Best Concerts You Ever Saw

[duncan228]

I wish I could've seen Clapton when he was touring with the "From the cradle . . ." album.

That er can play and sing the blues with the best of them.

He came out dressed in a white 3 piece suit.
He looked sharp. He sounded sharp.

And he opened with "Badge."

[peewee's lovechild]

He came out dressed in a white 3 piece suit.
He looked sharp. He sounded sharp.

And he opened with "Badge."

I officially hate you now.

I hope he starts another blues tour soon.

[inconvertible]

iron maiden powerslave

[Big P]

I wish I could've seen Clapton when he was touring with the "From the cradle . . ." album.

That er can play and sing the blues with the best of them.

Thats the one I saw..and out of all of them, without a doubt..no question..Pink Floyd was the best of the best..I had an 8th row aisle seat that I paid $35 bucks for through Sound Warehouse..remember them..lol..the best $35 bucks I've ever spent, period.

[leemajors]

i have been to very very very few concerts but I went to see 311 early this month and it was fantastic!! I'll be seeing Alice in Chains in September and I can't wait for that

that's not alice in chains.

[duncan228]

Thats the one I saw..and out of all of them, without a doubt..no question..Pink Floyd was the best of the best..I had an 8th row aisle seat that I paid $35 bucks for through Sound Warehouse..remember them..lol..the best $35 bucks I've ever spent, period.

I saw Pink Floyd on the "Final Cut" Tour, it was the only chance I ever had to see them.

My husband is older than me, he saw the "Dark Side" Tour.
He also saw Led Zepplin in the early days.

[peewee's lovechild]

I saw Pink Floyd on the "Final Cut" Tour, it was the only chance I ever had to see them.

My husband is older than me, he saw the "Dark Side" Tour.
He also saw Led Zepplin in the early days.

I'd give my soul to have lived y'alls life.

[Spurfect]

that's not alice in chains.

well, Alice in Chains minus Layne Staley. I know it's not the same, but I never got to see AIC and they are one of my all time favorite bands.. so i will take what i can get

[duncan228]

I'd give my sould to have lived y'alls life.

I really loved it.

I was a rock n roll groupie from the time I turned 12 and my brother gave me his old turntable and a handful of albums.
People who knew me then weren't surprised at what I ended up doing for a living.

Those were the days before scanners on cash registers so all the reporting to Billboard was done by people. I ran a chain of record stores and reported to Billboard. The Record Labels were very generous to Billboard reporters.

It doesn't work like that anymore but it was a blast while it lasted.
My record collection grew, and I saw/met a lot of musicians, and I gathered lots of cool promotional gadgets. A Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer. A Michael Jackson "Bad" leather tour jacket, a Springsteen "Born In The USA" denim jacket.

It was fun. Thanks for letting me wander down memory lane.

[peewee's lovechild]

I really loved it.

I was a rock n roll groupie from the time I turned 12 and my brother gave me his old turntable and a handful of albums.
People who knew me then weren't surprised at what I ended up doing for a living.

Those were the days before scanners on cash registers so all the reporting to Billboard was done by people. I ran a chain of record stores and reported to Billboard. The Record Labels were very generous to Billboard reporters.

It doesn't work like that anymore but it was a blast while it lasted.
My record collection grew, and I saw/met a lot of musicians, and I gathered lots of cool promotional gadgets. A Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer. A Michael Jackson "Bad" leather tour jacket, a Springsteen "Born In The USA" denim jacket.

It was fun. Thanks for letting me wander down memory lane.

Good life, good life.

[alamo50]

I saw Steve Vai perfrom last month and I still have my mouth open from amazement.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

311 in 2001 at houston was pretty tight

mookie and i blazed one of the phattest blunts i've ever rolled in the parking garage and everyone stared at us condescendingly


alien ant farm was opening, they were playing Smooth Criminal when mookie and I found ourselves in the arena

so many fans were going everywhere, and we were so disoriented and stoned that we actually walked right past the security guards into the pit (we had like 2nd level seats), when we realized what we had done we got as close as possible and started pits with 16 yr old neocon kids.

311 played a solid 3 hours and played virtually every good song they've ever written, it was before evolver etc, so they played a few From Chaos and all the rest was straight up old school.

[duncan228]

311 in 2001 at houston was pretty tight

mookie and i blazed one of the phattest blunts i've ever rolled in the parking garage and everyone stared at us condescendingly


alien ant farm was opening, they were playing Smooth Criminal when mookie and I found ourselves in the arena

so many fans were going everywhere, and we were so disoriented and stoned that we actually walked right past the security guards into the pit (we had like 2nd level seats), when we realized what we had done we got as close as possible and started pits with 16 yr old neocon kids.

