What was your first Masquerade show?

merrymayhem · Post by **merrymayhem** » Mon June 8th, 2009, 11:42 am

I've never been there

Is that where Samael is going to be in a few months? Would love to see them but I don't like going alone

Post by **Metalfreak** » Mon June 8th, 2009, 12:43 pm

DrkLrdViper666 wrote:Well, not trying to compete or anything, but my Very First show @ The Masquerade was in 1988, even before it was called "The Masquerade"!
It was still being callled "The Excelsior Mill" & I first saw Danzig's very first show w/ his solo band! I even remember the opening bands too! The first was an excellent local old skool skater punk called "Dead Elvis" & the other band was some band called The Goats! There was also another show going on the same night @ The Omni, it was Ozzy w/ Anthrax opening!:twisted:
this was in december btw! But yeah, that was my first masquerade show! I think I just showed my age just now!!!

gawd you're old!

yeah the only other person that I know of who has been there before it was called The Masquerade is Denney.

DrkLrdViper666 · Post by **DrkLrdViper666** » Wed June 10th, 2009, 12:55 am

Girl, you just don't know?! I've got many & I mean MANY undergound
concert stories of yore!

The Plex, The 688 club, The Pit, & strangely
enough I never went to the Wreck Room at all! And lots of shows @ The Omni & Center Stage!!

Pm me & tell you bout 'em okay?

Metalfreak wrote:
DrkLrdViper666 wrote:Well, not trying to compete or anything, but my Very First show @ The Masquerade was in 1988, even before it was called "The Masquerade"!
It was still being callled "The Excelsior Mill" & I first saw Danzig's very first show w/ his solo band! I even remember the opening bands too! The first was an excellent local old skool skater punk called "Dead Elvis" & the other band was some band called The Goats! There was also another show going on the same night @ The Omni, it was Ozzy w/ Anthrax opening!:twisted:
this was in december btw! But yeah, that was my first masquerade show! I think I just showed my age just now!!!
gawd you're old! yeah the only other person that I know of who has been there before it was called The Masquerade is Denney.

ZonariAn · Post by **ZonariAn** » Fri June 12th, 2009, 2:20 am

Back in 2004 I think it was, Hypocrisy (The Arrival), Children of Bodom (pre-Are you dead yet?), and Dimmu Borgir (Death Cult Armageddon) I actually think it was Dimmu's DCA tour. Great show......Not only was it my first time at the Masquerade, it was my first metal show!!!!

Post by **Metalfreak** » Sat June 13th, 2009, 2:46 pm

ZonariAn wrote:Back in 2004 I think it was, Hypocrisy (The Arrival), Children of Bodom (pre-Are you dead yet?), and Dimmu Borgir (Death Cult Armageddon) I actually think it was Dimmu's DCA tour. Great show......Not only was it my first time at the Masquerade, it was my first metal show!!!!

nice! I was at this show too

ZonariAn · Post by **ZonariAn** » Mon June 15th, 2009, 2:10 pm

Metalfreak wrote:
ZonariAn wrote:Back in 2004 I think it was, Hypocrisy (The Arrival), Children of Bodom (pre-Are you dead yet?), and Dimmu Borgir (Death Cult Armageddon) I actually think it was Dimmu's DCA tour. Great show......Not only was it my first time at the Masquerade, it was my first metal show!!!!
nice! I was at this show too

Yeah good luck getting a lineup that good with those bands anymore...now they all play with gay bands.

Strange · Post by **Strange** » Tue June 16th, 2009, 9:11 am

Metalfreak wrote:
ZonariAn wrote:Back in 2004 I think it was, Hypocrisy (The Arrival), Children of Bodom (pre-Are you dead yet?), and Dimmu Borgir (Death Cult Armageddon) I actually think it was Dimmu's DCA tour. Great show......Not only was it my first time at the Masquerade, it was my first metal show!!!!
nice! I was at this show too

I was at that one too. I think that was the night I left right after Dimmu's set and drove to a mostly hurricane evacuated Tampa to go to Ozzfest the next day. Sleep deprivation + driving in a storm = good times!

