Old guy feeling nostalgic

Submitted by johnnysnooch t3_10rgyq2 in springfieldMO

My first live concert was 1992 shrine mosque 15 years old so excited to see Megadeth. Opening band never heard of them some crazy looking dude walked out with a bullhorn and sings...I AM SMELLIN' LIKE A ROSE THAT SOMEBODY GAVE ME ON MY DEATHBED...And suddenly stone temple pilots was my favorite band...What was your first Springfield concert and where?

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formiscontent t1_j6vlwgy wrote

haha I didn't go to that concert but I do remember STP playing at the Mosque. My first real concert was KC and the Sunshine Band at Hammons Student Center. My folks saw Elvis play there. Some really good bands played there when it opened, Heart, Doobie Brothers

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johnnysnooch OP t1_j6vqvz1 wrote

Replying to Cold417 (#1,701,346)

The Outland was my spot in my early twenties I think I liked being there more than they liked me being there but they had some good live shows here and even if they were just local weirdos the Regency was kind of the same way

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Mechanicallvlan t1_j6vup2c wrote

I'm not really sure what my first live show was, but I was at that one, and it might have been my first concert without my parents present. Mustaine had some kind of problem with someone in the crowd and said something like, "Stop or I'll kick your ass. And if I can't kick your ass, then all of these people will kick your ass!" I had never heard of STP at the time either. IIRC, I was wearing a jean jacket with an "...And Justice for All" patch on the back. I was so young at the time, I don't think that I had even started smoking yet. I know that I was chainsmoking in there when Nine Inch Nails played at the Shrine a couple years later.

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synystar t1_j6vyjzm wrote

I think it might have been Bush at the Regency. I swear only Springfield will mosh to a solo version of Glycerine. Just Gavin and a guitar.

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johnnysnooch OP t1_j6vzf74 wrote

Replying to synystar (#1,701,767)

I didn't see that one but I definitely do remember a ridiculous amount of teen angst and testosterone flying around clubs during that time period so honestly the mosh pit doesn't surprise me.

The Regency was such a cool Club with the balcony and a really eclectic group of people you never knew what the crowd was going to look like in a given night.

They also had a cup night one night a week I think like $5 all you can drink maybe it was just for girls but you just took a girl and she would fill up the cup over and over I seem to remember those nights getting out of hand a couple times but it was entertaining

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joe2352 t1_j6vzps8 wrote

First Springfield concert was Randy Houser and Jamey Johnson at I believe the shrine. It’s been about 13 years ago so I’m not 100% of the location. They each did about a 30 minute set and then spent about an hour and a half playing together just having a good time. Really fun time. Went with my brother, parents, and my/my brothers bosses (we worked at a radio station). My boss got really hammered and rushed the stage and got kicked out then ran away and hid in someone’s semi for some reason. Took them forever to find him.

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johnnysnooch OP t1_j6w1fdi wrote

Replying to 4myolive (#1,701,469)

We probably could have just asked Rail Haven he stayed there I know this because that sign has been flashing it for like the last 15 years while I'm on my way to work pissed off because why is this light at St. Louis so long...

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tdawg-1551 t1_j6wg7pa wrote

Black Crows at the Shrine, somewhere during 95 or 96. Just know it was my 3rd year in college at the time.

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Chitwood74 t1_j6wkcbp wrote

Doug E Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, at McDonald Arena. 😂

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GeorgeBird0457 t1_j6wkjsq wrote

GWAR at the Rockwell in 2005 and then again at Remington’s Downtown in 2007.

Maybe not as old as some others but I miss both those venues.

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growth-or-happiness t1_j6wvpjt wrote

My first concert as far back as I can remember was in Joplin. I think the coffee joint was the Java Bean? Crave and I think The Rowskabouts. My younger brother and I were latch key kids. So we wondered around a lot at night. I would sit downtown and hang out with the hat lady at the library. My favorite band was Initial Detonation.

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Dbol504 t1_j6ww39v wrote

Replying to Cold417 (#1,701,346)

Dead Sexy brings back some fun memories. A fiend at the time introduced me to the lead singer and I used to run in their circle for a year or 2 until the band fell apart. Their first band name was Struct and they just did a bunch of NIN covers.

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Dbol504 t1_j6wwngt wrote

My first show in Springfield was a 90s one hit wonder Deep Blue Something at the Juke Joint in like 98/99. They played their one hit about half way through and everyone left. I was a fixture at the Juke Joint almost every weekend in 99-00 seeing so many bands I can’t even remember most of them. Their carding for alcohol policy to be very lax to nonexistent which was just fine for a 18-19 year old.

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growth-or-happiness t1_j6wxa1y wrote

My favorite band to see live was Assuck. They played in Joplin. And there were so many angry cops there. They are or were a grindcore band from NY. They openly told the cops to fuck off. Then proceeded to light a joint and pass it through the crowd. Power in numbers sort of deal. I left. I don’t mind any of that, but uh I am an easy mark. So I left. But the music was beautiful. I don’t get too much in to 80s metal as you can tell. The style anyway.

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Zigihogan t1_j6x10xv wrote

Plaid Retina in an empty house on South New St. I’ve spend almost 40 years in music and that is still the best show I’ve been to, nothing like it.

