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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

Wow, ppl really get out sometimes hehe

Few that come to mind:

Nine Inch Nails - By far the best concert experience I've been to

KMFDM - my most fav bad ever! So of course they rocked (and they certainly did!) - PROOF!

Godsmack - Before they got popular (hell I went with someone else, didn't even know who they were), pretty aproachable guys too

Gravity Kills

Pitchshifter

Ice Cube - years ago, my rap phase

Here's my list:

copy verbatim the top section of kcarlile's post (starting with Metallica and ending with Days of the New)

Also, in no particular order:

Metallica (acoustic)
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones x2
David Brubeck
McCoy Tyner w/Stanley Clarke (WOW!)
Charlie Parker w/Norah Jones (WOW!)
Rush
Pearl Jam (acoustic)
R.E.M. (acoustic)
Ben Harper (acoustic)
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals x2
Dave Matthews Band (acoustic)
Blues Traveler (acoustic)
Smashing Pumpkins (acoustic)
Alanis Morissette (acoustic)
Neil Young (acoustic)
CSNY
Joe Satriani
Body Count
G. Love and Special Sauce
Josh Ritter
Paul Pena (amazing! mixes the Blues with Tuvan throat singing)

The ones I noted as acoustic were seen at a couple Bridge School Benefit concerts.

Besides concerts I've worked:
Arena shows: Iron Maiden (1988 - Somewhere in Time tour), Metallica (1986 - Master of Puppets, 1992 - Black Album), Cheap Trick (1988?)

Club shows (in no order whatsoever): Bif Naked, Age of Electric, Ballroom Zombies, the Harlots, X-Engine-X, Loco, Forgotten Rebels, Needlefish, Inward Eye, the Farrell Bros., Kim Wright, Redd Kross, Doughboys, Misfits, Gingersnap, SNFU, Global Genocide, Negation, Nasty Teeth, Liberty Lives Upstairs, Voice of Treason, Artificial Life... and some of the worst opening bands ever (Stungun/The Jills, Faust, Nemo etc)

That covers it give or take...

Bren R.

Also
Herbie Hancock and Bobby Hutcherson - 4th row. Fantastic show. A lot of fun to watch.

Hmm...

David Lee Roth 11/02/86
David Lee Roth 3/29/88
David Lee Roth ??? (The A Little Ain't Enough tour)
Van Hagar 10/8/91
Van Hagar 4/4/95 (free tix from Eddie himself!)
Mr. Big 7/29/92 (only to see Billy on the bass)
Barry Manilow (again, free, but surprisingly a fun show)
Dirty Dozen Brass Band 1/29/99
Steve Roach (in a tiny place in Santa Monica, half the room was asleep by the time he was done. Pretty amazing!)
Prince (The "symbol album" tour - by far the best show I've ever seen!)
Prince 3/28/04
Ozzy Osbourne 7/13/92
Fleetwood Mac 10/31/87
Fleetwood Mac 11/11/90
Kenny Rogers 4/15/88
LA Philharmonic x3
Bob Dylan/Paul Simon 6/22/99 (Bob sucked, Paul was awesome)

Margaret Cho x4
David Copperfield (very impressive!)

wow...that's more than I thought.



All the shows with dates, I still have the ticket stubs for.

Boy do I need to go to more concerts!

U2 (3x - all incredible)
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones (the most fun concert I've been to)
Metallica - nice show, but the new songs paled live
Mudvayne (same concert as Ken - they sucked big time, and it wasn't just the sound system)
Linkin Park - ditto the vaguely ok
Limp Bizkit - I can't believe some of my money went to these guys
Cake - was alright, the singer seemed a little arrogant

And some barefoot Brazilian multi-instrumentalist new age jazz musician who was a little too new-agey (a quote: "you know, we're all like hair, growing in different directions" ). Peter saw her too, but apparently didn't think she counted.

I'm young and poor so I've only seen:

Jack Johnson
Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Hed P.E.
Saliva
Mudvayne
Breaking Benjamin
Systematic

Monstermile, I didn't see one of the best bands of all time on your list, Queen!

And what was your favorite concert? My dad constantly raves about the Kiss concerts and how todays acts suck by comparison...

Wow, I feel very sheltered

Rolling Stones
U2
Fun Loving Criminals
Alanis Morisette (before you start laughing it was for OLP)
Our Lady Peace 2x
Big Wreck 3x
Moist
The Watchmen
Pearl Jam (great show despite Eddie's political rantings)
GOB
The Headstones
Nickleback (wish I hadn't wasted the money)
Default (ditto Nickleback comments)
The Tea Party
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Tragically Hip (any Canucks out there that haven't seen them???)


