Whats the best concert you've ever been to?

[Phi Mu Alpha]

Out of all the concerts I've been to, I think the Foo Fighters, when they came to Cleveland Dave actually brought his dad on stage and his dad sang "All My Life":action-sm

[BaLZaC~308]

best mainstream concert probably metallica in 93. tenth row and suicidal tendencies and danzig opened up.

But my favorite show was probably AVAIL, snapcase and boysetsfire at the wetlands in like 98... holy fuck that was awesome

[Phi Mu Alpha]

best mainstream concert probably metallica in 93. tenth row and suicidal tendencies and danzig opened up.

But my favorite show was probably AVAIL, snapcase and boysetsfire at the wetlands in like 98... holy fuck that was awesome

sweet tits metallica, suicidal tendencies and danzig you got your moneys worth

[Glenn Dandy]

saw Metallica in a bar.
Scatterbrain in a bar.
Testament in a bar.


so many concerts... over 100 i figure.... to many to list. a few standouts would be.

Rush - Moving pictures tour.
Deep Purple - 24 years ago perfect strangers.
Genesis -28 years ago at JFK
Pink Foyd.
Black sabbath with every singer except Ian ive seen.
Ozzy - blizzard of /oz - in Atlantic City in like 1981
All the old Maidens,Dios,Megadeths,metalicas,journey,


mayby i should post the bands i havnt seen...Led Zepelin.

PANTERA & SLAYER in the 90 were good times.

Actually the BLACK SABBATH ( OZZY) reunion tour with Pantera opening is pretty high up there...A guy like me, A life long Sabbarth fan... seeing them with Ozzy do songs like Paranoid together on stage for the first time was a great experience... I was blown away.. It was kind of intense because I had gotten in a tiff with three dudes over seating... I had a radter seat:( ended up knocking one out and fucking the other two up pretty bad....I got a standing applause and ovation as the security led me up the steps and tossed me out on my ass .... this was during Pantera.

So i ran to my truck grabbed a different shirt.. one i had on was torn..
Scalped a new ticket... ran up got in.... and Sabbath took the stage as i made it to a seat... SHWEEEEW!

By the same Token... The second show in Philly of the reunited VAN HALEN was pretty fantastic too.... Although ive seen VH with Dave bunch of times before but, not in so many years.

[Sidekick Dave]

Black Crowes '98
Fear Factory/Children of Bodom/Lamb of God '04
Galactic '05
Avett Bros/ Michael Franti and SPEARHEAD/John Brown's Body '06
Medeski, SCOFIELD, Martin, and Wood '06


...But the best ever was The Police at Fenway July 2007. The tickets were from a friend of fathers from WBUR in Boston. I went with my buddy Matt. We had seats on left field. They were soooooo good and sooooo crisp. I also saw Rush at SPAC for S&Aand Genesis at Olympic Stadium in Montreal for Turn it on...Again. Great summer for classic rock reunions.

[BravoSierra]

I'm not exactly a "concert-goer" but I will never forget the 2 times I saw Michael Franti and Spearhead perform in Montana. A little bit "hippy," but that dude puts on some amazing shows.

[JimsInfectedEye]

AC/DC. The cannons at the end seem to give me a fucking concussion.

[badorties]

the best show i ever saw was yo la tengo at maxwell's last december ... they did an amazing version of 'on our way to fall,' played 'september gurls' (my favorite all time song) during an amazing encore and finished a brilliant show with ira's mom singing 'my little corner of the world' (i had to see my mom go through a lot of cancer related bullshit last year)

the show validated a lifetime of a being a music geek ... and ended with a personal, heartwarming moment


other hi-lites:

tom waits - beacon theatre ('99 i think)
sonic youth - irving plaza (november 2002)
radiohead - MSG (summer 2001)
white stripes - keyspan park (2005)
elvis costello - bowery ballroom (spring 2002), thanks ron & fez
wilco - irving plaza (1999)
elvis costello - summerstage (probably 2004/05 with emylou harris)
radiohead - radio city music hall (1997)
brian wilson - jones beach (2001)
pogues - nokia theatre (st. pats, 2006)
beck - radio city music hall (valentine's day, 1999)

[PDX909]

Genesis at Wembley Stadium, 1986
Eric Clapton, Royal Albert Hall (Blues Night), 1988
Coldplay, Clark County Amphitheater, WA. (2007)

[CousinDave]

The best sounding concert was KISS in 1990 during the Hot in the Shade tour.

The best overall was AC/DC also in 1990 during the Razors Edge tour - this was in NY, same tour when the dopes got killed in Salt Lake City.

