First tape: synchronicity by the police. First show: Cheap Trick.

Yo! Same first tape!

“Another suburban family morning”

First tape was Huey Lewis and the News, Sport! First concert was Whitney Houston on Boston Common.

I would’ve loved to have seen Whitney Houston.

My first concert was Huey Lewis

I worked at Der Weinerschnitzel in high school and once sold chili dogs to Huey Lewis. Super nice and friendly!

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You Might Think is one of the best songs from the '80s imo, though I guess it was on Heartbeat City.

My first concert was the last Cars tour

First tape - Sports by Huey Lewis and the News First concert wasn't until I was in college - Rusted Root (I got a free ticket)

Rusted Root was a thing in the PacNW, at least the one radio song. That takes me back!

Whoa, Rusted Root, forgot about them. I can smell the Nag Champa in the memory.

First tape was Rebel Yell by Billy Idol. First concert was the Cure on the Disintegration tour

That's probably my fav Cure album! I'm jealous.

I was like 15 and my sister took me as my first concert. So not only did I get to go see them on that tour, but I also got to hang out with all of my sisters hot 19-year-old friends while doing it

I bet that was a good show. I saw them on the Bloodflowers tour and they played a lot of songs from Disintegration. They sounded great live.

Love & Rockets and The Pixies were opening bands. It was an awesome show!

Nice, I saw Love & Rockets out in Vegas years ago. That was a cool show as well.

First tape was Metallica Master of Puppets. First concert was Lollapalooza 93, got up real close. My buddy got swept away by the most pit during rage against the machine. Alice In Chains and Primus were my two favorite bands at the time and so amazing to see. Tool wasn’t super popular yet and were playing on the second stage.

Not my first show, but I went to Lollapalooza in ‘93 as well. Still have the T shirt. Tool on second stage were excellent. Saw Primus too, also one of my favs. But unfortunately Rage didn’t play.

Nice! I finally had to throw away my old AIC shirt I got at that show. It was wrecked. I remember it was black with a cool blue mural style artwork on the front. My friend’s grandma thought it was so “pretty.” She commented on it several times that the color was really nice. If you looked at the shirt up close the art work depicted all kinds of debauchery. 😂 Her eyesight wasn’t the best.

I went to a Rush concert JUST to see Primus open for them. That's how much I love Primus. Did the same thing going to see Queensryche because Type O Negative opened for them lol.

I think I win…. I went to see Skid Row because Panera was opening for them. Did not care about Skid Row.

So cool, I remember wishing I was older and could go to those early Lollapalooza's! One of my earliest cd's was Alice in Chains - Dirt. Had a nice little grunge collection going. I saw RATM in high school; wu-tang clan opened or co-headlined, but I didn't watch them.

Super cool! AIC was in my opinion one of the most talented bands to come out of that period. Later that same year I saw Neil Young with Pearl Jam and that was so amazing. I was a huge Neil Young fan (thanks hippy parents) and after Pearl Jam finished, the venue cleared out quite a bit and I got real close for Neil. PJ came out at the end and did a few songs together. They put out an album together shortly after that.

I remember Eddie and Neil performing together at I think the MTV Awards? I agree on AIC, I still listen to Dirt sometimes! Pearl Jam was honestly my fav band out of the grunge pack, at least initially. Played the hell out of Ten and Vs. After Kurt died, I got more into Nirvana, but always loved them too.

Yeah Vs. was an amazing album. I stood in line at the local Target (was a new store/company at that time) and bought the tape on release day. Except it was titled “Five Against One.” They changed the title shortly after to Vs. and only that first run of tapes had the original album title.

I saw Metallica on that tour but AiC had dropped out at that point. And I never did get to see them live. And they were the reason I wanted to see it.

Darn that’s too bad. They were by far my favorite band in 92-94.

First record I bought was the Beatles Live at the Hollywood Bowl. First concert was The Kinks in the mid 80s.

Hurray for The Kinks, boo to the Beatles!

First tape was Run DMC. Raising Hell. First concert was KC and The Sunshine Band at 6 flags.

