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| Concerts I've Attended
Over the past four years or so I've been to dozens of show; some good some bad. The list below is probably about half the shows I've attened, along with a few shows I plan on going to in the future. They're not in any order, if they were out touring for an album I tried to put the album art along with it. So please give me some feedback on what your favorite bands live have been and any bands you think I need to go see. | 1 | | Rush Time Machine 2011: Live in Cleveland
The show I attended was not in Cleveland but it was for the Tim Machine Tour. If I have to explain to you that Rush was anything short of incredible live then you should probably go drown yourself right now. The first half of the show they played Moving Pictures from to back, after intermission they came out and played some of their biggest hits over the years, including 2112 overture and finishing the show off with an eargazmic Working Man. This is up there with the best live performance I have and probably will ever witness. | 2 | | Theory of a Deadman Scars and Souvenirs
I wanted to swallow a grenade to escape for the hell that this show was. Why I went I still don't know. Openers consisted of the incredibly generic, Adiletas Way and some other band I can't remember the name of. | 3 | | John Butler Trio April Uprising
I've seen John Butler twice. The first and better of the two shows the opener was State Radio, who also put on a great show. If you ever get that chance to see John Butler live please do. This man knows how to put on a show, and Oceans sent shivers up my spine like no other. The second time I saw the Trio Brandon Flowers of The Killers opened and was regrettably forgettable if you ask me. | 4 | | Alice in Chains Black Gives Way to Blue
I was a little tentative buying my ticket before the album actually came out and not knowing whether William DuVall could do Layne justice but the opportunity to see one of my favorite bands of all time in a venue as great as 1st Avenue in Minneapolis was just too good to pass up. About half way through the show I wasn't completely sold on DuVall, then they played Man in the Box and it blew me away. Also, Acid Bubble was a real trip live. | 5 | | Halestorm Halestorm
You may notice that I've seen quite a few 'Radio Rock' bands. This one I believe was worth it though. Tickets were $5 and there was maybe 80 people in the venue and Lzzy Hale truly has an incredible voice. The drummer also is just a true showman, and was a lot of fun to watch play. Most drummers are hidden and rather uninspiring on stage. Halestorm's drummer though sat higher on the riser and really put on a fun show, and a drum solo with four foot sticks and a drum circle are always fun (don't get me wrong though, this man is by no means Neil Peart...). Overall just a fun show. The opener was some local band that I can't remember the name of. | 6 | | Dethklok The Dethalbum II
Technically the show was co-headlined by Dethklok and Mastodon but I thought Dethklok put on a better show and they were the last band on stage. Two things brought this show down from the level of epicness I was preparing for (seeing as the openers were High on Fire and Converge!!!) The fist was the venue, while not terrible, the sound at the Roy Wilkens Auditorium in St. Paul just isn't that good. The second was the fact that Mastodon truly does not have a lead singer and you could tell, instrumentally they were orgasmic but when they started singing it was just too difficult to overcome it's dullness... Dethklok however, rock out harder then any 'cartoon' band should be able to. | 7 | | Richard Thompson Sweet Warrior
No opener for this show and Richard Thompson does not need one, especially when he's got Peter Zorn and I believe Danny Thompson up there with him. Also, if you have not heard of Richard Thompson you need to, and now. This may very well be the only performance I've seen that I can honestly say out did Rush. Watching this man play it becomes clear as day he was put on this earth to play music, and if he ever stops everybody that never got a chance to see this man perform will probably have an emptiness with in themselves that they will never be able to fill. Walking out of 1st Ave that night I could of died happy. Alright I'm done, just go see this man play if you ever get the chance. | 8 | | Korn The Path of Totality
Growing up back when Nu-Metal was actually popular, I figured I owed it to myself to see Jonathan Davis at least once. Afterward I realized I could have went without it... The openers were a couple a generic metal bands that nobody will ever remember and the show was ultimately forgettable. In fact, if I didn't have the ticket stub still I probably wouldn't of remembered to put it in this list. | 9 | | Five Finger Death Punch War Is the Answer
Maybe it's just me, but I think this band has a larger then average following in Minnesota. I attended the 1st of two sold out shows at (the now closed Rock Nightclub :(...). This much like Korn though was rather forgettable. The openers, Otep and All That Remains were nothing to write home about, and other then the lead singer busting into tears (and this man was actually crying, I guess he was in the middle of getting a divorce) at the end of the show, there was nothing very special about it. | 10 | | Shinedown The Sound Of Madness
Back in 08' I was actually really excited to go to this show. I shouldn't have been. While I still consider them to be one of the better 'Radio Rock' bands, if any band makes it more obvious that they are playing to a click track it's Disturbed. The openers, 12 Stones and Black Stone Cherry were just boring and the crowd was just dead. However, some one did have a seizure during Shinedown's set... | 11 | | Disturbed Indestructible