I really miss general admission.

[kimothee]

*Finally* saw Foo Fighters a couple years ago live and it was awesome - definitely want to see them again...ranks up there on the all time favorites....

Def Leppard about 5 or 6 years ago when they played the entire 'side one' of High n' Dry. Worth the price of admission to see it live.

Guns n' Roses in 1991 - holy shit that was an awesome show!

Melissa Etheridge in 1989....she is incredible live....had no idea about her personal life at the time....just exceptionally talented.

Soft spot in my heart for the numerous Winger shows I've been to over the past 20 years (gasp!). Yes, really, see them live and you'll be shocked.

[25133WhooOoAH]

One of my favorite Concerts I've been to recently was the reunion tour with Testament. Original Lineup and They kicked ass....

some others

Rage Against the Machine/Wu Tang Clan in 97
Paganfest 2007
Dashboard Confessional/Saves the Day(Dashboard when it was just one guy and noone knew who he was..Awesome, now there like a girl teeny band.)
Iron Maiden/Dio/Motorhead 2003
Both Times I've seen Pennywise They have always kicked ass

[Dopie Opie]

Some of the best shows were at L'amours in Brooklyn back in the 80's.

Metallica/WASP/Armored Saint - Ride the Lightning Tour
Iron Maiden (Actually Charlotte and the Harlots) warm up for Seventh Son tour
Biohazard/Carnivore - Nobody rocked L'amours than Biohazard, nobody
Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion tour
King Diamond - Fatal Potrait tour.

Big arenas

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time tour (MSG)
Metallica - Master of Puppets (Felt Forum) first show ever w/ Jason Newstead. I had tickets for the show in August I think, but the show was postponed because Cliff had died. They rescheduled for December and it was their first show back. UN FUCKING BELIEVABLE.

Mainstream

Tom Petty at Jones Beach (Free Fallin tour)
Concrete Blond was real good too.

[Earth2murf]

Black Sabbath Original line up
Deep Purple Mark 2 line up
The Who/The Clash at shea
Jimmy Page w/the Black Crowes
Gary Moore at the Beacon
Drive By Truckers.....any show
The Pro's and Cons of Hitckhicking Roger Waters w/ Clapton
Judas Priest w/ Iron Maiden in 82i
Janes Addiction Nothing Shocking Tour..Less then a 100 people at the club
The Ramones.....Best Live Band
Ozzy w/ Def Leppard in 81

[foyb]

best mainstream concert probably metallica in 93. tenth row and suicidal tendencies and danzig opened up.

But my favorite show was probably AVAIL, snapcase and boysetsfire at the wetlands in like 98... holy fuck that was awesome

That was one of the first shows I saw. I tried like hell to get pavilion seats, but they sold out in like 5 minutes, but it was still plenty loud. I couldn't talk, hear, or move my head for 3 days. Awesome show.
Ozzy on the no more tours tour, he was cool, but I could have done without the old ladies removing their shirts.
I saw Aerosmith when they had Jackyl opening for them, Jackly was pretty cool, Aerosmith kinda sucked live.

[Got One?]

metallica in indy 04, and also in cleveland a few months later.

ok, and also iced earth in 04, they had evergrey opening, then unknown to me, now one of my favorites.

[Mother Shucker]

STP opening for RHC. Scott was fucking amazing. When the tickets went on sale, they sold out about 30 people before me, but they then put a second show on sale, so I got third row seats.

[Stig]

Foo Fighters/Weezer co-headlining for arena shows. Medium-size venue - Saw the Ramones around 25 times, and they were always great. Smaller places - NRBQ. A mostly-unknown national treasure.

[Dopie Opie]

Black Sabbath Original line up
Deep Purple Mark 2 line up
The Who/The Clash at shea
Jimmy Page w/the Black Crowes
Gary Moore at the Beacon
Drive By Truckers.....any show
The Pro's and Cons of Hitckhicking Roger Waters w/ Clapton
Judas Priest w/ Iron Maiden in 82i
Janes Addiction Nothing Shocking Tour..Less then a 100 people at the club
The Ramones.....Best Live Band
Ozzy w/ Def Leppard in 81


I forgot about Janes Addiction I saw them at The Ritz in NYC on the Ritual de lo Habitual tour, they fucking ROCKED.

That also reminded me of another great show at The Ritz. I saw Bad Brains on the Quickness tour with Leeway, easily the best mosh pits I ever saw.

