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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2004 3:30 am
by devildog
Concerts I attended in the 80's:

Our Daughters Wedding
The Bongos
The dBs with Lone Justice
Stray Cats
Talking Heads (Speaking In Tongues Tour)
The Fixx (at Radio City Music Hall with A Flock of Seagulls)
A Flock of Seagulls (in the Hamptons)
Oi

PostPosted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 6:20 pm
by driverx
Naked Raygun - Cabert Metro -1986 - Chicago punk legends threw out toys during the show. Fantastic.

Ministry - Merrillville Holiday Star Theatre - 1986 - A stage diver nailed my brother, but then got his foot stuck in the theatre seating. My friend and

PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:36 am
by ScubaWeeble
PET SHOP BOYS!

I have seen them twice! PERFORMANCE & RELEASE

Release had to be the best for me as it was just them (with their backup band) but it was awesome!! Nothing fancy, just them!

I really hope they come back!

ATTENTION: Canadian & Am

PostPosted: Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:13 am
by missthe80s
Bands I saw in the 80's...I think I'm forgetting some:

-U2 (2 times for Unforgettable Fire and 1 for Joshua Tree)
-Thompson Twins w/ The Reflex
-The Eurythmics w/ Howard Jones
-Duran Duran
-REM
-Prince w/ Sheila E. (Purple Rain tour)
-Echo & The

PostPosted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:28 am
by phillyidol
I saw the Eurythmics in a really small place in Manhattan. It was really great and suprised me. It was a great show.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:58 pm
by WolverineSyr
Thought I'd dig around before starting a new thread & look what I found!

I have a couple memorable concerts:

I never got a chance to see Blondie back in their heyday. When I was living in Boston Debbie Harry came through town twice. The first time

PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 4:05 pm
by My Aural Stimulator
I paid a crapload of money to see Dead Or Alive lipsynch to a backing tape on Halloween, '87. The audience just stood there; we were dumbfounded.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:19 pm
by 2Nu
[quote][i]Originally posted by My Aural Stimulator[/i]
<br>I paid a crapload of money to see Dead Or Alive lipsynch to a backing tape on Ha

PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:58 pm
by My Aural Stimulator
I want to say it was The Palace, in Hollywood, but I'm not exactly sure (if it was The Palace). It may as well have been in the parking lot at Safeway for all the interest the audience had.

PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:34 am
by Shoyrtt
[quote][i]Originally posted by My Aural Stimulator[/i]
<br>I want to say it was The Palace, in Hollywood, but I'm not exactly sure (if it w

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 9:33 am
by 2Nu
[quote][i]Originally posted by My Aural Stimulator[/i]
<br>I want to say it was The Palace, in Hollywood, but I'm not exactly sure (if it w

PostPosted: Sat Jun 04, 2005 4:09 pm
by davew
wooooow,you ny/nj folks are really bringing back some great memories.I spent MANY a night at hitsville and lots of other area clubs..........my first ever concert was a unforgettable show with the buzzcocks at emerald city in cherry hill,that set the hook

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 8:48 am
by ghosty
SILLIEST: I saw Duran Duran in 1988 at Radio City Music Hall. I recall enjoying the sillouetted striptease two of their backup singers did behind a giant curtain as the band played "Skin Trade" and I'll never forget the sight of one grossly overweight wom

PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 2:17 pm
by edisonoside
I shouldn't make this list so close to bed-time..I'll give it my best but I can't remember the dates or where I saw them.
(* favorite shows)

*KRAFTWERK
*A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS
THE POLICE
NEON JUDGEMENT
*PSYC