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I went to a ton of concerts when I was younger. The best concert I ever saw was Pink Floyd at Tampa Stadium, Oct 30 1987, Momentary Lapse of Reason tour. The best concert prior to that was Styx, Paradise Theater tour. If Styx was a ten, Pink Floyd was a 40.
Any other live music nuts here?
Heck yeah. First Concert I saw was Bad Company with Dam-n Yankees Opening with Ted Nugent on guitar!
I've seen Van Halen Twice
Lets See, I've seen Tori Amos numerous Times
David Gray
Extreme played my Junior High School gym after we collected some outrageous amount of Pepsi Caps for some radio contest and our school won
I've seen Nine Inch Nails like 8 or 9 times.. got to go backstage at Red Rocks in Colorado.. Baddest arse venue on the planet!
Love my tunes!
I didnt miss Slayer for 7 straight years back in late 90's to early 2000's.
I've seen Van Halen a few times. Always with DLR, never Van Hagar. They opened for the Stones in '81 Tattoo You tour.Quote:
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Bad Co kicks a$$!
The only concert I've been to was .38 Special. They came to the county fair, strangely enough. They put on one heck of a show!
Not much in the way of music comes to Wyoming. I should have bit the bullet when I could have seen Def Leppard in Salt Lake City. They are a band that I would love to see in concert.
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Hey, I was at that same concert. I didn't see you. What were you wearing...
Dire Straights. This was just near the end of the 'Brothers in arms' concerts, with 60,000 others. Fantastic. At the peak of BIA
Dragon, NZ group, probably remembered for the song 'April sun in Cuba' and 'Rain'. Anda bunch of other NZ groups.
Bob Dylan
AC/DC
U2
Jimmy Barnes. Twice, By himself, he was in the Aussie group called 'Cold Chisel, and was the other choice for VanHalens lead singer once.
Tina Turner
Elton John
Sam Brown. Now she had a teeniebopper hit called 'Stop'. But she sung LedZepp songs at the concert and amazed everyone, she also did a impromptue preformace at a nightclub that night which made Kiwi rock history folklaw.
Joe Walsh from the band the 'Eagles'. A impromptue preformance by Joe Walsh at a bar he decided to drop into while in NZ one night.......Now THAT was amazing.
Pink Floyd Laser show, go see it if you can. Its not actually Pink Floyd, but the laser shows amazing. In Triple 3D......
John Digweed (DJ)
Timo Maas (DJ)
and probably a few others I cannot remember
Black Sabbath is playing their last concert tour early next year, the end of it is in NZ (from what I have been told) the last concert is in a huge stadium in Dunedin ( Doo-nee-din) at the same time Iron Maiden is touring. Now I am getting the impression that they may combine two concerts by two huge bands, one after the other for a massively intense farewell history maker.... We shall see... . Well I WILL!!.
If you were, and you traveled over the Howard Franklin after the concert, and you encountered a bad auto accident under a bridge just before the bridge, that was my friends that went with me. They got hit by a car hauler from behind. I had moved to the breakdown lane on the left and outran the truck. My friends were all fine, some minor injuries.Quote:
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Milli Vanilli - Fantastic vocals! Sounded just like the studio version.
Most of the indie bands I went to go see when I was younger are no longer around. Their members either got married or money came between them or someone OD' so the band didn't go on because of bad memories, etc... although there was a band called Echosmith I saw at this years fair that was pretty good.
Best concerts I have been to have always been Jimmy Buffet...probably been to 10 or 12.....outside of that a U2 concert before they got "mainstream"
Never was able to go to many, either working, or too far away.
Best one had to be Lynyrd Skynyrd, outside, in the front row, right in front of the speakers...had hearing loss for about a week. Best. Time. Ever.:cool:
Lets see...Much as I love music, haven't hit many concerts. Some I have tho...
Jimmy Buffet - several times. I drank a lot...but I remember the shows. all **** good ones.
Neil Diamond - Did it for my wife...earned lots of brownie points. lol
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - County Fair..a real fun show
Naughty by Nature - Same county fair as Joan Jett, but the following year.
Sugarhill Gang - Same fair as Naughty By Nature. Now that was cool seeing Rapper's Delight done live.
