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Someone mentioned Nirvana to me the other day and it started bringing back memories. Who have you seen live, and which would you say was your favorite?

If you could go anywhere, any time, who would you see?

By far the most fantastic concert I have been to was Tori Amos, I want to say touring Boys for Pele but I can't remember for sure...in the Morrison Center in Boise, Idaho. It's a smaller venue, just her with her piano and harpsichord and gawd, I remember the way she made me feel to this day. It was just pure joy, absolute bliss.

Thinking back, I've been to see Tori live three times, Nirvana twice, Elton John once and what a disappointment, NIN and what a trip that was, the Cranberries, U2 before they sucked, and I'm ashamed to say Michael Bolton. There's a few other 90's names on the list but except for Bolton those are the ones I enjoyed the most.

The very best music I have ever heard was from a local grunge band called Graveltruck. As I remember they had a pretty big following on the west coast, but this was about the time Nirvana started getting big and they disappeared I guess. I'd like to go back and see them, and maybe Sublime.

I've seen 3 doors down more times than I can count. I suppose they are exempt since I'm a die-hard.

A few of mine are the same as yours Becca. Nirvana twice, once right before smells like teen spirit and they got big, it was in a tiny club and Urge Overkill opened. The second was on halloween pretty soon before Kurt's death. Tori 2 or 3 times? She hypnotizes when she's onstage. One show, Pearl Jam opened, nobody knew of them yet, followed by Smashing Pumpkins, and Chili Peppers headlined. Jane's addiction with Henry Rollins opening, then again at the first Lollapalooza. Pink Floyd. Lots and lots of shows around that time from like 91-98 maybe, then I stopped caring lol. The craziest one was Skinny puppy. The loudest was Depeche mode. I feel old now.

Tim McGraw
shania twain (as an opener b4 she hit big status)
brooks and Dunn x2
Blackhawk
diamond rio x2 (the last show sucked)
Clint Black
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Terry Clark

(bunch of others in the country range during a few outdoor events)

hootie and the blow fish
Toad the wet sprocket
James Taylor x2 (one full one solo tour)
Pink Floyd x2 (outside camp randall stadium)
Genesis (outside of camp randall stadium)
U2 (outside of camp randall stadium)
the rolling stones (outside of camp randall stadium)

That's just off the top of my head...

I've also been to Madison's blues fest a few good times and I've been down to Milwaukee during their riverfest a few times.

I like music :)

I love Mark King's bass playing and crewed on some of the Level 42 UK gigs,

...but the best gig I ever saw was Thin Lizzy back in the late 70's on the "Johhny the Fox" tour.. :icon_wink:

...but don't let Tekla see this topic... I don't think Susan has enough server space...  ;D

I saw the Dead live over 200 times (it's not my fault, they were following me around), Bob Dylan over 50 times going back to the Before the Flood Tour with The Band back in 74, and I saw Pink Floyd after Dark Side of the Moon, but a solid year/year and a half before Wish You Were Here.  And I saw The Police open for Talking Heads and Prince open for Morris Day and the Time at a little club called the Keystone (usually just The Stone) in SF.  I also have a powerful hankering for Asleep at the Wheel and I've been all over the country to see them.  Brother Ray testifies to me, Am I High?.  I've seen Leo Kottke do over 20 shows and I can't get enough of him either, or a guy named Adrian Legg who is an amazing guitar player also.

I blame my mom who dragged me to see things like Van Cliburn, Isaac Perlman, The Chicago Symphony, and the ballet, and the opera, and all that like cultural stuff when I was growing up.

