Bands You've Seen Live

[edh]

stuartmmcfc said:

The "coolest and strangest" band I ever saw was probably The Residents at the Hacienda.

Very cool. I'd like to have seen that..

[K12beano]

Don't think I could possibly remember all. Too many to mention...

Most prolific would have to be Wishbone Ash who I've seen at least once every decade since the 70s

Other highlights would include:

The Who
Joe Satriani
Eric Clapton
Dr Feelgood

And I know this month I will be adding:

John Lees (Barclay James Harvest)
Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)

[technodup]

An easy one. Live music doesn't interest me.

Basement Jaxx
The Specials

[Legacywr]

You can't have this list without..

Slade: 4 times!

[interloper]

technodup said:

An easy one. Live music doesn't interest me.

Seriously? I would have thought regardless of what type of music, hearing a band/group/artist live is much more interesting as there is pretty much always more energy and maybe a bit more spontaneity than any recording could deliver.

[gazza285]

No idea, but as I was a sound engineer with a PA company, there will be lots. I was a touring sound man with Peaceville and Century Media, so lots of extreme metal bands as well.

One gig that I am remembering is a gig with Jazz Jamaica in the Derby West Indian Center in the early '90s, after the sound check me and Rico Rodriguez sat backstage, drinking Dragon Stout, while Brian Lara knocked the English bowlers all over the ground, him chortling and ribbing the white guy. RIP Rico, he passed away today.

Edited by gazza285 on Saturday 5th September 23:20

[TheExcession]

droopsnoot said:

Strawberry Switchblade

Very jealous....

droopsnoot said:

Big Country

Now I'm just laughing at you if ever there was a band where every song sounded the same, what ever you paid to get into that gig - you were robbed.

Now my OCD is been kicking in because these lists aren't in alphabetical order; but a faded brain recalls

Alice Donut
Bauhaus
Bong Water
Bryan Adams
Dinosaur Jnr
Faith no More
Fall (The)
Hawkwind
INXS
Jesus Lizard (The)
John Ottway
Lee Scratch Perry
Levellers (The)
Lemonheads (The)
Macc Lads (The)
Marillion
Mega City Four
Membranes (The)
Mojo Nixon/Skid Roper
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
New Model Army
NIN
Nirvana
No Means No
Ozric Tentacles
Pop Will Eat Itself
Ramones
RDF
Seers (The)
Senseless Things (The)
Shakespear's Sister (were crap)
TAD
They Might Be Giants
T'Pau
Transvision Vamp
Wonderstuff (The)
You Slosh


Sorely missing from the list are
Arctic Monkeys
Dead Kennedy's
Jethro Tull
Stranglers
Strawberry Switchblade

Now I'll go back and read what everyone else has posted and no doubt find plenty #I've missed.

[P7ERM]

Growing up in London in the 70's was always a help
Bob Marley and the Wailers..
Sex Pistols
Beach Boys
Chuck Berry

Just a few highlights from a very diverse list.

[technodup]

interloper said:

Seriously? I would have thought regardless of what type of music, hearing a band/group/artist live is much more interesting as there is pretty much always more energy and maybe a bit more spontaneity than any recording could deliver.

You mean nuggets waving guitars around on a stage?

This tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgoj9K3dlg is where my name comes from and it's typical of what I've listened to for 20+ years, live doesn't/can't come into it. Plus a lot of the big artists use different aliases for each tune, especially for tunes which are slightly different in style so there's not so much emphasis on the 'group' or 'album' idea as in other genres, it's more based around the label. As an example Scott Brown has 35 aliases or 'groups' he is/was in, many for only one or two releases. I've probably got more than 100 records of his on just three labels, Evolution, Twisted Vinyl and Screwdriver. http://www.discogs.com/artist/6123-Scott-Brown

I've seen hundreds of DJs playing other peoples records though, if that counts. Plus the Scottish (and to a lesser extent Dutch) hardcore scene was well known for 'live' PA's which consisted of two people pretending to play keyboards, an MC, a few dancers and a banner across the stage with their name on. I've seen them all. Q-Tex, QFX, Ultra-Sonic, Dyewitness, Dance Overdose, Bass Reaction, The Rhythmic State, Ruffneck Alliance, NR Getik, Ultimate Buzz and many more I have since forgotten.

