POX: Concerts You've Attended

Oingo Boingo - Fresno, CA - 1988
Masada (w/Marc Ribot) - NYC - 1994
Dog Faced Hermans - SF, CA - 1995
Omoide Hatoba - SF, CA - 1995
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - SF, CA - 1995
Fred Frith (solo) - Oakland, CA - 1995
Steve Lacy (solo) - NYC - 2000
Fushitsusha - NYC - 2001
Fiery Furnaces - NYC - 2004
Willem Breuker Kollektief - NYC - 2005

1. Flaming Lips (Astoria 2002)
2. Radiohead (South Park 2001)
3. Hefner (Point, Oxford 2000)
4. Entire day of ATP weekend 2, 2004
5. Psychid (Duckfest 2004)
6. White Stripes (Point, Oxford 2001)
7. Super Furry Animals (Zodiac, Oxford 2004)
8. Trans Am (Point, Oxford 2001)
9. ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead (Point, Oxford 2000)
10. Youthmovies Soundtrack Strategies and 65daysofstatic (Wheatsheaf, Oxford 2004)

Thomas Brinkmann - Press Club, Windsor, ON - 1996
Madonna - Blond Ambition tour - Auburn Hills, MI - 89 or 90
Concert for the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame - Cleveland, OH - 1995
V96 w/ Pulp, Stereolab, Elastica, Supergrass, and more - Chelmsford, UK - 1996
DEMF 2000 - can't really do a rundown but it was dope - Detroit, MI - 2000
Low - Horseshoe Tavern - Toronto, ON - 1999
Lou Reed w/ Luna - State Theatre - Detroit, MI - 1996 (?)
PJ Harvey - Great American Music Hall - SF, CA - 2004
Coil w/ T. Raumschmiere - Mutek - Montreal, PQ - 2003
Allen Ginsberg w/ Patti Smith - Hill Auditorium - Ann Arbor, MI - 1996

I think this might be too tedious a task for most ILM'rs. Maybe if you just list the first and last only or maybe the most memorible.

Most memorible: 1989, 2 Live Crew

1st: 1988, Beach Boys

Last: uh...probably some shitty band at Lit while waiting to DJ.

Least expected great show: 1999/2000 Sloan

not really a pox, just some I can remember

Depeche Mode, Kingswood Music Theatre June 1994
Orbital, some warehouse near Eastern Ave., Nov 1994
The Orb, The Opera House, June 1995
Stereolab/Cornershop, The Opera House, May 1996
Blur, The Warehouse, March 1997
GYBE!, Bloor Cinema, Oct 2000
Mogwai/Bardo Pond, Phoenix Concert Theatre, May 2001
Scion + Tikiman, Mockingbird, May 2002
Spiritualized, The Opera House, Oct 2003 (2nd nights' show)
In Support of Living, Sneaky Dee's, May 2004

Will Oldham aka Bonnie 'Prince' Billy on the I See a Darkness tour before the album was released.. Black Cat, DC. Amazing. Kind of scary. I keep hoping to track down a tape of this one.
Low/Dirty Three at the 9:30 club
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 9:30, 2002
PJ Harvey, 9:30, Is This Desire? tour
Jesus Lizard, 9:30, 1996 I think..
Shellac/Skull Kontrol, some warehouse in Baltimore. Very, very, very loud.
Pavement/Mogwai, Charlottesville VA on the Brighten the Corners tour
Six Finger Satellite, Black Cat
Nine Inch Nails, August 1994

In no order....
1. Butthole Surfers at the Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH on the Locust Abortion Technician tour.
2. The Fixx w/ special Guests, General Public (MC'd by Pee Wee Herman & Martha Quinn) at the Felt Forum, NYC 198?
3. Guns'n'Roses at the New Ritz `92 (where they filmed the vid for "You Could be Mine")
4. Murphy's Law, the Toasters, Fishbone - the Old Ritz, NYC 1986
5. The Dead Boys at the Old Ritz, NYC 1986
6. Julian Cope on the Peggy Suicide Tour, the Marquee, NYC 1991
7. DEVO at Radio City Music Hall, NYC Halloween 1981 (New Traditionalists tour...this was my first ever show)
8. Kiss on the "Renuion Tour" at Madison Sq. Garden, 1996
9. AC/DC on the Flick of the Switch tour at Madison Sq. Garden (198?)
10. Killing Joke at the Cat Club on 13th Street, NYC in the summer of `89 (First time I ever saw them).
11. Nine Inch Nails at Sonic (later the Marquee), NYC in 1989 (there were like three other people present).

1. The Ex/Unwound - Graceland, Seattle (2001)
2. Burt Bacharach - Minneapolis Orchestra Hall (2003)
3. Low - Minneapolis Orchestra Hall (2003)
4. Mission of Burma - First Avenue, Minneapolis (2002)
5. Billy Childish - Grumpy's Bar, Minneapolis (2002)
6. Thurston Moore / Jim O'Rourke / Paul Flaherty / Chris Corsano - Big V's, St. Paul (2003)
7. Devendra Banhart - De Stijl Festival, Minneapolis (2003)
8. Ray Davies (Storytellers) - The Women's Club, Minneapolis (2001)
9. Lifter Puller - Weisman Art Museum (2000)
10. Black Dice - 7th St. Entry, Minneapolis (2003)

I've gone blank. I'll think of three more later...

.38 Special/Night Ranger, Summer 1984, SPAC, Saratoga Spring NY -- first ever concert and they put on a goddamn good show, both of 'em

New Order, Spring 1989, Universal Ampitheatre -- ragged, loud, triumphant, audience going crazy

Depeche Mode, summer 1990, Dodger Stadium -- in imperial mode

MBV, February 1991, Roxy -- queasy, over the top, insane, perfect; also MBV, July 1991, Palace -- less queasy and claustrophobic but the concluding 35 minute "You Made Me Realize" chord was from another universe, and then they left, and that was it, forever.