I've seen these guys twice, the fist time they were touring for Indestructible, and the sold out crown in Rochester, MN was the only thing that made that show worth the drive. The second time I saw them I went more for Killswitch Engage, who I did think put on a pretty good show, and the wall of death with a sold out floor at the Target Center was rather epic. | 12 | | Dope No Regrets
These guys haven't been relevant in any way in a while but this was a fun show. They sounded sharp live and the half naked chicks running around on stage was rather amusing. Opener was Soil, they sucked. | 13 | | mewithoutYou Brother, Sister
Aaron Weiss is truly one of a kind. This was one of the better shows I've been to. mewithoutYou sounded amazing live and Murder by Death was no let down either. | 14 | | Green Day 21st Century Breakdown
They were indeed touring for 21st Century Breakdown when I saw them. When I purchased my ticket I was almost regretting spending the money on it since they have released nothing but garbage over the past 15 years. When the Bravery came out and sucked about a mile of dick I thought my worries where coming true but Green Day came out and put on the show of a life time. The intensity that they played with throughout the 2 1/2 hour set was just amazing, they sounded sharp and even the stuff from their newer albums didn't even sound THAT bad live. While Green Day may not be able to produce anything good in the studio any more don't let that stop you from seeing them live if you never have before, cause at the end of the night I was very happy I went. | 15 | | Three Days Grace Life Starts Now
I attended this show because Breaking Benjamin, along with Flyleaf, was opening. Once again though, this show was at a rather terrible venue that totally ruined one other show for me. If the audio quality had been better maybe I would have enjoyed this show more but as it is, this show was rather forgettable. | 16 | | Black Label Society Order Of The Black
The line-up for this show consisted of; Mudvayne, Static-X and two others that I don't remember. However, the venue in Mankato (also were I saw TDG) was terrible. Wayne Static ended up slamming his guitar on the stage and walking off after the audio cut out for a full three minutes. Audio also cut out during Zakk Wylde's big guitar solo. Oh, and my laptop was stolen later that morning. So this may be the worst show I have ever attended. | 17 | | Mudvayne Mudvayne
I've seen Mudvayne a few times. The fist time was hands down the best. Openers; Snot (with Tommy Vex) and 10 Years were amazing. The crowd for this show was intense, my friend ended up missing a nose ring after all was said and done. Mudvayne themselves sounded very sharp and whether you like them or not, I was very surprised with how good Chad Gray sounded. | 18 | | Slipknot All Hope Is Gone
Was on the floor for the opening night of the All Hope is Gone tour at the Xcel in St. Paul. Openers were Trivium and Coheed & Cabria. Often at big venues and such was the case here, the openers don't sound very good. This made me rather sad as I have not seen Coheed headline a show yet (that is on my list of bands to see headline). Say what you will about Slipknot but they did put on a hell of a show. It also helped that they only played two songs off of All Hope is Gone. | 19 | | Trivium Shogun
The intimacy of this show helped a lot. The venue, The Cabooze, holds maybe a thousand people and sounded great. The performance in the end was rather forgettable for me though. | 20 | | Linkin Park Minutes to Midnight
Saw them back at the Xcel in St. Paul at the end of 07' or early 08'. If I were to go see this same show today maybe my opinion would be different, since this was my first concert at a large venue. Coheed again was opening and again sounded bad, I'll credit that again to the venue. Linkin Park I thought put on a great show, and growing up listening to them I enjoyed hear stuff from Meteora and Hybrid Theory. Again, if I were to go to this same show today, I'm pretty sure my opinion would be rather different. Wouldn't mind seeing them again just to be sure though. | 21 | | Godsmack The Oracle
Before Godsmack went on that big tour a few years ago with Motley Crew they played a hand full of small venues to 'warm up' I guess, this was one of them. The opener, Rev Theory was pretty forgettable, Godsmack on the other had put on a great show I though. From the drum battle between Sully and who ever the drummer is was a little cliche at this point for them but was still enjoyable and they sounded as tight as ever. Having Sully land on me when we went stage diving I guess makes for a good concert memory also. | 22 | | Staind The Illusion of Progress
Glad to see Staind 'get back to their roots' if you want to put it that way with their latest release, but when I saw them back in 09' they seemed to be content with being just another 'Radio Rock' band. Not to saw they didn't put on a good show though. The encore was by far the most memorable. Aaron Lewis walks out with an acoustic guitar and a stool (no amp, no mic) and tells the whole crown to "shut the fuck up or I'm gonna say thank you and walk away." He proceeded to play Thank You and other then Aaron Lewis' singing and strumming you could have heard a pin drop inside the sold out auditorium of 5,000. | 23 | | Bullet for my Valentine Scream, Aim, Fire