There's plenty of others in here I'm forgetting. Saturday night I'm going to check out the Pixies, and this is probably as excited as I've been to see a concert in a while.

Bela Fleck is pretty awesome live, isn't he? Very polished. I saw him before I became a fan. I never thought that music without words could have such popular appeal!

Sting was great - but his show was short.

You know what shows I really loved? The Lillith Fair shows were awesome! Lesbians a-plenty, a few straight chicks and me and my buddy - what can I say, I like chick rock! Those were fun shows. And Sarah Maclachlan has to be one of the best live performers I have ever seen. (Forgot about this tour)

Don't forget Wu Tang Clan & Rage Against athe Machine. Talk abotu angry white kids and angry black kids mixing for some good old mosh-pit fun. It was a surreal experience to say teh least.

there is no way i can remember them all, but here is what i could do for now. in no particular ordr

kiss x3
aerosmith
system of a down
metallica
audioslave
queens of the stone age
janes addiction x2
sevendust
saliva
dope
3 doors down
rush x2
incubus
hoobastank
guns n roses(horrible live)
jackyl
megadeth
ted nugent
bad company
jason mraz
dixie chicks
pat green
jerry jeff walker
willie nelson
jack ingram
todd snider
george strait
los lonely boys
cross canadian ragweed

and tons of 'TEXAS' artists that i am sure most of you have never heard of. hell, most of them I had never heard of

bigjohn

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and tons of 'TEXAS' artists that i am sure most of you have never heard of. hell, most of them I had never heard of.

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That's the reason I listed "Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic"...

Forgot these on my list:

Jethro Tull
The Young Dubliners
Blue Man Group
Venus Hum
Foghat
Georgia Satellites

WhatFurrer

Oh yeah...
Eagles (last year) Much better in concert than on the albums. Or maybe it was sitting through 3 hours of it that finally made me like them sort of.

As for shows, not concerts (since Spiff opened that up) in Vegas last year, I saw
Blue Man Group-great show. Hard to describe.
Mystere (fantastic show)
O (another fantastic show, but Mystere was better)
Zumanity (good show, but it needs more work to get anywhere near the level of the other three)

i am going to see 'champion on ice' in a month.. michelle kwan, nancy kerrigan, elvis perastrokya.. my wife got the tickets...i cant wait!!

bigjohn

Age will definitely show in the answers to this post...

AC/DC
Pat Benatar opened w/John Cougar
Styx
Journey
Rolling Stones
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Sammy Hagar
Van Halen w/ David
The Cars
Stevie Nicks
Tom Petty and the Hearbreakers
Dan Fogleberg
Billy Joel
REO Speedwagon
Hall and Oates
Def Leopard
Cheap Trick
ZZ Top
ELO
Aerosmith
Queen

Are you serious, BigJohn, or is sarcasm hard to read?

Come on, dude. While you are a sizeable gentleman, I would caution you about tempering that excitement arnoud your friends -especially in texas. I hear they don't take too kindly to that kidn of talk down there....

well, it was sarcastic, sort of..

i wasnt too excited about it when my wife said she had bought the tickets, not to mention they were $40 bucks a seat. but, i have started thinking it might be pretty cool.. i always marvel at the things they can do on ice skates when watching on TV, well now i can see it for myself, live.

all my friends already call me a pinko-commi liberal fruitcake.. they are all republicans, and i am not a demo, but certainly not a republican. i guess cause i like art, photography, playing guitar, writing songs, and other forms of self expression; it wierds them out.. but oh well, we still play poker and drink beer together, so its all good.

no hijack, back to the concerts!!!

bigjohn

Sorry - BigJohn. I, too, was mostly kidding.

I've never been to an ice show - but you're probably right. It would be amazing to see people doing really unbelievable (death defying?) maneuvers on ice with your own eyes. I'm sure that the experience is more than I would expect.

Back on topic - sorry.

pickard, by looking at your list, i would say we have about the same taste in music.

no "sorry" needed. its just too easy to get the reputation of a 'hijacker' around here. i dont want to be a part of your dastredly deeds..

HEY everyone, capt pickard wants to know everyones favorite color??? (HA, they will never know it was me)

bigjohn

We'll give you back your man card if you accept the following mission:

If one of the skaters should fall, you are to stand up and yell, "Oh! That had to hurt!"

Hell I am a homosexual, and even I think figure skating is "gay".

LOL!!!

LMFAO!

You go, girl!

Capn: It's not that I really keep an actual tally. I do have almost every stub from every concert I have been to. Someone asked me last year how many shows I have been to and while counting my stubs I decided to list all of the bands as well.

player8: Really hard to name a favorite out of all of them. But always tops on my list is my first. Iron Maiden on the Powerslave tour in 85. That was an incredible show and quite a show for my first one. Others top on my list are Pink Floyd on the Pulse tour, Metallica on the Justice tour and Disturbed on the Music as a Weapon II tour. Worst band I have ever seen is The Deftones. They sucked in a big way live. And I have seen Kiss three time with and two times w/o make-up. The best performance was on the Animalize tour. But my fave was the 96 reunion tour. That was a blast.

