ok, post 'em ... Epic Concerts You've Been To

John Butler Trio
Primus
Matisyahu
Pretty Lights
EOTO
Wolfgang Gartner
Bassnectar
Damian Marley
311
Jack Johnson
Paper Diamond
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
John Browns Body
Zach Deputy
Steel Pulse
Gramatik
Lettuce
Lotus
Soja
Radiohead
Xavier Rudd
Curren$y
Rusko
Major Lazer
Chili Peppers
The Movement
Katchafire
Julian Marley
Easy Star All Stars
Big Gigantic
STS9
String Cheese Incident
Alabama Shakes

 

Primus and Fishbone
Lollapaloza with Tool and the chick from sonic youth (not sure what year)
Rock Fest with Alice in Chains
Lauren Hill and Outkast
Coldplay
Saw the Winter brothers when I was a teenager in the late 80s

 

List is strange but I honestly like all kinds of music
Best ever... Alice in Chains
other good ones
RATM
Eek a mouse
Wu-Tang
Neil Young
Dropkick
James Brown
Slick Rick
Motorhead
Allman Brothers Band
Social D
Steel Pulse
CSN
Switchfoot (they were out surfing with us before the free show with cheap beers at Mayport)
Shows I would want to see...
Misifts with Danzig (never happen)
Public enemy
Randy Travis

 

Will Evans (8 times)
Barefoot Truth (7 times)
James Taylor (1)
Jack Johnson (1)
Jimmy Buffett (1)

 

Chilli Peppers ’84 ’85 with Faith no More
Split a pitcher of beer with Flea and Anthony EPIC
Ramones 4 times Dee Dee Gave me Bass picks EPIC
Dead Kennedys Sang With Jello EPIC
Circle Jerks Sang With Keith EPIC
Black Flag 4 times Henry kicked me in the head EPIC
Beastie Boys ‘94 and 2006 Shook MCA’s Hand EPIC
Flipper ’84 got in a fight with their roady, Bruce Loose gave me a beer and I threw the empty into the drum kit. EPIC

Best recent shows:
Flaming Lips At War with Mystics Tour
The Killers at Fabulous Fox Theater in Atlanta
REM and Modest Mouse
Arctic Monkeys
Franz Ferdinand
Death Cab for Cutie
Black Keys

I've been going to shows for 40 years... Some of my nagging injuries are from mosh pits...

 

Less Than Jake (6-7 times)
AFI (4 times)
Guttermouth (3 times)
Bouncing Souls (3 times)
Good Riddance (3 Times)
Strung Out (3 times)
Pennywise (twice)
Rancid (twice)
Lagwagon (twice)
Millencolin (twice)
Suicide Machines (twice)
The Vandals (twice)
Agnostic Front
Agent Orange
Dropkick Murphy's
88 Fingers Louie
98 Mute
Against All Authority
Anti-Flag
Auquabats
Reel Big Fish
Assorted Jelly Beans
Avail
Buck-O-Nine
Catch 22
Dance Hall Crashers
Descedents
Face To Face
Flogging Molly
Goldfinger
H20
Hot Water Music
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Murphy's Law
Mustard Plug
MxPx
NOFX
Pulley
10 Foot Pole
Slightly Stoopid
Stretch Armstrong
Strife
U.S. Bombs
Casualties
Voodoo Glow Skulls
Diesel Boy
Lame

I'm sure i'm missing a few but that's close enough

 

Beasties with Fishbone and Murphy's Law
KC and the Sunshine Band
Frank Zappa
(ha ha) The fat boys with Dana Dane
Y100 Feztibal had a huge line up - Fuel, Barenaked Ladies, The Offspring, G. Love and a crap ton more!
Pearl Jam
Smashing Pumpkins
Dave Matthews
Meet and greet with Train, twice. very cool guys
Tom Petty
The Anger Management Tour with Eminen, Xhibit, Limp Bizkit and Papa Roach
Fire Fly in Dover

Apparently there were a lot more when I was very young, my mom said she used to take me to a bunch when I lived in Texas

 

Neil Young & Crazy Horse
David Bowie
Lou Reed
The Allman Brothers Band
Crosby,Stills and Nash
The Grateful Dead
Willie Nelson
The Band

not as great:
James Taylor
David Allan Coe
Neil Young
Jackson Browne
Roger Waters
Stephen Stills

 

i forgot U2

 

Im 40.
Been Lovin music and the life for all those years....

