First, Worst, Best, and Last Concert?

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).

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!

First: Dream Theater Chaos In Motion, 2007 @ Jones Beach. Great show.

^ n00b, the DT Jones Beach show was killer, you just weren't close enough

rushfan4 wrote: rushfan4 wrote: 1st: David Lee Roth w/Poison - August 13,1988 Palace of Auburn Hills Monsters of Rock Festival - Kingdom Come, Dokken, Metallica, Scorpions, Van Halen - June 17, 1988 at Pontiac Silverdome. 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  I was at this one. Latest: Rush - 2008 Joe Louis Arena, Detroit (It would have been Yes, but it was cancelled).   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.

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)


Edited by dwill123 - August 03 2008 at 14:36

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.

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 

First  -     Uriah Heep              Reading Town Hall               1971

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.