Smashing Pumpkins, CS Dominguez Hills, Lollapalooza 1994 -- yeah, Billy was a completely petulant asshole, and I also wouldn't exchange the way that "Rocket" arced across the crowd for anything ever

Marc Almond, end of 1999, Sun Theatre -- the consummate showman, 2 1/2 hours, something from every album, stunning

The Chameleons, all shows seen in 2000 and 2002 -- sorry, impossible to separate any of them out

Radiohead, 2000, 2001, 2003 -- similarly, though each kept getting better and better

The Frogs, Seattle, May 2003 -- audience baiting as high art

Dead Meadow/Jennifer Gentle, Spaceland, April 2005 -- because the last show you have always seen should be inspiring you to go to more (as did this)

1. Bruce Springsteen--Meadowlands Arena, NJ-- 1999
2. Sleater-Kinney--Tramps, NY--1997
3. Guided By Voices--Maxwells, Hoboken NJ--1995
4. Television--Georgetown University, DC--1993
5. My Bloody Valentine/Superchunk/Pavement, The Ritz, NY--1992
6. White Stripes--Bowery Ballroom, NY--2002
7. Neil Young--Waterloo Village, NJ--1990
8. Sonic Youth--Lollapalooza 7, Camden NJ--1995
9. Nirvana--American University, DC--1993
10. The Who playing Quadrophenia--MSG, NY--1995

that's, like, the most romantic manifestation of rocker obsession i've ever heard of. far more so than just screwing the guy afterward...

That's as whittled-down as I could get it.

* U2/Sugarcubes/Public Enemy - Oakland Coliseum '92 -- Einar flipping off a completely apathetic crowd = classic.
* Curve - Warfield '92
* R.E.M./Sonic Youth - Shoreline Amphitheatre '95
* Kristin Hersh - Cubberly Auditorium '98
* Bruce Springsteen - Oakland Coliseum Arena '98
* Sleater-Kinney - Great American Music Hall '99 -- before I was really familiar with them, knocked my socks off in a way that I'd never seen with a band I didn't know well.
* Throwing Muses Gut Pageant - Slim's '00
* Billy Idol at the Bridge School Benefit - Shoreline Amphitheatre, '01 -- although I was there to see R.E.M., thankfully he was there to upstage them as Billy got moved to the headliner spot after a woefully mailed-in performance from R.E.M. the night before.
* Dismemberment Plan/Enon - Slim's '03
* Pixies - Greek Theatre, '04

1. Nirvana, 6.16.91 Melody Ballroom, Portland (opening for Dinosaur Jr.)
2. Fugazi, 8.91 Capitol Theatre, Olympia
3. Kraftwerk, 5.04 Coachella
4. Chemical Brothers, '98, Roseland, Portland (perhaps more memorable for the E, but still)
5. My Bloody Valentine, '93, Moore Theatre, Seattle
6. Sonic Youth, '96(?), Paramount Theater, Seattle (the mushrooms, really)
7. The Smashing Pumpkins, '95 Moore Theater, Seattle (Silverfuck)
8. The Frogs, '02 The Skinny, Portland ME (maybe not best show, but surely funniest show)
9. M Ward, '05, Tractor Tavern, Seattle (most recent and a great show, unexpected, the crowd so quiet during 'Let's Dance' that he unplugged his guitar and stepped away from the mic-truly acoustic-and kept playing, shivery, for real)
10. Lollapaloooza, '92, Seattle (first real festival, not so much good but memorable for how terrible Jane's Addiction was, breaking up right there on stage, last lollapalooza date and what we thought, at the time, as their last show ever)

hi daria! yeah, that whigs show was grebt. (betcha j.lu was there too.) dulli is like a living, breathing cliche, but somehow it really worked despite/because. 'do you want to make party?'

I have had to omit many, including going to Hansen and being the waitress's best only 'friend' (it was symbiotic relationship. She needed the money and I needed the liquor) and the fabulous Rufus Wainwright show at the Fillmore...

Ian Dury & The Blockheads, 1978.
The Undertones, 1979.
The Cure, 1980.
Elvis Costello, 1984.
The Bhundu Boys, 1986.
The Smiths, 1986.
Marc Almond, 1991.
Radiohead, 1995.
Faithless, 1996.
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, 2000.
Yes, 2001.
Gong, 2001.
Le Tigre, 2002.
Neil Diamond, 2002.
Patti Smith, 2002.
Goldfrapp, 2003.
Brian Wilson, 2003.
The Magic Band, 2004.
Rufus Wainwright, 2005.

Morrissey
God is My Co-Pilot
Spaceheads
Allen Ginsberg
Sonic Youth
Will Oldham
Aerial M
The Ex
Devendra Banhart
Clusone 3

U2, Washington, DC, 2000 (I think--it was the "Elevation" tour, I was right next to the big heart-shaped stage thing)
Yo La Tengo, 1998, Bowery Ballroom NYC
White Stripes, 2000, Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ (I think it was 2000--the record I bought at the show was De Stijl)
Arcade Fire, 2004, t.t. the bear's, Boston, MA
Will Oldham (with huge, loud band) - NYC, 2003
Primal Scream - NYC, 2003
Goldfrapp, NYC, 2001
R.E.M., Maryland somewhere, 1999 (I think - the Up tour)

Those are the only really jaw-dropping shows that come to mind... Springsteen and Luna were pretty great too.