311 played a solid 3 hours and played virtually every good song they've ever written, it was before evolver etc, so they played a few From Chaos and all the rest was straight up old school.

Great story! We've all been at more concerts than we can remember.

Being may have something to do with why we can't remember!

[ZStomp]

Iron Maiden
Alice In Chains with Staley

[Spurfect]

311 in 2001 at houston was pretty tight

mookie and i blazed one of the phattest blunts i've ever rolled in the parking garage and everyone stared at us condescendingly


alien ant farm was opening, they were playing Smooth Criminal when mookie and I found ourselves in the arena

so many fans were going everywhere, and we were so disoriented and stoned that we actually walked right past the security guards into the pit (we had like 2nd level seats), when we realized what we had done we got as close as possible and started pits with 16 yr old neocon kids.

311 played a solid 3 hours and played virtually every good song they've ever written, it was before evolver etc, so they played a few From Chaos and all the rest was straight up old school.

wow they played for 3 hours??? damn
I just saw them twice in a week. July 5th in Austin and July 8th in Houston. last time you saw them in Houston was it at the Cynthia Woods Mitc Pavillion? man that place really blows, but through connections I had some good seats

[Condemned 2 HelLA]

US Festival in '83 ("Heavy Metal" Sunday w/Van Halen, Scorpions, Triumph, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot & about 250,000 other mutants),
Slayer x2 in '84,
Maiden & Scorpions in '82,
AC/DC in '86,
Immolation EVERY time I see them,
Repulsion in '03 & earlier this year,
Cretin earlier this year,
Black Witchery in '05,
Fu Manchu every time I see them,
ImpNaz in '98 & '99,
probably a bunch more that I'm forgetting, but these are the most memorable at the moment.

[RashoFan]

Pink Floyd in San Diego,1994...open stadium with a huge cloud hoving over the top. great show!
Dave Matthews Band in Selma, 2003...had 3rd row from the stage. The guys really enjoy performing and it shows when you are up close like that.
My 1st concert was Brittany Fox, Lita Ford and Poison.
I have seen Metallica, Korn, Linkin Park, OzzyFest when Fear Factory was on that tour( got to be next to the stage behind the fence, and got the strangest looks from the crowd...Girl Fire Fighter in unifrom "enjoying" the show.),Iron Maiden when Fear Factory opened for the at Sneakers,Lenny Kravitz,Moody Blues.

[duncan228]

US Festival in '83 ("Heavy Metal" Sunday w/Van Halen, Scorpions, Triumph, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot & about 250,000 other mutants),

I was at all 3 days for US '82. God was it hot. (The weather. Well, I guess the show too! )

For US '83 we only went for the third day...to see Bowie. He was great.
We went to see him later that summer and he was so bad we walked out of it.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

wow they played for 3 hours??? damn
I just saw them twice in a week. July 5th in Austin and July 8th in Houston. last time you saw them in Houston was it at the Cynthia Woods Mitc Pavillion? man that place really blows, but through connections I had some good seats

It was at some small venue in downtown houston, that was like etched out the side of a bigger building, kinda looking like a mall.

No idea where it was though, I don't know Houston.

Yeah they played 3 hours, every good song you can imagine from music, grassroots, transistor, and soundsystem. It was such a long concert we were almost passing out from dehydration.

[timvp]

UGK, Cash Money, Scarface, South Park Mexican and others in 1999, I believe. Included backstage passes. I guarantee that was the best concert ever.

Oh and while the music is pretty lame, I have to admit that Metallica puts on a good show.

[Boris]

All of them rank among the best I've seen.

[John Rocker]

Let's see...


Ozzy over 15 times
Black Sabbath 2x
Metallica 5x
Pantera 6x
AC/DC
Aerosmith
King Diamond
Mercyful Fate
Korn
Type O Negative
Creed
Def Leppard
Kiss
Tool
Godsmack
Down
Black Label Society


to name a few

by making your list you basically just wrote "I AM A GIANT BAG"

Creed hahahaha

[judaspriestess]

damn, I've been to so many concerts, thats one of my favorite pass times, probably been to at least 200 shows. Some big, some small

I would have to start off with Queensryche and their Rage for Order concert back in 86 at sunken gardens. I was just a teeny bopper back then but I was so in love with Geoff Tate and that show was just incredible.

