What Kind of Concert Would You Attend?

[CrufflerSteve]

I've wondered about the musical tastes here. I'm sure there's be a lot of agreeing to disagree. This is where I'll be tonight:

http://bluebirdtheater.net/eventdetail.php?id=26737

Steve

[Marlin]

Let's see,

I have been to,

Barry Manilow. (Oh, it was worth the pain after the concert.[Love4][Wink])

Alice Cooper

The Kinks

David Bowie

And AC/DC.

That is the extent of my concert career.

[wyzardd]

If Jethro Tull could get their walkers and wheelchairs on the stage, I'd be there.
Ian Anderson might be old enough that people are calling him Aqualung...

[BigBear]

If they are a live show, I've probably been to it (or even played in it, hehe).

[blackford76]

Metallica, 3 different countries
Alice Cooper
Monsters of Rock, England and Germany
Charlie Daniels
Aldo Nova

[cowboykjohnson]

been to David Allen Coe, ZZ top, Montgomery Gentry, Brad Paisley, the Misfits... and some others

[wyzardd]

Tull, Nazareth, Seger, Damn Yankees, Bad Company, U2 (back in the Blood Red Sky days), they all put on a hell of a show but they and I are too old.

Starship did not.

Nitzer Ebb, Peter Murphy, Depeche Mode, probably a good show but I was kind of lost.

Def Leppard & Ozzy, good back in the day, I wouldn't want to go now.

[theGinsue]

I'd attend:
Simon & Garfunkel (minus the pot)

That's about it - I hate crowds so I avoid places I could expect to be in one.


Went to many in "the day". Here's the one's I can remember:
Journey / Bryan Adams (1983)
REO Speedwagon / Cheap Trick (1984)
Billy Joel (mid/late 80's - He was still with Christie Brinkley )
Bon Jovi / Metallica (mid/late 80's)
Chicago (mid/late 80's)
The Platters (1987)
Ricky Nelson (~1982)
The Tubes (1983)

[StagLefty]

Janis Joplin
"Woodstock"
Elton John
Rolling Stones
Kenny Rogers
Willie Nelson
Just to name a few !!

[rondog]

I don't have enough brain cells left to remember 'em all.

[clublights]

The Kind I'm paid for !!!!

I generally hate concerts unless it's a gig I'm being paid for anymore.

[Irving]

In order of every big name concert I've ever been to would be:

Garth Brooks (went because my girlfriend was going. She was in 8th grade! and I was only in 6th grade, so I HAD to go).

Metallica for the Load Tour.
3rd Eye Blind and Eve 6 opened for them.
Metallica again.
Tool was my last concert.

I also went through a period where we'd go see local metal bands like Tank and Shotgun Messiah (I think that was their name). I remember also seeing Propagahndi I think.

There was one other show more recently (within the last five years) but I don't remember who they are.

[Hoosier]

Chicago (my first, not by choice)
Nine Inch Nails (2x)
Pop Will Eat Itself
Marilyn Manson
Tool
Perfect Circle
Tori Amos (3x)
Ministry
Poe
Smashing Pumpkins
Garbage
Fiona Apple (girlfriend wanted to go, but Fiona is hot)
Jawbreaker/Jawbox
Orbital
Kraftwerk (reunion tour)
KMFDM
Paul Oakenfold
BT & too many techno/trance DJ's to list
Jim Rose circus sideshow

This is all I can remember, I'm sure there were others that just were not that good or worth mentioning.

[Irving]

How was Poe live? Kind of sucks that she fell off the face of the planet (as far as I know).

Also, I've been to a bunch of techno guys. First notable for me was Benny Benassi.

[al_g]

I'm not a big fan of going to concerts. I've seen Ministry 4 times and KMFDM once along with some other bands at a summer festival thing.

[Hoosier]

The Kind I'm paid for !!!!

I generally hate concerts unless it's a gig I'm being paid for anymore.

I take it you do lighting setups in clubs? I'm one of those people who always looks closely at the lighting to see if I can figure out how it all works. Love that stuff. I did stage lighting in High School.

H.

[Hoosier]

How was Poe live? Kind of sucks that she fell off the face of the planet (as far as I know).

It was good! She's talented no doubt.

