Monsters of Rock, Donington Park, 17 august 1991
Line up: AC/DC; Metallica; Mötley Crüe; Queensryche; The Black Crowes
This is the last of my ramblings on AC/DC and it brings me up to date with my concert memories of the band. The 1991 Monsters of Rock festival was the last time Iwas to see the band for almost 20 years; as the next AC/DC concert I attended was at Manchester MEN Arena in 2009. It was also the last time I attended a Monsters of Rock festival. That particular my daughter was getting into rock music, and her and her friends were big fans of Mettalica, and that was our primary reason for attending. So I drove her and two friends to the festival. Highlights for me were The Black Crowes, Metallica and AC/DC. I don’t remember much about the other bands.
Metallica had just released their “Black” Metallica album, which had been heavily played in our house. I hadn’t rated the band up until then, although I had seen them at an earlier Monsters of Rock in 1985, but that lp got me into them. My favourite track was Enter Sandman, which was the opening song at Donington that year. Metallica were at the top of their game at that time, paying some of the best heavy rock of the time. We made sure that we arrived in time to see The Black Crowes, as I’d heard a lot about them. I remember being impressed by them, particularly by their cover of Otis Redding’s Hard to Handle. My friend John lives in the US and is a massive Black Crowes fan, and he keeps me up to date on them. I really must get to see them again some day soon. AC/DC closed the day with a set which closed with one of the biggest firework displayed I’ve ever seen. I then spent some time finding the others, which was not easy in a crowd of 60,000+ people all of whom were aiming for the exits, and then we drove back home. AC/DC setlist: Thunderstruck; Shoot to Thrill; Back in Black; Hell Ain’t a Bad Place to Be; Heatseeker; Fire Your Guns; Jailbreak; The Jack; Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap; Moneytalks; Hells Bells; High Voltage; Whole Lotta Rosie; You Shook Me All Night Long; T.N.T.; Let There Be Rock Encore: Highway to Hell; For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). I’ll move on from AC/DC now, and will ponder on which concerts to reflect on this coming week. Back tomorrow.
7 Jan
AC/DC: Monsters of Rock Donington Park 1991
Posted January 7, 2012 by vintagerock in AC/DC, Black Crowes, Metallica, Motley Crue, Queensryche, Uncategorized. Tagged: blues, concert, concerts, folk, gig, gigs, heavy metal, music, pop, prog rock, punk, R&B, rock, rock n roll. 9 Comments
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Posted by murraypaul@btconnect.com on October 4, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Yeah I was at that one mate, good memories !
Posted by gaz on June 29, 2013 at 12:10 am
it was one of the best times of my life …. many years ago
Posted by brokeh on January 16, 2014 at 1:37 am
Was for me as well. Been to over 50 shows, big and small. This was the best of them.
Posted by jasongnome on July 12, 2013 at 9:34 am
I was there as well… but I’m pretty sure Pantera weren’t!
Posted by vintagerock on July 12, 2013 at 12:12 pm
Thanks I’ll check. I assume I must have got Pantera’s name from the programme.
Posted by jasongnome on July 12, 2013 at 12:58 pm
They did a Monsters of Rock tour that year, Pantera played the Moscow gig, but none of the others, some Internet sources mistakenly put Pantera on other bills as well.
Posted by vintagerock on July 12, 2013 at 1:50 pm
Hi Many thanks I will correct the blog entry Best wishes Peter
Posted by jasongnome on July 12, 2013 at 4:30 pm
No problem, nice blog btw, I’ve only just found it, but indeed to explore it more over the next day or two.
Posted by chez sawbridge on June 7, 2018 at 9:57 pm
was there what a weekend