Favorite Classic Arena Rockers

• killdeer

  

  Saw where Styx announced a tour stop in Toledo in February at the Lucas County Arena...sharing the bill with REO Speedwagon, I heard. Brings back a lot of memories via the way-back-machine!
  
  There's been a lot of musical styles and genres come and gone since those rockers first hit the road...made me think of some of the other long-ago corporate rock acts of the late 70's and early 80's. I saw Kansas towards the end of their original run, in Columbus, and Styx during the "Paradise Theater" tour, but I really cut my teeth on the "punk" and "new-wave" stuff that arrived as a direct alternative to that slick, corporate, over-the-top production that seemed to bog down at the end of the 70's. However, I must admit, I kind of like hearing some of that old stuff now.
  
  Anybody else with some favorites or concert memories among these old dinosaurs?
• Trueblue23

  

  I'm only 21 but about a year ago I went to a Lynyrd Skynyrd/Hank Williams Jr concert in Columbus. Justin Moore opened for them with his hit "I could kick your ass".
  
  It was a great show!
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Foreigner, FTW
• cat_lover

  Boston for me,but I do like all the bands listed.
• zambrown

  

  I saw Boston, Foreigner, Journey, REO and Styx in their prime and they were all awesome. I grew up in th 70's and saw a TON of concerts and it was certainly the best era to do so.
• Timber

  some of my favorite concerts of tha era:
  AC/DC opend for UFO at the Columbus fairgrounds Colis.
  
  Pat Travers Band (favorite drummer Tommy Aldridge) opened for AC/DC at St John Arena
  
  Nazareth/Thin Lizzy at the Columbus Fairgrounds
  
  Todd Rundgren with Utopia at the Akron Agora
  
  Super Bowl of Rock and Roll Cleveland stadium featuring:
  The Rolling Stones - 1st concert in a long time for them
  Kansas
  Peter Tosh
  definitely a contact buzz here....
• bduq37

  Thin Lizzy- Jailbreak may be one of the best rock songs ever written.
• 2quik4u

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: You know who I voted for
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I don't know why but this is my favorite song from journey
  
  
• h2thaizzo

  The first rock album I ever remember listening to was my dad's Thin Lizzy Jailbreak album. I had to have been about 5, and it's stuck with me ever since. The entire album IMO is very underrated. Every song seems to follow a common trait, like the album is telling a story, not many albums do this.
  Jailbreak
  The Boys Are Back in Town
  Emerald
  Cowboy Song
  
  my favorites on that album.
• Cat Food Flambe'

  

  Saw all seven - in their heyday, no less.
  
  Heart, before Ann Wilson blew up and the band shifted to softer rock and ballads. After Roger Fisher left, the estrogen just became too dominant.
• darbypitcher22

  

  out of those listed above... Journey... those guys are amazing