Apart from all that I only ever liked about three bands, Madness, The Specials and Blur and I wouldn't go out my way to see any of them.

[gazza285]

technodup said:

Plus the Scottish (and to a lesser extent Dutch) hardcore scene was well known for 'live' PA's which consisted of two people pretending to play keyboards, an MC, a few dancers and a banner across the stage with their name on. I've seen them all.

I did sound for Blue Amazon, they had a DAT machine, but they did have a keyboard each, a guitar and a live vocalist and a sampler onstage. We used to get some strange looks when we turned up and wanted more than a stereo feed and a mic channel, ten channels and a proper monitor mix was unheard of...

[richcorsavxr]

Micheal Jackson
Fleetwood Mac
Tomorrow like a few others on here: foo fighters

Want and plan to go and see more in the future.

[caziques]

Not a large list over 40 years, but I'm not that keen on live music.

Many years ago:

Queen - Dundee, just when they hit the big time
Baker Gurvitz Army - Edinburgh, brilliant (cost a quid)
Supertramp with Joan Armatrading as support - Newcastle (there was a girl involved)

In the nineties
Bob Dylan - wish I hadn't bothered.
Steve Winwood, very very good - (and again in Oz a few years ago)

In NZ over the last few years: all with an fantastic rating: (and showing my age)

John Mayall
Ringo Starr
Bootleg Beatles
10cc
The Seekers
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Hollies

[speedtwelve]

Off the top of my head:

Marillion (lots) (First ever gig, Misplaced Childhood Tour, 1985)
Fish (lots)
Magnum
KISS (Loudest gig I've ever been to. My hearing began to clip before the end. Not good...)
Def Leppard (always good live)
Scorpions
Rush (lots)
Bryan Adams
Dream Disciples
Iron Maiden (Lots. Up the Irons)
Dave Lee Roth
Tangerine Dream
Peter Gabriel ('Up' tour, best live performance I've ever seen)
U2
Runrig
Ultravox
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (Been a fan since 1980, finally saw them live a couple of years back!)
Roger Waters
Aussie Pink Floyd

Biggest regret is not having seen Pink Floyd. Missed the boat on that one.

Want to get round to seeing Simple Minds, The Killers, Gary Numan, David Gilmour at some point.

[Rollin]

Rollin said:

Probably not unusual on PH, but I've seen hundreds.....I don't keep a list though.

Here's some of them then...

Motley Crue
Guns n Roses
Aerosmith
Smashing Pumpkins
ACDC
Def Leppard
Saxon
Michael Monroe
Marillion
Rolling Stones
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
Stone Roses
Black Grape
Happy Mondays
Johnny Marr
Kasabian
Paul Oakenfold
Skid Row
New York Dolls
Rob Zombie
Primus
The Breeders
Jamiroquai
Violent Femmes
Beck
Prodigy
Faithless
The Strokes
Hole
Beck
Kaiser Chiefs
PJ Harvey
Ian Brown
The Cult
The Doors
Crosby Stills and Nash
Neil Young
Duran Duran
Neil Diamond
Whitesnake
ZZ Top
David Lee Roth
Iggy Pop
The Levellers
Pulp
Henry Rollins
Pixies
David Bowie
Bjork
Prince
Human League
Electronic
Knife Party
Slipknot
Marylin Manson
Foo Fighters
White Stripes
The Orb
The Pierces
PIL
Prong
Ugly Kid Joe
BRMC
Black Stone Cherry
Paw
Ting Tings
Gomez
Miles Kane
Placebo
Tom Jones
Motorhead
Blink 182
Faith No More
Suede
Sex Pistols
Fleetwood Mac
Pet Shop Boys
Kings of Leon
Beach Boys
Green Day
Pearl Jam
Tom Petty
Reef
Beastie Boys
Ice T
Radiohead
The Verve
Reverend Horton Heat
Cypress Hill
The Killers
Therapy?
Charlatans
James
The Farm
Cast
The Wonderstuff
Weezer
Ash
Moby
Inspiral Carpets
L7
Muse
James Brown
The Wildhearts
The Stranglers
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Elastica
Shed 7
Ice Cube
BB King
Gary Moore
Chemical Brothers
Elton John
Run DMC
Public Enemy
Lenny Kravitz
Black Veil Brides
Steel Panther
Terrorvision
Bon Jovi
Manic Street Preachers
Dio
Alice in Chains
Ozzy Osbourne
Slash
Offspring
De La Soul
Bush
Soundgarden
Black Crowes
The Alarm
Echo and the Bunnymen
Bad Manners
The Hooters
Dan Reed Network
Limpbizkit
Biffy Clyro
Wasp
Rage against the Machine
Reverend and the Makers
Michael Monroe
Jet
The Datsuns
OMD
Black Keys
Phil Lynnot
Stereophonics
Feeder
Primal Scream
Fun Loving Criminals
Garbage

