Concerts N' Such

dericdesmond said:
Anyone ever see original AIC or Sublime? Those are two id also give a pinky to see.
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yeah a great big MEH to Chevelle and Stone Sour for me too. I saw Avenged before they played Ozzfest, small show in the middle of the corn, they were good there. I like/d Disturbed though. Yeah I know there are alot more bands I have seen, but I'm just too old to remember all of em. LOL I do rock hard. Seems like alot of us have similar musical tastes. I too would give a pinkie to have seen Zep. When the Sex Pistols came around in '77 I begged my mother to take me, I WAS 10. hahaha
 
Too many teenage nights in New Orleans (and too much alcohol) to remember them all...
Do outdoor festivals count? Between several Voodoo Festivals and Lollapoloozas impossible to keep track of who I have seen.

But Gwar always puts on a GREAT show
 
Gravelface said:
Too many teenage nights in New Orleans (and too much alcohol) to remember them all...
Do outdoor festivals count? Between several Voodoo Festivals and Lollapoloozas impossible to keep track of who I have seen.

But Gwar always puts on a GREAT show
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of course festivals count! which reminds me, I can add Phish and a bunch of jam bands and bluegrass to my list, and the Blues for the Rainforest festival. Plus Bob Dylan (meh), Tom Petty, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, and other opening acts for The Dead (who I have seen close to 100 times). Oh and Cheap Trick, Heart, who fall under the "too much vodka to remember" category, Leif Garrett (my very first "show", at Six Flags, about a million years ago).
 
I saw Godsmack outdoors with a storm in the background. That was awesome. Saw george strait which was cool with quite a few other country stuff. Kevin Fowler and roger creager put on great shows.
 
I saw Mookie Blaylock (pearl jams original name) nirvana, sole asylum, stone temple pilots (i think or maybe soundgarden) and Alice in chains (may have been somewhere else but did see them with my brother)in one concert before they all blew up or things for them got crazy I was only 10 my older brother took me
I think blind melon was there too

I saw
johny cash
Willy Nelson(multiple)
wide spread panick (multiple)
les claypool
ray LaMontagne
sablime (original)
longbeach dub all-stars
everclear
pearl jam
Dave Mathews
Ben Harper(multiple)
bob Dylan(multiple)
drive-by-truckers(multiple)
Booker T.
phish
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Flogging Molly
more later
 
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Now my top 3 "To See" bands that I have not.

Faith No More
Richard Cheese
Nine Inch Nails
 
My first concert was June 13th 1981 Van Halen-Fair warning Tour
My second was the same year AC/DC-For Those about to Rock tour

its a bit of a blur after that...
 
Too many too list. Around 200. I can no longer go, as I now have constant Tinnitus from loud music.

Just a few of my favorite bands that I saw more than once...

Led Zepplin(only got to see once)
Pink Floyd
AC/DC
Boston
Metallica
Ozzy Osbourne
Neil Young
The Black Crowes
ZZ Top
Dave Mathews Band
Pearl Jam
Van Halen
 
In days past and the ones I can remember:

Rammstein
Korn
Limp Bizqit
Black Sabbath
System of a down
Skin Lab
36 Crazy Fists
Reliant K
Third Day
Metallica
Ice Cube (Family Values Tour lol)
Mudvayne
Ozfest
And really can't remember the others... too many years have gone by and my music tastes have changed. :)
 
suppertramp said:
Alice in chains (may have been somewhere else but did see them with my brother)

I saw
johny cash
Willy Nelson(multiple)
les claypool
sablime (original)
longbeach dub all-stars
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Oh man Im envious for sure
Gravelface said:
Now my top 3 "To See" bands that I have not.

Faith No More
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FNM for FTW!!!!!!

Also goin RATM, Dethklok & Between the Buried & me. Maybe APC.
 
