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I figure most members here are big music fans (obviously). With that comes concerts. Just wondering who you have seen live over the years. Here is a 95% complete list of everyone I have seen live since my first concert in 1985.

Pink Floyd: 3x
The Rolling Stones: 3x
Aerosmith: 2x
The Who
Boston
Robert Plant
Cheap Trick
Sheryl Crow
Blues Traveler
The Pretenders
Jefferson Starship
George Thorogood

Brooks & Dunn 2x
Reba McIntire 2x
Shania Twain
Tim McGraw
Faith Hill
Trisha Yearwood

Metallica: 10x
Motley Crue: 6x
Anthrax: 6x
Iron Maiden: 6x
Kiss: 5x
Creed: 4x
Dio: 4x
Ratt: 4x
Godsmack: 3x
Disturbed: 2x
Pantera: 2x
Scorpions: 2x
Bon Jovi: 2x
Night Ranger: 2x
Twisted Sister: 2x
Ozzy Osbourne: 2x
Accept: 2x
Dokken: 2x
Chevelle: 2x
Kid Rock: 2x
Mushroomhead
Dope
Taproot
Saliva
Unloco
Deftones
Puddle of Mudd
Megadeth
Korn
Adema
System of a Down
Powerman 5000
Soundgarden
Sevendust
Savatage
Judas Priest
Fuel
Fight
Guns N Roses
Queensryche
Metal Church
Celtic Frost
Exodus
Testament
White Snake
Black Sabbath
Van Halen
Alice In Chains
Danzig
Suicidal Tendancies
Faith No More
WASP
Motorhead
Yngwie Malmsteen
Loudness
Skid Row
Rough Cutt
Poison
Kingdom Come
Vince Neil
Run DMC

Nice list.

Mine is quite small in comparison, to yours or to anybody else who decides to post in this thread.

Nickel Creek
James Taylor
Lifehouse
Nappy Roots - before they made MTV
And thats about it.


Who I wish I could see/want to see:

The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
Elvis
Bob Marley
Allman Brothers
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Lynyrd Syknyrd
U2
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Green Day
Sublime
Nirvana
REM
GnR
Tom Petty
probaly some more

yikes! lol.

I have only been to one concert, was really good though, in a hotel ballroom, not a ton of people, seats etc. Sound was good too

Band was Cecilio & Kapono they are a local group but you might have heard of them, they have quite a few good songs.

Holy Smokes! They go back a long way (But then, so do I ). I Remember playing their stuff when I was a disc jockey 30 years ago. I just checked and I have their first two albums, "Cecelio & Kapono," 1974, and "Elua," 1975. On vinyl, of course.

I'm a bit older so...

The Who
Stevie Wonder
Cat Stevens
Yes
Joni Mitchell
Andres Segovia
Nigel Kennedy
Travis
Yes
Genesis
Eurythmics
Bowie
The Tubes
Peter Gabriel
Supertramp
ZZ Top
Atlanta Rythm Section
KD Lang

I'm forgetting a bunch. I used to do a lot of camera work, so I was on stage with ZZ Top and Atlanta Rythm Section. The guitarist for ARS was so huge that his fingers looked like sausages. I don't know how he could could play only one note at a time, but his fingers were lightning. Strangest and one of the most impressive things I've ever seen.
Andres Segovia was about 80 when I saw him. He entered from stage left and it took about a full minute for him to just make it to his stool. As soon as he touched his guitar the years vanished and when he played it was like watching a god. For all the time we spend listening to our systems it is important to remember that the real magic is live.

That list is pretty huge, Monstermile - DO you keep a tally going?

I was in a fraternity in College taht was pretty into having bands. So, about 3 times every two months, we'd get live acts into the house - varying from glorified garage bands (my own - I sing and play guitar) to bands like Fighting Gravity, Guster, Kid Rock (before he was known as Kid Rock - it was wierd, he had this little person with him on stage...little did we know this white guy woudl become so huge). It was a really great time. Huge sound from a live band is really incomparable.
Here are some highlights:

Rolling Stones
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin (Plant/Page) 7th Row!
Clapton (blue tour)
Aerosmith (Steven Tyler has more energy than any performer I've ever seen!)
Dave Matthews countless times. Went to his Second cd release party (attended school in Charlottesville, where he had his roots - when he was still abig nobody!)
Soundgarden
Chili Peppers
Guns n. Roses/Mettalica
Counting Crows
David Gray - front row - one of teh best shows I've ever seen.

In no particular order, just as they came to mind:

Styx
Kansas
Journey
Spyro Gyra
Count Basie
Micheal Martin Murphy
Yellowjackets
Chuck Mangione
Eric Clapton 3X
ZZ Top
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young 3X
Willie Nelson
Neal Young
Tom Petty
Bob Dylan
Steely Dan
The Dead
Extreme
Los Lonely Boys
Del Castillo
The Scabs
Bob Schneider
Billy Bob Thornton
Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic

Also, although I am retiscent to mention it (Hey...the tickets were FREE ): Cher

I'm sure there are others that I do not remember right now.

WhatFurrer

And...

Beach Boys
Jefferson Starship
Dutch Mason
Jesse Winchester
Dutch Mason

Damn, who else have I forgotten ?

Well, lesse--

Metallica-4x (best the first time - tour Cunning Stunts came from)
With Metallica:
Korn-2x (not by choice-they sucked.)
System of a Down (see above)
Mudvayne (bad sound system, couldn't tell whether they sucked or not)
Powerman 5000 (sucked)
Kid Rock (surprisingly entertaining)
Limp Bizkit (sucky suck suck suck suck, bunch o' jerks)
Linkin Park (vaguely ok)
Jerry Cantrell (good, but his keyboardist was really, really drunk or something-kept throwing the keyboard around the stage.)
Days of the New (near the end of their careers. They were better on the albums.)

Sting - Fantastico!
K. D. Lang opened for him. Not exactly memorable.
Rush - amazing!
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - also amazing!
Dave Brubeck 2x (need I say more?)
Sonos Handbell Ensemble 2x (see them if you can; great stuff)
Blues Traveler - pretty good.
Michael Franti & Spearhead opened for BT. (Oh god, why won't he stop playing?! I swear, he played longer than Blues Traveler. Oh, the humanity!)
Billy Idol (great show. He threw a mike into the crowd and kicked over a box fan! Ah, that 80s anger!)
Sweet Honey in the Rock - 2x. Sublime.
Crosby Stills Nash and Young- great show. Young dominated a bit much, but...
Simon and Garfunkle. Yes, they still can't stand each other. Other than that, pretty good show.

Here's mine...It may not be complete, my memory for some of these events is quite fuzzy...

Pink Floyd..."The Wall" in 1980
Pink Floyd.."Delicate Sound of Thunder" tour
Roger Waters
Heart 3x
Fleetwood Mac 2x
Yes 2x
Jethro Tull
Bruce Springsteen
Van Halen
Moody Blues
The Police
The Who
REO Speedwagon
Blue Oyster Cult
Styx
Tom Petty 2x
UK
Tangerine Dream
Foreigner
Genesis
A Flock of Seagulls
B 52's
Billy Joel/Elton John
Elton John
Blues Brothers
Peter Gabriel
Alan Parsons
Kansas
B B King
Robert Plant
Power Station
Renaissance
Jean Luc Ponty
Electric Light Orchestra