First, Worst, Best, and Last Concert?
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Topic: First, Worst, Best, and Last Concert?
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Subject: First, Worst, Best, and Last Concert?
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 16:06
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Pretty easy to understand, what was your first concert, worst concert, best concert, and last concert?
As for me:
First: Journey 2003 or 04
Worst: ^, I didn't know any of the material, and I don't like it now a days anyway.
Best: Progressive Nation 2008 (Dream Theater, Opeth, BTBAM, and 3) NYC 2nd night Terminal 5
Last: Rush Jones Beach 2008 ------------- 
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 16:16
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First: Raffi! Hell yeah! at Yonkers Riverfest
Worst: Backstreet Boys  It was a present for my little sister and I couldn't get out of it
Best: Have you seen the Score DVD? Yeah. That one. Latest: I think it was Sleepytime Gorilla Museum in a rather small venue in NYC. Intense show. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 16:20
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First: Al di Meola @ Plai Festival 2006, Timisoara, Romania Worst: none so far, can't name a worst about of great concerts  Best: Esbjörn Svensson Trio @ Timisoara Jazz Festival 2006, Timisoara, Romania (so marvellous I'm sad now thinking ES is gone from us  )Latest: John McLaughlin in Concert, Bucharest, Romania so far seems like I went only to great jazz concerts, true, more than enough at least, but I also saw Jethro Tull live. ------------- 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 16:40
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1st: Worst: I'm not sure. There were a couple that turned out disappointing because of other circumstances. Not sure of a worst.
Best: Rush - 1994 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkUre8FWIQ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkUre8FWIQ I was at this one.
Latest: Rush - 2008 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (It would have been Yes, but it was cancelled). ------------- 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 17:40
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First: Omega Budapest 1969 !
Worst: Chicago 1973 Montreal - terrible
Best: too many
Porcupine Tree 2006 (last one)
PFM -2005
IQ- 2005
Fish 2003
Ferry (three times) Roxy Music (4 times)
Hawkwind , Led Zeppelin
Gentle Giant, Ekseption, Genesis (twice) Focus
Like I said too many ........hahahahaha List available upon request ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 20:43
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First: KISS w/ Molly Hatchet (1983) Worst: Alabama (1988) Best: U2 during the Elevation tour (2001) Last: Rush (2007) E ------------- 
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Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 21:05
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First Pink Floyd Knebworth 1975 could be the best to . Best oooh there has been so so so so so so so so many but i will go for Treworgey Tree Fayre. Liskeard, Cornwall 1989 or Stonehenge 1984 oh every time i have seen Hawkwind and Gong Worst is the same as the Last Windsor Blues fest two weeks ago worst damn gig ever been to No Atmosphere poor sound seen more life in a dead cat than that audience which was a shame as Taj Mahal and Richie Havens were on the bill , Then there was Fank Mahrino never seen such self indulgent pile of crap in all my life ' ------------- 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 21:21
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- first was Saxon in 1983. - worst was probably Sting in '88. - best was Ronnie Lane's Appeal Tour with Page, Beck, Clapton, Cocker and a bunch of others, 1983 though Yes in the Round and Jeff Beck/Stevie Ray Vaughan come close. - I don't know if I can remember my last, I think it was Stevie Nicks in 2001, she was terrific ..no it was Sleeping People just last year |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 21:43
that's too bad - I saw him at MSG in the 90s and it was a great show. |
Atavachron wrote:Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 21:53
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yeah we were disappointed, the Blue Turtles tour was fantastic though! |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 22:12
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FIRST; Nazareth-Heidelberg 1972
BEST; Soft Mchine--Toulouse 1975
King Crimson--Fort Lauderdale 1995
Jethro Tull--Miami 1989
LAST; Depeche Mode--Orlando 2005
WORST; Vdgg --Pau 1977
Other great shows; Mahavishnu Orchestra 1974, BJH 1987, GONG -3 times, Magma 1973 or 74, Yes 1976,Paul mcCartney -twice, Neil YOUNG 1976, Procol Harum , Tangerine DREAM-twice, CAN 1977, K. Ayers, Santana 1989, Page-Plant 1995 and many more
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 30 2008 at 23:23
Speak about nomadic travel ! Gong with Hillage, Blake, Howlett and Moerlin? That's what I always wanted to see (  Merde alors!) and T Dream? which line-up and where? ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 00:02
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Coming from Ecuador, the only band I ever saw live there that appears on PA is ANGRA in 2003...
But i better only talk about my US concerts:
First - The Flower Kings - Largo, Florida 2006
Best - The Flower Kings - 2006 (so intimate... it was the best, if not the most exciting, which obviously was the one below...)
Last - ProgNation 2008, Miami Beach- Having my favorite band there (DT) obviously should have made this my best concert, but the curtain problem with OPETH and the poor sound of BTBAM made this a lesser concert, even though THREE was excellent and seeing DT live for the first time was, well....
 Worst - Of the ones here, probably Porcupine Tree, Orlando FL 2007. It was not bad at all, but I've seen only 6 since I've arrived so i have to pick one! (Wilson forgot the lyrics to "Blackest Eyes" and the song list was terrible... too much Nil Recurring, too few Deadwing or In Absentia or LightBulb Sun....
