TalonsOfFire: Concerts I've Attended

TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	What concerts have you all been to recently? All time favorites?
JWT155 03.30.17	Seen a handful of these these, Modest Mouse were terrible the night I saw them. Drank with QOTSA after a show. Most memorable shows for me have usually been the sentimental ones I've shared with friends and not necessarily the artists that night, but I've been to a few hundred shows so it's so hard to keep track now. Guess a fond memory was partying all night with Cage the elephant back in the day when they were touring with Muse, that was wild, good guys.
zakalwe 03.30.17	Amazing! What were they like? How did you manage that? Why didn't you bottle muse?
TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	Drank with QOTSA? Nice. I added more personal descriptions, agreed that who you see them with adds to the experience. I actually saw Cage the Elephant, and Silversun Pickups too, at the Foals show so I'll add them in.
Satellite 03.30.17	top 10 alltime sets... 1) radiohead @ the palace of auburn hills (2009 i think) 2) beastie boys @ the state theatre in detroit (circa 06) 3) against me! (seen them dozens of times but the best was a secret house show in grand rapids) 4) the mars volta (x2) 5) btmi (x~10) 6) nofx (another band i've seen a shitload of times, but the best was when my friends and i road tripped to see them in cleveland) 7) bad religion (x4) 8) converge (x2) 9) the menzingers (once in detroit, once here in albuquerque) 10) the hold steady (3x)
JWT155 03.30.17	I've been lucky to drink/party with a few different artists/bands, Menzingers, Kurt Vile, Inter Arma, a few others I can't remember, even had a friend who Ed Sheeran gave his number to. In all honesty, their just like anyone else, regular people who like to drink and have a good time. Pro tip, if you want to drink with a band/artist after the show, geeking over them and asking them pointed questions about themselves is a great way to not make that happen, especially after a show: they're drained, they've played rock star all night long, chances are they've done local interviews, press stuff, meet and greets with fans, they just want to wind down and relax. I don't think I've ever talked with a musician about their music, mostly about dumb shit like sports, do they play/darts and pool and want to BS at the bar, they're touring so what cool cities and bars have they been to, go to drinks, etc. After partying with Cage they complimented my brother and I for just being cool dudes the whole night and showing them around town and some cool bars and not asking band questions or insisting on taking photos, and they even offered us photos at the end and we declined, the memories are good enough for me.
calmrose 03.30.17	Last concert I went to was City of Caterpillar, which was such a surreal experience and overall just an awesome show. Hearing that self-titled album played live was life-changing, absolutely stunning. Best show I've been to was Neutral Milk Hotel in 2014; they fucking killed it and are easily the best band I've witnessed live, Jeff Mangum is GOAT. The three times I saw The Chariot were all dope, the last being on their farewell tour in 2013. Got to meet the band after their Warped Tour set in 2013 as well, super cool dudes. The two times I've seen mewithoutYou have been dope as well.
Conmaniac 03.30.17	16 is amazing live
Dewinged 03.30.17	Would have loved to see 16 on the Swoon tour.
TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	@JWT: I'll have to keep that in mind, you and your brother sound like cool dudes @calmrose: I was almost able to see The National and Neutral Milk Hotel together in 2014, not sure if it was that same one, but would've been awesome if it had worked out. @Conmaniac: I edited the list recently, but assuming you mean Silversun Pickups agreed.
Conmaniac 03.30.17	saw em on the Neck of the Woods tour was pure fucking bliss. was a summer night about 70 degrees with a cool breeze, outdoor concert. they closed with Kissing Families after a 4 song encore mmmmmmmmm
zakalwe 03.30.17	My god I could weep openly. Someone with an actual shred of decency, decorum and shows a bit of respect to other people. I thought all that had died out. Fair play to you dude. Why didn't your friend bottle ed sheeran?
Satellite 03.30.17	123 jwt. i never ask for autographs or pics with the musicians/comics i meet, even the ones i grew up idolizing. it sort of creates a disconnect that isn't necessary. the first time i met chris from the lawrence arms after a sundowner show i geeked out hard at first. him and neil beat the dogshit out of my then-gf and i at billiards. i'd definitely rather have that memory than a fucking jpeg.
