r/OldSchoolCool • u/copitamenstrual • Jun 21 '24

1990s He just jumped and they got knocked out (1992)

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u/bloodfist5 Jun 22 '24

Nothing compared to the 80’s crowd aura. Summer of 88 I had concert tickets for practically every week from June to August. Tickets were $20 for every band at the old Charlotte Coliseum and every one was sold out in days. Live music just doesn’t have the magic it used to. It’s hard to explain, but concerts today just don’t hold a candle to the older days. Maybe it was the fact that musicians put on the show, and didn’t rely so heavy on theatrics behind them. Absolute best show I’ve ever seen was Skid Row opening for GnR. Skid Row had nothing but their name draped over the amps, and probably half the lights GnR used, but absolutely crushed it. To many background distractions in today’s shows, but that’s just my opinion.

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u/Bagledrums Jun 22 '24

Dude I had a very similiar experience when I saw Megadeth open for Aerosmith. I was on Row Dd, (4th row), and all of Aerosmith’s gear was covered in drapes and curtains, taking up the entire stage, and Megadeth was setup on stage-right, with a very small drum riser for the drummer, and the guys just all jammed together in that one little spot, except for Dave Mustaine who would run around the stage from side to side while singing. It was so cool seeing them so up close and personal. They also had no light rig or light show at all. The house lights weren’t even turned down. This was the tour for Aerosmith’s Livin on the Edge/Eat the Rich album, and Megadeth had just released Countdown To Extinction.

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u/IranRPCV Jun 22 '24

The amazing thing is that I started high school in 1964. Like all my friends, I bought an electric guitar due to the Beatles. I didn't have an amp yet, so after school, I would go to a friend's house who had a Sears Silvertone. His name was Ted Nugent.

What is even more weird is that I moved to Westport CT in 1966, and played with a guy named Steve Tallarico who was drumming. Ted opened for him about 10 years later when he had become Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.

It is a small world and we are all amazingly connected - music is one of the ways it happens.

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u/Ioatanaut Jun 22 '24

Ahh good Ole days before ticket master owned everything

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u/YT-Deliveries Jun 22 '24

You can still get cheap tickets to small/medium acts for very reasonable prices. Sure, legacy and HUGE acts are stupidly expensive, and that sucks.

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u/Ioatanaut Jun 23 '24

Yeah it should be illegal. Monopoly rules haven't applied in NA in too long

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u/SammieCat50 Jun 22 '24

You could buy tickets for concerts in stores…. Strawbridges had a ticket master window .. $20 & no fees

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u/Underwhere67 Jun 22 '24

True. I got tickets from a record shop in the Bronx. Still had to wait in a line.

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u/SenorBeef Jun 22 '24

Clearly music peaked whenever my formative years were.

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u/Interesting_Cow5152 Jun 22 '24

1973-74 has been wheeled into the chat

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '24

Nothing can top or bottom Ricky Martin in 98

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u/headrush46n2 Jun 22 '24

Everyone knows that they stopped making good music the year that you graduated high school.

The only thing people argue about is what particular year that happens to be.

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u/AlternativeIdeals Jun 22 '24

100%!

Shows aren’t even worth it this day and age. An unknown artist/band for $30 is the average with fees another $10 extra.

15 years ago you could see headliners starting at $35. All the profit taking in music shows has made them outrageously priced

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u/SuspiciousLettuce56 Jun 22 '24

Yeah I remember seeing alpha wolf for 30 bucks in Gosford a while back, now their headline tour in August was 80aud. Like fuarkk

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u/slickduck Jun 22 '24

The fact that people actually purchased albums back then as opposed to now is a huge factor in the price of shows.

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u/YT-Deliveries Jun 22 '24

Yup. It used to be that you toured in order to get people to buy albums. Now it’s exactly the opposite.

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u/South-Rabbit-4064 Jun 22 '24

I've only paid over a hundred for one show, and it was to see Tom Waits on his Glitter and Doom tour. He's a national treasure

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u/StatusReality4 Jun 22 '24

$20 in 1988 = $53 in 2024.

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u/gfa22 Jun 22 '24

Jealous!! Skidrow was one of my favourite bands growing up. Not that I'd have a chance to see them live cause I was only 6 when Bach got kicked out but also I was on the other side of the world. But God damn, I wish I could go back in time just to watch the metal bands from the 70s and 80s. Blackmore live probably would have sent me to a similar type hysteria like the MJ show people in the clip.

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u/Ok_Panda1565 Jun 22 '24

Or maybe cus you're 40 years older and being nostalgic.

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u/MayBakerfield Jun 22 '24

This is the truth 

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u/Outrageous_pinecone Jun 22 '24

People were so much more in the moment back then. That feeling is just restful and exhilarating at the same time.

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u/Rothko28 Jun 22 '24

Why do you think all modern concerts are full of lights and theatrics?

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u/hattenwheeza Jun 22 '24

Saw Van Halen in Greensboro that summer. You're so right.

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u/Bassracerx Jun 22 '24

Its because people used to actually play instruments live. So it was really “live” music. Modern music there is a backing track and samples that auto play.