I saw that Clash of the Titans show at Madison Square Garden. Everyone had to pass through metal detectors, but once inside, the place was a total melee. The temporary seats on the floor were completely torn up by the crowd to create a mosh pit - and the fans in the permanent seats ripped out the cushions and used them like frisbees. Slayer had to stop playing and admonish the crowd that they "weren't being cool."

I was working for a record label at the time and went with a bunch of my friends as a goof, but you are absolutely right: "The show ROCKED."

First concert was Shonen Knife, the first still living band I really liked enough to go to see. It was a great concert until certain people in the audience acted like jerks. First they started moshing very roughly with people who didnt want to. Secondly (if you dont know, Shonen knife is a girl pop band like a japanese beatles kinda) the band has a song called flying jelly attack, these same jerks used slingshots to shoot jellybeans at the girls as they sang. The girls actually had to stop and defend themselves from the stinging jellybeans (I know they were stinging because I got hit in the front row and had a welt the rest of the night).
I was able after the show however to send a cd backstage to get autographs. Portland doesnt have the greatest reputation as a small band city, when Pink Floyd came through in the 70's they had all of their equipment stolen. :(
Hopefully things are beginning to change now.

No they weren't!

:cool:

But you are one lucky dork if you ask me. I love that kind of concerts.

My first concert was in 8th or 9th grade. Bryan Adams, I went with a classmate who was a fellow Fan. No "Date" about it.