Gig History

[Laura]

Hey Rachel,
I'm guessing you're in your 20's, right? I think all of the shows you've been to at such a young age is amazing!  Absolutely LOVE the fact that you have travelled overseas to see Epica and P!nk! That shows awesome dedication and passion - I love that in a person. And seriously, what is life without passion and adventure?

I tell my young daughters this all the time - follow your passions, follow your dreams (whatever they may be), make grand future plans, yet don't forget to love where you're at today. 

I jokingly asked on some other thread who would be up for the 25th anniversary 70k tons of metal cruise in 2036. I suspect you'll be there! 

Now, off to unplug from the Internet and enjoy a long weekend out of town.

I am, 25 to be exact. I agree! Life would be pretty boring without both and I am lucky that for the time being I am able to do such things.

Oh I would definitely be there! I'd only be 50 years old and would still have some parties left in me! I'd kick it with all the young whipper snappers!

Hey, Rachael - thanks for responding to that 2 month old post of mine - but seriously....

I can totally imagine you on the 25th anniversary 70K tons of metal cruise in 2036. I mean - 50? - no problem for you I'm sure!
As for me, I'll be 74 I think - so not so sure (although never say never is a good motto I think )

....and I've been meaning to say this for a while, next-cabin-door neighbor - even though I'm old enough to be your mother , I promise I won't "cramp your style" or act my age for that matter.

[Brodd]

Okay, I can’t remember the date of the concerts, but here is a list of the “bigger” bands I’ve seen live.

Aborted, AC/DC, Adorned Brood, Aeon, Airbourne, Alestorm (x3), Amon Amarth (x4), Amorphis, Anathema, The Answer, Arch Enemy, Arkona (x2), Artillery (x3), As We Fight, Behemoth (x2), Belphegor (x2), The Black Dahlia Murder, Blood Red Throne, Bloodthorn, Borknagar, By the Patient (x2), Cancerous Womb, Cannibal Corpse (x2), Carcass, Cathedral, Children of Bodom (x2), Code, Compos Mentis, Corpus Mortale (x3), Cradle of Filth, Cripper, Crocell (x3), Dawn of Demise (x3), Death Angel, Decapitated, Devourment, Die (x2), Dimmu Borgir (x2), Disneyland After Dark, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, Dornenreich, Dying Fetus, Engel, Einhejer, Eluveitie, Endstille, Ensiferum (x3), Entombed (x3), Equilibrium (x2), Essence, Exodus (x2), Fairytale Abuse, Fejd, Finntroll (x2), Flogging Molly, Goat, Gojira, Gorgoroth, Gwydion, Hate Eternal, HateSpehere, Heaven and Hell, Heidevolk (x2), Hollenthon, Holmgang, Horned Almighty (x2), Huldre, Hyprocisy, Illdiance, Illdisposed (x4), Immortal (x2), Inimical, Iron Maiden (x3), Judas Priest, Kataklysm (x3), Konkhra (x2), Korpiklaani, Kreator, Lifthrasyr, Lipid, Manticora, Mayhem (x2), Megadeth, Meshuggah, Metallica, Misery Index, Mnemic, Monstrosity, Mötley Crue, Motörhead, Napalm Death, Nightrage, Negrua Bunget, The Ocean, Origin, Overkill (x2), Phantomizer, Possessed, Primordial, Pretty Maids, Red Warszawa (x5), Rotting Christ, Savage Messiah, Schelmish, Scornful, Septic Flesh, Sepultura (x2), Shining, Sigh, Sinister, Slayer (x2), Slow Death Factory, Sodom (x3), Spectral Mortuary (x2), Suicidal Angels (x3), Svartsot (x6), Tankard, Testament, Trivium, Turisas, Týr (x5), Twilight of the Gods, Unleashed, Urkraft, Vader, Varg, Vreid (x2), Warbringer

[Stained Class]

Cripper

I think a lot of us are wondering. Any good live?
Nice list btw!

[Brodd]

Cripper

I think a lot of us are wondering. Any good live?
Nice list btw!

They put on a decent show, but they only got about 25-30 minutes on stage and there was almost no audience so that had a negative influence on their performance. However I like the female vocal and they have some good riffs. So I think they deserve a chance if you got the time.

[Stained Class]

Cripper

I think a lot of us are wondering. Any good live?
Nice list btw!

They put on a decent show, but they only got about 25-30 minutes on stage and there was almost no audience so that had a negative influence on their performance. However I like the female vocal and they have some good riffs. So I think they deserve a chance if you got the time.

I was definitely planning on checking them out anyways. thanks for the update! I doubt they'll get more than that on the cruise anyways, we shall see.

[Evican]

Hey, Rachael - thanks for responding to that 2 month old post of mine - but seriously....

I can totally imagine you on the 25th anniversary 70K tons of metal cruise in 2036. I mean - 50? - no problem for you I'm sure!
As for me, I'll be 74 I think - so not so sure (although never say never is a good motto I think )

....and I've been meaning to say this for a while, next-cabin-door neighbor - even though I'm old enough to be your mother , I promise I won't "cramp your style" or act my age for that matter.

I was bored at work yesterday and was going through all the old threads pages back and saw your reply that I missed! So I figured I'd reply.

I'll be there! I may need to buy a fair few 70000 Tons shirts this cruise in order to still have one by the time the 25th anniversary cruise comes around, but I'll be there! You'll be 74 years young! Hey, maybe your grand kids will be into metal and they can chaperone you! Hehe!
Oh, don't worry about that.. We'll meet somewhere in the middle as for our ages. I'm not a "young" 25 year old.

