What Concerts Have You Seen?
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What Concerts Have You Seen?
My first concert was Brian Adams when he was no one, at the end of the concert he threw a t-shirt into the crowd and it landed on my head, when it hit the floor the jerk next to me stole it.
I also saw Red Rider, they were a big bore, but I do like them just not in concert.
April Wine - in a park, I think I was still in grades school, so that would have been before Brian Adams.
Next concert, Trooper! Wow that was so long ago.
When I moved to Vancouver I had an opportunity to see more concerts:
Def Leopard and Urhrea Heap (sp?) a very old band. They were both awesome.
Yes - was actually a good concert.
In Montreal I saw, Billy Idol, Guns N' Roses, there was a riot in the stadium because they were 3 hours late, Metallica finished early as the lead singer was injured from some pyro stuff then GNR came on and only played 3 songs and left the stage. The place went wild and when they started to light things on fire we decided it was time to leave.
Also saw, Chris Deburg, his stage and light was incredible and Poveriaty (sp?), he shusshed the audience when they were applauding because he wanted to say something, he was wonderful though.
Meatloaf, was ok but they don't really have a long list of songs, just long songs. LOL
Melissa Ethridge twice, she is awesome in concert.
The Cranberries, I love them, sang along with every song. Zombie was my favourite.
In Toronto I saw: Blue Rodeo a few times, Tragically Hip, Sheryl Crow, Super Tramp and Shania Twain.
At the Hip concert I decided to go into the maush (sp?) pit as I was 30 at the time and thought, it would be my first and last time. I was right, I screamed so loud I'm sure the band could hear me on stage.
So okay your turn, date youself, what concerts have you seen?
I love April Wine! Wow, what a blast from my past. LOL!
Bands I've seen in concert (in no particular order):
Nazareth
Blackfoot
AC/DC
BOC
Sammy Hagar
Molly Hatchet
Rush
Aerosmith (3x)
Kiss
Cheap Trick
Run DMC
Kid Rock
I must be forgetting a few. Definitely dating myself. LOL!
Randy Travis(when he opened for Barbara Mandrell)
Barbara Madrell
Alabama
Oak Ridge Boys
Hank Williams Jr. - Kid Rock
Alan Jackson
Faith Hill
Tim McGraw
Toby Keith - Kid Rock
Ted Nuggent
Kid Rock - Sheryl Crow
Can you tell I love Country music. I know there are more but not sure who I cannot remember.
The only ones most of you have probably heard of are James Taylor and the Gogos--LOL. I also took the kids to see Aaron Carter. I'm not a big concert fan--too loud and too crowded. When we went to Aaron Carter I wore earplugs and made my kids wear them too. When we went to the bathroom I had other moms begging for them.
I go to obscure bands 
George Straight
Garth Brooks (before he was big)
Restless Heart
Canyon (radio romance)
Pat Benetar
The Judy's (my favorite)
Natalie Grant
Newsong
Down Under
Addison Rose
You all have seen a lot more than I have!
I'm DYING to see Aerosmith, the greatest band of all time, and they just came near here but 2 tix was $150 and just not in my budget at the moment. 
DON'T LAUGH, but I saw the New Kids on the Block about 4 times (I was in jr. high and it was like Beatles mania for us!).
I also saw a few Christian bands... White Heart, Carmen, Michael W. Smith. (Carmen was outstanding btw).
Richard Marx, •••• Yankees, Henry Lee Summer, Bobbie Brown, New Edition (okay THAT was a long time ago), Rob Base , I think there are a few more, but I can't remember. I went to more concerts in high school than I ever did as an adult.
Trina...I'm JEALOUS. Aerosmith and Kid Rock??? I would love to see both of them!
Heaven- Also jealous...love Def Leppard and Melissa Etheridge.
Well, some of you know, so I'll add...
Nichole Nordeman
Amy Grant
Michael W. Smith
Steven Curtis Chapman
Steve Taylor/Sheila Walsh
David Meece
Jeremy Camp
10 Shekel Shirt
David Crowder Band (x2)
Shane and Shane
Watermark
Bebo Norman
Deanna, you liked Carmen? He gets on my last nerve--LOL.
One of our good friends drives band tour busses for a living. He got DH into the "inner circle" and backstage at U2 in Houston last year. Right now he's with Sheryl Crow and John Mayer. How cool is that? He has neat stories and lots of autographed pics around the house.
Bush and Veruca Salt was my first concert. I've seen a full-day, multi-stage festival called the FEZtival, put on by a radio station in Philly. Some of the bands that played were Everclear, Green Day, Fuel, and Mighty, Mighty Bosstones. Ludacris, Chingy, DTP, and David Banner (who is GIGANTIC, he has "Mississippi" spelled out straight across his back, possibly one of the biggest guys I've ever seen.) in Austin, Kevin Fowler at Fort Hood, and Dave Matthews Band in NJ('97), Philly('00), and Dallas('06). (I've been a DMB fan for 10 years now, and recently got their firedancer logo tattooed on my hip.) Interesting post!!
