which cool bands have you seen live ???

[luvtick]

SS67: glad you found inspiration to make a thread! (couldn't resist that tshirt pic for you...)

well...here is my list...i know i've forgotten more than i've remembered...but these are the bigger ones, taking SS67's lead and alphabetizing:

AC/DC
Accept
Adam Ant
Aerosmith
Anthrax
Black Crowes
Blues Traveler
Bon Jovi
Brian Setzer
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
Deep Purple
Eric Clapton
Exodus
Genesis
George Thorogood (4 x)
Gwar
Hall & Oates
Heist
Inspect Her Gadget (Now called Goodbye Gadget)
INXS (twice)
King Diamond
Lou Rawls (!)
Megadeth
Mercyful Fate
Metallica
Motley Crue
Murphy's Law
Night Ranger
Nile
Oingo Boingo
Pink Floyd
Queensryche
Sammy Hagar
Savage Garden
Scorpions
Stevie Nicks
The Tubes
The Who
Tower of Power
Warrant
Weird Al Yankovic
Yngwie Malmsteen

[ATWA]

I have seen many but these I will never forget.

Iggy Pop & the Stooges (Had the undescrible pleassure to get up on stage and sing both Search & Destroy AND I want to be your dog with Iggy. Even brought my g/f up on stage which as pretty cool since it as her biggest idol. The guards wouldnt let me up first and jumped me but Iggy started hitting them with the microphone cable and yelling "-Let him up here you fucking nazi-pigs"

Cypress Hill at melkweg in Amsterdam 2009.
Hiiiiigh as a moofooker

Ramones
I think I was around 10-12 years old... aww so good memories.


But the best nights I ever had in my life is all the rave parties I been on.
No concert in the orld can ever beat a 3 days psytrance rave in the forest, superhigh on acid laughing gas, just dancing away 3 nights while using the fourth dimension (fifth if u wanna be precise and count time as the fourth dimension which it really is) But time never really existed on lsd so I dont know hehe

[codejd]

This was a real tough one...to remember !

Although I have seen many live shows over the years but the three most memorable moments for me came when Sir Miles Davis took the stage in 1989, 1990 and his final concert on August 25th, 1991 at the Hollywood Bowl about a month before he passed.

The only two concerts I can honestly say I didn't enjoy (and subsequently ended up walking out mid-show) were; The Rolling Stones (1989?) - this band was simply boring and past its prime back then, I can only imagine seeing them currently if they still tour ; and Leftover Salmon - I guess I just didn't get what this band was all about because those around us were totally freaking out when they took the stage, we walked out after 18 minutes .

Anyway, I'm sure I missed a few but according to my memories and stubs this is what I came up with.


38 Special
AC/DC (x2 at least)
Aerosmith
Alabama
Al DiMeola
Alice Cooper (met him at the golf course earlier that day!)
The Allman Brothers Band (7-10 times)
Arlo Guthrie
Asia
B.B. King
The Beach Boys
Billy Squier
The Black Crowes
Bob Dylan (15-20 times)
Boston
Branford Marsalis
Bruce Hornsby & The Range
Bryan Adams
Buddy Guy
California Guitar Trio
Cheap Trick
Chris Potter Quartet
Chuck Berry
Counting Crows
Crosby, Stills & Nash
The David Nelson Band
David Lee Roth
Def Leppard
Duran Duran
The Eagles
Fleetwood Mac
Foreigner
The Four Tops
Grateful Dead (at least 70 times)
The Greg Kihn Band
George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars (x3)
Hall & Oates
Hot Tuna
Huey Lewis & The News
Jeff Beck
Jerry Garcia Band (7 times)
Joe Satriani
John Wesley Harding
Jorma Koukonen & Michael Falzarana
Joshua Redman
Kansas
KISS
Larry Carlton
Leftover Salmon
Little Feat
Los Lobos
Loverboy
Metallica
Mickey Hart's Mystery Box
MILES DAVIS (3 times)
moe.
Nazareth
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Night Ranger
Olu Dara
Ominous Seapods
The Other Ones
Ozzy Osbourne
Page & Plant
Pat Benatar
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Group
Pat Metheny Trio
Pat Metheny & Charlie Haden
Peter Frampton
Phil Lesh & Friends
Phish
Pink Floyd (90's version)
Planet Drum
The Police
Quiet Riot
Ratdog
Ratt
R.E.M.
REO Speedwagon
Rick Springfield
Robert Hunter
Roger McGuinn
Roger Waters
The Rolling Stones (late 80's version - worst concert ever!!!)
Rush (7-10 times)
Rusted Root
Sammy Hagar
Santana
Scorpions
Spyro Gyra
Stanley Jordan
Steely Dan (at least 7 times)
Steve Kimock Band
Steve Miller Band
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Sting
STYX (1st concert 1983)
The Temptations
Traffic
U2
Van Halen (and Van Hagar)
Van Morrison
The Wallflowers
The Who (80's version w/Simon Phillips!)
Widespread Panic
Willie Nelson
Wynton Marsalis
The Yellowjackets
Zero
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
ZZ Top

[cattales1960]

wow I couldnt even recall all the band Ive seen. I know Ive seen alot that were listed in Codejds post. (imagine that, hehehe). Did you guys hear about the stage collapsing on cheap trick theother night in Canada?

[Willjay]

Here is a list of bands and performers that I have worked with, or have been on the same bill with.

David “Honeyboy” Edwards
Mississippi Heat
John Primer
Harper
Moreland & Arbuckle
Deb Callahan
Mac Arnold
Clarence Spady
Eddie Shaw and the Wolfgang
Alexis P. Suter Band
James Armstrong
Jimmy “Duck” Holmes
Teeny Tucker
Terry “Harmonica” Bean
Eli Cook
Andrew “Jr. Boy” Jones

Cheech & Chong
Kingfish w/ Bob Weir & Dave Torbert
Thin Lizzy
Rick Derringer
The Tubes
Nils Lofgrin
Livingston Taylor
Starcastle
Hall & Oates
AC/DC
Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow
Leslie West
Angel
Moxy
Steve Kimock
Steve Mitchell
Mary Knysh
Rand Whipple

Heart Like A Feather
Goodman Brothers
Ozymandias
Chumbi
Lucky Duck
Hot Shot

[Twichaldinho]

Here is a list of bands and performers that I have worked with, or have been on the same bill with.......Thin Lizzy....

Anyone who can say that is super, awesome cool as fas as I'm concerned!

[spidergawd]

Willjay wrote

Here is a list of bands and performers that I have worked with, or have been on the same bill with.

Cool Willjay. ACD rock leg-end .

Blue skies

Edit. Theres a few there I didn't hear yet but I'll look them up for sure , but I was listening to Steve Kimock on Freshjam radio yesterday. Coolio .

[latexdeath]

James Taylor
Steely Dan (two out of 3 uk shows)
JJ Cinnerman (twice)
Anthrax
Motorhead
Metallica (7 times I think)
Megadeth
The Almighty
Sepultura
Paradise Lost
NIN (lots of times)
RATM
QOTSA (3 times)
FNM
SOAD (twice)
Suicidal Tendencies
Mushroomhead
Diamond Head
Ministry
Slipknot
Korn
Eminem (although I did leave after 10 minutes)
Marilyn Manson (4 times)
Fear Factory (5 times)
Alice Cooper
King Diamond
Merciful Fate
The Who
Muse
Iggy Pop
Ozric Tentacles (4 or 5 times)
Nazareth

And lots of others I can't quite remember just now. Feeling old now....

[Willjay]

I guess I'm the Forest Gump of rock, had the opportunity back in the early 70's to work with an AM radio station that promoted concerts in a 450 seat theater. Both ThinLizzy and ACDC were playing there first USA gigs in the Leigh valley area of PA. At that time record Co's could no longer give payola directly to the radio station but the bands could play for a promoter, as the bands rode into the area they would hear there music saturated on a AM radio station.(remember back then AM was all the cars had or 8tracks

[spidergawd]

AM was all the cars had or 8tracks

And now it's in-car internet radio and mp3's. Oh well I better go and polish my ear trumpet. (that is not a euphemism)

[Iko]

Way too many to even remember, but some of the ones closest to my heart :

Phish
Grateful Dead
Allman Brothers Band
The Who
The Band
Bob Dylan
Van Morrison

[soapy]

very lucky to live only a few miles from slane castle in ireland where weve been blessed with the acts over the years
with acts like...
david bowie.....bob dylan....queen....the rolling stones....u2....thin lizzy...guns and roses....faith no more...pearl jam and lots of others.....
best indoor gig was definitely maddness at the point in dublin a few times over the yrs....great band full of energy still

[DjShaggy]

saw madness 2 years ago, that was entertaining, bloodhound gang was probibly the best gig ive ever been to tho, strait up giggles all night! and got a weed off the same guy the drummer got a weed off right in the que outside the birmingham academy!

[Adamster]

Pink floyd (3 times)
Woodstock (94-99)
korn (4time)
Limp biz (3times)
Gwar (2time) the most blood seen at a concert!!
Slipknot(3time)
Metallica (9times)
Live (2times)
Moist(1time)
The Tragically Hip (4times)
Neil young (8-9times)
Supertramp (last 2 tours)
Sir paul (4times) once free in quebec city and OMG best show ever
3gs (1time)
Emenim (2 time)
Cypress hill (3times)
van morrison (1time)
Bob dylan (2times)
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Best show ever Day 2 of woodstock 99 whit line up of Rage Limp and metallica Back to Make what a day of crazy heat and trashing too bad ppl had to die and do stupid stuff!
Best acid show Pinkfloyd last tour i was way to top at the local stadium and when the Diamond came out of the egg and started turning i almost came in my pants and was going to let myself float into the music by jumping into the music but my friend didnt want me killing myself (i now thank god for my friend telling and holding me back from jumping cuz i wouldnt be here at this momment having a flashback of the most wonderfull moment of my life day 2 was a moment also this girl was talking to me (both high on sid) girl said something till this day cant fig it out..she fell and hit her head on the side of the wall and died moment after....

wost moment at a concert (got 2) Metallica few years back an outside show whit a fucking GATE 100 feet from the then ppl couldnt get close to them was bull shit...worst is the water sold at the show had E-colie and got very sick for 2 weeks...Other worst moment other metallica show Mid-november show i decide to leave home whit out a jacket (was -10c outside) and since the bus is at my door steep and once a the forum samething steep away..but the thing i forgot was i was gonna wait out in the cold 3hours b4 they let us in :S worst part was the rain...so we get in the securety decide to look at my pack of smokes and finds my 5 fucking joints i tell the guy (dude you just let them 2 go by and they had harder drug on them and you smilled at them) tell me wanna deal whit the real cops? pff!! that not the worst part of the night...so i get inside get my hinden stash (a bud enought for 2 joints) Metallica comes on i go running for the stage this fucking girl starts screaming at me about not trashing and being carefull tell her to fuck off we are a metal show (well not realy metallica hasnt be metal since cliff died in 1986)...about 10minute later 3 cops show up on the floor to take me away WTF!! the fucking Bitches Boyfriend was a cop didnt like my face and made sure id be missing the show...well i did...

[Scandalous Monk]

Pink Floyd twice
Roger Waters 2011 Wall tour
John Martyn
Frank Zappa
Moody Blues
Roger Daltrey's 2011 Tommy tour
Neil Young
Rolling Stones (somewhen in the early 80s)
AC/DC
The Specials
Motorhead (Phil, Lemmy, Eddie line up)
Alice Cooper
Scorpions
Slade (Christmas eve at Hammersmith Odeon)
Marillion with Fish
ZZtop


To name a few notables, need a spliff before I can think of any more hehehe