Bands You've Seen Live

[Boydie88]

AXlawrence said:

Worst were some of the support acts and bands I saw at festivals I didn't want to see. Fall Out Boy. White Lies. The Big Pink.

Whaaaat?!

[rover 623gsi]

ABC
The Alarm
Aztec Camera
Bauhaus
Blancmange
B Movie
Classix Nouveaux
China Crisis
The Danse Society
Depeche Mode
Thomas Dolby
Duran Duran
The Farmers Boys
Fiction Factory
A Flock of Seagulls
John Foxx
Heaven 17
Hue and Cry
The Human League
It Bites
Japan
Madonna
Kylie Minogue
Gary Numan (first gig – Hammersmith Odeon September 1980)
OMD
Prince
Scars
Simple Minds
The Smiths
Tears for Fears
The Thompson Twins
The Undertones
Ultravox
Paul Weller

Most of these were ‘back in the day’ although seen a few of them in their more recent reincarnations

Plus loads of bands that very, very few people have heard of

Edited by rover 623gsi on Monday 7th September 18:40

[stuartmmcfc]

This threads going a bit cringeworthy.

[Lucas CAV]

First band: Wolfsbane!
"Biggest" bands seen live: Neil Young/Pearl Jam/RHCP -
"Best" performance seen live: Manics early 90's/Wilko Johnson around 2001?
Dullest performance: Rollins Band (woeful), Beth Orton (ticket was given as a gift -- she was worse than I expected), Paul Weller (dull, too much soloing)

[Nick M]

I'm sure I'll forget a few, but in what I think is roughly chronological order:

INXS
The Alarm
Status Quo
Queen
Paul Young
Genesis
M People
Eric Clapton
Del Amitri
The Dead
Reba McEntire
Joe Satriani
Robert Plant
Ratdog
Joe Bonamassa
Iggy Pop
Foo Fighters

and coming up soon:

The Strypes
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Gary Clarke Jr.

[russ turner]

Seen a lot the bands/artists previously mentioned, some I haven't, but unless I've scan read a bit too quickly has nobody else seen Led Zeppelin?

Obviously, they were one of the highlights but other stand out highlights from purely a performance / show perspective going back 35 years + in no particular order at all and by no ways exhaustive

Rammstein
Muse
AC/DC on the Let There Be Rock Tour
Black Sabbath in Birmingham 2012 at the 02
Foo Fighters
Black Stone Cherry at Cardiff Uni
Kiss
Motorhead at Bham Town Hall - pre 1978
U2 at Bham Town Hall- pre 1980


Regret never having seen Pink Floyd

Biggest disappointments - Queen and Meatloaf at the NEC, prior to the Arena being built - sound was awful

The embarrassing ones - Busted and Gareth Gates, honestly I took my pre-teenage daughter

There's probably a whole host of shows that I simply wished I hadn't bothered with but the one that jumps out immediately is Journey, which was prior to them hitting the big time

[Supernova190188]

russ turner said:

Biggest disappointments - Queen and Meatloaf at the NEC, prior to the Arena being built - sound was awful

I'd imagine they'd still be more impressive than many bands live even if the sound wasn't completely up to scratch!

[6th Gear]

Nick M said:

Gary Clarke Jr.

I'm a big fan of Gary Clark Jr. Saw him supporting Clapton at the Albert Hall awhile back, he was excellent.

His new album is rather good too.

Enjoy the gig.

[thismonkeyhere]

Just remembered - I saw Gina G live (by accident) in 1996.

Did I enjoy it? Ooh ah, just a little bit.

Beat that.

[6th Gear]

You fker.

That song is now firmly planted in my head.

[ilovequo]

Mixed Bag along with loads of small gigs and support acts - Happy to have seen a lot of favourites before they stop touring

Status Quo
John Mayer
Rod Stewart
Bruce Springsteen
ZZ Top
Foo Fighters
Oasis
Rolling Stones
Kasabian
Prodigy
Strypes
Hozier
Lumineers
Snow Patrol
Duke Special
Foy Vance
Australian Pink Floyd
Eric Clapton
Van Morrison
Meatloaf
Taylor Swift
Needtobreathe
The Police
Mark Knopfler
Brian Houston
Bryan Adams
Travis
Robbie Williams
Royal Blood
Paul McCartney

This must have totalled a lot of £££'s over the years

[Riley Blue]

Rolling Stones
Beatles
Spencer Davis Group
Freddie and the Dreamers
Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas
Johnny Kidd and the Pirates
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
Pretty Things
Pink Floyd
Family
Van Der Graaf Generator
Graham Parker and the Rumour
The Pretenders
Van Morrison
Tyrannosaurus Rex
David Bowie
Hawkwind
Dire Straits
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band
Blodwyn Pig
Led Zeppelin
The Edgar Broughton Band
The Who
Cream
Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Bob Dylan
Cat Stevens
Jimi Hendrix
Englebert Humperdinck
The Walker Brothers
(the four above were all on the same bill!)
Love
and so many at Glastonbury I’ve forgotten who they all were.

[spyder dryver]

Too many to try to remember but among the highlights were...

Earth, Wind and Fire
Santana
Kraftwerk
BeBop Deluxe
Rammstein
Kiss
Nils Lofgren

[Markh]

Oscar Peterson
Pink Floyd
Rush
Genesis (with both PG and PC)
Led Zeppelin
U2
Roxy Music
Oasis (worst ever)
Simple Minds
Peter Gabriel
Sonny Rollins
Santana
The Police
Sting
REM
Hawkwind
The Clash
The Ramones
Deep Purple
Steve Hackett
The Jam
Solomon Burk
James Brown
Gary Moore
Brand New Heavies
Simply Red
Mott the Hoople
Queen
David Bowie
Elton John
John Martyn
David Byrne
Radiohead
Wedding Present
Dire Straits
Big audio dynamite
Darius Brubeck
Nirvana
Van Morrison
Stone Roses
Florence and the Machine
Phil Collins
Andy Summers
Buena vista social club
Gary Glitter..............
Prefab Sprout
King Crimson

and a few more I am sure

Edited by Markh on Thursday 24th September 15:39

[spikeyhead]

I've seen hundreds, many of which are fairly obscure and I can't be arsed to type them all.

Favourites include

Pogues
Kate Rusby
Roy Harper
Paloma Faith

Echobelly were a huge disappointment, just standing still on stage making a good job of being technically competant whilst having bugger all audience interaction. Looked like they hated being there.

Bradgate said:

edh said:

Great live bands who never made it
Family Cat
Mirror Cracked (Sheffield mid '80'S)

The Tansads.

Snuff

[hacksaw]

Off the top of my head, probably missing a few and not in any particular order.

Crowded house
Cast
Long pigs
Lightning seeds
Wanna dies
Paul weller, few times
Morrissey
Johnny marr
Oasis, couple of times
Stone roses couple of times
Shed seven, few times
Bellowhead, couple of times
Seasick steve
Jake bugg
Paul heaton, several times
PIL
Ukelele orchestra of GB
Charlatans
Chris helme
Inspiral carpets
James, few times
ACDC
Madness
The who
Ordinary boys
Starsailor
Mark Morriss, Bluetones
The Farm
The Clash

Edited by hacksaw on Friday 9th October 09:02