Live Band Shows!

[Skorp 343]

What are some bands you have seen live? What are some you plan to in the future?

Just purchased some tickets to see Killswtich Engage and August Burns Red in March! I recently missed out on Tooliji (cover band for Tool) even though I had a ticket for it. Heard they are an amazing tribute from my friend.

On the top of my head, I've seen Blink 182, Killswitch Engage (5 times), Code Orange, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Pantera, Metallica, Alter Bridge, Nothing More (2 times), The Devil Wears Prada, Parkway Drive, Chelsea Grin, Buckethead and many others.

[CodysGameRoom 1,769]

ABR is amazing live. That will be a great show. 

 

Recently I saw Strung Out for the 5th or 6th time. They are still amazing live. 

[empire 106]

No one comes here, but I saw Gojira in 2009 at a small venue and it was awesome. Small shows are so much better than arenas.

[Skorp 343]

36 minutes ago, CodysGameRoom said:

ABR is amazing live. That will be a great show. 

 

Recently I saw Strung Out for the 5th or 6th time. They are still amazing live. 

Glad to hear it! Love their music.

10 minutes ago, empire said:

No one comes here, but I saw Gojira in 2009 at a small venue and it was awesome. Small shows are so much better than arenas.

Gojira must be so hardcore live. Definitely a band I wanna see in the future. Yeah, totally dig the small shows too. I went to see Disturbed and the crowd was waaay too massive, more tight security and just really hectic getting in. With small venues, it is hassle free and you are able to see the band so close.

[drxandy 2,965]

I used to go to shows all the time, but lately not so much. Last show was probably foxing. I am obsessed with their earlier stuff but the latest album is really good.

I like hardcore/punk/metal/emo/subgenres of thems.

Next one I know for sure is anti flag next year.

[Reed Rothchild 7,452]

Top 5 in no particular order

Alice in Chains

Ghost (x3)

Coheed and Cambria (x2)

Behemoth

Meshuggah

 

Others

Pearl Jam

Rush

Megadeth

Weezer

Chicago

Foo Fighters

Opeth (x2)

In Flames (x3)

Killswitch Engage (x3)

Between the Buried and Me (x5)

Protest the Hero (x2)

As I Lay Dying (x2)

Slayer

Motorhead (x2)

Slipknot

Anthrax

Rob Zombie

Mastodon (x2)

Nightwish

Symphony X

Cynic (x2)

The Sword

Katatonia

Skeletonwitch

Red Fang

Sepultura

Amon Amarth

Children of Bodom

Ensiferum

Iced Earth

The Ocean

Battlecross (x2)

Volbeat

Job for a Cowboy (x2)

Necrophagist

Machine Head

Arsis

Arch Enemy

Exodus

Suffocation

Dying Fetus

Origin

Decrepit Birth

Darkest Hour (x2)

The Devil Wears Prada

Asking Alexandria

Whitechapel

Born of Osiris (a million times)

Veilf of Maya (x2)

After the Burial (x3)

Miss May I

The Faceless (x2)

Death Angel

Moonsorrow

Korpiklaani

Dragonforce

Five Finger Death Punch (x2)

All that Remains

Human Abstract

Trivium (x3)

In this Moment

Lacuna Coil

Within the Ruins

Emmure (x2)

God Forbid

Butcher Babies

Abigail Williams

Baroness

Hellyeah

Motionless in White (x2)

Of Mice and Men

Sylosis

Enslaved

3 Inches of Blood (x2)

Sonata Arctica

Delain

...and a 100 others

 

Cancelled acts

Nevermore

Soilwork

High on Fire

Wolves in the Throne Room

As I Lay Dying

 

[Link 1,754]

Gonna see My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult on the 9th and Ensiferum and Kalmah on the 19th. 

[Reed Rothchild 7,452]

Wait, Kalmah is in the US?

[TheBiRD 133]

Last two show were System of a Down and Iron Maiden

[Shino 6]

I'm all over the board (except I clearly lean towards one particular band). Greta Von Fleet, Dave Matthews Band (25+), Three Dog Night, CSNY, O.A.R., String Cheese Incident, Phish, KISS, Snoop Dogg, Bruce in the USA, Umphrey's McGee, various cover bands, Kid Cudi, Smash Mouth, Eddie Money, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Buddy Guy. I also saw a Jimi Hendrix tribute concert where multiple artists came out and played a song that had an influence on them. Zakk Wylde was easily the best of the bunch.

