Concerts: Who Have You Seen Live?

Here's my list (in rough chronological order.)

Nine Inch Nails w/Marilyn Manson and Jim Rose as openers

1994 HFStival: Afghan Whigs, Pavement, Henry Rollins Band, Meat Puppets, Counting Crows, and some others that I don't remember

White Zombie w/Babes in Toyland as openers

Rancid w/Rocket From the Crypt as openers

NOFX

1998 Warped Tour: Bad Religion, Hatebreed, CIV, NOFX, Rancid, Kid Rock (before he made it "big"...bleccch!) and a bunch of other bands I don't remember

Tori Amos

Iron Maiden w/Motorhead and Dio as openers

Life of Agony

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I don't think I forgot any, and I purposely didn't list all the small, cramped, punk/hardcore shows I've been to 'cause there's way too many of those to list!

So how about you? Who have you seen? B-)

Led Zepplin,the who, Deep purple,Joe Walsh, Rush, Rolling stones (three times) Ted Nugent, the Outlaws, Lynnard Skynard, Max Webster, the grateful dead, and other assorted bands of the late 70's and all of the 80's.

Plus the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, ZZ Top, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie and a few others I've forgotten about.

I saw a concert in 1968 starring Judy Garland, Tony Bennett, and Woody Allen. Poor Judy could hardly stand up; she never did get around to singing. Aside from that, not many, though I did see the Grass Roots, Canned Heat, Ray Stephens, and Kenny Rogers and the First Edition in Chattanooga the next year. I was always more into collecting records than attending concerts.

Lived in the stix as a kid, so really didn't start concert-going until college.

Santana, Moody Blues, Bachman Turner Overdrive (I confess), Carol King, Joni Mitchell (with that prominent jazz band she toured with), the Eagles (Hotel California), Chicago (twice, and once with the Beach Boys), Fleetwood Mac (Rumours), Jackson Brown (the "Pretender"), the Ramones (in a converted bowling alley in West Hartford, CT--I died my hair green), Beaver Brown, Asleep at the Wheel, the Pretenders, Cyndi Lauper (at the old Ritz ballroom in NYC), Bruce Springsteen (twice--once at the Meadowlands during the "Born in the USA" tour), Tower of Power (with Average White Band), Joe Ely (from Texas--3 times), K.D.Lang (with Joe Ely), Robert Cray (with Little Feat), Son Seals (blues--does that count?--twice).

Concerts that I missed because of work: Bob Seger (ARGH! and I'm from Michigan originally), the Police (I still hate that boss), and the Pretenders (the first time).

I try not to think about all the times I tried to get my friends to go in the past 10-15 years. They've all become complete wimps. Either that, or I don't want to grow up (wasn't that a late Ramones song?).

Santana, Creedence Clearwater, It's a Beautiful Day... interestingly, all in the same evening at Winterland in San Francisco (1968) when they were still moving up.

:hippie:

ON EDIT: Saw Yitzhak Perlmann recently, too. He was in-freaking-credible! :loveya:

I was a mere child, taken by my parents.

In college, it was all Grateful Dead, all the time. Lost count of the number of concerts.

Then there was Sha-Na-Na which was a hoot. And a cool Chick Corea concert in Portland, Oregon. And I hate to admit it, but I went to a Doobie Brothers and Eagles concert in Oakland once.

Now I just go to smallish jazz and blues performances. Can't stand the huge crowds any more.

s_m

Rush(three or four times), Triumph, Johnny Winter and Roy Buchanan(may he rest in peace), Stevie Ray Vaughn (not long before he died),
Pat Metheny a couple of times, Michael Hedges(again just before he died), Bryan Adams when he was cool. If you're from the Boston area there are few bands I saw The Fools, John Butcher Axis (anyone remember him?), John Cafferty and Beaver Brown Band(hey, there were from Rhode Island!). Oh yeah and a once good Boston Band called the Stompers.
A few openers I saw-Steve Morse Band, Leslie West and Mountain, Shaboo All-Stars. Huey Lewis and the News(not as an opener).

Oh yeah and the three shows that were the pinnacle of my concert going

Jimmy Buffet,twice at the Tweeter Center and the last show I went to- Eric Clapton, the man is GOD!

I am probably showing my age here!

I can't stand the volume. Don't get me wrong, I like classic rock, and I like it loud, but bone-shaking loud for overpriced tickets is not my cup of tea.

But I saw Mandy Patinkin live a few years ago, and I don't think I've spent a more awe-inspiring two hours in my life.

NIN/David Bowie

KORN(they were a great live show during their first album)

Slipknot (also a great live show)

tons of bands no one has ever heard of...

Tool

Fantomas

A Perfect Circle

thats off the top of my head right now...I've never liked going to shows that much unless the band goes insane. I like to be entertained.

I made up a list last year just for fun and it went on for a couple pages.

How about some of my favorites:

Queen Ida ( zydeco) - probably the best dance show ever!
The Clash - Sandinista tour
The Ramones (several times, once in NYC)
Patti Smith (twice in two years- one full band, one acoustic)-astonishing
The Roches
Robyn Hitchcock
Youssou N'Dour
Peter Gabriel, Sinead, Crowded House and a host of others
Muddy Waters
The Mekons
Sun Ra in NYC
Geri Allen, Dorothy Donegan and Marian McPartland tribute to MAry Lou Williams
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Richard Thompson - funny and a great guitar player
Odetta
King Missile
Yo La Tengo
Jad Fair
Calvin, et al from K records
The Replacements- they were a drunken mess!
10,000 Maniacs before they were famous
Albert Collins RIP
Don Byron

Well that's probably enough. Thanks for the reminder! :)


those are the ones that stick in my mind

I like that. :) I know what you mean...it doesn't seem worth it unless you know the band/singer is going to give you their complete exhaustive all. I've been fortunate that most of the big concerts I've seen have been like that (esp. Tori, NIN, Rancid, NOFX, Iron Maiden, and most recently Life of Agony, which was perhaps the greatest, most exhilerating show I've been to.