But the ones that stand out (aside from hearing/watching Van Cliburn do the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1, which was so good, and in such a class of its own, that it alone equals everything that everyone is going to list here) would be seeing the last concert of U2s first American tour (1980) in a 700 seat club that was half sold, if that.  They were never that good again sad to say.  Any of the Frank Zappa shows I saw were better than most band's careers in total.  Black Flag before Henry Rollins came in an ego-tripped all over that stuff was pretty good, but not quite as good as X was about the same time.  But back in '76 - that wacky Bicentennial year -  I wound up in a crappy little club, I mean you would not even want to drink the bottled beer there (it was so bad I bet the rats and roaches had moved out), and this old blind guy, who was so sick and crippled that he needed help getting in and out of the chair and have to have his instruments handed to him by someone else.  He flat-out played about the best sax I've ever heard, I thought he played flute better than Jean-Pierre Rampal (who was also no slacker), and he played some clarinet, a bit of harmonica, and threw in some English horns, and even tossed in a bit of recorder.  And if that wasn't enough, he could - and did - play two saxes at once.  He could hold a note longer on the sax than anyone else, and play 16th note runs at any speed you wanted, for as long as you wanted, despite the fact that he was so sick he couldn't stand up on his own.

In his, "Concerto For Saxophone" on the Prepare Thyself to Deal With a Miracle record he plays a 20 minute take with no discernible break for inhaling.  Really, check it out, 20 minutes and you don't hear him take a breath. I was breathless watching him, and when he was done I broke down and cried, I cried all the way home, and I think I cried for days after that.  What he did not only transcended the dump we were in, elevating it to a place beyond heaven, it transcended music, hell, it transcended art. That was well over 30 years ago and still when I think about it I start to shutter and cry all over again.  And when I have to work with a bunch of whiny-assed, ego tripping, no talent jerkwads (Billy Corgon I'm looking right at you, you cheap punk poser) I can make it through because I saw Rahsaan Roland Kirk and that one night makes up for all the other ones.

you wouldn't forget him either
if you met him where i met him
talkin' about desolation
desolation is a railroad station round about a 2am on a week night
you walk into desolation like that and suddenly out of nowhere comes a warm song you aren't about to forget it
this is the first time i've heard him at the airport
i know he moves along the piers
he calls himself a journey agent
a eulipion
says his friends the poets and the artists and the musicians are eulipions too
listen to his tune
he calls it the duty free gift for the traveler


Listen to The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color
and I Talk with the Spirits, which is all flute, is worth a listen also.

I suck. I haven't seen any bands live. The sad thing is two of my very favorites - Chicago and The Eagles have been to town within the last few years.

But the Chicago right now barely shares any resemblance with the Chicago I love so much, so I can live with that. lol

If I could go back in time (long before I was even born) to see concerts. I'd like to see Chicago in either the late 60s or early 70s, The Beatles in the 60s, and The Eagles from any time really.

I am one of those who doesn't get out much.  I saw Alice Cooper in Welcome to My Nightmare.  And the Village People.



Janet

I just did Alice the week before Halloween (he refuses to perform on Halloween itself) and he rocked.  Hard to believe watching him that he's now 60 something and not exactly 18 anymore.  But it was fun to set up the guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood, baby dolls and all that stuff.  And he's about the nicest and most polite rock superstar I've ever seen this side of Jeff Beck.  He hung out a few hours before the show posing for pictures with the staff and telling stories to the crew.  A real professional.  Other would-be rock stars would to well to follow his example.

And, I've always thought that with all the focus on the show, the theatrics and antics and all that it all too often gets overlooked that he is one damn fine songwriter.

OK, school's out.

I so remember Pink Floyd right at the begining of the Dark Side of the Moon tour. It was at Sheffield Town Hall in Yorkshire. I was used to rock groups prancing around the stage and basically having a good night out. What I saw and heard were musicians who stole my musical soul. Not a prance, not a joke; just music, wonder and lights.

Ahhh
Cindy

The whole inspiration for this thread was my wanderlust for the nights spent in grungy clubs and fitting in listening to Graveltruck and just having an all around awesome time.

I remember one night, I think I was 18 or something. I took my 24 year old roommate, Noni, to go see them at a local place called Neurolux. The guy at the door quizzed my graveltruck knowledge because it was a performance "for true fans only" then let my obviously underage punk ass in...then carded Noni. She was not amused, but that was back when we wanted to be older.

*sigh*
We had a great night and I have vague memories of drunkenly skipping through downtown Boise after the show.

