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I loved the Black album, and this show had a heavy dose of that plus all their classics. I think the concert shirt I got from this show was the first one that got too many holes in it to wear.
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Kix at Kahootz, Richmond, VA, USA
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My first bar show after I turned 21. I think there were other opening bands, but we just wanted to see Kix, local rockers done good. Pretty sure this was my first show with Eric.
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Rush with Primus at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, USA
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The second time seeing Rush in college – I’m pretty sure Bert was with me again.
According to Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth, Neil was riding his bicycle around Richmond before the show.
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Guns N’ Roses with Skid Row at Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USA
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Guns N’ Roses might have been the biggest rock band on the planet at the time. The show would have been even better had Use Your Illusion been released before the tour so we knew the new songs, but it was still a great show. Too bad there was no encore due to a curfew and Skid Row playing an encore delaying the start of Guns N’ Roses’s set. I have a video of the show and it’s outstanding.
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Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ with Egypt at Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA, USA
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I can’t remember whether I volunteered or I was volunteered, but I ended up helping pack up after the show, and at some point I had a snare drum head and a stick from drummer. It sparked a lifelong fandom of Kevn Kinney, and a firm decision to never be a roadie again.
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The Pet Shop Boys at The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Burbank, CA, USA
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In 1991 I was in LA with my family on Spring Break, and we got tickets to the Tonight Show, hoping to get Johnny, but we got Jay Leno. I remember the Pet Shop Boys covering U2, but I didn’t realize that one of them had walked off stage in the middle of the song, and I didn’t remember Jim Carrey being there until I saw the clip (and how awkward it was to watch what Shelley Winters was saying next to my mom). From Literaly (Pet Shop Boys Fan club magazine): “During the first song (“Where The Streets …”) Chris noticed -watching a monitor showing the broadcast -that he hadn’t appeared on camera once and, understandably miffed, walked off during the song. The people from the TV show refused to re-shoot the song and so the Pet Shop Boys refused to play their second song.”
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The Smithereens at Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA, USA
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The first show I saw at college. It’s sure easy to go see a band when they’re playing in your gym.
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Rush with Mr. Big at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, USA
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I was living at college nearby in Ashland, so Richmond made more sense than Landover. I know Bert (fraternity brother and friend) went. Mr. Big was my favorite band that opened for Rush (they didn’t have openers after the 1994 tour).
According to Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth, Playboy bunnies served refreshments during the show (The Presto album and tour featured rabbits).
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The Who at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, DC
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I bought 2 tickets, but no one was interested. Eventually I took Joppa’s (a fraternity brother) girlfriend (Molly?). We were way up in RFK, but The Who played Tommy and all their hits, so I was happy.
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Rush with McAuley-Schenker Group at Capital Centre, Landover, MD, USA
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I could drive by this point, and I think this was the show I remember standing in line at Hecht’s to buy tickets from the Ticket Center there. Not good seats, unimpressive opener.
According to Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth, Geddy had been suffering from laryngitis and they’d canceled a show two days earlier.
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