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New York, NY
It was a news story I just saw that reminded me of this. They had pinball and other amusements backstage.
1 week later
When Students returned to UNC it was a special time for all Employees. This is our reason for being! Everything worked with clockwork, much like Disneyworld. The smell of a University like Carolina is very special. Each Building had its own individual odor,
To think a Quirk could disrupt this, make it Legend is simply preposterous.
Yet it is happening.
O-din: who were the other acts on this tour/venue?
I saw him in NYC at MSG in 73. Flo and Eddie ie The Turtles were the backup. My first of many concerts. Dancing teeth and toothbrush along with all the other stage antics. Memorable to this day.
Quoted from Nhpolarbear:O-din: who were the other acts on this tour/venue?
Alice Cooper, The Tubes, Nazareth, Sha Na Na
Quoted from phil-lee:The smell of a University like Carolina is very special. Each Building had its own individual odor,
What I remember about school was drinking fountains with lead pipes that weren't even fit to use as a birdbath, and that stinky cafeteria serving green hamburgers.
Lot more peaceful around here without all the cars and mini vans racing up and down the street dropping their kids off at school. Then, in the afternoon doing the same routine. Back in the day, we walked or rode our bikes.
When I was assistance fitness director at a gym here in the early 80’s Alice Cooper worked out there for 5 days. He was an extremely nice guy.
Quoted from Cash_Riprock:When I was assistance fitness director at a gym here in the early 80’s Alice Cooper worked out there for 5 days. He was an extremely nice guy.
Was that after he sobered up, or was he just burning off the alcohol and whatever else he was doing at the time? He was pretty out there for a while.
Great lineup. I’ve seen the tubes 4 or 5 times. Saw them back in the day. That was a stage show to remember. Never saw the other two. I am a Bowser fan.
They had several multiple band festivals at Anaheim Stadium back in the day. I went to a few including one of Skynyrd's very last before the fatal plane crash. That was the beginning of the Street Survivors tour. Also on the bill that day were Ted Nugent on the Cat Scratch tour, Foreigner's first album tour, and REO Speedwagon before they got to be whatever they got to be.
Quoted from Nhpolarbear:I’ve seen the tubes 4 or 5 times. Saw them back in the day. That was a stage show to remember.
Indeed.
A few highlights when I saw Alice Cooper opening for Motley Crue a few years back:
Shortly after entering, I saw a hammered girl fall down. she was wearing a dress, and no panties!!! Yay!!!! 
Alice Cooper made Motley Crew sound like amatures....the guy killed it. GREAT show.
Motley Crue should have hired a different sound engineer. I am a professional audio dude, and the gain was set to high on everything...
I saw him do the Welcome to my Nightmare tour at the Forum on the day school got out for summer. June1975. Brother is a conservative attorney. His secretary laughed as she told me that when my brother found out Alice Cooper was coming into the office as a client his question was, "He doesn't have snakes with him does he"?
Last time I saw Alice was in 1991 at Irvine Meadows with Judas Priest, Motorhead, Metal Church, and Dangerous Toys (Sportin' a Woody).
What a lineup!!!
Looks like someone was filming that night.
Quoted from o-din:Dangerous Toys
Their videos keep playing on an app I run at home.
Goddam Alice Cooper sometimes nearly brought tears to my eyes. Don't know how many times Only Women Bleed almost got me weeping when I had barely even sprouted pubes. And the DJ dude in high school used to play Go To Hell at lunchtime over the loudspeakers.
Someone should make an Alice Cooper pinball machine someday.
Quoted from o-din:Last time I saw Alice was in 1991 at Irvine Meadows with Judas Priest, Motorhead, Metal Church, and Dangerous Toys (Sportin' a Woody).
What a lineup!!!
Looks like someone was filming that night.
I miss Irvine Meadows. Was a great place to see bands. So many great show there before they built condos there.
Quoted from Quadrat:I miss Irvine Meadows. Was a great place to see bands. So many great show there before they built condos there.
Yes, sound quality was great. From a Doobie Brothers reunion to a Crosby Stills and Nash show with David Crosby bragging about his new liver to Queensryche on the original Operation Mindchrime tour and beyond, it was just too convenient not to go.
Quoted from trilogybeer:Here’s my tickets from the show that didn’t happen in April of this year .
