What bands have you seen live?

[The_One]

This is the topic where you post all the bands you've seen live, any upcoming gigs you're going to, and bands you'd like to see live

Since I'm relatively new to "gigging", I've only seen a few bands...

Metallica (Twice) - The first time I saw them was better than the second, it was an outdoor event, and the atmosphere was brilliant - also, the sound was a lot better. They are such an amazing live act, they don't hit a wrong note.

System of a Down - Not exactly a fan, but they are quite innovative for a "nu-metal" band - they were OK I guess.

Primal Scream - these guys have been going for years, and they're pretty good, and even better live.

Godsmack - they were supporting Metallica the second time I saw them, and they were absolutely awful. You couldn't hear a tune or anything - appalling.

This year I'll probably be seeing Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, possibly Metallica again, and anything else that interests me

I really want to see Pearl Jam, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Dave Matthews Band and a load of others - I'll just have to be patient I guess

Now your turn.

P.S. This is my 1000th post Taken me quite a while to get here...

[leXX]

Congrats on 1K.

The only concert I've ever been to was a Bobby Brown concert back in the 80's. Whitney Houston and Snap made guest appearances. It was absolutely brilliant.

I would like to see Massive Attack live. *slaps Jais*

[Ragnos]

In the town I live in u dont get a chance to see many concerts(or at least not when ur 14) A band called Turbonegro was here about 1 or 2 months ago, but U had to be 18 to get in
THe bands ive seen live is: Cambodia Cookies and Anti Nation(amateur bands)

[Prime]

I've seen many concerts over the years, including the Beastie Boys (as well as two solo Mix Master Mike shows), AC/DC, Public Enemy, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, and a bunch of Canadian bands you may or may not have heard of.

[Captain Wilson]

Metallica - nuff said
System of a Down - love 'em
Primal Scream - these guys where okay
Sum 41- V. good
Slipknot- not good but the feeling in the mosh pits...b-e-a-tiful
The offspring - grand, unfortantly my single voice can not be heard over everyone eles in neacon
good charlotte- one of the funniest bands ever.; so much fun to see their bass'est his in the balls with a full 2 litre bottle of coke-a-cola
sugercult- fairly poor
and others

..now to try and see blink

[DarkLord60]

I have not seen any concerts at all I dont get out much I guess.

[edlib]

Far too many to list since I work in the live concert business. I see a couple of hundred concerts a year.

[C'jais]

Massive Attack - Front row, amazing concert. They had this big video screen behind the band which showed all kinds of artsy and leftist propaganda stuff - like a big bill on which country spent the most on military hardware, and what all manners of cruise missiles cost. I didn't know the woman who did the vocals to "Teardrop" also played the violin, and I got to see Tricky as well

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Most anticipated concert I've been to, ever. Me and my friends were up front at first, but as soon as the band appeared, it turned into a frothing stampede, and my friend's cousin fell down during the rampage and was almost trampled - she went to the hospital along with my friend, and I got to enjoy the concert in pouring rain, alone.

Rammstein - Oh yeah, baby. Lots of firework, jumping and S/M sceneplay. A great concert.

Metallica - Quite good, but they played too much of their "St. Anger" album. Near the end, however, they broke out their greatest hits, and life was good once again.

Coldplay - Everyone I met thought this was a grand concert, but I didn't dig their music all that much, and it was pretty bland to me. The lead singer was very charismatic, though, and had rehearsed some Danish phrases to the crowd's great amusement.

Asian Dub Foundation - Awesome concert, even though I didn't get to see the whole thing. Everybody was jumping and screaming.

Junkie XL - All I remember from this was that it was, well, very good =)

The Cure - Aint nothing like freezing your butt off while enjoying such a good band from 200 meters away. They had very long intros to each track, and even though I've listened to them since, the sound on their records just isn't the same at all.

Many more than that, but the rest were either Danish, or just not big enough for anyone to really give a damn.

