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Coolest/weirdest place if you've seen a concert

eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,965
edited November 2011 in Other Music
Mine is Filter on a battleship, Battleship New New Jersey, in Camden, NJ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W1e0i1kKOk
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8/28/98- Camden, NJ
10/31/09- Philly
5/21/10- NYC
9/2/12- Philly, PA
7/19/13- Wrigley
10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
10/21/13- Philly, PA
10/22/13- Philly, PA
10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,965
    Few months ago Kasabian played on a Boeing 747, that would have been pretty sweet to see

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLbqTxIu0vs
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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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    SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    eeriepadave wrote:
    Few months ago Kasabian played on a Boeing 747, that would have been pretty sweet to see

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLbqTxIu0vs

    I don't know, I thought that one was kind of dumb. Had the airplane actually taken off it would have been a little cooler, but what's the point of having a show in an airplane just sitting on the ground? That one guy from the band wouldn't shut up about how extreme it was, talking about how the airplane could have snapped in half, and saying "we fucking made it". I think he bought into their own gimmick a little too much.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
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    samjamsamjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Saw a very intimate Band of Horses show at Grand Central Station in NYC, that's definitely the coolest place I've ever seen a concert!

    Also went to the DMB Caravan festival this year which was held on an abandoned airfield (Bader Field), thought that was pretty cool.
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    kwdaleykwdaley Posts: 499
    Saw George Thorogood in the parking lot of a cigarette factory.
    Ottawa 2011
    London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
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    SatansFutonSatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    I didn't see this one, but it's certainly weird. The Rolling Stones announcing their 1975 Tour Of The Americas by playing on the back of a flatbed truck driving through the streets of New York. A gimmick later used by U2 and AC/DC, although the Stones didn't really invent it, the idea came to Charlie Watts after he heard New Orleans Jazz Musicians used to do it to promote club performances.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkWDxU3-ZmU

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    mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,772
    weirdest: Back in the day, friends of mine who were in an local hardcore/punk band booked a gig at a banquet hall of a 5 star restaurant.

    Coolest: The Gorge
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,965
    second coolest place for me:

    Metallica playing in the sports complex in philly :twisted:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9iwsOUVeVk
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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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    KathiKathi Posts: 1,828
    those are not really weird places, but I loved the two radiohead I saw in Italy - one was in the arena in verona, and the other one was in piazza castello in ferrara, both super beautiful spots for an open air show.
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    ArmchairJammerArmchairJammer Posts: 294
    Without doubt the Union CHapel is the coolest, sitting on pews clutching at a cup of tea listening to Mark Lanegan.... HEAVEN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQMr5OX4 ... re=related
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    HeisenbergHeisenberg Los Pollos Hermanos Posts: 4,957
    Not all that strange but I saw Clutch play in the middle of an arcade in North Las Vegas once.
    I also saw James Brown in the middle of nowhere at a campground in Florida which isn't necessarily a weird venue, just a weird combination.
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    Hugh Freaking DillonHugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Tom Wilson of Blackie And the Rodeo Kings/Junkhouse/Lee Harvey Osmond did a Western Canadian tour playing in people's living rooms. You had to get invited to go (all you had email the organizer and ask for tickets). I was sitting on a couch with a few friends, drinking beer, and listening to this Canadian legend regale us with tales of the road and singing songs from his back catalogue.

    it was the coolest place I'd ever seen a show. it's about as intimate as it gets.

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    catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    ArmchairJammer wrote:
    Without doubt the Union CHapel is the coolest, sitting on pews clutching at a cup of tea listening to Mark Lanegan.... HEAVEN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQMr5OX4 ... re=related


    8-)


    anytime seeing lanegan is awesome but this wouldve been OTT awesome.
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    thebrigthebrig Posts: 394
    I saw Coldplay in a sound studio perform for about 25 people before their very first show in the US in February 2001. Very cool experience.
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    iammine16iammine16 Vancouver, BC Posts: 807
    Scott Weiland at the Armoury Studios in Vancouver. It was a radio contest I won. There were about 20 of us there, pretty damn cool! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae64AZhpDQM
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    snow_board_ridersnow_board_rider Posts: 943
    Easy Street and EMP are the coolest, George is the best I have seen a show at.
    Memorial Stadium, Seattle - Jul 21 22, 1998
    Key Arena - Nov 05, 2000
    Gorge Amphitheater - Sep 01, 2005, Jul 22,23, 2006
    Key Arena - Sept 21,22, 2009
    Alpine Valley - Sept 3, 4 2011
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    PKTrekGirlPKTrekGirl Posts: 747
    I saw Elton John in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. :)
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    JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,257
    saw Elton John in St Marks Square in Venice.