U2, RIT hockey arena, 1982 (w/Robert Ellis Orral)
The Police, Holleder Stadium, Rochester, 1983 (w/The Fixx)
Peter Gabriel, Rochester War Memorial, 1986 (w/Youssou N'Dour)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, NY State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, 1989
- 'Mats opened. Not one of their finest performances. Mike Campbell was on fire. Axl Fucking Rose showed up for the encore to duet on Knockin' On Heaven's Door and Free Fallin'
Swans, McIntosh Hall, Barnard College, 1989
- Burning World was the album. Don't know who played drums at this show, but he blew me away. Just POUNDED.
Eurythmics, The New Roxy, 1989
- Contender for POO. Extraordinary live act.
Psychedelic Furs, CBGB, 1990
- I'd seen them (sans puppet show) at Darien Lake Fun Country on the Midnight To Midnight tour. This time cleared the cobwebs. A warm-up for dates supporting Book Of Days. No horns, no goofiness, plenty of drone. I'm glad this is how I get to remember them.
Chris Whitley, Tramp's, The New Roxy, Wetlands, NYC 1991-1993
- Contender for POO. Positively electric, from the industry showcase on. Every single friend I dragged came away a fan.
Tibetan Freedom Concert, Golden Gate Park, 1996
- Phenomenal lineup, good cause, but I'll be honest here: this makes the list b/c Bjork totally danced with me at the after party. Sadly, I was with a friend and couldn't seal the deal.
Crooked Fingers, Knitting Factory Hollywood, 2005
- Had low expectations, expected to stand around swaying gently and wondering if we could go home now. Got fully rocked for 1:45. Eric Bachmann (and fine band) still bangs.

Honorable mention to Prince at the Hollywood Bowl, 1997, but he was cut short by the Hollywood Bowl curfew and rushed it a bit.

Daria - I was at that Shellac/Skull Kontrol show. It was in the Copy Cat building for the 'Cones and Rods' fest that some friends of mine put together. It was a great show!

Yes it was. My ears were ringing for a fucking hour afterward. On the drive out of Bmore my friend and I had to shout directions at each other, and it all makes me kind of sad because we've totally lost touch. I wonder what happened to that guy..

There really are too many to choose from, but these are the first ones that popped into my pixel-weary brain.

James Brown, Ontario Place, Toronto (1986?) - two shows, one in the afternoon, one in the evening, over five hours, which means nearly two hours of the JBs (or at least that era's version of the JBs) by themselves!

Killing Joke, Bookie's, Detroit, 1981 - loud as fuck, intense as all get out, homeless person (Youth) on bass and lead visor, the great (Detroit's) L7 opened.

Birthday Party, Trax, Detroit, 1982 - onslaught from start to finish, unlike anything before or since

The Minutemen, Trax, Detroit, 1984 - caffeinated clumps of tunes, ratatatat. Joyous

Butthole Surfers, Trax, Detroit, 1985 - the circus comes to town with Trevor on bass, dressed as Col. Sanders, playing half the show on sousaphone

Tackhead, Mark Stewart, Gary Clail, some place near the lake, Toronto, 1988 - thanks to Adrian Sherwood, the sharpest, heaviest, thumpiest sounding show. Doug Wimbish's bass slaps bruised my ribs.

Al Green, some folk(?) festival in Ann Arbor, 1996 - heavenly, sexy church. A lump in my throat the whole show.

Kraftwerk, State Theatre, Detroit, 1997 - I've never been to a show where everyone there was totally into the show. A spectacle, an amazing sounding spectacle.

Ui, The Lonesome Organist, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 1999 - my face hurt afterwards from smiling

Godspeed You Black Emperor, St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, 2001 - weeks after 9/11, a hypnotic memorial

Honouable mention:
LiquidLiquid/ ESG, DEMF, Detroit, 2002
Bailterspace, Magic Stick, Detroit, 1996
Windy and Carl, The Press Club, Windsor, 1994 (two mentions of the Press Club!)
Minor Threat, Cornation Taverns, Windsor, 1983
Gang of Four, Palace Theatre, Windsor, 1983
Jonathan Richman, U of Michigan, 1984
The Garbagemen, Shuffle Demons, U of Windsor Pub, 1985
Dave Howard Singers, King Wah, Windsor, 1983
The Chills, Lee's Palace, Toronto, 1989
The Three Johns, St.Andrew's Hall, Detroit, 1986
Dexy's, St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, 1983
Grandmaster Flash, St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, 1983
The Fall, Trax, Detroit, 1982
!!!, Magic Stick, Detroit, 2004
Shriekback, St. Andrew's Hall, Detroit, 1986
Talking Heads, Masonic Temple, Detroit, Detroit, 1980

ok ok, I'll stop now

Inspiral Carpets, The Concert Hall, Feb 1993. The Carpets rocked out pretty good on "Revenge of the Goldfish", and after waiting in -12deg temperatures to get in, 2000 people didn't have any trouble getting their bodies moving and letting off some steam.

Depeche Mode, Kingswood Music Theatre June 1994. The word that best describes it: bedlam. The most insane crowd I've ever been a part of. Primal Scream opened, too.

Orbital, some warehouse near Eastern Ave., Nov 1994. Point a gun at me and make me choose, and I'll pick this as the greatest concert I've ever seen.

The Orb, The Opera House, June 1995. A couple of months ago, I heard a bootleg of the Orb on this tour. I'd completely forgotten about the coda to "Towers Of Dub", but the moment it kicked in, memories of hearing it at this gig (and the reactions of everyone around me when that coda hit) became vivid once again. Now that's a show.

Stereolab/Cornershop, The Opera House, May 1996. To its benefit, it seemed like half of Cornershop's set consisted of the two versions of "Jullandar Shere". Stereolab struck the perfect balance between Can-esque spacerock boogie and pop. There are no words to describe the 15-minute version of "Stomach Worm" that closed the show -- having never seen MBV play live, I can only say that it's my "You Made Me Realize".

