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Concert Memories Episodes

Listen to personal stories and emotional accounts of life-changing concert experiences shared by fans, artists, and writers.
March 1, 2025

First Concert Memories #20: The Who with Farmer John of Vinyl Relics

How much trouble can 6 teenagers out alone in Toronto to see The Who in 1989 get into? Farmer John from the Vinyl Relics weaves a tale of innocence, rejection, confusion, retaliation, vandalism, anticipation, hooliganism, jubilation and more on this fun tale of Teenage Wasteland
Feb. 1, 2025

First Concert Memories #19: The Sex Pistols with Amy Linden

The Sex Pistols were the ultimate punk rockers, burning out way before they faded away. The attitude, execution and fearlessness of the era was embodied by The Pistols and our sister Amy Linden saw it all go down at Winterland 1978.
Jan. 1, 2025

First Concert Memories #18: The Struts with Leah Jones of The Struts Life

Host of The Struts Life podcast Leah Jones shares the story of the first night she saw The Struts and how it changed her life forever
Dec. 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #17: MC50 with Pantheon Podcasts CEO Christian Swain

CEO & Co-Founder of Pantheon Podcasts Christian Swain fulfills a lifelong dream by seeing Wayne Kramer live and celebrating the legacy of the MC5
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Nov. 14, 2024

UAWIL #207: Autumn Whitaker on the We Are One Inauguration Concert 2009

What would you do if you were at the Lincoln Memorial, surrounded by rock stars & celebrities, you're playing Led Zeppelin's All Of My Love and Bruce Springsteen offers you a pick? That's what we want to know and Autumn Whitaker gives us the answer
Nov. 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #16: The Black Crowes with Jason of All Things Blues & Southern Rock Podcast

It took The Wolf awhile to warm up to The Black Crowes but they're great live and we brought in our Pantheon Podcasts brother Jason from All Things Blues & Southern Rock to talk about the first time he caught them in 1999
Oct. 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #15: Mick Wall on David Lee Roth 1988

Legendary Rock Writer Mick Wall joins us to talk about going backstage with Diamond Dave at the height of his power for more fun than a barrel of monkeys!
Sept. 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #14: Scott Holiday of Rival Sons on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Mr. Fuzzlord tells the tale of a chance encounter with 3 California Girls that led him to the Hollywood Bowl to see Tom Petty with some hijinks along the way
Aug. 2, 2024

First Concert Memories #13: Rush with Gerry of Something For Nothing Podcast

Our Pantheon Podcasts brother Gerry walks us through the first night he saw Rush who at the time he knew nothing about but by the end of the night was a devoted fan for life and now has 200+ podcasts episodes to prove it!
July 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #12: Bruce Springsteen with Jesse from Setlusting Bruce Podcast

Hear from Jesse, the host of Setlusting Bruce Podcast, on the first time he saw The Boss after 9/11 on The Rising Tour and how that inspired him to do over 1,000 episodes on the rock legend
June 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #11: Britt Lightning of Vixen on Stone Temple Pilots

Hear how Vixen's Britt Lightning battled sunburn, cops chasing her with mace, losing her friends and crowdsurfing during the first concert she ever attended as a teenager featuring headliners Stone Temple Pilots
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May 30, 2024

UAWIL #183: Mammoth with Wolfgang Van Halen Live Review

The Wolf finally caught up with Wolfgang Van Halen & Mammoth where he was delighted by great sound, strong musicianship, some funny crowdwork moments from Wolfgang and killer show
May 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #10: Metallica with Nige Savage of Chupacabra

Hear about how a listener of our podcast, Nige Savage, saw Metallica as a teenager in England 7 days before the death of Cliff Burton
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April 4, 2024

UAWIL #175: Colin Hay Live Review

The former Men At Work frontman is a real troubadour with hilarious one man show that showcases his dry sense of humor & extraordinary songwriting, voice & storytelling
April 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #9: Rainbow with Amanda Lehmann

The lovely and talented Amanda Lehmann tells us about her quest & trek to see the legendary Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow who would be a big influence on her career as a musician
March 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #8: Blues Traveler post 9/11 in NYC with Brian of My Weekly Mixtape

Post 9/11 in New York City was an uneasy time for residents. People weren't sure when it was OK to feel joy again, if only for a couple of hours. Brian Colburn of My Weekly Mixtape tells us about a Blues Traveler concert that helped him heal and move forward
Jan. 30, 2024

First Concert Memories #7: Meat Loaf with Stephanie Myers of Songfacts Podcast

Meat Loaf Superfan Stephanie Myers talks about bargaining with her parents to let her see her fave singer for the first time when she was 13 years old
Jan. 1, 2024

First Concert Memories #6: U2 Live from Red Rocks with Markus The Darkus Goldman

The video of U2 Live from Red Rocks helped explode the band in the US and our friend Markus The Darkus Goldman was there as a teenager! Hear his memories of this epic show which was huge to children of the MTV generation
Dec. 1, 2023

First Concert Memories #5: Jimmy Page & Robert Plant with Christy Alexander Hallberg of Rock is Lit

Christy literally wrote the book Search for Jimmy Page so we wanted to hear about her first experience seeing the guitar god live
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Nov. 2, 2023

UAWIL #153: KISS - Live For The Last Time

The Wolf takes the Wolfcub to see KISS on The End Of The Road Tour one final time to give her the memory of what a real rock concert can be
Oct. 31, 2023

First Concert Memories #4: Ace Frehley with Sonny Pooni of Growin Up Rock

Seeing the legendary KISS lead guitarist as a solo artist was appointment viewing for our friend Hollywood and he shares his memories from seeing Ace Frehley on a co-headliner tour with Y&T in 1987
Oct. 1, 2023

First Concert Memories #3: Def Leppard with Neil from Def Lep Pod

Our friend Neil from Def Lep Pod shares his memories of seeing Def Leppard for the first time on the Adrenalize Tour in 1992 just a few months before The Wolf & Action Jackson saw them
Sept. 1, 2023

First Concert Memories #2: Van Halen with Author Greg Renoff

Greg Renoff, author of Van Halen Rising & Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer's Life in Music joins us to talk about the night he saw Van Halen on the 1984 Tour
Aug. 1, 2023

First Concert Memories #1: KISS with Tom & Zeus of Shout It Out Loudcast

Hear the first episode of The Ugly American Werewolf in London's new sidecast on the first time you saw your favorite band live with Tom & Zeus of Shout It Out Loudcast where we talk about 3 different KISS tours