[Tiste Simeon]

Incubus
Dream Theater x3
Opeth x2
Freakin' MASTODON!!! (But I have already seen them mentioned a few times in this thread and thus have no need to go on about how they totally rule more than you can possibly conceive or imagine...)
Machine Head
Trivium
Turisas x2 (Possibly the most fun at a concert I have ever had...)
Arch Enemy
Dark Tranquillity
Shadows Fall
Skindred (most mental mosh pit I have ever been in)
Karnivool (truly incredible band all round...)
Symphony X
Lamb of God
Job for a Cowboy
Between the Buried and Me
August Burns Red
Dragonforce x2 (neither time did I want to see them, they were supporting Machine Head once and Turisas were supporting them)
A bunch of unheard of bands, most of whom sucked...

[alestar]

The Kinks (first show ever...)
Black Sabbath (with Dio) x2
Megadeth
Iron Maiden x 3
Def Leppard
Ozzy x 2
Slayer x 4
Motorhead x 4
TOOL x 4
Skinny Puppy x 4
KMFDM x 3
NIN
Front Line Assembly
Anvil
Front 242
A Perfect Circle
Ashes Divide
Marilyn Manson
Soundgarden
Down
Monster Magnet
Three Days Grace
Seether
Disturbed
Rob Zombie
Econoline Crush
Lacuna Coil
Chevelle
Black Light Burns
Reverend Horton Heat
Papa Roach
Theory of a Deadman x2
Finger Eleven
Our Lady Peace
Voi Vod
Dead Can Dance
2 Cents
Nashville Pussy
Exciter
Mercyful Faith
Anthrax
Celtic Frost
Arnoured Saint
Stabbing Westward
Pitchshifter
Corrosion of Conformity
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Local H
Silverchair
Tangerine Dream
Filter
Kyuss
Fireball Ministry
Venom
Overkill

and a pile of others I've forgotten (or won't admit to seeing...)

[alt146]

Saw Lark twice this weekend past, one live set on Saturday along with The Narrow and Boo!, another acoustic set on Sunday. Hadn't seen The Narrow in ages, or Boo! live before, they all rocked. The sets were way too short though, especially Lark's acoustic set. Considering the rumours that Lark probably wont tour again, I expected a bit more fanfare. Still, a cool weekend, will post some pics when I get them from my girlfriend.

[MTS]

Saw Dead Letter Circus on Friday. Uh-mazing! Although the singer didn't quite hit the high notes on occasion. Great crowd as well.

[Cougar]

There is no chance of me listing every gig I've ever been to since I'm 29 and I've been going to and playing gigs since I was 15, here are a couple of the best

1995 Greenday (touring Dookie and just excellent)

1999 Bloodhound Gang

2003 [I think] Iron Maiden

2007 Joanna Newsom

shit gigs

Metallica 1996, it would be truly difficult to tell you how awful watching any band, let alone a supposedly thrash metal band, sitting down is. I literally will not go to gigs unless I get to stand up as a result of this effort.

Latest gig, last week Japandroids at the Deaf Institute Manchester, fucking owned the place and like old pro's told us "hey Manchester, we were in Leeds last night and those guys fucking sucked, you guys are fucking awesome"- it's nice to see the youngsters studying the masters like Bruce Dickinson and Spinal Tap and using their tried and tested crowd wooing techniques

[MTS]

Yeah, Bruce is awesome at it. Did it when I saw them in Melbourne, telling us how shit Sydney was compared to us. Also asked why the hell Canberra is our capital (since it's a shithole), and other funny stuff that I can't quite remember.

