Uberpoll: Your Best Concert Experience (2061 hits)
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Submitted by Ducky (View user info) at 2005-04-13 05:41:37 EDT
I've been to quite a few concerts. Live music, in my opinion, is one of the greatest things that this (often times shitty) world has to offer. There are a bunch of bands/artists that I wish I could've seen live, tops of which being Pink Floyd, The Doors, and good ol' Hendrix...oh okay, I'd have seen the Beatles too, but that whole silly death thing got in the way.
My all time favorite concert (second and third being the Chile Peppers and Jack Johnson respectively) was The Pixies. They performed in the Plaza of Nations last year, and they absolutely rocked my world. I got off work at 7am, got home at 8, and we were on the road by 10. It was going to be awesome!
My piece of shit car started overheating when we hit bumfuck nowhere Hope, and the only place open to help us was a shop called the Car Guys. After checking the car, I tell them that I'm pretty sure that there's a leak in my radiator, and ask if they can patch it. I'm tired and just want to get to Van. I'm freaking out because at this point, there's a very real possibility that we won't make it. A 90year old crazy lady with a cart is walking on the other side of the street. I point her out to my boyfriend, and he says "Yeah, there's the town's mayor". I'm not kidding- this place sucks. Finally, after over an hour of waiting, one of the 'Car Guys' comes out and tells me that my fan is fine. GOOD JOB GENIUS! I know my fucking fan is fine. I can HEAR it. It sounds like a FUCKING FAN! I have no time. I tell him to put some stop leak in my radiator (which he hasn't checked yet) and let me go. They charge me close to $100.00. I tell them no- they didn't do what I asked them to do. They politely (as politely as inbred pig fucking assholes can be) remind me that they have my keys. Grudgingly, I handed the money over to Darrel, his brother Darrel, and his other brother Darrel.
Okay, so I got fucked. Hard. Without lube, a kiss afterwards OR a call back. It felt kind of like it does every year when I file my taxes, but we were on our way to see the Pixies.
I spent the evening close to the stage, and surrounded by pot smokers. I'd been up for 36 hours, had a decent contact stone (I don't smoke it), and was pressed up against all kinds of other adoring fans. It was surreal. The venue is indoor/outdoor, and the ceiling is made up of half-panes of glass. With the lights, you could look up and see the crowd in it. Everyone there was in a great mood. I was so happy. When they played Velouria and Wave of Mutilation, I was in heaven. Frank Black and the rest of the band provided the perfect end to a less than perfect day.
So Uber? Lets have your best concert experience.
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Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-04-24 02:58:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-14 06:27:07 (#)
Ranking: 0
ARRRRRRRGGHHHHH! Stupid 20's.
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ARgh stupid teens, I'd give my fucking right nut to see floyd in their day.
Opeth are going to kick ass this july, I can't wait.
I'd have loved to see At The Gates or that Monsters of Rock festival, Alice in Chains and Metallica would have ruled.
Ozzfest this year is going to be pretty good with Arch Enemy (even with angela) In Flames and IRON FUCKING MAIDEN
but yeah, I saw velvet revolver again thursday night, kicked ass. velvet revolver rock pretty fuckin hard.
Submitted by b_badger (user info) at 2005-04-16 12:39:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hmm, a few one springs to mind actually
Tragedy, supported by Ambulance and Meanwhile live in Stockholm late 2003(?)
Fucking awesome anyhoo and surprising as well since Todd had his appendix removed the day afterwards. The crowd went berserk on the stage and since it was one small fucking club it was...intense.
Consume and Born//Dead, supported by Ekkaia live in Berlin autumn 2003
One vicious fucking show, total drunk-punk extravaganza, the venue was a squatted warehouse section and there was broken glass on the floor, drunk 55-60 year old squatters and a good time was had by all! Ekkaia from spain are aquaintances of mine so meeting them again rocked.
Harum-Scarum live in Gothenburg 2004
Perfect show, perfect playing and an audience of 85% women. No complaints from me.
on the other hand I've gone to .... 100+ concerts easily, plus a few bar shows and maybe 15-20 in cultural centers and stuff like that. And what band did Shlongy play in anyway? Seems like there is a good chance I listen to them....
