what bands have you seen live?

[fleecy]

rather than hijack a thread, i figured i'd start one :)

so far i have seen:
toronto
van halen (david lee roth had pants with no ass- cool)
tragically hip
blue rodeo (met them backstage- nice guys)
inxs
nickelback
los lobos
jann arden
tom cochrane
skydiggers
matt mays and el torpedo
sam roberts
bryan adams
great big sea
tripping daisies
stabilo
sass jordan
and there's more, just can't think of them right now :) so who have you seen?

[Potato]

Hmm... don't judge me.

The Calling
Tonic
Goo Goo Dolls
Lifehouse (only because The Calling was opening for them)
Our Lady Peace (*cough*Potato Girl*cough*)
Savage Garden (5th row, that was kind of sweet)
Modest Mouse
Gwen Stefani
Black Eyed Peas (they opened for Gwen)
Coheed and Cambria
311
Less Than Jake
Atmosphere
Dave Matthews Band


I haven't been to a show in a while.. the last few I went to were free (except DMB--I paid for the gas to get there and back). Haven't been able to afford it. Missed a LOT of good shows..... (Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Eels, Cake, Garbage, Beck...)

[DigitalJunkie]

I've not been to a concern for a long long time, but the ones I liked were:

1. Supertramp
2. Alice Cooper

[fleecy]

ooh alice! bet the stage show kicked ass.

[Auggie2k]

Not many but I'll give it a go...

Aslan
Kelly Clarkson
The Faders

Done. I gotta get out more. Or move somewhere that people know.

[mfgbypooter]

the list would be too long but pretty much everyone from aerosmith to zappa with the major exceptions being the beatles, hendrix, and the doors, but I did get to see them in their prime live on ed sullivan.

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[mfgbypooter]

I just wish I would have gotten to see all those bands while enjoying a sloppy joe or manwich.

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[Atheist Icon]

A Perfect Circle - Colorado Springs
Slipknot - Denver
Slipnot - Hampton

Slipknot was badass in concert, I highly suggest to see them in concert

[shawners]

Bon Jovi
Aerosmith
Poison
Slaughter
Bullet Boys
Metallica
Guns N Roses
Skid Row
Meatloaf
Elton John 2x
Billy Joel
U2
Chantal
Savage Garden
Kings X
Duran Duran
Colletive Soul
Scorpions
Sting and Annie Lenox

[Jau_Peacecraft]

Anal Seepage x4 or 5
Affront [harDCore]
Bad Religon x2 or 3
MUCC [w/ Nana Kitade]
Meltbanana
Strike Anywhere

not really proud I saw from first to last when they headlined with Bad Religion randomly. Man those guys are definatly last.

[DwarfBaby]

The Tea Party (many times, awesome live band)
Tool
Alice in Chains
Neil Young
A Perfect Circle
Metallica
Megadeth
Elbow (Sweet Band)
Granddady
Starlight Mints
Mazzy Star
SoundGarden
Screaming Trees
Janes Addiction (Lallapolooza crap)
NoFx
Pearl Jam
Crosby Stills Nash
Radio Head
Willie Nelson
Righteous Brothers
BB King
Bo Didiley
Audioslave
Mark Lanigan
Modest Mouse (they sucked ass)
Queens of the Stoneage
Smashing Pumkins (Almost feel asleep)
ZZ Top
George Thorogood (I hate George Thorogood but I had my reasons)

Many more but these off the top of my head, which for better or worse left an impression. When I lived in Seattle I’d see local and Underground bands at least twice a month. The local bands here suck ass so I have discontinued the practice.

