AEROSMITH - Back In The Saddle [ Oakland '79 Monsters ]

[clubhouseme]

ACDC blew them off the stage!!!

[jtrjammer]

My bad, referring to Monsters of Rock or Day on the Green show in 1978, didn't

attend this one.

[jtrjammer]

I was at this show, most definitely pre-rehab. Opening band was AC/DC, followed by Van Halen, and then Foreigner. AC/DC and Van Halen were awesome.

[vettekingiam]

Obviously, pre-Rehab! Uhhhggg, they sounded terrible, and haters don't say it was the sound system! It was 5 great musicians that had gone too far, did too much, alcohol, blow, sex, you name it. Glad they were able to recover and probably make some of their best music.

[BALLYJUNKIE]

@vettekingiam  no such thing as too much sex

[guitarplayer4real]

Vintage indeed.. I'm there:-p I'm pretty sure I'm in that upper tier on the right side.. with the good weed:-)

Next year I joined the army and left the country.

[2hamboigahs]

1979 minimum wage was $ 2.90 an hr albums roughly $9.00. 2011 - minimum wage is 7.25 cd's roughly $20.00

[rizzlaxl]

holy crap. its the six string bass. very cool !



[BubbaBodecker]

In my best Darth Vader voice...."Join me in help rid the world of Nickelback. The most rotten band ever. Have you dissed a Nickelback video yet today?"

[1978soloalbums]

Thank you for posting. Amazing

[lucifer73]

I thought the first Monsters of Rock was at Castle Donnington, England in 1980 with Rainbow headlining? ...or was this show something different entirely?

[rizzlaxl]

@lucifer73 good question

[guitarplayer4real]

@lucifer73 This was Monsters of Rock venues put on by Billy Graham Presents in Oakland. I'm not sure if this was the 2nd or 3rd but I'm pretty darn sure it wasnt my first. I have pictures from the 1977 Monsters of Rock at Oakland Colliseum. These shows had anywhere from 3 to 5 bands and was an all day show typically.. all headliners of the day. Good stuff, great memories!

[scottbon]

I don't remember these guys Bon Scott and AC/DC stole this show all I think about this day was how loud Bons voice was and how good he and the band were,

[wideawakeinotown]

wow, such rare footage from that era of aerosmith! awesome!

[joee75]

Perry had realized they had been playing shit for years and this tour was to be his way of making it better...pity the milk got thrown after this gig...

[pewsterbaby]

KILLER footage, man. (and that's from a guy who used to run a bootleg rock video label).

I've never heard of the existence of pro-shot video from this day's line-up. I'd occasionally come across the concert that was referred to as "A Day On The Green" in some bands' biographies and stories about Bill Graham, but had no clue any of it had eventually surfaced on actual video.

KILLER historic find! Nobody had 79 Aero film!

I liked the other guy's comment about feeling the coke coming on too. lol.

[LordCraigGoldsberry]

Thank you ever so much for posting this!!! I was there up front too all the way from San Jose .as for the smoke bombs-they were flash pots and we watched the guy come out and fill them half way up and then snuck out later and filled them completely when the other staff was gone and I felt the heat wave and the cocaine coming on and watched as Steve came through the smoke and said I'am back!

[MsKasiaf]

OMG! THIS IS AWESOME! THANKS FOR POSTING! AEROSMITH RULES! ROCK ON!

[DoublePlow]

Kick ass. Does anyone know how to make those smoke bombs like they have? I know how to make a long burning smoke bobm. But how do you make a quick big flash like they have?

[KISS1975]

Wow that's a gem!