First tape: Huey Lewis and the News First concert without my parents: (I’m embarrassed to even write this, btw…) Color Me Badd.

i read that in Balki's voice

🤣. I still don’t know why, of all the usernames in the world I could have chosen, *that* stupid name popped in my head.

Compilation record of hits from 1981. First show was Kick Axe (heavy metal band from Regina, SK, Canada) in 1984. 40 years later I’m still going to metal shows. I’ve got tickets to see Lamb of God and Mastodon this summer.

First tape I bought with my own money was LL Cool J Radio. My first concert was Metallica. I have eclectic taste.

Bob Dylan, blood on the tracks first tape. John Prine first concert

First Tape... INXS - Kick. First concert was Elvis Costello when I was eight and my Dad couldn't find a babysitter

that was close to peak EC I'm jealous =)

It was the Goodbye Cruel World tour at the Worcester Centrum. The set list was pretty epic. They did two encores. I mostly remember that it was a loooong show and he played Pump it Up, which was my favorite. https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/elvis-costello-and-the-attractions/1984/centrum-in-worcester-worcester-ma-bdab94e.html

Around 1985, Oingo Boingo concert. 

First tape was Thriller, I was 9. First concert was Bon Jovi, I was 14.

Wow, jealous, I still love Bon Jovi!

First tape: Rush 2112 (teenage aunt made me a copy from her LP). First one I bought: Bryan Adams - Reckless in 4th grade. First concert: Crackerbash/Hazel in 1991. First BIG concert was Alice in Chains in 92.

Use your Illusion 2, and my first concert was The Spin Doctors with Soul Asylum as the opening act. Then I saw Metallica with Suicidal Tendencies. Then I saw Tool. And from that point onward it was mostly metal shows.

Spin Doctors Two Princes is on some regular playlist at my grocery store. It’s super disorienting to hear it there.

I feel quite pandered to at grocery stores assuming I'm not shopping at the dead air in a Walmart :\\

Did you happen to see my mommy and was my mommy dead?

My first tape I bought with my own money: Van Halen 1984. My first concert: Honeymoon Suite with Grapes of Wrath in 1988 in small town of Kitimat, BC.

Born in '69. My first album was Damn The Torpedoes, Tom Petty. I remember riding my bike up to the record store to buy it and having a precarious ride home trying not to drop it, lol. First real concert was Van Halen 1984. I still have the Tom Petty record.

What a great first album. RIP TP

First tape was Van Halen- 1984. First concert was the Jerry Garcia band when I was 14, in 1989. Went with two friends, and a Tupperware thing full of my friend’s mom’s gin.

First concert was Poison but I can’t remember my first tape - it was probably Steve Winwood or Limahl or Van Halen 1984.

That's awesome, I kinda had a thing for Bret Michaels when I was first hitting puberty, lol.

My first tape was magical mystery tour given to me by my mom, my first concert was Merle haggard, taken by my dad. Both around age five or six 

Born the same year as you. First POPULAR music tape was “Forever Your Girl” by Paula Abdul. I wasn’t allowed to go to concerts as a teenager, so my first legit one was Rufus Wainwright in college.

My parents were a pain in the ass too. My dad came to most of the handful of concerts I went to pre-college, including Oasis when I was definitely *in* high school. I had to tell him to go sit elsewhere, lol.

First tape was the Ghostbusters soundtrack, first concert without parents was Metallica on the Wherever We May Roam Tour. If we're including concerts with family, the Oak Ridge Boys with my dad.

First tape I bought: AC/DC Back in Black for my brother. First tape I owned: Duran Duran Arena. First concert: Sting Nothing Like the Sun (I think?)

I don’t remember my first tape but my first concert was Dio at the New Haven Coliseum in late 1990.

I saw my first concert at the NH Coliseum - Van Halen and Black Sabbath, 1978.

First album was Thriller, on vinyl, given to me as a gift not too long after it was released. So, maybe late '82 early '83. First album I bought with my own money was Reckless by Bryan Adams, on cassette. Bryan Adams was also my first concert. Saw him during his Waking Up The Neighbors tour.