[axlman]

OzzFest
Danzig
Motley Crue
Bon Jovi
Poison
Slaughter
GodSmack
Korn
Hole
Type O' Negative
Gilby Clark
Slash's Snakepit
Skid Row (the one with the newer singer- he sucks)
Metallica
Kiss
Britney Spears (Ok, Ok, She was really hot though and actually did put on a good show)
Weird Al
Tesla
Aerosmith
Lynard Skynard
Scorpions
Disturbed
MatchBox 20
Kid Rock
Marilyn Manson
Pearl Jam
Tommy Lee
Green Day
Bush
Creed
Local H
NIN
Stained


I'm sure there's more, just can't think of them...

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Savatage
Megadeth
Dio
L.A. Guns
Iron Maiden
Winger
Kiss
The Cult
Metallica
Testament
Judas Priest
Obituary
Pantera
EyeHateGod
Pitchshifter
Jeff Healey
Jethro Tull
Marsden Moody Band
Black Sabbath
Staind
Voivod
Sevendust
Sepultura
Flaw
Gravity Kills
10 Years
Mudvayne
Korn
Slaughter
Queens of the Stone Age
Iron Butterfly
Howie Day
Tori Amos
DC4
Downset

[nukehella]

George Thorogood (I hate George Thorogood but I had my reasons)
.

I used to like him better live than his studio stuff.He used to play great 3 chord rock before he changed the bands name and tried to get fancy.
Nothing worse than a clunky rythymn player trying to play lead and sing.You have to be an outstanding vocalist with excellent range to pull that off and most are one or the other.(Great lead or vocals)

[SanDiegoKid]

Ministry
Helmet
Sepultura
Beastie Boys
Ice Cube
Rollins Band
Nine Inch Nails
Pop Will Eat Itself
Didjits
Crust
Mudhoney
Supersuckers
Lush
Jesus and Mary Chain
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dinosaur Jr.
Front 242
Alice in Chains
Primus
Lords of Acid
Tool
Method Man/Red Man
Ethyl Meatplow
Skrew
Rage Against the Machine
Fishbone
Arrested Development
Catherine Wheel
Frank Black
Steven Seagal (seriously)

.. and some more I think...

[Twodeer]

Triumph
Foghat
Journey
Bon Jovi
Live
Train
Winger

There are more but I can't remember now.

[cjules13]

I betcha I'm the only one who's seen both Napalm Death and Jay-Z.

[rainbowdemon]

Queen
Jethro Tull x2
Peter Frampton
The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
The Beach Boys x2
Rush x2
Heart
The Doobie Brothers x2
Genesis x3
Chicago x3
Jefferson Starship
Henry Gross
Steve Miller Band
Stevie Nicks solo
Uriah Heep
Blue Oyster Cult
Gary Wright
Thin Lizzy
Traffic
Free
Laura Brannigan
Cowboy Mouth
Ella Fitsgerald
Barry Manilow
countless bar bands


maybe more that I can't remember right now

[Mels_Smileys45]

Bob Dylan

Steppenwolf

Dr Jon (best concert ever)

Everyband you can think of. I do live in the music state after all.

[Crazy Horse]

