Your favorite band seen live.

Air I saw twice...first time when you could still smoke in bars in Toronto and smoked a big fattie while they played. Awesome.
 
renaissance under some bridge in philly, pretty sure it was '78. we had tickets for the stones earlier that day at RFK stadium and heard about renaissance playing later that night. i didn't know jack about them, vaguely recalled hearing the title "ashes are burning", so i had no expectations, they totally blew me away, was a better show than the stones.
but
the last time i saw frank zappa will always be the Favorite. it was a perfect night and an awesome concert in every way...
-izzy
 
MistaJeff said:
I saw Fintroll in 2008. I spent the night jigging and moshing, good times were had by all.
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I would love to see Finntroll, although didn't they break up after the accordion player died from getting drunk and falling off a roof?

My favorite live band would have to be Blind Guardian, circa 2002 or 2003, when they did their first appearances in the U.S.

Also Converge in 2002 when there was a riot going on outside, Poison the Well's first tour, Dystopia, Alkaline Trio (when they were touring for From Here to Infirmary), and At the Drive-In (also their first tour, I think?)
 
Actual band: U2.

But my favorite live act is Mike Doughty. Amazingly funny and amazingly nice too.
 
Two of my favorite concerts have been seeing Tool:

1998 UNO Lakefront Arena (New Orleans)

Setlist:

1. Part of Me
2. Eulogy
3. Forty Six and Two
4. Stinkfist (with King Buzzo)
5. Some song i didnt recognize, someone told me it was "You Lied"
(with King Buzzo)
6. Third Eye
7. Sober
8. New version of Pushit (simply beautiful)
9. (-) Ions
10. Aenema (amazing....entire crowd sang along....best song of night)
ENCORE......(kind of an encore, they just sat around the stage and
talked)
11. Opiate(i'm kinda surprised that the whole crowd seemed to know
this song, too...... awesome)
12. Flood

2002 CenturyTel Arena (Bossier City)

Setlist:

1. Sober
2. (-) Ions
3. The Grudge
4. Stinkfist
5. Forty-Six & 2
6. Ænema
7. Schism
8. Parabol
9. Parabola
10. Cesaro Summability
11. Disposition
12. Reflection
13. Third Eye
14. Triad
15. Lateralus

I brought a girl with me who had never been to a concert before and she was blown away. They had just started incorporating the Alex Grey art into their shows. Although I was completely sober (Why can't we not be sober?) I felt as if I was tripping very hard. When they played Reflection, I just went to another place!

This is a video showing what the stage and videos looked like. It's from 2010, but the setup looks about the same. And the imagery changed every two minutes or so. One of them that stands out is a man's face that pulls and stretches away from him in sync with the music.


Note: During Triad, Mike Patton (from opening band Tomahawk) comes onstage dressed as a doctor, and someone else (can't remember who, presumably another member of Tomahawk) comes onstage dressed as a patient and if I'm not mistaken, also has a small drum part.

*The audience was awesome, but they were assholes when Tomahawk was performing. Booing and talking loudly.
 
Alice In Chains (ORIGINAL AIC)
Nirvana
Gene Loves Jezebel
The Cult
Bang Tango
Guns N Roses
Dave Matthews Band
The Dead w/Bob Dylan
Smashing Pumpkins
Fleetwood Mac on the Rumors tour (I was 8!)
Cheap Trick
 
Iron Maiden - The 'BEST' live band i've ever seen! - Phenomenal.
In Flames
Nine Inch Nails
 
malakaix said:
Iron Maiden - The 'BEST' live band i've ever seen! - Phenomenal.
In Flames
Nine Inch Nails
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Seen the top two and they were both fucking insane. Agreed, maiden was probs best gig of my life, when they played rime of the ancient mariner i went nuts
 
my favorite musician to see live is Dj Myth I-S, although i dont think he spins anymore :(

so band?

clutch, testament, napalm death, all i can think of right now, but those are some killer acts that i drop everything to go see.
 
tool, man were they gooooooooood! also queens of a stone age put on an awesome show one ill never forgett
 
Tool! I just saw them tonight, it was crazy! Their visualizers are so cool and they played perfectly.
They had a bad ass version of laturalis with a quest drummer.
Either that or The Mars Volta, that show was redonk, like pure energy bliss.
 
Mazey said:
Led Zeppelin 1973 Tampa, Florida

I still remember it well my girlfriend walked down to the very front of the stage and have the best view ever. At the end of the show they let 1000's of white doves fly off during Stairway to Heaven , review http://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/may-5-1973
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I'm not even joking when I say I think my dad was at that very show as well. He was stationed in Tampa at the time and told me he saw them on that leg of his Navy days while he was there. He's spoken to me about it several times. Very cool. =D
 
sigur ros.

(i added a period. i never put periods at the end of lines)
 
Imogen Heap, Incubus, Saves the Day, Daft Punk. :)

I also really loved the early Alkaline Trio shows where they would jam out in tiny little venues in Milwaukee and you could get a beer with the guys after...
 
AmorRoark said:
I'm not even joking when I say I think my dad was at that very show as well. He was stationed in Tampa at the time and told me he saw them on that leg of his Navy days while he was there. He's spoken to me about it several times. Very cool. =D
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Wow that is cool and many years ago for sure ;)
 
alison krauss and union station, because they're fucking incredible live..just totally flawless. broken social scene also..they're a supergroup on steroids.

other very close seconds are

metric
tv on the radio
iron and wine
ray lamontagne
stereophonics
 
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