This all I can remember at the moment. :)

Metallica
Ramones
Rancid
Alice in Chains (guitarist solo tour)
Cheap Trick
Fishbone
Midnight Oil
Misfits
Black 47
Monster Magnet
Sepultulra
Soundgarden
Siousxe and the Banshees
Ministry
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Flogging Molly
Faith No More
Jane’s Addiction
Guster
Walt Mink
Elvis Hitler
Helmet
Henry Rollins
Body Count
Velvet Revolver
Stone Temple Pilots
Smashing Pumpkins
Reverend Horton Heat
MDC
Wendy O’Williams
Motley Crue
Ted Nugent
Night Ranger
Rose Tattoo
Ozzie Osborne
Judas Priest
Charlie Daniels Band
Romantics
 
Ugh forgot some!

Lush
Rage Against the Machine
Nine Inch Nails
Living Colour
Butthole Surfers
Pearl Jam
Primus
Dinosaur Jr.
Front 242
Tool
Babes in Toyland
Screaming Trees
Violent Femmes
Tears for Fears
Type O Negative
 
I know I'm forgetting a lot, but off the top of my head:

AC/DC (Many times since the early 80s. Always awesome.)
Al Green (Playing a law firm Christmas party. Bill Cosby opened the show. Some people have too much money.)
Al Stewart (Many times since the late 70s. Always a good show.)
Barry Manilow (Playing a law firm Christmas party. Surprisingly good show.)
Bellamy Brothers (They done good.)
Billy Joe Shaver (I think it was a good show.)
Chicago (Playing a small venue in Vegas. Damn fine show.)
Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis (Playing at some guy's birthday party. Good show.)
Colin Hay (Frontman from Men at Work. Good show.)
Crosby Stills & Nash (Playing a law firm Christmas party. Good show.)
Dionne Warwick (Not good. Left halfway through. I heard it got worse.)
Drive-by Truckers (They're good.)
Eagles (Hotel California tour. Jimmy Buffett opened. How awesome is that?)
Eddie Money (Playing a law firm Christmas party. Good show.)
Foreigner (Playing a law firm Christmas party. Good show.)
Fred Eaglesmith (Definitely worth seeing. Very engaging performer.)
George Jones (Zzzzzz....)
Gordon Lightfoot (Still enjoyable, but used to be so much better.)
Gipsy Kings (Great show, but they won't let the club run the AC. Not good for Houston in the summer.)
Hank Williams Jr. (Opening for ZZ Top. Drunk and rude. And not in a good way.)
Hayes Carll (Best thing in Texas music today.)
Jimmy Buffett (When Margaritaville was new.)
Kenny Rogers (The Silver Lion playing a holiday party thrown by a casino for he boss. Good Show.)
Kiss (Skip the show, don't miss the encore.)
Los Lonley Boys (Those boys can sure play guitar!)
Loverboy (In 1981 and again about 10 years ago. Still sound the same.)
Lynyrd Skynyrd (At the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Nobody is good at the rodeo. Worst music venue ever.)
Meat Loaf (A year or two ago. Amazing. Just freakin' amazing.)
Monte Montgomery (Guitar players think he's great. I don't play guitar.)
Queen (Around 1980 maybe? Good show. Freddie Mercury's unitard seemed a little gay, though.)
Rammstein (Spectacular show. Fire! Fire!)
Ray Wylie Hubbard (Best thing in Texas music until Hayes Carll came along.)
Reba McEntire (Playing a law firm Christmas party. Not really my thing.)
Roger Waters - The Wall (All things considered, the best show I've ever seen.)
Steely Dan (One of my favorite bands until I saw them live. Shoot the sound man.)
Stevie Ray Vaughn (At Town Lake in Austin.)
Styx (Still good after all these years)
Tony Bennett (Playing a holiday party thrown by a casino for he boss. Good show.)
Van Halen (Finally saw them last year, with special guest kool and the Gang. They still got it.)
Willie Nelson (Always an excellent show.)
ZZ Top (Okay shows.)