[CM Mark]

I've been to few concerts, but none have been better than the two BB King shows I've gone to. One was about 6 or 7 years ago, it was a Bluesfest, kinda a lollapalooza thing, but for blues music.

The other was just a couple of weeks ago, a week after his 83rd birthday. He still puts on one hell of a show, and I really think he has more fun than any of the people in the crowd. I dragged my girlfriend to that show the other week, she knew who BB King was before the show, didn't really know about his music or anything, she now quotes things he said at the show more than I do. I also catch her humming some of the songs he played that night.

[Cunt Smasher]

Ozzy-Diary of a Madman tour,1982 Opening act was U.F.O.

[Smokezilla]

I have to say the best show overall was the Dream Theater "Train Of Thought" tour (2003) in Cleveland OH at the Agora Theater. No opening act. . . Just 3 hours of awesome tunes.

The best small club show I've seen was the Blue Oyster Cult around 1995. . . I saw them in a club that might have had 100 people in it. They did every one of my favorite BOC tunes (even ones that weren't hits) and they were really putting effort into the performance. . . Not just going through the motions. It might have helped that I was sitting maybe 30 feet away from them the whole time. :icon_wink

[Rauensnake]

Been to too many to remember. But here are some highlights.

Monsters of Rock - Van Halen, Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica, Kingdom Come bout 88

Clash of the Titans - Alice in Chains opened, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth bout 89

Alice and Chains and Gruntruck at the Met in Spokane bout 92

Kiss reunion tour 96

Pantera and White Zombie bout 93

The best concert I have been to hasn't happened yet. Nov 30. Tacoma Dome AC/DC!!!

[iSpeakEloquent]

ive seen great performances but ill go with all around great show from openner to headliner...

Metal Masters Tour this past summer

Testament
Motorhead
Heaven & Hell
Judas Priest

also the year before

Queensryche
Alice Cooper
Heaven & Hell


in 2004 godsmack and metallica were great too.

[CrazyMrPoopSex]

Only concert I've been to is Ozzfest, 6 times. The first one was the best. it was in 2000 I was only 15. Manson's stage show was amazing, I was in the Mosh pit for Soulfly. Got to see lots of tits, Great times

[TeenPinkSock]

I'm not gonna say it was the best concert I was ever at but I got Front Row Dead Center for Queensryche a few years back at the Beacon Theater in NYC. Its rare enough to land front row but when you get them for your favorite band its one in a million.

[texxxman]

Great first concert Kiss Destroyer tour (Bob Seger was warmup)
When I was stationed at Pearl Harbor got to see the Talking Heads play at a club (Little Orphan Annies) play 2 sets a night for a week admission was 3 bucks and an open bar for 2 hours.
Got to see Sabbath on Ozzys 30th birthday
Won tickets from krock to see the White Stripes play at Electric Lady studios in a rehersal room
Seen Genisis well maybe the 4 hits of green dragon made it a great concert
got to see my 2nd fav band of the 70's the Sex Pistols at the International Ballroom in Houston W/Stabbing Westward and Gravity Kills.
Sadly never got to see my fav 70's band UFO

[droogie]

My top show would be radiohead at MSG 2003. Second PJ harvey at the Knitting Factory in 2004, she was literally five feet away from me.

Other memorable shows would include the white stripes, ac/dc, rolling stones, and guns'n'roses.

[LastDeadMouse]

I'll say The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in December of '07 at the Middle East in Boston for the Saturday show of the 10th Hometown Throwdown. I had seen them 17 or so times throughout my college days and I never thought I'd see them again. Tickets sold out so fast it was a miracle that I actually got a pair. The atmosphere was just magical. They played Last Dead Mouse (the inspiration for my screen name), Toxic Toast by request from the audience, Nate Albert came out and played two songs with them, and Peter Wolf from The J. Geils Band came out to play Give It To Me with them. Of all the MANY shows I've been to that one was the most memorable.

[Trippy]

Metallica - think it was in 1991 when they peomoted the black album w/o an opening act. 2 1/2 hours of Matallica was unreal. Saw them again with GnR and they blew GnR away. (GnR was the worst show ive even seen but thats another thread).

Queensryche - The tour when Empire came out and they played the whole Mindcrime album. One of my faves.

Dream Theater - saw them twice in small Long Island clubs. The best musicans ive ever seen. Period.

Poison - I hate to admit it. Various girlfriends made me see them 3 times. Everytime i wanted to hate them and every time they put on an amazing show. Dammit now i feel queer.

