I was 13 when my girlfriends older sisters boyfriend paid The Faction $100.00 to play on a half-pipe in Midland, TX. Steve Caballero was bad ass. they brought the Drab with them. There were kegs of beer and I had some weed. The police showed up and told the Drab to turn it down. They turned it up, told the cop to fuck himself, and the show was then shut down.
So we moved everything to Arials (local Midland band) practice place and finished the show there.
Today Steve Caballero is a character on Tony Hawks pro skater video game. The game features music from Reo Speeddealer, (now it's just Speeddealer because Reo Speedwagan sued them over the name.) The first show I ever played was opening up for Reo Speeddealer in Lubbock, TX with a band called Gooey. (2 years after straight) The Pornjunky DVD features clips of Speeddealer from when I booked them in Midland, TX.
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My first concert would have been KISS when I was in 3rd grade. My family had just moved to Midland,TX from Phoenix, AZ. I was planning to see Kiss in Phoenix, but moved before their concert. In Midland I found out they were coming there too. But because Kiss was the great satan, church protesters got the show cancelled. They did the same thing to Ozzy when I was in 6th grade. In 8th grade I finally saw a big concert which was Sammy Hagar and Krokus