WOW - I should really spell check myself - oy!

Oh and some band named Phish or some such...drummer wears a dress, takes them 20 minutes to finish ONE SONG. I dunno, you guys might like em'.

HaHA - I just called you Sir Templeton - musta been thinking of one of my favorite skateboarders "Ed Templeton"

This would be pages long for me. I'd have to brainstorm in excel or word or something. Its been around 22 years since my first concert, and I'd say I've averaged seeing an absolute minimum of 20 shows a year over that time. More recently its been more like 50/yr if you include club shows and multi act festivals. But to simplify:

Started with hard rock, classic rock, and old school hip hop. Always loved the oldies b/c thats what my dad listened to. Saw Van Halen, Guns and Roses, ACDC, Metallica, Pink Floyd, with supporting acts that included Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Faith no More all by the time I was 20. Van Halen was an early favorite, Appetite, Ten, and Paul's Boutique were three albums that blew my mind back in them days. Then, simultaneously, grunge happened and I started getting into Phish. "Alternative" quickly turned to shiate, so it was mainly phish and early/mid-90s hip-hop for a while. Caught the Grateful Dead a couple times. Then the rest of the jamband scene really came along, which i went to tons of shows, but didnt really get into the music that much. All along I had close friends and relatives in bands and would go see them. Rock, blues, reggae, jam, fusion. Then phish 2.0 ended I turned heavily toward electronic music and have since seen tons of djs do their thing. Suprisingly, Burlington has a pretty amazing EDM scene going on now. So thats where I'm at - 3.0 and EDM. 2010 has and will include Igloo fest in Montreal, Winter Music Conference in Miami, Starscape, Camp Bisco, at least 3 Phish shows, and something local practically every weekend.

Or should I have gone with: First the earth cooled. Then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat and died out and turned to oil. Then came the arabs, they bought mercedes benzes...

Awesome!

Maybe Phish is reading this and will cover "World of Filth""Techno Destructo" or "Sick of You"
for all us GWAR heads- If I make to a Halloween show I'm going as Sleezy P. Martini FO SHO!

Rusted Root, Barenaked Ladies, Moody Blues, Steve Miller, ZZ top and Lynard Synard, Buju Banton, The Wailers, Third World, Burning Spear, Culture, Moe, Disco Biscuits, Umphreys Magee, Galatic, New Deal, STS9, Vida Blue, Classic TAB, 70 Volt Parade, Deep Banana Blackout, One world Tribe, George Clinton and the P funk allstars, Jazz Mandolin Project, Roger Waters, The Machine, Dark side of the Moon, Levon Helms, Phil and friends, The Dead, Dark Star Orchestra, Giant Panda Gurilla Dub Squad, MMW, John Scholfield, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Keller Williams, SCI, Yonder Mountain String Band, Mike and Leo, Jurrasic 5, Pretty Lights, Rubblebucket Orchestra, Jimkata, Kenny Chesney, Dave Mathews and Friends, Soulive, Dicky Betts, Allman Brothers, G love and Special Sauce, John Butler Trio, Govt. Mule,

Oh God! I cant remember half of them!!!

Here are the fests!

Gathering of the Vibes 00,01,02, 03, 05
Summit Music Festival 00
AdK. Mnt. Music fest 02

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZZiVsKDw7g

I think Kenny G and Johnny Damon were i that group....I have proof.

tick tock you don't stop.

I've seen a lot of acts, many listed here, but two shows stand out as bing truly awful:

Joe Cocker at the Orpheum Theater back in 94. The person that I went with wouldn't take my money for the ticket after the show.

Black Crowes, PPAC, 93. It was so loud that my ears bled and the band was soooooo messed up on drugs. Very unprofessional. I went with three other people to the show and my buddy and I left early only to find my two other friends waiting for us in the car.

Wow...lets see.

My mom worked for Olympia Entertainment for a while when I was a kid (Detroit Red Wings, Joe Louis Arena). This was in the '80s before we built The Palace (Auburn Hills). JLA and Cobo (to a lesser extent) were the 2 places.