[blackout-]

gogol bordello

3x

[Phi Mu Alpha]

Metallica - think it was in 1991 when they peomoted the black album w/o an opening act. 2 1/2 hours of Matallica was unreal. Saw them again with GnR and they blew GnR away. (GnR was the worst show ive even seen but thats another thread).

Queensryche - The tour when Empire came out and they played the whole Mindcrime album. One of my faves.

Dream Theater - saw them twice in small Long Island clubs. The best musicans ive ever seen. Period.

Poison - I hate to admit it. Various girlfriends made me see them 3 times. Everytime i wanted to hate them and every time they put on an amazing show. Dammit now i feel queer.

Dream Theater is in my fraternity. As to poison yes sir you should feel queer

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Craziest - Slayer at Irving Plaza (couldn't walk for a month after that one)

Most Memorable - Green Day at Woodstock (3-4 songs in, degenerated into a mud slinging contest and a fight with bouncers)

Personal Favorite - Face To Face at Coney Island High

Most of the shows I've been too I barely remember. Drunk + mosh pit = vague memories.

[mikeybot]

Tool in Dublin about a month after Lateralus came out. Saw it in a venue that held maybe 1500 people tops.

Bosstones at the Hometown Throwdown this past Dec. Spent the entire show in the pit which I haven't done in a long time.

Ministry with Anthrax opening at the Electirc Factory in 2003. It was the only show they were doing together, Anthrax played nothing but good songs(Caught in a Mosh, Bring the Noise, Got the Time...stuff like that). They had Ogre with them doing a few songs and Scott came out for a few songs during their *3rd* encore. Not to mention that they played almost all of Psalm 69(including Jesus Built My Hotrod), and a lot of other good older stuff. I knew that Al was going to be probably calling it quits on touring soon so I didn't bother seeing the other 2 tours. Don't think that either of them could remotely compare to that.

[DrumBum18]

Recently and one of my favorites - the Mayhem Tour
- Slipknot, Disturbed, DragonForce, Mastadon.

Rage Against the Machine (yes fucking amazing)
Ozzfest 2000
Ozzfest 2001
Godsmack at the Bruins Game (TD Banknorth Center)
System of a Down played a good show.
Dave Matthews at the Dodge Center, CT.
James Taylor here at home in Mass.

[LastDeadMouse]

Bosstones at the Hometown Throwdown this past Dec. Spent the entire show in the pit which I haven't done in a long time.

Which night were you at?

[mikeybot]

I was at the Thurs night show(the 27th)
I'm really hoping they do it again this year.

[SkinnyNaraAsses]

Best, hands-down, was Genesis at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, 18 Sep 2008. The first of seven Genesis shows I saw last year, and my first Genesis show EVER! Ended up being my worst seats of the 7, but since it was my very first time seeing them live, it was overwhelming.

Very close second was Steve Hackett at BB King Blues Club in 2003. What an incredible showman! Not a great singer, but man can he play guitar!

Saw 2 "private" Phil Collins concerts in 1998 (filming of A&E Live By Request and Hard Rock Live), but they were standard mushy stuff ('80s pop hits) - except for a surprise "Turn It On Again"! Saw him the following night at the Buddy Rich Tribute concert...he's still an incredible drummer!

[Fuck Crosby]

Thursday/Poison the Well/Engine Down at the Palladium in Worcester. Place was packed, and the crowd was insane

Thursday/Fear Before the March of Flames/Murder By Death, Club at Waterstreet. Seeing my favorite band play a small as club was an amazing experience

[WoodenPlank]

Im probably gonna catch some shit for this one, but it had to be the last Linkin Park concert I went to. Chris Cornell opened for them, and I was dead center in the front of the pit. LP and Chris both put on one hell of a show.

Some other notable shows were PR04 with Korn, Snoop Dogg and Linkin Park, and seeing Staind at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach.

[LastDeadMouse]

Im probably gonna catch some shit for this one, but it had to be the last Linkin Park concert I went to. Chris Cornell opened for them, and I was dead center in the front of the pit. LP and Chris both put on one hell of a show.

Some other notable shows were PR04 with Korn, Snoop Dogg and Linkin Park, and seeing Staind at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach.

I'd never judge someone's musical taste. To each their own. I saw Linkin Park open for Metallica and they're tight as hell live.

[kimothee]

Poison - I hate to admit it. Various girlfriends made me see them 3 times. Everytime i wanted to hate them and every time they put on an amazing show. Dammit now i feel queer.

I have a couple guy friends who feel the same way about seeing Winger live :action-sm

[fandango86]

1 - Metallica in Toronto on the Black Album tour - The fans were screaming so loud they completely drowned out 'One'. I couldn't even hear the customs guy coming back into the US.

