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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: michigancat on December 30, 2010, 08:00:23 AM
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Most of these are from my high school days.
The first:
No Doubt opening for Goo Goo Dolls and Bush at the Kansas Coliseum.
At this point, No Doubt basically had one hit - "I'm Just a Girl" (and maybe "Spiderwebs"). I was like 14 and Gwen Stefani was not a household name but she was hot to my lame high school kurt cobain wannabe ass. My dad would take me to these (because I was 14) and he got a kick out of their horn section, who for some reason was never considered part of the real band.
Goo Goo Dolls were next, and they were basically right after "Name" was released to radio. "Name" was their only song that used an acoustic guitar at that time. This was what most of their stuff sounded like at the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66WZtvKmI4 And they were pretty good.
Bush was kind of lame. They only had one album out and that was all they played from (the one that had Machine Head and Glycerine). Gavin had nice hair.
More to come.
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Every Kansas kid ever in the entire world was at that concert.
sd addition: Collective Soul at the Cotillion Ballroom around that same time
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Every Kansas kid ever in the entire world was at that concert.
sd addition: Collective Soul at the Cotillion Ballroom around that same time
It was amazing. Did not go to Collective Soul. (they were not "heavy" enough for me)
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sd addition: The old "Oz" Fests that weren't connected to the white trashy "Ozz" Fests but were instead KStateo versions with non-white trash bands. I think I saw, like, Marcy Playground, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, misc other basically one hit 90s alt/pop bands.
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sd addition: The old "Oz" Fests that weren't connected to the white trashy "Ozz" Fests but were instead KStateo versions with non-white trash bands. I think I saw, like, Marcy Playground, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, misc other basically one hit 90s alt/pop bands.
Yeah, the Smithereens were headliners like every year before they got Smashmouth.
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I saw Incubus and Hoobastank at the Kansas Colosseum back in 2001. It may have been 2002. I don't know; somewhere around there.
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Concert #2:
Jawbreaker
Ween
Foo Fighters
at the Cotillion Ballroom. I LOVE the Cotillion. It is just unbelievably weird. Like I said, I was a Nirvana dork, so seeing Dave Grohl was like the next best thing since Cobain was dead.
Jawbreaker: They were some kind of pop/punk thing. Pretty OK.
Ween: At the time, I HATED THEM. It was Gene and Dean Ween on stage with a drum machine. No band. They were playing for a bunch of jerkoff kids and knew it. They didn't give a eff. I hated them. I had a discussion with some other 14 year old alt-douchebag about how it wasn't true music because they didn't have a drummer. Looking back, I now appreciate how rough ridin' brilliant they were. I would LOVE to see a video of it.
Foo Fighters: They were really good. That first Foo Fighters CD is/was an incredible rock album. I was right in front of Pat Smear. I kept trying to get him to give me a guitar pick. He never did. I had to get out of there before the encore, and he gave a pick to someone right where I was standing during the encore. :curse:
My dad wore overalls to this one.
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Is this a thread specifically for concerts in Wichita? I'd love to join in here, but I've never attended any in Wichita.
T-Y,
ETP
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Is this a thread specifically for concerts in Wichita?
YES!
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Is this a thread specifically for concerts in Wichita?
YES!
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:clack:
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I saw Incubus and Hoobastank at the Kansas Colosseum back in 2001. It may have been 2002. I don't know; somewhere around there.
I was at that one, good show....
Also saw Linkin Park with Cyprus Hill around that time too...
A year later I saw Disturbed with Taproot, Chevelle, and Unloco
These were all at the Colosseum
Saw Breaking Benjamin at the Cotillion with Evans Blue and some other band I can't remember...
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Amazing thread! Wichita may have to change its name to Concertopolis.
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was forced to see Mudvayne and Linkin Park at the Kansas Coliseum in 2003. Kind of ruined live musical performances for me until seeing The Boss at Sprint in 08
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Pearl Jam - Century II '93 <<my first concert, most of you were not alive yet. This was a big rough ridin' deal back then you little shits.
Smashing Pumpkins - Kansas Coliseum '96 << they had weird speakers and none of them were dead yet or kicked out from drugs I think.
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Next:
EyeHateGod
Deftones
White Zombie
Pantera
at the Coliseum. This was the first one I attended without a parent. Had a sweet uniform shirt and chain wallet...I went as "Rod" from Interstate Batteries.
Got in during the middle of EyeHateGod. They sucked.
Deftones: Loved them at that age. Bought their CD immediately after the show.
During the intermission between Deftones and White Zombie, I had a discussion about how shitty the music they were playing between sets was. (I was such a little shithead). She was messed up out of her mind and informed me that the music was from the greatest drummer of all time, Mickey Hart. Who gives a eff. I also worked my way up to the very front against the railing. Also chatted up a security guy who was wearing his Oklahoma high school football state championship ring. I was impressed.
