Some of my highlights: Les Claypool and Holy Mackeral nyc supper club Les claypool duo de twang at nyc hotel
Flying frog brigade debut tour of animals+ Irving Plaza nyc
Triple bill at city gardens club in nj: faith no more soundgarden opening for VoiVod! Also caught that show at the ritz nyc.
Mike Watt and friends. Tramps nyc Foos opening @GlowGirl knows about that tour
Gwar at the limelight nyc (old church venue). Just so perfectly wrong.
Motorhead, judas priest and Alice Cooper. Scalped killer floor seats before the show. Me and my bud just kept walking closer to the stage. Mind blown. Wish I saw JP more than once.
Pantera cowboys from hell tour at tiny club, the marquee. Nyc
Just a start, but definitely some fantastic no stress inexpensive shows. Was lucky to have grown up during such great accessible music
Merkin Baller and I have been following each other around for 25 years and had no idea. Ditto the TCV and Post Pop Depression shows. A few that come to mind....
Tool @ Hammerstein Ballroom Living Colour @ Johnny D's in Somerville Roger Waters w/ My Morning Jacket @ Newport Folk Fest Pearl Jam @ Nassau Coliseum - truly the weirdest vibes ever Velvet Revolver @ Avalon 1st One Big Holiday System/Incubus/Mr. Bungle @ Lupo's David Gilmour @ Radio City
You jogged my memory about the first Mr Bungle show I saw in '95 (Avalon, again)... that one I'm particularly grateful I went to... none of my friends wanted to go, but I didn't let that deter me.... going alone that night opened the door to so many other fantastic shows that I might not have gone to otherwise if I wasn't comfortable flying solo... trying for single tickets landed me in the 2nd row at the Orpheum for Primus when they played Sailing the Seas of Cheese & in the 1st ten rows for some other great acts including Tool & APC.
While on the subject of A Perfect Circle, IIRC they kicked off their first headlining tour at Avalon in 2000, another concert I'm grateful I was able to see.
It's no small coincidence that some of my favorite shows were at Avalon, that place was the shit. I was heartbroken when they tore that & Axis down to build the HOB.
Oh man yeah those old APC shows. I get chills thinking about them. The first one I saw was when they opened for NIN in Hartford before the album came out. That Avalon show with Diary of a Lovesong was insane.
It really was... then they came back around & played Brandeis in Waltham of all places. At that show they covered Ashes to Ashes by Bowie... one of the greatest covers I've seen in my life. That original lineup was easily their best. (Paz in her miniskirts helped exponentially 😍)
Re: Snocore at Lupo’s… was that at the old Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, or at the Strand Theater that Lupo’s eventually took over? Both are nice small venues, but Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel was significantly smaller.
Old Lupo's. I also saw Creed and Kid Rock there. Heady times around Y2K
Daaaaaaaaaamn, that place was smaller than the Paradise. I saw Bouncing Souls, Jerry Cantrell & Dave Navarro there... SnoCore must have been mental.
SOAD was f'ing fire on that tour, I'm so glad I saw them that early on.
Some of my highlights: Les Claypool and Holy Mackeral nyc supper club Les claypool duo de twang at nyc hotel
Flying frog brigade debut tour of animals+ Irving Plaza nyc
Triple bill at city gardens club in nj: faith no more soundgarden opening for VoiVod! Also caught that show at the ritz nyc.
Mike Watt and friends. Tramps nyc Foos opening @GlowGirl knows about that tour
Gwar at the limelight nyc (old church venue). Just so perfectly wrong.
Motorhead, judas priest and Alice Cooper. Scalped killer floor seats before the show. Me and my bud just kept walking closer to the stage. Mind blown. Wish I saw JP more than once.
Pantera cowboys from hell tour at tiny club, the marquee. Nyc
Just a start, but definitely some fantastic no stress inexpensive shows. Was lucky to have grown up during such great accessible music
A couple more popped into mind... Rage & Wu Tang in Mansfield 1997. Zack broke his foot the night before in NY, and he was late getting up there... Wu played an extended set & Rage took the stage around 11 (& got fined up the ass for playing past curfew IIRC). That was the only time I saw either of them.
There was also a 2 night stand for Radiohead at the Boston Garden in 2018 - I somehow scored GA for both nights. They played 25 songs each night and only repeated 5... that 2 night stand was a religious experience. (I had only seen them once before in 2000 or 2001 on the Kid A tour)
Some of my highlights: Les Claypool and Holy Mackeral nyc supper club Les claypool duo de twang at nyc hotel
Flying frog brigade debut tour of animals+ Irving Plaza nyc
Triple bill at city gardens club in nj: faith no more soundgarden opening for VoiVod! Also caught that show at the ritz nyc.
Mike Watt and friends. Tramps nyc Foos opening @GlowGirl knows about that tour
Gwar at the limelight nyc (old church venue). Just so perfectly wrong.
