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So my buddy and I were going over the list of shows that we have attended over the years. He made up a list, and I made up a list as well. I'm sure I've forgotten a few in a drunken stupor. Some of these acts I've seen on numerous occasions, either they were opening for another act, headlining, or at a festival. I've seen some great shows over the years. Many of my favorites have been in small clubs. I remember seeing The Strokes play a small club with only about 90 people in the room.... then seeing them again at Radio City Music Hall.

Anyway, here is the list. Many I'm sure most have never heard of.

30 Seconds to Mars

54-40 (2)

A Tribe Called Quest

Aerosmith

Age Of Electric

Alanis Morissette (2)

Alexisonfire

Alice In Chains (2)

Arcade Fire

Arctic Monkeys

Art Of Dying

Ash

Bad Religion

Badly Drawn Boy (3)

Barenaked Ladies (3)

Basement Jaxx (3)

Beastie Boys

Beck

Bedouin Soundclash

Belle and Sebastian

Beta Band

Bif Naked (3)

Big Bad VooDoo Daddy

Big Sugar (2)

Big Wreck (2)

Billy Idol

Billy Talent (5)

Black Crowes

Black Mountain

Blackalicious

Blind Boys of Alabama

Blind Melon (2)

Bloc Party (2)

Blonde Redhead

Blue Rodeo (3)

Blur (2)

Bob Dylan

Bon Jovi (2)

Breakbeat Era

Breeders

Bryan Adams (2)

BTO

Buck 65 (3)

Bush

Butthole Surfers

By Divine Right

Cake

Cato Salsa Experience

Chantal Kreviazuk

Chris Isaak

Coheed and Cambria

Coldplay (3)

Colin James (2)

Collective Soul

Cornershop

Cowboy Junkies

Cradle of Filth

Cypress Hill

D.O.A.

Damien Rice

Damn The Diva

Daniel Powter

Danko Jones

Dave Gahan

David Bowie

Death Cab For Cutie

Deftones (2)

Depeche Mode (3)

Dido

Dinosaur Jr.

Disturbed

Dixie Chicks

DJ Shadow

Don Henley

Doves (2)

Econoline Crush

Edwin

Eisley

Elastica

Elbow

Emmylou Harris

Eric Johnson

Evanescence

Everclear (2)

Filter (3)

Finger Eleven

Fishbone

Flaming Lips (3)

Foo Fighters (3)

Frank Black

Franz Ferdinand

Garbage

George Clinton

Gob

Godsmack

Goldie

Gomez (2)

Goo Goo Dolls

Grandaddy (3)

Grapes of Wrath

Gravity Kills

Great Big Sea (4)

Green Day (4)

Greg Keelor

Groove Armada

Guns N Roses

gusGus (2)

Guster

Harmar Superstar

Hayden

Headpins

Headstones

Helix

Henry Rollins

Hole (2)

Honeymoon Suite

Hot Hot Heat (3)

Hum

I Mother Earth

Ice Cube

Incubus

Indigo Girls

International Noise Conspiracy

Interpol

James

James Blunt

Jane's Addiction (2)

Jann Arden

Jason Mraz

Jeff Tweedy

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jesus and Mary Chain

Jet (2)

Jets Overhead

Jim Cuddy

Joe Satriani

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Joseph Arthur

Judas Priest

Justice

Justin Rutledge

k.d. Lang

Kaiser Chiefs

Kathleen Edwards

Kenny Wayne Shepherd

Keoki

Killers

Kim Mitchell

Kings of Leon (2)

Kiss (2)

K-os

Kristen Hersh

L7

Ladytron

LCD Soundsystem

Lee Aaron

Lemonheads

Lenny Kravitz (2)

Lillix

Limblifter

Limp Bizkit

Lindsay Buckingham

Linkin Park (2)

Lisa Brokop

Live

Living Color

Louis XIV

Loverboy

Lucinda Williams

Lush

Mansun

Marilyn Manson

Mark Farina

Massive Attack

Matchbox Twenty

Matt Mays

Matthew Good (2)

Matthew Sweet

Meat Puppets

Medeski, Martin and Wood

Metallica (3)

Metric

MIA

Michael Buble (2)

Michelle Branch

Ministry (3)

Moby (2)

Modest Mouse

Moist

Mojave 3 (2)

Morcheeba (2)

Muse (2)

My Chemical Romance (2)

Natacha Atlas

Natalie Merchant

Neil Young (3)

New Order

New Pornographers

Nick Cave

Nickelback

Nine Inch Nails (2)

Oasis (3)

Ok Go

Our Lady Peace

Outkast

Ozzy Ozbourne

P.O.D. (3)

Panic! At The Disco

Pantera

Paolo Nutini

Paul Oakenfold

Pavement

Pearl Jam (3)

