My Dad is a big Country fan. As a teenager there is at least one thing you will rebel on. Mine was music. Before I was a teenager, I knew a lot of country music artists such as George Strait, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Tom Jones, etc. I still like those artists to this day... don't tell anyone I said that though. When I rebelled, I stopped listening to country and started listening to Heavy Metal. I bought lots of cassettes, Van Halen, Motley Crue, Poison, etc. I was a very mild teenager. I never asked for much. Just a few books and money for music. I would sit on my back porch in "my" rocking chair with my cassette player, headphones, and a good book. There was nothing better than that... well except for going out with my friends.
When I was a Sophomore or Junior, my friend asked me if I wanted to go to a Bon Jovi / Cinderella concert. I told him I doubted I would be allowed to go but would really like to. To help myself get to go to this concert, something I really wanted to do, I lied to my Mom and told her I was going to a George Strait concert. My Mom thought about it and even asked my Dad what he thought. In the end I was allowed to go. If my Mom would have asked around about that concert, I would have been busted :)
I told my friend and we started planning it all out. I believe four of us went to the "Slippery When Wet" Bon Jovi concert. I had never been to a concert and this one blew me away. They put on a great show and at one point, John Bon Jovi flew out over the crowd and came real close to where we were.
After the concert was over, we started home. Traffic was bad and I guess my friend's car did not like the idling. It began to overheat. We parked near a place that had a water hose outside and waited for the car to cool down before taking off the radiator cap. When we were able to take the cap off, my friend started pouring in the water from the water hose. We noticed right away that the water coming out of the hose was not cold. It didn't help matters. My friend called his parents, who called my parents to let them know we were stuck in Dallas. His Dad came and saved us. When I got home it was around 5 am I think. It was a school night and I was made to go to school without sleep. My Dad did not allow day sleeping. I put on my concert shirt and went to school. It seems my friends' parents didn't want them sleeping either. We met in the band hall and let everyone know about our adventure. It was a great night and my parents were none the wiser about the concert being a Rock concert. Besides suffering from lack of sleep, it was a great school day.
We went to more concerts after that and I believe I even told the truth about which concerts I was going to. I'm not sure if my Dad knows about it though so shhhh. :) We went to Whitesnake/Great White, Def Leppard/Tesla, and David Lee Roth/Poison. At the DLR concert, someone threw a knife at Dave while he was in the boxing ring. He dodged it and the guy was escorted out of the arena by the police. Good times... good times.
Here are some nostalgic album covers / rock band pictures:
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