Oh, and how was Fantomas? Mike Patton is a god, in my book!

but the Bee Gees stand out as the most surreal experience. Sitting in the nosebleeds, whacked, wondering why the hell anyone would pay decent money to see them, then realizing, of course, that I did. But, of course, it was different for us - we went to make fun of them. Sigh, it really seemed like a good idea.

Worst concert? Tie between Van Halen - what I think was the last one with David prior to the first break up - horrid, lots of running off stage for Coke breaks, fondling a rubber doll. fast forward 20 years, the Smashing Pumkins. After the death of drummer and change of fhe keyboardist. Dreadful nois, they were bored, the audience was bored - when we walked out we were with a crowd of several hundred.

Favorites? Too numerous to recall all, but my first Springsteen show was great, an early Who show, The Feelies, Yo La Tengo and Husker Du come to mind.

...since those ended, other events just haven't stuck in my head.

Bruce Springsteen
Backstreet Boys (HEY I had the kiddies)
Peter Frampton
Boston
Genesis (3 times)
Pat Benatar
Steve Winwood (actually one of the best)
Barry Manilow

All I can think of right now

My parents took me to the Dark Side Of The Moon Tour , Pink Floyd.

Willie Nelson Waylon Jennings and Emmylou Harris at the
California State Fair

Billy Squier and Saga at the Cow Palace

Van Halen 1984 Tour (Last Tour w/ David Lee Roth)Cow Palace

Iron Maiden,and Saxon Cow Palace

I've seen Ozzy 4 times
Iron Maiden 5 times
Metallica 6 times
Megadeth 4 times

Tesla
Ratt
Whitesnake
Y & T many times they are a local Summertime band

Doobie Brothers
Chicago
Elton John
Eric Clapton
Tom Petty
Pearl Jam
Neil Young
Yes
Joan Jett
Lincon Park
Limp Byzkit
Santana (7 or 8 times)
Jethro Tull
Fleatwood Mac 3 times
Stevie Nicks 5 times
Yngwie Malmstein
Dio
The Firm
Bad Company
Creedence Clearwater revival
Crosby Stills and Nash
Leonard Skynard
Cher
The Eagles
Ted Nugent (puke) I didn't buy the tickets
Tracy Chapman
Los Lobos
The Coors
Sinaed O'Connor
BB King
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Boston
AC DC
ZZ Top
Styx
The Steve Miller Band
Heart
LadySmith Black Mobazza
Rush 3 times
Traffic
QueensRyche
Aerosmith
John Lee Hooker
Lots of Bluegrass Bands from going to the Strawberry music
festival and the Napa music festival growing up with my dad.

ummmm Wow that's a lot , I used to work at a Music
Store that Sold Tickets ...I'm sure I'm leaving off
someone

Oh, you lucky bastard!! :D I am so envious! I have been a huge fan of theirs since I was 13, but have never been able to see them live. I pray that I will get to before they break up (hopefully they won't break up, but I have my fears that they will before I get to see them!)

When did you see them? I have some bootleg tapes from shows they did circa 1991, and they are intense. Some of the greatest shit I've ever heard. If you saw them around then, I am going to be even more envious!!

I think it was the first Lollapalooza though.

Funny story though the second time I went to
see them in Golden Gate Park Eddie had the stomach
flu and Neil Young came out and rocked us for a
couple of hours .

Soul Asylum, Information Society - 1993
The Farm - 1994
Roxy Music - 2001
Interpol - 2003
The Darkness - 2004

You lucky devil!

They are my favorite band, and the show was great. They had this young woman that played synthesizer and electric violin to fill in the Brian Eno/Eddie Jobson role, and she nailed the solo to "Out of the Blue"! It was so cool. http://www.manzanera.com/RoxyArchive/RoxyMusicTour2001/lucywilkinsbiog.htm

They have a website up that's put out by Phil Manzanera: http://www.roxymusic.co.uk
And here's some stuff about their reunion tour: http://www.manzanera.com/RoxyArchive/RoxyMusicTour2001/RoxyTour2001.htm

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Roughly in order, but by no means scientific...

Molly Hatchet
.38 Special
The Nighthawks
Van Halen
Rush
Allen Collins Band
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bob Seger
Johnny Winter
Robert Plant
B.B. King
Atlanta Rhythm Section
ZZ Top
John Fogerty
Pat Travers Band
Los Lobos
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Johnny Copeland
Little Feat
Little Richard
Jean-Luc Ponty
Bob Dylan
John Lee Hooker
Robert Cray
The Neville Brothers
The Allman Brothers
Blues Traveler
Branford Marsalis
Dr. John
Warren Zevon
Elvin Bishop
Lonnie Brooks
Koko Taylor
Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials
Lyle Lovett
Grateful Dead
Morbid Angel
Mercyful Fate
Santana
Taj Mahal
Pink Floyd
Flotsam and Jetsam
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Soundgarden
Gov't Mule
Van Morrison
Joni Mitchell
Buddy Guy
Gregg Allman Band
Bonnie Raitt
Jackson Browne
Keb' Mo'
Slayer
Ramblin' Jack Elliot
Butch Hancock
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
The Flatlanders


There's more, but that'll do.

The Neville Brothers
The Allman Brothers
and
Jackson Browne 4 times

Jimmy Buffett, Sister Sledge, KC & The Sunshine Band, Gary's Gang, Grace Jones

was of Peter Frampton... I even went to see the goshawful movie Strawberry Fields... not once, but twice (he starred with the BeeGees)

... that Peter Frampton wiped his forehead with and tossed out into the audience. Whoo hoo! Frampton DNA!