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GroovyHeretic t1_j6x12cz wrote

1st Ozzfest in Lampe.

Ozzy, Biohazard and Sepultura. Danzig was supposed to be there but didn’t make it for some reason.

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GoogleZombie t1_j6xalnj wrote

Omg!! I was at that concert. It wasn't my first, that was RUSH in 1989 ( I was 15 for that one). Anyway I mainly went to see STP, Megadeth was just an added bonus.

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TomCollinsEsq t1_j6xl9g1 wrote

Hoodie and the Blowfish at the Juanita K was my first one.

Spent a LOT of time in the Aughts running around downtown with scene kids at the Outland and Randy Bacon's place.

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chimesplayer t1_j6xrmy9 wrote

Relient K touring with MxPx, Rufio, Over It at the Shrine Mosque - 10/13/2005

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AtomicTacoSauce t1_j6xruft wrote

Damn. I had tickets to that same concert, but couldn’t go because I didn’t have a license or a ride. STP will always be one of my favorite 90’s bands, however!

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AtomicTacoSauce t1_j6xsan1 wrote

I don’t remember if this was my first, but Alice In Chains, Shrine, 1993. It’s when Layne was too high and couldn’t finish the show. Circus of Power opened for them. Wild night, especially when people started throwing rocks at AIC’s bus…

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ManlyVanLee t1_j6y4r3g wrote

STP and Megadeth... that concert would be fucking awesome

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drsideburns t1_j6ya67f wrote

The Offspring with a unknown Sum41 and Fenix tx at Remington’s

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LittleSok t1_j6yaciz wrote

My first concert was Greta at the Regency showcase went on to see the Dead Milkmen, 311, urge Overkill, the urge, Pantera, Stone Temple Pilots, Marilyn Manson the list goes on and on but I understand it's nostalgic! tickets don't cost 15 bucks anymore and all these new bands are shit..

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Murky_Wolf3895 t1_j6ybusg wrote

The Offspring at the Shrine with the Vandals and Lunachicks I think in '96?

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elaborate_hoxha t1_j6yex53 wrote

Replying to growth-or-happiness (#1,703,140)

Magic Bean. Jeff is a scumbag but I saw some great local shows there. Big Bad Chubba, Odd Things Happen…, Squelch, Barbie Holocaust, maybe U$MC? and so many more bands. River Front Times did an article about this era of the DIY punk scene in Springfield.

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GeorgeBird0457 t1_j6yh2m9 wrote

Replying to growth-or-happiness (#1,706,587)

I’ve seen them 3 times here in Springfield. The last being at the Shrine in like 2009 or 2010…? I don’t remember specifically.

I still have at least two of my ticket stubs and a “bloodied” five dollar bill I found on the floor of the pit from the first show. I won’t claim to be a fan of GWAR’s music but JFC do they put on a good show. 12 out of 10 would recommend to anyone.

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einherjar73 t1_j6yqx3q wrote

Judas Priest at Hammons Student Center in 1982 or 83?

1st punk show was local band The Rising Sun around 1987.

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Geronimojo_12 t1_j6ziajv wrote

Buckcherry at The Juke Joint in 1999 I believe.

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Wolverkeen t1_j6zqtl4 wrote

Replying to GroovyHeretic (#1,703,469)

I was there! Sepultura killed it. My friend's mom who drove us there got hit on a bunch and it really boosted her confidence- she divorced her asshole husband less than a year later. Good times.

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CourtneySweeden t1_j6zr8dm wrote

Replying to drsideburns (#1,706,229)

Ha! This (I think) was my first concert as well! Didn’t Offspring have sound issues with the speakers for a bit? I also remember some guy drunk off his ass, half passed out with puke all over himself and on the concrete right outside the door. He was leaning against a pillar and I almost walked right through his puke. Lmao!

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scoop_booty t1_j701ton wrote

Wasn't my first concert, but I fondly recall Blue Oyster Cult at the Shrine in 1975.

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Educational-Soup5335 t1_j70k1ra wrote

No where near my first show but seeing Slipknot go from playing at the Juke Joint to Price Cutter Field and then seeing them again last year at JQH was really cool. There were so many great shows at the Juke Joint.

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Citizenchimp t1_j722n6e wrote

I think my first concert was Reverend Horton Heat at the Juke Joint. Shortly after was Live at The Shrine.

Favorite show from that era was Beck, The Roots, and Atari Teenage Riot at The Shrine. So wild. Assholes kept throwing ice cups at The Roots and they left stage early. Made me feel so ashamed of our town, and profoundly sad we didn’t get to see more of their set.

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princessarielle6 t1_j750azo wrote

I went to several concerts with my mom at the Ozark Empire fair. But the first one I went to with friends was Corey Hart in 1983/84 at the Shrine Mosque

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AmosBridges t1_j7dyxme wrote

Smashing Pumpkins, 1994 at the University Plaza Convention Center. Not my first show, but one of the early ones.

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sbafuck t1_j7dz7mz wrote

I didn't move here til 2007 but my first concert shortly thereafter was Chevelle in the outland ballroom (which was not quite as grand as I was expecting from the name lol)

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