Satellite 03.30.17	actually that was a lie... i had doug stanhope autograph a tour poster once. i left it behind at an apt i had to hastily abandon tho :/
JWT155 03.30.17	Agreed Satty, memories over some petty pics/signatures.
neekafat 03.30.17	"This is probably the best concert I had been to yet, completely badass with an amazing setlist." Soooooo fucking jealous
TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	Yeah they played an amazing extended version of Chemistry, and luckily someone caught it on video and put it on Youtube.
theacademy 03.30.17	last.fm is a good tool for tracking shows (nowadays you have to add more than in the past though, as a lot of the community has left it seems)
theacademy 03.30.17	best set of all time imo: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/bomb-the-music-industry/2014/warsaw-brooklyn-ny-3c5f99f.html (fwiw: preceded by Andrew Jackson Jihad-Laura Stevenson-Cheap Girls)
theacademy 03.30.17	lastly: i was also at 10/11
theacademy 03.30.17	my footage: http://i.imgur.com/CX4HQ3g.gif :)
JWT155 03.30.17	just saw jeff a few weeks ago, almost grabbed breakfast with them the next morning lol
Lord(e)Po)))ts 03.30.17	this list makes me sad
TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	sorry :/ not my intention
Lord(e)Po)))ts 03.30.17	:[
Lord(e)Po)))ts 03.30.17	7 would be legendary to see tho
TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	Yeah he was really great
Wildcardbitchesss 03.30.17	Off the top of my head Alice In Chains x 2, Avenged Sevenfold, Deftones x4, The Dillinger Escape Plan x2, Between the Buried and Me, Incubus, Prophets of Rage, Ghost x3, Highly Suspect x 3, Chevelle, Primus, Tool, Code Orange x2, Skeletonwitch, Oathbreaker, Touche Amore, Every Time I Die x3, Death Angel, Anthrax, Slayer x2, Soundgarden, Nine Inch Nails. Really the only band I'm really itching to see at this point is Converge. They hardly ever come to my area
Sinternet 03.30.17	Best concert i've ever been to is probably mewithoutyou/twiabp, aaron was phenomenal. Close second is goat/josefin ohrn, such a cool and otherworldly experience.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 03.30.17	that second one sounds like something i would definitely spend 20 dollars on that first one sounds like something i would definitely consider going to if it was free and all booze was supplied
Sinternet 03.30.17	Lol well funnily enough it was the other way around, a friend paid for the goat show because she didnt want to go alone so turned out pre good
Lord(e)Po)))ts 03.30.17	thats dope
MonotoneMop 03.30.17	I'm not a big concert goer, but here's what I remember from when I was: Circa Survive, Touche Amore, Joyce Manor (x2), Mew (x2), Beach Baby, Low Roar, From Indian Lakes (x2), Coheed and Cambria (x3), Iron Maiden, A Lot Like Birds, I The Mighty, Dowsing, Pity Sex, Between the Buried and Me, Russian Circles, O' Brother, Balance and Composure, Merry Christmas, Mute Math, The Thurston Moore Band (worst show ever, they actually got kicked off after an hour of noise and feedback) A bunch of other bullshit house shows in high school college. The best show I've seen was Mew at The Roundhouse in London, but Joyce Manor was the most fun I've ever had when I saw them at a small house show near Seattle and a tiny tube-shaped club in Brighton.
Artuma 03.30.17	victor wooten playing with a dude from cannibal corpse lmao that's gold
Dedes 03.30.17	My personal favorite was probably Mayhem who i've seen twice with two really close friends of mine. I don't remember who was alongside them the first set other then I think Myrkur? However the second time around Black Anvil and Inquisition played and especially having only for the first time seen the aforementioned bands or even heard them I was really pleasantly surprised. Both bands absolutely killed it. Mayhem performed really well but they had a kind of shitty sound guy that hindered the performance slightly.
Chamberbelain 03.30.17	I've seen over 400 live acts and I can't pick an ultimate favourite. That being said, I saw Gojira twice in a week this month and they were both life-affirming shows.
onionbubs 03.30.17	best concert experience so far was thursday back in like december. they fucking know how to play to a crowd and the set list was like half of full collapse which was pretty great
accompliceofmydeath 03.30.17	I wish I would've kept track of all the shows I've been to. Countless local hardcore shows, out of state shows, fests, etc. The ones that stick out the most are seeing Quicksand about 4 years ago, never thought I'd get to see them, roadtripping with my wife to Cleveland see The Movielife a couple years ago and Disembodied's final show here in Minneapolis.
Feather 03.30.17	I think I'm gunna make a list like this, I have an ongoing list of every concert I've been to saved to my computer
TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	It's a good idea, and you can usually find footage on youtube too
Artuma 03.30.17	my favorite show was prolly sean bonnette last fall, i don't think i've ever had as much fun as at that show
Feather 03.30.17	Yeah, I have most of the dates of the shows I went to so it shouldn't be hard to find footage. Not gunna lie though, I'm gunna have some lame stuff
AtomicWaste 03.30.17	I saw Orbs last year and there we maybe 10 people in the venue and they still ruled hard. I have tickets to go see Coheed's GAIBSIV show in Philly (with The Dear Hunter!) in May but I have some wheels in motion that may keep me from going, which would be a bummer. Saw the Keeping Secrets tour with Thank You Scientist and that was awesome though - Number City live was a great experience. Saw Devin Townsend a couple times - both great. Best show was probably Scale the Summit / Devin Townsend Project / Cynic / BTBAM back in 2010. I couldn't really imagine a better bill.
