Top 3 gigs you have seen?

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wildbill 4/1/2015 12:42am
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Great stuff guys!

-Deep Purple (with the five from Machine Head and Made in Japan live album)

-Blue Oyster Cult (Oregon Jam and they fuckin rocked the stadium senseless)

-Stevie Ray Vaughn (both dirty and clean)

Honorable's: Pat Travers with 50,000 crazed drunken stoned fans at Autzen Stadium In Eugene then saw him in a small club in Nashville.

Buddy Guy in a small bar in Nashville and some girl that worked for Malachi Records got us back stage to bs with him.



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FNM is getting better with age imo. Patton is still as crazy as ever, but even more versatile as a singer. They will come to Finland at the end of june and I will be there!!
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Marc Anthony, Journey,Jay Z.
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You wear your skinny jeans and Tomac jersey? Or Metcalfe ?Shocked
haha, i like all music, clothes are all depending on the event.
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sende 4/1/2015 8:38am
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Yes, they are touring the states now. You won't regret for going.
I might have to travel pretty far to see Mr Bungle and Tomahawk ever, but it would be awesome!

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1. Soundgarden
2. Pearl Jam
3. Alice in Chains (my favorite)
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sende 4/1/2015 9:01am
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MT MX wrote:
1. Soundgarden
2. Pearl Jam
3. Alice in Chains (my favorite)
I saw Alice in chains 2009. Never saw them with Layne sadly, but it was still a great gig.
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1 Between the Buried and Me / Opeth / Dream Theater (Boston, MA)

2 Deftones (Cambridge, MA)

3 Rage Against The Machine (Fitchburg, MA)
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71Fish 4/1/2015 11:04am
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MT MX wrote:
1. Soundgarden
2. Pearl Jam
3. Alice in Chains (my favorite)
Did you know Alice in Chains is playing a small venue in salt Lake City this summer?
Lonestar_399 4/1/2015 11:18am
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Big concert attendee from the late 70's through early 90's and would go see just about any rock act coming through town. Top 3 shows, though not my top 3 bands.

1) Depeche Mode (1986 Austin, TX City Coliseum)
2) Concrete Blonde (1988 Austin, TX Backroom)
3) Jane's Addiction (1991 Austin, TX City Coliseum, was fortunate to see these guys in 2 club shows prior also)

Follow up honorable mentions: AC/DC (Beaumont, TX 1978? Last Bon Scott Tour), Cheap Trick (Anywhere, but especially a 1978 show in Beaumont, TX). Wynton Marsalis was incredible also back around 1988 in San Antonio at the Majestic Theatre.

Depeche Mode was kind of a shocker as they really aren't a big guitar band but it was a great show.
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1. Rage Against the Machine *Early yrs
2. Linkin Park *Metallica played after and we walked out they sucked so bad compared to LP
3. Clint Black (yea yea country I know) Houston Astrodome filled with the best VA-JJ Texas has to offerWink
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TailSoHard 4/1/2015 11:37am
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1) Rush, last year
2) Jeff Beck, seen him a couple times
2) Local H, best small-venue show money can buy
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1) Rush, last year
2) Jeff Beck, seen him a couple times
2) Local H, best small-venue show money can buy
I had a chance to see Local H not too long ago and regret not making that.
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TailSoHard wrote:
1) Rush, last year
2) Jeff Beck, seen him a couple times
2) Local H, best small-venue show money can buy
Lonestar_399 wrote:
I had a chance to see Local H not too long ago and regret not making that.
I've seen them close to 10 times now and every time is a blast
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#1 Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros 2001. right before he past.
#2 Mushroomhead 2008
#3 Public Image LTD 1986

I have to add that i am a huge Clash fan so my list is bias...
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My first consert i went to. Day of rock and roll @ the New Orleans Super dome 1979, VH, Boston, sammy Hager, Heart, BOC. Epic show heard Eruption for the first time at this show. (WOW)
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Pantera/ WhiteZombie at The Edge Fort Lauderdale
Pantera/Biohazard many shows and many after parties that...um... well nevermind.
Lollapalooza 1/2/3
way to many to even fathom, stacks of stubs
I just love live music
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markit wrote:
My first consert i went to. Day of rock and roll @ the New Orleans Super dome 1979, VH, Boston, sammy Hager, Heart, BOC. Epic show...
My first consert i went to. Day of rock and roll @ the New Orleans Super dome 1979, VH, Boston, sammy Hager, Heart, BOC. Epic show heard Eruption for the first time at this show. (WOW)
Wow, would have LOVED to have been at that one!
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Nighttrain 4/1/2015 6:44pm
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#1 James Brown
#2 The Butthole Surfers (at the 40 Watt Club)
#3 (tie) Cracker at Midtown Music Festival / DEVO at the Fox Theatre

Regrettably I've never seen a live Parliament-Funkadelic show.

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Sully 4/1/2015 7:41pm
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I forgot to add Built to Spill at The Crocodile in Seattle in '98. A buddy wanted to see them but didn't have anyone to go with, so I tagged along. Glad I did, too, because it was a great chow.
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rosebud441 wrote:
September 1993.. Beautiful late summer day, lovely outdoor amphitheater.. This show takes all 3.. Blind Melon opens for Pearl Jam who opens for Neil Young, amazing...
September 1993.. Beautiful late summer day, lovely outdoor amphitheater.. This show takes all 3..

