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Posted: Nov 05 2005 10:52 pm

What is the best concert you have seen, and if you haven't seen any, I guess concert
DVD would work, just let it be known it was a DVD.

For me it would definately be Blackest of the Black 2003 and 2005. Here are the line ups for both.

2005:
Danzig
Misfits Set
Chimaria(blew)
Behemoth
Himsa(blew)
Mortiis
The Agony Scene(tolerable)

Besides three bands not really being worth it, the other bands ruled. It was definately the best concert experience I have had.

2003:
Danzig
Superjoint Ritual(blew)
Opeth
Nile
Lacuna Coil
Behemoth

A great line up, my only problem was the short set list for Behemoth and Nile, and the fact that Phil from Superjoint basically ruined the night with his intolerable ranting about stupid pointless shit. God, the crowd had to chant to just get him to fuckin' play and stop talking.

Posted: Nov 06 2005 12:24 am

Let's see:

Brave New World Tour (2000):
Iron Maiden
Queensryche
Rob Halford

Chinese Democracy (2002):
The opening acts sucked, GN'R went on 45 minutes late and Slash hasn't been in the band in years, but Axl was on top of his game that night and at least I can say I saw him before he locked himself up in his Latigo Canyon mansion forever.

Motley Crue (2005):
This was the second time I saw them, the first time was in 2000 when Megadeth opened for them. They didn't have ANY opening act this time, but they DID have Tommy Lee. Just a great show overall.

Give Me Ed Til I'm Dead (2003):
Iron Maiden
Dio
Motorhead

Three of the greatest metal groups ever? Togther? FUCK YEAH!

Just Push Play (2001):
Aerosmith
Fuel

This was hardly my favorite Aerosmith album, but it was a step up from Nine Lives and the Armageddon soundtrack. It was however, my first Aerosmith concert and their setlist was damn good. It was certainly a lot better than their setlist when I saw them w/ KISS a few years later.

KISS w/ Poison (2004):

It was KISS and Poison on one ticket. It was awesome.

Posted: Nov 06 2005 01:13 am

I am hoping I can see Motorhead sometime, but every time I hear about them coming through I end up missing them.

Seems like you like a lot of NWOBHM and Power/Speed Metal type stuff. Have you ever heard of Blind Guardian?

Posted: Nov 06 2005 01:17 am

I haven't listened to a lot of their stuff, but the stuff I have is pretty good. I've heard the entire Nightfall in Middle Earth album and then "Ashes To Ashes".

Posted: Nov 06 2005 02:31 am

Nightfall is definately a good album. I don't listen to a lot of power metal so I can't suggest a lot, but these are some bands from the genre I listen to you have probably heard most of them though, if not it may be something to look into.

Iced Earth
Sonata Arctica
Accept
Savatage
Manticora
Hammerfall

Posted: Nov 06 2005 06:12 am

I've only been to one big concert. It was Yes and Dream Theater at the New York State fair in 2004. I still the ticket and I need to frame it when I get the chance. Due to my love of progressive music, this first and only concert of mine has set the precedental bar pretty high for any major concert I go to in the future.

Unfortunately, Dream Theater didn't play Dance of Eternity, my favorite DT song, but they did do a partial cover of Yes' Machine Messiah before they came out. Yes was good, but a few songs I wished were played instead of some others, like Anderson's Save the Whales song. I mean, sure, whales and peace are cool and all, but that's no reason to not play Long Distance Runaround. All in all, it was a great concert and one of my fondest experiences.

Joined: Aug 22 2005 Posts: 328

Kutulu wrote:

I guess concert
DVD would work, just let it be known it was a DVD.

The way you automatically say 'DVD' makes me feel old. Maybe it's because I have Iron Maiden's Live After Death concert from 1985 on (video)tape. Which is a mindblowingly awesome concert, by the way.

Other than that, the only arena-size concert I've been to was Aerosmith on their Get a Grip tour in 1991 or 92 (?). Which was also awesome.

Posted: Nov 07 2005 01:04 am

Tuckster wrote:

Other than that, the only arena-size concert I've been to was Aerosmith on their Get a Grip tour in 1991 or 92 (?). Which was also awesome.

Get A Grip didn't come out til '93, so it was probably 1993 or 1994. Who opened for them? I think I remember hearing Megadeth opened for them on part of the tour.

Posted: Nov 07 2005 01:19 am

"Weird Al" in Peoria.

