Night noises, mercury poisoning, and opening bands
A couple nights ago our dog Andy (Black Lips Houlihan, Snoop Manny Mann) woke three of us up in the middle of the night, making some kind of freaky noise. It was incredibly loud, and a cross between a howl and Yoko Ono after too much cheese.
All of us, except the older Secret (who could sleep through carpet bombing), sat bolt upright with WTF?! across our faces. A sound like that should never come from a domesticated animal; it was like a Stephen King movie.
I reached down and patted the hound, and he was shaking and all tensed-up. He sometimes has doggy dreams, during which he yelps and barks and runs in place. But this was WAAAAY beyond that. A person could’ve heard it while walking past our house.
And the weird thing? It happens about once every six months. Oh, this isn’t the first time, not at all. And it’s always the same bizarre-ass noise.
What the crap is it all about?! I wish I had a recording of it; you folks wouldn’t believe it.
Over the weekend I hoisted myself off the platform, poured a cup of coffee, and shuffled down to the subterranean control center. And when I turned on my Miller High Life lamp, the bulb made a tell-tale muffled pop!, and died at home after a short illness.
Grrr… I went to the shelf where we keep replacement bulbs, and there was nothing there. Highly irritating.
I asked the Secrets if they knew where Toney was, and they said she’d gone to Target or Wal-Mart, or somewhere similar. So, I called and asked her to pick up some 75 watt bulbs. Or, as we say back home, “bu’bs.”
And she came home with more of those twisty Nancy deals, that supposedly keep working for five years. We’d experimented with them in the kitchen, and they’re still going strong after fourteen or fifteen months. So, we’re kinda sold on the things.
But not for the bunker! C’mon. I’m sorry, but the Surf Report home office is NOT going green. In fact, I’ve been doing Google searches, trying to find methods for increasing the WVSR carbon footprint.
In any case, the ridiculous things wouldn’t work. The lamp has a shade that clamps directly onto the bulb, so you can’t really use one that looks like a Dairy Queen cone.
This irritated Toney, because they were fairly expensive, and she started switching one out with a lamp in the fambly room. And promptly dropped and exploded the mercury bulb…
Gulp. Aren’t they dangerous, when broken? Somewhere, deep in my brain, I had that bit of information stored away. In fact, I think someone once told me a Hazmat crew needs to come in, or somesuch.
But we just opened a nearby window, cleaned up the glass, wiped off the end table, and vacuumed the carpet. And for the rest of the day I thought I could feel the beginning stages of mercury poisoning. It’s fatal, and it don’t get better, according to my spiritual adviser, Graham Parker.
But I guess we’re OK. It’s been several days now, and none of us are experiencing projectile eye-bleeding. And, according to this Snopes page, we did most things right, just using our instincts. Pretty cool, huh?
I’ll leave you now with a Question based on an email conversation Brad and I had last night. I’d like to know if you ever went to a concert, and the opening act was unknown to you at the time, but went on to become Big in some way.
I saw Iggy Pop in Charlotte years ago, and there were two opening bands: Yo La Tengo and Jane’s Addiction. How’s that for a lineup? And I’d never heard of either of them at the time.
Also, I was planning to see Heart at the Huntington Civic Center, when I was in high school, but my parents wouldn’t let me to leave the house. I’d done something to get into trouble (go figure), and they told me to just sit my ass down. The opening act that night? XTC! One of my future favorite bands… who never plays live anymore.
So, there’s your Question. Do with it what you will.
And I’ll see you guys tomorrow, hopefully with a longer update.
Sweet sainted mother of Bobby Goldsboro!
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First?
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2nd? At least top 5?
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Third!
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Top five…..WTS
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I was putting one of those bulbs in the socket in the hallway where I live once – the thing exploded above me. I suppose I found out the hard way that they are not meant to be put into 50 year old sockets.
I never put anything bigger than a 40 watt bulb in my lamp – which is almost as old as me – 43.
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Go Green!
I think once every six months the spaceships are flying low over yer house and that upsets Andy.
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I used to hold out hope that the greatest musician to ever live would do a live concert, but it seems less likely every day. I refuse to go to concerts because I know I’ll just be disappointed.
Who is the greatest musician to ever live, you might ask? You guessed it. Eddie Murphy.
