I've seen Smashing Pumpkins, Creed (twice, but the second one I went to sucked elephant balls...Stapp was drunk or sick or something), Bon Jovi, Goo Goo Dolls, and AC/DC.
Def Leppard Ive seen many of the Who's farewell tours Warren Zevon almost everytime he came to Chicago Aerosmith a couple times Midnight Oil Sonic Youth Leonard Cohen Kiss Genesis amongst others...
Hall and Oates,Triumph/Molly Hatchet,Kiss many times,David Lee Roth,Poisen,Stevie Ray Vaughn,Tracey Bird,Ted Nugent,Bon Jovi/Mamas Boys,Ratt/Poisen,Paul Stanley solo tour
Van Halen (w/ Dave) The Kinks (twice) Steve Winwood Psychedelic Furs Yes Grateful Dead King Crimson (four times) Motorhead Sonic Youth The Afghan Whigs Stereolab (thrice) Richard Thompson (thrice) Procol Harum
Oh yeah saw INXS...man did they suck live (no pun intended)
And missed seeing the Grateful Dead the last show they did in Chicago before Jerry Garcia died (a flood hit my parents basement where I had been storing alot of my comics!)
Also just missed Stevie Ray's last concert was supposed to go but couldnt get out of work!
If your a rock star and I miss your concert YOURE DOOMED...doomed I tell ya!
The Who (6 times) Yes (6 times) Fleetwood Mac (three times) Rush (twice) Emerson, Lake, and Palmer Emerson, Lake, and Powell Aerosmith Def Leppard Great White REM Bon Jovi Whitesnake U2 Icehouse The Police Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
1:Guns N Roses/Soundgarden/Faith No More 2:Def Leppard/Gun 3:Warrant/2 Die 4 4:Poison/Enuff Z`Nuff 5:Bon Jovi/Rockhead 6:Bon Jovi/Billy Idol/Little Angels/Manic Street Preachers 7:Girlschool 8:Tigertailz/City Kidds 9:Bon Jovi/Van Halen (Hagar)/Thunder/Crown Of Thorns 10:Skid Row/Apes Pigs & Spacemen/Send No Flowers 11:Bon Jovi (No support) 12:Black Sabbath (orig line up)/Fear Factory 13:Iron Maiden (Bailey)/Helloween/Dirty Deeds 14:Thunder/The Dawn/Some band I cant remember 15:Thunder/Conny Bloom/Lukan 16:Def Leppard/Lukan 17:Iron Maiden (Dickinson)/Slayer/Entombed 18:LA Guns/Steevi Jamez 19:Faster Pussycat/Pretty Boy Floyd/Neon Bomb 20:Alice Cooper/Thunder/Quireboys/Dogs D`Amour 21:Danny Vaughn 22:Pretty Boy Floyd/Robin Black & The Intergalactic Playboys/The Plastics
A shitload of guys and bands you've never heard of and probably never will. They Might Be Giants (Who surprisingly kick ass in concert.) Willie Nelson ZZTop Cowboy Mouth (Played at a festival in my home town before that one hit of their's, where they sucked ass, and right after Willie at another festival. We left after Willie walked off the stage.) BB King In a moment of weakness I tried to win a girl over by taking her to a Richard Marx concert. She loved the concert but didn't want to go out again. Puberty fucking sucks.
Shit this will strain the memory. Try to remember my concert t-shirts!
Midnight Oil, many times. Dire Straights in 1985 was the first one. The Prodigy Tool No Doubt was the last one I saw, here in HK. Bryan Ferry in LA in 88.
Metallica Mr. Bungle Dido Nine Inch Nails Ras Kass Korn Ice Cube Limp Bizkit Guns n' Roses Prince Garth Brooks Tony Bennett John Lee Hooker Tina Turner Pantera Slayer Whale Soundgarden RATM Wu Tang 2Pac Notorious B.I.G. Smashing Pumpkins Alice In Chains Poison Led Zeppelin (94 version) Deftones Portishead Massive Attack Tricky Dr. Octagon DJ Shadow DJ Spooky KRS-ONE Lush ...and many, many more.
Man I caught them once when they first came out, what an awesome show. Some band called the Aboriginals opened for them very odd but also very good! Left the show early coz the girl I was got sick. I had to make it all better later.