I forgot to add Einsturzende Neubauten, which was: trippy.

Al, +1 for KMFDM and Ministry, love those guys. I use to go to Metro/Smartbar in Chicago a lot, you'd frequently see a red Porsche 911 out front with KMFDM 1 on the plates.

H.

[theGinsue]

I haven't even heard of most of the groups that Hoosier has been to.

[Irving]

I'd love to have Hoosier's list. I wanted to see NIN recently, but wish I had seen them back in the day, a long with Nirvana. Big fan of Smashing Pumpkins and would have liked to see Perfect Circle and Garbage as well.

Does Maynard stand in one place like a mannequin when he performs with Perfect Circle as well?

[cowboykjohnson]

I haven't even heard of most of the groups that Hoosier has been to.
Neither have I

[Irving]

Neither have I
Aren't you only like 22 years-old? What's wrong with you?

Worst cop ever.

[clublights]

I take it you do lighting setups in clubs? I'm one of those people who always looks closely at the lighting to see if I can figure out how it all works. Love that stuff. I did stage lighting in High School.

H.

Club's, Major and Minor Nation touring act's, I've done everything from an arena to a basement ( My friends threw the best house parties LOL )

I've lit Presidents ( I have a hand signed note of thanks from Bush), King's, Large name and small name act's in every genre, To car's and tractors to horse's and cow's.

I started to use the tag name clublights years ago when I was " just" working in nightclubs.

[cowboykjohnson]

Aren't you only like 22 years-old? What's wrong with you?

Worst cop ever.
Yep 22... I have allot of issues...[Tooth]
I listen to allot of different stuff... but I've never heard of them...I may have heard them though?

[Irving]

That'll do.

[theGinsue]

That'll do.

'at'll do Donkey. 'at'll do.

[cebeu]

The past: "I'm with rondog"

The future: Kenny Wayne Shepherd in a small venue would be cool but nothing else interests me. Frankly, if I'm carving-out a few hours of discretionary time to burn concerts wouldn't even make my "top 10."

[theGinsue]

Frankly, if I'm carving-out a few hours of discretionary time to burn concerts wouldn't even make my "top 10."

+1 - or even my top 50!

[jerrymrc]

To many to name. If it toured and came through Portland/Seattle in the 70's I saw it. Many good shows in the 80's in Belgium and then in Georgia and Kansas.

Some of the very good ones.

Pink Floyd, DSOTM and Animals tour.
Led Zep, Seattle 1973
Ozzy, 82-84? Brussels. Once with RR and once without.
J Giles Band. One of the best live bands ever from 75-80 Think I saw them 7 times.
Rush. back in 77-78
Santana. Another band that we went to every year.
Wings over America in 76
Parliament in 77
Cheap trick in 79

Some of the very bad ones.

Hank Williams Jr in the late 80's Was drunk, played 2 songs half assed and walked off stage.
Aerosmith in 77. the sound was so bad in the kingdome
Black Sabbath in 77?. Just before the breakup. Van Halen opened for them and was much better.

And then there is the show we were going to go to just before a deployment and said Na, we will catch him later. SRV at Kansas City in 90. Should have went.

[CrufflerSteve]

I was just curious. I think things have changed since the 70's and it has hurt music overall. I'd rather go on a date with Sarah Brady than see any of the stuff that costs big $'s at Pepsi Center or Red Rocks. To me, it is some current pap sensation that will be forgotten in a year. Way too often it is some old fossils cashing in on the past and haven't done anything interesting or original in over 30 years.

To me, live music is a lot of fun when its done in the corners by people who actually like it. It tends to cost $10 to $20 to catch music like that at clubs & small venues and since I don't drink it's cheaper than a movie where I get stuck buying all that popcorn. To me its a joyous experience.

What's not to like about these guys?
http://i692.photobucket.com/albums/vv281/CrufflerSteve/Misc/deadbolt.jpg

Steve

[Hoosier]

I'd love to have Hoosier's list. I wanted to see NIN recently, but wish I had seen them back in the day, a long with Nirvana. Big fan of Smashing Pumpkins and would have liked to see Perfect Circle and Garbage as well.

Does Maynard stand in one place like a mannequin when he performs with Perfect Circle as well?