Posted: Nov 07 2005 02:58 am

I saw a show that featured The Tea Party, Nelly Furtado, The Moffats and Tom Cochrane. I screamed at Nelly that I wanted to have her baby.

Other than that, I've seen Fozzy live, which was pretty cool.

My girlfriend got to see the Peppers live. Though, she only really went because she knew how much I love Flea.

Joined: Aug 22 2005 Posts: 328

Syd Lexia wrote:

Tuckster wrote:

Other than that, the only arena-size concert I've been to was Aerosmith on their Get a Grip tour in 1991 or 92 (?). Which was also awesome.

Get A Grip didn't come out til '93, so it was probably 1993 or 1994. Who opened for them? I think I remember hearing Megadeth opened for them on part of the tour.

Ok... faulty memory... Embarrassed

Anyway, I was in 7th grade and it was my first concert ever and it was all the way in the city and I was with my older brother and his friend... the point is that I was so overwhelmed that I don't remember much about it. As far as I recall we didn't even get to see the opening act... but at least now I know it must've been '93, because it was a week or so before Christmas, and I got the Get a Grip tape for that Christmas (so I didn't even have the tape when I saw the concert).

Sorry I made you read that many words and didn't even answer your question. Razz

Joined: Aug 25 2005 Posts: 287

Hmm... let's see.

My first NIN concert on May 2nd, 2000 at the Worcester Centrum is up there. Opener was A Perfect Circle.

Two other NIN shows bear mentioning. May 12th at the Orpheum, with the Dresden Dolls opening. Tiny venue (for NIN) and I had second row seats. I might as well have been on stage. Also, this past Thursday I took a five hour bus ride to NYC to see NIN play Madison Square Garden with Death From Above 1979 and Queens of the Stone Age. As soon as the show ended, I was on a 12:30 AM bus ride back to Boston, which was followed by 90 minutes of aimlessly wandering from South Station to North Station because the trains and subway weren't running yet. Good times. Seeing the same show tomorrow at the Garden.

Otherwise, hmm... Andrew W.K. at the Iron Horse in Northampton. They were on fire that night and I ended up on stage, with AWK on my back while he sang "I Get Wet".

Slipknot, Chimaira, and Fear Factory in Cleveland in April of '04 was a notable show, too. The barricade busted open during Chimaira's set (they were the hometown band) and the show was stopped until they could repair it. Then Slipknot came out and just wrecked the place.

Otherwise, the Maiden/Queensryche/Halford show that Syd mentioned was great, as were Megadeth and Dream Theater's sets at Gigantour at the Bank of America Pavillion earlier this year. Lastly, though I've seen Rammstein a few times now, their headlining gig at the Palladium in Worcester (June 5 of 2000, I believe) was insane. Just the sheer amount of pyro... Yeah, in the post-RI nightclub world that show could NOT happen anywhere in New England anymore.

Posted: Oct 29 2006 05:25 am

I've only seen a handful of concerts, and they were all amzing for different reasons:
Van Halen(Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver-Oct 23,2004)
-My first concert, it was amazing to think that I was in viewing distance of Eddie Van Halen, my god. Plus i saw it with my dad, which had important meaning
Pearl Jam(GM Place, Vancouver-Sept. 2,2005)
-My mom bought a pair of tix for her and my dad(it's her fave band) but then won two more, plus their discography and dinner at the Beatty Street Grill, it was nice to spend that kind of time with my family, and the band was tight, they did 3 encores
Judas Priest/Anthrax(Pacific Colieum,Vancouver-Oct. 23, 2005)
-It was Anthrax and Judas Priest! Thrax played only my favorite songs(the Belladonna period) and Priest were so freakin amazing
Alice Cooper(Prospera Centre,Chilliwack-Oct. 28,2005)
-That was a rockin week...Coop was just amazing, and the show as an actual theatrical show was brilliant

Posted: Oct 29 2006 07:11 am

ross_rifle113 wrote:

Judas Priest/Anthrax(Pacific Colieum,Vancouver-Oct. 23, 2005)
-It was Anthrax and Judas Priest! Thrax played only my favorite songs(the Belladonna period) and Priest were so freakin amazing

Cool, I had wanted to go to that tour, but I missed out. I was supposed to see Anthrax in 2000 on the Maximum Rock tour with Crue and Megadeth, but they got cut due to mediocre ticket sales. And I need to see Priest. I've seen Halford live, and he did all Priest stuff, but he was opening so he only got to do a 30 minute set.

Posted: Oct 29 2006 07:24 am

September 10th 1996.

Our Local Fair.