But my worst concert ever would have to be in my country... those really were something else.... ------------- 
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 00:04
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First - Alice Cooper with Flo and Eddie(early 70s). This was back when Alice was still sort of "undeground". Flo and Eddie (ex Zappa and Turtles) were total 60s LA freaks, one of them was bouncing up and down and 'fondling' his own big shirtless man-breasts while they sang about a million reprises of the Turtles hit "So Happy Together". All this in front of a bunch of local yokel rednecks in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Worst - REO Speedwagon with Rainbow(mid-70s) ELP Works tour(late 70s) Those two shows turned me off to 70s hard rock and prog rock for a long long time. Best - Genesis with Bill Bruford on drums(mid 70s) Black Flag, 5 piece version with Chuck Biscuits and Dez Cadena(early 80s) King Crimson double trio at Berkeley's Greek Theatre Last - I'm going to see a great local Hammond B3 trio (City Champs) this Sunday. I guess that's not really a concert, but I don't go to big shows much anymore. I tried to go see Sound Tribe Sector 9 last year, but I couldn't get anyone to go with me. |
Posted By: Hawkwise
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 00:18
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oh yes and Tangerine Dream Coventry Cathedral 197 ? damn if can remember the date anyway top gig stunning venue
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Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 18:53
Cryptic Vision opened for them didn't they?
Dating myself here
First- Blood, Sweat and Tears 1969
Best- Wow too many to pick one Jeff Beck and Mahvishnu Orchestra in 1975 comes to mind Rennisance opening for Gentle Gaint, ELP on the BSS tour, Kansas on the Leftoverature tour, Peter Gabriels' first tour, Genesis Trick,W&W, Duke, Yes Relayer, Jethro Tull War Child and Songs from the Woods and many many more.
Worst-Without a dout it was Brownsville Station (smoking in the boys room
 ) Canned Heat and Black Oak Arkansas. It was the last time I let my gf at the time pick a concert )Last- Liquid Tension Experiment
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 19:00
oh, kill me now.. nice
is that legal? |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 19:12
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First: Kansas 1977: Amazing, I got the chance to see them in their peak.in Florida.
Best: Rick Wakeman in Lima: Amazing concert, Rick's instruments were sent to Paraguay due to a mistake in IATTA codes (Pa instead of Pe), so the concert started at 1:00 am on a thursday, not a sigle seat availlable, the public received Rick as a hero and he played until near 4:00 am, he was very emotional and gave his best.
Worst: Jon Anderson in Lima: I almost fell asleep, not because it was bad, because it wasn't for those who like his solo stuff, but because I expected something different, left after 1 hoiur.
Latest: Riders on the Storm: Not bad for a cover band.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 19:55
Are you talking about Riders, the band that plays old country tunes. I'm no country fan but they are great. I made a point of talking to them after the show, very funny guys, lots of sly winks and sexual double entendres. They are from an older and wittier era that doesn't exist anymore. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 20:17
No EM, I'm talking about "Riders on the Storm", the Doors tribute band formed by Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger with Brett Scallions trying to fill the shoes of Jim Morrison.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 20:23
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First: some Norwegian rock band back in 1998, I think.
Best: Magma in September last year, Roger Hodgson in August last year and Jean-Michel Jarre in August 2005.
Worst: Can't remember actually, but surely something I've seen on a festival sometime.
Last: Iron Maiden on July 24th. Fantastic concert!!
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: July 31 2008 at 20:37
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Okay, I'll play: First: Paul Revere and the Raiders, probably 1967. Awesome concert.
Best: Yes, Denver, CO in 1972. The single finest performance I've ever experienced. I'm talking religious experience here.
Worst: Allman Brothers, Denver in 1972. As it happens same show as Yes, above. We had to flee.
Last: Eagles, Boulder, CO in 1978 or perhaps '79. Good show. Or maybe it was Dylan, same era.
To define concert, I'm assuming minimum 10,000 capacity. So why was my Last concert in 1978? That's 30 years ago, man! Because I discovered the joys of seeing bands in more intimate settings, where you can actually see the players, maybe actually talk to them, maybe actually have a beer with them. I've seen countless bands in smaller venues (under 500 capactiy) since this time, ranging from Dire Straits to Harry 'Sweets' Edison to Chick Corea and Stan Getz. If it's over $50 a ticket and the venue is over 5000, I ain't there.
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Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 08:17
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Cliff Richard (at the London Palladium) - the first...
The best fond memories for Beck Bogart and Appice with Flash as the support circa 1974 at Loughborough University - although Arthur Lee with Love at DeMontford Hall Leicester 2003(?) doing the complete Forever Changes prpbably pips it.