Blur, The Warehouse, March 1997. Out of all the gigs on this list, this was the one whose awesomeness surprised me the most.

GYBE!, Bloor Cinema, Oct 2000. They played better at their March 2003 gig at Palais Royale, but the Oct 2000 gig was a better overall experience. A darkened movie theatre, with a sequence of short independent films/musical montages as the opening "act", it was relaxing but exhilirating.

Mogwai/Bardo Pond, Phoenix Concert Theatre, May 2001. How good was this show? This would have been my fave gig of 2001 just based on BP's set alone.

Scion + Tikiman, Mockingbird, May 2002. Minimal techno from the masters, and a shockingly hyped-up Toronto crowd to boot.

Spiritualized, The Opera House, Oct 2003 (2nd nights' show). I'm really splitting hairs between all the SPZ gigs I've seen, but this one was the most recent -- blues-y, hazy*, gorgeous. (*I was stoned)

In Support of Living, Sneaky Dee's, May 2004. Local band ... the best gig that Slowdive never played.

I take it you saw them in Detroit? Actually, they didn't play "Stomach Worm" too much on that tour. After the gig, I checked the Stereolab online discussion groups and found that they'd only played it two or three times on that tour. Most nights they were closing with 15-minute versions of "Super Electric", which undoubtedly saved a lot of people a lot of drug money as well.

um:

first big rock concert was Rush in New Haven. Permanent Waves tour. They ruled.

dizzie gillespie at Fat Tuesdays (john belushi dancing on the stairs!)

Red Garland & Philly Joe Jones (My heroes!)

Gil Evans Orchestra (lotsa mondays at sweet basil. all cool.)

Buddy Rich on the New Haven green!

Gwar at Revival in Philly!

Steely Dan in Saratoga! (first show, i think, of their comeback thing.)

Sonic Youth at the old Ritz and in Philly

Today Is The Day & Unsane in Philly

R.L. Burnside & T Model Ford at Nick's in Philly

Pretty Things at TLA in Philly

Chameleons in Philly

High Rise at the Kyber (and Jesus Lizard. And the shadow ring. and bunnybrains! and a zillion more good ones.)

Ghost with hall of fame and major stars in philly. (that one would make my top five)

beastie boys at the old ritz with murphy's law and run-dmc introducing the group (amazing show. their last show before they went on their big tour. there was a picture in newsweek of the show and i am right in the middle of it with a big goofy grin on my face.)

verbal assault at the anthrax (lotsa good shows there too. adolescents! okay, it was a comeback tour, but they were still great.)

Swans Swans Swans! At Limelight they were heaven on earth.

Feelies Feelies Feelies! (the 2 shows i saw at the chestnut cabaret were tops.)

Men's Recovery Project at Astrocade.

Dwarves in New Haven.

Ted Milton in Danbury! And Mekons in Danbury! At my friend Violet's mom's ice-cream parlour! And Stereolab at the airport bar in Danbury! Young Gods in Danbury! With Old Lady Drivers opening up.

Throwing Muses somewhere in NYC that doesn't exist anymore before House Tornado came out! ( any Throwing Muses show though. I saw them a bunch back then.)

Rolling Stones at J.F.K. Stadium! And Allman Bros/38 Special/Outlaws/Marshall Tucker at J.F.K.!

Concrete Blonde (No shit!) at their first show in NYC ever with Jack Rabid on the ones and twos!

George Crumb's 70th birthday party in a church somewhere!

Cyndi Lauper on her She's So Unusual tour!

Is that ten? Those are the ones that stick out off of the top of my head.

Hall & Oats - some amphitheater in the East Bay, 1982 (my first concert has to be on the list)
Dead Milkmen - Slim's, SF, 1991
Sonic Youth/Pavement - Warfield, SF, 1992
Merle Haggard - Longshoreman's Hall, SF, 1995(?)
Jonathan Richman/Barbara Manning - Slim's, SF, 1996
Throwing Muses - Great American Music Hall, SF, 1996
Cat Power/Solex/Cornelius - Matador CMJ showcase, NYU, 1998
Alejandro Escovedo - Club Tavern, Madison, WI, 1998
Dirty Three - Great American Music Hall, SF, 2001
Gold Chains - Abbey Pub, Chicago, 2003

Soft Boys, Alex Wood Hall, Cambridge, summer 1977
Ramones/Rezillos, Cambridge Corn Exchange, Dec. 23, 1977
Ruts / Gang of 4 / Misty in Roots, Cambridge Corn Exchange, summer 1979 - big jam with all the bands at the end with audience dancing on the stage
Joy Division / Killing Joke, London Lyceum, Feb. 29, 1980
The Cramps, Hammersmith Palais, March? 1981
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Channel, Boston, 1988
PJ Harvey, TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA September 1992
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Mansfield, MA August 8, 1997
The Fall, Coney Island High, NYC, March 30, 1998
The Bags, Abbey Lounge, Somerville, MA Oct. 9, 2004

I was at that show too. I remember there was a long wait after the opening act (Bush Tetras?) before they finally came out & it was really hot and smoky in the room & then Mark E. Smith seemed pretty trashed. Though their "Hip Priest" made it worth the wait.

Wow, I used to go to all the Sandkings gigs in Glasgow, we loved them so much, pity about Babylon Zoo.