Oh Wow, lets see if I can remeber them all. Here are some that I remember.
Hall and Oats
Black Sabbath
Night Ranger
Def Leopard
Rush
Cheap Trick
Hal Ketchum
Alabama
Mavericks
I know there are more. I just can't remember them all.
I said Yes in my orginal post but it was actually Rush.
Pam, I have never heard of any of those people except Amy Grant. LOL!
Pam I have seen watermark too...i couldn't recall their name though!
Newsong had one of the best concerts I have been to.
Is sheila walsh one of the ladies from the women of faith conference?
Not many here-
Alice Cooper
Ozzy Osboure
Heart
April Wine
Stones
Pink Floyd (The Best Concert Ever)
Hillary Duff (With DD)
Neil Diamond
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton
Bette Midler
Blue Rodeo a couple of times
For a few summers I went to "Summer Country" at Molson's Park. It was a huge, outdoor concert that lasted all day/evening. Tons of big country stars flew/drove in to make appearances, so there was someone playing at all times. Amazing!
I haven't been to any concerts in more than 15 years, I'm sure!
LOL i forgot about Kenny rogers and
blue man group (how could i..LOL)
Not many here either but the bands I have seen...
Pearl Jam (my first and favorite)
Melissa Etheridge
Butterfly Boucher
Smashmouth
Live
Bush
Sister Hazel
Stone Temple Pilots
Rob Thomas
Jason Mraz
Oh Tink! Pearl Jam and Live. How was Live?
Ummm...how can I put this? Completely and totally excellent!!! That was the first time I spent a weekend away with friends with no chaperones and the entire experience was amazing. They put on a great show.
Deanna, Aerosmith is GREAT in concert - I've seen them several times.
Third Eye Blind
U-2
Moody Blues a bunch of times - ALWAYS great
Fleetwood Mac a bunch of times - ALWAYS great
Stone Temple Pilots
Cyndi Lauper
Black Sabbath
Cheap Trick
Allman Brothers
Pink Floyd
Foghat
ZZ Top
Dave Mason
Wishbone Ash
Metallica
Little River Band a bunch of times
Rolling Stones several times (and they s**ked each time!)
Heart
Jefferson Starship
Johnny Winter
Edgar Winter
Lynerd Skynerd
Gary Wright
Alice Cooper
Joan Osborne
Cher
Eric Clapton
Michael Bolton
Mott The Hoople
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (AWESOME show!!!!)
I know there are others - I used to go to concerts at The Warehouse almost every weekend in high school, and I've seen a bunch of people at Jazz Fest that I just can't remember right offhand...
If I had *my* way, I'd go to concerts every weekend now too. LOL
Here are the ones I have been to, but not in any particular order.
-REO Speedwagon (my first concert)
-Richard Marx (before he was big)
-Janet Jackson (the very first concert of the Rhythm Nation Tour)
-White Snake
-Bad English
-Moody Blues (yes, Karen, they are great in concert!)
-Jackson Browne
-America
-Paul Revere and the Raiders (talk about a blast from the past! LOL)
-38 Special
-Peter Frampton
-Lynard Skynard
-Marty Stuart
-George Straight
-Travis Tritt
-Terri Clark
-Harry Connick JR (awesome!!!)
-David Allen Coe
-Confederate Railroad
Can you tell I like a little bit of everything when it comes to music?
Deanna, My first concert was New Kids On the Block ! I saw them twice, and yes it was totally like Beatle Mania for us LOL!
I also saw:
Van Halen 2 times
Brian Adams
Natalie Cole (with my mom)
Bare Naked Ladies
John Michael Montgomery
Sawyer Brown
Alanis Morrisette
I think there are a few more, but i can't remember them right now.
LOL Bellajoe!! We had front row seats for our first NKOTB concert. Waited for 6 hours in a blizzard for those tickets and it paid off.
I forgot to add the Wiggles to my list.
Pam- I liked Carmen a lot, but that was when I was 16. I probably haven't heard anything from Carmen since then!
Its been awhile since we have gone. I miss going.
We took dd and my Niece last year to see Def Leppard and Bryan adams
I have also seen
•••• Yankees with Jackyl
Skid Row with Pantera
Cheap trick and jet boy
Stryper
Poison, bon Jovi
Metallica with ? cant remember
faster ••••• cat
Guns n rose
extreme
Bohnam
Nelson
Cinderella
Gosh I have been to more but I need to pull out my scrap book and look at my tickets.
none = (
we almost got to see garth brooks when he was doing the concert in nyc though lol = )
ABBA, Styx, and Little River Band, all when I was in college.
I've lost track of how many times I've seen Jump5 with my daughter. There have been a few other teen groups, but it's hard to remember their names.
Pam - I LOVE Carmen. I have two CD's and I play them in the car and sing all the time!!!
A lot of the groups that you all mentioned were favourites of my older kids who were in high school in the eighties and early nineties.