Motorhead, judas priest and Alice Cooper. Scalped killer floor seats before the show. Me and my bud just kept walking closer to the stage. Mind blown. Wish I saw JP more than once.
Pantera cowboys from hell tour at tiny club, the marquee. Nyc
Just a start, but definitely some fantastic no stress inexpensive shows. Was lucky to have grown up during such great accessible music
Rock on!
WOW!!!!!
Complete wow! Especially that city gardens show. SG was basically a no name and supporting louder than love. Hot (yes you know he was) screaming topless CC climbed a beam over my head and kicked in the ceiling with his Dr m's. Then fell to the floor. Got lucky to meet him later on in life and talked about that show. Genuinely nice person. rip If I could only go back
Some of my highlights: Les Claypool and Holy Mackeral nyc supper club Les claypool duo de twang at nyc hotel
Flying frog brigade debut tour of animals+ Irving Plaza nyc
Triple bill at city gardens club in nj: faith no more soundgarden opening for VoiVod! Also caught that show at the ritz nyc.
Mike Watt and friends. Tramps nyc Foos opening @GlowGirl knows about that tour
Gwar at the limelight nyc (old church venue). Just so perfectly wrong.
Motorhead, judas priest and Alice Cooper. Scalped killer floor seats before the show. Me and my bud just kept walking closer to the stage. Mind blown. Wish I saw JP more than once.
Pantera cowboys from hell tour at tiny club, the marquee. Nyc
Just a start, but definitely some fantastic no stress inexpensive shows. Was lucky to have grown up during such great accessible music
Rock on!
WOW!!!!!
Complete wow! Especially that city gardens show. SG was basically a no name and supporting louder than love. Hot (yes you know he was) screaming topless CC climbed a beam over my head and kicked in the ceiling with his Dr m's. Then fell to the floor. Got lucky to meet him later on in life and talked about that show. Genuinely nice person. rip If I could only go back
Amazing... & was that FNM's first run w/ Patton? That must have been f'ing wild.
I guess so. Supporting the real thing. Killer killer killer. Was honestly going for VoiVod. Friend turned me on to them. They were heading deeper into the progmetal. We were running late and I told my bud I don't care if we miss fnm. He was like noooo! And we made it on time. A few teenage dudes lost and finding out way! Ahh memories. you can find fnm show at city gardens a few months prior to this tour on youtube.
I guess so. Supporting the real thing. Killer killer killer. Was honestly going for VoiVod. Friend turned me on to them. They were heading deeper into the progmetal. We were running late and I told my bud I don't care if we miss fnm. He was like noooo! And we made it on time. A few teenage dudes lost and finding out way! Ahh memories. you can find fnm show at city gardens a few months prior to this tour on youtube.
According to the FNM biography, Bordin & Gould jammed w/ Cornell as a potential front man for FNM before Patton joined; things worked out for the best for each band, but still interesting to hear that happened.
There are quite a few, will add as I think of more:
Radiohead in 1997 on the OK Computer tour Edgefest 1997 - Tea Party, I Mother Earth, and Our Lady Peace. (CanCon awesomeness, I still get shivers thinking of the Tea Party playing at dusk). Motorhead 2000 Fugazi 2001 REM 2004 Tragically Hip - every time, including the last tour. (Miss this band so much, summer doesn't seem the same without a Hip tour). Slipknot 1999 (opening for Coal Chamber, tore the roof off the place) Tom Petty 2008 David Crosby 2019
There are quite a few, will add as I think of more:
Radiohead in 1997 on the OK Computer tour Edgefest 1997 - Tea Party, I Mother Earth, and Our Lady Peace. (CanCon awesomeness, I still get shivers thinking of the Tea Party playing at dusk). Motorhead 2000 Fugazi 2001 REM 2004 Tragically Hip - every time, including the last tour. (Miss this band so much, summer doesn't seem the same without a Hip tour). Slipknot 1999 (opening for Coal Chamber, tore the roof off the place) Tom Petty 2008 David Crosby 2019
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There have been so many! I'll go with my top six here (and then later maybe wish I had including some others, lol):
Pearl Jam was a huge one for me, for sure. I am forever grateful for former poster here, DS, who arranged to get me a ticket to see the band in MIssoula in 2012. That was a classic Pearl Jam show and one of my top favorites, others being...
1968, WInterland, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. An unforgettable concert experience.
Also unforgettable, 1968, San Jose Civic Auditorium, The Who and Blue Cheer. That one all started when a friend in high school came up to me and said, "Hey Brian, guess Who is coming to do a concert in San Jose?" Wow!
1970, The Planetarium in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Sun Ra and Arkestra. An out-of-this-world experience!
1982, San Francisco Civic Auditorium, The Clash and the English Beat. Joe Strummer was in fine fiery form!
1983, S.F. Civic, U2 and The Alarm, the War Tour. Incredible!
Very envious of your Clash show. I don't know why I never made it to one of their shows.