AC/DC x 4
Aerosmith x 5 (women in leather!)
Alan Parsons Project x 2
Alice Cooper x 2
Allman Brothers Band x 4
Aretha Franklin
Australian Pink Floyd
Average White Band
Bachman Turner Overdrive x 2
Bad Company x 2
Badfinger
Barry White
Billy Preston
Black Oak Arkansas
Black Sabbath
Blondie
Blue Oyster Cult x 4
Blues Magoos
Bob Dylan x 4
Bob Marley x 2
Bob Seger
Bon Jovi
Boston x 3
Boz Scaggs
Bruce Springsteen x 2
Cat Stevens
Charlie Daniels Band x 3
Cheap Trick x 2
Chicago x 3
Chuck Berry
Cinderella
Cold Blood x 20
Commodores
Country Joe & the Fish
Creedence Clearwater Revival x 4
Curtis Mayfield
Daryl Hall & John Oates
Dave Mason
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Def Lepard
Dio
Dire Straits
Dokken
Doobie Brothers x 3
Dr. John
Earth, Wind & Fire x 2
Eddie Money
Edgar Winter x 2
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvin Bishop
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Elvis Presley
Emerson, Lake & Palmer x 2
Eric Clapton x 3 (once as Cream)
Fleetwood Mac
Foghat x 6
Foreigner x 3
Four Tops
Genesis x 3
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Golden Earring
Grand Funk Railroad x 4
Grass Roots
Grateful Dead x 100 (yes, I’m a Dead Head)
Great White
Harry Nilsson
Heart x 3
Huey Lewis
Humble Pie x 10
Iggy Pop
Ike & Tina Turner
Iron Maiden
J. Geils Band x 5 (awesome shows!)
Jackson Browne
James Taylor
Janis Joplin x 3
Jeff Beck x 4
Jefferson Starship (saw them in various stages of evolution…Airplane to Starship x 10)
Jethro Tull x 3
Jimi Hendrix x 2
Joan Jett & Blackhearts
Joe Cocker
Joe Walsh
John Cougar Mellencamp
Joni Mitchell
Journey x 3
Judas Priest
Kansas
King Crimson
Kinks
KISS x 3 (2 with make-up, 1 without)
Kool & The Gang
Led Zeppelin x 2
Linda Ronstadt
Little Feat x5 (Awesome band!)
Live
Lou Reed
Loverboy
Lynyrd Skynyrd x 3
Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Marshal Tucker Band
Marvin Gaye
Metallica
Molly Hatchet
Moody Blues
Motely Crue
Mott The Hoople
Nazareth x 2
Neil Young (solo, Crosby Stills & Nash, & Crazy Horse)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Ozzy Osbourne
Parliment/Funkadelic
Patti Smith
Paul McCartney/Wings
Peter Frampton x 3
Pink Floyd x 4
Poison
Queen x 2
Quiet Riot
Rainbow x 2
Rare Earth
Red Hot Chili Peppers x 2
REO Speedwagon x 3
Rex
Rick Derringer
Robert Palmer
Robin Trower x 3
Rod Stewart
Rolling Stones
Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan
Rush x 2
Santana x 6
Scorpions
Sex Pistols
Skid Row
Slade
Slaughter
Sly and the Family Stone x 3
Smokey Robinson
Sopwith Camel
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes . 4 (good party band)
Steely Dan
Steppenwolf
Steve Miller Band
Steve Winwood
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Stevie Wonder
Stray Cats
Striper
Styx
Supertramp x 2
Ted Nugent x 3
Temptations
Ten Years After x 2
Tesla
The Band x 2
The Beach Boys
The Cars
The Doors x 4
The Eagles x 2
The Guess Who
The Hollies
The Isley Brothers
The Ramones
The Tubes
The Who x 3
Thin Lizzy
Three Dog Night
Todd Rundgren x3
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers x 2
Toto
Tower Of Power x 20
Traffic x 3
Triumph
Uriah Heep x 2
Van Halen x 3
Van Morrison x 3
War
Warrant
Warren Zevon
Whitesnake
Y & T
Yes x 3
ZZ Top x 3



These are the ones that I remember….can anyone guess what I did for a living back
in the 70's and 80's ???

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[bigsean]

Hmm im have a pretty sad collection but they were all great.


chilliwack (old but still kickin)
Sam roberts (surprsingly very very good)
april wine(time to give it up boys lol)
Nickleback kicked ass at the save on

Been to a few more but i was a real younin then so cant remeber.
Definatly hoping to see a velvet revolver concert in the near future.

[fleecy]

holy crap, ch, what a selection of concerts! ok, let me guess.... were you a sound tech?

[CrashPeer44]

I have seen

Billy Joel!
ALL MAN BROTHERS ! 40 Min amazing Drum Solo with 3 drummers!
Santana Soon!
AeroSmith & Mötley Crüe Soon!

[CrashPeer44]

CRAZY HORSE I WISH I WORKED WITH YOU BACK THEN (well i wasent Alive but still!)