We had a terrible tragedy happen here in Rhode Island in 2003. A group called "Great White" was performing at this tiny, over-crowded club in West Warwick. They lit pyrotechnics that ignited foam soundproofing that was made out of the wrong material (not fireproof). One hundred people died within minutes and scores of others were severely burned.
I had never heard of this group until this happened, tho DD says that she remembers them. I guess they were an eighties group?
Has anyone else ever heard of them? Were they good? Their tour manager got four years in prison for lighting the pyrotechnics. The club owners just copped a plea deal to keep from having a trial. The whole thing was very tragic.
Stacy, I saw a few on your list that I have seen too....:-)
Hol, yes *I* thought Great White was good - they were an 80's band....
The Monkees
Chicago
REO Speedwagon
Doobie Brothers
Chuck Mangione
Willie Nelson
Jerry Jeff Walker
Cooter Graw
James Lee Stanley
Three Dog Night
The Temptations
Fifth Dimension
Frank Sinatra, Jr.
Eclectic, eh? LOL
Oh, yeah, and I forgot
Air Supply
Hol, i had never heard of Great White before. But i did hear about that tragedy at the night club. That was horrible!
Deanna, so....who was your favorite? Mine was Joey! LOL
My brothers and sisters told me that one day i would be so embarassed that i listened to NKOTB. At the time i refused to believe that. Now i know they were right ! LOL
What a fun post!!!!
AC/DC
Aerosmith (more times that I could count... I'm a Boston girl!!! )
America
Anthrax
B.B. King
Barry Manilow
Bay City Rollers (my first concert!!!!)
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Bon Jovi
Brian Setzer
Buddy Guy
Cinderella
Diana Ross
Eagles
Elton John
Extreme
Faith No More
Foreigner
Guess Who
Guns n' Roses
James Taylor
John Mellancamp
Journey
Kansas
Kiss
Koko Taylor
L.A. Guns
Metallica
Motley Crue
Neil Diamond
Pearl Jam
Queen
Rascals
Ratt
Ray Charles
REO Speedwagon
Rod Stewart
Roger Waters
Rolling Stones
Sheryl Crow
Skid Row
Slash's Bluesball
Snakepit
Soundgarden
Sting
Tavares
Van Halen
ahhhhhh... I think that's it!
Well it is hard to say.. i went to a lot of the lallapaloozas so I say a bunch of people there don't remember them all..
Nirvana 4 months before Cobain died
Alice in Chains
Willie Nelson
Eagles
Blind Melon
Sublime
George Strait
Depeche Mode (that was a long long time ago)
The Cure
There are many many more I just can't seem to think of them right now because they were all at music festivals and places like that.
I can't even remember all of the concerts I've been to. In college and pre-marriage I used to go to all kinds of them.
Absolute worst was Peter Frampton about a year after he'd had that wreck. He played an hour and 15 min and seemed annoyed or bored that he had to be there. No encore and hardly even talked to the audience.
Absolute best was Alabama. They played to people in the front row as well as to those in the rafters. It was great.
Huey Lewis ranked very high. Bruce Springsteen 20 years ago was really good, too. And Phil Collins at the Omni in Atlanta was pretty high on the list, too. I was in the potty when Susudio (sp?) started. Every woman in line vacated the bathroom including me. LOL
Perry Como--took my mother as her birthday present
Randy Travis--husband's mother gave him tix for some reason....we don't like him
Barry Manilow--YES, on PURPOSE, I LOVE Barry!!
John Denver--several times, absolute fave singer/music of all time
BB King--hate jazz, dragged to it by hubby
Grateful Dead--wanted a second date with hubby so agreed when he asked....first and only time tho!
Not a concert person....
Debbie---I LOVED Huey Lewis (okay, still do really) and Phil Collins is one of my favs. There are very few concerts now that I would actually pay to go see but Phil Collins is certainly one of them.
hmmmmm...hard to remember them now, but here goes...
Smashing Pumpkins
Counting Crows
Green Day
Metallica
Guns N Roses
Faith No More
Blind Melon
Cheap Trick and Robert Plant
Dave Matthews...CRYSTAL:- when I was in college- before they hit it "big" my college roommate dated Stefan the bass player -so him and Dave slept in my dorm room all the time!
Tori Amos
SO many punk bands I cannot even rmemeber all the names
Arlo Guthrie
Murphys Law
L7
James Taylor
Soundgarden
Pearl Jam
Janes Addiction
3 Lollapaloozas...
GWAR
Lenny Kravitz
U2
Public Enemy
I am sure that I am forgettting some but it has been a few years since I have actually been to a concert! LOL
Wendy, I saw Peter Frampton in the 70's and it was a good show. :-)
Karen, have you seen Peter Frampton lately? I thought he was so HOT when I was in higschool, with that beautiful hair of his. I've seen him on tv lately, and can't believe it's him!! That hair sure did make a difference.
He had the car wreck in 1978, I think. I saw him in concert fall 81 or spring 82. He just stunk. But from what I read over the years, he lost his spirit after that wreck. I really did not enjoy the concert and was annoyed at the time. But I felt bad for him, too.
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