What bands have you seen in your lifetime?

[FalseChristian]

I've seen Triumph 6 times. Motley Crue 2 times. Ozzy once. Rush twice and Suicidal Tendancies twice. I've been to many more but who really cares, you know what I'm sayin'?

 

[SandEagle]

i've only been to a Stevie B concert once and a Barbara Streisand concert once.

 

[nageov3t]

not counting random bands that most of ATOT has never heard of...

Beach Boys
Simon and Garfunkel
Marilyn Manson
Radiohead
Green Day
The Cranberries
MC Hammer (lol)
My Chemical Romance

edit: Bon Jovi (totally forgot about that one because I didn't buy tickets... we snuck onto the floor)

 

[Wingznut]

Too many to count... I spent much of my late teens standing in line overnight for tickets to concerts.

That being said... Triumph was my very first concert.

 

[coldmeat]

Just Tom Cochrane and the Tragically Hip.

 

[CPA]

Iron Maiden x3
Judas Priest x2
Ozzy
Testament (opening band)
Suicidal Tendencies (opening band)
Anthrax
Flotsam and Jetsam
Go-Go's
B52's
Rush
Dio
Rob Halford (when we was in his solo gig)
Metallica
System of a Down
Mars Volta (opening band)
And a bunch of other opening bands I can't recall.

 

[BoomerD]

Damn...lots of bands back in the 60's and 70's.

MOST are bands the youth of today has never heard about...unless they listen to the oldies.

Steppenwolf (2)
Three Dog Night (2 or 3)
Blue Cheer
Jethro Tull (numerous times)
The Eagles (2)
Mothers of Invention (3)
Pink Floyd (4)
Moody Blues (2)
Chicago Transit Authority (before the city of Chicago made them change their name) (numerous times)
Buffalo Springfield
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Guess Who
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
The James Gang
Heart (2)

James Brown
The Temptations
Marvin Gaye
The Stylistics

Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
Charlie Daniels
Johnny Cash
Tanya Tucker
Juice Newton

and dozens and dozens more.

 

[Rifter]

Way way to many to list so i'll just list the popular ones:

Jon bon Jovi
Bryan Adams
Creed
Nickleback
GNR
Marianas Trench
Goo Goo dolls
David Usher

 

[Away]

I've seen many concerts since the late 1980's up through the early 2000's until concert tickets got way overpriced. My first concert was Tesla, Great White, and Kix at SDSU Amphitheater. Two of the most memorable shows I have been too are Metallica and Queensryche at McNichols Sports Arena during the And Justice For All and Operation Mindcrime tour and Metallica, Guns 'N Roses, and Body Count at Mile High Stadium during the Black Album and Use Your Illusion tour.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Aerosmith
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
NIN (paid $7.50 to see TR play his solo gig at a hole in the wall before he became famous)
Blue Oyster Cult (many times)
Rush (3x)
Peter Frampton
J Geils Band
Rick Derringer
Kansas
Night Ranger (at least 10 times, my wife is a huge fan and has seen them 90+ times)
Whitesnake
Peter Gabriel
Thomas Dolby
Police
Bananarama
English Beat
Thompson Twins
Velvet Revolver
AC/DC
Motley Crue (numerous times)
Van Halen (5 x including twice before Dave left, 2 x with Sammy, and once after Dave rejoined)
Bon Jovi (3)
Ratt (2)
White Lion (2)
Sting
Steve Perry
Krokus
Meatloaf
Deep Purple
Ozzy
Def Leppard
Cinderella
Bulletboys
Skid Row (many times)
Winger
April Wine
Bad Company
Foreigner (back when Lou Graham was still singing for them)
Heart (when the fat Wilson sister still looked good)
Cheap Trick
Styx
Tesla (8x - wife is also a huge Tesla fan)
Motorhead (3x)
Thin Lizzy (2x - both times with Phil Lynott, including their last concert)
311
Warrant

and many others that I can't remember at the moment.

Edit: Some others that I forgot:

James Taylor
Steely Dan
Damn Yankees
Jackal
Pat Travers
.38 Special
Outlaws
Molly Hatchet
Sevendust
Chevelle (not a huge fan but, man, do they put on a great live show)
Shinedown (2x)
Collective Soul
Romantics (3x)
Men at Work
Huey Louis and the News
Disturbed

 

[lxskllr]

Not sure if I can remember them all. I'll give it a shot..

