Five Killer Concerts (1985-1987)

1. Dio w/ Rough Cutt - Sacred Heart Tour, October 25, 1985, Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, 11,000 people. Flashing whips, electric swords, animatronic dragons and knights, lasers and fog, and a extended Vivian Campbell solo. This inspires awe on the level of the Holy Grail melded with a nuclear fuel rod to the brain of a 15 year old 80's metal head.





2. VoiVod/Kreator - Tornado '87, May 11, 1987, Peabody's Down Under, Cleveland, Ohio. Voivod Opened with "Killing Technoloy" and went on to perform every song from that LP. A VoiVod concert is how I picture the end of the world will be.



3. Motorhead w/ Slayer & Overkill - September 11, 1987, Agora Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio. Motorhead played so loud in the aging Agora Theatre, that pieces of the ceiling literally began to fall down on to the audience.



4. Rush w/ Tommy Shaw - Hold Your Fire, December 17, 1987, Richfield Coliseum, Richfield, Ohio.



5. Anthrax w/Metal Church - June 11, 1987, Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio. This is the first time Randy and I were ever in the same building. Screw what VH1 tells you about Aerosmith inventing Metal-Rap, Anthrax was there first. And they were there with Flava Flav.