OT: RIP ... WAAF

[Joker]

Killing In The Name Of playing at the time, I.C.?

 

[IllegalContact]

Killing In The Name Of playing at the time, I.C.?

we started looking for an out during bulls on parade.....killing was the last song they played and we were clear by then

limp Bizkit preceded them and that was crazy too with people crowd surfing on plywood sheets, but the crowd surging during RATM took you off your feet and you had to fight to just stay off the ground.....zero control of where you were going

 

[DarrylS]

WAAF used to bill itself at the "Rock and Roll Air Force", believe they used to broadcast out of Worcester...

All of radio has gone commercial, WBRU out of Pvd. was the last one in my area.. now corporately owned radio stations are how things are done...

Thank god for Pandora or Spotify... even with their commercials.

 

[Drewski]

One great thing not yet stated in this thread from the 70's was general admission concerts. You would line up early and it was a fight to the front. Saw ZZ Top and Triumph at one of those ... oh man. Loudest concert ever .... easily The Clash.

Those were the best ... people would be passing joints around don't know where they started or where they ended ... the entire area was like a huge bong.

11 people dying in Cincy at a GA Who concert probably dampened that.

My parents took my dad's parents to a Neil Diamond show in the 70s. My grandparents were super Catholic. A joint made its way down the aisle, and was handed to my grandmother (who would have been in her 40s at the time). Not knowing what to do she replied "oh thank you, I gave it up for lent".

 

[QuantumMechanic]

One great thing not yet stated in this thread from the 70's was general admission concerts. You would line up early and it was a fight to the front. Saw ZZ Top and Triumph at one of those ... oh man. Loudest concert ever .... easily The Clash.

Those were the best ... people would be passing joints around don't know where they started or where they ended ... the entire area was like a huge bong.

Until Cincinnati happens.

 

[LuRkeR1978]

Growing up in the early 90’s grunge era WAAF was a great way to listen to all that great music. Plus all the great DJ’s they had back then like Liz Wyld and Jon Osterland.
RIP

Don't forget about Rocko, along with Opie & Anthony... Who remembers WoW?!

 

[denverpatsfan]

I agree with the bolded. The radio, in a modern context, represents a severe limiting of what you can consume. Why listen to a device that plays a couple of tunes, some you like, some you don't and then deal with commercial filler when you could listen to literally anything you want from Amazon Music/Apple Music/Spotify streamed from a phone?

Its like the youtube channel Straight Pipes (car reviews) who usually complain about a car's ability to rewind Satellite Radio. Why worry about Sat Radio; let alone rewinding it, when you can stream just about anything you want from your phone including "radio shows"?

My Morning Jacket, Cage the Elephant, White Stripes/Jack White/Racontuers, Black Keys, KALEO, Gary Clark Jr., The National, War on Drugs, Greta Van Fleet, twentyonepilots. It's there, it's just different.

Look at that! I'm 50ish and have seen both of those artists live!

 

[IcyPatriot]

Would love to see today's artists sign live without audio enhancement
or lip syncing ... many of them would not survive ...

 

[captain stone]

Used that show to take a nap ...
How about midget wrestling while we're at it ...

My dad used to love the midget wrestlers whenever they would appear on Championship Wresting & All-Star Wrestling on channels 56 & 38 respectively...

 

[neckroll#14]

There's good rock at local venues every weekend. Talented people playing for gas money and free PBR because they love it. As good as any group you hear on the radio and its genuine: no auto-tune, no lip syncing. Just passionate musicians: check it out - all genres are out there. Guaranteed good time and low/no cover charge in most cases...