zombux wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLOsD-UasC8
start and ISE. there must be more from this source, because already the previous vid (WTTJ) was from the same source.

They sound fantastic. I wish the whole show was taped!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLOsD-UasC8
start and ISE. there must be more from this source, because already the previous vid (WTTJ) was from the same source.

tejastech08 wrote:

Just want to say that the 1988 and 1991 Philly gigs are some of the most energetic arena gigs I've seen on YouTube. I'm watching the 1991 gig and Axl actually commented that Sebastian Bach mentioned earlier in the evening the crowd is crazy. Axl goes, "This is like the biggest kegger I've ever seen." Haha. The crowd is fucking nuts for GN'R! Same goes for the 1988 gig too.

Anyone on this board attend either of those Philly gigs back in the day?

I was at both shows. thanks for the recognition!! glad you noticed because the show in 1991 was the greatest of my life, and I have sent this show to various friends and family and specifically point out how insane the crowd was that night, and how much energy Axl had on stage. he ran around like a caged animal and you could tell he was feeding off the crowd. I remember the energy in that building being unbelievable, and I was glad when I saw this on youtube a few years ago because you can hear the crowd non-stop throughout most of the show. people were so fired up they were just screaming the whole time. I remember my buddy saying that it was almost scary how energized the crowd was. we always comment how we've never seen anything like it. metallica shows have come close, and my buddy says some pearl jam shows have come close as well (I'm not a huge fan), but I'm sure i'll never see anything like that again.

initially, GnR did not announce a philly show. then sunday night, they announce a show at the spectrum for that Thursday. Tickets went on sale Monday at 4PM. that was exam week at most schools in philly, so most got out around noon. i went to the mall for tix by 1PM and there was a line around the block, but i still was able to get tix. that Thursday was also the last day of the school year for a lot of people. i think that was a factor as well...we were basically kicking off our summer with that show.

in the middle of WTTJ, Axl stops the show and starts yelling at someone up front for starting fights and being obnoxious. St. Louis hadn't happened yet, but i remember thinking "oh shit, this could get ugly". But then Axl says to start the song over. so we got to hear the first half of the song twice. it was an incredible moment.