WREKage-Paul · Post by **WREKage-Paul** » Thu June 25th, 2009, 10:25 pm

ZonariAn wrote:Back in 2004 I think it was, Hypocrisy (The Arrival), Children of Bodom (pre-Are you dead yet?), and Dimmu Borgir (Death Cult Armageddon) I actually think it was Dimmu's DCA tour. Great show......Not only was it my first time at the Masquerade, it was my first metal show!!!!

I think that was the show where I was front-row center and getting pretty well squished for my trouble. Oh, well, got some pretty good pics, though!

VOEGTLIN · Post by **VOEGTLIN** » Wed July 1st, 2009, 7:37 pm

Danzig, for the s/t tour....

badcarburetor · Post by **badcarburetor** » Sat July 25th, 2009, 11:58 pm

DrkLrdViper666 wrote:Well, not trying to compete or anything, but my Very First show @ The Masquerade was in 1988, even before it was called "The Masquerade"!
It was still being callled "The Excelsior Mill" & I first saw Danzig's very first show w/ his solo band! I even remember the opening bands too! The first was an excellent local old skool skate punk band called "Dead Elvis" & the other band was some band called The Goats! There was also another show going on the same night @ The Omni, it was Ozzy w/ Anthrax opening!:twisted:
this was in december btw! But yeah, that was my first masquerade show! I think I just showed my age just now!!!

Haha, Jim and I were at both of those shows that night, too! Remember all the OGS and Cowskins in the parking lot making life hell for everyone else around? Good times!

I'm not sure if that was my very first time at Masquerade or not. We used to go see local bands when it was Excelsior Mill and kids would set up card tables to collect money outside the rooms. Movie nights were rad and so was my Western Union fake ID that bought huge rounds of pitchers for everyone who went with us. It was a good time to be 16.

-Kay

Barry Clark · Post by **Barry Clark** » Tue July 28th, 2009, 6:46 am

Not a fair question to us old fucks.

Damn.. I really don't know. Maybe Sepultura? Morgoth? Kreator? Hell... I have no idea. haha.

I used to go every weekend it seemed like.

VOEGTLIN · Post by **VOEGTLIN** » Tue July 28th, 2009, 10:35 am

Yeah, completely. And before that for the underage beerz and flicks. I think I saw Apoacalypse Now there like 20xs. And Heavy Metal!

Barry Clark · Post by **Barry Clark** » Tue July 28th, 2009, 10:48 am

DrkLrdViper666 wrote:There was also another show going on the same night @ The Omni, it was Ozzy w/ Anthrax opening!:twisted:

Was at this show. heh-heh. That was a long... long time ago. haha.

DrkLrdViper666 · Post by **DrkLrdViper666** » Wed July 29th, 2009, 5:20 pm

badcarburetor wrote:
DrkLrdViper666 wrote:Well, not trying to compete or anything, but my Very First show @ The Masquerade was in 1988, even before it was called "The Masquerade"!
It was still being callled "The Excelsior Mill" & I first saw Danzig's very first show w/ his solo band! I even remember the opening bands too! The first was an excellent local old skool skate punk band called "Dead Elvis" & the other band was some band called The Goats! There was also another show going on the same night @ The Omni, it was Ozzy w/ Anthrax opening!:twisted:
this was in december btw! But yeah, that was my first masquerade show! I think I just showed my age just now!!!
Haha, Jim and I were at both of those shows that night, too! Remember all the OGS and Cowskins in the parking lot making life hell for everyone else around? Good times!

I'm not sure if that was my very first time at Masquerade or not. We used to go see local bands when it was Excelsior Mill and kids would set up card tables to collect money outside the rooms. Movie nights were rad and so was my Western Union fake ID that bought huge rounds of pitchers for everyone who went with us. It was a good time to be 16.

-Kay

Kay, It's jimi! I remember all those Skins too!!! Still good times @ That show!!!

Knucklehead · Post by **Knucklehead** » Thu July 30th, 2009, 3:03 pm

Mine is relatively late. I can't be sure, but I think it might have been Kreator/Napalm Death three years ago.

I also caught a lightly attended show by Prong around the same time, but I don't remember when that was and the Internet cannot tell me.

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