Anyway I found them on Reverbnation and they aren't as good as I remember  ::)

Youth is so wasted on the young, if only I had known I would have just drank in every moment. I'd love to be in that night again, wandering through a punk club in Doc Martens and a military surplus jacket with my visibly frightened companion, oh my god how I miss those days.   

my fav = Sigur Ros during the Takk tour.

P!nk - Fun house Tour, 50 Cent, Neyo, Nickleback, Foo Fighters, Tina Turner (the Best!!)

However I went to Live Earth in London and saw Genesis, Razorlight, Snow Patrol, Damien Rice & David Gray, Kasabian, Paolo Nutini, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, Duran Duran, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bloc Party, Corinne Bailey Rae, Keane, Metallica, Spinal Tap, James Blunt, Beastie Boys, Pussycat Dolls, Foo Fighters and Madonna.

I still like Tina Turner the best!!!!!

Jay

Allman Bros, Focus, Freddie King, Stories, M Tucker, ZZ Top, Uriah Heep, Trapeze, C Daniels, Outlaws, Brownsville Station, Johnny Winter, Rick Derringer, Suzi Quatro, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, ...this is just some of the rock bands I have seen.

Who I'd love to see:-
Leaves, solar powered people, Bjork, My Vitriol, Blonde Redhead (if anyone has live video;)), The Stills, Easyworld, The Frames, Mew, Kate Bush, Jeff Buckley, Iron & Wine and Elliott Smith. 

When I was young, I went to concerts with my country loving parents.

I'd never remember all of them but ...

Alabama at least 6 times (including the first time when they were first hitting the charts on a football field - the best show they put on)
Merle Haggard outdoors at Mud Island - wonderful show
Ronnie Milsap - the best stage show of the country acts i saw in the seventies
Hank Jr. - drunk off his ass and easily the worst show I ever saw
Kenny Rogers and Dottie West
Exile - after "Kiss You All Over" and before anything else when they were nobodies

Several more I can't remember the details of.

When I got out on my own I was broke most of the time (because I wasted my money lol) But I did see Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in '83 (loved it) and John Cafferty and the BBB at memphis in May (Easily the best concert overall I've ever seen - those guys do a great stage show)

The concerts I'd most want to see if I could visit any show -

I'll like to see Bob Seger in each decade-
During the "Live bullet" era
During the early 80's
and during the 90's before he got so old

EVERY time he toured through the Memphis area something unavoidable happened that kept me from seeing him. One of the great regrets of my life.

I'd like to have seen U2 along about "Rattle and Hum" and when they were young and unknown in some little pub somewhere - and sometime shortly after One came out if I could get reasonably close to the stage.

I'd love to have seen AC/DC during the Back in Black tour

I'd love to have seen the spectacular Kiss concerts of the 70's even though I'm not an especially big fan

I'd like to have seen several of the 80's bands I loved at their peak (REO during the Hi Infidelity tour, for instance - Journey, Styx, Foreigner, ELO, etc)

I'd love to have gone to some of Charlie Daniel's Volunteer Jams.



One other thing, if I can offer this without starting a sidetrack into bashing this sort of thing -

during the period between when I got really religious and the time my first son was born, I saw quite a few Southern Gospel acts - most but not all quartets.

i realize this sort of musical style isn't for everyone, quite apart from the message, but that said. some of those folks (definately not all) put on a very entertaining show.

some of course just stand and sing, but some of them have a very finaly tuned mixture of comedy scattered through out the show so that it's much more involving than just one hymn after another - to say nothing of impressive instrumental and vocal gymnastics.

Probably the best of these was the Kingsmen. From what I understand, they are a pretty pale shadow of their former selves now (there's a regular turnover in SG quartets so that any group isn't at all the same people now as they were 10 years ago, let alone 20) but in the 80's and early 90's they were a well oiled machine.

Jerry Reed                @ Danny's Auction Barn

Allman Brothers          @ Bessy's Boathouse

Leonard Skynard        @ Norfolk Scope

Charley Daniels          @ Norfolk Scope

Hank Williams Jr.        @ Norfolk Scope

David Allan Coe         @ A Truckstop in Ga.