My music tastes have change quite a bit since I saw them back in 08'. Around that time I would put The Poison on repeat. So, that whole four years ago (lol I guess it's not that long ago) this show to me was amazing, the crowd was probably the funnest I've ever been apart of. Most people I imagine hate crowd surfers but when Bullet played Hearts Burst into Fire and half the place went over my head it was rather epic. I don't think I've ever left a venue more physically drained then I did after that show. It was just a good time. Oh, and I still think Michael Paget is a damn good guitarist. | 24 | | Primus Green Naugahyde
One thing held this show back a bit for me, and that was the fact it was all seated. Otherwise, Primus was amazing. and Les Claypool is a true freak of nature on stage. You may think you know Les is great but until you see him play live you don't know anything. This show gave me a whole new appreciation for him. Oh, and Portugal the Man for an opener wasn't half bad either :) | 25 | | The Casualties We Are All We Have
This was probably the first REAL punk show I ever attended and I left more beat up then after the Slipknot show and there was maybe 100 people at this show. If you ever have a reason to see a show at the Triple Rock Social Club in Minneapolis I would suggest you do it. The venue was just a great feel to it and is incredibly intimate. Most in MN would probably say you need to see a show at 1st Ave (and yes I agree) but I would push the Triple Rock a little more. | 26 | | Ben Harper Give Till It's Gone
Had never really listened to Ben Harper but I had just moved to Sioux City back in June of last year and he was closing the night out at a free concert in a park that had Cee Lo Green headlining (probably the worst thing I've ever seen). Upwards of 40,000 people turned out for this one day free show that included Los Lonely Boys (nothing special) and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals (That woman can sing, oh and the legs!!!) and as I said previously, Cee Lo Green headlining. After Cee Lo though, Ben Harper closed that night with an incredible 2 1/2 hour set that left me a big Ben Harper fan. If given that chance to see him play again I will not pass that up. The fireworks right after he finished the set was a great way to cap off the night too. | 27 | | The Reverend Horton Heat Laughin & Cryin
Jim Heath is a legend of Rockabilly and is a true showman on stage. Not the flashiest by any means but the man just has a presence on stage that can't be ignored. And when he stood up on Jimbo's upright bass during the solo in Devil's Chasin' Me is one of the most memorable moments of any show I've ever been to. I would highly suggest you go see Horton Heat if given the opportunity | 28 | | Motorhead The World Is Yours
When I saw Motorhead was gonna be headlining a show at 1st Ave and Horton Heat was gonna be opening I just couldn't pass up the chance to see the one and only Lemmy live and in person. Despite that fact that I most likely suffered irreversible damage to my hearing (my ears rang for three days after this show) it was a great show. Other then Rush, I don't think there is another band made up of members in their sixties that could still kick as much ass as Motorhead did.. | 29 | | Anti-Flag The People Or The Gun
Anti-Flag as I remember put on a pretty good show but overall this was just another forgettable show. Don't remember who the openers were. | 30 | | Rise Against Appeal To Reason
Wasn't a huge fan of Appeal to Reason but Rancid was on the ticket also so I figured the show would be worth attending. Rancid was nothing to write home about but did put on a pretty solid show for an aging punk band. Rise Against really surprised me with how good they sounded, and played plenty of older stuff, this made me very happy. | 31 | | Dropkick Murphys Going Out In Style
This was also one of the more fun shows I've been to. The openers; a local band called Off With Their Heads was pretty solid and I look forward to hear from them in the future, and then Against Me!. I almost enjoyed Against Me! more then Dropkick Murphys, only almost though. The Dropkick Murphys know how to give a crowd a good time up to the very end, with a good chunk of the crowd ending up on the stage at 1st Ave. | 32 | | Craig Finn Clear Heart Full Eyes
This show I plan on attending in Omaha on February 3rd. Mount Moriah is the opener, if you have not heard of them place do yourself a favor and check them out. | 33 | | Dropkick Murphys Going Out In Style
While I've actually seen them twice before, I'm going to this one for Frank Turner!!! | 34 | | The Black Keys El Camino
Another show I've got a ticket for. I'll be seeing them at the Target Center in May with the Arctic Monkeys. I have yet to see either of them live so I am very much looking forward to this show. | 35 | | Van Halen 1984
As you've probably heard Van Halen is back together with David Lee Roth. I'm debating with or not to go see them this summer, any thoughts??? | 36 | | Band Album
Yup, added too many spaces. | 37 | | Band Album
My butt itches, I'm sure my grammar is terrible throughout this whole list so I'll apologize here. I've always been more of a math and science person anyways. | |
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01.27.12 | I've seen Rise Against, they're fun live | Divine
01.27.12 | I can tell a lot of work was put into this list
Deserves a feature | MMX
01.27.12 | I remember 6 that was an amazing show | Satellite
01.27.12 | seeing the finnster solo would be pretty rad, i reckon
25 is one of the worst bands i've ever seen live | Zorak
01.27.12 | I wish I could have went to 6 | johnnyblaze
01.27.12 | rush ftw. you've been to some really fucking horrible shows dude.
