The answer is who HAVENT I seen!
I've been to more than 500 shows, beginning in 1976.
The answer is who HAVENT I seen!
I've been to more than 500 shows, beginning in 1976.
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Everybody from Janis Joplin to the Stones, Heart to the Go-Go's, Gene Krupa to Buddy Rich, to Louis Belson. Black Sabbath to ELP, to Jefferson Starship, to .38 Special Plus a lot I passed on, and a lot I went to because of girlfriends/wives.
I can go back further, to Palisades Park and Dion, the 4 Seasons, Neil Sedaka, Jay and the Americans, Timi Yuro, Martha and the Vandellas, Del Shannon, and whoever had a top 10 hit at the time.
I haven't seen to many big acts. Rush is the best I've been too. Most of the live music I go to is local bands. We have some really good original music in this part of Texas - and most are bands no one has heard of. I'm sure that's the case in many areas though.
Tex
Only seen a few, cos a lot of shows have age restrictions :(
Foo Fighters
the black keys
kasabian
Kaiser Chiefs
Florence and the machine
Black stone cherry
carl palmer
paramore
the cure
alter bridge
theory of a dead man
I think that's it, well bands people will have heard of!
Bridie
List is too long. Been going to shows since 1974. Not too many lately though. Prices have gotten a bit out of hand. I remember in 1976, there was a show at the now torn down Capital Centre just outside of DC called 5 Bands for $5. The line up was:
REO Speedwagon
Rush
BOC
Ted Nugent
Leslie West
Name a band that formed before the year 2000. I've probably seen them perform. It would actually be quicker for me to list who I haven't seen.
I lived about 10 minutes from a major music venue back east and pretty much had free access.
Bush, Hum, the Toadies, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Black Crows (w/ and w/o Jimmy Page), Gov't Mule, the Pixies, Weezer, Deftones, Foo Fighters, the Living End, Green Day, Blink 182, New Found Glory, Metallica, My Chemical Romance, Stone Temple Pilots, Ministry, Motorgrader, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Ann Barretta, the Mad Caddies, Saves the Day, Alkaline Trio, and countless others that I've forgotten or blocked out of my memory for being so terrible.
EDIT
How did I leave Pearl Jam and RHCP off the list.
Last edited by weezy; 12-18-2014 at 08:26 AM. Reason: massive brain fart
Mmm... Saturns.
I've been to a lot of shows. Of all the bands I listen to it would be easier to list who I haven't seen, chief among them is Rage Against The Machine. I've never seen them and I wish I had.
But I dont go to many shows any more. Prices are getting out of line, drive is too far, and I'm ready to go home as soon as I get there.
Way too many to list.
First concert I attended was the Cream Farewell Tour, Dallas, October 1968.
Of course, the drummer was Ginger Baker.
The very next month, somewhere on the SMU campus, I saw Jeff Beck.
He was supporting a new album called TRUTH.
The drummer on that tour was Micky Waller............the bass player was Ronnie Wood (yes, that Ronnie Wood) and the singer was this Brit we had never heard of named Rod Stewart.
In 1973-74, I was a pro-sound roadie so my list is long and would likely be incomplete..............that is in addition to all the other shows I've attended as an audience member.
I was extremely fortunate to see all the major acts (multiple times) of the supergroup 70s............looking back it was simply an amazing period for classic rock.
The most recent show I saw was Ringo's All Starr Band last July........in addition to Ringo, the drummer on this tour was Greg Bissonette.
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oasis
the Enemy
Reverand and the makers
Eninem
RUN DMC
the mighty mighty bostones
McFly
Alterbridge
steel Panther
Def Leppard
Motley Crue
thin Lizzy
Guns n Roses
Stereophonics
Bon Jovi
Aerosmith
Noel Gallagher
Shinedown
Volbeat
Foo Fighters
The Script
Queen - With Adam Lambert
that's all i can think of at the minute, i've seen a few of them a few times.
Have you got you're ticket for the rock train? You gotta earn that Ticket!!
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Rolling Stones
Bruce Springsteen
Neil Young (with Crazy Horse)
Pentangle (with Bert Jansch)
U2
Arcade Fire
The Tragically Hip
Jeff Beck (with Vinnie Colaiuta on drums)
Sting (with Vinnie Colaiuta on drums)
Bruce ****burn
Sarah Maclaughlin
Wilco
Little Feat
John Hiatt
David Clayton Thomas
G.E Smith (with Christine Oldham)
The Moody Blues
Pinetop Perkins
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeshi
These were the guys that made an impression but there were too many other notable bands that I've seen that I just can't list them all.
Just at one venue (Cal Jam II Ontario MotorSpeed Way) included:
Aerosmith
Foreigner
Heart
Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush
Dave Mason
Ted Nugent - last concert with original line up of Rob Grange, Derek St. Holmes and Cliff Davies
Rubicon
Santana
Bob Welch, with special guests Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood
I should list my favorite couple of shows:
1: Misfits 25th Anniversary show in NYC.
2. PANTERA.
3. AC/DC. INCREDIBLE show. August 2000. Went with my Dad who last saw them in 1981...right before I was born.
Those were definitely the best. I've seen a TON of shows. A7X was tremendous last year as well.
One that really stands out :
Out of the 15 times I've seen YES perform, one of the most memorable was at the Sandia Amphitheater in Albuquerque, N.M.
We were provided very comfortable beach chairs placed in front of the front row............bare feet in the soft grass and margarita in hand.
The opening act (if you can believe this) was Dream Theater.