Worst and the first I walked out of
Pink Fairies at Kingston Upon Thames Swimming Baths, autumn 1970 or 71 - the acoustics were atrocious and PF were too loud - I survived 2 songs before it became too painful. (I had enjoyed a full set by the PFs the June before at Royal Holloway College in much better surroundings). More recently walked out on a Level 42 gig: great playing but a really boring choice of tunes - instead went out of the hall and talked for 45 minutes to the support act Steve Lawson, selling CDs in the foyer!!. ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 08:23
wow, you saw that!? the date is 1975, since they played Ricochet. At least that's what the video says. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 08:30
 that must have been bad.... is Mark King still with them? I've drifted away from them but used to be a big fan... usually good enough to just watch him play bass. the man is frickin great..------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 08:59
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first: Gamma Ray 95 best: Dream Theater 98 (i think), Metallica 99 worse: Helloween (don't remember) last: Tool 2007 ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 09:22
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first: Manowar, Bristol, 1983. Death to false Metal!
best: Possibly ProgPower I, 2006.Therion/ Threshold/ Pagan's Mind/ Orphaned Land. Beat that line-up!
 worst: Flower Kings, Whitchurch Festival, 2000. So lacklustre, it was untrue. half the audience headed for the bar.
last: Queensryche, Wolverhampton, in June. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 10:32
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First: Ezra opening the Summers End festivel in 06. The start of a very good weekend Best: Pain of Salvation headlining last years Summers End festivel. Absolutely stunning Last: Spock's Beard at Bilstons Robin 2 at the start of last month. Very good gig, shame Frost* were a no-show though. Worst: Semi-acoustic by John Beck and John Mitchell at Summers End 06. 40 minutes of god awful pop songs from It Bites. Other quality bands I've seen: White Willow- made me go buy all their CD's after seeing them Strangefish- a band that knew how to have fun Pure Reason Revolution- big energy, excellent performance The Flower Kings- avoided their super long epics and put on a great show for an audience that had been on its feet for two days. Isis- sound much better than on CD. Tinyfish- see Strangefish Threshold Riverside IQ Nightwish Kamelot Magenta ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 11:38
Edit: I saw Neil Diamond  last night. He is quite the entertainer and puts on a really good show. And everybody can sing along to Sweet Caroline. Coming to America is an awesome song. Almost kind of proggy pop. He uses 2 guitarists, a bass player who uses both an electric bass and at times a stand-up bass. Two keyboardists-I think 1 might have been using a Moog but I'm not too up on equipment stuff. He also has a drummer and a percussionist who were quite good. He also has 4 horn guys playing various brass and 3 back-up singers. I think he is probably my biggest guilty pleasure. Definitely not my normal musical fare. I don't own any CDs from him, and yet this was the 3rd or 4th time I have seen him live and I always seem to enjoy it. Sorry. I hope that I haven't further shattered/soured the rest of your opinions of me. -------------
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 12:39
| Don't feel bad, I still think of Holly Holy as one of the first prog-rock songs I ever heard, that and Save the Life of my Child by Simon and Garfunkel. |
Posted By: Luke. J
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 12:58
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First: Unless opera counts, Wise Guys in 2006. Great performance, though the bass vocalist was unable to contribute to the show, as he had bad bruises.
Worst: I think Jane, 2006. A local hardcore band. Also, an American jazz trumpet player (do not remember the name) qualifies. His playing was so dull that most of the people were heading to the bar or even left the hall. It was for free, so it is not that bad..
Best: Blind Guardian in 2007. The people were like crazy and the band was in a great mood. The only low point were the support band Astral Doors..
Last: See above, unless musicals count. By the way, I am going to see The Musical Box performing A Trick of the Tail in October.
Sometimes I wish I had been around at some gigs in the 70's/80's, but I think I have to be satisfied with cover bands..
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 13:43
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First: Red Hot Chili Peppers 2002 Worst: Dream Theater 2008... such a dissapointment, that concert literally made me stop liking DT Best: ...mmm either Battles 2007 or my first Divididos (argentinian rock band, which I dont like that much now but the concert was great!!!) concert in 2002 Last: Muse 2008 ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 14:12
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First: Dave Matthews Band in 2003 Worst: I've yet to attend a bad concert, actually. (Though I've witnessed a few dreadful opening acts ).Best: Fish in DC this year. Ween and Neal Morse were just as good as that show, but they were all very different experiences. Last: Fish Next: King Crimson in Philly, then the Flower Kings in New York, and then Opeth in Philly a month after that. It's been a great year for prog concerts. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 14:35
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First... Freddie & the Dreamers... sometime in the 60s
First Prog... Electric Light Orchestra 1971
Best... erm... Floyd @ Wembley 1972 or Floyd @ Earls Court 1973 or Floyd @ Knebworth 1975 or The Wall 1980
 Worse... Metallica @ Big Day Out Milton Keynes 1999
Last... Marillion @ Cambridge Rock Festival 2 weeks ago  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Pekka
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 14:57
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First: A Finnish funkmetalrocketc. band Rasmus in my then-hometown
Kuopio the year 1997. Later they changed their name to The Rasmus and
started making poppier material, which some of you might even have
heard. Worst: Dream Theater in Helsinki on the Systematic Chaos tour. They did actually play a few good songs, but raped them all in the shredding sections or did only small parts of them in a medley. I've never yawned so much at a rock show, and I wasn't even tired. Best: The three times I've seen Sigur Rós, twice from the front row (one of them an acoustic mini performance in a movie theatre). Fourth one coming in a month, we'll see if it lives up to expectations. Last: It was either Iron Maiden or Circusfolk in July, both very good. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 01 2008 at 16:57
He didn't perform Holly Holy this time, but that is a very good song. The one song that I haven't seen him perform that I would have liked to was Heartlight, which I have always liked because of its connection with E.T., which was a movie that I just loved as a young 'un. -------------
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Posted By: Jozef
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 02:26
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First: Franz Ferdinand Best: The Flaming Lips or The Cure Worst: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (Opening for Pearl Jam, they were awful and had no originality) The worst audience would have to go to the folks at the Lou Reed show I saw in April. Very rude and wouldn't stop talking through the show. At one point Lou stopped mid-song and asked "Would you rather me play the song or do you want to keep talking?" Last: Pearl Jam Next: Kill Hannah (Don't worry, it's a gift for my girlfriend, but I'll be seeing King Crimson the next day on the 11th, and Radiohead on the 12th!) I wish I were born earlier though. I'd love to have seen the shows the other users have been posting about about! Other Groups I've seen... Smashing Pumpkins Roger Waters Explosions in the Sky Sons & Daughters Cut Copy Trans-Siberian Orchestra 65daysofstatic Disco Biscuits I will be seeing Radiohead, King Crimson, and Nine Inch Nails as well.  And hopefully ROSfest and NEARfest next year! |
Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 02:55
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First: Avatar (later named themselves, Savatage) (1983) Friends back yard.
