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I think there was a post on this a wile back, but I couldn't find it.

I was wondering what bands you guys have seen live? I love music and concerts. They are so exhilarating. Here is my short list.


1.   The Living End                           Awesome                                             2001
2.   Hatebreed                                Okay                                                   2004
3.   Green Day                                OMG AWESOME!!!!                                 2001
4.   Slayer                                     Cool                                                    2004
5.   Judas priest                              Way Cool                                             2004
6.   Hinder X2                                 Shitty                                                 2007 & 2009
7.   Chevelle                                   Not as shitty                                        2007
8.   Three Days Grace                      Way cool                                             2007
9.   Nickleback X2                            Way cool                                            2007 & 2009
10.   The Mars Volta                          Damn good show, but very phsycodelic    2007
11.   Red Hot Chili Peppers                  Do I really even need to say?  AWESOME! 2007
12.   Alice Cooper                              Not as good as I thought,                      2007
13.   Fireball Ministry                          Pretty cool                                          2007
14.   Kirkwood-Dellenger (Hung out)      Alright                                                2008
15.   The Meat Puppets (Met)              Damn cool                                           2008
16.   Motley Crue                               LOTS AND LOTS OF BOOBIES                 2008
17.   Papa Roach X2                           WOW!!!  AWESOME                              2008 & 2009
18.   Buckcherry                                YEP!!! Pretty cool                                 2008
19.   sixx AM (met DJ Ashba)               Cool                                                   2008
20.   Trapt                                       Not so cool                                          2009
21.   Broke City                                 SO SO                                                2009
22.   Mury                                        Pretty good                                         2009
23.   Street Dogs  (Met three of them)  AMAZING!!                                          2009
24.   Billy Boy On Poison                      These guys are crazy. AWESOME!!!!        2009
25.    Single File                                 Alright                                                2009
26.   Madina Lake (Met the lead singer) VERY ENERGETIC!!! Damn good music       2009
27.   Escape The Fate                        Not a fan, but alright                            2009
28.   Airborne Toxic Event                   Cool                                                  2009
29.   Alkaline Trio                               Pretty cool                                         2009
30.   Red Jumpsuit Apparatus               Cooler                                               2009
31.   Unwritten Law                            WAY COOL!!!                                      2009
32.   The Offspring   X2                      THE F*ING OFFSPRING!!!! AWESOME!!!    2009 & 2010
33.    Saving Able                               Blah                                                  2009
34.    Crash Kings                               Pretty cool                                         2010
35.    JET  (Hung out with)                   Hell'a cool                                          2010
36.    Pepper                                     Waist of time                                      2010
37.    311                                         Wont waist my time again                     2010
38.    Incubus                                    Beyond amazing                                  2009
39.    the Duke Spirit                           Pretty cool                                        2009
40.    Rush                                        WOW!!!! Exceptional                            2010

mostly of them I have worked on stage:
-Yes
-Metallica
-Sting
-Sheryl Crow
-Collective Soul
-Oasis
-Ruben Blades
-Mana
-Alanis Morrisette
-Cristina Aguliera
-Five
-Kiss
-Motorhead
-Kool and the Gang
-El Reencuentro de Menudo
-La Union
-David Copperfield ( well I know is not music, but nice to work with him )
-Ricky Martin
-Alejandro Sanz
-Joan Manuel Serrat
-Fito Paez
-Willie Colion
-Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
-Amigos Invisibles
-Los Pericos
-Juan Gabriel
-Gilberto Santa Rosa
-Os Paralamas Do Succeso
-Simon Diaz
-Ana Gabriel
-Ricardo Montaner


Ok I can't remember... lot of local artist. I'm sure more international artists too

Here are the well known one's I can remember, in no particular order of awesomeness (some I've seen multilple times):

"Classic" Guns N' Roses
Metallica (5)
AC/DC (2)
U2 (2)
Judas Priest
Anthrax* (2)
Megadeth
Motley Crue (5-6)
Poison
Cinderella
Faster Pussycat
Slaughter*
Sex Pistols
NIN
Aerosmith
Kid Rock*
Korn
Limp Bizkit*
Rob Zombie
Godsmack*
Rage Against the Machine*
Marylin Manson
Hole*
Caifanes (Nacho might know who they are/were)
Steel Panther (many times)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Im probably forgetting a couple...

I don't go any more (people texting and talking during any performance is annoying) but long ago, back in the day...

-James Taylor
-CSN&Y
-Dire Straights
-Andres Segovia
-Loggins & Messina
-Dan Fogelberg
-Neil Diamond
-Stanley Jorden
-Linda Ronstadt

I'll add more as my addled brain remembers.... :rofl:

Dan

DISTURBED- #1 Band
Sevendust
Skindred
Bleeding Through
H.I.M

B.T.O. / Bachman Turner Overdrive = Around 11 times over the years.
The Guess Who = 1 time
E.L.O. / Electric Light Orchestra = 1 time

Charlie Daniels
Fleetwood Mac
Black Sabbath
Def Leppard (3X)
Billy Sqiuer
Blue Oyster Cult
Sting
John Cougar
U2 (2X)
Van Halen (3X)
Sammy Hagar
Pat Benatar (3X)
Michael McDonald
Paul McCartney
John Cougar
Boston
TKA
Zebra
Eddie Money (4X)
Heart (2X)
Pink Floyd
Cure
Outfield
Blues Brothers
ABC
Psychedelic Furs (3X)
Billy Idol
Pretenders
ZZ Top
Blondie
Journey
Human League
Kiss
Devo
Hall & Oates
Billy Joel
J Geils Band
Twisted Sister
REO Speedwagon
Survivor
Faith No More
Stray Cats
Stevie Nicks
Sugar Ray
ABC
Berlin
Wang Chung
Lisa Lisa
Expose
Cover Girls
Stevie B
Shannon
Eddie Money
Ratt
Joan Jett
Missing persons
Foreigner
Roger Daltry
Chaka Khan
Chris Botti
Cheap Trick
Aerosmith
Going to Jack's 5th show-Sweet, Steve Miller, Fixx, Cult, Skid Row, Night Ranger, English Beat

I'd have to say Aerosmith and ZZ top sounded the best!

I will just list my top couple favorites as my list is long.


1. KISS- They still put on a heck of a show.

2. Garth Brooks- This man played for three hours.  Second only to a KISS show.

3. Rascal Flatts-  These guys are great in concert.

4. Michael Buble- A terrific pure sounding voice.

5. Scorpions- My very first concert. They were great.

This is from Last night here in Utah, sorry about the sound.
The Offspring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVn2_2fTOE
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h4/Jeremymacdonald/Bands/Picture080.jpg)
The Street Dogs
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h4/Jeremymacdonald/Bands/Picture003-1.jpg)
Me with the Street Dogs
(http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h4/Jeremymacdonald/Bands/Picture032.jpg)

Here's my list. Not bad for a 16 year old. In no particular order :cheers:


1. Metallica
2. Iron Maiden
3. Van Halen
4. Ozzy Osbourne
5. Rob Zombie
6. Aerosmith
7. Motley Crue
8. Judas Priest
9. Queen
10. Bad Company
11. Testament (met the singer and bass player)
12. April Wine
13. Lamb Of God
14. Trooper
15. 38 Special
16. Molly Hatchet

Got floor tickets to AC/DC this summer :2thumbs: I've also seen local bands various times.

Quote from: Ponch ® on May 30, 2009, 11:09:40 AM

Caifanes (Nacho might know who they are/were)

Estoy tan enamoraadooo
de la neeegra Tomaaaasaa
que cuando se va de caaaasaa
que triste me pooongooooo

Power Station (right after Robert Palmer left-my first concert)
Randy Travis
Alan Jackson
Brooks and Dunn
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Eagles
Def Leppard
Bon Jovi
AC\DC
Keith Urban
Brad Paisley
Sugarland
Styx
Little Big Town
Jake Owen
ZZ Top
Deep Purple
Ted Nugent
Doobie Brothers
38 Special
Eric Clapton

EDIT: I remembered Neil Diamond, Steve Winwood and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

There have been some others, but this is all I can remember at this moment.

Shit... lets see here :scratchchin:
Metallica (Seeing them again in Oct.)
Tool (in July)
Godsmack
Slayer
Alestorm
Tyr
Amon Amarth (x2)
Decapitated
Skeletonwitch
Goatwhore
Dark Autumn
Carcass
Suffocation
Obituary (in Oct)
Warbringer(in Oct)
1349
Nile
Daath
Lazarus A.D.
Rotten Sound
Judas Priest
Ozzy
Sabbath
Lordi
Disturbed
Lamb of God (x2)
Hatebreed (x2)
Static X
Black Label Society (x3)
3 Inches of Blood
Superjoint Ritual
Dimmu Borgir
Slipknot
Behemoth
Chevelle
Korn
Marilyn Manson
Cradle of Filth

Thats all I can think of at the moment

ZZTop(3x)
Ted Nugent (4x)
Heart
Deep Purple
Head East
Black Oak Arkanas
Montrose
Emerson Lake &Palmer
Styx
Nazarth(2x)
FogHat
BonJovi
Eddy Money
REO Speedwagon
Rush
Little Feat
Tom Petty
Billy Joel
George Througood
probably more, just can't think of any. Memory is a little foggy... lol

Bruce & the E Street Band - I stopped counting after 20+ concerts....

Never been to watch popular bands perform.
I saw some reggae bands jamming,  long ago when I was still young and thoughtless  :smoke:

CB

megadeth
corosion of conformity
howling maggie           
dokken         
slaughter (twice)             
poison           
greenday
Goo Goo dolls     

Bet I'm the only one on here who's seen both napalm death and the spice girls  :icon_smile_big: not on the same bill though  :icon_smile_blackeye: here goes, in order of remembering, not incluing tribute acts or bands who never released anything..and probably forgetting loads (this is gonna fill my dinner hour at work  :popcrn: )

motorhead x13
ac/dc x2
rolling stones
the answer x6
wildhearts x5
meatloaf
iron maiden x3
stiff little fingers x5
tokyo dragons x9
queens of the stone age x2
the almighty x7
ramones x2
nirvana
soundgarden x2
tad
the fluid
mudhoney x2
oasis
joe bonamassa
spice girls  :eek2:
morbid angel
napalm death
anthrax
metallica
boltthrower
carcass
sepultura
nimmo brothers x dunno,loads of times
ainsley lister x dunno
wilko johnson x2
ginger x5
laika dog x2
eureka macines x5
feeder
the subways
george thorogood x3
wonderstuff
faith no more x2
primus
the godfathers
xentrix x2
wolfsbane x3
robin trower
quireboys x2
little angels
ocean colour scene
rose hill drive x3
supersuckers x5
nashville pussy
rollins band
imelda may
stray cats
reverend horton heat x2
roadstar
airbourne x2
terrorvision
saxon x3
doro pesch
the cramps
pixies
inspiral carpets
buzzcocks
jet
goldblade
misfits
the cult
young heart attack x3
swervedriver
boo radleys
mooney suzuki x2
the datsuns x5
hellacopters x3
black keys x2
dan auerbach
danko jones
monster magnet
orange goblin
gluecifer
cj and the satellites
whitesnake x2
paulo nutini
scaramanga six
fields of the nephilim
mary my hope
warner e hodges
johnny winter
zz top
prong
girlschool
john fogerty
buckcherry
backyard babies
winnebago deal x2
glitterati
new york dolls
dread zeppelin
towers of london
in flames
3 inches of blood
fightstar
steve harley
the men they couldn't hang
wolfmother
dirtbombs
80s matchbox b line disaster
steve vai
stone gods x2
clutch
the darkness
micheal schenker
living colour x2
kings X
ramones x2


some of them might be a bit obscure, lol

Wow,   that is a ton of bands. I am working on my list. I didn't out the country bands I have seen, because I don't like country. I also didn't unknown's.

Reba McEntire <She put on one hell of a show!>
Kenny Rogers
Neil Diamond
Genesis - Late 70's with Phil Collins
Alabama

I've been holding off on this one because the list is kinda long. Here goes:

In no particular order:

Queen x2
ELO
Billy Squier
Boston
Rush
Clapton x6
Cream
Ted Nugent x3
ZZ Top
Outlaws
Chicago x4
Southside Johhny x10
John Mellencamp x6
Blondie (front row, backstage passes)
Jefferson Starship
Jayhawks x5
Steve Miller x2
The Guess Who
Eric Burdon
38 Special x4
Lynyrd Skynyrd x2
Styx x5
REO Speedwagon x3
Def Leppard
AC/DC
Kiss x4
Steve Winwood (with Clapton)
Stevie Ray Vaughn
George Throrogood
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Billy Joel
Bob Seger
Jimmy Buffett x8
Rolling Stones
The Pretenders
Bruce Springsteen
Barenaked Ladies
Joe Cocker
Kansas
The Who x2
Cheap Trick
Aerosmith x2
Robert Cray
The Wallflowers
Golden Smog
Allman Brothers
Journey
Alice Cooper x2
Charlie Daniels
Huey Lewis
Sarah Mclachlan
Paula Cole
Farrenheit
Jonatha Brooke
Joe Jackson x3
Marillion
Asia
Warren Zevon
Steely Dan
Earth Wind and Fire (we had 2nd row, after 1st song Deb leans over and asks me which one is Kool  :D)
Lucinda Williams
Eddie from Ohio
The Fools
Foghat
Blackfoot
Los Lobos (dinner with th eband prior to the show thanks to local radio station)
Ani Difranco
Alanis Morisette
Richard Thompson
The Cars
Sugarland
Garth Brooks
Martina McBride (my ex was a country music fan)
Robert Plant

This summer:

Offspring
.38 Special
CCR Revisited
Outlaws
Southside Johnny
The Fools
Jimmy Buffett
Chicago
Farrenheit

That's all I can recall right now.

NH,

The Offspring kicks ass. Are the Street Dogs going to be with them when you see them? If so, check them out.

This summer I hope to catch;
Goldfinger
Green Day (maybe twice if I decide to Denver too)
The All-American Rejects
Bassnectar
the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus (again)
the Spill Canvas
Single File (again)
Meese
Incubus

Plus,  I am working the Nickelback, Papa Roach, Saving Able, and Hinder show in August.

C,

No idea who is opening for Offspring but I am looking forward to the show.  :2thumbs:

The Doors
Alice Cooper
Uriah Heep

Dates me doesn't it?

Hmmm... Metallica, U2 (a few times in the 80's), Van Halen, Scorpions, Guns N Roses (over 20 times since 1987), George Thorogood (hey it was free), AC/DC, Kid Rock and Brian Adams.

I'm sure I'm missing a couple, but they'll come back to me......

old Van Halen
Sammy Haggar 2x
Iron Maiden
Fastway
Cheap Trick
Billy Squire
Def Leopard
Quarterflash
Saxon

can't remember a few more, this was a long time ago, haven't been to concert in years

   I would go see rush, tom petty, fleetwood mac

i really wanted to see DMB @ fenway last week but i was on my senior trip in NJ so i didn't get to...but its all good :2thumbs:

Considering I was in a band in the 70's I rarely went to any concerts.
This is all I can remember.
New York Dolls.
Aerosmith- Get Your Wings tour. 1974
Heart- the original line up.
Allman Brothers
The Joe Perry Project- in a bar in Boston after he quit Aerosmith.
Three Dog Night -my wife made me go.
Sammy Kershaw- country- he sucked.

John. Uriah Heep was awesome. My band use to cover several of their songs. Easy Living, Stealing. :METAL:

My first concert was in 1977 & I "KNOW" I am going to forget a few, but here goes from memory. Some I have seen many times, but some I have seen only once. I can't even count or name many of the local, or bar bands I've seen.

Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (and Emerson, Lake, & Powell) - 4 or 5x
Yes - 4x
Santana - 2x
Jethro Tull - 3x
George Thorogood - 5 or 6x
Pink Floyd (with & without Roger Waters) - 5 or 6x
Genesis - 2x
Peter Gabriel - 5x
Steve Hackett (guitarist of Genesis) - 3x
Cheap Trick
U.K.
Gentle Giant
Ray Charles
Jerry Lee Lewis
Spyro Gyra
Steppenwolf - 3 or 4x
Robin Trower - 3x
Roy Buchannon - 2x
John Lee Hooker
Toni Iommi (solo from Black Sabbath)
Dave Edmunds
Brian Setzer
Steve Cropper
Dickie Betts
Neal Schon
Link Wray
Yngvey Malmsteen
The Cult
Allman Brothers
Outlaws
Molly Hatchett
Marshall Tucker Band
Boston
Todd Rundgren
Lonnie Mack
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 8 or 9x
Jimmy Vaughan - (also with Stevie Ray Vaughan)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Satan & Adam
Savoy Brown - 3 or 4x
King Crimson - 21 or 22x
The Police
David Sanborn - 3x
David Sancious - 2x
David Gilmour (solo from Pink Floyd) - 3x
Roger Waters (solo from Pink Floyd) - 3x
Van Morrison (total fucking waste of time & money)
Johnny Clyde Copeland - 3x
Popa Chubby - 13 or 14x
Hiroshima
Harvey Reid - 3x
Preston Reed - 2x
Michael Hedges - 2x
Return to Forever (Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia, Jon Luc Ponty) - 2x
Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford (keyboardist of Moody Blues & drummer of Yes)
Stanley Jordan - 2x
Steve Carlton (guitarist of Steely Dan) - 3x
Elvin Bishop
NIN - 5x
Medeski, Martin, & Wood
Pat Metheny - 3 or 4x
Supertramp
The Kinks - 3x
Queen - 3x
Tangerine Dream
Jack Bruce - 7 or 8x (once with Eric Clapton)
Jeff Weider's Percolator Project
League of Crafty Guitarists (Robert Fripp of King Crimson)
Hot Tuna - 4 or 5x
David Bromberg - 4 or 5x
Allan Holdsworth's I.O.U.
The Strawbs
Brewer & Shipley
Leslie West (from Mountain) 2x
Johnny Winter
Edgar Winter 3x
B.B. King
Taj Mahal - 3 or 4x
Deep Purple - 3x
Buddy Guy - 2x
John Hammond - 3x
Dr. John
Jeff Beck - 2x
Willie Dixon
John Mayall
Twisted Sister
U2
Rod Stewart
Queens of the Stone Age
Death From Above 1979
Bauhuas
Saul Williams
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Zebra
The Nighthawks
The Dreggs (with Steve Morse)
The Steve Morse Band
Annie Haslam (from Renaissance)
Poco
David Grisman - 2x
Allison Krauss
Bill Monroe
Peter Rowan
Pete Seeger
Tony Rice
Little Sammy Davis
Jeff Healey
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - 4 or 5x
Johnny "Guitar" Hughes
Treat Her Right
Joe Ely
Joe Walsh
Living Colour
James Cotton
Bill Frisell - 2x
Whitesnake (Ian Paice, Jon Lord, David Coverdale) - Just remembered.....lol
Kip Hanrahan (With Jack Bruce)
David Torn (Once with Bill Bruford, Tony Levin & Chris Botti) - 3x
Imelda May
311
Sublime With Rome
Nevermind (With John Medeski from Medeski, Martin & Wood)
Chris Botti
Steely Dan
Frank Vignola
Chicago
Stickmen (Tony Levin & Pat Mastelotto from King Crimson) - 3x
The Crash Kings
Stone Temple Pilots
Cake
Deftones
DIIV
How To Destroy Angels (Trent Reznor's other band besides Nine Inch Nails)
Tower of Power
War 2x
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Most of you will hate it....LOL)
Ginger Baker (Finally !!)
Julie Slick
We Used To Cut The Grass
Dylan Doyle Band
Terry Bozzio
Adrian Belew's Power Trio (Singer & guitarist from King Crimson) - 2x
Adrian Belew & Friends with Tony Levin, Trey Gunn, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Julie Slick & Johnny Luca
The Golden Grass
Alice In Chains
Maximum The Hormone
Der En Grey
Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy - 2x
London Souls
Lettuce
Steve Wilson (From Porcupine Tree) - 2x
Al DiMeola - 2x
Brand X - 6x
Iron Butterfly
Ten Years After
Buckethead
Slam Allen - 4x (Once with James Cotton)
Canned Heat - 2x (Once with John Sebastian)
Dick Dale
The Levin Brothers (Tony Levin of King Crimson & Peter Levin)
Vapors of Morphine - 3x
Rick Wakeman
Jon Anderson - 2x
Micky Dolenz
Felix Cavaliere (From the Rascals)
Jerry Marotta - 2x (Drummer from Peter Gabriel's band)
John Scofield
Mike Stern (Guitarist with Miles Davis)
Kofi Baker (Ginger Baker's son)

(Okay, my hair hurts now & I can't think of anymore......lol)

wow, that's a lot of great bands, I  would have liked to see a lot of those classic rock bands too, supertramp, boston, pink floyd  and  yes, white snake, , the cult, the police,

Quote from: Nacho-RT74 on May 30, 2009, 03:09:54 PM

Quote from: Ponch ® on May 30, 2009, 11:09:40 AM

Caifanes (Nacho might know who they are/were)

Estoy tan enamoraadooo
de la neeegra Tomaaaasaa
que cuando se va de caaaasaa
que triste me pooongooooo

:2thumbs:

BTW - just got my Heaven and Hell w/ Coheed and Cambria tickets.  :musik010: :punkrocka:

Quote from: Ponch ® on June 01, 2009, 01:27:47 PM

Quote from: Nacho-RT74 on May 30, 2009, 03:09:54 PM

Quote from: Ponch ® on May 30, 2009, 11:09:40 AM

Caifanes (Nacho might know who they are/were)

Estoy tan enamoraadooo
de la neeegra Tomaaaasaa
que cuando se va de caaaasaa
que triste me pooongooooo

:2thumbs:

BTW - just got my Heaven and Hell w/ Coheed and Cambria tickets.  :musik010: :punkrocka:

DIO  :drool5: :drool5: :drool5:            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLOzKtSuPBE

Quote from: moparstuart on June 01, 2009, 03:04:17 PM

Quote from: Ponch ® on June 01, 2009, 01:27:47 PM

Quote from: Nacho-RT74 on May 30, 2009, 03:09:54 PM

Quote from: Ponch ® on May 30, 2009, 11:09:40 AM

Caifanes (Nacho might know who they are/were)

Estoy tan enamoraadooo
de la neeegra Tomaaaasaa
que cuando se va de caaaasaa
que triste me pooongooooo

:2thumbs:

BTW - just got my Heaven and Hell w/ Coheed and Cambria tickets.  :musik010: :punkrocka:

DIO  :drool5: :drool5: :drool5:            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLOzKtSuPBE

I'm one of the minority who are considered heretics because I think that a) Sabbath was better w/ Dio and b) Ozzy was better as a "solo" artist.

