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The first concert I paid to see was an alternative Christian band called Undercover. It was a small venue and a load of fun. I was in college.
I worked a lot of concerts when I did concessions at our Civic Auditorium (before the BIG venue was built).
The most memorable one was Iron Maiden with Anthrax as the opener.
Walking inot work that day I ran into various members of Anthrax (not that I cared). But that wasn't the memorable part.
It was this time of year with the typical winter Grapevine issues. All but the lead singer of Iron Maiden had arrived early that afternoon. The lead singer decided to be an idiot and stay in LA for as long as possible. Sure enough, he got stuck on the Grapevine. We had a near riot of stoned teens/young adults when the headline act was delayed for 2-1/2 hours waiting for the Grapevine to reopen.
The one concert I was glad I missed was a rap/hiphop concert featuring a lot of various "artists". The place was packed. Someone got cute and popped a bunch of balloons. There was a complete panic envoked riot that night, with real gunshots. It was the last time a concert of that style was allowed to be indoors for a verrrrrry long time.
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