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

[Gregg]

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.

I am a bit jealous. Fogerty is one of the few left on my short list. Last time I looked he is not coming any where near Chicago or Milwaukee.

I like the Black Keys, but I am not sure enough to pay to see them.

I hope you have a great time at all of the shows.

I said this before but Congrats on baby #2. I was surprised on how much different things got with the second one. Certainly worth it, but very different. I am sure you will have a blast (and be challenged).

[DMT]

I am a bit jealous. Fogerty is one of the few left on my short list. Last time I looked he is not coming any where near Chicago or Milwaukee.

I like the Black Keys, but I am not sure enough to pay to see them.

I hope you have a great time at all of the shows.

I said this before but Congrats on baby #2. I was surprised on how much different things got with the second one. Certainly worth it, but very different. I am sure you will have a blast (and be challenged).

Thanks Gregg. Yea that's been the consensus that I've heard from people with 2+ kids. I'm excited but a little nervous; we've been spoiled with our first so we've got our fingers crossed that our 2nd will be as easy to handle.

[Erik]

Some more jam bands added after I checked the lineup from the inaugural Bonnaroo in 2002: Particle

One of my friends joined Particle in the midst of a raging drug and alcohol problem. Six months later, he quit and finally went to rehab.

[johnnya24]

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.

Jealous that you actually have the choice. Belfast is like a musical black hole except for the festivals in August ... saw 2/3 bands I really wanted to see in the first few months here, and nothing significant since.

[Fresno Bob]

Thanks Gregg. Yea that's been the consensus that I've heard from people with 2+ kids. I'm excited but a little nervous; we've been spoiled with our first so we've got our fingers crossed that our 2nd will be as easy to handle.

as the proud father of three, let me suggest you stop at 2....

[DMT]

as the proud father of three, let me suggest you stop at 2....

That has also been a common theme. We're having another girl so we have discussed whether we want to try again for a boy. I'm leaning no.

[Igor]

Saw Neil Young and Crazy Horse on Monday, I find it difficult to fathom a 66 year old still rocking that hard.

[griswold]

as the proud father of three, let me suggest you stop at 2....

As a father of three as well...let me support the above statement!!!!

[Gregg]

As a father of three as well...let me support the above statement!!!!

Looks like we have another member of FOG in the making. Of course it is not official until Oct. 26th (surprises happen could be a boy). DMT will make a fine addition to our FOG (Fathers Of Girls) club.

[DMT]

I am a bit jealous. Fogerty is one of the few left on my short list. Last time I looked he is not coming any where near Chicago or Milwaukee.

I like the Black Keys, but I am not sure enough to pay to see them.

Fogerty isn't a definite since he's playing the 18th. Black Keys rocked the house, definitely worth seeing live if you like their music.

[DMT]

Looks like we have another member of FOG in the making. Of course it is not official until Oct. 26th (surprises happen could be a boy). DMT will make a fine addition to our FOG (Fathers Of Girls) club.

Did you guys have special jackets made?

[Erik]

Concerts where I went in with no expectations and they turned out to be awesome:

1. The Judybats, The 23 East Cabaret, Ardmore, PA, 1993. I knew very little about them other than they had put out two albums and the singles from them were pleasant folk-rock. When they came to this tiny club outside Philly, a high school buddy asked me to go with him. Turned out it wasn't because he was interested in the band, but because a girl he was interested in was gonna be there, and he wanted a wingman. Ha! Their set began with about five songs of pleasant folk-rock, and then it transformed into a high-energy dance party, highlighted by some excellent vamps from their yet-to-be-released third album. (That record, Pain Makes You Beautiful, is brilliant, and remains one of my favorites from the '90s). Frontman Jeff Heiskell told all kinds of outrageous jokes and stories, and by the end of the night (capped off with a cover of the disco classic "Take Your Time (Do It Right)"), I was totally hooked. I saw them twice more before they broke up a year later.

