Best concert you ever did see

[GUITARWORX]

prob one of the best shows I saw was at the Palladium in NYC
maybe 77-78
Cheap Trick
UFO
Rush
the best was the ticket price --$14.50

[tay666]

Alice Cooper's Raise Your Fist and Yell tour in Pittsburgh. Not so much for the new stuff but because he played a lot of stuff from Killer that time around. I've seen the man in concert 7 times (never gets old!) but this was the only time he played Dead Babies when I was there and the only time I saw him do the gallows for the execution--as opposed to the electric chair and the (most commonly) guillotine. Classic Alice!

SteveK

I saw that tour up in Erie Pa.
7th row on the floor.

You wouldn't happen to remember the setlist would you?
I'd love to be able to add that to my show review.
http://www.tylisaari.com/misc/shows/alice87.htm

[tay666]

prob one of the best shows I saw was at the Palladium in NYC
maybe 77-78
Cheap Trick
UFO
Rush
the best was the ticket price --$14.50

Wasn't that a bit expensive for the 70's?

My first concert was '83 and that was $12.50
In 88 I saw 5 bands at 3 Rivers Stadium for $25 (and I thought that was expensive ).

[The Coop]

Alice Cooper's Raise Your Fist and Yell tour in Pittsburgh. Not so much for the new stuff but because he played a lot of stuff from Killer that time around. I've seen the man in concert 7 times (never gets old!) but this was the only time he played Dead Babies when I was there and the only time I saw him do the gallows for the execution--as opposed to the electric chair and the (most commonly) guillotine. Classic Alice!

SteveK

I saw that tour up in Erie Pa.
7th row on the floor.

You wouldn't happen to remember the setlist would you?
I'd love to be able to add that to my show review.
http://www.tylisaari.com/misc/shows/alice87.htm

Trevor, give me a little time, I can get you the set list.

[tay666]

Cool, thanks.

[The Coop]

prob one of the best shows I saw was at the Palladium in NYC
maybe 77-78
Cheap Trick
UFO
Rush
the best was the ticket price --$14.50

Wasn't that a bit expensive for the 70's?

My first concert was '83 and that was $12.50
In 88 I saw 5 bands at 3 Rivers Stadium for $25 (and I thought that was expensive ).

70's ticket prices were the best. I remember seeing Kiss for $4.50. Nugent, Rush, Johnny and Edgar Winter, all the shows were 5-6 bucks. Usually with at least 2 good name bands. I remember seeing Black Sabbath in '79 for I think $9 and thinking that was outragous. Now the handling charge is that much. The outdoor venue we have here was $4 lawn seats back then. We use to go to shows we didn't even care about seeing just for something to do. I do miss the 70's, even though most of it was a blur.

[raydrz]

trev here's frehley's comet setlist from 9/11/87 civic center providence RI...several goodies in bold...

1.Fractured Mirror (Intro)
2.Rip It Out
3.Stranger In A Strange Land
4.Something Moved
5.Cold Gin
6.New York Groove
7.Into The Night
8.Breakout
9.Anton Fig Drum Solo
10.Shock Me
11.Ace Frehley Guitar Solo
12.Calling To You
13.Rock Soldiers
Encore:
14.Rocket Ride

[raydrz]

the coop from joe louis arena 2/13/87...could have been the last leg of the 'constrictor' tour...?...

Welcome to My Nightmare
Billion Dollar Babies
No More Mr. Nice Guy
Be My Lover
I'm Eighteen
The World Needs Guts
Give It Up
Cold Ethyl
Only Women Bleed
Go to Hell
Ballad of Dwight Fry
Teenage Frankenstein
Sick Things
I Love the Dead
School's Out
Elected
Under My Wheels

[raydrz]

6/3/87 the garden cincinnati OH

Setlist:
01. Welcome to my nightmare
02. Billion Dollar Babies
03. No more mr. Nice guy
04. Be my lover
05. I'm eighteen
06. The world needs guts
07. Give it up
08. Cold Ethyl
09. Only women bleed
10. Go to hell
11. Ballad of dwight fry
12. Elected
13. Under my wheels
14. Sick things - I love the dead
15. School's out

[raydrz]

here's your RYFAY

Raise Your Fist and Yell (1987-1988)

Teenage Frankenstein / No More Mr Nice Guy / Billion Dollar Babies / Is It My Body / I'm Eighteen / Go To Hell / Prince Of Darkness / Chop, Chop, Chop / Gail / Roses On White Lace / Only Women Bleed / Devil's Food / The Black Widow / Dead Babies / Killer / School's Out / Freedom / Under My Wheels

[raydrz]

cool coop site:
http://www.alicecooperechive.com/trades/

[raydrz]

i seen them 2/12/87 with megadeth opening...AWESOME ALICE!