2 - Def Leppard in Buffalo on the Adrenalize tour - This one has my favorite 'moment' from a concert, when they played White Lightning, a song they never released as a single, and the whole arena sang along. I was in the 5th row and you could tell how much it affected them that everyone knew the song and were singing for Steve Clark.

3 - Queensryche at Darien Lake for the Promised Land Tour - My favorite American band - I've seen them the most out of anyone. This was their best performance.

4 - Scorpions at Darien Lake for the Face the Heat Tour - We were in like the 3rd or 4th row. The opening act (The Poor) was the best I've ever seen, and the Scorpions were still at the top of their game.

5 - Steve Perry in Buffalo for the Love of Strange Medicine Tour - Second favorite concert moment - When he sang 'Somewhere There's Hope' and the crowd gave the guitar player a standing ovation after the solo. (It was a new, unreleased song, so most folks were sitting)

[Chino Kapone]

Ok, shocking for me.

1. The Deftones, July 15th 1998 in Tulsa. Warped tour. There is maybe 1000 - 1500 people in the crowd at the time. Its 105 degrees out and Chino (Moreno) comes out in khaki's and a red canvas windbreaker. He stands at the edge of the railing and belts out "Shove it". Chairs are being thrown everywhere, the whole place is a mosh pit and I jump up and grab his arm and scream into the microphone along with him. It was nuts.

2. Incubus and Hoobastank 01 at the Kansas coliseum in Wichita. Incubus is the only band that I have heard that sounded better than the cd. I met and danced with soooo many cute girls that day. They said I made the concert worth going to. Absolutely amazing time.

[LastDeadMouse]

Ok, shocking for me.

1. The Deftones, July 15th 1998 in Tulsa. Warped tour. There is maybe 1000 - 1500 people in the crowd at the time. Its 105 degrees out and Chino (Moreno) comes out in khaki's and a red canvas windbreaker. He stands at the edge of the railing and belts out "Shove it". Chairs are being thrown everywhere, the whole place is a mosh pit and I jump up and grab his arm and scream into the microphone along with him. It was nuts.

The Warped Tour in the 90's were always a fucking blast. It felt more like a real traveling underground show. Now it's just too big and commercialized for my taste. Or it could be the fact that I'm 30 now... ;)

[Sidekick Dave]

The Warped Tour in the 90's were always a fucking blast. It felt more like a real traveling underground show. Now it's just too big and commercialized for my taste. Or it could be the fact that I'm 30 now... ;)
I actually agree. When I went to the WAAF Big Field Day to see Megadeath and Powerman five-thousand in Salem, MA in 1999, it was a different time. For me at least. The whole skate, thrash, metal, rap/rock thing was cool for a then fifteen year old. But now a twenty-four year old, I look back on all the Warped Tour, Ozzfest bands that I loved and I cringe.

[Dopie Opie]

I was at the first Warped show ...Pennywise, CIV, NOFX

Was fair at best....

Went to the first 5-6 Lollapaloozas and thought #3, #1, #2 in that order the rest sucked.

Also saw Pearl Jam at Randalls Island and they were great John Popper came out and did a song with them.

[Sidekick Dave]

Best, hands-down, was Genesis at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, 18 Sep 2008. The first of seven Genesis shows I saw last year, and my first Genesis show EVER! Ended up being my worst seats of the 7, but since it was my very first time seeing them live, it was overwhelming.

Very close second was Steve Hackett at BB King Blues Club in 2003. What an incredible showman! Not a great singer, but man can he play guitar!

Saw 2 "private" Phil Collins concerts in 1998 (filming of A&E Live By Request and Hard Rock Live), but they were standard mushy stuff ('80s pop hits) - except for a surprise "Turn It On Again"! Saw him the following night at the Buddy Rich Tribute concert...he's still an incredible drummer!
Was it 2008 or 2007? I don't think that they toured this year. If they did then FUCK I MISSED THEM.

[mikek]

Phish.

Q Fucking T.

[Douche McGee]

Nothingface is an amazing live band. Great energy and nonstop aggression.

Killswitch Engage, just the same. Howard is a big black motherfucker who just jumps and rolls around everywhere. Unfortunately, when I saw them, Adam D. was out and Pat from Damageplan was filling in, so I missed out on his goofiness.

I also loved Heaven and Hell playing on their first tour back in May of '07, but I hated all of their openers.

[iSpeakEloquent]

Im probably gonna catch some shit for this one, but it had to be the last Linkin Park concert I went to. Chris Cornell opened for them, and I was dead center in the front of the pit. LP and Chris both put on one hell of a show.

