Have You Seen Your Favorite Prog Artist Live?

GoldenGod2112 wrote: I saw the best concert I've ever been to so far last summer. Rush!!! But my favorite is slowly turning to Opeth. Who I will be seeing tomorrow. :P

Wow, lucky you! Hope you have a great time. Inform us on some songs they played.


Edited by Fox On The Rocks - April 29 2012 at 11:05

Magma 3 times

As a matter of fact, I have. Saw Kayo Dot at a decently sized pub venue February last year, they played the Caloniction Girl, Whisper Ineffable and Abysse Hinge II: The Shrinking Armeture from Coyote, then The Antique and a mind blowing performance of __On Limpid Form, vastly superior to the terrible CD version. Brilliant gig though saddly no Mia.

I've also seeb Pain of Salvation three times (headlining Summers End 07 on the Scarsick tour, very good performance, once supporting Opeth last October, not bad but 40 minutes was too short, and in February this year, absolutly brilliant, The Perfect Element alone was worth the price of admission).

Of the other bands I particularly like, Ive seen Opeth (3 times), White Willow, Marillion (twice), To-Mera (3 times, but only once with good sound, saddly that seems to be a problem for them) Caravan, Pendragon (4 or 5 times now) and IQ (3 times).   

Saw Yes this year! It was awesome but I have still yet to see my other favourites:

I'll see Wishbone Ash on Friday at a bar in the Chicago area, will probably get to meet Andy Powell & band.  First saw 'em when they toured with Flash in 1973.

Edited by cstack3 - May 02 2012 at 02:01

Kotro wrote: Let's see. Queen - no  Pink Floyd - no, but I saw Gilmour & Wright in 2006, and was quite pleased  Porcupine Tree - twice, on their Portuguese tours  Rush - once, last year in London. Best concert ever.  Genesis - no, but I saw The Musical Box a couple of years back. Sounded good to me.  Steve Hackett - twice in 2010, an acoustic and an electric set. Then, thanks to GAR, I've got to see some other favorites (as well as some non-favorites that I came to apreciate): Ange Van Der Graaf Generator Caravan PFM Focus Three Friends (Gentle Giant) The Enid Not bad for someone born in '83 in a peripheral country, I'd say.

I have seen Dream Theater live three times and have two photographs with the band.

I haven't seen Genesis, obviously.

I have also seen The Flower Kings.

Thus I've seen 2 out of my 3 favorite prog rock bands.

Edited by The T - April 30 2012 at 23:28

I just took the folder where I keep my tickets and here's what I have prog or somehow prog-related. I have omitted a few Spanish bands which will not be known here and there are a few New Age artists, the late 80's and 90's were my most prolific years in terms of going to concerts and I consider them prog-related if not prog per se even if they are not in PA.

Edited by Gerinski - May 01 2012 at 08:05

I never never never ever ever Repeat never never ever ever seen Céline monkeyface. But I have seen some of my favourite bands that appear here on PA. Don't ask me the dates
 
Rush 5 or 6 times

Crimson 6 times ( one was a two show night in '84 on the TOAPP tour that was made into the CD Absent Lovers much later )

Pink Floyd Pulse in Edmonton Canada in Commonwealth Stadium

Genesis in 2007 in the Big O in Montréal audio and video ( from  the screen ) were not synced so it pretty much sucked. Got in free with a friend who had tickets he won which is the only reason I went .

Marillion. Once at the spectrum in Montréal. Part of that show appears on Real to Reel

Larry Coryell 3 times. Once time we were pretty sure he was wired on coke because when he talked to the audience he could have been talking in Klingon for all I could understand. Playing was beyond excellent ( he was opening for Jean Luc Ponty at Théatre St. Denis and later joined Jean Luc Ponty for the encore which was Egocentric Molecules.

John McLaughlin at the Montréal International Jazz Festival. He mostly played stuff from the Mahavishnu.album ( the black one from the early 80s ) That synth axe he played for most of the show annoyed just about everyone in the audience including yours truly. When he picked up a black Gibson Les Paul everyone cheered!

Grobschnit in 1978 in a German town whos name I can't recall. I was 16 at the time and really had no clue who the freak they were. I was on high school trip and the older brother of the student I was billeted with snuck us in. Solar Music was the second half of the show which must have lasted about 3 hours.

Jean Luc Ponty twice. Once in Jarry Park in Montréal opening for Supertram and the other Theatre St Denis ( with Coryell opening as mentioned above)

Supertramp  Once with JL Ponty as mentioned above

Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan on vocals ( encore was Smoke On The Water )

Jethro Tull 3 times in the old Montréal Forum. Can't remember the tours because they always played a bit of everything

Peter Gabriel Security tour Place Des Nations Montréal '82 ??? His head was shaved and he made his way on to stage through the audience.

Almost saw Yes but the show had to be cancelled because of poor ticket sales.

There's a few more I'm sure But I've never ever ever seen Céline muttface.


Edited by Vibrationbaby - May 01 2012 at 10:05

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Edited by moshkito - May 01 2012 at 14:46