I'll go with three categories:
Per Rockadanny, memorable fistfights.
Two fights - one on stage (Ray Davies and Dave Davies of The Kinks swinging away at each other before an almost totally empty Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ) and one in the crowd. I was way back near the door at a Shirts concert at CBGB when a brawl started up front and began working its way back toward me. I squeezed out the door just before a guy came flying out to the street.
Small venues:
Genesis at the Bergen Community College gymnasium in November 1971 was my first full-on theatrical rock show. Flash pots concealing Peter Gabriel costume changes in a local gym were almost too much for a 14 year-old substance altered mind to handle. Won't forget that one any time soon.
Another unforgettable moment; my friend Randy Hill had Chuck Berry play in his backyard for a birthday celebration. CB more or less phoned it in for all of an hour, but it was still pretty startling to see him in that setting.
Musically:
There are a whole bunch of 'em, but Fleetwood Mac on the Tusk tour combined perfect pop, crunching punk, acoustic guitar workouts, and extended blues rock in a startling display of range. The crowd was so pissed when they didn't do an encore, that no one left for what seemed like a half hour. Just 20,000 people screaming "More!"
Per Rockadanny, memorable fistfights.
Two fights - one on stage (Ray Davies and Dave Davies of The Kinks swinging away at each other before an almost totally empty Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ) and one in the crowd. I was way back near the door at a Shirts concert at CBGB when a brawl started up front and began working its way back toward me. I squeezed out the door just before a guy came flying out to the street.
Small venues:
Genesis at the Bergen Community College gymnasium in November 1971 was my first full-on theatrical rock show. Flash pots concealing Peter Gabriel costume changes in a local gym were almost too much for a 14 year-old substance altered mind to handle. Won't forget that one any time soon.
Another unforgettable moment; my friend Randy Hill had Chuck Berry play in his backyard for a birthday celebration. CB more or less phoned it in for all of an hour, but it was still pretty startling to see him in that setting.
Musically:
There are a whole bunch of 'em, but Fleetwood Mac on the Tusk tour combined perfect pop, crunching punk, acoustic guitar workouts, and extended blues rock in a startling display of range. The crowd was so pissed when they didn't do an encore, that no one left for what seemed like a half hour. Just 20,000 people screaming "More!"