# Concerts nobody else here has seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 28, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899 "2024-07-28T16:32:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/441 "2024-08-10T22:48:47Z")
I agree. Les Claypool auditioned to join Metallica after Cliff Burton died. That wouldn’t be compatible either. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/442 "2024-08-10T22:55:50Z")
Yeah, I saw him talking about that on some documentary, and he seemed kinda broken up about not getting the gig! 😆 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/443 "2024-08-11T01:58:50Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > For some reason, whenever I see this factoid - person named Patti married to pro tennis player from my youth, I think of Patti McQuire - who is married to Jimmy Connors. Another Playboy subscriber, I see. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/444 "2024-08-13T23:13:22Z")
I’ve seen Gong several times since the late 80s, I think. Most recently in March on a double bill with the Ozric Tentacles at Summer hall in Edinburgh. One of the highlights was when the Ozric’s singer/flute-player Saskia joined Gong fot a couple of songs… I haven’t seen Hillage with Gong (I would’ve but COVID cancelled the gig) but I did see him twice in the 70s. Anyone else seen French group Magma? Saw them in 2016 at the Assembly Hall, also in Edinburgh. And I’m not really a big Hawkwind fan but my first gig was at Our Dynamic Earth (an Edinburgh science centre) in 2018 where they did the music when two friends of mine got married! They’re both huge fans and know the band - it was great fun watching them play to around 50 people while various little kids danced at the front 😀 But maybe that doesn’t count as it was a private function. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/445 "2024-08-13T23:18:35Z")
> [@Meurglys](#): > > Anyone else seen French group Magma? Saw them in 2016 at the Assembly Hall, also in Edinburgh. I’m pretty well familiar with Magma, to the point of accumulating more live recordings than they have officially released, if you catch my drift. Haven’t had the opportunity to catch them live in person, though. I do find the rumor about Christian Vander’s political sensibilities a bit uncomfortable, though. But I think if you want to propagate ideas, using a language you’ve invented without offering translations is a poor way to do it. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/446 "2024-08-13T23:23:31Z")
i know a few concerts here no one here besides me has ever seen or heard of … in 1992 I was in an HS boys choir that was formed when there were a bunch of kids who needed a class we had a few concerts with 30 -40 people all relatives of the group and we sang "manly " songs like the Pirate drunken sailor song…something by Kipling a few cleaned up drinking songs … things like that We were given an A for effort and a C+ for talent but it was fun ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/447 "2024-08-14T12:17:14Z")
I only knew the basic details of the band, nothing very deep. My partner acquired a couple of their cds years ago but they don’t get played very much. The only reason Magma played Edinburgh was because a vague aquaintance of ours decided to celebrate a major birthday and put on a gig by his favourite band! I heard that it was nowhere breaking even but it was what he wanted to do. Otherwise their tour wouldn’t have had a Scottish date. [flickr picture](https://www.flickr.com/photos/17270214@N05/29819349836) ---
**Author:** ![batsto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b2d939/32.png) [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/448 "2024-08-14T20:05:35Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Anyone here seen Warrior Soul? Vixen? Corey Hart? Pretty Boy Floyd? Candlebox? Old Crow Medicine Show? I’ve seen Pretty Boy Floyd just this past spring. Was supposed to see Vixen on the Monsters of Rock Cruise last March, but for some reason they were cut. They are listed on next year’s cruise so I may see them then. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/449 "2024-08-14T20:41:20Z")
I’ve seen Vixen twice. One of my favorite hair bands. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/450 "2024-08-14T21:11:07Z")
Vixen was one of the openers at a Monsters of Rock show I went to. Not a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/451 "2024-08-14T21:40:25Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Eddie Money Been there, done that. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/452 "2024-08-14T23:33:39Z")
I saw him sing the National Anthem at an Orioles game, if that counts. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/453 "2024-08-15T11:01:07Z")
My favorite Red Meat (by Max Cannon) cartoon has Bug-Eyed Earl saying, “I was at an antique shop”. Next panel, “they had an old, beat up rocker”. Last panel, “it was Eddie Money”. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/454 "2024-08-16T13:45:41Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I saw KC & the Sunshine Band at a festival in Schaumburg several years ago. I worked on the set of a movie in which they made a cameo. So…does seeing them mime and lipsynch to a backing track of “Get Down Tonight” count? I met KC at one point walking between the trailers. Seemed pleasant enough, though you could really tell up close that he’s had a lot of work done. What’s really frustrating about that story is that apparently Paul McCartney had been the filmmakers’ first choice as the Surprise Wedding Reception Musician role. I’d still be in a daze decades later had that happened. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/455 "2024-08-18T01:27:41Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I haven’t seen Bob Mould but you reminded me that I saw Built To Spill 1. I love your username. I’ve gone twice and would love to go again 2. I’ve seen BTS a few times, including last night. Doug and the gang were awesome. The cello really helped with their playing of the entire _There’s Nothing Wrong with Love_ album. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899/456 "2024-08-18T02:08:01Z")
I saw The Romantics at a very small auditorium in San Antonio (1979?). I think it was on/off Fredericksburg Road? Does anyone remember this place? Many people think of them as a one-hit wonder for “What I Like About You.” However, WILAY only made it to #49 US, while “Talking In Your Sleep” made it to #3 US. They had a couple other singles that charted also. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-nobody-else-here-has-seen/1004899.md?page=22)