White Zombie: They were cool. Felt the heat from their fireworks and crap. It was during White Zombie that the crowd started to get a little crazy. I had to leave the railing. The Mickey Hart girl looked like she was about to pass out. Back amongst the masses, I began encountering the mosh pits, filled with 300 pound skinheads that looked like they want to kill everyone. I also crowd surfed at this time, which was rough ridin' awesome, and something I will never do again.
At the end of White Zombie, they released a bunch of confetti. Rumors were floating that they contained hits of acid. I did not lick any confetti.
Pantera: I hadn't really heard any of their music, because it didn't get played on their radio. Really, this is who the skinheads and crazy fuckers came to see. The kind of guys who thought they sold out with "Great Southern Trendkill" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opyVdN8GZtc <-seriously, they thought they sold out with this. I just remember a blur of loudness and elbows and crap, with Anselmo, who seemed ridiculously wasted, only paused to drink Jack Daniels from the bottle and tell fans to start beating the crap out of each other and stop waiting for him to "light his dick on fire" (I think this was a shot at White Zombie).
Good times.
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Is this a thread specifically for concerts in Wichita?
YES!
Well then eff this thread. WGAF about wichita?
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Is this a thread specifically for concerts in Wichita?
YES!
Well then eff this thread. WGAF about wichita?
Trust me, it's interesting.
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ks farm kids GAF about wichita concerts I can assure you.
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Did you guys hear that Lady Gaga came to the Sprint Center? :gocho:
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George Strait came to the Scott County Fair before I was born. :cool:
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sd addition: The old "Oz" Fests that weren't connected to the white trashy "Ozz" Fests but were instead KStateo versions with non-white trash bands. I think I saw, like, Marcy Playground, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, misc other basically one hit 90s alt/pop bands.
Gravity Kills? Sponge? Also, that one loser band that sang the song about two princes or princesses or some crap. I remember people sitting down and booing them. Ah, Spin Doctors. Just remembered. God they were awful.
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Pumpkins - Kansas Coliseum '96 << they had weird speakers and none of them were dead yet or kicked out from drugs I think.
Went to this concert. I think it was right after they booted the drummer or he died or whatever. :whocares:
I liked them a lot less after this concert.
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sd addition: The old "Oz" Fests that weren't connected to the white trashy "Ozz" Fests but were instead KStateo versions with non-white trash bands. I think I saw, like, Marcy Playground, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, misc other basically one hit 90s alt/pop bands.
Gravity Kills? Sponge? Also, that one loser band that sang the song about two princes or princesses or some crap. I remember people sitting down and booing them. Ah, Spin Doctors. Just remembered. God they were awful.
Oh man, Sponge, forgot about them. I went through a stage that was about 3 months long where Sponge was my favorite band.
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Goldfinger and Save Ferris at Crown Bingo in 97.
Goldfinger was incredible, as expected. Save Ferris was a poor man's No Doubt, entertaining.
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sd addition: The old "Oz" Fests that weren't connected to the white trashy "Ozz" Fests but were instead KStateo versions with non-white trash bands. I think I saw, like, Marcy Playground, Sugar Ray, Smashmouth, misc other basically one hit 90s alt/pop bands.
Gravity Kills? Sponge? Also, that one loser band that sang the song about two princes or princesses or some crap. I remember people sitting down and booing them. Ah, Spin Doctors. Just remembered. God they were awful.
Oh man, Sponge, forgot about them. I went through a stage that was about 3 months long where Sponge was my favorite band.
Me too. I never liked them until that show. Then I loved them for a while. Still listen to them every once in a while.
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elite days in SW KS were days when T95 out of Wichita would come in on our radios and we could listen to something that wasn't Adult Contemp. Top 40s/Country/Christian/Rush Limbaugh. Oh man, those were the days (usually cloudy). We all tried installing those FM signal booster things but they never worked.
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Matchbox Twenty, Everclear, & Lifehouse in 2000. Amazing concert. Even if Everclear couldn't perform on account of food poisoning. I don't know if you guys have been in Kansas Coliseum in a while but just looking at it right now.......it's total crap. Don't know how big acts even went there (NCAA men's basketball tournament was there as well - the Fab Five were sent there).
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Crown Bingo
YES!
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Concert #2:
Jawbreaker
Ween
Foo Fighters
eff, I would love this show today.
Only concert I went to in Wichita was Tool in the summer of 2002. Drove down from KC and hung out at the Colosseum from noon onwards. Talked to Danny Carey's parents (they are from Paola) and then got front row on the railing. The railing kept popping during the show, thought there was going to be an accident. One of Mike Patton's million bands opened and everyone hated them, typical Tool crowd.
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Next:
EyeHateGod
Deftones
White Zombie
Pantera
at the Coliseum. This was the first one I attended without a parent. Had a sweet uniform shirt and chain wallet...I went as "Rod" from Interstate Batteries.
Got in during the middle of EyeHateGod. They sucked.
Deftones: Loved them at that age. Bought their CD immediately after the show.
