http://scottpearce.com/2008/05/29/us-festival-may-1983/ Nostalgia is a longing for something you couldn't stand anymore Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:06:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://scottpearce.com/2008/05/29/us-festival-may-1983/comment-page-1/#comment-891 Steve J Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:50:11 +0000 http://scottpearce.com/?p=66#comment-891 I took an US Bus from the Colseium / USC area to Heavy Metal Day. I was 16 and it only cost an extra $15, I think. After Triumph played, I planted meself right behind one of the camera scaffoldings/ chain link fence, so I had a relatively clear view of everything without having to fight for position. (The platforms were 10 feet up). The big screen showed DLR f'in some girl backstage. After dark, a helicopter flew over and a whole "Alien Invasion" thing was staged. After VH played, I made it back to the bus's and somebody was being taken away, having been stabbed. Tons of ambulances and cops on horses. I caught an US Bus back to the Hollywood Bowl and walked home at 3 am from there to Vermont and than up / over to Commonwealth (Los Veliz area by ABC TV). I slept for at least 12 hours after that concert. I took an US Bus from the Colseium / USC area to Heavy Metal Day.
I was 16 and it only cost an extra $15, I think. After Triumph played,
I planted meself right behind one of the camera scaffoldings/ chain
link fence, so I had a relatively clear view of everything without having
to fight for position. (The platforms were 10 feet up). The big screen showed
DLR f’in some girl backstage. After dark, a helicopter flew over
and a whole “Alien Invasion” thing was staged. After VH played, I made it back to the bus’s
and somebody was being taken away, having been stabbed. Tons of ambulances and cops on horses.
I caught an US Bus back to the Hollywood Bowl and walked home at 3 am from there to Vermont and than up / over to Commonwealth (Los Veliz area by ABC TV).
I slept for at least 12 hours after that concert.

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