Gig History

[cycosurgeon]

Yea it's amazing how you guys remember your gig history or save that many ticket stubs
I have like...3 ticket stubs saved: Sasquatch music festival, Turisas, and Ensiferum/Finntroll. My gig history was short enough that I remember when/where/who I went with for all my gigs.

I just put my ticket stubs in my band jewel cases over the album cover, yet another reason why I won't turn my back on CDs.

[Laura]

Yea it's amazing how you guys remember your gig history or save that many ticket stubs
I have like...3 ticket stubs saved: Sasquatch music festival, Turisas, and Ensiferum/Finntroll. My gig history was short enough that I remember when/where/who I went with for all my gigs.

For some reason, I've always liked tickets as physical objects/artifacts. I just always put them in one place, so that's why I have the majority from the concerts, plays, museums/art exhibits, and so on that I've been to. Not sure why I don't have tix for some of the music gigs - maybe I lost them that evening? Who knows! Also, there have been so many free gigs I've been to at annual events in Chicagoland like Taste of Chicago, Naperville Rib Fest, etc. and none of those had tickets. That's when my various calendars, datebooks, and diaries came in handy when I compiled my entire list spanning 1970 to the present. I'm so glad I wrote all that stuff down! I'm sure you all think I'm nuts by now, but all of those events were/are such a HUGE part of my life and who I am, that I enjoy reflecting on it all. That is not to say I live in the past - far from it - rather, I'm always looking forward to what's next. And if I live another 50 years (which I hope and plan to ) that's a lotta "next."

[Michael D.]

TWO WORDS.
ANAL-RETENTIVENESS.
Most of my Ticket stubs all went into a scrap book or were written on a calendar and then noted into the scrap book. Stubs are small and all of mine are neatly in a 3-ring binder.
OCPD. LOL

[Laura]

TWO WORDS.
ANAL-RETENTIVENESS.
Most of my Ticket stubs all went into a scrap book or were written on a calendar and then noted into the scrap book. Stubs are small and all of mine are neatly in a 3-ring binder.
OCPD. LOL

Nope - one word - (I'm a) LIBRARIAN - must document, must organize, categorize, make *understandable*!!!!...

[mooyagi]

Yea it's amazing how you guys remember your gig history or save that many ticket stubs
I have like...3 ticket stubs saved: Sasquatch music festival, Turisas, and Ensiferum/Finntroll. My gig history was short enough that I remember when/where/who I went with for all my gigs.

I only have my Wacken ticket from 2009 and I still carry around my Sea Pass from the first cruise. I gotta remember to take that one out of my wallet before we set sail

[Ravenlord]

I was going to say I've never seen this thread before, but I posted to it earlier in the year. So I'm just going to update the list.

2003:
Deep Purple / Lynyrd Skynyrd - Dublin
Metallica - Dublin
Iron Maiden - Dublin
Thin Lizzy - Dublin

2004:
Monster Magnet - Dublin
Metallica - Dublin

2005:
Earthshaker Festival 2005 - Germany - Cage, Dragonlord, Finntroll, Grave Digger, HolyHell, Loudness, Manowar, Masterplan, Rhapsody, Stormwarrior, Turisas
Iron Maiden - Dublin
Dio - Dublin

2006:
In Flames/Sepultura - Dublin
Alice Cooper - Dublin
Earthshaker 2006 - Germany - Brainstorm, Edguy, Ensiferum, Evergrey, Hammerfall, Lordi, Nevermore, Saxon, Wintersun,
Wacken 2006 - Germany - Arch Enemy, Finntroll, Gamma Ray, Korpiklaani, Motorhead, Nevermore, Scorpions, Whitesnake, Wintersun
Primal Fear - Dublin
Blind Guardian / Astral Doors - Dublin
Slayer/In Flames - Dublin
Wasp - Dublin
Iron Maiden - Dublin

2007:
Hammerfall - Dublin
Saxon - Dublin
Megadeth - Dublin
Aerosmith - Dublin
Magic Circle Festival 2007 - Germany - Gamma Ray, Heavenly, Lion's Share, Manowar, Messiah's Kiss, Saidian, Stormwarrior
Wacken 2007 - Germany - Blind Guardian, Chthonic, Dimmu Borgir, Falconer, Grave DIgger, Iced Earth, Lacuna Coil