During the intermission between Deftones and White Zombie, I had a discussion about how shitty the music they were playing between sets was. (I was such a little shithead). She was messed up out of her mind and informed me that the music was from the greatest drummer of all time, Mickey Hart. Who gives a eff. I also worked my way up to the very front against the railing. Also chatted up a security guy who was wearing his Oklahoma high school football state championship ring. I was impressed.
White Zombie: They were cool. Felt the heat from their fireworks and crap. It was during White Zombie that the crowd started to get a little crazy. I had to leave the railing. The Mickey Hart girl looked like she was about to pass out. Back amongst the masses, I began encountering the mosh pits, filled with 300 pound skinheads that looked like they want to kill everyone. I also crowd surfed at this time, which was rough ridin' awesome, and something I will never do again.
At the end of White Zombie, they released a bunch of confetti. Rumors were floating that they contained hits of acid. I did not lick any confetti.
Pantera: I hadn't really heard any of their music, because it didn't get played on their radio. Really, this is who the skinheads and crazy fuckers came to see. The kind of guys who thought they sold out with "Great Southern Trendkill" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opyVdN8GZtc <-seriously, they thought they sold out with this. I just remember a blur of loudness and elbows and crap, with Anselmo, who seemed ridiculously wasted, only paused to drink Jack Daniels from the bottle and tell fans to start beating the crap out of each other and stop waiting for him to "light his dick on fire" (I think this was a shot at White Zombie).
Good times.
This was one of the best concerts I have ever seen in Wichita. Zombie stole the show which really pissed off Phil from Pantera. He bitched the entire set.
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Matchbox Twenty, Everclear, & Lifehouse in 2000. Amazing concert. Even if Everclear couldn't perform on account of food poisoning. I don't know if you guys have been in Kansas Coliseum in a while but just looking at it right now.......it's total crap. Don't know how big acts even went there (NCAA men's basketball tournament was there as well - the Fab Five were sent there).
Was here. Hated Matchbox20 and Lifehouse. They kept saying they weren't going to refund the money for people who came for Everclear until Rob Thomas came out and said they would. I guess it put enough pressure on them to get me my money back.
Saw Everclear later at the Cotillion. American Hi-Fi opened for them. They were bad but it was awesome in a totally 90s way.
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1st concert was "the beach boys" after a wranglers game.
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Have had many glorious moments inside the Kansas Coliseum that didn't involve the Wichita Wings
Aerosmith - 1990. My first concert! Black Crowes opened
Bad Company/Damn Yankees - 1991. Great show, Ted Nugent busted out his bow and shot a flaming arrow into Saddam's throat. A plywood cutout, not the real Saddam.
Ozzy - 1992. The No More Tours Tour, lol. Alice In Chains :love:, plus the opener was Sepultura, a weird Brazilian speed metal band.
Def Leppard - 1993
Moved up to Manhattan in 94 so haven't able to make it down to the Mausoleum very much since then
Seems like I'm forgetting a couple, but those were just at the Coliseum. Cotillion was awesome, West Bank Stage, Century II. Wichita had it going on
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This was one of the best concerts I have ever seen in Wichita. Zombie stole the show which really pissed off Phil from Pantera. He bitched the entire set.
Was one of the best for me in Wichita, too. Forgot to mention the White Zombie video that was some sort of random Japanese porn that had a girl shooting fire out of her vagina. Was awesome.
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split lip at some airfield a couple of years ago.
steel drum band at morts ten years ago.
hosty duo at luckys last year.
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George Strait came to the Scott County Fair before I was born. :cool:
Rumor has it that Rush played at the 3-I building in Garden City back in the 70's. :gocho:
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George Strait came to the Scott County Fair before I was born. :cool:
9 months before you were born?? :surprised:
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KISS in '96 (?) and some opening act I don't even think I was in the Colosseum to see. I promise my concert resume is better in KC, Lawrence, and MHK
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Matchbox Twenty, Everclear, & Lifehouse in 2000. Amazing concert. Even if Everclear couldn't perform on account of food poisoning. I don't know if you guys have been in Kansas Coliseum in a while but just looking at it right now.......it's total cac. Don't know how big acts even went there (NCAA men's basketball tournament was there as well - the Fab Five were sent there).
Was here. Hated Matchbox20 and Lifehouse. They kept saying they weren't going to refund the money for people who came for Everclear until Rob Thomas came out and said they would. I guess it put enough pressure on them to get me my money back.
Saw Everclear later at the Cotillion. American Hi-Fi opened for them. They were bad but it was awesome in a totally 90s way.
I could've got a refund? :horrorsurprise:
Do you remember that crazy bitch that ran on stage and tackled Rob Thomas? I remember that like it was yesterday, and I was 10! :horrorsurprise: :emawkid:
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Matchbox Twenty, Everclear, & Lifehouse in 2000. Amazing concert. Even if Everclear couldn't perform on account of food poisoning. I don't know if you guys have been in Kansas Coliseum in a while but just looking at it right now.......it's total cac. Don't know how big acts even went there (NCAA men's basketball tournament was there as well - the Fab Five were sent there).