Man I caught them once when they first came out, what an awesome show. Some band called the Aboriginals opened for them very odd but also very good! Left the show early coz the girl I was got sick. I had to make it all better later.
Yothu Yindi was the name of the band opening for them, I'd guess.
The Oils are great live. I've been to 4 Midnight Oil concerts over the years.
Forgot to mention:
Hunters and Collectors Big Pig (anyone other than Pig Iron remember them?) Weddings, Parties, Anything Hoodoo Gurus, twice Vibes on a Summers Day, with a whole heap of famous DJs The Avalanches
Nearly saw Lenny Kravitz in Paris, but my friend balked on the price of a ticket. A few weeks later, nearly saw Garbage in Lisbon, but the same friend wanted to leave Lisbon because of girl problems. Still cross about it!
R.E.M x 3 Brian Wilson (playing Pet Sounds in order) The Smithereens x 2 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones too many times to count Guadalcanal Diary x 2 Drivin n Cryin, also Kevn Kinney solo w/Peter Buck The Monkees x 2! John Mellencamp The Indigo Girls Neil Young with Crazy Horse Ben Folds Five x 3 Cracker x 2 ZZ Top A couple of Lollapaloozas (Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys and Hole among others) Sugar x 2 or 3 Bob Mould solo acoustic x 2 They Might Be Giants x 3 U2 Suzanne Vega Some festival with Midnight Oil and Ziggy Marley The Pixies Jimmy Buffet x 2 The B-52's, on Halloween no less. Joe Jackson x 2 The Beat Farmers (probably the most ass-kickingest show I've ever seen) Billy Joel James Brown at a festival, possibly the worst thing I've ever seen The Rolling Stones, sorta (way up on a hill looking through the gaps in the stadium at Grant Field at Georgia Tech) Does The Kids In The Hall live count? Lots of local and smaller acts.
I used to work with an older guy that had a good bar band called Ben Dover and the Tennessee Tucker band, and he'd let me sit in for a few songs when I'd go see 'em. I nearly wet my pants every time just strumming along to the easiest stuff on earth in front of 20 half-interested drunks. i am a rock god.
quote:Originally posted by Sacman: Creed (twice, but the second one I went to sucked elephant balls...Stapp was drunk or sick or something)
Isn't the band being sued by some fans for just that? Stapp being too out of it to perform.
Yeah, he was sick or some crap like that. Stapp had the crowd booing him cause he kept laying down while singing and dancing around like a damn fool. Oh well, I could get my money back. Creed's poorness made Local H (who opened) look awesome.
New Kids on the Block (I kid you not!) Collective Soul Duran Duran Garth Brooks Dixie Chicks Billy Joel Koko Taylor Poi Dog Pondering Aerosmith Red Hot Chili Peppers Metallica Bon Jovi Def Leppard Peter Himmelman Faith Hill Tim McGraw George Strait Many, Many others as I used to work at an outdoor theater for 3 or 4 years...
I forgot some... Poi Dog Pondering Huey Lewis The Monkees Tom Jones
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quote:Originally posted by A Jar of Cardinals:
quote:Originally posted by Sacman: Creed (twice, but the second one I went to sucked elephant balls...Stapp was drunk or sick or something)
Isn't the band being sued by some fans for just that? Stapp being too out of it to perform.
Yeah, he was sick or some crap like that. Stapp had the crowd booing him cause he kept laying down while singing and dancing around like a damn fool. Oh well, I could get my money back. Creed's poorness made Local H (who opened) look awesome.
People fuckin sue for anything!! Jesus! THe concert sucked! Big fucking deal! And if you were stupid enough to put out 100 bucks or more for a Creed show, you've got bigger issues than anyone can help you with!!
