Gigs- who you seen and who is best

wiffachip

the clash
tony christie
the concretes

disgruntledgoat

The Hold Steady are the best band I've ever seen, the whole night is always just a big, joyful party.

Rocket From The Crypt were amazing too.

pneumatic

The Damned at Barrowlands (great band, great venue) 8)

The Stranglers at Alpexpo in France (right down the front, mayhem) :twisted:

U2 at the Caird Hall in Dundee 1983 (Bono walked around the balcony with a soundman crawling along behind him looking sh1t scared)

BUT

I have never forgiven myself for my stupidity in 1979, when a mate offered me a ticket to see Led Zeppelin at Knebworth. "Nah, can't be bothered." was the WRONG answer! :oops: :oops:

pepelepew

Went to see Scouting for Girls in Cardiff last year. :oops: Yeah, I know! Was there with someone else, not my choice. Have to say I thought they were really good. It's the crowd interaction that makes a gig.

Worst gig ever was REM. Kept the crowd waiting so long they started their own entertainment, building human towers. It was so engrossing nobody noticed that REM had actually graced us with their prescence and were going to play. Pretentious tw@ts.

Weller's obviously a favourite, hence the avatar. Town Called Malice live always brings the goosebumps out.

Rodmc

In no particular order;
Red Hot Chillies Peppars - about 5 years ago in Hyde Park.
U2 - Pop tour in Belfast bout 12 years ago
Foo Fighters - V festival about 6 years ago.
Nine Inch Nails - recently at the 02

teagar

dmclite wrote:

Aww teagar there you go again, OVER ANALYZING, such a shame. You really want to get out into the world and learn some manners.

Err?

Bit uncalled for?

Perhaps you shouldn't be so condescending.

Telling someone to get out in the world is pretty poor manners.

It was meant lightheartedly. I think KevinMcC got that! Shame you didn't.

fatblokefromwarwick

Ok, I've found my box of tickets so here are most of the headliners I've seen but bound to have missed a load of bands seen at festivals/pubs not mentioned on the tickets etc,
Saxon
Van Halen
Gary Moore
Y & T
Accept
Magnum
Scorpians
Warlock
Anthrax
W.A.S.P.
The Black Crowes
The Almighty
Meatloaf
Anvil
Frank Marino
Wrathchild
Michael Schenker Group
Twisted Sister
Hawkwind
Lindisfarne
Iron Maiden
Motorhead
Wishbone Ash
Slayer
Ozzy Osbourne
Ratt
Marillion
Rory Gallagher
Zodiac Mindwarp
Alice Cooper
Marilyn Manson
Sepultura
Mercyful Fate
Terrorvision
Placebo
Def Lepard
Motley Crue
Queensryche
Dio
Big Country
Hanoi Rocks
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lee Aaron
Mama's Boys
Suzi Quatro
Climax Blues Band
The Enid
Ten Years After
Red on Red
Offical Receivers
DR Feelgood
Dumpys Rusty Nuts
The Hamsters
The Brothers Grimm
Kiss
Manic St Preachers
Rainbow
Engine
Deep Purple
Foreigner
U2
Whitesnake
AC/DC
Status Quo
Bon Jovi
Venom
Queen
Chris De Burgh
The Alarm
Girlschool
ZZ Top
Black Sabbath
Metallica
Blondie
Thin Lizzy
Megadeth

Oh feck this is impossible due to loads of Monsters of Rock, Milton Keynes Bowl, Knebworth & Reading Festivals, Leeds Queens Hall, Kent Custom Bike Show, Bulldog Bash etc etc of which I'll never recall all of them But you get the idea
Oh and my favorite of all time

RUSH

seen 18 times

Trekhead, Help me out here!

Anonymous

I thought this a thread about who the best you've seen is, not a list of allthe bands you've seen.

I'd be here all day listing all sorts of sh1te!

all show no go

I've been to many gigs but my favourites in no particular order are...

The Charlatans - Brixton Academy about 5 years ago
Depeche Mode - Crystal Palace about 18 years ago
The Black Crows - Brixton Academy about 8 years ago
Underworld - Brighton Stanmer Park about 13 years ago
Super Furry Animals - Bristol Carling Academy about 2 years ago
Richie Havens, The Go! Team and Hexstatic - all at The Big Chill Shropshire 2007
New Fast Automatic Daffodils - New Cross Venue about 17 years ago

iainf72

Nine Inch Nails (final gig at O2 the best of the 8 times)
My Bloody Valentine
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Mogwai
Aphex Twin (either spinning or laptop sets - live he can pee all over most "guitar" bands)
Boards of Canada
Broadcast
DJ Shadow
Autechre (10 years ago at Warp's 10'th birthday party - They turned the lights off and all you could see was the Apple logo glowing on their laptops)

trekhead

Obviously RUSH are the best live band ever!!!!!!
Fatbloke, I can`t remember the 80`s or early 90`s

pepelepew

NapoleonD wrote:

I thought this a thread about who the best you've seen is, not a list of allthe bands you've seen.

