Concert Weekend

[Ran]

When I was stationed in Riverside, CA, there was another base in San Bernadino, CA that was just about finished closing down. It was a cargo base, so they have really large hangars for the planes that were empty. One afternoon they made an announcement that Pink Floyd was practicing in one of them and that anyone who wanted to see them could go. This was just prior to the Division Bell tour. It was probably the only Floyd concert ever where no one in the audience had any drugs.

I left a concert I saw in High School off my list. We went up to D.C. to see the fireworks on the 4th of July We sat near the steps of the Capitol Building. We weren't very far from the orchestra, which was conducted by Henry Mancini.

[Senor JabbaJohnL]

That sounds like a sweet deal. I have the DVD from that tour and it's pretty awesome.

[mabudon]

Manowar
Motorhead (6-7 times, Can't remember- the first show I saw was in a local fiedl, something which only ever happened once in the region since starting with motorhaed was a bad idea)
"Black Sabbath" (tony martin lead vocals, only Iommi was in the bad at the time)
Tiamat
Gamma Ray
Anvil (4-5 times)
Iron Maiden (3-4 times)
Dio (3-4 times)
Judas Priest (2-3 times, I think twice with Ripper Owens and once with Rob)
Halford (when he had the hitler moustache)
Rik Emmet (fucking awesome, might as wel have been a Triumph show)
Nazareth
King Sunny Ade
KISS (original line-up)
Corrosion of Conformity
Goat Horn (RIP, for a bunch of 20-year olds they were fucking excellent)
lots of bands that are supposedly good who I couldn't care less about, mosltly opening for the above

Hasn't been fuck-all to attend in over a year up here tho dammit, I needs me some metal

OH and I am friends with one of the original Killer Dwarfs and the original drummer for Max Webster (and founder of the short-lived supergroup "The Hunt"), different dudes

[Diabolical]

In (almost) no particular order:
Stone Temple Pilots X2
Velvet Revolver
Bloodhound Gang X2
Michelle Branch
Jason Mraz
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Cheap Trick
Silvertide
Nerf Herder
The Hippos
Gin Blossoms
Seven Mary Three
Train X2
Matchbox Twenty X3
Everclear
Lifehouse X2
Old 97s
Sugar Ray
Moby
Bush
Supergrass
Pearl Jam

I know I'm forgetting one or two...