I still have this "Aerosmith Video Scrapbook" on VHS tape,I had to spend a lot of money in 1982 to get it on import from US to UK and then have it transferred from US VHS system to UK VHS system!!...Worth every penny though.
I remember this concert as a 15 year old living in Pontiac we did not miss any events. We jumped the fence into a big dumpster that was set up for all the alcohol trying to be smuggle in had to be disposed of. All you had to do was jump the fence into the trash. After consuming about a fifth of every kind of alcohol there was in the world, you just jump out of the dumpster and your free to go. I remember every song played. The Pontiac Siverdome was the shit, the place to be, not even a year old the facility was brand new. Every songwriter singer Band and the Lions played this place. from Led Zepplin to the Who, Pope, Elvis, hell Everybody This is the good O days.
the pope was in hamtramack.. but i loved the silverdome too.. but i had to wait( EDIT) until the 80;s (sorry i have no idea what i was saying my age? or year maybe.lol.) to go to concerts and by that time they were either pine knob, or the joe and cobo, saw monsters of rock here and took my nephew and niece to a monster truck pull..
***** it is a shame,i did take my son to see it was labled Monster trucks , not minster jam, but they raced each other in a line and crushed stuff, that was in i wanna say 06 or 07,it was like the new owners ine if teir first events if not THE first event since they reopened it.. and then it was closed again ..and now nothing.. i think its still up ,but its ruined and it does hold a lot f history i met Billy Sims , Barry Sanders and chris Spielman of the Lions there!! Billy was ok, Barry very nice, very quiet, Chris was sweet ans said I was really pretty *sigh* lol.. so lots of memories gone...
I was at this show. Honest opinion here, from what I remember. Senior year. My friend Alan and I drove almost two hours from the Lansing area to see this show. The 80,000 seat Silverdome had "The Giant Curtain" drawn across the center of the arena, effectively cutting it in half. It still was a huge venue and was almost filled to capacity with 30+ thousand fans. I was used to seeing bands at places like Cobo Hall and Wing Stadium in Kalamazoo, MUCH smaller, more intimate and much better acoustics. First time seeing a concert in Pontiac, and I was in awe of the cavern like Silverdome. "The Outlaws" band opened to a mostly indifferent crowd. Remember feeling a little bad for them, they sounded great but got almost NO response from the crowd, who weren't really there to see a "Southern Rock" act I guess. I watched them walk off the stage after their set to almost no applause, looking out into the crowd and shaking their heads like "Damn, this sucks." Ted Nugent (with the great Derek St. Holmes still on lead vocals) and Foghat were also on the bill, and Ted was up next. His first solo album "Ted Nugent" had recently been released and was getting some good local rock radio air time (Hey Baby, Stranglehold, Just What the Doctor Ordered) and "Uncle Ted" was a hometown favorite for sure. The crowd was starting to get into the mood. Foghat had recently released the "Fool for the City" album and were a little bit more well-known nationally than Ted was at the time. Both acts were really good and the crowd was definitely getting more and more into both the music and the "spirit" as the night went on. The Silverdome interior had a thick, bluish tint to the air from all the cigarettes and weed being smoked. (OK, I'll admit that I also contributed a little bit to the "atmosphere." ) Both Nugent and Foghat put on a really good show. The crowd was definitely there to see the headliner Aerosmith though, that's for sure. Toys in the Attic was HUGE at the time, and they were probably one of the "Must See" go-to shows that year. You could feel the anticipation growing as the night went on. That's where things got a little weird (to me anyways.) There was a long ass (really long ass) delay between Foghat's end and Aerosmith's start. Not sure why the delay, but you could tell people were getting a little annoyed with the wait. You must remember about 4-5 hours had now passed since the gates opened, three previous acts performed, and it was an "evening" event. It was getting a little late, and many people had been partying pretty hard during the entire time, and were in various states of "buzz." Tempers were a little thin. A few fights broke out. I remember seeing many fans passed out on the floor of the dome, stumbling around and some being escorted out of the venue by security. When Aerosmith FINALLY came on, people were pretty fired up. I don't know what changed, but from where we were sitting, on the floor ground level, the sound level and quality had now changed It now kind of "sucked" in fact. It had been pretty good up till then, so I'm not sure what happened. Maybe the environment had changed from an earlier sound check, maybe the sound engineers had it cranked a bit louder than the settings had been for the previous acts for more of a "wow" factor, I don't know. But it wasn't good. Big, Boomy, and muddled...kind of disappointing. To top it off, I think Steven Tyler was stoned out of his mind (look at his eyes in this video.). There was a big video screen above the stage so the people in the nose-bleed seats could see better I guess. We were on the floor and I swear you could see Tyler's red eyes from the screen. I know they were hard partiers back then, but I think they must have overdone it a bit in the dressing room before they went on. Maybe the reason for the long delay between sets? He tripped and fell on his ass at least 3 or 4 times during the show, and got sloppier as the set went on. Hate to say it, but I was very disappointed and had seen enough. My friend and I left about 20 minutes before the "encore" and felt a little let down to be honest. The headliner was definitely the poorest performers that night in my opinion. And this is coming from a huge Aerosmith fan. On a final note, got to Alan's car and found he had locked the keys inside. LOL. Had to break the vent window, reach in and pull the inside door handle to get in. It was a loud, cold and windy 2 hour ride back home that night. Anyways...That's my recollection of things.