People in Planes

Peter Gabriel

Peter Murphy

Phish

Pink Floyd

Pixies (3)

PJ Harvey

Placebo (2)

Pluto

Primus

Prong

Public Enemy

Pulp

Pursuit of Happiness

Queens Of The Stone Age

Queensryche (3)

R.E.M. (3)

Radiohead (5)

Rage Against the Machine

Rammstein

Randy Bachman

Ray Lamontagne (2)

Red Hot Chili Peppers (4)

Red Rider

Rilo Kiley

Rinocerose

Rise Against

Robert Michaels

Rocket From The Crypt

Roger Waters

Rolling Stones

Ron Sexsmith (3)

Rymes with Orange

Saint Etienne

Sam Roberts

Sarah Mclaughlin

Sarah Slean

Screaming Trees

Seal

Sebadoh

Secret Machines (2)

Sepultura

Sex Pistols

Shaggy

She Stole My Beer

Sheryl Crow

Silverchair

Simple Plan (2)

Skid Row (2)

Skinny Puppy

Slayer

Sloan (2)

Smash Mouth

Smashing Pumpkins (3)

Snow Patrol

Social Distortion

Sonic Youth (2)

Sons Of Freedom

Soul Asylum

Soundgarden (4)

Soundtrack of our lives (3)

Spacehog

Sparta

Spin Doctors

Spiritualized

Spoon

Stabbing Westward

Staind

Starlight Mints

Stars of Track And Field

Starsailor

Stereolab

Stereophonics

Stone Temple Pilots (3)

Streetheart

Stroke (2)

Stryper (2)

Sue Medley

Suede

Sugarcubes

Super Furry Animals

Supergrass

Swollen Members

The Bravery

The Cardigans

The Chemical Brothers

The Corrs

The Cult (2)

The Dandy Warhols (2)

The Darkness

The Decemberists

The Distillers

The Donnas

The Exit

The Futureheads (2)

The Hives

The Kaiser Chiefs

The Killers

The Living End

The Magnetic Fields

The Mars Volta

The Melvins

The Mooney Suzuki

The Music (2)

The Odds (2)

The Pixies (3)

The Prodigy

The Roots

The Shins

The Sounds

The Stills

The Strokes (4)

The Subways

The Tea Party (2)

The Tragically Hip (3)

The Trews

The Used (2)

The Verve (2)

The Vines

The Von Bondies

The Walkmen (2)

The Warlocks

Thievery Corporation (3)

Tindersticks

Toadies

Tom Cochrane

Tomi Swick (3)

Tool (2)

Tori Amos

Travis

Treble Charger

Tricky

Tripping Daisy

Trooper

U2 (4)

Van Halen (2)

Veruca Salt

Violent Femmes

Watchmen

Ween

White Stripes (2)

White Zombie

Wide Mouth Mason (3)

Wil (2)

Wilco (3)

Wolfmother

Zero 7

Zwan

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No Led Zep? ;)

No, they were a bit ahead of my time. I was only 10 when Bonham died and when they last toured. :mellow:

I did see Jimmy Page in a bar though, he wasn't playing, just hanging out.

Hopefully if Robert turns around, they will tour after their one off show. :thumbsupsmileyanim:

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I am a huge concert goer and have been for 25 years. I don't know if my list is quite this long (I have gone to Bonnaroo twice and Lollapalooza once, so my list is pretty long).

Claims to fame:

Saw The Grateful Dead 40 time)

Saw Stevie Ray Vaughn at his last performance before dying in a helicopter crash

Saw the following acts backstage-Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Yes)

I've probably been to 250 concerts over the past 25 years.

Current favorite acts to see live:

My Morning Jacket (by a wide margin)

WILCO

The Decemberists

Ryan Adams (if he's in a good mood)

The Flaming Lips

Tours I'm looking forward to in 2008

My Morning Jacket, Lenny Kravitz, and Jack Johnson

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I am a huge concert goer and have been for 25 years. I don't know if my list is quite this long (I have gone to Bonnaroo twice and Lollapalooza once, so my list is pretty long).

Claims to fame:

Saw The Grateful Dead 40 time)

Saw Stevie Ray Vaughn at his last performance before dying in a helicopter crash

Saw the following acts backstage-Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Yes)

I've probably been to 250 concerts over the past 25 years.

Current favorite acts to see live:

My Morning Jacket (by a wide margin)

WILCO

The Decemberists

Ryan Adams (if he's in a good mood)

The Flaming Lips

Tours I'm looking forward to in 2008

My Morning Jacket, Lenny Kravitz, and Jack Johnson

You've seen some good shows! I missed MMJ, they played a small club and I didn't go... bummer. Would like to see them. Wilco is always a great show as are the Lips!

I've met a fair amount of artists and partied with a few, and I definately do not get out as much as I used to. And hearing protection is always a must now. Gotta save what hearing I have left!