The Professor,
Mary Ann and Gilligan @ The Fl. State Fair

Wow, I'm SO jealous of some of you! A lot of great bands listed here!

Let's see if I can remember...

Saigon Kick (The Lizard tour, my first concert, right up front!)
Korn
Rob Zombie
Type O Negative
Pantera
Dream Theater
VNV Nation
Covenant
Assemblage 23
The Birthday Massacre (best band ever!)
Imperative Reaction
Switchblade Symphony
Savatage

....and I'm spent.  ;D

Not as many as I'd like, but here's the list.

Journey (with Glass Tiger at the Cow Palace in the '80's)
Liz Story
Monsters of Rock '88 (Kingdom Come, Dokken, Metallica, Scorpions, Van Halen)
Metallica with Queensryche (Arco Arena, '88 or '89)
Nine Inch Nails (with Tooth and Nail at The Edge 1990)
Michael Hedges with Michael Manring
San Francisco Symphony
Peninsula Symphony
Michael Manring (solo at a real small venue, front row. My daughter got to hold the third bass for him as he played "My Three Moons)

Watched Sonic Youth (or Sonic Oldies, as we were refereeing to them) last night, they did well, always one of my favorites in that genre.  Perhaps it's because I like Kim Gordon so much.  And they always were experimenting, which I also like.

Quote from: heatherrose on January 06, 2010, 04:45:24 AM

Jerry Reed                @ Danny's Auction Barn

Allman Brothers          @ Bessy's Boathouse

Leonard Skynard        @ Norfolk Scope

Charley Daniels          @ Norfolk Scope

Hank Williams Jr.        @ Norfolk Scope

David Allan Coe         @ A Truckstop in Ga.

The Professor,
Mary Ann and Gilligan @ The Fl. State Fair

I used to have the Jerry Reed live album - I'll bet that was a fun show.

OK, Let's see... ::)

Festivals:
Long Beach Blues festival
Ojai, Blues Festival
Sacramento Dixieland Jazz Festival
Playboy Jazz Festival
Telluride Blue Grass Festival
and a few others I can't remember ::)

Independent Concerts
Santana
Eric Clapton
Moody Blues
B.B. King
Sting
Annie Lennox
Willie nelson
Johnny Winter
Savoy Brown
Bela Fleck
Frank Sinatra
Ottmar Liebert
Aretha Franklin
Buddy Guy
Canned Heat
Tina Turner

The number of small venues and bars that featured live Jazz, and blues with the occasional solo rock star showing up are just too many to list.

Best ever though, had to be Santana here in upsate ny at the "Times Union Arena"(AKA Pepsi Arena, AKA Knickerbocker, etc.)
Clapton comes in a very close second though.

10 to 1 odds on Sly Stone showing up and being in good enough condition to play.  Any takers?

I am a big fan of Les Claypool and Porcupine Tree.

I'm seeing The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart next month, it will be the first show I've been to as 'me' and the first in over a year..or is that two years?!!! eek!
Luckily for me it will be full of young alternative people and not metal heads or country redneck folk so I should blend in rather well and feel quite safe lol ^_^

Other than wearing a skirt to dead and dylan shows the first show I ever went to in full drag was My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult with The Lords of Acid opening.  I assure you, I was the most conservative person in the room.

Quote from: tekla on January 21, 2010, 09:18:33 PM
Other than wearing a skirt to dead and dylan shows the first show I ever went to in full drag was My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult with The Lords of Acid opening.  I assure you, I was the most conservative person in the room.

Why does that not surprise me.

Is Dylan any good live these days, or is he just another old guy cashing the check? I had the opportunity to see him in Phoenix a while back and passed it up in favor of keeping up on those pesky classes, and now I see he is going to be in asia most of next year. For those of you who have seen him recently is it worth it?

I paid a lot of money to see Elton John and traveld quite some distance and I wasn't impressed. I'd rather not do that again.