-- Allen

Not all of these were BY CHOICE, heh.

Garbage
The Toadies
Black Sabbath
Metallica
Rage Against The Machine
The Ramones
Rob Zombie
Slipknot
Fear Factory
Primus
Melvins
Mr Bungle
Fantomas
Tricky
Reverend Horton Heat
Frank Black
Ween
Rollins Band
David Lee Roth
Lou Reed
Ani DiFranco
Kool Keith
DJ Icey
Paul Oakenfold
Ohgr from Skinny Puppy
U2
Jerry Cantrell
Neurosis
Dave Matthews Band
Firewater
Beck
Buckethead
Social Distortion
Deep Dish
Rabbit in the Moon


And countless opening bands and DJs whose names I'll never remember. Some bands I saw at festivals for the hell of it, some I was dragged to, but every single one was enjoyable, even if I didn't like the artist(s). I like live music.

Artists I'm sorry I missed-

Roger Waters
Bjork
David Bowie
Radiohead
Tool

Hopefully someday...

I did see Radiohead twice and Bjork once. They were phenomenal. Would love to have seen Tool. Someday, I guess.

Check out BowieNet, he might be coming to a town near you!

Jefferson Airplane, Dylan (1964 at Ravinia, just before he went electric), plus a bunch of others I can't bring to mind just now (what they say about remembering the sixties only if you weren't there, and I was definitely there)--but best of all THE DAVE CLARK FIVE! :evilgrin:

And that's just the 60s + 1970, when I lived in Illinois and then, briefly, in NYC.

From the late 70s/early 80s, in fantastic L.A.?

Most of the local punk/New Wave bands, most especially the wondrous X, The Blasters, Wall of Voodoo, Surburban Lawns, Top Jimmy, Black Flag (only band I ever walked out on), plus the non-L.A. Talking Heads, Stray Cats, the Police...

& hope I die before I get old.

Seriously. You kidding? The way things are going?? Please...

They were X-cellent and really loud. ( sorry) I can still picture Billy Zoom smiling at everyone!

sweet smile and jackhammer style?

Damn I miss him & those days.

Last time I saw X was in 1993, in Santa Fe (the late Club Luna) with Tony Gilkyson on gittar. It was fucking weird, I can tell you. None of my old friends around me--and I'd been part of a large and vociferous crowd of X-worshippers in L.A.--and when I walked outside after the show, it was Fanta Se I walked into, not my late beloved L.A.

I love Santa Fe--and New Mexico in general--as only a 1/8 Comanche who has a bone-deep affinity for this part of the planet can--but after 12+ years here it's still not home to me the way the 1970-1991 L. A. was.

I have never loved anyplace on Earth as strongly and as irrationally as I love my L.A. of late beloved memory.

So I'm off to get drunk(er) and listen to Warren Zevon sing about Gower Avenue and the desperadoes under the eaves. Salud!

and he never looked at his guitar.That was amazing in itself. Never been to California... LA or anywhere else. I'm on the other side of the country. Must have been amazing to experience all those LA bands. I have never seen Los Lobos, either, never worked out to my dismay. Maybe someday! Aw. Warren is sorely missed. :hi:

Saw them in the same time period. Their prediliction for bringing LAPD down on their shows was epic. Baces Hall with the Adolescents brought over a hundred cops in riot gear. Lots of blood. Great show though. Adolescents tore the roof off.

in-your-face discordant noise. No art there, that I could see anyway, and I'm one who has no problem seeing the art in, say, the Sex Pistols, Eminem--and the solo Henry Rollins, for that matter.

On edit: sorry, missed your "which version" question.

Original, as far as I know: Rollins, Greg Ginn...although I guess the '80-'81 time frame pretty much answers that question too, doesn't it?

Rollins. I think I was at that show at the Olympic. Past their prime because they were, oddly enough, too tight instrumentally.

The aforementioned of course, plus:

Frankie Avalon & Fabian (my high school in 1958)
Chuck Berry (same, probably)
Taj Mahal
Miles Davis
Sly & The Family Stone
It's A Beautiful Day (sang backup on one of their albums, IIRC)
Pacific Gas & Electric
Argent (Former Zombies singer Rod Argent & Co.)
Traffic w/ Stevie Winwood
Eric Clapton
Rod Stewart
Kris Kristofferson
Cheap Trick

Okay, I'll come clean: in 1969-1970 I was in N.Y. working as a publicity writer for Columbia/Epic & going to the Fillmore East nearly every weekend, for free.

Is that cheating?

On edit:

Albert King, 1992, Santa Fe. Pretty sure I saw the Blues Boy too, once upon a time, but damned if I remember where or when. Probably '69-'70, NYC.

More edit (and getting a memory jog on reading other's lists):

Tom Rush
Arlo Guthrie
Phil Ochs
John Mayall
Delaney & Bonnie
Fleetwood Mac (early version--Oh Well, anybody?)
Savoy Brown
Queen Ida
Beausoleil
Texas Tornadoes
Warren Zevon
Cowboy Junkies
Dr. John
The Chieftains
Alan Stivell
The Clash
Patti Smith
Bowie (Slim White Duke Tour)

and can't believe I forgot one of the greatest, most cosmic & mind blowing concerts in the history of the universe (& I'm serious, dammit):

PINK FLOYD AT CARNEGIE HALL, MAY 1972

I was back in Illinois by then, temporarily, but flew to Boston to visit a friend, then on down to NYC especially for the concert. Friend from the Biz & I were sitting right behind a Deadhead, who assured us pre-show that while Floyd were good, of course they couldn't begin to compare to the Dead.

