I spoke with an old boss/mentor, Ken, about his musical tastes when he was my age in the 80’s. His taste in music has remained the same in the past 25 years – he’s still a rocker – listens to classic rock on 107.7, The Bone. Instead of the earliest memories going to the movies, we spoke about his earliest memories of going to concerts. He said his first real, major concert (real as in not a back yard/garage band, or not a tribute band at the state fair, like actual, massive concert) was Van Halen in 1991 at Shoreline Amphitheatre, for their For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge Tour. He said he doesn’t recall too many of the specifics of that concert because of the extreme binge drinking going on that weekend, but he did note it was the loudest thing he’s ever experienced in his lifetime. The highlight of that show was when one of his friends ended up getting pushed off some platform when the crowd got a little rowdy and fracturing his arm. The reason why that was the highlight was not only because "it’s funny watching your friends doing stupid shit and getting hurt," but the promoter smoothed things over by offering them free tickets to an upcoming show at Shoreline. Apparently the promoter’s employees couldn’t keep tabs on what tickets went where and they were able to get into any show they wanted at Shoreline until they caught on the following summer. It seemed like a pretty epic party story.
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