First time I saw Bob was in '74, with the Band on the Before the Flood Tour.  Blew me away.  Saw Rolling Thunder, could not have been more different, but still mind-bending.  Then solo, then with the Petty Band, then the Dead, then the Never Ending Tour, somewhere around  50-60 times in all, with lead guitar players like Robbie Robertson, Jerry Garcia, Larry Campbell, Mick Ronson, and G.E. Smith.  And I still love the shows.

BUT... BUT....

If your going to hear some sort of campfire rendition/sling-a-long of Bob's Greatest Hits - it ain't happening, and it never has.  He changes the worlds, the cadence, the breaks night after night.  Some of his 'greatest hits' it's been decades since he's played them.  He plays what he wants, so if you like the last three records, and I do (Modern Times, Love and Theft and Together Through Life) then go, because that's what it sounds like now.

As Bob said once at at show I was at, "The song used to go like that, now it goes like this."  He does not play guitar much, preferring piano (I think the guitar is a bit heavy for 90 minutes at his age) but he is playing the harmonica again, and it was a solid 20+ years there where he never picked that thing up, so....

These days it kinda goes a little like this.
http://vodpod.com/watch/2784541-bob-dylan-watching-the-river-flow (http://vodpod.com/watch/2784541-bob-dylan-watching-the-river-flow)

Judas Priest, Metallica, Testament, Whitesnake, Disturbed, DragonForce.

Some others I didn't really care for as opening bands and festivals and the like.

I've noticed there seems to be a lot of metal and pop bands mentioned here!!!
*holds breath in hope of seeing some shoegaze, lo-fi, twee or indie bands mentioned*. >_<

Quote from: beth~chella on January 22, 2010, 02:09:09 AM
/me waves at Muffin

ok I'm adding you on last.fm, no buts. ^_^

I've got tickets on the floor to see Eric Clapton next month and I can't wait!!

Quote from: Randi on January 22, 2010, 04:17:56 PM
I've got tickets on the floor to see Eric Clapton next month and I can't wait!!

*Turns green with jealous envy*

Quote from: Laura91 on January 22, 2010, 04:21:05 PMOkay, call me clueless but what is twee?

Twee is a sub genre of indie pop ..that borrows elements of chamber pop and can be labelled as sounding very 60's. A lot of twee bands are influenced by bands from the 60's and are big on vocal harmonies. It won't be uncommon to hear the odd bop--bop--bop--bop in some of these bands harmonys!! But like any genre it's changed with time these days it's just pretty much overt indie pop done by people that are more likely to wear scarves and sound like they should of been born into the 60's. :S
Well this is my observation here's wiki's...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_pop#Twee_pop_and_indie_pop_in_the_US (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_pop#Twee_pop_and_indie_pop_in_the_US)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twee_pop_bands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_twee_pop_bands)

I'm going to show my age here....

Gap Mangione
Chuck Mangione
Neil Diamond
John Denver
Arlo Guthrie
Gordon Lightfoot
Peter, Paul & Mary
The Judds
Garth Brooks (1st time I saw him he was opening for the Judds)
Trisha Yearwood (She opened for her now husband, Garth Brooks)
Tim McGraw
Kenny Chesney (He surprised Tim McGraw by walking out on stage, with a mike, doing one of Tim's songs during a concert.  Tim almost fell on the floor from laughing so hard!)
Brooks & Dunn
Reba McIntyre (First saw her opening for the Statler Brothers)
Toby Keith (1st saw him opening for Reba)
Julie Andrews

Jimi Hendrix in the Diamond Head Crater above the State Beach area, in Hawaii, rehearsing for his show that night in Waikiki. I got a front row (just the two of us showed up) - kinda just walked into the open air bowl and just sat on the wooden benches, mesmerized for two hours.

Dion & The Belmonts on Belmont Pier in NY when he was acapella doo-woping with the original Belmonts.

Bette Midler with her pianist Barry Manilow in Fire Island, NY

Jose Filiciano in Greenwich Village on Bleeker Street, New York and again in Newport Beach at The Prison of Socrates.