After the show his tune was a tad...different, shall we say? Slobbered, drooled, and pounded the back of his seat. Gushed over and over that this was the best thing he'd ever seen or heard in his life, bar none.

I thought so too...but then I caught Morrison on an off night, and the two times I saw the Stones were (1) in the huge MSG 1969, and (2) in the even huger Inglewood Forum 1975, plus I was tripping out of my mind.

So YMMV, most definitely.

post above but the editing period has expired:

U2, by accident, when they filmed I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For etc. on the roof of a liquor store in downtown/Skid Row L.A. 1987 (I was on my way back to my office from the wholesale flower district).

Promptly relived my flaming youth by picking a fight with a cop.

Wull hell, the fuckers shut the show down early for "security reasons," even though they'd granted U2 the permit in the first place, and agreed in advance--or so the story went--to block traffic for several blocks around for the duration.

Daryl Gates is a meanmouthed redneck. He must be dead now, otherwise Gee Dubya would have found a prominent place for him...

One of the best shows, esp for dancing, I have ever seen. Few others seem to have heard of her. Is she still alive? You can only take so much of Buckwheat Zydeco. after all.

54-40 (was made into an album)
the Tragically Hip
Pure
Heuvos Rancheros
Beck
CHixdiggit
GOB (Actually sang a song with them)
The IRish Rovers (now THAT Was a good time)
Dick Dale (got to meet him)
THe Smugglers
THe Handson Brothers (COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE BAND HANSON)

CVan't remember the rest right now

1st show was donnie & marie (i shit you not).. then...

zz top (don't ask)
culture club
ub40
10,000 maniacs
tracy chapman
sinead o'connor
the cure
madonna
new order
erasure
sugarcubes
depeche mode
pet shop boys
jesus & mary chain
nin
808 state
brand new heavies
morrissey
the orb
parliament/funkadelic
mazzy star
grateful dead
lenny kravitz
dave matthews
tori (1st row !!!)
phish
neil young

i haven't been to a show for a while

"1st show was donnie & marie (i shit you not)"

Don't feel bad. My first was Shawn Cassidy(sp?). All I remember is the screaming -- mine mostly as I begged my cousin who'd dragged me to the thing to get me out of there.

the do run run the do run run

i did...

I had "Do You Believe in Magic." :-)

But the concert was awful. It really was just a bunch of screaming girls. And then I started screaming...truly frightening.

I HATE YOU.

Just kidding. :D Maybe I'll get there next time around. Last time I had less than desireable seats, but I loved the show nonetheless!

Nice to meet another Tori fan! :hi:

i was literally breathless -- and stoned on top of it...

a friend of mine was working at ticketmaster at the time & snatched up the first two tickets (which employees aren't supposed to do)... guess i was having some good karma at that point ... "pretty good year" :)

it was a great moment in my life -- definitely the most memorable show i've been to

Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder
Byrds (2x)
Bruce Springsteen (3x)
Bob Dylan
Peter, Paul & Mary
Dizzy Gillespie
Steve Miller Band (2x)
Billy Joel
Pete Seeger (30+x)
Arlo Guthrie (5+x)
Judy Collins
Frank Zappa (2x)
John Lennon
Aretha Franklin
Don McLean (5+x)
Little Feat
Dr. John
The Meters
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Taj Mahal
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Lynard Skynard
David Bromberg
Big Joe Turner
Roomful of Blues (3x)
Tracy Nelson
Brownie McGhee
Sleepy LaBeef (5+x)
Tom Rush
John Mayall (the "Turning Point" concert)
Odetta
Tom Paxton
Chambers Brothers
Grateful Dead
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Richie Havens

that's enough for now . . . lots more blues, jazz and folk artists that you may or may not know . . . and a fair amount of early and classical music . . .

and I'm not sure I remember

BB King
JOhn Lee HOoker
Rush
Pink Floyd
Led Zepellin
EAgles
Stones
U2
Bruce Springteen
David Bowie
Def Leppard
Kiss - ashamed to say that
Van Halen
Moody Blues - later
Metallica
Doobie Brothers
Chicago
Elton John
Eric Clapton
Tom Petty
Pearl Jam
Neil Young
Yes
Joan Jett
Jethro Tull
Fleatwood Mac
Creedence Clearwater revival
Crosby Stills and Nash and YOung
Leonard Skynard
Boston
AC DC
ZZ Top
Heart

That's not a complete list - was usually so stoned thing are a little fuzzy.

Last one was the Def Leppard tour and they were really good. Still stoned though

next weekend at the New Daisy in Memphis.

Have seen him four times (plus once with Ringo and the All-Starr Band).

My others are too numerous to mention.

I don't like concerts much anymore, though. Metellica was in town last week and wanted $75 a ticket. Absolutely not!

Aerosmith (1978, not the post_Run DMC period).
Elvis
Beach Boys (2)
Dionne Warwick
John Denver
Bob Hope
George Carlin (2)
Sam Kinison
Steve Martin
Kiss (6)
Rush (3)
Peter Frampton
Black Oak Arkansas
Outlaws
.38 Special (walked out in the middle)
Cheap Trick (3)
Frank Zappa
Bob Dylan (2 -- once with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
Ted Nugent
Todd Rundgren (4)
Ringo Starr and the All-Starr Band
Weird Al Yankovic
Spin Doctors
The Tubes
Styx (5)
REO Speedwagon (3)
Molly Hatchet
Metallica (opening act for Kiss)
ZZ Top
Little River Band (opened for ZZ Top)
Head East
Judas Priest (2)
Hank Williams, Jr.
Alabama
Yes (2)
Kansas
Boston
Men at Work (they sucked live)
Eric Clapton
Muddy Waters
Bo Diddley
Chuck Berry
Van Halen (2)
Ronnie Montrose
Kentucky Headhunters
dc Talk (The W's as opening act)
Black Sabbath (with Ian Gillen on lead vocal)
Iron Maiden
Grand Funk Railroad
Allman Brothers

That's all I can think of now. Most of those were when I was taken as on a date. Not bad, hm?

