I will go first (omitting jazz and classical music):

(in no particular order)
Pink floyd (got high off the fumes)
Iron maiden
Metallica
Megadave
Slayer
Avenged sevenfold
disturbed
Anvil
Motley Crue
Pearl Jam (recently in NYC)
Bon Jovi (great singing voice, the audience is scary)
Ozzy.. awsome show.

And yes, I turned down a chance to see spice girls:P

Local Acts as well? Cuz that'll be a long list :-P

Honey Dogs
Gypsy Kings
Cubismo
Metallica
Kid Rock
Violent Femmes
Danzig
U2
Rammstein
Sevendust
Pearl Jam
Dave Matthews
Phish
Particle
Bare Naked Ladies
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Ozzy
Rolling Stones
Spin Doctors (AWESOME!!!!!)
Lynard Skynard (Revival, only 1 Van Zant)
Elton John
Weezer
Dave Matthews
Sum 41
Clutch
Bobby McFerrin (INSANE!)
Grand Master Flash and the Fabulous 5
George Clinton (WITH Bootsy Collins!)
Coldplay
Megadeth (when I was like 5)
Neverna Beba
Perper
Kansas
Hootie and The Blowfish
Big Head Todd and The Monsters (was actually kinda disappointed in this one)
Blues Traveler
Gibonni



I think there's more...but I probably smoked those all away.

tragically hip
arlo guthrie (awesome show)
gordon lightfoot (even more awesome show)
pearl jam
and of course, my favourite, a free outside broken sociel scene concert. i'm sure i enjoyed that as much as nowy and his five years old at megadeath

weezer is for high school homos, i never knew that was you! :P

ozzy
judas priest
lacuna coil x 2
slipknot
slayer
marilyn manson
black label society
lamb of god -> local boys :)
hatebreed
dimmu borgir
korn
saliva
superjoint ritual
breaking benjamin
atreyu
social burn
otep
devildriver
magnafi
three days grace
shinedown
throwdown
bleeding through
everytime i die
darkest hour
unearth
god forbid
linkin park
kid rock
12 stones
blindside
closure
hazen street
p.o.d.
double drive
alien ant farm
bowling for soup
dave matthews
andrew w.k.
carbon leaf
floggin molly
the bloodhood gang
snoop dogg
nappy roots
taylor swift -> in her first big year
zac brown band

half of those are the undercards for the main bands... there are probably some ive missed, and i know there are some more rap and country ones, but i cant remember right now...

seen a bunch of local/unknown bands play... was at a party last night at a firehouse with a country band named little rock... they were alright, but the free booze was awesome :P

Metallica
Megadeth
Slayer
Anthrax
Slipknot
Sevendust
Mudvayne
Saint Diablo
Rancid
The Ramones
Soundgarden
Tree
Motley Crue
Wu Tang Clan
Screaming Trees
Billy Joel
Kingston Trio
several orchestra/philharmonic shows, Boston, NYC, etc.

That's all I remember atm...

Metallica which included Limp Bizkit and some other crappy bands
Red Hot Chili Peppers

then I went to last year's Bonnaroo which had a lot of acts like
Jay Z
Weezer
Flaming Lips
Dave Matthews (hate them)
Jamey Johnson
Zac Brown Band
Stevie Wonder
lots of others I'm forgetting.

*sets fire to martian for the jazz/classical ommission* :(

(Omitting rock and roll and classical music concerts)
Joe Zawinul
Chick Corea
Duke Ellington Orchestra

Metallica x 3
Iron Maiden x2
Van Halen (Hagar) x3
Slayer
Pantera
Skid Row
Journey
Public Enemy
Boston
Neil Diamond
Mariah Carey (left 1/2 way through)
Motorhead (loudest show -- Lemmy kept telling the sound folks to turn it up)
Dio
Def Leppard
...there's probably more

...forgot to mention, caught Eddie Van Halen's guitar pick at the second concert

Lynyrd Skynyrd (local bar; the very next year, they released "Red, White, and Blue" and went to Darian Lake instead)
Staind (local hockey arena; line out the door, but plenty of seats left unfilled)

Rockapella
Presidents of the USA
Harvey Danger
Matt Nathanson
Goo Goo Dolls

Nice NOW3p you saw Phish? jealous..