Some other notable shows were PR04 with Korn, Snoop Dogg and Linkin Park, and seeing Staind at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach.

im not really an LP fan but they did put on a hell of a show when i saw them on Summer Sanitarium on 03.


I also loved Heaven and Hell playing on their first tour back in May of '07, but I hated all of their openers.

which was that? Megadeth & Machine Head?

[iSpeakEloquent]

for whatever reason i forgot to mention iron maiden they have ruled everytime ive seen them, especially the last tour

[DocSavage]

:icon_cool I'm going old school. I got to see Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra (conducted by his son) the first gig of his first big comeback. He was smooth.

[GoatAss]

tool, 10,000 days tour. incredible!

[Hudson]

Dunno if this counts, but a friend of mine had a private party at the Stone Pony..well he was a huge fan of Perry Ferrell(sp) and another friend who was in the biz got him to come and play a few tunes...a little later in the evening Bruce walked in and sang a few songs with the local band we had hired..totally surreal..but really fucking cool.

[HumpX]

1978 The Tubes in support of their "what do you want from live" tour. Utterly insane stage show and musicianship. The band reportedly ended up so far in the red because of the cost of the shows that several promoters didn't want to touch them for a few years....lol.

another show around the same time a triple bill with J-Geils, Blue Oyster Cult and Mother Finest. All 3 bands at the height of their careers. Particularly J-Geils who could put on one of the most energetic shows of the day. Great stuff.

last one - '77 "YES" in support of their album "Relayer". I was tripping on 2 hits a mescaline. It was the first time I ever saw lasers used in a live show. 3 massive snake heads that hung over the band would come down and hang over the crowd. Fun Times.

[ChimneyFish]

Ministry - Sphinctour

My head just about implodes from the heaviness that was "The Fall".

[Mr. Joshua]

Been to so many....a few stand out (in no particular order).....

Rush - Snakes & Arrows tour

Pink Floyd - Division Bell tour

Lollapalooza 1993 - Tool, Alice In Chains, Primus

Metallica & Guns 'n Roses 1993 (with Faith No More opening)

Depeche Mode - Devotional tour 1994

[predators1998]

Clash of the Titans Tour-'91. Alice In Chains, Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth.
Ozzy-'86. Metallica w/Cliff opened that one.
Maiden '85.
Kiss '77.
Not a Springsteen fan at all, but a friend took me to see the E Street Band in '84, and it was a good show.
Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr, and Dean Martin in '88. Dean was in pretty bad shape and left the tour shortly after the gig I saw (to be replaced by Liza Minnelli), but just having the three on stage at the same time gave me chills. These guys were the original rock stars.

[rotten bastard]

Metallica in '94 playing in vegas with suicidal, fight, and candlebox. Awesome fucking light show, you should've seen how many blunts were lit in the dark.

[Nortonsmeatytit]

1. Live Aid, JFK Stadium
2. Peter Gabriel, Spectrum, So Tour
3. Genesis, Spectrum, Abacab Tour
4. Black Sabbath, Spectrum w/Ozzy, Van Halen opening act on their first tour
5. U2, Tower Theatre in 1982
6. Rolling Stones, JFK Stadium, Tatoo You Tour first date on the tour
7. The Who, The Clash & Santana, JFK Stadium 1980
8. Sam Kinison, Chestnut Cabaret, his first tour before breaking really big on Rodney Dangerfield's HBO Special, small club, hysterical set, funniest I've ever seen.
9. Frank Zappa, Tower Theatre
10. Pat Metheny Group, Tower Theatre

[Douche McGee]

which was that? Megadeth & Machine Head?

Yeah.

[generoso]

Gonna show my age a bit. But best hands down knock out punch Was Pink Floyd's The Wall at Nassau Coll. was only at LA and London. What a fucking show Built a wall end to end and than the plane crashed into it. As the band played in the rubble. Fucking awesome. A few decades Later I was in Germany when Rodger Waters put it on in Berlin. Another stunning moment.
But Loudest Ted Nudget
As perople said The Ultimate event with Sammy Liza and Frankie I wished I was at the dino shows but those were stunning.
Bruce Sprinsteen never dissaopinted.
Best live audinace vibe was greatfull dead I saw them about 7 times during my college years.
But Pink Floyds the Wall, To bad they never had great tape from those shows...

[BCH]

Hands Down. Paul Simon with Special Guest Art Garfunkel. Circa 1993 at the Paramount (Theater at Madison Square Garden) 9th Row Right on the floor.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Opened.