X
REM
Van Halen
Rush
Journey
Willie Nelson
Charlie Daniels Band (before he sucked)
Iron Maiden
The Who
Cyndi Lauper
Stevie Nicks
Def Leppard
Goo Goo Dolls
Indigo Girls
Blues Traveler
Moody Blues
Wendy O. Williams And The Plasmatics

Many more, but my memory is giving trouble right now. And I'm going to see Rush for about the fifth time Wednesday night!

Living Colour (1991), Public Enemy (1992, past their peak, though), and The Fugees (1996).

and very few in the 80's. I'll see if i can remember the ones I did go to:

CCR
Led Zeppelin
Chicago
Pink Floyd
Allman Brothers
Black Sabbath (2)
Black Oak Arkansas
Ten Years After
Wishbone Ash
Deep Purple (David Coverdale vocals :( )
J Geils (3)
Alice Cooper
Blue Oyster Cult (5)
Robin Trower
Foghat (2)
Tom Petty
Angel City (2)
Molly Hatchet (3)
Frank Zappa (2)
Nazareth
Triumph
George Thorogood
Jimmy Buffett
Beach Boys
Mason Ruffner
REO Speedwagon
The Outlaws
Peter Frampton
Climax Blues Band
Blackfoot
Steppenwolf
T Rex
Elvin Bishop
ZZ Top
Rare Earth


I think a few more, but they don't jump readily to mind.

On edit: Also Bob Seger, Ted Nugent, and the Doobie Brothers.

The Supremes
The Buckinghams
Janis Joplin
Chicago
Led Zeppelin (2x)
Mountain
Humble Pie
Donovan
The Rolling Stones
Stevie Wonder
Jethro Tull
Rod Stewart & Faces
Todd Rundgren & Utopia
Dave Mason
Arlo Guthrie
Stevie Winwood
Warren Zevon
The Guess Who (all original; in 2002... and you gotta love Burton)
And last, but not least:

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes (15+x). Last time was last Sunday.

-Dw

is the only *rock* concert I've been to... but damn, the Complex Live tour was great...

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Jesus Jones
Tori Amos
Massive Attack
Bjork
Aphex Twin
Orbital
The Orb
ELO
Billy Idol
Chevelle
Stone Temple Pilots
Pearl Jam
Zion Train
Meat Beat Manifesto
Nine Inch Nails
Ministry
REO Speedwagon
Chris Whitley
The Oak Ridge Boys (no laughing)
Night Ranger
Van Halen
David Lee Roth
BTO
Moby
The Church
Bon Jovi (again, no laughing)
Audioslave
Soundgarden
Jane's Addiction
Front 242
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Rollins Band
10K Maniacs
Frank Black
Reverend Horton Heat
Def Leppard
Tesla
Linkin Park
U2
Public Enemy
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Nitzer Ebb
Depeche Mode
Sheryl Crow
Indigo Girls
Dixie Chicks
Sarah McLachlan
Village People (no kidding)
Metallica
Live
The Cult
Paul Van Dyk
Radiohead
Beta Band
Blink 182
Static-X
Alien Ant Farm
808 State
Consolidated
KMFDM
Queens of the Stoneage
Stained
The Strokes
Incubus


I'm sure there's more. Can't remember though.

How could I forget QOTSA! I saw them a loooong time ago...one of my first shows when I moved to Seattle.

:evilgrin: (not laughing, just grinning!) Those guys are guilty pleasures of mine.

You've seen some great shows...Pearl Jam, Depeche Mode, Soundgarden, STP...I'm jealous!

Tommy James and the Shondells
Jaggerz
Vogues
Turtles
Association
Three Dog Night (3x)
Guess Who
Buddy Miles
Deep Purple
Alice Cooper (3x)
Beach Boys
Seatrain
Savoy Brown
Badfinger
Yes
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
J Geils
Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Jeff Beck (3x)
Dave Mason (2x)
James Taylor
Bob Dylan
Gordon Lightfoot (3x)
Black Oak Arkansas
BB King
T Bone Walker
Bobby Blue Band
Buddy Guy
Harry Chapin
John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra
Moody Blues
Little Feat
Uriah Heap
Humble Pie
Jefferson Starship
Steppenwolf
Johnny Winter
Edgar Winter
Leon Russell
Chambers Brothers
Blue Cheer
Iron Butterfly
Procol Harum


I know there are more, but I think I have burned out too many brain cells to recall the late sixties and early seventies :-)

Biggest regret? No opportunity to see Jimi and Janis in concert

I don't remember ever having the chance to see Janis, even though I worked for her record company for awhile, but my friends & I actually left the NYC Randall's Island Pop Festival in July 1970 at about 3:00 a.m.--just before Jimi came on-- 'cause we'd been there for something like 12 hours & besides, we'd have plenty of other chances to see him, wouldn't we....?

Oh yeah--did I mention Ten Years After? Mountain?

before Jimi came on! I sympathize with you.

Jimi was to come to Pgh in the fall of '70. I can still remember how excited I was (freshman in college and waiting for tickets to go on sell).

Did you see, or miss Ten Years After and Mountain? My husband saw them in Philly. I've never seen them, but Alvin Lee is one of my top 5 guitarists :-)

One of those deals where I read the Tempo section of the Tribune and promptly discovered they had played in town last night.

I've heard that they're mind-blowing in person.

