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teto85		2010-07-04 03:20:02 PM

San Francisco is such a cool place. We even have a palace for cows.

elvisaintdead		2010-07-04 04:08:35 PM

Being such a storied venue and facing demolition,
this is a "cool" story how, sub-bro?

mjoven1975		2010-07-04 04:22:00 PM

The Cow Palace is a dump and should have been destroyed many years ago. Blow that shiathole up!

TheShavingofOccam123		2010-07-04 04:34:56 PM

I hear it helps improve the sound if you use flammable foam tiles on the walls.

Teknowaffle		2010-07-04 04:35:22 PM

The only reason they want to get rid of it seems to be because they have gun shows there.

swamp_of_dumb		2010-07-04 04:37:32 PM

Will the Cow Palace go teats up?

rawkus		2010-07-04 04:38:29 PM

I believe they also host massive raves and the Exotic Erotic Ball. Never been, but have always been intrigued by what would go on at an Exotic Erotic Ball. I have a feeling it's less erotic and more 'fat hairy uggos wearing leather' though

RandyJohnson		2010-07-04 04:38:56 PM

I saw Ozzy there back in '91.

Coco LaFemme		2010-07-04 04:41:39 PM

I have a Pink Floyd boot from the Cow Palace in 1975 on the Wish You Were Here Tour. Considering the age, it was recorded very well.

sammiejunkmail		2010-07-04 04:41:42 PM

Man that sucks, saw many a dead show there.

Englebert Slaptyback		2010-07-04 04:42:09 PM

San Francisco's Cow Palace auditorium

It's a great landmark when traveling from SFO into the city.

Thanks for the Meme-ries		2010-07-04 04:42:45 PM

CAN'T BLOW IT UP.... It was the first home for:

i291.photobucket.com

Saw my first live NHL game there... vs. the Kings and Gretzky in 1992...

/like wall!

Ichigoya84		2010-07-04 04:43:15 PM

||||| NERD ALERT |||||

The Cow Palace is where they filmed the Genesis explosion in Star Trek II.

rbbass		2010-07-04 04:47:18 PM

Pat Patterson, Pepper Gomez, Ray Stevens do not approve.

FrancoFile		2010-07-04 04:47:19 PM

rawkus: I believe they also host massive raves and the Exotic Erotic Ball. Never been, but have always been intrigued by what would go on at an Exotic Erotic Ball. I have a feeling it's less erotic and more 'fat hairy uggos wearing leather' though

Plenty of photos on the old interwebs.

JerkyMeat		2010-07-04 04:47:50 PM

Between 1980 - 1993 I went to so many concerts there it was sick.
They use to have a huge line for entry and in the middle of parking lot was an open area where everyone would throw their empty beer bottles. Occasionally, someone would run out into that open area, and everyone would try to nail that person with a bottle. Good times.

spiralscratch		2010-07-04 04:48:21 PM

The Cow Palace is a a fakring hole and has been for decades. Tear it down.

/Worst. Concert acoustics. Ever

FlyingJ		2010-07-04 04:51:31 PM

mjoven1975 The Cow Palace is a dump and should have been destroyed many years ago. Blow that shiathole up!

You have no respect for hockey, basketball, hockey & Keith Moon Replacement history;

Teknowaffle The only reason they want to get rid of it seems to be because they ~~have gun shows there.~~ shot "The Right Stuff" there

LisaLisaLisa		2010-07-04 04:52:15 PM

mjoven1975: The Cow Palace is a dump and should have been destroyed many years ago. Blow that shiathole up!

Word.

LisaLisaLisa		2010-07-04 04:53:17 PM

spiralscratch: The Cow Palace is a a fakring hole and has been for decades. Tear it down.

/Worst. Concert acoustics. Ever

This.

IoSaturnalia		2010-07-04 04:54:25 PM

spiralscratch: Worst. Concert acoustics. Ever

Moo!

The Smails Kid		2010-07-04 04:55:10 PM

Teknowaffle: The only reason they want to get rid of it seems to be because they have gun shows there.

These are the Cow Palace events where people die, no?

MFAWG		2010-07-04 04:56:19 PM

Thanks for the Meme-ries: CAN'T BLOW IT UP.... It was the first home for:

Saw my first live NHL game there... vs. the Kings and Gretzky in 1992...

/like wall!

Kids these days:

www.sealshockey.com

And don't forget:

www.legendsofhockey.net

I believe Langway was the last guy to play without a helmet at any level, but I could be wrong. He was certainly the last guy I saw play.

/Hot

vrax		2010-07-04 04:59:18 PM

spiralscratch: The Cow Palace is a a fakring hole and has been for decades. Tear it down.

/Worst. Concert acoustics. Ever

Yeah, the place is so shiatty it's depressing to be there. I can't think of another large Bay Area venue that I dislike as much.

rickythepenguin		2010-07-04 04:59:23 PM

sammiejunkmail: Man that sucks, saw many a dead show there.

You certainly did see many of two GD shows there: 3/23/74 and 12/31/76.

DavidVincent		2010-07-04 05:01:26 PM

rbbass: Pat Patterson, Pepper Gomez, Ray Stevens do not approve.

Haystack Calhoun doesn't either

IoSaturnalia		2010-07-04 05:02:02 PM

The Smails Kid: Teknowaffle: The only reason they want to get rid of it seems to be because they have gun shows there.

These are the Cow Palace events where people die, no?