And Coheed and Cambria is my favorite current band...

Showing my age on this one:

Big Brother and the Holding Company (Janis Joplin). Saw them before they made it big at a place called Grandmothers in East Lansing, Michigan.
Beach Boys
Frank Sinatra
Jimmy Buffett

man moparz...what a list...i'd love to see Thorogood someday

Quote from: Ponch ® on June 01, 2009, 03:35:20 PM
I'm one of the minority who are considered heretics because I think that a) Sabbath was better w/ Dio and b) Ozzy was better as a "solo" artist.

:iagree: :iagree:
I would rather hear Sabbath with Dio any day of the week. Dio just fits the whole theme(for lack of a better word) of Sabbath so much better. Ive seen Sabbath with Ozzy when they got back together and played Ozzfest a few years back. It was a good show but man Ozzy should just stick with doing his solo stuff.

well ive been to all kinda of different shows, last few years ive seen alot of country shows. ill try to remember as many as i can. these are in no perticulat order.

brad paisley x3
keith urban x2
eric church
the wreckers
kenny chesneyx3
grechen wilsonx2
carrie underwood
leeann rymes
big and rich
billy currington
blake shelton
dirks bentley
pat green
kellie pickler
tons more country i just cant think of em right now
mariah carey
toolx2
a perfect circle
zz top
god smack
kid rock
dovetail joint
i know theres alot more but im comming up blank lol

Quote from: Foreman72 on June 01, 2009, 04:32:24 PM
man moparz...what a list...i'd love to see Thorogood someday

He's playing the Casino in Hampton beach this summer.

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on June 04, 2009, 07:55:58 PM

Quote from: Foreman72 on June 01, 2009, 04:32:24 PM
man moparz...what a list...i'd love to see Thorogood someday

He's playing the Casino in Hampton beach this summer.

no way...man you got a date for that?

Quote from: Foreman72 on June 04, 2009, 07:59:16 PM

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on June 04, 2009, 07:55:58 PM

Quote from: Foreman72 on June 01, 2009, 04:32:24 PM
man moparz...what a list...i'd love to see Thorogood someday

He's playing the Casino in Hampton beach this summer.

no way...man you got a date for that?

August 11 & 12

HAHAHA...my 18th is the 11th :lol:

Let's if I remember 'em all:

Teenage Head (X2)
Rush (X4)
Neil Young and the Bluenotes
Neil Diamond
Colin James (X2)
The Spice Girls (had to take my daughter)
Britney Spears (ditto)
Stevie Ray Vaughan (X2)
Downchild Blues Band (now known as just plain old Downchild - think, "Hip, Hop, Fly!")
Joe Cocker
B.B. King (X3)
Buddy Guy
Tragically Hip (X2)
Then there was that band that played at Crystal Beach one year and no one can remember who it was but we just HAD to be there.  :lol:
That a capella band that did The Lion Sleeps tonight... (Free concert in a park.)

..and I'm sure there's more that I just can't remember. Pretty sad list for a 43 year old, but I was never too big on going to concerts.


Edit: I just started reading back through the thread and saw another..

George Thorogood (X2)

Jeez, It used to be I didn't need the hint to remember stuff.

Roger Hodgson - formerly of Supertramp (X2 - once with his duo and once with a full orchestra)

Then there was the Ronnie Hawkins living tribute concert: (from http://www.jazzreview.com/article/review-4943.html)
"There was a tribute concert held in Ronnie Hawkins' honor at Massey Hall in Oct. 2002, when it was felt that Ronnie had only three months to live. That night some of the best came out to entertain Ronnie and his wife of 40 years, Wanda seated front row center. Some of these special individuals in music included singer Kris Kristofferson, Kelly Jay (Crowbar), Levon Helm and Garth Hudson of The Band .. and Maud Hudson singing "Days Gone By" for Ronnie.

Guitarist Buzz Thompson and blues harp players Jerome Godboo and Roly Platt were also part of the star-studded lineup that night, as were guitar virtuosos Domenic Troiano and Jeff Healey. Doug Inglis was playing drums simultaneously with Levon Helm, who was on a separate drum kit. Also part of the entertainment were The Weber Brothers, as well as The Partland Brothers; David Wilcox and Goddo founder Greg Godovitz on scorching lead guitar riffs and some vocals - with backup singers B.J. Cook, Patti Jannetta and Shawn Jackson helping pay tribute to The Hawk the best way they knew - in song!

Bill Clinton himself, a dedicated Hawkins fan and longtime friend, also appeared -- on two huge TV's perched above the Massey Hall stage that night of Oct. 4th, 2002 to say hello to his good friend Ronnie, in what seemed like a 'farewell to a beloved friend'. Clinton's optimistic and friendly manner in his prerecorded video message to Hawkins that night, seemed very inspirational to this writer. Clinton awed the crowd in attendance, who showed reverence, respect and appreciation for Clinton's heartfelt appearance to say "Hi" to his old friend, Ronnie Hawkins. Another special guest via the same TV monitors, included famed music producer and former Hawk, David Foster, as well as guitarist Domenic Troiano -- even though Dom also appeared on stage this night, as part of the talent roster.

Most in attendance that night in Oct. 2002, felt that Ronnie's days were numbered -- literally. Even the doctors' prognosis gave The Hawk only two or three months to live. Anne Pick's Still Alive & Kickin' documentary was scheduled to be a two-parter -- with the first half featuring The Hawk as he was alive -- then part two, as the events unfolded after he passed away.

Ronnie fooled 'em all by hanging on and making a full recovery to the effervescent and lively character we all know and love to this day. Even this writer's first excursion into Goldmine Magazine, with the Ronnie Hawkins Oct. 4, 2002 Tribute Concert review, was bumped ahead to a Jan. 10, 2003 publishing date (and Ronnie's 68th birthday) in the annual Elvis cover issue - thanks to the kind understanding of then-Goldmine-editor Greg Loescher. It was felt that a February or March 2003 publishing date for my concert review might find Hawkins either too weak or near death to be cheered up by this review.

The fact that Hawkins survived all this stuff, like a rockabilly cat with at least nine lives we know of (and maybe more he's not talking about), makes this night at Massey Hall, December 17, 2005, that much more special! Here's a living miracle in progress, entertaining his friends and fans three years after he was supposed to be as dead as Elvis is purported to be .. but the Hawk's not gone yet! Ronnie's still rockin' and rollin' as good as ever -- like he's swallowed a 'proton energy pill' given to him by 1960s cartoon superhero Roger Ramjet. Maybe a little help from Rompin' Ronnie's 'energy healer' Adam, might have done the trick too, helping in Ronnie's recovery. Or as Ronnie puts it, "With a little help from the 'Big Rocker' in the sky!""

QuoteThe Offspring                    THE F*ING OFFSPRING!!!!  Come on. OMG AWESOME!!!!!

just got tickets..so you can add them to my list after 26 aug...they're quite good then are they?  :lol:

Quote from: Jon Smith on June 05, 2009, 07:35:47 AM

QuoteThe Offspring                    THE F*ING OFFSPRING!!!!  Come on. OMG AWESOME!!!!!

just got tickets..so you can add them to my list after 26 aug...they're quite good then are they?  :lol:

They are awesome.  Here is a little tidbit I took with my camera. Sorry about the sound quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElVn2_2fTOE

1st concert, Nine Inch Nails (downward spiral) + Pop Will Eat Itself
- NIN was awesome.  It was open floor and I was on the railing most of the time, so the 'fighting off anyone trying to shove themselves in front of me' equivelant of front row seats.  PWEI was ok, too. 

2nd concert, Queensryche (Promised Land) + Type O Negative (blooty kisses)
- Best concert I've ever been to, hands down.  Queensryche was freaking amazing.  As was type o negative.  Again, open floor, right up at the front.

cheap trick
- It was an outdoor festival way past their "big" years, and they did pretty good.

Queensryche (hear in the now frontier)
- Terrible.  I don't know what happened between promised land and this one, but they stunk.  Plus I had nosebleed seats...

Smashing Pumpkins (inf. sadness) + Garbage (Garbage)
- Awesome.  Both bands were amazing.  I had nosebleed seats again, though :(  But the concert was amazing!

Bush + Goo Goo Dolls + No Doubt
- Blegh.  Worst concert ever.  No doubt was the only one that performed with any apparent talent (which was odd since - at the time - I liked the albums from the other two much better), and bush finished off with - since it was valentine's day - the most horrific rendition of "this one goes out to the one I love" (orig. REM) I've ever heard.  Few horrible remakes ever approach the maiming that song took that night.

Counting Crows (recovering the satellites) + Fiona Apple
- Fiona apple was pretty atrocious, but Counting Crows were great. 

Tori Amos (Choirgirl, LR)
- Pretty good concert.  She did well, but my seats weren't very good.

Third Eye Blind (Blue)
- Terrible seats, terrible sound guy...  The concert was good other than that, which is actually pretty good overall, but the sound guy had enough issues to be distracting...

Barenaked Ladies
- Great show! :)  Lots of fun.

Tori Amos (Venus, Dallas)
- AWESOME concert, TERRIBLE pre-concert experience.  I almost got kicked out.  My wife and I paid like $300 total for near-front-row tickets.  The "really good" seats were all in folding chairs in the 'pit' of the arena, and the organizers screwed up - they were 2 seats short in row 3 (our row).  So there were 22 seats, and there were supposed to be 24.  We were supposed to be in seats 11 and 12, which were supposed to be the two seats on the left of the middle aisle.  So we sat down on the two seats to the left of the middle ailse (not knowing, at the time, that those were seats 10 and 11 because of the messup).  Not long after the row was nearly full of people, and someone who had seat 10 said we were in his seat.  We showed him our tickets, he showed us his, we couldn't come to an agreement, so he went to get an usher/bouncer.  When he started checking, he realized that the row was screwed up (people on the other side were arguing over which seat was which, too), we watched him escort one guy from the other side up to the main seats (WAY back) and never come back, so when he came back and asked us to get up, we told him we would get up when he showed us seats - in THIS row - we could sit in, and until then we would remain firmly seated.  He said he would find us satisfactory seats or get us a refund, I told him that would NOT be acceptable given that we didn't pay retail for the tickets.  He started getting mad and got a manager or something over telling us to move, but again, since this was THEIR screw-up, we refused to do so until he could point to vacant seats in row 3 we could move to.  The manager and bouncer went off and had some sort of animated discussion, and apparently came to some agreement, left, got another chair, put it in the aisle on the other side, and gave it to the first guy waiting for a seat.  Apparently he didn't want to deal with us -which is fine by me.  All this time, the first guy they took out of the row on the other side never came back, so apparently he just lost his seat...  So all things considered I'm glad we stood our ground, even though I was scared they were going to just outright kick us out! :)
Anyway, the concert itself was amazing.  She did a cover of the cure's lovesong that was just awesome!

Live (birds of pray)
- Good concert.  I'm a 'kinda' live fan, but they did a great job.

Tori Amos (Strange Little Girls, St Louis)
- fat lady beside me took up half my seat, but otherwise great show! :)

king's x
- Was invited by a friend who really likes them.  I didn't :)

evanescence
- I waited in line to see them in a little club in Little Rock before they got big (they'd just been signed to do the daredevil soundtrack, and had produced "Origin" through a small label, but hadn't produced "Fallen" yet.  I gave up getting in, though.  Saw them in a big concert a few years later, though, they were awesome at the time.

trans siberian express
- I've seen them twice now, amazing spectacle of a show.  Best pyrotechnics I've seen at any concert.  They know how to put on a good show, that's for sure.

Nine Inch Nails (with teeth)
- This was almost on par with their downward spiral performance.  It was simply amazing.

I don't really go to concert I just tag along so I have only seen
-The Village People
-The Beach Boys
-Sarah Bareilles- Love Song Girl
-Counting Crows
-Maroon 5
- And hopefully this summer Blink-182

I've seen a few unknown bands in knightclubs but below are the ones I've seen in concert.

Sonny & Cher
Bette Midler
Mr. Mr.

Let's see those on somebody else' list  :lol:

Bette Midler's piano player was Barry Manilow. He was unknown in the mid 70's.

  Having been to literally hundreds of live shows since my first about 1965 with a bunch of surf bands...
  I'll just touch some hi-lights...
My first real rock show was Santanas' first show at the Fillmore West 1968, Also in '68 Chicago Transit Authority when they were known as CTA. The YoungBloods when Darkness Darkness was in the top ten.
Ike and Tina Turner When Proud Mary was in the top ten.
The Dixie Dregs about seven or eight times usually front row center.
  Robin Trower, Tower of Power and Van Morrison at Winterland.
   The worst show i ever saw was also at Winterland - Joe Frazier and the Knockouts with an audience of about a dozen people most of whom were his family...  :lol:
   The Crusifucks the Dead Kennedys and Flipper at the Market Street Cinema.
   Rage against the machine, helmet and Tool at the Warfield, Thin Lizzy the Chinatown tour at the same venue one of my favorite shows of all time.
  the Police, Iggy Pop at the Oakland Civic Holloween concert - at the time of their Ghost in the Machine success.
Ten or so shows by Oingo Boingo in San Fran and L.A. including the first time at Madame Wongs' when they were still the Mistic Knights of Oingo Boingo.
Gong, Brand X, three or four shows by the Jim Carroll Band...  :scratchchin:
Fugazi who's fans completly produced their show at Fort Funston.
      ...In New Yorks Manhatten I saw Killing Joke about '97.
and in upstate N.Y in the late '70s I saw the Fifth Dimension.
Funkadelic about 7 or eight times incl. 1st time at the Mothership Connection show at the Cow Palace when I was the only white guy at the show...  :-\ or probably within a mile of the concert...
I saw YES when Owner of a Lonely Heart was a huge hit, and the three second slapback from the Cow Palaces poor acoustics made it sonicly the most horrible undiscerible mish mash of echos...
Neal Diamond at Disneyland at my H.S. G.F.s' prom night,.. and it was really great too.. in 1975.
Bootsy Collins a couple times...
ZZ Topps' Afterburner show at the Cow Palace one of the best shows I've ever seen,.. and three years later ZZ Topps' MSD (beer) tour - one of the worst shows I've ever seen...
  Duran Duran just after their second album Hungrey Like the Wolf was released...  :shruggy:
  John Mcglaphlin with Shakti at the Keystone, John Scofield at the Old Waldorf.
  Weather Report at the Berkeley Greek Theater,.. The Grateful Dead, Joanie Mitchells' Jazz tour with Jaco Pastorius.
  :scratchchin:
  Machine Head, Death Angel, Ratt, Zebra Aldo Nova & basicly a whole shit load of punk bands and metal bands most of who I forget their names and/or was too stoned drunk or both to comprehend or remember...   :cheers:
  Alan Holdsworth both with IOU and in later years... Pat Mathini and another whole crap load of mid '80s fusion guitarists only other guitarists have heard of,.. like Kittyhawk, Dry Jack, Caldara etc...
Al Dimiola in his first two tours and later with Paco De Lucia and John Mc Glaphlin..
  one of the best shows I saw recently was Saint Germain where the ratio of chicks to dudes was approx 15/1 better then even a Dave Matthews Concert...  :yesnod:
  Bill Bruford and Billy Cobham both jazz fusion drummers,.. David Crosby a few years ago...
Marti Jones was one of my Favs of all time too... at Slims.. all for now, my brain hurts and I'm having flashbacks...

  :eek2:
oh yeah,.. Bowie,.. Sting,.. Guns and Roses before anyone knew who they were,.. Miles Davis the man with the Horn Tour,..  :scratchchin:



 

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on May 30, 2009, 02:56:37 PM
Here's my list. Not bad for a 16 year old. In no particular order :cheers:


1. Metallica
2. Iron Maiden
3. Van Halen
4. Ozzy Osbourne
5. Rob Zombie
6. Aerosmith
7. Motley Crue
8. Judas Priest
9. Queen
10. Bad Company
11. Testament (met the singer and bass player)
12. April Wine
13. Lamb Of God
14. Trooper
15. 38 Special
16. Molly Hatchet

Got floor tickets to AC/DC this summer :2thumbs: I've also seen local bands various times.

Hey Cody,

I will be at that concert as well. maybe I will see you there! I am going down with another Mopar brotha.

Now bands I have seen, I am sure I will miss many as my memory is not so good with things like this and I cannot remeber who opened for most of these groups!

Trooper
Doucette
April Wine
Toronto
Bare Naked Ladies
Def Leppard
ACDC
Dave Matthews Band
Headpins
Headstones
BTO

Maybe I missed it. But I haven't seen the Ramones or the Sex Pistols on anyone's list yet. I sit down the other night and made a list of the concerts I want to see this summer. It would be possible for me to hit about 15 shows this year, but I may want to put that money into my Duster. It's hard for me to see any good concerts as the venues are all around 100+ miles from me. SUCKS!!!!

the sex pistols only played two of three shows here in the states.. their last show of course was here but i missed that.. other than the historical value i don't think it was much to see,..  :lol:

"The Pistols set out on the Anarchy Tour of the UK, supported by The Clash and Johnny Thunders' band The Heartbreakers, over from New York. The Damned were briefly part of the tour, before McLaren kicked them off. Press coverage was intense, and many of the concerts were cancelled by organisers or local authorities; of approximately twenty scheduled gigs, only about seven actually took place.[77] Packers at the EMI plant refused to handle the band's single.[78] London councillor Bernard Brook Partridge declared, "Most of these groups would be vastly improved by sudden death. The worst of the punk rock groups I suppose currently are the Sex Pistols. They are unbelievably nauseating. They are the antithesis of humankind. I would like to see somebody dig a very, very large, exceedingly deep hole and drop the whole bloody lot down it."[79]

Following the end of the tour in late December, three concerts were arranged in Holland for January 1977. The band, hungover, boarded a plane at London Heathrow Airport early on 4 January; a few hours later, the Evening News was reporting that the band had "vomited and spat their way" to the flight.[80] Despite categorical denials by the EMI representative who accompanied the group, the label, which was under political pressure, released the band from their contract.[81]"


i do wish i'd seen the ramones and the clash and Hendrix though all i could've seen with a little effort.

i can think of some others I've seen,.. Montrose, Earthquake, PG&E,  Hot Chocolate, all of them before 1/2 the members of this site were born and I'd bet another 100 bands and individuals nobody here has ever heard of..
some of them were actually pretty good too.. oh and Bill Nelson post Be Bop Deluxe..

