I saw...

Old 97s
Aqualung
Snow Patrol
Franz Ferdinand
Death Cab for Cutie
The Decemberists
The Swell Season
Sondre Lerche
Sigur Ros
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band


for the most part.

 

Coachella 2008
Coachella 2009
Maybe Phoenix and Metric on Sept. 16 if it hasn't sold out by now
Definately going to see Passion Pit on Oct. 14

 

I can count them all on two hands:

Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham (3 times)
Celtic Fiddle Festival (a band, not a festival)
Lúnasa
Michael McGoldrick, John McCusker & John Doyle
Altan
Carmen Souza
Leonard Cohen
Koshka
Tinariwen
The Aliens

 

NIN earlier this year was my first and only.

 

Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
Jenny Lewis
Animal Collective
Of Montreal (three times)
Bright Eyes (twice)
Patrick Wolf
Interpol (twice)
Bloc Party (twice)
Los Campesinos!
Titus Andronicus
My Chemical Romance
Duran Duran
The Cure
Mogwai
Elf Power
The White Stripes
The Pixies
Sigur Ros
The Faint
Tilly and the Wall
The Killers
Siouxsie Sioux/The Creatures
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Wilco
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
MGMT
Deerhoof

 

2003:
radiohead
the white stripes

2004:
elvis costello
bob dylan
the libertines
pixies

2005:
nine inch nails
the white stripes
broken social scene
modest mouse
metric
the most serene republic

2006:
radiohead
the rapture
MSTRKFT
zero 7
broken social scene

2007:
the good, the bad, and the queen
dinosaur jr
you say party! we say die!
final fantasy
do make say think

2008:
radiohead, twice
bob dylan
my bloody valentine
sigur ros
jay reatard
david byrne
neil young
wilco

2009:
akron/family
born ruffians
wavves
acid mothers temple
grouper
animal collective
no age
king khan & BBQ
the sonics
sonic youth
the dodos
beirut
holy ****
broken social scene

i might be missing some and i'm not sure if the years are correct.
weird how many times i've seen BSS. its their hometown and they end up playing a lot of local shows, two of those i've seen they were for free and another they were replacing massive attack ().

coming soon: smith westerns (perhaps), nadja, os mutantes, daniel johnston, a place to bury strangers, the jesus lizard, dinosaur jr. (maybe some others)
definitely an amazing line-up for the next few months. can't wait.

 

Love
Super Furry Animals x 3
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Echo and the Bunnymen x 2
John Martyn
The Libertines
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Radiohead
Kings of Leon
Vampire Weekend x 2
Leonard Cohen
Joanna Newsom
Mogwai
Interpol
Arcade Fire
Jarvis Cocker
Blondie
Sigur Ros
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Coral
Euros Childs (Gorky's Zygotic Mynci)

 

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I'm jealous, that's the one band I want to see the most right now. I tried to get tickets to their upcoming show but couldn't get a hold of pit tickets, only really far seats, so I skipped it. I hope I get to see them on some future tour.

okay here's mine:
in order..

2/22/2008 - Marilyn Manson at the Wiltern in L.A.
First concert ever, all the way in the back, but it was really awesome.

7/12/2009 - Mayhem Fest @ Glen Helen Pavilion in San Bernardino, CA

Bullet for my Valentine - - - better than I thought
Killswitch Engage - - - music was ok, the band are douchebags
Cannibal Corpse - - - awesome, amazing, etc.
All That Remains - - - meh..
Trivium - - - only caught the last song, going to see them again in October
Marilyn Manson - - - good show, kinda short but still satisfied
Slayer - - - good as always, got shoved around a bit and dodged a few shoes from people crowdsurfing, but all worth it.

I have two more coming up, a Marilyn Manson show on Monday and Trivium in October.

 

Pantera, Sepultura, & Biohazard (first concert ever)
Nick Cave & Neko Case
Faith No More
Shai Hulud x2
Slayer, Meshuggah, & Sick of it All
Pantera & White Zombie
The Ramones & White Zombie
Fantômas
Rollins Band & Skunk Anansie
Blue Rodeo
Fred Eaglesmith
Primus x4
Brutal Truth & Kataklysm (w/ me in the opening act. yay!)
Down
Nadja x2
Jesu
Dillinger Escape Plan
K'naan
Belle Orchestre
Bedouin Soundclash
Thunderheist

That's all I've got off the top of my head.