They were at that time promoting their TRAIN OF THOUGHT release............below is their set list:
Overture
(orchestra-only edit)
1. About to Crash
2. Learning to Live
3. Machine Messiah
(Yes cover) (excerpt)
4. Trial of Tears
5. Stream of Consciousness
6. The Spirit Carries On
7. Solitary Shell
8. About to Crash (Reprise)
9. Losing Time/Grand Finale
Yes took the stage and played the following:
The Firebird Suite
(Igor Stravinsky song)
1. Going for the One
2. Sweet Dreams
3. I've Seen All Good People
4. America
(Simon & Garfunkel cover)
5. South Side of the Sky
6. Yours Is No Disgrace
7. Clap
(Steve Howe solo)
8. Long Distance Runaround
9. Wonderous Stories
10. Roundabout
11. Owner of a Lonely Heart
12. And You and I
13. Awaken
Encore:
14. Every Little Thing
Incredible experience.
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A lot of the groups I saw between the '70's and the '90's, were not that good stage shows. They made mistakes, some of them a lot of mistakes for big name groups.
AC-DC puts on a good show. The Stones can get sloppy. Bob Seger can rock anyplace at any time.
Went to see Ratt years ago. I had no interest in them (supposedly they had a rehearsal studio in the same building as us. I never tried to find out, mainly because I could have cared less) but my GF liked them and got tickets.
Anybody who has ever seen them knows that their guitar player used to put spit on his finger and flick it into the crowd. They played a song that she really liked and pulled me down to get closer to the stage. The guitarist struts down to our end of the stage, puts some spit on his finger and gets ready to flick it. It would have gone in my general direction. I was watching him and we made eye contact and I said "Don't you freakin' dare", he couldn't hear me with the racket, but he read my lips enough that he didn't do it and walked down to the other end of the stage, and for the rest of the night, never came all the way down to where we were.
Hmm, this one won't be easy or complete, but I'll try.
I went to see the Yardbirds with my older sister, older brother and parents, I was about seven. At age twelve I saw Alice Cooper.
Then at age thirteen I started going to shows regularly, often with my older brother who is a guitarist and three years older than me. This would have been about 1972. I've been attending shows regularly ever since, and some of these artists I've seen a bunch of times. My taste runs all over the map, and this is in no particular order, in fact in no order at all...
Deep Purple
Joe ****er
Black Sabbath
America
David Bowie
Yes
Buddy Rich
Bad Company
Orleans
Rush
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty
Fleetwood Mac
BB King
UFO
Rainbow
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Stevie Ray Vaughn
ZZ Top
Van Halen
Bob Dylan
Willie Nelson
Brian Setzer big band
Pat Benatar
Blondie
Melissa Etheridge
Cheap Trick
Bob Segar
Rod Stewart
The Faces
The Who
The Kinks
Carole King
James Taylor
Kansas
Foreigner
ELO
Bad English
Journey
Styx
Emerson Lake and Palmer
The Rolling Stones
Living Color
Sly and the Family Stone
Dave Brubeck
Bill Bruford
UK
James Hunter
Grace Potter
The Allman Brothers
Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys
Pearl Jam
Smashing Pumpkins
Enya
Dave Edmonds
Chris Issak
Bonnie Raitt
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Aerosmith
Mott the Hoople
Heart
Billy Joel
Asia
Queen
Toby Keith
Brad Paisley
Gina Sicilia
Galactic
April Wine
Stevie Nicks
Sheryl Crow
Prince
Norah Jones
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
The Cars
Boston
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I've seen and/or opened for a lot of Christian-based acts that many of you have probably never heard of, so I'm not going to bother with those.
Otherwise, I've seen the following:
Goldfinger
Meat Beat Manifesto
Josh Winx
Crystal Method
DJ Qbert
(as you can tell, I was into techno at the time)
I have never been to one of those big stadium-type shows where there are lawn seats or whatever. I've never seen a big-name act. I guess the closest I came was I was behind the stage when Brian Adams was playing a concert sometime in like 1993. That pretty much sums it up.
Way too many to list. I have been going to concerts since 1971. I was 10 years old. My first was Three Dog Night followed by the original CCR. Also Grand Funk with Mark, Don and Mel only. Rush numerous times, Heart, REO, ELO, BOA, Average White Band, Boston on their first tour, Robert Plant, Huey Lewis, Oh hell it would be easier to list who I haven't seen.
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Rise Against
Bad Religion
Pennywise
The Offspring
The Vandals
Stiff Little Fingers
The Bouncing Souls
Street Dogs
**** Sparrer
Rancid
Hot Water Music
Red Hot Chili Peppers
311
Rush
Tool
Rival Sons
The Flaming Lips
Arctic Monkeys
The Killers
Tom Petty & The Hearbreakers
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Kooks
Spoon
John Butler Trio
Jonathan Wilson
...and a bunch of local bands.
I have tickets to see The Who on their 50th anniversary tour next September.
The top bands that I haven't seen live that I really want to are Dave Matthews Band and NOFX.
Matt
Alice Cooper
Allman Brothers
Black Sabbath
David Bowie
CCR
Aerosmith
Deep Purple
ELP
ELO
Jeff Beck
Humble Pie
Ten Years After
Uriah Heep
The Who
Led Zeppelin
Faces
Rod Stewart
Police
Rolling Stones
Janes Addiction
Niel Young and Crazy Horse
Mott the Hoople
Foghat
Zappa
Prince with Sheila E on drums in Vegas
Wishbone Ash
Yes
Peter Frampton
James Gang
Blue Oyster Cult
And many more that I cant remember
Back in. the early 70' s you could see 3 bands for $7 at the spectrum in Philly.
Saw Pink Floyd at the spectrum and at MSG.
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