# What bands have you seen more than once? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2007, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179 "2007-07-10T12:06:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/81 "2007-07-11T06:05:33Z")
Let’s see how much recall I have at this time of night (in roughly descending order): Robyn Hitchcock (& The Egyptians/Venus 3) Bob Mould Sleater-Kinney Belle & Sebastian Marshall Crenshaw Midnight Oil The Divine Comedy X Yo La Tengo Elvis Costello (various bands & combos) Fishbone Cinerama Shane MacGowan & The Popes The Replacements R.E.M. U2 The Aislers Set Billy Bragg Sonic Youth Ned’s Atomic Dustbin The Magnetic Fields George Clinton’s P-Funk All-Stars Chixdiggit! Rush Judas Priest …and more, I’m sure. I’m tired. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/82 "2007-07-11T08:43:02Z")
Only ones I can think of: INXS (last time was 1986, I hasten to add) - 2 Soundgarden - 3 Swervedriver - 2 Tortoise - 2 Skyhooks - 2 Dictators - 2 Dinosaur Jr - 2 Mark Kozelek (solo) - 2 Helmet - 2 Iggy Pop - 2 Beastie Boys - 2 ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/83 "2007-07-11T08:49:48Z")
At first I couldn’t believe how many you had all seen. Then I started looking at ticket stubs and remembering shows. I’ve seen a lot more than I thought. Jeff Beck X2 John McLaughlin 3X (in various incarnations) Robin Trower 4X Police 2X (and Sting once in the first solo year) Santana 3X Eric Johnson 4X Allman Brothers 3X (I thought there were more) Little Feat 3X (none with Lowell, though) Blue Öyster Cült 3X (but, always as an opener. go figure) Gov’t Mule 5X Derek Trucks Band 2X Stanley Clarke 2X (if you count the New Barbarians) Ronnie James Dio 2X (and once more with Rainbow) the Motels 2X Rush 2X Kansas 2X Steve Morse 2X(once with Kansas, once with the Dregs) Moody Blues 2X Zebra 2X Edgar Winter 2X Leon Russell 2X Steve Miller 2X Foghat 2X Big Head Todd & the Monsters 2X Shooting Star 2X (another opener) ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/84 "2007-07-11T11:25:41Z")
[QUOTE=Blaster Master] Let’s see if I can remember them all: Symphony X - 2 In Flames - 2 Shadows Fall - 2 Odin’s Court - 2 Division - 3 [/QUOTE] Dude, you’ve been down at the Jaxx too much. But then again so have I, and probably the same shows! I have to say that Division is one of the better local bands. I’d go just to see them. Iron Maiden 5+ Motorhead 10+ Black Sabbath 3 Rush 5-6 Iced Earth 2 Virgin Steele 2 Anthrax 3 Judas Priest 2 Ozzy 4-5 WASP 2 Scorpions 2 Dee Snider/Twisted Sister 3 Golden Earring 2, both times in the Netherlands I’m sure there are a few more, but I can’t remember off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ice\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Machine)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/85 "2007-07-11T13:50:53Z")
[QUOTE=fishbicycle] Hi! Sorry I missed this earlier. But yeah! I saw Larry before he was famous, and I saw him again at the Q107 10th Anniversary Bash at The Diamond Club. He sang a solo rendition of “Good Golly Miss Molly” with such intensity, his voice could have peeled paint off walls. I have on VHS at least one Much Music Spotlight of his videos, and his appearance on Letterman, after he had started going by Lawrence. It sure is strange to hear him singing for Styx now! [/QUOTE] Have you seen him with Styx? That would be an interesting experience. Do they throw in any of Gowan’s songs. He does the best cover of The Guess Who’s These Eyes that I’ve heard. I’ve never got the chance to see him but my sister and brother-in-law saw him around the “Just call me Larry” time at Lu-Lu’s when it still existed. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179/86 "2007-07-11T14:09:34Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Machine] Have you seen him with Styx? That would be an interesting experience. Do they throw in any of Gowan’s songs. [/QUOTE] No, I haven’t seen them, but I have _Styx World Live 2001_ and _Big Bang Theory_, and those are pretty darned good. He does a good job of singing Dennis De Young’s parts. And yes, they play “A Criminal Mind.” The latter album is covers, and there’s one of _I Am The Walrus_ that is a total surprise. The video ought to still be floating around for it on the web. > [@](#): > > He does the best cover of The Guess Who’s These Eyes that I’ve heard. I’ve never got the chance to see him but my sister and brother-in-law saw him around the “Just call me Larry” time at Lu-Lu’s when it still existed. I’ve never heard him sing _These Eyes_, and I guess I never will. But it must be interesting to hear. I didn’t know Lulu’s had closed down. It was popular at the time when I was leaving Canada, and it was quite a way to Kitchener, so I never actually went there. Too bad. It’s nice to know that some people here like Larry Gowan! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bands-have-you-seen-more-than-once/411179.md?page=4)