“But My girl wants to party all the time,
party all the time, party all the time
My girl wants to party all the time,
party all the time
My girl wants to party all the time,
party all the time, party all the time
My girl wants to party all the time
party all the time (hold) yeah
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My mom was taking my brother and I took a concert at the state fair. I think we were somewhere in our early teens so it was still acceptable to hang out with the parents as long as they were paying and driving you around places. The headliner that night was supposed to be some well known country singer (ya, I know, country), but he came down with some sort of Jeff Kay like illness and they replaced him with some guy named Garth Brooks. We’d never heard of the dude and the place place was offering a refund, but we decided to go anyway. We ended up in the bleachers about 25 feet from the stage and watched as he wandered through the crowd singing and talking to various people. Wonder what that guy is doing now???
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Good Afternoon Surf Reporters…….
Question of the Day:
My very first concert, the Kinks at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh, circa 1979.
The opening act was Bryan Adams, never heard of him before, but then “Cuts Like a Knife” hit the airwaves that summer.
Another was Neil Young at the Civic Arena, circa 1988. Sonic Youth opened. I think they may have been famous at that point.
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PS – I frikken hate those twirly bulbs. We put them in the whole house a couple of years ago and I don’t think it reduced our electric bill one cent. And they put off the shittiest dull looking light you’ve ever seen. I’ve been slowly stocking up on good ole GE 100 watt bulbs (before they’re outlawed).
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Believe me, mercury poison is real, and it’s no fun!
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I think I saw a documentary once that cited mercury poisoning as the only known possible cause of spontateous human combustion. I’d seal off the family room immediately if I were you.
I saw Kid Rock at a tiny little dive opening up for a local band that had a lot of followers. We all thought he was a douchebag. He did his entire set barefoot and he sucked on a serious level.
That same year, at another dive bar, I saw Korn open up for a different local band. There were 5 other people in the audience, including the headlining band and the bartender. Surprisingly, they did their whole set and stuck around. Probably for the free beer.
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Love today’s ‘Now playing in the bunker’ selection !!!
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I think I had the same Korn experience. I saw the Foo fighters on their first tour with Mike Watt and noone really knew who they were, but that probably doesn’t count.
We saw Soul Coughing before they might be giants and they went on to a small bit of fame for a few years.
Bush for 5 bucks.
Could have seen nickleback for 95 cents (you get a nickleback from a dollar, get it?).
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Billy Joel opening for J Geils band in NYC very early 70s
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My first “real” concert was Adam Ant. The opening act was INXS – never heard of them. Their touring van was actually parked out front of the area. My friends and I ran into them and chatted with them for a few moments – we only later realized they were the opening act! And I did grow to like them after that.
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Well Jeff, you might not find the going green thing attractive in the bunker, but the electricity part of my utility bill was a whopping $39 last month. I’m thinking when we finally get all the bubs in my house converted, we’ll be getting a check from them some months.
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I saw Bon Jovi (or as he is referred to in this house, An Chovi) open for the Scorpions at the Cow Palace and get positively pelted with toilet paper rolls! Oh, hilarity ensued as everyone bolted for the nearest crapatorium to empty it’s toilet paper holders to throw at the opening band that no one knew. Wait, as I’m writing this I remember that the FIRST band got pelted as well. It was ALDO NOVA hahahahahaha. THEY were the ones originally pelted.
An Chovi just got the leftovers.
“Life is Just a Fantasy” came out shortly thereafter.
If memory serves, there were two pre-teens sitting behind me with an air horn that I intimidated mercilessly. They moved.
Good Times.
Happy Tuesday, Surfers!
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I saw Staind open for Korn about 10 years ago at the Skydome in Toronto. This was about 6 months before Outside was released which kicked them into spotlight for a couple of years.
Also saw the Arctic Monkeys open for Oasis. The Monkeys were already big in Europe and the UK, but were unheard of in North America. They stole the show from Oasis, which isn’t saying much given the Gallagher brothers notorious douchbaggery.
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I too hate the CFL’s. All the colors look washed out and flat. I did see Cheap Trick open for KISS,
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Yeah, that’s right – I think that “Runaway” song was already out then. It was the only song anyone knew, so they were semi-known at that point.
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Hey, 2Tall, I saw that tour, too. Slade, Cheap Trick and KISS. Good show!
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Late in ’71 Yes opened for Emerson Lake and Palmer. They were ok, but not great.
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XTC opened for Heart at the Huntington Civic Center? I think you’re tripping, Jeff. I was a totally geekified XTC fan for about 20 years and I NEVER heard about them palying in West Virginia. Are you maybe thinking of some other band?