SteveOffProbation 03.30.17	I've seen attila twice I mean
onionbubs 03.30.17	hard to beat that right there
RogueNine 03.30.17	Cage was my first ever show (twas a free one too).
Titan 03.30.17	only concert on this list that I saw was Black Ice......it was incredible
TalonsOfFire 03.30.17	The singer for Cage was insane, kinda reminded me of Axl Rose or Iggy Pop in their heyday Black Ice show was amazing yea, blew my young mind away
Dewinged 03.31.17	Deftones (White Pony tour, came across in the local bar and hanged out with them, it was great), Faith No More (Patton arrived late and drunk af, he nailed Sinatra 10/10), Biohazard, Senser, Slayer (x2), Incubus, Manson, Patty Smith (fell asleep), Ben Harper, Muse, Slipknot, Guano Apes, Tool, Botch (the most brutal I've ever been), Iron Maiden (playing classics, cried like a baby during Wasted Years), Psilicon Flesh, Hamlet, Jet, Fu Manchu (they cancelled cause the stage started to fell off due to a desertic hurricane and sand storm, seein them run away was pretty fun) Prodigy (same festival, after a vandal apocalypse, 6 am, people naked, life changing experience) Pixies, Korn, The Rasmus (that guy with the feathers), Atom Rhumba, Nightwish, D.E.P., Turbonegro, Mastodon, Hermano, Clutch, Therapy?, Dream Theater, Ska-P, AA=, B'z, Hoobastank, Mogwai, Bon Iver (with The Staves, right before realising 22, a million, great stuff) Jose Gonzalez (last one I've been, he nailed it.) That's all I remember, there's probably more but I was either drunk, stoned or asleep, most of them were in festivals and stuff. Seeing Sigur Ros this year and probably hitting Roadburn 2018, since I've been wanting to go for a long time now and this year couldn't be.
TalonsOfFire 03.31.17	I need to start partying with these bands like you guys have been, but you make it sound easier than it probably is
Dewinged 03.31.17	tbh Talons, it was totally by chance. Abe and Chino dropped from a van out of nowhere. Abe was looking for some pot and Chino walked right into the bar and disappeared. We found him after some hours at the back of the bar with a chick. He was pretty wasted and she wasn't happy lol.
TooManyFriends 03.31.17	the most memorable encounter with a band dude i've met was probably dallas green. i was talking outside the bar with the bass player for alexisonfire and then this dude in a jean jacket came out and wanted to go to the mcdonalds across the street. was him.
bbgames 03.31.17	I've seen Slayer, Anthrax, Death Angel (All 3 were together), Ghost, Gorguts (Probably my favorite show that I've been to), Opeth, Vektor and Mayhem (Playing De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas which was amazing). I already have tickets for Morbid Angel/Suffocation in June and soon after that Gorguts is playing where they played before, so I'll likely see them again.
KrunkChicken 04.02.17	Did you see U2 and AC/DC at Gillette?
TalonsOfFire 04.02.17	I did yes
KrunkChicken 04.08.17	I was at the U2 concert as well. One of my first.
TalonsOfFire 04.08.17	Oh nice, it was an amazing show
NuMetalMan 04.12.17	Man you guys have seen some great bands, here are some of mine... Rush, The Cure, U2, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Tool, Soundgarden, Rage, Primus, Alice in Chains, STP, Flock of Seagulls, Duran Duran, NIN, Helmet, P-Funk Allstars, Korn, Infectious Grooves, 24-7 SPYZ, Orange 9mm, Candy Pig, Shootyz Groove, RHCP, Metallica, Royal Crescent Mob, Spider Monkey, 311, Collective Soul, Tonic, Garbage, Depeche Mode, Anthrax, Beck, Weezer, NOFX, Kudzu Ganja, Danzig , Firefall, Billy Goat, Sugarhill Gang..
Lavair 08.16.17	Your dad sounds great. Here's a list of bands I've seen: Animal Collective Stargazing In 35mm (the whole band was going to my school, which is the only reason I know who they are) Left Hand Smoke (left in middle of the set, they were at a festival)
TalonsOfFire 07.23.19	Finally updated this with some new entries. 2018 and 2017 might be my favorite concert years, got to see multiple top favorite bands of mine.
