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On This Day In Punk Rock History
Posted on 1/9/15 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 1/9/15 at 3:37 pm
The Sex Pistol played a show in BR at The Kingfish 1/9/78. You shoulda been there! Best $3.50 I ever spent. Here it is in its entirety:
Anarchy!!
Anarchy!!
Posted on 1/9/15 at 3:41 pm to MondayMorningMarch
That's awesome
I AM AN ANTICHRIST
I AM AN ANARCHIST
DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT
BUT I KNOW HOW TO GET IT
I WANNA DESTROY PASSERBY
I AM AN ANTICHRIST
I AM AN ANARCHIST
DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT
BUT I KNOW HOW TO GET IT
I WANNA DESTROY PASSERBY
Posted on 1/12/15 at 12:57 pm to MondayMorningMarch
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BR at The Kingfish 1/9/78.
Oh man the killer shows for cheap at that place. Most shows were $3.50 or less.
The Police
Starcastle
U.K.
Head East
Edgar Winter Group
Todd Rundgren
Eddie Money
That was a rockin place in a rockin time!!!
Posted on 1/12/15 at 1:36 pm to TreeDawg
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That was a rockin place in a rockin time!!!
It's really hard to believe that at one time Baton Rouge had a really good live music scene. What happened? Was it the AC/DC thing at the Centroplex that caused promoters to shy away from BR?
Posted on 1/12/15 at 1:51 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Was it the AC/DC thing at the Centroplex that caused promoters to shy away from BR?
No, but that show started the dominos a falling.
BR was at that time a top 5 tour stop, the who's who of rock played here. There was a killer show every weekend. The Advocate decided to do a segment on the concert scene and chose the AC/DC show as the subject. The next morning, there were pictures of passed out teens, people smoking dope and well pictures of stuff that happens at concerts (at least stuff that happened back then). Our D.A. at that time was Ossie Brown. He was a Baptist Preacher of a man who also had a wild arse teenage son (Dana Brown) at that time. The next big show scheduled to play was Ozzie Osbourne, who was in the news for biting the head off of a bat. Ossie canceled the Ozzie show and really pissed off the promoters, pretty much ending BR as a major tour stop. I am still pissed that cost me a chance to see the great Randy Rhoads who died shortly after. Ozzie did get the last laugh by playing at the State Fair Grounds a year or so later, which was a great show in it's own right. Jake E Lee on lead, with Blue Oyster Cult, Vandenburg and Leroux on the ticket as well.
This post was edited on 1/12/15 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 1/12/15 at 1:59 pm to MondayMorningMarch
I was there-a Johnny Rotten loogie flew right by my face..
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:03 pm to bleeng
I remember when that show happened. Me and my buds were all anti-punk & anti-disco and so wrapped up into heavy metal and prog rock we did not attend. Looking back, I wish I would have went.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:04 pm to TreeDawg
Do you remember the big show that Waylon and Willie used to do at the State Fair Grounds back in the day? I actually saw some pretty decent shows out there when I was in high school and college. Jerry Jeff Walker is the first one that comes to mind, but there were others. I want to say I saw REO Speedwagon out there as well.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:08 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Do you remember the big show that Waylon and Willie used to do at the State Fair Grounds back in the day?
Hell yes, I remember sneaking in under the fence along Bayou Manchac....
The State Fair actually used to have some decent concerts back then too. I saw Cheap Trick, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels and many others...........late 70's early 80's.......
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:15 pm to monsterballads
Holy shite! Rockin' Dopsie opened for the Sex Pistols!
Posted on 1/12/15 at 2:17 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.
quote:
Holy shite! Rockin' Dopsie opened for the Sex Pistols!
I wonder who was more amazed, Doopsie or Sid?
Posted on 1/12/15 at 9:49 pm to TreeDawg
quote:
Oh man the killer shows for cheap at that place. Most shows were $3.50 or less.
The Police
Starcastle
U.K.
Head East
Edgar Winter Group
Todd Rundgren
Eddie Money
Some other shows I saw there- Lou Reed with Ian Dury & the Blockheads as the opening act, and who can forget the Ramones with opening act- The Runaways! Kim Fowley put together a masterpiece- a bunch of teenage girls, who became big in their own right like Joan Jett & Lita Ford.
Posted on 1/12/15 at 11:37 pm to TreeDawg
TreeDawg, long time no see, but I was banned for 2 friggin' years. I saw so many great shows at The Kingfish, Chiefs and Little Chiefs in the late '70's - mid-'80's, but that deserves its own thread. Look up!
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