don't see van halen, they suck. enjoy the black keys and arctic monkeys though, i wanted to check that show out but they're not playing my city. | syffuf25
01.28.12 | @ Satellite
Yeah the Casualties were not good live at all but the crowd was pretty fun and the Triple Rock is just a great place to see a show.
@Johnnyblaze
Yeah, I'm well aware I've attended some terrible show, but I've also seen plenty of good ones. Oh, I'll be driving about 300 miles to see the Black Keys show :) | syffuf25
01.28.12 | Oh, here's a few other bands I've seen that aren't list above; 4onthefloor, Communist Daughter, Tommy Emmanuel, Split Lip Rayfield, Legendary Shack Shakers, Chevelle, Seether, Red, Throwrag, Less Then Jake, The Swellers, Spineshank, Chimaira, Cancer Bats and Bleeding Through. | syffuf25
01.28.12 | @DarthMann
They played in Minneapolis about a year, year and a half ago that I really wanted to attend. Couldn't get it off from work though. | Yuma310
01.28.12 | amazing list | syffuf25
01.28.12 | @DarthMann
I've watched their HAARP live dvd, not sure if I spelled that right, but I could only imagine seeing them would be just incredible. I believe the show was at the Target Center which holds around 22k for a concert. | Yuma310
01.28.12 | i hear the black keys suck live | Yazz_Flute
01.28.12 | Why did you see 2 live?
Also if you're into their style, BTMI! is the best band to see live. | syffuf25
01.28.12 | It didn't but I looked it up, they put the stage in the center for that show? And if I remember right they shot haarp at Wembley, that place holds like 100k. | Irving
01.28.12 | Dude I envy you big time. | syffuf25
01.28.12 | @Yuma
The only person I know that has seen them live said it was a pretty good show. They're doing their first real stadium tour though and imagining it won't just be the two of them on stage. Don't know why I went and saw them. I had a friend that wanted to go, obviously not a very good friend if he was willing to put me through that. | FearThyEvil
01.28.12 | This might be one of the worst concert attendance lists I've ever seen. I counted only like 6 good concerts on this. | UnnamedOcean
01.28.12 | Great effort on the list, bu jesus christ there are some terrible bands on it. | AliW1993
01.28.12 | Dropkick Murphys are brilliant live, I'm seeing them for the 5th time in a few weeks
I'm jealous you're seeing them with Frank, though, that'd be amazing. | OneMoreRoland
01.28.12 | Yeah were you sitting down in an arena for 99% of these?
That's fine and all, but you're missing out. | Masochist
01.28.12 | "Lzzy Hale truly has an incredible voice. The drummer also is just a true showman, and was a lot of fun to watch play. "
Absolutely true. The drummer is Lizzy's brother, Arejay Hale (hence the name of the band). And yeah, he's hilarious to watch back there :-P.
You've seen some good shows, man. I've always wanted to Slipknot live; sounds like it'd be intense as hell. And I've seen Rise Against live, too...one of the better shows I've been to. It's actually the only show I've ever been to where it felt like I was watching a concert DVD :-P.
