Poll of the Day > What have been your favorite concerts you have been to?

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Metallica in 2009 is number one. I was at the stage and Robert pointed at me and threw me a pick. Also got a beach.

Green Day was great as well, Billie Joe posed for a picture for my wife.

Knotfest is fun every year
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Slipknot, 2010, Madison Square Garden.

311, several times.

I'm really looking forward to Justin Timberlake on June 2nd.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Slipknot, 2010, Madison Square Garden.

311, several times.

I'm really looking forward to Justin Timberlake on June 2nd.

Well as you can tell Im a frequent flyer of Slipknot. They put on a great show.

Also let me know how Justin is
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Iron Maiden 2000 madison square garden
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My wife got punched in the face in a pit at Mayhem fest during Slipknot's set. It's still both of our favorite concert we've been to lol.
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ss4parrothair posted...

Also let me know how Justin is

Will do.
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A Mannheim Steamroller Christmas concert in 2001.
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Nostalgic posted...

Iron Maiden 2000 madison square garden

Been wanting to see but no has wanted to go with me
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Jack White and AC/DC at Coachella 2015

Both Radiohead shows Ive been to have been amazing too.
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DirtBasedSoap posted...

Jack White and AC/DC at Coachella 2015

Both Radiohead shows Ive been to have been amazing too.

Where you at? I am literally walking distance from Coachella. Not joking. Walked to th Big 4 when it was there. @DirtBasedSoap
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I can hear Coachella from my house. Have been twice
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Against Me! january 31st, 2014.

Not only did I get a front row spot, the show was super awesome and at the end of it I caught one of Atom Willard's drum sticks(but two other guys latched on at once. one of them said "friends, no need to fight. lets rock paper scissors for it), and overall an awesome show.

Second best is Whole Wheat Bread in 2010 or so. I dont know what it was but they killed it live. songs I didnt even enjoy by them were given new life and sounded great.

Cant think of too many others at the moment

I've only been to two concerts that I wanted to be at. Out of those two I have to say hands down that GWAR was my favorite. And not just because I almost died at the Slayer concert.


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Bugmeat posted...

I've only been to two concerts that I wanted to be at. Out of those two I have to say hands down that GWAR was my favorite. And not just because I almost died at the Slayer concert.

Ive seen both :)
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Back in 2003 I saw Powerman 5000 and RA at a fairly small venue, I was really into both bands at the time so i had a blast and after the show the singer from powerman cane and and just talked to us for a while so that was cool. Stone Sour was one of the headliners too, but they suck.

I also saw The Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age back in 2000, that was my first concert and I was too timid to go close to the stage(had just turned 15) so I hanged towards the very back.
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Mead posted...

Back in 2003 I saw Powerman 5000 and RA at a fairly small venue, I was really into both bands at the time so i had a blast and after the show the singer from powerman cane and and just talked to us for a while so that was cool. Stone Sour was one of the headliners too, but they suck.

I also saw The Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age back in 2000, that was my first concert and I was too timid to go close to the stage(had just turned 15) so I hanged towards the very back.

Ive only seen Stone Sour. Want to see the other ones
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ss4parrothair posted...

Ive only seen Stone Sour. Want to see the other ones

I forgot seeing stone sour at a small providence venue. That was also awesome.
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Probably top 5 for me:

1. Mayhem fest with Slipknot headlining. Just so many awesome bands, Slipknot, and fucking Motorhead on the same ticket was just insane, not to mention we also got to see Anthrax, Slayer, and a ton of other bands. Also, my future wife getting punched in the face in the pit makes a good story.

2. Alter Bridge with Black Stone Cherry and Like a Storm. I'm not a Black Stone Cherry fan, but their singer / guitarist was impressive as fuck, he reminded me of like Jack Black mixed with Jimi Hendrix. Alter Bridge was amazing, and Like a Storm were surprisingly good. It also was one of the first dates me and my now wife went on.

