My first show was a festival at the CCH in Hamburg 1979 called "BRAVO-Super-Disco" with Suzi Quatro, Racey, Truck Stop and Frank Zander. Bravo is the largest teen magazine within the German-language sphere and very cheesy. Can't remember that much. I think I was too excited.

First punk concert or whatsoever was DAF (Deutsch Amerianische Freundschaft) at the Markthalle in Hamburg 03.06.81. Music: electro punk. Audience: mostly punk. It was good fun.

The best concert so far: The Milshakes at the KIR in Hamburg 1982. 2 hours pure fun. The whole crowd was dancing and the whole band was drinking. In the end they stumbled cross the stage but played so tight as if sobriety was their middle name.

Weirdness. Just as Kiss IN '76 was my first show ( Not counting my Brother's little band in Kewanee , Illinois , Ear Lick , and a really cool band I saw at  a car show in Ft. Worth. I remember , they opened with "The Rockford Files" and did a medley of "Gitarzan" and "Troglodytes" , the singer donning a cheap ape mask !), I ,too , saw The Stray Cats in '82 , before they broke in The US , AT tHE hOT kLUB , DALLAS' SECOND - EVER PUNK VENUE. Missed a lot of great shows there , for still being 17 -18. There were several hundred people , there. I saw Thunders in '86. Rode my bike to the mall to buy my ticket. I think he finished nearly every song......HA HA . HE WAS INTERRUPTED BY A BOTTLE - THROWING SKINHEAD , AND THE TWO HAD TO BE PULLED APART. JOHNNY WAS GETTING THE BEST OF IT , BUT NEITHER OF THEM REALLY SEEMED TO BE HURT , AND THE SHOW WENT ON.....
 
SMF said:

First show: KISS, Syracuse 1976. Opening act was Uriah Heep. (Happy to see I'm not the only one whose first show was KISS!!!)

First punk show: Wreck N Crew, Cortland, NY 1978. Cortland's punk overlords...

Best show: Heavy Trash, Las Vegas 2005. The Sadies opened the show and backed Heavy Trash. Close second is the Stray Cats, Tucson, AZ 1982ish. Played in a low-ceiling basement at the Convention Center. They were on a little riser. Maybe 500 people. Cool.

Worst show: If it was bad I usually drank more so I wouldn't remember... seems to have worked.

Best "unfinished" show: Johnny Thunders, Tucson, AZ 1985. Never finished a song. It was great.

dave , I guess I don't follow you. You did'nt think you'd have fun at a Ramones show because you were'nt much of a drinker?  College Station ? Gig 'em Aggies ! HA HA , just kiddin'.          Friends : We used to all tell "Aggie Jokes" in Texas about how dumb Texas A&M students supposedly were , even THEY tell 'em......But , then , I found out how much SEX was going on around that campus , and I said , They're not so dumb after all.

But , my old Alma (What does it) Mater, ETSU , is now owned by Texas A&M , which means they're Aggies , too , now.
  
dave said:

Don't feel bad, check this out: The Ramones came to my hometown of College Station, TX (!!), itself a miracle, with DeeDee playing, in a small venue and I-didn't-go. At that time I rarely drank, and had seen New Order sober- boy, did that suck, worst concert I've ever been to! So, even though I was an avid Ramones fan, I knew I wouldn't have fun. Still shoulda gone. D'oh!

John Battles said:

Any Ramones show , tho' I was late for the party, particularly ,The Ramones , Iggy Pop and The Dickies , Aragon Ballroom , 1988. The RAMONES HAD AN AWFUL MIX , AND WERE ONLY GIVEN ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO PLAY , But to see a three bill band like THAT , WHEN mURPHY'S lAW DICTATES , THE MORE YOU LIKE THE HEADLINER ,THE WORSE THE OPENING BAND IS GONNA BE (Tho ' there are exceptions.).
 
Mongul said:

First: The Ramones at City Gardens in Trenton, NJ May 29, 1991

Best: The Ramones at The University of Maryland, Summer 1993 - the show started with only about five people in attendance - like my own private Ramones concert!

First show: KISS, Syracuse 1976. Opening act was Uriah Heep. (Happy to see I'm not the only one whose first show was KISS!!!)

First punk show: Wreck N Crew, Cortland, NY 1978. Cortland's punk overlords...

Best show: Heavy Trash, Las Vegas 2005. The Sadies opened the show and backed Heavy Trash. Close second is the Stray Cats, Tucson, AZ 1982ish. Played in a low-ceiling basement at the Convention Center. They were on a little riser. Maybe 500 people. Cool.

Worst show: If it was bad I usually drank more so I wouldn't remember... seems to have worked.

Best "unfinished" show: Johnny Thunders, Tucson, AZ 1985. Never finished a song. It was great.