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Saw a 17 or 18 year old Alison Krauss open up for a now defunct bluegrass band called Hot Rize in Ann Arbor. She was just coming on the scene nationally, but hadn’t yet won any Grammys(TM). She seemed real ill-at-ease on stage, but when she sang, you kind of had the idea she would be going places.
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Saw Journey open for Kiss back in about 74 or 75. Montrose was the other band on the bill (the original lineup with Hagar!) At that time Journey was still under the leadership of Greg Rolie. Boy, did they ever suck it live. Never thought they’d be so huge later.
I saw AC/DC with Bon Scott three different times, and each time the crowd acted like they couldn’t have given a shit. Now they play to ginormous coliseums full of humanity. One of the most egregoius examples was one of the greatest shows I ever witnessed in my life – AC/DC, UFO and The Motors at the Charleston Civic Center on Thanksgiving Day back in the mid-70s. Tickets were $3.00!!! No Shit! I can remember standing there in the small handful of 150 other stoned fans and thinking to myself “A lot of folks are gonna regret missing this one.”
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Seriously,
the dog noise? Mine used to make it too and it sounded unholy as well. I lived in an apartment and I swear it used to wake my upstairs neighbor up. The vet said it was severe indigestion and he was burping. He gave him pepto bismol from a syringe and that did it.
Please don’t take Bobby Goldboro’s name in vain. No one can sing “I am a Rock” or “Watchin Scotty Grow” like him — not that anyone wants to….
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I saw the Beastie Boys open for Madonna in 1985. I can say I knew them when….LOL
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How about examples where the warmup act was about a thousand times better than the headliner? Went to an REM show at Vets Memorial in Columbus and they had The Minutmen open for them . My girlfriend and I left after the Minutemen set because the show was over, as far as we were concerned (and we were right).
On the other hand, saw The Beat open for REM at the University of Kentucky student union hall in the early 80s. REM was on their first ever national tour, but the crowd was more familiar with The Beat’s set because the first LP (“The English Beat” for us yanks) sold so well. There were only about 50 people there. REM’s set was great, but that was back before Michael Stipe became the insufferably precious asshole he is today.
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uuuh, quite a “few” years ago, we went to see PPM (Peter, Paul, and Mary) at the Hollywood Bowl. The opening act
was this kid w/ just a guitar and a harmonica; Bob Dylan.
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andy is possibly sneezing, when dogs sneeze its reverse of how we sneeze[ inhaling] happens to my 4 ridgebacks all the time. the vet said it does not hurt them at all. about 74 went to a queen show and golden earring opened or was it vice versa to long ago to remember
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Yeah – fuck Billy Joel.
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@ caveman – about 74 rhodesian ridgebacks went to a queen show? Man, I would have loved to see that.
I have not been to enough concerts of the ‘right’ type to remember any opening acts sucking or not sucking (most of my concerts were for orchestra or some other facny-pants crap, and they don’t have openers). Might also be because most of the ‘real’ concerts I went to were for ‘da Dead’ and therefore I wasn’t going to remember much of anything.
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CJ, I saw the Beasties way back then, too.
In San Francisco, I saw the Red Hot Chili Peppers open for Run-DMC (don’t ask). It was 1985, and RHCP had just released their second album. They wouldn’t become “Big” for another 3-4 years.
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The only one that I can think of off the top of my head is The Deftones. I saw them open for Bad Brains in the Deep Ellum area of Downtown Dallas in ’96(?). I had never heard of them before but they kicked ass! That is the same night I smoked a joint with Bad Brains, which was the highlight of my ex’s entire life!
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Summer after I graduated High School I saw a stadium show at JFK. Headliner was The Police, before them Joan Jett, before her was Madness, opening the whole shebang a band that would become of my favorites and (arguably) the biggest band of the 90′s … REM. Probably 1% of the stadium crowd had any idea who they were — I was part of the vast minority as I had heard a couple of their songs on an IRS sampler.
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Funny you mentioned Heart – I saw them open for Dave Mason (Traffic) when they were just on the cusp (Barracuda was about 3 weeks on the airwaves at the time). Lovely ladies both – and I was front and center at 16 years old.
A friend of mine saw Bruce Springsteen open for Chicago in 1972.
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Evil Twin – was Schenker playing with UFO at that show? That is my all-time favorite band with my all-time favorite line-up!