Submitted by Technoboy (user info) at 2005-04-16 10:35:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Me & a friend went to see the Eels in manchester a couple of years ago, but we got there hours too early, so we bought some magic mushrooms, ate them & went somewhere where we thought it was quiet so we could roll some spliffs. Turns out we were stood behind the building where they were playing, cause the lead singer walked round the corner, saw the spliff & laughed, while we were stood tripping our tits off thinking 'Is that him? No, it can't be. But it looks like him'. The next few hours are blurry, although I did wake up the day after with a giant E drawn on my shirt in marker pen & a picture of me & E. Phat night.
Submitted by someone (user info) at 2005-04-15 11:47:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I just saw Sonic Youth last night. THEY ROCKED.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2005-04-15 11:37:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Tom Waits is good on stage?
I would have guessed he sucked live for some reason, but he does rock.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-15 08:42:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
That's it. I'm getting Nine Inch Nails, Tom Waits, Tool, Metallica, Cradle of Filth, the Beastie Boys, R.E.M., and the Presidents of the United States of America to play at my next birthday. What? Don't think I can do it? I know people. Well, sorta. I have connections with...uh...err, ...crap. *sobs*
Submitted by Shagabah_Jones (user info) at 2005-04-15 08:04:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Seeing the Comets on Fire at the Echo in sliverlake.
Submitted by jojojojoan (user info) at 2005-04-15 07:55:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've been to so many I dont remember. But the night before last I saw American Head Charge, Life of Agony (sucked) and Mudvayne. We missed the first band, blood simple, but over all It was a hell of a good show.
Submitted by caitlinR (user info) at 2005-04-14 20:28:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
British Columbia im guessing? umm I live in a shit aread for concerts (Abu Fucking dhabi) but I did see Mark Knopfler a few months ago, and other than that the only good concer thing i can think of was the 1st jazz festival here, they had some awesome bands, and it was so chillax. My father and brother went to see the wall with out me when i was younger, i still hate them for not taking me.
Submitted by sublime (user info) at 2005-04-14 16:07:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Malpro (user info) at 2005-04-13 20:11:10 (#)
Ranking: 0
I knew I made an account for a reason
Against Me! is the most amazing concert experience without question
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agreed.
Submitted by Glam_Daddy2 (user info) at 2005-04-14 16:04:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Pink Floyd - Oakland Coloseum.
The pig will never fly again......
word yo
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2005-04-14 14:04:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/cgi-bin/message_get.cgi?id=55365
I guess ya gotta put "Uberpoll" in the title.
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2005-04-14 11:33:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
meant to spell that "prague", not "prage". me = idiot.
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2005-04-14 11:31:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My best concert experience will be in a month and a few days because FUCKING AUDIOSLAVE IS COMING TO PRAGE. WOO! Audioslave aren't my favourite band, but I think they're pretty good and Tom Morello is one of my favourite modern guitarists.
*note: this will also be my FIRST concert ever. I'm fucking pumped for this.
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2005-04-14 11:06:18 EDT (#)
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obviously Tool, with Nine Inch Nails/ Aperfect Circle's fragility 2.0 tour.
ah, sweet memories.
Submitted by Gnome (user info) at 2005-04-14 10:57:38 EDT (#)
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clearly this has a lot to do with musical taste, but my favorite band (NIN) isn't even close to my favorite live show
Tom Waits - unbelievable live. this man has more stage presence in his goddamn little finger than any other band i've seen.
Tool - second best band i've ever seen put on a show that blew me away. there was a spotlight on every band member EXCEPT maynard, who was positioned at the back of the stage on the left.
Submitted by Natsukau (user info) at 2005-04-14 07:28:49 EDT (#)
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Oh God, its a toss-up between Moby and Gloria Estefan. Theyre so neat!
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-14 06:27:07 EDT (#)
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ARRRRRRRGGHHHHH! Stupid 20's.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2005-04-14 05:50:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Had a feeling you might say that....*grin*
All the other concerts they did were.... well amazing really... but the Wall was awesome.
One of the GOOD things about being in my thirties is that I saw The Wall actually.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-14 05:13:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Again- I am so completely jealous of anyone who has seen Pink Floyd. And The Wall??! Gaaaa. Not fair I tell you. It's just not fair.
Submitted by Merlina (user info) at 2005-04-14 04:59:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
oh such a tough question... over the last few years managed to see Marillion, Saxon, Judas Priest, Jethro Tull, Uriah Heep...seen Pink Floyd TONS of times... Re-Genesis (cover band but amazing), the Pixies, the Chili Peppers...
but it has to be said.
