Can You Name Every Band/ Musical Artist You've Seen Perform Live?

[ManCalledFoot]

It's impossible for me to do a complete list. The most brag-worthy:

1. Led Zeppelin- 1977, MSG. I was 15, spent most of "Moby Dick" and "Achilles Last Stand" on my knees puking in a disgusting bathroom stall.
2. Pink Floyd - 1977 MSG. Just three weeks later. The "Animals" tour.
3. Pink Floyd - The Wall, 1980, Nassau Coliseum. No WAY was I missing that one. Paid an outlandish-at-the-time $40 for a ticket.
4. Peter Gabriel - 1980, Secret fan gig at the tiny Hotel Diplomat on 47th St., my girlfriend and I met him afterwards in the hotel lobby and we talked for over 5 minutes. Nicest guy on earth, I still have the autographed ticket stub somewhere.
5. The Clash - 1981, saw three of the seven famed Bonds Casino shows on Times Square. I also saw them the next year on the "Combat Rock" tour.
6. Devo - 1980, Central Park. Record 103 degrees in the shade, sweltering... and officially the best concert I ever went to. Ask anyone else who was there.
7. Jesus & Mary Chain, 1985(?), Danceteria (of all places). Their first US gig, Bobby Gillespie on drums. Played for about 20 minutes in front of about 20 people.
8. Talking Heads, 1980 - Radio City Music Hall, "Remain In Light" tour.
9. Rolling Stones, 1981 - Carrier Dome, Syracuse.
10. Little Feat - 1977, The Beacon Theater. James Taylor and Carly Simon were sitting two rows in front of us, and they went up onstage to sing during the encore (extremely rare for Carly).

For Mith... I saw Rush in 1977, "Farewell To Kings" tour. How's THAT for old school. Also saw them at least three other times, "Hemispheres", "Moving Pictures" tours. My brother was a fanatic.

Multiples:
Genesis: At least 10 times.
Gabriel: 7-8
Yes: 7-8
Todd Rundgren: 5-6
Pink Floyd: 4
Cocteau Twins: 4
Bowie: 3

Punk/new wave era: Ramones, Gang Of Four, The Specials, New Order, Stranglers, Squeeze, Public Image ltd., Bow Wow Wow, The Cure, Dead Boys, Sugarcubes, Sex Pistols (reunion)

[Erik]

I was 15, spent most of "Moby Dick" and "Achilles Last Stand" on my knees puking in a disgusting bathroom stall.

By 1977 tour standards, that would have been about 30 minutes. Yikes!

[Pogues]

My list is really short. I mean REALLY short.

They Might be Giants
Reel Big Fish
Save Ferris
MxPx

and of course... The Pogues

I did go see Larry Kirwan of Black 47 in February...did a book reading/few songs then a question and answer period.

[DMT]

Adding a couple legends to my list over the past month.

George Clinton
Crosby, Stills & Nash (tonight).

[Mithrandir]

RUSH...next Tuesday...WOOHOOOOOOOOO!!

and Metric in two weeks.

[johnnya24]

Metric in two weeks.

Nice ...

This summer saw:

Stone Roses
Black Keys
Florence and the Machine
Rodrigo y Gabriel
Foo Fighters

The Stone Roses and Black Keys were on my "to do" list ... so they were welcome visitors. Black Keys were supporting the Foo Fighters, so I still want to see them headline. The Foo Fighters were good fun as expected. Rodrigo y Gabriel would be much better in an intimate venue IMO. I reckon Florence and the Machine will be pretty big one day soon ... she has quite the stage presence.

Regret not going to see Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, because Jake Bugg was supporting.

Still sucks not living near London ... cue The Specials' Ghost Town.

[Gregg]

Adding a couple legends to my list over the past month.

George Clinton
Crosby, Stills & Nash (tonight).

I saw them about 10 years ago and they still brought it.

I hope you had a great time.

[DMT]

I saw them about 10 years ago and they still brought it.

I hope you had a great time.

Indeed I did; for as long as they've been doing it both in their careers as well as this tour (since January), it was impressive how much energy they still have. My only disappointment was they didn't play my favorite song of theirs, 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'.