2008:
Helloween / Gamma Ray / Axxis - London
Sonata Arctica - Dublin
Firewind / Kiuas - Dublin
Sweden Rock Festival 2008 - Sweden - Ace Frehley, Airbourne, Apocalyptica, Astral Doors, Avantasia, Black Stone Cherry, Blue Oyster Cult, Def Leppard, Electric Light Orchestra, Hanoi Rocks, Joe Satriani, Judas Priest , Korpiklaani, Lizzy Borden, Poison, Primal Fear, Royal Hunt, Sabaton, Saxon, Stormwarrior, Tesla, Triumph, Whitesnake
Magic Circle Festival 2008 - Germany - Alice Cooper, Brazen Abbot, Doro, Gotthard, Stormwarror, WASP
Motorhead - Dublin
Jorn / Triosphere - Dublin
Winterfest (Amon Amarth / Skyclad) - Cork

2009:
Judas Priest - Dublin
Kamelot - Dublin
Def Leppard / Whitesnake / Journey / Tesla - Dublin
Metalway Festival 2009 - Spain - Axxis, Baron Rojo, Blind Guardian, Dark Tranquillity, Europe, Gotthard, Immortal, Manowar, Motörhead, Pretty Maids, Primal Fear, Riot, Saxon, Stratovarius, Tesla, Twisted Sister, Warcry, Warlock
Powerwolf / Charing Cross - Switzerland
Wasp - Dublin

2010:
Manowar - Germany
Airbourne - Dublin
Kiss - Dublin
Axel Rudi Pell / Freedom Call - Germany
Scorpions - Longirod, Switzerland
Kiss - Zurich, Switzerland
Kiss - Geneva, Switzerland
Metalcamp 2010 - Slovenia - Brezno, Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Kalmah, Overkill, Sabaton, Sonata Arctica
Magic CIrcle Festival 2010 - Slovenia - Arch Enemy, Kamelot, Manowar
Masters Of Rock 2010 - Czech Republic - Manowar, Accept, Annihilator, Axel Rudi Pell, Bloodbound, Doro, Gamma Ray, Primal Fear, Sabaton, Salamandra, Unisonic
Celtic Rock Open Air 2010 - Germany - Haggard, Wolfchant
Dong Open Air 2010 - Germany - Elvenking, Gun Barrel, Skyclad
Headbangers Open Air 2010 - Germany - Culprit, Jameson Raid, Virgin Steele
Wacken 2010 - Germany - Alice Cooper, Astral Doors, Delain, Edguy, Grave Digger, Iron Maiden, Kamelot, Lizzy Borden, Motley Crue, Overkill, Skanners, Stratovarius, WASP
Blind Guardian - London

2011:
70000 Tons - Miami
Accept, Wolf - Dublin
Wizard - Dublin
Helstar, Power Quest - London
Crimson Glory - London
Blaze Bayley - London
Iron Maiden - London
High Voltage Festival 2011 - Dream Theater, Grand Magus, Graveyard, Jethro Tull, Judas Priest, Michael Monroe, Michael Schenker, Neal Morse, Queensryche, Saint Jude, Sylosis, Thunder
Paragon, Rebellion - Germany

[Michael D.]

Yea it's amazing how you guys remember your gig history or save that many ticket stubs
I have like...3 ticket stubs saved: Sasquatch music festival, Turisas, and Ensiferum/Finntroll. My gig history was short enough that I remember when/where/who I went with for all my gigs.

I only have my Wacken ticket from 2009 and I still carry around my Sea Pass from the first cruise. I gotta remember to take that one out of my wallet before we set sail

I lost my sea pass some where on Miami Beach.
Damn Pick Pockets. LOL
I think I dropped at Joe's Crab Shack. Still sad.

[mooyagi]

Yea it's amazing how you guys remember your gig history or save that many ticket stubs
I have like...3 ticket stubs saved: Sasquatch music festival, Turisas, and Ensiferum/Finntroll. My gig history was short enough that I remember when/where/who I went with for all my gigs.

I only have my Wacken ticket from 2009 and I still carry around my Sea Pass from the first cruise. I gotta remember to take that one out of my wallet before we set sail

I lost my sea pass some where on Miami Beach.
Damn Pick Pockets. LOL
I think I dropped at Joe's Crab Shack. Still sad.