The best EVER.
I saw Pink Floyd - The Wall - live.
Submitted by dwr_budr (user info) at 2005-04-14 03:13:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Dead Can Dance, Seattle, September 2005.
Hasn't even happened yet and I'm already more excited about it than any show I've ever been to.
Submitted by Val (user info) at 2005-04-14 00:03:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Incubus is 2002, at PNC.
Submitted by PatheticCapitalistFuck (user info) at 2005-04-13 23:53:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
The Monster of Rock sometime in the mid 90s. Van Halen was the headliner, Alice in Chains and Faith No More were the openers, Metallica and somebody else in the middle. My ears hurt for weeks. Motley Crue on the Girls, Girls, Girls tour was pretty awesome (they filmed the Wild Side video at the concert I went to, so the crowd was pretty into it).
Close second was a Godsmack concert I went to at a club in Boston before Godsmack got big. Best small venue show I've ever seen.
Then of course I always enjoy the buskers in around and on the London tubes. I'll never forget some jackass singing some "Mind the Gap" themed song set to the the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies. I think I gave him 5 quid just for the entertainment.
Submitted by CanucksFan (user info) at 2005-04-13 23:30:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
3 way tie between:Metallica in '04, rhcp in '02, and green day a couple months ago.
I think rhcp wins it
Submitted by Gizmo (user info) at 2005-04-13 23:03:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
George Clinton and the Parliment All Stars.
Want to know who opened for them? Parliment
George Clinton had his band open for his band. Shrewd business man that crack head.
(also you get props just for saying Frank Black.)
Submitted by Bigmike (user info) at 2005-04-13 22:49:49 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Genesis, Rochester War Memorial, 1982
The Tubes with opening act Todd Rundgren and Utopia, Darien Lake, 1984
Judas Priest with opening act Iron Maiden on their first Live U.S. tour, , Landmark Theater, Syracuse N.Y. Don't remember what year.
Genesis, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y. 1985?
Submitted by Degreeless_Capibara (user info) at 2005-04-13 22:08:26 EDT (#)
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Billy Talent with my girlfriend. Also my only concert.
Submitted by NoahsArk (user info) at 2005-04-13 21:56:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Without a doubt World/Inferno Friendship Society at the Hook on Halloween 2004. Their live show changed my life. They are the tightest band ever.
Submitted by Neener (user info) at 2005-04-13 21:07:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Neener (user info) at 2005-04-13 21:06:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Rolling Stones----Voodo Lounge
Submitted by Butler (user info) at 2005-04-13 20:56:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I touched Mike patton of Faith No More, hands for all you pervs who read to much into that. Mike patton is God. Check out Mr. bungle if you don't believe me. But have an open mind if you do.
Submitted by CoreaPeekay (user info) at 2005-04-13 20:44:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I'd sell my right nut to see pink motherfucking floyd live.
BUT I'd say Metallica or Opeth.. Velvet Revolver rocked the shit out of a 1000 person venue, too.
Submitted by Abbath (user info) at 2005-04-13 20:31:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I saw Suffocation w/ Cephalic Carnage and had a TON of fun.
Immolation was also spiffy as all fuck.
Submitted by Snark (user info) at 2005-04-13 20:27:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
My best?
Goddamn I don't know. I guess there have been to many...
Here's a shameless link to my last one though...
http://www.ubersite.com/m/47115
Submitted by Malpro (user info) at 2005-04-13 20:11:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
I knew I made an account for a reason
Against Me! is the most amazing concert experience without question
Submitted by Death_Metal_Dude (user info) at 2005-04-13 19:57:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Behemoth, Nile, Lacuna Coil, Opeth, Superjoint Ritual, Danzig
although Opeth's next album-supporting tour will blow that one away
Submitted by CodeBlue (user info) at 2005-04-13 19:17:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Tiger Army - The Graceland in Seattle, 2004. It had it all, atmosphere, energy, and a drunken punk puking all over the place... Ah, those were the days...
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2005-04-13 18:33:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck all of you for seeing all of these amazing concerts, mine is a tie between Tool in '02 and Metallica in '97. Both put on a great show and fucking blew me away.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-04-13 18:17:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The Rolling Stones - 1981 - The Kingdome, Seattle, WA.