Don't feel bad, check this out: The Ramones came to my hometown of College Station, TX (!!), itself a miracle, with DeeDee playing, in a small venue and I-didn't-go. At that time I rarely drank, and had seen New Order sober- boy, did that suck, worst concert I've ever been to! So, even though I was an avid Ramones fan, I knew I wouldn't have fun. Still shoulda gone. D'oh!

John Battles said:

Any Ramones show , tho' I was late for the party, particularly ,The Ramones , Iggy Pop and The Dickies , Aragon Ballroom , 1988. The RAMONES HAD AN AWFUL MIX , AND WERE ONLY GIVEN ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO PLAY , But to see a three bill band like THAT , WHEN mURPHY'S lAW DICTATES , THE MORE YOU LIKE THE HEADLINER ,THE WORSE THE OPENING BAND IS GONNA BE (Tho ' there are exceptions.).
 
Mongul said:

First: The Ramones at City Gardens in Trenton, NJ May 29, 1991

Best: The Ramones at The University of Maryland, Summer 1993 - the show started with only about five people in attendance - like my own private Ramones concert!

Any Ramones show , tho' I was late for the party, particularly ,The Ramones , Iggy Pop and The Dickies , Aragon Ballroom , 1988. The RAMONES HAD AN AWFUL MIX , AND WERE ONLY GIVEN ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO PLAY , But to see a three bill band like THAT , WHEN mURPHY'S lAW DICTATES , THE MORE YOU LIKE THE HEADLINER ,THE WORSE THE OPENING BAND IS GONNA BE (Tho ' there are exceptions.).
 
Mongul said:

First: The Ramones at City Gardens in Trenton, NJ May 29, 1991

Best: The Ramones at The University of Maryland, Summer 1993 - the show started with only about five people in attendance - like my own private Ramones concert!

First punk show: Marginal Man w/ Angry Red Planet - 1986 Detroit Graystone Ballroom

Best show....too many but The Cramps w/ Guitar Wolf circa 1997 was pretty good.  The Supersuckers w/ The Gaza Strippers circa 2001 was great....tons more.....

If memory serves, The Firm first show.  I dont know if I could classify it as "the best" show ever.  But if I could go back and see on again it would be GG at the Fastlanes in NJ.  He played two years in a row.  Total nuttiness and hysterical.

A collaboration made in Heaven???

Last Night said:

or Tupac and Jay reatard?

Kurt Vile and Chuck D? That would be a great link up.... Where's ma earplugs? I'd pay good money to see that show!!!

or Tupac and Jay reatard?

I wish this wasn't an april fools joke. I would be really curious to see how it would sound. Still waiting for Drake and Ty Segall to work together.

Yeah I see what you mean. Detroit proto-punk + horror show thematics.   

I do think Alice Cooper should be inducted in the RRHOF, for the simple reason that he is the missing link between The MC5 and Sabbath or TheMisfits.

Cool, thanks for the link. I don't know where I heard it was just Cooper himself. I'm glad they all made it in. It's also nice that the induction is allowed to cover both the man Alice Cooper and the band Alice Cooper. It's good to know that in between inducting Madonna and not inducting Beefheart, they actually managed to do something right, haha.

 ted cogswell said:

I'm pretty sure the induction covers both the work of the original group as well as the solo career under the same name. Members inducted according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website are: Alice Cooper (vocals; born February 4, 1948), Glen Buxton (guitar; born November 10, 1947, died October 18, 1997), Michael Bruce (guitar, keyboards; born March 16, 1948), Dennis Dunaway (bass; born December 9, 1948), Neal Smith (drums; born September 23, 1947). http://rockhall.com/inductees/alice-cooper/bio/

I'm pretty sure the induction covers both the work of the original group as well as the solo career under the same name. Members inducted according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website are: Alice Cooper (vocals; born February 4, 1948), Glen Buxton (guitar; born November 10, 1947, died October 18, 1997), Michael Bruce (guitar, keyboards; born March 16, 1948), Dennis Dunaway (bass; born December 9, 1948), Neal Smith (drums; born September 23, 1947). http://rockhall.com/inductees/alice-cooper/bio/

This weeks show features music from teh Nuggets compilation album, Talking Heads, Magazine, Deja voodoo, The White Stripes, Sex Pistols and more. 

