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Biggest rock band/artist to play A&M?

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Aust Ag
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7:06p, 5/21/09
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Saw the "Elvis" at A&M thread, thought of this.

So my question is, what band, at the time they played A&M, was the the "biggest"?

I would say R.E.M. in I think 1989. The "Green" tour, had a few very popular songs on that record, and they were already "College music" legends at that point. They were touring with a Platinum album.

A real coup for the school to nab that event.


[This message has been edited by Aust Ag (edited 5/21/2009 6:09p).]
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Simplebay
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7:10p, 5/21/09
AG
Luda! haha
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Rex Racer
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7:14p, 5/21/09
AG
Garth filling up Reed for 3 consecutive nights was pretty big. But he's not a rock star.
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NoACDamnit
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7:15p, 5/21/09
Nickelback
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7:15p, 5/21/09
AG
I saw Nickleback at Reed! (please notice the winking face)
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7:18p, 5/21/09
AG
Ludacris and Nickelback were the only big names that played while I was there. Except maybe when WWF was @ Reed and Stone Cold was there.
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7:19p, 5/21/09
AG
Yeah, I think I heard about the Garth thing. But that's part of why I said "rock"...and also because it's not hard to get a big turnout for a country star in B-CS.
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7:23p, 5/21/09
AG
quote:
I saw Nickleback at Reed! (please notice the winking face)
I actually did. A few friends from work wanted to go. I remember the lead singer liked to say the F word a lot. Turnout wasn't that great.

[This message has been edited by Rex Racer (edited 5/21/2009 6:24p).]
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7:42p, 5/21/09
AG
I think The Ramones played A&M in the 70's.
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9:55p, 5/21/09
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RED/Buckcherry/Three Days Grace

That was the biggest concert while i was there, which at the time Three Days Grace was pretty big.
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10:18p, 5/21/09
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Turnout wasn't that great.


What were you on because we sold it out.
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10:29p, 5/21/09
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Luda! haha

haha +1. chicken and beer ******es!!!!
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10:52p, 5/21/09
AG
Restless Heart was huge in 1990.
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10:56p, 5/21/09
AG
LIVE played while I was there. That was..<cough> 9 or <cough> 10 years ago...
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10:58p, 5/21/09
AG
I think Everclear played at Reed in 2001 or 2002.
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11:13p, 5/21/09
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quote:
What were you on because we sold it out.
I wasn't on anything, but I don't remember it being full. Could be because I was in the first row on the end, and there was a lot of open space down on the floor. They only let so many people down there.
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11:15p, 5/21/09
AG
...I saw Soulja Boy in 2007. *shudders*
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11:21p, 5/21/09
AG
Me, too. I never saw so many high school kids at an Aggie basketball event. Never saw them again, either.
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11:24p, 5/21/09
Yeah the floor maximum for that place is just ridiculous. It looks half empty when it's "full." Don't think they really care since there haven't been many events that size there.
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11:24p, 5/21/09
AG
quote:
I think Everclear played at Reed in 2001 or 2002.

I was at that concert and they actually played at Rudder Theater.
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11:32p, 5/21/09
AG
quote:
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What were you on because we sold it out.
I wasn't on anything, but I don't remember it being full. Could be because I was in the first row on the end, and there was a lot of open space down on the floor. They only let so many people down there.


I was at that show, too, and Reed didn't seem even close to full.
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11:36p, 5/21/09
Hey AA, live in Austin too..sometimes,grew up there." You are correct ,Sir". REM. Remeber when Michael Stipe got pissed at us cuz he didn't understand the hissing? They will never be back. Cheap Trick was cool too.
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11:56p, 5/21/09
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quote:
I was at that show, too, and Reed didn't seem even close to full.
Thanks. I thought my memory was going.
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12:45a, 5/22/09
Doesn't biggest take into account how much mula, records sold, awards,etc. REM hands down. U-2 would have been nice, but they probably did not like G. Rollie.
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12:49a, 5/22/09
Nickelback is about to overtake R.E.M. on album sales.
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Agnzona
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1:34a, 5/22/09
I say Bob Hope, can't get any bigger than that!

By the way Reed Arena doesn't count that really isn't on Campus it is across the tracks!

[This message has been edited by Agnzona (edited 5/22/2009 12:39a).]
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1:45a, 5/22/09
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By the way Reed Arena doesn't count that really isn't on Campus it is across the tracks!


I hate to break it to you but the A&M campus extends far far past Wellborn.
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5:35a, 5/22/09
AG
I think in terms of at their peak, it's definitely REM at G. Rollie White. Yeah they got more popular later, but they also didn't tour for 5 years after The Green Tour.

Honorable mention - Digital Underground at DeWare Field House. BTW - back in LA, my next door neighbor was friends with Shock-G aka. Humpty and had him over to her house a few times.
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8:34a, 5/22/09
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I say Bob Hope, can't get any bigger than that!
Like Garth, Bob is not a rock star.
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8:35a, 5/22/09
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Gah...Hollywood beat me to the DU show.
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8:50a, 5/22/09
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Warrant did play at 3rd Floor Cantina back in 1998ish.
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8:55a, 5/22/09
Cheap Trick, and INXs early 80's. I think Elton John was at G. Rollie in the early '70s.
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9:13a, 5/22/09
AG
During my time in the mid to late 70's, we had some big names:

Firefall
Linda Ronstadt
Jerry Reed
Ronnie Milsap
Crystal Gayle
Willie Nelson
Atlanta Rhythm Section
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9:17a, 5/22/09
Sneaky Pete
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9:42a, 5/22/09
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Night Ranger and Cheap Trick in the mid 80s.
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