I do hope Linkin Park is better this summer than when the couple of people here saw them. I have tickets for them Korn and Snoop Dogg (ugh) this summer. Also going to check out Fuel and Octane this Saturday night.


A few I need to add to my list now that I remember:

Pearl Jam
Three Doors Down 2x

70's

James Gang w/Joe
ZZ Top x4
Grand Funk Railroad
Suzi Quatro
REO Speedwagon x4
Alice Cooper x2
Ted Nugent x5
Yes
Emerson Lake & Palmer
BTO x2
Kiss
Clapton
Zeppelin
Aerosmith
Blue Oyster Cult x 2
Bad Co
Eagles w/Meisner
Fleetwood Mac x2
Queen
Thin Lizzy
Little Feat
Jethro
Brownsville Station
Derringer
Skynyrd x2
Deep Purple
+
80's
Night Ranger
38 Special
Hank Jr.
Van Zandt
Stevie Ray
Robert Cray
Allman Bros.
+
90's to present
Ian Moore
Dave Matthews x3
Counting Crows
Norah Jones
Delbert McClinton
Little Feat
Melissa Etheridge
Gov't Mule x3
Steve Miller
Pat Benatar
B.B. King
Indigenous x2

Gov't Mule again in 1 week
Clapton in June

+ alot more lost in the smok...er haze.

interesting thread. I think you can tell alot about a person by their taste in music and somebody other than me knows who Todd Snider is.
List? wow too many brain cells destroyed, but I'll try

Led Zepplin 3x
Pink Floyd 3X (dark side of the moon tour was the best)
Emerson Lake Palmer
The Who 2x (once at Indiana Beach...crappy little resort)
Jimmy Buffett...every year
Alice Cooper...way too many times
Steve Earl
Jethro Tull
Jeff Beck
Rod Stewart
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Ten Years After
George Benson
Janet Jackson (no boob shot and I took my daughter..embarrassing to mention)
BB King
Neil Young
Willie Nelson
Arlo Guthrie
Crosby Stills Nash Young
John Sebastian
Dave Mathews
Doobie Brothers
Grand Funk Railroad....damn I am old
The Hollies
Yes
Mott the Hoople
John Prine
oh my the list goes on and on...

I LOVE TODD SNIDER.. i think he is one of, if not THE best songwriter/story tellers out there right now. and his live show is just phenomanial.. the way he interacts with the crowd, and gets everyone involved in his show. definitely, in a category all his own. i have had the pleasure of seeing him live 3 times, and each was better than the last.

bigjohn

I've never attempted a comprehensive list, so I was quite surprised by the length.

Grateful Dead
Aerosmith
Queen
Roxy Music
Santana
Rainbow
Johnny Winter
Edgar Winter
Journey
Moody Blues
Dave Matthews Band
Pretenders
U2
B-52's
Berlin
Thompson Twins
Billy Joel
Ted Nugent
Pink Floyd
Plant & Page
Mahogany Rush
Collective Soul
Les Claypool
Joan Armitrading
Weezer
Crosby Stills & Nash
Lou Reed
Steve Forbert
Hot Tuna
The Who
Ominous Seapods
Little Feat
BB King
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Macio Parker
Joe Pass
Buster Poindexter
Cracker
Fabulous Thunderbirds
Starz
Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Brown, Shawn Colvin, Bruce Hornsby
Commander Cody
Blotto
PJ Harvey
New Riders of the Purple Sage

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U2 (3x - all incredible)
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones (the most fun concert I've been to)
Metallica - nice show, but the new songs paled live
Mudvayne (same concert as Ken - they sucked big time, and it wasn't just the sound system)
Linkin Park - ditto the vaguely ok
Limp Bizkit - I can't believe some of my money went to these guys
Cake - was alright, the singer seemed a little arrogant

And some barefoot Brazilian multi-instrumentalist new age jazz musician who was a little too new-agey (a quote: "you know, we're all like hair, growing in different directions" ). Peter saw her too, but apparently didn't think she counted.

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Oops, I forgot a couple

PJ Harvey - opened for U2 - bad sound system and the audience wasn't that into it, but she's a good performer
No Doubt (2x) - opened for U2 - fun show!

I ask you guys, what's with the opening bands getting crappy sound systems at big concerts? It's really annoying, even if I don't like the band.

That's a good question. Maybe it's a function of how successful or "arrived" the band is. If you've hit mainstream, you get access to better sound, maybe?

