What bands have you seen live?

[Leah]

One the best shows I ever saw was Gwar circa like 88 or 89, mostly because we had no idea what it was gonna be!

If a show was billed as all ages we would go because it was something to do. All the sudden there were vikings on stage and blood flying everywhere

Gwar is absolutely a blast to see live.

[FatFreddysCat]

During the late 80s and early 90s I went to concerts the way some people go to church. In the words of Ozzy Osbourne, "rock and roll was my religion and my law."

My first concert was Judas Priest and Dokken, June of '86. I was sixteen years old.

Then came AC/DC, L.A. Guns, Whitesnake, Great White, Metallica, and on and on.

The last show I saw pre-pandemic was The Cult in December of '19. That was my first concert in a couple of years.

I'm going to see Queensryche here in New Jersey next week. Rawk!

[Allhallowsday]

I saw SUGAR CUBES... and BLACK UHURA... PAUL SIMON... SIMPLE MINDS... JOE COCKER, STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN, EURYTHMICS, THOMPSON TWINS...

[Rev. Powell]

I saw SUGAR CUBES... 

Cool, they weren't together for long.

[Alex]

During the late 80s and early 90s I went to concerts the way some people go to church. In the words of Ozzy Osbourne, "rock and roll was my religion and my law."

My first concert was Judas Priest and Dokken, June of '86. I was sixteen years old.

Then came AC/DC, L.A. Guns, Whitesnake, Great White, Metallica, and on and on.

The last show I saw pre-pandemic was The Cult in December of '19. That was my first concert in a couple of years.

I'm going to see Queensryche here in New Jersey next week. Rawk!

Hope the Queensryche gig is a good one. I saw them a couple of times many years ago with Geoff Tate singing. I haven't heard their new singer, but hopefully he is just as good.

[FatFreddysCat]

Hope the Queensryche gig is a good one. I saw them a couple of times many years ago with Geoff Tate singing. I haven't heard their new singer, but hopefully he is just as good.

I've seen Queensryche twice in the past w/Geoff (1995 and 2000) but have never seen 'em with the new singer. My friend that I'm going with has seen them with Todd a few times and sez he kills it, so I'm looking forward to it.
Plus it will be a much needed Metal Night Out with no wife, kids, dog, etc. :D

Anyway, since I'm back in this thread, I'm gonna try and list as many of the bands I've seen over the years that I can remember. off the top of my head..

Judas Priest (4x)
Dokken (2x)
AC/DC (2x)
L.A. Guns
Whitesnake
Great White (2x)
Metallica (5x)
Kingdom Come
Scorpions (2x)
Cinderella
The Ramones (3x)
Savatage (2x)
KISS (3x)
Ace Frehley (4x)
Kix (4x)
Overkill (4x)
Suicidal Tendencies
White Zombie (2x)
Leeway
Sepultura (2x)
Obituary
Sadus
Trouble
Warrior Soul (4x)
Type O Negative (5x)
Life of Agony
Sheer Terror
Queensryche (2x, soon to be 3)
Halford
Fight
Raven (2x)
Anvil
Municipal Waste
Prong (2x)
Lpve/Hate (2x)
Motorhead
Metal Church
Alice Cooper
Dangerous Toys
Babylon A.D.
Widowmaker (w/Dee Snider)
The Cult (2x)
Dark Angel
Iron Maiden (3x)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (3x)
Aerosmith (2x)
Black Crowes
Crimson Glory
I.N.C. (Indestructlble Noise Command)
Damn Yankees
Extreme
Flotsam & Jetsam
Mercyful Fate
Hades
Iced Earth
In Flames
Jag Panzer
Megadeth
Testament
Morbid Angel
Revenant
Ripping Corpse
Ugly Kid Joe
Scatterbrain
W.A.S.P.
Faster p***ycat
Trixter (2x)

...there are probably more, but I'm too lazy to go upstairs and dig out my box of ticket stubs ... :D

[Allhallowsday]

Hope the Queensryche gig is a good one. I saw them a couple of times many years ago with Geoff Tate singing. I haven't heard their new singer, but hopefully he is just as good.