Lollapoluzza ( 4 of them)
1991 Jane's Addiction, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Living Colour, Nine Inch Nails, Fishbone, Ice T & Body Count, Butthole Surfers, Rollins Band, Violent Femmes[5]

1992: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Ice Cube, Soundgarden, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Pearl Jam, Lush
Porno for Pyros, Basehead, Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Sweaty Nipples, Arson Garden, Seaweed, Seam, Green Magnet School, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E., The Look People, Stone Temple Pilots, The Vulgar Boatmen, Truly, Skrew, Tribe, The Authority, Samba Hell, Café Tacuba, Rage Against the Machine, Ice T & Body Count, Luscious Jackson, Shrunken Head, Sometime Sweet Susan, L7, Dahli Llama.

1993 Primus, Alice in Chains, Dinosaur Jr., Fishbone, Arrested Development, Front 242, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Redman, Luscious Jackson, Genitorturers, Girls Against Boys

1996: Metallica, Soundgarden, Ramones, Rancid, Shaolin monks, Screaming Trees, Psychotica
Rage Against the Machine, Waylon Jennings, Cheap Trick, Violent Femmes, Wu-Tang Clan, Devo, 311, Soul Coughing, Sponge, Melvins, Korn

By far the greatest music event of my life was Orion Festival last year. On the bay in AC. Perfect weather. 2 days. VIP access.
Festival included:
Mettalica (ride the lightning in full nite 1, black album nite 2)+bonus (ONE and a few others)
AX7
Suicidal Tendencies (all time fav)
Arctic Monkeys
Cage the Elephant
Sepultura
Volbeat
Sword
Ghost
****ed Up (actual name of band. Amazing.)
many many more....
I took my 15 yr old son to his first real concert experience and it blew his mind....
We got mingle with the performers (they were just wandering the infield all day...)
It was the best example of the music culture I love that I have ever seen... every pit was HUGE and insane but every slam, every punch, kick, whatever was met with a smile a slap on the back and a smile... every man that went down was helped to his feet by the same guy who wrecked him... and we did it again... all day long for 2 days.... This was the best time of my life and sharing it with my son was the greatest gift ever! and my son got to see where his dad got his rep ;op
50,000+ having the time of our lives...
To take it a step further, although the waves sucked they had a surf demo on the beach... we got to paddle out with Rob Trujillo, the Caballero brothers, and others. (They were being TOWED into 1'-2' slop but was amazing to watch... all smiles.)
Vans Skate demos all day, Jim Brewer Comedy...

BTW>>> I am a live sound engineer and have done sound for some greats... (Misfits, MOD, SOD, Mucky PUP, SoulFly to name just a few) I don't count those shows, I don't get to really enjoy it and let go; its work.
I want to give a shout out to Murder League All-Stars, SHAT band NJ, and WRENCH NYC. Check these bands out if you live in the NE. They play oput all the time and check'em out if they are in your area.

I cant forget Anthrax - backstage with my buds who were opening. IN-F%^&KING_SANE
1981: Ozzy and Randy Rhodes @ Capital Theater in Passiac NJ. I snuck in the load in door with my uncle. I was 7 years old. I've never been the same.

 

So many shows that some of them run together but a few memories / highlights:

1. Topless (female) chicken fights in the pit at the Guttermouth Shows

2. Dave from Vandals pulling down his pants and spanking himself with the microphone as Warren the Mutant Boy played the guitar with his bare ass

3. Meeting Davey Havok and Hunter Burgan from AFI, dude bit a guitar pick to give me his dental imprint as his "signature", drunk moment.