In the queue: Wilco, Little Feat, the Shins, Dr. Dog.

[Gregg]

Indeed I did; for as long as they've been doing it both in their careers as well as this tour (since January), it was impressive how much energy they still have. My only disappointment was they didn't play my favorite song of theirs, 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'.

In the queue: Wilco, Little Feat, the Shins, Dr. Dog.

I am surprised (and would have been disappointed) that they did not play Suite:Judy Blue Eyes. I am glad that you had a good time. Where did you see them?

[heyelander]

Mission to Burma on friday night.

[DMT]

I am surprised (and would have been disappointed) that they did not play Suite:Judy Blue Eyes. I am glad that you had a good time. Where did you see them?

Right outside of Tucson, there's a nice outdoor amphitheater on the Pascua Yaqui reservation. Yes, it was very surprising to me too.

[Don Quixote]

I rarely go to concerts anymore, and most of the "big" acts I saw in their prime are ones the younger generation wouldn't know of or care about. In the early and mid-1970s, I saw a lot of acts that later became famous, not because I was any great judge of talent but because they were often a cheap, entertaining way to spend time on a date.

My favorite may have been a 1975 concert at Xavier's Schmidt Fieldhouse, a 5,000-seat venue that arena-rock acts usually failed to scale down to--two unknown acts named Rush and Styx with Aerosmith as the headliner. Yeah, it was that long ago. In my OKC days, the best was the annual Grateful Dead gig at the Zoo Amphitheater.

[Gregg]

I rarely go to concerts anymore, and most of the "big" acts I saw in their prime are ones the younger generation wouldn't know of or care about. In the early and mid-1970s, I saw a lot of acts that later became famous, not because I was any great judge of talent but because they were often a cheap, entertaining way to spend time on a date.

My favorite may have been a 1975 concert at Xavier's Schmidt Fieldhouse, a 5,000-seat venue that arena-rock acts usually failed to scale down to--two unknown acts named Rush and Styx with Aerosmith as the headliner. Yeah, it was that long ago. In my OKC days, the best was the annual Grateful Dead gig at the Zoo Amphitheater.

REO and Styx played at our UW Whitewater Home Coming in the fall of 1975.

[GTAXI]

Too many to list, so I will try and list by genre.

Hardcore/Punk
The Damned, Fear, Ramones, UK Subs, The Exploited, Minor Threat, Cromags, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law, SSD, GBH, The Dead Boys, Circle Jerks, Void, Jodie Foster's Army, The Crumbsuckers, Urban Waste, DOA, Kraut, The Misfits, The Plasmatics, Black Flag, Bad Brains, Government Issue, Scream (who had Dave Groel's on drums before Nirvana), Underdog, Cause For Alarm, SOD, Angry Somoans, Corrosion of Conformity, Suicidial Tendencies, DRI, Leeway, there are a tons more I forgot.

Metal
Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Metallica, Exodus, Quiet Riot, Poison, Ratt, Motley Crue, Ozzy, Anvil, Raven, W.A.S.P (hate them), Armored Saint, Anthrax, Megadeath, Loudness, Merciful Fate, Celtic Frost, Exciter, Overkill, Motorhead

Alternative/New Wave
Morrisey, The Alarm, The Cult, The Cure, New Order, Blondie, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Faith No More

Rock,
Rush (26 times), Kiss, U2, Steely Dan, Yes, Cheap Trick, Lenny Kravitz, Bob Dylan, Pat Benatar,

Jazz - Spyro Gyra, The Rippingtons, David Benoit

Christian Rock - Stryper and a ton of other bands you heathens would have no interest in.

Bands I saw that sucked. Creed.

Bands I wish I saw. The Clash, Alice in Chains, Queen, Zepplin, Dead Kennedys, Sade

I know there are a lot more I am missing, but this is all I can remember.

[DMT]

Black Keys tonight (in Phoenix), El Ten Eleven tomorrow, John Fogerty next week. Been on a live music binge, getting as much in before baby #2 arrives.