What is the most memorable or best concert you fortunate to to attend?

Yes, they closed the show with Home and it was amazing. A song that touches everyone deep inside for sure.

And in reference to the poster above who also mentioned the Dead, the show I saw was magical and otherworldly in a way that I can't have enough superlatives for.

Cocteau Twins at UC Irvine back in '92 with Powerman 5000 opening. Then Xmas of 2010, Natural Vibrations in Oahu at a small hotel restaurant/bar, now they're touring all over the US...that was about the coolest thing to meet them with about 15 other people watching now they're selling out venues.

Got to be Pink Floyd in Dallas. 1988, or there'bouts.

Row 1, lower deck, center, trippin'. (did not need to stand to see.)

Also Metallica, Ride the Lightning tour. Starplex Arena, (I think that's the name) out on the lawn. That show ROCKED!!



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jimi hendrix, credence clearwater revival, 3 dog night, alice cooper, heart, moody blues, lots of seattle grunge,

ELP in Austin TX

Just last night I saw:
The Devil Wears Prada and The Ghost Inside opened for them
Both are great hardcore bands, and the mosh pit was insane, and the place was packed - you could barely walk around.



This may have been the most intense show I've been to so far. I'm glad I understand hardcore screaming / growling vocals and this music - it rocks.

New Year's Evil 1998, Phoenix.

Soulfly, Slayer, Megadeth and Pantera opening for the newly-reunited Black Sabbath. Unbelievable show AND I walked away from it with a cute girlfriend I was with for the next few years.

Runners up include Skinny Puppy, and (this'll sound odd with the others) Loreena McKennitt.

This was FUN!! Saw them a couple of weeks ago.

TARTANIC

Music covers a huge spectrum of ear candy...no shame in giving everything a chance. In the earlier portion of my adult life, I made the mistake of pigeon holing myself into
one taste/style. As I got older, I realized there is no need for that. I probably missed out on some good shows that I would fully give my attention too now.

Pantera and Megadeth both put on excellent shows. I saw them open for Skid Row at Alpine Valley in the day.

RIP Dimebag.

Jimi Hendrix..hollleeee sheet man. Thats the kind u get a tattoo decaring "I saw f'n Jimi live!"

The Scot in me says bagpipes are f'n awesome!

Frank Zappa 03/08/1974 Memorial Hall Kansas City Kansas, 2nd row. People sit and listen to Zappa, so at the tender age of 14 I got to enjoy my musical epiphany.

Jethro Tull at the Forum in L.A., 1971.

Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah.

That makes me so cool.

Yes - Mississippi River Festival - July 9, 1975

I would have to second this. Tool 10,000 days / wings of
Mary tour was absolutely nuts / insane. First time to ever trip shrooms, and was it ever the best!!!

that would have been an ideal concert to gnaw on a few blue stems and gold caps yep.

I just wanted to give this a bump and to say thank you to all who contributed so far. This world has gotten crazy where it seems no one can really agree on anything. However, imo music is a glue that can bring us together even for a moment and we should share our stories. Music will be around far longer than half the politicians and policies out there dividing us.

The Clash at the Bond Disco, Times Square... Many nights.

Culture Club at the Wax Museum, Washington, DC.

Eurythmics at the Wax Museum, Washington DC.

Stray Cats at the Warner Theater, Washington, DC 1982.

Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge or Town, Charleston, SC 1979.

Pink Floyd Animals at Cleveland Stadium 1977.

David Bowie Thin White Duke Cleveland Public Hall 1977.

Recently went to a Michael Franti and Spearhead concert. Very good! Gets in the crowd, gets the crowd involved.

Here's a performance from his recent tour stop on Jimmy Kimmel. He's obviously really tired, and it's not his best singing, but you get the idea.

Toss up between Talking Heads Stop Making Sense - 1983 Berkley

and Pink Floyd Division Bell - 1994 Oakland

Sabbath

Emerson, Lake, Palmer.

1972 - Pocono raceway

No one to collect the tickets, fences down, hundreds of thousands in.

Three of my favorites:

Jethro Tull
Warchild tour - Feb. 21,1975, Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, Oh. USA
- All I can say is what a showman.

Classical Intro (tape)
Minstrel/Wind-Up
Passion Play (excerpt)
Thick As A Brick (excerpt)
Wond'ring Aloud/Again
My God (incl. Bourée & Living In The Past)
SeaLion
Queen And Country
Skating Away..., Ladies (w. Drum Solo)
WarChild, 'WarChild Suite' (piano & strings)
Cross-Eyed Mary
Bungle In The Jungle
Aqualung, Instrumental
Back-Door Angels
Locomotive Breath/Hard-Headed English General/Instrumental/Back-Door Angels (reprise)





Pink Floyd
Animals tour - Cleveland Municipal Stadium Saturday, June 25, 1977

Quadraphonic sound, sheep falling from the sky, pigs floating overhead, and one of the most awesome displays of the power of music I have ever experienced. It was rumored that they would do only one encore - Money. Which they did and then left the stage. The crowd started clapping and stamping their feet - no one had left - I was on the field, 20 yards from the stage and seriously worried the stadium might collapse. This went on for several minutes get louder and you could feel the ground moving from the stomping. Then, my girlfriend noticed someone on stage it was sax player Dick Parry soon followed by the rest of the band, then the first notes of us and them rang out, within 10 seconds you could have heard a pin drop in that stadium, it still gives me chills when I think about it.

The set list from that night:
Animals (entire album)
Wish You Were Here (entire album)

Encore:
"Money"
"Us and Them"


Yes - Richfield coliseum, Richfield, Ohio, September 19th 1978, Tormato tour

Intro ~~ Siberian Khatru
Heart Of the Sunrise
Future Times/Rejoice
Circus Of Heaven
Time and a Medley
Time and a Word, Long Distance Rundaround, The Fish, Pepetual Change, Soon - Just listen to the whole thing)
Don't Kill The Whale
Madrigal ~~ Clap;
Starship Trooper
On The Silent Wings Of Freedom
Wakeman Soloing
Awaken
I've Seen All Good People
Roundabout

1991 Fillmore SF
Primus opened for Jane's Addiction

1994 Pink Floyd Division Bell - Oakland

1995 Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge - Oakland

2006 MUSE - San Jose

There's more, but that all I can remember......OH WAIT!

1992 Metallica, GNR, and Body Count - Oakland

Hey we were at the same Pink Floyd show in Oakland for division bell!! It was pretty f'n cool! Light show on the fog above the arena even! :-)

I've been lucky enough to see Primus live like 15 times now. They are surprisingly low-key and trippy live - the last time I saw them they played a 28-minute rendition of "Southbound Pachyderm". Great shows though.

Indeed! Living in the Bay Area has granted me the same multiple concerts with Primus. Ole Les is cool to watch live for sure.

"It's just a matter of opinion" -Les Claypool

Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac, Paco De Lucia, Elton John and Pink FLOYD! For harder rock and metal, Pantera, Megadeth, Slayer, King Diamond, Iron Maiden and Sixx AM. Regretfully I didn't get a chance to see Alice N Chains, which I truly wished I had a chance to see.

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Primus sucks, for sure!

Metallica about 10 years ago at the Garden. They were awesome live! I had great seats and a backstage pass because my boss knew one of the roadies.

I didn't go backstage, had to hurry home to be able to get up early for work. I regret it now...I couldn't hear for a week LOL.