[opiated]

events, shows, anything you've been a part of that you can look back now and say.."wow..that's kind of cool"..for me it's realizing that i saw nirvana's last canadian show ever...seems cool to me anyways...anybody have something ??

ps...bored at work...long 11 hour day....

[fingernailsonhull]

My life has been eventless, boring, and meaningless.

[direwolf74]

Speaking of Seattle bands, I managed to see Soundgarden's final (and perhaps only) Calgary performance before they split up. Lucky for me, they filmed parts of the show for use in the documentary "Hype", which follows the rise and fall of the Seattle/northwest rock explosion. Everytime I watch it I scan the crowd looking for the younger version of myself (circa 1994), but I still can't find me. For anyone who has never seen the movie, I highly recommend it, especially for those who came of age during that particular era. Watching it now, it really does seem like another time and place. The last great rock n' roll revolution. I wonder if we'll ever see that again?

[ShannonW]

I thought it was cool then, but I saw Radiohead here in Ottawa on their OK Computer tour at the Civic Center. They've never been back since.
it was like months before everyone else I knew in the world thought they were as awesome as I did. Now everyone I know wishes they were there...

[direwolf74]

I thought it was cool then, but I saw Radiohead here in Ottawa on their OK Computer tour at the Civic Center. They've never been back since.
it was like months before everyone else I knew in the world thought they were as awesome as I did. Now everyone I know wishes they were there...

According to pretty much every Radiohead fan I've met, the best shows they ever played were on the OK Computer tour. You're lucky you got to see them during that time in their career. I saw them once back in '95 on the Bends tour, which was pretty cool. They weren't too well known at the time, so they played the MacEwan Hall Ballroom on the U of C campus, which only holds about 600 people. To this day it still ranks as one of the best shows I've ever seen.

I'm also glad I got to see the mighty Midnight Oil on the ARA '93 tour. Those guys were hands down one of the best live bands on the freakin' planet. I remember Gord Downie saying that having to follow Midnight Oil every night was the biggest kick in the ass the band had ever experienced, and it helped elevate their own playing to another level. It's a shame that the Oils called it quits. Their swan song, 2002's "Capricornia" was a very solid album. Personally I think they had a few more in 'em, but hey, you can't have everything.

[NWOntario]

Speaking of Seattle bands, I managed to see Soundgarden's final (and perhaps only) Calgary performance before they split up. Lucky for me, they filmed parts of the show for use in the documentary "Hype", which follows the rise and fall of the Seattle/northwest rock explosion. Everytime I watch it I scan the crowd looking for the younger version of myself (circa 1994), but I still can't find me. For anyone who has never seen the movie, I highly recommend it, especially for those who came of age during that particular era. Watching it now, it really does seem like another time and place. The last great rock n' roll revolution. I wonder if we'll ever see that again?

THAT is awesome--the version of "Searching With My Good Eye Closed" is easily the best live SG I've ever heard. I was too young to catch Soundgarden, but as much as I'd love a reunion I'm happy with my boy Matt behind the kit for Pearl Jam. :wink:

I saw the last-ever Moist concert (AJ's Hangar, Kingston), which probably isn't that cool at all. And if the band ever gets back together, it'll be meaningless. Ah well.

Steve

[hotmetal401]

The best thing I can think of is seeing Trouser open for Big Suger at AJ's in January of 2002. Due to some legal action, Trouser had to change their name to the Trews, the next heroes of Can-Rock.

Cheers

Pat

[Douglas]

My buddy won a Molson Canadian blind date contest and he picked me to go over his girlfriend (there's a whole other story there). We got bussed to Calgary, drank free Canadian all day and then got dropped off at the Back Alley (crack alley to those who know it). About an hour later the lights go out and the opening chords to Zero blast out. It was pretty sweet to see the Pumpkins with 300 of the drunkest people you've ever seen. It was before they started sucking too.

[direwolf74]

My buddy won a Molson Canadian blind date contest and he picked me to go over his girlfriend (there's a whole other story there). We got bussed to Calgary, drank free Canadian all day and then got dropped off at the Back Alley (crack alley to those who know it). About an hour later the lights go out and the opening chords to Zero blast out. It was pretty sweet to see the Pumpkins with 300 of the drunkest people you've ever seen. It was before they started sucking too.

Very cool. A friend of mine ended up going to that show and he said it was amazing. I remember the Pumpkins were playing a show at the Saddledome a couple days later, and seeing as they were the only high-profile band in town that week, everybody correctly assumed that they would be the blind date band.

[Douglas]

The Molson rep dealing with all of us was the coolest chick ever. First she told us it was going to be Def Leopard just to screw with us then she told us we were going to be searched at the door so she carried all our weed in for us.

[robert goulet]

I was working at The Homestead, an unbelievable golf resort in the Allegheny mountains of Virginia, and one drizzly Sunday night I was up at the private area of the driving range hitting balls by myself and then I hear this voice from behind me.... "Hey kid, do you wanna know what you're doing wrong?", I turn around and it's none other than Sam Snead.

Sam grew up in Hot Springs, VA and learned to play golf at that resort, more specifically, the Cascades Golf Club. It wasn't out of the norm to see Sam as he would come by once or twice a week to hit balls with his dog by his side, even at the age of 84, but having Sam came down and give me a private lesson for 10 minutes was easily the best moment in my golfing career.

And now that he's gone, it makes that day even more special.

Goulet!!!

[direwolf74]

I was working at The Homestead, an unbelievable golf resort in the Allegheny mountains of Virginia, and one drizzly Sunday night I was up at the private area of the driving range hitting balls by myself and then I hear this voice from behind me.... "Hey kid, do you wanna know what you're doing wrong?", I turn around and it's none other than Sam Snead.

Sam grew up in Hot Springs, VA and learned to play golf at that resort, more specifically, the Cascades Golf Club. It wasn't out of the norm to see Sam as he would come by once or twice a week to hit balls with his dog by his side, even at the age of 84, but having Sam came down and give me a private lesson for 10 minutes was easily the best moment in my golfing career.

And now that he's gone, it makes that day even more special.

Goulet!!!

Wow, great story! That must have been very cool.

:thumb:

[Dilly_sAm]

The best thing I can think of is seeing Trouser open for Big Suger at AJ's in January of 2002. Due to some legal action, Trouser had to change their name to the Trews, the next heroes of Can-Rock.

Cheers

Pat

I saw them just as they were makin' it big, and a week before CBC used "Not Ready to Go" as the lead-in song for the broadcast of the Leafs-Sens Game 7.

[Billy]

I went to Europe for a school thing in spring of 1989. We had a long layover in Minniapolis, so some of us went to the cafeteria to get something to eat. I was in the line when this dreadlocked dude behind me tapped my shoulder and struck up a conversation. We chatted the whole way through the line and I found him to be quite charming and funny. He told me he was the lead singer in a band and asked if I had seen their new video "Jane Says" (I think it was Jane Says). I hadn't, but when I was in London at the Virgin Records, I bought "Nothing's Shocking" and have been in love with the band ever since.