Besides PJ, who is the best. These were bands I would not miss for any reason when they come around.
Sleater-Kinney
Face To Face
Rocket From The Crypt
Hot Snakes
Tool
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine (saw them at The Dragonfly in Santa Monica the day before Evil Empire came out. Unreal)
QOTSA (before they kicked out Nick and Mark)
My top 10 favorite shows are mostly Pearl Jam and Stones shows and one of both and Audioslave is definitely the best not out of those twos. There was so much energy, it was ridiculous. They played Killing in the Name Of, Rusty Cage, Slaves and Bulldozers, and of course all of the good Audioslave stuff. Cochise, Like a Stone, Be Yourself, Shadow on the Sun, Set It Off, and Spoonman. I really wanted them to play Hunger Strike, that would have been sick. But its definitely the best concert not Pearl Jam or the Rolling Stones...
The Who's 25th anniversary show in Birmingham, England --- '89??? Pete was first going through his Tenitis phase, and actually was playing acoustic throughout the first part of the concert. He angrily came out of his special little pre-constructed sound room and grabbed the guitar from the stage guitarist. Got a little too into it and actully lost part of his finger when doing a windmill. He shrugged and finished the song. Then he got it bandaged up and finished the concert. I was in the 5th row center...
I wasnt at this show, but I saw this tour at Giants Stadium in NJ, I guess this was the time Pete was freaking out about his hearing problem. To me it wasnt the Who at their best, for ex recent footage like the NYC 2001 benefit for 9.11 and the dvd from last year I think they are much better now than they were back in 89.
I can relate to Pete though cause I freaked out about hearing loss myself, to the point that I cut way back on concert going by middle 90s, now Im real careful, I always have earplugs in my pocket, I still want to be able to do this when Im 79, haha. Never got to see Nirvana, that is my one big regret.
Sonic Youth I saw them back in 1993, the famous July 4 gig in summerstage central park, the crowd was crazy, I think I had people coming over the top on average every 30 seconds. I was on the rail, and when MTV played clips of this show I could see myself in the middle of the mayhem. Now Sonic Youth gigs are so peaceful....
A lot of my picks have already shown up on everyone else's list...
The Rolling Stones
Gloria Estefan - No, really. She had a lot of energy and it looked like her and her GREAT backup band were having a lot of fun.
R.E.M.
Prince
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Radiohead
Moby - His music made everyone bust a move, and he was running around the stage, playing guitar, bongos, singing, etc.
Veruca Salt - When they toured for Eight Arms to Hold You. I used to be so in love with this band before Nina left.
Edit: Dammit, I forgot all about PJ! They're one of the best as well!!
"As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart."—Jubilee
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
Besides PJ - for me it would be hands-down without a doubt The Black Crowes. I've seen them 13 times. A lot in common with PJ - you never get the same set list, you have no idea what they are going to play, they don't just stick to the hits and they can drag songs out forever.
Besides PJ - for me it would be hands-down without a doubt The Black Crowes. I've seen them 13 times. A lot in common with PJ - you never get the same set list, you have no idea what they are going to play, they don't just stick to the hits and they can drag songs out forever.
Pre-Black Album Metallica was pretty good too.
the black crowes have so much variety during their- set I love it. I haven't heard every single song by them so sometimes I hear a song I never heard before (at all not just live) and I love it.
1.pearl jam
2.wilco
3.ani difranco
4.hayden
5.big head todd and the monsters
6.mike watt
7.afghan whigs
8.brad
9.r.e.m
10.neil young
and of course... Phish
hartford-96,98
tweeter*mansfield,ma-00(both nights)
montreal-03
tweeter*mansfield,ma-03(back to back nights)
fleetcenter-04(night 1)
tdbanknorth garden 5-24-06
PJ is first of course! Then surprisingly (since I'm not a fan) I saw Marilyn Manson at the Electric Factory in Philly and it was an amazing show...It rained red ticker tape, a he played on stilts, instruments hanging by chains... and the crowd was a human circus. LOL such an cool experience.
Also...At All Good music fest last year I saw Les Claypool (bassist from Primus) what an unusual sound and costumes and instruments. I stood there in ankle deep mud and felt like I was trippin out.
alice in chains
faith no more
pearl jam
metallica
white zombie
jackyl (LOL) rock me roll me jackyl me off...been a while since i saw them.haha they were good live
Faith NO MORE was the shittttt live, saw them with metallica and gunsNroses,metallica always excellent,but i was really impressed with faith no more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pantera.saw them 2 times,no 3 they were BOMBBBBBB
...It's only after disaster that we can be resurrected...
it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)
Bell X1 .... fantastic irish band!
