There is nothing like a backstage pass.From the first concert I ever went to, I coveted a backstage pass. I used to watch the people wandering around with laminates around their necks and desperately wished it was me. I thought it would be the height of cool to have one.
As I got older, I began to see bands play in clubs and bars. I was able to go backstage at a lot of these places, but it didn't seem like it was really "backstage." Most of those places only required a sticker for entry, if anything, or you had to pass through on your way to the bathroom. I wanted to be backstage in an arena. Wearing that coveted laminate.
It finally happened for me in May, 2001. All access at a Bon Jovi show. The photo of me holding out the laminate with my big cheesy grin says it all.
It felt, and still feels to this day, as good as I always thought it would. And walking around backstage at Madison Square Garden was an incredible experience. Definitely the height of cool.
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