Motley Crue - Girl girls girls done live is pretty freaking cool. lol.
A couple others I'm forgetting.
Plan to see
BlackBerry Smoke, next time they come through NC, or Southern Va.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - My favorite band..I will see them..live.
Sirscrapalot - Rocking in the free world.
Did you ever see "Frostbit Blue?"Quote:
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Never heard of em - I'm lucky to remember who did what this year at the fair(some kid got robbed then shot and the shooter got hit by a car while crossing State Fair Blvd a week after opening). There were more vendors out this year, I was all O.OQuote:
Originally Posted by sledge
Frostbit Blue was a local band.. Really big in Oswego County.. thought they played at least a few gigs up in the Syracuse Area.. they were all the rage in the 90's.. they had released CD's and everything!! Big Time!!
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The fairgrounds has become more and more controlled by the city and they want bigger names on platform to draw in money. They were supose to have Snoop Dog but canceled at the last minute so the spot went to Echosmith. Last indie band I heard before them was The Hallow but I know their not together anymore. Growing up in the desert you don't get many choices on where to go for concerts or who plays.
I have done less and less since I settled down and got married, but I have probably been to around 500 concerts. This was basically all I did in my mid to late 20's. A huge portion of them were Phish, and a small band out of Ohio called Ekoostik Hookah. If any of you know who they are, you are pretty cool.
I have seen so many shows it's really hard to say what or who was best. One of my first concerts was ZZ Top in 1976 on their Fandango tour. The Yes "In the Round" tour 1979? was one of the best shows, not a bad seat as the stage rotated 360. 1981 at the Los Angeles Coliseum was a show I'll never forget. George Thorogood was first act (excellent) and The J. Geils Band was the next band to play (so far this show just keeps getting better). Then Prince took the stage, played two songs with no problems, then he started singing a song called "Jack U Off", the combination of the lyrics, his hand gestures and the fact he was only wearing "Bikini" briefs. Prince lasted less the 15 minutes on the stage and he was booed, forced off the stage as the fans started throwing any and everything on the stage. We wanted to hear "Start Me Up" and not "Jack U Off", the first and only time I have seen a act forced off the stage. The Rolling Stones took the stage after about a 30 minutes, staff needed to clean the debris off the stage, the Stones made up for Prince by playing late into the night.
In 1986 in Toulouse, France I met Douglas Thomson, the bass player for Super Tramp. Was invited to a concert by "Dougie" was able to see how a concert is put together and learned a little about the business of Rock N Roll. The best part of that concert was the "party" after the concert.
As far as the "Sound" of a live concert, the best shows are outside shows. Here in Southern Cal. I prefer the Hollywood Bowl or the Greek Theater, smaller crowds and much better sound. I haven't been to Red Rock in Morrison, Colorado. that must be the best place to see a show and on my list of "must do".
Doug Kershaw in concert was my favorite, at least by the best of my memory. Williams and Reed was another of my favorites. I would love to attend a Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Concert if they are in the area.
i went to some greatful dead shows craziest was 30th aniversary show in highgate, vt.
bob dylan opened for them.
they sold 200,000 tickets and estimated 200,000 more came through after they breached the fencing.
pretty wild.
I've been to see:
Metallica thrice
AC/DC twice
Van Halen twice
Fleetwood Mac twice
Eric Church four times
Luke Bryan
Cake Twice
Rolling Stones
Rascal Flatts Twice
Rob Zombie once
Taylor Swift once unfortunately (She's talented and all, just not my type of music, but, my wife LOVES her)
and Red Hot Chili Peppers five times
And several festivals like lollapalooza and Coachella in college, expanding my horizons and all.......
Sick Of It All, Ramones, CJ Ramone (solo), Ozzy, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Shonen Knife, the Melvins, Reverend Horton Heat, Gunslinger (featuring Alan Davey), Street Dogs, The Adicts, and just recently Tedeschi Trucks Band in Athens, GA.
nope
kinda wish I did though....