Edit: I also saw Blink-182 with Primus in 1998, and they were annoying even back then, despite their attempt to play a verse from Bring the Noise.

 

Pantera, Sepultura, & Biohazard (first concert ever)
Nick Cave & Neko Case
Faith No More
Shai Hulud x2
Slayer, Meshuggah, & Sick of it All
Pantera & White Zombie
The Ramones & White Zombie
Fantomâs
Rollins Band & Skunk Anansie
Blue Rodeo
Fred Eaglesmith
Primus x4
Brutal Truth & Kataklysm (w/ me in the opening act. yay!)
Down
Nadja x2
Jesu
Dillinger Escape Plan
K'naan
Belle Orchestre
Bedouin Soundclash
Thunderheist

That's all I've got off the top of my head.

how was nadja? where did you see them?

 

I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch, but these are the ones I can remember off the top of my head:

Built to Spill w/Camper Van Beethoven
Yo La Tengo (twice)
Sonic Youth
Frank Black
Cat Power
The Olivia Tremor Control w/Elf Power
Southern Culture on the Skids
The Melvins
NRBQ
R.E.M.
North Mississippi All-Stars
The Flaming Lips
Lou Reed
Fountains of Wayne
The Make-Up

Jazz:
Andrew Hill
William Parker (twice)
Matthew Shipp
Fred Hersch
Wayne Shorter
Fred Anderson
Myra Melford & Marty Ehrlich
David S. Ware
Reginald Robinson

 

Eric Clapton
EverClear
Matchbox 20
Lifehouse
Lynyrd Skynyrd
ZZ Top
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
Paul McCartney
Ingram Hill
California Guitar Trio
1964 (Beatles tribute band)

 

The only real concert I've been to was a Moody Blues outdoor lazer light show in Kansas City. It was pretty cool even though I'm not a big fan, because this hardcore hippy guy sitting on the grass in front of us broke his joint in half and gave us half, so then the concert oddly got really good all of the sudden. Hmm... what a coincidence.

I saw some ska/punk bands performing live at beach festivals in SoCal when I was a teenager, but I don't remember the names. I wonder if any of them got big?

 

• Slayer
• Mastodon
• Children Of Bodom
• Opeth
• Lacuna Coil
• Megadeth
• Deftones
• The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Tool
• The Mars Volta
• System Of A Down
• Killswitch Engage
• Slipknot
• Ani Difranco
• Nine Inch Nails
• Fear Factory
• Suffocation
• Metallica
• Godsmack

There are more but I can't quite remember all the names, too much booze/pot I over course of all of them I think. I've not been to a big show in a couple years now, I'll have to see some again.

Other than that I've seen & played live with some local bands but those aren't big gigs

 

wow, I'd love to see Einstürzende Neubauten and Sisters of Mercy! I haven't been to many concerts due to anxiety. Some of you guys have been to some great shows... it's an inspiration. my last one was:

Peter Murphy

 

It's been years, so all I remember:

Fugazi (3 or 4 times)
The Ex (twice)
Mogwai
Trans Am
Rush
Sleater-Kinney
Sweep the Leg Johnny (3 or 4 times)
Binary System
June of 44
Abilene
Arab on Radar (a few times)
Bellini
Ganger

and a handful more.

 

Fugazi (3 or 4 times)

So jealous..

The only ones I actually wanted to see:
The Amity Affliction (I think the last time I saw them was my 7th time)
AFI
Against Me!

Other times I was dragged along to see ****ty bands. :roll *cough All-American Rejects an Matchbook Romance. -_-

 

ive only been to one so far...it was a micheal jackson concert...R.I.P

 

^ So so jealous.
I would've loved to see MJ in concert, me and a friend were saving to fly to London to see his last tour.

 

'79: Jan & Dean

'82: AC/DC

Oregon Jam which included: Joan Jett, Blue Oyster Cult, Loverboy & Foreigner (it was an outdoor concert and was 104 degrees that day)

'83: Sammy Hagar

'91: AC/DC

'95: Another outdoor concert: Candlebox and Metallica (it was 103 degrees this day)

 

2008
DeMontfort Hall, Leicester: Eugene McGuinness, Goldfrapp

2009
Leicester Race Course: Bad Manners
Wollaton Hall, Nottingham: Splendour Festival - Madness, The Pogues, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Imelda May, The Rifles, The Yeah You's, Love Ends Disaster, Captain Dangerous, Leah Mason, Alessi's Ark, Yunioshi

Will be going to see Morrissey is Swindon later in the year.

