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Dave
05-23-2002, 02:43 PM
Who was the first band to use a laser in their show and what year was it?
Bob Lovely
05-23-2002, 03:01 PM
Originally posted by Dave
Who was the first band to use a laser in their show and what year was it?

Dave,

ELO, 1977?

Bob
Steve Hoffman
05-23-2002, 03:01 PM
The Yellow Payges, 1968, Hollywood Bowl?
Dave
05-23-2002, 03:02 PM
Nope, sorry Bob.;)
Bob Lovely
05-23-2002, 03:09 PM
Originally posted by Dave
Nope, sorry Bob.;)

...Ok, contestant Bob slides through the trap door into a vat of hot recycled 70's vinyl! Next contestant Don Pardo!....
Larry
05-23-2002, 03:10 PM
Blue Oyster Cult - 1977
MagicAlex
05-23-2002, 03:32 PM
Paul McCartney & Wings - Wings Over America Tour 1976
Jimbo
05-23-2002, 04:42 PM
Originally posted by Larry
Blue Oyster Cult - 1977

I was gonna guess BOC as well, although I seem to remember them using it before 1977. They were the local heavy-metal heroes here on LI during the mid-70s.
Pat
05-23-2002, 07:31 PM
Originally posted by Jimbo


I was gonna guess BOC as well, although I seem to remember them using it before 1977. They were the local heavy-metal heroes here on LI during the mid-70s.


...who often performed at smaller venues under the name "Soft White Underbelly"

And I KNOW Jimbo already knew that!
:D
Dave
05-23-2002, 07:42 PM
No, sorry no-one yet, although one half of the question was. The correct year is there.

I really can't give any hints as it would just be too easy.
Holy Zoo
05-23-2002, 08:17 PM
Originally posted by Dave
Who was the first band to use a laser in their show


Who indeed?
Scott Wheeler
05-23-2002, 08:34 PM
I have this horrible feeling it was Kiss
Pat
05-23-2002, 08:41 PM
So, was it a question after all, or just a statement?!

WHO was the first band to use laser lights.

That's like: How Long was a China man? ;)
Michael
05-23-2002, 08:59 PM
Pink Floyd.
MagicAlex
05-23-2002, 09:53 PM
Originally posted by Michael
Pink Floyd.

Pink Floyd - 1968 :D
Michael
05-23-2002, 10:00 PM
Originally posted by MagicAlex


Pink Floyd - 1968 :D

:D :D :D :D !:p
Dave
05-23-2002, 11:47 PM
Well, I gues I'll have ta spit it out now. It was Rush 1977 2112 World Tour.;) Surprised?
mcow1
05-24-2002, 06:29 AM
Yes , being as I saw both McCartney use them on the Wings Over America tour in 1976 and ELO use them before that.
MagicAlex
05-24-2002, 06:32 AM
Originally posted by mcow1
Yes , being as I saw both McCartney use them on the Wings Over America tour in 1976 and ELO use them before that.

Macca talks about using lasers on the '76 Wings Over America Tour in the Wingspan show.
joelee
05-24-2002, 06:39 AM
Besides McCartney's Wings Over America shows in 1976, Zeppelin used them on their 1975 "Physical Graffiti" tour.

Joe
MagicAlex
05-24-2002, 10:44 AM
Dave...do you have any more trivia questions. I find this rather fun Thanks for coming up with these tidbits of R'N'R knowledge...

:)
Dave
05-24-2002, 10:49 AM
Well you guys can say ELO, Zeppelin, McCartney all you want. I remember reading in some audio magazine of yersteryear that Rush was the not only the first, but helped perfect the use, and the announcement at the show stated such. Wish I had some sort of press release to show you all.
J Epstein
05-24-2002, 12:43 PM
Your source is wrong, Dave. I was at a Zep concert in '75 that featured laser effects. See the movie The Song Remains The Same for a scene that shows the effect - it was a column of laser light that enveloped Jimmy Page as he soloed.

Sorry. No matter how much you insist, you're still wrong. 1977 was not a first for laser lighting effects.

-j
John B
05-24-2002, 02:41 PM
Dave,
I saw the Who in 1975 with full laser show in London England. Keith Moon recommended that the audience stare into the lights.
Dave
05-24-2002, 02:49 PM
Well I could have the year wrong, but I don't recall lasers being used in the Fly By Night tour or the Caress Of Steel tour. It happens when you get old.:D