Scorpions - Tinley Park, IL

07/17/1999
Scorpions
World Music Theater
Tinley Park, IL

Opening Band - Mötley Crüe

I have been a Scorpions fan since the early 80's, and finally had a chance to see them live!

Rock Never Stops - Tinley Park, IL

07/10/1999
Ted Nugent, Night Ranger, Quiet Riot, and Slaughter
World Music Theater
Tinley Park, IL

Rick Springfield - Arlington Heights, IL

07/03/1999
Rick Springfield
Frontier Days
Arlington Heights, IL

Opening Band - None

I was on cloud 9 for weeks after this show! Rick put on a fabulous performance, and his interaction with the crowd was impressive. To top it all off, I got to meet him after the show!

Poison - Tinley Park, IL

06/30/1999
Poison, Ratt, Great White, and LA Guns
World Music Theater
Tinley Park, IL

We had pretty awesome seats (17th row) and this concert really rocked! We had backstage passes, but the only person who came out was Ricky Rockett...bummer!

Mötley Crüe - LaCrosse, WI

09/06/1987
Mötley Crüe
LaCrosse Center
LaCrosse, WI

Opening Band - Whitesnake

The coolest part of this show was when they lifted Tommy Lee's drum cage up and started twirling it around! This was back in the days of general admission, and we were very close to the stage for Whitesnake (I loved those guys...especially Rudy Sarzo!) By the time Mötley Crüe was getting ready to go onstage, it was too crazy up front and we wound up moving a lot farther back>

Here's a very bad pic of a very blonde Rudy Sarzo...

Bon Jovi - Minneapolis, MN

06/06/1987
Bon Jovi
Met Center
Minneapolis, MN

Opening Band - Cinderella

38 Special - LaCrosse, WI

07/30/1986
.38 Special
LaCrosse Center
LaCrosse, WI

Opening Band - ???

I went to this concert because some friends of mine were going. Turned out to be pretty rocking! We stayed at the hotel next to the venue, and it turned out that the band was staying there, too. Here's me with Larry Junstrom...

Kiss - LaCrosse, WI

03/12/1986
Kiss
LaCrosse Center
LaCrosse, WI

Opening Band - King Kobra

I don't remember too much about this concert! I do recall that my brother disappeared for quite some time. Turns out that he was hanging out backstage...

Twisted Sister - LaCrosse, WI

02/01/1986
Twisted Sister
LaCrosse Center
LaCrosse, WI

Opening Band - Dokken

Another one of those shows that I went to just to see the opening act. Don Dokken has an amazing voice. Twisted Sister was really weird, as would be expected!

Night Ranger - St. Paul, MN

08/27/1985
Night Ranger
Minnesota State Fair
St. Paul, MN

Opening band - Honeymoon Suite