I would only like to see the pistols because it would be cool to say you had. I would also have loved to see The Germs, The Modern lovers, Iggy Pop, Bowie, The New York Dolls, Richard Hell, and so many more. Some of those people are still around, But I doubt there as good as they used to be. I would like to See Jello Biafra. I think that would be cool.

Your lucky to have seen all of those bands Dave. AWESOME!!!

 Living in San Fran. during the '60s (i was 10 in '67) going to school near haight ashbury from '66 to '68, playing in a half dozen bands, going to Europe and LA a few times and having music as basically a religion for thirty years, I had certain "advantages"... Just like some other folks here have car connections, abilities and history I could never hope to match.. particularly among the wing/areo car Community.

his is for you C...
http://madison.craigslist.org/cto/1200720224.html

or maybe this one...

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Quote from: Brock Samson on June 06, 2009, 01:15:28 AM
  Jim Carroll Band... 

Oh man!. My brother had some of their stuff when I was a kid. Now, I've got to go find some to listen to.
The first thing to pop in to my head is, "All the people who died. Died." Is that them or am I confusing them with another band?

Oh jeez. I just pictured myself in my old jean jacket covered in rock pins.. I still have some of those pins... somewhere.  :scratchchin:

Quote from: C_stripes on June 06, 2009, 12:24:39 PM
Maybe I missed it. But I haven't seen the Ramones or the Sex Pistols on anyone's list yet. I sit down the other night and made a list of the concerts I want to see this summer. It would be possible for me to hit about 15 shows this year, but I may want to put that money into my Duster. It's hard for me to see any good concerts as the venues are all around 100+ miles from me. SUCKS!!!!

Doh! how could I forget the ramones! seen them twice..edited my list

its pretty good for me I live about half an hour from manchester....most bands who tour england play there

edit: I hadn't forgotten the ramones they're on there..twice now :lol:

I saw the offspring last night.....










they were rather good.....








:icon_smile_big:

I've seen:

Pink Floyd (first on the list for a reason)

The Offspring

Cheap Trick

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Kid Rock

NIN

Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers

ICP

Last Night I saw
-Chester French- Bleh
-Taking Back Sunday- Good
-Weezer- Awesome
-Blink 182 - Awesome

Pretty much every metal band from the 80's and 90's at least twice..(worked with lots of them)  A few here recently, but shows these days don't compare to the massive stage productions of the 80's and 90's   Good example.....Iron Maiden...the Powerslave tour....that was an awesome production.

I'm so old rock and roll, that the bands I saw live are now all dead.

As Walter said: "And that's the way it is"  :cheers:

W.A.S.P
Metallica
Armored Saint
Savatage
Testament
Nuclear Assault
Iron Maiden
Alice In Chains
Night Ranger
Asia
Kiss
Bob Mould
Steely Dan
Bruce Springsteen
Danzig
Sevendust
Green Day

Dio
Keel

Guns N Roses
Soul Asylum

Zodiac Mindwarp

17/08/1991
AC/DC
Metallica
Motley Crue
Queensryche
The Black Crowes

22/08/1992
Iron Maiden
Skid Row
Thunder
Slayer
WASP
Almighty

Went and saw TOOL last month. It was a pretty good show. The opening band was pretty horrible. Tool had a great lazer show and played for about 2 and a half hours. The only problem I had was they didnt play enough of their old stuff.

I got tix to see Down and The Melvins next Saturday in Charlotte. Hopefully it will be a great show, Ive been wanting to see Down for quite a while.

I'm going to see AC/DC tomorrow night. :cheers:

I was gonna try to put these in order so I can remember them all, but I gave up.

Beach Boys (I was like 6, dragged there by my parents) - Texas
Pink Floyd - Germany (Division Bell European Tour)
Metallica (twice) - Germany, KS
Alice in Chains - Germany
Godsmack - KS
Seether (twice)  - KS
Shinedown - KS
Nickelback - KS
Aerosmith (twice) - NC, KC
Everclear (twice) - both in KS
Lifehouse - KS
Matchbox 20 - KS
Kid Rock - KS
Hootie and the Blowfish - NC, KS
Toad the Wet Sprocket - NC

I'm sure there are a few more, but I'm drawing a blank. ZZ TOP was SUPPOSED to be on this list, but that show got cancelled. Can't complain though, that's how we got cheap Floyd tickets  ;D

Dang - if Steven Tyler hadn't gotten hurt, Aerosmith and ZZ Top would have been doing a double bill in KC next week!     AARGH

Black Sabbath & Ronnie James Dio the other night,  :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

Ozzie threatened to sue them if they played any "Ozzie" era Sabbath songs, so RJD did his old-school (Rainbow) material. Great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tickets were marked down from $45 face value to $15 and FREE PARKING!!

Saw Down and the Melvins last nite at The Fillmore in Charlotte. What a damn good show it was. All of the bands were great and the crowd was really into the show. Down played for close to 2 hours and was the best part of the nite. I took quite a few pix. I wanted more but I ran out of space on my memory card.
Phil Anselmo-Down
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Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes at the Hampton Beach Club Casino last night.

OK I take back what I said. All the live bands I saw are now dead. NOT.

So Southside Johnny is still bringing it! Awesome.

Quote from: 68X426 on September 06, 2009, 01:50:14 PM
OK I take back what I said. All the live bands I saw are now dead. NOT.

So Southside Johnny is still bringing it! Awesome.

He sure is. We never miss the yearly show up here. Always a GREAT time.

roughly in order

Ted Nugent & Bad Company (El Paso)

Johnny Winter & Def Leppard (Santa Cruz)

John McLaughlin & Stanley Clarke (Monterey)

Santana & Foreigner (Cal Jam II)
Bunch of others at Cal Jam II that obviously left no lasting impression

AC/DC, Cheap Trick, Blue Oyster Cult & Ted Nugent (Day on the Green - Oakland Coliseum)
Excellent show - after Ted's set his band backed him, Angus Young, Donald Roeser (BOC) and Ronnie Montrose on many classics (Train Kept a Rollin, Blue Suede Shoes, Johnny Be good, etc.)

Lionel Ritchie & Tina Turner (Tacoma Dome) - don't laugh, these guys put on one helluva show

Rolling Stones

I cant really go to shows anymore, have to protect my hearing =0( and sound guys anymore just crank it as loud as possible,  I have had a bunch of these guys come through studios though, does  that count?

Am I the only old timer here that actually went to a Beatles concert?  1966 at Dodger Stadium.

Moody Blues---1988 in Honolulu
Jan & Dean----1975 in Medford Oregon
Beach Boys----1987 at Aloha Stadium
The Doors-----1966 at Whisky a go go, Hollywood

Man I would have love to have seen The Doors back then :yesnod: :2thumbs:

So I saw AC/DC and The Answer on Aug.29th. Awesome show but the sound was hard to hear on a few songs. I'm pretty sure because instead of them playing in the hockey arena, they played in the football stadium next door to the arena. I've heard other bands had sound issues too when they played there. Anyways, it was hard to hear anything The Answer was singing except for the singers screams. He had an awesome voice though. AC/DC kicked ass which I expected. Angus did a long ass guitar solo and rose from the center of the arena about 30 feet from me. Overall it was a great night! That's another band I can add to my listings. :2thumbs:

I saw Coheed and Cambria AND Heaven & Hell about a month ago. C&C was awesome. As for Heaven & Hell...well shit...Ronnie James Dio is almost 70 years old and the dude still sounds f-in amazing and can still move around the stage.   :METAL:

Going to local radio show called X fest sunday. alice in chains headliner plus 9 other bands. This will be my third one.

Hm. never was a big concert goer...

Hall & Oates '79 (sorry but the girls loved it)
Nazareth '79
Loverboy '81

After 21 you kind of lose track of the years...

Happy Together Tour '85 (Flo & Eddie & Turtles, Grassroots, The Buckinghams, Tommy James & the Shondelles)
Sammy Hagar
Alice Cooper/Megadeth
Alice Cooper about 6 times and looking forward to more
Cheap Trick many times
Billy Joel
Def Leppard
Marcel Marceau
Marshall Tucker Band
Garth Brooks
George Thorogood
Eric Clapton
Barenaked Ladies
Shooting Star

Probably others I don't recall at the mo.

If you pinned me down and forced me to tell you my favourite band...it'd have to be the wildhearts...seen them twice this week  ;D


heres a video from each show...(nicked off youtube, I didn't take a camera)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq4u_rDNVfw&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq4u_rDNVfw&feature=related)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ4URa3dJI0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ4URa3dJI0)

out of all the bands I've seen I rate them as the best live act in a small or medium sized venue...(never seen them play anywhere really big) a video shot from the crowd might not give the full effect

brian setser orchestra
santana
millie jackson
the chilites
dave mathews band
kenny wayne sheppard
buffet 6-7
ringo starrs allstars
bb king 3
kiss 2
alice n chains
sponge
al green
pearl jam
neil young 2
ny with crazy horse
dr john
dylan 11
willie nelson 4
bobby blue bland 3
springsteen and the e street band
charlie daniels band
toad the wet sprocket
john fogerty
ben folds five
ted nugent
phish
elvis costello
the ojays
the stylistics
the neville brothers 3
the manhattans
brian wilson
the allman brothers band
the delfonics
eric clapton with buddy guy
beck
john meloncamp 3
phil lesh and friends
the grateful dead (with and without jerry)
joni mitchel


was drunk at most if not all of them but could always remember when I drink and remember almost all well.

Millie Jackson, eh?  Nasty!!

Hmmm    I have a short list....   

Alan Jackson
Sugarland
Toby Keith
Trace Adkins
Savage Garden
avenged sevenfold  (mosh pit ended up badly)

Looks like I'm adding the Cranberries to my list. They're reuniting and kicking off the tour in a few weeks and just a few miles from me.

We got front row seats too.

  Since this thread started I've been trying to remember all the shows I've been to,..
I have some more I've remembered finally,..
Cab Calloway at the Venitian Room at the Fairmont hotel.
damn! I forget again,.. Oh yeah,..
Everclear and Stabbing Westward at the Warfield again... I forget the thirdband...  :shruggy:
Billy Idol at the height of his Yebel Yell success and Living Color anyone remember Cult of Personality?..
...they were both at the I-Beam on haight Street closed more then ten years ago now...
A band called Expresso at the Stone on Broadway (SF) they were really a fantasticlly great band that noone but musicians used to go see,..
The Red Hot Chillie peppers at Wolfgangs' an early show when they used to play a tune nekkid with socks over their johnsons...  :shruggy:  :smilielol:

House of Pain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwQbPgouUYo   :scratchchin:

I do have to say the cranberries would be cool, I always wondered what happened to delores oroiden.  however you spell her name.

Quote from: JohnZepka on October 01, 2009, 04:09:41 PM

springsteen and the e street band

Never been a big fan in particular (though I do like a few songs), but I hear they do put on an awesome live show.

I just got KISS tickets :icon_smile_big:

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on October 02, 2009, 01:46:25 PM
I just got KISS tickets :icon_smile_big:

You mean the "Gene and Paul + 2 other guys pretending to be Peter and Ace Band"?

Quote from: Ponch ® on October 02, 2009, 01:53:37 PM

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on October 02, 2009, 01:46:25 PM
I just got KISS tickets :icon_smile_big:

You mean the "Gene and Paul + 2 other guys pretending to be Peter and Ace Band"?

Pretty much!

so ace and peter aren't there?  who's filling in?  aces smoking guitar is awesome!

Quote from: JohnZepka on October 02, 2009, 02:22:28 PM
so ace and peter aren't there?  who's filling in?  aces smoking guitar is awesome!

Peter played with them back in 2003 during the KISS Symphony show in Melbourne. Ace was gone already and Tommy Thayer replaced him. The band is currentley Paul, Gene, Tommy and Eric Singer.

Funny how eric singer is with the band,  gene and paul screwed him after he had been with the band a long time and booted him out when the original band got back together.  I always liked singer, too bad they couldn't bring in bruce kulic for lead guitar or mark st. john.

Quote from: JohnZepka on October 02, 2009, 03:17:49 PM
Funny how eric singer is with the band,  gene and paul screwed him after he had been with the band a long time and booted him out when the original band got back together.  I always liked singer, too bad they couldn't bring in bruce kulic for lead guitar or mark st. john.

I like Tommy, he's a good player and down to earth. :yesnod:

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on October 02, 2009, 03:06:22 PM

Quote from: JohnZepka on October 02, 2009, 02:22:28 PM
so ace and peter aren't there?  who's filling in?  aces smoking guitar is awesome!

Peter played with them back in 2003 during the KISS Symphony show in Melbourne. Ace was gone already and Tommy Thayer replaced him. The band is currentley Paul, Gene, Tommy and Eric Singer.

I got to see the "classic" KISS line up during the Carnival of Souls tour back when Cody was still rocking out to the Teletubbies. It was ok, nothing to write home about. I've seen tribute bands that sounded better than them. As for this current line up and tour, I have no interest in seeing them. However, unlike other old bands, at least Gene and Paul have no qualms about admitting that they're doing it for the money.

Quote from: JohnZepka on October 02, 2009, 03:17:49 PM
Funny how eric singer is with the band,  gene and paul screwed him after he had been with the band a long time and booted him out when the original band got back together.  I always liked singer, too bad they couldn't bring in bruce kulic for lead guitar or mark st. john.

I agree Bruce and Eric got screwed and I would love to see Bruce back in.  It might be a little harder to get Mark St. John back in considering he is dead.  Drop the make-up and get Bruce back in the band.

I went to a couple different concerts the past two weeks.  I took a few pictures.  Here was the first show.  The wife and I saw Rascal Flatts.  Darius Rucker opened for them, he was great.  They were great too, as always.  We had forth row center seats.

Here are four more from the Rascal Flatts show.  The first four are on the bottom of page 5.  The guys are known to grab your cameras and take your picture from the stage.  It is kind of nice since some bands do not allow cameras inside the concert venue.

Quote from: chargerboy69 on October 13, 2009, 12:05:23 AM
Here are four more from the Rascal Flatts show.

That second one of Joe Don is an awesome picture! I love those types of shot. :2thumbs: I really want one of those of me playing guitar :yesnod:

Now here are a few pictures from the second concert I went to a couple weeks ago.  This is KISS at Cobo in Detroit.  I have seen them many times as they are my favorite.  Buckcherry opened for them, and they rocked.  We had twelfth row center for KISS.  Tommy did a great job. I have never seen him live.  I have seen Ace play drunk to many times that I did not miss him at all.  Tommy rocked.

Here are a couple more of KISS.

This is the last of them.  I took about 150 pictures at each show.  These were just a few.

I'm see KISS on November 14th :thumbup: :woohoo:

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on October 13, 2009, 12:36:44 AM
I'm see KISS on November 14th :thumbup: :woohoo:

They put on a great show.  I am sure you will have fun Cody.  I just wish they would change up the setlist a little.  They have a ton of songs, yet they still have to play the same tired Strutter, Deuce, 100,000 Years, Shout it Out Load.  I would love to hear something different.  I not sure why I bitch about this, because I know I will continue to go.  ::)

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on October 13, 2009, 12:23:24 AM

Quote from: chargerboy69 on October 13, 2009, 12:05:23 AM
Here are four more from the Rascal Flatts show.

That second one of Joe Don is an awesome picture! I love those types of shot. :2thumbs: I really want one of those of me playing guitar :yesnod:

I love that one too.  I was able to get a couple of him like that.  And Cody, I am surprised you new who he was.  You must be a closet country music listener.  :icon_smile_big:

Charger, what camera are you using? I can never get my pics to turn out like that. They always blur or mess up some other way when its dark.

Quote from: C_stripes on October 13, 2009, 09:40:21 AM
Charger, what camera are you using? I can never get my pics to turn out like that. They always blur or mess up some other way when its dark.

For the Rascal Flatts concert I used my Canon SR S3.  It is a fantastic camera.  The zoom is amazing as you can see in the Rascal Flatts pictures.  Now for KISS, I just used a old Canon point and shoot.  I can not remember the model number.  It takes ok pictures at best.  The zoom stinks.  But I had to take this camera to KISS because they had "No Cameras" printed on the ticket and I did not think I could get my SR S3 through security.  I was right as they patted us down.

Triumph
Ted Nugent
Roger Waters (from Pink Floyd)
Yes
Rush (several times)
Damn Yankees
Billy Joel
Dio
Trisha Yearwood 
Travis Tritt
Fates Warning
Halford
Iron Maiden
Queensryche (many times)
Dream Theater (many, many times)
Redemption (Awesome band - will see again)

Well, the very FIRST concert I saw as a teenager was Bruce Springsteen and the E street band. Seen tons of other bands that have mentioned before.

Took my son to his first concert: Def Leppard a couple years ago. (His favorite band!) :yesnod:

Mrs.Skip68 ;)

Got a few more to add to the list...
Last nite at the Volume 11 Tavern in Raleigh, N.C. went to see the 2009 "Tour from Afar" with:
Ensiferum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALrjjJdmxgA
Blackguard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U5ODjG6xuE
Lazarus A.D.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TpCt7rrOF8
It was a very good show, one of the best Ive been to this year. I got to hang out with Blackguard after the show and get a pic with their bass player.

Ill add another to the list. I went to see the Trans-Siberian Orchestra earlier this afterenoon. All in all it was a very good show. The light show was amazing. I have to say Ill probably go again when they come around next year.

Quote from: chargerboy69 on October 13, 2009, 12:43:45 AM

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on October 13, 2009, 12:23:24 AM

Quote from: chargerboy69 on October 13, 2009, 12:05:23 AM
Here are four more from the Rascal Flatts show.

That second one of Joe Don is an awesome picture! I love those types of shot. :2thumbs: I really want one of those of me playing guitar :yesnod:

I love that one too.  I was able to get a couple of him like that.  And Cody, I am surprised you new who he was.  You must be a closet country music listener.  :icon_smile_big:

I like a few of Rascal Flatts' songs :cheers:

been to three this week  :icon_smile_big:
kasabian
motorhead(again)
and the answer last night(again)

I saw masters of reality a few weeks back which was a big one for me...wanted to see them since I got their first album back in '88 never had chance before

this was the gig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsBU-oCN4gg&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsBU-oCN4gg&feature=player_embedded)

The four seasons and Elvis.  Yes I'm old.

Queensryche
The Academy is
Kiss
Chicago
America
The Eagles
Pall Wall
Fall out Boy
Panic At The Disco!
The Fools
The Cars
Farrenheit
Hellogoodbye
The Hush Sound
Foreigner
The Beach Boys
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Motion City Soundtrack
Joan Jet
The Offspring
Aerosmith

Well, and I'm sure I'll get flamed for admitting this, but the wife and I are heading off to see Bon Jovi... Always been a fan for some reason..

Then, off to Canada to stalk, I mean follow GNR (Axl's version of it anyways).  :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

Quote from: jb666 on November 26, 2009, 12:07:10 PM
Then, off to Canada to stalk, I mean follow GNR (Axl's version of it anyways).  :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

When? Where?
I don't see them listed to play in Canada until the new year.
If you're driving to Toronto or Hamilton, you'll have to drive right through my city. I'll stand on the bridge and wave.  :nana:

:lol:

Quote from: dodgecharger-fan on November 26, 2009, 08:51:36 PM
If you're driving to Toronto or Hamilton, you'll have to drive right through my city. I'll stand on the bridge and wave.  :nana:

:lol:

:smilielol: :smilielol: :smilielol:

Oh yeah, I came in here to post my latest concert - if you can call it that... Abbamania and Night Fever.
It's a troupe sort of show where they do an ABBA tribute and then a Bee Gees tribute. I say it's a troupe because some of the musician's play characters in both parts of the show.

