I hate Calendars.
Smashing Pumpkins on their last tour
U2
Our Lady Peace
Green Day
Saves The Day
Eve 6
Foo Fighters
P.O.D.
MXPX
Blink 182
Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
Ray Charles (before he died obviously, but I never saw Johnny Cash who I would much prefer)
Tragically Hip
Everclear
A Perfect Circle
Collective Soul
The Roots
Sloan
The Tea Party
Daniel Powter
Andrew WK
Black Eyed Peas
Jay-Z
Swollen Members
Coolio
Matthew Good
Elvis Costello
Primus
Treble Charger
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
I’d love to see:
Weezer, Beck, Radiohead, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Kiss, the Stones, Tom Petty…this list could go on forever.
I’d say Dylan, but I’ve heard his recent live shows are unintelligible.
But I am a pretty big Dylan fan.
[quote=“Josefus”]Smashing Pumpkins on their last tour
U2
Our Lady Peace
Green Day
Saves The Day
Eve 6
Foo Fighters
P.O.D.
MXPX
Blink 182
Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
Ray Charles (before he died obviously, but I never saw Johnny Cash who I would much prefer)
Tragically Hip
Everclear
A Perfect Circle
Collective Soul
The Roots
Sloan
The Tea Party
Daniel Powter
Andrew WK
Black Eyed Peas
Jay-Z
Swollen Members
Coolio
Matthew Good
Elvis Costello
Primus
Treble Charger
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
I’d love to see:
Weezer, Beck, Radiohead, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Ben Harper, Kiss, the Stones, Tom Petty…this list could go on forever.
I’d say Dylan, but I’ve heard his recent live shows are unintelligible.
But I am a pretty big Dylan fan.[/quote]
I forgot to mention that I have seen The Tea Party and Trebal Charger (Opera House Toronto).
but…
Weezer is up there but I’m not really sure if I had seen them at Mel Lasmens Square or not. Hmmmm. Awesome band.
I saw Big Tom and the Mainliners once.
I didn’t add all of more obscure concerts, but here are some:
Pearl Jam
Stone Temple Pilots
Mudhoney
The Wonder Stuff
The Cure
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Julian Lennon
The Germs
Sonic Youth
KMFDM
The Orb
Orbital
Right Said Fred
Morrissey
Morphine
Samiam
Rage Against the Machine
Porno for Pyros
Alice in Chains
Underworld
The Grateful Dead
Donna Godcheax
The Other Ones
Mickey Hart
Ratdog
Phish
The Mother Hips
Fishbone
Front 242
Dinosaur Jr.
Arrested Development
Ben Harper
The Melvins
Branford Marsalis
Pink Floyd
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Widespread Panic
Dave Matthews Band
Juliana Hatfield Trio
Lisa Loeb
The Chemical Brothers
Ash
Superjesus
Frenzal Rhomb
Black Eyed Peas
Carl Cox
Placebo
Ozomatli
Rocket from the Crypt
311
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Spearhead
Cake
Crosby, Stills and Nash
The Allman Brothers Band
Plastikman
Roni Size
Simply Jeff
Fugazi
Jesus Jones
The Flaming Lips
The Germs
Social Distortion
Canned Heat
Meat Beat Manifesto
L7
Mary’s Danish
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
Seaweed
Quicksand
Veruca Salt
Rabbit in the Moon
Mr. Koolaid
2 Unlimited
808 State
The Crystal Method
Doc Martin
Miss Lady Kier
Lords of Acid
Electric Skychurch
Slash
Peter, Paul and Mary
The Manic Street Preachers
Sting
Taiwan “Shows”:
Tizzy Bac
Super Furry Animals
Moby
The Deported
Kemuri
Caroline
Point 22
BB Bomb
DGS
Semi-Con
Consider the Meek
David Tao
The Daymakers
The Big Brass Balls Band
Children Sucker
ENERGY
Ruru
eVonne
More to be added at a later date… It’s just getting way too late!
By far the best acts I have seen are:
Bob Dylan (pure bliss, except for one show where I walked out, cos he was dancing.)
Van Morrison. (He is a great performer.)
Janet Jackson. (She was surprisingly very very good.)
Beastie boys + Monkey Mark.
Gang Starr.
Rolf Harris. (Top geezer.)
The prodigy.
I saw the Prodigy once and was very impressed. I’m half-cut most of the time and might have seen Elvis at one point but may not have nticed. “Noticed”. Bloody laptops. Or “notebooks” as they are inexplicably called these days.
I’m very sure I don’t remember all the shows I’ve seen… but, here goes:
Grateful Dead (over 100 shows)
Jerry Garcia Band (multiple shows)
Bob Weir + Rob Wasserman
Hot Tuna
Jorma Kaukonen
Bob Dylan (multiple shows)
Eric Clapton (multiple shows)
CSNY (multiple shows)
Neil Young (multiple shows)
The Band
Richard Manuel + Rick Danko (My girl’s band opened for them and we all got stoned after the show)
Sandoz (multiple shows… not well-known… my girl’s band… they recorded a few on Relix Records… a Dead-related label)
Rusted Root (multiple shows)
Rolling Stones (multiple shows)
New Riders of the Purple Sage (multiple shows)
Rod Stewart
Traffic
Santana
BB King
Bobby Blues Bland
Guns N Roses + Metallica (I was the babysitter at that show)
Tom Petty
Clint Black
Leo Kottke
Lyle Lovett
Roy Buchanan
Foghat
Blue Oyster Cult
Cher
Aerosmith
Ted Nugent
Paul McCartney / Wings
Asleep at the Wheel
David Bromberg
Gordon Lightfoot
Sting
Allman Bros.