4. Getting kicked out of the Good Riddance / Strung Out show for kicking some clown in the face with my steel toe Doc Martens and laying him out in the middle of the Pit, then sneaking back into the show to watch the rest of the concert

5. Getting on stage and singing along with: Tim Armstrong from Rancid, Warren The Mutant Boy from Vandals, Greg Attonito from Bouncing Souls, and Chris Demakes & Roger Manganelli from Less Than Jake, and a few others I can't remember.

 

I've seen thousands of shows (literally) since first show-Jethro Tull in 1974. But one of the top 3 of all time was last weekend--Lockn' Festival in Nelson County Virginia. It was epic. Check out Lockn page on fb for pix. It was incredible.

 

Jimmy Cliff
Toots and the Maytals
The Wailers
Black Uhuru
Steel Pulse
Third World
Eek a Mouse
Ziggy Marley
Damien Marley
Julian Marley

In my southern rock years:
The Allman Brothers
Marshall Tucker Bank
The Outlaws
ZZ Top
Charlie Daniels Band

 

My two favorites are Pancho Sanchez (very small venue) and Phish...hard to argue with Phish live. I was never a huge fan, but wow, Pearl Jam plays a really good show.

My one wish would have been to see the Dead w/ Jerry.

And no, I don't wear a tie-dye wetsuit.

 

since you name yourself sup instead of surfboard,now i understand=what do your top 4 numbered,listed highlights have to do with actual music? and i guess #'s 2 and 4 you list were not to be missed,plus your steel-toe boots seriously hurting someone.you sound nice.

 

Led Zeppelin (1977 - Capitol Center - @sisurfdogg no riot played 2 sets +encore)
The Who
Rolling Stones
Jeff Beck (all time favorite guitarist)
Grateful Dead
Allman Bros (post Duane unfortunately)
New Barbarians (Ronnie Wood/Jeff Beck put together a tour group 1980ish)
Judas Priest (w/ Iron Maiden warm up)
Molly Hatchet
Foghat
Root Boy Slim and the Sex Change Band
NRBQ
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Nils Lofgren
B52s
Big Audio Dynamite
Ziggy Marley
Burning Spear
Al Di Meola
The Gaithers
+plus many others, small pub bands, etc., that I can't remember because it was quite a while ago, especially those a "conglomerate efforts" such as Fourth of July on the dc mall, etc.

 

No, you don't understand... clearly. My screen name is just that, a screen name, deal with it. As for my highlights that I listed, those have everything to do with Punk Rock MUSIC and the shows I attended. Maybe you should go to one and see what those shows are like and then maybe you would get it. As for the steel-toe boots to someones face, well... all I can say is he deserved it for acting like d*ck and hurting others (females included) in the pit. So yeah, I am a nice guy, many thanked me taking care of what the bouncers should have done in the first place. Anything else sunshine?

 

Ready for the ridicule, but the Goo Goo Dolls used to put on a great show, before they went top 40 ballads. Saw them at the Stone Pony a couple times in the early 90s. Other than that:
-The Ramones (at the old Tradewinds)
-Social Distortion
-Hoodoo Gurus
-Catherine Wheel
-Paw
-Dramarama
-Three favorites from a few Warped tours: Face to Face, The Flatliners, and Longway

Have to agree, Pearl Jam puts on a good show. Also saw, INXS shortly before Michael Hutchence died at Tradewinds. Small venue, thought they might mail it in, but put on great show.

 

I was at Lollapalooza in '92 also. Perfect weather that day. Just the calm before the storm though. Glad I lived in Palm Beach County since we only got some tropical storm winds up there. Bad scene down south.

 

sorry,sup.really.just don't see how injuring people is fun.i also don't get how guys taking off their clothes to simulate sex with their instruments is music.i like punk rock,but you're right,i would not like nor did i ever understand mosh pit excuse for violent behavior.and if i was screen name sponger or handplane or longboard i'd just be asking for it,since i only ride a surfboard,contentedly.so most everyone assumes you're all about sup,not the other.calling me sunshine is not very original,is it?did you surf today?best swell in months here.