What is the appeal of geezers in concert?

Iron Maiden is not a hair band?
Sure, keep telling yourself that.

Are the Geezers?
Well, yeah.

pinchvalve wrote: Iron Maiden is not a hair band? Sure, keep telling yourself that.

That is just rock n roll hair. I don't see huge amounts of hair spray and makeup.

Do they suck? Totally subjective. Not my cup of tea, but with album covers like that, they can't be all bad.

My buddy turned thirty. I get to call him a geezer now.

Joey

I've seen a few older acts over the years:

Iron Maiden: Amazing. They are more relevant and popular now that ever before, and they still make good music. They put on a great show. Last time I saw them, they were making fun of how old they were, and that there were grandparents with their grandchildren at the show.

And I still cannot believe that someone on here compared them to Poison. For shame!!!!

Black Sabbath (original lineup): Saw them in 2004 or 2005 on the Ozzfest tour. Even with Ozzy's insanity, they were great. They only messed up one song, and that was the middle of the song Snowblind. Ozzy apologized and said that it was because they were old farts and they had a "senior moment".

Judas Priest: Saw them at the same Ozzfest as above. They played for 1.5hrs and tore the place up. Unreal live!!!

Queensyche: Saw them a few months back on the 30th Anniversary tour. They were spot on, but I must say, they should have stopped making albums after Empire. Everything since has been garbage IMHO. Good live show, and made even the newer material sound good.

Count me in the boat of not seeing Rush yet. I will see them next time around. And I regret not seeing Ronnie James Dio while he was alive, especially when he toured with Heaven and Hell.

there is a significant difference between rockers with long hair and "hair bands". Maiden is the former. Poison is the latter.

I saw Social Distortion a few months back. They are playing the same E36 M3 they were playing when they were high school kids in 1980. It kicked ample ass. It wasn't old, it was seasoned.

OTOH, I think the Superbowl performance with The Who was maybe the saddest thing I've ever seen.

AngryCorvair wrote: there is a significant difference between rockers with long hair and "hair bands". Maiden is the former. Poison is the latter.

The only thing real about Poison was the band name.

I wish Maiden could get Paul Di'Anno to come back for a cameo and do the whole Killers album. I love Bruce but that early raw E36 M3 is what made me a huge fan when they first popped up on the radar.

Example A: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oteIujb8yoY

Example 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy0LEYqqfUg

My afternoon just took a turn for the better. Holy E36 M3. Hew still sounds OK... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEjdpHL__1I

pinchvalve wrote: Do they suck?

No.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUjJU8kk1Og

DILYSI Dave wrote: I saw Social Distortion a few months back. They are playing the same E36 M3 they were playing when they were high school kids in 1980. It kicked ample ass. It wasn't old, it was seasoned. OTOH, I think the Superbowl performance with The Who was maybe the saddest thing I've ever seen.

They can definately still bring it.

DILYSI Dave wrote: I saw Social Distortion a few months back. They are playing the same E36 M3 they were playing when they were high school kids in 1980. It kicked ample ass. It wasn't old, it was seasoned. OTOH, I think the Superbowl performance with The Who was maybe the saddest thing I've ever seen.

Funny, I saw Social D in '93 or so when they opened for The Ramones. I saw The Who in '88. I have a feeling that makes me a geezer.

And on a totally related note, I saw some geezers last night--surf-punk trio Agent Orange in a little club about a hundred miles south of us. I wore out my Agent Orange cassettes in high school and college and have seen them once or twice over the years.

Well, they're still at it, so I bought a ticket for last night's show. The ticket was $10 plus the "convenience" fees. A few local punk/hardcore bands opened up, and Agent Orange took the stage at 11:30. I was one of the oldest guys there, and the crowd went nuts. Nuts. No slow songs were played.

So, I saw some geezers perform some songs that defined my formative years. After the show, the lead singer/guitarist/founder was hanging out at the merch table, so I ran to my car to show him something I had brought: my Vision Agent Orange skateboard. I bought it in '86 or so. He loved it, signed it, and we chatted for a while about cars, guitars and even watches. So, a cool evening.

I got home at 3:00 this morning.

In reply to David S. Wallens:

I'm deeply jealous. I didn't actually hear Agent Orange until much later than I should've (Ditchdigger finally turned me onto them), but they are absolutely awesome. I'd love to see those guys play...

It's funny this thread shows up now. I'm about to purchase tickets to see Greg Lake do a show of King Crimson and ELP songs and then do a Q&A with the audience.

He was always my favorite bass player.

Someone claimed the property a long time ago. Chuck Berry, BB king , Buddy Guy, Its a long list.

Side note, Megadeth and Rob Zombie are going on a tour, that I want to see.

David S. Wallens wrote: And on a totally related note, I saw some geezers last night--surf-punk trio Agent Orange in a little club about a hundred miles south of us. I wore out my Agent Orange cassettes in high school and college and have seen them once or twice over the years. Well, they're still at it, so I bought a ticket for last night's show. The ticket was $10 plus the "convenience" fees. A few local punk/hardcore bands opened up, and Agent Orange took the stage at 11:30. I was one of the oldest guys there, and the crowd went nuts. Nuts. No slow songs were played. So, I saw some geezers perform some songs that defined my formative years. After the show, the lead singer/guitarist/founder was hanging out at the merch table, so I ran to my car to show him something I had brought: my Vision Agent Orange skateboard. I bought it in '86 or so. He loved it, signed it, and we chatted for a while about cars, guitars and even watches. So, a cool evening. I got home at 3:00 this morning.

Cool! A buddy of mine tuned me in to them in high school. Sometime after college I did find a greatest hits double CD to replace my shot cassettes. One disk is studio, one live. I'll have to dust it off tomorrow.

I now have a medley of This Is The Voice/There's No Such Thing/Secret Agent Man running through my head.

Last night I picked up two CDs. (Yes, JG, I said "two CDs.") One contains "This Is the Voice" LP and the "When You Least Expect It" EP. The other is "Living in Darkness." Finally nice to upgrade from vinyl to CD. I don't know if they're available online. At the show, they were $10 each. Here, some vintage Agent Orange: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGgptWdX-BQ

Tonight's discussion here at home: Do we just see Maiden in Atlanta, or do we also go see them in Denver? My wife rules.

Speaking of Agent Orange, they're in Jacksonville, Fla., tonight and then Atlanta. I don't know why they don't have more dates posted, though.

I have been pursuing a "Bucket LIst" of old rockers for the last few years(and I call it that for the guys/gals I want to see before they kick the bucket since they are in their 60's). Eric Clapton and Paul McCartney are at the top. Since the cost of living has exceeded their net worth, most of the guys I grew up listening to are having to do 401K tours.

while not a rocker, he did qualify as a geezer. George Carlin was slated to appear at the Borgata when he died. I was really looking fowards to seeing him live too

Guys like George Carlin and Johnny Cash prove that real talent just gets more honed as time goes on. Bumbling old duffers like Ozzy Osborne let us know that it can just be to keep the money rolling in.

When Mission of Burma reunited after a 25 year hiatus I wasn't expecting anything impressive. What I was hit with was one of the most amazing performances that I had ever seen.

When I saw the smothers brothers I saw two guys going through the motions of the same old hackneyed crap they had been doing for half a century.

I paid 10 bucks to see mission of burma and 50 to see Tom and Dick.

I think DRI is playing at the Masquerade in April. Screeching Weasel and the Queers definitely are. Thinking of going to that one. We opened for the Queers when I was in High School.

re. Agent Orange, "Everything Turns Grey" is one of my favorite songs ever. "Living In Darkness" is a great album.