I have to say Pantera back in 92-93 I think, at Rockwave. They had just really started to get big back then, that show was so damn awesome. Seen them at the Showcase in SA plus another 4 times.
KLF - (SA)
Judas Priest (Chicago)
Sade (SA)
Mercyful Fate (SA)- Don't break the oath, my all-time favorite heavy metal album. (Showcase, now its some bingo parlor I think)
Depeche Mode here in Vegas, I had never heard a louder crowd, it was crazy.
Slayer - I always have a great time at their shows.

I've seen all the way from Metallica to Al di Meola. Pet shop boys, lol. Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango, Interpol, Ottmar Liebert, Soulfly, Damage Plan, Rob Zombie, Janes Addiction, StereoMC,
Billy Idol, Cinderella, Dream Theatre, Ratt, Ozzy, Black Sabaath, Ronnie James Dio, Marilyn Manson, Black Label Society, Thirty second to Mars(Free), Hatebreed, Fear Factory, Type O Negative, Frank Marino, Seven Dust, Sepultura, God smack ..............

+ many others I just forget, lol

ON EDIT: 311, Shabba Ranks(Reggae), Def Tones, Dimmu Borgir, Slipknot,StaticX, Super Joint Ritual, Danzig, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Dwight Yoakam, Cheap Trick, Ted Nugent, Mastadon,Kill Switch Engage, Metal Church.... Theres more but once again they escape me

[duncan228]

damn, I've been to so many concerts, thats one of my favorite pass times, probably been to at least 200 shows. Some big, some small

I would have to start off with Queensryche and their Rage for Order concert back in 86 at sunken gardens. I was just a teeny bopper back then but I was so in love with Geoff Tate and that show was just incredible.

I have to say Pantera back in 92-93 I think, at Rockwave. They had just really started to get big back then, that show was so damn awesome. Seen them at the Showcase in SA plus another 4 times.
KLF - (SA)
Judas Priest (Chicago)
Sade (SA)
Mercyful Fate (SA)- Don't break the oath, my all-time favorite heavy metal album. (Showcase, now its some bingo parlor I think)
Depeche Mode here in Vegas, I had never heard a louder crowd, it was crazy.
Slayer - I always have a great time at their shows.

I've seen all the way from Metallica to Al di Meola. Pet shop boys, lol. Thompson Twins, Duran Duran, Faster Pussycat, Bang Tango, Interpol, Ottmar Liebert, Soulfly, Damage Plan, Rob Zombie, Janes Addiction, StereoMC,
Billy Idol, Cinderella, Dream Theatre, Ratt, Ozzy, Black Sabaath, Ronnie James Dio, Marilyn Manson, Black Label Society, Thirty second to Mars(Free), Hatebreed, Fear Factory, Type O Negative, Frank Marino, Seven Dust, Sepultura, God smack ..............

+ many others I just forget, lol

Nice variety!

[JoeChalupa]

US Festival in '83 ("Heavy Metal" Sunday w/Van Halen, Scorpions, Triumph, Judas Priest, Motley Crue, Quiet Riot & about 250,000 other mutants),
Slayer x2 in '84,
Maiden & Scorpions in '82,
AC/DC in '86,
Immolation EVERY time I see them,
Repulsion in '03 & earlier this year,
Cretin earlier this year,
Black Witchery in '05,
Fu Manchu every time I see them,
ImpNaz in '98 & '99,
probably a bunch more that I'm forgetting, but these are the most memorable at the moment.

I saw that in Detroit, MI. It rocked!!!!
ZZ TOP 1977 & 78 & 80 & 83
Aerosmith & AC/DC & UFO 1978
Rush with Uriah Heep & Judas Priest- 1978
Rush with Golden Earing - 1978
VAn Halen - 1979
Kansas - 1979
KISS - 1979
Foreigner - 1979
Angel - 1979
Ted Nugent - 1979 - 81 & 82
Toledo Speedway Jam - 1979 - The Outlaws & Molly Hatchet & Cheap Trick
REO Speedwagon - 1980
The Who & The Pretenders- 1980
Todd Rundgren & Robin Trower - 1980
Rossington/Collins Band - 1980
R&R Marathon - Mahogany Rush, Humble Pie, Mother's Finest, Angel
OZZY - 1981
STYX - 1981
Eagles - 1981
Eric Clapton - 1981
Journey - 1981
Pat Benatar - 1981
Doobie Brothers - 1981
Foreigner - Charlie Daniels & Joan Jett - 1982
Bob Seger - 1983
John Cougar Mellencamp - 1985

I know there are others but during those years I was one partying mofo.

Oh, and I also saw the Go-Go's, Joe Jackson, George Thorougood, The Outfield, RATT, Great White, White Snake, Skid Row, The Bullet Boys, David Lee Roth, Santana, SRV, and many others.