I'm not going to even list...but it's in the 200-300 range. And that's non Dead / Phish. I had free tix to EVERYTHING! We went and saw it all...from Huey Lewis & The News to Luther Vandross to Slayer.

All the metal gods at the time : AC/DC, Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Dio, Alice Cooper, Scorpions, Def Leppard etc...fuck I wouldn't even know where to begin.

But my first was Ozzy Osbourne in 1984 (yes I was only 10!)

Memorable standouts include:

1986- Ozzy wsg Metallica. Metallica was still a small theater act at the time...and I saw Cliff Burton a few months before he died.

1988- Bruce Springsteen

1985- Michael Jackson at the Pontiac Silverdome (not my music but it was a cool show).

1991- Nirvana with The Beastie Boys (Michigan State Fairgrounds) once again not my music but a high energy show.

1989 Madonna (yeah I said it...and it was a good show)

1987- Megadeth at the Royal Oak Music Theater. Caught a guitar pick and Dave Mustaine's T-shirt. Maybe 300 people there.

2001- Billy Kreutzmann. Sharkey's bar in Kailua-Kona Hawai'i. Tribute to Garcia (it was early August). I met him and he gave me a drum. MAYBE 100 people there? I told him we (my brother and I) were from Detroit and he told me when Donna destroyed her hotel room at the Ponchatrain in 1979...that was the last straw! For the record Deadbase lists the Detroit 1979 show with "Donna Absent" ;-)

1989- "The Monsters Of Rock" festival at The Pontiac Silverdome. Loud Loud Loud (Metallica, Van Halen etc...)

1994 - Pink Floyd (Silverdome)

1995 - The Who performing Quadrophenia (The Palace)

And a million others...my brain is going to explode!

Not counting 70+ Dead...30+ phish...25+ Ratdog...

Oh...I was a roadie for The Lillith Fair in 1998...went to 18 states in 29 days.

1999 I was a roadie for Tori Amos (never saw a show...I was on the "go ahead" crew to prep the next venue. I almost went to jail for taking the doors off the hinges at Radio City Music Hall...but that's a different story for another day).

Oh...and you haven't lived until you saw an Alice Cooper performance on Halloween (or Devil's Night) at JLA (1988) or Ted Nugent's "WhipLash Bash" for New Years Eve (1993).

Its a Detroit thing.

When I was in High School Kid Rock played gymnasiums, pool halls, parks, VFW halls, everything around here. We laughed our asses off when he got famous.

Seriously I'm done now...

While I'm a huge music fan I haven't seen all that many shows

Tom Waits
Phish
The Dead
Bob Dylan
Robert Hunter
Bad Religion
Primus
Sizzla
Helmet
Tom Petty
The Monkeys
The Ramones
White Zombie
Lords of Acid
Deftones
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
David Grisman
Strange Design
Dark Star Orchestra
The Black Crows
Aesop Rock
Del McCoury

I'm sure once I hit add comment I'll remember more. These popped into my head.

I gotta say FORBINS, im jealous, I would love to see Burning Spear, im a huge fan.

I had that walkman. Ever take it on a plane?

If you have, you know why I'm asking.

I went to change tapes mid-flight and couldn't open it. It had to decompress. Didn't know it had a plug to do so.

Oh, and The Breeders...NO HI-JACK.

meant to say these and a few others......

OK, now the list...

Aerosmith (first show ever Orpheum 84),David Bowie, The Police, Dokken, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Rush, Neil Young, CSN, Ziggy Marley, Toots, Steely Dan, ABB, Govt Mule, Rolling Stones, The Who, Butthole Surfers, Steve Winwood, Dr. John, Eric Clapton, Luther Guitar Jr., J Geils Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Maceo Parker, MMW, Van Halen (original), Grateful Dead, Elvis Costello, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Blues Traveler, Levon Helm, George Clinton, David Grisman, Merl Saunders, Widespread Panic (opened for Phish), Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters, Page/Plant, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Black Keys, Brian Wilson, Santana (Phish opened), War, Gil Scott-Heron, Jimmy Smith, The Bogmen, Jerry Garcia Band, Little Feat, Paul McCartney, REM, robert Cray, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Taj Mahal, U2, Morphine, Van Morrison, Wilco, Wilie Nelson.