Worst: Seether, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Days Grace ... Forget the name of the tour, was a few months ago.
Best: Jazzfest in New Orleans (2 Day, event) (1998) Though the first Livestock (3 day event here in FL) was equally as good.
Last: Rockstar Energy Mayhem Tour (Last Tuesday)
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 06:10
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first: ELO 1978 Oakland Ca. with my mother who was (is) an ELO freak. worst: New Kids on the Block 1990 RFK stadium DC... chaperoning 2 teenage girls and the sister of my girlfriend at the time. The ticket was free.. and nothing rules more than seeing girls trying to rip each others hair out... the whole experience ruining by the music though. Oh well....I was well rewarded for my auditory sacrifice though Best: Dave Brubeck and sons. Marquette Mich 1993 in a small college auditorium with maybe 20 people. Got to meet and discuss music with a living legend. Hell of a nice guy as well Last: Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Mastodon, and some sh*t band called Machine Head in Rome's Olympic Stadium last summer. A real experience... and with great company. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: fusionfreak
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 12:20
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First and worst concert:INXS in 1994,I didn't know progrock,fortunately I already had discovered Jimi Hendrix
Best:Magma in 1999 but Acid Mothers Gong in Amsterdam(2006) is not very far
Last:Queen of purple hearts in Burg Herzberg a great one ------------- I was born in the land of Mahavishnu,not so far from Kobaia.I'm looking for the world of searchers with the help from crimson king |
Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 12:47
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I've only been to five concerts: Neil Young, Deep Purple (with Steppenwolf), Rush (twice, last year and this year), and Gigantour 2008. Most recent: Rush, Snakes and Arrows 2008 in Atlanta. It was cool. First: Neil Young, 2002. It was good, but I don't remember half of it. Best: Half of Gigantour 2008. I saw Children of Bodom and Megadeth. It was the coolest thing to ever exist The only two concerts that would have been better for me would be a Frank Zappa concert and a Pantera concert. Deep Purple with Steppenwolf and 2007 Rush tie in second place. Worst: The other Half of Gigantour 2008. I don't know how much modern metal you guys know of, but seeing High on Fire, In Flames and Job For A Cowboy in concert is like a musical Guantanamo Bay. High on Fire has the same exact random chord progression in every song they do, Job For A Cowboy was so bad that they dropped out of a guitar solo because the guy forgot the notes, and In Flames was just plain bad and boring. The worst part about In Flames was that me and my friends had people moshing all around us to crappy death metal power ballads they were playing, and at one point it seemed like In Flames would steal the show from Megadeth. At least I got a kick out of the Job For A Cowboy pig squeals (listen to one of their songs and you'll know what I'm talking about). ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 12:54
Funny you mention it, I was precisely talking about a similar experience with Guigo and Eric in the chat room.........But at least my case was unwillingly.
In 1991 I was in Santiago de Chile for a business and read an advice.
Amnesty International Concert pro Human Rights in Chile .- Rock desde las Cenizas (Rock from the Ashes)
Artists:
Saturday from 3: PM The list was the one expected for this kind of shows, all of them are left oriented and intelligent people (Rubén Blades had just finished Laws career in Harvard andwas even candidate to Panama President's office in those days), plus at least Peter, Ruben and Jackson Browne are among my favorite artists.
Of course I saw but didn't cared about a New Kids on the Block advice that was two meters away, they were announced alone, so I believed probably was in another place.
So I called Lima and told the office I had to sign some papers on Monday (I really had finished on Friday
), and got my tickets for US$ 20.00.After some heaters, came Jackson Browne at 7:00 PM , great show witha fulñl Antara and Quena version of Lives in the Balance, then Ruben Blades (Spectacular) both gave very intelligent speechs about the people who vanished during Pinoche'ts regime plus a strong songcalled "Desaparecidos" (Missing) and even when I'm very right oriented, found them incredibly coherent and appropriate, being that Pinochet was a dictator and a criminal.
The Ruben Blades announces a surprise for all the young people THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK...............As you can imagine, the people that goes to an AI concert doesn't like boys bands, so there was silence, people looked astonished to each others (They had been announced but mostly in schools and kids places) only a huge group of kids in the back cheered.