Simon & Garfunkel 60 - 90 minutes did everything from starting with Tom & Jerry stuff.

Paul Simon 60 minutes Graceland Set with Ladysmith Black Mambazo


Paul Simon 2 or 3 Encores

Art Garfunkel Encore "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

[Beeman99]

Garth Brooks in 96 if I remember

AC/DC is always good

Godsmack fucking owns live.

[Dopie Opie]

Hands Down. Paul Simon with Special Guest Art Garfunkel. Circa 1993 at the Paramount (Theater at Madison Square Garden) 9th Row Right on the floor.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo Opened.

Simon & Garfunkel 60 - 90 minutes did everything from starting with Tom & Jerry stuff.

Paul Simon 60 minutes Graceland Set with Ladysmith Black Mambazo


Paul Simon 2 or 3 Encores

Art Garfunkel Encore "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

That surprises me, I never knew you were gay, not that there is anything wrong with being gay.....:action-sm

[Nortonsmeatytit]

1978 The Tubes in support of their "what do you want from live" tour. Utterly insane stage show and musicianship. The band reportedly ended up so far in the red because of the cost of the shows that several promoters didn't want to touch them for a few years....lol.


Wow I forgot about the Tubes, they were a great band. I saw them in like 1982 and they were excellent. I had a friend in Germany who told me about the 78 tour and mentioned it was the craziest thing he ever saw, hookers parading around on stage w/farm animals & shit like that.

[BCH]

That surprises me, I never knew you were gay, not that there is anything wrong with being gay.....:action-sm

Haha say what you will. That was the best concert going experience I've ever had. From the Proximity to the Material to the Musicians assembled. Top Notch.

However, I am going to see Steve Earle at the Tarrytown Music Hall in January. That could also be up there.

[rotten bastard]

That surprises me, I never knew you were gay, not that there is anything wrong with being gay.....:action-sm

was that a statement of interest? hmmm....

[Phi Mu Alpha]

When I went to go see Demon Hunter, they actually pulled me on stage and sing Undying and Follow The Wolves

[moegolden]

not the best or worst, but here's my tale of GNR in 92
http://wackbag.com/showthread.php?t=91745

[kevtv]

Metallica - MSG 1999 with the orchestra - got to sit on stage for winning a contest. Nothing will ever top this.

Some other good shows:

Misfits, Murphys Law, Dillinger Escape Plan, Shadows Fall - 1999
Alkaline Trio, Hot Water Music, Cave In, Thrice - 2000
Bouncing Souls, Avail, Dillinger 4, None More Black - 2004
Dillinger Escape Plan, Cave In, Drowningman, Glassjaw - 2000
Farside, Kid Dynamite, Saves the Day, Fastbreak, the Movielife - 1999
VOD, H20, Silent Majority - 1996

so so many more...

[croscoe]

Slipknot (01')
Dillinger Escape Plan (02')
Hate Eternal (03')
Vital Remains (04')

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Bouncing Souls, Avail, Dillinger 4, None More Black - 2004


I could have went to that show, what a missed opportunity. Dillinger Four fucking rule. (As I was responding to this I googled them, Civil War is finally out! I had given up on it ever being released, hope it's good.)

[nicco25]

1... Ozzfest '99 ~ it was just great the party all day and night campin out at summerset Wisc the days before w a the fans then go party and see all the bands....
a couple of bands that were great there were primus n fear factory
2. a local radio station did a show 99 and i got to meet alot of the bands so that was a big plus but the best bands that night were coal chamber because of the dummer.. Drumming 2 at once and never took a break and slipknot,stained, powerman 5000 and machine head

and ozzfest 97

[Salem]

Pearl Jam - Tweeter Center MA (Final show of tour), Summer '08
STP w/ Meat Puppets- Worcester Centrum MA, Spring '96

[Stormrider666]

If I would have to pick one, it would be Ozzfest 97. Pantera, Type O' Negative, Ozzy, and the Black Sabbath reunion.

[Garyisajoke]

Might not count, but Virgin Mobile Fest in August 08.

Over the course of two days, I saw Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, Iggy and the Stooges, Bob Dylan, She and Him, Bloc Party, Kanye West - a few more, I don't remember. Great weekend.

Best single show was Arctic Monkeys/We Are Scientists at the Norva in Norfolk, VA. Small venue, both bands were just breaking. Good times.

[buttwax]

any of the 109 grateful dead shows i got into.



rip merl saunders

[Cage]

Best concert was Rotgut with Mr. Potato Head, 2U and Evolution at "The Downtown" back in 2004. Also NIN on the 94 Self Destruct tour.