Annie Lennox in a western/cowboy cantina open mike night - right after she did the theme from Graham Stoker's "Dracula" - and she blows a mean harp!!!

Santana in Hawaii's International Marketplace with Don Ho

The Fifth Dimension in The Alcoa Pavilion in Waikiki.

I was a member of the Peanut Gallery in Boston when the Howdy Doody Show was there.

I rode an elevator with Lonnie Anderson once in Las Vegas. (She's tiny!)

Buddy Hacket when he was several sheets to the wind on a plane from La Guardia to LAX when he was in the seat next to me. Did I mention he was loaded? Did I mention he was LOUD!

I ate breakfast and then lunch with a seated president of the US, went to his library's grand opening and also his memorial services.

I had another (then-seated) president fall coming down some stairs from his upstairs meeting and sprawled all over my dinner table and my date's. His SS men paid for the meal and the dry cleaning too. I do believe it was an alcohol-related incident.

There have been other events and people - like when I worked for a large market in Upper Newport Beach, John Wayne would come into the produce section and buy his own veggies and talk with me about whatever was fresh that day.

Carol Burnett, Gary Moore, Bill Cagney (James' brother), Sterling Holliway, Barry Sadler, and Arthur Treacher, all repeatedly at my dinner table in a restaurant in Corona delMar. I was their waiter.

Real soon: The Blue Man Group in Las Vegas.

I haven't seen as many as I would like to have seen, but I have seen Kiss, Styx, Boston, Chicago (about 5 times), Kansas, Alabama, The Moody Blues (with and without an orchestra), Lita Ford, Yngwie Malmsteen (guess when I grew up  :) ). My parents took me to some bar outside of Fort Payne the first time I saw Alabama, then I saw them again at Big Spring Jam. Now I am trying to decide if I want to see The Moody Blues or Chicago in the spring. I would like to see them both, but the tickets cost to much. :embarrassed:

I forgot to add Stanford Taiko (http://www.stanford.edu/group/stanfordtaiko/) and Polly Moller (http://pollymollerjournal.blogspot.com/).

I have three nights of Faith No More coming up, it's the hometown warm up for their Coachella show.

anything with Mike Patton is always good. I'm looking forward to their Coachella set!! ;D

I liked Mister Bungle, FNM a bit less, and other projects even less.  But it should be a good time, I like sold out shows that people really want to be at, the music is secondary to that a lot of the time.

Not nearly as many as I'd like.

I'll take that bet.

OMG... This is impossible to answer! I'll just list out some that come to mind. The only band I wish I had ever seen, but never will, would be the Jerry Garcia Band. I'm even okay with having missed the Grateful Dead, but Jerry Garcia Band... :(

Roger Waters
U2 - Popmart Tour (2x)
Black Crowes (3x)
Les Claypool (Not Primus - 6x, Primus 2x)
Horde Fest (Blues Traveler, Beck, DMB, etc)
Lilith Fair '97 & '98 (Sarah, Natalie, Ben Folds, etc)
WOMAD '94 (Peter Gabriel, James, Stereo  MCs, etc)
Phish (3x)
Rage Against the Machine
NIN/Perfect Circle
Lyle Lovett
Violent Femmes
Chris Isaak
Radiohead
moe. (too many times to remember)

I usually try to go to at least a couple shows a year. In fact, I'm moe.ing again in March!! They're my current fav! :icon_chick:

I'll be working m.o.e. on 2/25, looking forward to it, I took a lot of nice pix last time. 

Quote from: tekla on February 10, 2010, 07:22:04 PM
I'll be working m.o.e. on 2/25, looking forward to it, I took a lot of nice pix last time.

That is SO cool!! Maybe you can post some pics here?!  :D

http://www.flickr.com/photos/westcoastimages/page4/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/westcoastimages/page4/)

Quote from: tekla on February 10, 2010, 06:42:06 PM
I liked Mister Bungle, FNM a bit less, and other projects even less.  But it should be a good time, I like sold out shows that people really want to be at, the music is secondary to that a lot of the time.