What a terrible show, I remember shouting "They are not singing, their show is taped" (Which was truth), and people started to shout them, so they stopped their show and gave a speech...The poor guys didn't had a clue about Chile's situation, they started to talk incoherences about Human Rights to a fair trial (In a country where 50,000 had just disappeared without trial) and have a weapon (Do you imagine a boys band talking about human rights?), but people was nice, because that meant they were ending their show.
Thanks God, later came Sting who was OK, even Sinead was pleasant and Peter Gabriel closed the concert about 12:00 with an emotional speech mentioning the name of like 100 people missing that were in the Amnesty International list of prissoners of war, a great show that ended with a very emotional performance of BIKO with native instruments.
I still ask myself...Who was the genius who invited TNKOTB to a serious, young adults oriented concert?
Iván -------------
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 13:43
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1. Kenny Rogers with my parents in Washington DC one year . let's say it was that great... 2. See the one above, but I don't really remember much! But I'm sure it wasn't great. But there was this band that opened for Dax Riggs that probably the worst band I've ever seen live...So bad... Oh god.... 3. Nearfest X- Surely. Banco, Peter Hammill, Koenji Hyakkei, etc. 'Nough said. 4. At the Gates! |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 15:09
I love Machine Head! Saw them w/ Arch Enemy last year, and I'm going to see them again in 4 days -------------
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Posted By: Mantra
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 19:36
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First: Dream Theater Chaos In Motion, 2007 @ Jones Beach. Great show.
Worst: Ive only been to like 5 or 6 shows, none of which were bad. Van Halen's opening act sucked but thats about it.
Best: Progressive Nation '08 @ Terminal 5 in NYC (2nd Night). Unbelieveable experience. Three absolutely blew my mind, Between the Buried and Me is great (met Paul!), Opeth was awesome (Mikael is hilarious), and of course seeing Dream Theater again was unreal.
Last: Rush Snakes & Arrows Tour @ Jones Beach, amazing show. Really close with Progressive Nation but have Three, BTBAM, and Opeth gives it the extra push. ------------- 
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Posted By: preqT0THEseq7
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 21:26
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First: Dream Theater @ Jones Beach, 2007 Worst: Dream Theater @ Jones Beach, 2007 Best: Trans-Siberian Orchestra @ Nassau Coliseum, 2007 or Iron Maiden @ MSG, 2008 Last: Rush @ Jones Beach, 2008 ------------- Idk, My BFF Steve. http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 23:33
^ n00b, the DT Jones Beach show was killer, you just weren't close enough  -------------
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 02 2008 at 23:50
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Cool topic, I think a good added category would have been most.
First: The Eagles on their first farewell tour 2004. Worst: Strangely, The Eagles on their latest Long Road out of Eden tour, terrible set list combined with their not being exactly the best performers ever made its placement here. Best: The Mars Volta on their second show in Philly 2005. Amazing set list, incredible performance by far the best on stage antics I've seen, I was a foot from the stage, crowd was full of energy. Last: The Eagles as of now, The Dear Hunter as of 24 hours from this post. I've seen a lot of concerts despite what The Eagles grabbing three categories might suggest. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 09:52
Edit once again: I saw REO Speedwagon last night at my local city summer festival. They played a free show. They have been around since 1971, back in the days when prog ruled the earth. It was a decent show. -------------
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Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 13:54
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First - AC/DC (Back in Black Tour)
Best - Tool (Lateralus Tour)
Worst - REO Speedwagon (Hi Infidelity Tour)
Last - Dethklok
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 14:32
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First: Steppenwolf (1969) South Mountain Arena, NJ Best: way too many to list but here's a go, Procol Harum, King Crimson, Yes, Academy of Music, NYC 1971, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Capitol Theater, NJ (1973), Genesis (Gabriel, Hackett, Collins, Rutherford & Banks) Capitol Theatre,NJ (1973) Worst: No doubt T.Rex, Fillmore East, NYC 1971 (narrowly beat out Golden Earring Central Park, NYC). T.Rex absolutely one of the worst live performing bands I've ever seen. Nearly forgot to add Ginger Baker's Air Force Central Park, NYC 1973 or 4, the only concert I ever walked out of. Dreadful. Last: John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension Keswick Theatre, PA (2007) |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: August 03 2008 at 15:25
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First: Dutch band Alquin in 1974 at a small gymnastic hall in Scheveningen (Holland), I noticed more musicans (at least 10 including a numerous brass section) on stage than spectators, I was 13 years old and this was my first step into the world of progrock although it took a few years before I was converted (see my avatar
 ).Best: I cannot choose between Pink Floyd - The Wall in 1980 in London (Gilmour on top of the wall during Comfortably Numb, breathtaking), Yes - Going For The One in 1977 (Wakeman with his 5 Minimoogs and Howe with his guitar museum), Rush - Moving Pictures in 1983 (awesome Xanadu rendition with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson on their Rickenbacker and Gibson double-neck guitars) and Uk - Danger MOney in 1979 (the androgyne Eddie Jobson on his transparent electric violin, magical). And I would like to mention the Canadian Genesis tribute band The Musical Box, their The Lamb tour was so compelling and exciting and the all 3 slides machines worked!
