that 20 concerts thing

[the_siobhan]

Somebody on my flist said they couldn't think of 20 live acts that they had seen and my brain fell out of my nose.

I started compiling a list a couple of months ago of live acts I've seen and posting them to my website. I'm currently at 150+ and I am nowhere near done.

In fact, I just thought of another one...

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Not counting local bands - got me on a good day

[redcountess]

Australian Crawl, Simple Minds w. Sunnyboys supporting, John Cooper Clarke, Dead Kennedys, Def Leppard, Uriah Heep (twice over two tours), Sweet, Deep Purple, Motorhead (three times over three tours), Eric Clapton, Iron Maiden (twice over two tours), David Lee Roth with Steve Vai, Queen, Killing Joke, Jackson Brown (with then b/f and his mother), D.R.I, The Stupids with the Hard Ons, Pink Floyd, Ac/Dc (twice over two tours), Guns'N'Roses, Rollins Band (three times over three tours), Metallica (three times over three tours), Suzi Quatro, Bon Jovi, Soundgarden with Hoss, Alice In Chains, Hole, Ministry, Cult (all at Big Day Out 95) Primus (festival and club gig, two separate tours), NiN, Faith No More, Bodycount, L7, Violent Femmes, Lou Reed (Alternative Nation, also Primus as previously mentioned), Machine Head (twice over two tours), Kiss (once with no makeup and Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer, twice with makeup and Ace Frehley and Peter Criss two times on same tour), Pearl Jam, Babes in Toyland, Morbid Angel, Infectious Groove, Suicidal Tendencies, Slayer w. Sepultura and Biohazard, Bolt Thrower, Powder Monkeys (at least three times), Henry Rollins spoken word (twice over two tours), Cathedral, Pantera, Fear Factory (once at BDO and on an earlier tour), Korn (with stupid ex b/f), Creatures, The Cure, The Scientists, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - I'm sure there's bands I've missed in there too!

Re: Not counting local bands - got me on a good day

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Dead Kennedys

!

That's one band I have always regretted missing out on.

[strang-er.livejournal.com]

I want to one day make a list specifically of the little local bands i've seen over the years, as best i can remember it. (Just the ones that impressed me, at least).

I used to have a checklist of the 'big' names from my CD collection i'd managed to catch, but i'd much rather be able to look back and think "oh yeah, i remember Rosicrucia/Junkatique/Dr James and the Zero Patients". That means a lot more to me than having once seen Iggy Pop on a festival stage 100 metres away.

(I should start writing those gig reviews again, just to look back on).

[redcountess]

A lot of the local bands I saw were pretty excreble (sp?), but I did leave my own hens night (first marriage) to see a friends' band ;-)

[strang-er.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, should have qualified that to be bands that i particularly liked and wanted to see again, not bands i endured waiting for something else.