I'll attempt this in chronological order including noteworthy opening acts

Hollywood Undead, Judas Priest, Eric Clapton, Roger Daltrey, The Scorpions, Ratt, Tom Petty, CSN(x2), Bob Dylan(x2), Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Alice Cooper, John Butler Trio, Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group, Acid Mothers Temple, Buffalo Springfield, The Strokes, Gregg Allman, Furthur (x2), Dead Confederate, Jack White (x3), Roger Waters, Pearl Jam, Beck (x2), Foo Fighters, Neil Young (x3), Thee Oh Sees, Dr. Dog, My Morning Jacket, David Bryne + St. Vincent, Alabama Shakes (x2), Avett Brothers, Gary Clark Jr.

I give up. Thats only a small portion.

This shouldn't be very hard for me, I haven't had the opportunity to see a ton of live music...

Tina Turner - Private Dancer Tour 1985
Blues Traveler - 1994
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - 1995
Steve Miller Band, Phish - 1996
Phish, 3 Dog Night - 1997
Phish - 1998
Phish, TAB - 1999
Phish, SCI - 2000
moe. - 2001
The Big Wu, Paul McCartney - 2005
Phish - 2010
Blues Traveler - 2011
Phish - 2012

Awesome. I saw the same show at SPAC. My parents brought my brother and I and we were embarrassed to be seen with them.
@johnnyd said:

And just for fun, I'll admit this: Probably the show I'm most embarrassed for having gone to (at least that immediately comes to mind) was Paula Abdul at the Brendan Byrne arena, maybe 1991 or so. One of my best friends in h.s. was completely enfatuated with her so a bunch of us bought him a ticket for his birthday and we all went. The music was what it was, but it was a decent stage show and choreography. Not really my bag, even back then. Bonus opening act: Color Me Badd. They wanted to sex us up. Hot.

@ypehmish said:

In particular order. BTW all from 1998-present.
I'm 26.

Phish
Steely Dan
Allman Brothers
Van Halen
Deep Purple
Edgar Winter Group
Blue Oyster Cult
String Cheese Incident
Keller Williams
Yonder Mountain String Band
Neil Young
Foo Fighters
Stone Temple Pilots
Tom Petty
Drop Kick Murphys
G.R.A.B.
Phil Lesh & Friends
Lynard Skynard*
Pearl Jam
Dark Star Orchestra
Santana
The Police
Umphrey's McGee
Green Day
Trey Anastasio
The Wailers
Boston
Peter Frampton
Reel Big Fish
Yes
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Rush
DMB
Doobie Brothers
Bruce Springstein
Moody Blues
Catch 22
The Dead
Roger Waters
Black Keys
Band of Horses

Head hurts... there's definitely more though.

HA, the board would eat me alive if that was particular, "NOT PARTICULAR" Thank you.

I use to keep a running list of shows I'd been to with the opening act but that is long gone, with my ticket stubs to reference lets see...

Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage
Stone Temple Pilots, Cheap Trick
Live
Primus many times in the late 90s
Rustic Overtones, many times
George Clinton, numerous times
The Offspring
Korn
RATM, twice
Limp Bizkit
Green Day
Foo Fighters
Eminem
Woodstock 1999, many different artists
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Bob Dylan

My musical tastes went full 50-70s pop rock senior year of high school so I never went to shows, until I really got into Phish. I haven't seen any other bands live besides Phish or a side project since around 2007

Hell yeah, @frankzappasmoustache, not the original Ziggy's, but I'm glad that it's back. Spent some good nights at the old one. Can't wait for that Umphrey's show next month.

Anyway, I'll give this a shot.