 Worst: Galahad on a triple progrock festival in the mid-Nineties, plain rock and too loud
Last (I prefer 'latest '
): Anekdoten a few months ago, some psychedelic improvisations were mighty close to the mindblowing excitement of early Pink Floyd (Syd Barrett-era) and .. that lush Mellotron sound by the gorgeous Anna-Sofi ! |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: August 07 2008 at 13:55
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First: The Rolling Stoones with my parents in the 90s Fortunately, none of the concerts has been bad so far. It's not easy to name the best, but Yes(2003), Marillion(2007), Pain of Salvation(2005), and Dream Theater(2002) were all awesome). The last was Pain of Salvation this June. It was very good, like in 2007, but not as good as in 2005. |
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: August 07 2008 at 20:15
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First Concert: KoRn - Issues Tour 1999 Worst Concert: Styx (dad brought me, didn't know the songs) - 2000ish Best Concert: Roger Waters - The Dark Side Of The Moon Tour 2006-07 Last Concert: Coheed & Cambria - No World For Tomorrow Tour 2007 ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 07 2008 at 20:43
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First Concert: Sabbath "Born Again" '83, opener Quiet Riot....ouch Worst Concert: Aerosmith, Metallica, Dylan and Dead...all 1980s Best Concert: Fripp and LCG, Neil Young '85, Zevon '87, REM '86, Breeders '92, Rush '84 Last Concert: Hope Sandoval ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: August 08 2008 at 01:12
EDIT: Last: Mayhem Festival 2008 last night.
WOW, just WOW. Machine Head tore the place up, killer show. -------------
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Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: August 08 2008 at 05:46
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First - Uriah Heep Reading Town Hall 1971
Worst - Glenn Shorrock Melbourne 1986 (went to keep a girlfriend happy)
Best - Pink Floyd Earls Court 1973
Last - hopefully i haven't been to my last concert yet
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Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: August 12 2008 at 14:36
I saw Big Neil a few years back and he was excellent! He had a revolving stage! My first was Iron Maiden in 81 with Paul Di'Anno Last was my mate's band Battle of the War Machines Worst was Ozric Tentacles at the Reading Festival. I fell asleep. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 09:11
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First: I'm not sure. It could be Rainbow, back in ... 1982? My peer group was into hard rock, and I could stand the most melodic of the bands. Rainbow I liked in those days. Since I discovered bands like Genesis and Yes I lost my interest in most metal music.
Best: The most impressive was Pink Floyd in 1988. Without Waters, but what a great show and what great music! I wasn't yet a Floyd listener in those days, and I was taken by surprise. Still, if it is purely for the music, I'd say Camel, in the Dust and Dreams tour. No show, just an amazing band and amazing music.
Worst: a lot of opening acts for the big bands, but from the bands I chose to go to: Genesis in the We Can't Dance Tour, because even most of Collins' jokes were recycled from the tour before.
Last: Asia a few months ago. My friends, who went for the big names, not for the band itself, thought it was a bad show. I liked it, to be honest. But well, I really like Asia's first album, and it was nice to see them in concert once, and I thought it was a good show.
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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 11:04
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First Concert - The Who, Manchester Apollo approx 1979, impressive first gig eh?
Worst - too tough to decide, I've seen loads of bands and couldn't pick out a worst one. Most disappointing however was Yes at Birmingham NEC on 90125 tour. Awful setlist.
Best - Pallas at Manchester Gallery circa 1982/3 stands out. About 100 punters in, Euan Lowson scared me half to death. The set included a 20 minute Atlantis/March on Atlantis ( mostly instrumental ) and I was totally blown away.
Last - Def Leppard at MEN Arena.
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: August 15 2008 at 15:42
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best - VdGG in Milan Worst - Camel (yawn) first - Atomuc rooster Last - Return to forever ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 02:30
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First concert: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Blonde Redhead. It was awesome as it was two of my favorite bands at the time and it was my first concert. Blonde Redhead were a bit too feedbacky and screechy for my tastes then.
