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Peart.. Peer - t As a disciple of the Prof. I feel it my duty to defend Sir Pratt.Kevin J Anderson and Neil Pert wrote a novel for Clockworkl Angels.
There is no way I can remember all of them. I started going to concerts sometime in the late 70s. Then there are the ones that I played in, worked security for or ran audio for. The list is...extensive.
Truth...I started keeping show journals in the 00s, both for ones I've played and ones I've attended. I really wish I had started doing that from the beginning. While I've got a strong memory and can call some of the earliest of them to mind, it's not the same as having a written record from back then.
Great show, in the round, Tesla opened (and was awesome) and I sat about 4 rows back on the side. normally crappy seats but since they were in the round I was at eye level with the stageHmm...let's see how many music concerts I can remember...
- My first concert was Def Leppard's "Hysteria" tour in 1980-something. I was still in high school, and they were my favorite band <SNIP>
Saw them opening for Primus around 2010 in Cleveland. I never heard of them before, and it was like a circus on stage.
- Gogol Bordello, live at the Crystal Ballroom. Excellent show, terrible venue.
I saw Tesla a bunch in the early 2000s. They used to come through town and play the local club circuit for a while. They always put on a great show. Too bad Tommy Skeotch isn't with them anymore. Think Troy Luketta left too. Unfortunately, anything after Psychotic Supper was kind of forgettable. Very underrated band IMO.Great show, in the round, Tesla opened (and was awesome)
I saw that one, too- an INCREDIBLE show, no question.Return to Forever - their Reunion tour - with the best lineup - Di Meola, Corea, Clarke, and White. I never thought I'd see that lineup because they had split by the time I discovered them. That was just a tour de force of musicianship.
Saw them opening for Primus around 2010 in Cleveland. I never heard of them before, and it was like a circus on stage.
I saw Tesla a bunch in the early 2000s. They used to come through town and play the local club circuit for a while. They always put on a great show. Too bad Tommy Skeotch isn't with them anymore. Think Troy Luketta left too. Unfortunately, anything after Psychotic Supper was kind of forgettable. Very underrated band IMO.
I've seen Tesla 4? times and Dokken twice. Dokken was the original lune up (both in the 80s as opening acts) Tesla with 3 different line-ups, opening (80s) Club (90s) Opening and headlining (10s)I wish I had seen Tesla back in their heyday. Ditto Dokken. Two of my favorite singalong bands from that era.
They don't build rock audiences like they used to.Speaking of singalong bands…
When Metallica was out on the AJFA tour, I HAD to go see Queensÿche, who was opening, supporting Operation: Mindcrime.
I’m glad I did, because in a way, it was almost cursed. (Maybe it was, from their perspective.) The day of the show, they did an appearance/autograph session at Sound Warehouse, and I was there. Geoff Tate saw what I was wearing (it stood out, and so did I), especially my skull & crossbones suspenders. He liked them, and said so. I almost gave them to him, but didn’t, instead saying, “I got them at Miller’s Outpost!” He looked puzzled and disappointed. It’s good I didn’t do the fanboy thing, though- shortly before I was going to get in my car with my friends and go to the arena, the clasps failed “explosively”, sending parts all over my dorm room. I had to put on different suspenders.
Later, as Tate was trying to do an audience participation bit with “Revolution Calling” he tried to get the crowd to shout…well… “Revolution Calling!” Instead, most simply went “Yay!” Again, poor Geoff looked deflated.
Troy never left the band, but there were a couple times when he had some health issues that he had a 'sit in' replacement. I was glad when Tommy came back, but knee it couldn't last, he just can't get off the junk.Saw them opening for Primus around 2010 in Cleveland. I never heard of them before, and it was like a circus on stage.
I saw Tesla a bunch in the early 2000s. They used to come through town and play the local club circuit for a while. They always put on a great show. Too bad Tommy Skeotch isn't with them anymore. Think Troy Luketta left too. Unfortunately, anything after Psychotic Supper was kind of forgettable. Very underrated band IMO.
I think they all had their problems through the years. Pretty sure I read that Tommy was kicked out if of the band for stealing equipment for drug money, but I could be mistaken. Last time I saw them was 2004 or 2005 and Jeff Keith said he had a cold, translation, drunk and coked up seemed more like it. Was probably the worst I've ever saw them play. I bought Into the Now and Forever More but I didnt care much for those CDs. I dont follow them much anymore but maybe I'll dust off those two and give them another listen.Troy never left the band, but there were a couple times when he had some health issues that he had a 'sit in' replacement. I was glad when Tommy came back, but knee it couldn't last, he just can't get off the junk.![]()
Its too bad they undeservedly got lumped in with and labeled a hair metal band.I didn’t care much for Tesla’s post-reunion stuff, either. But those early albums...whoooooooooooo. Untouchable.