I feel way worse for you sir, than my unused Iron Maiden ticket from 1987 at Irvine Meadows. I must have been sick or something.
He was going to be playing right across the street from the Midwest Gaming Classic on that Saturday. Our plan was to watch Alice Cooper then head back over to MGC and play some pinball until about 2am . Would have been a fun night .
Bummer. There will come a time when this virus has run it's course, and we can get back to spreading germs like we used to. And I'm sure Alice will be there too.
Quoted from o-din:Bummer. There will come a time when this virus has run it's course, and we can get back to spreading germs like we used to. And I'm sure Alice will be there too.
Jesus Odin that's terrible.
Maybe time for Alice to retire. For me he should have done that 30 years ago. 
Quoted from tracelifter:Saw this in '77, rock and roll finished Anaheim Stadium not baseball.
Funny, that flyer doesn't mention Rick Derringer. And wasn't he the highlight of the day?
Quoted from o-din:Didn't go to this one. I guess you can't see them all.[quoted image]
how much were these tickets selling for at the time you going to these concerts?
$10 average. That's before bands like The Eagles thought it was worth a fortune to see their sorry asses get back up on the stage after 20 years.
Quoted from o-din:$10 average. That's before bands like The Eagles thought it was worth a fortune to see their sorry asses get back up on the stage after 20 years.
Concerts in Las Vegas were 10 to 15 bucks in the 70's all the time.
Quoted from o-din:Goddam Alice Cooper sometimes nearly brought tears to my eyes. Don't know how many times Only Women Bleed almost got me weeping when I had barely even sprouted pubes. And the DJ dude in high school used to play Go To Hell at lunchtime over the loudspeakers.
Someone should make an Alice Cooper pinball machine someday.
Thankyou for posting that song. I have not heard that one for years. Love it.
Quoted from o-din:$10 average. That's before bands like The Eagles thought it was worth a fortune to see their sorry asses get back up on the stage after 20 years.
Yep! Blew my mind when I saw tickets for the Pink Floyd Animals tour went for $8-10 a ticket at Soldier Field, and 1980 Wall tickets were only $12 in California and NY.
Animals was the way better deal.
Not sure this has ever been posted on pinside or not. Now just need to sit between the speakers.
Quoted from o-din:Animals was the way better deal.
Not sure this has ever been posted on pinside or not. Now just need to sit between the speakers.
A7368AC5-106A-4251-9BB4-E9A30734606C (resized).jpegQuoted from jhanley:Did'nt know you were a Floyd fan. My favorite.
Were is accurate . Animals was pretty much the end. The Wall concert was a snoozefest. Should have gone to something else or stayed home.
I might do an occasional tribute to Syd though.
Rather hear this.
Quoted from o-din:Was that after he sobered up, or was he just burning off the alcohol and whatever else he was doing at the time? He was pretty out there for a while.
Seemed sober to me. Very personable and calm.
Quoted from Cash_Riprock:Seemed sober to me. Very personable and calm.
Alice is just one of those kinds of people.
Quoted from o-din:Funny, that flyer doesn't mention Rick Derringer. And wasn't he the highlight of the day?
I don't remember, I was so effed up I couldn't find my seat until Foghat came on stage.
I had front row tickets for my son and me to see Alice in April - show was cancelled. That was a tough one. I had never seen him before and was really looking forward to that one. Also have tickets for cancelled Roger Waters show tomorrow night.
Only show I had tickets to that was cancelled, well postponed, was Led Zeppelin in 1977. Turned out it ended up in the middle of summer instead of late winter as was planned, and they played for almost 4 hours, so all's well that ended well.
Quoted from o-din:Only show I had tickets to that was cancelled, well postponed, was Led Zeppelin in 1977. Turned out it ended up in the middle of summer instead of late winter as was planned, and they played for almost 4 hours, so all's well that ended well.
2 of us went one night and wow, had to go back the next night. Got another friend and the 3 of us went the next night. We would trade thai sticks for tickets. The driver traded his thai stick for the wrong night as every ticket was dated Feb instead of June. The 2 of us had been the night before, and realized we'd be thumbing at midnight like the characters from the movie Warriors trying to get home. We looked at each other, 17 years old and made one of the smartest decisions of our lives.
ZEP.
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