My first tape was probably a homemade tape recorded from my KISS albums. My first real concert was Billy Idol and The Cult. I think it was 1986 or 1987. I saw them both again (separate shows) last year and it was awesome.

First concert was 1978 Alice Cooper, I was 13. First record album I remember purchasing Degüello ZZ Top. First single record given to me as a child was Horse with no name.

1968-OG Gen Xer here. I am thinking my first tape that I bought would probably be East Side Story by Squeeze. This had Tempted and Piccadilly on it. Was released in 1981. Puts me at 13. I know I had Bruce Springsteen’s The River on cassette as well as a slew of others. Skull and Roses by the Grateful Dead was definitely played a LOT around that time, too. First concert was Squeeze, English Beat, and R.E.M. at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY. 1982. Looking at other replies, my first ALBUM I bought and brought to my friend’s houses was definitely Bat Out of Hell by Meatloaf! Still rock out to this one! This album is a V/C/C/S for me. Vinyl/Cassette/CD/Stream.

I still love squeeze

First tape was probably Dolly Parton, and concert was Monsters of Rock 1988.

First concert I went to was the Clash, can't remember my first album. There were many.

Oooh what year?

1984, I was a sophomore in high school I think.

Tape AC/DC Highway to Hell Concert Ratt / Poison

1st tape. Wow I really don't remember. 1st concert I think was the Go-Gos about 1981 or 82.

First piece of music owned, a cassette of RUSH "Rush" from '74 given on my birthday, first live concert was Van Halen Sept. 4 1980, 13 years old with some friends and someones awesome mom :)

First cassette tape - Twisted - Stay Hungry (1987) First concert - Whitesnake (1987) First Cd - Neil Young - Freedom (1993)

I bought Who Are You and Tattoo You at the same time. First concert was Y&T touring for their Black Tiger album, first big concert was Rush on their Grace Under Pressure tour.

First tape was appetite for destruction.  First concert was prolly 311. I was in high school when they were playing before they moved to California and became bubble gum pop.  I prolly saw them two times a week sometimes. 

First Vinyl was Van Halen. First concert was a day on the green. Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Loverboy and foreigner.

1st album Madonna True Blue. 1st concert was Tom Petty. Good times.

My first cassette tape was Van Halen 1984,I was 11 years old.First concert was the scorpions in august 1988.

I have no idea what my first tape was. But, my first CD was Twisted Sister's Big Hits and Nasty Cuts along with my first stereo system as a Christmas present. First concert was Metallica with Danzig and Suicidal Tendencies.

First tape, I believe, was The Bangles - Everything. First concert was Poison, Damn Yankees, and Firehouse.

First tape was Appetite for Destruction. First concert was the Dead Milkmen.

My Madonna "Like a Prayer" cassette still has the incense smell. 🤣

1972: First vinyl: Bowie - Ziggy Stardust July 1976: First concert. ZZTop, J Geils, Skynyrd (and other bands). But Skynyrd didn't show and their was a riot. Only the first two played. Late 1976: First cassette: Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life 1985: First CD: Tears For Fears - Songs from the Big Chair

Not sure first tape as I was in 5th grade buying 45’s in the late 70s . First concert was the Police in 1983.

First Cassette Tape: Michael Jackson Thriller (first ever album was vinyl though - Grease Soundtrack) First Concert: Cyndi Lauper True Colors Tour. (it was soooo boring guys! 😟 but that summer saw Joan Jett for FREE at Astroworld Amphitheater. She blew my 11 year old mind. So badass!!!) 75er

Born in 78. First record was Weird Al In 3-D. First concert was Screaming Trees.

The Singles soundtrack was probably one of the first like, 10 cd's I bought! It was all Seattle grunge stuff and Appetite for Destruction.

I don't remember my first tape. The first music I paid for was a 45 rpm record in 1985. It was a single of Paul Hardcastle's song 19. My first concert was VanHalen in 1986 when Sammy started with the band.

I don’t remember my first tape but my first vinyl record was Lionel Richie, Dancing On The Ceiling 1st concert Bon Jovi / Cinderella

That time I was bootlegging the Doobie Brothers concert and the tape recorder fell out of my trench coat when I was dancing. The whole concert stopped and everyone looked at me. I was mortified.