Artuma 07.23.19	just curious, how much does a radiohead show cost in 2018?
deathschool 07.23.19	A piece of your soul
foxblood 07.23.19	i've been thinking about doing a list like this ranking the top 100 sets I've seen, but i've seen probably about 500 sets in my life, I go to about at least 2-4 shows a week. at least 170 in the past year cuz i'm die hard. if you're in the bay area at a show, I'm there!
Feather 07.23.19	foxblood, I feel that. I keep a spreadsheet to keep track haha
TalonsOfFire 07.23.19	Including the Ticketmaster fee the Radiohead tix were about $110 each
Artuma 07.23.19	oh god, i love radiohead and i still probably wouldn't pay that jk of course i would. seems like you had a blast
Feather 07.23.19	Just watched a coworker buy $240 Hozier tickets for their Lolla aftershow and I can't fathom why that would make sense to someone. $110 for Radiohead seems fine.
TalonsOfFire 07.23.19	Yeah it was an amazing show
TalonsOfFire 01.13.21	Only entry I hadn't added since pre-Covid 19 was an Xavier Rudd show in September 2019. 2020 was my first year in over a decade that I saw no live shows, guess that was the reality for most everyone else too :/
TalonsOfFire 09.16.22	Updated to include the two recent concerts I went to at Boston Seaport over the past month.
PotsyTater 09.16.22	I’m so sorry
DocSportello 09.16.22	I went to see Lady Gaga on Tuesday – a friend offered a free ticket, why not? – and I did not expect it to be the best overall show I've ever seen
TalonsOfFire 09.16.22	I highly doubt that'd be the case for me, I'm really not a fan of her music outside of the songs from A Star is Born. It'd be very hard to pick a favorite concert but I guess it'd be Radiohead.
IsisScript80 09.16.22	Oooh, fun exercise. Let me go through the memory banks (may need editing, if I miss stuff I recall later): Spinal Tap (first concert ever... and yes, they performed live and in-character.), Bryan Adam's (lol--with support from Extreme, Squeeze and someone else), Meat Loaf, Hawkwind, Magnum, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, Deftones (bunch of times) A Perfect Circle, Queens of the Stone Age, The Mars Volta (at their hungry peak--incredible), Skinny Puppy, The Knife, Pixies, Bloc Party (on a freebie), Neurosis (several times... once notably with Jarboe), ISIS (around 3-or-so times... notable support was Boris, Oxbow, Jesu and the like), Heaven and Hell (w/ Lamb of God, Iced Earth), Animals as Leaders, Three Trapped Tigers, Mary J. Blige, Sparta, My Dying Bride, Dillinger Escape Plan (whole bunch of times), Metallica (w/ Machine Head and... fucking HIM of all bands!), Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ennio Morricone, Mastodon (again, multiple times... notably had Red Fang as support), Opeth (several times), Tool, Lauren Hill, DJ Krust, The Devin Townsend Project (several times--notable support: Amplifier), Baroness, Kvelertak (support), Converge (multiple times--w/ support: 108, Integrity... etc ), Mad Dog Macrea, Gaza, Kylesa, The Ocean (in support of... someone)...
TalonsOfFire 09.18.22	Wow that's a lot! I almost saw Opeth once, but their setlists leave a lot to be desired from what I've seen. Would love to see Porcupine Tree and Tool some time.
IsisScript80 09.19.22	^ The Opeth gigs I saw were around 2010 and prior, and were great. Judging by their later output, I can believe their recent setlists aren't as strong.
TalonsOfFire 09.20.22	They often do Sorceress, Cusp of Eternity, the Devil's Orchard, Slither sometimes, Deliverance, a few songs from ICV, and a couple from the 2000s albums. Usually nothing from the 90s except maybe Demon of the Fall or Credence. Their shows also aren't that long, and Deliverance is a good song but they always do it and eat up a lot of time at 13 minutes. Still I'd happily see them live cause it's Opeth, but yea pre-2010s setlists were excellent I bet.
AlexKzillion 09.20.22	i agree that the best shows are typically the ones you remember with your friends/family saw deftones/rise against/thrice with my brother in like 2016, first mosh pit ever, right at the climax of prayer to the refugee... will never forget that caught injury reserve in small club, took edibles for the first time and got unconsciously stoned with my best friends saw btbam earlier this year with a girl i was seeing, danced with her during the "ants of the sky" hoedown
Wildcardbitchesss 09.20.22	Seeing Ghost with Mastodon and Spiritbox on Wednesday, then tucking Converge on Friday, then I’m coming back to town for some dogshit radio rock festival this girl is dragging me to. Can’t wait to spend all day out in the heat and pay $12 a beer.
TalonsOfFire 07.07.23	Just updated. Should be seeing MMJ again in the fall, and Local Natives for the first time in August.