The only (non-classical) concert I've been to was a Smashing Pumpkins concert a few years ago. It was awesome, besides the music, the whole atmosphere was great.

Seen the Dead 24 times, Phish 10 (just saw them three times in a row in Vegas last month--what a blast!)

Here's a partial list, some of which I'm quite embarassed to admit I've seen:

Aerosmith
Motley Crue
Stryper (yikes!)
Metallica (three times--never again...they suck)
Bob Dylan
Guns 'n' Roses (perhaps the worst live band ever)
The Black Crowes (they were fun)
HORDE Tour (Blues Traveler, Rusted Root, Lenny Kravitz, and others--lots of fun)
The Allman Brothers (post-Warren Haynes)
Santana (just days after Jerry Garcia died...sad experience)
Pink Floyd (at Yankee Stadium in 1994--w/o Roger Waters, it just isn't the same band...had fun nonetheless)
Dave Matthews
David Lee Roth (Skyscraper tour, so he wasn't much of a loser then)
U2 (Zoo TV--not a good show)
KISS (my first and second concerts ever--no makeup--and yes, they sucked)
Steve Miller Band
Ray Charles


I've also seen various jazz guys (Brad Mehldau, Roy Hargrove, David Murray) and the LA Philharmonic several times--do they count?

u2,
r.e.m.,
the cure,
pearl jam,
beck,
sonic youth,
sinead o'connor,
blur,
rage against the machine,
willie nelson,
luscious jackson,
cibo matton,
blondie,
beastie boys,
patti smith,
paul westerburg,
tanya donelly,
the breeders,
sleater kinney,
le tigre,
kristen hersch,
juliana hatfield,
jesus and mary chain,
pj harvey,
bjork,
iggy pop,
grant lee buffalo,
depeche mode,
the blake babies,
david byrne,
john cale,
dandy warhols,
cracker,
wilco,
john spencer blues explosion,
yeah yeah yeahs, white stripes,
radiohead,
mighty mighty bosstones,
bis,
ani difranco,
joan osborne,
leon redbone,
mary lou lord

...nad a bunch of others i can't think of now
that's all i can name for now

Did you see Anne on 'Hannity' last night? She cracks me up.

Loggins & Messina
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Neil Young
Jethro Tull
The Eels
The Stones
Maria Muldaur
John Lee Hooker
Little Richard
James Brown
Taj Mahal
Saffire
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Ruth Brown
Little Milton
Koko Taylor
Clarence Carter
Keb Mo
Teddy Pendergrass
Taylor P. Collins
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Sista Monica
Barbara Morrison
Charlie Musslewhite
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Magic Slim & the Teardrops
John Mayall
The Young Dubliners
Wallflowers
Anne Murray
Hampton Hawes

And a whole bunch more; some unknown, some little-known, some better known!

Here are few that stick out in my mind, not in any order except the first one...

Shawn Cassidy (not my idea)
.38 Special
Stevey Ray Vaughn
Ted Nugent (not my idea either)
Crosby Stills & Nash
Bob Dylan
Steve Earle
The Bangles
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Quiet Riot
Steve Miller Band
James Taylor
Jackson Browne
ZZ Top
Alabama
The Everly Brothers
Sawyer Brown
Hank Williams, Jr.
The Dixe Chicks (before anyone knew who they were)

Several of those were multiple.

Ton Loc and Vanilla Ice -- Now these last two were interesting. This was after they were well known. They were touring small bars and the owner of a local club in a small college town where I grew up managed to get them to come. They worked cheap, IOW. The owner was a friend, and I just sat behind the bar with him. It was weird to watch.

This was after Vanilla Ice attempted transition into a bad boy thrash metal singer. If you can imagine, he was even worse than he was for 'Ice, Ice, Baby.' Ton Loc was just Ton Loc. He was pretty cool as a person, though. He hung around a little after his show and just chatted.

Sonic youth
Sunny Day Real Estate
Fugazi (many times)
Nirvana (1990)
Screaming Trees
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Afghan Whigs
Helmet
Jane's Addiction
Pixies
16 Horsepower
Soundgarden (1990)
REM
Dinosaur Jr.
Guided By Voices
PJ Harvey
There are many more, but my brain hurts from thinking back though many of those fuzzy memories.

Moody Blues (9 times)
Yes (4 times)
Robert Plant (3 times)
Aimee Mann (4 times)
Shawn Colvin (3 times)
Lilith Fair (Sara McLachlan, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple)
Genesis
Foreigner
Joe Walsh
Bryan Adams
Simon & Garfunkel
Electric Light Orchestra
The Fixx
Stevie Ray Vaughn
The Firm
The Smothers Brothers
Dave Matthews Band
Ben Folds Five
Beck
U2
Bruce Cockburn

Iron Maiden in 86
Ozzy in 87
Grateful Dead and Dylan together in 87
Grateful Dead every year after that until Jerry's death
Phish Every year after that
Boston in 88
Van Halen in 84
Police in 84
Kiss in 77
Deep Purple in 89
Camper Van Beethoven in 85, 86 and 87

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK? TWICE!!!

http://www.sweethoney.com

But some I am proud of:

Stevie Ray Vaughan
Pink Floyd (x2)
Rush (x2)
Yes
The Smithereens

and after I left, I had a friend who worked at Waterloo Records and did repping for Sony, so I was always her Plus 1. I haven't been to a show since Concrete Blonde about 2 years ago. Most of the others were all within a 7-8 year period. I had no life other than shows.