Out of the opening bands for Metallica, only Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit had good sound (though it didn't really matter for Limp Bizkit). Not that good sound would've saved Mudvayne or whoever it was (Deftones?) we caught. The singer was terrible - He was wheezing his way through the actual singing so he could get to the screaming.

I wish PJ Harvey had better sound. I could barely understand a word she said and overall it was too muddy, so it was hard to get into it, but I could tell there was some good stuff in there and she was really trying to get through.

Here's my list. I try to save all of my ticket stubs in a small wooden box. I know I'm missing a few, The Rolling Stones, Journey, Aerosmith, and Boston come to mind. I'll update the list if I can find them.

AC/DC (3)
Bad Company (3)
Billy Squire (1)
Bob Seger (1)
Cheap Trick (1)
Cinderella (1)
Crack The Sky (2)
Damn Yankees (2)
David Lee Roth (1)
Deep Purple (1)
Def Leppard (1)
Dream Theater (1)
Eddie Money (1)
Elton John (1)
Fastway (1)
Fire House (1)
Henry Lee Summer (1)
Iron Maiden (4)
Jethro Tull (1)
Jimmy Buffett (1)
Joe Satriani (1)
Judas Priest (4)
Kenny Chesney (1)
Kiss (2)
Kix (5)
Loverboy (1)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (2)
Queensryche (2)
Quiet Riot (1)
Rush (4)
Samantha Fox (1)
Scorpions (1)
Steve Winwood (1)
Styx (1)
Ted Nugent (5)
The Who (2)
Trixter (1)
U2 (1)
Warrant (1)
Yngwie Malmsteen (1)

Hehe... I also found two 15 to 20 year old smoke bombs and a firecracker in there. Ahhh... youth.

Where the hell did I put that damn slingshot?

Here's mine:

Metallica x3
G'n'R' x3
Megadeth x2
Skid Row x4
Bon Jovi x3
Santana
Bauhaus
Extreme
Manic Street Preachers
Rush x3
Billy Idol
ZZ Top
Gary Moore

Most of these were in England. Best gig on the list was probably Megadeth at Hammersmith Odeon on the 'Countdown to Extinction' Tour. Most recent was ZZ Top/Gary Moore at the Olympic village in Munich, Germany.

Kiss/Ted Nugent
Kiss/Lita Ford/Bonham
Kiss/Queensryche/WASP
Kiss/Slaughter/Faster Pussycat
Motley Crue
Ratt/Bon Jovi
Ratt/Kix/Brittany Fox
Ratt (small local venue)
Monsters of Rock - too many bands to list - those around in the 80's know

Best Concert:
Kiss/WASP/Queensryche All three bands put on a great show. Had great seats. Everybody was unusually cool. Partied with some hotties during and after the concert. What a night. Ahh..the old days.

Worst Concert:
Motley Crue They sounded horrible. Surrounded by morons in the crowd. Several fights over the course of the show. Guy behind me kept falling forward on me in a drunken stupor. Eventually he barfed and some of it got on my pant leg; which in turn caused me to barf. During drive home, smell from pant leg caused me to gag/barf twice before I finally took pants off and threw out the car window. Just a really bad night all the way around.

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Just a really bad night all the way around.

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At least you have a good/gross story to share!

I actually left a couple out from my list:

Incubus, Puddle Of Mudd and Somebody else all played at my school 2 years ago one day. It was fun I suppose...

The memory grows thin as the head grows thick, but here goes:

The Who (twice before anyone died)
Little Feat (twice before Lowell George's death and three or four times after that)
Jimi Hendrix (once before he died and none afterwards)
The James Gang
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Quicksilver
Ten Years After
David Bowie
The Band
Bob Dylan
Procol Harum
John Prine (at least three times)
Jesse Winchester (three or four times)
James Talley
Guy Clark
Jerry Jeff Walker
The Lost Gonzo Band
Asleep at the Wheel
McKendree Spring (I know, these guys are right up there with Lothar and the Hand People)
The Allman Brothers
Jackson Browne
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Jesse Colin Young
Poco
Bruce Springsteen (three times -- once in an audience of about two hundred before his succesful third album)
Dixie Dregs
The Moody Blues
Amazing Rhythm Aces
New Grass Revival
Tom Petty
Steve Young
Jimmy Buffet
Continental Drifters
Rolling Stones
Tina Turner
Pure Prairie League
Booker T and the MGs
The Meters
Mavis Staples
B.B. King
Earl King
Chris Thomas King (and also under his real name Chris Thomas when he was in his teens)
Tabby Thomas
Larry Garner (many times -- this the best least known contemporary blues songwriter)
Raful Neal
Kenny Neal
Guitar Kelly
Johnny Adams
Clifton Chenier
John Campbell
Rockie Charles
Booker T. "Slopjar" Lowry
John Lee Hooker (twice)
Luther Allison (maybe the greatest guitar player and performer I ever saw -- gone too soon)
Ma Rainey II
Memphis Slim
James "Son" Thomas
Charles Brown
Buddy Guy
Allen Toussaint
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
The New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Rebirth Brass Band
Little Rascals Brass Band
Muddy Waters
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Silas Hogan
Furry Lewis (saw several times, usually as a benefit to help him recover from a fire to his house or to get his guitar out of the pawn shop.)
Mississippi John Hurt
R. L. Burnside
Junior Kimbrough
Shemekia Copeland
Dr. John
Coco Robicheaux
Danny Barker
Galactic
Snooks Eaglin
Beausoleil
D.L. Menard
Eric Clapton
Irma Thomas
Sonny Landreth
John Hiatt (avec the Goners)
David Lindley
Steve Winwood
Steve Miller
Ry Cooder
Randy Newman
Oliver Mtukudzi
Femi Kuti
Tabou Combo
Hugh Masakela
Taj Mahal
Olu Dara
Keb Mo
James Cotton
Robert Cray
The Fieldstones
Zachary Richard
Eddie Lejeune
Marc Savoy and Ann Savoy
Balfa Toujours
Henry Butler
Eddie Bo
The Bluerunners
Buckwheat Zydeco
Rocking Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters
Beau Jocques
Boozoo Chavis
Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas
Etta James
Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias
Sammy and Sandra Sandoval
Corey Harris
Albert Collins
Hubert Sumlin
Eddie Kirkland
Rufus Thomas
Ernie K-doe
Paul "Wine" Jones
Son Seals
Lonnie Brooks
Gatemouth Brown
Koko Taylor
Katie Webster
Henry Gray
Ronnie Earl
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets (with Sam Myers)
John Mooney
Bobbie Rush
The Neville Brothers
Roy Orbison
Cassandra Wilson
Dianne Reeves
Max Roach
Charlie Byrd
Dizzy Gillespie
Thelonius Monk
Anyone named Marsalis
Marcus Roberts
Irvin Mayfield
Los Hombres Calientes
Mark Whitfield
Steve Masakowski
Terence Blanchard
Nicholas Payton
Abby Lincoln
Hadda Brooks
Stephane Grappelli (avec the Martin Thomas Trio)
Leo Kottke
Earl Scruggs Revue
Paul Simon
Delbert McClinton
Johnny Clegg
Majek Fashek
The Radiators
Warren Zevon
Doc Watson
Richard Thompson
Lyle Lovett
Daniel Lanois
Van Morrison
Lou Reed
Funkadelic
Fats Domino

and a bunch of classical performances.

Holy Crap!!

I left one off my list: Tower of Power (it was free)

Ah! Another OLD guy. You mentioned some folks I hadn't thought about in 30 years. McKendree Spring? Nobody remembers McKendree Spring. Amazing. I've got several of their albums.

I'd a killed to go to a Stephane Grappelli concert. Wish I coulda heard Joe Venutti, too. My two favorite Jazz violinists.

Saw Jerry Jeff Walker at a roadhouse somewhere in CT. I don't remember where. In fact, I don't remember much about the 70s . The entire decade is just a Smokey haze.

What a fabulous list. Fun stuff!

I sure can't remember them all, but I was at the very first U.S. show by Led Zeppelin, in Denver on 12/26/68 (I was 14), when they opened (without advance billing) for Spirit and Vanilla Fudge. They were awesome, and we eagerly awaited the release of their first album some weeks later. I just watched the Led Zep dvd on my system, and I recommend it to anyone who was ever a fan.

A few others that come quickly to mind:
Frank Zappa (couple times, including performing Joe's Garage in Berkeley - fantastic show)
Jimi Hendrix (Denver Pop Festival, 1969, last performance of Jimi Hendrix Experience)
Big Brother & Janis Joplin
Moody Blues
Jethro Tull
Johnny Winter
Iron Butterfly
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Joe Cocker
Three Dog Night
Zephyr
The Flock
Persuasions (acapella in a small club - terrific)
Big Head Todd & Monsters
Bela Fleck
Modern Jazz Quartet
Ahmad Jamal
Miles Davis
REM

Lots of others that I don't recall at the moment

what a bunch of old guys...haha
My brain cells won't let me remember all of the concerts I've seen. I posted earlier, and did leave out Zappa, Santana, Vanilla Fudge, Ricky Scaggs, a bunch of 60's bands at Goose Lake Rock Festival in 1970.
I did find some interesting pictures I'll share...
The Who in 1968 or 9 at a small venue in Indiana
Roger:

Pete:


And some of Pink Floyd in 71. These are captured from 8mm flim, so they kinda suck, but I still wanted to share
Floyd:


Roger Waters:

Dave Gilmour:


hope these links work....