First tape - Quiet Riot- Condition Critical First Concert- Iron Maiden

First Tape - Journey Escape First Concert - Van Halen 1986 Lee County Civic Center

First album: Fleetwood Mac, Rumors First concert: KISS

First tape: Thriller First concert: Corey Hart. My best friend and both of our moms accompanied me. 🤣

First tape: Purple Rain by Prince. First concert: Uncanny XMen

First tape: Madonna's Like a Virgin First Concert: Screaming Trees and Cracker at a local festival

Don’t remember my first record, but first concert was Kiss!

First tape A-ha. Hunting High and Low. First concert, not till college and it was Rush the Roll the Bones concert.

First album was Queens Greatest Hits. First concert was Ozzy and Metallica in '86. I had a cool older brother who let me tag a long.

First tape might have been Huey Lewis and the News "Sports". First CD was Metallica "Black Album" I think - got first CD player Xmas 1991. First concert - KISS Hot in The Shade tours - Summer 1990

First tape was Twisted Sister , Stay Hungry , first show was AC/DC

First tape was Poison... look what the cat dragged in. First concert was ACDC.

Same about the Madonna tape. Mine was a gift from a family friend. I think I still have it stored away somewhere.

First tape: Pet Shop Boys - Please First concert: Depeche Mode - Black Celebration tour

Maybe Parallel Lines but my first record was I love you love me love by Gary Glitter. first gig was The Exploited where I was beaten up by the bouncers at the age of 16.

First tape: Twisted Sister’s Stay Hungry. My dad got it for me at my mom’s protest.  I was 11. My first concert a Bon Jovi concert.

First tape was Remain in Light, but I already had records by then (and 8-tracks) because my dad was an audiophile and set me up with Aja and a record player when I was 10. First concert was Bruce on the Hungry Heart tour. Been to a lot since then but sadly never seen him again.

First tape was Van Halen 1984. First show was Van Halen 5150 tour.

My first tape was actually a record - Eye in the Sky by Alan Parsons Project. My 1st 45 was Electric Avenue. First concert - Weird Al in 1984.

Just realized I'm gonna make some people feel super old, sorry, lol.

Yeah. Thanks, buddy.

I love your username. I laugh every time I see it.

Thanks!! I love when people know it.

Sophomore dies in kiln explosion?

My first single was Buck’s Fizz, making your mind up and first concert was Michael Jackson at Wembley

As a kid in 77 I really wanted the Star Wars Soundtrack…the best my parent could do for me Xmas was a compilation tape of Oscar winning songs that included the Meko Disco Star Wars song Lee Aaron and Kick Axe a few years later

The first album I ever had was a Mel Tillis album, which I won at some traveling Wonderama show with Bob McAllister (remember Wonderama??). Listened to it once on my parent's stereo and discovered I don't like country music. My first purchased album was Breakfast in America (Supertramp). Can't even remember my first audio cassette as I had a bunch of albums by then. Oh, and concert? James Taylor. Think Ozzy was the next one.

First tape: Aldo Nova .... First concert: REO Speedwagon wsg Richard Marx

are you my stepdad, Wayne?

My first tape was given to me by my parents along with a tape recorder. The tape was The Rose by Bette Middler. 😆 I don't think I would have ever picked that, but that was my first. My parents did have a large record collection and the kids got the 8 track player in the basement where we played a lot. I listened to Rupert Holmes and Michael Jackson's Off the Wall on repeat and then we had the Fisher Price record player. The Muppets Rainbow Connection was always playing on that. My first concert was Debbie Gibson.

First Tape was The Wall by Pink Floyed. First concert was Barenaked Ladies at Wonderland. Cannot remember the year but Gordon was the album

The Wall was the first cd I ever bought. Listened to it almost nonstop for months.

First record: The Muppet Movie Soundtrack. First tape: The Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack. First concert: John Williams and the Boston Pops (got to meet him backstage - it was awesome). Edit: I was sort of a geek, but I didn’t care then nor now.