I missed out on Van Halen and the 80s hair band scene so getting to experience some solid cover bands over the last few years has been pretty cool.

What's upsetting is my list of bands I never saw but now won't because someone passed away; Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Beastie Boys (probably my favorite band/group ever), and GWAR. 

Edited November 6, 2019 by Shino

[CodysGameRoom 1,769]

HORSE the band just announced three shows in December in California and I'm really upset I can't make it happen. I drove 10 hours to see them in Dallas a few years ago and it was so worth it.

[demanufacturedmario 13]

Last band I saw was Ghost.  Going to see Slayer this Friday in Springfield, MA.  On that same note, I have an extra GA ticket if someone wants to go (will be less than the going price).

My favorite shows:

1. Fear Factory w/ Mastadon in 2004

2. Metallica 2003 Summer Sanitarium Tour (w/ Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Deftones, Mudvayne)

3. Megadeth w/ Exodus in 2004.

4. Soilwork w/ Mnemic and Threat Signal in 2006.

5. Megadeth Gigantour 2005 (w/ Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Dillinger Escape Plan, Nevermore)

6. Fear Factory Demanufacture 20 Year Anniversary Tour 2016 (with Soilwork)

 

I know I'm missing a few, but these stand out for me.

[Nightowljrm 72]

I have a running list of bands I've seen live. It's nearing 100 bands. 

The last concert I saw was Pallbearer opening for Baroness. I've seen that exact lineup twice. Not a fan of Baroness, but Pallbearer is one of my all-time favorites so I catch them any time I can at any capacity. (In fact, that was my 7th time seeing them). 

I know they got some flack on the old NA thread, but I'm a big Nightwish fan (particularly their old stuff), so their Decades tour a year ago was fun. It was great hearing classics with a competent singer again (I was not a fan of Annette but I tolerated her). That was my 8th time seeing them.

One of the best shows I've ever seen was Noisem, Exhumed, Obituary, then Carcass as the headliner. Amazing show.

Some of my favorite bands I've seen live other than those two are:

• Bell Witch
• Witch Mountain
• Electric Wizard
• Delain
• Sonata Arctica
• Cannibal Corpse
• Cattle Decapitation
• As I Lay Dying
• Soreption
• Eluveitie

Seen several more, but those are some that stand out immediately. 

One of my favorite bands, Swallow the Sun, has been near me twice in the past five years but every time there's been some sort of conflict that forces me to miss it. Maybe sometime in the next few years...

My bucket list band would be to see My Dying Bride. 

[Reed Rothchild 7,452]

Bucket list

Priest

Maiden

Gojira

Kalmah

Swallow the Sun

Dark Tranquillity

Parkway Drive

August Burns Red

Disarmonia Mundi

Carcass

Sigh

Dog Fashion Disco

[ZBomber 54]

I'm glad you asked...

Spoiler

The Rolling Stones (multiple times)
Aerosmith (multiple times)
Lenny Kravitz (multiple times)
Queen & Paul Rodgers
Queen & Adam Lambert
Billy Joel (multiple times)
Roger Waters (multiple times)
The Who
Motley Crue (multiple times)
Eric Clapton
Guns N Roses
Slash
Bob Dylan
The Ranconteurs
Elton John (multiple times)
Rush (multiple times)
Stevie Nicks (multiple times)
Lindsey Buckingham (multiple times)
Fleetwood Mac (multiple times)
Ozzy Osbourne
Van Halen
B.B. King
Dave Matthews Band (multiple times)
Styx
Boston
The Fab Faux
Tina Turner
The Low Anthem
Mastodon (multiple times)
Dropkick Murphys
AC/DC
Dream Theater (multiple times)
Jordan Rudess
Iron Maiden
Paul McCartney
MGMT
Hanson
Yes
Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson & Rick Wakeman
Transatlantic
Peter Frampton
J. Geils Band
Porcupine Tree
Steven Wilson (multiple times)
Blackfield (multiple times)
The Dear Hunter (multiple times)
Jonathan Edwards
La Dispute
O'Brother
Thrice (multiple times)
Eisley (multiple times)
Merriment
Casey Crescenzo (multiple times)
The Beach Boys
Brian Wilson
Animals as Leaders
Cheap Trick
Gotye
Coheed and Cambria
Conor Oberst
Sigur Ros
Tim Hecker
Anathema (multiple times)
Alcest
St. Vincent (multiple times)
Kimbra (multiple times)
Death Grips (multiple times)
CHON
Laura Stevenson (multiple times)
Weezer
Regina Spektor (multiple times)
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience
Run The Jewels (multiple times)
Ramin Djawadi
alt-J
Mew
STS9
Arc Iris
Between the Buried and Me
Paul Draper
Paul Simon