3. Slash & Myles Kennedy with The Last Internationale. We were right up front at a small venue, and actually got to shake hands with Myles. My wife is a huge fan, and he actually hugged her from over the guard rail. I also caught one of the bassist's picks, and it was just an overall great show.

4. Queens of the Stone Age & Royal Blood. The most recent show I've been to, it was a few months back. Awesome show, I was a fan of both bands beforehand, but not a massive fan, but the show made me like them both a lot more. We had shitty standing lawn tickets in a huge venue, but their sound was great for both bands, and despite the shit tier tickets we still thoroughly enjoyed the show.

5. Breaking Benjamin & Starset. Starset was meh, but Breaking Benjamin is an old favorite of mine from years back and sounded awesome live. It was nostalgic. We were also right up at the front of the venue. BB played several covers surprisingly well, including 2 Tool songs, which was a welcome surprise.
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1. Weird Al
2. Modest Mouse
3. CKY
4. Tom Petty/Allman Brothers
5. Del the funky homosapien aka Deltron 3030
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Nothing in specific. Whenever Clutch or Nile are in my area, I make it a goal to see them.

Ozzfest 06. Ozzy went on late afternoon then main stage was Lacuna Coil, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, System of a Down.

Fucking epic
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Best one for me was W.A.S.P. on their '89 and Headless tour, Zed Yago were the support. Closely followed by Skid Row back in 1991.

My chemical romance, every streetlight show, every reel big fish show, hellogoodbye, George Clinton and the parliament

Westfest 2014 (Korn, Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria)
Rise Against
Fat Freddy's Drop
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GameReviews posted...

Probably top 5 for me:

1. Mayhem fest with Slipknot headlining. Just so many awesome bands, Slipknot, and fucking Motorhead on the same ticket was just insane, not to mention we also got to see Anthrax, Slayer, and a ton of other bands. Also, my future wife getting punched in the face in the pit makes a good story.

2. Alter Bridge with Black Stone Cherry and Like a Storm. I'm not a Black Stone Cherry fan, but their singer / guitarist was impressive as fuck, he reminded me of like Jack Black mixed with Jimi Hendrix. Alter Bridge was amazing, and Like a Storm were surprisingly good. It also was one of the first dates me and my now wife went on.

3. Slash & Myles Kennedy with The Last Internationale. We were right up front at a small venue, and actually got to shake hands with Myles. My wife is a huge fan, and he actually hugged her from over the guard rail. I also caught one of the bassist's picks, and it was just an overall great show.

4. Queens of the Stone Age & Royal Blood. The most recent show I've been to, it was a few months back. Awesome show, I was a fan of both bands beforehand, but not a massive fan, but the show made me like them both a lot more. We had shitty standing lawn tickets in a huge venue, but their sound was great for both bands, and despite the shit tier tickets we still thoroughly enjoyed the show.

5. Breaking Benjamin & Starset. Starset was meh, but Breaking Benjamin is an old favorite of mine from years back and sounded awesome live. It was nostalgic. We were also right up at the front of the venue. BB played several covers surprisingly well, including 2 Tool songs, which was a welcome surprise.

Wish I saw Motrhead ugh. And still need to see B.B.
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Bomberhead posted...

Nothing in specific. Whenever Clutch or Nile are in my area, I make it a goal to see them.

Nice
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TES_Nut posted...

Ozzfest 06. Ozzy went on late afternoon then main stage was Lacuna Coil, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, System of a Down.

Fucking epic

I have seen all except lacuna coil. Great bands.
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Pailhead posted...

Best one for me was W.A.S.P. on their '89 and Headless tour, Zed Yago were the support. Closely followed by Skid Row back in 1991.

That sounds great.

MICHALECOLE posted...

My chemical romance, every streetlight show, every reel big fish show, hellogoodbye, George Clinton and the parliament

Reel Big Fish was out here recently but missed them.

Joelypoely posted...

