Cumberland County Civic Center

31 years ago this week, Poison rocked the Cumberland County Civic Center on the Open Up and Say…Ahh! Tour. This was Bret, C.C., Bobby, and Rikki at the height of their glam-slam hair-metal powers.

20 years ago today, Def Leppard returned to Portland for a sold-out show at the Civic Center to bring us into the new millennium.

30 years ago today, the incredible howl of David Coverdale and this amazing band struck the nearly capacity crowd with stinging rock 'n roll power.

This was just prior to his historic concerts in Russia that summer.

29 years ago today, ZZ Top played the second of two sold-out nights at the Civic Center in Portland. They were here on the Recycler tour and the song My Head’s in Mississippi was rockin’ the airwaves of WBLM.

Along with Paul and Gene, this version of Kiss included Vinnie Vincent on guitar and Eric Carr on drums.

Ronald Wayne Van Zant the legendary lead singer and songwriter for Lynyrd Skynyrd would’ve been 72 today.

The fact that the Crüe's live touring legacy began in Portland, Maine is a pretty RAD piece of history for the metalheads of Blimpville, right?

You can listen to the whole 2 hour Portland concert here. It opens with the title track of the 1997 album they were touring in support of and goes all the way to a ridiculously fantastic Sweet Emotion finish that includes a little Zep

30 years ago, the Dr. Feelgood World Tour kindly melted the faces of a sold-out crowd on a stop in Portland, Maine. This was Mötley Crüe at the height of their powers bringing us a bonafide balls-to-the-wall night of 80s rock debauchery.