2/26/1990 - Rush: Presto Tour

Yet another Rush concert.  Nothing stands out about Presto that I can recall.  I wonder who I went to this show with because this was long enough after high school that I was not running with the old concert crowd (Chuck, Fred, Mike, etc).  Must have gone with some guys at work.

10/26/1988 - Scorpions: Savage Amusement Tour

Geez, a year and a half out of school and I was attending a Scorpions concert. What the heck was I thinking?  Savage Amusement marked the beginning of the decline for the Scorpions.  Another one that I am not sure who I went with but it must have been Mike.  IIRC it was a decent show.

1988/02/19 - Yes - Big Generator Tour

I did not recall going to this one.  I can't recall much about it but I do have some thoughts on the Talk Tour from 1994.

1/29/1988 - Rush: Hold Your Fire Tour

I recall thinking that the concert came off as formulaic and "Business-like".  They did the set, they walked off, waited about 20 seconds and came back out an did an encore, walked off again and the lights immediately turned on.  "We're done here guys, go home."

11/18/1987 - Pink Floyd: Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour

This was the first and only concert that I got high at.  I went with a friend from work - can't recall his name.  We sat in the lower mezzanine at the back toward the top - center stage.  I remember the sound was terrible - almost unlistenable.  I wonder if I would have made it through the show had I NOT been stoned.  I remember some 15-16 year old kids sitting down the row from us that were pretty excited that we fired up a joint when the lights went down.  Based on their excited chatter after discovering our activity - they thought their assumption that they would be in the proximity of such action should they attend a Pink Floyd concert and their actual proximity to the action manifest made them cool.  Which is ironic when you consider that this was not one of the finer moments in my life.

6/30/1987 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Don't remember much.  Based on some web info this appears to be the tour kickoff for the LET ME UP & TEMPLE IN FLAMES  Tour. Based on the timeframe this was likely the last concert I would have seen with the Riggs brothers.  I believe it was soon after this that they moved to Arizona for good.

1/30/1987 - Iron Maiden: Somewhere on Tour

In the late 80s you didn't ask "if" Iron Maiden was coming to town, you asked "when".  And when you had Mike as your friend you didn't ask whether we wanted to go, you asked when and where we should show up to camp out for tickets.  Mike was a Maiden nut.  We had great seats and the show was awesome.  Mike spray painted a bedsheet with some Maiden-like art and we took it with us.  Way too big to display from our seats at one point towards the end of the concert he threw it towards the stage.  He had written a note to the effect of "You guys rock.  Call me if you want to party.  281.555.5555 or something like that hoping a band member might take him up on it.  Mike also planned a post-Maiden party.  We had a keg and everything.  Mike and Fred got really trashed.