Yeah I don't remember him going around the stage much. Not like Reznor.

And I really wish I'd seen NIN at Red Rocks last year. He's put that on hold and is making music with his new wife, Mandaaiq I think her last name is?

H.

[Hoosier]

Club's, Major and Minor Nation touring act's, I've done everything from an arena to a basement ( My friends threw the best house parties LOL )

I've lit Presidents ( I have a hand signed note of thanks from Bush), King's, Large name and small name act's in every genre, To car's and tractors to horse's and cow's.

I started to use the tag name clublights years ago when I was " just" working in nightclubs.

Sounds like some cool highlights to a job.

[jake]

Pop Will Eat Itself
Good call. I had a genuine sample it, loop it, f*ck it, eat it Pepsi tshirt way back when. No idea where it is now.

Late last year I got to see my favorite band playing at the Bluebird. They're pretty popular in the UK, generally playing 5-10k sized venues (they've filled the 70,000 seat Millennium Stadium in Cardiff in their time too). Because they're relatively unknown over here tickets were something like $20. I got to meet a lot of ex-pats who'd driven and flown in from Nevada, New Mexico and Texas just to see them.

[Irving]

Don't be like that and just not tell us who the band is.

[rondog]

I can remember when concert tickets were $5.50-$6.50-$7.50, depending on the seating. Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Arena in OKC. First concert I went to was The Doobie Brothers in '73 or '74.

[roberth]

Aldo Nova at The Rainbow was the first concert I went too.

I have seen Van Halen, Metallica, NIN, Ministry, Bowie, Curve, Def Leppard, Journey, Scorpions, Queensryche, Ratt. Prob missing a couple.

Nowadays you'd have to pay me to go to a show.

[jake]

Don't be like that and just not tell us who the band is.
I'd be surprised if anyone had even heard of them in passing. They're called Manic Street Preachers.

[Irving]

Oh yeah, I listen to them all the time.


Of course I haven't heard of them.

[DD977GM2]

I wish I could have attended a Pantera concert:(

[chrisguy]

jerrymrc: nice list. Particularly jealous of Floyd, Zep, and Parliament.


Apparently my music collection has some overlap with Hoosier's.

First one, early teens I think.... was.... nope, I can't admit it.

And no matter what anyone says, it definitely was NOT Huey Lewis, and my parents and little brother certainly weren't there.

Moving on, no particular order:

Mighty Mighty BossTones - went to school out thar for a year when they were just starting to get known.
Several shows, all small venue... incl. inside one of the campus dining halls!

Ha, I just remembered walking by the Spin Doctors at some multi-school thing in a convention center back then too, there were maybe 20-30 people watching...

Fishbone
Primus (x2?)
Bim Skala Bim
NIN x2 (3?)
PWEI (just cuz they opened for NIN really)
Rush x2
Living Colour x2-3?
Tom Petty x2
CSNY '06 tour
Black Crowes x2
Prince
Tool
Puscifer
Albert Collins
Robert Cray
Almost forgot Nina Simone (here in Denver on her final tour - RIP)
Lots of live blues acts in misc Chicago places


Wow... I feel like I "never go to concerts", and I know there are more.
I might have seen Coolio...?


Oh and let's not forget all the rawkin' wedding bands and dj's out there!! [Ban3]

[robsterclaw]

In no particular order other than when they pop into my head.
Pink Floyd
Alabama
Rick Springfield
Kenny Rodgers
Elton John
KISS
Tim McGraw
Faith Hill
Metallica X 5
Limp Bizcuit
Linkin Park
Trust Co.
Scorpians
Dokken
Foreigner
Styx
Def Leppard X 2
Tesla
Motley Crue
Whitesnake
Bon Jovi X 3
SR 71
Barry Manilow
Joe Walsh
Los Lobos
Queensryche
Van Halen
Candle Box
Ice T
Suicidal Tendencies
Bryan Adams
John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
Loverboy
Eddie money (the only concert I ever walked out on)
Skid Row
Uncle Ted Nugent
Adema
Grandpa Jones
and a whole bunch more I can't remember right now.