 

2008
DeMontfort Hall, Leicester: Eugene McGuinness, Goldfrapp

2009
Leicester Race Course: Bad Manners
Wollaton Hall, Nottingham: Splendour Festival - Madness, The Pogues, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Imelda May, The Rifles, The Yeah You's, Love Ends Disaster, Captain Dangerous, Leah Mason, Alessi's Ark, Yunioshi

Will be going to see Morrissey in Swindon later in the year.

Since the above, i've seen:

Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon: Morrissey (who collapsed after one song), Doll & The Kicks

DeMontfort Hall, Leicester: Ian Brown

Civic Centre, Wolverhapton: Madness

Edinburgh Hogmanay Concert in the Park: Codeine Velvet Club (one of The Fratellis side-project), The Noisettes, Madness

 

Just saw the Pretenders. Juliette Lewis opend and Cat Power was the creamy filling. Great night of music.

 

Some memorable ones: Absu, Deceased, Amebix, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Coffins, Carcass, Grief, Today is the Day, Information Society, Macronympha, Joe Hasselvander feat. Bobby Liebling, Jesu, Squash Bowels, Regurgitate, Watain, Angelcorpse, Unsane, Jucifer, Melvins (3x, once feat. Big Business), Melt Banana (2x), Black Witchery, World Burns to Death, Totalitär, Skitsystem, Entombed, Flag of Democracy, Benümb, Pig Destroyer (2x) Cripple B******s, Unholy Grave, Motorhead, Sourvein (3x), Thrones (2x)...

 

Jucifer is amazing live... I'm jealous of you for seeing so many bands on that list though.

 

I been to a ton of shows my favorites:

Sonic Youth - that show was out of control
Dinosaur Jr (gonna see them in a couple months, can't wait)
Phish @ Hampton Coliseum
Jimmy Cliff
Willie Nelson
Mastadon, Cursive, Against Me!
The Allman Brothers
Virginfest 2007 saw The Police, Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, Velvet Revolver, Wu-Tang, Infected Mushroom, Explosions In The Sky, Amy Winehouse, Dieselboy.
G Love & Special Sauce w/ Slightly Stoopid
Planet Of The Drums w/ Dieselboy, Dara and AK-1200
Crystal Method
Aphrodite
Nada Surf and Delta Spirit
Wolf Parade
The Apples In Stereo
Aesop Rock
EL-P
Method Man, Sean Price, and Cannibal Ox
Warped Tour 1998 with NOFX, Rancid, Deftones, Bad Religion, Godsmack etc.

 

2003
Erin McKeown

2005?
Erin McKeown, Kris Delmhorst
Mike Doughty, Erin McKeown

2006
Jon Brion with Benmont Tench

2007
Kronos Quartet, Bang on a Can & Iva Bittová
Fiona Apple with Jon Brion, Benmont Tench, Watkins Family Hour
Lisa Germano, Fionn Regan
Watkins Family Hour with Fiona Apple, John Paul Jones, Benmont Tench

2008
Juana Molina

2009
Chanticleer

I may or may not go see Patti Smith for free next week.

 

Bruce Springsteen x4
The Hold Steady x4
Bob Dylan x3
Rancid x2
Steve Earle
Elton John
Public Enemy
The Weakerthans
The Slackers
Buck 65
April Wine
Paul Cargnello

 

Do any of you guys go alone to concerts?


I've only been to 2 concerts, my last one was dave matthews band in 05.They came back here a while ago, I had tickets and actually got to the place,felt like a complete loser for being alone while everyone was either with a group of friends or GF/BFs that I sold my tickets to some scalpers and came back home

felt miserable for a few weeks after that

 

Do any of you guys go alone to concerts?

I've only been to 2 concerts, my last one was dave matthews band in 05.They came back here a while ago, I had tickets and actually got to the place,felt like a complete loser for being alone while everyone was either with a group of friends or GF/BFs that I sold my tickets to some scalpers and came back home

felt miserable for a few weeks after that

i go to most concerts alone.

for some bands that have a smaller fanbase i would see other people alone at their shows. but for more popular bands like DMB i'm sure there wouldn't be as many people alone, if so many of them know others who listen to them.

don't worry about it though. i know people without SA who go to shows alone, just because others they know aren't interested in seeing whichever band is playing. after all, you and everyone else are there to just enjoy the music.

 

I've been to several concerts alone and I actually prefer to go that way.