BeerPimp Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 8 hours ago, CgarDan said: What are some great concerts that you saw and regret missing for me: saw live. ‘Guns and roses with Metallica, nine inch nails further down the spiral tour, more recently. The weekend. Star boy tour a few I missed and regret as can never see them again Leonard Cohen last tour, Pink Floyd pulse tour I have seen Nine Inch Nails several times. The first time I saw them was on the Self Destruct Tour. They were booked for the auditorium in my town but they had to cancel because Trent was supposedly sick. Which could have been but I think the auditorium decided they didn't want the show there. They rescheduled in a city that is 45 miles away from me. One of the openers was a freak show called The Jim Rose circus. Me and my friends watched the first act on the floor then went to some seats to watch the Jim Rose circus. They closed all the doors to the floor before we decided to go back down. I noticed you could see one door open I mentioned that and me and my friends ran down and got in just as they closed the doors behind us because the floor was so full. That concert will always be my absolutely favorite concert. The energy was so crazy on the floor and it was so packed it was just crazy. They filmed the Hurt video there. If you have Closure there is like 20-30 minutes of footage on it of that concert. Concert I regret not seeing was the last tour for Motley Crue. 2
BrightonCorgi Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 10 hours ago, mbflash80 said: Saw Rob Halford front Black Sabbath at the Orange Pavillion in Costa Mesa back in 92? They were opening for Ozzy...and Sepultura were first up...great show. I saw some videos of Rob covering Sabbath songs; could've been that show. I can't say I was impressed. He's much better singing his own music.
SigmundChurchill Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Hammer Smokin' said: A gift from me to you. Put together the lossless FLACs from that special Hampton Run. 6 dics both nights. Enjoy https://www.sendspace.com/pro/dl/apj4nw The energy level was off the charts! The most incredible moment of the entire 2 days, and you can catch it on the audio if it wasn’t engineered too much, is when Dark Star began. For several years, in the quiet time between songs, people would yell out “DARK STAR!!!”. But they never played it. You can only imagine with the energy level so high ALREADY, it is quiet in the coliseum, and all of a sudden, you hear the first 4 notes of Dark Star. At that point, the coliseum just exploded. The roar of the crowd was so loud you couldn’t even hear the notes that came after those first 4 notes. Absolutely the most incredible moment in GD history. They broke out some other great songs that they hadn’t played in a while too over the course of the 2 days. Everyone there felt like they were in the right place at the right time. 1
Nino Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 Some of the best concerts I attended were at Frankfurt Messehalle, the old round hall. - Van Morrison - The Stones - twice - Bruce & The E St Band - Dire Straits Had Billy Joel and Mark Knopfler among others on board and enjoyed their good spirit. A beautiful concert was Paco de Lucia in Santiago de Chile. Missed The Who - and the Stones in Havana by a few days ... 1
Puros Y Vino Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 Been enjoying these recent music based threads recently. So, it's time for a shameless plug of FOH's Classic Rock Club 4
Cazador Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 Best: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill That woman can sing. 2
ayepatz Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 I had tickets to Queen at Knebworth. Was knee deep in school exams and didn’t go. Idiot. 1 1
irratebass Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 16 hours ago, CgarDan said: What are some great concerts that you saw and regret missing for me: saw live. ‘Guns and roses with Metallica, nine inch nails further down the spiral tour, more recently. The weekend. Star boy tour a few I missed and regret as can never see them again Leonard Cohen last tour, Pink Floyd pulse tour Seen GnR & Tallica'.......................Axl went on a tyrant and ended up waking off stage rest of the band leaves as well.............Slash came out by himself and played for about 15 mins, then the rest of the band returned including Axl and the show resumed.....Slash saved the show. Seen Floyd.....not a huge fan, but I figured it was a once in a lifetime opportunity, same with Stones, and glad I did see them both. 15 hours ago, Subcomandante said: At first I thought it meant best concert you went to but missed because you got high and passed out or spent the evening dry humping and sucking face with your future ex wife. Then I reread it. For me my favorite concert was a festival in downtown Los Angeles with Rage Against the Machine and Cypress Hill headlining. I was around 13-14 at the time and was seeing these groups when they barely released their debut albums. Standing in the shadows of the high rises and in a mosh pit 20 feet away from the band as a 145lb/65kg kid was a pretty amazing experience. Concert I wish I went to was rage against the machine at the democratic national convention in downtown Los Angeles. Would’ve been a cool experience Seen RATM with Wu Tang......that was a helluva show 15 hours ago, mbflash80 said: Saw Rob Halford front Black Sabbath at the Orange Pavillion in Costa Mesa back in 92? They were opening for Ozzy...and Sepultura were first up...great show. I missed Merle Haggard in Oakland in 2016 because I was being lazy...and he passed away 3 weeks later...I will always regret not being able to say I saw the greatest country singer of all time live. I bet Seeing Rob with the mighty Sabbath was pretty badass! 