Green Day at Blossom Music Center, 1994

The outdoor arena in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, is summer home to The Cleveland Orchestra, but has also hosted many other types of music over the years... including an infamous Green Day show on September 10, 1994.

I actually played Blossom BEFORE ever seeing a show there: our high school marching band performed with the Cincinnati Pops, and it wasn't till the following year that I went to my very first show. It was $5 tickets for Green Day. Just before show time, someone sitting a few feet from me on the lawn was yelling for a friend of his, who was seated close to the front of the lawn. This guy was having no luck getting his friend's attention, so he threw a clump of grass. Well, the grass missed its target and hit someone else, who proceeded to turn around and throw a clump right back. That clump hit a friend of mine, who threw more grass. And that's how quickly and accidentally the lawn got destroyed.

Some memories of that show are at this Green Day fan page.