Blind Melon opens for Pearl Jam who opens for Neil Young, amazing show and what you can't see during PJ's set is mayhem in the crowd, what little security there was could not stop the waves of people, leaving there assigned areas and flowing to the stage,,
sorry but the 90's ruled..

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Saw PJ on the '92 Lollapalooza Tour and they played pretty hard there. Saw them the next year opening for Neil Young during that same tour...
Saw PJ on the '92 Lollapalooza Tour and they played pretty hard there. Saw them the next year opening for Neil Young during that same tour you saw (although the show I saw didn't include Blind Melon).
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Pearl jam is one of the few of my favourite bands that I haven't seen. Someday I'll fix that. Early 90's was the time that I...
Pearl jam is one of the few of my favourite bands that I haven't seen. Someday I'll fix that. Early 90's was the time that I would've loved to see them, but nowadays will have to do.
I only recently got super into Pearl Jam. I was pretty young during the early 90s. I've seen them 4 times so far(and Eddie Vedder twice solo) and they still put on an awesome show. I went to 3 shows on one tour and they played close to 90 different songs. I've also seen a couple of Jeff Ament's side projects and one had Mike McCready on guitar. That was one of the best experiences of my life. Got there early enough to be in the front row right in front of Mike. Him soloing six inches from my face was an unforgettable experience.

My top 3 would be:

Pearl Jam - May 2010(My first PJ show)

Tres Mtns - March 2011(Watching Mike McCready)

Royal Blood - August 2014(New band that kicks ass. Would never expect that sound from only a bassist and drummer)
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SquidBro 4/2/2015 1:25am
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I was there when Bieber barfed on the stage, kid's rock n roll to the core, bro's.
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I only recently got super into Pearl Jam. I was pretty young during the early 90s. I've seen them 4 times so far(and Eddie Vedder twice...
I only recently got super into Pearl Jam. I was pretty young during the early 90s. I've seen them 4 times so far(and Eddie Vedder twice solo) and they still put on an awesome show. I went to 3 shows on one tour and they played close to 90 different songs. I've also seen a couple of Jeff Ament's side projects and one had Mike McCready on guitar. That was one of the best experiences of my life. Got there early enough to be in the front row right in front of Mike. Him soloing six inches from my face was an unforgettable experience.

My top 3 would be:

Pearl Jam - May 2010(My first PJ show)

Tres Mtns - March 2011(Watching Mike McCready)

Royal Blood - August 2014(New band that kicks ass. Would never expect that sound from only a bassist and drummer)
I haven't heard from Royal blood berofe, but after reading your post, I checked few of their videos from youtube.
Band sounds fresh and very interesting. I have to dig a little deeper now. Thanks!!
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I haven't heard from Royal blood berofe, but after reading your post, I checked few of their videos from youtube. Band sounds fresh and very interesting...
I haven't heard from Royal blood berofe, but after reading your post, I checked few of their videos from youtube.
Band sounds fresh and very interesting. I have to dig a little deeper now. Thanks!!
Royal Blood are big in the UK at the moment, they've only been going to about two years aswell. I tried to get tickets to a gig of theirs last year but it sold out within a minute.

Im from the same city as Massive Attack, Portishead & Tricky, one of my most memorable gigs was seeing Massive Attack return to play a rare open air concert in Bristol during their 2003 World Tour. Bristol has a very enthusiastic and proud music scene and Massive Attack rarely got to play here during the height of their success, so it was a really special occasion.

Many of my favourite performances have been at Glastonbury festival, which I guess doesn't really count as you're spoilt by so many performers. But I'll never forget watching Beck, Smashing Pumpkins and then the Prodigy play back to back on the friday night and Radiohead headlining the saturday night in 1997.

Other standouts have been Pearl Jam, the Monotonix (fucking mental band!) Foo Fighters supported by QOTSA in Hyde Park, a secret Oasis warm up gig before they headlined Glastonbury in '95, DJ Shadow... the list goes on.
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rosebud441 4/2/2015 9:09am
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Love to see fellow Vital's digging great music!!
Good on you Feint, for discovering or re-discovering Pearl Jam... They have such a deep catalog and so many rarely heard tracks that when you go see them live you never know what the set list will be like.. Like you said 90 different songs in 3 shows, that's crazy..

Edit: I must see Queens of the Stoneage..
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MT MX 4/2/2015 9:30am
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MT MX wrote:
1. Soundgarden
2. Pearl Jam
3. Alice in Chains (my favorite)
sende wrote:
I saw Alice in chains 2009. Never saw them with Layne sadly, but it was still a great gig.
I saw Alice in Chains back in the early 1990's (around 1992). It was right after their album Facelift had been released. They weren't a very well known band at that point, but man they knew how to put on a show. Grunttruck opened for them.
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rosebud441 4/2/2015 10:33am
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I saw Gruntruck play or destroy a little bar in Bellingham.. (Speedyo'tubs) They rocked much harder then the little indie bands that flourished in the 90's
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sende 4/2/2015 2:39pm
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I've seen that facelift black and white concert a million times from VHS and lately from youtube. Laughing
Layne's voice was in perfect shape.
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I have seen many bands. I never liked the big stadium shows. So Metallica was never that great (except when Down opened!) So my three are--

1. Th' Legendary Shack Shackers
2. Guttermouth
3. Down
Honorable Mention--NOFX, Rancid, Authority Zero.
Those three bands put on a HELL of a show.

Bad Religion and OFF! were pretty damn good on monday night too.
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