Oh no! That's no good to lose.

[KDibildeaux]

I think I have almost all of my ticket stubs. Love keeping them

[WizardBeast]

I think I have almost all of my ticket stubs. Love keeping them

i really wish i didn't throw all mine away, i had a sweet collection going....

[EvilDan]

I do keep my stubs, and I'll usually go out of my way to get a ticket, often paying extra just to have it. However, I tend to throw them in the latest box of "interest". Basically, the box is almost like "things to put in a scrapbook", if I was to ever put together anything like that. So I have several of these boxes, since they fill up every year or so.

[Stained Class]

Well this will be embarrassing. Here's my short gig history:

It's even shorter when you forget to include Skull Fist and Gwar

[AlaskaRachel]

Well this will be embarrassing. Here's my short gig history:

It's even shorter when you forget to include Skull Fist and Gwar

I knew I was forgetting some!

[Stained Class]

Well this will be embarrassing. Here's my short gig history:

It's even shorter when you forget to include Skull Fist and Gwar

I knew I was forgetting some!

It's ok. You banged your head earlier that week.

[nekrobarr]

Been meaning to post this for a few days.

I used to be an avid CCG collector for the games I played, and it's all too common to 'store' the better cards (and/or cards for trade) in those plastic pages that hold 9 cards (or 18 if you double side'em). It eventually dawned on me that I could use those to store ticket stubs!



I've only got about 90 stubs dating back from 2002. I like this idea, as the pockets in this particular binder can house larger stubs and items too big for the pages (as you can see). I've used photo laminate for a few particular ticket stubs I got signed (i.e. Celtic Frost stub signed by Tom and Martin).

Been thinking I should add in written/printed pages to start chronicling all shows, stubs or no, just as a reminder, as I know I've been to more shows that I can recall.

[EvilDan]

Great idea! I used to collector hockey cards, so I wonder if I have space for some of my tix. Although, I have a bunch of "ticketNow" bullshit that you have to print yourself, so I'd have to get creative with the folding of the paper.

The other hard thing to remember is who some of the undercard was for shows.

[Rab]

Been meaning to post this for a few days.

I used to be an avid CCG collector for the games I played, and it's all too common to 'store' the better cards (and/or cards for trade) in those plastic pages that hold 9 cards (or 18 if you double side'em). It eventually dawned on me that I could use those to store ticket stubs!



I've only got about 90 stubs dating back from 2002. I like this idea, as the pockets in this particular binder can house larger stubs and items too big for the pages (as you can see). I've used photo laminate for a few particular ticket stubs I got signed (i.e. Celtic Frost stub signed by Tom and Martin).

Been thinking I should add in written/printed pages to start chronicling all shows, stubs or no, just as a reminder, as I know I've been to more shows that I can recall.

HOLY FUCK DUDE THAT IDEA IS GENIOUS!!!

Also i see you saw heathen crusade 2 one of my bands was on that bill at the time a band called Will of the Ancients

[mooyagi]

Been meaning to post this for a few days.

I used to be an avid CCG collector for the games I played, and it's all too common to 'store' the better cards (and/or cards for trade) in those plastic pages that hold 9 cards (or 18 if you double side'em). It eventually dawned on me that I could use those to store ticket stubs!



I've only got about 90 stubs dating back from 2002. I like this idea, as the pockets in this particular binder can house larger stubs and items too big for the pages (as you can see). I've used photo laminate for a few particular ticket stubs I got signed (i.e. Celtic Frost stub signed by Tom and Martin).

Been thinking I should add in written/printed pages to start chronicling all shows, stubs or no, just as a reminder, as I know I've been to more shows that I can recall.

I remember us having a conversation about how vastly different we are on saving ticket stubs while you were putting the Evergrey one in that book!

I really like the idea of keeping a written account of each show.

[Michael D.]

Been meaning to post this for a few days.

I used to be an avid CCG collector for the games I played, and it's all too common to 'store' the better cards (and/or cards for trade) in those plastic pages that hold 9 cards (or 18 if you double side'em). It eventually dawned on me that I could use those to store ticket stubs!



I've only got about 90 stubs dating back from 2002. I like this idea, as the pockets in this particular binder can house larger stubs and items too big for the pages (as you can see). I've used photo laminate for a few particular ticket stubs I got signed (i.e. Celtic Frost stub signed by Tom and Martin).

