What is your favorite concert moment you have seen live, any band?

toolie

I’ve got two. 

First was City and Colour at a Virgin Fest in Calgary. The Tragically Hip also played and Gord came out for C&C’s set and did his part in ‘Sleeping Sickness’. It was epic, makes my neck hair stand just thinking about it. 

Second was PJ in Saskatoon. Supersuckers opened and Ed came out to sing ‘I Believe in Miracles’ in a Mexican wrestling mask.
We had third row fan club seats for that show, and the two people in front of us didn’t show up so we ended up second row. It was incredible.

hrd2imgn

MedozK said:

Pearl Jam - Live at Third Man Records

Without a doubt, the best concert EVER

That must have been the best vibe.

hrd2imgn

A close second was Jim Rose circus and Marilyn Manson moshing in the GA pit with us at NIN at Ball State 1995?  Manson was fucking unreal live...until he whipped out a foot long dildo and jerked off almost getting the whole show shut down

tempo_n_groove

hrd2imgn said:

A close second was Jim Rose circus and Marilyn Manson moshing in the GA pit with us at NIN at Ball State 1995?  Manson was fucking unreal live...until he whipped out a foot long dildo and jerked off almost getting the whole show shut down

Vintage Manson would have been awesome to see.  He was making the news in Florida before he became big!

tempo_n_groove

If anyone on here saw GG Allin play live I think that should be one and I want to hear about it!!!

Loujoe

^^^man. I was at a club in nyc seeing a local band sweet lizard ill tet. Idk if you know them. But they were playing gg allen on some tvs around the club...f...king nasty man...dude squirming around covered in god knows what. Missed the boat on that one. I can dig how it can be captivating. Never even heard his music. Just that brief introduction.to him grossed me out...and I've survived/enjoyed a few gwar shows...I guess because thats just fake stuff. GG was real.

tempo_n_groove

Loujoe said:

^^^man. I was at a club in nyc seeing a local band sweet lizard ill tet. Idk if you know them. But they were playing gg allen on some tvs around the club...f...king nasty man...dude squirming around covered in god knows what. Missed the boat on that one. I can dig how it can be captivating. Never even heard his music. Just that brief introduction.to him grossed me out...and I've survived/enjoyed a few gwar shows...I guess because thats just fake stuff. GG was real.

I know one person that saw him live.  It was riveting to hear him talk about it.  He says that "Allin preyed on the scared ones.  Those are the ones he chased around in the crowd.  If you were in Allin's face he wouldn't come at you, he wanted that rush of fear."

This was during Allins early career so who knows how he was towards the end?

Loujoe

Sounds fun! Flashback. I brought my gf to see the mentors, revolting cocks and ministry. Being full of testosterone I did the right thing and ditched her for the pit. She got scared when the mentors singer wearing an executioner mask and chains singled her out! I think the necros were on that bill too. Singer kept pulling out huge realistic  fake pen.s and shooting junk everywhere. I jumped on stage, before bouncers got set up, during revco, opening song steers beees and queers, knocked over alien Jorgensens bottle of booze. They had all this hard liquor lined up on stage. He was surprised that I was on stage with them. Gave him a high five and launched off the stage into the crowd! Nyc at The Ritz back maybe early 90s.
What a sick concert history I have...blessed

tempo_n_groove

Loujoe said:

Sounds fun! Flashback. I brought my gf to see the mentors, revolting cocks and ministry. Being full of testosterone I did the right thing and ditched her for the pit. She got scared when the mentors singer wearing an executioner mask and chains singled her out! I think the necros were on that bill too. Singer kept pulling out huge realistic  fake pen.s and shooting junk everywhere. I jumped on stage, before bouncers got set up, during revco, opening song steers beees and queers, knocked over alien Jorgensens bottle of booze. They had all this hard liquor lined up on stage. He was surprised that I was on stage with them. Gave him a high five and launched off the stage into the crowd! Nyc at The Ritz back maybe early 90s.
What a sick concert history I have...blessed

Anybody that got to see the Mentors is all right in my book!

Awesome story!

cutz

brianlux said:

Literally a moment:  Jimi Hendrix at Winterland, October 1968, covering Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and singing/playing like this:  "You shouldn't let other people get your...

[puts left picking hand fingers to lips and sucks as though taking a hit on a joint then quickly arcs same hand's index finger, landing it on the crook of his arm with a loud *cluck* of his tongue as though spiking a vein]

...kicks for you,"  all in one swift, perfectly times motion, never missing a beat.  So damn cool!

