Age you started watching live bands

markomuscle

I've noticed some fathers bringing their sons (about 10 years old and under) to rock/metal shows on the standing floor, i found it unusual as they can't even see and then they try and push to the front. For me it was 19.

lord lucan

I was 15 when i went to my first gig,my parents having no problem in letting me go on my own. Different times though and it was a relatively tame Bon Jovi show. I've seen many kids at Metallica shows over the last few years. Part of me envies them and wishes my da' had been a rocker and brought me to cool gigs when i was a kid but then again i'm not sure how much some of the kids take in or even remember for that matter.

Angron

I think I was 15 or 16 when I went to my first big show, I'd never really looked to go to something before that.

stefan idiot jones

I just turned eleven. Motorhead, I couldn't hear for a week.

Everything Louder Than Everything Else.

Passenger

First proper gig seeing an international band would have been around 14/15.

Somnus

I was about 13, went to see Sum 41 in the old Point. Think the next one after that was Metallica with Slipknot in 2004.

But I actually loved the live show. It's funny looking back now to think I could appreciate the live nature of it compared to an album. Been going to loads since!
I think if the kid likes the band and wants to see them then they should go. Even if they don't really remember it later in life, it might get them into live music in general or encourage them to take up an instrument.

Lithium93_

I was 16 when i first saw Metallica along with High On Fire & Volbeat in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast in 2010....

Grid.

First gig.....was Black Velvet Band in the Olympia....think I was 16.

Mushy

Think I was 14, was the Metallica/Linking Park/Darkness gig. Fine day out!

Furious-Red

Think i was 16 and went to Stereophonics in the Point 2005????? It was the Language. Sex. Violence. Other? tour

scudzilla

First gig was Donington '85, i was 14, i only went cos a few mates who were a lot older were going, thank fcuk i did cos it introduced me to Metallica.

Ooooops, sorry, i lie, my first actual gig was Adam & the Ants at Deeside Ice Rink in 1982 :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Took my son to see Iron Maiden when he was around 7, must have been 98 on the Virtual XI tour, we went onstage to sing the chorus of The Trooper, stood right behind Steve Harris. Later that year took him to see One Minute Silence as was mates wit the band, shame really as he turned out to be a house music fan :mad:

My daughter is a different though, she's now 19 and in Uni, took her to her first gig when she was 13 (Metallica) and have since taken her to see Metallica 2 more times, Foo's, NiN, Dropkicks, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot and a few smaller one's, She loves the metal and it's cool now to be able to go to a gig and have a few jars wit her

scudzilla

Mushy wrote: »

Think I was 14, was the Metallica/Linking Park/Darkness gig. Fine day out!

Not for Linkin Park it wasn't

kbell

I was 14, Iron maiden/ wolfsbane in the point in 1990.

Koptain Liverpool

I was 15. Red Hot Chili Peppers in the point in 1995

excollier

About 12 or 13, we used to sneak in through the back door of a local theatre to watch Slade do rehearsals on a Sunday afternoon - not a gig I know, but was as good as for us.
First big gig - Led Zeppelin at Knebworth 1979 age 17 - mind blowing.

blastman

My first gig was AC/DC and I had turned 15 three days before it.

oldscoil

Used to go to gigs up around Capel Street around 1989 (14 years old)
In the Fox and Pheasent (South Great Strand Street) now Jabula's or Akimos.
And the The Earl Gratton (Now Jack Nealons).

These were mostly small punk gigs. £2 or £3 in.
Bands that I remember are, The Afflicted, The Cure Heads, The Jelly Babies (they were EXCELLENT, fast hard core Punk)

candy-gal1

17, Metallica/Slipknot at the RDS in 2004, good times

Zwillinge

Green Day in The Point for the Warning tour.

I was in 2nd year, so I guess 13/14 and my older brother took me. In the queue outside the venue, he helped/encouraged me to weasel around those queue dividing barriers and somehow we got wrist bands for the pit

He said to me after that show "No matter what keep THAT ticket, you'll regret it in ten years if you don't!" The stewart actually ripped the ticket at the wrong end, so I only have half of it, but it sits proudly at the beginning of a photo album I've since started collecting my tickets/wristbands/confetti into.
It (and any other ticket since) used to stick proudly upon my wall, but aging into my late twenties has made me redecorate my poster clad room :pac:


It's funny reading through this thread and smiling at the gigs mentioned and knowing how many of us have been in the same areana at the same time

peter1892

17, Iron Maiden in the Point, 1990. I was a bit of a late starter with gigs as most of my mates had been going to gigs for a couple of years at that stage.

A couple of friends who have kids have brought them along to the likes of Metallica, Rammstein etc in recent years and that's pretty cool to see. and there are always a lot of dad with kids (or even entire families) at Rush.

D.Q

13, Iron maiden in the point in 2003.