Been thinking I should add in written/printed pages to start chronicling all shows, stubs or no, just as a reminder, as I know I've been to more shows that I can recall.

I remember us having a conversation about how vastly different we are on saving ticket stubs while you were putting the Evergrey one in that book!

I really like the idea of keeping a written account of each show.

That is a really good way to save your ticket stubs. Nice work.

[Warphine]

I've been to a lot of live metal shows because ever since I was a kid and started going to concerts I've been hooked. Back home in Pennsylvania you have to drive very far to get to any quality live metal shows. Now, that I live in Orlando, FL, I've had the opportunity to see a large bulk of the live shows in Orlando but I'm always down to travel around Florida to attend anything solid. Talking Tampa area, Jacksonville, Ft Laudy been there done that.

I enjoy it so much that I try to keep my concert tickets and I keep track of bands I've seen and how many times I've seen them. Mainly just for fun. I'm sure a lot of you guys can relate. Here goes:

Cannibal Corpse (4x)
Lamb of God (5x)
Gwar (4x)
Unearth (4x)
Corrosion of Conformity - Saw them with Pepper back in '05. Crowbar opened up. Awesome tour.
Crowbar
Soilwork (3x)
Hypocrisy (2x) - I really hope I can say I saw them two more times on the boat, but who knows?
Slayer (2x) - The first show I saw Slayer at I actually met my wife. \m/ \m/
Origin (3x)
Nile (4x)
Malevolent Creation (6x)
Opeth (3x)
The Black Dahila Murder (6x)
Machine Head (2x)
Trivium (6x)
Arch Enemy (2x)
The Haunted (3x)
Behemoth (4x)
Megadeth (2x)
Dillinger Escape Plan
Nevermore
Symphony X
Dream Theater
Evergrey
Dark Tranquillity (3x)
Killswitch Engage (5x)
All That Remains (2x)
Children of Bodom (4x)
Black Label Society (3x)
Down (2x)
Damageplan - Saw these guys a month before Dime passed. I caught a Dime guitar pick. I still have it, and will never forget this show.
Shadows Fall (3x)
Black Sabbath (2x)
Velvet Revolver
In Flames (3x)
Atreyu
Ozzy Osbourne (2x)
System of a Down
Animosity (2x)
King Diamond
Strapping Young Lad
A Life Once Lost
Psyopus (2x)
Iced Earth
Motorhead
God Forbid (2x)
As I Lay Dying (2x)
Devildriver (5x)
Meshuggah (3x)
Hatebreed (4x)
Soulfly
Dying Fetus (3x)
Into The Moat
Soilent Green (2x)
With Passion
Zao
Mastodon
Mnemic (3x)
Rob Zombie (2x)
Clutch (2x)
Despised Icon (3x)
Nailshitter (5x)
Chimaira (3x)
Exodus (4x)
Full Blown Chaos
Necrophagist (2x)
Arsis (4x)
Neuraxis (2x)
Cattle Decapitation (2x)
Catalepsy
Terror
Through The Eyes of the Dead
Sanctity
Overkill (2x)
Into Eternity (2x)
All Shall Perish (3x)
The Faceless (3x)
Decapitated (3x)
Suffocation (3x)
Unmerciful
Goatwhore (3x)
Byzantine
Gojira
Dimmu Borgir
Kataklysm (3x)
Amon Amarth (3x)
Darkest Hour (2x)
Job For A Cowboy (2x)
The Acacia Strain
Chthonic (2x)
Static X
3 Inches Of Blood
Daath
Coheed and Cambria
Himsa
Warbringer (2x)
Ministry
Sworn Enemy
Thy Will Be Done
Dethklok
Whitechapel
Vader
Cryptopsy
The Absence (2x)
Aborted (2x)
Carcass
1349
Rotten Sound
Belphegor (2x)
Kreator (2x)
Cephalic Carnage (2x)
Withered
Blackguard
Hate Eternal
Willie Nelson
Knights of the Abyss
Steel Panther
Obscura (3x)
Augury (2x)
HateSphere
Green Jelly
Nashville Pussy
Lazarus AD
Evile (2x)
The Red Chord
Vital Remains
Decrepit Birth (2x)
Animals as Leaders (2x)
Swashbuckle
Mutiny Within
Death Angel (2x)
Hank Williams 3 and Assjack (2x)
Forbidden
Bonded by Blood (2x)
Gama Bomb
Suicidal Tendencies
Hate
Sepultura
Keep of Kalessin (2x)
Devin Townsend Project
Septic Flesh
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Rings of Saturn
Testament
Anthrax
Between The Buried and Me
TesseracT
Abysmal Dawn
Enfold Darkness

I can't wait to add a ton more bands to this list from the cruise!