I thought I'd lose my man card over it, but since I went because my wife and daughter wanted to go, I got bonus points instead.
As much as that music is not even close to being on my list of favourites, they put on a heck of a show.

Quote from: dodgecharger-fan on November 26, 2009, 08:55:37 PM
Oh yeah, I came in here to post my latest concert - if you can call it that... Abbamania and Night Fever.
It's a troupe sort of show where they do an ABBA tribute and then a Bee Gees tribute. I say it's a troupe because some of the musician's play characters in both parts of the show.

I thought I'd loose my man card over it, but since I went because my wife and daughter wanted to go, I got bonus points instead.
As much as that music is not even close to being on my list of favourites, they put on a heck of a show.

I've seen that show.....when I was 9! ;) :icon_smile_big:

Just got in from seeing orange goblin...bloody mental! it was excellent

little taster..awesome riff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzHbyhVVXc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzHbyhVVXc)

Quote from: Jon Smith on November 28, 2009, 07:32:02 PM
Just got in from seeing orange goblin...bloody mental! it was excellent

little taster..awesome riff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzHbyhVVXc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBzHbyhVVXc)

Thats some pretty cool stuff.

Last Night I saw
-Chris? Devine - good vocals
-Manchester Orchestra- decent
-Thrice- pretty good
-Glassjaw- good but a little to much screaming, had good vocals
-Brand New- Amazing

No rest for the wicked! it can get expensive living close to manchester!

I went to see the living end last night...another good one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lIxeAvrh70 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lIxeAvrh70)

Quote from: RECHRGD on September 09, 2009, 11:19:48 AM
The Doors-----1966 at Whisky a go go, Hollywood

Out of all the bands posted here, this is the only one that makes me jealous.  How was it?



A few good bands I have seen that come to mind:

Ozzy Osbourne
Black Label Society
Pantera
Disturbed
Eric Clapton
Tesla
Black Sabbath

Quote from: Charger1973 on December 01, 2009, 10:38:42 AM

Quote from: RECHRGD on September 09, 2009, 11:19:48 AM
The Doors-----1966 at Whisky a go go, Hollywood

Out of all the bands posted here, this is the only one that makes me jealous.  How was it?



A few good bands I have seen that come to mind:

Ozzy Osbourne
Black Label Society
Pantera
Disturbed
Eric Clapton
Tesla
Black Sabbath

Well, Morrison was wasted, as usual, but so was everybody else. :lol:

I havent been to as many as some here, but I have seen
Skillet
Toby Mac
House of Heroes
Leeland
Mercy Me
Cutless
Flyleaf
Newsboys
Third day
Fireflight
All were awesome, and as far as I could tell nobody was wasted!

Rage Against the Machine
RUN DMC
Beastie boys
Eddie Rabbit
Eagles
Lou Rawls
Red hot Chili peppers
Kid rock by accident He was unknown at the time opening for Ice cube

I forgot to add this one. I went and saw Korpiklaani, Tyr, Swashbuckle, and White Wizard back in January. Ive got tix to go see Cannibal Corpse and Skeletonwitch on Apr. 22. Im also going to see Amon Amarth(4th time) and Tyr(4th time) on Apr. 27.

I can add another show to my list, but it was a band I had seen several times already.......YES

They still put on a great show considering they aren't youngsters anymore. Chris Squire on bass, Steve Howe on guitar, Alan White on drums, Oliver Wakeman on keyboards, & Benoit David on vocals. I wasn't planning to go see them, but they were in a small theater in NYC called The Town Hall & the singer sounded EXACTLY like Jon Anderson. Anderson was sick a while back & Chris Squire found the new guy on Youtube playing up in Montreal in a YES cover band. It was a chance to take my daughter to see another concert, so my wife & I bought 3 tickets that were a bargain by some of today's ticket prices at $40 each.

It's fun taking our daughter Kate, who's 10, to concerts. She loves music & to give her a chance to get a head start at seeing live shows is a good idea. I'd rather have her with me & my wife then with some friends getting lost for her first concerts. She's now seen......

Bill Monroe
Allison Krauss
Peter Rowan
Tony Rice
Nine Inch Nails (2x)   :D
Saul Williams
Bauhaus
Little Sammy Davis
James Cotton
Bill Frisell
YES

And she's going with us to see Jeff Beck in June   :coolgleamA:

geez........My first concert was KISS on December the 12th 1976

Alice Copper
AC/DC
Beck
Black Sabbath
Blue Oyster Cult
Foreigner
Rush
Deep Purple
Judas Priest
Ted Nugent
Todd Rungren
Styx
Reo Speedwagon
Jethro Tull
The Who
Dream Theater
Scorpions
VanHalen, VanHagar
Sammy Hagar
Quiet Riot
Queensryche
Foghat
Bachman Turner Overdrive
April Wine
Aerosmith
Boston
Journey
38 Special
Molly Hatchet
The Outlaws
Wasp
Rat
Tesla
Johnny and Edgar Winter group
Steve Miller band
Eagles
etc

There is a bunch more. Cotton Bowl Jam in 78. Too Many Bean Blossom boogies to count, a thousand garage bands. Sturgis a few years. Fla for a few more.


The piece de resistance`: I was at the show when Ozzie quit Black Sabbath. Indianapolis, The Convention Center. VanHalen opened, and rocked.

Sabbath came out and played......it wasn't pretty. About half way through Oz proclaimed he would never again play with a bunch of geriatric sonsofbitches and threw the mic down and walked off

I had tickets to a show in 1977 that was canceled. Lynyrd Skynyrd. I still have my "flames" cover street survivors in cellophane, never played. I might just take that one to the grave with me.

I can add Clapton and Beck in Montreal last month.

:2thumbs:

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on March 28, 2010, 09:22:30 AM
I can add Clapton and Beck in Montreal last month.

:2thumbs:

I saw them in Toronto - I still can't believe the job they did with Moon River! Lifelong fans of both - going back to the Yardbirds days. Clapton, then Beck then Paige and Beck and then just Paige. Do you remember what Zep was called before Keith Moon kinda gave them their name?

Quote from: maxwellwedge on March 28, 2010, 05:22:02 PM

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on March 28, 2010, 09:22:30 AM
I can add Clapton and Beck in Montreal last month.

:2thumbs:

I saw them in Toronto - I still can't believe the job they did with Moon River! Lifelong fans of both - going back to the Yardbirds days. Clapton, then Beck then Paige and Beck and then just Paige. Do you remember what Zep was called before Keith Moon kinda gave them their name?

I'd seen EC more times that I can count but had never seen Beck. He blew me away on his set. Day in the Life was amazing. My wife sings opera and was stunned when he finished with Nessun Dorma from Puccini.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwvBizKAwc

Clapton said years ago, with Jeff , it's all in his hands. A guitarists guitarist. He has been doing Day in the life for a few years now but I never get tired of it!  :cheers:

Quote from: maxwellwedge on March 28, 2010, 05:22:02 PM

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on March 28, 2010, 09:22:30 AM
I can add Clapton and Beck in Montreal last month.

:2thumbs:

I saw them in Toronto - I still can't believe the job they did with Moon River! Lifelong fans of both - going back to the Yardbirds days. Clapton, then Beck then Paige and Beck and then just Paige. Do you remember what Zep was called before Keith Moon kinda gave them their name?

the NEW yard birds
    train kept a rollin   :2thumbs:    ever seen the movie blow up  ? 

Quote from: moparstuart on March 29, 2010, 10:28:04 AM

Quote from: maxwellwedge on March 28, 2010, 05:22:02 PM

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on March 28, 2010, 09:22:30 AM
I can add Clapton and Beck in Montreal last month.

:2thumbs:

I saw them in Toronto - I still can't believe the job they did with Moon River! Lifelong fans of both - going back to the Yardbirds days. Clapton, then Beck then Paige and Beck and then just Paige. Do you remember what Zep was called before Keith Moon kinda gave them their name?

the NEW yard birds
    train kept a rollin   :2thumbs:    ever seen the movie blow up  ? 

The apple doesn't fall far the tree does it son? Nicely done - The New Yardbirds is correct! Blow Up - Beck kicked the crap out of his equipment during the song because it was acting up.

 Zep is my favorite band ever  but clapton and beck are great .   Hendrix , floyd , rush , deep purple  are my cruising music .   :icon_smile_big:

Quote from: moparstuart on March 30, 2010, 09:08:56 AM
Zep is my favorite band ever  but clapton and beck are great .   Hendrix , floyd , rush , deep purple  are my cruising music .   :icon_smile_big:

Good picks - I agree. Try finding some Roy Buchanon - Paige and Beck called him the best unknown guitarist in the world.

Helix, Night Ranger, Vixon, Bad Company, Henry Lee Summer, 38 Special, Garth Brooks, Doobie Brothers, REO Speedwagon, Travis Trit, Marty Stewart, Trisha Yearwood, Garth Brooks (again), Fleetwood Mac, George Strait, Cletis T. Judd, Bon Jovi and AC/DC.

KWS, matchbox 20, pearl jam, quiet riot, reba mcintire, steve wariner, janet jackson (before the costume malfunction), static-x, deadlights.. and some other small bands across the U.S.

I saw Megadeth earlier this month, they were great, and Metallica back in September, not as good as Megadeth. Im going to see Iron Maiden in July in Chicago and Slayer w/ Megadeth and Testament in August.

Wow, This is going to be a long one. Megadeth, Metallica, Danzig, Suicidal Tendinces, The Misfits, Tool, C.O.C, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Blind Melon (with Shannon Hoon), Violent Femmes, Kiss, Iced Earth, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Life of agony, Joan Jett (1st show with my Mom 1984), Wasp, Tesla, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Skid Row, Ted Nugent, Drowning Pool, Flotsom and Jetsom, Ozzy, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Queensryche, AC/DC, The Allman Brothers, The Band, Slaughter, Primus, Green Day, Black Label Society, Biohazard, Testement, Sebastion Bach, Cypress Hill, Anthrax, Carnivore, Down, Dio, Type O Negative, Aerosmith, Godsmack, So Many NYHC Bands from 94 until now, Ministry, Exoudus, Slayer, Paul Di Anno, Alice Cooper, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Korn, Van Halen, Hatebreed, Social Distortion, Cheap Trick, Dream Theater, Some NYC Ska bands, VooDoo Glow Skulls, SuperJoint Ritual, Sammy Hagar w/ David Lee Roth opening, Jerry Cantrell, Motorhead, Heaven and Hell. I have seen most of the bands more than once ranging from 1992 to present. Theres more, I just have to think about it. I will go through my stubs to find more that I'm forgetting. I'm trying to get tickets to the Faith No More reunion, we'll see how that goes. There playing one show in Brookyln, then a few in Cali, thats it. I must go!!   :METAL: Johnny

Quote from: moparmoynihan on April 01, 2010, 10:08:48 PM
Wow, This is going to be a long one. Megadeth, Metallica, Danzig, Suicidal Tendinces, The Misfits, Tool, C.O.C, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Blind Melon (with Shannon Hoon), Violent Femmes, Kiss, Iced Earth, Black Sabbath, Pantera, Life of agony, Joan Jett (1st show with my Mom 1984), Wasp, Tesla, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Skid Row, Ted Nugent, Drowning Pool, Flotsom and Jetsom, Ozzy, Motley Crue, Twisted Sister, Queensryche, AC/DC, The Allman Brothers, The Band, Slaughter, Primus, Green Day, Black Label Society, Biohazard, Testement, Sebastion Bach, Cypress Hill, Anthrax, Carnivore, Down, Dio, Type O Negative, Aerosmith, Godsmack, So Many NYHC Bands from 94 until now, Ministry, Exoudus, Slayer, Paul Di Anno, Alice Cooper, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Korn, Van Halen, Hatebreed, Social Distortion, Cheap Trick, Dream Theater, Some NYC Ska bands, VooDoo Glow Skulls, SuperJoint Ritual, Sammy Hagar w/ David Lee Roth opening, Jerry Cantrell, Motorhead, Heaven and Hell. I have seen most of the bands more than once ranging from 1992 to present. Theres more, I just have to think about it. I will go through my stubs to find more that I'm forgetting. I'm trying to get tickets to the Faith No More reunion, we'll see how that goes. There playing one show in Brookyln, then a few in Cali, thats it. I must go!!   :METAL: Johnny

Awesome! Id love to see the Faith No More show. Danzig, Iced Earth, W.A.S.P, DIO, Motorhead, Megadeth, and Exodus are some of the bands on the top of my list to go see. Pantera was on top but it dont look like thats happening any time soon.

Besides the local shows (Jason Alden i believe was at one of them) I have went to a Death Cab for Cutie featuring Cold War Kids and Ra-ra-riot, and Blink 182 reunion tour featuring Panic at the Disco Fall out boy and Chestire French. Brooks and Dunn in the early 2000s. Not an impressive record I know, but I don't usually go to concerts.

this is where I was last night  :icon_smile_big:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VvhOs2ZUMs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VvhOs2ZUMs)

Quote from: maxwellwedge on March 30, 2010, 09:23:16 AM

Quote from: moparstuart on March 30, 2010, 09:08:56 AM
Zep is my favorite band ever  but clapton and beck are great .   Hendrix , floyd , rush , deep purple  are my cruising music .   :icon_smile_big:

Good picks - I agree. Try finding some Roy Buchanon - Paige and Beck called him the best unknown guitarist in the world.

Well - If we are talking about all the bands I have ever seen it would be a long list. As far as your faves - Led Zep, Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Rush, Deep Purple - I have seen all of them live. Rush is a "Local" band to us...I have even seen them in my High School.

I got to meet Jet the other night. That was pretty cool. Me and one of my lady friends got to go to the pre concert show. There were the two of us and crew. It was like we had our own privet show for a little wile. The band manager took the following pic.
(http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/yy231/musclecarprojects/dartandjet019-1.jpg)
The crash kinds were way good too

 :bump:
I figured Id bump this one up, and update my list.

Went to see Skeletonwitch and Cannibal Corpse on Apr.22. I hung out with Skeletonwitch after the show for quite awhile. Those guys are really cool. I also met George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher after the show. Hes really cool and down to earth.

I went last nite to see DANZIG and Gorgeous Frankenstein. It was a really good show. DANZIG was great. He has been on the top of my list to go see for awhile now. Gorgeous Frankenstein was really cool as well. I wish I had some pics to share, but they wouldn't allow cameras.

Myself with Corpsegrinder.
(http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/117/l_f37b49b742ab46ed8c0284f67e918e73.jpg)

Quote from: maxwellwedge on March 30, 2010, 09:23:16 AMTry finding some Roy Buchanon - Paige and Beck called him the best unknown guitarist in the world.

Talk about bringing back memories. Thank you, maxwellwedge.

I got to see Roy when I was living in Santa Barbara in 1988. Even then he was known as "The Best Unknown Guitarist in the World". He was completely stoned for the show, had flashes of brilliance, but was a disappointment. He hanged himself just a month later. A lot of artists are more famous dead than alive, instead he just disappeared. A very sad person and life.

saw nirvana in 93 and met kurt and rest out front. was only about 16 at the time.

i prefered violent femmes who opened.

now it seems weird i met that generations elvis!  :o

In the past ten days i have seen

AC/DC
rage against the machine
them crooked vultures
saxon
green day
jim jones revues
virgimarys
airbourne
Joan Jett and the blackhearts
killswitch engage
megadeth
Slash
cinderella
Billy Idol
Deftones
Lamb of god

and a couple others...

all but 2 of them were at a festival mind.... :icon_smile_big:

I'll join this discussion....
Kiss (August 6th will be my 9th time, I've never seen the w/o makeup, including twice in the 70's)
The Cars
Rush - front row at the Philly Spectrum in '84
Foreigner
Elton John 3X
Billy Joel
Elton John / Billy Joel 2x
Yes 4X
BonJovi 2x
ZZ Top
Poison
Ted Nugent
Aerosmith
Paul McCartney
Genesis 2x
Phil Collins 2x
Paul Stanley
The Rolling Stones
Allanis Morisette
Jimmy Buffett
Rod Stewart
The Hooters
Todd Rundgren
Hall and Oates
Kenny Rogers (don't ask LOL)
David Lee Roth
LIVE AID '85 @ JFK

I'm adding another one from tonight......Iron Maiden for the 2nd time! :2thumbs:

Went to see Jeff Beck for only the 2nd time last Thursday & saw an opening band that was really great. Never heard of them, (Imelda May) but apparently Jeff Beck did & insisted the lead singer be on his upcoming album which is now out. They had a combination of sounds, but most was close to "Rockabilly" & even covered an Elvis Presley song. Aside from sounding really good, the singer is also easy on the eyes. Can anyone say "Hot Rod Pin-Up"?  :D

http://www.imeldamay.co.uk/

I've seen Imelda May as well, cant remember if I put it on my list or not..

was a good show  :cheers:

I saw Suicidal Tendancies and Black Flag in the 80's @ CBGB's in NYC i couldnt have been more than 14 at the time... I also saw RUSH in 1983...  More into Hip-Hop now and I've seen pretty much every single major act in the genre... I know most of you dudes hate hip-hop so you wouldnt relate LOL

I love old school hip hop, not so much the new stuff though. Johnny  :METAL:

Need to add Pepper and 311 as well as The Offspring again to my list.

Ive got another to add. I went to see Psychostick last week. I think there was around 25 people there at the time they played. I am also going to see Green Jello on Sunday nite.

Aaron Lewis of Staind last night at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom.

:2thumbs:

Guns N Roses, Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots and that's it.  I hate people and therefore loathe crowds so concerts don't work with me...

Saw terrorvision last night...proper party atmosphere...still buzzin'  :musik010:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RIlRhXXQjg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RIlRhXXQjg)

I went and saw KISS at the Indiana State Fair Monday night.  They sounded fantastic. We had seats in the third row, floor, center section.  Not sure how I could get much better.  Here are just a few pictures.

A few more.  We took nearly 1000 pictures.  These are just a few.

GREAT pics!!!! :cheers:

Damn...KISS is playing state fairs now?  :rotz:  What's next...a horse track tour with Molly Hatchet and Krokus?

Anyway...Im seeing Coheed and Cambria (with Porcupine Tree opening) tomorrow. Almost a year to the day since I last saw them opening for Heaven and Hell with Ronnie Dio :engel016:

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on August 11, 2010, 12:40:59 PM
GREAT pics!!!! :cheers:

Thanks Cody.

Here is the video we took.  It is in HD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsqUOKQpDaM

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 11, 2010, 12:50:13 PM
Damn...KISS is playing state fairs now?  :rotz:  What's next...a horse track tour with Molly Hatchet and Krokus?

I guess I did not think anything about it.  It was sold out, over 15,000 people and the show was great.  I saw them a few months ago in Detroit at Cobo Hall, and that show was sold out too.  It is not like they can not still sell tickets, I think they were just trying something different.  Or maybe Gene had a craving for a deep fried Snickers bar.  ;)

Quote from: chargerboy69 on August 11, 2010, 01:04:11 PM

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on August 11, 2010, 12:40:59 PM
GREAT pics!!!! :cheers:

Thanks Cody.

Here is the video we took.  It is in HD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsqUOKQpDaM

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 11, 2010, 12:50:13 PM
Damn...KISS is playing state fairs now?  :rotz:  What's next...a horse track tour with Molly Hatchet and Krokus?

I guess I did not think anything about it.  It was sold out, over 15,000 people and the show was great.  I saw them a few months ago in Detroit at Cobo Hall, and that show was sold out too.  It is not like they can not still sell tickets, I think they were just trying something different.  Or maybe Gene had a craving for a deep fried Snickers bar.  ;)

looks like paul had downed a few deep fried snickers and funnel cakes   :smilielol: :smilielol:

Quote from: moparstuart on August 11, 2010, 01:15:32 PM

Quote from: chargerboy69 on August 11, 2010, 01:04:11 PM

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on August 11, 2010, 12:40:59 PM
GREAT pics!!!! :cheers:

Thanks Cody.

Here is the video we took.  It is in HD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsqUOKQpDaM

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 11, 2010, 12:50:13 PM
Damn...KISS is playing state fairs now?  :rotz:  What's next...a horse track tour with Molly Hatchet and Krokus?

