Some rock concert questions

[nicodemus]

Another great show I forgot to mention was Johnny Cash right before he retired due to health reasons. Saw him at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival...it was so awesome seeing the "Man in Black."

One of the ones that I will forever regret no going to was Bill Monroe at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. I knew he was older than dirt, but just make the 200+ mile drive figuring, well he will play again soon. Well he didn't play again soon, and he died, so I never saw the "Father of Bluegrass."

One of the funnest/surprising shows I saw was Biohazard at the Masquerade in Atlanta in the early 90s. Another great one was Anthrax/Public Enemy/Primus in Birmingham, AL in '90 or '91.. The first time rap, metal & weird had toured together...this predated Lollapalooza by several years. Strangely enough, another one I knew I would enjoy, but was surprised how high it ranks on my all time list would be the Estonian Philharmonic Choir & Tallin Orchestra performing music by Arvo Part, they did his "Te Deum" which is for choir, orchestra and sound effects.

Needless to say, I've got pretty wide ranging tastes.

[MeridianFC]

1)What was your first concert?

The Charlie Daniels Band w/ .38 Speical at the Augusta Richmond County Civic Center. Stop laughing.

2)Who was the best?(Not just your favorite band.Sometimes you are surprised how good someone is live)

Either Lunasa at some church in Silver Spring, MD (2001) or REM/Love Tractor/Guadalcanal Diary at the Atlanta Civic Center New Years Eve (1985).

3)Who was the worst/most disappointing?

Cheap Trick at the Augusta Richmond County Civic Center (1984 I believe). They were too ************ed up to play and really, really sucked. They were opening up for REO Speedwagon, who my girlfriend at the time wanted to see, and REO really, really bite the big one. There was an honest to God 20 minute guitar solo. I ************ you not.

4)What is the concert you most regret missing?

The Smiths (either of the two shows they played in DC).

[NorthGoalGang]

Originally posted by nicodemus
One of the ones that I will forever regret no going to was Bill Monroe at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. I knew he was older than dirt, but just make the 200+ mile drive figuring, well he will play again soon. Well he didn't play again soon, and he died, so I never saw the "Father of Bluegrass."

My Dad is a huge country music fan, so when I was a kid, we trekked down to Opryland. My Dad scored tickets to the Grand Ol' Opry to see Bill Monroe. I was bored to tears, being young and stupid. Years later, I'm really kicking myself for not paying more attention.

I just remembered all these f'n tourists yelling for Rocky Top through his whole set. People get in the way of a good time.

[Daksims]

1)What was your first concert?
Bush in Pittsburgh. I was chillin' out with this
h-h-hot chick I just met. We had gone to Pitt for the day, were getting bored and heard the concert advertised on the radio. His second album had just come out.
2)Who was the best?(Not just your favorite band.Sometimes you are surprised how good someone is live)
Hard to choose. I have to go with a few. Cake @ The Ogden in Denver, LBDA @ The Fox in Boulder, Radiohead @ Red Rocks in Denver, Goldfinger @ The Ogden, Both Vans Warped Tours I've been to.
3)Who was the worst/most disappointing?
Goldfinger @ the Ogden the 2nd time. I was expecting a great show. The first time they did like 5 encores. The second time they seemed tired and didn't do any encores.
4)What is the concert you most regret missing?
Sublime

[jmeissen0]

Originally posted by BakedAlaskan
1)What was your first concert?
2)Who was the best?(Not just your favorite band.Sometimes you are surprised how good someone is live)
3)Who was the worst/most disappointing?
4)What is the concert you most regret missing?


1.) 1996... Hum played a free concert in champaign's West Side Park (sponsored by MTV, i think)
2.) 2000-ish Flaming Lips... played at the Highdive in downtown Champaign... crazy-ass awesome show... highly recommend them
3.) Smashing Pumpkins in Champaign at the University of Illinois' Assembly Hall (never, ever, ever see a show at this piece of crap... i saw them at the Canopy Club in Urbana, at Purdue and at their second to last show and each of these were amazing)
4.) October 2000... Pearl Jam at Alpine Valley in East Troy Wisconsin... this became known as the Ice Bowl and now has legendary status... freezing temperatures and snow... i almost had tickets, but was screwed out of them by some prick in milwaukee




*urbana and champaign are twin cities, the U of I's quad is half in each city

[Mattbro]

Originally posted by BakedAlaskan
1)What was your first concert?
2)Who was the best?(Not just your favorite band.Sometimes you are surprised how good someone is live)
3)Who was the worst/most disappointing?
4)What is the concert you most regret missing?



1) Queensryche, Bangor (ME) Auditorium, Halloween, 1991.

2) Aerosmith/Black Crowes a couple of years ago in Cologne, Germany. Not that I was surprised about how good Aerosmith was, but DAMN! Special mention goes to this year's Hollyweird tour, where I had fourth row seats for Poison/Cinderella/Winger in Manchester, NH.

