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Monsters of Rock, Donington Park, England. 1983-1988.
9:41 pm
UTC on January 10, 2010
Thanks to Wikipedia.
I attended these festivals.
1983
August 20, 1983
Whitesnake
Meat Loaf
ZZ Top
Twisted Sister
Dio
Diamond Head
Tommy Vance (DJ)
1984
Monsters of Rock Tour 1984
August 18, 1984
AC/DC
Van Halen
Ozzy Osbourne
Gary Moore (recorded as Live At Monsters Of Rock)
Y&T
Accept
Mötley Crüe
(August 25. 1984
Sweden, Rasunda, Stockholm.
AC/DC
Van Halen
Mötley Crüe)
1985
August 17, 1985
ZZ Top
Marillion
Bon Jovi
Metallica
Ratt
Magnum
Tommy Vance (DJ)
This event was re-branded as "Rocking the Castle" and was notable for the fact that almost everyone at the event seemed to be wearing a Marillion t-shirt. I was not wearing a Marillion tshirt.
1986
August 16, 1986
Ozzy Osbourne
Scorpions
Def Leppard
Motörhead
Warlock
Bad News
Tommy Vance (DJ)
Each of this year's acts were greeted by a barrage of plastic bottles from the crowd (particularly during the Bad News set). Tommy Vance hosted the first two acts, the second time wisely donning an American football helmet to protect himself from the flurry of onstage missiles. Jonathan King, dressed as the Pope, introduced headline act Ozzy Osbourne in suitably foul-mouthed fashion. Motörhead's set was interrupted mid way through when someone shot a firework rocket at the stage, narrowly missing guitarist Phil Campbell. This concert is also notable for Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen's return to live performance after the 1984 car accident that severed his left arm.
(Stockholm, Råsunda Stadium - August 23, 1986
Scorpions
Ozzy Osbourne
Def Leppard
Zero Nine)
1987
August 22, 1987
Bon Jovi - during their set Dee Snider, Bruce Dickinson and Paul Stanley joined Bon Jovi to perform "We're an American Band". Dickinson prowled the stage in Union Jack shorts, worn over his jeans; he sang little, but asked the crowd if they would like his band Iron Maiden to appear at next year's event.
Dio
Metallica
Anthrax
W.A.S.P.
Cinderella
The Bailey Brothers (DJs)
1988
August 20, 1988
Iron Maiden
KISS
David Lee Roth
Megadeth
Guns N' Roses
Helloween
This was the year two music fans were accidentally crushed to death during Guns N' Roses performance of It's So Easy. The tragedy was initially blamed on crowd disturbances: in reality it was a fateful combination of people at the front of the 95,000 strong audience moshing and slipping in the mud (it had rained heavily) in conjunction with a sudden surge to see the band.
I attended these festivals.
1983
August 20, 1983
Whitesnake
Meat Loaf
ZZ Top
Twisted Sister
Dio
Diamond Head
Tommy Vance (DJ)
1984
Monsters of Rock Tour 1984
August 18, 1984
AC/DC
Van Halen
Ozzy Osbourne
Gary Moore (recorded as Live At Monsters Of Rock)
Y&T
Accept
Mötley Crüe
(August 25. 1984
Sweden, Rasunda, Stockholm.
AC/DC
Van Halen
Mötley Crüe)
1985
August 17, 1985
ZZ Top
Marillion
Bon Jovi
Metallica
Ratt
Magnum
Tommy Vance (DJ)
This event was re-branded as "Rocking the Castle" and was notable for the fact that almost everyone at the event seemed to be wearing a Marillion t-shirt. I was not wearing a Marillion tshirt.
1986
August 16, 1986
Ozzy Osbourne
Scorpions
Def Leppard
Motörhead
Warlock
Bad News
Tommy Vance (DJ)
Each of this year's acts were greeted by a barrage of plastic bottles from the crowd (particularly during the Bad News set). Tommy Vance hosted the first two acts, the second time wisely donning an American football helmet to protect himself from the flurry of onstage missiles. Jonathan King, dressed as the Pope, introduced headline act Ozzy Osbourne in suitably foul-mouthed fashion. Motörhead's set was interrupted mid way through when someone shot a firework rocket at the stage, narrowly missing guitarist Phil Campbell. This concert is also notable for Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen's return to live performance after the 1984 car accident that severed his left arm.
(Stockholm, Råsunda Stadium - August 23, 1986
Scorpions
Ozzy Osbourne
Def Leppard
Zero Nine)
1987
August 22, 1987
Bon Jovi - during their set Dee Snider, Bruce Dickinson and Paul Stanley joined Bon Jovi to perform "We're an American Band". Dickinson prowled the stage in Union Jack shorts, worn over his jeans; he sang little, but asked the crowd if they would like his band Iron Maiden to appear at next year's event.
Dio
Metallica
Anthrax
W.A.S.P.
Cinderella
The Bailey Brothers (DJs)
1988
August 20, 1988
Iron Maiden
KISS
David Lee Roth
Megadeth
Guns N' Roses
Helloween
This was the year two music fans were accidentally crushed to death during Guns N' Roses performance of It's So Easy. The tragedy was initially blamed on crowd disturbances: in reality it was a fateful combination of people at the front of the 95,000 strong audience moshing and slipping in the mud (it had rained heavily) in conjunction with a sudden surge to see the band.