I remember a show back in like 91? 92?. Small little venue, I think it was Danzig. We saw lots of shows back then becausr they were cheap night out. Place was called Harpos, a small theatre in the bowels of detroit. Many 2nd rate rock bands went there in the 80s and 90s before it was finally closed in the 2Ks. But like i said it was cheap, I think tickets were like $25 and pitchers of beer was like $6. So the opening act arrives on stage and it was the most awesomely most brutal experience ever. Great production, great sound, they had 1/2 naked bitches in cages at each end of the stage dancing. And the lighting was awesome too, perfectly timed strobes with the drum double bass parts, anyway one of the best shows I have ever saw till that point. White Zombie. Back in their early Planet Motherfucker days. No one even knew who they were back then. Totally stole the show away from Danzig. I dont even think we stayed for the entire set of Danzig. Went out and bought that CD that weekend.
Saw many bands there, including Sepultura, Death, Testament and the 80s hair bands... But that one White zombie show always stood out. They got really popular for a while in mid 90s after that. Filling stadiums with acts like Megadeth, Slayer and the Ozz Fests that were going around at the time.
Anotheer stand out show was at the DTE music center.
Whcih at the time was called Pine Knob, about 30 min north of the Palace where Pistons had their Stadium. Anyway, good buddy of mine sister worked there so she always got us good seats and this time she happened to score like 3rd row seats for Rush, not sure which tour it was but man, almost close enough to touch those fuckers. You could literally see the stage shake when pert was beating on those drums, and if you ever saw Rush, they always play their shit perfect, like the album. That place was always great to see bands in because it was 1/2 outside and a pavillion, so it always sounded awesome because of no reflections of sound. I saw Rush several times through the years since they stopped in Detroit every tour, but to be that close was awesome.
And yet another that I remember was some grand rock venue which featured White Zombie, Pantera and Megadeth. Back in the prime time of all those bands. The thing that stood out about that show was our buddy brought a 1/4 oz of shrooms. Man we were tripping so hard made the experience like 200% better.
I pretty much quit concerts after that phase, early to late 20s, because my ears were getting damaged. Some of the worst ones were indoors, way over amplified where if you even went to the bathroom your ears would still bleed. People never really cared about that kind of shit back then. I wore those foamy ear protectors for a few of them after and then just slowy lost interest.