Popular Post 420since1974 Posted November 8, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 8, 2017 During my 57.5 years living in Canada, I have been very fortunate to see many musical acts I have met in person, and had extended conversations with over 30 of them. I attended my first live show in 1973 (Ian Thomas opened for April Wine), and have averaged just over 3 concerts per year since then. Everyone on my list has recorded at least one album during their careers, so I didn't include very many "bar bands". 1. Which concerts have you attended, and which were your favourites? 2. Have you seen any of the acts on my list, and if so, what did you think of them? My List: ( ) = number of times that I have seen the band * = met in person 3 Inches of Blood Aerosmith *Alice Cooper (3) *Amos Garrett Anthrax April Wine (6) Atlanta Rhythm Section The Australian Pink Floyd Experience Bachman Turner Overdrive (2) *B.B. Gabor Big Sugar *Bing Jensen *Black Market (Domenic Troiano) Blue Oyster Cult Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band *Bop Cats Boz Scaggs *Brandon Wolf aka Barney Bentall *The Breeders Brit Floyd (2) Brownsville Station *The B-Sides *The Calgary Shades (Tommy Chong) Calvalera Conspiracy Charlie Daniels Band Cheap Trick Chris Cornell Chris DeBurg Chuck Berry The Cold Boys Colin James (2) Collective Soul Commander Cody Corb Lund *The Cry (Kimball Fox) Daughtry *David Raven & the Escorts Dallas Smith (Default) Deep Purple Default Def Leppard *Dick Twacey Dr. John Doug & the Slugs Downchild Blues Band *Fandango Finger Eleven Flaming Lips Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush *Goddo Grady (Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar) Great Big Sea Harlequin Hatebreed Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath w/ Ronnie James Dio singing instead of Ozzy) *Hi Fi (Ian Matthews) Hoyt Axton Huey Lewis & the News Ian Thomas Ian Tyson In This Moment Iron Maiden Jackyl Jann Arden Jay Ferguson Jefferson Starship *Jim Clench (April Wine, BTO, Loverboy, & Bryan Adams) *Joe Hall & the Continental Drift Johnny Reid Jonas & the Massive Attraction Judas Priest *Kenny Shields (Streetheart) *The Kids *Killer Dwarfs Kim Mitchell (Max Webster) KISS (2) Little River Band Live Long John Baldry Loverboy *MacLean & MacLean (2) Martha & the Vandellas Matthew Good Matt Minglewood (2) Megadeth Metallica Ministry Mondo Combo Monster Truck My Darkest Days Nazareth Nickelback (4) One Bad Son One Horse Blue Oscar Lopez Ozzy Osbourne *The Pair Extraordinaire Pat Travers Pink Floyd Powder Blues Band Priestess Prism *Point Blank *Pointed Sticks Puddle of Mudd Rare Earth Red Rider (Tom Cochrane) Rob Zombie (3) Ronnie King (Stampeders) *Rough Trade (Carole Pope) Rush (2) Sam Roberts Serj Tankian (System of a Down) Shadows Fall Sha Na Na The Sheepdogs (2) Sidewinder *The Singles Snake Eye *Spenser Davis Group State of Shock Stone Temple Pilots Supertramp (3) Testament Three Days Grace Three Dog Night *The Tickets *Toby Swann Tom Cochrane (2) Tool *Toronto The Trews (2) *The Unusuals *The Villains Voivod Zimmer’s Hole ZZ Top Total = 137 bands over 44 years 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I've gone to very few, though I'm not much of a concert person. Probably about two or so in my 24-year old life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cripplereh Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 to many to list but I have seen Metallica 4 times each was awesome plus they have gone to a bar near where I live a couple times and yes played after the concert! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Haven't been to too many in my 29 years of life Roger waters twice U2 twice 5440 Jon anderson That's about it :3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 I've been to hundreds--how could you possibly remember all those above?? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 thats quite the list in the OP. One you missed tho was Springsteen. Saw him twice, once just him alone (which was pretty amazing) and once with the e-street band. The guy gives everything during a show, lots of fun. Saw the Hip at Malkin Bowl once which was great. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 OP, impressive list and commitment to gigs. ive seen a lot of bands and festivals but some of my favs have been: Pink Floyd David Bowie Elton John Roger Waters - The Wall The Tragically Hip Lollapalooza 93' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Loads. Some I don't even remember 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 In no order nofx twice once at house party green day - free in beacon hill park (years before they got popular) doughboys snfu nomeansno (a few times) All(descendants) DOA Lagwagon Dayglo’s jawbreaker Pennywise Shovelhead hufurump all at individual venues no xgames or lollapalooza’s a few others I don’t remember Many local underground punk shows. Skate/punk from the 80’s/90’s. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smithers joe Posted November 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2017 when i was a young man i went to a few but nobody has probably heard of any of the performers. nat king cole ( a few months before he died.) bobby darin...