One show you need to attend before you die: Muse. Try to get up close, but yeah...go see Muse. Even if you don't know/like any of their music, just go see them--it'll almost certainly be in your top 5. ;-) | Masochist
01.28.12 | Oh, and I saw Halestorm at the same show I saw Shinedown and Chevelle. I was expecting Chevelle to be
better, but it was a rather low-energy show, kind of disappointing. Shinedown, however, was the
highlight of the evening (other than perhaps Lo*Pro)! Really into it, powerful voices...their songs
translate well to live venues. | syffuf25
01.28.12 | @OneMoreRoland
The only shows on this list that I was seated for were Rush, Primus and Linkin Park, and for Rush and Primus there was no open floor. | syffuf25
01.28.12 | @AliW1993 This will be my third time seeing them. The first time was for free at the Irish Fair on Harriet Island in St. Paul. Moshing in the mud and rain was a blast. I also crowd surfed for my one and only time at this show, I'm pretty sure I kicked somebody in the face so hard I broke their jaw so I'll never crowd surf again. And for the encore they brought out like a Irish step dance line or whatever you call it. | Acanthus
01.28.12 | I've seen Shinedown two or three times; the first show was great because of the new speaker layout they were trying out - was a pretty great show. | Vooligan
01.29.12 | you really need to see better bands live. | syffuf25
01.29.12 | ^ I fully intend to. | Crysis
01.29.12 | "The intimacy of this show helped a lot. The venue, The Cabooze, holds maybe a thousand people and sounded great."
If you think a thousand people makes an intimate show I feel sorry for you. | kris.
01.29.12 | i feel like 25 would be awful to see live but you'd get the shit kicked out of you either way
rise against was fun as fuck live
also off with their heads rule hard get their album from the bottom asap
lastly idgaf what anyone thinks but i'd see green day live in a heartbeat
american idiot is great | iSkane
01.29.12 | I'd kill to see Rise Against. Best concert I've ever been to sound wise is Porcupine Tree. Drove 16 hours one way to see them. Best concert I've been to is Streetlight Manifesto. If you ever get the chance to see them, unless you absolutely despise Streetlight, you need to see them. They put on one hell of a show. | DinoX
01.29.12 | rise against was my first concert and they're pretty sweet live | syffuf25
01.29.12 | @ISkane
Love me some Streetlight and would love to see them live. Sound wise I think Rush kind of walks away with that one for me.
@UhhKris
I've got In Desolation, I'll have to see if I can find From the Bottom somewhere, I don't live in the Twin Cities any more so I can't just go to a local record store and find it :(. | Sanders
01.30.12 | Foo Fighters are fucking awesome live. When I saw them, Dave Grohl ran through the Manchester Evening News Arena crowd surrounded by a dozen security people to get to the sound board in the middle of the arena, to have a solo-off with the guitarist. Sick.
If you want some pure fun at a gig though, see Reel Big Fish. If you don't take them seriously they're a great live act, their live album's probably their best. | renegadestrings
01.30.12 | Dropkick Murphys were fantastic live. i actually got thrown up on stage during "I'm Shipping Up to Boston" and i was fortunate enough to sing the chorus with the singer before security dragged me off... i miss college. anyways,
props, great list. i agree Slipknot puts on a great show, though i'm not a huge fan. i need to see Foo Fighters | renegadestrings
01.30.12 | yeah. and i was a newbie. now i own all their albums. your point? | syffuf25
01.31.12 | @Sanders
I will have to go see the Foo Fighters. I have though, seen Reel Big Fish. It was at Warped Tour like five years ago so I didn't put it on the list. The line-up for Warped was pretty bad that year, what's new? I did manage to see Norma Jean, Street Dogs, Against Me and a few others though. | Minushuman24
02.13.12 | sweet, I just saw Five Finger at the Myth a couple months back | syffuf25
02.18.12 | ^The Myth in Maplewood? I heard it reopened but the last show I saw there was probably two years ago. | Ikarus14
07.17.15 | Saw Trivium in Dublin around this time last year. Still have fond memories of that gig.
And Slipknot last January were awesome. | BlueandOrange
12.03.15 | Saw Rise Against on the Appeal To Reason tour in '08. I remember anti-flag supported them. Had my first circle pit, good times. | Deathconscious
12.03.15 | "Maybe it's just me, but I think this band has a larger then average following in Minnesota."
this may be true. i met a guy with a FFDP tattoo lol. he was the biggest douche. | Deathconscious
12.03.15 | "Triple Rock is just a great place to see a show." [2] love that venue. only been there twice though, i saw Agalloch and The Antlers there. | Epictetus
02.27.23 | dogshit bands | combustion07
02.27.23 | I've seen Primus and The Casualties. Saw Primus in 2010 and it was amazing. I also considered them my favorite band at the time. Also seen Theory of a Deadman, Shinedown and Five Finger at a festival we have called rockfest. The only one I enjoyed of those was Shinedown |
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