Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Concerts I've Been To

Not quite as impressive as the list on Brian Klein's blog http://bgklein.blogspot.com/2009/08/general-attempt-to-list-every-band-ive.html, but it contaians better bands... ;p

Here's a list of all the bands I've seen in concert (I think i've covered 85% of them, not taking into account opening acts that i forget and/or weren't memorable enough to leave an impression on me aka their name... in no paraticular order):


Incubus (x3)

Radiohead

Audioslave

The Roots

Tool

Pearl Jam

Queens of the Stone Age

Nine Inch Nails (x2)

Does it Offend You, Yeah?

Stone Temple Pilots

Kanye West

Lil Wayne

Taking Back Sunday

Bob Dylan

Iggy & the Stooges

Foo Fighters

Serj Tankian

Against Me!

Lupe Fiasco

Third eye blind

Lostprophets

CKY

Weezer

Angels & Airwaves

Modest Mouse

Mimmicking Birds

Bloc Party

Kings of Leon

Queen

The Rolling Stones

Bruce Springsteen

Rush

311

The Beastie Boys

Hot Hot Heat

Bedouin Soundclash

Death Cab for Cutie

Franz Ferdinand

Sparta

The Bravery

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists

Seether


And now, which actually took me longer than the above, here are the 5 best performances i've ever seen:

5. Incubus - 6/2004 - my first legitimate concert, and their best setlist of the times i've seen them

4. Radiohead - 8/2008 - my favorite band, put on a tremendous show, played their entire new album, which probably affects the only reason why this isn't #1, in that there were so many of my favorite songs that I wanted to see that were left out...

3. Audioslave - 11/2005 - one of the best nights of my life, 4 of my favorite musicians, 3 rows back in atlantic city, and they played Audioslave, Soundgarden, AND Rage songs. EP-IC.

2. Tool - 6/2007 - the best indoor concert, and by far the best visual effects I've ever seen at a concert, and i highly doubt there is one better.

1. Beastie Boys - 7/2007 - the best concert I've been to, nothing but energy from the three mc's and one dj their entire set, which included all of their hits including my two fave classics "Paul Revere" and "Brass Monkey" (the only ones missing were "Fight for Your Right" and "Girls", but trust me, they wern't needed). The crowd was so energetic as well, as everyone in the general admission crowd was bouncing up and down and dancing the whole time.


Great moments from concerts (no order):

Kings of Leon - performing "Fans"
Audioslave - performing "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine
Incubus - performing "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King
Radiohead - ending with "Everything in Its Right Place"
Tool - starting their show (and effects) with "Jambi"
Pearl Jam - performing "Baba O'Riley" by The Who

Bands that I haven't seen but want to

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Rage Against the Machine
3. Silversun Pickups
4. Rise Against
5. Metallica

3 comments:

  1. ha, i'll be the first to say that yours are better. we'll have to do rise against next tour, no exceptions.

    oh and Westbound Train did "Stand By Me" to try to get all the emo kids waiting for their band at warped to start on the next stage involved, almost worked

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  2. wow you have been to alot. bob dylan was prob pretty cool. i like taking back sunday too. was kanye west good? i hear that rappers are no good live...true or false? i really liked third eye blind frosh year that was awesome. lupe sucked. bruce. modest mouse. death cab. and kings of leon i like too. nice list

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  3. well, my favorite concert ive been to was the beastie boys so im going with rap concerts are good live :}

    Kanye was good and it was Lil Wayne before his last album so i only knew one song (fireman) and i didnt hate him yet

    and mos def on rise against

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