How many bands have you seen perform live?

[jjones]

I was reminiscing with the wife the other day about when I used to go to concerts all the time and she was surprised at how many bands I've seen live. Here's a list of those that I can remember kind of starting from the early days and working forward:

Steppenwolf
Three Dog Night
Deep Purple
James Gang
The Moody Blues
Foghat
Montrose
Thin Lizzy
Grand Funk Railroad
Cat Stevens
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Led Zeppelin
Bad Company
Jefferson Airplane
Alice Cooper
Black Sabbath
Yes
Uriah Heep
Aerosmith
Peter Frampton
Bob Seger
Doobie Brothers
Edgar Winter
Johnny Winter
Sammy Hager
T Rex
Kiss
Ted Nugent
Sweet
Robin Trower
Frank Zappa
Jethro Tull
Rolling Stones
Rainbow
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Heart
Molly Hatchet
Head East
The Outlaws
Marshall Tucker Band
Allman Brothers
Dixie Dregs
Steely Dan
Blue Oyster Cult
Rush
Boston
Eagles
Joe Satriani
Stillwater
The Who
The Beach Boys
Rod Stewart
Elton John
Electric Light Orchestra
Prince
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
The Firm
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Eric Clapton
Joe Cocker
Depeche Mode
Meatloaf
Foreigner
Kansas
Styx
Chicago
Jackson Browne
Dramarama
UB40
Devo
Sex Pistols
Dead Kennedys
The Smiths
Big Audio Dynamite
The Damned
Fishbone
Buzzcocks
Public Image Limited
Echo & the Bunnymen
Black Flag

*From the 1982 & 1983 Us Festivals

Gang of Four
The Ramones
The English Beat
Oingo Boingo
The B-52's
Talking Heads
The Police
Dave Edmunds
Eddie Money
Santana
The Cars
The Kinks
Pat Benatar
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Grateful Dead
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jimmy Buffet
Jackson Browne
Fleetwood Mac
Divinyls
INXS
Wall of Voodoo
Flock ofSeagulls
Stray Cats
Men At Work
The Clash
Quiet Riot
Motley Crue
Ozzy Osbourne
Judas Priest
Triumph
Scorpions
Van Halen
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul
Berlin
Quarterflash
U2
Missing Persons
Pretenders
Joe Walsh
Stevie Nicks
David Bowie
/ Us Festival

ZZ Top
Queen
Def Leppard
AC/DC
Ratt
Stryper
Poison
Twisted Sister
Whitesnake
Iron Maiden
The Pixies
Social Distortion
REM
Crowded House
Hoodoo Gurus
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Metallica
Bruce Springsteen
Jefferson Starship
Burning Spear
Steel Pulse
Inner Circle
Ziggy Marley
Sublime
Mana
Enanitos Verdes
El Tri
Kabah
Calo
Garibaldi

There's still quite a few that I've left out. Some southern rock bands I can't remember, a few more punk and ska bands, a couple more hair bands and other miscellaneous bands I've seen over the years I spent in L.A.

I haven't seen any of the grunge bands from the 90's (those are about the only ones I can think of that I might have liked seeing) and I find it hard to believe that if I was just going through my teens and 20's like I was back in those days, that I would go to see the bands like I did back then. There just doesn't seem to be that many very interesting bands any more.

 

[MikeMike]

...

we are not worthy.

holy jesus christ dude youve seen some amazing shows then havent you.

MIKE

 

[DaTT]

Lots....but not that many.

 

[AbAbber2k]

We get it... you've seen more bands play than any of us.
In other news... god I hate you.

Oh snap, I just saw INXS on there.

 

[DaTT]

HA...no Hendrix...loser

 

[osiris3mc]

I've seen my fair share, mostly punk bands (and metal).

 

[chuckywang]

Wow, that's a lot!

 

[monk3y]

Wow... You've seen ALOT!!!

TooL
A Perfect Circle
The Strokes
Cake
Ludacris
Longwave
Har Mar Superstar
Radiohead
Interpol
Disturbed
Nonpoint
Mudvayne
Coldplay

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: DaTT
HA...no Hendrix...loser

Yeah, a couple of notables missing is Hendrix and the Doors but that was just before my time of going to concerts. I never saw CCR either.

 

[LatinJones]

I saw the Trammps and KC and the sunshine band......for FREE

 

[nick1985]

0

 

[dullard]

Me? 2.