[nukehella]

were you a sound tech?


More of a distortion tech methinks

[black_magiic]

Spice Girls
Def Leppard
Tea Party
RAIN
Bachman & Cummings

[Crazy Horse]

holy crap, ch, what a selection of concerts! ok, let me guess.... were you a sound tech?

There are probably a 100 or more bands that I can't remember (lots of (GOOD) drugs-with a cumulative affect on my memory) right off hand but the list provided wasn't bad. Some of those acts (like Pink Floyd) were so awesome (and expensive (light,effects and sound system)) that you probably will never see anything like them again (at least for quite awhile). Some bands like the Grateful Dead were sound innovators that brought whole new sound systems into being (some proved good-some not so good). A great example would be their "wall of sound" speaker array. Great concept but turned out to be more trouble than it was worth. Or 8 track and beyond mixing boards. Got to see a lot of evolution in the industry.

I worked for Bill Graham (Uncle BoBo) in various capacities over the years. The pay was never great but the benefits!! O the fringe benefits!!! You can imagine.

[nukehella]

(lots of (GOOD) drugs-with a cumulative affect on my memory)

That's what I meant by distortion.It kind of goes with the territory.:icon_sunn

[rainbowdemon]

Damn C.H.


That's a lot of good rock&roll!!

[Mels_Smileys45]

Wyld Stallions

[fleecy]

I worked for Bill Graham (Uncle BoBo) in various capacities over the years. The pay was never great but the benefits!! O the fringe benefits!!! You can imagine.

man, the stories you must have. you and hunter could both write some good books about the industry, i bet :)

[CrashPeer44]

Crazy Horse that rocks

right now i am watching VH1 the history of Heavy Metal!

[.:sp00ky:.]

Polysics!!!!!!!!!

[evilmegaman]

Barenaked Ladies... Tower Of Power... uh.... johnny lang... that's about all I remember

[fleecy]

talk about one extreme to the other.... last week i saw lennie gallant at victoria playhouse, about 160 people.
yesterday i went to blast at the beach, over 20,000 people. better update my list:
stabilo (again)
mobile (good)
philosopher kings
pussycat dolls (not my choice- kinda like a victoria's secret ad set to music)
black eyed peas (totally worth the wait)

[Jim Morrison]

Bush
No Doubt
Goo Goo Dolls
Van Halen With Sammy Hagar
Veruca Salt
Hootie and the Blowfish

[TheHashasin]

The Top Act as far as Pyro Technics & Stage displays go was the Floyds last Gig in London "Awsome" Public Enemy & Rage Against The Machine where awsome...

Peace. :icon_thum

[infoseeker]

Fra Lippo Lippi

and mostly local band


>>infoseeker / jhempelayo<<

[shawners]

I saw NO Doubt with U2, and Steve Perry in college campus singing. I forgot those =)

[the great one]

I haven't seen too many live performances,but I did go to a Tom Cochrane concert last year.

[fleecy]

saw him a few years back. jann arden opened for him, and i wish it had been the other way around. she pumped up the crowd, had everyone laughing and dancing..... then he came out and promptly put everyone to sleep. which baffles me, because he has a lot of high-energy, hard-driving songs, but it just seemed like he was wired and tired and didn't give a crap. oh well, i still like his music.

[the great one]

He was great when I saw him but maybe his schedule wasn't as hectic.My wife loves Jann Arden.

[fleecy]

jim cuddy's touring now, and coming to pei, too.... think i just found my next concert.

