Are you a former headbanger from the 80's?

Question

What were your favorite bands? What was your favorite concerts? What state & region?

Answer 1

yes...

I first saw Metallica on their Black Album tour...it was called "An Evening With Metallica" LOL

they did not have any opening acts

Charleston, WV

my first guitar riff I could play was Poison's Talk Dirty to Me

I liked Bon Jovi a bit, but quickly gave over to Skid Row and Guns N' Roses

and Dangerous Toys, and Motley Crue

then, of course, Metallica at the very end of the 80's for me, and at the turn of the decade, Pantera...

thanks for asking

Answer 2

OH yeah. Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, The Cult, Danzig, Motley Crue, Scorpions, Ozzy.

Answer 3

Yep sure was and still am =)

Bands:
Metallica(before Black), Megadeth, Slayer, Savatage, Sanctuary, Anthrax, Testament, Overkill, Helloween, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Doors, Eagles, Exodus, Metal Church, Accept, Wasp, Ozzy with Randy Rhoads, Black Sabbath, Dio, Def Leppard, Death Angel, Scorpions, Ript, Jane's Addiction, White/Rob Zombie, Sword, Killer Dwarfs, King Diamond, Motley Crue, Van Halen w/David Lee Roth., Sammy Hagar before Van Halen, Triumph, Pink Floyd, Fates Warning, Rush, Deep Purple..I could go on and on ;)

Concerts:
AC/DC at Rosemont Horizon
Judas Priest w/Megadeth & Testament @ Rosemont Horizon
Megadeth @ Aragon Ballroom
Headbangers Ball Tour in Milwaukee @ Omnibus(Eagle's Ballroom)
Clash of Titans Tour @ Alpine Valley
Monters of Rock @ Alpine Valley
Gwar @ HOB Orlando
Metal Fest in Milwaukee@ Omnibus

State/Region: Most in Northern Illinois/ Southern Wisconsin(Alpine Valley, Milwaukee, Chicago, Rosemont, & Rockford)..some Orlando , Florida

Answer 4

Yes, I am. Loud and proud skin from New Mexico, although I dress up now days due to work, I don't look metal. '80's loved Dokken, Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Iron Maiden, heck we all know we listened to all kinds of stuff back then. There wasn't as much genre's back then as there are now.
Concert back in the 80's, hmmm possibly the Judas Priest/Testament concert was good.

Answer 5

Yes, I was! Back in the day I LOVED a mix of old and new:
Zeppelin
Ozzy
Black Sabbath
Rush
Def Leppard
Judas Priest
AC DC
Iron Maiden
Van Halen
Kiss

Best shows from my 80's metal days:
AC DC 3 times- always killer
Kiss- Creatures of the night & Lick it up tours- LOUD
Iron Maiden- Piece of mind tour -killer stage set and show
Van Halen- first tour with Sammy (wished I could have seen Dave)
Eric Clapton live with special guest Mark Knopfler(Dire Straights)-back when he jammed and didn't play acousitcs
Ozzy with ZZ Top at Texas Jam in 86 0r 87

In the 90's saw Faith No More/Guns-n-Roses/Metallica KILLER show!
Rush - Chronicles tour- played all of 2112 (1st time since the album's tour in 70's.

Answer 6

Metal has always ruled. I never got to see any metal shows in the 80's but go now. I liked the good stuff Suicidal Tendencies was a fav and all speed and thrash was the stuff, even glam. I'm still into it. I saw Static X and Otep last week. Central Cali is were metal has always ruled, just hard to get any good bands to play local but its getting better.

Answer 7

I AM STILL A HEADBANGER! and yeah I'm an 80's chick! My fave band is Motley Crue...but Ozzy, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, AC/DC and sooo many more throw an awesome show....I am in the Great Northwest......Rock ON!

Answer 8

yes, I loved Slayer, Metallica, Oden, Motorhead, Rush, Triumph, Aerosmith, Venom, Anthrax, AcDc, Kiss, Motley Crue and a lot of the hair band music early on like old def leppard, california, southern

Answer 9

I wish I was. I missed out on the 80's by quite a few years but I love 80's metal.

Answer 10

I loved Guns N' Roses. My favorite concert was ted nugent and Kiss, like Jimmy Buffet says in his song manana " dont ever describe a Kiss concert if u've never seen it".