Westfest 2014 (Korn, Black Veil Brides, Asking Alexandria)
Rise Against
Fat Freddy's Drop

Ive seen Korn and Asking but hats it. Sounds neat though
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I saw Carly Rae Jepsen once.

That was pretty dope.

ss4parrothair posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

Jack White and AC/DC at Coachella 2015

Both Radiohead shows Ive been to have been amazing too.

Where you at? I am literally walking distance from Coachella. Not joking. Walked to th Big 4 when it was there. @DirtBasedSoap

@ss4parrothair Los Angeles. Ive been 5 times. 2012-2015 and 2017. The lineup is really bad this year.
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TES_Nut posted...

Ozzfest 06. Ozzy went on late afternoon then main stage was Lacuna Coil, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, System of a Down.

Fucking epic

Oh man, that is entirely up my alley.

I haven't been to a lot of concerts. I want to see them a lot more often... Someday.

My favorites...

Like Zang said, Manowar. I had never been physically abused by music like that in my life. That's what you get from the self proclaimed loudest band on earth.

Jethro Tull. I love Jethro Tull, and it was a small venue, and that rock flute sounded amazing the whole time.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra. The violinists were insaaaane and the fire effects were heating up my face at the best parts of the songs.
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Dropkick Murphys and Killswitch Engage were good.
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1) Thee Oh Sees. I've seen them about 10 times. They have so much energy, it's amazing. They're all really laid back people too

2) My Bloody Valentine. 2008/9ish and again in 2012. Great fucking show, was really loud. I wore earplugs but still had ringing for three days afterwards. They don't tour very often, but I'd really suggest seeing them for anyone into shoegazer/noise pop music.

3) Dinosaur Jr. I think this was around 2014ish. They played a smaller venue but still sounded great.

4) Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks. 2014? I don't remember. Stephen Malkmus is one of my favorite musicians, but they all seemed pretty tired when I saw them. Not much energy tbh. Still had fun tho.

5) King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Saw them twice in 2017. Pretty good band, they have a lot of stuff in their catalog but get repetitive sometimes. Live they're pretty good. Killed it the first time, half of them seemed like they were on drugs the second time. Still a good show, but their performance was a bit off.

DirtBasedSoap posted...

ss4parrothair posted...

DirtBasedSoap posted...

Jack White and AC/DC at Coachella 2015

Both Radiohead shows Ive been to have been amazing too.

Where you at? I am literally walking distance from Coachella. Not joking. Walked to th Big 4 when it was there. @DirtBasedSoap

@ss4parrothair Los Angeles. Ive been 5 times. 2012-2015 and 2017. The lineup is really bad this year.

Incredibly bad. I went in 2007 and 2013
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Weird Al, August 2015.

Had a front row seat, Weird Al surprised me with how he made his entrance, I bought a T-shirt afterwards and got his autograph on it. Said T-shirt is now framed up and hanging in my bedroom.
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Alex1976 posted...

Weird Al, August 2015.

Had a front row seat, Weird Al surprised me with how he made his entrance, I bought a T-shirt afterwards and got his autograph on it. Said T-shirt is now framed up and hanging in my bedroom.

I have seen him back in the day when I was a kid at a fair. I have tix to see him in May currently
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Muse
TSO
Incubus
30 Seconds to Mars
Jimmy Eat World

In that order.
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Saw ACDC in Chicago at Wrigley Field couple of years ago. Bought a joint off the guy in front of us, and some dude behind me tapped my shoulder and said "You're really lucky I'm off duty and this is ACDC." Saw the Who earlier that year too.