[cowboy71]

Epic list dude :)

FYI, there is already a thread dedicated to this:

Gig History

[Warphine]

Epic list dude :)

FYI, there is already a thread dedicated to this:

Gig History

Oops! *channels Rick Perry*

I'm a "The Bridge" forum lurker, I should probably read more of the other forum boards more and I would have noticed that. All well!

[cowboy71]

Hehehehe - no problems at all dude!!!

We've all done this before, either here on another forum

[ShoreSlayer]

Hehehehe - no problems at all dude!!!

We've all done this before, either here on another forum

Yep, the mods will probably merge this one with the other one when they have time. Nice list Warphine!!

[KevinP]

Never bothered to keep track of all the bands I saw, let alone how many times. Wish there was an easy way for me to remember this.

[last_candle]

haven^t read a single word or this thread


random xmas

[EvilDan]

The Absence (2x)

Epic list aside, I can't believe you've only seen The Absence twice. I saw them more than that just at The Haven, and more than that when only counting non-Haven gigs, when I was in Orlando, and you were at one of the shows! And that doesn't count the multiple times I've seen them in Dallas. I would love it if I could remember everything I've been to, but I don't think I'll be making this kind of list any time soon, especially since the undercard is rarely listed, even if I find all my ticketstubs. Like gnoff, every now and then I realize I've seen a band opening, but then actually "discovered" them later.

[Warphine]

The Absence (2x)

Epic list aside, I can't believe you've only seen The Absence twice. I saw them more than that just at The Haven, and more than that when only counting non-Haven gigs, when I was in Orlando, and you were at one of the shows! And that doesn't count the multiple times I've seen them in Dallas. I would love it if I could remember everything I've been to, but I don't think I'll be making this kind of list any time soon, especially since the undercard is rarely listed, even if I find all my ticketstubs. Like gnoff, every now and then I realize I've seen a band opening, but then actually "discovered" them later.

Actually, now that you have pointed it out, I think I've seen these guys THREE times. Once at the Haven, once at the Brass Mug, and once at the Summer Slaughter tour at Jannus Landing a few years back. Sometimes, I forget to update this and things like this happen!

[Tuup]

Last 'ranking' before our little holiday

20x: Saxon
19x: Arch Enemy, Exodus
17x: Destruction
16x: Opeth, Death Angel, Chain of Dogs
15x: Amorphis, Kreator, After Forever, Finntroll, Volbeat, Rowwen Hèze
14x: Iced Earth
13x: Testament, Slayer, Nevermore, Amon Amarth, Sabaton

[Whiskeyjack]

Damn the lot of you!
I'm jealous. Growing up in one small town (St. John's, Newfoundland), moving to another (in the Annapolis Basin, Nova Scotia), and then to South Korea has severly limited my opportunities to see touring bands. Thus my short list:

Backyard Babies
Bob Dylan
Gwar
High on Fire
Infernal Majesty
Into Eternity
Iron Giant
Iron Maiden (x2)
Jungle Rot
Krisiun
Lamb of God
Mastodon
Misery Index
Napalm Death
Neuraxis
Oathean
Opeth
Queens of the Stone Age
Sheavy (x? a bunch)
Strapping Young Lad
Neil Young

Hopefully I can double the length of that list in a couple of weeks from now.

[Skwizgar]

Ive been to a plethera of concerts...My first being Aldo Nova and UFO in 1982....(hey I was 16...and it was awesome! LOL)
of course it doesnt even begin to measure up like Rob, TYR, and Scotts lists here...but neverthless....MANY good shows.....My list however would have been fulfilled for me if I ever had the chance to see LED ZEPPLIN!! Other than that....I have been blessed to see ALL!

In 1980, I had tickets to see Led Zeppelin for their first tour since '77. Alas, John Bonham died and the tour was cancelled. It's my Great White Buffalo (Hot Tub Time Machine, anyone?).