The wife and I just picked up tickets for Bad Co and Joe Walsh memorial day weekend. The nice thing is that Paul Rodgers is back with Bad Co so all those old tunes will sound just like they did back then. I am really stoked! Both acts I really like. I am pretty sure I have seen Bad Company, but I really can't remember specifically. It was a band I really liked and they were around so I can't imagine I never saw them, but if I didn't... Now I will! Joe Walsh I have seen twice and both times he has put on a hell of a show.
I saw Joe Walsh in NZ once. He was in NZ and signed up with a Kiwi band called the 'Herbs' for a while.
I actually went to see a touring guitarist (?) at a nightclub. But Joe turned up about 3/4 the way thru and got on stage and did some jamming with the band.
Honestly, I was drunk at the time.... The original guy was OK, so as I was not driving, I decided to get really really drunk...
By the time Joe turned up, I was slumped at a table almost too drunk to stand.
By the time he finished, I needed help to stand up. And since I got there early, I had the best table and chair too..
Which ment that when he finished I was going to get moved onwards. Drunkenly. So as soon as he's finished, I see the bouncers making there hesitant way back thru the crowd towards me. (They had already cleared to table of glassware and all they knew was 'there's some drunk guy at THE table'.)
So I get a few braincells together and stand up and make a sweeping gesture towards the table for them as if to say "hey, I saved it for you" and used the crowd to guide me out.
I think I stopped drinking alcohol a few weeks or months later, because of that and another drunken vomity night, and buying my first car really did make it nessesary anyway.
But his guitar work...... Undescribable, majestic guitarlicks from heaven.
The only thing that comes close is side two of Sammy Hagar's 'Musical chairs'. Or 'Benny Dancer' by Robin Trower..
So, since Black Sabbath are doing their last ever live concert in NZ, I am going to be there for it.
I will use the trip to sell off my plastic coated wire for good $ quite a distance away as well as a well earned trip/holiday out of town.
Its towards the end of next month.
I've always enjoyed Bad Company. Maybe not all off their stuff...but the majority of it.
An Steel..I feel your pain. I went to Neil Diamond for my wife, the things we do outta love ....
We have plans to catch Blackberry Smoke this year, an Skynyrd. Hopefully it'll work out this year, last year the only time they came close to me was during the peak tourist season, which means no leaving the sandbar unless the wife stays behind...an she'd kill me if I went to either without her. lol.
Sirscrapalot - I feel a good one coming on... - Blackberry Smoke
Seen alot from Police Synchronicity tour, David Bowie, Erice Clapton, Cheap Trick, Heart, Van Halen, KISS (front row), etc. But my best time was the summer of 95 (i think) when I saw the Who in Foxboro. It rained as we were getting seats and just as it stopped they came on stage and started with Love, Reign O'er Me....fantastic. That summer I also saw Buffet (anyone ever heard of a bad Buffet show?), Elton John & Billy Joel, and then the Allman Bros with Blues Traveler. My girlfriend was not a fan of the Allmans, and said "all the do is jam"...i said "oh ya! isnt it great?". She didnt get it....and I moved on from her. My first daughter is named Jessica lol
I've always wanted to see Def Leppard personally. This year they're on tour with REO Speedwagon (Also love them) and Tesla. We're going to the Billings show!
I would have given my left arm to see Def Leppard! ;)
I think I may have seen an eight arm Def, but it would be long enough ago it wasn't the seven arm incarnation.Quote:
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Hey Matador...check the music thread.
Sirscrapalot - I got a goat that floats in a boat while drinking out of a plastic tote...eh what can you do? It's a floating goat.
Pour Some Sugar On Me is probably the only Def Leppard song I'm not that big of a fan of. Mostly due to the reputation, I think. I'm so happy to finally get to see them, though. And, REO Speedwagon is a great band as well! I'll take it!
If I wanted adult-themed songs, I'd listen to Van Halen. I do love them, but for a different reason. Although, I'm kind of weird- I like the Van Hagar stuff the most.
I saw def leopard on one of those vh1 storytellers....those guys actually have some real talent....pour some sugar sux but I love there other stuff....i usually prefer something a little harder but u can't deny the talent....seen bad co skynard allman brothers pantera rage against machine but probably my all time favorite was jerry Cantrell at a little dive bar here in knoxville