What Concerts Have You Attended?

Shizelbs

Tool
Presidents of the United States of America
Diana Krall
Del The Funky Homosapien (this Summer)

daboyz

All the ones I've gone to.

shadowofnight

candyliquor35m wrote: »

Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick, Woodlands Pavilion, Woodlands TX, 7/26/08

You will have to let us know how that new filipino singer for Journey does.....

ninerbj

Yeah, I want to know if he sing long time

Rivrrat

Too many to list.

I'm thinking about going to Blue Oyster Cult/ Jackyl next weekend. I've seen BOC twice, but I haven't seen Jackyl, and the price is right (15 bucks a ticket).

edossin4

Just saw Eric Clapton in Tampa, Saturday night. He played blues all night, it was fantastic.

Norm Apter

In rough chronological order, from 1988 - 2005 (what I can recall at least...):

George Michael
Midnight Oil
Jesus Jones
The Mighty Lemon Drops
Spin Doctors
Dave Matthews Band (10+), '92-'97: I'm from Virginia
The Ocean Blue
Beastie Boys, "Check Your Head" tour
Porno for Pyros: as close as I will have come to seeing Jane's Addiction
Widespread Panic (2)
Blues Traveler
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Big Head Todd and the Monsters (2): best guitarist I've ever seen
Phish (4)
Smashing Pumpkins
Pink Floyd (1994): Best concert I've ever seen
The Allman Brothers Band
Lenny Kravitz
Rusted Root
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Ben Harper (2)
G. Love and Special Sauce: the most fun I've had at a concert
The Wailers (sans Bob obviously)
Bob Schneider

Dream concert: don't laugh....Prince. I think he would be an awesome performer and kick-**** guitarist to boot

Dream concert if I could go back in time: Miles Davis ca. 1958/59 with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Bill Evans... OR Led Zeppelin ca. 1972

jflail2

Going to Radiohead in Charlotte this Friday. Can't wait!

edossin4

Saw Radiohead in Tampa on Tuesday night. What a great live show.

cstpeter

There are some great concerts in this post.

What was Radiohead's set list? I just got tickets to see them at Lollapalooza and can't freaking wait.

Libertyc

Too many to list or even remember.

devani

few concerts, go to jazz bars in NYC few times a year...not the tourist ones like blue jazz but where locals go....it's only 10 min drive but hate paying tolls...

Norm Apter

I just picked up tickets to see Spoon (currently my favorite band) with Beck at the Hollywood Bowl in September. Though its 4 months away, I can't fricken' wait!

fossy

KiSS -- first concert x2 or 3
79 texas jam -- blue oyster cult, heart, sammy hagar, van halen
80 texas jam-- bon jovi--can't remember who else
Nugent x 10 or more
heart x 8
motley crue,nazareth,cheap trick in San Angelo tx-lmao- it was a byob concert-- what a hoot
buddy guy x 3
Jackel x 3
Cheap trick x3 or 4
Crossroads guitar festival-dallas tx
Motorhead
Smashin Pumpkins
Styx x 2
AC/DC- highway to hell tour x2 odessa & dallas in the same tour
Buck cherry x2
Black Crowes x3
Johnny Lang
Dio x3 --once on sixth street at pecan festival !!!!!
Ozz fest 99
Black sabbath
Ozzy right after he came out of retirement @ Palmer Auditorium in Austin
Black label society
Pine Top Perkins x 2
Triumph
Aerosmith x 3
Metallica
Rolling Stones
Rush
Tesla x 4
Velvet revolver
Burning Brides
Judas Priest
Fight-rob halford's band after priest
Audio Slave
Willie nelson
Garth Brooks- in a little dive in San Angelo,Tx
Molly Hatchet
Foghat
Stevie ray Vaughn
Dangerous toys x 5
Deep Purple

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I'm sure there are many many more that just are to far back in the memory banks-- Love live music--

Great thread !!!!!!

mule

O.K. let me try this out, in order of how they pop into my mind...

89 ish, bto, guess who, grand funk rr and maybe somebody else, valley forge music fair, the stage rotated slowly so at some point every one had front row seats, I was 20 and ended up selling the drummer from grand funk a bag of weed, I don't even know how that came about and it just seems funny to look back at, me 20 him like 50 haha.

mid 80's, Judas Priest and Dokken, lots of Marshall stacks and fire.

Mid 90's, Rollins and Helmet, Rollins let me down, same set list as the year before, helmet was awsome.

Mid 90's, Rob Halford from Judas Priest with the band from Racer X at the trocadero, they played tons of old Black Sabbath, Faires wear boots and what not, damn cool show.

Late 80's, Suicidal Tendancies opened for Queensryche, suicidal was damn cool.

90's sometime, Leslie West from mountain in a bar with about 50 people, he played so loud he blew the main breaker 3 times, lights out and the whole nine.