Broken Social Scene
Faith No More
The Offspring (in leeds '95 i think) Dexter got me on stage to sing "come out and play" with him in front of a packed duchess of york, ending with the obligatory stage dive ..... i should have been a rock star )
NIN
The Frames
Biohazard (my first proper gig in '94)
Im seeing PJ live for the first time tonight (cant wait) ... seeing Beck and radiohead tomorrow, and Damien Rice next week so the list may change a little
I think I said this once before on this thread.....but anyway, gotta be Green Day on their last tour! The energy was fucking amazing and Billy Joe is one helluva charismatic guy - loves people too.
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Obviously I would never trade all the times I have seen Pearl Jam play live....they are an incredible live band and would be put on this list posted anywhere else....but here it is too obvious.
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Sleater-Kinney
Face To Face
Rocket From The Crypt
Hot Snakes
Tool
Radiohead
Rage Against The Machine (saw them at The Dragonfly in Santa Monica the day before Evil Empire came out. Unreal)
QOTSA (before they kicked out Nick and Mark)
Pearl Jam
Audioslave
My top 10 favorite shows are mostly Pearl Jam and Stones shows and one of both and Audioslave is definitely the best not out of those twos. There was so much energy, it was ridiculous. They played Killing in the Name Of, Rusty Cage, Slaves and Bulldozers, and of course all of the good Audioslave stuff. Cochise, Like a Stone, Be Yourself, Shadow on the Sun, Set It Off, and Spoonman. I really wanted them to play Hunger Strike, that would have been sick. But its definitely the best concert not Pearl Jam or the Rolling Stones...
I wasnt at this show, but I saw this tour at Giants Stadium in NJ, I guess this was the time Pete was freaking out about his hearing problem. To me it wasnt the Who at their best, for ex recent footage like the NYC 2001 benefit for 9.11 and the dvd from last year I think they are much better now than they were back in 89.
I can relate to Pete though cause I freaked out about hearing loss myself, to the point that I cut way back on concert going by middle 90s, now Im real careful, I always have earplugs in my pocket, I still want to be able to do this when Im 79, haha. Never got to see Nirvana, that is my one big regret.
Sonic Youth I saw them back in 1993, the famous July 4 gig in summerstage central park, the crowd was crazy, I think I had people coming over the top on average every 30 seconds. I was on the rail, and when MTV played clips of this show I could see myself in the middle of the mayhem. Now Sonic Youth gigs are so peaceful....
The Rolling Stones
Gloria Estefan - No, really. She had a lot of energy and it looked like her and her GREAT backup band were having a lot of fun.
R.E.M.
Prince
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Radiohead
Moby - His music made everyone bust a move, and he was running around the stage, playing guitar, bongos, singing, etc.
Veruca Salt - When they toured for Eight Arms to Hold You. I used to be so in love with this band before Nina left.
Edit: Dammit, I forgot all about PJ! They're one of the best as well!!
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
The Police
U2 (Pre Joshua Tree)
Ben Harper
Neil Young
Pre-Black Album Metallica was pretty good too.
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
the black crowes have so much variety during their- set I love it. I haven't heard every single song by them so sometimes I hear a song I never heard before (at all not just live) and I love it.
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Bruce Springsteen
Creedence (revisited)
The Moody Blues
Fleetwood Mac
Whatever you are, be a good one --Lincoln
2.wilco
3.ani difranco
4.hayden
5.big head todd and the monsters
6.mike watt
7.afghan whigs
8.brad
9.r.e.m
10.neil young
and of course... Phish
tweeter*mansfield,ma-00(both nights)
montreal-03
tweeter*mansfield,ma-03(back to back nights)
fleetcenter-04(night 1)
tdbanknorth garden 5-24-06
Also...At All Good music fest last year I saw Les Claypool (bassist from Primus) what an unusual sound and costumes and instruments. I stood there in ankle deep mud and felt like I was trippin out.
faith no more
pearl jam
metallica
white zombie
jackyl (LOL) rock me roll me jackyl me off...been a while since i saw them.haha they were good live
Faith NO MORE was the shittttt live, saw them with metallica and gunsNroses,metallica always excellent,but i was really impressed with faith no more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pantera.saw them 2 times,no 3 they were BOMBBBBBB
it's only after you've lost everything ...that you are free to do anything....(Fight Club)
... I'll ride the wave...where it takes me....
next would be nine inch nails, followed by the foo fighters, followed by ac/dc, then rush, the tragically hip, weezer & the pixies.
Broken Social Scene
Faith No More
The Offspring (in leeds '95 i think) Dexter got me on stage to sing "come out and play" with him in front of a packed duchess of york, ending with the obligatory stage dive ..... i should have been a rock star
NIN
The Frames
Biohazard (my first proper gig in '94)
Im seeing PJ live for the first time tonight (cant wait) ... seeing Beck and radiohead tomorrow, and Damien Rice next week so the list may change a little
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Madison Square Garden 6/25/08
Really, I just dont see Dave M. as the best. I have been to see him 2 times and almost fell asleep.
I vote for Neil Young "Smell the Horse Tour"
So I will say:
Pink Floyd
Page & Plant
Fishbone
I forgot about them. I remember them putting on a great live show.