Ken, I forgot about this one, though I was there & at the one in 1994 as well. Did you see the Ginsberg tribute in 98 with Patti, Phillip Glass and Michael Stipe? I was shooting for the UM student newspaper at the time and waited during the day in the empty auditorium as the three of them showed up at the venue and worked out their largely unplanned collaborative numbers on the stage. Somewhere I have some great shots of this archived, particularly of Stipe & Glass.

best gigs i've ever organised myself:
the renderers / the terminals / hamish kilgour - creation, christchurch 2004

best gigs i've ever organised myself:
the renderers / the terminals / hamish kilgour - creation, christchurch 2004

-- Steve Gertz (stgert...), May 5th, 2005.

Why, yes i was there, in fact. i actually didn't know Stipe was gonna be there until he came out onstage. and despite my distaste for most things REM at that time, he was sublime... especially on "E-Bow the Letter". would love to see those pics if you find em.

Cure - March 1984 - Hammersmith Odeon - best gig by miles. I was supposed to leave early to be able to get home, but there was no way I was exiting whilst they were still playing. Numerous encores.

Specimen, Patti Palladin - 1983 - in a church near the Hammermith Odeon. Really good atmosphere compensated for the so so music.

Soft Cell farewell - January 1984? - Hammersmith Palais

Jayne County - Sir George Robey - 1984/1985?

The Cramps - 1986 - Hammersmith Palais, mesmerised by Fur.

Banshees - 1988 - Royal Albert Hall

funny, cuz the other night at New Order in Oakland, when the slightest concert volume made my right ear fucking cry out in immense pain, i was thinking that i wasted my hearing in my youth by going out too much!

funny, cuz the other night at New Order in Oakland, when the slightest concert volume made my right ear fucking cry out in immense pain, i was thinking that i wasted my hearing in my youth by going out too much!

i can't hear shit, but look at these great ticket stubs i've got! hahaha

Ride, Bleach, Slowdive - London, Kentish Town, Town & Country Oct 90
The Pixies - London, Brixton Academy Oct 90
Ride, Slowdive - London, Kilburn Ballroom Mar 91
Bleach, (and Basti?) - Harlow, The Square Apr 91
Th' Faith Healers, Moonshake - London, Camden Underworld Sep 91
My Bloody Valentine, Boo Radleys - Bradford (or maybe Leeds) Dec 91
Ride, Lush (fanclub xmas special) - London, ULU Dec 91
Jesus & Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Dinosaur Jr, Blur (Rollercoaster Tour) - London, Brixton Academy Apr 92
Ultrasound, Lo-Fidelity All Stars, Tiny Too - London, Camden Dingwalls July 97
Blur - London, Wembley Arena Dec 99
Radiohead - London, Earls Court Dec 03

Nine Inch Nails/Meat Beat Manifesto - 1989 First Ave.
Mr. Bungle/Grotus/Melt Banana - 1991 First Ave
Firewater - 400 Bar
Locust/Lightning Bolt/Arab on Radar/Flying Lutenbachers - First Ave.
Hold Steady/Thunderbirds are Now! - Triple Rock
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Big V's
Foetus - 7th Street Entry
Eels - First Ave.
Skeleton Key - Big V's
Atmosphere/Sage Francis/Buck 65 - First Ave.
NIL8/Helva - 7th Street Entry
Thrill Kill Kult/Bile - First Ave.

I'll add
Trenchmouth - 7th Street Entry
Jesus Lizard - The Cave
Fugazi/Shudder to Think - First Ave.
Neko Case - 400 Bar
Lovage - First Ave.
Nomeansno - Firefox and most recently Triple Rock
Soul Coughing - Cedarfest

Pick only XVIIII i guess...

1) Rolling Stones/Pretenders - Gilette Field, Boston MA - 9/5/02
2) KISS - Meadows in Hartford, CT - July 2000
3) Neil Young - July 2003
4) Neil Young - March 2004
5) Ted Nugent/Lynyrd Skynyrd/Deep Purple - June 2001

Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band-- Masonic Auditorium 80
George Jones -- Capitol(?) Theatre Elizabeth NJ 87

Doobie Brothers - Santa Barbara 79
Journey, Santana, Toto, The Tubes - Oakland 82
Beastie Boys, Fishbone, Murphey's Law - The Stone SF 86
Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine, Isocracy - Gilman Street 88
Love & Rockets, The Godfathers - Berkeley 88
U2 - Embarcadero Center SF 87 (in Rattle & Hum)
Soundgarden, Charlatans, Cramps, Ice-T, Iggy Pop, Indigo Girls, Michelle Shocked, The Mission U.K., Public Enemy and Queen Latifah - Gathering of the Tribes 90
Prince - Wembley Stadium 91
Maceo Parker, Lou Donaldson, The Staple Singers - Monterey 95
James Chance, Suicide, Afrirampo - ATP 05

1. Rolling Stones, Houston (Astrodome), 1994 (and Nashville in 1997, Pittsburgh in 1999, Houston in 2003)
2. Rancid, Houston (Numbers), 1995
3. Cheap Trick, Pittsburgh (I.C. Light Ampitheater), 1996 (and Pittsburgh in 2000 and Tokyo in 2003)
4. Frampton Brothers, Pittsburgh, 1995 (and 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000)
5. Jason and the Scorchers, Houston, 1996 (and Nashville in 1997 and Pittsburgh in 1998)
6. Elvis Costello, Nashville (Ryman Auditorium), 1999 (and Cleveland in 1999)
7. Warren Zevon, Nashville, 2000
8. Le Tigre, Houston (Rice University), 2002 (and Pittsburgh in 2002)
9. Weezer, San Antonio (Verizon Ampitheater), 2002
10. Cobra Verde, Austin, 2003 (and Pittsburgh in 2000)

Yes -- Close to the Edge tour, at Nassau Coliseum. Oh, so many shows at the Coliseum. Wings Over America! ELP! Jethro Tull! Elton John! Kinks!