Was here. Hated Matchbox20 and Lifehouse. They kept saying they weren't going to refund the money for people who came for Everclear until Rob Thomas came out and said they would. I guess it put enough pressure on them to get me my money back.
Saw Everclear later at the Cotillion. American Hi-Fi opened for them. They were bad but it was awesome in a totally 90s way.
I could've got a refund? :horrorsurprise:
Do you remember that crazy bitch that ran on stage and tackled Rob Thomas? I remember that like it was yesterday, and I was 10! :horrorsurprise: :emawkid:
I sprinted to the exit as soon as I heard a refund was possible. The only reason we stayed that long was because my ride refused to leave until he could flip off rob thomas. Turned out paying off
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Concerts are a HUGE "meh."
I used to go in the olden days. Now, it's just loud non-sense that drones on forever.....I'm looking at you Widespread Panic. :jerk:
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Damn, white people.
My first real concert was also at the Kansas Coliseum. Brandy opened for Boyz II Men in 1995, this was Brandy's first tour and her first album and after Boyz II Men released II. Fantastic concert. I also saw Nickleback (free tickets) at the KC. Saw Mike Jones at the Cotillion, he stood by the door at the end of the show and talked to people as they were leaving, and finally DMB at Intrust, meh.
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ks farm kids GAF about wichita concerts I can assure you.
Never went to Wichita in my high school years. Way too far away. Once stopped there and ate at Spangles on the way home from a grade school math contest (<--blerd cred). I did, however, go to the Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa.
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Damn, white people.
My first real concert was also at the Kansas Coliseum. Brandy opened for Boyz II Men in 1995, this was Brandy's first tour and her first album and after Boyz II Men released II.
My college roommate remains outraged at the public reception of Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya and has linked it (as a cultural indicator) to 9/11.
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elite days in SW KS were days when T95 out of Wichita would come in on our radios and we could listen to something that wasn't Adult Contemp. Top 40s/Country/Christian/Rush Limbaugh. Oh man, those were the days (usually cloudy). We all tried installing those FM signal booster things but they never worked.
omg, yes
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elite days in SW KS were days when T95 out of Wichita would come in on our radios and we could listen to something that wasn't Adult Contemp. Top 40s/Country/Christian/Rush Limbaugh. Oh man, those were the days (usually cloudy). We all tried installing those FM signal booster things but they never worked.
omg, yes
Sometimes we'd get 107.3 kkrd on my way to school. Don't remember ever getting T95, but it was fun mocking K95 out of Dodge. "All the hits, without hard rock or rap." Or "hit after hit after hit, the most music, K95"
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Damn, white people.
My first real concert was also at the Kansas Coliseum. Brandy opened for Boyz II Men in 1995, this was Brandy's first tour and her first album and after Boyz II Men released II.
My college roommate remains outraged at the public reception of Nathan Michael Shawn Wanya and has linked it (as a cultural indicator) to 9/11.
Any brotha from Philly is going to be hard, just a fact of life. Motown did a great job of molding them into what the general public wanted young black men to be. The Mike & Shawn feud is pretty funny/sad.
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quick ot question...was growing up in western kansas as cacty as i imagine it to be? it just sounds horrible when all of you hicks drone on and on about it.
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quick ot question...was growing up in western kansas as cacty as i imagine it to be? it just sounds horrible when all of you hicks drone on and on about it.
We became really good at fighting sissies from other places.
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quick ot question...was growing up in western kansas as cacty as i imagine it to be? it just sounds horrible when all of you hicks drone on and on about it.
We became really good at fighting sissies from other places.
howdy partner don't shoot me with your smith and wesson you hayseed freak from the western ks cactus fields :lol:
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quick ot question...was growing up in western kansas as cacty as i imagine it to be? it just sounds horrible when all of you hicks drone on and on about it.
We became really good at fighting sissies from other places.
howdy partner don't shoot me with your smith and wesson you hayseed freak from the western ks cactus fields :lol:
yeah. dear wester kansas hayseeds- please don't shoot me w/ your six shooter and i'll promise to give you a new fandangled radio tuner radio that you can listen to all your favorite ditties and hootanannies on.
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ya he can take his radio tuner to the square dance and doosie do some female hayseeds :lol:
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quick ot question...was growing up in western kansas as cacty as i imagine it to be? it just sounds horrible when all of you hicks drone on and on about it.
We became really good at fighting sissies from other places.
howdy partner don't shoot me with your smith and wesson you hayseed freak from the western ks cactus fields :lol:
yeah. dear wester kansas hayseeds- please don't shoot me w/ your six shooter and i'll promise to give you a new fandangled radio tuner radio that you can listen to all your favorite ditties and hootanannies on.
