# List all the rock concerts you've seen - **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344 "2005-02-28T21:21:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/21 "2005-03-01T06:57:48Z")
Kansas, with Loverboy opening, Barnhill Fieldhouse, Fayetteville, AR, 1980. Bunches of local punk/new wave/inept bands at Col. Smuckers in Fayetteville, 1980-1982. Elvis Costello and the Attractions, with Aztec Camera opening, Mud Island Amphitheatre, Memphis, 198(3?) (“Punch the Clock” tour). The Go-Gos, Mud Island Amphiteatre, 1985-86 (“Vacation” tour) The Connells, S.O.B., Little Rock, AR, 1986 Translator, S.O.B., Little Rock, 1986 Lots of shows, mostly at S.O.B. in Little Rock, by a band called Jubilee Dive, which was a precursor of The Gunbunnies, 1985-1986. Lots of shows, at various central Arkansas venues, by The Caterwaulers (my college roommate’s band). An early show by Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ at the 688 in Atlanta, fall 1986. Uncle Green, 688, fall 86 The Connells, 688, fall 86 Bo Diddley, The Rollick (in the old 688 Club space), early 1987 Tiny Lights, The Dugout, Atlanta, 1987 Panther Burns, The Cotton Club, Atlanta, 1987? R.E.M., with the dBs opening, The Fox Theater, Atlanta, 1987 Elvis Costello, solo/acoustic set with Nick Lowe opening/assisting, Atlanta Civic Center, 1987 The Meat Puppets, abandoned nursery warehouse, Little Rock, 1987 Dash Rip Rock, The Dugout, Atlanta, 1987 Alex Chilton, The Dugout, 1987 Joe “King” Carrasco, The Dugout, 1987 The Fleshtones, with the Gunbunnies opening, The Cotton Club, Atlanta, 1987-8 They Might Be Giants, The Cotton Club, 1987 (the night I met my wife) Flat Duo Jets, 40 Watt, Athens, GA, 1987 An Evening with the Garbageman (fronted by Kelly Hogan, just before The Jody Grind), The White Dot, Atlanta, 1987 They Might Be Giants, Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, 1992 The Cramps, with Flat Duo Jets opening, Roxy Theater, Atlanta, 1993 (I know I’m forgetting several shows each at the 688/Rollick, Dugout, Cotton Club, The Point, The White Dot, Star Bar, etc. in Atlanta, 1986-1989) The ones I most regret missing were Jonathan Richman at the Point in Atlanta in the late eighties, and Kirsty MacColl at the Variety Playhouse in 1993 or 1994. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/22 "2005-03-01T07:16:40Z")
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers–three times REM U2–three times The Rolling Stones Eric Clapton with Elton John Sting Dramarama ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/23 "2005-03-01T08:27:35Z")
Allman Brothers Grateful Dead/Phil Lesh and Friends/Rat Dog/JGB/The Dead Bob Dylan AC/DC Paul Simon U2 Primus Willie Nelson Ozzy Osbourne Dr. John Ani DiFranco Cowboy Junkies Doc Watson (with and without Jack Lawrence) Chris Smither John Gorka Dar Williams Public Enemy Jane’s Addiction Richie Havens 7 Seconds Fugazi Aimee Mann Allison Krauss and Union Station Gillian Welch and David Rawlings Social Distortion Dead Milkmen Arlo Guthrie B.B. King Richard Thompson Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer Robert Earl Keen Greg Brown Bim Skala Bim The Toasters Lungfish Jawbox Screeching Weasel The Wailers (sans Bob Marley) BR549 Bruce Hornsby the Specials Toots and the Maytalls Yonder Mountain String Band David Byrne The Del McCoury Band Steve Earle Joan Baez Donna the Buffalo Eddie From Ohio Emmylou Harris Rollins Band Indigo Girls Matthew Sweet Suicidal Tendencies John Prine David Grisman Quintet Jewel Liz Phair Jules Verdone Keb Mo Kerry Getz Ladysmith Black Mambazo Los Lobos Lucinda Williams Nanci Griffith Nation of Ulysses Patty Griffin Jeffrey Foucault Pietasters The Skunks Scofflaws Skatellites Buck-o-nine PJ Harvey REM Red Hot Chili Peppers Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer Roger Manning Sam Bush Ziggy Marley Sarah McLaughlin Tony Rice Unit Peter Rowan Seldom Scene Goverment Mule Lenny Kravitz Shawn Colvin The Silos Sonia Dada Steady Earnest Victoria Williams Melissa Etheridge Subdudes They Might be Giants Tim O’Brien Todd Snider Uplifters Violent Femmes Widespread Panic Dwight Yoakum I’m sure there are more than a few that I’ve missed. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/24 "2005-03-01T08:32:48Z")
fishbicycle, Rush played at your _high school_? Dayyyyum! Did the crowd overflow into the street or what? Bands I’ve seen, in no particular order: Soundgarden Primus Metallica Live Rush Sarah McLachlan Butterfly Boucher Joss Stone Jem AFI (back in their hardcore punk days) Sick Of It All Good Riddance Red Session Groovy Ghoulies Let’s Go Bowling Rocket To The Crypt Lagwagon Subincision Soul Coughing Incubus Korn Fetish Mr. Bungle Melt Banana Fishbone George Clinton Cypher In The Snow Mighty Mighty Bosstones and others I’m sure. I haven’t gone to big stadium concerts as much as I have clubs around the Bay Area. Here’s the ones I can remember: The Fillmore Trocadero Transfer 924 Gilman St., Berkeley (a converted warehouse known as The Gilman, but it didn’t have an official name) Cloyne Court (actually a shithole student housing apartment in Berkeley) Berkeley Square Slim’s Ashkenaz ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/25 "2005-03-01T08:36:52Z")
Gah…Too many to list them all here. Here’s a few though. The Tubes (my first concert) Molly Hatchet Iron Maiden Anthrax Testament Saxxon Deep Purple Pink Floyd Rush (6x) Scorpions Bon Jovi (opened for the Scorpions) Deftones Victim’s Family (many, many times…almost weekly for a while there…not that anyone will know who they are. :)) Steve Morse Gary Moore The Firm AC/DC Yngeve Malmsteen (or however you spell that) Santana The Police Bowie The Cure Erik Johnson Leo Kottke Billy Joel Paul Simon Robin Trower Green Jello nomeansno That’s just off the top of my head…there are more but that’s a decent sampling. I worked as a roadie/guitar tech for about 6 years and saw literally hundreds of bands in clubs that no one has ever heard of (maybe if you’re in Northern California). Some of my favorites from that group… Desciples of Ed Bluchunks Walrus Victim’s Family Smokin Rhythm Prawns Deftones (when they were still local) Mason Lane ---
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Pink Floyd (The Wall) Roger Waters David Gilmour Pink Floyd w/o Waters Dire Straits Rush The Corrs AC/DC Molly Hatchet Blue Oyster Cult Don Henley Supertramp Styx Yanni and that Benoit dude (yawnny) That’s what this fried brain remembers. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/27 "2005-03-01T08:59:54Z")
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**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/28 "2005-03-01T12:38:20Z")
I never been to any rock concerts, sob. I did see John Williams though (Star Wars composer). But the real reason I’m in this thread is to share my mom’s rock experiences. Ah, to have come-of-age in the late Sixties. Anyway, **Janis Joplin, '68**. It was during the summer and my mom, who was 16 at the time, says people were passing out from the heat and were being carried out on stretchers. Then Janis takes the stage in a full-length purple velour outfit and rocked the house down. **David Bowie, sometime in the Seventies**. She says it was great, but that may have been all the drugs. Strangely enough, thirty years later I lived literally right down the street from him. **KISS, mid-Seventies**. Mom took my big brother when he was a little kid, and it was so loud he started puking. She said the show itself was amazing, with the pyrotechnics. ---
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Jimmy Buffet. GWAR (All That Remains and Alabama Thunderpussy opened for 'em) I’ve seen Hootie and the Blowfish, too, but they were playing free at the St. Louis VP fair. Also, I got as far from the stage as possibe, because they are teh suck. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/30 "2005-03-01T15:28:42Z")
> [@interface2x](#): > > 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 > \ > Babes in Toyland > Front 242 > Arrested Development > Dinosaur Jr. > Fishbone > Alice in Chains > Primus > \. No fair listing festival acts as individual concerts. 😉 Besides the ones mentiones above (I, too, saw Lollapaloozas 2 & 3), I’ve seen A Perfect Circle, Tool (at Lolla3), Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, TMBG, Dead Milkmen, Melissa Etheridge, _mumble_Stryper_mumble_, Live (several times, many before they became huge!), Heart, and Sting. ---
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Here are mine (I think I’m remembering them all). Haven’t seen a lot of bands but the ones I have seen I’ve usually attended multiple shows for: Men at Work (1983 - my first concert!) X Big Country Eddie Money (those last three were all in college - I got in free because I was on the concert committee) Rush (Presto tour and every one since then) Alan Parsons Project/Alan Parsons Live Project (several times - even had aftershow passes to several) Peter Gabriel (“Us” and “Up” tours) Billy Joel Jethro Tull Pink Floyd (Division Bell tour) Cruciform Injection (twice) The Gothsicles (they opened for CI) Icon of Coil Trans-Siberian Orchestra (four times) I think that 's it…next month I’ll hopefully add Assemblage 23 and Backandtotheleft to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/32 "2005-03-01T16:33:59Z")
Okay, I’m sure I’m going to be missing a few but just from memory : **Creedence Clearwater Revival** (the “Cosmos Factory” tour) **Pink Floyd** (“Dark Side of the Moon” tour) **Frank Zappa** (right afer "One Size Fits All’) **Alice Cooper** (“Welcome to my Nightmare”) **Frank Zappa with Captain Beefheart** **The Moody Blues** (“Long Distnace Voyager”) **Jethro Tull** (right after “Passion Play”) **Daniel Amos** and **Randy Stonehill** **Weird Al Yankovic** (“Dare to be Stupid”) **Genesis** (“The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway”, the last tour with Peter Gabriel) **Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe** (for which I had backstage tickets and got to meet the band) **Pink Floyd** (“A Momentary Lapse of Reason” tour) **Roger Waters** (“Radio Kaos” tour) \*\*Weird Al Yankovic \*\* (again, on the latest tour) Near misses : **The Allman Brothers Band** I had tickets for the Providence, RI show right before they cancelled the rest of the tour because of Duane Allman’s death. **Fleetwood Mac** I worked for a musc store at the time and ran a ticketmaster machine and was able to get FRONT ROW CENTER tickets for the show. And then the night of the show, my assistant manager decided not to show up for work and I ended up having to stay at the store all night. And **Jonathan Chance** , you are now my new hero for actually having seen **Tripping Daisy** before they broke up. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/33 "2005-03-01T16:55:58Z")
> [@sturmhauke](#): > > fishbicycle, Rush played at your _high school_? Dayyyyum! Did the crowd overflow into the street or what? This was before they were famous. It was probably right around the time, or possibly just before their first album was released. I’m sure they hadn’t released “In The Mood” as a single yet. They were just another working band, and back then, bands played high schools! ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/34 "2005-03-01T17:04:16Z")
I couldn’t list them if I tried. And there was about three years where I went to at least one local show a weekend. I count those too. And the drugs, you know, they make you forget shit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DaddyTimesTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DaddyTimesTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaddyTimesTwo)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/35 "2005-03-01T17:22:37Z")
In no particular order: ZZ Top, The Police, The Byrds/Flying Burrito Brothers, Commander Cody, Kansas/Alan Parsons Project, Walk the West, Government Cheese, Bruce Springsteen, God Lives Underwater, Lyle Lovet, Bob Dylan/Brian Setzer Orchestra, Bob Dylan/My Morning Jacket, Buddy Guy, Big Twist and the Mellow Fellows (and a bunch of other great blues acts I have forgotten), Anson & the Rockets, Connells, REM, Moody Blues (not nearly often enough!), Spin Doctors, Pink Floyd, Steely Dan That’s all I can think of right now, there could be a few more. All the “big” acts skip Louisville, and I rarely had the money to go to shows that did play here. ---
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> [@Indygrrl](#): > > I couldn’t list them if I tried. And there was about three years where I went to at least one local show a weekend. I count those too. > > And the drugs, you know, they make you forget shit. 😃 Indeed. Just catching up with this thread, I came up with a bunch more bands that I forgot to mention in this thread as well as the other one. I don’t see how young folks can afford to go to Big Ticket concerts these days. I guess this is another reason to support local music (and possibly see cool new bands in their infancy.) ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344/37 "2005-03-01T17:35:54Z")
All of these are memorable for some reason or another. I’m not even going to try to remember everything. . . Trunk’s Early days: **Aerosmith, Rush, Jethro Tull** College days: **Fugazi, The Grateful Dead, Blind Melon, Samples** Others: \*\*Hank Williams III, Wilco, Yo La Tengo, Soundgarden, G. Love & Special Sauce, Joan Jett, Ben Harper (saw him twice. Best live show), \*\* Lollapalooza II(?): **Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Jesus & Mary Chain** HFStival: **Bosstones, Beck, Blondie, Soul Coughing** ---
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U2 (10 shows; 1 on Joshua Tree and 9 on Elevation :eek: ) Elvis Costello and the Attractions (The Royal Albert Hall circa 1987) Suzanne Vega (can’t remember a thing about it) The Who (circa 1989–can’t remember a thing about it) The Dead Jimmy Buffett Springsteen (4) REM Warren Zevon (at Toad’s Place–probably the best show I’ve ever seen–he played with a group called The Odds and they rocked) P Funk (AWESOME!) The Stones (on their last tour. They sucked but there were flashes of brilliance. They must have been truly amazing 30 years ago) James Taylor Frank Sinatra, at Tanglewood. He was totally senile but his voice was absolutely fantastic. ---
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Good lord, OP! I haven’t been out to much, but a few. 1.) Pedro the Lion and John Vanderslice at the Black Cat. My first concert! 2.) Projekt Revolution: Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg, Ghostface Killa, Funeral For a Friend, Korn, Less than Jake, and the Used. It was free, baby! 3.) Green Day, Sugarcult, and Newfound Glory at the Patriot Center. Made me hate New Found Glory even more, and the crowd concurred. 4.) Bright Eyes at the 930 club. Tilly & the Wall opened up, and stole the show! Would love to see: Ben Harper, The Get Up Kids, Tilly & the Wall again, the Faint (and probably will), Desaparacedos, Death Cab for Cutie ---
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Primus (A few times…got to meet Mr. Les Claypool thank you very much.) Bela Fleck and the Flecktones (Got to meet Mr. Victor Wooten thank you very much) Mike Watt (You know what’s comin’.) Dinogah Crooked Fingers Tool Rage Against The Machine Alice in Chains Juliana Hatfield Eyes Adrift–A band started by Chris Noveselic formerly of Nirvana with that dude from the Meatpuppets and the drummer from Sublime. They Sucked Badly. Bad Religion Flogging Molly [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-all-the-rock-concerts-youve-seen/292344.md?page=3)