Let's see...these were in high school:
ELO (first one, with my brother)
Pat Benatar
The Police
Foreigner
The Clash

College and after:
The Alarm
The Call
The Cure
REM (x2)
U2
The Long Ryders
Balaam and the Angel
Midnight Oil
The Ramones
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Godfathers
Todd Rundgren
P.I.L.
Pato Banton
Psychedelic Furs
Jane's Addiction (x2) (once @Lollapalooza 1)
Robert Cray Band
Georgia Satellites
Faith No More
The Rave-Ups
Bowie
The Smithereens
Hoodoo Gurus
Grapes of Wrath (x2)
Los Lobos (Austin Aqua Fest)
The Mission UK
The Cult (Guns and Roses opened)
10,000 Maniacs (fell asleep)
The Church (x5)
Replacements (x2)
Peter Murphy
Nirvana
Living Colour
BoDeans (x4)
Teenage Fan Club
Afghan Whigs (x2)
Lemonheads (x3)
Freedy Johnston
Uncle Tupelo
Soul Asylum (x3)
The La's
Mudhoney
American Music Club
Ned's Atomic Dustbin (x2)
Jesus Jones
Blur
Bruce Cockburn (x2)
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Soundgarden/Pearl Jam/Swervedriver
Social Distortion
Sarah McLachlan
Dinosaur Jr.
Jason and the Scorchers
Jackson Browne/John Hiatt
Jeff Buckley
Lucinda Williams
Joe Ely
Lloyd Cole w/Jill Sobule
Steve Earle w/Del McCoury Band
Concrete Blonde

always wanted to see Concrete Blonde. I love Johnnette's voice. I remember reading that Roseanne Cash loved her voice as well. Thought that was a real complement. Also forgot Lucinda from my list- really great show.

And amazingly, I completely forgot Neil Young and Peter Gabriel last summer!

Peter Gabriel was such a breath of fresh air-- I think every liberal in the DFW area came out of the woodwork. I felt comfortable in public for the first time in months, not "surrounded by the enemy" as I had been.

That helped me to begin showing up to rallies and protests. The rest is history!

1994 Traffic and Grateful Dead (Buckeye Lake, OH)
1994 Phish (Nautica, Cleveland, OH)
1994 Phish (Tulane University, New Orleans)
1994 Dave Matthews Band and Phish (Birmingham, AL)
1995 (or 6?) Phish (New York City)
1996 Jimmy Buffett (Buckeye Lake, OH)
1999 Ani DiFranco (Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL)

Bunch of random shows at the Double Door in Chicago

I feel like I'm forgetting a bunch...

Bonnie Riatt, Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, Dylan, Grateful Dead--lots of times, Fleetwood Mac, Traffic, JJ Cale, Raashand Roland Kirk, Laura Nyro & Labelle, Arlo Guthrie, Sara Lee Guthrie, Taj Mahal, Roches, Willie Nelson, Indigo Girls, Paul Simon, Carole King James Taylor & Joni Mitchell (together & separately),Hot Tuna, Linda Ronstadt, Eagles, Otis Taylor, Roseanne Cash, Elizabeth Cotten, Pete Seeger, John Prine, Dave VonRonk, Tom Paxton, Doc & Merle Watson, James Cotton, John Mayall, Natalie Merchant, James Brown, Little Anthony & the Imperials (yeah, I'm old), Stevie Wonder, Lucinda Williams, Young Rascals, Dizzy Gillespe, Pat Metheny, David Gray, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, & probably a ton that I don't remember.

Still on my life list--Van Morrison.

From what I can remember: AC/DC (twice), Rush (thrice), Metallica (twice), SRV, Aerosmith, Santana, Clash of the Titans - Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, Joe Satriani (thrice), Eric Johnson (twice), Fishbone (twice), Living Colour, King's X, Social Distortion, Savatage, Megadeth, Static X, Sevendust, Slayer (twice), Type O Negative, Steve Vai, Live, Barenaked Ladies, Dave Matthews, BossTones, RAtM, Rollins (spoken word 3 times - don't know if that counts) and Paul Westerberg...

Yes, Chicago, McCartney, Beach Boys, Elton John, Jethro Tull, Al Stewart, Pink Floyd, KD Lang, Blue Rodeo, Nazareth, Johnny Winter,others that are just a drug-induced blur. Then there ws the time my mother INSISTED that I "escort" her and some of her friends to an Engleburt Humperdink concert. She wasn't clear why, but I went. I've always suspected it was to prevent them throwing things on stage. I'm sure I was the only teen age guy in the audience, all the other men had an "I'm here with with wife" look. MY father refused outright.

-The Who, Eddie Money, and the Clash
-Stray Cats
-The Necros
-New Order (several times)
-Sugar Cubes
-PIL
-Depeche Mode (several times)
-Midnight Oil (several times)
-The Police (twice).
-The Deftones (two or three times, I can't remember)
-Helmet (twice)
-Pearl Jam (for free!)
-The third Lollapalooza with Alice in Chains and Rage Against the Machine
-Melvins
-White Zombie
-Bob Dylan (several times)
-Neil Young
-Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie
-Clutch
-Air
-Lamb
-Morcheeba
-Shane McGowan


Wow, is my memory bad. I know there are several more, but I can't think of them. I should stop drinking!

On edit: Madonna. How could I forget? I paid through the nose for tickets for my sister and I and we were on the floor. It was during her La Isla Bonita period.

No Doubt
Queensryche
The Offspring
Mephiskapheles
Rancid (3 times)
AFI (2)
Rollins Band
Less Than Jake
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Flogging Molly
Dropkick Murphys
Tom Petty
Rush
The Other Ones
Ziggy Marley
Ulu
String Cheese Incident
D-12
H2O
311 (8)
G-Love and Special Sauce
Alien Ant Farm (3)
Sum-41
The Ataris
Bigwig
Candiria
Hoobastank
Something Corporate
Misfits (Fake-fits, Jerry Only Marky Ramone and Dez Cadena)
Jimmys Chicken Shack

That's all I can recall.