The J. Geils Band, and Greg Kihn were the openers.
The sound was terrible, like being in a giant garbage can, but it was lots of fun!
The best part was that my buddy and me started out with a six-pack of malt liquor, which we traded for some joints, and then traded some of those for some mushrooms, and traded some of those for some cocaine - I was extremely baked and happy!
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2005-04-13 18:16:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Garbage at the Forum in Kentish Town. November 1995. Purely because, at the tender age of 15, it was my first proper night out boozing in the capital. I was absolutely fucking ratted.
Another highlight was Josh Wink at Tribal Gathering in 1996. Felt like 'Higher States' was dragged out for at least four hours before thundering to a crescendo. Try listening to that when you're not pilling your tits off and it's almost unbearable, but I was in heaven that day.
Submitted by Heathers (user info) at 2005-04-13 16:45:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Grateful Dead Philadelphia Spectrum March 95
Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2005-04-13 16:14:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Seeing Snoop at Mitchapalooza
Submitted by Davros (user info) at 2005-04-13 15:54:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am going to cheat slightly and include a couple for differing reasons.
Best for the pure experience of being there.... GWAR at Middlesbrough Arena circa 1995/6.
The full on stage show with the blood spurting over the crowd was something to see.
Best for boasting about...Coldplay at Middlesbrough Cornerhouse.
Saw them play to an audience of under 100 people about a week before "Yellow" was released and they went massive.
Best for Atmosphere.... U2 at Wembley Stadium on the Pop Mart tour.
79000 people, Salman Rushdie special guest on stage. They were past their best in my opinion but still put on an amazing show.
Best Musically..... Benicassim Festival, Spain 2002.
The Cure
Suede
Super Furry Animals
The Beta Band
Electric Soft Parade
Doves
Air (at 5.30am watching the sun come up)
Radiohead
Primal Scream
Muse (I agree with Spam, I wasn't a fan before but I am now)
Supergrass
Belle and Sebastian
Pal Weller
DJ Shadow
Felix Da Housecat
and many many more.
On top of all of these there is one other band who I never tire of seeing whenever and wherever they may be.
Alabama 3 (They did the theme to the sopranos).
Simply the best live act I have ever witnessed.
-Dave
Submitted by dethcow (user info) at 2005-04-13 15:26:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
An mc chris show a couple weeks back... it fucking rocked hardcore nerd ass.
Submitted by Chinaski (user info) at 2005-04-13 14:43:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
When I went backstage all-access to Coachella a couple years ago on Spearhead's drug dealer's bus. It had vapo-brothers vaporizers built in underneath the tables and everyone (not me, actually, there were "energy vampires" around all the time) was vaping DMT all the time. My friend had converted the bus to run on vegetable oil and they brought him along as a "thanks", and to explain the bus to people, and fix anything that came up. They worked him like a stray dog being fucked by shlongy in a dark Hong Kong alleyway, but when they told him he could come, he said "Only if I can bring a friend..." one of my best friends.
I got to enjoy seeing QOTSA, and was 5 feet from the drummer. I was a few feet from Jack White, and let me tell you that 7-foot-tall motherfucker can SOLO. You would NOT know it by his cd's. He ripped it like Jimmy. I smoked and chilled with Alicia... you know what, fuck it, I'm going to make an uber post about this.
I've always liked G love and he put on an AMAZING show that night. Amon tobin was really good too... coachella is sick, especially (or perhaps only) with an all-access backstage pass. suckers.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 14:17:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-04-13 11:29:03 (#)
Ranking: 2
Pink Floyd, 1994 Pontiac Silverdome. Absolute no contest to anything else I've ever seen.
Or maybe that was the quarter of 'shrooms that boosted it.
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Jealousy abounds!
Submitted by DarthFaded (user info) at 2005-04-13 13:54:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Incubus- Halloween of 2003 at Irvine Meadows.
Submitted by HillBoyJr (user info) at 2005-04-13 13:45:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
never in the same sentence.
or post for that matter.
Bah!
"Chile Peppers and Jack Johnson"
Submitted by Areis (user info) at 2005-04-13 13:14:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
green day may4 2005 grated i havent gone yet but its going to kick ass
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2005-04-13 13:11:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
1992: Rich Stadium...Faith No More, GNR, Metallica. All in their primes. Great show.