I'd be here all day listing all sorts of sh1te!

Aye, like Queen. :roll:

militantmandy

Off the top of my head

Melvins x3
Slayer x3
Mastodon x3
Dozer
Orange Goblin x6
Fantomas
Dillenger Escape Plan
Korn
Voivod
Anvil
Whitesnake
Karma to Brun x2
Def Lepard
Motley Crue
Crowbar
Cult of Luna x2
Isis x2
Opeth x4
Machine Head
Meshuggah x3
Placebo
Manic St Preachers
Green Day
3 Colours Red
Electric Wizard
Grand Magus x2
Cathedral x2
Winnebago Deal x2
Jecano
Old Crow
Soulvein
Stone Sour
Limp Bizkit
The Locust
Pantera (can't believe I idn't remeber that one till now!)
Fear Factory
Satyricon
Nine Inch Nails x2
Marilyn Manson
Nile x2
Decapitated
Cannibal Corpse
Brant Bjork and the Operators (and the Brothers)
Mondo Generator
Faith No More
Big Business

i'm sure i've missed loads!

fast as fupp

militantmandy wrote:

Off the top of my head

Melvins x3
Slayer x3
Mastodon x3
Dozer
Orange Goblin x6
Fantomas
Dillenger Escape Plan
Korn
Voivod
Anvil
Whitesnake
Karma to Brun x2
Def Lepard
Motley Crue
Crowbar
Cult of Luna x2
Isis x2
Opeth x4
Machine Head
Meshuggah x3
Placebo
Manic St Preachers
Green Day
3 Colours Red
Electric Wizard
Grand Magus x2
Cathedral x2
Winnebago Deal x2
Jecano
Old Crow
Soulvein
Stone Sour
Limp Bizkit
The Locust
Pantera (can't believe I idn't remeber that one till now!)
Fear Factory
Satyricon
Nine Inch Nails x2
Marilyn Manson
Nile x2
Decapitated
Cannibal Corpse
Brant Bjork and the Operators (and the Brothers)
Mondo Generator
Faith No More
Big Business

i'm sure i've missed loads!

we certainly havent! :shock:

KevinMcC

Mandy Placebo would have been an epic one to see, one of my regrets i missed out on tickets a few years back when I had the chance!
Loved your list till I seen stone sour

stevewj

Roy Harper
Loudon Wainwright III (1969 and still as good in 2009)
Roger Waters
Yes
Iron Maiden
and I expect to add Rammstein if they are good live as I think.

finchy

John Cale is awesome live, seen him 3 times.
Divokej Bill - an excellent Czech band
Nine Below Zero
Bellatrix - lovely view up the singer's skirt
Julian Cope - legend
Stranglers - band did well, but the audience (Paris) was about as lively as a fossil
Konflikt - Slovakia's top harcore punk band for teenagers. Terrible music, great fun.
Polysics
Ray Davies

The only band I still really need to see is Tankcsapda

andy162

Andy's top 5....

Depeche Mode...NEC 1990
The Blue Aeroplanes...Sheff Leadmill '91
Suede...Leadmill 1993
British Sea Power...La Botanique, Brussels 2007
The Cure...Camden Barfly 2004?

Only gigs I've walked out off was The Cocteau Twins, love them but live it was truly awful & Muse( about 99, Coldplay supported em). Virtuoso fret w@nking grates on the lug 'oles after a bit.

Anonymous

teagar wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Aww teagar there you go again, OVER ANALYZING, such a shame. You really want to get out into the world and learn some manners.

Err?

Bit uncalled for?

Perhaps you shouldn't be so condescending.

Telling someone to get out in the world is pretty poor manners.

It was meant lightheartedly. I think KevinMcC got that! Shame you didn't.

Thing is it didn't come across like that. Anyway a good condescend is in the spirit of your post. Sorry If I offended you, but dare to post and all that.....

teagar

dmclite wrote:

Sorry If I offended you, but dare to post and all that.....

If you are actually sorry then you'll stop with the unnecessary personal and rude remarks. You've already done it twice. Don't do it again.

Anyway, shame it's only guitars 'cos I have a reasonable DJ list...

Anonymous

teagar wrote:

dmclite wrote:

Sorry If I offended you, but dare to post and all that.....

