Which bands/artists have you seen live?

[Nutty_Bunny]

Hall and Oates - Syracuse, NY - 1982
Air Supply - Syracuse, NY - 1983
Duran Duran - Syracuse, NY - 1984
Billy Idol - Syracuse, NY - 1984 (opened for Duran Duran)
Hall and Oates - Lake Placid, NY - 1984
The Romantics - Potsdam, NY - 1985
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - Potsdam, NY - 1985
Wang Chung - Potsdam, NY - 1987
8 Seconds - Potsdam, NY - 1987 (opened for Wang Chung and were much better!)
Jello Biafra - Canton, NY - 1988 (4 hour-long spoken word - fantastic!)
The Ramones - Canton, NY - 1989
The Tragically Hip - Montreal, QU - 1993
Midnight Oil - Montreal, QU - 1993
Daniel Lanois - Montreal, QU - 1993
Ziggy Marley - Montreal, QU - 1993
George Carlin - Potsdam, NY - 1994ish
The Tragically Hip - Latham, NY - 1994
The Tragically Hip - Montreal, QU - 1995
The Tragically Hip - Saratoga Springs, NY - 1996
The Tragically Hip - Syracuse, NY - 1996
Rush - Charlotte, NC - 1996
The Tragically Hip - Ottawa, ON - 1997
Barenaked Ladies - Raleigh, NC - 1997
Cowboy Mouth - Raleigh, NC - 1997
Shawn Colvin - Raleigh, NC - 1997
Duncan Shiek - Raleigh, NC - 1997
Barenaked Ladies - Albany, NY - 2001
The Tragically Hip - Albany, NY - 2001

The best show: The Hip in Latham, NY. They played a small bar right before “Day for Night” came out. We were in the front row and it was the best goddamn show I’ve…ever…seen! Such raw energy!

The worst show: Wang (F**king) Chung

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

Not an exhaustive list, but most of the ones that people will have heard of:

Iron Butterfly
It’s a Beautiful Day
Blood Sweat & Tears
John Denver (opening act for BS&T!)
Jethro Tull (many times, also Ian Anderson solo)
The Who
Heads Hands & Feet
Yes (lots of times, also Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe, Jon Anderson solo, Patrick Moraz & Bill Bruford)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emerson, Lake & Powell
Frank Zappa/Mothers (also Banned from Utopia, Don Preston solo, Mike Keneally solo)
Doobie Brothers
Procol Harum
The Strawbs
Tom Waits
Ace
Gentle Giant
Peter Frampton
Starcastle
Robin Trower
Rory Gallagher
Renaissance
Genesis
Peter Gabriel
The Kinks
Elvis Costello
The Go-Go’s
The Call
King Crimson (quite a few times, also ProjecKt Two, ProjecKt Four, Robert Fripp solo/quintet/League of Crafty Guitarists; Adrian Belew solo and with the Bears; and Bill Bruford’s Earthworks)
U.K.
Rolling Stones
J. Geils Band
Living Colour
Peter Hammill
Richard Thompson
Fairport Convention
Steeleye Span
Roy Harper
Martin Carthy
Pentangle (also John Renbourn Group, Bert Jansch solo)
June Tabor
Gabriel Yacoub
John Abercrombie
Henry Kaiser
Richard Sinclair
Gong (also Daevid Allen and Tim Blake solo)
Grateful Dead (only saw ‘em once, in 1989)
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison (all on the same bill!)
Magma
Present
Nina Simone (shortly before she died)
The Nice (2002 reunion tour—made a special trip to London for this)

Probably numerous others I’m forgetting at the moment…

[Ludovic]

I have a list that’s about average, but only 3 artists that I have seen, or will see in the near future, more than once:

Schascle/Twinkle: As much as bjork and emiliana torrini are above her, Schascle is nonetheless above all other female singers. Seen her at least 6 times…if you like blues/rock/jazz/soul (her style’s really indescribable), see her.

Dashboard Confessional: Seen them twice, and will see them for a third time this Thursday. When I describe that their concert is a sing-along, ppl say “a lot of bands do that”. No, they don’t, you really didnt listen when I mentioned the extent to which they do this. For a music geek like me it provides nice reinforcement of my musical knowledge, and the knowledge that other people share this with me.

Heart: probably my second-favorite arena-rock artists, besides Led Zep. This time, however, they are playing smaller places: last time I saw them at House of Blues they did the best song I’ve heard from anyone in concert: cover of Battle of Evermore (just think of the harmonies they exploited in that song!). I include them here because they are coming back here in winter and I am soooo there.

[Marley23]

Err, let’s see…

The Allman Brothers Band (33 times)
Phil Lesh and Friends (8)
Gov’t Mule (7)
Dickey Betts Band/DB & Great Southern (5)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers (2)
Metallica (2)
The Derek Trucks Band
Radiohead
Medeski, Martin and Wood
Bob Dylan
Dr. John, Edgar Winter, and Dr. Lonnie Johnson at a JazzFest
Tori Amos
Beastie Boys
The Dead
John Hiatt and the Goners
Robert Cray
Smashing Pumpkins
The Black Crowes
Lenny Kravitz
Blur
Primus
Beck
Neil Young
Gregg Allman and Friends
Oteil and the Peacemakers
Susan Tedeschi
Kartik Seshadri (sitar player)
Ben Folds
Stone Temple Pilots
Aerosmith
Janet Jackson (my first show; I was young)

A couple of these were at festival-type things. There was also a ska show in there (forgive me, I was maybe 15). The only name I remember was The Scofflaws.

Opening acts that I can remember include Susan Tedeschi (3), Lucinda Williams (2), Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Galactic (2), Warren Haynes acoustic, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Lefty Collins, Jerry Cantrell, Robert Bradley’s Blackwater Surprise, Duncan Sheik, Collective Soul…

[BurnMeUp]

in no particular order:

Oingo Boingo - 3 times
Fishbone - 4 times
Kiss
Aerosmith
The Misfits
GWAR
The Reverend Horton Heat - 2 times
Los Straightjackets
The Descendents - 2 times
All
No Doubt
The Toasters
The Pietasters
Stretch Armstrong - 2 times (the local Utah band not the new band)
The Specials
Cherry Poppin Daddies
The Vandals
Reel Big Fish
Mission of Burma
Sleater Kinney
Morrissey - 3 times
Smoking Popes
Harry Connick Jr. - 2 times
Nitzer Ebb
Ethyl Meatplow
Depeche Mode - 2 times
The The
The Cure
The Swans
Primal Scream
Primus
Front 242
Alice in Chains
Babes in Toyland
Henry Rollins
Brian Setzer
They Might Be Giants - 2 times
Cub
James Brown
The JB’s
Maceo Parker
Save Ferris
Lit
Lords of Acid
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Ramones
Tori Amos
I’m sure there are a few other’s i’ve forgotten or blanked out.

[interface2x]

Hmmm…let’s see…

Lollapalooza 92, including Lush, Pearl Jam, Jesus & Mary Chain, Soundgarden, Ice Cube, Ministry, Red Hot Chilipeppers

Lollapalooza 93, including Rage Against the Machine, Babes in Toyland, Front 242, Dinosaur Jr., Fishbone, Alice in Chains, and Primus

Depeche Mode x5
NIN x3
VNV Nation x3
Apoptygma Berzerk x3
Anything Box x2
A Perfect Circle x2
Marilyn Manson x4
Mesh
Icon of Coil
Assemblage 23
Haujobb
Spahn Ranch
Front Line Assembly
Delerium
Sonic Youth
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Red Flag
Faith Assembly
Endora
Christ Analogue
Insight 23
Sheep on Drugs
Hole
Dave Gahan
Chemlab
Sister Machine Gun
Hate Dept.
Sister Soleil
Chemical Brothers
The Orb
And I’m sure there are more out there.

[interface2x]

Oh, and give me slightly more than 48 hours and I can add Skinny Puppy to that list

[Treviathan]

Well, I’ve seen a virtual who’s-who of Canadian indie rock over the past five years, including:

The Weakerthans
Pilate
Royal City
Cuff the Duke
Gentleman Reg
The Carnations
Ron Sexsmith (twice)
Sam Roberts
Young and Sexy
Tangiers
P:ano
The Joel Plaskett Emergency (twice)
Corb Lund Band (twice)
Jim Bryson (twice)
Oh Susanna
The Stills
Broken Social Scene
Andy Stochansky
Emm Gryner
The Dears
The Plaid-Tongued Devils
Moses Mayes and the Funk Family Orchestra (twice)
The Pocket Dwellers (twice)

…and I’m sure many more. I’ve managed to miss seeing The Constantines twice, and stood outside the bar where The New Pornographers were playing straining to hear because the tickets were sold out.

Other bands/artists I’ve seen, some I’m proud to admit, others not:

The Pixies
Frank Black and the Catholics
Steve Earle
Blue Rodeo (three times)
The Skydiggers
Idlewild
Spirit of the West
The Waltons (twice)
The Arrogant Worms
Matthew Good Band (twice)
Big Wreck
The Watchmen
Collective Soul (twice)
I Mother Earth
Our Lady Peace
The Tea Party

[Delly]

Ive not seen many, but here they are anyway…

** First Concert **Rem, support from The Divine Comedy

Slane 99(?)
Robbie Williams
David Grey
Stereophonics
Placebo
(Various other Acts I dont remember)

Witnness… dont remember the year
Faithless
Stereophonics
Charlatans
Muse
Ash
Texas
Fun Lovin Criminals
(Various other acts I dont remember again-that was a good concert… one of those 2 day events)

Savage Garden in December 01 I think… they were incredible, Darren Hayes has an amazing voice.

Radiohead around 00/01… They were good, didnt like that they didnt play anything from The Bends though

Slane 03
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stone Age
PJ Harvey
Feeder

I think thats it

[betenoir]

More than I can list.

Recently:

NOFX
Kraftwerk
The Tiger Lilies
The Strokes

Other highlights…er…

Iggy Pop
David Bowie
Roxy Music
The Psychedelic Furs
The Cure
Siouxie and the Banshees
Echo and the Bunnymen
Skinny Puppy
The Ramones
X
The Fall
Foetus
The Butthole Surfers
Robert Fripp
Big Black
Sucidal Tendencies
Husker Du
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Ministry
The Replacments
New Order
The Cramps
The Buzzcock
John Cale
Mo Tucker
Black Flag
Hmmmm…all I can remember right now…next month…the Pixies

[InternetLegend]

@ColonelDax

**The dBs ** are another standout, saw them three times during the summer of 1985 at the 9:30, the Roxy and American University. Great shows, they usually opened with “Any Old Thing,” and I remember them ripping through “See No Evil” for an encore at the 9:30.

**R.E.M. ** opening for the **English Beat ** (Vanderbilt University, spring 1983) was an awe-inspiring show, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much pure energy.

These two make me very jealous.

Here’s what I can remember of mine, in chronological order because I’m a tad compulsive:

Renaissance/Al DiMeola, 1978
Foghat, 1978
Styx/Cars, 1979
Kansas, late 70s, Denver
Jethro Tull/White Snake, 1980
Frank Zappa, 1980
Frank Zappa, 1981
Police/Thompson Twins/Flock of Seagulls, 1983, Phoenix
Neil Young, 1983
The Kinks, 1983
Rush, 1983
Golden Earring, 1984
ZZ Top (Eliminator), 1984
Yes, 1984
Rush, 1984
Arlo Guthrie/David Bromberg, 1985
John Prine/Arlo Guthrie, 1986
They Might Be Giants, 1987?, free concert in LA
Sting, 1988
Bonnie Raitt, late 80s
R.E.M./Luscious Jackson, 1995, Phoenix
Smashing Pumpkins/Garbage, 1996
Joan Osborne, 1996
Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1997
R.E.M./Mercury Rev, 1999, Red Rocks
R.E.M./Wilco, 1999, Atlanta
R.E.M./Elf Power, 1999, Atlanta
Pat DiNizio, 2000, Las Lunas NM
Pat DiNizio/Enemies of the Oyster, 2000, Maxwell’s in Hoboken NJ
Dropkick Murphys, 2000

Bands at Athfest, 2001 and 2002, Athens, GA
Jucifer
Macha
Elf Power
Flash to Bang Time
Josh Joplin
Japancakes
Plug Spark Sanjay
Asylum Street Spankers
The Drive-By Truckers
Five-Eight
The Breathlanes
8-Track Gorilla
Kevn Kinney

R.E.M/Wilco/Ed Harcourt, 2003, Red Rocks
Wayward Shamans/Tuatara/Minus 5/Cedell Davis, 2003
Peter Holsapple & friends, Tipitino’s in New Orleans, 2004
Val Emmich, last week

[stretch]

In no particular order:

Jose Feliciano (my mom took me)
The Scorpions
Ratt (opened for the Scorpions)
Journey
ZZ Top
Def Leppard (twice; once with 5 non-Leppard fans)
Commander Cody (in 1992)
The Subdudes (opened for Commander Cody)
Eddie Money (at the fair)
Loverboy (opened for Eddie Money)
REM
Soundgarden
Train (in a 1400 seat venue–wonderful show)
Wood (opened for Train)
Barenaked Ladies
Guster (opened for BNL)
The Tragically Hip

Best concert was definitely Barenaked Ladies.

I had a great time a both Def Leppard concerts, if you discount the drunken fans. REM put on a great show, but the venue was outdoors (the Gorge at George, Washington) which wasn’t the best for their music and the crowd sucked.

My least favorites: ZZ Top–the band played for 45 minutes and left, and Ratt–the distortion was so bad that you really had no idea which of their crappy songs they were playing.

I really, really want to go see Chris Isaak and probably will see him next year when he comes to Seattle. And I really want to see Martin Zellar, but since I’m not going to the mid West and he isn’t coming to Washington, I don’t see that happening.

[Burrido]

Pantera x7
White Zombie x5
Marilyn Manson x3
Korn x5
Limpbizkit x3
Danzing x3
Metallica x2
Rage Against the Machine
Reverend Horton Heat x3
Poe
Dink
Natalie Merchant
Soul Asylum
NIN
Melvins
Sick of it all
Helmet x3
311
Days of the New
Jackyl (Not by choice)
Megadeth x2
Dinosaur Jr.
Blind Melon
Tribe of Millions
Fishbone x2
Orange 9mm x3
Mike Watt
Sonic Youth
Cypress Hill
Hole
Pearl Jam
Mudhoney
Suicidal Tendencies

All I can remember for now, weren’t too many more I don’t think.

[Albert_Rose]

Lou Reed, Derek Freakin’ Trucks, Reel Big Fish, Jessica Simpson (at Grad Nite, Disney World), Destiny’s Child (ibid).

Good times!

[kevja]

Al Stewart
Aerosmith (in '78)
B52s (fun)
Bad Company
Billy Preston
Black Sabbath
Black Oak Arkansas
Blue Oyster Cult (A+)
Boston (loud)
Bruce Sprinsteen (good, but a little indulgent)
BTO
CCR
Cher ( a few times, great always)
CSN&Y (in '74 – really good, one of best outdoor shows I’ve seen)
Dionne Warwick (kind of bitchy)
Donna Summer (GREAT!)
Doobie Brothers
Eddie Money (several times, all good)
Fleetwood Mac
Grace Jones (she was a mess, in a funny way)
Heart (Ann Wilson has got to be one of the most under appreciated rock singers ever)
Ike and Tina Turner (in '71, nasty good)
James Brown (twice, both outstanding)
Liza Minnelli
Mamas and the Papas (1986 version, w/Mackenzie Phillips and Spanky McFarland, I met John Phillips after the show-- genuinely nice)
Montrose
Moody Blues (in '72, excellent)
Nancy Wilson (in a small club, great)
Peter Frampton (a few times before “Frampton Comes Alive” He was good!)
Police (so-so, actually)
Robin Trower
Rod Stewart
Sammy Hagar (a few times. One time at Winterland in '78. One of the best shows I’ve ever seen.)
Santana (at my High School in 1969)
Sex Pistols (Most Memorable, a great experience)
Sylvester (not too many people know him, but an incredible voice and performer)
Tubes
Vicky Carr (in Vegas, she didn’t cry)
Y&T
ZZ Top (good show, wild in the parking lot)

[Ender_Will]

In chronological order:
Godsmack
Misfits
Metallica (at Summer Sanitarium, so I also saw Limp Bizkit’s last four songs. Don’t know if that counts)
Evanescence
Metallica (Godsmack opening)
NOFX (Authority Zero, Alkaline Trio opening, Jello Biafra speaking)

All within the last year. Not too bad, eh?

[woodstockbirdybird]

I think someone asked this before, but I forgot some shows and have seen more since then. So, in no order:
Bob Mould (x6)
Robyn Hitchcock (& the Egyptians) (x12?)
The Replacements (x3)
R.E.M.
Fishbone (x2)
X(x2)
The dB’s
Motorhead
The Godfathers
The Who
The Psychadelic Furs
Duran Duran
Erasure
The Judybats
JohnWesley Harding
Crowded House
Belle & Sebastian (x5)
Sleater-Kinney (x5)
Stereolab
Sugar
Sonic Youth
Pavement
Meat Beat Manifesto
U2 (x2)
Midnight Oil (x4)
Her Space Holiday
Cinerama (x4)
The Aislers Set (x3)
Depeche Mode
Social Distortion
The Goo Goo Dolls (in 1989, before they really sucked)
George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
Yo La Tengo
The Soft Boys
The Smithereens
The La’s
The Wedding Present
The Wonderstuff
The Milltown Brothers
The Lucksmiths
The Ladybug Transistor
The Divine Comedy (x2)
Ben Folds
Sting
Peter Gabriel
Bruce Springsteen
George Michael
Elvis Costello (x3)
Marshall Crenshaw (x2)
VHS Or Beta
Billy Bragg
The Bangs
The Mr. T Experience
The Queers
Chixdiggit!
Jawbreaker
Jets To Brazil
Poster Children
Paul Westerberg
Junk Monkeys
The Pixies
7 Seconds

And some bad heavy metal groups I saw in '83/'84 when I was in my early teens. I’m sure I’m still forgetting a bunch.

[UncaStuart]

Geez, ages and ages ago:
The Byrds
Big Brother and the Holding Company
Jefferson Airplane
Righteous Brothers
Lovin Spoonful
The Doors
Cream

As well as:
Peter, Paul, and Mary
Kingston Trio

And in a different vein:
Chet Baker
Dexter Gordon
Sonny Stitt
Frank Morgan
John Blake
Stan Getz
Branford Marsalis
George Cables

And another:
The Nuclear Whales

[Superdude]

Ahem…I’ll try to do this in order, but I doubt that’s gonna happen:

1. Corey Hart
2. Rick Springfield (hey, there were playing together, and I was in the 6th grade)
3. White Lion
4. Stryper
5. Britney Fox
6. Poison (twice)
7. Cheap Trick
8. House of Lords
9. Joan Jett
10. Motley Crue
11. Lita Ford
12. Ben Folds (solo, not with Darren and Robert)
13. Billy Joel (twice)
14. Counting Crows (twice)
15. Live
16. Martin Sexton
17. REO Speedwagon
18. Candlebox
19. Flaming Lips
20. Sweetwater
21. Fiona Apple
22. Queensryche (three times)
23. Type O Negative
24. Warrior Soul
25. Suicidal Tendencies
26. Metallica (three times)
27. Corrosion of Conformity
28. Garth Brooks
29. Trisha Yearwood
30. Alison Krauss + Union Station (Side note: If you listen to the live CD, it was recorded over two nights in Louisville, KY. I was at the second night of recording)
31. Quiet Riot
32. Enuff Z’nuff (remember them?)
33. Extreme
34. Winger (twice)
35. Tangier
36. Cinderella
37. Bulletboys
38. Ozzy Osbourne
39. Vixen
40. Aerosmith (twice)
41. Jackyl (twice)
42. Cry of Love
43. My Little Funhouse

More to come as I remember them…

[woodstockbirdybird]

I told you I’d forget some.
Shane MacGowan & the Popes
INXS
Public Image Ltd.