Off the top of my head, and I know I’m forgetting more than a few, but I’ve seen -
Kiss - 1978 (my dad took my two older brothers & me to it) the Clash the B-52s Neil Young - several times, once with Crazy Horse. Crosby, Stills & Nash - strangely, never with Neil Young. Grateful Dead - lots and lots of times, but not hundreds of times the Red Hot Chili Peppers - free concert, one month before they broke through with “Higher Ground” REM - the “farewell” Green tour - they claimed they weren’t going to tour anymore after that. U2 - Twice, in 1981 in a tiny auditorium, and in 1992 at the Meadowlands stadium. Hot Tuna Jefferson Airplane - reunion tour - which was unfairly maligned as it was a fun show. 10,000 Maniacs - once opening up for the Dead, once in Jamestown CC - debuting all the songs from the “Our Time in Eden” disc, but with lots of unfinished lyrics. Bob Dylan with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Petty & crew were supposed to be Dylan’s backing band, but Dylan was so obviously sheetfaced that Petty had to take over the show, allowing Dylan to come back and slur through an incoherent encore. the Replacements once, and Paul Westerberg once. Tragically Hip - too many times to count. David Bowie - twice, once for the “China Girl” tour, once in the early 90s. Sadly, in the latter show, it was obvious that most people were there simply to see the opening act, Nine Inch Nails (admittedly, Reznor did a better set that night… .) Annie Lennox - free concert in Central Park’s Delacourt theater. Sleater-Kinney & Guided by Voices in Central Park. Rufus Wainwright - AGAIN in Central Park. the Steve Miller Band - Miller was obviously tanked.
**Peter Gabriel/b] - “So” tour Rolling Stones - “Steel Wheels” tour Rage Against the Machine David Byrne - several times, but alas never the Talking Heads. Billy Joel - although I don’t think this counts as a “concert” he performed “New York State of Mind” for a 9/11 memorial in (guess where?) Central Park. Dave Matthews - with the band, and his free ‘solo’ show in … that park again! Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - more drunken fumbling on stage. k.d. lang - I was the only guy in an auditorium full of lesbians. lang was “pre-out” (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) and made fun of the ‘innuendo’ surrounding her - “I’m a l-, l-, l- , LAWRENCE WELK FAN!” Sting - a concert that, surprisingly, rocked! Ozric Tentacles Billy Bragg Lollapalooza festival - the year that Smashing Pumpkins & George Clinton performed. Stevie Ray Vaughn & Joe Cocker Eric Clapton & Mark Knopfler Little Feat - another reunion concert.
I honestly don’t think I could. Concerts used to be an almost weekly event for me in my younger days, from small venues to the Astrodome. Basically, just look at any classic rock radio station’s play list and you’ll be pretty close. Plus, add in a good helping of both R&B and Country.
My first concert was Styx - Mr. Roboto Tour.
Billy Joel - Behind the Iron Curtain tour
Yngwve Malmsteen/Billy Squier
Kings X/Blue (something)/Robert Plant
Bruce Springsteen
Queensryche (in a small theater, faboo!)
Kansas
Metallica
Queensryche (in Mpls)
Metallica (again)
Garth Brooks
I’ve been here for the past six years, so have seen many many country acts.
Alan Jackson
Dwight Yoakum
And more symphonies/ballets/orchestra concerts than you can shake a stick at wherein I’ve met Jean-Pierre Rampal, James Galway, and Bobby McFerrin.
Rush (played my high school)
The Stampeders (played my high school, twice)
Max Webster (5 times)
Kim Mitchell (twice)
Murray McLauchlan
Chilliwack
Bill Henderson (of Chilliwack)
Fludd
Crowbar
April Wine
Burton Cummings (twice)
Burton Cummings & Randy Bachman
The Guess Who (reunion)
Paul McCartney (3 times)
Ringo Starr & The All-Starr Band
Laurence Juber (ex-Wings)
The Quarrymen (as old guys)
1964 (Beatles impersonators)
The Kinks
The Tubes
King Crimson
The League Of Crafty Guitarists
Pat Metheny
Steve Earle
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Bo Diddley
Chubby Checker
The Four Seasons
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Turtles
The Mamas & The Papas (w/Mackenzie Phillips as her mom and Spanky McFarlane as Cass)
Carmine Appice (drum clinic - autographed my single of “Keep Me Hangin’ On”)
and those are just the ones I can remember off the top of my head. I’ll have a look through my ticket stubs when I get home to see who I missed.