Mr. cedahlia would be envious...he loves those guys but has yet to see them.

Did they do "Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced" when you saw them? :evilgrin:

But your husband should really catch them, they are great onstage and thier fanbase is ubelievably enthusiastic. To think, I'd never seen someone bring a 30 foot high banner bearing a bands name to a concert before then. :)

Tori Amos (Which was great. It was back in 96, I believe.)
DC Talk (Back when I was a freshman in high school. I was really misguided.)
Crystal Method (The show as disappointing. This was just a couple months ago.)
Duckie

Starpoint (for you serious old schoolers)

Billy Joel

Rush

Voodoo Glow Skulls

A bunch of Hawaiian Ukelele players last Sunday.

Three Dog Night, Janis Joplin, The Who, Canned Heat, Charlie Daniels, Bob Seger, Aorta, Butterfield Blues Band, Ike and Tina Turner, Country Joe McDonald, Poco, Aerosmith, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Doobie Brothers, The Hollys, Yes, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Black Oak Arkansas, Head East, Marshall Tucker Band, REO Speedwagon. I am sure there were more, but some the names were imprinted on brain cells that are now deceased.

Elton John, Tina Turner, BB King, Charlie Musselwhite, Sha na na, Eric Clapton, Grateful Dead, Beach Boys

Stone Temple Pilots
Fishbone
Primus
Violent Femmes
Tool (in their early days)
Judas Priest
Testament
Megadeth
Metallica
Pantera
Suicidal Tendencies
Exodus
Overkill
Smashing Pumpkins
Anthrax
probably some I've forgotten

Started with Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, with the Dead, The Band, and the Allman Brothers.
After that there was
Aerosmith (twice)
Bad Company (twice)
ZZ Topp
Rolling Stones
Motley Crüe
Billy Idol
Alice Cooper

and if comics count, Sam Kinison (thrice) and George Carlin (twice)

I am sure I'll forget many, but here goes (not including small, cramped shows of bands nobody's ever heard of):

Earth Wind & Fire; Prince; Pat Benatar; Rolling Stones; The Who; The Police; Sting; ZZ Top; Sammy Haggar; Tom Petty; INXS; Adam Ant; David Bowie (x 25); Bad Company; Meatloaf; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Paul Simon; U2; The Cars; Violent Femmes; Placebo; Neil Finn; Bauhaus; Peter Murphy; Peter Gabriel; Evanescence; Bush; Tori Amos; Sarah MacLachlan; Urge Overkill; Nine Inch Nails; P-Funk; Tin Machine; Grateful Dead; Neil Young; Patti Smith; Lou Reed; Roxy Music/ Bryan Ferry; REM; Jeff Buckley ...

Oh my, many more I cannot pull out the memory banks at the moment!

that's really the only concert I've been to that I actually wanted to go to, instead of being dragged along somewhere by a friend.

1) Wayne Cochrane and the CC Riders- Indiana Beach Monticello, Indiana
1969

2) James Gang/Bread- Elliott Hall of Music Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana- 1970

3) The Guess Who- Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Illinois- 1970

4) Frank Zappa/Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McGlaughlin- Fairgrounds Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana- 1972

5) Deep Purple/Fleetwood Mac/Dick Heckstall-Smith- Fairgrounds Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana- 1972

6) Pink Floyd- Olympia Stadium Detroit, Michigan- 1973

7) Emerson,Lake, and Palmer- Fairgrounds Coliseum Indianapolis Indiana- 1973

8) Grand Funk Railroad- Fairgrounds Coliseum Indianapolis, Indiana- 1974

9) Fleetwood Mac- Auditorium Theatre Chicago, Illinois- 1974

10) Doobie Brothers- Market Square Arena Indianapolis, Indiana- 1975

11) Fleetwood Mac- Elliott Hall of Music Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana- 1975

These are but a FEW...

and some other crap like:
System of A Down(blech... it was free)
Mudvayne(blech... it was free)
Limp Bizkit(blech... it was free)
Pantera(blech... it was free)
Morbid Angel

I saw The Young Rascals, The Monkees, Jimi Hendrix Experience (twice), Chicago, and Iron Butterfly. In the seventies, I saw Edgar Winter, Johnny Winter, Elton John, Alice Cooper, The Byrds, and Procol Harum. In the eighties, I saw Adam and the Ants, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and Culture Club. The last concert that I saw was Weird Al Yankovic.

"Poodle Hat" Tour 2004, Chester Fritz Auditorium, Grand Forks, North Dakota, April 20.

An impressive multimedia collage featuring with various video clips from his being mentioned on TV shows, guest appearances, and his own TV and film projects (Including every one of his "Interviews" from the most recent ALTV). Expect lots of costume changes and various jabs at the concert format itself.

But I'll try:

The Supremes (1974)
Several 70's rock bands that I can't recall due to being stoned.
The Rolling Stones
Diana Ross
Mary Wilson (four times)
Dionne Warwick (twice)
Donna Summer
Tina Turner (twice)
Madonna
Fleetwood Mac (1979, 1980, 1982, 1987 & 2003)
Stevie Nicks (1981, 1983 & 2001 w/ Cheryl Crowe)
Teena Marie
Celine Dion (Vegas, say what you will about her but the show was great)
Gladys Knight
Cher (2002 & 2003)
Whitney Houston
Tom Petty (Stevie Nicks joined him on stage)
Linda Ronstant
Anita Baker and Luther Vandross
Gloria Estefan
Aretha Franklin
Pat Benetar

Plays and comics:

Evita (twice)
Mama Mia (twice)
Boy From Oz (just last week in NYC)
Les Mes
Lily Tomlin - In Search of Intellegent Life
Margaret Cho (5 times)
Sandra Bernhard


I know I've left some out. I am a concert whore.