My favorite concerts have probably been at venues though. The acoustics, drinks, and atmosphere are all just life.
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1)George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars in 1996
2)SWV, After 7, Tony Toni Tone', and New Edition(with Ralph, Johnny & BBD all taking turns doing their solo stuff also)
3)Genesis, The Rolling Stones, and Aretha Franklin in 1986 at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium
4)Earth, Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Morris Day, The O'Jays, Keith Sweat, Karyn White, Stevie Wonder, Alexander O'Neal, The Deele, Al B. Sure, and The Force MD's in 1988 at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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Not sure I've ever bothered going to a concert, other than one or two smaller local things which were both open admission and sucked. Not a music guy, though.

My favorite musical which I've attended, however, is a boring answer -- Phantom of the Opera.
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Motorhead, 2011, San Diego House of Blues got a pick from Phil Campbell
Metallica, 2009 (Cox Arena, SDSU) and 2017 (Petco Park, San Diego)
Black Sabbath, Hollywood Bowl, 2016

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

Motorhead, 2011, San Diego House of Blues got a pick from Phil Campbell
Metallica, 2009 (Cox Arena, SDSU) and 2017 (Petco Park, San Diego)
Black Sabbath, Hollywood Bowl, 2016

I too was at the 2017 in Petco Park @DeathMagnetic80
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I got extremely lucky for my first concert.

We show up close to showtime and the line is super long but there is another door. We figure it cant get much worse so we just wait in front of that one. People then started lining up behind us. Turns out its a second entrance so we get right to the front.

Concert begins and its great, then the lead singer of "cage the elephant" stage dives onto me and sweats all over me. It was gross but still cool.

After the concert he is selling merch and signing stuff. I go up and buy a cd and then tell him he sweated all over me. He said it made us brothers and he gave me a custom signature.

I figure nothing will be as good as that so I havent gone to another one.
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DrPrimemaster posted...

I got extremely lucky for my first concert.

We show up close to showtime and the line is super long but there is another door. We figure it cant get much worse so we just wait in front of that one. People then started lining up behind us. Turns out its a second entrance so we get right to the front.

Concert begins and its great, then the lead singer of "cage the elephant" stage dives onto me and sweats all over me. It was gross but still cool.

After the concert he is selling merch and signing stuff. I go up and buy a cd and then tell him he sweated all over me. He said it made us brothers and he gave me a custom signature.

I figure nothing will be as good as that so I havent gone to another one.

I like cage the elephant
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ss4parrothair posted...

DrPrimemaster posted...

I got extremely lucky for my first concert.

We show up close to showtime and the line is super long but there is another door. We figure it cant get much worse so we just wait in front of that one. People then started lining up behind us. Turns out its a second entrance so we get right to the front.

Concert begins and its great, then the lead singer of "cage the elephant" stage dives onto me and sweats all over me. It was gross but still cool.

After the concert he is selling merch and signing stuff. I go up and buy a cd and then tell him he sweated all over me. He said it made us brothers and he gave me a custom signature.

I figure nothing will be as good as that so I havent gone to another one.

I like cage the elephant

They werent the headliner but theyre who I wanted to see.
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Saw Kiss front row center about 6 or 7 years ago, it was a great show and my ears were ringing for a couple days after that
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Nothing tops the Don Felder, Styx, and REO Speedwagon concert I went to last year. It was amazing from start to finish. No low points.
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ss4parrothair posted...

DeathMagnetic80 posted...

Motorhead, 2011, San Diego House of Blues got a pick from Phil Campbell
Metallica, 2009 (Cox Arena, SDSU) and 2017 (Petco Park, San Diego)
Black Sabbath, Hollywood Bowl, 2016

I too was at the 2017 in Petco Park @DeathMagnetic80

Nice! I was in the nosebleeds, but they played like my 3 favorite Metallica songs that night: "Creeping Death", "Whiplash" and "Fade to Black.. plus did "Fight Fire With Fire" as an encore, which was bad ass.

The Promise Ring in 2015 was probably my favorite.

Couple of other stand out ones...
Dinosaur Jr. in 2016 and 2017
Less Than Jake in 2013
Title Fight in 2015
Death Grips in 2016
Meat Puppets in 2017
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