Worst: hmm....I played a horribly organized show that my band was supposed to open for, then ended up headlining for some wack-ass reason. It was awful. Because we the opening act, closed the show, everyone had left by the time we set up. You know how a lot of people come to shows late because they don't want to sit thru the opener? Well the same rule apparently applies when the dumbass band that organized the show schedules you to close it. It was awful. We played to the sound guy and a couple members of the previous band. In a cramped bar. Although at least we were allowed to "rock". We had a show after that where we had been ASKED to play for an employee appreciation party at the campaign I was working at. So of course we said we'd play. It was during the day, at a bar. Two nice settings for some rock and roll. After 4 songs we were asked to play quietly so people could talk. Not because we were bad or anything. We were good, but the organizer didn't want a rock band to play in actuality. They wanted a lame acoustic guitar singer/songwriter person. Or Muzak I guess. Either way that was equally frustrating and bad. Best: tie between Boris, ACid Mothers Temple w/ Danava, and The Ex w/ Getatchew Merkurya. All three shows were absolutely incredible. Couldn't pick one out as being better than the rest. Last: The Ex w/ Getatchew Merkurya. An amazing show that I wish I could see almost everyday, again. Old punk rockers playing with an even older Ethiopian Jazz Sax legend = the best thing ever. IF they're coming to your city GO SEE IT. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 04:30
 ouch.The band I use to manage was asked to play at the opening of a clothes/fashion shop in a Southampton Mall. After playing 1 song the Mall managers told us they'd recieved two complaints about the noise and we were told to stop. Later we found out the first complaint was made 20 minutes before the band started playing. ------------- What? |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:21
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Best: probably SWANS on their farewell tour Worst: probably one of the times I had to see Nile, eh... First: D.R.I., Thrash Zone tour 1989/90 Last: Animal Collective, Sir Richard Bishop, I rarely go to shows anymore this was over a year ago |
Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:23
that would be awesome! I love The Ex, one of the greatest Punk bands of all time... |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: August 21 2008 at 21:32
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1st- Van Halen 1997 Best- Tough to choose Dream Theater over Rush- but I have to- I think it is due to the intimacy of the venue. Dream Theater at Sheppards Bush with Spock's beard- London 2000 SFAM tour Worst- Too many to mention? Slipknot was horrible, I'll go with that one Last- Rush- Concord 2008 ------------- |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 01:29
Yes and they have studied and experimented with many styles and as a.. sort of backing group for this guy and him accompanying them it is absolutely incredible. The audience started out looking like a mix of punks on one side and ethiopian expatriates on the other. Then everyone mixed together and the place was one big dance mash and a real good time. There's some videos of the two playing together on youtube, but they don't even capture a little bit of the magic that is at the show. |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: August 22 2008 at 09:48
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First: Chicago at Angel Stadium (Anaheim, CA): 1975 Worst: Name of the band with Patty Smith, lead vocals (not Patty Smyth) in 1979 - way too pop for my tastes Best: Yes, Going for the One tour, at Los Angeles Forum: 1977 Last: So long ago, I can't remember... |
Posted By: *Porcupine*
Date Posted: August 25 2008 at 16:27
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First/Best-Marillion Weekend 2007 Worst-Corner Stone Roots 2007 (reggae sucks) Last- Porcupine Tree 24 April Sydney 2008 |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: August 27 2008 at 14:29
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First - King Crimson - 1996 - Double Trio - Congresgebouw - Den Haag
Worst - None
Best - Supersister - 2000 - Reunion - Paradiso - Amsterdam
Last - Porcupine Tree & Metallica - 2008 - Pinkpop - Landgraaf
Most Special - Bill Bruford & Michiel Borstlap - 2002 - Schouwburg - Maastricht
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Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: August 30 2008 at 01:04
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First - Rush on Signals tour 1982 (I was 12, my dad was awesome and took me and my friends) Worst - gah hard to say, like FZ says "Music is the best!" but prolly have to be Screaming Trees in 1990 (does anyone remember these guys?) Best - Wow, thats like picking your favorite children...prolly be Tool in a small club in 1996 or the Grateful Dead March 14, 1990 in D.C. (sorry, I've seen them like 2 dozen times), King's X in a really tiny club several blocks from my apartment, or Porcupine Tree the first time (2-3 weeks after discovering them), or...well, you get the idea... Last - Radiohead Most Special - seeing Nektar and Caravan the same night (prolly for the last time ever in the states) the same week as my birthday! (And Nektar played stuff from Recycled and Caravan played Nine Feet!!!) Or was it seeing the Flower Kings twice in a room with maybe 200 people... Or Blackfield in a club the size of your apartment... Or It Bites in 1990 in the states (I was there, were you?) Question my prog credentials do you?  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: WaywardSon
Date Posted: August 30 2008 at 01:31
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First - Albert Hammond (I went with my father) I think it was 1975
Worst - Yngwie Malmsteen, it nearly ended up in a riot, he left the stage saying "God bless America and f*** you all!" Just Google Malmsteen Porto Alegre, what a letdown!
Best - Ike and Tina Turner (76 I think it was), Thin Lizzy (Bad Reputation tour) Rush 2002
Last - Angra
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: August 30 2008 at 18:42
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First: Alejandro Herrera and other professional jazz musicians from Argentina, playing in my house.
Worst: none, cause I haven't been in many Best: Aussie Floyd Last: Al Di Meola, Jean Luc Ponty and Stanley Clarke - The Rite of Strings |
Posted By: kenmartree
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 09:09
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First: Savoy Brown in 1974
Best: one of the six times I've seen Peter Gabriel, hard to choose, all great shows
Worst: none come to mind
other great shows
Rush: 1979 and 1981
Marillion: 1984
Frank Zappa: 1978
Roxy Music: 1983? Avalon tour
Jean Luc Ponty: 1980
King Crimson: Discipline tour
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Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 14:06
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Hey, i don't really rank my concerts, but i just wanted to chime in and say.. Best: Comus. By far. By f**king lightyears. So intense, they played almost all of first utterance. ------------- 
'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 14:09
| Where can I check Comus tourdates? Thanks in advance. |
Posted By: Evans
Date Posted: August 31 2008 at 14:15
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Well, as far as i know, so far, there has been only one show in 30 years.. (I was right at the front, wohoo) but a while ago Bobbie write something about maybe releasing some new material and touring america... but it was all very preliminary, i think. However, Wootton will be playing two gigs at a small venue here in sweden in december.. so yay me, and all who live in stockholm, i guess :) But i will be keeping an eye out, as should all. Comus live is still (though i never saw them back then, for obvious reasons) just mindblowing. Edit: oh, and they have a myspace! :) -------------
'Let's give it another fifteen seconds..' |
Posted By: AlanD
Date Posted: September 05 2008 at 10:32
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First - Stone The Crows, Paris Theatre, London - December 1970
Best - Stackridge, Marquee, London - New Years Eve 1972
Worst - None.... I always have a good time!
