1. Smashing Pumpkins, Rosemont Horizion 1996 First concert ever, only like 13years old. They rocked soo fucking hard.. real rock stars with the shiny silver pants and shirts, crazy ass bright flashing light show, lots of songs, stuff from Gish and Siamese Dream, lots of new stuff at the time from Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. They just rocked, were totally in their prime. I've yet to see a band that could rival them in terms of a long ass show, 3 sets, putting on a show and rocking out and just kicking ass. It was the best thing for a 1st show, set a high standerd. Only saw them once but it was EPIC..
2. Phish 8/1/98 alpine valley 1st phish show, 7/24/99 alpine, 10/3/99 10/4/99 allstate and redbird arena, 9/22/2000 9/23/2000 allstate arena, the 2000 summer run, alpine valley, deer creek and polarius.
A lot of shows I know but these were the great ones, tripped a lot, rolled at a couple, always puffing tuff on good nuggets.. Alpine Valley was always great, phish outdoors trippin on acid-no comment. The summer 2000 thing was great me and my homie/neighbor at the time traveled to Wisco, Indiana, and finally to Ohio for the end of the tour.. I got spun a couple times, lost in another state trippin, stuck on K etc.. it was a blast, my first time road trippin with a friend. I loved phish, some of those shows when I was on E, I considered life changing.. and I told everyone around me in the audience and they usually shared my enthusiasm.. loved how everyone there would be puffing and doing something, I was in the majority once, I still don't like how you go to see some bands and people give you a dirty look for puffing or even go get security and ruin your good time cause they can't mind their own bussiness, besides the point.. I loved running into local phish heads agt shows, seemed like it was all meant too be like it was too big and cosmic to be a coicindence. I had more friends at that point in time than any other poin t in my life, before or after, like 98 till say 2002, I went to widespread and string cheese shows after they went on break but it wasn't the same for me. Phish was great and I hated it when they went on "hiatus" I saw then again when they came back in 2004 but the magic was gone for me.. Any other phish heads out there whoop whoop..
3. Janes Addiction 2001 Allstate Center
I've always loved Janes Addiction, was shocked they decided to make another album and tour again, I got so lucky to even see them. they rocked hard, play almost all the classics, Perry Ferrel has a crazy stage presence.. they had a huge stage setup with lots of candles everywhere.. it was just great hard rock and roll, they were tight, me and an old friend that moved and i hardly see anymore went to see them, we rolled balls at the show, acted fools and everyone was looking at us but it was epic non the less.. wooo hoo hahaha.
4. Korn 1996 Aragon Brawl Room Chicago
Think this was my 2nd concert, they were hard fuck core. Just soo slamming dirty, kickin, rock. Freakish with plastic fuck dolls hanging from the ceiling and the guys in the band with their dreadlocks and twistedness.. Evil shit.. got real lucky to catch them early in their carerr at their prime..
5. Rage Against The Machine 8/29/97 The World Music Theater
What can I say, these guy rock. They did almost every song off the first cd and lots off the new one that had just came out, Evil Empire I think.. They were soo tight, another band I was lucky to catch in their prime. I obviously didn't get up in the mosh but the show was tight regardless.. Soo fierce, Zack de La Rocha shit man.. screaming st the top of his lungs fucking kicking ass..
I've also seen Metallica, Tom Petty, Wide Spread, String Cheese Inciudent, Primus with buckethead, other bands at Ozzfest 99/97 Slayer, Black Sabbath, Ozzie, OAR.. don't make fun they were good..., Violent Femmes, Fiona Apple, Flaming Lips, AFI, Dashboard Confessional, 311 a couple times, Erasure.. at a Festival, Social D.. they rocked hard too, Marylin Manson he was still good and put on a sick read disgusting show cut himself up etc, Bush haha don't luagh it was before they were ghey, Jamariqui, COC, Grant Lee Buffalo, Slipknot, Type O Negative, well I just realized I've seen shit tons of bands, I didn't remember half of them till I thought about it, a lot were at fests with lots of other bands, The Twisted Fests and Jamboree.. couple raves..
I haven't gone to as many shows lately, I'd still like to catch moe, STS9, Toad The Wet Sprocket, couple other that might not tour again. I miss going to concerts too bad lately all my loot goes to H no exceptions, cept maybe coke or spikes.. sucks ass.. oh well.