Bands you have seen live...

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...

clashman

pearl jam 25
faith no more 3
ted leo
soundgarden
foo fighters
rammstein
metallica
beck
maiden
sabbath
guns n roses
soulsavers
paul mc cartney
moloko
massive attack
portishead
wilco
cake
notwist
elbow
ben harper 7
dismemberment plan
neil young 3
fastbacks
hives
gaslight anthem
bruce springsteen
police
rammstein 3
kiss
bowie
wolfmother
l7
boss hog
weezer
muse
life of agony
sonic youth
prodigy
iggy pop
therapy?
maceo parker
r.z.a
bad religion
rage against the machine
aerosmith
soul asylm
ozzy
black keys 3
band of horses
rolling stones
kings of leon 4
suicidle tendencies
the cardigans 2
heather nova
depeche mode
puh and some more i forgot....

Heisenberg

We really need to start a PJ group on setlist.fm. It would make stuff like this so much easier.

Kathi

wtf-is-this-world wrote:

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)

the raving thing is what places like this are for

I get what you mean though..I was lucky enough to catch a few Foo shows this summer with fellow fans, and the feeling of talking to people who "get it" right afterwards when you're all still in that adrenalin show rush is great.

uninnocent-

BinauralJam wrote:

Had a chance to go see Nirvana in '93, passed it up
Told my freind i would catch them next time...

my biggest concert regret was passing in the Dec 1st 2004 Damageplan show, thinking I'd catch them the next time around. A week later, Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed.

eeriepadave

way too many too count, probably about 100

kwdaley

David Bowie
Duran Duran
U2
Los Lobos
Little Steven (E-Street Band)
Rolling Stones X 8
LIving Colour
Stone Temple Pilots
The Guess Who
No Doubt
Motley Crue X 2
Our Lady Peace
Beck
The Black Crowes
Matt Mays and El Torpedo
The Who X 2
Peeping Tom
Alice Cooper X 2
Guns n Roses X 2
The Police
Velvet Revolver
Alice in Chains
Kill Hannah
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band
Van Halen (with Roth) X 2
Gilby Clarke (ex. Guns n Roses)
Oasis
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
Matt Costa
Fleetwood Mac X 3
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck x 2
George Thorogood and the Destroyers X 2
JJ Grey and Mofro
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Iron Maiden X 2
Dream Theater
Steve Earle
Devo
Pearl Jam X 2
Mudhoney
Prince
Ky-Mani Marley
Kool & the Gang
Roger Waters
Vintage Trouble
ZZ Top
JD and the Straight Shot
Heart
Simon Townshend
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience
Elton John
Black Sabbath
Reignwolf
Sammy Hagar (with Michael Anthony and Jason Bonham)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Steve Winwood
Judas Priest (coming up 2014)
Steel Panther (coming up 2014)



...i'm sure i'm leaving a ton out of this list. The most embarassing show??? Huey Lewis and the News (only 'cause I got free tickets).

samjam

This is actually pretty easy for me to come up with! Since live music has really become a large and extremely meaningful part of my life, last year I decided to start a list of all the bands, openers, dates & locations of shows I've been to so I can have one big concrete list that I can keep on adding to and look back on! I'd say this isn't too shabby at all for a 19 year old who only started seriously going to concerts in late '09 :

(This list includes openers and festival sets)
Pearl Jam (x2)
Eddie Vedder (x2)
Tres Mts
Mariah Carey (don't judge, I was dragged there against my will-- DAMN sucky 1st concert but I've more than made up for that one since!)
Maroon 5
Counting Crows
The Who
Inward Eye
Dave Matthews Band (x9)
The Roots (x2 if you count the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, as they played a few songs there)
Old Crow Medicine Show
O.A.R.
Elmwood
Guster
Passion Pit
Tragedy: The All-Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees
BRAHMS
John Mayer (x2)
Michael Franti & Spearhead (x2)
Muse
Silversun Pickups
Spoon
The Strange Boys
Deerhunter
The Black Keys
Band of Horses (x2)
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings
La Roux
Atarah Valentine
Train
Gogol Bordello
The Dead Kenny G's
Punch Brothers
John Butler Trio (x2)
Matisyahu
Gregg Allman
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band
Gull
Neil Young
Bert Jansch
Leroy Justice
Ryan Montbleau Band
Zach Deputy
Mavis Staples
Portugal. The Man
The Avett Brothers
North Mississippi All-Stars Duo
Gov't Mule
Yeasayer
Hush Hush
Smith Westerns
Glen Hansard (x2)
Pete Kilpatrick Band
Dawes
Fitz & the Tantrums
Dr. Dog
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
David Gray
Paul McCartney
Wilco
Nick Lowe
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs
Dawn Landes
Brandi Carlile
Foo Fighters
The Joy Formidable
Social Distortion

Coming up: Ra Ra Riot, Logic, City and Colour, Hacienda

uninnocent-

samjam wrote:

This is actually pretty easy for me to come up with! Since live music has really become a large and extremely meaningful part of my life, last year I decided to start of all the bands, openers, dates & locations of shows I've been to so I can have one big concrete list that I can keep on adding to and look back on! I'd say this isn't too shabby at all for a 19 year old who only started seriously going to concerts in late '09

I keep a detailed spreadsheet so I'll always have a record of my shows, I went a step ahead by including known setlists, too. I can sort it by specific songs if need be. Of course I have a seperate page for PJ-specific shows so I know the playcount of any chosen song. It has actually become an obsession.

peacefrompaul

uninnocent- wrote:

my biggest concert regret was passing in the Dec 1st 2004 Damageplan show, thinking I'd catch them the next time around. A week later, Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed.

That was unreal. Absolutely unreal.

Better Dan

Thanks to whoever posted that setlist.fm link. I entered a lot of my shows yesterday...even corrected some PJ setlists and added some shows that weren't in their calendar.