Last - Stackridge, Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne, Dorset - June 2008
Next - Stackridge, The Brook, Southampton, Hampshire - 17th September 2008 (can't wait!) ------------- AlanD |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: September 09 2008 at 15:06
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First: Bersuit Vergarabat(i dont remember if in 2000, or 2001) : a catchy and versatile rock band from Argentina most famous for an anti-government song. Best: I don't know whether to choose Yes' 35th anniversary one or The Flower Kings in late 2006. Steve Howe was incredible in the former, while the Flower Kings made a fantastic, intimate, passionate show, tho the sound was too loud in it. Worst: Probably that Bersuit Vergarabat. Not that it was bad, far from it. It was a fun show with condoms in the air rather than balloons . If not them, maybe Progressive Nation for having a disappointing Opeth show, and an unbearable "Beneath the Buried and Me"Last: Progressive Nation '08 |
Posted By: theinnkeeper
Date Posted: September 12 2008 at 12:16
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1st - kool and the gang best - tool 2003(small amphitheater, before maynard started dissapearing into he back) worst - duran duran(date thing) last - Eddie Vedder (happened to be vacationing in Washington D.C. when he was playing there) |
Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: September 12 2008 at 17:09
Wow, what a great thread, you've seen some great shows amongst you all!  First :- Pendragon December '87 Marquee London. Worst............ oh, is it really polite to say? I try to find the good in everything........... but 2 REALLY jump in my mind.............. Flowerkings, CRS awards 2006, "H" Oxjam 2006 both were SO dull I left before the end (despite the beer on offer), although FK's did get the kids crying, so maybe some amusement was gleaned after all, but the 9 hour round trip for half a gig cancelled out that small merriment. I agree with Fandango, dull, dull, dull. where oh where has the "rock" gone? Best:- Either..... George Michael @ Earl's Court (really cos I never thought I'd get a chance to see him and it was REALLY emotional! ) or Pendies at The Peel June 08 (read Sigod's review, it wasn't only me that thought it was a pretty spesh night!)  Last :- Minnuendo Festival 08. For those that were there, you know it was a pretty special event thanks to mother nature and some good old fashioned grit and stubborness on the parts of the musicians! Threshold eventually left stage at about 5.30am I think! Bl**dy Marvellous stuff! I have seen some stunning gigs over the years, lots and lots of "bests" not really many "worsts" and looking forward VERY much to the "nexts" |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: September 12 2008 at 17:28
Edit again: I saw Journey and Cheap Trick on Tuesday night. Heart was supposed to perform also, but one of the Wilson sisters had a throat infection and so they cancelled. I always like seeing Journey perform and they put on a very good show. The new singer has a good voice and does sound quite a bit like Steve Perry. He was also all over the place on the stage; very energetic. I was kind of disappointed with Cheap Trick. They were the opening act and quite frankly were as bad as most regular unknown opening acts. They only played 3 songs that were recognizable to me. I didn't recognize the rest of their songs. Probably was a good show for fans, but quite disappointing for the casual fan. -------------
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Posted By: Blackwater Floyd
Date Posted: September 12 2008 at 18:44
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I haven't been to many concerts but i have things worth mentioning:
First: Diego torres (i went there because i was just a kid and my dad liked that music) January-2003
Worst: Diego Torres
Best: Roger Waters March-2007
Last: Dream Theater March-2008
I've also been to a The Police concert in December-2007, it was cool, but it doesn't fit in any of these categories.
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: September 14 2008 at 15:11
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First - Barclay James Harvest at Newcastle City Hall on the Octoberon tour 1976.
Worst - Difficult but in recent memory The sensational Alex Harvey Bands roadcrew totally ruined the gig with a wall of noise sound.
Best - many that could compete for this but Rush at Newcastle on the A Farewell To Kings in 1978 has got to be one of them.
Last - Petangle at the Sage in Gateshead in july this year, brilliant!
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Posted By: Plankowner
Date Posted: September 14 2008 at 21:32
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k, an update.
Best: Riverside, Crossroads Theatre, NJ
Last: " "
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Posted By: nahnite
Date Posted: September 16 2008 at 11:50
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Best Concert: Rush in 2003 in Baltimore. They ruled.
Worst & Last are the same one: Unholy Alliance Tour in Spokane, WA 2006. It sucked. Too much metalcore, the sound system sucked ass, and Slayer was in poor form.
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Posted By: Stool Man
Date Posted: September 17 2008 at 10:59
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first: I almost went to see Ivor Cutler in 1981, but didn't. First was some local reggae band, I forget their name. worst: I was at Live8, Mariah Carey's set was atrocious, plus I discovered I was surrounded by huge Mariah Carey fans who sang along loudly. best: I was at Live8 and I've been a Pink Floyd fan since 1972 last: I saw Metallica the day before yesterday, at the O2 ------------- rotten hound of the burnie crew |