I was wondering what will those evil gun grabbers were come up with next... It all makes sense now. Tear down an old money-losing WW2 blimp hanger out in the sticks and that will stop the free expression of our second amendment rights. And on the Fourth of July to boot!

vrax		2010-07-04 05:02:18 PM

rickythepenguin: sammiejunkmail: Man that sucks, saw many a dead show there.

You certainly did see many of two GD shows there: 3/23/74 and 12/31/76.

Maybe he meant that he saw many lifeless shows there. That I'd believe.

almandot		2010-07-04 05:03:17 PM

You see the Cow Palace in the distance off the freeway and go... "holy hell, I used to go there to see stuff?"

/went to sharks vs kings with gretzky games there too as a kid and loved it. place looks like shiat though and leaving it for sentimental value is pretty pointless. I'm not sure how Great Western Forum is still around, but even that one getting torn down would leave me going "meh".

the_chief		2010-07-04 05:05:22 PM

We all face an uncertain future. Get over the nostalgia.

ironoctopus		2010-07-04 05:05:52 PM

Think the Jehovah's Witness convention is there right now. Would be a pretty opportune time for the demolition :)

/live in the neighborhood

ranak		2010-07-04 05:07:17 PM

Mr.Bobo		2010-07-04 05:11:57 PM

I grew up about 20 miles south of The Cow Palace and have seen probably over 20 concerts there. Bands like Foghat, ZZ Top, Journey, Jackson Brown, The Kinks, Foreigner, Iron Maiden. Still have most of the concert shirts somewhere... But I agree, it was a dump way back when in the late 70's and 80's. Can't imagine what a pit it would be today.

It needs controlled demolition, just like the World Trade Center...

studebaker hoch		2010-07-04 05:16:25 PM

The Cow Palace currently hosts some sick rave parties. These are the San Francisco party peeps bringing their A-game. West coast progressive trance and the best dope west of the Mississippi.

No wonder somebody's grandpa wants to shut it down.

He never got to dance all night at raves. So neither should you.

ironoctopus		2010-07-04 05:18:16 PM

Just to give non-Bay Area farkers some idea about the place, the schedule for the Summer is:

Jehovah's Witness Convention
Vicente Fernandez
Body Art Expo
Slayer/Megadeth/Testament
Western Gun Show

rickythepenguin		2010-07-04 05:21:03 PM

studebaker hoch: The Cow Palace currently hosts some sick rave parties. These are the San Francisco party peeps bringing their A-game. West coast progressive trance and the best dope west of the Mississippi.

studebaker hoch		2010-07-04 05:23:21 PM

What an cow Palace rave may look like

/We have to protect our children from this madness!

fragMasterFlash		2010-07-04 05:23:42 PM

ironoctopus: Slayer/Megadeth/Testament

If only I could be 19 again. My Slayer shirt from the World Sacrafice tour still fits, yo.

rickythepenguin		2010-07-04 05:28:07 PM

studebaker hoch: What an cow Palace rave may look like

/We have to protect our children from this madness!

that better not be the Rickroll of the Lawrence Welk clip of the old people circa 1961 dancing to Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray". (new window)

Phoenix_M		2010-07-04 05:29:12 PM

The cow palace isn't in san francisco it'snot even the same county

vrax		2010-07-04 05:29:56 PM

ironoctopus: Slayer/Megadeth/Testament

Hopefully they create a pit so large that the whole Cow Palace falls in.

spiralscratch		2010-07-04 05:33:02 PM

Phoenix_M: The cow palace isn't in san francisco it'snot even the same county

Neither is SFO. No one cares.

friedlinx		2010-07-04 05:33:11 PM

studebaker hoch: The Cow Palace currently hosts some sick rave parties. These are the San Francisco party peeps bringing their A-game. West coast progressive trance and the best dope west of the Mississippi.

No wonder somebody's grandpa wants to shut it down.

He never got to dance all night at raves. So neither should you.

And all along I thought that sweaty butt smell was from the rodeos from days past

Doctor Fegg		2010-07-04 05:33:38 PM

I saw AC/DC there in the early '80's. For those about to fall apart, we salute you.

redly1		2010-07-04 05:34:33 PM

Wilt Chamberlain...what, did he have a reunion of all the girls he nailed?

vrax		2010-07-04 05:42:53 PM

lol, I was reading an article about the rave deaths as the Cow Palace and at the very end there's this little blurb:

"Police also arrested one person who was stabbing people at the event with a syringe, but they are treating it as an unrelated event."

Nice! No, thanks!

CitizenTed		2010-07-04 05:44:05 PM

Here's my Cow Palace story:

Went to a show there - don't recall the act. Before the band started, I was sitting cross-legged on the floor, rolling a doobie. I stood up too fast and got a bit dizzy and slammed headlong into some tall, mean-looking bald guy. He grabbed me by the collar and inquired about what the fark I thought I was doing. I apologized and smiled and got tossed aside by the man-beast. As he walked away, I looked at his back: he was a Hells Angel, flying his colors.

Ooops.

/CSB

natas6.0		2010-07-04 05:45:45 PM

Seen Neil Young there,Slayer, Alice in chains etc.
Love the gun shows and boat shows, great venue for that.
and I thought they were holding the Exotic Erotic there this year....

Spirit Hammer		2010-07-04 05:50:42 PM

In 78-79, was stationed in the area (Navy). Saw many concerts at the Palace, who's details are faded. Probably due to the massive doobage being consumed.

/good times!