Don McLean (at an art festival)
John Mellencamp (free show at mkt sq. in Pittsburgh)
Black Sabbath + Van Halen
Culture Club (1982 or '83… at a club on Long Island… I thought, WTF? I didn’t know there was going to be live music, and it was odd)
Simon & Garfunkel
Bob Seger
OK, my brain hurts now. I can’t even remember who the opening acts were or any other shows… but, there were countless bluegrass festivals and local bands that I didn’t list. Love live music.
Some shows I’ve always wanted to see:
JJ Cale
Van Morrison
Rickie Lee Jones
Natalie Merchant
Michael Franks
Steely Dan
Anything Blues
Anything Dixieland Jazz
Too many to note.
The only band that I am still waiting to see is Sonic Youth. They are going to Japan in a few months, though.
In my list,I hope I can see U2 and Gun’z roses.
Added a few more now you’ve reminded me. The music is one of the only things I miss from the UK. Gigs, record shops, stuff life that.
Well, you did say ‘Jehova’.
Inxs
U2
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Midnight Oil
TISM
Nick Cave
Beastie Boys (in Taipei)
Chemical Bros
Rolling Stones
Billy Joel
The Angels
Radio Birdman
Crowded House
Rage Against the Machine
Offspring (in the early days before they were crap)
PJ Harvey
Cruel Sea
Cheap Trick
Smashing Pumpkins
Plus a whole bunch of psy-trance and techno DJs.
Band/person I most wanted to see but never got the chance was Stevie Ray Vaughan.
I won’t list them all, but the best concert I’ve been to was Reggae on the River, a three-day, annual party on the beautiful Eel river in Humboldt County, Northern Cal., with lots of sunshine, good music and ganga. The year I went, bands included Burning Spear, Jimmy Cliff, Toots & the Maytals.
Saw the Stones in San Diego in 1982. That was a good show.
Only saw the Dead once and, unfortunately, I don’t remember much, for the obvious reasons.
Enjoyed Tom Petty, Cheap Trick, AC/DC, Violent Femmes and Primus.
First concert ever, in 1978, was Earth Wind & Fire, Brothers Johnson and Heat Wave. I was one of the only whiteys there, but had a good time (went with my black and puerto rican buds from prep school).
Here are a few that come to mind:
Afghan Whigs (twice)
Pavement (twice)
The Grifters
Mule
The Dears
Sebadoh
Stereolab
My Bloody Valentine
Swervedriver
Sun City Girls
Moonshake
Fishbone
Lush
Teenage Fanclub
Guided by Voices
Nirvana (3 times, 2 of those pre-Nevermind)
Mudhoney
The Dwarves
The Melvins
Ministry
Pixies (3 times)
Pale Saints
Fugazi
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 (a few times)
Beastie Boys
Polvo
Yo La Tengo
Violent Femmes
Smog
Smith and Mighty
Jawbox
Tortoise
Mogwai
Sigur Ros
Stephen Malkmus
The Who
The (Rolling) Stones
R.E.M.
Sonic Youth (a few times)
Dinosaur Jr.
Do Make Say Think
The Delgados
Arab Strap
Palace
The Leaving Trains
Luna
Pizzicato Five
Dirty Three
Come
Archers of Loaf
Bettie Serveert
Codeine
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
…and quite a few more.
Hmm
Scorpions and a little known band called Bon Jovi
Ronnie James Dio
Iron Maiden
Tom Petty and one hit wonder Til Tuesday
Brian Adams
REO Speedwagon and Cheap Trick
Phil Collins
Def Leopard
David Lee Roth (ugh ugh and ugh)
The Grateful Dead x35 or so
Jerry Garcia Band x uhm 2-3
Bob Weir and Rob Wasserman (had a slipped disk and sat on a wooden chair in excruciating pain)
Bonnie Rait
Allman brothers
Susanne Vega (who absolutely rocked)
Little Feet
Phish x2
The Who
Hot Tuna
Traffic with Jerry Garcia on Mr Fantasy and their other big hit lol
Elvis Costello
Crash Test Dummies (sucked bad as they played their new cd, in order)
Bob Dylan and Santana on one bill, summer night outdoor ampitheatre whoohoo
Clapton x2 yowza
REM in taipei and Mudhoney
some huge grudge band in Taipei a wek after REM…hmm cant recall their name (pearl jam)
Bloody Basin Tremblers x3
and tons of smaller bands in bars and clubs who were great or seemed great
some more, but they have faded like charity does…sometimes
far too few IMHO
All in Taipei: Roxette, Erasure and Robbie Williams. I can tell you’re impressed.
Wow!
Irrespective of who is playing… there is nothing like a live concert and the atmosphere… wish there were more in Taiwan
Pink Floyd
The Grateful Dead
The Who
Paul Simon
Depeche Mode
REM (in Taipei, believe it or not!)
Joan Baez
Ladysmith Black Mambazo (with and without Paul Simon)
The Cure
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Marty Willson-Piper (of The Church)
PIL
New Order
The Sugarcubes
The Violent Femmes
U2
A-Ha (yes, I admit it! 
)
Modern English
The Guess Who
Pavarotti
Li Zong Sheng
And a lot of local bands and college bands
I’m sure I’m missing quite a few names here, big and small.