(For the price of a realtivly cheap-ass ticket,) The "Weird AL" Yankovic "Bad Hair Tour." Best Concert I have ever been too. (I haven't been to many concerts of any kind I am afraid.)

About two-thirds into the show (during the Laundry Day Medley,) about HALF of the audience left, and about 100% of all the front row seats were gone. What is even more baffling, is it was a FREE FUCKING CONCERT. Being the little opportunist I am, I "snuck" into the front row and waved to AL During "Yoda" and he looked me right in the eye, smiled, said nothing, (becuase he was still in the middle of singing,) briefly took his hands off the treble keys, (a quiet part of the song?) and waved back.

Probably the best day of my life.

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kottonmouth kings at the roxy in hollywood
roger waters dark side of the moon tour at the hollywood bowl
jimmy eat world at the glass house in pomona in 2000 before that whole "emo style" got big and lame
get up kids at the house of blues in hollywood in 2000
dizzee rascal...but i cant remember where it was Embarrassed

Posted: Nov 02 2006 01:07 am

Korn & Distrubed was a good concert. That was back in 03 or 04, I think. Shortly after "Believe" came out. Korn was amazing, and Disturbed was pretty good too.

I have been to 3 Weird Al concerts, and they by far are the most entertaining concerts, were you have the most fun.

Mostly, I enjoy going to smaller concert and club venues. Just seems more personal and less commercial.

Gary Hoey was one performer I saw at a small venue, and he is absolutely amazing to watch play guitar.

And, my own band's concerts back in High School were the best!

"Mrs. Premis" was the greatest f'n rock band all of time!!!!

Now, I wonder if anyone can guess where the band's name came from?

Posted: Nov 19 2006 10:55 pm

Woo , first post

I'd say my best concert I ever went to was Gigantour 06
Arch Enemy
Opeth
Lamb of God
Megadeth
Awesome stuff

my second favorite is when i saw Motorhead earlier in March

Posted: Nov 19 2006 11:30 pm

Deadwing wrote:

Woo , first post

Fuck Off Top Ten
9.Snake's Revenge-Your not canon you bastard
2.Heroine-Theres nothing that makes injection fun

WELCOME!

And not to scare you off or anything, but I think you mean "You're not canon, you bastard" with Snake's Revenge. And that's the wrong "Heroin", unless you're making a roundabout "Office" reference or similar joke. Cool

Posted: Nov 19 2006 11:57 pm

actaually , I make references to inside jokes between my friends ...and yes , I may have spelled heroin wrong...but don't get me wrong , I think it looks better....I mean yes , that was a refernce to the "Office"....I apologize

Posted: Nov 20 2006 12:56 am

Deadwing wrote:

actaually , I make references to inside jokes between my friends ...and yes , I may have spelled heroin wrong...but don't get me wrong , I think it looks better....I mean yes , that was a refernce to the "Office"....I apologize

That's cool, just making sure. I only draw attention because grammatical mistakes in signatures are slightly more bothersome as they get repeated.

EDIT: Wow, that was a perfectly constructed sentence... Sad

Posted: Nov 20 2006 08:32 am

Valdronius wrote:

I saw a show that featured The Tea Party, Nelly Furtado, The Moffats and Tom Cochrane. I screamed at Nelly that I wanted to have her baby.

Other than that, I've seen Fozzy live, which was pretty cool.

My girlfriend got to see the Peppers live. Though, she only really went because she knew how much I love Flea.

That last part is untrue ---- RHCPs rock! That's the really reason she went Wink

Not that I would know for sure... Wink

Concerts I have attended:

* Anne Murray (several times since 1983 because my uncle is the lead guitarist)
* Fred Penner (early 90s - it rocked from what I can remember)
* McMaster & James (2000/2001 - Soul Decision was suppose to be there... what a disappointement)
* Econoline Crush (2001 - they invited me and my friend back to their hotels - the music sucked)
* Treble Charger (2002? - I was drunk, the music was ok - no complaints)
* Bif Naked (2003? - All I can say is HORRIBLE!!!)
* Fozzy (2003/02/22 - Montreal - Chris Jericho is God - also went to WWE No Way Out the following night - 2nd best trip to Montreal ever!)
* RHCP (summer 2003 - Montreal - Best trip to Montreal!!! I spent $40 for the ticket from a scalper, ending up in the 4th row from stage left - I could practically touch John Frusciante!!! And another $40 to get my boyfriend a t-shirt... that was the last of my money until payday which was 3 days later!!!)