23scidoo said:

B.B. King sitting on a plastic chair, in tears, tells his own blues story for five minutes..

Edved82 said:

Led Zeppelin hitting the stage at their final gig in 2007 in London. Those opening notes of Good Times, Bad Times. Music history.

MedozK said:

Pearl Jam - Live at Third Man Records

Without a doubt, the best concert EVER

Legendary moments indeed !!!!

Nice !!

hrd2imgn

Vintage Manson would have been awesome to see.  He was making the news in Florida before he became big!

I saw a dude with their shirt on before the show, had never heard of them. I was a little scared what kind of freak show I was in for, but they sounded amazing, and I knew none of their stuff.  If it weren't for the shock theatrics, I would say top 2 or 3 opening  acts I have ever seen

Zod

I saw AC/DC play a show at the outdoor Stadium in Edmonton.   A big thunderstorm blew through the area during the show.  It pissed down rain as heavy as I've ever seen it.  There was lightning coming from all around (but luckily not directly over the stadium).   Seeing them play Thunderstuck in the middle of a badass thunderstorm.... fuuuuuuck.

That's one of my favourite shows I've ever seen.   The worse the weather got the more the crowd and the band were like fuck you.   Everyone had so much much fun.....

Another one would be the last tragically hip tour.   Gord Downie had brain cancer and they decided to do one last tour.   The show in my town (Victoria) was the first show of that tour.   Seeing a band where you knew the singer was on his final spin.   It was crazy.   No one knew what to expect at that first show.  The crowd was emotional and went absolutely apeshit when the hip came out.   It gives me chills to this day.

vito

Zod said:

I saw AC/DC play a show at the outdoor Stadium in Edmonton.   A big thunderstorm blew through the area during the show.  It pissed down rain as heavy as I've ever seen it.  There was lightning coming from all around (but luckily not directly over the stadium).   Seeing them play Thunderstuck in the middle of a badass thunderstorm.... fuuuuuuck.

That's one of my favourite shows I've ever seen.   The worse the weather got the more the crowd and the band were like fuck you.   Everyone had so much much fun.....

Another one would be the last tragically hip tour.   Gord Downie had brain cancer and they decided to do one last tour.   The show in my town (Victoria) was the first show of that tour.   Seeing a band where you knew the singer was on his final spin.   It was crazy.   No one knew what to expect at that first show.  The crowd was emotional and went absolutely apeshit when the hip came out.   It gives me chills to this day.

Great band, very sad ending!

Loujoe

Zod said:

I saw AC/DC play a show at the outdoor Stadium in Edmonton.   A big thunderstorm blew through the area during the show.  It pissed down rain as heavy as I've ever seen it.  There was lightning coming from all around (but luckily not directly over the stadium).   Seeing them play Thunderstuck in the middle of a badass thunderstorm.... fuuuuuuck.

That's one of my favourite shows I've ever seen.   The worse the weather got the more the crowd and the band were like fuck you.   Everyone had so much much fun.....

Another one would be the last tragically hip tour.   Gord Downie had brain cancer and they decided to do one last tour.   The show in my town (Victoria) was the first show of that tour.   Seeing a band where you knew the singer was on his final spin.   It was crazy.   No one knew what to expect at that first show.  The crowd was emotional and went absolutely apeshit when the hip came out.   It gives me chills to this day.

Awesome experience^^^^.
AC/DC was my first concert. Yngwee malemsein was opener. My brother took my 14 year old self with him and his friends. Actually one of his friends in the back seat became the guitarist for  Powerman 5000. They had the cannons on stage, it was awesome. Saw them again later for money talks tour. It was killer too. They dumped a bunch of fake money with angus's picture on it. I had a few but never took care of my collections and got lost along the way. 

tempo_n_groove

Loujoe said:

Zod said:

I saw AC/DC play a show at the outdoor Stadium in Edmonton.   A big thunderstorm blew through the area during the show.  It pissed down rain as heavy as I've ever seen it.  There was lightning coming from all around (but luckily not directly over the stadium).   Seeing them play Thunderstuck in the middle of a badass thunderstorm.... fuuuuuuck.

That's one of my favourite shows I've ever seen.   The worse the weather got the more the crowd and the band were like fuck you.   Everyone had so much much fun.....

Another one would be the last tragically hip tour.   Gord Downie had brain cancer and they decided to do one last tour.   The show in my town (Victoria) was the first show of that tour.   Seeing a band where you knew the singer was on his final spin.   It was crazy.   No one knew what to expect at that first show.  The crowd was emotional and went absolutely apeshit when the hip came out.   It gives me chills to this day.

