Minoru Niihara of Loudness phonetically belting out a song at the Stone in San Francisco. The presence of this wildly popular band far outstripped the small venues they played on their first tour of the U.S.
Category: Rock & Roll
Friday is for Rawk! Krokus Blooms
Krokus at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco. This band blossomed ever so briefly in the early 80s but they ended up sounding just like every other band and ended up fading into the woodwork.
Friday is for Rawk! (Nugent on Saturday)
Uncle Ted at the Cow Palace, San Francisco in 1980 I think. The Scorpions opened the show and it was the first date I ever had with my wife. (I know, Mr. Romantic) As you can see, Nugent had entered his loin cloth stage and would make his appearance on stage by swinging in on a rope strung from the lighting rig. Pretty good show as I recall, since he was still playing the Birdland through Fender Twin stacks. At the end of the encores he leaned the hollow body against the wall of Fenders and let the feedback build up to a deafening roar as they brought the lights up in the arena.
Friday is for Rawk! IV (on Saturday)
Lemmy from Motorhead at the Warfield Theater, San Francisco. This might have been around his 80th birthday, but I can’t be sure. This show was especially memorable, not just because we saw a septugenarian playing a Rickenbacker, but because of the incredible sound pressure that was generated inside the aging show house. I have been to way too many shows through the years but this was easily the loudest concert I have ever heard. Taking picutres was difficult as you got closer to the stage because the sound was vibrating the camera so much as to make focussing difficult. Rawk awn!
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