Beach Boys - 1991 or '92
Britney Spears - 1999 (God she was hot)
DMB - 2001
Lifehouse - 2001
311 - 2002
DMB - 2002
Phish - 2004
Phantom Planet - 2004
Incubus - 2004
Better Than Ezra - 2004
Umphrey's - 2004
Athenaeum - 2004
Yonder Mountain String Band - 2005
Derek Trucks Band - 2005
Trey - 2005
Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson - 2005
Jack Johnson w/ ALO - 2005
Trey & Rolling Stones - 2005
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - 2006
Umphrey's - 2006
SuperJam 10 (T.I., Three Six Mafia, T-Pain, Young Joc, Dem Franchise Boyz) - 2006
Derek Trucks Band (w/ Susan Tedeschi) - 2006
Trey - 2006
Slightly Stoopid & Pepper - 2006
RHCP - 2007
Umphrey's - 2007 x2
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - 2007
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals (w/ Tom Morello) - 2007
Lil' Wayne - 2008
Umphrey's - 2009 x2
Phish - 2009 x3
Third Eye Blind - 2010
The Mantras - 2010 x2
Phish - 2010 x2
Lil' Wayne/Nicki Minaj/Rick Ross - 2011
The Mantras - 2011
Phish - 2011
The Mantras - 2012

I will take a whack at it as well, my Dad was a manager at a music venue in Rocehster (Water Street) while I was growing up so I was lucky to see a lot of concerts, some I'm not so proud of today...

Order is off the top of my head:
Phish
Furthur
String Cheese
Primus
MGB
Pearl Jam ( One of the best non-Phish/jam band shows I've seen)
Blues Traveler
DSO
Dopapod
Thunderbody
Giant Panda
STS9
Stained and Godsmack (First concert ever)
Journey
Third Eye Blind
Sugarcult
Goo Goo Dolls a few times
Three Doors Down
Reel Big Fish
Less Than Jake
Our Lady Peace a bunch of times

All that's coming back to me at the moment!

well, this will take awhile.... starting from 5th grade...

aerosmith, jackyl, 10000 maniacs, stone temple pilots, meat puppets, primus, les claypool (i'm not listing all those individual bands), garaj a trois, the meters, little feat, galactic, medeski martin and wood, charlie hunter, john scofield, tito puente, james brown, al green, micheal franti, um, elvin jones band, bb king, snoop dog, cypress hill, parliament/george clinton, dr dre, dj logic, eminem, ozzy, blues traveler, black crowes, neil young, g love, damian marley, ziggy marley, neil young, joan osbourne, ben folds 5, phil and friends, the other ones, steel pulse, the dead, rat dog, moe, sci, wsp, ozomatli, keller williams, dr didge, micheal rose, the wailers, toots and the maytals, disco biscuits, hot tuna, rusted root, sts9, merle saunders, david grisman, del mccoury band, sam bush, soul asylum, collective soul, jimmy buffett, dave matthews band, santana, allman brothers band, bob dylan, ben harper, phish, trey band, pork tornado, jazz mandolin project, oyster head, WEEN, gene ween band...

note: this is where my well ran dry...time to check the stub box

david byrne, bela fleck, victor wooten, hank williams jr, hank wiliams 3rd, charlie daniels band, poison, warrant, quiet riot, avette brothers, project object, zappa plays zappa, leftover salmon, yonder mtn string band, jerry douglas, zz top, sharon jones, rancid, gwar, nofx, a couple mike patton bands, dark star orchestra, the roots, jurassic 5, dr octagon/kool keith, sir mix a lot, biz marke, page/plant, roger waters, the who, skynard, john fogerty, boston, rush, tool...

that's all i've got for now. living close to the creek and having some hook ups around indy, i got into a good chunk of those "more random shows" free. an up in smoke, a smoking grooves, horde in '95 and '96, volunteer jam (charlie daniels, hank jr, and another act or 2). plus, there's 2 bonnaroos. i'm not even going to try to delve too deep into those, but for the most part, the bands that i really watched their whole sets at the 'roo, i have seen at other times and they are listed. i am definitely missing some opening acts, fest acts, and random'ness. I can say definitively, phish is my favorite band i've seen. Soul Asylum is my least favorite.