I met Michael Stipe in Calgary in 2004. He is tiny in person! I had to tell him how much I appreciated R.E.M.'s music over the years and he was so shy & humble. A totally surreal experience
Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament
Bono
Bruce Springsteen
Pete Townshend
Robert Plant
Edward Van Halen, Gary Cherone
Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee
Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith
Iggy Pop
Eddie Vedder, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament
Bono
Bruce Springsteen
Pete Townshend
Robert Plant
Edward Van Halen, Gary Cherone
Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee
Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith
Iggy Pop
Lucky you Poncier! My extent of actual "meeting" is Boyd Tinsley of DMB. Very cool guy and a helluva Fiddler (guys hands are HUGE).
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience." Mark Twain
Jeff Ament
Chris Cornell (my best/favorite experience)
Wes Scantlin
Dave Grohl
Brett Scallions of Fuel/Rots (know pretty well)
Scott Weiland
Nick Hexum (311- went to a bbq with)
Zack DeLaRocha
Tom Morello
Stephen Jenkins
Wyclef (prick)
The Offspring
*a bunch more i just can't remember
I MUST SAY the offspring were very cool to party with
very nice guys
stone was drunk --too much talk
jeff was reserved- but cool
mikey is the man
Eddie Vedder
Mike McCready
Jeff Ament
Stone Gossard
Bono
The Edge
Adam Clayton
Chris Cornell
Foo Fighters
Tragically Hip
Our Lady Peace
Pat Smear
Rick from the Rockfords
3 of the Barenaked Ladies
Guitarist from Counting Crows (forget his name)
Regan from Brad
Jeremy from Brad
Lead singer of Sparta (kind of)
one of the Buzzcocks (kind of)
All of Korn cept Head
Danny Carey
all but one of Linkin Park
Kirk Hammet
James Hetfield
Chino Moreno
Jim Cuddy
Daniel Lanois
Mark Wahlberg back when he was part of the Funky Bunch...not really rock tho.
Choclair (same as above...and doesn't really count as I went to highschool with him)
Thats all I can remember right now.
ohh ya Snow
is that it???
Cuyahoga Falls 98, Columbus 00, Cleveland 03, Columbus 03, Toledo 04, Grand Rapids 04, Kitchener 05, Cleveland 06, Cincinnati 06, Washington DC 08, Philadelphia IV 09, Columbus 10, Cleveland 10, Chicago 13, Pittsburgh 13, Cincinnati 14, Chicago (1) 16, Chicago (2) 16
Neil Young - backstage in at one of his solo shows in 98'..awesome I talked his ear off!
Tom Morello - sat beside him at a Springsteen show last year, really nice, Springsteen dedicated Youngsville to him.
Mike Gordon from PHiSH - ran into him outside a store downtown TO, he was too busy on his phone and didn't wanta really bug him so really I just stopped and stood there...geek yes I am
Sam Roberts and his band - met him outside before a soundcheck and he invited me and my daughter who was five at the time in for the soundcheck and they played Rockn in the Free World for her...reallly nice.
Damon Albarn and Alex James from Blur - Met them at a Tims after their show in Kitchener back in 97'
Ed Ved
Ben Harper
Drummer for Ben Harper
Bruce Hornsby (we went hunting for a taco bell in my van)
LeAnn Rhymes (in my van)
Gwen Steffani (in my van... 2x!)
Billy Corgan (in my van)
D'arcy - Bass player for SP (in my van)
Kevin Bacon (in my van)
PJ Harvey
Singer for Sonic Youth (Kim?)
Metallica
Madonna
Peter Frampton
Bob Weir (in my van)
Rob Wasserman (in my van)
Tricky
Jackson Browne
Bass player for No Doubt
J. Lo
Backstreet Boys
Diana Ross
Ramones
Goo Goo Dolls
Candlebox
Ritchie Havens
Ricky Martin
Stephen Tyler
Harry Connick, Jr
Elton John
ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
Yeah, when I met him, he hardly even said hello.
And when someone asked if he could sign some autographs (there were only 7 fans standing there) he didn't reply and just got in his car.
"Everyone wants to be the sun that lights up your life, but I'd rather be your moon so I can shine on you during your darkest hour when your sun's not around."
All of Slayer
Max Cavallera/Rest of Soulfly
Vinnie Paul of Pantera
Christian from Fear Factory
Megadeth/The Youthanasia lienup
All of Metallica Except for Cliff R.I.P.
Ozzy
Marilyn Manson/Antichrist Superstar Lineup
Paul Jago of the Gandharvas
The Tea Party
Rainbow Butt Monkeys/Finger 11
Big Sugar
Jerry Cantrell.
Mike Patton,
Ben Harper,
Melissa Auf der maur , twice. The second time she hooked us up free tickets for her show that night.