This post has been edited by MTS: 09 March 2010 - 04:34 PM

[Gathras]

I won't list every band that I have seen over the years but I will also list the most important ones:

- Every Sabaton gig I have been to. I have seen them 13 times and I am still not bored

- Blind Guardian, always great to sing along

- Testament, simply the best Thrash Metal band out there

- Probably not many will know them: die Apokalyptischen Reiter, a German metal band whose gigs are always great fun

I could go on but these four bands or rather their concerts are the ones I enjoyed the most

[Tiste Simeon]

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter are sweet, I would like to see them live. Reitermaniacs is a quality tune that I can imagine would be great in a mosh pit!

[Happy Shaman]

Metallica x3
GWAR x3
Fear Factory x2
Iron Maiden x2
Blind Guardian
Megadeth
Motorhead
Danzig
Trivum (Opening for Danzig during their first album)
Corrosion of Conformity
Priestess
Strung Out
Death By Stereo
Godsmack
Jerry Cantrel
Dog Fashion Disco
3 Inches of Blood
Cradle of Filth
Dream Theater

There are a few more...I will hopefully be adding Slayer by the end of the year

This post has been edited by Happy Shaman: 11 March 2010 - 02:46 PM

[Gathras]

Tiste Simeon, on 11 March 2010 - 01:38 PM, said:

Die Apokalyptischen Reiter are sweet, I would like to see them live. Reitermaniacs is a quality tune that I can imagine would be great in a mosh pit!

Well it is great in the pit but you have to watch out for they normally send two persons in two lifeboats to crowdsurf to the FOH tower or the mixer

[Tapper]

Saw Bob Wayne (with the 357 string band in support) live yesterday. Pretty good fun, the man was sharp and the music went like a freight train at full steam.
After an hour or so, Wayne left the stage and the 357 did it all by themselves, providing even more tempo and some good quality stuff, but they lacked Waynes stage presence, sadly.

[Avatar]

Not so much: Smashing Pumpkins, Macy Gray, Heather Nova, a couple of Dutch bands.

Tonight: Fun Loving Criminals :-)

[Tapper]

Avatar, on 21 March 2010 - 04:48 PM, said:

Tonight: Fun Loving Criminals :-)

Hehe, tomorrow (Paradiso) for me

[Tiste Simeon]

How could I forget?? Rock Legends Budgie who I actually roadied for. Am going to be popping round to frontman Burke Shelley's for a cup of tea soon.

[Giles]

Last week i saw Skindred in preston. Was an absolutely tiny room but they were bloody amazing, still have a slight black eye now
They were supported by Forever Never and Idiom. Thought Idiom were ok but wasnt a massive fan of Forever Never.

Other concerts ive seen would be
Nightwish supported by Pain- Both were really good and ive got into Pain and Hypocrisy form that gig.

Other bands would be from Downlaod or Bloodstock
Slipknot
Korn
5FDP
Disturbed
Prodigy
Pendulum
Hatebreed
Cavalera Conspiracy
Devildriver
Slayer
Machinehead
Static X
Turisas
Sabaton
Europe ()
Journey ()

and a load of others

[Tiste Simeon]

Dude were Skindred absolutely mental? It was possibly one of the most violent concerts I have ever been to! Also, Turisas FTW!

[Giles]

Tiste Simeon, on 23 March 2010 - 12:02 AM, said:

Dude were Skindred absolutely mental? It was possibly one of the most violent concerts I have ever been to! Also, Turisas FTW!

It was bloody amazing. Was a really small venue though, just a tiny upstairs room in some club in preston. Did mean it was easy to get out of the pit for water breaks and still get back in easily though

[Tiste Simeon]

He knows how to entertain, good old Benji... I was in a small-medium sized club, but the entire place ended up being an epic pit, especially when he started yelling at the people not jumping around, and everyone joined in and forced them to get involved.

[Giles]

Yeah definitely want to keep an eye out for when their playing near me again.

[Tapper]

FUN LOVIN' CRIMINALS!!!

Damn, that was great again.
Played a lot of old songs from 100% Columbian that they'd never done live before.
Also: This never fails to deliver.

This post has been edited by Tapper: 24 March 2010 - 01:14 PM