Check this out, I knew this dude from Western Kansas, he was a real hick.
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quick ot question...was growing up in western kansas as cacty as i imagine it to be? it just sounds horrible when all of you hicks drone on and on about it.
We became really good at fighting sissies from other places.
howdy partner don't shoot me with your smith and wesson you hayseed freak from the western ks cactus fields :lol:
yeah. dear wester kansas hayseeds- please don't shoot me w/ your six shooter and i'll promise to give you a new fandangled radio tuner radio that you can listen to all your favorite ditties and hootanannies on.
Check this out, I knew this dude from Western Kansas, he was a real hick.
:popcorn:
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Roomed with a western kansan'er this past semester. Let me tell you, this guy was about as hick as it gets.
True story: he showed up with boots made out of an ostrich. Seriously. Wearing a flightless bird on your feet passes for style out there. Just bizarre.
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Damn, white people.
My first real concert was also at the Kansas Coliseum. Brandy opened for Boyz II Men in 1995, this was Brandy's first tour and her first album and after Boyz II Men released II. Fantastic concert.
Was this the Budwieser Superfest Tour, which oddly enough, no bear was served at the concert? I remember going to a Boyz II Men concert around this time. don't remember brandy being there, but do remember Silk (I think). Bel Biv Devoe was supposed to be there and canceled....
First concert in wichita was Motley Crue Dr Feelgood Tour when I was 14. Won the tickets on the radio.
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Jawbreaker: They were some kind of pop/punk thing. Pretty OK.
Come on, the music thread is named after you. :nono:
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Damn, white people.
My first real concert was also at the Kansas Coliseum. Brandy opened for Boyz II Men in 1995, this was Brandy's first tour and her first album and after Boyz II Men released II. Fantastic concert.
Was this the Budwieser Superfest Tour, which oddly enough, no bear was served at the concert? I remember going to a Boyz II Men concert around this time. don't remember brandy being there, but do remember Silk (I think). Bel Biv Devoe was supposed to be there and canceled....
No, I would have love to have seen Silk. The concert I saw was for the II tour
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Saw Dick Dale and the Deltones at the Cotillion in 01. Got kicked out before Dick could autograph my cd, which he had promised to do. :heartbroken:
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Myself and papaERiI will be there
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Myself and papaERiI will be there
Oh man....I may have to attend this one.
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April 22nd, 1998 - The Kansas Coliseum - Korn, Rob Zombie, Videodrone: First concert JungeSonntag ever attended :gocho:
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April 22nd - The Kansas Coliseum - Korn, Rob Zombie, Videodrone: First concert JungeSonntag ever attended :gocho:
Metalhead ERII, pak?
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I'm in, been wanting to see Korn for years.
Edit: NEVERMIND!
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and everybody promenaaaaaaaaade!
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April 22nd - The Kansas Coliseum - Korn, Rob Zombie, Videodrone: First concert JungeSonntag ever attended :gocho:
Metalhead ERII, pak?
This hasn't been a very good day for you and times, days, years, etc.
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First concert I saw in Wichita was Lita Ford opening for Motley Crue. I think I saw Skid Row open for Bon Jovi there that same year.
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First concert I saw in Wichita was Lita Ford opening for Motley Crue. I think I saw Skid Row open for Bon Jovi there that same year.
Good news, they're all playing at Barnacle Bill's Fantasea this summer.
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April 22nd - The Kansas Coliseum - Korn, Rob Zombie, Videodrone: First concert JungeSonntag ever attended :gocho:
Metalhead ERII, pak?
This hasn't been a very good day for you and times, days, years, etc.
Probably my bad on that one, i'd intended to include the year... Videodrone has been broken up for close to 15 years now.
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First concert I saw in Wichita was Lita Ford opening for Motley Crue. I think I saw Skid Row open for Bon Jovi there that same year.
Good news, they're all playing at Barnacle Bill's Fantasea this summer.
Not true. Motley Crue just announced that they're breaking up.
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Myself and papaERiI will be there
:peek: but for real this time. (Of course, not for real this time.)
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First concert I saw in Wichita was Lita Ford opening for Motley Crue. I think I saw Skid Row open for Bon Jovi there that same year.
I also was at Lita Ford/Crue concert. Dr. Feelgood Tour. Other Wichita concerts were:
Cinderella/Bullet Boys/Winger :Hook'em:(Lots of hairspray at this one)
Van Halen (Sammy Hagar)
Tesla
George Strait/some Canadian chick
Ted Nugent out at Lake Afton at some music fest.
Kid Rock/Jaime Johnston at IBA.
Know I saw a few others at various establishments but was to pakd to remember/realize who they were.
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Pearl Jam / Urge Overkill, Century II. The bootleg recording CD was called "World Jam" and I have it! :love:
Winger / Blackfish, West Bank Stage, first ever T-95 Oz Fest.
Collective Soul, KS Coliseum, also some cheap T-95 promotion.