If you are actually sorry then you'll stop with the unnecessary personal and rude remarks. You've already done it twice. Don't do it again.

Anyway, shame it's only guitars 'cos I have a reasonable DJ list...

hmm.

Anonymous

hmmm.

the best band out all that I have seen were Rage Against the Machine in Glasgow.

disgruntledgoat

iainf72 wrote:

Nine Inch Nails (final gig at O2 the best of the 8 times)
My Bloody Valentine
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Mogwai
Aphex Twin (either spinning or laptop sets - live he can pee all over most "guitar" bands)
Boards of Canada
Broadcast
DJ Shadow
Autechre (10 years ago at Warp's 10'th birthday party - They turned the lights off and all you could see was the Apple logo glowing on their laptops)

Thats a good list! I've seen Mogwai 4/5 times too and they're always fantastic. I think i'm getting a little old for them though as last time I went, my ears were ringing for 36 hours afterwards.

We were in the car on teh way home yellilng at each other "GREAT SHOW!" "EH?"

Anonymous

Saw Bob Dylan years ago, so looking forward to it, but left early, sounded like he was gargling with custard.

passout

The best two I've seen were Half man Half Biscuit (Trip to Trumpton anyone?) and The Prodigy (Charlie Says era). Ash were very good, Edwin Star was brilliant too (War - huh!) and seeing George Melly was pretty special.

militantmandy

KevinMcC wrote:

Mandy Placebo would have been an epic one to see, one of my regrets i missed out on tickets a few years back when I had the chance!
Loved your list till I seen stone sour

Stone Sour was at festival...it's not my fault I promise!!!

Placebo was actually the first gig I ever went to! 1997 I think. It was indeed epic.

Feltup

Not going to list everything but my top 5......

In at number 5 up three and holding steady Metallica
Number 4 Charlatans at V fest.
Number 3 Foo Fighters not sure which was better, last year at Wembley or many moons ago at V fest.
Number 2 Guns and Roses at Wembley especially as FnM were supporting.
Number 1 is definitely Fath no More at the Marquee Club some time in the late 80's.

Dullest gig is a tie between Athlete and Faithless.

blu3cat

Feltup wrote:

Not going to list everything but my top 5......

In at number 5 up three and holding steady Metallica
Number 4 Charlatans at V fest.
Number 3 Foo Fighters not sure which was better, last year at Wembley or many moons ago at V fest.
Number 2 Guns and Roses at Wembley especially as FnM were supporting.
Number 1 is definitely Fath no More at the Marquee Club some time in the late 80's.

Dullest gig is a tie between Athlete and Faithless.

Saw Athlete support the Bluetones at around the release of "no one speaks", and have to agree 100%, nice voice, utterly boring.

disgruntledgoat

blu3cat wrote:

Feltup wrote:

Not going to list everything but my top 5......

In at number 5 up three and holding steady Metallica
Number 4 Charlatans at V fest.
Number 3 Foo Fighters not sure which was better, last year at Wembley or many moons ago at V fest.
Number 2 Guns and Roses at Wembley especially as FnM were supporting.
Number 1 is definitely Fath no More at the Marquee Club some time in the late 80's.

Dullest gig is a tie between Athlete and Faithless.

Saw Athlete support the Bluetones at around the release of "no one speaks", and have to agree 100%, nice voice, utterly boring.

I think you're confusing them with Geneva.

Porgy

So many good ones over the years - these are the best ones I can think of at moment:

Half Man Half Biscuit 1985
The Fall 1986 (twice), 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
all of them excellent - but the 1986 gigs with Brix Smith were best.
Sparks 2005, 2008
Mudhoney 2005
Wilco 2004, 2006
Jesus and Mary Chain 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 2007
Wedding Present 1986
Bjork 1993
Sugar Cubes 1987
David Bowie 1990
Rolling Stones 1990
The Who 1989
Franz Ferdinand 2004
Blur 1991
My Bloody Valentine 1991
The Pogues with Joe Strummer 1991
The Pixies 1990
Cocteau Twins 1993
Morrissey 1992, 1993, 1995, 2004
Kirsty MacColl (with Shane Magowan) 1992
The Las 1988
Colorblind James Experience 1989/1990
Gary Numan 2004, 2007
Steve Earle 2005
Rage Against The Machine 1995
The Breeders 1993
Paul McCartney 2004
Julian Cope 2007
Elvis Costello 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1995
Billy Bragg 1984, 1986, 1987, 1994
Smashing Pumpkins 1990
Sugar 1990
Dexys Midnight Runners 2003
Roy Ayres 2003