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Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ with Raging Slab at The Flood Zone, Richmond, VA, USA
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I had bonded with another Expulsion writer Karen over a mutual love of Drivin’ N’ Cryin’, and when we heard they were coming to Richmond and Annapolis, we decided to go to both! And we wrote an article about it.
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Bon Jovi with Extreme at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA
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I went to see Extreme, and they played a great opening set. I went with my friend Katharine (also from Expulsion), and I spent most of Bon Jovi’s set half watching them, half watching her fail to get backstage (she had written a lot for local music magazines, but security was tight that day).
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The Brian May Band at Hammerjacks, Baltimore, MD, USA
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I had picked up a copy of Back To The Light about a month earlier at CD Cellar, and had played it just about every day since. It’s such an amazing album, and proved that Brian could have been lead vocalist on more thatn just a handful of Queen songs. Anyway, I got a call from a friend at Expulsion that he was playing a free show at Hammerjacks on a day off from opening for Guns N’ Roses. The show was incredible, opening with the first two songs of the album, sprinkling in Queen classics (like “’39”!) and introducing me to a Rainbow classic (touring drummer Cozy Powell was in that band when they released “Since You Been Gone”). A super long version of “Resurrection” with a drum solo and the end of “Bohemian Rhapsody” would tease how Brian would later come out during the We Will Rock You musical. And “Love Of My Life” would prove to be the blueprint of every Queen tour since, just a singalong with Brian and the audience. I could say more, but here’s an account from one of the friends I went with.
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Extreme with Saigon Kick at D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, USA
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I remember buying their second CD (Pornograffitti) in a long box from a record store in Fair Oaks Mall because of their two singles, and just falling in love with it, front to back. By the time III Sides To Every Story came out, I was ready for them to go to the next level, and they did, although many other people didn’t. I was so excited about this show I bought two tix, but couldn’t give the other away (and learned a lesson about buying extra tickets). I was disappointed to learn my ticket was in the very last row on the floor at Constitution Hall, but it was an amazing show, horn sections and extravagant solos included. While I don’t have the setlist, I did get the video of them at Baltimore Opera House the previous night a couple months later, and the setlist is pretty close if not exact.
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Toad The Wet Sprocket at Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA, USA
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I drove down on a Friday because I’d seen these guys on MTV (we’d finally gotten cable at my house). Too bad due to traffic on 95 I missed the opener: Gin Blossoms (made up for it later).
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Guns N’ Roses and Metallica with Faith No More at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, DC, USA
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The first and last time I got in the pit. There was a lot of build up to this, the first show of the Metallica/Guns N’ Roses stadium tour with MTV News broadcasting live outside. My buddy Eric was there, and we got down pretty close to the front for Faith No More’s set. There was a lot of pressure from the back, but we hung on until the first song of Metallica’s set and the front half of the stadium became an enormous mosh pit. I went under for a second, then beat a retreat to the back where I stood and watched the rest of the set. There was a long break, at least an hour, between bands. People were starting to throw trash by the time so the camera crew found girls in the crowd and urged them to lift their shirts and it felt like it was getting rowdy, but Guns N’ Roses finally took the stage. Still a great show though.
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Metallica at Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, VA, USA
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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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