3) Worst was HIM, a Finnish goth metal band from Finland that I saw in Cologne. They are pretty popular in Europe, and have some really cool songs IMO (download Join Me, Poison Girl, Right Here in My Arms, Heartache Every Moment or Pretending if you're interested in some heavy yet catchy European goth rock). But they absolutely sucked live - great shame, because otherwise I'd go see them again. Honorable mention goes to Beck in Cologne a couple of years ago. Just not my type of music, I guess, but man did he suck IMO.

4) Scorpions in their prime - Crazy World Tour, 1990 (I think) at the Ball Park in Old Orchard Beach, ME. We had tickets and the bastards cancelled the rest of their tour to go shoot a video in South America. I was pissed off at them for a long time - but I couldn't stay mad at the Scorps! Honorable mention again to a reunited The Cult, who cancelled their Cologne show last year, I think because of 9/11.

[trickyfool]

Originally posted by BakedAlaskan
1)What was your first concert?
2)Who was the best?(Not just your favorite band.Sometimes you are surprised how good someone is live)
3)Who was the worst/most disappointing?
4)What is the concert you most regret missing?


1) Democracia Sexual in Los Angeles, Chile. This was around 91 or 92 and they were actually a very good rock band. Pretty good first show.

2) This is between Flogging Molly, Less Than Jake, DMX, Sister Hazel, and the London Symphony Orchestra. I saw Flogging Molly at the warped tour just last week and they were fantastic. I don't think I was ever as impressed with a band as I was after that show. The musicians were amazing and the music was great fun. Last year, Less than Jake put on a show in the middle of a parking lot in Gainesville, and it was as much fun as a show can be. The crowd was jumping in unison the whole time.

oh yeah, DMX is amazing live. No doubt. Him crying at the end while he prayed was actually pretty emotional.

I saw a Sister Hazel show in the plaza of an all-girl's college in Atlanta with two girls all over me. That was a great show.

The LSO is as good as music gets, don't ever pass an opportunity to see them live.

3) John Mayer. Good musician, not bad tunes. Just not my style.

4) Wyclef Jean in '98. Supposedly, only 50 or so people showed so he let everyone backstage for a kick-ass after party. I'm sorry I missed that.

[trickyfool]

Originally posted by Dante

3) Vanilla Ice/Boyz 2 Men and some other crap group. I went when I was 15 and I HATED it. It sucked bigtime.


I caught a Vanilla Ice show two years ago. He tried to play his new Rock material, but for some reason his band didn't show. He was stuck free-styling the whole time. He mostly refused to do his old stuff, but he did do "ice ice baby". It was priceless. The man is still a pretty good showman.

Of course, I went for the laughs.

[Dr. Wankler]

Originally posted by MeridianFC
They were opening up for REO Speedwagon, who my girlfriend at the time wanted to see, and REO really, really bite the big one. There was an honest to God 20 minute guitar solo. I ************ you not.


Connoiseurs of chicken-choking guitar solos need to find the REO live album (or 8 track) in some salvation army discount bin to check out "Gary's Guitar Solo," a Reader's Digest condensation of the 20 minute thing MeridianFC points out. In short, he's not sh!tt!ng us on the magnitude of Gary Richrath's (?) guitar stylings.

[dcsiouxfan]

1. Saw the Beach Boys at the Minnesota State Fair in the late 70's, but that was with the 'rents, so I dont think it counts. A friend paid for me to go to Blue Oyster Cult with him and his brother around 1982. The first one I paid for was the Kinks, State of Confusion 1983.

2. The best was either the Violent Femmes, 1985, Laurie Anderson, 1986 or Black Flag, 1986.

3. The most disappointing was the Who, 1984 in the first of their many farewell tours. It was a good concert, but I have soured on them since then.

4. The Replacements.

[NER_MCFC]

1st: Hall & Oates, with Joan Jett and some crapmeister named Aldo Nova opening, at the New Haven Coliseum in 1982.

Best: Butthole Surfers at the Channel in Boston, 1988. Honorable mention for some shows that I went to with zero expecations because I had never heard the band: Hole at the Rat in Boston a year or two before they got famous, the Boredoms and the Jesus Lizard (different shows) at the Paradise in the mid-90s.

Worst: 90% of the shows I've seen have on college campuses or small/medium clubs, so I've seen dozens of really wretched bands, but I usually make a point of forgetting them.

Regret: the Waterboys in 1985 or 6. They were touring with the 'This is the Sea' album, and they had a date at the Paradise in Boston. I was living in New Hampshire at the time and had driven down the night before to see another show. I was hung over, exhausted, had never been to the Paradise and didn't buy tickets in advance, so I just decided to skip it. The line up of the band completely changed a few months later, and Mike Scott adopted a much less risky and interesting vocal style for the next decade.

[Real Ray]

1)What was your first concert?
2)Who was the best?(Not just your favorite band.Sometimes you are surprised how good someone is live)
3)Who was the worst/most disappointing?
4)What is the concert you most regret missing?

1. Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum. "Tattoo You," tour; same show that Prince got booed off the stage.

2.Peter Gabriel. LA Forum. "So" tour.

3.Monster Magnet opening for Danzig. I fell alseep.

4.First post-Moon Who tour. Had tickets to the LA Sports Arena. Had to cxl last minute.