I've seen Queensryche twice in the past w/Geoff (1995 and 2000) but have never seen 'em with the new singer. My friend that I'm going with has seen them with Todd a few times and sez he kills it, so I'm looking forward to it.
Plus it will be a much needed Metal Night Out with no wife, kids, dog, etc. :D
Anyway, since I'm back in this thread, I'm gonna try and list as many of the bands I've seen over the years that I can remember. off the top of my head..
Judas Priest (4x)
Dokken (2x)
AC/DC (2x)
L.A. Guns
...

You saw L.A. GUNS??? 

[RCMerchant]

I seen Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Cass County fair many moons a go.

[FatFreddysCat]

You saw L.A. GUNS???  

Yup, they opened for AC/DC when I saw them in 1988. Their first album had just come out. I had no idea who they were going in, but I bought that album a few days later. Haha

I seen Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Cass County fair many moons a go.

Joan played the Birch Hill Nightclub in NJ at least two or three times a year during the 90s, she always killed it.

The last time I saw her (circa 1995 or '96) she was appearing in a stage version of "Rocky Horror Show" off Broadway (I forget if she was playing Magenta or Columbia) and she'd shaved her head for the part. I guess word hadn't gotten around yet about her "new look," cuz when she came out with the chrome dome you could hear this collective "GASP! WTF?" from the crowd :D

[lester1/2jr]

the best hip hop show I ever saw was Gang Starr. Rap mostly stinks live, just guys rapping over a track. Gang Starr had their entire crew with them and DJ premier did all the cutting and scratching live.


would be remiss if I didn't mention Harry p***y. I saw them twice and each show was total chaos. The two guitars were out of tune and missing strings and the drummer was a hot chick who screamed into a headset as she played. They were somewhere between suburban thrash and Sonic Youth. you see so many bands just going through their set trying to be the next thing. They should take a few lessons from those guys

[Ticonderoga 64]

ok:

Aerosmith
Heart
Boston
Pat Benatar
Bruce Springsteen
Journey
The Cult
Van Halen
The Cure
Cinderella
J.Geils Band
Scorpions
Ozzy Osbourne
The Cars
The Who
Genesis
Metallica
Billy Idol
Twisted Sister
Motley Crue
The Police
REM
Lita Ford
AC/DC
U2
Rolling Stones
The Kinks
Madonna
The Eagles
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Styx
Blondie
Meat Loaf
ZZ Top
GARBAGE
The Go-Go's
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
The Doors(with Ian Astonbury of the Cult on vocals)
Rob Zombie
Fleetwood Mac
Tina Turner
Kiss
Bangles
Rush
Guns-N-Roses
Type-O Negative
Whitesnake
Def Leppard
The Outfield
Stevie Nicks
Eddie Money
Vixen
Pretenders
Phil Collins
Liz Phair
Patty Smyth
Concrete Blonde
Don Henley
Keith Richards
Tribe
Letters To Cleo
til Tuesday

[Rev. Powell]

Just remembered The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Forgettable...

More coming back to me. Brave Combo, a punk polka band. Tom Waits. And Townes van Zandt, who was actually astounding and one I shouldn't have forgotten.

I also saw Willie Nelson, John Mellancamp and Bob Dylan on a triple bill. Nelson was old and sleepwalking through his act. Dylan played with his back to the audience and did unrecognizable renditions of his hits. Mellencamp, unexpectedly, was great.

[Trevor]

The last concert I was at was at an arts festival near Cape Town: the crowd got rowdy and started pelting the performers with beer cans 

[Rev. Powell]

Just remembered another one: saw the shell of the Beach Boys in the early 90s when they were touring state fairs. Not good.

[RCMerchant]

I seen the Black Crowes open for Aerosmith when the Crowes were big (for the moment).