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I think the scare level of mercury is exaggerated. When I was in Junior High (many, many years ago) we used to play with the stuff in science class. Rolled globs of it around and watched it separate and re-join. Put quarters in it to make them really shiny.
Miners used to use mercury to extract gold from ore. The gold would adhere to the mercury, then they would boil off the mercury and be left with the gold. Too many of them did it in shacks with little ventilation, inhaled the mercury fumes as it boiled off, and died.
Just some old-time trivia for you…..
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That’s exactly why I don’t buy those shitty bulbs. They’re not green if they can introduce a toxin into the environment. And what are the chances most consumers are schleping their spent bulbs on over to their local “toxic waste depot”. Riiiight. No thanks.
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Knucklehead –
That’s right! Schenker was da lead! We stood in front of his holiness the whole night as to get a good view of his fingering. He was playing the black Flying V with the white trim, and wearing the black leather pants/blouse combo with the lace-up knee high boots that he practically wore- every freaking night on two tours. I say blouse, because my friend John always said that they looked like they bought their shirts in the Young Miss sections – flowered blouses that were made for 14 year-old girls. Look at the pics from that time, and you’ll see what I mean! That was back when I was into the whole rock-god worship thang. They were fucking unbelievably great, even though they were playing to two hundred people tops. I’m not exaggerating! Played that great late 70s set that consisted mostly of the “Force It” and “No Heavy Petting” LPs with “Doctor, Doctor” and “Rock Bottom” thrown in the mix. In fact, I have a London Roundhouse bootleg from that same era that is virtually the exact set they played here. Christ, they were good. I believe the next date (or the gig after that) was in Kentucky where Schenker was arrested for Public Intoxication and thrown into jail where he promptly tore up a mattress and pulled a sink out of the wall! Har! UFO is still my favorite metal band of all time – there’ll never be another like ‘em!
Saw ‘em here again later on the “Lights Out” tour where they warmed up for the freaking lame-ass Doobie Brothers, of all bands!
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Back in the early 70s , we went to see Grand Funk Railroad at the State Fair Music Hall in Dallas. The opening act was supposed to be some guy named Pink Floyd, but all his equipment was stolen the night before in New Orleans and he couldn’t make it.
The last-minute substitution was Bloodrock . We KNEW who they were! D.O.A. rocked, man.
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I saw U2 open up for J. Geils Band…WTF????? Me and a friend left before J. Geils started up and walked downtown to the Civic Auditorum in Knoxpatch just as Rod Stewart was starting. Not a bad night for a high school sophmore.
AC/DC opened up for Molly Hatchet about the same time.
On the UT strip it wasn’t uncommon to see R.E.M. playing at a dump called Hobo’s. Iggy Pop showed up one night and was stoned out of his mind. Good times before the Strip went “corporate” with all the national food chains taking over the real estate and driving the music bars out.
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In ’87 I went to see Love & Rockets in Milwaukee and some band I never heard of opened for them. The Pixies.
They were pretty good.
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Saw Talking Heads in 1980 on the ‘Remain in Light’ tour, and the opening act was some band called the Psychedelic Furs. On a more obscure note, I went with a buddy to see Dollar Brand play at Kilimanjaro in DC, and the opening act was Ladysmith Black Mombazo. The beauty of it was that the place cleared out after LBM was done (!), so we got a table.
“…the warmup act was about a thousand times better than the headliner” – that would be Vector opening for Olu Dara at Dante’s. Or was it Phantasmagoria? Seriously, I’m feeling the effects of CRS these days. (It’s a geezer affliction; stands for Can’t Remember Shit.)
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Why, hello there Surf Reporters…….
I’m acting like a kid on the night of a snowstorm. I keep expecting to see my workplace show up on the crawling list of cancellations and delays…
The fact that I’ve got my drink on has nothing, NOTHING, to do with it…well, ok , maybe a ‘lil bit…
Nonetheless, it’s snowing like a mo-fo and predicted to get steadily worse. I know my neighbors to the south in WV
are having a fun time dealing with this chit.
Reporting live and undecidedly sober, I’m JCIII
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Here’s to hoping that JCIII can get drunk in peace, without worry that he might be called to work. Good evening indeed.