[iSpeakEloquent]

i had tix to that show but my friend joe didn't wanna go, i had 2 $20 tix i remember and never used them

[notmikeh]

G3 with VAI SATRAINI and Malmstein

[predators1998]

G3 with VAI SATRAINI and Malmstein

Love the G3 tours. Been to two of them. Saw that one and also Vai, Satriani, and Paul Gilbert.

[5150]

The second show in Philly of the reunited VAN HALEN was pretty fantastic too.... Although ive seen VH with Dave bunch of times before but, not in so many years.

Glenn, I was at this show and have it on CD, (as well as tons more) PM me if interested. :action-sm

[Fuck Crosby]

As I was thinking here are a one more that beat my previous entry....

AFI, The Explosion @ Waterstreet In Rochester. This was after AFi released"sing the Sorrow". It was a postponed show because they recorded a video. Recover was originally scheduled to open(whom I recommend checking out). The crowd interaction, and chanting before they even took the stage was amazing. Davey walking on the crowd halfway through, craziest crowd I've scene.

[Zap Rowsdower]

Seeing My Bloody Valentine was the most intense experience of my life. If you ever want to know what it feels like to stand in front of a jet engine, go see My Bloody Valentine.

[LastDeadMouse]

I went to see Nine Inch Nails on Sunday and I'm not gonna say it was the best over all show I've ever seen, but the visuals were by for the best and most beautiful thing I've ever seen done at any kind of concert in my 14 years of going to shows. It really was breathtaking. The videos of it that are online really don't do it justice.

[Got One?]

this past sunday night, metallica, columbus. 6th met show, best one yet. see the metallica tour thread.

[SuperGolfer]

Best ever live music experience:

Sun Ra - The Bottom Line, NYC 1991

Other great shows:

Ray Charles - The Blue Note, NYC 1991
Gang Green, Suicidal Tendencies - The Channel, Boston 1988
Butthole Surfers, Body Count - Roseland, NYC 1992?
Butthole Surfers - Webster Hall, NYC 2008 (I first saw them in 1988, and they couldn't have been better).
Johnny Cash - Wayne Newton Theater, Branson 1993
Adrenalin O.D., Flipper - CBGB, NYC 2005
D.O.A. - CBGB, NYC 2004?
John Entwistle - BB King's, NYC 2001
GG Allin and the Murder Junkies - The Gas Station, NYC 1993

I know there's more worth mentioning, Motorhead, Slayer, Ozzy, Priest, Maiden...but I can barely think right now. Need sleep.

[Joe Cabot]

Saliva with 3 Doors Down at the Palms in Vegas Feb '05.

[goreds2]

HEART put on a great show in 1986. (Autogragh opened up for them / remember TURN UP THE RADIO ? :) )

Probably, the main reason it was my favorite show is that I got laid in the parking lot afterward. :icon_bigg

[Cum_Son]

Flaming Lips, Insane Clown Posse/Twiztid, Kottonmouth Kings, White Stripes, Marilyn Manson, Badfish (Sublime tribute band), Sevendust/Powerman 5000, Deftones, Dropkick Murphys are some of the best I've been to.

[Ballbuster1]

Been to many concerts but believe it or not one of the best was a Buffet Concert.
Jimmy Buffet fans will tailgate for 8 to 10 hours before a show, there's plenty of girls
that have no problem showing off their tits and the actual show is one of the best
for audience participation that I've ever seen. Very high energy show.

That being said, my most favorite band to see was the Stones.
It's just not a life if you didn't get to see them play at least once.

[Sinn Fein]

I've been to alot of concerts, hard to pick just one so here are some highlights...

The best sounding live show... I can't decide between CSNY and The Eagles.

One of the first concerts I ever went to was Bon Jovi & Cinderella back in '87. I was 16 years old. Didn't give a rat's ass about Bon Jovi and was ready to leave after Cinderella finished their set.

I've seen U2 about 3 times, always great.

One of the best overall shows was Van Halen (with Sammy Hagar).

[goreds2]

Been to many concerts but believe it or not one of the best was a Buffet Concert.
Jimmy Buffet fans will tailgate for 8 to 10 hours before a show, there's plenty of girls
that have no problem showing off their tits and the actual show is one of the best
for audience participation that I've ever seen. Very high energy show.



33 Jimmy Buffett shows for me. Not usually a problem seeing girls make out.

[lockjaaaaww]

TOOL '06

undoubably #1