Robert Plant/Joan jett Metallica twice Ringo Starr Joe Walsh Todd Rundgren Phish..blehhh Queensryche Kiss Pink Floyd Grateful Dead Judas priest Sarah Brightman...don't say a word
Coachella Music and Arts festival (all of them) Lallopolooza (all of them) The KROQ Almost Acoustic X-Mas (5 of them) The KROQ Weenie Roast (3 of them) Area 1 & 2 Festivals Interpol Nine Inch Nails R.E.M. The Orb Orbital The Vines Marilyn Manson Janes Addiction Johnny Marr & The Healers Freeheat (feat. Jim Reid of JAMC) Utah Saints Underworld Dee-Lite Drugstore The Cure Garbage Galaxie 500 Lush Pearl Jam Hole Nirvana Linoleum Iggy Pop The Three O' Clock The Black Crowes/Oasis Mary's Danish Mazzy Star Stabbing Westward Moby No Doubt Stone Temple Pilots Gorillaz Curve The Charlatans UK The Dandy Warhols The Chemical Bros. Depeche Mode Elastica JJ72 Nymphs Mooney Suzuki The White Stripes Bush David Bowie The Pixies The Pretenders The Psychedelic Furs Marion The Violent Femmes The Untouchables The Damned Haven Kula Shakur Travis The Ramones Supergrass Sterophonics Gene Loves Jezebel The Cardigans Saint Etienne Atari Teenage Riot Soft Cell Sonic Youth General Public A Flock of Seagulls The Go Go's The Bangles the Alarm The Bolshoi Midnight Oil Siouxsie and the Banshees The Raveonettes Doves The House of Love The Happy Mondays The Stone Roses Ladytron Hot Hot Heat Primal Scream New Order Buzzcocks Gene The Jesus and Mary Chain Paul Weller Blondie Placebo The Smiths Inland Invasion (the largest punk concert EVER) Sex Pistols Bauhaus Echo and The Bunnymen Blur Oasis Coldplay The Strokes Ash Bis The Verve B-52's U2 The Rolling Stones The Who Guns and Roses Spandau Ballet Duran Duran Morrissey Love and Rockets Smashing Pumpkins Green Day Kent Starsailor Idlewild The Libertines The Hives Ocean Colour Scene (I have the ticket stub but i'll be damned if I can remeber ever having seen them. LOL!)
awww...shit. Going to concets is ALL i pretty much do. I think i've been to well over 1000 gigs since 85, so memeory's kind of fuzzy. Name a indie,punk, alternative, or 80's band and most likely I've seen them. I've probably forgotten most of the shows I've been to as well but I go to at least 1 gig a month (since about 85 like I said). This list isn't really counting multiple times I've seen a band. JAMC, the Bunnymen, Travis and U2 probably comprise the most often attended bands I've seen.
Bruce Springsteen (4 Times) Billy Joel (6 Times) Dave Matthews (3 Times) Elton John U2 (4 Times) Aerosmith (2 Times) Tom Petty (2 Times) Van Halen Def Leppard Marc Anthony Alanis Morrisette Garbage Yanni Pearl Jam (2 Times) Bush Rod Stewart Mettalica Many Music Fests where there were tons of artists
There are more I'm sure but I can't remember them all... I wasn't exactly sober at these things.
I'm going to have to cheat here because there's no way I'm going to remeber all the concerts I've been to. Mainly because I spent my early 20's going to several concerts a year and the cool thing about that was I was seeing a lot of the big name Christian artists when they were playing smaller venues/opening acts so I got to see a lot of concerts/groups cheaper than their newer fans have. hehehe You probably haven't heard of most of these because they're Christian artists, but I have gone to 2 mainstream concerts. I'll only say one of them though because I refuse to say what the other one was.
For the most part this is in the order that I saw them:
Amy Grant Madonna Petra Petra/Mike Singletary (guest speaker) DC Talk/Newsboys Michael W. Smith/Dc Talk (opened for MWS) the Choir and the Throes with John Austin Young Messiah Tour ('93) DC Talk/Audio Adrenaline (opened for DCT) Newsboys and Audio Adrenaline (Audio A opened) 77's Dakoda Motor Company/Johnny Q. Public/Hoi Pplloi Crashdog and Strongarm DC Talk/Christifari (opened for DCT) Michael W. Smith/Jars of Clay/Three Crosses MXPX and Blenderhead DC Talk World Fest II (saw most of the performers including Rich Mullins, who died a year later) Micheal W. Smith and DC Talk were headliners that year Jars of Clay/Sarah John (she opened) Jars of Clay/Plumb (the band not singer) Audio Adrenaline/the Supertones (the Supertones opened and were great, lots of engery) Worldfest 4 featuring the E.R.A.C.E. tour. (I have some great pictures of that day) DC Talk/Jennifer Knapp and the W's (I went to the Dr that morning and found out I had mono and toncilitis, I still went to the concert) the Waiting/Chasing Furies (Chasing Furies opened) Michael W. Smith/Tait Band (Micael Tait of DC Talk for his solo project) DC Talk/Toby Mac/Kevin Max/Tait (they did what Kiss did when they released solo albums toured as a group supporting/promoting each other and their albums)
I've also been to a metal/thrash fest don't remember the name of it though. It was 6 hours/6 bands of way too loud music for too small a venue (for the volume that is). They had the volume on the mics too low so you couldn't hear the singers. I will never do that again, I know I damaged my hearing that day.