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/iron-maiden/2003/point-theatre-dublin-ireland-43d7bb0f.html

Oral Slang

Extreme in the SFX, followed by Sunstroke in Dalymount in 1993 - I was 15. I went to a lot of small gigs before that though - all the free Saturday afternoon gigs in the Rock Garden & to gigs in the Fox & Pheasant etc.

Somnus

scudzilla wrote: »

Took my son to see Iron Maiden when he was around 7, must have been 98 on the Virtual XI tour, we went onstage to sing the chorus of The Trooper, stood right behind Steve Harris.

That's definitely setting the bar high for your first gig!

blastman

Zwillinge wrote: »

Green Day in The Point for the Warning tour.

I was in 2nd year, so I guess 13/14 and my older brother took me. In the queue outside the venue, he helped/encouraged me to weasel around those queue dividing barriers and somehow we got wrist bands for the pit

He said to me after that show "No matter what keep THAT ticket, you'll regret it in ten years if you don't!" The stewart actually ripped the ticket at the wrong end, so I only have half of it, but it sits proudly at the beginning of a photo album I've since started collecting my tickets/wristbands/confetti into.
It (and any other ticket since) used to stick proudly upon my wall, but aging into my late twenties has made me redecorate my poster clad room :pac:


It's funny reading through this thread and smiling at the gigs mentioned and knowing how many of us have been in the same areana at the same time

Thank God, I thought I was the only one who did this!!

Finally finished my first album earlier this year (didn't go to a lot of gigs in the early days, although I've been making up for it since!). It covers 30 years of gigs almost exactly. If all goes to plan, the second thirty years will be a multi-volume set!

xerces

I think I was 18 for Papa Roach at The Point .

Lawrence1895

I was just 14, when I went to a gig with a Maiden cover band called 'Phantom Pharao' and a Metallica cover band called 'Fright Night'.

First major gig two years later: Exodus, Venom, Slayer...still the best gig, I ever went to :cool:

Frankenstein!

My first gig was Richard Ashcroft, then a little over a year later I saw Maiden which was phenomenal. Can't believe it's been around ten years since that Maiden gig! It would have been just as I became a teenager, so I'll assume thirteen ha.

Riddle101

I was 18. Went to see Metallica in 2008, that was my first time at a live concert. Also introduced me to Alice in Chains and Avenged Sevenfold.

endacl

Would have started heading to punk/metal gigs around 1987/8. The Baggot Inn/Fox and Pheasant type things. First 'name' band was Sabbat in McGonagles, 1989. Of course, theyre probably only a 'name' band to old fogies like meself now... I would have been 16. Still have the shirt and the O'Connell Bridge bootleg cassette. Saw pretty much every metal band that came to Dublin from that point on. Started to slack off around 1991/92-ish.

oldscoil

oldscoil wrote: »

Used to go to gigs up around Capel Street around 1989 (14 years old)
In the Fox and Pheasent (South Great Strand Street) now Jabula's or Akimos.
And the The Earl Gratton (Now Jack Nealons).

These were mostly small punk gigs. £2 or £3 in.
Bands that I remember are, The Afflicted, The Cure Heads, The Jelly Babies (they were EXCELLENT, fast hard core Punk)

First "big" gig was Fugazi in McGonagles (Now the Chilli Club, for you youngsters) Sept 1990 I think.

Amazing, still waiting for Fugazi to release it on their liver series.

Back up was from The Rhythmites and Therapy. Probably Therapy's first major gig.
They were incredible... :eek:

Fugazi were a force of nature...right up front all the way through the gig...got to shake Brendan Canty's hand
...still in my top three gigs

Oral Slang

One of my first gigs was Therapy too, but in 1993. I was up the front in the SFX & got knocked over along with loads of others. Unfortunately when everyone was picked up, they missed little old me for while. I was battered & bruised & lost a good bit of hair. Definitely an experience for a small 16 year old girl! Was still a great gig though.

That year was a great year to start going to gigs, along with the ones mentioned in my post above, I also saw Rage Against the Machine in the Tivoli, Sepultura & Ice T in the SFX.

Kersh

I was 15 - First gig was Pantera in SFX February 1993.

Kersh

Oral Slang wrote: »

Extreme in the SFX, followed by Sunstroke in Dalymount in 1993 - I was 15. I went to a lot of small gigs before that though - all the free Saturday afternoon gigs in the Rock Garden & to gigs in the Fox & Pheasant etc.

We must have crossed paths a lot. I was at loads of low profile punk gigs in early 90s, Brinskill Bomb Beat/Blue Babies/Paranoid Visions etc in and around pubs in Capel Street.