At the Gates
Darkest Hour
Municipal Waste
Toxic Holocaust
Arch Enemy
Dark Tranquillity
Firewind
Kalmah
Talamyus
Gwynbleidd
Strings of Ares
Lamb of God x2
Behemoth
3 Inches of Blood
Gwar
Amon Amarth
Shadows Fall
Goatwhore
JFAC (meh)
Slayer
Children of Bodom
Mastodon
Thine Eyes Bleed
Structures
Assassinate the Following

Going to see Biffy Clyro and Moving Mountains in a month:)

other then local bar bands i have never seen a live show.

incubus
pearljam
live
seven mary three
marilyn manson
ozzy osbourne
slayer
green day
311
red hot chili peppers
slipknot
coheed and cambria
deftones
rage against the machine
silver chair
goo goo dolls
armor for sleep
coldplay
stone temple pilots
finch
sky church
seven dust
counting crows
dashboard confessional
saosin
dishwalla
story of the year
taking back sunday
the all american rejects
nelly
mishka
jack johnson


taylor swift :D

never been to a live concert. :p

so what did you list then?

Havoc - New Year's Eve 2001-->2002 in Miami FL. 4 shows, 28th -31st. George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic showed up on the 30th, and the 31st was one of the most mind-blowing musical spectacles I've ever seen in my life! Shows on the 28th and 29th were pretty awesome too! I also saw them at Harmony Park in MN, and at Alpine Valley in WI....although those shows are a bit more of a....blur.

Detmer - How were Presidents???? I always wanted to see them!

gambit - Was AAF as awesome as I assume it would be?

Presidents were awesome. I saw them shortly after Love Everybody was released. It was Dawg Daze at the University of Washington and they were playing in front of the student union before Fall quarter started. Harvey Danger was playing with them. Due to the festival nature of the performance (open air stage, etc) I can't attest to what their other concerts are like, but they were very excited to be playing and very positive. (I contrast this to Harvey Danger who was cool, but aside from Cream and Bastards Rise and Flagpole Sitta (which they didn't want to play but was demanded by the crowd) they just weren't that cool. They were very cool though and started mixing Flag Pole Sitta with some President's stuff which was very hilarious.))

But yes, Presidents were great live. Fun between songs. Very easy to hear (unlike, say, Nirvana, where Kurt Cobain is unintelligible outside of the studio). I know I have seen a few other real bands in this sort of environment, but Presidents is the only group that stood out to me such that I can really remember them). (I have never been a big concert goer).... ah yes... for example Third Eye Blind played at FreakFest in Madison but that was unmemorable for me.

OMG! Harvey Danger! I forgot all about them! Saw them at a festival like 8 or 10 yrs ago. Not quite amazing, but I was hammered enough that it was a pretty fun show :-)

That's awesome that you saw Presidents - They've been on my list since HS.


Forgot a few more I gotta add:

Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Reel Big Fish
Tracy Bonham
Bloodhound Gang
Crash Test Dummies (not by choice)
Leah Andreone
Darko Nikvevic and Srdjan Bulatovic
AC/DC (Angus flew over my head!)
Charlotte Church
RHCP @ First Ave. in Mpls. - was so close I coulda pulled Flea's sock off.



braden - only music I say no to is balkan pop. Other than that, it's all good.

I LOVE nerd rock though! AAF, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., N.E.R.D, Bloodhound Gang, They Might Be Giants, w/e. Besides, Weezer is from when I WAS in HS - so I figure I'm good there.

hmmz.

Avalon
apologetix
five iron frenzy
jeff moor and the distance
casting crowns
selah
steven curtis chapman
michael w smith
went to one in tulsa, ok that had loads of christian bands at. can't remember what it was called tho.

/me awaits the flames

Rock:
The Start
Further Seems Forever
Third Eye Blind
Linkin Park
Saves the Day
Coheed and Cambria
Goldfinger
Paramore
My Chemical Romance
New Found Glory (x2)
Jacks Mannequin
3Oh!3
The Bravery
Suburban Legends
Incubus
Anberlin
Alkaline Trio
Valencia
We The Kings
Story of The Year
Jimmy Eat World
Bayside
Escape the Fate
Take the Crown
Chiodos
Hawthorne Heights
Metro Station
Finch
Anti-Flag
Armor for Sleep
RX Bandits
All American Rejects
Blaqk Audio
Unwritten Law
30 Seconds to Mars
Chevelle
Pulse Ultra
...and a slew more from Bamboozle Left that I cant remember / as well as supporting acts