    There are a couple of venues dotted around europe and US that are caves, fitted with seats and a stage. Would be cool to see a show somewhere like that.
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    JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,444
    Saw the Flaming Lips at the Hollywood Forever Cemetary. It was as weird as it sounds!
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    eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 40,965
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJfIwFlDx84

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    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
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    Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,517
    A buddy owns a brewery in central MA…. G Love & the Juice played there last fall… the stage was literally a compacted pile of wood chips w/ a tarp thrown over it… there was a field of Bison right next to us. 


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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,071
    Middle of the Mojave desert in Cali.  Bands would show up w their gear and generators.  Always curious if I saw Kyuss or not...
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    JeBurkhardtJeBurkhardt Posts: 4,522
    About 22 years ago, I saw Willie Nelson at an old grass covered drive in movie theater near Oakland City Indiana. It hadn't been a drive in for many years, they just set up a stage where the screen was and we all sat in lawn chairs.
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    Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,517
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Middle of the Mojave desert in Cali.  Bands would show up w their gear and generators.  Always curious if I saw Kyuss or not...

    That’s awesome you went to some of those. 
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,071
    Merkin Baller said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Middle of the Mojave desert in Cali.  Bands would show up w their gear and generators.  Always curious if I saw Kyuss or not...

    That’s awesome you went to some of those. 
    Definitely a crazy experience.  I wish I had more info on who I saw.  At the time you never thought in a million years that a band playing in the desert would ever become mainstream...
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    Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,517
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Middle of the Mojave desert in Cali.  Bands would show up w their gear and generators.  Always curious if I saw Kyuss or not...

    That’s awesome you went to some of those. 
    Definitely a crazy experience.  I wish I had more info on who I saw.  At the time you never thought in a million years that a band playing in the desert would ever become mainstream...
    Was it Sonic Highways that had an episode about those parties? 

    Whatever it was I saw, it looked awesome. 
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    tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 39,071
    Merkin Baller said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Merkin Baller said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    Middle of the Mojave desert in Cali.  Bands would show up w their gear and generators.  Always curious if I saw Kyuss or not...

    That’s awesome you went to some of those. 
    Definitely a crazy experience.  I wish I had more info on who I saw.  At the time you never thought in a million years that a band playing in the desert would ever become mainstream...
    Was it Sonic Highways that had an episode about those parties? 

    Whatever it was I saw, it looked awesome. 
    I don't know what Sonic Highways is.  Will have to look into it.
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    CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 2,165
    Foo Fighters documentary paired with their album of same name. Think it’s on HBO.
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    Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 10,517
    CarryTheZero said:
    Foo Fighters documentary paired with their album of same name. Think it’s on HBO.
    Yup... & in the LA episode they went out to Rancho De La Luna, and talked about those generator parties. 

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4137058/ 

    That was a cool premise for a TV show, I'll have to re-watch. 
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    LoujoeLoujoe Posts: 7,866
    Les duo de twang at mckittrick hotel nyc. 2014. Puddles the clown played with them a bit.  An old hotel that hosted shows. Not sure if it still does.

    Limelight nyc was great too. An old church. Saw. GWAR!!!!!, Marilyn Manson, Rollins band, vision, kmfdm, and prob some other bands too. Nice to see some evil bands play on an altar.

    Outpost in the Burbs nj is cool.  Another religious type place where anything goes.

    Live at Drews nj. A dudes living room/ backyard. Gets great acts.

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    dankinddankind I am not your foot. Posts: 20,827
    The McCarren Pool was a pretty cool/weird venue.
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