[XERXES]

tool(twice, once for aenmia and once for lateralus)
incubus

[Clemme w/Stick]

The only ones I've seen is The Rolling Stones :P.

-Clemme

[Pie™]

Originally posted by Ragnos
In the town I live in u dont get a chance to see many concerts(or at least not when ur 14) A band called Turbonegro was here about 1 or 2 months ago, but U had to be 18 to get in
THe bands ive seen live is: Cambodia Cookies and Anti Nation(amateur bands)

Same here.... damn... ireally wanted to see Turbonegro...
Anyways, Norway doesnt get many big bands, and at least not my town...
Note that Metallica played in Norway 4 days before Cliff died though...

[Mex]

No bands come to Oxford at all so I won't be able to see any. :|

[The_One]

Originally posted by Michaelmexp
No bands come to Oxford at all so I won't be able to see any. :|

You do realise you can leave Oxford, and you could go and see the bands, rather than waiting for them to come to you London isn't exactly a million miles away from you

[Mex]

I would leave Oxford but I'm not exactly old enough to drive. And no one would come with me.

[Pad]

• .Calibre
• 2Many DJ´s
• An Pierlé
• Anouk
• Arno
• Adio Bullys
• Basement Jaxx
• Beck
• Björk
• Bush
• Calexico
• The Cardigans
• The Chemical brothers
• Coldplay
• Countin Crows
• The Cure
• Cypres Hill
• Das Pop
• Datsuns
• dEUS
• Dropkick Murphys
• El Tattoo Del Tigre
• Faithless
• Fun Lovin Criminals
• Goldfrapp
• Good Charlotte
• Gorki
• Grandaddy
• Groove Armada
• HIM
• t Hof van commerce
• Janez Detd
• Krezip
• Laïs
• Lamb
• Laurent Garnier
• Lemon
• Live
• Manu Chao
• Massive Attack
• Millionaire
• Moby
• Moloko
• Morcheeba
• Muse
• Natalie Imbruglia
• Ozark Henry
• Pj Harvey
• Placebo
• Prodigy
• Queens of the stone age
• Radiohead
• REM
• Roni Size
• Röykssop
• Skin
• Sonic Youth
• Stereophonics
• The Streets
• Supergrass
• Suzanne Vega
• Tool
• Tricky
• Underworld
• Weezer
• Xzibit
• Zita Swoon

These are a "few" bands I´ve seen at festivals and can recall. There are much more but unfortunatly my memory capacity is rather limited. This year I´m going back to a festival with already a few names known:
David Bowie, The Darkness, Metallica, Pixies, T. Raumschmiere, The White Stripes, ...

[StarWarsPhreak]

Chuckie Cheese. Man I was such a maniac.

[Scar Da Kookee]

Motorgrater, Cratle of Filth, Korn, Disturbed, Chevelle (ball lickers), Ozzy


oh wiat, that was Ozzfest =D

[txa1265]

Being older (37) I've seen quite a few, but here are some that I'd consider 'epic':

- Miles Davis in 1984 and 1986 (he died in '91)
- Jaco Pastorius in 1983 (he died in 1987)
- Police in 1981 (post Zenyatta) and 1982 (Post Ghost)
- Bobby McFerrin in 1985 - one man, one voice ... hard to believe.
- Bobby McFerrin in 1991 - Most Disappointing Ever - Take 6 (warm up) sang boring songs for 2 hours, then Bobby basically sat there while Voicestra sang ... we left early ...
- Mahavishnu Orchestra 1984 - end of an era in fusion, featuring the US debut of epic bassist Jonas 'Hurricane' Hellborg.
- Pat Metheny Group in 1982, before they were the biggest thing in Jazz.
- Chick & Wayne & Al - a small tour in 1982 of three greats ...no album or anything
- The Who in 1981.