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February 1980 I saw the Who and the opening band was some group called the Pretenders. Never heard of them or any of their stuff, but it turns out their first album had just come out about a month before but hadn’t had any play in St. Louis (where i lived at the time) yet,
They were very good I thought, but I wasn’t completely sure if it was the drugs. They caught the usual “get off the stage, we want the Who) crap from the crowd. They were pretty good-natured about it I figured, and needless to say they had a small bit of success
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On the mercury issue – the vapor is extremely toxic and can kill within minutes. The liquid is relatively harmless rolling around on your hand or in a dish – the very low surface tension and vapor pressure keeps it to itself. If ingested orally, stomach acids convert it quickly to bad things, so don’t go too far…
If you want to clean up the liquid or solid material quickly, use powdered sulfur (a great snake repellent also, FYI).
That’s today’s science lesson from Mr. Wizard. Enjoy!
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T O P FIFTY!!!!!!!!! “Fuckin’ A Bubba” my life is complete………
Broken light bulb, Mercury Spill……. Andy freaking out… Isn’t it painfully obivous ? Andy, much like a parakete in the mines is showing advanced warning of your impendinf D O O M!!!!!!
“Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play ?”
I saw Nantucket in a dive bar in Goldsboro NC… They knida sucked, but they did become kinda famous….
Evil Twin……..
AC/DC, UFO and The Motors at the Charleston Civic Center on Thanksgiving Day back in the mid-70s…
I was standing there with ya Bubba………. I’d almost forgotten the day !!!!
Malcom……… Mr. Wizard ???????? Gawd we are fuckin’ OLD!!!!! LMAO……….
I’m outta here…..
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impendinf is the same as “impending”….. just in a different language………
I knew we shouldn’t have try Mercury instead of water in the bong……..
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Mr. Wizard.
Add me to your list. He was fucking awesome. The McGavor of his day.
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>>AC/DC, UFO and The Motors at the Charleston Civic Center on Thanksgiving Day back in the mid-70s…
I was standing there with ya Bubba………. I’d almost forgotten the day !!!!<<
Mark, that was a great show, wasn’t it? You can back me on how tiny the audience was!
I really liked Nantucket, and thought that they were pretty underrated. I remember when they played a great warmup set in Charleston. One of the guitar players had a pair of pants made completely out of those oval STP stickers. Was Head East the headliners? Anybody remember?
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I can think of 2 instances of this; when I was a sophmore in High School I saw the Eagles and Jimmy Buffet was the opening act. A few years later I saw the Police with REM as an opening act. Oh and Michael Stipe still had hair, it was a long time ago.
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JEFF I got my latest copy of Consumer Reports last night and one of the articles compared coffee. Guess what was the very first. Yup. It is your Eight-0-Clock bean 100% Colombian Coffee. Rated as the ‘Consumer Reports best buy”. Guess you really do know what your are doing. Who da thunk it…
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Just 3 things,
I heard that ‘The Stones’ require payment from the support acts!
Iggy Pop sucks due to his ridiculous advert for insurance that is plaguing the screens of UK tv’s every five minutes and regardless of his prior work will never be forgiven! ‘Rock’n'Roll!’
Standard lightbulbs are being phased out in the UK., forever!!!!!
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Saw Anthrax back in the day, and the opening band was this gang of douchery we’d never heard of called White Zombie. My friend and I spent their whole set mocking them openly. I mean really, who the fuck is this Rob Zombie freak with his shorts and combat boots and dreadlocks and, oh – possibly my favorite, the 3-foot tall Cat-in-the-Hat hat. Whotta goof. The two hot chicks in front of us obviously knew who they were, and were quite put out by our mockery, and left to find other seats after a bit. What a shame, that.
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Oh, and Korn opening for Megadeth. Kilts? Bagpipes? What is this, the fuckin’ Scottish Highland Games? I wanna rock!
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My hometown petitioned the Rolling Stones to come play our 10,000 seat ampitheater when I was about 17. They did come, and they had a phone in to win tickets and I got a pair. Their opening band was The Go-Go’s, and I thought they “Had the Beat”. Enjoyed them more than The Stones.
Cheap Trick is from my home town, so I saw them play in lots of venues like Veteran’s Hall and Local Bars. Now they are probably back playing those places.
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I got tickets to a Ben Folds concert for a me and a friend for her birfday… opening act was “The Fray” about 6 months before they started being played on the radio all the goddamn time. So, now they’re a really popular (but gay) band.
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Not a band but about 20 years ago a couple of buddies & I drove from Toronto to a town a million miles in the boonies called Barrie(20 years later it’s a sub division!) to see this impersonator everyone was raving about! a young white guy who did the funniest Sammy Davis Jnr you had ever seen!: The kid was Jim Carrey!