It was an amazing show. One thing happened at that show that I probably didn't fully understand at the time. About half way through the show, Joe Strummer walked up to the mic and mumbled something that wasn't clear and then, shoving his middle finger in the air, he screamed "Fuck you all!" The crowd response, figuring this was just a really cool Joe punk rock thing, was to go nuts, cheering and hollering for joy, followed by Strummer slamming into the next number with an intense vengeance.
In retrospect, have read up a lot more about Strummer and the band, this was around the time that Joe was beginning to feel disillusioned with how punk was being viewed and perceived by the then widening acceptance and adoption by many of punk rock. Strummer was adamant about his political and social views and wanted his music to reflect his feelings and beliefs. He felt that, by then, most audience members viewed punk as a fashion statement or something trendy, and the last thing he wanted was to be all about something merely trendy. Quite interesting music history in retrospect.
Yeah. Joe did have a lot of struggles with the effects of fame and popularity. At the same time they did things like play that residency in NY and released "Rock the Casbah". Though that was probably more Mick. If I were in his position I would have gone through the same conundrum of wanting as many people to hear my message, but at the same time questioning myself if I sold out. I'd have lost my mind. Fame can seem great, but it is also a pathway to anxiety and depression. I'm sure we can all name so many artists who have succumbed to that avalanche of pressure.
Good points! Being in the bright spot light like that does not sound like fun.
Somewhere in his recent memoir, singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Wynn (of The Dream Syndicate) talks about how he is just fine with being a lesser known artist, despite having made a number of solo albums, forming a number of bands, working with well know people from bands like Led Zeppelin and R.E.M., and releasing close to 50 albums. Probably (besides not needing the income but still love playing) is why Mike Mills and Peter Buck of R.E.M. are doing more low profile gigs these days.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
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brianlux
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Near the top for me would be....2017, Tom Petty w/ Chris Stapleton as the opener at Wrigley Field. I had a pair of fan club tickets on the outfield which had to be picked up at Will Call using my ID. Life got busy and I wasn't going to be able to make the trip (I live a few states away). I was bummed that a) I was going to miss a mountaintop show and b) due to the method of p/u the tickets were un-useable by anyone else. Day before the show I had a change in heart and figured work, etc would wait, TP was not to be missed. I ring a buddy and lay out the plan, "Spontaneous adventure opportunity: I pick you up in three hours, we catch a plane to Chicago, and tomorrow night go see Tom Petty play Wrigley Field." Him: "Give me a few minutes and let me check with my wife." He calls back in a few minutes and says "Let's go!" (side note: he earned a permanent top spot as a go-to wing man for shows). The show was incredible, one of the highlights being a stadium fun of fans, enormous smiles plastered on each and every face, singing aloud in unison and amidst a drizzling rain to Free Fallin'. Fast forward a few months and Tom was gone. I'm forever grateful for getting to be at that show.
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2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
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Les Claypool and Holy Mackeral nyc supper club
Les claypool duo de twang at nyc hotel
Flying frog brigade debut tour of animals+ Irving Plaza nyc
Triple bill at city gardens club in nj: faith no more soundgarden opening for VoiVod! Also caught that show at the ritz nyc.
Mike Watt and friends. Tramps nyc Foos opening @GlowGirl knows about that tour
Gwar at the limelight nyc (old church venue). Just so perfectly wrong.
Motorhead, judas priest and Alice Cooper. Scalped killer floor seats before the show. Me and my bud just kept walking closer to the stage. Mind blown. Wish I saw JP more than once.
Pantera cowboys from hell tour at tiny club, the marquee. Nyc
Just a start, but definitely some fantastic no stress inexpensive shows. Was lucky to have grown up during such great accessible music
Rock on!
SOAD was f'ing fire on that tour, I'm so glad I saw them that early on.
There was also a 2 night stand for Radiohead at the Boston Garden in 2018 - I somehow scored GA for both nights. They played 25 songs each night and only repeated 5... that 2 night stand was a religious experience. (I had only seen them once before in 2000 or 2001 on the Kid A tour)
Especially that city gardens show. SG was basically a no name and supporting louder than love. Hot (yes you know he was) screaming topless CC climbed a beam over my head and kicked in the ceiling with his Dr m's. Then fell to the floor. Got lucky to meet him later on in life and talked about that show. Genuinely nice person. rip
If I could only go back
I wasn't at this one, but close enough!
I think this picture was taken on that tour:
Radiohead in 1997 on the OK Computer tour
Edgefest 1997 - Tea Party, I Mother Earth, and Our Lady Peace. (CanCon awesomeness, I still get shivers thinking of the Tea Party playing at dusk).
Motorhead 2000
Fugazi 2001
REM 2004
Tragically Hip - every time, including the last tour. (Miss this band so much, summer doesn't seem the same without a Hip tour).
Slipknot 1999 (opening for Coal Chamber, tore the roof off the place)
Tom Petty 2008
David Crosby 2019
-EV 8/14/93
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
OH man! I would love to have seen them! Gord was amazing.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"