The Cape Cod Coliseum is a former entertainment venue in South Yarmouth that once hosted ice hockey games, professional wrestling matches, as well as some of most legendary acts in rock music. The Coliseum opened in 1972. It was initially built as an arena for youth and amateur ice hockey matches, and was home to the Cape Cod Cubs of the Eastern Hockey League. Within a few years, the Coliseum was converted into an auditorium that could hold around 6,500 people. The Boston Pops performed there in 1973, and the venue soon began attracting some of the top rock performers of the day. That may seem hard to believe, given what most people remember about going to concerts there. “The walls would rattle, there was no air conditioning. The sound was not pristine. It was like, if you listen to Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water,” it was that kind of big, muffled vocal,” recalled Dylan Stanton, owner of Instant Karma records in Orleans. Yarmouth resident Todd Kennelly also attended numerous