( mack the knife ) stan getz band wayne newton and sammy davis junior. ancient people. many concerts at the queen elizabeth theatre. of course they usually fell on canuck game nights. i always took a small radio with earphones and listened to the games. only once, i yelled out when canucks scored. my wife was super mad at me. 1 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Just now, smithers joe said: when i was a young man i went to a few but nobody has probably heard of any of the performers. nat king cole ( a few months before he died.) bobby darin...( mack the knife ) stan getz band wayne newton and sammy davis junior. ancient people. many concerts at the queen elizabeth theatre. of course they usually fell on canuck game nights. i always took a small radio with earphones and listened to the games. only once, i yelled out when canucks scored. my wife was super mad at me. Sammy Davis would have been great. i got to see Ray Charles a couple years before he passed and he was still really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post diesel_3 Posted November 9, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 9, 2017 1 minute ago, smithers joe said: when i was a young man i went to a few but nobody has probably heard of any of the performers. nat king cole ( a few months before he died.) bobby darin...( mack the knife ) stan getz band wayne newton and sammy davis junior. ancient people. many concerts at the queen elizabeth theatre. of course they usually fell on canuck game nights. i always took a small radio with earphones and listened to the games. only once, i yelled out when canucks scored. my wife was super mad at me. Joe, you should type up your memoirs on CDC and we can have a sub-forum dedicated to you where it stays pinned for eternity. I have quite enjoyed the way you tell stories on here....highly recommend the follow if you folks aren't already. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, diesel_3 said: Joe, you should type up your memoirs on CDC and we can have a sub-forum dedicated to you where it stays pinned for eternity. I have quite enjoyed the way you tell stories on here....highly recommend the follow if you folks aren't already. thank you sir but hearing just my stories would get boring fast and i don't want to dominate the board. it would be great to have a pinned forum for just cdc's stories. i enjoy other's stories very much. we all have experiences we could share. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliboy Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) YES, 4 times. Supertramp The Beach Boys April Wine Jethro Tull Burton Cummings Edited November 9, 2017 by aliboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Got invited backstage to a Spice Girls show in '98, they passed me around like a doobie. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rounoush Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Just 3. Not much of a concert guy myself. John Fogerty, The Beat (English Beat) and Alt-J. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 In 25 years I've easily been to over 200. Not exaggerating either. Here are a few of the most notable ones. Paul McCartney at Safeco field. (Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear's played) Seen McCartney 3 times. Roger Waters at BC Place. He did The Wall. Seen Rogers 3 times as well Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Candlebox. at UBC. AIC No showed. Metallica at Rogers for the Through the Never DVD. I've seen Metallica 7 times or so going back to when I was 15. Nickelback, Default, Flybanger at the Plaza of Nations. New Years Eve. Seen Nickelback 10 times or so. First time at China Beach in Langley. Rammstein White Zombie and Pantera Korn and Papa Roach. Seen Papa Roach like 6 times or so. Van Halen and Kool and the Gang Ozzy at Ozzfest at UBC Bush at The Commodore Disturbed at The Commodore Steel Panther 8 times or so. Motley Crue Final tour Ministry at The CCommodore. Gravity Kills at The Starfish Room. Marilyn Manson PNE Forum. Anichrist tour. Disturbed, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold, Hellyeah. Uproar Festival. Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper Guns and Roses. BC Place. Recent tour and 1990 I think. Slash Rush Queen ZZ Top The list could go on and on. I feel very lucky to be able to see so many concerts. Seeing Headstones this weekend for the 2nd time. Can't wait. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionized27 Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Hundreds. As in too many to remember. Standouts are: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (3x) Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime Metallica - ...and Justice for all Iron Maiden (4x) Neil Young (2x) Eric Clapton w/SRV Lollapalooza '92 The Great Canadian Party '92 (Spinal Tap!) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soosoodeff Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 (edited) sad to say... Jessica simpson Mariah carey (wish I caught her lip gloss that she threw to the crowd) :D Edited November 9, 2017 by soosoodeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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