Awesome experience^^^^.
AC/DC was my first concert. Yngwee malemsein was opener. My brother took my 14 year old self with him and his friends. Actually one of his friends in the back seat became the guitarist for  Powerman 5000. They had the cannons on stage, it was awesome. Saw them again later for money talks tour. It was killer too. They dumped a bunch of fake money with angus's picture on it. I had a few but never took care of my collections and got lost along the way. 

Funny AC/DC was my first concert.  LA Guns opened.  Razors Edge tour and they dropped the money down for Money Talks too, lol!

That was one of the loudest concerts I have ever been to.  I measured against the next few I went to by the length of days my ears rang.

I hung tough with the deafness for the opener Thunder struck.  Couldn't even tell what the song was the crowd was that loud.  Next loudness tester was Hells Bells and banging that damn bell w a sledge.
Lastly it was Those about to Rock where I actually had to plug my ears.  I cried uncle.  Too fucking loud for this 14 YO.

My ears rang for the next 3 days.

Zod

Loujoe said:

Zod said:

I saw AC/DC play a show at the outdoor Stadium in Edmonton.   A big thunderstorm blew through the area during the show.  It pissed down rain as heavy as I've ever seen it.  There was lightning coming from all around (but luckily not directly over the stadium).   Seeing them play Thunderstuck in the middle of a badass thunderstorm.... fuuuuuuck.

That's one of my favourite shows I've ever seen.   The worse the weather got the more the crowd and the band were like fuck you.   Everyone had so much much fun.....

Another one would be the last tragically hip tour.   Gord Downie had brain cancer and they decided to do one last tour.   The show in my town (Victoria) was the first show of that tour.   Seeing a band where you knew the singer was on his final spin.   It was crazy.   No one knew what to expect at that first show.  The crowd was emotional and went absolutely apeshit when the hip came out.   It gives me chills to this day.

Awesome experience^^^^.
AC/DC was my first concert. Yngwee malemsein was opener. My brother took my 14 year old self with him and his friends. Actually one of his friends in the back seat became the guitarist for  Powerman 5000. They had the cannons on stage, it was awesome. Saw them again later for money talks tour. It was killer too. They dumped a bunch of fake money with angus's picture on it. I had a few but never took care of my collections and got lost along the way. 

I saw AC/DC twice.  The first time was an arena show in Vancouver.  Except we got cocky and bought tickets to see a Jerry Cantrell solo show at a bar.   Figured arena show early, bar show late.   We skipped the last two songs for AC/DC (they do small encores), and we only missed the first few songs Cantrell Played.  Which was kind of cool, because william duvall was already playing with him (and the current bass player from Metallica, Robert Trujillo was too).   Walked in the bar to hear everyone rocking the fuck out to Man in a Box.... good times

I felt forever guilty about leaving the AC/DC show early.   It was a great show, we had really close seats on the floor. People were like WTF are you doing.   I'm never the guy that leaves a show early.  I stay til the end every time.  I figure this is why I got a bigass storm overhead at my 2nd AC/DC show.  The concert gods were punishing me.   I had the last laugh though.. I enjoyed every minute of it

Merkin Baller

I have several:

Tool playing No Quarter dresssed as Zeppelin on Halloween in 2015.
TOTD’s opening night of the the 2016 tour in Philly.
Pearl Jam w/ Jay Z
Pearl Jam in Central Park (Imagine by Strawberry Fields, Redemption Song, Unthought Known)
Mike Patton & John Stanier joining Tool onstage in Boston in ‘02.
Queens of the Stone Age w/ Dave Grohl in a 900 person capacity nightclub (& meeting Grohl after)
Them Crooked Vultures, Boston, 2010
Rahzell joining Faith No More onstage in Philly, 2010. 

A Perfect Circle at Red Rocks

pledgeagrievance

There’s a lot but shows I still think about: 

Rage at Roseland Ballroom for Evil Empire
PJ in Atlantic City. Closest I’ve been to the stage. 

Beta Band at the Roxy 2002. And then TLA the next night in Philly. 
Radiohead at Hammerstein after Ok Computer came out. 

EV solo Baltimore Opera House, Row A above stage
The Strokes NYE at the Apollo in 2001
The Strokes Stone Pony 2001

My Morning Jacket - Red Rocks 16

mysticweed

without a doubt Philly 16 N2  opening set was ten

23scidoo

EV in Taormina was something special..this venue..wow