I guess I did not think anything about it.  It was sold out, over 15,000 people and the show was great.  I saw them a few months ago in Detroit at Cobo Hall, and that show was sold out too.  It is not like they can not still sell tickets, I think they were just trying something different.  Or maybe Gene had a craving for a deep fried Snickers bar.  ;)

looks like paul had downed a few deep fried snickers and funnel cakes   :smilielol: :smilielol:

Lol...I was gonna say something along those lines.

Who's in the band nowadays besides Gene and Paul anyway? I kinda lost track (or stopped caring, either way) sometime in the late 90's after I went through a brief period of KISS mania (like every teenage male that's into rock does at some point or another).

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 11, 2010, 01:17:55 PM

Who's in the band nowadays besides Gene and Paul anyway? I kinda lost track (or stopped caring, either way) sometime in the late 90's after I went through a brief period of KISS mania (like every teenage male that's into rock does at some point or another).

Eric Singer on drums and Tommy Thayer on guitar.  Tommy has been around the band for years and even played guitar on the Psycho Circus album about 10 years ago, even though Ace is credited.  He would also fill in when Ace was to stinking drunk to play in concert. Tommy officially took over in 2002 when Ace was shown the door, again. Eric joined KISS in 1991.  He left the band for a couple years while Peter Criss joined the band again.  When Peter was fired for a second time, Eric joined the band again.  To be honest, Eric and Tommy can run circles around Ace and Peter.

Quote from: chargerboy69 on August 11, 2010, 01:36:58 PM

To be honest, Eric and Tommy can run circles around Ace and Peter.

probably, but if you're talking about musical skills, no one in KISS was ever really any good and that's not what the band was/is about anyway. Their music is mediocre at best and their studio records sound like crap. Their appeal has always been more about the live shows, and the make up, and the explosions. That's why the best selling records are the ALIVE albums...cuz at least you get to imagine that you're there seeing all that stuff.

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 11, 2010, 01:45:08 PM

Quote from: chargerboy69 on August 11, 2010, 01:36:58 PM

To be honest, Eric and Tommy can run circles around Ace and Peter.

probably, but if you're talking about musical skills, no one in KISS was ever really any good and that's not what the band was/is about anyway. Their music is mediocre at best and their studio records sound like crap. Their appeal has always been more about the live shows, and the make up, and the explosions. That's why the best selling records are the ALIVE albums...cuz at least you get to imagine that you're there seeing all that stuff.

I agree with you that KISS's main appeal has been their live show.  However, I do not think people are going to attend a concert when the music is "mediocre at best".  I mean they are still selling out shows.  Yes they have some cheese ball lyrics here and there, but I do think they have a lot of good songs.  I also agree KISS has never been at the top when is comes to musicians.  They have had a few "good" musicians but not really any great talent, with the exception of two drummers.  Through the eighties Eric Carr was considered one of the best drummers out there.  When Eric passed they were lucky enough to get Eric Singer.  Eric Singer still today is a very strong drummer, and can hold his own with todays top drummers. Just my opinion.

Quote from: chargerboy69 on August 11, 2010, 02:33:10 PM

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 11, 2010, 01:45:08 PM

Quote from: chargerboy69 on August 11, 2010, 01:36:58 PM

To be honest, Eric and Tommy can run circles around Ace and Peter.

probably, but if you're talking about musical skills, no one in KISS was ever really any good and that's not what the band was/is about anyway. Their music is mediocre at best and their studio records sound like crap. Their appeal has always been more about the live shows, and the make up, and the explosions. That's why the best selling records are the ALIVE albums...cuz at least you get to imagine that you're there seeing all that stuff.

I agree with you that KISS's main appeal has been their live show.  However, I do not think people are going to attend a concert when the music is "mediocre at best".  I mean they are still selling out shows.  Yes they have some cheese ball lyrics here and there, but I do think they have a lot of good songs.  I also agree KISS has never been at the top when is comes to musicians.  They have had a few "good" musicians but not really any great talent, with the exception of two drummers.  Through the eighties Eric Carr was considered one of the best drummers out there.  When Eric passed they were lucky enough to get Eric Singer.  Eric Singer still today is a very strong drummer, and can hold his own with todays top drummers. Just my opinion.

that's a pretty reasonable assessment.

Do they play material from the no make up era? IMHO a lot of the stuff they did in the 80's with Eric Carr and the other guitar player dude (I forget his name...Bruce Kulick?) was some of their better material.

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 11, 2010, 02:40:31 PM

that's a pretty reasonable assessment.

Do they play material from the no make up era? IMHO a lot of the stuff they did in the 80's with Eric Carr and the other guitar player dude (I forget his name...Bruce Kulick?) was some of their better material.

For this tour they threw in I Love it Loud, Lick it Up, and Crazy Crazy Nights.  Those are three of my all time favorite KISS songs. They do not do a lot of 80's stuff because they say most people want to hear the stuff from the 70's.  Really?  Did they take a poll?  Personally, I could do without most of their 70's tunes live.  Like you, I feel their music from the 80's is there best.  But, that is the stuff I grew up with.

I Love It Loud is a song from the makeup era, the album "Creatures of the Night".....

here's a pic from friday's show in Philly that I took....

Great Kiss pics  :2thumbs:

in no particular order, and just the ones that stand out.

Pink Floyd - momentary lapse of reason tour
BB King - Jan 91
Soundgarden  
Prodidgy
Jethro Tull 1998
Ian Moss 2008
Neil Young 1986
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Marylin Manson
Buddy Guy
Shihad
the feelers
the voodoo kreepers
Jeff Healey Band

Wife just bought me tickets to "Roger Waters - The Wall Live"
Hope this show rocks !!

Quote from: 451-74Charger on August 13, 2010, 12:42:07 PM
Wife just bought me tickets to "Roger Waters - The Wall Live"
Hope this show rocks !!

I totally wanna go see that. He's doing 5 shows in L.A....and I think they're all sold out. :rotz:

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 13, 2010, 12:46:22 PM

Quote from: 451-74Charger on August 13, 2010, 12:42:07 PM
Wife just bought me tickets to "Roger Waters - The Wall Live"
Hope this show rocks !!

I totally wanna go see that. He's doing 5 shows in L.A....and I think they're all sold out. :rotz:

I saw Roger Waters during the "Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking" Tour.  It was an absolutely awesome show... very powerful.  That man has some serious talent... twisted as he can be at times.

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 13, 2010, 12:46:22 PM

Quote from: 451-74Charger on August 13, 2010, 12:42:07 PM
Wife just bought me tickets to "Roger Waters - The Wall Live"
Hope this show rocks !!

I totally wanna go see that. He's doing 5 shows in L.A....and I think they're all sold out. :rotz:

:yesnod: :yesnod: :yesnod:    would still love to see him and david get back together

Yeah, I know it's not Freebird but some friends and I are going to see David Maldonado tomarrow night at the Legion of Honor (http://shapach.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/palace_legion_honor_sf.jpg?w=450&h=335.)
never seen a concert there before, it should be fantastic!


 http://www.nochedepasion.com/about.html

My First guitar lessons were from a Flamenco Master in 1967 so I learned long ago to respect the power of Flamenco Guitars and Dancing!  :yesnod:  :o

ZZ Top (4 or 5 times)
Grateful Dead...(very memorable, the day I got out of the Navy)
Hank Williams Jr. (great show!)
Ricky Scaggs (bluegrass guy)

All of these were prior to 1988...

I need to add rush to my list. They put on a very good show.

Quote from: Nacho-RT74 on May 30, 2009, 10:54:44 AM
mostly of them I have worked on stage:
-Yes
-Metallica
-Sting
-Sheryl Crow
-Collective Soul                             Ru a stage hand or tech  or monitor mixer?????
-Oasis
-Ruben Blades
-Mana
-Alanis Morrisette
-Cristina Aguliera
-Five
-Kiss
-Motorhead
-Kool and the Gang
-El Reencuentro de Menudo
-La Union
-David Copperfield ( well I know is not music, but nice to work with him )
-Ricky Martin
-Alejandro Sanz
-Joan Manuel Serrat
-Fito Paez
-Willie Colion
-Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
-Amigos Invisibles
-Los Pericos
-Juan Gabriel
-Gilberto Santa Rosa
-Os Paralamas Do Succeso
-Simon Diaz
-Ana Gabriel
-Ricardo Montaner


Ok I can't remember... lot of local artist. I'm sure more international artists too

Quote from: 68charger383 on May 30, 2009, 01:20:01 PM
Charlie Daniels
Fleetwood Mac
Black Sabbath
Def Leppard (3X)
Billy Sqiuer                                       I see you saw the furs  3 times..   my band  The Plads opened for them at   
the showbox theatre in downtown seattle waaaaay back in about 78 or 9    very cool band.  your list is  more like my list
Blue Oyster Cult
Sting
John Cougar
U2 (2X)
Van Halen (3X)
Sammy Hagar
Pat Benatar (3X)
Michael McDonald
Paul McCartney
John Cougar
Boston
TKA
Zebra
Eddie Money (4X)
Heart (2X)
Pink Floyd
Cure
Outfield
Blues Brothers
ABC
Psychedelic Furs (3X)
Billy Idol
Pretenders
ZZ Top
Blondie
Journey
Human League
Kiss
Devo
Hall & Oates
Billy Joel
J Geils Band
Twisted Sister
REO Speedwagon
Survivor
Faith No More
Stray Cats
Stevie Nicks
Sugar Ray
ABC
Berlin
Wang Chung
Lisa Lisa
Expose
Cover Girls
Stevie B
Shannon
Eddie Money
Ratt
Joan Jett
Missing persons
Foreigner
Roger Daltry
Chaka Khan
Chris Botti
Cheap Trick
Aerosmith
Going to Jack's 5th show-Sweet, Steve Miller, Fixx, Cult, Skid Row, Night Ranger, English Beat

I'd have to say Aerosmith and ZZ top sounded the best!

I'm going to update my list....it's in no particular order


Metallica
Iron Maiden (x2)
Van Halen w/ David Lee Roth
Ozzy Osbourne
KISS
Buckcherry
AC/DC
Nickelback
Shinedown
Rob Zombie
Aerosmith
Motley Crue
Judas Priest
Queen with Paul Rodgers
Bad Company
Testament (met the singer and bass player)
April Wine (met them)
Lamb Of God
Trooper
38 Special
Molly Hatchet
Pat Benatar

Well, I need to add;
Rush
The Offspring again
311
Pepper

alice cooper            grand funk railroad           david crosby & grahmn nash       bto       guess who         who       poco                     reo speedwagon              blue oyster cult                    moody blues         jethro tull               wishbone ash            black oak arkansas            brownsville station          i hope at least some of the guys know these names   lol

But really, the best concert I've ever been to was Reggaefest '95 at the Greek Theater. It was a bunch of unknown bands I'd never heard of, but there must have been something in the air.... :apimp:

Rush, last night at the Boston Garden.

Met up with TeeWJay426 prior to the show as well.

Neil Peart. Right foot, quarter notes on the bass - left foot, half notes on the hi hat - and hands, quarter note triplets on the toms. All at the same time. Hello!

Unbelievable show! Rush sounds as fresh & tight now as they did the first time I saw them nearly 30 years ago. Neil Peart is a master!  :bow:
Geddy and Alex are no slouches either.

Great to meet Mr. & Mrs. nh_mopar_fan as well! Superb night all around.  :cheers:

Its been a few, latest one was a slash concert last night!! Awesome set! Played for 2hrs  :D

ZZ Top last saturday night in Hamilton after the V8 supercar races.

Awesome show, Living Legends   :notworthy:

Well,let me see:

U2 11 times and going to philladelphia this year again  :icon_smile_big:
Kid Rock 1 time
Bryan Adams 2 Times
Bon Jovi 3 times
Aerosmith 1 time
Scorpions 1 time
Metellica 2 times
Slayer 2 times
Pearl Jam 1 time
Bruce Springsteen 1 time
Limp Bizket 1 time
Papa Roach 2 times
30 seconds to mars 1 time
Angels and Airwaves 1 time
Rolling stones 3 times
Audioslave 1 time
Ozzy Osbourne 1 time
Stone Sour 1 time
16 Horsepower 1 time
Snow patrol 1 time
Van Halen 1 time
Ugly kid joe 1 time
Jeff Healey band 1 time
Melissa Etheridge 1 time
Neon Trees Recently 1 time.I think this is a great band who are very good when they play live

Just got back from seeing the Dirty Heads in Charlotte. Not really my thing, but they are a pretty good live band. Going to see Skeletonwitch(4th time) and 3 Inches of Blood(2nd time) tomorrow nite in Raleigh.

Quote from: TeeWJay426 on September 15, 2010, 10:28:59 AM
Unbelievable show! Rush sounds as fresh & tight now as they did the first time I saw them nearly 30 years ago. Neil Peart is a master!  :bow:
Geddy and Alex are no slouches

Went to see them in Detroit last night and had a great time and good seats!   :2thumbs:

FEAR at a strip club, nobody beats that  :coolgleamA:

Man,, I don't even feel worthy of replying to this thread seeing all the concerts others here have been to...

but, in no particular order for me except the VERY 1st.....  ironic... I'm not even into county music....

1. Willie Nelson (back in the late 70's)
same colors, all together in one concert
Journey - Frontiers
REO Speedwagon
Rossington Collins Band
Foghat
Aerosmith
Journey - Escape
Loverboy
Rod Stewart

Met up with TeeWJay426 and the Mrs for Bob Seger last Friday at the Boston Garden.

seen most every big band in the 70s 80s and 90s. way to many to list. 200 plus easy

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on April 19, 2011, 12:33:01 PM
Met up with TeeWJay426 and the Mrs for Bob Seger last Friday at the Boston Garden.

Good show, and a good time!  :2thumbs:

Rush many times
Godsmack 3 times
Tool twice
Queensryche twice
VAn HAlen
Aerosmith
Scorpions
Pink Floyd
Prism
Streetheart
Headpins
Lee Aaron
Metallica
Megadeath

I've been to many concerts over the years. I'll try to remember them all. Some of these bands opened for the Headliners and some of them became headliners after I saw them. Nonetheless, I've seen them all.

AC/DC
Aerosmith
Alice & Chains
Billy Idol
Bon Jovi (Four times)
Boston
Bryan Adams (two times)
Buck Cherry
Cinderella
Collective Soul (two times)
Counting Crows
David Lee Roth (three times)
Dokken
Eddie Money
Extreme
Glass Tiger
Great White
Hooters
Journey
Kingdom Come
Kix
Kiss
Live
L.A. Guns
Living Colour
Metallica
Nickelback
Private Life
Ratt
Rolling Stones (two times)
Scorpions (two times)
Taylor Dayne
Tesla (two times)
Theory Of A Deadman
Three Days Grace
Trixter
Van Halen (four times)
3 Doors Down

I'm in the middle of nowhere....we don't get a lot to choose from concert-wise....but we used to, back in the day.

Here's a few:

Boston x 2
Cheap Trick x 2
Van Halen
ZZ Top
Extreme
Kiss x 2
Alison Krauss x 3
Goo Goo Dolls
Joan Jett x 2
Alice Cooper x 2
Lyle Lovett
Ted Nugent
38 Special
April Wine
Slave Raider x 3
Headpins
Night Ranger
Loverboy
Pat Benetar
Jefferson Starship
Warrant
Faster Pussycat
TAT
Amy Grant

Went to the Big 4 last Saturday. The only band out of the 4 (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth) I hadn't seen live before was Slayer. Never been a big fan of theirs (in fact, my buddies and I skipped part of their set to hit the head and get more drinks w/ out long lines), but damn, the part I did get to see was insane. Dare I say, they would have  (but not quite) upstaged Metallica, had the latter not come out and played a bunch of stuff off Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets - including Orion!.

next show I got coming up is Coheed and Cambria (again), theyll be playing the Second Stage Turbine Blade album in its entirety. Beyond that, I'm trying to secure Rush tickets and trying to convince my buddy to sell me one of his Scott Weiland tickets at the Viper Room (small venue...like 200 people tops).

Oh yeah...also saw Sepultura a couple of months ago.

to many to list but the worst was Dolly Parton at Cesar's Palace Lake Tahoe, not her fault the sound system sucked be on belief, sat right side of stage and still having trouble hearing out of right ear :eek2:

Quotetrying to convince my buddy to sell me one of his Scott Weiland tickets at the Viper Room (small venue...like 200 people tops).

Good idea to not take the wife as he likes to hit women, & of course then he would have to die.

Frankie Valli and the four seasons, and Elvis.  I'm old.  :icon_smile_big:

UFO last Sunday. The guy that shot this was sitting right behind us.

http://www.youtube.com/user/kfraser59#p/u/2/gAuAnq4cSIY

One of the most under-rated bands ever.

Here are the ones I can remember.When I was younger I would remember the start of the shows and that would be about it. Don't care to fight the crowds any more but it was fun back then.

Santana
greatfull dead
America
Peter Frampton
Loverboy
Ted Nugent
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Rolling Stones
Outlaws
Marshal Tucker band
Rogert Plant,Jimmy Page
Pantara
The Cult
White Zombie
Cinderella
Bon Jovi (my ex draged me to this one)
Hank Jr
Living Colour

Lords of Acid
TKK
Ministry
Front 242
Pigface
KMFDM
Crystal Method
Sister Machine Gun

a few others somewhere...

QuoteUFO last Sunday. The guy that shot this was sitting right behind us.

http://www.youtube.com/user/kfraser59#p/u/2/gAuAnq4cSIY

One of the most under-rated bands ever.

True!


I made it one of my hobbles to go and see shows live for quite some time  :coolgleamA: . Only major acts listed:

ACDC - Straight forward awesomeness. Bon's voice was so lecherous.
Aerosmith - Expected drunken debauchery, but they were better than expected.
Allan Brothers - So enjoyable!
Avenged Sevenfold - Ooof!
BB King - This guys ego barely fit though the back door, but the show was still enjoyable.
Bad Company - Solid 70'S.
Beach Boys - Not impressed. Maybe an off night?
Black Label Society - Zak!
Black Sabbath - Wow. Probably in my top three live shows.
Blue Oyster Cult (x5 as of Nov 18, 2017) - Touring constantly for 50 years! Still great.
Bo Diddley - Thumbs up.
BTO - Rockers.
Clutch - You can tell these guys really enjoy what they do.
Corrosion of Conformity - A personal fav of mine. Glad I got to see them even if it was post heyday.  
Deep Purple - Incredible. INCREDIBLE.
Disturbed - Dramain's voice has got to be heard live.
Eagles, the - This one was at the forefront of the escalation of ticket prices. Practically had to take out a small loan for the tix.
Eddie Money - Very good.
Edgar Winter - Super fun.
Five Finger Death Punch - Boom!
Fleetwood Mac - Very good.
Foghat (x2) - Saw these guys the first time while drinking and on pain meds for surgery. Not surprisingly, it was great time.
Gatling Brothers - Not my style, but very good.
George Thoroughgood - Met a girl ;)
Grand Funk Railroad - Meh.
Heart - Anne Wilson's pipes were incredible. I mean, wow.
Iron Maiden - Damn these guys are enjoyable.
Jethro Tull - 7th row on a hockey rink covered with plywood. My feet are still cold and my ears still throbbing. 
Lamb of God - This one was too much for me...   
Lynyrd Skynrd - Oh yeah.
Ozzy - Lesson learned on this one: Drained half a bottle of whiskey in the parking lot pre-show. I remember Mr Crowley and that's it.
Page/Plant - Learned how much Plant actually benefits from mixing and engineering. Still enjoyed it but glad when it was over.
Paul Revere and the Raiders - Super fun show.
John Fogerty - Great show.
Johnny Lee Hooker - I felt like I was watching history in front of me. Incredible.
Judas Priest (x3) - Rob Halford maybe only second in metal voice to Dio. Really enjoy seeing these guys.
Kiss - I had low expectations for this one. They were actually pretty good.
Leon Russel - Good.
Rob Zombie - EPIC.
Robin Trower - Wow!
Roger Waters - A grand spectacular.
Rush (x12) - First show was 1981. RIP best live rock musicians ever.
Sammy Haggar - Red Rocker for sure.
Santana - Spewed politics the whole concert. Shut up and play!
Sound Garden - Cornell one of my favs of all time. Interestingly, he was in my high school class before dropping out. 
Styx - (Saw) them from a hotel stairway across the street.
Ted Nugent - Now banned from the indian casino he always played at.
The Firm - Awesomeness. I recall the old dude sitting next to us and wondering what he was doing there. Now that's me.
Thin Lizzy - Great!
Three Dog Knight - Very good.
The Guess Who - Good.
UFO - Best show I have ever seen, hands down.
Warren Zevon (x2)- Enjoyable quirkiness.
Wishbone Ash - You've probably never hears of them. Blew my mind more than it was already - show opener for Foghat.
ZZ Top - They should chisel these guys faces onto Mt. Rushmore. American institution. Straight-forward blues rock legends.