Alice Cooper -- Billion Dollar Babies tour at MSG

Kiss/Teenage Lust/Iggy & the Stooges/Blue Oyster Cult at Academy of Music -- so many BOC shows, 'cause my buddy's uncle was in the band. Saw one with Triumverat opening! Saw BOC / Faces at MSG! Saw BOC / Kiss at Nassau Coliseum!

The Who -- Quadraphenia tour, MSG, with Golden Earring!

NY Dolls -- My Father's Place, 74, but no Arthur 'cause his hand was in a cast. And all those others at My Father's Place! Television! Captain Beefheart! Gang of Four / Buzzcocks! Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five!

Stones at MSG, '75, first tour with Ronnie Wood

Talking Heads at CBGB. And all those others at CBs! Television! Blondie! Dead Boys / Damned! Dictators! B52s!

Thin Lizzy / BOC at the Palladium. And all those others at the Palladium! Clash (twice)! Rush / Bob Seger! Blondie / Ramones! Blondie / Iggy! Suicide / Runaways (Joan Jett version) / Ramones!

Peter Frampton at Calderone Concert Hall! (Before Frampton Comes Alive!) Oh, so many shows at the Calderone Concert Hall! Gentle Giant! Kiss! (Actually, Gentle Giant and Kiss were on the same night, but separate admissions, with Kiss doing a midnight show. I wonder how many lunatics went to both.)

M.I.A. at the Knitting Factory!

(reformed) New York Dolls at Irving Plaza, a week ago! I'd put that one on a par with anything on the list above.

T. Heads, Stop Making Sense tour

Kinks, around '85, Nashville, amazing show and good mescaline as I recall

Beefheart, Exit/In, '78

The Box Tops's first reunion show, late '80s

James Carter, Village Vanguard, around '93, stunning...

Jimmy Scott, Bottom Line, '92?

Panther Burns, '81, they was all drunk and it didn't matter one bit

The Fieldstones, Green's Lounge, Memphis, before the place burned down

Booker T. and the MGs, Memphis, '94

Del Shannon, Nashville, about '85, incredible performance

The Zombies, last year, Nashville

Ann Peebles and Syl Johson w/ Hi Rhythm Section, Memphis, about '91

Sonny Rollins, New Daisy, Memphis, around same time

Elvis Costello, Ryman Auditorium, '96

Lambchop/Yo La Tengo, 11 March 2000, G.A.M.H., matinee and eve. shows

Sonic Youth with Jesus Lizard opening, New Daisy, Memphis, 1990

Richard Thompson, Birmingham City Stages, mid 1990s. Solo/acoustic and fucking owned everybody. Nobody breathed unless he OK'd it.

Doo Rag/The Cramps, mid/late 1990s. The Cramps were good, but Doo Rag were GRATE.

Boredoms, Slim's, SF, 1999? Hovercraft, the opener, were also great, and the mini-show preview from inside the VW bus on the street was good. The 20-Tank Brewery was open across the street then, and I got happily hammered before the show.

Masada, Barristers, Memphis, November 1997. Both sets.

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, New Daisy, Memphis, 1996. R.L. Burnside opened, a few days after I'd seen him at Proud Larry's in Oxford.

Tortoise, Young Ave. Deli, Memphis, 2004. They brought the rock a lot harder live than on the last album.

BONUS DOZEN:
-Impala/Compulsive Gamblers New Years Eve show, Barristers, Memphis
-Medeski, Martin & Wood, Proud Larry's, Oxford MS, 1995. Cold Tuesday night, nearly empty bar; MMW funneled a lot of irritation and bad vibes into performance energy.
- Albert King, on the Drill Field, Miss. State University, summer 1982.
- BB King, 1 September 1983, Fulton Chapel, Ole Miss
- Yo Miles!, Fillmore, SF, 2000 or '01
- Big Star, New Daisy, Memphis, mid 90s
- Masada, SF Jazz Fest, Temple Emanu-El, Nov. '98 or '99
- Eugene Chadbourne, Young Ave. Deli, Memphis, 1998? Everybody who was there to eat ran out covering their ears when Dr. C. started playing the electric toaster.
- Polvo, Young Ave. Deli, Memphis, late 90s. Covering The Who's "Sparks" went over so well they did it again later in the set.
- Sonic Youth "secret gig," Barristers, Memphis, when they were in town recording "Washing Machine." A 25-minute instrumental set.
- Lambchop/Character, Belcourt Theatre, Nashville, 2002 or 2003. Character was a bunch of kids who looked like they were still in high school and played like the Tortoise Junior Auxiliary, complete with a little xylophone instead of the marimba/vibes.
- Go-Gos, Humphrey Coliseum, Starkville Miss., 1984. Might be the loudest show I've ever been to, incl. Faust, Jesus Lizard, Kid606.

Disappointing for one reason or another:
Stereolab at the Fillmore, Will Oldham in Oxford, Faust at the GAMH, King Crimson in St. Louis (2003), Masada at Yoshi's.

Pulp: Glastonbury 1995
Belle and Sebastian: Bowlie Weekender 1999
Alex Chilton/Teenage Fanclub: 13th Note Glasgow 1996
Belle and Sebastian: Maryhill Community Centre 1998
The Pogues: Glasgow Barrowland, St Patricks Day 1991
Oasis/Verve: Cathouse, Glasgow 1994
Belle and Sebastian: Royal Albert Hall 2001
Stone Roses/Manic Street Preachers: Wembley Arena 1996
Suede: King Tuts Glasgow: 1992
Robbie Williams: Hampden Park, Glasgow 2001

A couple more: the first Big Star reunion up in Missouri. I was so glad Chilton decided to do "Duke of Earl."