2. King Missile, Campus Club, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1991. This was a year before "Detachable Penis," so I had no idea who they were. They came to my eating club (kind of like a frat but co-ed and without the douchey parts) my junior of college. More than 100 people crowded into a space the size of a living room as they played in front of a fireplace. They mixed warped garage rock with outrageous noise-backed poetry, and John S. Hall's facility with words blew my mind. At one point, he left the room during an instrumental break and asked me how to use the juice machine, then rambled to me for a while about his love of cranberry juice. I saw them twice after "Detachable Penis" hit, obviously in much larger venues, once on a bill with The Judybats, ironically.

3. Elvis Costello and Alain Toussaint, The Beacon Theatre, New York, NY, 2006. This was a last-minute invite from a friend who wanted someone to go with her. I was familiar with their material but not a die-hard follower of either, and I hadn't heard the album they had just put out together, so I didn't know what to expect. It was an incredible night of rock and soul. You might not think the blending of The Attractions with Toussaint's horn section would work, but it did, spectacularly. Nor would you think Costello staples like "Alison" and "Pump It Up" would fit in a set with Toussaint classics like "On Your Way Down" and "Yes We Can Can," but they did, thanks to the arranging talents of both men. Costello was in great spirits all night, and his enthusiasm carried over into everyone's playing, which lasted for almost three hours, including an 11-song double encore.

[Long John]

Looks like we have another member of FOG in the making. Of course it is not official until Oct. 26th (surprises happen could be a boy). DMT will make a fine addition to our FOG (Fathers Of Girls) club.

I'm also currently a member of the FOG and I think we are stopping at 2. We haven't made up our minds yet. But I'm 39 and she'll be 37 in February and our youngest is only 10 weeks old, so time may be the ultimate decision maker.

Switching back on topic, I've attempted to construct a list of shows I can remember. I used to keep all my ticket stubs somewhere.

ZZ Top - first concert - Meadowlands - Aug of '91
Hall & Oates - front row at the Sands in AC, fall of '91
Soundgarden, Guns n Roses - Spectrum, fall of '91
Faith No More, Metallica, Guns n Roses - Giants Stadium, July of '92 - Metallica was ridiculous - this was NOT the show where Axel stormed off stage, but GnR was very flat
U2 - Zoo Station tour at old Yankee Stadium - Aug 22 '92
Curtis Steigers, Eric Clapton, Elton John - at Shea Stadium - Aug 29 '92 - went with my mom, dad and 5 friends - dad was rockin' out to Clapton - was asleep(!) 3 songs into Elton John - (the best part is that he was only 41 at the time)

after that, my chronological recollection gets a little hazy. I know I've seen the following:
Susan Tedeschi
Jonny Lang
Buddy Guy (3x)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Van Halen (with Gary Sharone)
Some lame 80s revival tour (late 90s) with Foreigner, Rick Springfield, Starship (no Grace Slick), Eddie Money and one other 80s band
John Mellencamp
Clapton and Jeff Beck at MSG
Beck at Town Hall in NYC - one of the best shows ever
Woodstock '99
Queens of the Stone Age - multiple times - I was sharing a house with a guy who worked for their promoter, so I actually got to hang out on the their tour bus once before they were famous
Radiohead
Beastie Boys & Rage Against the Machine
Rush
Black Crowes
Smithereens
Screaming Cheetah Wheelies
Toad the Wet Sprocket
Letters to Cleo
Milla Jovovich
Buck Cherry (sucked)
Foo Fighters
Live
Smashing Pumpkins

I know there's so many more. Definitely forgetting the smaller venue shows and such.

Edit to add as I remember others:
Robert Plant and Jimmy Page
Billy Joel
Allman Brothers at the Beacon
CSN
India Arie at Radio City

[senorsheep]

Now I can cross Dinosaur Jr. off my "90's Bands I Missed In The 90's" list. Good show. I think they broke my ears.

[DMT]

Now I can cross Dinosaur Jr. off my "90's Bands I Missed In The 90's" list. Good show. I think they broke my ears.

Unless I'm at an outdoor venue, earplugs are mandatory.