Monsters Of Rock

1988 Monsters Of Rock ad

Before it was annoyingly changed to 'Download' (look im old fashioned okay?) this festival was a one day event called 'Monsters Of Rock' and it was as great back then as it is now (but with more long haired guys). I of course went to a few and due to a moody 'press pass' got to meet Guns n' Roses, Bon Jovi, WASP (who were dicks) and Maiden and witness the highs and lows (I was there when two fans were crushed to death in 1988).
If you weren't born in the 1980s its difficult to explain just how big an impact heavy metal made on fans lives. We wore patched denims/leathers, scrawled bands names on school desks and made compilations on music cassettes. Its much the same now (minus the cassettes) but back then it was new and and growing bigger before our very eyes.
I don't have a time machine for the 'Feasts Of Metal' but we do have the next best thing, Youtube! So sit back, grab a few cold ones and enjoy a few vids of early 'Monsters Of Rock'! Mosh \m/

Guns n' Roses 1988



Iron Maiden 1992



Some flyers from '87 and '88



Slayer 1992



AC/DC 1991 (The Aussies have headlined the most)



Metallica 1995