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I was there. My first rock concert. "persistant ringing in the ears indeed." I failed to bring ear plugs and my ears rang for two days.

Glen, I wasn’t at this show, but my friend Shawn Johnson was. VH came back in September of 79 and played Billings, I was at that show.

and a nice photo by Steve!!

“RIP (Rest In Peace) in Peace”? 🤣🤣

hey griff... I think I had been booted from bighorn before that show...

Scott Leydon

"Are you with the devil?"

Great pic of Mike.

Interesting (and kind of funny) that Albini heaps much more praise on this at the end than on Van Halen. His Wikipedia entry is all about Ramones, Stooges, Birthday Party, etc. but this comes from a very different place. It's like something happened between '78 and '81 that significantly changed his worldview. I can't even listen to this for more than 5-10 second bursts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfm5YUJ_xs0

My first concert here in zoo town was Sly and the family Stone & Fleetwood Mac backing them up!!!! 1974 I think?? "Trippin concert"!!!

18 year old Albini. He'd probably be a little embarassed by this......

I'm sorry, but did Steve Albini not know that You Really Got Me was by The Kinks, or even what its actual title was? LOL.

Super cool.

Steve told me that he liked early Van Halen quite a lot

Whoever wrote the article was a moron....

I guess at the time Steve wasn't on a first-name basis with... 'Halen'...