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Dean 
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 Posted: June 25 2012 at 16:58 |
 Gerinski wrote:
I saw both Threshold and Enchant together, well.... kinda.
Threshold was playing as supporting act for Enchant, it must have been 1995 or 1996 in Barcelona.
After 2 or 3 songs Threshold's singer got pissed off by bad sound, he started complaining to the mixing table guy, then started cursing blaming the venue (it was in very a normal small venue were many concerts were organised) and suddenly threw the microphone to the ground and left the stage. The rest of band members looked to eachother and decided to also stop and follow him to the backstage.
I do not remeber the sound itself being particularly bad but they were very loud and the gitarists played heavily distorted.
A bit later Enchant played their show and it was magnificient, they sounded crystal clear, so powerful yet so clean and with such finesse, Douglas A Ott really impressed me. They were so cheered by the audience, which must have pissed Threshold's Glynn Morgan off even more  This must have made the Threshold guys realise that if they did not sound well it was their own fault only and they must have felt guilty because at the end of the show to compensate the audience they gave each of us one of the albums which they had intended for merchandising, I got Psychedelicatessen. I found it nice of them.
So with only 3 or 4 songs I don't really think I can say that I have seen Threshold live (although I did include them in my list  ) |
I've seen so many support bands suffer from poor sound I do wonder whether it is the band's fault. Sometimes I know it is if the band did not turn up for a sound check, but usually the sound engineer can get the sound sorted within a few minutes of the first song. Again, the band being overly loud or distorted is the sound engineer not the band themselves, a band's onstage back-line equipment is simply not powerful enough to be loud. This happens far too often to be "co-incidence" - I can't recall one single gig I've been to where the support act sounded perfect and the headline sounded crap - it's the other way around every time.
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wjohnd
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 16:27 |
Nov wrote:
Genesis - many times
Camel - many times
The Flower Kings - a few times
Yes - a few times
Pink Floyd - a few times
Rush - a few times
Spock's Beard - a few times
Porcupine Tree - a few times
Marillion - a few times
IQ - a few times
Dream Theatre - a few times
Transatlantic - twice
Caravan - once
Jethro Tull - once
Strawbs - once
ELP - once
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suffering sever gig envy now....
for myself i've seen Rick Wakeman
Marillion (Fish era only – going to see them later this year
though)
Genesis – sadly a late one L post Gabriel & Hackett
Steve Hackett (three times – best one was an acoustic gig
with his brother way back in the 80s)
Rush (three times – 1981, 2004 and 2007)
Dream theatre (twice)
Opeth
Symphony X
Fish
The Reasoning
Mostly Autumn
Prog-related : Hawkwind (twice), Nightwish, Within Temptation (twice), Iron maiden
Would love to see: Transatlantic, Flower kings, Spock’s
Beard, Riverside & IQ
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Evolutionary Sleeper
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 15:23 |
No. I may never see Ulver live in concert. 
I've seen Hiromi twice tho, and I even met her/side hugged her.  |
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elp
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 14:53 |
I've seen Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and also Mr Waters when he hold the Wall concert in Berlin.
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Stomach Cheese
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 13:30 |
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hell yeah! I saw tera melos live in madison some months ago, and hopefully I'll get to see them again when they tour in the states next
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Glucose
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Location: Czech Republic
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 12:22 |
Nope. But there are not so many opportunities in Czech Rep.  I' ve seen only Deep Purple and although it was great, i missed Jetro tull, VDGG or Jon Anderson and Dream Theater and I will always regret. And Rush will probably never come.My bro was more succesful (he's older and has more money) and he has seen almost all of those.
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AlexDOM
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 11:41 |
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Yes I've seen both Neal Morse and Transatlantic
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Gerinski
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 11:00 |
Dean wrote:
Jbird wrote:
prog/prog metal bands that are still together that I'd like to see someday:
Vanden Plas
Seventh Wonder
Myrath
Threshold
Circus Maximus
Andromeda
Enchant (they still play the occasional festival |
I've only seen Threshold from that list, and Vanden Plas would be on my wishlist.
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I saw both Threshold and Enchant together, well.... kinda.
Threshold was playing as supporting act for Enchant, it must have been 1995 or 1996 in Barcelona.
After 2 or 3 songs Threshold's singer got pissed off by bad sound, he started complaining to the mixing table guy, then started cursing blaming the venue (it was in very a normal small venue were many concerts were organised) and suddenly threw the microphone to the ground and left the stage. The rest of band members looked to eachother and decided to also stop and follow him to the backstage.
I do not remeber the sound itself being particularly bad but they were very loud and the gitarists played heavily distorted.