[mr-g]

Great Goups Crazy Horse - I haven't posted here in a long time - my list (I'm sure I'll leave some out:

Monterey Pop:

Al Kooper and Harvey Brooks
Blues Project (without Al Kooper)
Canned Heat
Big Brother & The Holding Company (With Janis Joplin)
Country Joe & The Fish
The Butterfield Blues Band
Quicksilver Messenger Service
The Steve Miller Band
The Electric Flag

Also:

The Original Moby Grape with Skip Spence
The Doors
Traffic
Blood Sweat And Tears
The Grassroots
Albert King
James Cotton
Sons Of Champlin
Alabama
Asleep At The Wheel
Arlo Guthrie
Boz Scaggs (right after releasing the Moments album, awesome never forget it)
Fleetwood Mac With Peter Green
Charlie Musselwhite (Carousel Ballroom SF)
Charlie Daniels (Winterland)
Chicago (Original group just releases first album)
Cold Blood
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Conway Twitty
Cream (Second night at Fillmore West, second row, snuck out of the house)
Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks
David Allan Coe
Allman Brothers Band
Grateful Dead ( lots of those, at Carousel Ballroom for recording of Anthem Of The Sun)
The Youngloods
Dicky Betts
Donovan
Doug Sahm
Earl Scruggs (At vietnam war moratorium Stanford U)
Earl Scruggs Revuue ( Great American Music Hall SF)
Joan Baez
HP Lovecraft
George Jones
Spirit
George Strait
Hank Williams Jr
Harvey Mandel
Highway 101
Hoyt Axton (what a great musician, this was the Catylist in Santa Cruz, sent our table a bucket of beer on ice, R.I.P.)
Ike And Tina Turner (first row outdoor concert use your imagination)
It's A Beautiful Day

I'm thrashed will post the rest tomorrow, I lucked out and grew up and lived in a great area and era for music.

[fleecy]

quite the list mr.g !

[shlomo50]

jethro tull, the who, the stones, new riders of the purple sage, emerson lake and palmer, josh white jr., crosby
stills & nash.

[fleecy]

going to see honeymoon suite tonight- front row, can't wait......

[fleecy]

just got back from the show- can't talk, hoarse from yelling. wicked performance. got autographs and a drumstick :)

[hoyasaxa]

Dave Matthews Band has been my favorite live experience for a good ten years now. They are so amazing.

[soulxtc]

Saw the best show in my liefetime probably on New Years 1991 in Oakland.

Opener: Pearl Jam (new at that time, never heard of)
Then: Nirvana

Closer: Red Hot Chili Peppers.....

Needless to say the show frickin rocked!

[RACKnRAIL]

I've seen too many to mention them all. I am going to see the Stones for the second time coming up Nov.3 in Vancouver. The first time was in Buffalo, NY in 1978.

I have been very fortunate to see the Who, The Guess Who, Elton John, ELO, Frank Zappa, Led Zepplin, Alice Cooper, Neil Young, Aerosmith, SRV, Eric Clapton, Santana, Rush, and the list goes on. Those are just a few bands over the years, that I've been lucky enough to see.

[Krell]

The Stones! Man I saw the Stones waaaay back when

I can't believe they're still around, nobody rocks like the Stones . .

Fred and Barny rule!



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[RACKnRAIL]

The Stones! Man I saw the Stones waaaay back when

I can't believe they're still around, nobody rocks like the Stones . .

Fred and Barny rule!

I know. I wonder when they'll need walkers and/or wheelchairs to come out on stage? I believe the only older rock band that still tours is the Moody Blues, who I would also love to see.

[CRLocky]

I went to 6 Dave Matthews Band Concerts this past summer. Making 8 total. Included in them were OAR, Umphrey's McGee, and Jurassic 5.

CH, DMB actually inherited the Dead's sound system I think...?

DMB puts on an incredible show, it's not something to pass up!
(can you guess they're my favorite?)

[fleecy]

I know. I wonder when they'll need walkers and/or wheelchairs to come out on stage? I believe the only older rock band that still tours is the Moody Blues, who I would also love to see.

yeah, i'd love to see moody blues. still have their red rocks concert on video :)

[krenshaw]

Ozzy, Pantera, Slipknot, Deeds of Flesch, Korn, Killswitch Engage, and Bette Midler.