[The Coop]

cool coop site:
http://www.alicecooperechive.com/trades/

Nice site, thanks for that.

I gotta say of the tours I've seen Alice- Special Forces, Raise Your Fist, Trash, Brutal Planet, The Decent Into Dragontown, One more in between here ?,and The Psycho Drama Tour, the best was by far The Brutal Planet tour. Great band, great songs (of course) and the total package as far as a stage show. Brutal Planet is also a great CD if you ask me. Great songs with a fairly morbid theme. If you don't have it and your an Alice fan, you won't be dissapointed with it. Brutal Planet is also on DVD. Some stuff can be seen on youtube. Sorry to make this an Alice thread, back to regularly scheduled thread.

[Stormheart]

Gotta be Alice Cooper's "Lace and Whiskey Tour"...believe it was 1977, maybe 1978.

[HauntedPen]

Been so long since then I don't recall the exact set list for RYF&Y, Trev, but the one John posted sounds about right for it.

Tours I saw him on were:

Special Forces
1980 or 81--If I remember correctly, it was his first time back in Pittsburgh after he vowed never to come again after someone threw a bottle on stage back in the 70's. No make up this time around.

Constrictor
First time I saw him with the makeup on.

Raise Your Fist & Yell
Only time he did Dead Babies when I was there.

Trash
Best sounding of the concerts til then--the band seemed to know the songs better. Only time I remember seeing him do Gutter Cats vs. the Jets live.

Unknown name for the tour
It should have been for The Last Temptation but he didn't do a single song from the album--I figured it probably had something to do with who had the rights at the time since that was when the 3 comic miniseries came out (I think it was Marvel that put them out. Have them upstairs somewhere.) Alice was the opening act this time, at least here in Pittsburgh. Scorpions headlined. We were center stage, 4 rows back.) Only time I've seen him do Desperado live.

Rock & Roll Carnival tour
This was the real Last Temptation tour.

The Eyes of Alice Cooper tour
My wife and I took our grandson to see this one. It was his first concert. We all had a ball! It was the only time I've seen him do Halo of Flies live.


SteveK

[raydrz]

constrictor was awesome when he built the frankenstein monster which in turn attacked him...the kewlest!...

steve, i just recently scored the DVD for "eyes of alice"

[HauntedPen]

John, I really like that one (Eyes). Has a garage band feel to it, like the older albums used to.

One thing has me a bit curious, too.

Listen to the lyrics to the song "The Song That Didn't Rhyme" and think back on all the drama and critics reviews of Alice's early stuff that went on over the years (especially what the non-rock general public used to think of him and his music) and see if that song doesn't sound almost like a sort of tribute to Alice's career over the years.

Constrictor was a great concert. So good to see the old Alice back again. I loved at the end of Teenage Frankenstein when he kicked over the monster and there was nobody inside of it! Always thought that going to an Alice concert was like a cross between a rock show, a magic act and a fun low budget horror flick.

SteveK

[raydrz]

i d/k the tune but just read the lyrics...i think he's always had a marvelous sense of humor...

[boxerdog]

i'll go kiss re uniuon tour or hot in shade with sphinx head but then again could be the sonic boom show this wednesday night .
one sticks in mind though,maybe most not heard them. dogs damour home town gig for dynamite jet saloon.

[Mark M]

The Who - December 6 1975 at Pontiac Silverdome Stadium, Pontiac Michigan.... Most incredible concert I've ever been to! Sat
at an angle to the stage off to the right about 8 rows up from the floor.

If you want a taste of what that performance was like it's imortalized in part on film as "Join Together"/"Road Runner"/"My
Generation Blues" in "The Kid's are Alright" the extremely well done Who Documentary film... Rent the DVD and check it out
if you have the chance.

Runner Up:

The J Geils Band at Chrysler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan... winter of 1974. Tour was right after the
released "Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle". Holy Crap did these guys put on one helluva' show!