90's random stuff at a place outside philadelphia, it was called the holy mackeral, random heavy double bass power metal

I guess the rest weren't very good cause I really don't remember

weird how I really have no desire to see live music anymore, maybe because my ears are so blown out from years of abuse it has become to painful or maybe my disdain for crowds

sda2mike

mule wrote: »

89 ish, bto, guess who, grand funk rr and maybe somebody else, valley forge music fair, the stage rotated slowly so at some point every one had front row seats, I was 20 and ended up selling the drummer from grand funk a bag of weed, I don't even know how that came about and it just seems funny to look back at, me 20 him like 50 haha.

great story! i saw bb king, bobby 'blue' bland and ruth brown at valley forge! big time musical memories!

nebborjk

Steppenwolf - I was probably 14 at the time. My friend and I were easily the youngest people there by a couple of decades.
Suicidal Tendencies – Send me your money (and I did)
Megadeth – First place I ever saw I girl flash in public
Biohazard – Vicious pit, my back still hurts
Front 242 – Only remember because it was on my concert tee
Fishbone – See Front 242
Ministry – Solid B+
Arrested Development – Wasn’t all that bad
Dinosaur Jr – See Fishbone
Babes in Toyland – See Dinosaur Jr
Rage Against the Machine – Explosive.
Primus - B
Pantera -Effing Awesome
Type O Negative – Good opening act
Hootie and the Blowfish - Date
Tom Waits – Who the hell is this guy and when is Hootie going to play?
Faith Hill - Best vocal performance I’ve seen in person (the Coliseum, Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas)
Tim McGraw – Tried to grab his balls but couldn’t get close enough!
Taylor Swift – Very Nice
Big and Rich – The only act I was ever dreading to see, they changed my mind in one night.
Warren Brothers – Better live than on CD
Trick Pony – So so
Billy Dean – So so
Blink 182 – It was at this some I realized my life had come full circle, I was probably the oldest person there by about a decade.
The Used – Solid opening act
Taking Back Sunday – Solid Opening act
Aaron Lewis – Probably my favorite

Took my daughters to see...
Hanna Montana/Miley Cyrus with the Jonas Brothers (Loudest event. Don’t underestimate the power the 10,000 prepubescent girls screaming.)

Jstas

I guess I could chime in here:

In no particular order:

Nirvana
Pearl Jam
Van Halen
Bon Jovi
The Hooters
Collective Soul
Live
Guster
Seether
Breaking Benjamin
Modest Mouse
REM
Three Days Grace
Papa Roach
Jane's Addiction (after the reunion)
Ozzy
Black Sabbath
Staind
Everclear
Stone Temple Pilots
**** Surfers
Weird Al
The Presidents of the United States of America
Fuel
Gin Blossoms
Counting Crows
Airbourne
Better Than Ezra
Hurt


Local bands:
Please Please Me
The Amish Outlaws
Octane
Emily's Toybox
Noosphere
Jealousy Curve
Silvertide


There are many more and I'll have to find my ticket book when I get home. I have ticket stubs from every concert I've been to.

Honestly the best show I have ever seen, ever is a Stone Temple Pilots show. They usually have decent opening acts but when they are up their in the suits and sunglasses, it's just....yeah, bad ****! No need for fancy flailing around or lavish rock and roll antics, Weiland does it enough for all of them. The DeLeo brothers just stand up there cool as cucumbers in their fancy duds and do what they do best and play solid rock and roll. Sorry, saw them last night, they are still fresh in my mind. They are planning a new album and I cannot wait! I'm hoping they roll through the Philly area again soon.

Norm Apter

Tonight I went to see Charlie Hunter play at Hollywood & Highland. Anybody else listen to him? If you're not familiar with him, he's a bad-**** guitarist who grew up and was trained in Berkeley by Joe Satriani. He plays an 8-string guitar (5 guitar strings, 3 bass strings and 2 pickups) which is sometimes manipulated to sound almost like an organ. As Blue Note signed him back in the 90s, he tends to get labeled as jazz but I think his sound (with funk, blues, groove and some swing) trangresses conventional musical bounderies. Anyway, he's a very entertaining performer. If he comes to a city near you, check him out.

fossy

Los Lonely boys & the TEX MEX experience are playin a free show tonight at zilker park !!!! FREE IS GOOD

mule

Norm Apter wrote: »

Tonight I went to see Charlie Hunter play at Hollywood & Highland. Anybody else listen to him? If you're not familiar with him, he's a bad-**** guitarist who grew up and was trained in Berkeley by Joe Satriani. He plays an 8-string guitar (5 guitar strings, 3 bass strings and 2 pickups) which is sometimes manipulated to sound almost like an organ. As Blue Note signed him back in the 90s, he tends to get labeled as jazz but I think his sound (with funk, blues, groove and some swing) trangresses conventional musical bounderies. Anyway, he's a very entertaining performer. If he comes to a city near you, check him out.

I came across some of his songs on one of my hip hop/mushroom jazz stations on pandora, he is good, dosen't get to carried away with an endless guitar solo like some, just a little light on the rythem for my tastes though.