So I made the trek to Saskatoon on the weekend to see the Pixies, unbelievable show. Unfortunately they sold out in my backyard in 4 minutes so we had to make the road trip.

Now on a somewhat related topic, the concert was recorded by an outfit called Disclive. CDs of the show were available 10 minutes after the concert ended. I listened to it in the car on the way back yesterday (so no critical listen yet) but the recording seems to be of very high quality. I wish more bands did this (also a great way to avoid the bootlegging issue if it's of concern to them).

I just have to say that I am extremely jealous of anyone who saw Hendrix live. Man I wish I was older (or maybe not!).

In reply to:

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...I finally took pants off and threw out the car window. Just a really bad night all the way around.

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I do believe that's the first time that I ever heard a story about a guy coming home from a concert with no pants saying he had a bad time.

bummer...

I would trade every act I've seen (except Grateful Dead at the Fillmore East in 1971) for one Hendrix concert, especially Band of Gypsys New Year's Eve. BUT . . . I just scored two tickets to see Clapton in Albany in June!!

Just to throw my 2 cents in since it's Friday, and I'm feeling unmotivated here at work. Some of you guys have AWESOME lists!!! I'm completely jealous. There really is nothing like a great live musical performance!! Here they come in random order as they occur to me....

VanHalen
Night Ranger
Dave Matthews
Chicago
REM
Skynrd!!!!!!! --> That's right Bren...and it was a fun show
Jars of Clay
Third Day
Def Leppard
Fighting Gravity -- that's for you Cap'n...seen them countless times!! You must be a VA boy too
Counting Crows
Arturo Sandoval -- was a fluke for me to end up at this one..but I enjoyed it
Radiohead
Tesla
Firehouse -- went to a strip club with these guys...hehe
Some celtic rock band whose name starts with a C..but I can't remember...they were actually very good...--excellent musicians
Shawn Lane


Geez...this is all I can think of...I must be forgetting some..(I hope!!) Pathetic!! So many bands I would love to see...sometimes it's hard to find others with similar tastes to go with. For instance...G3 was here not too long ago....with Vai, Satriani, and Malmsteen...but I couldn't find a single taker.

Eightmanvt

Yeah, Fighting Gravity was a great show... and yes, I spent the best four years of my life down in Charlottesville.

Are you talking about Carbonleaf, by the way?
They are a good celtic rock/pop band. They had that radio hit. "I am the boxer" or whatever. I've seen them a couple of times in C'Ville and once opening up for David Grey. Fun stuff. And surprisingly entertaining live.

Ahhhh...Carbonleaf...that's what I was trying to come up with. Charlottesville???....well...I'll try not to hold it against you....I spent considerable time in Blacksburg!!

As an aside...did you know Fighting Gravity used to be "Boy-o-Boy"...I saw them back then too.

Not nearly as extensive a list, quite paltry really. Some of these bands were openers.

Chilliwack
Sting
April Wine
Screaming Blue Messiahs (Barrymore's)
Shuffle Demons (Barrymore's)
Ace Frehley (Barrymore's)
Rush
Chalk Circle
Honeymoon Suite
Doobie Brothers
Charlie Parker
David Bowie
Duran Duran
Big Country

In reply to:

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Screaming Blue Messiahs (Barrymore's)

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And after disagreeing on Zepp, we're both fans of a pretty darned obscure band. In fact, I paid about $45CDN for a used copy of their Bikini Red on CD.

Bren R.

They really put on an intense show too. I put (Barrymore's) at the end of some of them - if anyone is familiar with the Ottawa area they know Barrymore's is a small club off Bank Street that holds about 800 people. Really get up close and personal with the bands. I could have spit shined Ace Frehley's shoes if I had a shammy in my pocket.

Sean

Blacksburg?

You do know that a Hokie is a castrated male turkey, right? Talk about being on the low end of the mascot totem pole....

Oh well, I'll look beyond your past indiscretions and choices...you seem to be on the right track these days, anyway.

Another victim of wahoo propaganda....I'd expect a bright attorney such as yourself to be able to see past that. The Hokie bird...is more like a turkey on steroids.... and I had a choice of going to UVA...but given my decision to be an engineer...it was no contest. However, if I were going to law school...and I've given that very serious thought...everytime I'm bored with what I'm doing... then UVA is very high on my list of choices.