[Tuup]

Damn the lot of you!
I'm jealous. Growing up in one small town (St. John's, Newfoundland), moving to another (in the Annapolis Basin, Nova Scotia), and then to South Korea has severly limited my opportunities to see touring bands.

Same here as far as the small town is concerned, but fortunately I have a few main cities for concerts within 150 km: Tilburg, Cologne, Antwerp, Eindhoven... And we've got a venue in a not so big town that specialises in old school metal since a couple of years, which is really a luxury I couldn't have imagined 10 years ago
Plus we've of course got many great festivals in western Europe where you can easily see 50 good bands in a weekend. Yeah I guess we're lucky, especially compared to Korea.

[cowboy71]

Decided recently, as I was sorting through all my old gig photos and uploading them to facebook, that I would try and list all the bands I've seen and how many times.

When I lived in Melbourne I saw a shitload of Aussie bands live, going to gigs pretty much every weekend for a while. So I haven't listed all those. Reckon I've captured all the International bands I've seen down through the years though.

11 Nightwish
5 Blind Guardian
4 Gamma Ray
4 Lord
3 Alestorm
3 As I Lay Dying
3 Dark Tranquillity
3 Ensiferum
3 Finntroll
3 Iced Earth
3 Megadeth
3 Queensryche
3 Sonata Arctica
3 Vanishing Point
2 Alice Cooper
2 Amon Amarth
2 Amorphis
2 Arch Enemy
2 Black Majesty
2 Bryan Adams
2 Children of Bodom
2 Dragonforce
2 Edguy
2 Eluveitie
2 Epica
2 Eyefear
2 Hammerfall
2 Helloween
2 Iron Maiden
2 Kamelot
2 Lacuna Coil
2 Muse
2 My Dying Bride
2 Sabaton
2 Saxon
2 Shadows Fall
2 Soulfly
2 Stratovarius
2 Switchfoot
2 Taking Dawn
2 The Offspring
2 Therion
2 Tristania
2 Trivium
2 Tyr
18 Visions
Alice In Chains
Alpine Fault
Annihilator
Anthrax
Attrocity
Behind Crimson Eyes
Billy Thorpe
Blaze
Bleeding Through
Bloodhound Gang
Bowling For Soup
Brand New
Bring Me The Horizon
BRMC
Buffalo Tom
Bullet for my Valentine
Cage
Caliban
Carpathian
Cheap Trick
Chocolate Starfish
Circle II Circle
Claim the Throne
Coheed and Cambria
Cripper
Danger Danger
Death Angel
Def FX
Def Leppard
Deftones
DevilDriver
Dimmu Borgir
Disturbed
Dungeon
Exodus
Fireballs
Firewind
Forgive Durden
Garbage
Garth Brooks
Gotthard
Grave Digger
Green Day
Guardian
Hatebreed
Heart
Hit The Lights
Hole
Hoodoo Gurus
Howling Bells
Ill Nino
Infectious Grooves
Jeff Scott Soto
Judas Priest
Juliette & The Licks
Kamelot
Kenny Marks
Killswitch Engage
Kingdom Come
Korpiklaani
Leaves Eyes
Lightforce
Lillian Axe
Magnum
Metallica
Mogwai
Monster Magnet
Murderdolls
MxPx
Narnia
Nightfall
Nine Inch Nails
Omen
Orphaned Land
Petra
Pink Cream 69
Pixies
Placebo
plus 44
Primal Fear
Rise Against
Rob Zombie
screaming jets
Sebastian Bach
Shok Paris
Silverchair
Slash
Slayer
Smashing Pumpkins
Spiderbait
Static-X
Story of the year
Testament
The Goodies
The Sword
The Used
Three Doors Down
Thrice
TISM
TNT
Tool
Trouble
UFO
Unwritten Law
Velvet Revolver
Voyager
WASP
Weddings, Parties, Anything
Wiggles
Y & T
You Am I

[Laura]

^^ nice list!

Yes to these...

August 1978. REO Speedwagon. Alpine Valley, WI
Summer 1978. Rolling Stones. Soldier Field.
December 1978. UFO. Randhurst Ice Arena
June 1979. Yes. Chicago International Ampitheater

Goddess - that is so cool that we were at so many of the same shows!......