And, Masada, somewhere in downtown Memphis around '95, Barristers? I forget where it was, but it was fantastic, the third or fourth time I'd gotten to see Joey Baron.

CeDell Davis, Nashville, some club on Albion St. near TSU, maybe '85? With Robert Palmer (critic not singer) on clarinet. Much better than anything CeDell ever did on record, I think.

Sonic Youth w/Jesus Lizard, Charlottesville, VA 1990
Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Danny Gatton, Johnny Winter, DC 1991
fIREHOUSE, Blacksburg VA 1990
U2, Hampton VA 1987
The Police, Williamsburg VA 1984
The Flaming Lips, Denver CO 2004
Radiohead, Red Rocks, Denver, CO Amnesiac tour
Dizzy Gillespie, Radford VA 1988
REM Williamsburg VA 1986

Husker Du/Plan 9/Rash of Stabbings/Volcano Suns, The Channel, 1985 My first real underground gig. Parents dropped me off nervously, as a skinhead was stomping around the parking lot with some huge chunk of scrap metal. Norton broke a bass string. They did Reoccurring Dreams, I'm pretty sure. Crowd was all leather and spikes. Yet it ended with the Mary Tyler Moore theme and Ticket to Ride. Husker Du got progressively more boring each subsequent time I saw 'em, but this was great.

Minutemen/Brother A West/U Men/Expando Brain, the Rat, 1985. Boon was even better than Du. U Men were my first dose of Northwest Grunge- it wasn't pretty. Expando Brain dude did a solo on the guitar the consisted of strumming one chord for 2 minutes, and it was amazing. Brother A West destroyed my fragile eggshell mind. Minutemen did "Subsititue" tying my classic rock upbringing to the rest of my life. This show was the crux of it all for me.

Bad Brains/Half Life(?), Skibo Ballroom CMU, 1987. They returned all the food the radio station had made for them 'cause it had been made by a woman or something. Violated Rasta rules. Or maybe they were just pricks. HR was tied to a chair most of the show, but it was still nuts. Especially once he "broke free". Showmen indeed!

Swans, 9:30, 1988. Totally pummeling. Never heard anyone before or since just sound so BIG.

Savage Republic, some little club in West London, 1988. Not many people were there, but they were stunning. Oil drum from the alley, 6-stings tuned to b.

Napalm Death/Bolt Thrower/etc - early 1989, London. Was it at London Polytechnic? I went up to the balcony, and bodies were dropping from the tops of the PA, down into the pit. Like Dante! A fully realized hell.

Flat Duo Jets/Chickasaw Mud Puppies, TT the Bears, 1991 or '92. The beginning of my migration to NC. Dexter was wearing an orange tux with tails. Sing Sing Sing explained swing to me. A long, long set I didn't want to end. I think there were less than a dozen people by the end of the night. But it never let up for me.

PJ Harvey/Gallon Drunk, Axis?, 1993. Gallon Drunk had this huge, bowel-emptying saxophone. The room was full of young women who'd just found a voice in PJ. I felt like an outsider to the mood, but never have I sensed such a connection between performer and audience.

Rev. Horton Heat - Graffiti , 1994. First show seen with my future wife, "Slow" made her nervous and turned on. I'd seen 'em a few times before, but they'd held back compared to this.

Dexter Romweber/Legendary Shackshakers - Local 506-Sleazefest, 2003. Legendary Shackshakers are yet to capture their energy on disc, but this show gig spooked out a jaded rock fan. This was the first time I saw Dexter perform "Brazil" It floated to heaven.

*Nile/Impaled/Incantation, 2000: incredible lineup, $7 admission

*Deicide, 2012: most of Benton's criticism is earned, but never let it be said that he doesn't lay it out there on stage.

*Jay-Z/Kanye, 2011: WTT tour. Great set lists and energy.

*High on Fire, 2014: might be the best show I've ever seen

*Danzig, 2013: a Misfits set with Doyle was included.

*Carcass, MDF, 2013: A show I thought I'd never see. Magical.

*Bad Religion, 2014: people who rock that hard in their 50s deserve a hat tip

*Immolation, 1999: my first death metal show ever.

*Nocturnus, A.D., any show: one of my favorite live acts

*King Diamond/Slayer, 2015: two of my top tens all time.

*Cannibal Corpse, 2015: my knee injury was worth it

I have gone to over 40 shows this year, hence the backlogging. I don't think I went to 10 combined between 2004-2009

crap w/ dates and recall but these were great - almost all Mtl / Toronto

Constantines / Jim Guthrie (w/ Own Pallett) - in a tiny, now-defunct venue, Fall of 2004 in Montreal, with everyone singing along to Funeral as it played over the PA between sets
Mclusky - one of their last shows, opening for The Libertines
Sufer Furry Animals / Caribou
Kvelertak
The Jesus Lizard (reunion tour)
Swans
Hot Snakes (final tour)
Bob Wiseman
Xiu Xiu (circa Fabulous Muscles)
Keren Ann (touring her self-titled with a killer band)

lol *Owen

Kverterlak!

Beach Boys - Wash DC Mall - July 4, 1984 -- (just me and literally 1/2 million others - oh, and Ringo on drums)

Triumph w/ Helix - 1985 -- (what's that smell?)

Arcadia w/ Erasure - 1987 -- (more screaming girlie-girls than i've yet seen in one place)

Echo & The Bunnymen w/ The Leather Nun - 1988 -- (10th row center; redefined the boundaries of fucking coolness)

Pixies w/ Love & Rockets - 1989 -- (1st row seats + Pixies in top form)

David Bowie - Sound & Vision - 1990 -- (Super great seats and 3 hrs of classics)

Peter Gabriel - 1990 -- (great seats, better show)

Barkmarket - 1994 -- (maybe 15 people in audience but they played like we were 1,500)

Mo Tucker + Sterling Morrison - 1995 -- (just a few months before Sterling died)

Orbital - 1997 -- (they had been playing stadiums on this tour but stopped into a small venue between dates)

Squirrel Nut Zippers w/ Dirty Dozen Brass Band - 1997 -- (both wailed, but c'mon, DDBB!!!)