I caught someone looking at this thread a little while ago, and I'm not sure how I missed it the first time around. Here's my (almost surely incomplete) list, in mostly alphabetical order:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (x2)
Jackson Browne
Blue Oyster Cult (x8)
Dio (x2)
Rush (x5)
AC/DC
Dave Alvin
Tori Amos
Laurie Anderson (x7)
Jeff Beck
Big Star
Norman Blake
Blue Rodeo
Grant Lee Buffalo
Jon Butcher
Camper Van Beethoven (x5)
Cracker (x3)
Counting Crows (x2)
Cheap Trick (x2)
Vic Chesnutt
The Chieftains
Guy Clark (x2)
Slaid Cleaves
Shawn Colvin
Concrete Blonde
Alice Cooper
Evan Dando
Ray Davies
The Derailers
Dr. John
Bob Dylan
Ana Egge
Joe Ely
Fastball
Bela Fleck and The Flecktones
David Gray (x2)
Patty Griffin (x3)
John Wesley Harding
Emmylou Harris
John Hartford
John Hiatt
Will Hoge
The Jayhawks (x3)
Rickie Lee Jones
The Kinks (x2)
Kiss (x2)
Leo Kottke (x4)
Alison Krauss
Little Feat
Los Lobos (x3)
Lyle Lovett
Taj Mahal
Aimee Mann
David Mead
Victor Mecyssne
Mike Watt
The Brain Surgeons
Joni Mitchell
Gary Moore
Van Morrison
The Neville Brothers
Randy Newman
Old Crow Medicine Show
Ozzy Osbourne
Graham Parker
Pink Floyd
The Police
Prince
John Prine
R.E.M.
Bonnie Raitt
Kim Richey
The Rolling Stones (x3)
Michelle Shocked (x4)
The Smithereens (x4)
Matthew Sweet
Richard Thompson (x24)
Violent Femmes (x3)
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Gillian Welch (x6)
Wilco
Lucinda Williams (x4)
Warren Zevon

Wow, that's quite a list. Mine is much shorter :

Most of the Who's farewell tours
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Genesis (Trick of the Tail, Wind & Wuthering)
Tubes
Jean-Luc Ponty
Strawbs
Gentle Giant
Yes
Jeff Beck & Jan Hammer (skipped high school graduation)
Little Feat
Pat Metheny
Dire Straits
Max Webster
Duran Duran (forgive me )
Musical Box
Saga

Probably missing a bunch. Never did get a chance to see Floyd...

Grand funk railroad
Steel river (Canadian band)
Rolling stones
Wet willy
Living colour
Robin Trower
Johnny winter
Alice cooper
Steppenwolf
Black oak arkansas
Blondie
Jeff healy band
Van halen
Ted nugent
Neil young

........those are the one's I can remember.

I knew I'd forgotten a couple:

Van Halen
Accept
Motley Crue (x3)
Whitesnake
Fats Domino
The Grateful Dead
Santana
Scorpions
Joan Jett (x3)
Aerosmith (x2)
Cinderella
WASP
Iron Maiden
Cake
Queensryche
Suicidal Tendencies (x2)
Janes Addiction
B.B. King
John Lee Hooker
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Buckwheat Zydeco
Clarence Gatemouth Brown (x2)
Delbert McClinton
The Radiators
Rick Derringer
Robert Cray
Steve Miller
CSN
Sublime
311
Heart

Curse you for reviving the thread and "making" me wast 20 min...

Here's most of mine, at least what I can remember. I'll throw the guantlet down and see anyone can match the eclectic list of 80's metal, R&B, hip hop, rap, adult contemporary, pop, hawaiian, gospel, etc.

YNT
Dokken
Quiet Riot
Dio (post Sabbath)
Metallica (at the Stone, just after Kill 'em all was released)
Motorhead
Motley Crue
Fat Boys
Run DMC
Jewel (several times during the first 2 albums)
Julia Fordham (at least 6)
Everything But the Girl (2x)
New Edition
TLC
Christina Aguillera (opened for TLC years back)
Kirk Franklin
Madonna (3x, you can hate but she has great shows)
Janet Jackson (2x)
Prince (this last concert, wow)
The Time
Jurassic 5
Roots w/ DJ Numark & Kut Kemist
Busta Rhymes
Cypress Hill
Lauryn Hill
Fugees
Digital Underground
Parliament
Tuck and Patti
Les Nubians
Guru
Vonda Sheperd
Outkast (AWESOME)
Blackstreet
Jamiroquai (in the UK before they broke out)
Maceo Parker (who opened for Jamiroquai)
Iron Maiden

Bunch of Hawaiian groups that only haoleb would know...
Fiji
Sudden Rush
Sean Na'auao
Justin
Ho'onu'a
Island Riddim Band
Sister Robi
Kapena
The Mana'o Company
Ho'aikane
Three Plus
Natural Vibrations

Ones I hate to admit cause I was dragged by an ex-fiancee:
Wham! (as opposed to just Wham)
Pointer Sisters
Katrina and the Waves (how's that for one hit wonders)

Tonite (8/19) at the Fillmore: Common, De La Soul, John Legend (YAY!)