EDM:
Deadmau5 (x2)
Dada Life (x2)
Swedish House Mafia
Axwell
Steve Angello
Kaskade
Steve Aoki
Felguk
ATB
Treasure Fingers
Eddie Halliwell (sp?)
Fedde Le Grand
Bart B More
Wolfgang Gartner
Felix Da Housecat
Pete Tong
Armand Van Helden
Carl Cox
Steve Lawler
Basement Jaxx

Random / Hip Hop
LMFAO
Chiddy Bang
Hyper Crush
Three 6 Mafia

Primal Scream
Great White (pre-*incident*)
DDT
Jean Michel Jarre (private concert)

@havoc.. GWAR?? I'm scared lol

@pslayer: jealous at the having seen dio (RIP)

yeah I omitted local acts and a few others..
oops
still want to see alice cooper..

GWAR is supposed to have an incredible stage show. I tried to get tix for a show they did in MPLS, but they sold out too quick.

GWAR was another band I saw at Bonnaroo... it was insane lol

Pat Benetar
Toronto
Boston
Corey Hart
Whitesnake
Bon Jovi
Michael Jackson
Garth Brooks
Barenaked Ladies
Rankin Family
Headpins
Foreigner
Billy Joel
Elton John
Eric Clapton
Jan Arden
Stampeders
Celine Dion
Mavericks
Billy Squier
Journey
Def Leppard
Iron Maiden
Huey Lewis
Supertramp
Great Big Sea
Tom Cochrane

Oh hell, probably a dozen more - but I'm old (as evidenced by the first few acts on that list) and that's all I can remember. :D

Saw Dio when he toured with Journey and Def Leppard. Of course he performed, "Heaven and Hell"...awesome.

OH! I saw both of them too! lol

hmm a lot of metal heads here :P
sooo .. let's give it a shoot cause it would be fun to see if i can remember them all
Metal:
Slayer
AC/DC
Macabre
Vomitory
Marilyn Manson
Entombed
Arch Enemy (probably my favorite metal band ever :) )
Turbo Negro
Nightwish
Hammerfall
Vader

Electronic:
Combichrist (going to see them a third time soon!! bloody awesome live band :D)
VNV-nation
Covenant
Soman (don't know if this counts be cause i had such a bad headache i had to keep my back against the stage cause the strobes almost made me vomit :P)
Funker Vogt
Nitzer Ebb
Infected Mushroom
leather strip
Front line assembly
mind.in.a.box
Das Ich
Dupont
And One
S.P.O.C.K
Suicide Commando
Blutengel
Assemblage 23
In Strict Confidence
Grendel
Noisuf-X
Gothminister

Other:
Teddybear Stockholm


probably forgot some ... but that might be cause i was to drunk to remember anything :P

I wanted to see MJ so bad, Patty! I'm jealous!

Closest I ever got was the Thriller 3D experience at Epcot :-(

AC/DC
The Who - Farewell Tour
Billy Squire
Rush
Monsters of Rock, Nuremburg. forget who all was there, but i sorta remember Metallica.

NOW3P - Best show ever, really. I saw the HIStory world tour at Wembley in London, just before I moved back to Canada. HUGE doesn't begin to cover it... and the dancing was incredible. I liked his stuff, but wasn't a huge fan - but I gained a whole new respect for him after seeing him live.

Garth Brooks was also an AMAZING show - saw him at Croke Park in Dublin, with about 50K other people. If you look very carefully in one of his videos, I can be seen about 3 rows back from centre stage. I pulled out all my good Alberta cowgirl gear for that one. *chuckle*

HFStivals in 97,98,99(twice),00 and Chili Cookoffs locally in 05 and 10:
Chili Peppers
Staind
RATM
Limp Bizkit
Bush
311
Cypress Hill
Green Day
Beck
Prodigy
Offspring
STP
Godsmack
Linkin Park
Papa Roach
Chevelle
Alice in Chains

I know i'm forgetting a bunch.

Separate:
Metallica
Dave Matthews
Live
OAR
Trans-Siberian Orchestra with Steven Tyler
(Also forgetting something im sure)

Havoc I'm fairly certain I've never heard of a single band u listed lol (not that into music to begin with but like trumper's list I recognize every single band FWIW...)

Yeah GWAR was awesome live, got covered in fake blood haha.

Zzzarka, Arch Enemy was great live:) The Ammott brothers did an awesome solo..

Havoc, nice :) i had the misfortune to catch them on a scene with really bad sound. so it wasn't a terribly good concert :(