Allison Krause & Union Station + Jerry Douglass - 1999 -- (beautiful venue and sound)

......countless bluegrass festivals with band names to numerable to mention.

My Pavement and GBV shows all really kinda stunk

These are the ones I posted way upthread long ago:

Fushitsusha - NYC, 2001 (I now have a 2CD bootleg of this show, too, which is great)
King Sunny Ade - NYC, 1990
Fela - L.A., 1990
Einstürzende Neubauten - L.A., 1989
Slayer - NYC, 2003
Pussy Galore - L.A., 1989
Cecil Taylor - NYC, 2003(?) (Lincoln Center performance - 1/2 solo, 1/2 trio)
David S. Ware - NYC, 1998
Borbetomagus/Merzbow (they didn't collaborate, sadly) - NYC, 2003
Motörhead/Cro-Mags - NYC, 1985

And now I'll add these:

Jane's Addiction - L.A., 1990 (the show that's included in the Cabinet of Curiosities box)
Revolting Cocks - NYC, 1990
Suicidal Tendencies/Exodus/Pantera (their first national tour) - NYC, 1990
Botch/Isis - NYC, 1999 (2000?)
Café Tacuba - NYC, 2002 (at BB King's, a tiny room so packed the walls were sweating)
Iron Maiden - NYC or NJ, 2003, 2004, 2008 & 2010
Ornette Coleman - Carnegie Hall, 2003
The Stooges - NYC, 2003 (one of the earliest reunion gigs, some kind of benefit show)
DJ Krush - NYC, 2004 (lots of guests including Aesop Rock, Mr Lif, and Akira Sakata)
Black Sabbath, all original members - Ozzfest, 2005
The Mars Volta - NYC, 2005 (legendary salsa pianist Larry Harlow joined them)
Judas Priest/Heaven & Hell/Motörhead/Testament - NJ, 2007
Ozzy Osbourne/Halford - NYC, 2010 (Ozzy was amazing on this tour, miles better than when I saw him with Rob Zombie and In This Moment in 2007)
ZZ Top - NYC, 2007
AC/DC - NYC & Dublin, 2008
Isis/Melvins - NYC, 2010
Sonny Rollins - Beacon Theater (80th birthday show, the one where Ornette joined him onstage), 2010
Down/Saint Vitus - NYC, 2012
Rush - Newark, 2013 (the tour with the nine-piece string section)
Perfume - NYC, 2014
Kamasi Washington - NYC, 2015

Kverterlak!

― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Saturday, October 10, 2015 7:18 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

My neck and shoulders hurt for a full week afterwards. Worth it.

Ecstatic Sunshine - Penthouse - Baltimore, MD - January 17, 2010
Animal Collective - Recher Theatre - Towson, MD - March 24, 2006
Eric Copeland - Floristree - Baltimore, MD - April 3, 2009
Dan Deacon / DJ Dog Dick / Smart Growth - the Nicolas Cage - Baltimore, MD - September 11, 2009
Green Day / blink-182 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY - May 31, 2002
Double Dagger / Yukon / Ecstatic Sunshine / Blackie Knight & the Daylights / Salad - the Nerve Center - Baltimore, MD - January 20, 2007
Panda Bear - 9:30 Club - Washington, DC - May 16, 2014
DJ Dog Dick - Load of Fun (Whartscape) - Baltimore, MD - July 12, 2009
Arab on Radar - Current lot (Whartscape) - Baltimore, MD - July 24, 2010
Boredoms / Lightning Bolt / Keith Fullerton Whitman - Starlight Ballroom - June 30, 2006

somehow missed this thread... today it's probably

Neil Young - Eugene OR 10/8/15
Boredoms, 2008
Joanna Newsom - Ys tour
Nurse With Wound's 2nd show in San Franciso, 2006
Dog Faced Hermans - 1994, Satyricon, Portland OR
The Jody Grind - 1989, Bloomington IN
Camper Van Beethoven - Key Lime Pie tour
Camper Van Beethovn - OBRS tour
Tiny Lights when they used to have Jane Scarpantoni on cello, Hazel's Wreath tour
Sonic Youth - summer of 1986, Hoosier Ballroom, Indianapolis

honorable mention: Useless Pieces Of Shit, 1985

Fuck yeah dog faced hermans in 1994
If I posted upthread that must surely have been on my list

Smashing Pumpkins - Cleveland, 1996 (I waited in line at a grocery store to get those tickets. SP played "Mayonaise" and "Porcelina," still two of my favorite songs. James kept shouting "Hello Cleveland!", which I didn't understand until years later.)
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band - Cleveland, 1999
White Stripes - London, 2003 (The Elephant tour)
Pogues cover band (!) - Cleveland, NYE 2004/5 (Honestly, they were great. And on that night I met a girl through whom I met my wife, and we just had a baby girl 7 weeks ago, so...)
Gang of Four - 9:30 Club, DC, 2005 (The whole thing was pretty great, but the moment they got into the groove of "To Hell with Poverty" was the most thrilling herd-mentality moment I've experienced at a show...big dancing surge of people toward the stage.)
Arcade Fire - 9:30 Club, DC, 2005
Secret Machines - Liverpool, 2006
Interpol - 9:30 Club, DC, 2006

OK, only eight.

I've been to 45 shows this year. I should hit 52 by the end of year, meaning an average of one per week...