Remembered Pat Benetar. Saw her twice. Once because I really wanted to, and a second time because I bought the wifey two tickets so she could take her sis, but her sis couldn't make it. She's still very good.
Kenny Loggins

[Colorado Luckydog]

There are only two kind of people in the world.....Those that love Country Music and those that are afraid to admit it.

[jerrymrc]

In no particular order other than when they pop into my head.
Eddie money (the only concert I ever walked out on)


His first tour was a good show. Back in the day I had connections so to speak. When he came to the Paramount in Portland he opened for Santana.

Got to meet the man and it happened to be his birthday. Long story short he liked to party with large amounts of nose candy and I got invited to the after show party. Think I went to bed about noon the next day....

[AR_ART]

I grew up in a family that loved music. I like just about every kind of music, with the possible exception of jazz.... Also used to live in L.A and hang at some of the Rock clubs there.

I've seen;

Metallica - Pre Kill'em All
AC/DC (2)
The Outlaws
Raven
The Who
Rolling Stones
Prince
Scorpions
Ted Nugent
Tom Petty
Quiet Riot
RAT
W.A.S.P (5)
Queensrcyhe
Motorhead (2)
Linda Ronstadt
Hall and Oates
Eddie Money
Heart
Cheap Trick
Journey
Deep Purple
Whitesnake
RUSH (2)
Pearl Jam
Depeche Mode (3)
System of a Down (2)
The Cranberries (2)
Stray Cats
Judas Priest (4)
Def Leppard
Shakira
Bullet for My Valentine
The Offspring
John Cougar Mellancamp
Shania Twain
Josh Groban
Alan Jackson
Sugarland

There are still some bands I'd like to see; Rammstein, Five Finger Death Punch, Lamb of God, Toby Keith

thanks for bringing back some fond memories!

[rondog]

Tell ya what, if you ever get a chance to see Johnny Winter, do it! His health is pretty bad, I fear he may not be around many more years. I think he's nearly blind now, if not completely, but still one helluva guitar player.

[rondog]

Betcha I'm the only kid on the block with a pair of these!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/misc%20stuff/2010-05-25-2059-04.jpg

[DD977GM2]

That is amazing. I would have loved to see Stevie Ray Vaughan


Betcha I'm the only kid on the block with a pair of these!

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/misc%20stuff/2010-05-25-2059-04.jpg

[Ah Pook]

Top 5

Butthole Surfers (pre sobriety)
No Means No (in a warehouse)
Reverend Horton Heat
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Rush (Signals Tour)

Lately

Sixteen Horsepower
Slim Cessna's Auto Club
Dovotchka
Cabaret Diosa

Anymore, it take a really good show to get me off my ass. Crowds bother me more and more.

[smchop]

Lots of good bands on those list, I'll list what I can remember

Suicidal Tendencies
Social Distortion (numerous)
Primus
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blues Travler
Bad Religion w/Pearl Jam (Bad Religion was great)
Rage Against the Machine
Jimmy Buffet (great crowd, love to party)
Ministry
Pennywise
The Cure
Warlock Pinchers
Janes Addiction
Phish (that was weird)
Moody Blues
Neil Young
Bob Dylan

More but cant remember them now.

[jake]

In no particular order other than when they pop into my head.
SR 71
U2 tribute band? :D

[glock21]

i have never been to a concert in my life, kinda lame i know hahahaha

[robsterclaw]

U2 tribute band? :D

Nope, some band that opened up for Bon Jovi a bunch of years ago. They were pretty good actually. I only heard one of their songs before. It was called Cellophane. Hey my kids were jealous we got to see them!

[denvernative321]

I saw-

Eric Clapton & JJ Cale
Steve Miller band (front row)

both were fantastic!
This thread reminds my to get out and see some shows this summer thanks.

[mudmanmike]

The one guy i would have loved to seen was Ol' Blue Eyes
Frank Sinatra.

I have been to many concerts from hair bands to country to the beachboys.

My last 2 concerts were watching my kids perform for school. [Beer]

[TS12000]

My concert going life has been so spotty and shitty I think concerts are ruined forever for me. The only ones worth mentioning are a couple of Three Dog Night shows my dad took me to as a kid and I got to see Atmosphere last time I was in Minnesota.

[Graves]

I haven't even heard of most of the groups that Hoosier has been to.