Josh Freese
Billy Howardel
Kittie, they were in a nightclub.
In Flames.
Yeah, when I met him, he hardly even said hello.
And when someone asked if he could sign some autographs (there were only 7 fans standing there) he didn't reply and just got in his car.
Fuck him, hes an asshole.
Ever since I met him I could never look at RHCP the same.
They used to be my favorite band too.
Thankfully, every story i've heard about meeting Ed seems to be a good one.
Man, I hope to meet him one day. (Just to say thanks, not to be all stalkerish)
Yeah, when I met him, he hardly even said hello.
And when someone asked if he could sign some autographs (there were only 7 fans standing there) he didn't reply and just got in his car.
ever wonder if a musician can hear you? i think i'd be deaf being around music most of my life. i noticed somebody musical seemed to not hear me correctly when i was speaking to him.
it sounds like anthony was not feeling well or something.
9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
Bruce Hornsby (we went hunting for a taco bell in my van)
I'm sure there is a great story behind this.... my buddy worked in an ice cream shop for a while when he was getting out of the AF and Bruce used to come in there all the time. He had some stories...
Anyway, my list is rather short.
Cheap Trick (I got a Rolling Rock bottle from Rick)
Alan Parsons
The Little River Band
Tony Bennett (not rock)
The Oak Ridge Boys (not rock, I just ran into them at a festival)
Alice Cooper (sort of, he was at a movie theater following a show that I saw him at. Didn't want to bother him at the theater)
I think I'm missing someone, maybe it'll come to me.
Steve Earle outside of one of his shows.
Rich Robinson, real cool, chatted up with him @ a solo show. Interesting convo nonetheless about Black Crowes, Chris, Kate, etc.
Jim James' Dad (MMJ) Hung out beside him for a whole show
I think I met Isaac Brock in Seattle, but we were both fucked up and didn't say much. I'm 90% sure it was him, but I was trashed and so was he and I didn't want be a dick while he was enjoying a show.
There may be a couple of others, but I can't think of any right now.
"That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in "Jeremy" a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work."
Billy Joel
James Taylor
David Bowie
Max Weinberg
Brian Wilson
Dickie Betts
John Entwistle
Krist Novoselik
all of these were from waiting around after a concert for an autograph - got one from everyone except Bowie - he just gave a handshake.
Tommy Lee - saw him walking near Central Park back in college. We stopped him to say hi - he was such a nice guy - signed autographs and even let us stop in a store to buy a disposable camera to take some pics with him
I also once saw Little Stevie filming the Sopranos in NY a couple of years ago - got his auto as well.
coming up
MSG 1
Ringo the next night in Boston
Hartford
Boston 1 & 2
Blink-182 (at a radio station fest)
Local H
Luscious Jackson (after a show, all very nice and pretty)
Tim, Matt and Lars from Rancid (they signed my Rancid shirt)
Liz Phair - At the Lilith Fair, she was signing promo posters for Whitechocolatespaceegg. I told her to just write, 'To Eric, From Liz'. The guy standing next to her tells her to write something else. So she writes, "To Eric, you are a hot babe! Call me anytime, Liz". Needless to say, I was giddy with excitement (I had a crush on her back then, still do )
Andrew WK - At one of the Warped Tours. I waited in line to get an autograph, but he's really long-winded, writes paragraphs worth of stuff for fans. So while he's walking away with his entourage, I get in front of him and ask, "excuse me, can I just shake your hand?" He says, "ABSOLUTELY!"
"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
Marilyn Manson (my first "real" concert in '94: NIN\Manson, he came up to the arena to sign autographs ... signed my shirt "i was ass fucked by marilyn")
The losers from Stabbing Westward (they played the Weenie Roast in charlotte, my friends band opened the festival, we got to go backstage ...)
... also the goofballs from For Squirrels ("The Mighty KC") ... same as above.
Mike Watt
Perry Ferrell
Stephen Perkins
-- met them all backstage at a PFP show in '96 ... Watt used to be on AOL, i would message him for no reason in particular ... nice guy that he was got me guest passes when i realized i would be in atlanta, but the show was sold out ... Watt is super nice ... Stephen is THE SHIT! Perry is just a space-cadet, BTW.
Mike McCready
Jeff Ament
-- Met them various places in St. Johns in '05 ...
Mike is TOO nice, TOO humble. Jeff is shy-ish.
Eddie
Jeff
Boom
-- Hawaii, '06 ... Was a wallflower with all but Boom. Boom is cool.
His favorite PJ song is "I got SHIiiIIIIT ... I got SHiiIIiIT" ...
If I was to smile and I held out my hand
If I opened it now would you not understand?