Submitted by The_Fan (user info) at 2005-04-13 13:03:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Rush in 1992. I was deaf for 4 days afterwards.
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-04-13 12:56:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I alter my postion: Bérurier Noir was the coolest experience.
They are an old punk band from France that is really huge here and there.
The show was on the Abraham Plains and the view I had from the walls of the citadelle/fortress was awesome.
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2005-04-13 12:49:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Tool - Lollapalooza '97, St. Louis, MO
They came on right after Snoop Doggy Dogg and blew his scrawny black ass off the stage. They opened with 'Hooker With a Penis'. Maynard was wearing the clown wig and pants and a red bra, and his face was painted white with this exaggerated, transfixed smile. Aenima had just come out the previous year and they were fucking incredible! I felt like I was tripping acid, even though I wasn't....or was I??? Hmmmmmm.....
Prodigy came on after them, which was a mistake in organization. There was just no following Tool on this night. I left before Prodigy had finished completely. I've seen them twice since then, and they were still awesome, but not like that first time in '97. They were in full force that night.
Here are some of the bands or acts I've seen over the years:
Beck
John Prine
David Allan Coe
Buckethead
KISS
Metallica
W.A.S.P.
ZZ Top
White Zombie
Ozzy Osbourne
Primus
System of a Down
Soulfly
Sevendust
Coal Chamber
Motorhead
System of a Down
Melvins
Incubus
Snot
Life of Agony
Kilgore
Ultraspank
Monster Voodoo Machine
(too many to remember them all)
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2005-04-13 12:46:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Sublime theatre of th eliving arts in Philly.
Not only was the concert kick ass, but a friend of mine missed the train back to villanova, so he had to sleep in 30th street station, the police thought he was a runaway and made him call his parents. Good times.
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-04-13 12:06:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
december 8th of 2001 - weezer was coming to cleveland.
i had everything set up.
i had arranged the ride (neither of my poor friends or me drove at the time)
i had a place to spend the night at
i had an excuse for my parents (they were real strict about rock music and the like)
i had the tickets
i had plenty o' money for snacks/weezer memorabilia
my parents made me cancel at the last sec to go to some lame-ass christmas party. the party was being thrown by the woman that got me a job...i'm still working in this awful place today. thanks.
weezer stopped touring after that. they recently posted tour dates but the 5 closest cities are are already sold out (and they aren't even stopping in cleveland). damn.
Submitted by urbaneruralite (user info) at 2005-04-13 11:58:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Southern Culture on the Skids (scots.com), any of the times I've seen them except the last one.
They fired Cousin Crispy! And no more girls dancing and throwing fried chicken! WTF!
Submitted by FunnyAsCancer (user info) at 2005-04-13 11:30:10 EDT (#)
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Steve Miller & Alice Cooper (Individual, not together, otherwise that woulda been one bitchin' tour.) early 90s- I was something like 6 years old, so regretfully, I couldn't appreciate.
Weird Al, 2004- CaptainThorns is right, his live shows are awesome, with all the costume changes and lights and shit. Add to that going backstage and getting my picture taken with him, and you've got a major good time. (proof, bitches: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/FunnyAsCancer/Camera%20Whorage/weirdalandi.jpg)
Weenie Roast 2004- The Hives and Velvet Revolver wailing their heads off, Cypress Hill lighting a humongous bong onstage, and seeing the usher for my area sneak down and take a hit off the stoners in front of us. Plus scalping extra tix for close to $200, while my tix were free. Doesn't get much better.
Submitted by MANICMOTHER (user info) at 2005-04-13 11:29:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Pink Floyd, 1994 Pontiac Silverdome. Absolute no contest to anything else I've ever seen.
Or maybe that was the quarter of 'shrooms that boosted it.
Submitted by WhatTheHell (user info) at 2005-04-13 11:27:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
He was "the fag" obviously.
BLACK SABBATH.... "Mob Rules" tour kicked asssssss!
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 11:18:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by PukingDog (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:35:05 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:24:24 (#)
Ranking: 0
That time i saw shlongy's old band in concert rocked. Especially when they started singing "we built this city, we built this city on rock & roll" that was a fun time.
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Awesome. Was he the girl or the fag?
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Submitted by Bellebrown (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:41:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Glastonbury... Early 1990's... I can't remember the year, but it was before all those fences were put in. It was still the summer of love... they had a field where everyone was naked (I didnt go in there).