Listen/download this weeks show here:  http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/36-Revolution_Rock-20130122-1030-t1358850600.mp3

Check out my blog post on Talking Heads More Songs About Buildings And Food:  http://revrock.blogspot.ca/2013/01/more-songs-about-buildings-and-food.html

The Play List:

1. The Remains – Don’t Look Back
2. The Castaways – Liar, Liar
3. Seven Story Redhead – Diamond Geezer
4. Golden BC – The Proof
5. Cold Warps – Stuck On An Island
6. Nirvana – Spank Thru
7. Mudhoney – The Rose
8. The Chemistry Set – Underground
9. Deja Voodoo – Too Cool To Live, Too Smart To Die
10. Simply Saucer – Instant Pleasure
11. Pointed Sticks – New Ways
12. Talking Heads - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
13. Talking Heads – Found A Job
14. EX~PO – Burn, Burn, Burn
15. Terminal Sunglasses – Terminal Theme
16. April March – Chick Habit
17. Ghost Bikini – Rage In A Cage
18. Thee Rum Coves – Happy Times
19. The D4 – High Voltage
20. Sex Pistols – Substitute
21. The (International) Noise Conspiracy – Smash It Up
22. The White Stripes – Astro
23. The Prisoners - What I Want
24. Magazine – Model Worker (BBC Session)
25. The Clash - Stay Free

"You won't see me working 9-to-5/Too much fun being alive.'  (from Problems)

"[Music] shouldn't be about some cunt on a stage yapping about how terrible it is to be on the dole. 'Cause when I was on the dole it was not terrible. I was being paid for not working."  -John Lydon

"If you go and see a rock group, you want to see someone tearing their soul apart at thirty-six bars a second, not listen to some instrumental slush. Since '67, music has been chasing itself up a blind alley with all that shit."  -Joe Strummer

That Ira Robbins quote is pure gold. Hundreds of tribes running in the streets...

Tim Napalm Stegall said:

"Rock 'n' roll is supposed to be fun. You're supposed to enjoy it. It's not supposed to be about taking a million fucking years to learn a million fucking chords on the guitar." - Johnny Rotten, 1977

"When your culture abandons you, create your own." Ira Robbins on punk rock, Trouser Press magazine, 1977

Shhhh!

John Battles said:

I trust you won't , dave , you're into this , too , to the tune of about......I can say no more.

dave said:

Promise I won't tell a soul, John!!

John Battles said:

Me: Do you remember playing this place called The Hot Klub in Dallas in 1980 , and this guy named Bobby Soxx slashed your tires?

Hugh Cornwall: Maybe , not sure...

Me: Well , I thought you might want to know, he's dead , now.

Hugh: Oh. Did you play any part in his demise?

Did the podcasting basics page get moved? That link doesn't work.

For its time Lookout was great.  Being on the other side of country in late 80's listening to Crimpshrine is something I'll always remember.  Cant say I listened to anything after 94 and thats pushing it except for some Vindictives 7 "s

The Jan. 20th Show!

Listen here: http://cjamlog1.cjam.ca/mp3dirnew/381-The_Trip-20130120-0030-t13586...

The setlist:

Davie Allan and the Arrows- Invasion of the Body Surfers

Guided By Voices- King Arthur the Red

Guided By Voices - Have a Jug

Amy Gore and Her Valentines- Send Me a Postcard

The Bell Peppers- Golf Shack

Neil Young and Crazy Horse- Psychedelic Pill

Gov't Mule- Rocking Horse

Ravi Shankar- Discovery of India

Ravi Shankar - Vandanaa Trayee

Ananda Shankar- Streets of Calcutta

Cornershop- The 911 Curry

The Dave Brubeck Quartet- Take Five

Charley Patton- A Spoonful Blues

R.L. Burnside- Don't Care How Long You're Gone

Sonny Landreth- Native Stepson

Dub Trio- En Passent

Nickodemus- Under the Volcano

The B-52's - Ultraviolet

yeah ! 

i used to play this one with my surf/rocknroll band !! 

but now i need the pagans for my punk band !! hehe

thanks  anyway

John Battles said:

Booze Party - 

FIRST YOU FILL IT UP , THEN YOU DRINK IT DOWN  , AGAIN YOU FILL IT UP , AGAIN , YOU DRINK IT DOWN.

EVERYBODY'S ROCKIN' , HAVIN' A TIME , UNTIL WE BRING OUT SOME OF THAT RED CHERRY WINE.      (CHORUS) BOOZE PARTY ! WINE ! WINE ! WINE ! THEY CRY , BOOZE PARTY ! WINE ! WINE ! WINE !

2) YOU TRY TO STAND UP , THEN , YOU FALL DOWN. OPEN UP YOUR EYES , AND THE ROOM IS GOIN' ROUND . EVERYBODY'S ROCKIN' , HAVIN' A TIME , UNTIL WE BRING OUT SOME OF THAT RED CHERRY WINE (CHORUS).

3) THREE IN THE MORNING , EVERYBODY'S FEELING FINE. AFTER ALL THEIR DRINKIN' (AFTER ALL , THEY'RE DRINKIN' (?) ) THAT RED CHERRY WINE.

EVERYBODY DRUNK , JUST  - A LYIN' ON THE FLOOR . EVEN IF THEY WANNA , THEY COULD'NT FIND THE DOOR (CHORUS) LET'S DRINK A LITTLE , NOW !

(REPEAT 2) , (REPEAT 3).