Bodycount, the Ice-T metal band was the clunker. I had spent high school going to Metallica, Anthrax, and Husker Du shows and listening to NWA and Public Enemy albums so had Ice-T trying to do metal really didn't do it for me.

This proves that even back in 1991, just 10 years after The Buggles kicked things off, MTV was not really breaking ground. The first Lollapalooza was in '91 which started as the "farewell tour" for Jane's Addiction. The lineup was great start to finish or at least it was in St. Paul where I saw it. Okay, maybe one…

My first concert was when I was 11 in 1983 when a friends older brother, a bouncer at First Ave., took us to a show there. It was a benefit concert for a local dance company that Prince was playing. My buddy and I were excited but a bit too young to know much about him beyond the song 1999. When prince got on stage…