoreen1]

Sweet, best times of my life, the 70's

[@jimmypoe4688]

I was 17 and a brand new band i never heard of before open the show it was the Scorpions how awesome was that then came out Journey and then Thin Lizzy , ACDC ,Ted Nugent and then to close out the show with Aerosmith it was a really great time and it was $12.50 CLEBLAND ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@showdogchannel]

Oh God I miss those days...I'm probably in the audience - thanks for posting this. What a treasure..

[@VideoPhoneNumber]

Cleveland ROCKS!

[@mahituna1]

RIP Murray, I know where ever you are you're burnin one

[@thomesocksup]

My brother was at nickel beer night where the riot broke out. He has a photo from that which was taken by a reporter. Was up on a wall at Alice Cooper's old restaurant in Cleveland but now in his possession. He was in the photo which was a shot on the indians dugout.

[@davehorne3464]

Ten cent beer night

[@thecandyman9308]

That guy going "We gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta rock!" is really something

[@MrAnus]

It's FRIIIIDAYYYYY!!!

[@mrtongue57]

the Stones Black and Blue LP came out in 1976, in 1978 they toured for the Some Girls LP, I was also there in 1978 in the upper deck, i still remember seeing the green haze hovering above the infield.

[@dsharpie]

AMEN brothers! Those were the days, and YES, I'm DEAD!!!! It's GREAT

[@stevebartuseck5753]

How about the summer of 1972 concerts at the Akron Rubber Bowl? Starting off with The ROLLING STONES. And All summer long !

[@Billabromitis]

there was a guy who fell off the backstop behind home plate. His comment was in the PD saying he wanted to know how a foul ball felt. Must have been some potent microdot

[@nrmnvl55]

Here's a thought a positive one. I was 17 all of 73 (December 14th, 1955) Over half of all those people are dead now. 50% of them from drugs. If you want to say those were the good old days than "let er rip"...Amen

[@Grendelmonster8u]

Sounds like fun, lol. I've heard from people that AC/DC was the best & LOUD. At least they have some footage on YT. You said Aerosmith played how long? All I know is people said they sucked and those who liked it were heavier partiers. The day before at WMMS an employee said Steven got ON a table and snorted a longgg line of coke & the band messed up the station's vinyl records & they had to reorganize them all for days & it took a couple of weeks to find some. I have a link w/ memories.

[@mrtongue57]

Jerry Sanders, Rolling Stones didn't tour for the Black and Blue album that came out in 1976. The 75 tour was named -Tour of the America's.

[@NDulge1]

I was there. But hangin from the upper deck.

[@jimmypoe4688]

In 1979 the night before while waiting for the world series of rock to begin there was a race riot that not many know about but I was in fact there at and I wonder if there's any footage or others that were part of the event it was crazy and I had never been more scared JPoe

[@Billabromitis]

read the book on history of WMMS

[@Grendelmonster8u]

Why did you delete your posts? The audience was nuts, riots, stabbing, overdoses, etc. I can send you a link from the Buzzard site where fans talk about it. Aerosmith played their set--they were the f'ed up headliners '79. Some people left during their set b/c they were playing bad. I don't know what you were saying before about them not playing for 7 yrs...they toured every yr except 1981. Aerosmith '75 WSOR good reviews. '79 Ppl said AC/DC was best & Nugent was very loud.

[@Grendelmonster8u]

No they didn't. This was the 1975 one in this video. They broke up at the July 28, 1979 WSOR show. You see the About section? It says 1975.

[@rollingstopp]

about aerosmith i didnt see them i left during ted nugent it was to much a wall of sound so maybe they were on after him i dont know . it was insane there, we almost got crushed near the stage and the noise was like a jet engine in your ear -we had to escape that one we were there maybe 2-3 hours

[@jonathanchesterton5032]

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[@TheF86Sabre]

I goes way too fast.........