One concert was two free ticket to a band that a radio station was giving away. My friend worked there and no one called in after many hours and multiple radio messages to call it. So he called me and I called in and got them. I wouldn't have paid any money for the tickets. It was Boys 2 Men when they were popular. I was not really a fan of their music.

The other was Jimmy Buffet. He has a few decent songs, but again I don't like his music. My wife and in-laws are huge fans though and dragged me along.

I'd just rather spend $50 on other things than to listen to music I can get for free on the radio.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: dullard
Me? 2.

One concert was two free ticket to a band that a radio station was giving away. My friend worked there and no one called in after many hours and multiple radio messages to call it. So he called me and I called in and got them. I wouldn't have paid any money for the tickets. It was Boys 2 Men when they were popular. I was not really a fan of their music.

The other was Jimmy Buffet. He has a few decent songs, but again I don't like his music. My wife and in-laws are huge fans though and dragged me along.

I'd just rather spend $50 on other things than to listen to music I can get for free on the radio.

I agree these days but when I began going to concerts tickets were about 7 or 8 dollars I think. Most of those concerts I probably paid about 12 - 15 dollars to see. I mostly gave up going to concerts about the time Ticketmaster put a stranglehold on ticket sales and ticket prices jumped up to 25 dollars or so, and assigned seating became the norm instead of festival seating. That's about the time when scalpers became rampant as well. Since the mid-80's I really haven't seen too many shows.

 

A whole lot, but not as many as you.

 

[FoBoT]

3

1982 - Devo in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre
2004 - Evanescence in Kansas City at the Beaumont Club
2004 - Weird Al Yankovic in Kansas City at the Starlight Theatre (my daughters first concert)

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
3

1982 - Devo in Seattle at the Paramount Theatre
2004 - Evanescence in Kansas City at the Beaumont Club
2004 - Weird Al Yankovic in Kansas City at the Starlight Theatre (my daughters first concert)

I forgot about Devo! I saw them at the Santa Monica Civic Center and it was an awesome show. I hated Devo then but a surfing buddy of mine dragged me to the show. I remember we actually went to buy tickets for some other concert there and the Devo tickets were on sale at the same time, so he talked me into buying tickets for that show too and then talked me into actually going to see them. I'm glad he did because they put on a great show.

 

[Supertastic Fool]

I think the question is how many bands have you gotten backstage and gone to their concert for free like i have?

Oh wait, having connections is a good thing...

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Originally posted by: jjones

Steppenwolf
Three Dog Night
Deep Purple
James Gang
The Moody Blues
Foghat
Montrose
Thin Lizzy
Grand Funk Railroad
Cat Stevens
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Led Zeppelin
Bad Company
Jefferson Airplane
Alice Cooper
Black Sabbath
Yes
Uriah Heep
Aerosmith
Peter Frampton
Bob Seger
Doobie Brothers
Edgar Winter
Johnny Winter
Sammy Hager
T Rex
Kiss
Ted Nugent
Sweet
Robin Trower
Frank Zappa
Jethro Tull
Rolling Stones
Rainbow
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Heart
Molly Hatchet
Head East
The Outlaws
Marshall Tucker Band
Allman Brothers
Dixie Dregs
Steely Dan
Blue Oyster Cult
Rush
Boston
Eagles
Joe Satriani
Stillwater
The Who
The Beach Boys
Rod Stewart
Elton John
Electric Light Orchestra
Prince
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
The Firm
George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Eric Clapton
Joe Cocker
Depeche Mode
Meatloaf
Foreigner
Kansas
Styx
Chicago
Jackson Browne
Dramarama
UB40
Devo
Sex Pistols
Dead Kennedys
The Smiths
Big Audio Dynamite
The Damned
Fishbone
Buzzcocks
Public Image Limited
Echo & the Bunnymen
Black Flag

*From the 1982 & 1983 Us Festivals

Gang of Four
The Ramones
The English Beat
Oingo Boingo
The B-52's
Talking Heads
The Police
Dave Edmunds
Eddie Money
Santana
The Cars
The Kinks
Pat Benatar
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Grateful Dead
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jimmy Buffet
Jackson Browne
Fleetwood Mac
Divinyls
INXS
Wall of Voodoo
Flock ofSeagulls
Stray Cats
Men At Work
The Clash
Quiet Riot
Motley Crue
Ozzy Osbourne
Judas Priest
Triumph
Scorpions
Van Halen
Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul
Berlin
Quarterflash
U2
Missing Persons
Pretenders
Joe Walsh
Stevie Nicks
David Bowie
/ Us Festival