Spin Doctors / Sponge, Sedgwick County Park. Terrible venue, terrible bands!
Green Day, Cotillion Ballroom
Foo Fighters / Ween, Cotillion. Ween played "The HIV Song" and we were all like, "Who are these guys? :ROFL:"
Bush / Goo Goo Dolls / No Doubt, KS Coliseum. Fun fact: the Goos had to play a rushed set because their lead singer had hiccups or some other ailment.
Smashing Pumpkins, KS Coliseum. The floor had seats because of the Pumpkins' stance against moshing.
Stone Temple Pilots / Cheap Trick, KS Coliseum. The night before my last day of high school! :excited:
Third Eye Blind / Space Monkeys, Cotillion. Met Stephen Jenkins afterward - he was the worst. I'm still sad that grade-A douche like that got to bang Charlize Theron. The Space Monkeys guy was cool, though.
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Pearl Jam / Urge Overkill, Century II. The bootleg recording CD was called "World Jam" and I have it! :love:
Winger / Blackfish, West Bank Stage, first ever T-95 Oz Fest.
Collective Soul, KS Coliseum, also some cheap T-95 promotion.
Spin Doctors / Sponge, Sedgwick County Park. Terrible venue, terrible bands!
Green Day, Cotillion Ballroom
Foo Fighters / Ween, Cotillion. Ween played "The HIV Song" and we were all like, "Who are these guys? :ROFL:"
Bush / Goo Goo Dolls / No Doubt, KS Coliseum. Fun fact: the Goos had to play a rushed set because their lead singer had hiccups or some other ailment.
Smashing Pumpkins, KS Coliseum. The floor had seats because of the Pumpkins' stance against moshing.
Stone Temple Pilots / Cheap Trick, KS Coliseum. The night before my last day of high school! :excited:
Third Eye Blind / Space Monkeys, Cotillion. Met Stephen Jenkins afterward - he was the worst. I'm still sad that grade-A douche like that got to bang Charlize Theron. The Space Monkeys guy was cool, though.
we were at some of the same shows. Here is my great review:
Concert #2:
Jawbreaker
Ween
Foo Fighters
at the Cotillion Ballroom. I LOVE the Cotillion. It is just unbelievably weird. Like I said, I was a Nirvana dork, so seeing Dave Grohl was like the next best thing since Cobain was dead.
Jawbreaker: They were some kind of pop/punk thing. Pretty OK.
Ween: At the time, I HATED THEM. It was Gene and Dean Ween on stage with a drum machine. No band. They were playing for a bunch of jerkoff kids and knew it. They didn't give a eff. I hated them. I had a discussion with some other 14 year old alt-douchebag about how it wasn't true music because they didn't have a drummer. Looking back, I now appreciate how rough ridin' brilliant they were. I would LOVE to see a video of it.
Foo Fighters: They were really good. That first Foo Fighters CD is/was an incredible rock album. I was right in front of Pat Smear. I kept trying to get him to give me a guitar pick. He never did. I had to get out of there before the encore, and he gave a pick to someone right where I was standing during the encore. :curse:
My dad wore overalls to this one.
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Tornado Rose, Jon's Ale House, night of winning last year's hoops 'ship.
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yikes... a lot. from 2002 - 2006 went to 100+ local diy shows and festivals. the only big show that i can remember going to was Dave Attel, Lewis Black and Mitch Hedberg at the Cotilllion.
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yikes... a lot. from 2002 - 2006 went to 100+ local diy shows and festivals.
how depressing
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yikes... a lot. from 2002 - 2006 went to 100+ local diy shows and festivals.
how depressing
j/k good for you
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split lip out at marshall airfield
hosty duo at luckys
some steel drum band at morts
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Got tickets.
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Got tickets.
You snag me one? Also, need jean shorts.
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Got tickets.
You snag me one? Also, need jean shorts.
Hater!
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Weird Al at the Cotilliion
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Got tickets.
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A couple OZ Fests at the Coloseum and Snoop Dog at the Cotillion.
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Oh and one Wichita Symphony at Century II.
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A couple OZ Fests at the Coloseum and Snoop Dog at the Cotillion.
95' when they had the two stages and the carnival. Smash Mouth, No Dobt, Marcy Playground :excited:
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Just for you youngsters Ricky Nelson '60 at the Forum, also Black Sabbath and Mountain '71 at Henry Levitt
Many more, but those should impress ya :Woot:
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I know a guy that saw Elvis at Henry-Levitt
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A couple OZ Fests at the Coloseum and Snoop Dog at the Cotillion.
95' when they had the two stages and the carnival. Smash Mouth, No Dobt, Marcy Playground :excited:
Muddy mosh pits!
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I know a guy that saw Elvis at Henry-Levitt
Saw Saliva there. :facepalm:
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I saw Incubus and Hoobastank at the Kansas Colosseum back in 2001. It may have been 2002. I don't know; somewhere around there.
