One of the venues on this 'Down to Earth' tour was a small 2000-seat theatre. I had second row seats; opening act was Ronnie Montrose's Gamma. I thought I had lost my eyebrows when the flashpots went off during Rainbow's opening number. Montrose and Blackmore...guitar hero heaven.
I had a Bad Motor Skooter when I was 13. It was a $50 minibike, and I fell off of it once and got three stitches in my left knee. I still have the scar, although I no longer have the bike.