Add The Pineapple Thief to that list in 2 weeks.

My top three bands to see live are Porcupine Tree, The Dear Hunter and Thrice.

Worst ones... Bob Dylan, Paul Draper, Motley Crue.

[DefaultGen 4,394]

I don't really go to big concerts, just not my thing. I went to a local Iron Maiden show a few years back and it was fantastic. I just missed them in NC again this year and it will probably be years before they come back.

[doner24 1,068]

Just went to my friend, Tyler Childers’ 2 concerts in Minneapolis this weekend and got to catch up with him and his band after the first night. Crazy to see how much he’s blowing up this last year after seeing him in front of 10 people as recently as 2017. Now he’s in the process of selling out Madison Square Garden with Sturgill Simpson. 

[Foochie776 899]

I saw Iron Maiden last month and that really reinvigorated my love for live music. They put on such a damn good show for being their age. 

 

I’d say Maiden and Ice Cube have been the top musical acts I’ve ever seen live. 

[Reed Rothchild 7,452]

17 hours ago, doner24 said:

Just went to my friend, Tyler Childers’ 2 concerts in Minneapolis this weekend and got to catch up with him and his band after the first night. Crazy to see how much he’s blowing up this last year after seeing him in front of 10 people as recently as 2017. Now he’s in the process of selling out Madison Square Garden with Sturgill Simpson. 

I told my coworker this and he freaked out a bit

[doner24 1,068]

1 hour ago, Reed Rothchild said:

I told my coworker this and he freaked out a bit

Here’s a pic from when he stayed at my place a couple years ago. He said his favorite games were Goldeneye and some Billy Bob hunting game for Gameboy.
 

[LeatherRebel5150 888]

Most of these I've seen multiple times.

1. Metallica
2. Judas Priest
3. Black Sabbath (both Dio/Ozzy versions)
4. Motorhead
5. Testament
6. Motley Crue
7. Ratt
8. Poison
9. Godsmack
10. Rob Zombie
11. Heart
12. Cheap Trick
13. Cinderella
14. The Scorpions
15. Alice Cooper
16. Deep Purple
17. Van Halen 
18. Boston
19. REO Speedwagon
20. Def Leppard
21. The Sword
22. Styx

 

[LostLevel83 84]

I used to go to shows all the time. Been thinking about getting back into it.

In no particular order, so of the more memorable shows:

Queens of the Stone Age (a few times)
As I Lay Dying
The Cranberries
Bob Dylan
Disciple (many times)
Needtobreathe
Dropkick Murphys
Tab Benoit
Switchfoot (a few times)

 

[kapitank00 8]

Haven't been to too many but I enjoy the experience

I've seen: ZZ Top, Boz Scaggs, Paul McCartney, and most recently Tame Impala a few weeks ago.

[Yelir 11]

On 11/6/2019 at 8:25 AM, CodysGameRoom said:

HORSE the band just announced three shows in December in California and I'm really upset I can't make it happen. I drove 10 hours to see them in Dallas a few years ago and it was so worth it.

I have considered flying to a US show if I really have to, such a great band.

[demanufacturedmario 13]

Just got back from Slayer.

Phil Anselmo and the Illegals played a Pantera set of 8 songs with no songs from Cowboy From Hell...kind of disappointed but it was good to hear "Pantera" live.  Ministry was something else.  Definitely need to check out more of their stuff.  Primus killed it.  And of course, Slayer.  20 songs of craziness.  Definitely had a great time.