I really liked Crudo even though it was probably the worst of his many side projects. Dan the Automator, Mike Patton and Butterscotch. what could go wrong?

fantomas and peeping tom were alright too especially peeping tom with rahzel.

Quote from: Jasmine.m on February 10, 2010, 07:20:19 PM
The only band I wish I had ever seen, but never will, would be the Jerry Garcia Band. I'm even okay with having missed the Grateful Dead, but Jerry Garcia Band... :(

Oddly enough I stumbled into a Jerry Garcia Band concert one year in 94 (I think). I was working for Blockbuster Video and they were trying to get into concert tickets and venues. I had to work one of the shows in order to get free Depeche Mode tickets for a show in the same venue the following weekend and while the music wasn't necessarily my cup of tea I had a blast!!

Yeah I miss the old Jerry Band days, both at the 3 Stone locations, and later at the Warfield.  The Garcia Band played the Warfield more than any other band, and the Dead hold the record for sold out shows, doing 21 in a row back in 1980.

The Dead
Bob Weir and Ratdog
Roger Waters
The Redwalls
Billy Joel (first concert ever went with my parents)
bunch of cover bands (Darkstar Orchestra, Machine, ect)

Unfortunately that is mostly all for now but I am young and broke, and didn't start going to concerts til a couple of years ago...

This year I hope to see The Fleet Foxes, The Felice Brothers, Bob Weir/Phil Lesh, Roger Waters is rumored to be doing The Wall later in the year.... I'd be content if I see those this year.

Sad news, though Weir is doing Further, it looks like Ratdog is no more.

Quote from: Stella Blue on February 10, 2010, 07:54:39 PM

This year I hope to see The Fleet Foxes...

they are so good live. I saw 2 sets of theirs at sasquatch in 08 (they covered for the national who was running late due to bus problems in addition to their regular set) and another at coachella (at sunset I might add. so amazing!) Mykonos live. bliss.

Don't think I've been to a single show that I've enjoyed. Mostly dragged to them by other people.

I only seen a few live
Metal church,
warrent,
W.A.S.P.
Metallica
Genesis

I would have liked to see more

I've seen Super Furry Animals a few times,
Misty's Big Adventure many times
I saw Zappa Plays Zappa when it was going to be a one off, Dweezil, Ahmet, Steve Vai, Napolean Murphey Brook and a few other guys doing that
Electric Six
A Hawk and A Hacksaw - brilliant, they were with Fanfare Ciliacola as well.
My Toys Like Me
and the Polyphonic Spree.

I also go and see whatever bands my mates are in at the time


I've seen these guys for free.
[The Enemy
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Imagination] -

 The Eurythmics
Cher
Leo Sayer
The Hollies

Everclear
Counting Crows
Collective Soul (twice)
Spin Doctors (twice)
John Mellencamp
Crash Test Dummies
Blue Oyster Cult (twice)
ICP
Alien Ant Farm
All-American Rejects
Simple Plan
Good Charlotte
Relient K
Augustana
Low Millions
Bowling for Soup (4 times)
Michelle Branch
Audio Adrenaline (3 times)
Voo Doo Glow Skulls
Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Squirrel Nut Zippers
John Waite
Eddie Money
Green Day
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Goo Goo Dolls
Smashing Pumpkins

Hmm... can't really think of any others, though there very well might be more. My favorite... would probably be either Everclear or Simple Plan, though Bowling for Soup puts on incredible shows (hence my having seen four of them).

SD

Unless you are an Aussie most of these probably won't mean a thing, but during the 70's the local hotels had  Dragon, AC/DC, Max Merritt and the Meteors, Jo Jo Zep, Split Enz, INXS, Goanna Band, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Chain, Company Caine, John Farnham, Masters Apprentices, Sherbet, regularly on weekends.
Overseas acts I have caught include, Wings, Slade, Lindisfarne, Rainbow, The Corrs, and a couple I was in no state to remember.

Personally i hate concerts in enclosed spaces. Its hard on the ears. I have been to a few outdoor ones with a few hundred thousand people though :)