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Just popping in to say I’m popping in….
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@Pagan:
In 83 or 84 Jim Carrey came to my high school in London.
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the “ads by Google” in the side bar looks like some type of freaky, kinky fetish shit.
“High Heel Photos”
“Boxers” and “Boys in Briefs”
“Stinky shoes”
“Bad foot odor”
Sweet sainted mother of Bettie Page!!
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We saw Jewel open for Dinosaur Jr. before she was well known. The crowd was yelling “you suck” and throwing things. Well… she does suck. I stand by that over 10 years later.
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Further evidence: Bio Toxic clean up toys!
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I saw Jonny Lang open for Blues Traveller in Toronto maybe 10 years ago, he looked about 17.
Off to see Big Bad Voodoo Daddy tonight, if they make it through the snow to my frozen little duckburg.
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My mother once took us to the South Shore Music Circus to see Shecky Greene open for Marvin Hamlisch.
I think he grew pretty big not too long after that…
I’ll be here all week, folks! Try the veal.
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Don’t look like an update in the forecast folks. I’m off to the Pens game tonight. Hope we make it’s snowing like a bastard here.
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Knucklehead, I love UFO too.There is that song that goes…. Misty green and blue..Oh do love to love you. …That has one of thee best guitar solos I have ever heard.in my entire life Fanfuckingtastic!
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Nashville, TN, fall 1981
I saw REM open for U2
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Hey! I was trying to figure out, after hanging out with Ron Heathman of the Supersuckers, talking about Michael Schenker, Johnny Winter and Humble Pie (he has a Humble Pie tribute band), who the 3rd band was on the AC/DC – UFO bill in Charleston WV in 1977. I happened on this page, and the info I’m looking for is in print before me, written by my friend the Evil Twin!
I keep reading, and he talks about UFO and mentions me in the story! (I’m the “John”). I was like a little spoolburl. (He means “schoolgirl”). Discovering that my friend is still alive, laughing at the memories (I was telling Ron that my friend Evil Twin and I used to say that UFO looked like they’d raided their mother’s closets), and finding out that it was The freakin’ MOTORS who opened the show!
I still have my ticket stub! Just in case anyone wants proof that it happened. It lists AC/DC and UFO, and the price was indeed $3! (Great memory Evil Twin).
Now, write me at johnnyriggsisdead@gmail.com and tell me you’re alive for real, so I can see you if I ever come back to my hometown again, and we can talk about Derringer, Starz, Rex, The Tubes, Angel, Montrose, etc.
Now, click on my flickr site and see pictures of people. Once I get to W.Va and get the rest of them, you’ll be on there. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee doggies Jethro!
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About other shows in the early 70′s in WV, my Evil Twin friend. Who opened for Kiss in 1975 on the Dressed To Kill tour? I have my stub from that one too, but don’t remember the opener and they aren’t listed.
I know I saw Journey pre-Steve Perry. I think with Santana. Though I can’t imagine that makes any sense because I wouldn’t have gone to see either of those bands. Maybe it was super early and Aerosmith opened, because I remember a Santana show where Aerosmith opened in maybe 1974. I taped it. I have a cassette tape recording of Aerosmith in Charleston West Virginia on the Get Your Wings tour, that’s right kids.
I saw Montrose in Charleston on the tour for the 2nd LP. Because my friend’s mom worked for the Charleston Civic Center (let’s give it up for, a shout-out to, word yo, Jewel Spence!) I got a promotional Montrose pinback button with a shot of the band and the logo in black and white.
ANYWHO, I was all effing excited to see one of my favorite bands EVER (I don’t care what you say, the 2nd LP was a HUGE letdown but I still LOVE IT)(I’m talking about Montrose)
and they hit the stage and I realized that there was NO Sammy Hagar singing. I didn’t realize that after the 2nd album Sammy left the band and they toured with a new vocalist. I was SO depressed. Finally got to see Montrose and it was an imposter.
It was like in 1979 or so, on the Creatures of the Night tour, seeing KISS touring for an album I didn’t even like, and realizing that the guitarist had weird makeup and WAS NOT my hero Ace Frehley. Turns out it was Vinnie Vincent. I was so depressed I think I left early.
Anyway, here’s my question.
Dear Evil Twin: did you ever get to see PIPER?
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