Before a show in Raleigh last summer. It was a very quick and ordered backstage meet and greet. I shook all their hands and just got to say a few words to them. There is a link in my sig of the picture. It was so quick that you couldn't really have much of a conversation or anything. Chris seemed like a pretty nice dude. He was joking around while they were taking the picture. We were told not to ask for any autographs because we would get a free autographed poster. I probably wouldn't have asked for an autograph any way, but I was a little mad when I walked out and saw that the autographs on the poster were just facsimiles. After seeing them in person all I could think about was that those guys coulda played Stillwater in "Almost Famous".
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Dean DeLeo
Rob DeLeo
Richard Patrick
Ray Luzier
Bono
Bruce Springsteen
Pete Townshend
Robert Plant
Edward Van Halen, Gary Cherone
Nikki Sixx, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, Tommy Lee
Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith
Iggy Pop
Lucky you Poncier! My extent of actual "meeting" is Boyd Tinsley of DMB. Very cool guy and a helluva Fiddler (guys hands are HUGE).
I MUST SAY the offspring were very cool to party with
very nice guys
stone was drunk --too much talk
jeff was reserved- but cool
mikey is the man
Pantera (hung out with them in a small bar in West Virginia, go figure)
is that it???
Eddie Vedder
Tom Morello (nicest guy ever)
Corin Tucker (nicest lady ever)
Mike Mills
Also recieved hi-fives from Chris Cornell and Dave Navarro whilst being in the front row.
Tom Morello - sat beside him at a Springsteen show last year, really nice, Springsteen dedicated Youngsville to him.
Mike Gordon from PHiSH - ran into him outside a store downtown TO, he was too busy on his phone and didn't wanta really bug him so really I just stopped and stood there...geek yes I am
Sam Roberts and his band - met him outside before a soundcheck and he invited me and my daughter who was five at the time in for the soundcheck and they played Rockn in the Free World for her...reallly nice.
Damon Albarn and Alex James from Blur - Met them at a Tims after their show in Kitchener back in 97'
Where? What was Chris like?
Sha la la la i'm in love with a jersey girl
I love you forever and forever
Adel 03 Melb 1 03 LA 2 06 Santa Barbara 06 Gorge 1 06 Gorge 2 06 Adel 1 06 Adel 2 06 Camden 1 08 Camden 2 08 Washington DC 08 Hartford 08
Ben Harper
Drummer for Ben Harper
Bruce Hornsby (we went hunting for a taco bell in my van)
LeAnn Rhymes (in my van)
Gwen Steffani (in my van... 2x!)
Billy Corgan (in my van)
D'arcy - Bass player for SP (in my van)
Kevin Bacon (in my van)
PJ Harvey
Singer for Sonic Youth (Kim?)
Metallica
Madonna
Peter Frampton
Bob Weir (in my van)
Rob Wasserman (in my van)
Tricky
Jackson Browne
Bass player for No Doubt
J. Lo
Backstreet Boys
Diana Ross
Ramones
Goo Goo Dolls
Candlebox
Ritchie Havens
Ricky Martin
Stephen Tyler
Harry Connick, Jr
Elton John
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
Ooh this caught my eye.
Ok I met John Rzeznik and the other Goo Goo Dolls. They are all really very nice and humble rock stars
And I met the bass player for the band called Over It, who opened for the Goos on their last tour.
"Sometimes life should be consumed in measured doses"
6-01-06
6/25/08
Free Speedy
and Metsy!
Yeah, when I met him, he hardly even said hello.
And when someone asked if he could sign some autographs (there were only 7 fans standing there) he didn't reply and just got in his car.
In Flames
Sevendust x2
Dale Crover
Max Cavallera/Rest of Soulfly
Vinnie Paul of Pantera
Christian from Fear Factory
Megadeth/The Youthanasia lienup
All of Metallica Except for Cliff R.I.P.
Ozzy
Marilyn Manson/Antichrist Superstar Lineup
Paul Jago of the Gandharvas
The Tea Party
Rainbow Butt Monkeys/Finger 11
Big Sugar
Buffalo 05/02/03 Hamilton 09/13/05
Kitchener: 09/11/05 London:09/12/05
Montreal: 06/29/03, 09/15/05 Ottawa: 09/16/05 Toronto:9/21/96, 10/05/00, 06/28/03, 09/19/05, 05/09-10/06
Mike Patton,
Ben Harper,
Melissa Auf der maur , twice. The second time she hooked us up free tickets for her show that night.
Josh Freese
Billy Howardel
Kittie, they were in a nightclub.
In Flames.
Fuck him, hes an asshole.
Ever since I met him I could never look at RHCP the same.
They used to be my favorite band too.
Thankfully, every story i've heard about meeting Ed seems to be a good one.