I’m probably forgetting one or two, but my short (and I do mean short) list is:
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Meatloaf
Emerson Lake and Palmer
Emerson Lake and Palmer/Dream Theater/Deep Purple
Crosby Stills and Nash
Crash Test Dummies
Tori Amos
It’s funny; I love music with a passion, I just haven’t gone to see that many shows. I would have liked to have caught the Who before Entwistle died.
Well, not all of them, but the ones that stand out:
The Association 1966 (“Along Comes Mary”) The Beach Boys 1966 (at their prime) The Lovin’ Spoonful 1966 (I believe in magic!) The Beatles 1966 (couldn’t hear anything except the screaming. Bobby Hebb opened the show. Remember him?)
[Sinatra] When I was a younger guy, it was a very good year … 1966, it was a very good year [/Sinatra]
The Doors 1969 (and others incl. John Lennon, Alice Cooper, CTA, …) (A life-changing experience! I swear Jim was singing to me. Honestly …)
Frank Zappa and the Mothers 1971 (Susie? Susie Creamcheese?) Jethro Tull 1972 (Really don’t mind if you sit this one out …Left me deaf) Pinkfloyd 1973 (DSOM tour - wow!) Jerry Jeff Walker 1975 (amazing concert, amazing rapport with audience) The Eagles 1978 (my last trip)
Good God Awmighty. From memory (and certainly missing some).
Beatlemania
Beach Boys (3)
Katrina & the Waves
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (4)
Queen
Billy Squier
Rush (Too many to count)
MSG
Michael Shencker Group (they’re two different bands)
Ted Nugent
Alcatrazz
4 Non Blondes
Alanis Morrisette
Loud Lucy
Arlo Guthrie
Barenaked Ladies (3)
Beck
Belly
Ben Harper
Better Than Ezra
Blind Melon
Blondie
Blues Traveller
Bob Dylan
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
The Greatful Dead (2)
Bruce Springsteen
Peter Gabriel
Youssou N’Dour
Tracey Chapman
Sting (3)
Joan Baez
Chisel
Cranberries (2)
Toad the Wet Sprocket (3)
Bruce Hornsby
Steve Cropper
Cake (2)
Caprizzio (10+)
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (4)
Chuck Berry
Collective Soul
Counting Crows
Cowboy Mouth (infinite)
Cracker (2)
Timbuk 3
Spin Doctors
Gin Blossoms (3)
Vinx
Mary Prankster (10+)
Disco Stu
Cyndi Lauper
Tina Turner
Dave Matthews (3)
Soul Coughing
Dead Girls and Other Stories
Ocean Blue
Juliana Hatfield
Cardigans
Fiona Apple
Joan Osbourne
Sheryl Crowe
Save Ferris
Lunachicks
Dire Straits (2)
Emmet Swimming (5+)
Smartbomb (3)
Athenaeum
Everclear (2)
Fred LeBlanc
Paul Sanchez (2)
George Thorogood (3)
Gigolo Aunts
Indigo Girls
INXS
James Brown
James Galway
The Chieftains (4)
Jewel (2)
Jill Sobule
Jimmie’s Chicken Shack (3)
Violent Femmes
Ramones
John Denver
Lush
Letters to Cleo
Live
Liz Phair
Local H
Lonesome Travellers
Luscious Jackson
Marcy Playground
Semisonic
Mathew Sweet
Melissa Etheridge
Natalie MacMaster
10,000 Maniacs
No Doubt
Tony Bennett
Blur
Ozomotli
Pavement
Primus (2)
Jane’s Addiction
President’s of the United States of America
REM
Reel Big Fish
Rod Stewart
Sarah McLachlan
Soul Asylum
Southern Culture on the Skids
Sponge
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Scott Weiland
Styx
B-52s
The Breeders
Flaming Lips
Mighty Mighty Bosstones (3)
Offspring
Rolling Stones (2)
Living Colour
The Who
Smithereens
Wallflowers
Third Eye Blind
Throwing Muses
Tori Amos
Tracy Bonham
Tripping Daisy
U2 (2)
Uninvited
Velocity Girl
Veruca Salt
Lit
Moby
Limp Bizkit
Green Day
311
Fuel
Bush
Filter
Buckcherry
The Chemical Brothers
Long Beach Dub All Stars
Sev
Staind
Good Charlotte
Laughing Colors
Coloring Lesson
Three Day Wheelie
Garbage
Goldfinger
Foo Fighters
Afghan Whigs
Fred Schneider
Dishwalla
Guided by Voices
Prodigy
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Verve Pipe
Jamiroquai
Ben Folds Five
Crystal Method
Wyclef Jean
Agents of Good Roots
Grant Lee Buffalo
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Sugar Ray
Goo Goo Dolls
Silverchair
Blink 182
Orgy
Citizen King
Fountains of Wayne
Bloodhound Gang
Abra Moore
And I know I’m missing a bunch.
Jonathon Chance, I am green with envy right now! So many of my favorites are on your list. You should be very proud.
As for my own list:
Stevie Nicks
Natalie Merchant
No Doubt
Peter Frampton
Lynard Skynard (free tickets but lousy show)
Tom Petty (3 times)
Jackson Browne
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Warped Tour '97 (too many artists to list)
Lillith Fair (Sarah, Sheryl Crow, Liz Phair, Queen Latifah, The Dixie Chicks, etc., etc)
Counting Crows
Live
Stone Temple Pilots
Disturbed
Booker T & the MG’s (w/o Steve Cropper)
In April, I will be able to add Green Day (hurray) but as for now my list is short yet satisfying.
This pretty much describes my situation, but change the Country to Celtic.
In the 70’s, all my babysitting money went to concerts, from the Rolling Stones (five bucks a ticket) to Jethro Tull to Leon Russell to Steve Miller to The Who (shook hands with Pete Townshend) to the Allman Bros to CSNY to Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Fleetwood Mac (in early and later incarnations) all multiple times, Young might be double digits.
And then a few like The Doors, Santana, Country Joe and the Fish, Marvin Gaye, Earth Wind and Fire,Eric Clapton just once.
One of my faves was a free concert with Vassar Clements, that man can play.
Saw Warren Zevon a zillion times in the 80’s and 90’s.
In recent years have enjoyed Los Lobos twice, **Midnight Oil,**Mark Knopfler, Leo Kottke,Richard Thompson and The Chieftains, Patrick Street, The Young Dubliners.
I dunno, I really have lost track though.
The concerts that got away from me are about my only regrets in life. For various reasons I had a chance to see, and missed, The Beatles,Jimi Hendrix, and Bob Marley.
And now I really don’t do the stadium thing anymore, just smaller venues.
In my musician days (back in the 80s), I saw concerts 2 or three times a week. Most of the bands I saw don’t exist any more and those that do, most people haven’t heard of anyway.
There were some bands I was lucky enough to see/hang out with before they were big, including Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Primus, Smashing Pumpkins, likely others.
The Allman Brothers Band (37 times)
Gov’t Mule (9)
Phil Lesh and Friends (8)
The Derek Trucks Band (3)
Dickey Betts Band (3 shows on 2 nights)
Dickey Betts and Great Southern (2)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2)
Metallica (2)
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Tori Amos
Bob Dylan
Dr. John, Edgar Winter, and Dr. Lonnie Johnson at a JazzFest
The Dead
John Hiatt and the Goners
Robert Cray
Ani DiFranco
Smashing Pumpkins
The Black Crowes and Lenny Kravitz
Field Day Festival (Radiohead, Beastie Boys, Blur)
HORDE Tour (Primus, Beck, Neil Young)
Gregg Allman and Friends
Kartik Seshadri (sitar player)
Ben Folds
Stone Temple Pilots
Aerosmith
Bunch of bands at a ska show (only name I remember was The Scofflaws)
Janet Jackson (first one, I was young)
Bands I’ve seen live:
Agent 99
Amazing Crowns
Aquabats x2
B.B. King
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Ben Folds
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Billy Joel x2
Bim Skala Bim
Blue Oyster Cult
Branford Marsalis
Brother Cane featuring Slash
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
Cigar Store Indians
Combustible Edison x2
The Darkness
DblWiDE
Descendants
Dishwalla
Duke Ellington Orchestra featuring Mercer Ellington and Herb Jeffries
Duncan Sheik
Elton John
Frantic Flattops
G. Love and Special Sauce x2
George Carlin
Goldfinger
Hepcat
Hillbilly Hellcats x2
Hippos
Interpol
James Brown
Jewel
John Scofield
Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
Less Than Jake x5
Los Straitjackets
Mad Caddies x3
Magadog
Man… Or Astroman?
Mighty Blue Kings
Mighty Mighty Bosstones x3
Morrissey
MU330
Murphy’s Law
Mustard Plug
OK Go
Phish
Pietasters x3
Psycho Charger
Rancid
Red Elvises
Reel Big Fish
Reverend Horton Heat x2
Robert Cray featuring the Memphis Horns
Royal Crown Revue
Save Ferris x2
Scofflaws
Seven Foot Politic x5
Skatalites
Skavoovie and the Epitones
Skif Dank
Slackers
Sonny Rollins
Specials x2
Spoon Benders
Stone Temple Pilots
They Might Be Giants x2
Toasters x3
Toshiko Akiyoshi featuring Lew Tabackin
Usuals x20
What It Is
Woggles
Lecturers and comedians I’ve seen live:
Andy Richter
Bill Cosby
Bryan Singer
Craig Shoemaker
George Carlin
Harland Williams
Henry Rollins
Howie Mandel
Kevin Smith
Max Weinberg
Michael Moore
Richard Jeni
Will Eisner
The 14th Dalai Lama
Another person with a very small list. Two I won’t mention except to say, I went to one only because my high school gave us free tickets (well, and he wasn’t really rock anyway), and the other I went to with my mother, but the ones I will say are:
1)Part of a Belinda Carlisle concert which was being held at the state fair, but I didn’t stay because my best friend at the time was hungry and wanted to leave to get a bite to eat. I should have just told him to go on his own. Oh well.
George Thorogood
YES
Weird Al Yankovic
Oh, and by the way, even though the first 3 are best know for their 70’s and 80’s music, I saw the concerts in the mid 90’s.
I haven’t been to any new concerts, either. How sad. I was going to make reference to Voodoo Lou’s list (it’s gigantic and alphabetical!) but I see he’s posted, so nevermind.
Anyway, I can’t remember a lot bands I’ve seen (Ozzfests), or even the details of specific shows, and that’s sad. All that really sticks out is one of Marilyn Manson’s dancers having a “wardrobe malfuction” at Ozzfest, about 50 chicks (myself included) hopping on stage and dancing during Rob Zombie’s set (again at Ozzfest), getting kicked the head by a crowd surfer during Godsmack’s set (Ozzfest), at which time I collapsed, and being hoisted over the wall into the arms of the Hottest Medic Ever, and having a complete spaz attack when Tool played the first few notes of “Opiate” (not Ozzfest), because I wasn’t expecting them to play it.
Beach Boys
Allman Brothers Band (5 times)
Chicago
Mountain
J. Geils Band (twice)
Jethro Tull
McKendree Spring
Dreams
Sha Na Na (3 times)
Loudon Wainwright III (twice)
Buzzy Linhardt
Manhattan Transfer
Pink Floyd
Orleans
Jackson Browne
Bruce Springsteen
Mahavishnu Orchestra
New Riders of the Purple Sage
Flying Burrito Brothers
Livingston Taylor (Twice)
Otis Taylor (twice – no relation)
Jo Jo Gunne
Elvin Bishop (twice)
Buddy Guy/Junior Wells
Jefferson Airplane
Deborah Coleman
Mamas and the Papas (the revised group that toured in the 90s with just John and Denny and two young women)
Jeremy Steig
Earl Scruggs Revue
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
Billy Joel/Elton John
Charles Musselwhite
John Sebastian
Taj Mahal
Seatrain
Blotto
Ah, jeez … let’s see … this is mostly in chronological order:
Lush
Pearl Jam
Jesus and Mary Chain
Soundgarden
Ice Cube
Ministry
Red Hot Chilipeppers
Royal Trux
Sonic Youth
Rage Against the Machine
Babes in Toyland
Front 242
Arrested Development
Dinosaur Jr.
Fishbone
Alice in Chains
Primus
The The
Depeche Mode (x5)
Stabbing Westward (x3)
Primal Scream
Marilyn Manson (x4)
Hole
Nine Inch Nails (x3)
Korn
Christ Analogue
Insight 23
Sheep on Drugs
Chemlab
Sister Machine Gun
Drill
The Orb
Chemical Bros
Spahn Ranch (x2)
Apoptygma Berzerk (x3)
Hate Dept.
Acucrack
Acumen Nation
Switchblade Symphony
Front Line Assembly
Bloodhound Gang
Goldfinger
Anything Box (x2)
VNV Nation (x4)
Red Flag
Endora (x2)
Faith Assembly
Mesh (uk)
Snake River Conspiracy
A Perfect Circle (x2)
Stromkern
Icon of Coil
Assemblage 23
Haujobb
The Corrs
Tweaker
Skinny Puppy
Coder23
…there’s probably many more I’m forgetting. Some of these were against my will.
Rick Springfield w/Tom Chapin
The Go-Go’s w/The Rockcats & A Flock of Seagulls (this show really sucked)
The Moody Blues w/The Fixx
1964 (kick ass Beatles cover band)
Beatlemania (kick ankle Beatles cover band)
There. Feel better?
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