@Steven Lake I have seen Aerosmith twice in the early 1980s and they sucked both times then as well. I live in NH and most of Aerosmith own homes here in the Lake Sunapee area. I live about 1 hour north of Boston & the venue is a smaller theater that seats about 1,500 people. It is basically a smaller version of the Orpheum in Boston. Aerosmith practiced for their "Rock In A Hard Place" tour at this venue. I met all the members except Steve Tyler as he almost never showed up for practice, Tom Hamilton was the coolest. This was the album and tour without Joe Perry & Brad Whitford, Jimmy Crespo & Rick DuFay filled in for them. I saw opening night and it was a disaster! I was 15 at the time and was front row right in front of a completely wasted Steve Tyler. He was missing entire lines of verses and snorting lines at times not even bothering to sing when he was suppose to. He kept kicking his red(solo) cup full of Jack Daniels over spilling it on us several times. My parents met me at the door when I got home(I lived on the same street as the venue so it was a 3 minute walk) they always checked me out after concerts in those days and they said I smelled like booze LOLOL well, they weren't lying. I explained to them it was because the singer kept knocking his cup over spilling it on us LOLOL they said "That's an original excuse"! They didn't believe me but at the same time I wasn't drunk so they left me alone. Good thing because while I didn't drink I was tripping my ass off hehehe. They played 2 nights at this venue and my friends who saw night 2 said it also sucked. Two years later on the "Done With Mirrors" tour When Perry & Whitford rejoined they played here again and still sounded like crap and it wasn't a great show. Steve Tyler said he was playing here again to make up for the horrible shows on the last tour. I still feel like Aerosmith owes me my money back for the tickets I bought plus I paid for the ticket of the person I brought along as well & the opening night show the tickets were the most expensive concert tickets I had bought at that time. Now, to end this story on a good note. The Joe Perry Project played at this same venue 5 times from 1981-1983 and I saw them ALL 5 times. EVERY single Joe Perry Project show was AWESOME! Not only excellent performances they sounded excellent as well. Each time it was a bit different as well. I saw the JPP with Charlie Farren a few times then with Mach Bell and one time it was just a 3 piece band and Joe did all the singing for the entire show, this was an amazing show that still has a special place on my favorite concert list. The last JJP show I saw in 1983 Brad Whitford was with him and this wasn't announced so I was amazed when they came on. The price was about $6.00 a ticket as well LOLOL I still have the ticket stubs for most of these shows. So while Aerosmith sucked both times I saw them I was fortunate to have seen The Joe Perry Project 5 times in a small venue and they always put on a great show. Jimmy Crespo & Rick DuFay were ok but they are not Joe Perry & Brad Whitford. On the opening night of the Rock In A Hard Place Tour the show I saw Steve Tyler wouldn't stop playing with his dick the entire night LOLOL and well, I left there feeling well endowed LOLOL because being front row right in front of him you could not help but notice it looked like he had a tiny acorn for a dick LOLOL it was really small. Someone should have told him that being that small he shouldn't wear tight spandex and play with it which only spotlights and shows off how small it really is. The drummer for most of The Joe Perry Project LPs was a local dude named Ronnie Stewart who played on demos for one of my best friends bands in the late 1980s/early 1990s. He said they opened up for Rush a few times and he mentioned how humbling it was because during his drum solo each night he would look off to the side of the stage and every night Neil Peart was there watching his drum solo LOLOL he said Neil was very gracious and kind and always shook his hand telling him he sounded great & was an excellent drummer. Could you imagine doing a drum solo with Neil Peart watching you LOLOL OK, enough for my mini novel. It was fun meeting the members of Aerosmith I did as I was 15 at the time. Tom Hamilton was the coolest. He asked if he could see my 10 speed bike and I said yes. He then sat on it and did a few laps around me on it, got off it and said "there, I fixed it for you" He was with Rick Dufay & Joey Kramer and those 2 barely talked. In 1984 when I saw Aerosmith the 2nd time they were supposedly straight but I am not sure. They still sounded crappy live and it was a horrible concert. I was a huge fan at the time as well. I am not really a fan now but still do like and respect their first 4 LPs and consider them classics. Most of what they did after Rocks was garbage but that is just my opinion. From what I have heard even when they are not wasted they still are not the best at putting on live shows. Any of my friends who have seen them over the years always seem to be disappointed by their live shows. I don't know how much you paid for your ticket but I have a feeling it wasn't as expensive as it was years later as concert prices exploded during the late 1980s and became ridiculous for the most part.
@@cygnals524 Cool Aero memories , thanks for that , Im still quite keen on` night in the ruts` after all these years, unfortunately they never make it down to my part of the world to play, now kicking myself as i probably could have seen them play at Great woods in`88 when i spent 3 months of my big OE living in Cambridge Mass , regret that now damn should of made the effort.they were the days tho , cheers frm NZ
Yeah, Steven, I was at the show too. Love Aerosmith but still the worst big-name concert I've seen. They were hammered and the sound was terrible (like all shows at the Silverdome). Foghat was the best band of the night. Tickets were $8.50...still have the stub.
@sabbracadabra, yes, if you have "Rocks" and "Get Your Wings" , you have 90% of everything you need. (I left out "Toys In The Attic" because those two Top40 Hits are way over-rated).
...I’m STILL waiting for Joe to fkn release this Pontiac concert in hi-def on a dvd alfknready! This was undoubtedly their pinnacle. Not that fkn diet rock of the nineties. Come on Joe! We’re all waiting!
0:12 Toys in the Attic 3:32 Same Old Song And Dance 8:08 Sweet Emotion 12:55 Walk This Way 16:56 Adam's Apple 21:41 Train Kept a Rollin' 27:16 Peter Gunn Theme / Rats in the Cellar / S.O.S. (Too Bad)
I remember every minute of this show! Was 15 years old then. Stumbled in with the rest of the Blue Army! The Golden Age of ROCK! Never to be seen again I'm afraid. Never knew there was a tape of this show. What a find! Even this far into the future this is one of my best memories - ever! What a killer show!
I saw Aerosmith the first time in 1973 as they opened for Robin Trower and Mott the Hoople. Never heard of Aerosmith and they blew it up! I saw them many times but this is the first video that truly captures what I remember them sounding like. Awesome!
Wow-that would have been great-Aerosmith 1973 AND Mott the Hoople! I missed the MTH/NY Dolls/ Aerosmith bill in '73-bummed on that one. I did see Aerosmith for the first time in 1975 in a 2,400 cap theatre. Several more up to 1988. 1988 was when they had Guns n Roses opening. Pretty crazy night, that one!
@@kennethmartindale8771 That's awesome. In between those shows I saw them both nights they played at Cobo Arena in May of 1975. Classic shows for the Toys In The Attic tour
For whatever reason, you just never hear Joe Perry's name come up when there's talk of great guitarists. Just one majorly under-rated player. One of my favorites.
Two days ago I asked myself,: Tell me a good Joe Perry solo and I said to myself, maybe the endsolo of amazing but then.... He is a pentatonicnoodler. And as guitarist know: boring after awhile.
lol r u kidding? Listen to the solo's to walk this way. Listen to Uncle Salty Solo. Solo's to studio version of Back in the Saddle, yes that's Joe. Combination solo. Live solo to I Ain't got you from 1973 (also on live bootleg) . I can keep going and going!
First album I ever bought , Dream on , I live to the awareness of consciousness , from teenager to age 59 years old , it's still got it , thank you , Aerosmith , tod .
I was born 3 years later on September 26th but I didn't get into Aerosmith until 1993 during the Get A Grip era and I am really enjoying this window into the 70s era. I'm 40 now and like they say, *You're never too old to rock!*
Husband and I were at this concert and again at Cobo as teenagers. We had tickets for September 2014 which would have been our 34th wedding anniversary but he died in August. Still a fan at 65.
Aerosmith as pure and great as it gets....my junior year of high school. They are stepping out as strong as ever with the original intent in each song!
That's a fact I'm from I'm from Massachusetts grateful to see him 24 times even the content at the what's the Centrum when the second song Stephen Tyleroded on the second song and dropped on stage
My all time favorite song performance by Aerosmith is this recording of Adams Apple. Great lyrics, awesome guitar riff, and Stevens voice was peaking at this time. Even though he was blitzed at this concert, he killed it. Check out @ 21:00 how he mugs for the camera as if it was choreographed.
Haha,...I was there too!I remember the line up being Ted Nugent,Foghat and Aerosmith.Was 16 at the time and ohh baby did we party that night,...good thing the parents didn't see me stagger in the house that night.Good ol' Pontiac Silverdome,...saw many concerts there during the 70's with 80,000 crazed fans rock'n it out.Another one I remember at the SD is Iggy Pop,Peter Frampton & Steve Miller.Man,for $10 you would get 6 hours of great music,...it was good to have been a teenager back then.
I got to see Aerosmith in October that same year at the Liverpool Empire. It's fixed seating but for much of Aerosmith's set people in the audience kept trying to come down to the front of the stage only to get sent back by the bouncers. After seeing people repeatedly getting sent back to their seats Stephen Tyler finally yelled out "Don't listen to them telling you to sit down, GET THE FUCK UP!!!" at which point a tidal wave of people charged the stage. You could just see the "Oh crap!" look on the faces of the bouncers who totally gave up and retreated. A couple of songs later something rather large hit me on the head and landed at my feet. It was an album cover to "ROCKS" that somebody had frisbeed off from the balcony. I probably still have it somewhere.
takes me back to junior high days .evry weekend a party when the parents went to bowling night,evry1 showed up and the aerosmith albums got cranked,drinking 3.2 beers...ahhh,memories that last a life time
I had the Video Scrapbook on VHS years ago. I've seen these guys a few times in concert starting in the 70's. That was the best time to see them and those first 4 albums were the essentials! They had quite a few great ones after that but I didn't get into the commercial stuff.
@ 1irishanml, I can believe that, but the 70s were when they wrote GREAT music, and those albums stand the test of time, not like the commercial crap of the late 80s and early 90s that got so much MTV airtime.
I saw them Jan 12, 1976 in Providence when I was still 12! Toys In The Attic tour. Amazing experience. My friend and me were on the floor. Everyone was standing in their seats and I had to stand on the back of my seat to have any chance of seeing the band.
I read through the comments and a few people said Aerosmith sucked that night and they walked out , I was at the show, I'm looking at my ticket stub right now because I saved all my ticket stubs from all my concerts, it was May 8th 1976 , Outlaws were first band , Ted Nugent played 2nd , Foghat was 3rd, Aerosmith was the headliner , it was $8.50 , all the bands were in their Prime, I think Outlaws only had out their first album , Nugent only had out his first album and free for all , Foghat had been around for a while and they did sound great but they were a great live band they were the first concert I ever saw Aerosmith was my second , Lynyrd Skynyrd was my third concert the one more from the road tour , Aerosmith played a couple songs from rocks but I think it was released a couple months after this concert so no one had heard any of the songs before , it might not have been Aerosmith best night but I thought they were still pretty great , we were smoking good Colombian and some blonde Lebanese hash , it's funny hearing the people nowadays saying that the pot sucked back then but truthfully some of the Columbian was awesome smoke tasted great great Buzz , but it always had seeds, I was buying quarter pounds for $95 and selling ounces for $35 -40 , I would always pick out a half ounce of the best buds to smoke,, throughout High School i never sold to anybody I didn't know and if someone came over with someone I didn't know I would tell them I was out ,great times , good acid was $1 or 2, blotter ,or paper was $4 or $5, the blotter with a picture of goofy was awesome stuff ,chocolate mesc, Rohrer 714's , good times .... way before crack and meth destroyed people's souls and teeth,lol
Cool story Jeff! I was around back then so I can relate to what you're saying! Here's one for ya.... Back in 1972 I was a sophomore in high school. My German class went on a field trip to Boston University to attend an Oktoberfest celebration that was held every year in the Student Union Building. The day we were there we were standing in line, filing into the hall where the festivities were held. I was standing in front of the opened doors to an auditorium where this band was playing, sounding larger-than-life. Even now I can still conjure the affect this had on my 15 year-old brain at the time. I was mesmerized, transfixed and completely blown away. I had just started playing bass the year before so I was highly impressionable. It turned out that it was Aerosmith (they used to rehearse at the BU Student Union back then) just before the release of their first album. Looking back, it was a real treat and a moment I'll always treasure. Their first album, along with 'Pump' are my all-time, song-for-song favorites from them to this day.
MY FIRST CONCERT AEROSMITH 1977 MARKET SQUARE ARENA 7TH GRADE SAW THAT OUTFIT ON STEVEN 1ST ROW BY PEAVEY AMPS!! SEEN 11 MORE TIMES.. THATS MY BOYS!! AEROSMITH IS THE GOAT ...♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Back when Aerosmith was a hard rocking band! Although I must admit I did hear them play hard rock at their recent Las Vegas stint! I was pleasantly surprised that they played songs from Rocks and Toys!
I watched this vid(especially the Pontiac footage) literally ever night my senior year in H.S. 88-89. Having not seen it in over 30 years It's amazing I still remember so many details(i.e. what the next camera shot will be😁). Of all the performances on the hime vid THIS footage is the best.
Thanks so much for posting this! Had it in vhs can't find it anywhere on dvd/blu ray.. needs a new release. Aerosmith at there rawest,dirtiest & best. A true punk element to them back in the 70s. High as kites & kickin ass!
This was aVHS tape released about 1986. My copy was titled Aerosmith Scrapbook on the sleeve but the tape title was Tapes In The Attic. I don’t know if they ever did a DVD version but they should.
THIS is the real 'smith. No "Aerobicsmith" of the '80's and 90's, no American Idle b.s., no dumb music videos, no celebrity daughters, no gossip mag hype.
I somethem in LA this time period with Montrose.I was about 16 both Bands were incredible later l saw Aerosmith again at Anaheim Stadium with Jan Hammer and Jeff Beck they were thrashed Tyler was sitting down alot could hardly pull off the gig to make it worse there were Huge Screens each end of the stage so even people way in the back could see things werent going well pretty disappointing and sad l love Aerosmith just the same
I think a lot of this material was on the first music video I had ever bought,which was around 1980 something, called Aerosmith Video Scrapbook. It was the coolest thing ever back then.
different footage, some from 70's some from 80's. Tyler's black and white striped outfit is from '76. It's safe to say he was probably high on blow. Either way, one of the world's great lead singers.
maybe both...lol It must be tough playing so much...personally I'd get bored. That being said, I think they were worked to death in the 70's and not every night was stellar. But when they were on they were really a great live band.
Agreed, they came thru StLouis 2-3 times a year during the Wings/Toys/Rocks/Draw the Line years I attended all known ASmith concerts in StLouis until the Get a Grip tour. Over worked for sure touring recording 24x7x365 in the 70's has killed many. Or despite all the demons they really wanted what they became more as a band than individuals. I had read a cupla ASmith books and which mentioned the use of heroin, I mentioned it merely as a timeline aspect.
After turning 50 last yr I seem to think about the past more and in 1976 I was only 8 but my bf was 10 and his older bro 14 and I was like the 3rd son in their fam so I learned stuff young and Toys was a huge album and we would play it all the time and I never understood the big 10" song but knew something was funky about it. Thinking back now maybe all it was, was just a record of Steven's favorite blues tunes.??
Joe is one hard rocking mofo. I have this on dvd. This is my favorite show. There’s some other great stuff on the dvd as well. I got to meet Joe in a bar in Pinellas Park Florida before sound check for a JPP show the summer before the third record came out. I walked in and he was just sitting at the bar drinking Jack and Coke so I sat down and ordered a beer and we talked about rock and roll and The Rolling Stones. I had named the band I was in after one of his songs from his first solo album, which if any of you haven’t heard it you should. I think this is either Cobo or Joe Louis in Detroit. It’s not the Silverdome
ive seen it all and this footage is as good as anything from any band . joe perry was a genius . this is probably the greatest rock band of all time . in terms of skill ..showman ship ,humour , inventive . its got everything .
Vintage Aerosmith god I miss this . This is how to rock
joe perry's guitar tone is raw and nasty and crunchy!
Love it !
noticed that .. thinkin that was over dubbed .. idk
Joe was ON that night! and the les paul custom he's playing is a monster of a guitar
Init love it when the fender comes out fithly raw and nasty it's awesome 🤘🤘
@@MySugaree Aerosmith would consider that to be a total sell-out, at least in 1976.
I still have this "Aerosmith Video Scrapbook" on VHS tape,I had to spend a lot of money in 1982 to get it on import from US to UK and then have it transferred from US VHS system to UK VHS system!!...Worth every penny though.
I remember this concert as a 15 year old living in Pontiac we did not miss any events. We jumped the fence into a big dumpster that was set up for all the alcohol trying to be smuggle in had to be disposed of. All you had to do was jump the fence into the trash. After consuming about a fifth of every kind of alcohol there was in the world, you just jump out of the dumpster and your free to go. I remember every song played. The Pontiac Siverdome was the shit, the place to be, not even a year old the facility was brand new. Every songwriter singer Band and the Lions played this place. from Led Zepplin to the Who, Pope, Elvis, hell Everybody This is the good O days.
the pope was in hamtramack.. but i loved the silverdome too.. but i had to wait( EDIT) until the 80;s (sorry i have no idea what i was saying my age? or year maybe.lol.) to go to concerts and by that time they were either pine knob, or the joe and cobo, saw monsters of rock here and took my nephew and niece to a monster truck pull..
To bad all that history is gone
***** it is a shame,i did take my son to see it was labled Monster trucks , not minster jam, but they raced each other in a line and crushed stuff, that was in i wanna say 06 or 07,it was like the new owners ine if teir first events if not THE first event since they reopened it.. and then it was closed again ..and now nothing.. i think its still up ,but its ruined and it does hold a lot f history i met Billy Sims , Barry Sanders and chris Spielman of the Lions there!! Billy was ok, Barry very nice, very quiet, Chris was sweet ans said I was really pretty *sigh* lol.. so lots of memories gone...
The Pope also visited the Silverdome in 1987. I was there! Sang with one of the many choirs that sang that day!
that place SUCKED BAWLS for sound. Made for football not music
This is the epitome of American Rock and Roll!!!!
Outstanding 🤟... That version of Sweet Emotion was incredible.
We were so much cooler than kids today.
Yeah we were My Friend
You got THAT right Dude . ..
Damn Straight Skippy!!
13:17 hear ya! 😮
I was at this show. Honest opinion here, from what I remember. Senior year. My friend Alan and I drove almost two hours from the Lansing area to see this show. The 80,000 seat Silverdome had "The Giant Curtain" drawn across the center of the arena, effectively cutting it in half. It still was a huge venue and was almost filled to capacity with 30+ thousand fans. I was used to seeing bands at places like Cobo Hall and Wing Stadium in Kalamazoo, MUCH smaller, more intimate and much better acoustics. First time seeing a concert in Pontiac, and I was in awe of the cavern like Silverdome.
"The Outlaws" band opened to a mostly indifferent crowd. Remember feeling a little bad for them, they sounded great but got almost NO response from the crowd, who weren't really there to see a "Southern Rock" act I guess. I watched them walk off the stage after their set to almost no applause, looking out into the crowd and shaking their heads like "Damn, this sucks." Ted Nugent (with the great Derek St. Holmes still on lead vocals) and Foghat were also on the bill, and Ted was up next. His first solo album "Ted Nugent" had recently been released and was getting some good local rock radio air time (Hey Baby, Stranglehold, Just What the Doctor Ordered) and "Uncle Ted" was a hometown favorite for sure. The crowd was starting to get into the mood.
Foghat had recently released the "Fool for the City" album and were a little bit more well-known nationally than Ted was at the time. Both acts were really good and the crowd was definitely getting more and more into both the music and the "spirit" as the night went on. The Silverdome interior had a thick, bluish tint to the air from all the cigarettes and weed being smoked. (OK, I'll admit that I also contributed a little bit to the "atmosphere." ) Both Nugent and Foghat put on a really good show. The crowd was definitely there to see the headliner Aerosmith though, that's for sure. Toys in the Attic was HUGE at the time, and they were probably one of the "Must See" go-to shows that year. You could feel the anticipation growing as the night went on. That's where things got a little weird (to me anyways.)
There was a long ass (really long ass) delay between Foghat's end and Aerosmith's start. Not sure why the delay, but you could tell people were getting a little annoyed with the wait. You must remember about 4-5 hours had now passed since the gates opened, three previous acts performed, and it was an "evening" event. It was getting a little late, and many people had been partying pretty hard during the entire time, and were in various states of "buzz." Tempers were a little thin. A few fights broke out. I remember seeing many fans passed out on the floor of the dome, stumbling around and some being escorted out of the venue by security. When Aerosmith FINALLY came on, people were pretty fired up.
I don't know what changed, but from where we were sitting, on the floor ground level, the sound level and quality had now changed It now kind of "sucked" in fact. It had been pretty good up till then, so I'm not sure what happened. Maybe the environment had changed from an earlier sound check, maybe the sound engineers had it cranked a bit louder than the settings had been for the previous acts for more of a "wow" factor, I don't know. But it wasn't good. Big, Boomy, and muddled...kind of disappointing. To top it off, I think Steven Tyler was stoned out of his mind (look at his eyes in this video.). There was a big video screen above the stage so the people in the nose-bleed seats could see better I guess. We were on the floor and I swear you could see Tyler's red eyes from the screen. I know they were hard partiers back then, but I think they must have overdone it a bit in the dressing room before they went on. Maybe the reason for the long delay between sets? He tripped and fell on his ass at least 3 or 4 times during the show, and got sloppier as the set went on. Hate to say it, but I was very disappointed and had seen enough. My friend and I left about 20 minutes before the "encore" and felt a little let down to be honest. The headliner was definitely the poorest performers that night in my opinion. And this is coming from a huge Aerosmith fan.
On a final note, got to Alan's car and found he had locked the keys inside. LOL. Had to break the vent window, reach in and pull the inside door handle to get in. It was a loud, cold and windy 2 hour ride back home that night. Anyways...That's my recollection of things.
That was Aerosmith Back in the Day they were known for being not so good live.
@Steven Lake I have seen Aerosmith twice in the early 1980s and they sucked both times then as well. I live in NH and most of Aerosmith own homes here in the Lake Sunapee area. I live about 1 hour north of Boston & the venue is a smaller theater that seats about 1,500 people. It is basically a smaller version of the Orpheum in Boston. Aerosmith practiced for their "Rock In A Hard Place" tour at this venue. I met all the members except Steve Tyler as he almost never showed up for practice, Tom Hamilton was the coolest. This was the album and tour without Joe Perry & Brad Whitford, Jimmy Crespo & Rick DuFay filled in for them. I saw opening night and it was a disaster! I was 15 at the time and was front row right in front of a completely wasted Steve Tyler. He was missing entire lines of verses and snorting lines at times not even bothering to sing when he was suppose to. He kept kicking his red(solo) cup full of Jack Daniels over spilling it on us several times. My parents met me at the door when I got home(I lived on the same street as the venue so it was a 3 minute walk) they always checked me out after concerts in those days and they said I smelled like booze LOLOL well, they weren't lying. I explained to them it was because the singer kept knocking his cup over spilling it on us LOLOL they said "That's an original excuse"! They didn't believe me but at the same time I wasn't drunk so they left me alone. Good thing because while I didn't drink I was tripping my ass off hehehe. They played 2 nights at this venue and my friends who saw night 2 said it also sucked. Two years later on the "Done With Mirrors" tour When Perry & Whitford rejoined they played here again and still sounded like crap and it wasn't a great show. Steve Tyler said he was playing here again to make up for the horrible shows on the last tour. I still feel like Aerosmith owes me my money back for the tickets I bought plus I paid for the ticket of the person I brought along as well & the opening night show the tickets were the most expensive concert tickets I had bought at that time.
Now, to end this story on a good note. The Joe Perry Project played at this same venue 5 times from 1981-1983 and I saw them ALL 5 times. EVERY single Joe Perry Project show was AWESOME! Not only excellent performances they sounded excellent as well. Each time it was a bit different as well. I saw the JPP with Charlie Farren a few times then with Mach Bell and one time it was just a 3 piece band and Joe did all the singing for the entire show, this was an amazing show that still has a special place on my favorite concert list. The last JJP show I saw in 1983 Brad Whitford was with him and this wasn't announced so I was amazed when they came on. The price was about $6.00 a ticket as well LOLOL I still have the ticket stubs for most of these shows.
So while Aerosmith sucked both times I saw them I was fortunate to have seen The Joe Perry Project 5 times in a small venue and they always put on a great show. Jimmy Crespo & Rick DuFay were ok but they are not Joe Perry & Brad Whitford. On the opening night of the Rock In A Hard Place Tour the show I saw Steve Tyler wouldn't stop playing with his dick the entire night LOLOL and well, I left there feeling well endowed LOLOL because being front row right in front of him you could not help but notice it looked like he had a tiny acorn for a dick LOLOL it was really small. Someone should have told him that being that small he shouldn't wear tight spandex and play with it which only spotlights and shows off how small it really is. The drummer for most of The Joe Perry Project LPs was a local dude named Ronnie Stewart who played on demos for one of my best friends bands in the late 1980s/early 1990s. He said they opened up for Rush a few times and he mentioned how humbling it was because during his drum solo each night he would look off to the side of the stage and every night Neil Peart was there watching his drum solo LOLOL he said Neil was very gracious and kind and always shook his hand telling him he sounded great & was an excellent drummer. Could you imagine doing a drum solo with Neil Peart watching you LOLOL
OK, enough for my mini novel. It was fun meeting the members of Aerosmith I did as I was 15 at the time. Tom Hamilton was the coolest. He asked if he could see my 10 speed bike and I said yes. He then sat on it and did a few laps around me on it, got off it and said "there, I fixed it for you" He was with Rick Dufay & Joey Kramer and those 2 barely talked. In 1984 when I saw Aerosmith the 2nd time they were supposedly straight but I am not sure. They still sounded crappy live and it was a horrible concert. I was a huge fan at the time as well. I am not really a fan now but still do like and respect their first 4 LPs and consider them classics. Most of what they did after Rocks was garbage but that is just my opinion. From what I have heard even when they are not wasted they still are not the best at putting on live shows. Any of my friends who have seen them over the years always seem to be disappointed by their live shows. I don't know how much you paid for your ticket but I have a feeling it wasn't as expensive as it was years later as concert prices exploded during the late 1980s and became ridiculous for the most part.
@@cygnals524 Cool Aero memories , thanks for that , Im still quite keen on` night in the ruts` after all these years,
unfortunately they never make it down to my part of the world to play, now kicking myself as i probably could have seen them play at Great woods in`88 when i spent 3 months of my big OE living in Cambridge Mass , regret that now damn should of made the effort.they were the days tho , cheers frm NZ
They were definitely not sober in 1984.
Yeah, Steven, I was at the show too. Love Aerosmith but still the worst big-name concert I've seen. They were hammered and the sound was terrible (like all shows at the Silverdome). Foghat was the best band of the night. Tickets were $8.50...still have the stub.
Incredible. Aerosmith at their peak!
Absolutely right. Aerosmith's peak was a narrow window of time, lasting no more than 1 year: Summer 1976 - Summer 1977.
@sabbracadabra, yes, if you have "Rocks" and "Get Your Wings" , you have 90% of everything you need. (I left out "Toys In The Attic" because those two Top40 Hits are way over-rated).
Some of their best songs released, but still playing tight
...I’m STILL waiting for Joe to fkn release this Pontiac concert in hi-def on a dvd alfknready! This was undoubtedly their pinnacle. Not that fkn diet rock of the nineties. Come on Joe! We’re all waiting!
Don't discount Live Bootleg tour 78... Phenomenal!!! Saw this tour front row in Boston... Sensational!!!!
0:12 Toys in the Attic
3:32 Same Old Song And Dance
8:08 Sweet Emotion
12:55 Walk This Way
16:56 Adam's Apple
21:41 Train Kept a Rollin'
27:16 Peter Gunn Theme / Rats in the Cellar / S.O.S. (Too Bad)
I never heard Rats in the Cellar
Bat Man’s Theme (TV Show)
I lived this.....September 3rd 1976
Seattle Kingdome.
I was 16. So cool!
I remember every minute of this show! Was 15 years old then. Stumbled in with the rest of the Blue Army! The Golden Age of ROCK! Never to be seen again I'm afraid. Never knew there was a tape of this show. What a find! Even this far into the future this is one of my best memories - ever! What a killer show!
Me too I was there from Windsor 14yrs old ✌️💜🎶🇨🇦
Thats crazy you didnt know this show was out there for the past 30+ years ! Glad you found it
@@LSUOdysseyfirst time I have seen it today..grew up in the seventies...
@@schmitty139 that's so cool!!!
Joe Perry's playing on this show is really HOT!
All you youngsters, this is how you do it. Paying due's😢, making your bones, pay attention 😊
saw 'em at the Forum in '78 , ...... this is why these guys are legends
This was when concerts were truly fun and esciting. Can you imagine pople getting on stage like this now? Perry was awesome as always!
I saw Aerosmith the first time in 1973 as they opened for Robin Trower and Mott the Hoople. Never heard of Aerosmith and they blew it up! I saw them many times but this is the first video that truly captures what I remember them sounding like. Awesome!
Cool ... where was that show at? 1st time I saw them was at Pine Knob in Sept. '74, then in Flint in Nov of '74.
Wow-that would have been great-Aerosmith 1973 AND Mott the Hoople! I missed the MTH/NY Dolls/ Aerosmith bill in '73-bummed on that one. I did see Aerosmith for the first time in 1975 in a 2,400 cap theatre. Several more up to 1988. 1988 was when they had Guns n Roses opening. Pretty crazy night, that one!
@@denroszI was also at the pine knob show in 74 and 76 at the silverdome
@@kennethmartindale8771 That's awesome. In between those shows I saw them both nights they played at Cobo Arena in May of 1975. Classic shows for the Toys In The Attic tour
i love the old stuff thank god youtube people still have them around
They should remaster this and release the full concert.
Hear, hear!
Agree
100% Yes! I would love to see this full show!
I saw them in 1976 Boston Gardens, awesome! They opened with Toys in the Attic
Absolutely !!!!
For whatever reason, you just never hear Joe Perry's name come up when there's talk of great guitarists. Just one majorly under-rated player. One of my favorites.
Two days ago I asked myself,: Tell me a good Joe Perry solo and I said to myself, maybe the endsolo of amazing but then.... He is a pentatonicnoodler. And as guitarist know: boring after awhile.
who cares about the solos...it's about the riffs with Joe
completely underrated. Hes distinctive and wrote some great songs. Kramer underrated as well!
lol r u kidding? Listen to the solo's to walk this way. Listen to Uncle Salty Solo. Solo's to studio version of Back in the Saddle, yes that's Joe. Combination solo. Live solo to I Ain't got you from 1973 (also on live bootleg) . I can keep going and going!
Phil Frank you don’t know shit
First album I ever bought , Dream on , I live to the awareness of consciousness , from teenager to age 59 years old , it's still got it , thank you , Aerosmith , tod .
61 here and I bought all their albums on Vinyl and later on CD - still have em' - Rock and Roll forever Todd!
I was born 3 years later on September 26th but I didn't get into Aerosmith until 1993 during the Get A Grip era and I am really enjoying this window into the 70s era. I'm 40 now and like they say, *You're never too old to rock!*
Husband and I were at this concert and again at Cobo as teenagers.
We had tickets for September 2014 which would have been our 34th wedding anniversary but he died in August.
Still a fan at 65.
I'm sorry for your loss. Me too I would have been at the Kiel Aud in St Louis for this tour twice I believe in '76 . the good old days
Very sorry for your loss. Keep the rocking faith
So sorry! I’m sure he’s rockin out in heaven!
Aerosmith as pure and great as it gets....my junior year of high school. They are stepping out as strong as ever with the original intent in each song!
Yesterday today and tomorrow Aerosmith stills rocks is awesome rock band my favorite always what a team of bad boys
They love their fans to have respect for them without the fans where they be
That's a fact I'm from I'm from Massachusetts grateful to see him 24 times even the content at the what's the Centrum when the second song Stephen Tyleroded on the second song and dropped on stage
My all time favorite song performance by Aerosmith is this recording of Adams Apple. Great lyrics, awesome guitar riff, and Stevens voice was peaking at this time. Even though he was blitzed at this concert, he killed it. Check out @ 21:00 how he mugs for the camera as if it was choreographed.
That was my pick from this concert, as well. He did nail it !!
You're right. He did choreograph it, like he loves to do. Great catch.
She ate it up here in Canada to baby
Big time
Fn rockkkkkkkkkk man✌️👍🙏🍻🇨🇦
Saw them in Cleveland on this tour, Steven was wearing the same outfit and Joe was playing that black Les Paul, good times with the Blue Army.
Haha,...I was there too!I remember the line up being Ted Nugent,Foghat and Aerosmith.Was 16 at the time and ohh baby did we party that night,...good thing the parents didn't see me stagger in the house that night.Good ol' Pontiac Silverdome,...saw many concerts there during the 70's with 80,000 crazed fans rock'n it out.Another one I remember at the SD is Iggy Pop,Peter Frampton & Steve Miller.Man,for $10 you would get 6 hours of great music,...it was good to have been a teenager back then.
they sound really good here, good mix, the band really rocked.
Seen them at VETS memorial coliseum columbus ohio. Feb 78. Tyler wore the same outfit. Great concert.
Great concert - bring back the good old days!
I worked at this concert. It was amazing.
Eu também !
Great version of Adam's Apple. Dont think I ever heard them play that live before.
Definitely cool!
lucky enough to see them do Apple in 2003!
I got to see Aerosmith in October that same year at the Liverpool Empire. It's fixed seating but for much of Aerosmith's set people in the audience kept trying to come down to the front of the stage only to get sent back by the bouncers. After seeing people repeatedly getting sent back to their seats Stephen Tyler finally yelled out "Don't listen to them telling you to sit down, GET THE FUCK UP!!!" at which point a tidal wave of people charged the stage. You could just see the "Oh crap!" look on the faces of the bouncers who totally gave up and retreated. A couple of songs later something rather large hit me on the head and landed at my feet. It was an album cover to "ROCKS" that somebody had frisbeed off from the balcony. I probably still have it somewhere.
I think they played the legendary Hammersmith Odeon in London too on that tour.
takes me back to junior high days .evry weekend a party when the parents went to bowling night,evry1 showed up and the aerosmith albums got cranked,drinking 3.2 beers...ahhh,memories that last a life time
3.2 beers can't get a fly high
I still pull my eight track tape of toys in the attic out to listen from time to time. Played the heck out of it back in the day.
I miss the post vietnam 70s...look at the people, that's how America was......now gone forever, just a speck in time, but that's speck was a diamond.
They are all special with great gifts God given I believe go Aerosmith 💋💋💋💋❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
One of the best rock bands of all time. They were incredible in the 70's.
They were pretty horrible at a lot of shows ‘77 to ‘82
@@michaelseay9783 yeah but before that
@@michaelseay9783 Cocaine is a helluva drug!
I had the Video Scrapbook on VHS years ago. I've seen these guys a few times in concert starting in the 70's. That was the best time to see them and those first 4 albums were the essentials! They had quite a few great ones after that but I didn't get into the commercial stuff.
Brad, Joey and especially bassist Tom Hamilton are underrated - Joe and Steven owe a lot to their backbone band!
+Reapprsr1 Well said, they had a tightly knitted groove. Underrated indeed!
I saw them in every decade. They rarely had a good show in the 70's. They were so wasted. Even Joe Perry says this. They perform so much better now.
@ 1irishanml,
I can believe that, but the 70s were when they wrote GREAT music, and those albums stand the test of time, not like the commercial crap of the late 80s and early 90s that got so much MTV airtime.
I saw them Jan 12, 1976 in Providence when I was still 12! Toys In The Attic tour. Amazing experience. My friend and me were on the floor. Everyone was standing in their seats and I had to stand on the back of my seat to have any chance of seeing the band.
ITHIN k Nikki Sixx stole Steve Tyler's outfit for the Theatre of Pain tour.
+jaytube2112 nikki sixx is a dickhead
He stole stuff from the NY Dolls too, from their guitar player I believe.
Joe Perry stole some of his look from Johnny Thunders of the New York Dolls too.
Looks like a Pete Way outfit
And 'Dikki-Head-6x' stole his moniker from the original Nikki Sixx, who was outraged and should have sued him back in the day.
Thanks for sharing this GEM, I am in Flashback Heaven today ..........................
Rock on Arosmith the very best absolutely the best
Loud Live Loaded - Aerosmith in the 1970s! And they were dead bang balls on!
Rock and Roll at it's PEAK , the late 1970's were not so Kind . .. Rock On 2022 !
Same old song n Dance love all these tunes hope you all enjoyed I loved it there the greatest band ever love me some Aerosmith love it yesssss I do
man... they were smoking the stage to flames and then some~!
Joe Perry's (live) best playing I've ever seen
Anything pre 77 he is the shit. Was the shit!
Yeah,sad how bad he became the next year. Coke,Heroin and booze aren't always useful.
Saw them in New Orleans after high school graduation at City Park in New Orleans . Great Show ! 1976
The year I was born. A great year 1976
It was a great year, but KISS was the band to see in 1976, tho I wouldn't have turned down Aerosmith tickets if they were offered to me 8)
thx !! they ae really kickin ass this night ! saw them om July 4, 1976 - WS, NC with Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer...I was 13 !
13:00 Is that Paul Stanley???
Thankyou for uploading this...Aerosmith shining bright this night ...love it. They sound great, played great.
AEROSMITH FOREVER! LONG LIVE AEROSMITH!
I had this new on vhs. Wore it out in the 80s. Memories….
Classic Aerosmith! I saw that black and white jump suit a few times. Boy, that jolted my memory.
I read through the comments and a few people said Aerosmith sucked that night and they walked out , I was at the show, I'm looking at my ticket stub right now because I saved all my ticket stubs from all my concerts, it was May 8th 1976 , Outlaws were first band , Ted Nugent played 2nd , Foghat was 3rd, Aerosmith was the headliner , it was $8.50 , all the bands were in their Prime, I think Outlaws only had out their first album , Nugent only had out his first album and free for all , Foghat had been around for a while and they did sound great but they were a great live band they were the first concert I ever saw Aerosmith was my second , Lynyrd Skynyrd was my third concert the one more from the road tour , Aerosmith played a couple songs from rocks but I think it was released a couple months after this concert so no one had heard any of the songs before , it might not have been Aerosmith best night but I thought they were still pretty great , we were smoking good Colombian and some blonde Lebanese hash , it's funny hearing the people nowadays saying that the pot sucked back then but truthfully some of the Columbian was awesome smoke tasted great great Buzz , but it always had seeds, I was buying quarter pounds for $95 and selling ounces for $35 -40 , I would always pick out a half ounce of the best buds to smoke,, throughout High School i never sold to anybody I didn't know and if someone came over with someone I didn't know I would tell them I was out ,great times , good acid was $1 or 2, blotter ,or paper was $4 or $5, the blotter with a picture of goofy was awesome stuff ,chocolate mesc, Rohrer 714's , good times .... way before crack and meth destroyed people's souls and teeth,lol
The hash was $5 a gram? does anyone even smoke hash anymore? Haven't seen or heard of it for years. Used to love smoking it under glass.
freebase was there as well as great speed
Oh hell yes I loved 714s
I loved ludes
Cool story Jeff! I was around back then so I can relate to what you're saying!
Here's one for ya....
Back in 1972 I was a sophomore in high school. My German class went on a field trip to Boston University to attend an Oktoberfest celebration that was held every year in the Student Union Building. The day we were there we were standing in line, filing into the hall where the festivities were held. I was standing in front of the opened doors to an auditorium where this band was playing, sounding larger-than-life. Even now I can still conjure the affect this had on my 15 year-old brain at the time. I was mesmerized, transfixed and completely blown away. I had just started playing bass the year before so I was highly impressionable. It turned out that it was Aerosmith (they used to rehearse at the BU Student Union back then) just before the release of their first album. Looking back, it was a real treat and a moment I'll always treasure. Their first album, along with 'Pump' are my all-time, song-for-song favorites from them to this day.
MY FIRST CONCERT AEROSMITH 1977 MARKET SQUARE ARENA 7TH GRADE SAW THAT OUTFIT ON STEVEN 1ST ROW BY PEAVEY AMPS!! SEEN 11 MORE TIMES.. THATS MY BOYS!! AEROSMITH IS THE GOAT ...♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Perry was on fire
Tom Hamilton is hands down one of the biggest stud bassist of his era!
He doesn't get enough recognition as arguably the most proficient musician in Aerosmith. The entire band sounds killer in this vid!
The Sweet Emotion bass intro is perfection. He should be listed as one of rock's top bassists.
Wow.. wow...1976 n 2020 still same performance..the greatest aerosmith.
o aerosmith e uma das melhores bandas de rock dos anos70 ate hioje , joe perry e um dos melhores guitarristas do mundo .
Back when Aerosmith was a hard rocking band! Although I must admit I did hear them play hard rock at their recent Las Vegas stint! I was pleasantly surprised that they played songs from Rocks and Toys!
You thought they wouldn't play Sweet Emotion?
I watched this vid(especially the Pontiac footage) literally ever night my senior year in H.S. 88-89. Having not seen it in over 30 years It's amazing I still remember so many details(i.e. what the next camera shot will be😁). Of all the performances on the hime vid THIS footage is the best.
Thanks so much for posting this! Had it in vhs can't find it anywhere on dvd/blu ray.. needs a new release.
Aerosmith at there rawest,dirtiest & best.
A true punk element to them back in the 70s.
High as kites & kickin ass!
I was ecstatic when this video went on sale. It was brand new in 1980 and all this stuff was brand new on the market. It was so cool man.
Really enjoyed this! Great clips I've never seen before - you made my day! The good ol' days....sigh...Thanks!
If they remastered and put this whole concert out it would easily make them millions idk why they wouldn't
I MET STEVEN TYLER AND JOE PERRY ON THE "PUMP" TOUR IN JOHNSON CITY IN 1990. OH YES I DID!!
I like how Joe strings his notes together. 22:24.
The fellas in Aerosmith would like their fans to know that no cocaine was consumed prior to, during, or after this show.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This is priceless, thankyou so much for posting. Just became one of my all time favourites on TH-cam..
Aerosmith Gold right here.
This was aVHS tape released about 1986. My copy was titled Aerosmith Scrapbook on the sleeve but the tape title was Tapes In The Attic. I don’t know if they ever did a DVD version but they should.
kicking ass as usual
Adam's apple great song. Not played enough.
THIS is the real 'smith. No "Aerobicsmith" of the '80's and 90's, no American Idle b.s., no dumb music videos, no celebrity daughters, no gossip mag hype.
I was at this concert. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was in 12th grade.
I somethem in LA this time period with Montrose.I was about 16 both Bands were incredible later l saw Aerosmith again at Anaheim Stadium with Jan Hammer and Jeff Beck they were thrashed Tyler was sitting down alot could hardly pull off the gig to make it worse there were Huge Screens each end of the stage so even people way in the back could see things werent going well pretty disappointing and sad l love Aerosmith just the same
Un excellent live 1976 un des meilleurs pour moi du grand Aerosmith
I would kill for a footage of the whole concert with this quality.
Enjoy them while you can.Long live Aerosmith.Train keeps a rockin.
I love that hard rockin! My god that was good.
This was my first concert..................still have the ticket!
I bet this was the top priority of the summer
Great memories! They were right up there -and still command.
This is when they ruled America. "Rocks" came out and they went even higher.
Love it! Would love to see whole show!!!!!
I love to be 20 in 1973.....what a rock a roll in the 70s !!!
I think a lot of this material was on the first music video I had ever bought,which was around 1980 something, called Aerosmith Video Scrapbook. It was the coolest thing ever back then.
different footage, some from 70's some from 80's. Tyler's black and white striped outfit is from '76. It's safe to say he was probably high on blow. Either way, one of the world's great lead singers.
+Todd Lavigne One of the very greatest rock singers ever! He is a legend!
+Todd Lavigne probably heroin by then...
maybe both...lol
It must be tough playing so much...personally I'd get bored. That being said, I think they were worked to death in the 70's and not every night was stellar. But when they were on they were really a great live band.
Agreed, they came thru StLouis 2-3 times a year during the Wings/Toys/Rocks/Draw the Line years I attended all known ASmith concerts in StLouis until the Get a Grip tour. Over worked for sure touring recording 24x7x365 in the 70's has killed many. Or despite all the demons they really wanted what they became more as a band than individuals. I had read a cupla ASmith books and which mentioned the use of heroin, I mentioned it merely as a timeline aspect.
Yes, like any job it can get boring. Even playing music.
After turning 50 last yr I seem to think about the past more and in 1976 I was only 8 but my bf was 10 and his older bro 14 and I was like the 3rd son in their fam so I learned stuff young and Toys was a huge album and we would play it all the time and I never understood the big 10" song but knew something was funky about it. Thinking back now maybe all it was, was just a record of Steven's favorite blues tunes.??
Back when they had a real big BAG
Wow that's the first live vid of Joe Perry actually in tune ...vocally and instrumentally!
Amen, that's what I thought too.
Joe is one hard rocking mofo. I have this on dvd. This is my favorite show. There’s some other great stuff on the dvd as well. I got to meet Joe in a bar in Pinellas Park Florida before sound check for a JPP show the summer before the third record came out. I walked in and he was just sitting at the bar drinking Jack and Coke so I sat down and ordered a beer and we talked about rock and roll and The Rolling Stones. I had named the band I was in after one of his songs from his first solo album, which if any of you haven’t heard it you should. I think this is either Cobo or Joe Louis in Detroit. It’s not the Silverdome
The best in the universe!
Had this scrapbook
Back when
Done with marrers was comming out
The beginning intro to Train Kept a Rollin' is sheer visionary, yet so simple.
Kinda sums up the band you could say.
ive seen it all and this footage is as good as anything from any band . joe perry was a genius . this is probably the greatest rock band of all time . in terms of skill ..showman ship ,humour , inventive . its got everything .
i still have my srapbook on VHS lol ..... my brother and i watched it about 200 times !