Ha! You get serious points for the Fat Boys show alone. And don't feel badly about the last three -- Michael Bolton opened for Heart when I saw them, but no one really knew who he was yet.

Michael Bolton? My condolences...

Here is mine (not mentioning some unknown support bands):

Iron Maiden
Helloween
Dio
Motorhead
Dark Tranquillity
Soilwork
Hypocrisy
Edguy
Hammerfall
Sonata Arctica
Scorpions

I doubt I will remember them all but here are a few off the top of my head: (I"m skipping ones that I doubt most will have heard of)

Judas Priest
Ted Nugent - Kill it & Grill it!
Blue Oyster Cult
Aerosmith
Guns N Roses
Brian May
Robert Cray - Awesome live!!!!!
Twisted Sister
Great White
Def Lepard
Barstool Prophets
Triumph
Nazareth
Fist
Harlequin
Kickaxe
Helix
Skid Row
ZZ Top
Motley Crue
Huey Lewis & The News
Prince - Don't laugh! Amazing to see live.
Living Colour
Bad Brains
..........and the last concert I saw live.......Velvet Revolver.

I have seen a few other lesser know Canadian bands like The Northern Pikes, Lee Aaron, David Wilcox etc etc etc but I would be here all day listing them.

Geez, how could I forget Lee Aaron ?

I had tickets for 3 or 4 of her concerts and kept getting stuck in other cities the night of the concert. Never did get to see one of her rock concerts. I did get a chance to see a couple of her jazz performances after Slick Chick and she still puts on a real good show.

Lets see if I can remember a few.

Areosmith x2
AC/DC
Boston x2
The Black Crows
Blue Oyster Cult
Buddy Rich
Ted Nugent
Rush
ZZ Topp
Kenny Wayne Sheppard x2
Johnny Lang
Cheap Trick
Heart
VanHalen
Nazareth
Elvin Bishop
Megadeaf (sp)
Alice Coper
Sweet
Angel
ELO
Marshall Tucker

That's all I can think of for now.

This is going to be tough. My memory is not the best because the 70's were too good to me. I was lucky enough to have been at Woodstock so I will start there. In no special order.

Richie Havens
The Incredible String Band
Crosby Stills Nash
Mountain
Keef Hartley Band
Sly & the Family Stone
John Sabastian
Johnny Winter
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Country Joe and the Fish
Joe Cocker
Joan Baez
Canned Heat
Neil Young
Edgar Winter Group
Jesse Colin Young
Jefferson Airplane
Sir Douglas Quintet (Doug Sahm)
Ten Years After
Janis Joplin
Procol Harum
Steve Miller
Paul Butterfield
Melanie
Grand Funk Railroad
James Gang
Meatloaf
Spyro Gyra
The Rippingtons
Pat Methaney
Fleetwoood Mac
Cassandra Wilson
Steve Coleman
Shirley Horn
T Monk
Vanilla Fudge
Rod Stewart
Chicago
Bruce Springsteen
Patrick Street
Altan
John Prine
World Party
Waterboys
Black 47
Live
Maria McKee
Bob Dylan
The Band
Bob Dylan and the Band
Lucinda Williams
Sonny Rollins
Jello Biafra
Richard Thompson
Doobie Brothers
Ike and Tina Turner
Santana
Steve Forbert
Rory Block
The The
The Rolling Stones
Bonnie Raitt
Led Zepplin
REM
Jethro Tull
B52's
Jim Carroll
Grateful Dead
Allman Brothers
Donovan
Mavis Staples
Tom Petty
Keb Mo'
Squeeze
David Bowie
U2
Tony Childs
Talking Heads
Tom Tom Club
Joe Jackson
Big Audio Dynamite
Dexies Midnight Runners
David Grey
Simple Minds
The Kinks
Elvis Costello
Depech Mode
The Pretenders
Paul McCartney
The Flock (no seagulls here)
Charles LLoyd
Frank Morgan
The Thompson Twins

My head hurts I have to stop now.

oz

Oh yeah?! I bet none of you has seen the Frisky Frolics!

You people go to a lot of concerts..I've only seen:

Def Leopard
Nirvana
Metallica
Motley Crue
Smashing Pumpkins
Rage Against the Machine
Everclear/Matchbox 20 (same show)
Creed (the remains of Alice in Chains opened)
Harvey Danger
and I'll be seeing NIN with Queens of the Stone Age on 11/5

I may be forgetting someone...but I think that's it.

Toni Braxton
Kenny G

Smooth stuff!