I spent most of the time off my trolley... I don't remember who played, but I remember it was good.
So good in fact that I don't remember much more than mud and happy feelings...
That probably won't help you buy any tickets to go see anyone, so with that in mind, The Levellers are always good.
Submitted by PukingDog (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:35:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:24:24 (#)
Ranking: 0
That time i saw shlongy's old band in concert rocked. Especially when they started singing "we built this city, we built this city on rock & roll" that was a fun time.
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Awesome. Was he the girl or the fag?
Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:29:14 EDT (#)
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Barenaked Lades live was pretty great, but best live show I've seen had to be Billy Joel and Elton John with dueling pianos.
Outstanding
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:24:24 EDT (#)
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That time i saw shlongy's old band in concert rocked. Especially when they started singing "we built this city, we built this city on rock & roll" that was a fun time.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:10:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
I've seen Bad Religion in bars, too, 15 years ago, and you'll never see anything better...louder...or tighter.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:10:11 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists in a smokey bar in detroit. They were awsome.
Submitted by supersloth (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:05:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Bad Religion did an underground tour in '97 at the three smallest venues in NYC with NYHC bands. I caught the Bad Religion / Biohazard show at the Wetlands for 5 dollars. Sickest thing I've ever seen in my life.
Submitted by Smurfs (user info) at 2005-04-13 10:02:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:36:52 (#)
Ranking: 2
Muse
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They are unbelievable
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:58:14 EDT (#)
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Probably the first 14 times that I saw The Ramones play...and then, later, we had the chance to open for them not once, but twice.
Christ, I've seen over 300 concerts and thousands of bands in bars...There's many highlights...and a few dozen lowlites, too.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:57:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Weird Al Yankovic, no contest.
He's been touring for 20 years, integrates all those costume changes and fancy light/sound effects, and never does a duplicate show, EVER.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:53:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Tool or Pantera back in the day.
Submitted by Jay_Bassman (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:52:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
The John Butler Trio at Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, 2002. First concert I ever went to, favourite band ever other than Metallica, and it was awesome. Right in front of John, about 4 rows back.
Powderfinger at Big Day Out 2005, Adelaide, February 4th 2005. Dead centre, 7 rows back, best moshpit ever, I think. Rough at the start, but settled down and everyone enjoyed the show.
Metallica at Big Day Out 2004, Adelaide, January 30th, 2004. 4 rows back, right in front of James Hetfield. Fucking brutal moshpit. I ended up having to get out. Crowd surfing rock, though.
Oh, and meeting The John Butler Trio and The Donnas at the Big Day Out this year was fucking phenomenal. Never forget that, I will not. No.
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:50:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:39:18 (#)
Ranking: 2
I saw the Pixies in 1988 at the 9:30 Club in DC. . .
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Just btw, if not for the Pixies there would never have been a Nirvana. (Can't list my fave concert experiences, I'd be called a liar up and down. Here's a safe one: Jack-Off-Jill opening for Manson at UNO in New Orleans.
Submitted by PukingDog (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:48:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I've been to a million concerts but this is easy.
Fishbone, with the entire original band, about 10 years ago, on acid, in the front, in a dark, dank club in downtown Denver. Hail, Angelo - SWIM!
Submitted by Caulaincourt (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:46:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
It's a tie between A Perfect Circle and some soul band from NYC that I saw in a bar (they kicked much ass).
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:39:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I saw the Pixies in 1988 at the 9:30 Club in DC (when it was still a hole in the wall at it's old location on F Street), not long after Surfer Rosa came out. That was an awesome show. In fact, all of the best shows I've been to were at the old 9:30 Club.
Submitted by roland.flakfizer (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:27:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Never realized Uber had so many Yes fans!
My best concert experience (Yes in 2003 - with Wakeman back in action - came in a very close 2nd here):
Nov 15, 2003 - Spock's Beard in Metuchen Forum Theater, Metuchen NJ
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:15:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That's what spell check and lack of attention does. I would like to send out my deepest and most heart felt appologies to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers for misspelling their name, as well as to all those who were offended by this terrible mistake. Terribly, terribly sorry. Or, if you don't accept my appology, which 7-11 is good for you?
