# What concerts have you been to? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274 "2001-07-12T21:37:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/21 "2001-07-13T01:22:55Z")
Aldo Nova Blue Oyster Cult Rush The Who Billy Joel Elton John Journey America Dead Kennedys Black Flag Circle Jerks 7 Seconds Butthole Surfers Peter Gabrial America Dave Matthews Band Dar Williams Depache Mode Cowboy Junkies Macy Grey Fear Lots more I’m forgetting right now, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/22 "2001-07-13T01:48:00Z")
The Stones Boz Scaggs Joan Baez Joni Mitchell Brian Setzer Janis Ian Grateful Dead Steve Miller Moody Blues Elton John (back in the mid-70’s) Anni DeFranco Little Richard Elvin Bishop Gary Union and the Pucket Gap (back in the sixties) Dave Mason Robert Cray Oh, and in Junior High, members of the choir got extra credit for attending an ‘Up With People’ concert. That **has** to be where REM’s song ‘Shiny Happy People’ came from.🙂 I had to use Anbusol laden QTips for a week to get the saccharin sounds to stop hurting my eardrums. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/23 "2001-07-13T01:51:59Z")
First was the Beach Boys (when they were washed up). Others: Allman Brothers Band (4 times, twice with Duane) Loudon Wainwright III (twice, over 20 years apart) Mahavishnu Orchestra (God help me, I saw them twice) Sha Na Na (twice) J. Geils Band (twice) Mountain Chicago Dreams Bruce Springsteen (when he was still playing small gigs) Edgar Winter Group (with special appearance by Johnny) Elvin Bishop Jo Jo Gunne Pink Floyd (after Meddle was released) Earl Scruggs Review Taj Mahal Mark-Almond (terrible concert, and it started several hours late). PDQ Bach Jethro Tull McKendry Spring (a replacement for Cat Stevens with Tull) Leo Kottke Buzzy Linhart (pathetic) Roland Kirk Buddy Guy/Junior Wells Jefferson Airplane Orleans Amboy Dukes (maybe with Ted Nugent) Blotto Seatrain Ray Charles Philadelphia Orchestra Itzak Perlman Yo Yo Ma Sarah Chang Flying Burrito Brothers New Riders of the Purple Sage John Lee Hooker I’ve certainly forgotten a few. ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/24 "2001-07-13T02:09:25Z")
Finally came to me … the inspiration for the Muppet’s Dr. Teeth ----\> Dr. John … twas at the Fox in Atlanta have also seen Humble Pie ---
**Author:** ![tfnb34a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@tfnb34a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tfnb34a)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/25 "2001-07-13T02:12:49Z")
I really need to get out and see more bands live, as i just went to my first concert last year. For some reason, i had no desire to do so before, but you really get a new found respect for bands after seeing them live. In order, the exhuastive list goes… Jets To Brazil Dick Dale Weezer Superdrag all four of which i hope to have the change to see again. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/26 "2001-07-13T02:22:35Z")
The Dixie Chicks Bryan White Leann Rimes All 4 One Billy Ray Cyrus John Michael Montgomery ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/27 "2001-07-13T02:26:51Z")
OK, I know I’ll forget a ton, but here it goes: Metallica (3X) The Cult Aerosmith Black Crowes Tesla (2X) Slayer (3X) Pantera (5X) Skid Row Guns N Roses Soundgarden Biohazard (2X) Machine Head Fear Factory Napalm Death Seputura Nuclear Assualt (2X) Coroner White Zombie (5X) Overkill (3X) Megadeath Korn (2X) Kid Rock Powerman 5000 System of a Down Rage Against the Machine Cypress Hill 7 Year Bitch Murphy’s Law (4X) Sick of it All Mucky Pup (9X) Damn Yankees Bad Company Kiss Poison (2X) Warrant Quiot Riot Enuff Z Nuff Cinderella Dokken Slaughter Widowmaker Ramones (3X) Hatebreed Gargantua Soul Danzig Marilyn Manson (2X) Machines of Loving Grace Christian Death GWAR (4X) Bile Type O Negative Mighty Mighty Bosstones Moby Blondie Kittie Lords of Acid Killing Time Iron Maiden (2X) Suicidal Tendencies Queensryche (2X) Rush Mr. Big Broken Boiling Man Malachi Crunch The Business Springheeled Jack Judas Priest Rob Halford Southside Johnny & The Ashbury Jukes (don’t ask) Wrathchild America Anthrax (3X) Armored Saint Local H Melissa Ethridge Peter Criss Testament (3X) Chemlab Nudeswirl Brutal Truth Mercyful Fate Cathedral Gravel Pit Misfits Clutch (2X) Flotsom & Jetsom Spineshank Genitorturers Volutuous Horror of Karen Black Firehouse Life of Agony Morbid Angel Static X Skrape Sacred Reich Mighty Purple DRI Deftones Alice Donut OK, thats it. There are probably 2-3X more in forgotten and local bands. And tomorrow night I can add Staind and Cold > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Opengrave \* > \*\* > TOMORROW NIGHT!!! > Morbid Angel > Skrape > Static-X > Slayer > Pantera \*\* Dude, thats a great show. I went to opening night of the tour in New Haven, CT. Get there early to see Morbid Angel, we were about a 1/2 hour late and totally missed them. ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/28 "2001-07-13T03:07:59Z")
Lets see if I can remember them all. AC/DC Journey-the lineup w/ Steve Perry Rush Metallica Nirvana-EVERY time they played Chicago including the first time Mr T Experience Screeching Weasels Hole Marilyn Manson Babes in Toyland L7 Jane’s Addiction Porno For Pyros Perry Farrell-dj gig Smashing Pumpkins Tupac Dr Dre Snoop Dogg Eminem Insane Clown Posse-don’t ask New Kids on the Block-see above Madonna the Police the Pretenders Peter Gabriel Crowded House U2 Liz Phair Neil Young Pearl Jam Package Tours: Amnesty International Every Lollapalooza Last two Warped Last three Ozzfests Local Bands Rubber Infinity Crush Effigy ---
**Author:** ![Reemul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Reemul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reemul)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/29 "2001-07-13T03:11:44Z")
Most of these were from my college years, 1988-1993. Let’s see: Consolidated x4 Front Line Assembly Ministry x2 KMFDM x2 Gravity Kills MC 900 Ft Jesus w/DJ Zero Split Second The Hunger x5 (a local band out of Houston) Front 242 NIN x2 David Bowie Rolling Stones Living Color Rage Against The Machine The Scorpions Dread Zeppelin Prick Anything Box Duran Duran Tricky Fatboy Slim CCCP Thrill Kill Kult Tool ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/30 "2001-07-13T03:14:26Z")
Bryan Adams (opening act: the Hooters) Asia Black Sabbath Blue Oyster Cult (opening act: Zebra) Boston Cheap Trick Damn Yankees (featuring Ted Nugent) Neil Diamond Ronnie James Dio (opening act: Dokken) Kenny G Peter Gabriel Genesis Whitney Houston Billy Joel Elton John Jethro Tull Eric Johnson Judas Priest (opening act: Cinderella) King Crimson (the Fripp/Belew/Levin/Bruford “Beat” lineup) Greg Lake Julian Lennon Moody Blues (opening act: the Fixx) Roy Orbison Ozzy Osbourne (opening act: UFO) Jimmy Page solo Jimmy Page & Robert Plant Pink Floyd (“Momentary Lapse of Reason” tour) The Police at Shea Stadium (opening act: Joan Jett) Queen (opening act: Billy Squier) Rainbow (opening act: the Scorpions) Rush Scorpions (opening acts: Mr. Big & Great White) The Smithereens Squeeze (opening act: A Flock of Seagulls) Paul Simon & Bob Dylan Simon & Garfunkel at Central Park (along with 499,999 of my closest friends) Triumph (opening act: Foghat) U2 Yes I may be missing a few (and I’ve seen a few of these artists more than once), but those are the big ones. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/31 "2001-07-13T03:38:19Z")
Well, this will be interesting to see how many I can remember… Hooters (the band, not the restaurant or the mammary gland) Bon Jovi (I’m ashamed to admit) w/ Cinderella Aerosmith w/Skid Row (the night with “the bottle incident”) Faith No More/Metallica/Guns N Roses Robert Plant w/Alana Miles Page/Plant Van Halen w/Alice in Chains Foghat Foghat (again)/Mountain/Marshall Tucker/Blue Cheer Weird Al Yankovic (a bit out of place on this list, maybe) Living Color Deep Purple Phish (so very very very awful) Ace Frehley Staind (when they were a cover band) Kiss Kiss w/the Nixons Kiss w/Econoline Crush Kiss w/Powerman 5000 Kiss w/Skid Row and Ted Nugent Then, there was the time in the early-mid 90’s when every weekend was “tribute band” time. While I don’t really consider these club bands to be “concerts,” they certainly would extend the list. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/32 "2001-07-13T03:51:04Z")
Blink182 FenixTx (2x) Bad Religion (2x) ^Then all three together^ Deftones (3x) Borne In Hand (2x) Nullset (2x) Fear Factory Godsmack BladedShaded Deep Rooted Ozzy Osbourne (2x) 6GiG Coventry Highschool Band Recital 😃 And I just got gyped out of seeing Cold/Staind/Adema at the Expo Center tomorrow night. Bastard hooked me up with free tickets but never contacted me back. I am sorely pissed off right now. ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/33 "2001-07-13T04:02:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by woodstockbirdybird \* > **Robyn Hitchcock (& the Egyptians)(x12?) > R.E.M.(x2) > U2 > Squeeze > The Cure > Duran Duran > Erasure > Depeche Mode > INXS > Crowded House** I would just like to take this moment to profess my love for **woodstockbirdybird** , based solely on his taste in music. I would have killed to see Crowded House before they broke up. Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians? ERASURE? Wooooow. Neil Finn (of Crowded House) U2 (2X) Depeche Mode (6X) Sting R.E.M. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (5X) KMFDM (featuring _Ogre_ of Skinny Puppy) Squeeze Skinny Puppy Pearl Jam (went along with friends) Queensryche (was dragged, I’d never heard of them) Duran Duran (2X) Men at Work (on the field after a Tampa Bay Mutiny game) Lords of Acid (opened for TKK) The The (opened for Depeche Mode) Stabbing Westward (also for DM, twice) Third Eye Blind (opened for U2) The Corrs (yick, also for U2) Natalie Merchant (opened for Sting) Nitzer Ebb (opened for DM) Type O Negative (opened for Queensryche) And then there were the many many awful concerts I was taken to as a child. I won’t list them here, but here’s a taste: PAT BOONE. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/34 "2001-07-13T04:08:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Purd Werfect \* > \*\ ***mouthbreather** , I’m in envy of you seeing Archers Of Loaf, Afghan Whigs, Sonic Youth and The Swans. My aversion to crowds keeps me from seeing a lot of shows. \*\* Just like I envy your Big Black and Elvis Costello. And truthfully, The Archers kinda stunk. OK, they were flat-out awful. But Afghan Whigs (Black Love tour) and SY (Goo tour) were both very good. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Opengrave \* > **…TOMORROW NIGHT!!!..Skrape…** Make sure you find out what shitstain was responsible for spamming the boards with SKRAPE links and crap a few months back. Then kick them in the crotch. Hard. ---
**Author:** ![girlwithwings](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@girlwithwings](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/girlwithwings)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/35 "2001-07-13T04:11:03Z")
Ani Difranco Juliana Hatfield The Butchies i wanted ani d to be my first, and had to wait 'til i was 19 and in college. The other two were free 😉 ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/36 "2001-07-13T04:13:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gekiganger \* > \*\* > And I just got gyped out of seeing Cold/Staind/Adema at the Expo Center tomorrow night. Bastard hooked me up with free tickets but never contacted me back. > > I am sorely pissed off right now. \*\* Well, if you can get $29, you can come up with me. Where will you be coming from? ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/37 "2001-07-13T04:17:23Z")
Coventry. BUt I don’t have any money, so. DAMN! ---
**Author:** ![Pessor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pessor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pessor)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/38 "2001-07-13T04:32:10Z")
Santana with Miles Davis at Newport Jazz Festival, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1988. …and a billion others but nothing touches this… ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/39 "2001-07-13T04:33:10Z")
Very few, actually. Until a couple of years ago, the only band I had seen live that got any kind of wide-spread exposure was Nuclear Assault, at a smallish metal bar in Deep Ellum. Since then I saw Marilyn Manson and Monster Magnet in concert, my first ‘real’ concert and my last one. I have never been a big Marilyn Manson fan (went there because my friend had just got out of jail and she was a really big fan) but I have to admit he is quite the showman, I really enjoyed him while I didn’t care for Monster Magnet, even though I love their first album. I’m probably going to see Eerie Ln. at a club in Arlingon, TX later this month, they aren’t exactly famous but they are really cool, sort of a cross between old-school Misfits and modern death-metal. My wife won’t go with me, however. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274/40 "2001-07-13T04:40:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gekiganger \* > \*\*Coventry. BUt I don’t have any money, so. DAMN! \*\* Damn. That sucks. Staind will be back. They are always around here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-concerts-have-you-been-to/72274.md?page=3)