[6th Gear]

Guns N' Roses
Soundgarden
Faith No More
Slayer
Pantera
Metallica
Clapton
Queen(with Paul Rodgers)
The Cult
Depeche Mode
Living Colour
The Eagles
Gary Clark Jr.
Iron Maiden
Skid Row
Thunder
WASP
Almighty
Santana
Chic
Basement Jaxx
Stereophonics
Jamiroquai
Robert Palmer

[Le TVR]

P7ERM said:

Growing up in London in the 70's was always a help

Ignoring the major acts, I tried to think of the ones less well known (or they were at the time)

Humble Pie
Greenslade
Genesis - 1st night of 1st tour without PG.
Peter Gabriel - last night of 1st solo tour.
John Martyn - many times, once he was not stoned and could actually tune the guitar himself!
Graham Parker and the Rumour
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
Camel
Caravan
Paul Simon - in a folk club upstairs in a pub!
King Crimson
Joe Walsh
Joe Cocker - Roman arena in Orange.
Jonathon Kellys backdoor
Atomic Rooster
Focus
Pink Fairies
Pretty Things
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Alex Harvey SAHB
Free
Cheap Trick
Lindisfarne
Al Stewart
Roy Harper
10 cc
The Tubes
Steeleye Span
Ralph McTell
The Faces

[Crackie]

Fun to reminisce.....

Rush
Pretenders
Stiff little fingers
Roger Waters ( Pros and Cons )
Talk Talk
U2
The Cure
Simply Red
The Mission
Terence Trent Darby
Ian Brown
Sting
10cc
The Fall
All about Eve.

[towser44]

The Killers
Deacon Blue
Oasis

Need to see more really!

[droopsnoot]

TheExcession said:

droopsnoot said:

Strawberry Switchblade

Very jealous....

Support act for Howard Jones at the NEC.

TheExcession said:

droopsnoot said:

Big Country

Now I'm just laughing at you if ever there was a band where every song sounded the same, what ever you paid to get into that gig - you were robbed.

I don't think I agree, I seem to recall enjoying it a lot. It was Reading Festival 1983, but technically I hadn't paid anything as we went to see The Stranglers who were headlining Friday night. Big Country, Pallas, Pendragon (and I think Hanoi Rocks as well) were just free bonuses.

Which reminds me I think I left a few off the list from a local music club:

Stiff Little Fingers
Buzzcocks
The Damned

All of these were around 2008-2009, then the club closed for the town to be developed, which has never happened.

[daemon]

Loads of bands however the highlights would be :-

Guns n Roses (during the Use your Illusion tour)
Black Sabbath, the original full lineup at Ozzfest
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Deep Purple
Slipknot - seen them five times, brilliant every time
The Kinks
Thin Lizzy with Ricky Warwick on vocals
Stiff Little Fingers
Judas Priest
Megadeth
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Korn
Marilyn Manson
Alice Cooper
Metallica
My Chemical Romance doing The Black Parade

Edited by daemon on Monday 7th September 13:06

Edited by daemon on Monday 7th September 13:06