A bit later Enchant played their show and it was magnificient, they sounded crystal clear, so powerful yet so clean and with such finesse, Douglas A Ott really impressed me. They were so cheered by the audience, which must have pissed Threshold's Glynn Morgan off even more This must have made the Threshold guys realise that if they did not sound well it was their own fault only and they must have felt guilty because at the end of the show to compensate the audience they gave each of us one of the albums which they had intended for merchandising, I got Psychedelicatessen. I found it nice of them.
So with only 3 or 4 songs I don't really think I can say that I have seen Threshold live (although I did include them in my list ) |
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Eria Tarka
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Posted: June 25 2012 at 01:31 |
Wow! Some of these lists have been quite interesting, keep it up guys  As for me, I saw Rush on June 30th, 2011 on the Time Machine Tour. I just bought the Tickets for Sepember 30th in Edmonton.
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gerdtheater
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Posted: May 29 2012 at 00:22 |
I've seen Dream Theater twice, but I've never seen Rush, Transatlantic nor Porcupine Tree! Hope someday! 
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Playing a three-hour Rush show is like running a marathon while solving equations.
Neil Peart
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zappaholic
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Posted: May 24 2012 at 17:34 |
presdoug wrote:
Sorry i did not address your question above about the TSO until now. Are you referring to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra? If so, yeah, that would count
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Fraid not. Trans Siberian.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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smartpatrol
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Posted: May 23 2012 at 22:12 |
My favorite is Rush. Haven't seen em yet, but got tickets in September!
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SaltyJon
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Posted: May 23 2012 at 21:53 |
Nope, though I saw a band that was (at the time) my favorite, Magma. Awesome, awesome show. Cardiacs don't play live because of Tim's illness, so I can't ever see my current favorite live. Devin Townsend live was utterly amazing, too.
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bb1319
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Posted: May 23 2012 at 21:52 |
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Unfortunately, I am too young to have seen most of my favorite bands at their peak, or even at all. I have, however, seen Yes twice and Rush twice. I'm going to see Tull on their upcoming tour, and I hope that that'll be a good show. I would also love to see PT live.
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"I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening." -Robert Fripp
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prog4evr
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Posted: May 23 2012 at 18:58 |
I recall writing this down before, but maybe not here on PA:
1. Saw Kansas a few times between 1976-1978 2. Saw Yes - GFTO tour, 1977. Absolutely, the BEST concert I ever remember! 3. Saw Camel in 1978. 4. Saw UK as an opener for Jethro Tull, 1979. 5. Saw Peter Gabriel a couple of times, 1982-1984.
Then, I got married in 1985 and never had extra money to go see concerts anymore...
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presdoug
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Posted: May 19 2012 at 12:32 |
zappaholic wrote:
zappaholic wrote:
Zappa retired from touring before I started going to shows. I did see his son though, before I retired from going to shows.
Also seen Rush (3 times, I think), the Jethros, the Moodies, Neurosis (opening for Pantera!), Kansas, Floyd (post-Waters), Primus, Tool (with Meshuggah opening) and that's all I can think of. (Do TSO count?)
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Don't know how I missed Mr. Bungle. Saw 'em twice - once in the "masked" era, and once on the California tour with the Dillinger Escape Plan opening.
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Sorry i did not address your question above about the TSO until now. Are you referring to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra? If so, yeah, that would count
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zappaholic
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Posted: May 19 2012 at 07:12 |
zappaholic wrote:
Zappa retired from touring before I started going to shows. I did see his son though, before I retired from going to shows.
Also seen Rush (3 times, I think), the Jethros, the Moodies, Neurosis (opening for Pantera!), Kansas, Floyd (post-Waters), Primus, Tool (with Meshuggah opening) and that's all I can think of. (Do TSO count?)
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Don't know how I missed Mr. Bungle. Saw 'em twice - once in the "masked" era, and once on the California tour with the Dillinger Escape Plan opening.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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silcir
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 21:34 |
I've seen Jethro Tull in the nineties, so yeah!
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Kashmir75
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Posted: May 18 2012 at 07:11 |
I've seen my favourite band, Porcupine Tree. Also seen Opeth, another of my favourites.
Still want to see Dream Theater.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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Hawkwise
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Posted: May 14 2012 at 12:45 |
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Oh yeah Hawkwind and More Hawkwind i first saw them at the Reading festival 1975 and have lost count how many times i have seen them since. would be well over 500 times in so many various settings festivals small clubs etc one my fav venue's to see the hawks was always Hammersmith Odean they always did good gigs there.
Then there the gig i saw them do on flatbed truck in laybye at the side of the Rd and of course the wonderful and infamous Treworgey Tree Fair there really isn't nothing like a Hawkwind Gig.
Will have to sit have a think and make a list of all the Porg bands i have seen over years memory not what it was haha.
will be back with said list later . also have to give a shout out to the Gong Family which also seen many times over the years and in many different guises .
Edited by Hawkwise - May 14 2012 at 12:53
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