Man, I hope to meet him one day. (Just to say thanks, not to be all stalkerish)
2005 - 9/15, 9/16, 9/30, 10/1, 10/3
2006 - 5/5, 5/12, 5/13, 5/27, 5/28, 5/30, 6/1, 6/3, 6/23, 7/22, 7/23, 12/2
2007 - 6/27, 8/3
2008 - 6/14, 6/19, 6/20, 6/22, 6/24, 6/25, 6/27, 6/28, 6/30, 7/1
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
ever wonder if a musician can hear you? i think i'd be deaf being around music most of my life. i noticed somebody musical seemed to not hear me correctly when i was speaking to him.
it sounds like anthony was not feeling well or something.
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
I'm sure there is a great story behind this.... my buddy worked in an ice cream shop for a while when he was getting out of the AF and Bruce used to come in there all the time. He had some stories...
Anyway, my list is rather short.
Cheap Trick (I got a Rolling Rock bottle from Rick)
Alan Parsons
The Little River Band
Tony Bennett (not rock)
The Oak Ridge Boys (not rock, I just ran into them at a festival)
Alice Cooper (sort of, he was at a movie theater following a show that I saw him at. Didn't want to bother him at the theater)
I think I'm missing someone, maybe it'll come to me.
Rich Robinson, real cool, chatted up with him @ a solo show. Interesting convo nonetheless about Black Crowes, Chris, Kate, etc.
Jim James' Dad (MMJ) Hung out beside him for a whole show
I think I met Isaac Brock in Seattle, but we were both fucked up and didn't say much. I'm 90% sure it was him, but I was trashed and so was he and I didn't want be a dick while he was enjoying a show.
There may be a couple of others, but I can't think of any right now.
EV
just curious, what did he do that makes him an asshole?
James Taylor
David Bowie
Max Weinberg
Brian Wilson
Dickie Betts
John Entwistle
Krist Novoselik
all of these were from waiting around after a concert for an autograph - got one from everyone except Bowie - he just gave a handshake.
Tommy Lee - saw him walking near Central Park back in college. We stopped him to say hi - he was such a nice guy - signed autographs and even let us stop in a store to buy a disposable camera to take some pics with him
I also once saw Little Stevie filming the Sopranos in NY a couple of years ago - got his auto as well.
MSG 1
Ringo the next night in Boston
Hartford
Boston 1 & 2
hell's yeah...
Local H
Luscious Jackson (after a show, all very nice and pretty)
Tim, Matt and Lars from Rancid (they signed my Rancid shirt)
Liz Phair - At the Lilith Fair, she was signing promo posters for Whitechocolatespaceegg. I told her to just write, 'To Eric, From Liz'. The guy standing next to her tells her to write something else. So she writes, "To Eric, you are a hot babe! Call me anytime, Liz". Needless to say, I was giddy with excitement (I had a crush on her back then, still do
Andrew WK - At one of the Warped Tours. I waited in line to get an autograph, but he's really long-winded, writes paragraphs worth of stuff for fans. So while he's walking away with his entourage, I get in front of him and ask, "excuse me, can I just shake your hand?" He says, "ABSOLUTELY!"
"I'm not a very good American because I like to form my own opinions." - George Carlin
Marilyn Manson (my first "real" concert in '94: NIN\Manson, he came up to the arena to sign autographs ... signed my shirt "i was ass fucked by marilyn")
The losers from Stabbing Westward (they played the Weenie Roast in charlotte, my friends band opened the festival, we got to go backstage ...)
... also the goofballs from For Squirrels ("The Mighty KC") ... same as above.
Mike Watt
Perry Ferrell
Stephen Perkins
-- met them all backstage at a PFP show in '96 ... Watt used to be on AOL, i would message him for no reason in particular ... nice guy that he was got me guest passes when i realized i would be in atlanta, but the show was sold out ... Watt is super nice ... Stephen is THE SHIT!
Mike McCready
Jeff Ament
-- Met them various places in St. Johns in '05 ...
Mike is TOO nice, TOO humble. Jeff is shy-ish.
Eddie
Jeff
Boom
-- Hawaii, '06 ... Was a wallflower with all but Boom. Boom is cool.
His favorite PJ song is "I got SHIiiIIIIT ... I got SHiiIIiIT" ...
If I opened it now would you not understand?
Before a show in Raleigh last summer. It was a very quick and ordered backstage meet and greet. I shook all their hands and just got to say a few words to them. There is a link in my sig of the picture. It was so quick that you couldn't really have much of a conversation or anything. Chris seemed like a pretty nice dude. He was joking around while they were taking the picture. We were told not to ask for any autographs because we would get a free autographed poster. I probably wouldn't have asked for an autograph any way, but I was a little mad when I walked out and saw that the autographs on the poster were just facsimiles. After seeing them in person all I could think about was that those guys coulda played Stillwater in "Almost Famous".