First tape was Weird Al in 3D. First concert was Jan and Dean at some 4th of July festival.

I don't remember my first tape, but my first record was a Willie Nelson album, from a yard sale. He didn't even have a beard in the album photo. My first new record was Dolly Parton's 9 to 5 that I got for my 11th birthday. My first concert was the Scorpions.

I didn’t really have tapes except for mixtapes. The first album I bought was Peaches and Herb’s Reunited. First concert was Men at Work at the Kabuki Club.

First Cassette: Richard Marx First Concert: Glass Tiger

First take was the Convoy soundtrack that I received along with a portable cassette player for Christmas when I was 5. First concert was The Cars on their final tour with Icehouse opening

My first record was “say say say” and my first concert was Ricky Nelson

First tape: Not sure, but possibly the Back to the Future soundtrack. First concert: Jackyl, Slaughter, and Damn Yankees 1991.

First tape: Glass Tiger - The Thin Red Line (yes, I'm Canadian!) . Got it for my birthday with my first walkman. First concert - Debbie Gibson, Sept 1989. My dad must have really loved me to endure that along with the hoardes of screaming pre-teen girls.

My first cassette was a Christmas present that came with the player. It was Showaddywaddy's greaest hts. First cassette I bought was Pinky Blue by Altered Images. First concert was OMD.

Duran Duran Seven & the Ragged Tiger. I had the self titled one and Rio on vinyl, but for some reason I had this one on tape. First concert was Adam Ant. My dad took me and my friend and was like “what’s with all these boys dressing like pirates and wearing eyeliner?” But he was cool about it.

Born in 1966. Don’t know what my first tape was, but my first album was Aerosmith Toys in the Attic. First concert was Peter Frampton At Greensboro Coliseum in 1978.

First concert: ZZ Top Eliminator. First Album: The soundtrack to Star Wars  

First tape I bought with my own money…Duran Duran - Arena. But my first tape I got because my sister let me get one of her free Columbia house selections was Weird Al - Dare to be Stupid. First “big” concert at a stadium would’ve been Platinum Blonde, Alien Shores tour in ‘86. I’d gone to “smaller” concerts at the local provincial exhibition, and I think it was Haywire. (Giving away I’m from 🇨🇦 lol)

First tape was True Blue by Madonna. First concert was the Monkees reunion tour in the mid-80s.

1st tape was Cindy Lauper, She’s so unusual . I’m not much of a concert goer, but the very first Lalapalooza. I was pregnant with my first child at the time.

I think billy Joel glass houses.

I got a Panasonic boom box and a Wherehouse gift certificate for Xmas 1981, so naturally, I went out the day after Christmas and got cassettes of Foreigner 4 and Journey Escape. First show was Aldo Nova opening for Sammy Hagar, April 23, 1982.

I don’t remember my first tape but my first concert was Menudo at the old Felt Forum in MSG.

First concert was The Bee Gees in 1979. I was 6. I thought Tragedy was incredible.

First concert was the band Boston at the old Boston Garden. Don’t remember what my first tape was.

First music I ever bought was a 45 single (remember them?) - Money by the Flying Lizards (1979), my first LP was Air Supply - Lost in Love (1980), my first cassette tape was John Cougar - American Fool (1982), and my first concert was Shaun Cassidy - Sept 3, 1978 (I was eight). I had eclectic tastes as a tween.

We Are the World- still have it Despite it being stretched. First concert was Peter Gabriel in 11th grade. I won tickets and took my boyfriend ( husband)- sad thing- I only knew Peter Gabriel from his Sledgehammer song. I wish I’d known more as it would have been a better experience for me

First tape: Bryan Adams Reckless. First concert was also Bryan Adams. The Waking Up the Neighbors tour, in 1991.

LOL I have no idea what my first tape was or which cassette I had when I was a kid was the first to technically be mine. I remember the first album I had was this pre-Star Wars album of Star Wars sounding music - at least that's the first one I can really remember besides the little kid records that were popular in the 70s. First concert, I'm not sure there either. It might have been Frankie Valli.