ZZ Top
Queen
Def Leppard
AC/DC
Ratt
Stryper
Poison
Twisted Sister
Ozzie Osborn
Whitesnake
Iron Maiden
The Pixies
Social Distortion
Crowded House
Hoodoo Gurus
Metallica
Bruce Springsteen
Jefferson Starship
Burning Spear
Steel Pulse
Inner Circle
Sublime
Mana
Enanitos Verdes
El Tri
Kabah
Calo
Garibaldi

I've got a hell of a list and I could sit here all night typing, but you'd still win.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I can't name them all, however, I'd say easily over 200. (I've been to 5 Milwaukee Metalfests, where they typically have 50+ different bands, as well as about 100 other shows in the last 10 years.)

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: KlitschBeiExitus
I think the question is how many bands have you gotten backstage and gone to their concert for free like i have?

Oh wait, having connections is a good thing...

Well, Deep Purple I saw for free, Allman Brothers and the Dixie Dregs I saw for free, Lynyrd Skynyrd I paid to see but I did get to sit on stage to see them play their set.

 

[StageLeft]

About six-seven. I love music, but i don't give a crap to go out of my pay and pay tons of money to see the bands play live Last live was probably eight years ago I think.

 

[Gibsons]

Well, don't think I can compare to the OP but here goes, probably leaving out a lot of stuff...

U2
pixies
smithereens
9 lb hammer
the bears
tool
pearl jam
nirvana
the amps
the breeders
shonen knife
screaming trees
sould asylum
lemonheads
archers of loaf
buck pets
toadies
funland
rocket from the crypt
drive like jehu
nation of ulysses
starbuck
judas priest
carnival season
the primitons
vallejo
little sister
ten hands
drivin n cryin
REM
the db's
robyn hitchcock
flaming lips
spearhead
foo fighters
spunk
spoon
tripping daisy
dramarama
sugarcubes
jesus and mary chain
ministry
the godfathers
INXS
ziggy marley
guns n roses
eve's plumb
the nixons
brutal juice
nogood boyo
8 1/2 souveneirs
red kross
shallow
webb wilder
dash riprock
mojo nixon
they might be giants
sugar la la's
queens of the stoneage
ramones
flock of seagulls
blue oyster cult
el flaco
lucifer wong
gumball
matthew sweet
mary's danish
blind melon
alex chilton
toni price
the muffs
refractory period
manhole
hole
belly
live
some rap band
course of empire
L7
love tractor
mercyland
the feelies
tommy keene
the fall
the queers
Red Hot chili peppers
Rev Horton Heat
Smashing Pumpkins
Soundgarden
Lush
P funk
Nick Cave
Green Day
Shudder to think
pavement
Old 97s
Leo Kottke
maura o'connor
nancy griffith
toni price
fake brain
hagfish
veruca salt
Radiohead

 

[sixone]

One: Pink Floyd. Who could follow that?

 

[jjones]

Gibsons, that's an impressive list. Looks like we overlap in the 80's? And there's a few more to add to my list that you mentioned: REM (I don't know how I missed them), Ziggy Marley and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

 

[LikeLinus]

I've seen tons of bands. Here's the ones I can remember off the top of my head.

Deftones (4x)
Far
LimpBizkit
BB King
Eric Clapton
Aerosmith
Metallica
Alice In Chains
Buddy Guy
Eagles
Pink Floyd
Korn
Marilyn Manson
Year of the Rabbit
Soulfly
Hatebreed
Machine Head
Tool (3x)
Cold
12 Volt Negative Earth
Minus.Driver (Formerly [Minus] )
Black Sabbath
Ozzy
Snoop Dogg
Failure
Prodigy
Mudvayne
Slipknot
Papa Roach
Linkin Park
Eye Hate God
White Zombie (2-3x)
Pantera
Rage Against The Machine
Wu Tang Clan
Atari Teenage Riot
311
No Doubt
System Of A Down
Filter
Failure
Tom Petty
Van Halen
Candle Box
Flaming Lips
Hum
Bush
Toadies
Flaw
Neurosis
Fly
Will Haven
Clutch
Pitchshifter
Slayer
Quicksand
Crowbar
Tricky
Porno For Pyros
Orbital
Devo
Eels
Hed Pe
Disturbed
Everclear
Stabbing Westward
Fear Factory
36 CrazyFist
18 Visions


Also all the opening bands that went before them.