I have tried to save most of the tickets to everything I've been to over the years - whether it's a music event (Paris Opera to Wacken), special art exhibition, etc. I think I have at least 90% of them (unfortunately my Frampton 77 and Rolling Stones 78 tix were lost, plus the word Yes on my 1979 Yes ticket stub is cut off!)

Rolling Stones ticket from 1978 found! A few nights before the cruise I was showing my daughter (who is starting high school in the fall), a couple of scrapbooks I made in high school (hadn't looked at them in years), and my Stones ticket, as well as all kinds of fun music related items were in there. I don't know why that discovery made me so happy - it just did (yes, I'm strange when it comes to certain kinds of mememtos ) - also thought it was fun that a few days later (uh, really nearly 34 years later ) - I was going on the 70,000 Tons of Awesome Part II.

[Ingrid]

Hm I haven't updated my list on my computer since half 2010.
Maybe I will soon update it, and then post it :)

[rootleaf]

Here is my list I somewhat maintain of who I've seen.
There are also a ton of bands I have seen at SXSW shows over several years that I have no way of ever recalling because they're either nobodies or they are just lost in the blur that is SXSW.

Some of them I have seen multiple times, some only once. I never keep ticket stubs, so my list is only updated from memory and when I remember to go in and add a band. Until this thread I hadn't touched it in a couple of years and had to add a bunch of more recent shows to it.


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70,000 Tons of Metal 2012
AC/DC
Alestorm
All American Rejects
Amorphis
Anyone
Arch Enemy
Asphyx
At the Gates
Atari Teenage Riot
Atheist
Atmosphere
Austin City Limits 2004
Austin City Limits 2005
Austin City Limits 2006
Austin City Limits 2007
Austin City Limits 2008
Austin City Limits 2010
Autopsy
Beastie Boys
Beck
Ben Harper
Ben Kweller
Bile
Biohazard
Bionic
Bjork
Blue October
Bob Dylan
Brant Bjork and the Brothers
Brujeria
Cake
Candlemass
Cannibal Corpse
Carcass
Cephalic Carnage
Chaimera
Chemlab
Children of Bodom
Clutch
Coal Chamber
Coffins
Coldplay
Concrete Blonde
Coroner
Corrosion of Conformity
Cradle of Filth
Crowbar
Crystal Method
D.R.I
Danzig
Dark Funeral
Das Ich
Deadmau5
Death Cab For Cutie
Death from above 1979
Deathride 69
Deftones
Devildriver
Die Krupps
Divine Heresy
Dixie Witch
Down
Dresden Dolls
Dwight Yokam
Eagle Claw
Eagles of Death Metal
Einsturzende Neubauten
Eluvietie
Entombed
Eve's Plum
Exhorder
Exodus
Eyehategod
Faith No More
Filter
Front Line Assembly
G Love and the Special Sauce
Ghost
Ghostland Observatory
Ghoultown
Godflesh
Gomez
Gravity Kills
GWAR
Hank III
Hate Eternal
Haujobb
HED(PE)
Helmet
High on Fire
Hocico
Ice Cube
Immolation
Impaled Nazarene
In Flames
Inquisition
Isis
Jet
Kaiser Chiefs
Kamelot
Kataklysm
Katatonia
KMFDM
Korn
Lacuna Coil
Last Days of Humanity
LCD Soundsystem
Life of Agony
Limp Bizkit
Liz Phair
Loop Guru
Machinehead
Mala Suerte
Malovent Creation
Marilyn Manson
Martin Sexton
Mastodon
MDF 2010
MDF 2011
Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Puppets
Megadeth
Mentallo and the Fixer
Meshuggah
Metric
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Ministry
Moby
Modest Mouse
Monster Magnet
Moonsorrow
Moonspell
Morbid Angel
Motorhead
Municipal Waste
Muse
My Dying Bride
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
N.E.R.D.
Nadasurf
Napalm Death
Nashville Pussy
Neurosis
Nightwish
Nile
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Nirvana 2000
Nuclear Assault
Numb
Nunslaughter
Obituary
Opeth
Orbital
Overkill
Pantera
Pentagram
Pitchshifter
Place of Skulls
Porno for Pyros
Portal
Prong
Public Enemy
Queens of the Stone Age
Rage Against the Machine
Rammstein
Reckless Kelly
Red Kross
REM
Republica
Reverend Horton Heat
RPG
Saint Vitus
Samael
Sepultura
Sevendust
She Wants Revenge
Shonen Knife
Sister Machine Gun
Six Feet Under
Skinlab
Skinny Puppy
Skrew
Skycrawler
Slayer
SOD
Soilwork
Soulfly
Spahn Ranch
Sponge
Spoon
Stone Temple Pilots
Strapping Young Lad
String Cheese Incident
Suffocation
Sugar Ray
Superjoint Ritual
System of a Down
TFD
The Allman Brothers Band
The Black Crowes
The Black Keys
The Breeders
The Cruxshadows
The Dead Weather
The Fever
The Gathering
The Haunted
The Killers
The Kills
The Pixies
The Raconteurs
The Spaghetti Incident
The Strokes
The Swans
The Sword
Today is the Day
Tool
Tori Amos
Total Chaos
Tristinia
Tweaker
Type O Negative
U2
Venom
Voivod
Watain
Wolves in the Throne Room
Wormed
Yakuza
YOB
Young Gods