Plus all gigs in SFX, and all the Sunstrokes etc etc.

oldscoil

Essential reading regarding Dublin gigs in the 90s.

http://www.hopecollectiveireland.com/gigs.htm


http://www.state.ie/features/memories-of-hope (And I just noticed from reading this the excellent hardcore band I mentioned earlier were the Grown Ups...not The Jelly Babies)

Also check this out...


http://comeheretome.com/2010/05/26/dublin-punk-new-wave-venues-1976-84/

buck65

lord lucan wrote: »

I was 15 when i went to my first gig,my parents having no problem in letting me go on my own. Different times though and it was a relatively tame Bon Jovi show. I've seen many kids at Metallica shows over the last few years. Part of me envies them and wishes my da' had been a rocker and brought me to cool gigs when i was a kid but then again i'm not sure how much some of the kids take in or even remember for that matter.

Was that with Dan Reed Network supporting in the late 80s? If so it was my first gig too.

lord lucan

buck65 wrote: »

Was that with Dan Reed Network supporting in the late 80s? If so it was my first gig too.

It was,think it was 1990 at the Point.

Dargull

13, Slayer, Machine Head & Downset SFX

Jofspring

The first one I can remember was when I went to Wittness in 2002 with a mate. I had just turned 15 the time of the concert. How my parents let me go at that age on my own I will never know, I was 14 when they bought me the ticket to go to it. Soon after I ended up at a good few gigs up in Dublin with mates.

The fact we live so far from Dublin there was never a hope that my parents would bring me to a gig when I was younger.

ThunderZtorm

First BIG gig beside my local hometown's small music festival was Prodigy/Clawfinger headlining a 1-day festival in Aarhus, Denmark. Was 17 or 18, can't remember exactly.

Other than that, lots of smaller club gigs with minor bands during the teenage years, but not a lot of really big names - that's only begun in the past few years when I've gotten older, for some reason.

Oral Slang

I went to High Voltage in London in 2011 & the amount of babies & very young kids was great. Was going to bring my toddler this year, but unfortunately it was cancelled the last 2 years. Lovely set up there, very laid back & absolutely millions of places to eat & drink. Defo recommend it as a place to bring the kids. Helps that it's in London too & not out in the sticks somewhere. Will have 2 tots by next year, so not sure if I'd go with 2, might be a bit much.

Geezer1000

Metallica in 88 in The Top Hat, I was around 14

Just Like Heaven

Iron Maiden tickets for my 13th birthday. Seen them about five times since and it was still probably the best!

horseburger

Oral Slang wrote: »

One of my first gigs was Therapy too, but in 1993. I was up the front in the SFX & got knocked over along with loads of others. Unfortunately when everyone was picked up, they missed little old me for while. I was battered & bruised & lost a good bit of hair. Definitely an experience for a small 16 year old girl! Was still a great gig though.

That year was a great year to start going to gigs, along with the ones mentioned in my post above, I also saw Rage Against the Machine in the Tivoli, Sepultura & Ice T in the SFX.

Which of the Body Count gigs were you at, I went the second night, 27th December!:) great gig!

what I recall in the lead up to the Body Count gigs was talk of Ice T doing an solo show, along with the Body Count gigs, around the same time, which didn't happen

I regret not seeing either the Rage Against the Machine and Sepultura gigs earlier the same year, I'd say it was a good buzz to have seen both shows.

Sepultura were touring Chaos AD and I suppose after that album, their style changed considerably, from their earlier albums.

Also, Paradise Lost supported Sepultura at that SFX gig and it would have been nice to have seen them then when they were touring in support of the Icon album

Was anyone at the Iron Maiden gig with the Almighty on Sunday 23rd May 1993, We thought we'd never see Bruce sing with them again!:)

Ricky Warwick wore an Irish rugby jersey at the gig!

Was meant to see The Almighty with Kerbdog in the Tivoli in October 1993 but it was cancelled at short notice.

Anyone at the Rollins Band in the Tivoli in April 1994?

Mr. CooL ICE

Erm... probably being dragged along by my parents to Mary Black in some converted cowshed outside my home town.

First gig I willingly went to would have been Metallica in '03 (i think)

salacious crumb

Geezer1000 wrote: »

Metallica in 88 in The Top Hat, I was around 14

That was my second gig, my first was a month earlier, Slayer & Nuclear Assault in the Top Hat, I was also 14 :pac:

Geezer1000

salacious crumb wrote: »

That was my second gig, my first was a month earlier, Slayer & Nuclear Assault in the Top Hat, I was also 14 :pac:

Ah, I was at that too, thought Metallica was before it. Slayer was me 1st gig so

lord lucan

horseburger wrote: »

Anyone at the Rollins Band in the Tivoli in April 1994?

That was a great show. I was up front on the rail,Rollins had some presence,standing on stage in just a pair of ripped shorts and full of aggression and anger. I remember walking out of the gig and wanting to find someone to bash their head against a wall!:pac: