Monsters of Rock Oxford, ME 1988
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in the rain and lightning. I still hold all other outdoor shows against this.
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for Metallica (the only band we went to Oxford for). We caught Kirk's
towel at the end of the show, a bunch of us fought for it, security
sprayed us with some firehoses to cool us off. We had to cut up that
damn towel with a key so we could leave! Still have my piece!
Loved the show, left half-way through Dokken......
jeffke...@my-dejanews.com
joe....@shmoe.net wrote:
> Dude! I was fucking there! We saw Kingdom Come open up and stayed
> for Metallica (the only band we went to Oxford for). We caught Kirk's
> towel at the end of the show, a bunch of us fought for it, security
> sprayed us with some firehoses to cool us off. We had to cut up that
> damn towel with a key so we could leave! Still have my piece!
> Loved the show, left half-way through Dokken......
>
hose spraying it seems suicidal since it was about 40 degrees and raining. I
actually stayed for the whole show, I'm not sure what the HELL I was thinking!
joe....@shmoe.net
Metallica. We had to wait for about 2 hours (if i remember correctly)
to get out of the parking lot, the back-road and finally onto the main
road to get us to Portland for the night. We were up front for
Metallica too.....got a couple of cool pics from that. I can remember
turning around and seeing, what was it? 60,000 people behind me...
what a trip. I went to Quebec city that winter to see them on the
Justice tour with Queensryche. Cool pics from that one too, but
Oxford was way better.......
Shovelhead.
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BadSe...@webtv.net
>Monsters of Rock Oxford, ME 1988
>Was anyone else at this HELLISH show?
>Did anyone else stay for the whole show
>in the rain and lightning. I still hold all
>other outdoor shows against this.
I have so many memories of that weekend i don't know where to start.
First off, i went with four or five other people from manchester,n.h. we
left friday night in a beat up old van, it was such a piece of shit that
we GAVE a ticket to a guy who knew how to work on motor vehicals in case
we broke down. Anyways, we decided to go the back way, because of the
traffic nightmares they had predicted on the radio. we drove north on 93
to the white mountains and cut across the kangamangus highway, which is
this twisting, turning old scenic road through the mountains. We broke
down about 20 miles in, after about two hours our trusty mechanic had
the van fixed.
we made it to oxford around 3:30 saturday morning. It was one big
fucking party. So instead of getting some sleep like any normal person
would do, i decided to take a hit of acid. here it is, 6:00 in the
morning and i'm tripping my brains out. The weather wasn't bad for
kingdom come, metallica, and dokken, but after that it rained like a
motherfucker for the scorpions and van halen.
Metallica was the best, as far as i was concerned. they hadn't
released AJFA yet, so they played all the old shit.
I stayed for the whole show, by the time van halen came on, there
was a lake from the front of the stage all the way back to the mixer
board. If i had to guess, i bet there was only a thousand people left by
then. When we left it took 3 hours to get out of the parking lot, what a
fucking mess. we lost one person, could't find him so we left without
him. Everybody was sick for about two weeks.
It was the biggest, wettest,most fucked up outdoor show i had been
to until woodstock in 94, but thats another story.
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The Furor
Leave right after work Fri. afternoon from Ft. Stewart GA. Drive
about 12 hours to Miami with a friend (he was major into Scorpions).
Run over one of those U-haul blankets on the Interstate. Smell
something burning after a while, stop and find the blanket on fire and
stuck to the underside of the car. Get that all square, then forget to
look at the gas gauge for a few hours and run clean out of gas in the
middle of nowhere. Grab a couple of brews and start walking. Cop
passes and turns his head while we throw our beers in the ditch (about
the only good luck we had the whole weekend, a cool cop). He gives us
a ride to the nearest gas station, then back to my friend's car.
We make it to the concert site just as the sun's coming up, still
drinking. People are already there raising hell. We layed on the hood
and slept for maybe 15 minutes. I bought a T-shirt from a scalper. We
started counting our money and realized we didn't have enough money
for tickets. I had to sell my T-shirt for a $5 loss so we'd have
enough to get in.
They opened the gates at around 10:30, and it was already Fla.
hot. We got to our seats, laid down, and slept for an hour or so. A
wise move by the Metallica crew, they would carry their equipment
boxes (with the band logo stenciled on the sides) accross the front of
the stage. Everytime they did this, the crowd went nuts. It was pretty
cool, as Metallica wasn't all over the media yet. Kingdome Clone was
OK, but nothing special. It was surreal seeing Metallica, as this was
my first time to see them. They did a good show, and I remember trying
my best to make myself remember the new song they played, Harvester of
Sorrow, because the new album wouldn't be out for a few more months.
Dokken followed, concentrating on their heavier tunes. After they
played the instrumental Mr. Scary, G. Lynch and his roadie almost got
in a fight on stage. He threw his guitar at him and was yelling and
pushing him around until he got offstage.
While waiting for Scorpions, it seems some people got bored.
Accross the stadium from where we sat, a little food / beer fight
started. We watched it spread accross the whole side of the stadium,
laughing at the silliness. Then someone on our side decided to join
the fun, tossing his shoe onto the crowd on the field. Than started
about an hour long battle. The entire stadium was just throwing shit.
Shoes, shirts, hot dogs, beer, whatever. I saw people get hit with
full cups of beer thrown from the top of the stands. Fucking missiles.
I got hit with a mustar soaked hot dog (still have mustard stains on
my jeans). After a while, my friend and I had to take turns watching
out for flying shit, because our necks started hurting from turning
back. The stadium was littered. It was good entertainment for a while,
but got old fast. Some guy came out and said the Scorpions would not
play unless the madness stopped. After another 15 min. or so, it did.
I don't remember anything about the Scorpions set, I was sleeping
awake at that point.
We left after the Scorps for our 2nd all night drive. Had to stop
at a rest stop to sleep, hot as hell and no AC. We made it back to the
barracks around 8am on Sunday, hung-over and all, and slept all day.
Furor
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
Blah
jeffke...@my-dejanews.com
joe....@shmoe.net wrote:
> Raining? It was pouring, man...especially on the way home after
> Metallica. We had to wait for about 2 hours (if i remember correctly)
> to get out of the parking lot, the back-road and finally onto the main
> road to get us to Portland for the night. We were up front for
> Metallica too.....got a couple of cool pics from that. I can remember
> turning around and seeing, what was it? 60,000 people behind me...
> what a trip. I went to Quebec city that winter to see them on the
> Justice tour with Queensryche. Cool pics from that one too, but
> Oxford was way better.......
>
> Shovelhead.
We tried to leave when it started pouring and ended up sitting in the car
going NOWHERE for two hours or so. We'd roll down the windows and listen to
the Scorpions go on stage for about 2 minutes, then lightning would strike
and there would be silence for half an hour then they'd come back. When we
go almost to the road a cop told us that there wsa an accident and that we
couldn't leave if we wanted to, so they actually let us back in and we saw
the end of the Scorpions set. A couple of hours later all the lights went
out and the thousand or so people left groaned collectively before Van Halen
"erupted" onto the stage. Sammy Hagar said he felt REALLY bad and that
they'd play as long as there were people still standing. We knew he was
lying, but at that point we'd take what we could get. I know people that
went to the Foxboro show and several of them passed out with HEATSTROKE, I'm
not sure who had it worse!
travis...@gmail.com
> Was anyone else at this HELLISH show? Did anyone else stay for the whole show
> in the rain and lightning. I still hold all other outdoor shows against this.
>
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> Was anyone else at this HELLISH show? Did anyone else stay for the whole show
> in the rain and lightning. I still hold all other outdoor shows against this.
>
> JK
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> Was anyone else at this HELLISH show? Did anyone else stay for the whole show
> in the rain and lightning. I still hold all other outdoor shows against this.
>
> JK
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Time flies.
Chris
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We went up Friday afternoon to beat the crowd and didn't realize what were were in for. 3 guys, long hair, denim and leather going to see Metallica. We went into the grocery store and bought meat, buns, two cases of beer and a bottle of Jack Daniels. I thought I was in a scene from Deliverance. Security following us around and the cashier gave me crap for having a MA license and called the cops.
Then we try to camp, every spot we went to was raided by the staties. Wound up parking in the woods, covered the car in brush and slept outside. Next morning meet up with some friends and proceed to purchase three more cases of beer from the local convenience store. Guy was horrified, mind you its 7am.
We were drinking in the line to get in (it was a general admission show) and we were selling beers to the bikers for $2 a piece. Show security was the coolest ever.
Front row for Kingdom Come and Metallica, chick next to me had 1 arm. I felt a sense of duty to protect her.
Rain starts right as Metallica starts 'Am I Evil', how profound. Fucking pours with major lightning after that. Dokken comes on and Don Dokken pours a cup of water over his head to show he's with us. We leave at that point. So does the crowd as most were there to see Metallica. Oh yeah, lightning everywhere, mud on the track, worst storms I had seen all year.
The drive out was nuts, the line of traffic to get in stretches all the way from Oxford to route 95 past the Maine toll booths. Another buddy of mine never made it to the show as he was in that traffic.
Mind you we went to this show cuz the Foxboro, MA show was wasn't going happen.
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> Was anyone else at this HELLISH show? Did anyone else stay for the whole show
> in the rain and lightning. I still hold all other outdoor shows against this.
>
> JK
> hi...@gateway.net
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Stayed up in Bethel Maine with a few friends.
The weather was insane. I remembering being up near the stage and we were all holding a piece of these big blue tarps above our heads to try and stay dry.
We ended up staying the whole show assisted by the Shroom Tea we had made back in Bethel and the extra caps we brought to the show.
Honestly what a great experience. Hands down one of the best outdoor shows I've ever seen.Only show close would be Soundgarden
Faith no More and the Ramones @Lake Compounce in Bristol Ct
R.I.P
Chris Cornell
tikij...@gmail.com
Muscled through the show the following day and managed to get right to the front during Metallica. After that I remember the Scorpions getting a rain delay and our group agreeing to bail. After being soaked all day and nursing a hangover, I didn't complain. I wish we stayed to see Halen!
David Kilroy
> Was anyone else at this HELLISH show? Did anyone else stay for the whole show
> in the rain and lightning. I still hold all other outdoor shows against this.
> JK
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I drove up the night before with my friends. We ended up driving next to a tour truck from Van Halen. We talked with my using a portable CB radio! He stopped and gave us guitar picks and tried to get my girlfriend to "ride with him". We slept in a pile of sawdust at a local sawmill. On the way to the speedway in the morning, some guy with a van full of family pulled up to my left in heavy traffic and slowly forced me off the road. Traffic was so heavy that as we move forward a bit, I saw a cop and hopped out of my running car and walked over to the cop and explained. He pulled the guy over and we all laughed and pointed and were generally being annoying teenagers. When we finally got to the event I remember being nervous as I gave my ticket at the gate. They were doing the soundcheck playing AC/DC and it was making me heart skip beats as I walked in. I stayed for all of it. Metallica rocked! Van Halen orbited the stage in their helicopter and left...Fuck you Van Halen! Still love them though. After the show we jumped back in my 5.0 and waited in traffic for hours. When traffic finally started moving, everyone was doing about 30 but still "bumper to bumper". Suddenly there was a chain reaction pileup. There was a break in oncoming traffic and I swerved into the oncoming lane. My friends in the car behind us didn't and the pileup continued. The pileup included at least 25 cars, maybe 40...lots! We pulled into a side street and watched as the police arrived to sort out the mess. A couple of the people in the pileup blamed us and the cops eventually noticed us sitting at a distance and came and got me. I was feeling cocky and told him they were mad because I had better reactions than them...how could it be my fault if I was the only person in the middle of a 25+ car pileup that wasn't involved. The cops took my info and let us go. Good thing they didn't search the car!
Luann Wells
> Was anyone else at this HELLISH show? Did anyone else stay for the whole show
> in the rain and lightning. I still hold all other outdoor shows against this.
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People selling shrooms all over. We did not partake.
I had a camera on me, got some great pics and LOST the film. To this day I am still pissed about that and still hope to find it.
We left when while the Scorpions were playing, I could hear them from the road. They sounded exactly like their record. I was very impressed.