....I'm sure I've missed several more.....

UFO

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt   :2thumbs:

(http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO/ufo_us_pass.jpg)

BLUE OYSTER CULT jammed Tacoma last night!!

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update to my list:

Sponge (back in March)
Scott Weiland (last Tuesday).

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Quote from: TK73 on May 28, 2011, 11:03:44 PM
BLUE OYSTER CULT jammed Tacoma last night!!

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more COW bell

Kiss
Pink Floyd
Grateful dead
THE Who
NIN
David Bowie
Bob Dylan
Sting
Traffic
Motley Crue
Godsmack
Traffic
Probaly others I forgot

I'll miss a bunch. I'd have to go through all my CDs to remember. Some were opening acts starting out. Most of the country stuff was at my wife's behest. One real stinker in there that was not actually as bad as you might expect:

Loverboy ('86... my first concert)
Hooters (w/ above)
Steve Winwood
Don Henley
Eagles
Bad Company (w/o Paul Rogers)
Romantics
Night Ranger
Gin Blossoms x2
Goo Goo Dolls
Reo Speedwagon
Eagles ('94)
Styx
Kansas
Sheryl Crow
Alice in Chains
Van Halen (91 & 97)
Sammy Hagar x6
Bare Naked Ladies
Dave Matthews Band
Matchbox 20
Train
Blue Oyster Cult
Three Doors Down
Montrose (guest w/Hagar)
Toby Keith x3
Kenny Chesney x2
Alan Jackson
Tim McGraw
Dixie Chicks
George Straight
Brad Paisley
Montgomery Gentry
Barry Manilow (yes... there was definitely a chick involved)

Just this weekend:
Blackberry Smoke (these guys rock!)
Zac Brown Band (awesome)

There are probably a dozen more that escape me at the moment. Some pretty significant opening acts I'm sure I'm forgetting as well.

In February 2011 saw Motorhead in Fargo,ND on The World Is Yours tour. Front row and caught Lemmy's pic too. Loudest show I ever been too.

Going to see Big Time Rush at the state fair with the daughter today......   :icon_smile_big:

Time to add 2 more bands to my list.   :icon_smile_big:

A few weeks ago my daughter Kate tells me that a band she likes, "311" is going to be playing a concert soon. I looked them up through the Ticketmaster website & saw that they were going to be at Bethel Woods. (The old Woodstock site) General admission on the lawn is cheap, so I told my wife, "Lets get tickets for Kate & her friends if it's okay with their parents." She agrees, so I tell Kate & she smiles ear to ear. She tells her 3 friends who all get permission to go, & I go online to get tickets.

The lawn tickets that I thought I saw as $5 were actually $30.  ::)

I misread the "Lawn Chair Rental Price" as the ticket price.  :smilielol:

Well, I didn't have the heart to tell Kate & her friends I screwed up, so I got the tickets anyway & all 6 of us went. It rained on the way & sitting in the wet grass wasn't happening, so I rented 6 chairs. The show was pretty good & 311 was very tight & had a really good sound system for an outdoor show. I didn't care too much for the opening band, Sublime With Rome, but they were okay & the kids liked them.

We had some good luck that offset the chair rental & the t-shirt we got for my daughter. My wife found $20 in the parking lot, & I found $40 in the lawn area.  :cheers:

The Yardbirds tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXlHMQdgnXs

Got tix last week to go see Judas Priest, BLS, and Thin Lizzy on Nov.27. :woohoo:

ive seen quite a few.

blue oyster cult to marilyn manson

insane clown posse to lamb of god

korn, stone temple pilots, staind, kottonmouth kings, all that remains, five finger death punch, hatebreed, linkin park, papa roach, slipknot, mushroomhead just to name a few of the hundreds of bands I have seen!

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on September 04, 2011, 11:40:00 PM
The Yardbirds tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXlHMQdgnXs

no eric clpaton , no jeff beck , no jimmy page  ???   not really the yard birds    :icon_smile_big:

Well yeah, and no Queen without Mercury, no Skynyrd without well..all of them.

The list goes on.

I think EC, Beck, and Jimmy were busy and couldn't make it.

not gunna count festivals cuz this list will go on forever

Metallica (2x)
Godsmack (4x)
Van Halen
Megadeth (2x)
Trivium (2x)
Volbeat (3x)
Hellyeah
Korn
Mudvayne
Lamb of God (2x)
Gwar (2x)
Reel Big Fish
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Black Label Society
Tool
Trans Am
Shinedown
Rob Zombie
All That Remains
CKY
Poison The Well (a band I was in opened for these guys)
Gwen Stacy
Duck, Duck, Goose
10 Years
3 Days Grace
Flyleaf
Trace Adkins
Less Than Jake
Coheed and Cambria (2x)
New Found Glory
Down
Alter Bridge
Another Animal
Cold
Machine Head (2x)
Apocalyptica
Judas Priest (30 yr anniversary reunion tour)
Slayer
Hatebreed
Avenged Sevenfold
Stone Sour
Hollywood Undead (not happy bout this one but they opened for avenged sevenfold)


I know there are a lot more but this is the best off the top of my head I can think of

Frankie Valli and Elvis Presley.  Yes I'm that old.

I had the great pleasure of seeing The Eagles when they performed their Farewell 1 Tour here in Melbourne. Enjoyed it so much I went out and bought the dvd. 
In my opinion they are the greatest band around. To me, their songs sound as good today as they did back in the seventies.

Adding another one to the list, a jazz trio called "Nevermind" with keyboardist John Medeski from Medeski, Martin & Wood. They had a Hammond organ, drums & guitar. It was a really great show that was free at a small club by me called "The Falcon" where you leave a donation to help cover the expense.  :cheers:

I get to add another.  :D

Saw Chris Botti this past Friday night with my wife & daughter at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. Chris Botti is a jazz trumpet player, but he crosses over several music styles including some funk, rock & classical. I'd almost guarantee that if you're strictly a Metallica fan, you'd probably fall asleep, but it was a great show with a super tight band.  :lol:

Just in case anyone is interested in seeing who he is....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKTlJoxtdSU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL813902DDE2EA5A02

updating my list again:

Filter
Saliva
Great White*
Quiet Riot*
L.A. Guns*
Enuff Z Nuff*


Got Filter coming up again in November. Never been a huge fan but I saw them in July and thought they put on a great live show. And they even threw in a ZZ Top cover for good measure.


*or whatever is left of those bands.

Kansas
Foriegner
Queen w/mercury
Steely Dan
Rolling Stones
ZZ top
Hart
Boston
OSU Marching Band--Ok it was a football game


Three Doors Down and Sammy Haggar a couple weeks ago.

Quote from: flyinlow on September 28, 2011, 02:12:09 PM


Queen w/mercury

Damn. Awesome.  :2thumbs:

Quote from: Ponch ® on September 28, 2011, 03:15:09 PM

Quote from: flyinlow on September 28, 2011, 02:12:09 PM


Queen w/mercury

Damn. Awesome.  :2thumbs:

Saw Queen when News of the World came out & a couple of times after. Mercury & the rest of them always did a great performance. I will admit that even though I hated their stuff after that fat bottom bicycle song came out, the live show I took my sister & her friends to was good.

Quote from: Old Moparz on September 29, 2011, 03:39:15 PM

Quote from: Ponch ® on September 28, 2011, 03:15:09 PM

Quote from: flyinlow on September 28, 2011, 02:12:09 PM


Queen w/mercury

Damn. Awesome.  :2thumbs:

Saw Queen when News of the World came out & a couple of times after. Mercury & the rest of them always did a great performance. I will admit that even though I hated their stuff after that fat bottom bicycle song came out, the live show I took my sister & her friends to was good.

I saw them 3 times. All with Mercury. I never considered seeing them with Paul Rodgers.

I saw the News of the World Tour (my first concert) and then twice on The Game tour. Billy Squier opened the Boston show.

DEF LEPPARD 13x
Disturbed
Poison
Heart
Cheap trick
Van Halen

Been busy with concerts lately & can now add Steely Dan to my list.  :cheers:  Saw them in Boston at the Wang Theater & thought they were great. The theater is absolutely incredible & looks like a palace from a storybook. There's been a lot of nice venues, but this one is the most impressive one I can recall. I've wanted to see Steely Dan ever since the Aja album came out, but with their lack of touring & my own calendar it just never happened. The two songs they played Saturday night that made the whole trip worth it, was "Aja" & "Reelin' In The Years". My daughter is now a fan of Steely Dan.   :2thumbs:

Also met up with nh_mopar_fan & his wife for dinner & a couple of beers before the show. That might be the only time my daughter will have ever seen a Red Sox fan (nh_mopar_fan) & a Yankee fan (me) hanging out in Boston drinking beers together without name calling.  :lol:

Quote from: Old Moparz on October 02, 2011, 11:00:53 PM
Been busy with concerts lately & can now add Steely Dan to my list.  :cheers:  Saw them in Boston at the Wang Theater & thought they were great. The theater is absolutely incredible & looks like a palace from a storybook. There's been a lot of nice venues, but this one is the most impressive one I can recall. I've wanted to see Steely Dan ever since the Aja album came out, but with their lack of touring & my own calendar it just never happened. The two songs they played Saturday night that made the whole trip worth it, was "Aja" & "Reelin' In The Years". My daughter is now a fan of Steely Dan.   :2thumbs:

Also met up with nh_mopar_fan & his wife for dinner & a couple of beers before the show. That might be the only time my daughter will have ever seen a Red Sox fan (nh_mopar_fan) & a Yankee fan (me) hanging out in Boston drinking beers together without name calling.  :lol:

:cheers: Awesome show. Love that venue. Great time at dinner too!

Just saw rise against a few weeks ago, 2nd time...was great  :2thumbs:

JUDAS PRIEST EPITAPH TOUR last night... final tour

Black Label Society and Thin Lizzy openers


Think I saw RallyeMike there...

RUSH in June...  HELLUVA SHOW!!!

BOC  in May

Robin Trower before that...

ok year so far, might need to schedule in Queensryche in December

Quote from: TK73 on October 31, 2011, 02:25:57 AM
RUSH in June...  HELLUVA SHOW!!!

Totally agree. Saw them on June 30th, they were FANTASTIC.

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on October 31, 2011, 03:18:54 AM

Quote from: TK73 on October 31, 2011, 02:25:57 AM
RUSH in June...  HELLUVA SHOW!!!

Totally agree. Saw them on June 30th, they were FANTASTIC.

June 28...  AMAZING show!!

I really dug the videos they did

I'm going to a concert today!!! I'm seeing foo fighters, cage the elephant, and mariachi El Bronx. I have seen:

Judas priest
white snake
powerman 5000
since October
rehab
buck cherry
papa roach
red
and alot of others that i cant think off the top of my head. the only difference is I haven't paid for any of these concerts. I see em for FREE. my buddy works at the power balance pavilion (aka arco arena).

My son is going to a concert tonight.  World War III with Asking Alexandria and Hollywood Undead.  3 other bands I've never heard of. 

Quote from: learical1 on November 01, 2011, 02:09:11 PM
My son is going to a concert tonight.  World War III with Asking Alexandria and Hollywood Undead.  3 other bands I've never heard of. 

Heard of Hollywood undead, local radio played some and interviewed the band a while back... other 2   :shruggy:

Might schedule in Queensryche in December and half tempted to catch Peter Murphy and She Wants Revenge...

Now adding Frank Vignola to my list.

INCREDIBLE guitarist.  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wMm4UcvQzM

Went to see Chicago last night, they were really good.  :cheers:

I like their early stuff, but my interest in them faded when they became mostly elevator music later on in the late 70's. My daughter Kate plays bass in the school jazz band & they're playing a Chicago tune, "25 or 6 to 4" for the upcoming spring concert. A few weeks ago she heard a commercial on the radio that Chicago was doing a concert locally, & asked if we could go. I easily said yes since it was another classic band & not Justin Beiber or something else annoying. Of course I'd have taken her to see Beiber if that's what she wanted, but I'd have to add toilet scrubbing & oven cleaning to her list of things to do.   :lol:

Anyway, the concert was good & there are still 4 of the original, founding members in the band who had no trouble finding the energy to keep rocking. The 2 songs that made the whole show worth seeing was "I'm a Man" (a Steve Winwood tune) with an impressive drum solo by both drummers, & "25 or 6 to 4" with a long guitar solo.

They're touring right now, so if you like Chicago & never saw them, it's worth going to.  :2thumbs:

We see them every year Bob. Deb is a huge fan. We have tickets for this summer up here. Did they have someone come out and sing "If you leave me now" with them?

They auction off a VIP package for every show that includes a meet and greet, VIP seats, and the chance to sing that on stage with them. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.

We've got tickets for Will Hoge tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNWPiNLSAWc

went to a moody blues concert in outside venue. sat on the grass on the hill side. definately took me back. that was during the summer. they still put on a great show. :2thumbs:

We saw the Moodys last March in Clearwater.

Great show.   :2thumbs:

Guns N' Roses in '89, I think it was.  I was 16 and surrounded by the seediest, rowdiest, dirtiest, most intoxicated, and most naked and loose women I had ever met in my life up to that point.  Also an unknown group by the name of Sound Garden that opened up for 'Guns; the crowd hated them, some of that due in part to Axl and friends being 2.5 hours late.

I then saw Stone Temple Pilots in '96, before Scott went to jail for felony drug charges. 

All in all I hate people, crowds, which is why I avoid concerts like the plague.  I also don't like live performances.  Maybe it's just my bad hearing and/or the abysmal quality of youtube videos but live performances sound like garbage to me...

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on May 02, 2012, 09:52:51 AM
We see them every year Bob. Deb is a huge fan. We have tickets for this summer up here. Did they have someone come out and sing "If you leave me now" with them?

They auction off a VIP package for every show that includes a meet and greet, VIP seats, and the chance to sing that on stage with them. All proceeds go to the American Cancer Society.

We've got tickets for Will Hoge tonight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNWPiNLSAWc

Yeah, they did that song & the guy who won did a pretty good job with the vocals, even the high notes. Not one of my favorite songs by them, but I joined in for the standing ovation everyone gave him.   :2thumbs: 

We sat in row T in section 103 which wasn't bad.

I've only seen two:

Fleetwood Mac in Honolulu back in '80 or '81
Hall & Oates in DC in '85 (I think)



They don't let me I don't get out much... ;)

Quote from: Larry523 on May 03, 2012, 06:53:58 AM
I've only seen two:

Fleetwood Mac in Honolulu back in '80 or '81
Hall & Oates in DC in '85 (I think)



They don't let me I don't get out much... ;)

at least they let you have a computer in the rubber room   :icon_smile_big:

 :smilielol: :smilielol: :slap:

Last night I took my wife & daughter to see Roger Waters' performance of The Wall at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. It was an incredible show & I was very impressed, but I was also a little sad at the same time. You see, I saw the original Wall show when Pink Floyd was still together at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island back in 1980. Little did I know at the time, that soon after that show Pink Floyd wouldn't exist as "Pink Floyd" anymore.

Waters' ego pissed off the others & keyboardist Rick Wright left. They argued in court over who gets to use the Pink Floyd name for years, & in my opinion, none of them made music as good after that as when they were all together. (Kind of like what the Beatles did.) They did do a small reunion show that I would have loved to have seen, but the chances of that ever happening now are over since Rick Wright died not too long ago.

Anyway, going by memory from the 1980 show, last night's show had some upgrades to it that were better. The sound was great like always, but computerization does wonders for lighting & effects. I do remember most of the 1st show, but after 32 years I forget a few things.....LOL  The films they showed back then seem a bit crude compared to the way they were able to project them onto the screen & the wall now. The giant inflatable pig now flies over you by remote control & not by cables. The guitarist was good & stood at the top of the wall to do the solo on Comfortably Numb just like David Gilmour did, but I would have loved to see Gilmour up there.

The best part of last night's show to me though, was watching my 13 year old daughter's reaction to it. She brought her camera & took a ton of photos & a couple of videos, & I got her a Wall t-shirt. It'll be a show that she likely won't forget, just like the one I saw in 1980.   :cheers:

I had to steal a couple of pics off the internet until my daughter downloads hers.   :lol:

 :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs:

saw Van Halen w/ DLR again a couple of weeks ago. I had seen them back in '07 when they first reunited, and at the time I wasn't impressed and didn't think it was that memorable. This time was much better. The Kid (Wolfie) has really gotten pretty good at filling in for Michael Anthony so the band was tighter than a...well, fill in the rest.

Dave somehow still jumps around the stage (though not as often). Eddie, for all his craziness, can still play like a mofo.

Quote from: Ponch ® on June 29, 2012, 03:20:56 PM

The Kid (Wolfie) has really gotten pretty good at filling in for Michael Anthony so the band was tighter than a...crab's ass......and that's waterproof.

:D

Quote from: myk on May 02, 2012, 11:07:01 AM
Guns N' Roses in '89, I think it was.  I was 16 and surrounded by the seediest, rowdiest, dirtiest, most intoxicated, and most naked and loose women I had ever met in my life up to that point.  Also an unknown group by the name of Sound Garden that opened up for 'Guns; the crowd hated them, some of that due in part to Axl and friends being 2.5 hours late.

I then saw Stone Temple Pilots in '96, before Scott went to jail for felony drug charges. 

All in all I hate people, crowds, which is why I avoid concerts like the plague.  I also don't like live performances.  Maybe it's just my bad hearing and/or the abysmal quality of youtube videos but live performances sound like garbage to me...

Hahah Myk GNR fangirls back in the day seriously were exactly like that.   When I was 16 or 17 I worked at KFC one summer, and there was this bleach blonde tatted girl there who didn't pay much attention to me cause she had a dude.    She caught me singing Bad Obsession while frying up some extra crispy one day and after that dude didn't matter so much.   She came around the corner and said 'Hey that's a GNR song' and I said 'yep' and she said 'Cool you wanna hang out after work?'.   I still owe those guys all a beer for that one.

Roger Waters performs the Wall at Fenway Park last night.

Amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byCy8T8LyVw

how sweet. man i wish i could have been there. had to be an awesome show to be at. :2thumbs:

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on July 02, 2012, 09:41:41 AM
Roger Waters performs the Wall at Fenway Park last night.

Amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byCy8T8LyVw

I'll bet Waters played better than the Red Sox.    :lol:

Got tickets to see Springsteen at Fenway later this summer too.

Should be a blast.

Hey Bob.... :slap:

Time to add a few names more to the never ending list.   :lol:

1) Stickmen
2) The Crash Kings
3) Stone Temple Pilots

Last Friday was the "Stickmen" at a very, very, very............very small venue. Two questions, right?

Q-1 Who are the Stickmen?   :shruggy:

A-1 Tony Levin on bass & Pat Mastelotto on drums, both from King Crimson, & Marcus Reuter on guitar.

Q-2 How small was the venue?   :shruggy:

A-2 Including myself, the wife, our daughter, the band, the dozen or so people that work there, I think it holds about 50 people. It's an old mansion that's in the process of being renovated & converted to some kind of new age church. (not my church, btw) It was great to see a band play, in what was basically a large living room. They did a question & answer segment between sets & it was cool to hear stories they had about playing with other bands & musicians.


Last night, my wife & I took our daughter to see The Stone Temple Pilots & the band that opened the show, The Crash Kings, at Bethel Woods, the Woodstock site. A couple of weeks ago my daughter mentioned that STP was touring & that she wanted to go see them. I like them, & she never really badgers us or whines about having to have something, so I figured why not? Both bands were okay, but the sound wasn't so great, including Scott Weiland's voice. On the earlier STP recordings it sounds better & deeper. Maybe he's losing it or maybe it's just enhanced more in the studio.   :shruggy:

The highlight of the night for my daughter was meeting The Crash Kings after the show. She got an autographed CD & took a picture with them. It was all she talked about during the ride home.    ;D

One of the things that's awesome about living in L.A. is that it is not uncommon for a big band (and by "big band" I don't mean the genre of music that was cutting edge when Old Moparz was in college) to do last minute and/or secret shows at small venues. A few weeks ago, my buddy hit me up asking if I wanted to go see the Deftones. They were doing a just-announced show at the Troubadour (super small venue...the size of a basketball court, if not smaller) the next day. Amazing show.

