1983 US FESTIVAL CONCERT TICKET STUB**METAL DAY~~VAN HALEN~~MOTLEY CRUE~~OZZY

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1983 US FESTIVAL CONCERT TICKET STUB**METAL DAY~~VAN HALEN~~MOTLEY CRUE~~OZZY
Amazing concert!!! Don't miss out on this blue chip collectible.
Dubbed as a festival of peace and music, it went on for three days. The first two nights some of the biggest names in pop were drawing crowds up to 300,000.
The last day the bill was exclusively hard rock bands, and the crowd grew to a stunning
600,000
which was a shock to everyone, not at least the bands themselves.
The line-up consisted of
Quiet Riot
,
Mötley Crüe,
Ozzy Osbourne,
Judas Priest,
Van Halen
,
Scorpions
, and
Triumph
Van Halen
Van Halen
headlined the festival. The band that consisted of the
Van Halen
brothers
Eddie
and
Alex
, singer
David Lee Roth
and bass player
Michael Anthony
was one of the most influential bands on the whole 80’s metal scene.
Their groundbreaking debut album from 1978 is a milestone, and
Eddie
set new standards for guitar players and
“Diamond” Dave
became the ideal for the ultimate front man.
By 1983 they had released five successful albums, but their biggest one was yet to come. The album simply titled
1984
was a huge success, and spawning hit singles like
“Jump”, “Panama”, “Hot For Teacher”
and
“I’ll Wait”.
The synthesizers that were all over
“Jump”
helped bring keyboards into the metal scene (although already used frequently by AOR bands), just like the Hammond organ was prominent in many rock bands from the 70’s.
Van Halen
Van Halen
headlined the festival. The band that consisted of the
Van Halen
brothers
Eddie
and
Alex
, singer
David Lee Roth
and bass player
Michael Anthony
was one of the most influential bands on the whole 80’s metal scene.
Their groundbreaking debut album from 1978 is a milestone, and
Eddie
set new standards for guitar players and
“Diamond” Dave
became the ideal for the ultimate front man.
By 1983 they had released five successful albums, but their biggest one was yet to come. The album simply titled
1984
was a huge success, and spawning hit singles like
“Jump”, “Panama”, “Hot For Teacher”
and
“I’ll Wait”.
The synthesizers that were all over
“Jump”
helped bring keyboards into the metal scene (although already used frequently by AOR bands), just like the Hammond organ was prominent in many rock bands from the 70’s.
But just as they were at their commercial peak, the band split with
David Lee Roth
(who launched a successful solo career that died down after three very good albums). He was replaced by solo artist, and former
Montrose
singer
Sammy Hagar
, who had released his most successful solo album to date, called
VOA
(short for
V
oice
O
f
A
merica), including his biggest hit
“I Can’t Drive 55”
.
Judas Priest
Judas Priest
were at their peak in -83, touring on what is arguably their greatest album (
Screaming For Vengeance
).
Ozzy
Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
was not only one of the biggest rock stars of the 70’s (as the singer in
Black Sabbath
), he was even bigger in the 80’s. After stealing the virtuous guitar player
Randy Rhoads
from the band
Quiet Riot
, he released two of the best albums of the whole decade in
Blizzard Of Ozz
(1980) and
Diary Of A Madman
(1981). Randy was one of metal’s most influential players, and introduced classical thinking into metal guitar playing (to a larger extent than
Ritchie Blackmore
did before him). Great songs like
“Mr. Crowley”, “Crazy Train”, “Goodbye To Romance”, “Over The Mountain”
and “
You Can’t Kill Rock N Roll
” showed how much this collaboration worked.
Unfortunately
Randy
died in a plane crash in -82, but he is still one of the most beloved hard rock guitarists ever.
Triumph, Quiet Riot and Mötley Crüe
Triumph,
Quiet Riot
and
Motley Crue
were the up-and-coming bands on the event.
Mötley Crüe
would in the long run turn out to be the most successful of the three;
Quiet Riot
the most successful in the short run and
Triumph
never really got the big break although they survived comfortably throughout most of the decade.
Mötley Crüe
had just released their second album
Shout At The Devil
, which would give them hit songs like “
Looks That Kill
” and “
Too Young To Fall In Love
”. It would turn out to be the greatest album of their career, only rivalled by their debut album (
Too Fast For Love
) and the album
Dr. Feelgood
(from 1989).
Quiet Riot
released the first heavy metal album to reach number one on the American charts, and that was the album
Metal Health
which was released in -83 (it went on to sell 5 million copies in the states).
Triumph.... On the
Us Festival
they were touring on their
Never Surrender
album, which was the follow up to their greatest album (
Allied Forces
).