I have seen Triumph so many times and am grateful for each of them, especially the US Festival in 1983. They shined on a day full of the best rock had to offer
0:52 Tear the Roof Off (Progressions of Power, 1980) - Gil Moore 5:06 American Girls (Just a Game, 1979) - Gil Moore 9:17 Lay It on the Line (Just a Game, 1979) - Rik Emmett 14:23 Allied Forces (Allied Forces, 1981) - Gil Moore 19:03 Fight the Good Fight (Allied Forces, 1981) - Rik Emmett 24:17 Gil Moore crowd work & Rik Emmett mini guitar solo 25:07 Rock and Roll Machine (Rock and Roll Machine, 1977) - Gil Moore 28:40 Rik Emmett guitar solo 34:25 Nature's Child (Progressions of Power, 1980) - Gil Moore 38:25 Gil Moore drum solo 44:08 Magic Power (Allied Forces, 1981) - Rik Emmett 50:03 Mike Levine crowd work 51:00 Allied Forces - reprisal (Allied Forces, 1981) - Gil Moore (Encore) 55:32 Hot Time In This City Tonight (Allied Forces, 1981) - Rik Emmett
Well this was a nice surprise to stumble upon. I only got to see these guys once in my life back in the fall of '79. Didn't even know they had existed just 24 hours before. Funny story (sort of...) The night before they were playing, I had just gotten off of work at the local restaurant and I went over to a co-workers house for a little late night smoke session. The TV was on in the background and this commercial came on. Lights were flashing, smoke bombs going off, and some killer licks being played. Far out. It got my attention, then the announcer dude says "Tomorrow night at the Mandan Community Center". Well shit, I gotta see this. Made the show, had my brain melted, saw them do Rocky Mountain Way in the closing encore, and I was hooked. Scored the T-shirt, the program, and a poster. Then it got good. I was hanging out watching the teardown when someone came up and said "You gotta leave, unless you want to help teardown". One of the few moments in life where you did not have to ask me twice. I'm 61 now, was 16 then...and I swear I can still here the echo of that room that night. What an amazing 24 hours in the life of a kid I once knew....
This is an old post but that’s awesome. Kids these days are to lazy and would probably tell that person to F off lol. I grew up in Toronto and I seen them at my high school in the 70’ s ,and a few other times over the years they always did not disappoint. Amazing band.
Since 1st (American) album. Come to find out they had 2 albums released in Canada. These 2 albums were disected to make the American Rock And Roll Machine album. Great stuff!!!!
: Luv it 😎👍! Copied it, upcsaled it to 1080p and 5.1 audio and added the chapter markers and song titles too (took some time but it was well worth it). Now it's in my digital library along with A Night Of Triumph, Triumph Live At The US Festival and Triumph Live At Sweden Rock Festival ! Seen every Triumph show in TO from '78 - '88 ! I've also met Rik and especially Mike numerous times !!!
I was at this concert. Great show! It was actually held at the Towson Center at Towson University, not the Civic Center in Baltimore. When it finally aired, I was disappointed by how much was edited out.
I have been a fan since the 70's. Never got a chance to see them. They are on my list of favorite bands, for sure. Great playing, songwriting, killer vocals from both Rik and Gil. They really are one of the best rock bands ever, in my opinion, anyway. And I loved this band way before I got into Metallica, Slayer, that genre, which I love, to this day. There's one Triumph. They are fukking amazing!
I totally agree,I saw the Rock and Roll Machine tour in a small auditorium in Montreal.One of my first concerts as a kid,the tickets went for $3.50, had the poster for almost 30 years on every wall in my travels.Teaze was the opening band and blew us away but Triumph came on and kicked everybody's ass.They only had two albums out back then so they played their heavier earlier songs,I wore the T-shirts right to rags.
I am so grateful for this post! It was the concert I was supposed to see! I had tickets to see this Triumph show in Corpus Christi, but the band got stuck in Dallas due to bad weather. UFO opened up, but half the crowd went back to get a refund when it was announced that Triumph was not performing. I stayed because I wanted to see UFO, and I'm glad I did. UFO played for over two hours, which was not common; atleast not in CC,TX. UFO put on one of the best shows I have ever seen! The only bummer was that Michael Shinker had already left the band, but the replacement lead guitarist was very good and played the parts perfectly! I was just a few feet away from the left side of the stage and could see clearly that Phil Mogg, UFO singer, was pissed! He was known to have a bad temper, and that he showed without restraint. I guess he was mad because Triumph was a no show and half the crowd got refunded, which means money went out the door. Phil broke every light bulb that Triumph's set had on stage during his entire performance. One by one, Phil would smash every light bulb he could reach with the butt of his microphone stand. I will never forget the look on his face, anger. But, he did sing every song incredibly well. If you listen to the live album, Strangers In The Night, that is what UFO played with a few more songs. That UFO concert remains one of the best shows I've ever seen to this day.
No disrespect to Neil , but Rush needs to have one last tour with Gil on the skins !! I played over a decade with Head East and can say that Gil Moore is the best drummer I have ever witnessed in my life . He’s Canadian and is the only drummer I can think of that could honor Neil, the way he deserves
Trios are the best! You don't need anything more than Guitar, Bass & Drums. Cream, ZZ Top, Motörhead, Rush, Robin Trower Band, Grand Funk (without Keyboards)....
The drummer as kickass as he is sounds just like ted nugent back in the day when he's talking to the crowd uncanny that's all I got to say about that!!!!😮
The shining star of this band was Rik Emmett but Gil Moore with all his Pyrotechnic flamboyance tried to make his star shine brighter. There was a clear personality conflict in this band and i believe it's what ultimately lead to their demise!
"FOR THEIR ROCK IS NOT LIKE OUR ROCK" "LEAD ME TO THE ROCK THAT IS HIGHER THAN I" "AND THAT ROCK THAT FOLLOWED THEM WAS CHRIST" [WHERE IS JESUS CHRIST IN ALL THIS LUSTFUL VAIN REPETITIONS] ?!?!?!
@@frankcamarillo8985 GOD GAVE [HIS ELECT SAINTS] THE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE BY THE TRIUNE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY JESUS CHRIST. THIS BAND ARE SINGING ABOUT WOMEN, NOT ONE SINGLE WORD OR EVEN A SCENT OF BIBLICAL SCRIPTURES FROM CHRIST'S HOLY BIBLE....