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AUTO SENSE OF HUMOR +2
Plese meet me at any 7-11 in Queens. For the sacrifice please wear a white robe and pointy ghost hat that covers your face. So I know it's you stand at attention and stick your arm straight out then elevate it to a 45 degree angle from horizontal, palm down.
Submitted by Professional_Peon (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:07:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
The Cure.
The contact high was awesome!
Submitted by knucklesnelson (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:05:34 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Sesame Street Live was the shiznit.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2005-04-13 09:03:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:37:45 (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:29:48 (#)
Ranking: -2
My all time favorite concert (second and third being the Chile Peppers
I would sacrifice your soul in a 7-11 parking lot right now if I could.
Chilli!
It's the RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
PS: Dave Navaro almost ruined them
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That's what spell check and lack of attention does. I would like to send out my deepest and most heart felt appologies to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers for misspelling their name, as well as to all those who were offended by this terrible mistake. Terribly, terribly sorry. Or, if you don't accept my appology, which 7-11 is good for you?
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it's actually Chili
Submitted by Smoothe (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:56:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I saw the Pixies when they came to Lowell, Mass not too long ago and it was a great fucking experience. We got pulled over on the way home and the cop asked us where we were coming from
"Um, Lowell sir."
"Oh...the Pixies show?"
"yup"
"Well...how was it"
"fucking awesome"
But so far I think the best performance I have seen has got to be Tool. No one does it better. Danny Fucking Carey is a goddamn machine.
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:51:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Listening to my mom sing me to sleep with "Puff The Magic Dragon" when I was little (oft even when I was older.) She left me and this world June 16th last year. Nothing will ever outstage her. Not for me.
Submitted by baking_Lady (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:48:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I saw Britney Spears and she was the best@@@!!!!!
Submitted by funk_boy (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:45:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
David Axelrod
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:40:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
At the risk of sounding like a hippie douchebag, I must say my best concert experience ever was the Widespread Panic show at Oak Mountain Amphitheater in Birmingham, Alabama in July 2001.
They played a fantastic show, and I ran into a bunch of people I knew out in the parking lot (the parking lot being where all the "real" action is at a hippie-jam-band concert).
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:37:45 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:29:48 (#)
Ranking: -2
My all time favorite concert (second and third being the Chile Peppers
I would sacrifice your soul in a 7-11 parking lot right now if I could.
Chilli!
It's the RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
PS: Dave Navaro almost ruined them
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That's what spell check and lack of attention does. I would like to send out my deepest and most heart felt appologies to the Red Hot Chilli Peppers for misspelling their name, as well as to all those who were offended by this terrible mistake. Terribly, terribly sorry. Or, if you don't accept my appology, which 7-11 is good for you?
Submitted by Spam (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:36:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Muse, Reading Festival 2003.
An hour spent waiting in a downpour, everybody surrounding wearing waterproof ponchos having the effect of a giant rain funnel with me square in the middle. The only thing damper than my attire was my sprits as I was battered by vertical torrents of rain that stung as it slapped my head.
Then they walked on. There was no clapping, no roar of an expectant crowd, no surge forwards. 50 thousand people just dropped into static silence and waited as the band donned instruments.
Lead-man Matt Bellamy stepped up to the mike and stood there for a minute, eyes locked on the floor. After a brief glance around the packed arena he stood strtaight and raked his pick across the strings of his Fender. The resultant chord, coupled with the flash of lightening that streaked across the storm darkened sky was like a ginat slap round the face for crowd and ,woken from our trance, we charged forward.
I can't remember the rest of the gig, I just remember being THERE and completely immersed in the sound.
...and I didn't even like the band before it started.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:29:48 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
My all time favorite concert (second and third being the Chile Peppers
I would sacrifice your soul in a 7-11 parking lot right now if I could.
Chilli!
It's the RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS
PS: Dave Navaro almost ruined them
Submitted by AwesomeJohnson (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:19:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Lollapallooza '96 - highlights - Ramones (during a thunderstorm) -> Soundgarden -> Metallica (who opened with "Who Cares?" and rocked me till I was dry)
(+2 for bob newhart)
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:16:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Cradle of Filth ROCKS. I love their cover for Hallowed be thy Name.
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2005-04-13 08:09:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:24:40 (#)
Ranking: 2
ALAN PARSONS WAS OPENING FOR YES
I LIKE YES
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Yes rock.