Quote from: Ponch ® on August 23, 2012, 04:11:07 PM
One of the things that's awesome about living in L.A. is that it is not uncommon for a big band (and by "big band" I don't mean the genre of music that was cutting edge when Old Moparz was in college) to do last minute and/or secret shows at small venues. A few weeks ago, my buddy hit me up asking if I wanted to go see the Deftones. They were doing a just-announced show at the Troubadour (super small venue...the size of a basketball court, if not smaller) the next day. Amazing show.

Big band music.   :smilielol:

Music that was "cutting edge" when I was in college sucked so bad I stopped listening to just about all of it. I started listening to a lot of jazz & old blues, then Stevie Ray saved my hopes that music would survive. That new wave crap that the record companies & MTV passed off as music made me feel ill.   ::)

I saw the Deftones open for KISS in 1996 in Albany.

Good grief. It's still a wonder how they're still around.

Terrible.

Quote from: nh_mopar_fan on August 23, 2012, 05:09:53 PM
I saw the Deftones open for KISS in 1996 in Albany.

Good grief. It's still a wonder how they're still around.

Terrible.

what did you think of the Deftones though? :icon_smile_tongue:

Oh, that's going to leave a mark.

:2thumbs:

Quote from: Old Moparz on August 23, 2012, 02:07:00 PM
Time to add a few names more to the never ending list.   :lol:

1) Stickmen
2) The Crash Kings
3) Stone Temple Pilots

Last Friday was the "Stickmen" at a very, very, very............very small venue. Two questions, right?

Q-1 Who are the Stickmen?   :shruggy:

A-1 Tony Levin on bass & Pat Mastelotto on drums, both from King Crimson, & Marcus Reuter on guitar.

Q-2 How small was the venue?   :shruggy:

A-2 Including myself, the wife, our daughter, the band, the dozen or so people that work there, I think it holds about 50 people. It's an old mansion that's in the process of being renovated & converted to some kind of new age church. (not my church, btw) It was great to see a band play, in what was basically a large living room. They did a question & answer segment between sets & it was cool to hear stories they had about playing with other bands & musicians.


Last night, my wife & I took our daughter to see The Stone Temple Pilots & the band that opened the show, The Crash Kings, at Bethel Woods, the Woodstock site. A couple of weeks ago my daughter mentioned that STP was touring & that she wanted to go see them. I like them, & she never really badgers us or whines about having to have something, so I figured why not? Both bands were okay, but the sound wasn't so great, including Scott Weiland's voice. On the earlier STP recordings it sounds better & deeper. Maybe he's losing it or maybe it's just enhanced more in the studio.   :shruggy:

The highlight of the night for my daughter was meeting The Crash Kings after the show. She got an autographed CD & took a picture with them. It was all she talked about during the ride home.    ;D

I seen the Crash Kings a while back with Jet. They are awesome. I love the piano work. I had the opportunity to hang out with Jet for a little bit, but didn't get to meet the crash kings.

Adding another concert to the list of shows I've been to.........The Deftones.

My daughter Kate wanted to see them so my wife & I surprised her with tickets at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. They were pretty good, & probably one of the louder shows I've been to. (Glad I brought along my ear plugs.) The only other shows that have been louder were when I saw George Thorogood at the Capital Theater in Passaic, NJ & Jeff Beck when he toured with Stevie Ray Vaughan at the RPI Fieldhouse in Troy, NY.

Kate loved it, so that made it worth it.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcw1j3_deftones-change_music#.UT1gWTdTHTo



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Emerson, Lake, & Palmer (and Emerson, Lake, & Powell) - 4 or 5x
Yes - 4x (With Anderson & Wakeman in the 70's, Downes, Rabin & Horn in the 80's & Oliver Wakeman & David Benoit a few years ago)
Santana - 2x
Jethro Tull - 3x
George Thorogood - 4 or 5x
Pink Floyd (with & without Roger Waters) - 5 or 6x
Genesis - 2x
Peter Gabriel - 4x
Steve Hackett (guitarist of Genesis) - 3x
Cheap Trick
U.K.
Gentle Giant
Ray Charles
Jerry Lee Lewis
Spyro Gyra
Steppenwolf - 3 or 4x
Robin Trower - 3x
Roy Buchannon - 2x
John Lee Hooker
Toni Iommi (solo from Black Sabbath)
Dave Edmunds
Brian Setzer
Steve Cropper
Dickie Betts
Neal Schon
Link Wray
Yngvey Malmsteen
The Cult
Allman Brothers
Outlaws
Molly Hatchett
Marshall Tucker Band
Boston
Todd Rundgren
Lonnie Mack
Stevie Ray Vaughan - 8 or 9x
Jimmy Vaughan - (also with Stevie Ray Vaughan)
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Savoy Brown - 3 or 4x
King Crimson - 13 or 14x - (Will go again later this year when they announce the tour dates)
The Police
David Sanborn - 3x
David Sancious - 2x
David Gilmour (solo from Pink Floyd) - 3x
Roger Waters (solo from Pink Floyd) - 3x
Van Morrison (total fucking waste of time & money)
Johnny Clyde Copeland - 3x
Popa Chubby - 8 or 9x
Hiroshima
Harvey Reid - 3x
Preston Reed - 2x
Michael Hedges - 2x
Return to Forever (Al DiMeola, Paco DeLucia, Jon Luc Ponty) - 2x
Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford (keyboardist of Moody Blues & drummer of Yes)
Stanley Jordan - 2x
Steve Carlton (guitarist of Steely Dan) - 3x
Elvin Bishop
NIN - 5x
Medeski, Martin, & Wood
Pat Metheny - 3 or 4x
Supertramp
The Kinks - 3x
Queen - 3x
Tangerine Dream
Jack Bruce - 7 or 8x (once with Eric Clapton)
Jeff Weider's Percolator Project
League of Crafty Guitarists (Robert Fripp of King Crimson)
Hot Tuna - 3 or 4x
David Bromberg - 4 or 5x
Allan Holdsworth's I.O.U.
The Strawbs
Brewer & Shipley
Leslie West (from Mountain)
Johnny Winter – 2x
Edgar Winter
B.B. King
Taj Mahal - 3 or 4x
Deep Purple
Buddy Guy
John Hammond - 3x
Dr. John
Jeff Beck - 2x
Willie Dixon
John Mayall
Twisted Sister
U2
Rod Stewart
Queens of the Stone Age
Death From Above 1979
Bauhaus
Saul Williams
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Whitesnake
Zebra
The Nighthawks
The Dreggs (with Steve Morse)
Annie Haslam (from Renaissance) – 2x
Poco
David Grisman - 2x
Allison Krauss
Bill Monroe
Peter Rowan
Pete Seeger
Tony Rice
Little Sammy Davis
Jeff Healey
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones - 4 or 5x
Johnny "Guitar" Hughes
Treat Her Right
Joe Ely
Joe Walsh
Living Colour
James Cotton
Bill Frisell
Whitesnake (Ian Paice, Jon Lord, David Coverdale)
Kip Hanrahan (With Jack Bruce)
David Torn (With Bill Bruford, Tony Levin & Chris Botti)
Imelda May
311
Sublime With Rome
Nevermind (With John Medeski from Medeski, Martin & Wood)
Chris Botti
Steely Dan
Frank Vignola
Chicago
Stickmen (Tony Levin & Pat Mastelotto from King Crimson)
The Crash Kings
Stone Temple Pilots
Cake
Deftones
DIIV
How To Destroy Angels (Trent Reznor's other band besides Nine Inch Nails)
Tower of Power
War
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Most of you will hate it....LOL)
Ginger Baker (Finally !!)
Julie Slick
We Used To Cut The Grass
Dylan Doyle Band
Terry Bozzio - 2x
Maximum the Hormone

just saw KISS , MOTLEY CREW and THIN LIZZY in SYDNEY 9/3/13  great show still can't hear anything :icon_smile_big: as a side note Vince Jones lost his kidney stones in Sydney last night,   had to cut show short and rush to hospital for emergency op

Does anyone remember Slade?
Saw them live once. Not sure why.

Quote from: Fred on March 11, 2013, 12:22:00 AM
Does anyone remember Slade?
Saw them live once. Not sure why.

glad all  over was a way better song than boney maroney   :yesnod:  hush rocked     :2thumbs:   still listen to rough tough and ready  from time to time

...away to Aerosmith next month :2thumbs: .....

Quote from: remta1 on March 16, 2013, 02:23:39 AM
...away to Aerosmith next month :2thumbs: .....

cool    :cheers: which venue

The new stadium in Dunedin , New Zealand ...playing in Aussie first and then over here for one show , was going to fly to aus to see them but in Dunedin the dtadium is about 20 mins drive from my house

have a good one   :cheers:  daughter is going to Sydney, i couldn't afford kiss and areosmith . kiss won out 

..wow tuff choice , have seen Kiss a couple of times now so Aerosmith are the default  :cheers:

just saw van halen and areosmith at the stone music festival sydney olimpic park sat 20/4/13, very cool show  :2thumbs: ( 1-2 hours of pouring rain)  show went for 6 hours. diamond dave was at his best

yeah ..hummed and hard about going over to see van halen but though i could better put that money into the car

Quote from: remta1 on April 21, 2013, 12:46:38 AM
yeah ..hummed and hard about going over to see van halen but though i could better put that money into the car

Wise decision.   :2thumbs:

got shafted when they canceled the areosmith concert and added their audience to the stone concert one week before concert .went from platinum seated to platinum floor :eek2: .( looking for a partial refund for the difference between seats and floor, here's hoping )

Quote from: polywideblock on April 21, 2013, 12:52:36 AM
got shafted when they canceled the areosmith concert and added their audience to the stone concert one week before concert .went from platinum seated to platinum floor :eek2: .( looking for a partial refund for the difference between seats and floor, here's hoping )

...yeah good luck with that , they normally dont like giving refunds back . :popcrn:I will ask Steve Tyler when i see him on Wednesday night...he may just give me cash for you , or will a cheque be ok ? :lol:

a check would be fine (signiture an all)  say WTF from australia. all in all it was a good night :2thumbs:   also check the mixing tent at back of standing area as he was in there all night watching gig  after their set

..cool , thanks for the headsup i willsee if i can spot him ...sort of like a rock version of wheres wally ?

....wonder how i will spot him though :D

 :smilielol: :2thumbs:

That is one of the best caricatures I've seen.  :2thumbs:

Quote from: Ponch ® on May 30, 2009, 11:09:40 AM
Here are the well known one's I can remember, in no particular order of awesomeness (some I've seen multilple times):

"Classic" Guns N' Roses
Metallica (5)
AC/DC (2)
U2 (2)
Judas Priest
Anthrax* (2)
Megadeth
Motley Crue (5-6)
Poison
Cinderella
Faster Pussycat
Slaughter*
Sex Pistols
NIN
Aerosmith
Kid Rock*
Korn
Limp Bizkit*
Rob Zombie
Godsmack*
Rage Against the Machine*
Marylin Manson
Hole*
Caifanes (Nacho might know who they are/were)
Steel Panther (many times)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Im probably forgetting a couple...

man, I really need to update this list, but I probably can't remember all the bands Ive seen since. Ill give it a shot (some may be repetitive from previous posts, but maybe i should compile them into one)

Coheed and Cambria (5-6 times since 2009)
Heaven & Hell aka Sabbath w/ Dio - one of his last shows
Saliva (not my thing, but it was free...)
Sponge (one or two hit wonder from the 90's)
Deftones (badass show)
Van Halen w/ DLR 2007 and 2012
Scott Weiland solo project
Boy Hits Car (look em up...misleading emo band name but heavy)
Slayer (the only band from The Big 4 I hadn't seen)
Between the Buried and Me
Filter

QuoteSlayer (the only band from The Big 4 I hadn't seen)

:2thumbs:

Quote from: remta1 on April 22, 2013, 01:21:00 AM
..cool , thanks for the headsup i willsee if i can spot him ...sort of like a rock version of wheres wally ?

....wonder how i will spot him though :D

A DENTIST'S DELIGHT!   :smilielol:  no need to say ........open wide.

Last night I went to go see a band called "How To Destroy Angels" at the Welmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. If you've never heard of them, that doesn't surprise me. The band is Trent Reznor's other band besides Nine Inch Nails & has a more electronic sound & less guitar. They were very good, but what blew me away was the light show. The best way to describe it is that there is a screen behind the band & a three dimensional screen in front of the band so that whatever the lights create gives the appearance of a 3-D appearance with the band in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-xd8lJsN6U

There was an opening act, a band called "DIIV" from New York City & these guys were pretty good, too.   :2thumbs:

Went and saw The Sheep Dogs last tuesday  , Fantastic Canadian band small small venue and small crowd great show



       Saw   Sound Garden last Night    Chris Cornell was great as he always is 

Quote from: moparstuart on May 23, 2013, 12:25:04 PM
Went and saw The Sheep Dogs last tuesday  , Fantastic Canadian band small small venue and small crowd great show



       Saw   Sound Garden last Night    Chris Cornell was great as he always is 

Wouldn't mind seeing Soundgarden, they put out some great albums.   :2thumbs:

Quote from: Old Moparz on May 23, 2013, 01:04:31 PM

Quote from: moparstuart on May 23, 2013, 12:25:04 PM
Went and saw The Sheep Dogs last tuesday  , Fantastic Canadian band small small venue and small crowd great show



       Saw   Sound Garden last Night    Chris Cornell was great as he always is 

Wouldn't mind seeing Soundgarden, they put out some great albums.   :2thumbs:

you would like the sheep dogs too  , fantastic live

Boy George.

I'm dating myself on some of these, but keep in mind I grew up in the '80's:

KISS (several times)
WASP
Ratt
Bon Jovi (several times)
Metallica (several times)
Ozzy (MANY times)
Judas Priest
Pearl Jam
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Alice in Chains
Smithereens (believe it or not the loudest concert I EVER attended)
White Zombie
Fuel
Deep Purple
Eric Johnson
Disturbed
Chickenfoot
Daughtry
Tonic

I'm sure there are some others I'm forgetting over the years.
We got tickets to see Black Sabbath coming up in August this year, can't WAIT to see Sabbath!!

i just saw steel panther a few weeks ago at hampton beach they were awesome! had front row cuse it was general admission. the band kept making references at my girl haha i got some videos of it.

Quote from: ACUDANUT on May 23, 2013, 03:11:00 PM
Boy George.

Air Supply and the Village People.  :yesnod: :poke: :smilielol:

Quote from: Brightyellow69rtse on May 24, 2013, 01:36:05 PM
i just saw steel panther a few weeks ago at hampton beach they were awesome! had front row cuse it was general admission. the band kept making references at my girl haha i got some videos of it.

They like BIG boobies, for some reason. :D :shruggy:

In the last 3 years I have seen:
Guns N' Roses Minneapolis 2011.
Sebastian Bach David,ND 2012
Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert, Alabama WeFest 2012
Skid Row Sturgis,SD 2012
Sweet Cyanide Sturgis,SD 2012
Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators Sturgis,SD 2012. (Front row, oiled Rock N Roll Show)
George Strait Grand Forks,ND Feb. 2013 (final tour)
Jason Aldean Grand Forks,ND March 2013
Hell's Bells An AC/DC Tribute May 2013
In July 2013 gonna see Slash Featuring Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators in Walker,MN for Moondance Jam. Can't f'n wait

Black Flag and Primus.

Just went to Bethel Woods (Woodstock) tonight with my daughter to see Cheech & Chong, who are touring with Tower of Power, an R&B band that's been around for years, & War. What a great show!  :2thumbs:

Some of the band members are the original guys, but they have some younger people in the band who are just great musicians. Seeing the live versions of songs like "Lowrider"....."Why Can't We Be Friends"......"Cisco Kid".......and......"Spill The Wine" made the whole night.

My daughter loved the bands & thought Cheech & Chong were funny. They did some of their classic routines including, "Dave's Not Here".....  :smilielol:

Tommy Chong's wife was the M.C. for the night. I didn't know being a stoner can get hot babes.  :lol:

His wife Shelby Chong......  :D

Didnt think id see the day of C & C doing a revival gig  :lol: But yes Mrs C gets the vote.

The Boss is coming in March next year, just announced today, that'll be a must

  Uncle george and his wife went too

Quote from: moparstuart on August 16, 2013, 11:04:53 AM
  Uncle george and his wife went too

Yeah, I saw that he had posted he was going but I didn't see him at the show, it's too large of a venue to bump into anyone you know. I also got there about 20 minutes late because I either misread the time on the website, or it was posted wrong.  :shruggy:  Most of the shows start at 8pm but this one started at 7:30pm. ::)

The Boss is coming in March next year, just announced today, that'll be a must
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Yeah wouldn't mind going to that

Steel Panther  :METAL:

I dont get out much!  :icon_smile_big:

Blues Bros
Beach Boys
Seals & Crofts
Charlie Daniels Band
Edgar Winter
Blue Highway
ZZ Top
Dave Brubeck
Ahmad Jamal
Del McCoury Band
Kenny Wayne Shepard
BB King
Earth, Wind, and Fire
Robert Cray
Alison Krauss
Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mtn Boys
Rhonda Vincent
Natalie Cole

probably others I can't think of right off.

ZZ Top  :2thumbs:

Not sure when I last posted/updated in this thread, but I'm pretty sure since then I've seen Sammy Hagar one more time (this summer), and Zac Brown Band two more times (including last night) since then. We try to catch both acts every time they're in the neighborhood.

I've now seen ZBB six times. This last one will probably go down as most memorable since we decided at the last minute to bring our 9 year old daughter. This actually her second time seeing them, but first from the pit. The kicker is that at the pre-show fan club party, she and her friend won tickets to the Eat & Greet to have dinner with the band. So she had supper with Zac (although we were later told she didn't clean her plate).

ZBB always does several rock covers in the their show which are always awesome. Last night's included Billy Joel's 'Piano Man', Metallica's 'Enter the Sandman', Zep's 'Cashmere', G&R's 'Patience', and others.

Time to add a more.   :D

Godspeed You! Black Emperor.....They opened for Nine Inch Nails on the current tour (Most of you will hate it....LOL) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXdF9uhVrI0

Ginger Baker (Finally !!) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/11/arts/music/ginger-baker-heats-up-the-iridium.html?_r=0

Julie Slick......Incredible bass player who tours with Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter & Tobias Ralph as The Crimson ProjeKCt

We Used to Cut The Grass.....Very good jazz band. https://soundcloud.com/weusedtocutthegrass

Dylan Doyle Band.......A local 3 piece band of very young guys that opened for Popa Chubby tonight who played a blues set that was very impressive! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_kpDPn8kxM

I saw Suicidal Tendencies about a week ago. Best pit I've been in in a while!!

ted nugent austin minn  1981
ufo april wine outlaws iowa jam des moines ia 1981
replacements  sioux falls sd  1986   

Metallica x2
Iron Maiden
Rob Zombie
Muse
Linkin Park
Judas Priest
ACDC
Guns N Roses
Seb Bach
Trivium
Lamb of God
Seether
Killswitch Engage
Stone Sour
Blink 182
Sum 41
Rise Against
Disturbed

Thats all I can think of off the top of my head, A few festivals under the belt you kinda lose track haha

If you havnt see 'Tallica, Seether or Disturbed live do it!

Nazareth / Aerosmith
Iron maiden / Twisted sister
Ratt
Metallica
Wasp / Armoured saint
Eric Clapton few times
Eagles couple times
Who couple times
Allman brothers band few times
Helix
Scorpions
Stephen stills
Crosby Stills Nash
Trooper
Alice cooper
Ozzy couple times
Big sugar
Kid rock few times
Black sabbath reunion tour 15yrs ago on my 30th bday :cheers:

And probably as many more I can't remember  :P :-\

Seeing a live, solo drum performance may not count as a band, but since Terry Bozzio is a drummer that had played with many bands over the years I suppose it counts.  :icon_smile_big:

Terry Bozzio's drum kit....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxe-SWxDEcw

It was a small club in Asbury Park, NJ called "The Saint" which was not the greatest of venues for a show. It's just a small, bar that has seen many bands over the years. If I got there early we probably would have got seats, but the food took so long to get where we ate before the show we had to stand. It was still okay though, my daughter & I were only about 20 feet from the stage & could see just fine.