This is because like many others here, you're pretty damn old.

[Graves]

(girlfriend wanted to go, but Fiona is hot)

Uh......this.....Fiona Apple?

http://images.askmen.com/galleries/singer/fiona-apple/pictures/fiona-apple-picture-4.jpg

[theGinsue]

Nowadays you'd have to pay me to go to a show.

No one here has enough money to pay me to attend a concert unless it's Simon & Garfunkel or (dang I'm old..) Roger Whittaker. For these folks, I'd brave the crowds.


Oh yeah, I listen to them all the time.


Of course I haven't heard of them.

Now that was spit take worthy!


So, I didn't list them because I didn't actually attend the concert, but back on October 30, 2005, I took my daughter and her friend to Boulder to see the Bayside, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, and Aiden in concert. I could hear it clearly from where I sat outside (UGH!). For those familiar with Bayside (the very young crowd here), this is the concert they played where, after leaving Boulder right after the concert, on their way to Cheyenne, WY their bus crashed, killing the drummer.

[StagLefty]

This is because like many others here, you're pretty damn old.

I resemble that remark [Beer]

[RKL]

SLAYER X 3
VAN HALEN
SCORPIONS
DOKKEN
METALLICA
OVERKILL
MEGADETH X 2
DIO
MARILYN MANSON X 2
MOTLEY CRUE
MISFITS
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
GARTH BROOKS
SLAYER AND MEGADETH coming in July
and I hate to admit it but Michael Jackson

[Hoosier]

Uh......this.....Fiona Apple?

I was thinking more this Fiona Apple, circa 1998

http://thestarceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fiona-apple.jpg

[Jambi]

So, there were several years (before I was married), when I used the majority of my expendable income on concerts.

Here are the ones I can remember:
Alice In Chains
Basement Jaxx
Big Head Todd & The Monsters (Several Times)
Blues Traveler
Bush
Butthole Surfers
Candlebox
The Chemical Brothers
Chevelle
Sandra Collins
Corrosion of Conformity
Carl Cox
Creed
The Crystal Method
Coolio
Deftones
DJ Dan
The Donnas
Drowning Pool
Everclear
Fatboy SLim
Filter
Donald Glaude
Godsmack
Guns N' Roses
Handsome Boy Modeling School
Richie Hawtin (AkA Plastik Man)
Hill Country Review
Hole
Hoobastank
Jurassic 5
Journey
Cheap Trick
Heart
Kid Rock
Korn
Lenny Kravitz
Limp Bizkit
Linkin Park
Live
Local H
Megadeth
Metallica (More Times Than I can Count)
Misfits
Motorhead
Mudvayne
Nada Surf
NIN
Paul Oakenfold
Oasis
Offspring
Oleander
Pantera
Papa Roach
Pearl Jam
Powerman 5000
Presidents of The United States
Primus
Prodigy
Queens of the Stone Age
R.E.M
Rage Against The Machine
Darius Rucker
Silverchair
Slayer
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Sneaker Pimps
Social Distortion
Soul Coughing
Soundgarden
Spacehog
Stained
Static-X
Stone Temple Pilots
System of a Down
Toadies
Tool
White Zombie
Rob Zombie
X-Ecutioners

I've also been to several symphonies, musicals, plays, numerous local bands I can't remember the names.

Concerts I'm going to this summer:
Was Going to Big Head Todd but can't make it
TOOL at Red Rocks
Primus at Red Rocks.

Bands I would like to see, possible or not:
Clutch
Dave Matthews
Foo Fighters
David Guetta
Incubus
Pink Floyd

I'm sure there are more....

[Graves]

I was thinking more this Fiona Apple, circa 1998

http://thestarceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/fiona-apple.jpg

I always thought of her as a bit crackwhore-esque but she looks nice there.

[Hoosier]

Basement Jaxx
Butthole Surfers
The Chemical Brothers
Carl Cox
The Crystal Method
Fatboy SLim
NIN
Paul Oakenfold
Prodigy
Rage Against The Machine
Smashing Pumpkins
Sneaker Pimps
Social Distortion
Tool

TOOL at Red Rocks
Primus at Red Rocks.


Good list and now I'm gonna try and make those two shows.

H.