[Tuup]

20x: Saxon
19x: Arch Enemy, Exodus
17x: Amorphis, Destruction
16x: Opeth, Death Angel, Chain of Dogs
15x: Kreator, After Forever, Finntroll, Volbeat, Rowwen Hèze
14x: Iced Earth
13x: Testament, Slayer, Nevermore, Amon Amarth, Sabaton
12x: Evergrey, Mercenary
11x: Riverside, Sodom, Vader, Moonsorrow, HammerFall, Children of Bodom, Epica
10x: Dark Tranquillity, Tankard, Kamelot, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, God Dethroned, Moonspell, Motörhead

The 70K bands are very prominent in my list. So if I follow that reasoning, my predictions for the next edition would have to be Arch Enemy, Opeth, Kreator, Finntroll and Volbeat

[Stained Class]

20x: Saxon
19x: Arch Enemy, Exodus
17x: Amorphis, Destruction
16x: Opeth, Death Angel, Chain of Dogs
15x: Kreator, After Forever, Finntroll, Volbeat, Rowwen Hèze
14x: Iced Earth
13x: Testament, Slayer, Nevermore, Amon Amarth, Sabaton
12x: Evergrey, Mercenary
11x: Riverside, Sodom, Vader, Moonsorrow, HammerFall, Children of Bodom, Epica
10x: Dark Tranquillity, Tankard, Kamelot, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, God Dethroned, Moonspell, Motörhead

The 70K bands are very prominent in my list. So if I follow that reasoning, my predictions for the next edition would have to be Arch Enemy, Opeth, Kreator, Finntroll and Volbeat

Right you are! Finntroll played last year I'd be down with Arch Enemy, Opeth, Volbeat, Evergrey, Mercenary, Vader, Swallow The Sun, Motorhead. Also, I'm fucking jealous that you've seen Mercenary that many times. Did you see them before the last 2 albums came out? I only like their stuff before that.

[Laura]

rootleaf - I really enjoyed reading your list - thanks for posting it. There is a lot of variety which I appreciate since I've enjoyed a wide variety of music over the years as well (as I do the same with people, places, and other things besides music. ) A couple band names jumped out to me in particular because I'm seeing them both for the first time in the coming months and super stoked - Death Cab for Cutie and Ministry. Ministry I've loved since the 80s and I've only become familar with DCFC in the past few years. (absolutely crazy about them - Ben's songwriting & delivery has such a sweet, quirky & subtle brilliance to it I think. )

Also would love to go to SXSW someday and have watched a number of those Austin City Limits gigs on TV.

[Tuup]

Right you are! Finntroll played last year I'd be down with Arch Enemy, Opeth, Volbeat, Evergrey, Mercenary, Vader, Swallow The Sun, Motorhead. Also, I'm fucking jealous that you've seen Mercenary that many times. Did you see them before the last 2 albums came out? I only like their stuff before that.

Hmm I didn't even realise, but indeed, Finntroll played last year.

Yeah I saw Mercenary 8 times between 2004 and 2009. I was a big fan (and still are) of 11 Dreams and they were also awesome live in that line-up. I've also seen them four times in the new line-up. I still like them, but the magic is gone.