Bozzio had a couple of great stories including one about going to Frank Zappas house at 3AM with a bass player friend of his. It was after a show & Bozzio offered his friend a ride who decided he didn't want to leave his bass in Bozzio's car. When Zappa saw him with the bass he told him to take it out & play. Zappa liked his playing so much he jammed all night, recorded it & decided to dub it over the bass player he just recorded with for his new album.  :lol:



And I just got to see King Crimson 2 more times in Albany last week, what a great performance!  :2thumbs:

AC/DC (3)
Iron Maiden (3) Up The Irons!
Styx (3)
Reo Speedwagon (3)
Ted Nugent (2)
Aerosmith (3)
Great White (3)
Motley Crue (2)
.38 Special (2)
Tesla
Badlands
Bad Company
Damn Yankees
Trixter
Megadeth
White Lion
The Treatment
Joan Jett
Waysted
Rick Springfield
Tim McGraw/Faith Hill
Slave Raider (Midwest band seen too many times to count!)
Probably missed a few but this is most of them.

Saw Lynyrd Skynyrd and Blackberry Smoke last year at a local vineyard. The were both awesome but I was truly impressed with the Skynyrd group of guys who are real and put it all out there and put so much enthusiasm into playing the songs they have played thousands of time. I've never felt so privileged to see a band in my life. My daughter just saw  Kiss and Def Leppard together.  And then she saw Ted Nugent, where she said there were a bunch of old people (like her dad). She had also just seen Steel Panther and got to meet them in person when they came in where she works, to eat.  Also saw Kentucky Head Hunters and Black Stone Cherry who are one of my most favorite young groups. I've also seen a lot of Christian rock groups but that was a different era of my life. One on the bucket list is to see Judas Priest before they hang it up. :coolgleamA:

Saw blackberry smoke on friday, second time I've seen them.
Was a sold out show at a decent sized venue, they are getting popular here in the UK.

Brittney Fox...Kix...Ratt...Bullet Boys....GNR when Use YOur Illusion was just comining out...Great shows...yes I had a mullett....

                
                   just saw Motley Crue  and Alice cooper at Sydney's all phones arena sat  16th may 2015    :punkrocka:      what a blast

                 including a 10 minute drum solo by tommy lee as he rode the "cruciflier"   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8ZwP9-OwCE

                      great night 5 hours of non stop entertainment    :yesnod:  

               

                     


           

  I was joking when I posted mine. It's funny nobody caught on.  :smilielol:

Adding to my list.   :coolgleamA:

This past weekend I went to Atlantic City with my wife & daughter to see Alice In Chains, & just a few weeks ago I saw Deep Purple for the first time since 1985. Deep Purple was really good, even if Ian Gillan can't hit the same notes he used to. I wasn't sure if I was going to go but when I mentioned it to my 16 year old daughter they were playing locally she said, "Yes! I definitely want to go!" I actually enjoyed this show more than the one from 30 years ago.  :lol:

Alice In Chains was good too. The newer singer, William DuVall who replaced Layne Staley, did a great job at all the old material. Without a doubt, it was one of the loudest live shows I can remember being at.  :o  Of all the shows I've been to since my first in 1977 there are just a handful that stand out as being REALLY LOUD.   George Thorogood, Jeff Beck, Popa Chubby & The Deftones are the others that will leave you deaf.  :lol:

Just go see a live show no matter who it is, it's better than the stereo at home. :cheers:

seen thorogood 3 x  twice at the venue  that I work at    :yesnod:  always puts on a great LOUD show   :2thumbs:

Quote from: polywideblock on August 18, 2015, 10:55:49 PM
seen thorogood 3 x  twice at the venue  that I work at    :yesnod:  always puts on a great LOUD show   :2thumbs:

True, his shows haven't disappointed me either.  :2thumbs:  One time I saw him in the early 80's, he did a tour that covered 50 states in 50 days & he seemed to be rushing the show that night.  :lol:

There was another tour he did where he brought out some special guests to play on stage with him. This one was also back in the 1980's so I don't recall who, but they were old time blues players.

kiss     :2thumbs:   last night at allphones arena  Sydney     great concert   :yesnod:   

  could have done without the "dead daisy's " but   :eek2: what a noise

Recently I took my daughter to see two Japanese metal bands in NYC, Maximum The Hormone at The Best Buy Theater, & Der En Grey at The Gramercy Theater. Both shows were okay, not my favorite type of music, but live shows are fun. The Best Buy Theater simply sucks. A large empty room, no character, shit acoustics & just not a good place to see a live show so I hope other concerts I get tickets for are at another venue. The Gramercy Theater is an old place, not very big & was much better to be in. I would like to go back to the Gramercy again but wish it was closer to home. The next day I had the chance to see Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy. This is his latest band, a power trio that played all Emerson, Lake & Palmer as well as two King Crimson songs. A small theater that was only a half hour drive made it even better, The Sugarloaf Performing Arts Center in Chester, NY  :cheers:

Quote from: 471_Magnum on May 29, 2011, 07:47:05 PM
I'll miss a bunch. I'd have to go through all my CDs to remember. Some were opening acts starting out. Most of the country stuff was at my wife's behest. One real stinker in there that was not actually as bad as you might expect:

Loverboy ('86... my first concert)
Hooters (w/ above)
Steve Winwood
Don Henley
Eagles
Bad Company (w/o Paul Rogers)
Romantics
Night Ranger
Gin Blossoms x2
Goo Goo Dolls
Reo Speedwagon
Eagles ('94)
Styx
Kansas
Sheryl Crow
Alice in Chains
Van Halen (91 & 97)
Sammy Hagar x6
Bare Naked Ladies
Dave Matthews Band
Matchbox 20
Train
Blue Oyster Cult
Three Doors Down
Montrose (guest w/Hagar)
Toby Keith x3
Kenny Chesney x2
Alan Jackson
Tim McGraw
Dixie Chicks
George Straight
Brad Paisley
Montgomery Gentry
Barry Manilow (yes... there was definitely a chick involved)

Just this weekend:
Blackberry Smoke (these guys rock!)
Zac Brown Band (awesome)

There are probably a dozen more that escape me at the moment. Some pretty significant opening acts I'm sure I'm forgetting as well.

Four years later there are a few more to add to the list. I've seen the Zac Brown Band eight (yes 8) more times. Seen Blackberry Smoke a few more times as well.

Time for a revival of this thread.

Seeing Blue Oyster Cult again Saturday night. They have been touring for 50 years, every year, if you count the first couple years when they were Soft White Underbelly.  :icon_smile_cool:

Night Ranger with Survivor 82 (10 minute long "Eye of the Tiger" lol)
John Cafferty Band
The Firm
Eddie Money x3
The Black Crowes x3
Ozzy with Sepultura
Metallica with Korn
AC/DC x3
Enuff Z'Nuff
Warrant, LA Gunns, Ratt
Queensryche x8
Aerosmith with Slash
Aerosmith with Skidrow
Bad Company x2 (with and w/o Paul Rogers)
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Kenny Wayne Sheperd x3
Eric Clapton
Tesla
Dokken
Page and Plant
Robert Plant solo x2
Greg Allman
The Cult with Dangerous Toys and Bonham
The Jason Bonham Band x2
Robin Trower
Quiet Riot
ZZ Top with Jeff Healey Band
Foreigner
Scorpions with Mr. Big and Extreme
Creedance Clearwater Re-visted
The Doobie Brothers
Staind with Creed
Iron Maiden with Rob Halford band and Queensryche
Judas Priest x2 with Megadeth and Testament

Lynyrd Skynyrd (flew to Atlanta in '87 for their tribute tour kickoff at the Omni, had backstage passes)
Blackfoot (got to jam with them on guitar in '83 great bunch of guys!)
Johnny Van Zant Band
Rossington Collins Band
38 Special
The Outlaws
Stevie Ray Vaughn(opened for Blackfoot in '83)
Thompson Square
Keith Urban(one of the best shows I've ever seen)
Laura Story(Christian Rock)

Areosmith
38 Special
Mothers Finest
Blackfoot
UFO
Ratt Accept
Motley Crue
Bon Jovi
Kixx
Gods Smack
Metallica
Billy Squire
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sammy Hager
David Lee Roth
Creed
Disturbed
Mushrum Head
Joan Jett
Jimmy Buffet
Bad Company
Styx
Def Leppard
That's All I can think right now. Couple bands more than once.

Boston Drummer Sib Hashian Dies On Rock Cruise Ship

Will be greatly missed, and helped create some legendary tunes. Apparently he collapsed during a performance, doing what he loved most. They were unable to revive him. RIP!

http://www.tmz.com/2017/03/23/boston-drummer-sib-hashian-dead/

Quote from: Nacho-RT74 on May 30, 2009, 03:09:54 PM

Quote from: Ponch ® on May 30, 2009, 11:09:40 AM

Caifanes (Nacho might know who they are/were)

Estoy tan enamoraadooo
de la neeegra Tomaaaasaa
que cuando se va de caaaasaa
que triste me pooongooooo

Jarabe de Palo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c7IXhHf5-I

Pretenders
Midnight Oil
The Cult
Sisters of Mercy
Yo La Tengo
Flea (at the local bar down the road f/ his house in Costa Rica)
Brazzaville
Pearl Jam
Neil young
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Ramones
Sex Pistols
The Jam
Afghan Whigs
Social Distortion
Black Angels
Alice in Chains
Linkin Park
Bauhaus
NOFX
Smithereens
Brian Eno
Adriano Celentano
Offspring
Sonic Youth
Xmal Deutschland
Van Morrison
Joe Cocker
Tom Waits
Ministry
The The
New York Dolls
Skillets
Concrete Blonde
Kraftwerk
Psychedelic Furs
Joy Division
The Pogues
Gorillaz
Joe Jackson
Janis Ian
Dire Straits
The Bangles
REM
The Fall
Pink Floyd
The Pharcyde
Depeche Mode
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The Kills
Jesus and Mary Chain
Guns N Roses
Fields of the Nephilim
Dead Can Dance
Galaxy 500
Dead Kennedys
The Cure
Cocteau Twins
The Chameleons
Built to Spill
Doobie Brothers

Needed to update my list.  :D

Since I last posted I had the chance to see.....

The Stickmen again, with Tony Levin.
The Adrian Belew Power Trio again.
Leslie West again.
Edgar Winter again.
Al DiMeola for the first time solo & not with Return to Forever.
Steve Wilson twice (Fom Porcupine Tree).
Ronin Trower again.
Brand X twice.

And King Crimson two more times. And that will be three more this coming November.

Last night my wife & I decided to go see Iron Butterfly, what a great show.  :musik010:

Sadly they aren't the original members, but technically they are still Iron Butterfly. Over the years people came & went creating an overlap & the longest any of the current members have been in the band is the early 90's. Just being able to see & hear In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida performed live was incredible.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjcvK-Ok9fVAhVB7SYKHW_cBZsQyCkIKTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DUIVe-rZBcm4&usg=AFQjCNFY6na7crab3DRT8yqPuoQrVJYaDw

These guys were all good musicians & did all the solos.  :coolgleamA:

Saw them at a small club called Daryl's House & had dinner while we were there. :cheers:

http://www.darylshouseclub.com

Ok Ill play.....just to get a UK list on here!!

Iron Maiden.....many times!
Rush
Motorhead ....many times. RIP Lemmy.
AC/DC
Black Sabbath
Guns N Roses
Saxon
Muse
Meatloaf
Linken Park
Man-o-war......so loud it hurt (in Guinness Book of Records for being loud!!) RIP Scott
Metallica
Areosmith
Alice Cooper (rubbish though!)
Europe
Girlschool (rubbish)...only band I've boo'ed!
Judas Priest
Krokus
Led Zeppelin
Nazareth
Scorpions
Thin Lizzy (one of my first).


I'm guessing you have my taste in music pretty much figured out by now!!!.....and I don't even have a single tattoo , beard or long hair (did have long hair....too grey for that look now...lol).

https://youtu.be/CWWDKZ-kydE (https://youtu.be/CWWDKZ-kydE)

Sorry, didya say taste?  :rofl: But today I can definitely get behind Linkin Park. Otherwise, no desire to see old stuff. That's what car shows are for. (That, and a chance to see some cars. See what I did there?) Otherwise, if I went to see ABBA and Janis Ian today, it'd be incredibly depressing. Cheers Chester

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-linkin-park-singer-chester-benningtons-last-days-w495942

You are making me very feel old.....when I saw those bands they were not old bands.....they were current!! LOL!

Here then, I'll make you hot. Saw Susanna Hoffs in a high school gym in 1982-3 and I'm pretty sure the Bangles were there too. Maybe 200 people. (Same summer I saw REM play at a fair to maybe 100 people.) Just couldn't get my eyes back in my head, and I'm pretty sure she saw me too. Those eyes  :o  I was hypnotized for months. I also remember this old man who used to mosh pit with us in Chicago in the 80s, wh/ I thought was sad, and now I'm that guy, gray pony tail and all. 

Does anyone remember  :scratchchin: Hmm!...... it was so long ago I can't remember the name of the band. I know they all had long hair and we all wore platform shoes.
Oh hang on, I remember.

   "Slade"

Does anyone remember Slade?

Mrs. Fred

    FRANK ZAPPA.....

George Jones
Alan Jackson
Deana Carter
Pam Tillis

Quote from: Fred on September 26, 2017, 09:18:10 PM
Does anyone remember  :scratchchin: Hmm!...... it was so long ago I can't remember the name of the band. I know they all had long hair and we all wore platform shoes.
Oh hang on, I remember.

   "Slade"

Does anyone remember Slade?

Mrs. Fred

Yep...saw them at the Hammersmith Odean London UK once..... very good..... It was about May of 82 or 83 I think. I was in London to see the FA Cup final (soccer!) and bought some convert tickets for that evening from a tout in the street. Bearing in mind it was may the first song they did was "Merry Christmas Everybody". Crowd loved it!

Just saw the Pet Sounds tour. Incredible!!
It was like watching a recording session only in one take.  Other that Brian's voice cracking occasionally it was technically perfect!  :2thumbs:
What a show, 3 hours, 1 break, can't say enough good things about it.

Quote from: alfaitalia on October 04, 2017, 04:27:15 PM

Quote from: Fred on September 26, 2017, 09:18:10 PM
Does anyone remember  :scratchchin: Hmm!...... it was so long ago I can't remember the name of the band. I know they all had long hair and we all wore platform shoes.
Oh hang on, I remember.

   "Slade"

Does anyone remember Slade?

Mrs. Fred

Yep...saw them at the Hammersmith Odean London UK once..... very good..... It was about May of 82 or 83 I think. I was in London to see the FA Cup final (soccer!) and bought some convert tickets for that evening from a tout in the street. Bearing in mind it was may the first song they did was "Merry Christmas Everybody". Crowd loved it!

WOW! someone remembers.   I saw them when they were playing in Melbourne all those years ago. Never hear any of their songs on the radio any more.
Mrs. Fred

Quote from: Fred on October 04, 2017, 08:49:50 PM

Quote from: alfaitalia on October 04, 2017, 04:27:15 PM

Quote from: Fred on September 26, 2017, 09:18:10 PM
Does anyone remember  :scratchchin: Hmm!...... it was so long ago I can't remember the name of the band. I know they all had long hair and we all wore platform shoes.
Oh hang on, I remember.

   "Slade"

Does anyone remember Slade?

Mrs. Fred

Yep...saw them at the Hammersmith Odean London UK once..... very good..... It was about May of 82 or 83 I think. I was in London to see the FA Cup final (soccer!) and bought some convert tickets for that evening from a tout in the street. Bearing in mind it was may the first song they did was "Merry Christmas Everybody". Crowd loved it!

WOW! someone remembers.   I saw them when they were playing in Melbourne all those years ago. Never hear any of their songs on the radio any more.
Mrs. Fred

I just googled and they are all still alive.
Mrs. Fred

.....and still touring !

-[223436162525]-S-[slade%20concert]&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk5GBw-_Y1gIVhhbTCh1CHQWfEAAYAiAAEgJnyfD_BwE]http://www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?affiliate=PP2&doc=artistPages/tickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&includeOnlybookable=true&kuid=242712&xtor=SEC-303030542-GOO-[Slade_-_SOLO]-[223436162525]-S-[slade%20concert]&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk5GBw-_Y1gIVhhbTCh1CHQWfEAAYAiAAEgJnyfD_BwE (http://www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?affiliate=PP2&doc=artistPages/tickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&includeOnlybookable=true&kuid=242712&xtor=SEC-303030542-GOO-%5BSlade_-_SOLO)

:2thumbs:

Adding another old time band to my list, Ten Years After.   :coolgleamA:

Only the drummer, Ric Lee & keyboardist, Chick Churchill are original members but the keyboardist was hospitalized & not there the night I went.  :'(

The guitarist, Marcus Bonfanti was fantastic. I never got to see Alvin Lee, but this guy really captured the bands feeling & got the audience going.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixif7qFiam4

Quote from: alfaitalia on October 05, 2017, 01:38:03 AM
.....and still touring !

-[223436162525]-S-[slade%20concert]&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk5GBw-_Y1gIVhhbTCh1CHQWfEAAYAiAAEgJnyfD_BwE]http://www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?affiliate=PP2&doc=artistPages/tickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&includeOnlybookable=true&kuid=242712&xtor=SEC-303030542-GOO-[Slade_-_SOLO]-[223436162525]-S-[slade%20concert]&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIk5GBw-_Y1gIVhhbTCh1CHQWfEAAYAiAAEgJnyfD_BwE (http://www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?affiliate=PP2&doc=artistPages/tickets&fun=artist&action=tickets&includeOnlybookable=true&kuid=242712&xtor=SEC-303030542-GOO-%5BSlade_-_SOLO)

:2thumbs:

Imagine!   Thanks for sharing.
Mrs. Fred.   (now I've got "Coz I luv You" going round and round in my head)

One of my all time favorites came around again, "Brand X" so I just couldn't say no to getting tickets.  :lol:

This show was at The Egg in Albany, NY  so I dragged my kid along who is now a fan & wants to see them the next time they come around.  :coolgleamA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZsolqcluvE

Back at The Egg in Albany last night & the night before to see King Crimson.  :coolgleamA:

Great show, they played material that hasn't been performed since the early 70's if at all.  :2thumbs:

Like this one.....

https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFhKJgqxNDD8&h=ATMxecKc2gCjhOMXPilwyCIasx-6c4sT2inuLZy68fOL4QTTkmapuVPEFZkhNZg5XSlkn8JvPvcfADyqlG_jL5OX-gw5v6DH1w5gBGQuiBHBTG3oxK92d36ReYz3KOwpQDrSrAsTkRUiwAqSSRXF1E01cPGV

Rik Emmett last Saturday.

:2thumbs:

Added a few more to my list covering the last few weeks.

Brand X  (Again!)   :coolgleamA:

Canned Heat  (One hell of a show!)   :cheers:

Popa Chubby   (For probably the tenth time!)   :2thumbs:

Slam Allen   (Great blues player who was on tour with James Cotton for many years.)

Buckethead    (This guy might be a bit odd but he is one great guitarist.)   :yesnod:

Covid really put a dent in the ability to go see live performances but there were a few shows during the pandemic. Live music is an addiction for me & I am glad that the last year or so I have been able to go see a bunch of concerts.

Some I have been able to go see since my last post are....

King Crimson (2 more times)
Rick Wakeman (From Yes)
Jon Anderson with the Paul Green Rock Academy (Also from Yes)
Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy
Kofi Baker (Ginger Baker's son who plays the music of Cream & Blind Faith)
Peter Gabriel
Hot Tuna (Electric)
Popa Chubby (2 more times)
George Thorogood
Deep Purple
Vapors of Morphine
Jerry Marotta (Drummer from Peter Gabriel's band) 2x
Edgar Winter
Steve Hackett 

There's been several tribute bands I've seen also & they've been great. Some of them have played Creedence Clearwater Revival, Traffic, ELP, Genesis & Peter Gabriel.