Was at this one, i remember the crowd getting pissed because Incubus took so long to setup after Hoobastank's set was over.
Also Weezer/Pete Yorn in the 2001-2002 time.
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I saw Incubus and Hoobastank at the Kansas Colosseum back in 2001. It may have been 2002. I don't know; somewhere around there.
Was at this one, i remember the crowd getting pissed because Incubus took so long to setup after Hoobastank's set was over.
i got way too pak'd beforehand and took a "nap" in the car for the whole show :facepalm:
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Just for you youngsters Ricky Nelson '60 at the Forum, also Black Sabbath and Mountain '71 at Henry Levitt
Many more, but those should impress ya :Woot:
black sabbath in 1971 has got to just be increds
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Just for you youngsters Ricky Nelson '60 at the Forum, also Black Sabbath and Mountain '71 at Henry Levitt
Many more, but those should impress ya :Woot:
black sabbath in 1971 has got to just be increds
yea, totes mcgoats jelly.
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Just for you youngsters Ricky Nelson '60 at the Forum, also Black Sabbath and Mountain '71 at Henry Levitt
Many more, but those should impress ya :Woot:
black sabbath in 1971 has got to just be increds
yea, totes mcgoats jelly.
Your new episode of Workaholics was hilarious last night. Good work.
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do ICT's pro-life/anti-abortion protestors still greet concert-goers with pictures of aborted babies and whatnot?
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Most of these are from my high school days.
The first:
No Doubt opening for Goo Goo Dolls and Bush at the Kansas Coliseum.
At this point, No Doubt basically had one hit - "I'm Just a Girl" (and maybe "Spiderwebs"). I was like 14 and Gwen Stefani was not a household name but she was hot to my lame high school kurt cobain wannabe ass. My dad would take me to these (because I was 14) and he got a kick out of their horn section, who for some reason was never considered part of the real band.
Goo Goo Dolls were next, and they were basically right after "Name" was released to radio. "Name" was their only song that used an acoustic guitar at that time. This was what most of their stuff sounded like at the time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c66WZtvKmI4 And they were pretty good.
Bush was kind of lame. They only had one album out and that was all they played from (the one that had Machine Head and Glycerine). Gavin had nice hair.
More to come.
I was there too, pretty much front row, but back and forth a lil bit because we never had crowd control in those days. I'm glad arena shows give ya a lil breathing room now.
You're wrong about Bush though. That REM - "One I love" rendition was strong!!
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Next:
EyeHateGod
Deftones
White Zombie
Pantera
at the Coliseum. This was the first one I attended without a parent. Had a sweet uniform shirt and chain wallet...I went as "Rod" from Interstate Batteries.
Got in during the middle of EyeHateGod. They sucked.
Deftones: Loved them at that age. Bought their CD immediately after the show.
During the intermission between Deftones and White Zombie, I had a discussion about how shitty the music they were playing between sets was. (I was such a little shithead). She was messed up out of her mind and informed me that the music was from the greatest drummer of all time, Mickey Hart. Who gives a eff. I also worked my way up to the very front against the railing. Also chatted up a security guy who was wearing his Oklahoma high school football state championship ring. I was impressed.
White Zombie: They were cool. Felt the heat from their fireworks and crap. It was during White Zombie that the crowd started to get a little crazy. I had to leave the railing. The Mickey Hart girl looked like she was about to pass out. Back amongst the masses, I began encountering the mosh pits, filled with 300 pound skinheads that looked like they want to kill everyone. I also crowd surfed at this time, which was rough ridin' awesome, and something I will never do again.
At the end of White Zombie, they released a bunch of confetti. Rumors were floating that they contained hits of acid. I did not lick any confetti.
Pantera: I hadn't really heard any of their music, because it didn't get played on their radio. Really, this is who the skinheads and crazy fuckers came to see. The kind of guys who thought they sold out with "Great Southern Trendkill" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opyVdN8GZtc <-seriously, they thought they sold out with this. I just remember a blur of loudness and elbows and crap, with Anselmo, who seemed ridiculously wasted, only paused to drink Jack Daniels from the bottle and tell fans to start beating the crap out of each other and stop waiting for him to "light his dick on fire" (I think this was a shot at White Zombie).
Good times.
There too.
Do I know you IRL??
Panera was great by the way.
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Motley Crue Intrust Bank Arena July 12th! :excited:
Got tickets.
You snag me one? Also, need jean shorts.
Scored floor seats today.
Love me some CRÜE..
They ain't fancy and deep they're just plain fun!!
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Dad got us vip meet and greet tix for the KC show :surprised:
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Sounds great.
When I was a kid I wanted to grow up and be Motley Crüe. My sibs and I would watch MTV behind our parents back and when their vids would come on I would grab the broomstick, air guitar it up, and jump off the couch.
Now they're great workout music. I enjoy the finer deeper tastes too, but there is nothing wrong with the buzzing rhythms of Motley Crüe.
