Your favorite concerts?

[foomanto]

The Toadies
oz fest the year before and the year of the black sabbath reunion
wight zombie
rob zombie
ac/dc in kemper arena in kansans city
kid rock
zz top
suicidal tendencies
david allan coe
pantera
jethro tull
crosby, stills, nash, and young
and others i cant remember right now

[smokehouse]

Bob Seger
Korn
Ted Nugent
Rage against the Machine
Disturbed
Slipknot
Metallica
System of a Down
Trans-siberian Orchestra
Cyprus Hill
Paul McCartney
Snoop
Stone Sour

[VirtualSmitty]

Slipknot
Mudvayne (three times lol)
Korn
Metallica
Disturbed
Adema (old adema, not that new crap)
Ill Nino
Deftones

[groogs]

1. Korn & Rob Zombie at the Arco Arena (loudest concert ever)
2. Metallica at Cal Expo Amphitheater Theater
3. Megadeath at Cal Expo Amphitheater Theater
4. Red Hot Chili Peppers, I don't remember where (it was that good)
5. Korn, Limp Bizkit, Primus, and more at the family values tour.

There are many more, but I am having trouble remembering them all.

[thebiglebowski]

this is tough... not sure i can narrow it down to 5. in no particular order:

- i was at the '79 UFO/Judas Priest concert in Chicago with Icehog. well, not with him, but you get what i mean. my first concert. awesome.

- Scorpions/Iron Maiden/Girls School. not sure of year, but it was (i think) Scorps Blackout tour. 2nd row, Chicago.

- Comiskey Park 'Monsters of Rock'? was that what it was called? around '79 or '80 - the Tubes/Southside Johnny/Fastway/Foghat/Rush. Cripes - that concert lasted all day...

- Springsteen, the River tour ('82?)/Springsteen, Born in the USA tour ('85), TIE - the BEGINNING of the Born in the USA tour, before the whole damn thing got outta hand. both in Chicago. no one rocked harder or longer than the Boss, back then.

- Smithereens, Top of the Pops tour, Chicago. 3rd row. Pat Dinizio stood on my chair and played guitar, Jim Babjak drank my beer. that bastard.

- Pete Townshend, Chicago, Arie Crown theater, '94? the Arie Crown sucks, we had crap seats, my wife absolutely loves Pete. bribed an usher to let us sit just on the right of the stage, literally. hard to describe where we were, but Pete looked at us funny a couple of times like 'wtf are you doing there?'. good news - we were about 20 feet from Pete, bad news - we were right next to the speakers. i was seriously worried about permanent hearing loss. Pete played ALMOST as long as Springsteen did...

- Los Lobos at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 2004. it was their 30th anniversary tour, my wife and flew out specifically to see them at that historic venue. it was awesome. they recorded a dvd of the show and you can see us on it. lol...

- just about anything i've seen at the Ryman auditoreum in Nashville - Elvis Costello (second row), Tom Waits (third row), Lyle Lovett (first row, dead center).

wow. ok, more than 5... great thread, btw!

[qwerty1500]

Hmmmm .... let me think for a minute ...

















Jimmy Buffett ... of course

[tchariya]

OK...I'll probably be ridiculed for my entries....

Nine Inch Nails
Elton John (solo tour)
INXS
Depeche Mode

[Studebaker]

Originally Posted by tchariya

OK...I'll probably be ridiculed for my entries....

Nine Inch Nails
Elton John (solo tour)
INXS
Depeche Mode

Gasp! I would never admit I saw Elton John a couple of years ago and was blown away by his piano skills and how amazing his band sounded. Oops, did I say that out loud?

[tchariya]

Originally Posted by Studebaker

Gasp! I would never admit I saw Elton John a couple of years ago and was blown away by his piano skills and how amazing his band sounded. Oops, did I say that out loud?

*sounds of crickets chirping*


hehehe....exactly. And I'm not going to admit I saw him twice.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by tchariya

*sounds of crickets chirping*


hehehe....exactly. And I'm not going to admit I saw him twice.

Me too, Than, nothing to be ashamed of.

Saw him in 1988 at the Poplar Creek outdoor theater in Hoffman Estates...man, I miss that place. Saw Santana, Aerosmith, REO, Pat Benetar, Hall and Oates, Genesis, The Outlaws, ZZTop, and a boatload of other concerts there in the 80s.

Also saw EJ at the Allstate Arena in 2004...took my Dad and stepmom.

[tchariya]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Me too, Than, nothing to be ashamed of.

Saw him in 1988 at the Poplar Creek outdoor theater in Hoffman Estates...man, I miss that place. Saw Santana, Aerosmith, REO, Pat Benetar, Hall and Oates, Genesis, The Outlaws, ZZTop, and a boatload of other concerts there in the 80s.

Also saw EJ at the Allstate Arena in 2004...took my Dad and stepmom.

/jealous

With the lack-luster rappers and R&B acts flooding the market, makes me wish I was more adultish back in those decades and able to get myself to see some of those great bands!

k..I'm not trying to start a flaming session of musical tastes, just saying I'd prefer to see groups of the 70s and 80s back when they were huge then to spend time and money to see T-Pain or Lil Wayne or T.I. etc...

[thebiglebowski]

Originally Posted by icehog3

Me too, Than, nothing to be ashamed of.

Saw him in 1988 at the Poplar Creek outdoor theater in Hoffman Estates...man, I miss that place. Saw Santana, Aerosmith, REO, Pat Benetar, Hall and Oates, Genesis, The Outlaws, ZZTop, and a boatload of other concerts there in the 80s.

Also saw EJ at the Allstate Arena in 2004...took my Dad and stepmom.

heh-heh. you said hall and oates.... heh-heh.

sorry, my lame attempt at a beavis and butthead imitation.

[TripleF]

Only been to see 2 bands - Nugent and Van Halen.

Both were my favorites.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by TripleF

Only been to see 2 bands - Nugent and Van Halen.

Both were my favorites.

Ya picked two BIG winners, Scott! DLR and Terrible Ted!

[taltos]

Dropkick Murphys on St. Patrick's Day
Several Who shows
Stones Steel Wheels Tour
Some Aerosmith shows
Bryan Adams

I've seen many great show over the years, its very hard to pick just 5.
Not in any particular order:
The Who in Shea Stadium 1982
Edgar Winter in The Stanhope House, a little blues club in Stanhope NJ.
Rush in Brendan Byrne Area 1982 Rorry Galligar warm-up
Rolling Stones at JFK in Philly, Journey, George Thorougood warm-up
The Grateful Dead, saw about 100 times, probably my favorite at MSG in 1987 when Garcia sang La Bamba or with Dylan in Philly.
Honorable mention: Jerry Garcia Band with Rob Wasserman and Bob Weir warm-up, Pink Floyd at Giants Stadium, Blue Oyster Cult with the 50' Godzilla at Radio City Music Hall, Hot Tuna at the Stanhope House, Allman Bros. at Waterloo Village, The Police at Atlantic City. Thats enough!

[jjirons69]

Steppenwolf/The Guess Who (front and center stage at 12 years old) 1st show!
Steely Dan (2x) Love these guys!
Metallica (small arena, front stage)
Pink Floyd (Clemson football stadium (my favorite show))
The Rolling Stones (Clemson stadium)
The Eagles (Hell Freezes Over Tour)

Numerous other great shows, but these are my favorites.