14 hours ago, Markspring1978 said: Saw Robert Plant in a small amphitheater on a river in Missoula a couple weeks ago. The guy at over 70 still has pipes. A DMB show at The Gorge in Washington was pretty memorable as well. But best was probably the Joshua Tree 30 year anniversary show in Seattle. U2 played the whole iconic album from top to bottom. The Eagles stopped in Billings Montana a few years back. Shortly thereafter Glen passed. That was my biggest miss. Seen U2 on the Joshua Tree tour in 87' was an amazing show, we had an Irish flag and Bono shown a spotlight on us, pretty cool. My best show ever (very close to that U2 show I posted earlier, but this one beat it just barely) Fishbone......now it wasn't just because of Fishbone, I had seen them before a few times, and not because I got to meet and hang with Angelo for a bit......no.....the reason why is because the opening act was the one and only Maceo Parker from James Brown fame, BUT not just him, but also in the crowd and later jumped on stage was Fred Wesley (also from James Brown & The JB's) this was a truly magical experience, then Fishbone came on and KILLED it! Missed: There are a few: Prince, Pixies, Melvins (with Jello of Dead Kennedy's singing that particular night) James Brown, but the big one was Motorhead, they played here about a week before Lemmy passed.....Would have been my 2nd time seeing them. 1
BrightonCorgi Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 30 minutes ago, irratebass said: Seen RATM with Wu Tang......that was a helluva show Saw them together as well. Leaning against the stage. I have seen most of the old school rap groups from Jazzy Jeff, Kool Moe Dee, BDP, UTFO, etc... Too many to remember. RUN DMC in their hey day was something special. Same with Hardcore bands, seen most of them and a few times at that. 3
irratebass Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 10 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said: Saw them together as well. Leaning against the stage. I have seen most of the old school rap groups from Jazzy Jeff, Kool Moe Dee, BDP, UTFO, etc... Too many to remember. RUN DMC in their hey day was something special. Same with Hardcore bands, seen most of them and a few times at that. Yeah, seen you mentioned Bad Brains...........WOW! I be that was something else.
BrightonCorgi Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, irratebass said: Yeah, seen you mentioned Bad Brains...........WOW! I be that was something else. I use to know HR. I had a fanzine in the early 80's and did an interview with via mail while he was jail. Saw them 3-4 times. First show I ever saw was Black Flag. 2
garbandz Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 Billy Joel opening for the Beach Boys Wet Willie opening for Grand Funk Railroad (both bands joined together for "Do the Locomotion" ) Pink Floyd in the era of "The Wall" Edgar Winter,Mountain,Country Joe and the Fish,Roy Buchanan,Canned Heat, all in my College Gym . Catfish Hodge Blues Band Jerry Jeff Walker ("Up Against the Wall,Redneck Mother , Pissin' In The Wind ") 1
jackupster Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 Bill Graham Memorial Concert-Laughter, Love and Music Nov 3 1991 300,000 people in Golden Gate Park. Still the largest concert in San Francisco city limits We were about 150' in front of center stage with a big ice chest of beer and were smoking 80rg Nor Cal handrolls all day long! Sactochris was there with me! Look at this lineup! 4
SigmundChurchill Posted October 24, 2019 Posted October 24, 2019 1 hour ago, jackupster said: Bill Graham Memorial Concert-Laughter, Love and Music Nov 3 1991 300,000 people in Golden Gate Park. Still the largest concert in San Francisco city limits We were about 150' in front of center stage with a big ice chest of beer and were smoking 80rg Nor Cal handrolls all day long! Sactochris was there with me! Look at this lineup! I was there too. We must have missed each other. ? I still have the poster. It is framed, on the wall in my music room. It always brings back fond memories when I look at it. Remember Robin Williams did the eulogy? He was talking about how Bill was up in heaven, directing God, telling him to add more chartreuse to the sunset. LOL. 2
Habana Mike Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 The Who. Two night run at McNichols Arena in Denver April 1980, shortly after the Cleveland disaster. Amazing shows though crowd control had obviously tightened up. Beginning of a new era.... U2 Boy tour - first American run of the band in March 1981 at the Rainbow Music Hall. Basically a renovated three theater movie house that only sat a couple hundred. Front and center. Stones, Folsom Field CU Boulder, October 1981. Mick almost fell off the scaffolding for the sound system after climbing to the top. Band was still playing fairly tight at the time. Misses: Floyd, Zeppelin two bands always wanted to see. Never did. Many more I could go on about in both regards. I'll take those to the FOH's Classic Rock Club ! 3