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Hopefully if Robert turns around, they will tour after their one off show. :thumbsupsmileyanim:

Read on...

It has also been reported Led Zeppelin will tour with '80s rock powerhouse The Cult next year. According to MTV, Cult frontman Ian Astbury let the news slip during a concert in Cincinnati, Ohio.

"We'll be back next year because we're opening for a band you may have heard of... The name starts with an 'L' and has a 'Z' in it."

When a fan shouted, "Led Zeppelin?" Astbury nodded to confirm the fan's guess, and raised his arm in the air.

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You've seen some good shows! I missed MMJ, they played a small club and I didn't go... bummer. Would like to see them. Wilco is always a great show as are the Lips!

I've met a fair amount of artists and partied with a few, and I definately do not get out as much as I used to. And hearing protection is always a must now. Gotta save what hearing I have left!

I don't alway remember to bring plugs. I regret it when I get home and my ears are ringing. I already have an excuse for not "listening" to my wife :D

MMJ is a MUST see. Best live act period. Saw them at Lollapalooza this year with the Chicago Youth Symphony. Sixth time in four years.

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I don't alway remember to bring plugs. I regret it when I get home and my ears are ringing.

I've just recently started as I've been noticing my ears ringing more and more, and not just from concerts.

Someone told me that the ringing that you hear in your ears is the actual frequency that is soon to be lost. Kind of a last scream as you will never hear that frequency again. I don't know how true that is, but it sure as hell got me wearing plugs.

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Stilty,

That's an impressive list...I wish I could remember all the ones I've seen.

However, I'll just post some of my favorites.

To begin, I've worked with a small touring band (in the past) that I will not mention...due to personal reasons.

Plus, I've been on tour with Pantera, Slayer, and a couple of other bands not really worth mentioning.

Now, I'm the web developer and administration for a local music scene...it seems I see a lot of bands on a weekly basis.

But, now on to some oldie but goodies...

My first big arena at 12 yrs old: Journey and Foghat

Best I've seen live: Scorpions. (at Monster's of Rock, Houston)

Ozzy and Sabbath a few times.

Robin Trower

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Aretha Franklin

James Brown

Metallica (old)

Kiss

Allman Brothers

Ted Nugent

Crowbar

Down

COC

Judas Priest a few times

ZZ Top

Jethro Tull

Red Hot Chili Peppers

James Taylor

Grateful Dead

AC/DC

Van Halen

...hundreds of small arena or club bands.

Those are just a few that really stand out in my mind.

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Someone told me that the ringing that you hear in your ears is the actual frequency that is soon to be lost. Kind of a last scream as you will never hear that frequency again. I don't know how true that is, but it sure as hell got me wearing plugs.

I now suffer from Menieres Disease and it could be related to the number of concerts I've been to and the fact I spent the 80s with headphones in my ears.

There are certain frequencies I can not hear in one of my ears, like if I pick up a phone to my right ear, I only hear certain harmonics of the dial tone (on certain phones) yet when my ears are tested in a controlled environment, my hearing is "excellent".

So yes, I recommend earplugs for the loud ones.

ps. I too am not going to mention all the gigs I've been to for privacy reasons. I have family/friends in some lesser-known local bands.

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Beatles, Pink Floyd, Stones, Steve Miller, Frank Zappa (Mothers), Stan Gets, Ben Webster, Sony Rollings, Weather Report, Weather Update, Zawinul Syndicate, Taj Mahal, Tito Puente, Gilberto Gil, Gorge Ben, Tania Maria, Milton Nascimento, Los Van Van, Gruppo Irakere, Buena Vista Social Club, Airto Moreira & Flora Purim, Sivuca, Sergio Mendes, Sam Mangwana, Kanda Bongo Man, Salif Keita, Ladysmith Black Mambaso, Papa Wemba, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Daniel Lanois, Bo Kaspers Orkester, Kent...

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Im not a big concert goer at all, i prefer a small band in a bar but if Led Zep tours i will have to see it. When i was building my bar in the garden for months on end my daughter would want to be there with me and she always fell asleep when stairway played. I would love to see this live.

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am a huge concert goer and have been for 25 years. I don't know if my list is quite this long (I have gone to Bonnaroo twice and Lollapalooza once, so my list is pretty long).

Claims to fame:

Saw The Grateful Dead 40 time

Just 40 times? I managed to rack up about 60 shows in the late 80's and early 90's. It is nice to run into another 'Head' as we are becoming an extinct breed. Some most memorable runs where 91' @ The Garden, 89' Alpine Valley, 95' The Omni and The Pyramid, and naturally Solider Field for the final shows. If you would ever like to

reminisce pm me and I will give you a call. Also, i have about 1000 shows on the hard drive.

My latest concert just 11 days ago. Garth Brooks at the Sprint Center. Fantastic show!

Cheers

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