Motorhead – March or Die Concert Ticket
This was my first Motorhead show and the only reason I even cared to go was because Mikkey Dee was in the band. At this time I really didn’t give 2 hoots about Motorhead although I did like the 1916 album. Daniel and I got to the show a little early and got to spend time with Mikkey and Phil Campbell (aka Zoom at the time for what he stated as legal issues with an ex). It was cool because Mikkey remembered me from the year prior when we hung out on the Don Dokken solo tour. I remember Wurzel being there and he signed my ticket stub, but he was really quiet and didn’t hang out with us. This was also my first time meeting Lemmy. It lasted all of about 9 seconds. I handed him my 1916 cassette (!!!) cover and asked him to sign it. He mumbled something unintelligible to me, shook my hand and I thanked him and walked away.
I didn’t notice until the other day that we had free tickets. I’m not sure how that came about but I think Steve from Skinnies Records. If so, thanks Steve!
Local band Sea of Souls opened up. I will admit that I liked them the first time I saw them (not sure which show it was), but they seemingly opened up for every band that came through town and I quickly got sick of them. When Motorhead hit the stage, it was pretty intense. Mikkey brings a high level of energy to any band he is in. Since this show, I haven’t missed a chance to see them live. Mainly because of the drums but over time I became a fan of the band as well. I’ve met Mikkey a few times since then and he’s always a class act.
Death/Dark Angel – May 12, 1989
This was a great show even though Death didn’t play. Apparently their van broke down. It was my first time seeing Gene Hoglan live. Other than seeing OTT, a local band that I loved, seeing Dark Angel was pretty huge. I wasn’t really a Death fan at the time, that didn’t really happen until Hoglan joined the band. After that I decided to delve into their older material. Good stuff. After Darkness Descends, I lost interest in Dark Angel. This was on the Leave Scars tour and I didn’t really care for that album at all…except for the drumming. Gene rules. This show also featured Brett Eriksen from Viking on guitar to replace Jim Durkin. It was a great night made even more special by it being at the old Atlantic Beach Club. I loved that place and saw some really cool shows there. I also missed some really cool shows there!
Iron Maiden – No Prayer For The Dying Concert Ticket
This was my 2nd Maiden show. Two pals of mine drove up with me to the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA for this one. Anthrax was opening on their Persistence of Time Tour. I remember during Anthrax’s set that many of the folks in the front rows were sitting down and Belladonna had made some comments to the crowd about it. Security was pretty tight for this show. We had pretty decent seats up and off to the side. At the end of Tailgunner (the opening song), they dropped stickers down from the roof and that’s what’s under the ticket in the photo below.
Setlist
- Tailgunner
- Public Enema Number One
- Wrathchild
- Die With Your Boots On
- Hallowed Be Thy Name
- 22 Acacia Avenue
- Holy Smoke
- No Prayer for the Dying
- The Clairvoyant
- 2 Minutes to Midnight
- The Trooper
- Heaven Can Wait
- Iron Maiden
- The Number of the Beast
- Bring Your Daughter… to the Slaughter
- Run to the Hills
- Sanctuary
Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Concert Ticket
I was recently asked what my first Iron Maiden show was and it was this one, the Seventh Son tour. I actually had tickets to see them on the Somewhere in Time Tour and had to give them up because of my grades. That was a reality in my life growing up. Looking back, I understand why it happened, but as a kid, I was pretty pissed to miss my favorite band.
Killer Dwarfs opened up this show. They were terrible. All I cared about was Maiden and they delivered…they always do.
$14.50 for a ticket? Back then that seemed like a lot. For many of the shows I see these days, I’d love to pay that!
Setlist:
- Moonchild
- The Evil That Men Do
- The Prisoner
- Infinite Dreams
- The Trooper
- Can I Play With Madness
- Heaven Can Wait
- Wasted Years
- The Clairvoyant
- Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
- The Number of the Beast
- Hallowed Be Thy Name
- Iron Maiden
- Run to the Hills
- 22 Acacia Avenue
- 2 Minutes to Midnight
- Running Free
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