Squidmon

Man,...lets see what all I can remember, certainly gonna be out of order.

Styx (many times, was local band,...played at my school's May Dance in '72...was my 1st concert I guess)
Genesis (X25,...with and without Peter Gabriel)
Gabriel solo X5
Collins solo
Mike n Mechanix
Chicago (X15 or so)
Earth Wind n Fire
Zepplin
Deep Purple
Sabbath
UFO
Frank Marino n Mahogony Rush
Judas Priest
Yes (X12 or so)
Richie Blackmore's Rainbow
Pat Travers
Krokus
Kiss
AC/DC
Alan Parsons Project
Survivor
38 Special
Pink Floyd (Dark Side, Animals, Delicate Sound and Pulse)
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Dream Theater (X10 or so)
Spock's Beard (X2)
Kansas (X8 or so)
Dave Matthews
Creed
Queensryche
Buddy Rich
Maynard Ferguson (X 30 or so, I'm a trumpet player)
Chase
Stevie Ray
Zappa
Zappa play Zappa
Liquid Tension Experiment
Dixie Dregs
UK
Iron Maiden
Tom Petty
Aerosmith
Rush
Jean Luc Ponty
Crosby, Stills Nash n Young
Eagles
REO
Metalica
Kid Rock
Rolling Stones

I know theres more, plus local and regional acts too. But thats all that my old brain can come up with now.

demaples

Not many....
Leon Russell
Barry Manilo(ex-wifes idea)
ZZ top
Eagles
Pure Prairie League
Eric Culberson
Josh Kirkland x3
Hall & Oates
Marshal Tucker Band x2
Edgar Winter Group
Johnny Lang x2
John Anderson
Sawyer Brown
Charlie Daniels Band
Molly Hatchet x3
Pat Travers Band
David Allen Coe x4
Probably several more that I'll never remember..... buzzzzzz

skevill

James Taylor
Hootie and the Blowfish
Toby Keith
Kenny Chesney
Brooks and Dunn
Reba McIntire

No3pencil

http://www.last.fm/user/No3pencil/library/tags?tag=bands+ive+seen+live

ben62670

Dibs?

wallstreet

In no particular order...
The Cure
New Order
A Split Second
Skinny Puppy
Lynryd Skynyrd
Seal
Front 242
Erasure (ok, it was free)
REO
Survivor
Beach Boys
The Kinks
B-52's
The Police

oifvet0608

Eric Clapton and Bob Seger-My first concert when I was 7
Rush- Neil Pert is the best drummer I've ever heard
AC/DC
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Ozzy-before and after the drugs
Dave Matthews Band
Mushroomhead
Five Point O
Slipknot
Pantera
Van Halen
Stevie Vai
Toby Keith-Horrible show, he was drunk
Smashing Pumpkins
Bloodhound Gang
NOFX
No Use For A Name
311
Bad Religion
Less Than Jake
Aerosmith
Rage Against The Machine-Best live band of my generation
Blink 182
ZZ Top
Coldplay
Tom Petty
Jackson Browne
David Bowie
Lynard Skynard
Weylon Jennings-At the Grand Old Opry, fun
TOOL
Nine Inch Nails-Good show
3 Doors Down-USO show, great supporters of soldiers, great show
Phish
Big Tymers and Nelly-Yes a rap show, it sucked

I have missed alot but can't remember too many of them.

Warped Tour 01-05'
Ozzfest 03-05'
Country Thunder 04'
Bonnaroo Music Festival 05'

Pablo

Just to name a few good ones;
Kiss (my first show)
Zeppelin (my second show)
Kiss (my third show)

Kiss was a lot of fun back in the day.
In no particular order
Tull
Clapton
Yes
The Grateful Dead
The Dead (no jerry)
Rush
Mahogany Rush
Aerosmith
Journey
Nugent
Floyd (the wall)
Floyd (not the wall)
Santana
Boston
Van Halen
Bowie
The Tubes
Hootie and the Blowfish
Blues Traveler
Styx
Al Demiola
Little Feat
Allman Bros
Les Paul
Heart
The Who (went to there finial tour 4 times, plus the extra quadraphina tour).

I've been to well over 100 concerts (but that may count the 30+ dead shows). Some of them were great, others just real loud music. Now I only go to the shows of people I used to love [looking forward to my next Santana show]. It's just not the same as it used to be. Hanging in the parking lot selling beer cooler things at dead shows were the some of the best times (these days, they just don't tolerate the hours of drinking before a show).

phipiper10

Someday I'll list them all for now too late too tired to get started.

Regarding vending and the Dead -

I was just in Worcester to see the Dead. The scene was fairly small and maybe the most ghetto I've ever seen for ANY show. The vendors were even more sketchy than normal, less teeth, more dirt, more nitrous, more drugs and not "happy" fun ones.

Nobody was there for music ...it was sad. Like I said I've been to tons of different shows and I'm familiar with the scene but usually you find joy and fun in the lots among the rest of the stuff but I didn't see any bliss or "love".