And at Farm Aid II, of which I have little memory: Alabama, The Beach Boys, The Blasters, Judy Collins, Rita Coolidge, Steve Earle, Joe Ely, Exile, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Emmylou Harris, Julio Iglesias, Rick James, Jason & the Scorchers, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Bon Jovi, Nicolette Larson, Los Lobos, John Mellencamp, Vince Neil, Willie Nelson, Steppenwolf, Taj Mahal, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, X, The Unforgiven.


I feel old.
 
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I have literally seen thousands of bands at hundreds of concerts. I went to Milwaukee Metalfest when it was still in existence three times seeing metal bands from all over the world. At one Metalfest alone I saw over 70 bands in a three day event. I saw Burn the Priest before they changed their name to Lamb of God and I still have the 7" I bought directly from the band. I saw Death before Chuck Schuldinger died. One year, I saw a great stretch of death metal with Cryptopsy, Deeds of Flesh and Cephalic Carnage playing back to back to back in the middle of the afternoon without much of a crowd before they were known bands with Jamie Jasta of Hatebreed sitting next to me.

I met Jonathan Davis about two days after Korn's debut album came out and he asked me and my buddy how they did (I wasn't impressed LOL). They had just opened for Marylin Manson with Danzig headlining. I've seen more Norwegian black metal bands than most people could name including Mayhem with Maniac slicing himself open, Enslaved before they went progressive and Emperor before they broke up. I saw Nirvana on the last tour before Curt Cobain killed himself. I saw the Grateful Dead in Las Vegas in '95 before Jerry died later that tour in Chicago.

I've seen bands play in punk rock squat homes' living rooms (Phobia), front yards (The Locust) & abandoned slaughter houses (Neuraxis). I saw Brann Dailor and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon play with Today is the Day as the rhythm section before Mastodon was their focus and I still have Mastodon's demo on CDR. I have hundreds of stories...

It's easier to say whether or not I've seen a band before than list all of the ones I've seen. I've seen more bands in the past year than most of the lifetime lists in this thread.
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Oh man i'll be adding to this for days!
Elton john yellow brick road with my parents
Iron maiden
judas priest
motley crue
quiet riot
grateful dead a million times
bob dylan
steve winwood or traffic
steve miller
cheap trick
stone temple pilots
pantera
Black sabbath
Bob weir and rob wasserman
bobby and the midnights
jerry garcia band
hot tuna
heart
blues traveler
spin doctors
black crows
lenny kravitz
X
zero
jefferson airplane
les claypool's flying frog brigade
allman bros
keller williams
 
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Wow I wish I had a list of all the concerts I've been to since 14 yrs old ..

Metallica x5
Iron Maiden x10
Muse x3
Anthrax
Pantera
Foo Fighters
Slayer
Megadeth
Suicidal Tendencies
Opeth
Bruce Dickinson
VNV Nation
Apoptygma Berzerk
Kanye + JayZ
Garbage
Pulp
Manson
Tool
Guns n Roses
And One
Hawksley Workman x10
Hot hot Heat
Death From Above
MSTRKRFT
Hot Chip
Smashing Pumpkins
The Flaming Lips
Gnarls Barkley
Alexisonfire
Eagles of Death Metal
The Dears
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Broken Social Scene replaced Massive Attack
The Raconteurs
The Strokes
Sam Roberts Band
Wolfmother
Lupe Fiasco
Björk
Interpol
Arctic Monkeys
Kid Koala
M.I.A.
K-OS
The Killers
Metric
Bloc Party
Against Me!
MGMT
Constantines
Oasis
Paul Weller
Stereophonics
Silversun Pickups
Nine Inch Nails
Pet Shop Boys
Our Lady Peace
Ben Harper & Relentless7
The Pixies
Franz Ferdinand

there's one on my list i'm still waiting for - DAVID BOWIE !! and it looks like he might be going on tour this year!

etc etc etc and probably 50 more! :D
 
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