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The Snoop Dogg concert was so great. Nate Dog was not able to make an appearance but guess who did? Snoop's nephew Warren G. Oh MY GOD! We (everyone in the building) totally flipped our shiznit.
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Eugene Mirman ?@EugeneMirman 19h
Sometime in 2000 or 2001 I made a video where I was in Motley Crue: http://t.co/87GWfKvzdv (http://t.co/87GWfKvzdv)
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There too.
Do I know you IRL??
Panera was great by the way.
It's not bad. I mean their soups are pretty decent.
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There too.
Do I know you IRL??
Panera was great by the way.
It's not bad. I mean their soups are pretty decent.
the breakfast souffles are the BITB for fast food/fast casual breakfast
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Okay maybe Pantera was just okay,'but now I'm stoked because they have like a carbless breakfast bowl.
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Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion) at the Cotillion 2/23/14
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Was he like 2 hours late?
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Something like that. It's pretty common for him. No matter, the show was great. And a bit "foggy". I didn't see anyone having a bad time.
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Armored Saint, Metallica and WASP at the Cotillion in Jan or Feb 1985. All had great sets but Metallica tore the roof of that bitch ... only to turn into twats 5 years later.
Metal Church, Anthrax, MegaDeth and many more at the round mount of sound over the years. Hammered and banging my head at all of them.
Oh yeah ... saw Dead Orchestra in a pasture out by that shithole Haven one night.
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Saw a flyer for some random metal gig that supposedly included a live sex show about 1990. Me and some bros loaded up and drove to a building downtown where it was supposed to be at only to find out that the Jesus police had got it shut down rough ridin' sanctimonious assholes.
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I know this thread is for throwback concerts in Wichita, but Brody Buster Band is playing some bar called Lucky's Everyday tonight. Really good band
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I know this thread is for throwback concerts in Wichita, but Brody Buster Band is playing some bar called Lucky's Everyday tonight. Really good band
Lucky's is great.
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I know this thread is for throwback concerts in Wichita, but Brody Buster Band is playing some bar called Lucky's Everyday tonight. Really good band
Lucky's is great.
Hipsters gonna hipster
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I was so close to Tommy Lee that I might be pregnant right now.
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I was so close to Tommy Lee that I might be pregnant right now.
latex pants, tho
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I was so close to Tommy Lee that I might be pregnant right now.
Saw Madonna in Chicago once and she walked out into a stage in the crowd about 30 ft from our seats and the very stereotypical gay man next to started freaking out and yelled to his companion "omg, she's so close I can smell her $!#*! "
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Gooch, how long did they play for tonight, 2 hours?
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Armored Saint, Metallica and WASP at the Cotillion in Jan or Feb 1985. All had great sets but Metallica tore the roof of that bitch ... only to turn into twats 5 years later.
Metal Church, Anthrax, MegaDeth and many more at the round mount of sound over the years. Hammered and banging my head at all of them.
Oh yeah ... saw Dead Orchestra in a pasture out by that shithole Haven one night.
Omg. This post is amazing
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Hellhammer is big city bruh.
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Lee, meanwhile, was on an elevated platform, backlit so the audience could fully appreciate the frenetic energy he still possesses. The crew did not, however, set up Lee’s drum coaster, which at some stops on the tour delivers him on a wild ride through the arena with his drum set. Though Intrust Bank Arena’s ceiling is capable of handling the rig, the crew decided not to use it on the stop, arena officials said.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/2014/07/12/3551082/motley-crue-it-was-loud-there.html#storylink=cpy
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https://twitter.com/Gooch_goEMAW/status/488161708255350784
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This is one of those threads that pops up in your unread replies and you're just like "what on earth could I have contributed here?"
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This is one of those threads that pops up in your unread replies and you're just like "what on earth could I have contributed here?"
Imagine if the thread was "PAKs I've attended in Wichita."
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This is one of those threads that pops up in your unread replies and you're just like "what on earth could I have contributed here?"
Imagine if the thread was "PAKs I've attended in Wichita."
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Gooch, how long did they play for tonight, 2 hours?
The whole show was about 3.5 hours.
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It's just amazing how far Wichita has come in the past 35-40 years... In July of '87, the Sedgwick County Commission banned them from playing at the Kansas Coliseum. I hope none of you were adversely affected by that "devil music".
A scheduled July 10 concert by Motley Crue in Wichita's Kansas Coliseum has been canceled by the Sedgwick County Commission. After listening to two hours of debate between church agents and rock fans Wednesday night, the commission decided not to take any chances and voted to bar the band.
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Mötley Crüe eh? Interesting choice of concert to attend.
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Way to hungover yesterday to post a recap. Will try to get it done tonight.
spoiler alert: It was very good.
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Way to hungover yesterday to post a recap. Will try to get it done tonight.
spoiler alert: It was very good.
Your tweets alone have us seeking the best available tickets for Wednesday night's show in Dallas.
:thumbsup: