Bands you have seen live...

Olivavu

Most of the bands I've seen live (I don't like them all!)

Pearl Jam x 13
2manyDJs x 2
A x 2
AFI
Alice In Chains x 4
Alkaline Trio
Amen
Andrew WK
Angels and Airwaves
Anthrax
Aphex Twin
Ash x 8
Avenged Sevenfold
Babyshambles
Backyard Babies
Bad Religion
Beck
Belle and Sebastian
Ben Harper x 2
Biffy Clyro x 2
Björk
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club x 5
Blind Melon
Blink 182 x 2
Bloodhound Gang
Brand New
Bright Eyes
Buck 65
Buckcherry
Cake
Capdown
Cast
Chemical Bros x 2
Chris Cornell x 3
Coheed and Cambria
Cold War Kids
CSS
Dear Superstar
Death In Vegas
Deftones x 4
dEUS
Devendra Banhart
Dinosaur Jr
Dizzee Rascal
Do Me Bad Things
Dogs Die In Hot Cars
Doves
Dropkick Murphys
Editors
eels x 2
Elbow
Electric Six
Evan Dando
Faith No More x 5
Feeder x 3
Fenix tx
Filter
Finch
Fingathing
Foo Fighters x 3
Fountains of Wayne
Funeral For A Friend x 2
Gary Numan
Gene
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly
Goldfinger
Goldie Lookin Chain
Gomez x 3
Good Charlotte
Graham Coxon
Grandaddy
Green Day x 2
Guns N' Roses x 2
Guns II Roses
Hell Is For Heroes
Helmet
Hexes
Hostile
Hot Hot Heat
Hundred Reasons x 3
Iggy and the Stooges x 2
Iggy Pop
Incubus x 4
Inme
Interpol
Iron Maiden
James
Jamie Cullum
Jane's Addiction x 2
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Juliette and the Licks
Jurassic 5
Killing Joke
Killswitch Engage
Kings of Leon
Klaxons
Korn x 2
Kosheen
Ladytron
Lemonheads x 3
Less Than Jake
Limp Bizkit x 2
Linkin Park
Lit
Local H
Lo-Fi Allstars
Lostprophets
Manic Street Preachers x 2
Marilyn Manson x 3
Mark Lanegan
Massive Attack
Mastodon
Maximo Park
Mercury Rev
Metallica x 4
Mika
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Monkeywrench
Motorhead
Muse x 3
My Chemical Romance
My Morning Jacket
New Found Glory
New York Dolls
Nine Inch Nails x 5
Nofx
Ocean Colour Scene
Pavement
Pennywise
Pitchshifter
Pixies x 4
Placebo x 10
Primal Scream
Public Enemy
Queens of the Stone Age x 4
Rage Against The Machine x 2
Rancid x 3
Red Hot Chili Peppers x 2
Reef x 4
Reel Big Fish
Reverend and the Makers
Richard Ashcroft
Rival Schools x 2
Robert Francis
Rufus Wainwright
Russian Circles
Sabbat
Saul Williams
Selfish C**t
Serj Tankian
Seth Lakeman x 2
Shed Seven
Shirley Bassey
Sick of it All
Silverchair x 2
Skunk Anansie
Slayer
Sleater-Kinney
Slipknot
Sneaker Pimps
Snow Patrol
Snuff
Soil
Soulfly
Soulwax
Soundgarden x 2
Squarepusher
Steel Panther
Stone Sour
Strapping Young Lad
Stretcharmstrong
Suede x 2
Super Furry Animals x 5
Supergrass x 2
Sylosis
System of a Down x 3
Taking Back Sunday
Tenacious D
Terrorvision x 2
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The 69 Eyes
The 80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster
The Arcade Fire x 2
The Automatic
The Bluetones
The Boosh Band
The Charlatans
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Coral
The Cribs
The Crimea
The Crocketts
The Cult X 2
The Dandy Warhols
The Darkness
The Datsuns x 3
The Decemberists
The Dillenger Escape Plan
The Distillers
The Fight
The Gaslight Anthem
The Go! Team
The Hives x 5
The Icarus Line
The Killers
The Libertines
The Long Blondes
The Mars Volta x 3
The Offspring x 3
The Pattern
The Presidents of the USA x 2
The Prodigy x 2
The Rakes
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Streets
The Stone Roses
The Strokes x 3
The Subways
The Sunshine Underground
The Twang
The Unseen
The Used
The View
The Vines
The Von Bondies x 2
The White Stripes x 2
The Wildhearts
Therapy?
Tool x 2
Trivium
Twilight Singers
Vex Red
Violent Delight
Weezer
White Denim
Whole Lotta Led
Wolf Alice
Yeah Yeah Yeahs x 2

Johnny Aggro

Any jobs going where you work?


$£€!!!!!

intodeep

A few months ago i went through my ipod and made not of how many bands i've seen that are on my ipod. Now that is not all the bands i've seen, but a good bit of them. My count was 126.

I am always actively looking for good music so a lot of times i get to see bands whent hey aer first coming out at a club for 10 dollars instead of catching them as they are bigger and chargine 25 then 40 then 60 then 100 for a ticket.

It is the only way i can get my live music fix on my budget

(sorry don't have time to list but if i'm bored this weekend i'll come back and do it)

BinFrog

There's used to be a multi-page thread about this a long time ago, but I can't find it.

peacefrompaul

Not that many really. Lets see...

The National
Modest Mouse
R.E.M.
B.B. King
Al Green
Etta James
Foo Fighters
Moody Blues
Bob Dylan
A Perfect Circle
Communist Daughter
the Mountain Goats
Bon Iver x2
Eddie Vedder
Glen Hansard

That's it I think...

Edit: Also saw Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Edit: Forgot about Primus and Portugal. The Man

LloydXmas

Pearl Jam
Tool
A perfect circle
Queens of the stone age
RHCP
Dave Matthews Band
The roots
Soundgarden
Natalie Merchant
Stone temple pilots
moe.

Ashamed of
Limp Bizkit
Creed (my wife dragged me to radio 104 fest)

Nittany1bn

The Rolling Stones X 15
Pearl Jam X 16 + Eddie Vedder once
The Tragically Hip X 21
Bob Dylan X 4
Counting Crows X 4
R.E.M. X 4
Aerosmith X 4
Allman Brothers X 5
Gratefull Dead X 6
Elvis Costello X 4
Billy Joel X 3
Bruce Springsteen X 2
Elton John X 2
U2 X 4
The Raconteurs
Tom Petty
Heart X 3
Stevie Ray Vaughn
The Blasters
Weezer
The Black Keys X 2
Ben Harper
Pink Floyd X 2
The Hold Steady X 4
Black Sabbath
Gaslight Anthem
The Smithereens X 2
Drive By Truckers
The Black Crowes
Widespread Panic
Matisyahu
Old 97's
Pete Yorn
Them Crooked Vultures
Rush
Live
Kings of Leon
Better Than Ezra X 2
Numerous Metal shows as a teenager
Openers:
(Stones)
Blind Melon
Living Color
The Coors
Pearl Jam
John Mayer Trio
The Pretenders
Guns & Roses
(Pearl Jam)
Buzzcocks X 2
Sleater-Kinney X 2
Ben Harper
My Morning Jacket X 2
Fastbacks
Social Distortion X 2
Bad Religion X 2
Black keys

Geez I know I'm missing plenty, but those are the ones i remember now...plus a bunch of reggae shows

Olivavu

Johnny Aggro wrote:

Any jobs going where you work?


$£€!!!!!

I get paid peanuts!

I've just seen a lot of bands...

uninnocent-

It's actually easier for me to include openers, so be prepared for a long list:


[14] Pearl Jam
[6] Mudhoney
[5] Blue Rodeo
[4] Weezer
[4] Nine Inch Nails
[4] Deftones
[4] Alice In Chains
[3] Sleater-Kinney
[3] My Morning Jacket
[3] Korn
[3] Disturbed
[2] Tokyo Police Club
[2] Three Days Grace
[2] Taking Back Sunday
[2] Stone Temple Pilots
[2] Stone Sour
[2] Soundgarden
[2] Sloan
[2] Slipknot
[2] Sebastian Bach
[2] Sam Roberts
[2] Rush
[2] Roger Waters
[2] Pixies
[2] Paolo Nutini
[2] Linkin Park
[2] Guns 'N Roses
[2] Green Day
[2] Foo Fighters
[2] Evanescence
[2] Constantines
[2] Coheed and Cambria
[2] Chris Cornell (solo)
[2] Ben Harper & Relentless 7
[1] Ben Harper (solo)
[1] Velvet Revolver
[1] Tragically Hip
[1] Tool
[1] Thursday
[1] Thrice
[1] The Who
[1] The Used
[1] The Start
[1] The Pretenders
[1] The Luyas
[1] The Killers
[1] Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (minus Ted Leo)
[1] Supergrass
[1] Sum 41
[1] Sugarcult
[1] Street Sweeper Social Club
[1] Sonic Youth
[1] Smashing Pumpkins
[1] Skindred
[1] Seether
[1] Rolling Stones
[1] Radiohead
[1] Placebo
[1] Pete Yorn
[1] Pet Shop Boys
[1] Peaches
[1] Our Lady Peace
[1] Oasis
[1] N.E.R.D.
[1] My Chemical Romance
[1] Motley Crüe
[1] Middle Class Rut
[1] Metric
[1] Metallica
[1] Matt Mays & El Torpedo
[1] Mastodon (second show upcoming)
[1] Mars Volta
[1] M.I.A.
[1] Limp Bizkit
[1] Liam Finn
[1] Kris Kristofferson
[1] K-Os
[1] King's X
[1] Killswitch Engage
[1] Kill Hannah
[1] Juliette & The Licks
[1] Johnny Polanski
[1] Joel Plaskett Emergency
[1] Jimmy Eat World
[1] Jet
[1] Jane's Addiction
[1] Interpol
[1] Hurt
[1] H.I.M.
[1] Guess Who
[1] Grace Potter & the Noctournals
[1] Godsmack
[1] Go! Team
[1] Funeral Party
[1] Franz Ferdinand
[1] Flyleaf
[1] Flaming Lips
[1] Dresden Dolls
[1] Dillinger Escape Plan (2nd show upcoming)
[1] Decemberists
[1] Dashboard Confessional
[1] Danko Jones
[1] Cypress Hill
[1] Creedence Clearwater Revisited
[1] C-Minus
[1] Clay Aiken
[1] Buzzcocks
[1] Bryan Adams
[1] Boyz II Men
[1] Blink 182
[1] Black Eyed Peas
[1] Bjork
[1] Big Business
[1] Bahaus
[1] Avenged Sevenfold
[1] Audioslave
[1] Arctic Monkeys
[1] Andrew WK
[1] AC/DC
[1] A Newfound Glory
[0]The Reason (first show upcoming)
[0] The Tea Party (first show upcoming)
[0] Red Hot Chili Peppers (got kicked out of the show before RHCP took stage)

intodeep

uninnocent- wrote:

[1] Clay Aiken

One of these things is not like the others :?

uninnocent-

intodeep wrote:

uninnocent- wrote:

[1] Clay Aiken

One of these things is not like the others :?

I was hoping nobody would see this. I was young and in love, so I got my girlfriend at the time a ticket. Thankfully she's out of my life now; I can't have a relationship with someone who put me through THAT.

intodeep

uninnocent- wrote:

intodeep wrote:

uninnocent- wrote:

[1] Clay Aiken

One of these things is not like the others :?

I was hoping nobody would see this. I was young and in love, so I got my girlfriend at the time a ticket. Thankfully she's out of my life now; I can't have a relationship with someone who put me through THAT.

its all good i saw alanis morrisette and creed ..... for love... well not really love but um you know why i did it

uninnocent-

intodeep wrote:

its all good i saw alanis morrisette and creed ..... for love... well not really love but um you know why i did it

The things guys do for that...

merkinball

uninnocent- wrote:

intodeep wrote:

uninnocent- wrote:

[1] Clay Aiken

One of these things is not like the others :?

I was hoping nobody would see this. I was young and in love, so I got my girlfriend at the time a ticket. Thankfully she's out of my life now; I can't have a relationship with someone who put me through THAT.

Same thing happened to me with Peter Cetera era Chicago. 80's smoooooooooooth rock.

Edited to add - You get a pass anyway for having the Dresden Dolls on your list.

uninnocent-

merkinball wrote:

Edited to add - You get a pass anyway for having the Dresden Dolls on your list.

Should have been twice, but I didn't go to my second opportunity since I couldn't convince anyone to go with me. I've learned the error of my ways and am willing to go to shows solo when needed. My new year's resolution this year was to go to no crappy shows (ie, Disturbed), and not miss good shows (ie, PJ, Liam Finn, Deftones, etc.). So far, so good.

peacefrompaul

uninnocent- wrote:

merkinball wrote:

Edited to add - You get a pass anyway for having the Dresden Dolls on your list.

Should have been twice, but I didn't go to my second opportunity since I couldn't convince anyone to go with me. I've learned the error of my ways and am willing to go to shows solo when needed. My new year's resolution this year was to go to no crappy shows (ie, Disturbed), and not miss good shows (ie, PJ, Liam Finn, Deftones, etc.). So far, so good.

Disturbed? Crappy?

merkinball

From memory....

1st show - Jackson 5 (Victory tour)
Madness
Fishbone
Oingo Boingo
Big Audio Dynamite
Thelonious Monster
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Beastie Boys
No Doubt
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
Peter Gabriel
U2
General Public
Chicago
Genesis
PJ
Ed Solo
Grateful Dead / The Dead
Jerry Garcia Band
Bob Weir Solo (and Ratdog)
Mickey Hart
Branford Marsalis
Rush
Sting / Police
Cult
Drive By Truckers
Heartless Bastards
Dead Confederate
Flaming Lips
Bjork
Arctic Monkeys
Gillian Welch
Dave Rawlings Machine
Old Crow Medicine Show
Kathleen Edwards
Golden Smog (feat. members of the Jayhawks, Soul Asylum, & Jeff Tweedy)
Jayhawks
Social Distortion
Mike Ness Solo
Brad
Amanda Palmer
Dresden Dolls
Beck
Black Keys
Death Cab for Cutie
Devo
Gorillaz
Iron & Wine
Los Lobos
James Taylor
My Morning Jacket
Neil Young (Solo, w/ Booker T. the MG's, and Crazy Horse)
Peter Case
Radiohead
Rolling Stones
Samples
Concrete Blonde
Jonsi
Sigur Ros
Bob Dylan
X
Beat Farmers
David Lindley & El-Rayo X
Muse
Sarah McLachlan
Gruff Rhys
w00tstock (Wil Wheaton, Paul & Storm, Adam Savage)
Fleetwood Mac
The Pogues
John Cleese (Ok, not a band. But a fantastic show!)
Swell Season & Glen Hansard
Elvis Costello
Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Lucinda Williams (solo & with band)
Tool
Calexico
Jesus and Mary Chain
Noisettes
Squeeze

merkinball

uninnocent- wrote:

merkinball wrote:

Edited to add - You get a pass anyway for having the Dresden Dolls on your list.

Should have been twice, but I didn't go to my second opportunity since I couldn't convince anyone to go with me. I've learned the error of my ways and am willing to go to shows solo when needed. My new year's resolution this year was to go to no crappy shows (ie, Disturbed), and not miss good shows (ie, PJ, Liam Finn, Deftones, etc.). So far, so good.

Yeah, I learned a few years ago just to go to shows solo if I can't find anyone to go. I've caught a lot more quality shows since then.

Kathi

there's no way I'll be able to remember all of those, but let's see:

foo fighters x19
queens of the stone age x4
jimmy eat world x4
placebo x4
bright eyes x5
smashing pumpkins x4 (soon to be x5)
red hot chili peppers (soon to be x2)
them crooked vultures
eddie vedder
rammstein
rise against x4
muse x3
taylor hawkins & coattail riders
katatonia
sabaton
billy talent x3
deep purple
oasis
radiohead x3
band of horses x3
death cab for cutie
biffy clyro x2
cage the elephant x4
mariachi el bronx x5
social distortion
iggy pop
flogging molly
dropkick murphys x2
the offspring
metallica x3
megadeth
nickelback (yeah..ew)
rem x2
the prodigy x2
bloc party
the kooks x2
the gaslight anthem
alice in chains x2
slash
green day
iron maiden
slayer
the hives x3
incubus x3 (soon to be x4)
motörhead
sonic youth
korn
mando diao x3
marilyn manson
HIM x3 (yeah..I was young)
tool
in flames
kaiser chiefs
angels & airwaves
system of a down
serj tankian
rage against the machine x2
bullet for my valentine
manic street preachers
bad religion
beck x2
travis
ash
grandaddy
get well soon
blood red shoes x2
pulled apart by horses
nofx

surely forgetting something. all that and still no PJ.

Kathi

merkinball wrote:

uninnocent- wrote:

merkinball wrote:

Edited to add - You get a pass anyway for having the Dresden Dolls on your list.

Should have been twice, but I didn't go to my second opportunity since I couldn't convince anyone to go with me. I've learned the error of my ways and am willing to go to shows solo when needed. My new year's resolution this year was to go to no crappy shows (ie, Disturbed), and not miss good shows (ie, PJ, Liam Finn, Deftones, etc.). So far, so good.

Yeah, I learned a few years ago just to go to shows solo if I can't find anyone to go. I've caught a lot more quality shows since then.

I think I've been to most of my concerts by myself...I'd rather go by myself than have someone there who's not enjoying it.

uninnocent-

peacefrompaul wrote:

uninnocent- wrote:

merkinball wrote:

Edited to add - You get a pass anyway for having the Dresden Dolls on your list.

Should have been twice, but I didn't go to my second opportunity since I couldn't convince anyone to go with me. I've learned the error of my ways and am willing to go to shows solo when needed. My new year's resolution this year was to go to no crappy shows (ie, Disturbed), and not miss good shows (ie, PJ, Liam Finn, Deftones, etc.). So far, so good.

Disturbed? Crappy?

Their studio work is much better than the live show. One show was enough for me, the second and third were formulaic and dull. And I'm no fan of guitarists who spend an entire show watching their fingers, trying not make any mistakes; know your instrument, goddamnit!

uninnocent-

merkinball wrote:

Yeah, I learned a few years ago just to go to shows solo if I can't find anyone to go. I've caught a lot more quality shows since then.

Prior to this year I'd only seen one show solo. In 2011 I've seen 8 shows alone (with two more upcoming); if I hadn't, I would have missed out on some of the best ones, including three Pearl Jams.

Kathi wrote:

I think I've been to most of my concerts by myself...I'd rather go by myself than have someone there who's not enjoying it.

Exactly. I've given up going to the shows where I'd be the guy not enjoying it, and dragging people to shows knowing they'd whine the entire time. I'm having a blast going to shows alone.

direwolf74

Way too many to list. But here are some of the bigger ones off the top of my head:

U2 (x1)
Pearl Jam (x3)
The Tragically Hip (x25, maybe 30? I've lost count at this point. Best live band in the world...sorry Pearl Jam)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (1x)
Wilco (x4)
Bob Dylan (x1)
Soundgarden (x1)
Guns N' Roses (x1: original lineup, opening for The Cult back in 1987)
Midnight Oil (x1)
Los Lobos (x1)
B.B. King (x1)
Radiohead (x1)
Weezer (x1)
Ben Harper (x1)
The White Stripes (x1)
The Black Crowes (x1)
Blue Rodeo (x5)
Sam Roberts Band (x4)

I could list more, but I'd be sitting here typing all night.

peacefrompaul

uninnocent- wrote:

Their studio work is much better than the live show. One show was enough for me, the second and third were formulaic and dull. And I'm no fan of guitarists who spend an entire show watching their fingers, trying not make any mistakes; know your instrument, goddamnit!

Oh bummer... I don't care too much about guys looking at their guitars but I guess that's a personal preference.

Olivavu

peacefrompaul wrote:

uninnocent- wrote:

merkinball wrote:

Edited to add - You get a pass anyway for having the Dresden Dolls on your list.

Should have been twice, but I didn't go to my second opportunity since I couldn't convince anyone to go with me. I've learned the error of my ways and am willing to go to shows solo when needed. My new year's resolution this year was to go to no crappy shows (ie, Disturbed), and not miss good shows (ie, PJ, Liam Finn, Deftones, etc.). So far, so good.

Disturbed? Crappy?

Disturbed are really cheesy.

wtf-is-this-world

As many of you guys have pointed out, I think it's way better to go alone to a show than drag along someone who won't enjoy it. I have also been solo to a number of gigs (only downside is you can't rave about it with people who know what you're talking about afterwards!)

Pearl Jam x3
U2 x3
Social Distortion x4
Red Hot Chili Peppers x 2
Metallica x 3
Guns n'Roses
Aerosmith
Deep Purple
Nirvana
Jeff Buckley
Sex Pistols (Filthy Lucre tour, never did a tour bear so apt a name)
Faith No More
Soundgarden
Placebo
L7
Cypress Hill
Rage Against the Machine
Prince (last June, ranks right there with the very best shows I have even seen)

Better Dan

In no particular order, and I'm probably missing something:

Pearl Jam
Eddie Vedder
Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
Radiohead
Audioslave
Sir Paul Mccartney
U2
Arcade Fire
My Morning Jacket
Band of Horses
The Civil Wars
The Head and the Heart
Rush
Spoon
Dave Matthews Band
Metallica
The Staves
Godsmack
Aerosmith
Evanescence
Maroon 5
Kings of Leon
John Meyer
The Dead Weather
Toadies
Mudhoney
Cowboy Mouth
Green Day
Liam Finn
Glen Hansard
Idlewild
Sleater-Kinney
The Strokes
Lady Antebellum
Darius Rucker
Delta Spirit

Staffan

Here's a few that comes to mind;
Pearl Jam
L7
Faith no more
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath
The Who
Deep Purple
Rainbow
Johnny Winter
Jethro Tull
ASIA
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Rolling Stones
The Prodigy
Johnny Thunders
Kings of Leon
Incubus
Pink Floyd
Frank Zappa
KISS
Hellacopters
Eminem
In Flames
Eric Clapton
ZZ Top

peacefrompaul

Olivavu wrote:

Disturbed? Crappy?

Disturbed are really cheesy.[/quote]

I don't know about that. 'Inside the Fire" is lacking cheese.

xavier mcdaniel

Pearl Jam about 20 times
Eddie Vedder twice
Foo Fighters in Feb. 2008
Soundgarden in July 2011 at Newark
Nada Surf three times, Bowery, Mercury Lounge and the Bell House in Brooklyn
The Lemonheads, Irving Plaza Dec. 2006, Warsaw in Williamsburg, July 2007
Beastie Boys, MSG 2004, Central Park 2007
Paul McCartney, Yankee Stadium
My Morning Jacket opening for Pearl Jam
Kings of Leon, Lollapalooza, Jan. 2008 at MSG
Biz Markie, Limelight in 1999
Slick Rick, college concert Sept. 1999
Billy Joel, March 2006 at MSG
Social Distortion, at the Spectrum opening for Pearl Jam
Bad Religion, at the Spectrum opening for Pearl Jam
Band of Horses, at MSG opening for Pearl Jam
Brad, Highline Ballroom, Webster Hall in 2007, Bowery October 2010
Liam Finn, with Eddie Vedder in Washington Heights August 2008
The Strokes, at Little Steven's Underground Garage Festival in August 2004 on Randall's Island
New York Dolls, see above
Mudhoney, opening for Pearl Jam in Toronto, Sept. 2011
Pete Yorn, October 2010 at the Bowery Ballroom
Chris Cornell, November 21, 2011 at Carnegie Hall
No Code, numerous times in NJ in NY since 2006

BinauralJam

Pearl Jam x4
Depeche Mode x3
Green Day x2
Bette Midler x2 (My Wife's Girl)
Eddie Vedder
Live
Weezer
Anthrax
White Zombie
Metallica
Collective Soul
Death Cab for Cutie
Pink floyd
Had a chance to go see Nirvana in '93, passed it up
Told my freind i would catch them next time...