I'm sure I've forgotten a concert or 2 along the line.
As to what I've seen, far to many to list. Most of the classic rock acts (rock, not pop), southern rock, and the heavy metal acts from the late 70's - late 90's. Haven't been to as many "big" shows in the last 6 years. Excessive crowd control takes the fun out. Hit the club circuit acts for bands I really want to see live.
Here's a sampling, some highlights/memorable moments:
Eric Clapton & Friends (Muddy Watters/Delaney & Bonnie). 1st concert, only $6.50 at Capital Center.
Stones - 12 times, every tour since '81. Nobody does it better.
New Barbarians - basically the Stones w/o Mick. Tour was a result of Keith's herion bust in Canada.
BOC - 30-40 times (one loses count), got lots of autographs, picks, sticks & other cherished mementoes.
BOC/Black Sabbath - Black & Blue tour (twice), wanted to see each as the headliner. Both rocked. Seen Sabbath a few other times w/Dio, never w/OZZY.
OZZY solo - 3 times. Was standing in line for tickets in DC when the plane crashed into the bridge. This is the crash that got Howard Stern in trouble when he cracked a joke.
Motorhead - at a bar in Balt, MD called Coast to Coast. Met Lemmy & Philthy, got autographs, picks & sticks, shared beers. Cool guys. (Robbo hid out backstage). They wouldn't stop playing after last call. Bar manager pulled the plug, Lemmy bitched & said he'd like to continue, but.....mgmt ran us out anyway. About started a riot, manic fans throwing beer bottles at the bar (from the parking lot). Many cops later, everyone went home. Seen 'em several times, but this was the best.
Juice Newton - at Kings Dominion, my oddest concert. She looked cute in the cut-offs & cowboy boots though.
Jerry Lee Lewis - at Charleston racetrack (horses, West VA.)
Lou Reed - Warner theater, got picks
Adrian Belew (the Bears) - 9:30 club, got picks
Stevie Ray Vaughan - at DAR Hall, Couldn't Stand the Weather tour.
Judas Priest - many times, 1st was at a bar in VA called the Place Where Louie Dwells/Louie's Rock City. I think it was the Hell Bent for Leather tour.
Iron Maiden - many times, the two tours opening for Priest were classic.
Neil Young - JMU campus, during his "rockabilly phase". Seen him 6 or 7 other times.
Jimmy Buffett - 5 or 6 times. Music sucks, but cool parking lot parties. Makes the girls horny, go figure.
George Thorogood - quite a few times, always a good party.
UFO with AC/DC - Micheal Schenker's unbelievable & we all know AC boogies down.
Aerosmith - Rocks tour. Totally sucked, unfortunately. Tyler was wasted, sound was distorted.
Rush - 3 times, late 70's - early 80's.
Nugent - several times, always throws a good party.
Sammy Hagar (pre-Halen) - several times. The Red Rocker always throws a good party too.
Journey/Sammy Hagar/Tubes/John Cougar/Bryan Adams @ JFK - strangest line up I ever saw. Sammy blew 'em all away of course.
Van Halen - Fair Warning tour (best album IMO) and a couple times with Sammy.
Lia Ford - a bar in VA called Jaxx. What a hottie. Good guitar player too.
None . I have to be up for work by 3:00 every morning, and I really don't like calling off or taking vacation days, so things like concerts and sports events are usually a miss for me.
quote:Originally posted by Stupid Dogg: None . I have to be up for work by 3:00 every morning, and I really don't like calling off or taking vacation days, so things like concerts and sports events are usually a miss for me.
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. I have to be up for work by 3:00 every morning, and I really don't like calling off or taking vacation days, so things like concerts and sports events are usually a miss for me.