Habanos2000 Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 I have a couple fav's. AC/DC Nov 1981 Rosemont Horizon. Final days of the Back in Black tour. Incredibly powerful! I've seen them 2-3 times since and have been disappointed with very similar shows. 2nd fav was Metallica as an opening act at the Monsters of Rock at Alpine Valley in May 1988. They killed it. Show I regret missing, Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads. Drove past the Rosemont Horizon the last time they played there hoping to see them, could have gotten tickets, didn't, still kicking myself. Randy was a god. 2
Puros Y Vino Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Best: Motorhead, Testament, Whitesnake, Heaven & Hell & Judas Priest. All in one night. First and only time seeing Dio live. He was amazing. Runner up: A very fresh Guns N Roses getting a whole hour opening up for Iron Maiden in Toronto. Missed: Accept and Judas Priest double bill in the early 80's. 3 1
HiPower Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Best attended: Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the CCCC Portland, Maine in 96 if memory serves.. Missed: Stevie Ray Vaughn due to no money for such frivolities. He left this earth shortly after. 2
joeypots Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 I was at this one and when Jagger said "Why don't you all throw your shoes?" Well, they did. I was in the bleachers and for a second I couldn't see the stage for the rain of shoes. 1
BrightonCorgi Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 2 hours ago, HiPower said: Best attended: Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the CCCC Portland, Maine in 96 if memory serves.. I saw them around the same time with Pearl Jam. Both were great. 1
inter4alia Posted October 25, 2019 Posted October 25, 2019 Tough to name a single show for greatest or missed, so I will just have to list my top in each category -- in no particular order. Best (all in Chicago (with the one noted exception) between early 90's and mid 00's -- I'm horrible with dates and too lazy to look them up): Soundgarden -- Cornell had hands down the best voice of any rock singer I've ever seen live -- no contest. Stone Temple Pilots -- some great albums but this band really shined live. Weiland was an incredible live front man. NIN (Jim Rose circus tour) -- pure energy coming off that stage. Have no idea how Reznor could keep that up for a full tour. Prince -- I love his classic catalog (the newer stuff not so much). If you ever saw Prince live then you know that the Purple Rain closer is goosebumps/tear inducing. Dear God that man could play the guitar. Beatie Boys/Tribe called Quest -- two of the top hip hop acts together for the same show, will never forget it. The Roots -- The best blend of hip hop and musicianship I've seen. Eminem -- his first major tour. Lyrics and delivery like no other. Candelbox at Summerfest in Milwaukee -- show was good, but it makes my list more for the backstory than the show itself. My three best mates and I had no tickets to the sold out show but ended up in the first few rows. Too long a story to type here. Missed: AC/DC Nirvana Guns and Roses Floyd Alice in Chains There are several on my list of "not seen yet but desperately need to." Maybe that's an idea for another thread. Cheers. 2
Baccy Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 I didn't goto many concerts as a teen so I've been making up for it over the past decade. I don't mind admitting that I'm a bit of a concert enthusiast so naturally I think this is a great idea for a thread.? I've seen a lot of great bands and I attend a lot of outdoor festivals. I love a nice 2-3 day festival, and sometimes I end up putting my health on the line at these events. My hearing is still muffled and I'm still fighting the cold I caught at the last festival, but it was all worth it, lol. Here are just a few: Most recent: Guns n Roses @ Exit 111 festival, Manchester Tennessee - Awesome show, they still sound so great! Also saw ZZ Top, Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd Greatest show ever: SoundGarden @ 2017 Rockville festival, Jacksonville FL - So glad I made the decision to see these guys as sadly we all know how things turned out... Others: Metallica, Tool, Ozzy, Black Label Society, Judas Priest, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters(multiple shows), Smashing Pumpkins, Steve Vai, Candlebox, Alter Bridge(multiple), Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin(multiple), Drivin n Cryin(multiple), Joe Bonamassa, and on and on... Missed: TOM PETTY? 3
Cayman17 Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 Best: AC\DC Razor’s Edge tour @ Star Lake Amphitheater (West Virginia) Missed: Guns N Roses/Metallica @ Three Rivers Stadium 1
J-ROB Posted October 26, 2019 Posted October 26, 2019 I got you all beat on stupidly missed concerts. I gave away a ticket for Bob Marley at The Academy of Music in Philly because I had to do homework.? His next show in Pittsburgh was his last. 1 2
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