Mike

[Miko Reglia]

ive never seen any concert

my dream concert would be seeing Pink Floyd live with the lineup of Gilmour/Waters/Wright/Mason, since Roger Waters left the band in 1984

i still keep my fingers crossed for a reunion tour..

[Darth Groovy]

In chronological order:

Ministry
KMFDM
Jane's Addiction
Smashing Pumpkins
Jesus Jones
EMF
Nirvana
Pegboy
Faith No More
Ministry
Helmet
Fear
Skatenigs
Sugar
Jawbox
Cypress Hill
Funkdoobiest
Lallopalluza 2 (too many to name)
Ice T and Bodycount
Pro-Pain
DRI
Exodus
Ice Cube
Ministry
Supultura
Pigface
Nine Inch Nails
Depeche Mode
Smashing Pumpkins
Danzig
Type O Negative
The Cure
Evil Mothers
16 Volt
The Reverend Horton Heat
Ministry
The Young Gods
Chemlab
The Verve Pipe
K's Choice
Tonic
Ministry
Alice Cooper
Lynard Skynard
Deep Purple
Ted Nugent
Alice Cooper
Depeche Mode
Tom Petty
Alice Cooper
David Bowie
Blue Man Group
Ministry
Alice Cooper
Ozzfest: P.O.D, Drowning Pool, System of a Down, Adema, Rob Zombie
Alice Cooper
Peter Gabriel
Alice Cooper
Sevendust
Staind
(Tonite)David Bowie
(Next Wed)Sevendust

This is not including countless local acts.

[Crow_Nest]

Easy, my school and former school band.

[txa1265]

Originally posted by Zaknafein
ive never seen any concert

my dream concert would be seeing Pink Floyd live with the lineup of Gilmour/Waters/Wright/Mason, since Roger Waters left the band in 1984

i still keep my fingers crossed for a reunion tour..

I had a chance to go to see them on 'The Wall' tour way back when ... but wasn't really a big fan, and my tastes had overwhelmingly veered to avant-garde jazz, so I let my friends go without me.

And, while I still am not a fan, it is with some perspective that I can see that would have been epic concert - like the Stones 'Start Me Up' tour I passed on (never though much of the stones, either)

Mike

[vegietto]

Alabama, they are the only country i listen to i love rap but they best country band ever

[ET Warrior]

I've seen a few bands..but the only one that matters is

Less Than Jake.

Absolutely brilliant live.

[Andy867]

The only concert I went to (since it cost me nothing) was KixFest 2000 and I was young and stupid at the time, and actually really really liked Country music, and I saw Phil Vassar, Diamond Rio, Darry Worley and LeAnn Womack. But I wanted to see Limp Bizkit, Metallica, Mudvayne, and Linkin Park when they were doing the Summer Sanitarium last summer, but I had to leave town on a family emergency, so I ended up missing the concert

[Taos]

-Too $hort
-The Eagles
-Ac/Dc
-TooL
-Hootie and the Blowfish [lol they came to my college town, so why not? :P]
-Dave Matthews Band numerous times

I enjoy going to concerts, I just dont always have the time/money to do so. Things will be different this year.

[Kain]

-Kittie
-Ill Nino
-KoRn
-Chimera
-Puddle of Mudd(it was free)

[GUNNER]

Lets see...

Kiss

Iron Maiden

Queens Ryche

Twisted Sister

Journey

Boston

Phil Collins

[Astrotoy7]

I have the dubious serendipity of having seen a few bands before they became HUGE....saw Nirvana many moons ago at a sub-pop promotion tour. I thought they were a bunch of stoners,even back then Kurt did the 'jump on Dave Grohls drumkit' thang...I really went to this gig to see Mudhoney, who ROCK, but never broke through into the mainstream, especially after Nirvana made it big....

Saw Rage Against the Machine at a festival here too just before their Evil Empire album came out, so mainly tracks off the first record only, they were more underground back then.....

I actually mainly do attend festivals, and have seen
Chilli Peppers
Foo Fighters ....which Im not really huge fans of

I HAVE seen Public Enemy, as far back as 1990, on their first tour here to Austalia. I have seen the Beastie Boys too. I do think they are verging on being a little too self righteous nowadays but I guess that comes with age and $$$...... The only rap acts that I would still love to see are KRS-1 and maybe Ice-T but Im sures he's too busy with "SVU" nowadays

In the metal world, I have seen Slayer, Morbid Angel, Metallica(1989 only...after that they dont exist for me....), Sepultura(1990 I think) and a few of others I wont bore you with.......really want to see Deicide, but they have never made it Australia....

Other notables include The Prodigy, Iggy Pop, Bjork, Chemical Bros, Portishead, even Prince, and yes, my favourite soprano, the wonderful Ms Emma Kirkby...sublime voice tra la la !!!

I have seen and even met Henry Rollins enough times to have almost lost count, he's down here ALL the time......

Posthumously I wish I was old enough to have seen
The Doors, Led Zepp and Black Sabbath in their heyday...


I think that's most of it...I really feel OLD now, with all this nostalgia !

ALSO, to Darth Groovy above, Im a tad envious !! Probably the ONLY reason I've ever wished I lived in the US.....

Special mention goes to Atari Teenage Riot. now defunct, but most innovative and brutal 'electronic' act ever....

MTFBWYA

[The_One]

Groovy, I can't believe you saw Faith No More - absolutely sublime band

What were they like?

[Elijah]

I bet 10$ that nobody here would know more then 3 of the band I've seen.

[The_One]

Originally posted by ZDawg
I bet 10$ that nobody here would know more then 3 of the band I've seen.

Post them and we'll see

[Jared]

Blink 182- twice
Evanesence- once
The Infested- 4 times
The Calling- once
Eminem- once


and...thats about it that I can remember....

[Elijah]

Stretch Arm Strong
Norma Jean
Dog wood
Supertones
Audio A
American made
Mashmallow Forestfire
My eyes Fail

Quite afew local bands, and tons of other bands I can hardly remember.

[Father Torque]

This dude with a banjo came to my school. Does that count?

It may not have been a "cool band, but hey, the guy could play the banjo.

I was gonna go to a Linkin Park concert, but the tickets were gone, and there werent any dudes who were sellin them.

[Darth Groovy]

Originally posted by The_One
Groovy, I can't believe you saw Faith No More - absolutely sublime band

What were they like?

The crowd was getting kinda violent, this was before bodysurfing was prohibited. The venue at the time, had a great deal of folding chairs, which get knocked all cattywompus when a mosh pit breaks out. Well alot of fine upstanding citizens were picking up folding chairs and smashing the floor with them, after a few "gentlemen", were escorted out by security, lead singer Mike Patton, pulled up a chair and smashed it on the stage. Alot of fun that Mike Patton is...

[gorganfloss]

Weird Al in the fifth grade, I think. I met up with my two best friends the day of the concert there. Good times.
This was when I was like, all Weird Al oriented. All of us ten year olds were.
So yeah, I've only seen Weird Al. We don't get many concerts up here near Blaine.

[Alegis]

hmm not really much here..as far as I can remember that is

K's Choice

The Rolling Stones

The Simple minds

and a bunch of other goons my memories unworthy :P

[Father Torque]

Originally posted by gorganfloss
We don't get many concerts up here near Blaine.

Are you talking about Blaine, Washington, or someother country/city?

Anywho. Does anybody know if AC-DC is still doing theor concert thing. I know they are old, but they are my favorite band.

Almost forgot, my friends played a concert for one of the local elementary school picnics. It was a little lame, yet better than the obnoxious blow up clown.

[gorganfloss]

Originally posted by Father Torque
Are you talking about Blaine, Washington, or someother country/city?

Yeah, you got it. I've never seen/heard about any decent concerts up here. It could just be that I'm in the dark on the whole thing.