Also, seeing Iron Maiden at Download 2003 was awesome, but that was a festival more than a gig.
I've got to say Marilyn Manson puts on an amazing stage show, as do Cradle of Filth.
Worst gig: That fucking band from Europe... The one with that song "Oohh-Ohhh... Ohhh-Ohhhhhhhh... In the shadoooooows..."
THE RASMUS! That's the bastards. Fucking awful.
Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:53:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
other than those would have to say your mum in the live sex show with the donkey in amsterdam
Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:52:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
i cant believe someone put norah jones.
Submitted by theshrew (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:50:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
james brown closely followed by burt bacharach closely followed by dj shadow. ooh listen to me i know music im ace
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:49:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Wow...so many good bands! I'm highly impressed (I know, like this somehow validates your existence).
Submitted by mikethescottish (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:49:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Probably Rancid, some time last year... i've still got some of the bruises.
Submitted by AlwaysAnEagle (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:44:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Norah Jones, actually with GodChicken, as coincidence would have it. She's unbelievable.
Also the Dropkick Murphys, in sort of a different kind of awesome category. Just an amazing energy with those guys.
And an honorable mention for the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.
Submitted by Falco (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:43:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Dimmu Borgir
Submitted by Ivy (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:32:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Beastie Boys License to Ill Tour in '95 at the Maple Leaf's Centre. I was 14 and did shrooms for the first time. It was beautiful.
Saw a Tribe Called Quest, Spearhead and Cypress Hill (oh and the Fugees, but they were pricks). That was wicked except for the guy who hocked a loogie on my leg for not passing my joint to him.
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:29:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Norah Jones live sounds just like she does on her album, and she's hot as hell.
Sarah Mclachlan was stunning. She's got something special, live.
Submitted by hobbs (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:27:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
YES also rox my jox but not as much as GnR
Submitted by hobbs (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:25:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Iv never seen the Pixies live, their playing Reading Festival this year and I got me a ticket!
The best show I have ever seen was The Darkness in December last year.
Oh and Guns n Roses on the 92' tour.
They rox my jox!
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:24:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
ALAN PARSONS WAS OPENING FOR YES
I LIKE YES
Submitted by MichaelJackson (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:23:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Any of my concerts. I go all out for special effects and my patented moves like the moonwalk(c) and the magnet shoes lean(tm).
Also I only lip sinc on the songs with difficult to remember lyrics, so you're sure of a good live show with me, Michael Jackson.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:22:29 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
liking the Alan Parsons Project does NOT make you an old guy. I like some of their stuff.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:14:25 (#)
Ranking: 2
I guess my taste in music makes me an old guy.
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:19:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
And jamiroquai at the velodrome. Fuckin' A.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:18:06 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Weird Al Yankovic is actually pretty damn good live too.
Submitted by phuzzygish (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:18:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Definitely March, 2000.
Fetish opened, followed by The Cult (who weren't that fabulous, but awesome vibe), then Goo-goo Dolls, ending off with Lenny Kravitz.
Oh. My. Sack. Best evar!!!!!
Submitted by CLAIRE1 (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:16:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I do no listen to Korn but they had put on a really good show at an outdoor concert. So that would have to be the best.
Submitted by likeeatingglass (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:16:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
franz ferdinand were awesome as were the shins but a perfect circle blew me away!!
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:14:25 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I guess my taste in music makes me an old guy.
Submitted by Ducky (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:12:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Wicked...I want to see R.E.M. sooo bad! I'm seeing U2 at the end of the month. Not a fan of Vertigo, and they're total sellouts, but whatever (for the money they make, I'd sell out too). My best friend desparately wanted to go, so we're doing it. I hear they put on a pretty good show.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:10:26 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
July 25, 1998
The Joint, at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas.
Alan Parsons Project opening for:
Yes
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2005-04-13 06:07:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-04-13 05:59:56 (#)
Ranking: 2
R.E.M - two weeks ago.
I'm in the middle of writing a review of it right now.
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Only without the review, and 2 months ago. Now THAT was a fucking awesome Valentine's day gift.
Submitted by thorpe (user info) at 2005-04-13 05:59:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
R.E.M - two weeks ago.
I'm in the middle of writing a review of it right now.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-04-13 05:56:15 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!
I highly recommend that EVERYONE goes to see them. They are touring right now and have a ROCKIN new album out.
Best. Show. Ever.