ZZTop
Ted Nugent/KISS
Motley Crue(sp?) Terribad :^S
Fabulous Thunderbirds/Albert Collins
James Taylor
Peter Paul and Mary
Arlo Guthrie
Bob Dylan ~6
Willie Nelson 2
Grateful Dead ~16
Tom Petty 2
Pink Floyd
Jeff Beck/SRV
SRV ~3
Danny Gatton
Allman Brothers
Sigur Rós
Brian Setzer Orchestra
Buddy Guy
Jorma Kaukonen
Dizzy Gillespie sort of. If was sold out, so I listened outside with a couple DC winos :^D

and a few large festivals that had numerous world class bands

Edit:
Shit, I forgot BB King. I don't know how I forgot that. I saw him twice.

 

[sixone]

Pink Floyd

I don't enjoy concerts: too loud, too many jerks in the audience. So I have to REALLY want to see a group to bother with a concert. Therefore, I've only been to one.

 

[Away]

Pink Floyd

I don't enjoy concerts: too loud, too many jerks in the audience. So I have to REALLY want to see a group to bother with a concert. Therefore, I've only been to one.

:thumbsup:

Not a bad one to see in my opinion.

 

[sixone]

:thumbsup:

Not a bad one to see in my opinion.

It was everything I'd hoped for, and more.

But I wanted to pound the jerks in front of us, who wouldn't sit the fuck down and enjoy the show.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Raffi

 

[twinrider1]

Elvis was my first concert.
Pink Floyd (first concert allowed at tOSU stadium)
Jean Luc Ponty (Individual Choice Tour)
Walter Trout (didn't know who his history, he's a baaaad man.)
Al Jarreau (Robert Cray opened. Man that guy is underrated.)
Buddy Rich
Van Halen (on DLR's birthday. Crowd was amazing; sang Beautiful Girls louder than the PA)
Mr. Big/Lynch Mob (Seeing Lynch and Paul Gilbert on the same bill. Good stuff).

And tons of others, mostly in the 80's90's. A few regrets...missed chances to see SRV, The Who.

Jealous of BoomerD for Jimi, James Brown, and CTA.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Moody Blues......Pink Floyd.....Jethro Tull......all numerous times.

 

[KidNiki1]

AC/DC (3 times)
Rush (3 times)
NIN
Pink Floyd
.38 special (Bon Jovi was the 'unknown' opening act lol)
The Judybats

 

[soulcougher73]

Dave Matthews Band
Metallica
G&R
Split Lip Rayfield
Keb Mo
Cake
Mumford & Sons
Foo Fighters
Shine Down
Chevelle
Papa Roach
Seven Dust

Tons of other metal bands at Rock Fest in KC. Too many to name

Im sure there are more well known bands ive seen, and tons of so called no-name bands.

 

[spacelord]

way too many to list. A few repeats..
Pantera 5x
Black Sabbath 5x
Ozzy 3x
Slayer 6x
Jimmy Buffet 2x
Megadeth 4x
Metallica 3x
Steel Panther 4x
Black Label Society 3x
Rob Zombie 3x

 

[mnewsham]

Yo-Yo Ma (2)
National Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Williams.

That's it for concerts for me ._.

 

[Iron Woode]

Motley Crue - 3 times - Dead of Winter Tour was fuckin amazing
Poison - great live band
Def Lepard - great band
Skid Row - new singer - still a good band
Airbourne - great band

 

[Perknose]

Wow, so many, even that ATOT would know, I don't know if I have the energy to even try to list them.

 

[PatrickBateman]

The more I think back the more I remember others...I've been to many, some off the top of my head:

Pearl Jam x 5
Eddie Vedder x 2
Metallica x 4
Faith No More x2
Tool x 2
A Perfect Circle
Megadeth/Slayer/Anthrax x 3
Alice in Chains
Green Day x 4
Pantera x 3 (met them also before DD passed)
Iron Maiden
Fleetwood Mac
Dream Theater
NIN
Janes Addiction
Marilyn Manson x 3
Kiss
Motley Crue x 3
Ozzy
Slipknot x2
Tesla x 2
Stevie Nicks x 2

 

[CurseTheSky]

Coal Chamber
Type O-Negative
System of a Down
Powerman 5000
Kid Rock (was part of another line-up)
Korn
Metallica
Motley Crue
Motorhead
Nine Inch Nails
Styx (AMAZING)
Def Leppard
Godsmack
Corrosion of Conformity
Sevendust (AMAZING)
Apocalyptica X2 (AMAZING)
Red
Pop Evil
Hinder
Seether
3 Doors Down
Symphony X
Iced Earth (AMAZING)