[debborah1]

I can totally imagine you on the 25th anniversary 70K tons of metal cruise in 2036. I mean - 50? - no problem for you I'm sure!
As for me, I'll be 74 I think - so not so sure (although never say never is a good motto I think )

....and I've been meaning to say this for a while, next-cabin-door neighbor - even though I'm old enough to be your mother , I promise I won't "cramp your style" or act my age for that matter. [/quote]
I was bored at work yesterday and was going through all the old threads pages back and saw your reply that I missed! So I figured I'd reply.

I'll be there! I may need to buy a fair few 70000 Tons shirts this cruise in order to still have one by the time the 25th anniversary cruise comes around, but I'll be there! You'll be 74 years young! Hey, maybe your grand kids will be into metal and they can chaperone you! Hehe!
Oh, don't worry about that.. We'll meet somewhere in the middle as for our ages. I'm not a "young" 25 year old. [/quote]
...shit....by then it will be 700,000 tons of metal jetting us to another planet for an Awesome MARS METAL FESTIVAL or some shit like that.....

[WizardBeast]

Then there is Milwaukee Metalfest 97, 99, 00
March Metal Meltdown 2000
November to Dismember- 2000

i love your lists and also the fact that i had one and in some cases 2 bands playing the fests above. didn't we establish that you heard of Somnus and Avernus?

[Evican]

I can totally imagine you on the 25th anniversary 70K tons of metal cruise in 2036. I mean - 50? - no problem for you I'm sure!
As for me, I'll be 74 I think - so not so sure (although never say never is a good motto I think )

....and I've been meaning to say this for a while, next-cabin-door neighbor - even though I'm old enough to be your mother , I promise I won't "cramp your style" or act my age for that matter.

I was bored at work yesterday and was going through all the old threads pages back and saw your reply that I missed! So I figured I'd reply.

I'll be there! I may need to buy a fair few 70000 Tons shirts this cruise in order to still have one by the time the 25th anniversary cruise comes around, but I'll be there! You'll be 74 years young! Hey, maybe your grand kids will be into metal and they can chaperone you! Hehe!
Oh, don't worry about that.. We'll meet somewhere in the middle as for our ages. I'm not a "young" 25 year old.

...shit....by then it will be 700,000 tons of metal jetting us to another planet for an Awesome MARS METAL FESTIVAL or some shit like that.....

It just may happen Debb! That would be a metal festival of astronomical proportion!

[Laura]

I was bored at work yesterday and was going through all the old threads pages back and saw your reply that I missed! So I figured I'd reply.

oh, no problem, glad you did

I'll be there! I may need to buy a fair few 70000 Tons shirts this cruise in order to still have one by the time the 25th anniversary cruise comes around, but I'll be there! You'll be 74 years young! Hey, maybe your grand kids will be into metal and they can chaperone you! Hehe!
Oh, don't worry about that.. We'll meet somewhere in the middle as for our ages. I'm not a "young" 25 year old.

That's a cool idea to wear a 2011 shirt to the 2036 cruise (provided there is one of course ) Funny about the grandkids comment - although I doubt I'll have grown-up grandkids in the year 2036 (at least I hope not since my own kids are only 11 and 13!) Who knows - maybe they will like "metal music" then - in whatever form it may exist in the far future. And I like your meet in the middle comment

p.s. you mentioned somewhere that you have a pic of you and Orion of Behemoth - would love to see it - I also met Orion but sadly have no pic ! Huge Behemoth fan here - that's a Behemoth cap I'm wearing in the avatar.

[Evican]

oh, no problem, glad you did

That's a cool idea to wear a 2011 shirt to the 2036 cruise (provided there is one of course ) Funny about the grandkids comment - although I doubt I'll have grown-up grandkids in the year 2036 (at least I hope not since my own kids are only 11 and 13!) Who knows - maybe they will like "metal music" then - in whatever form it may exist in the far future. And I like your meet in the middle comment

p.s. you mentioned somewhere that you have a pic of you and Orion of Behemoth - would love to see it - I also met Orion but sadly have no pic ! Huge Behemoth fan here - that's a Behemoth cap I'm wearing in the avatar.

I would like to hope that there is a shirt and that it comes in the girl style. I really do hate t-shirts! Haha! In that case, maybe the youngest can chaperone you!
Yeah, I frequently get told that people think that I am older because of how I act and think.
I do! I do! And one with Nergal too. Oh, that's no good! Next time! They're all really nice guys in person which is really cool.

Excuse the poor quality as I had to screen shot the photos on my iPhone from Facebook. Oh and also how disgusting I look as these were taken after the gig, so my hair and make-up leave little to be desired.






Have you seen this picture that I posted in the LOUM thread?

[Lala]

That's a cool idea to wear a 2011 shirt to the 2036 cruise

i think i'll be dead in 2036, but you can have a drink on me.......

[abodrocc]

Have all of you checked http://www.setlist.fm, you can add your gigs even if don't include the setlist.

I'm really jealous of all gigs you have seen !

[Laura]

That's a cool idea to wear a 2011 shirt to the 2036 cruise

i think i'll be dead in 2036, but you can have a drink on me.......

Lal@, well let's hope not! (especially since we're relatively close in age ) Love your list of concerts - especially Zeppelin, Humble Pie, Deep Purple, and Golden Earring (never saw any of them live sadly). And remember we talked long ago about seeing the same Rush tour circa 1980-81? Time flies, eh? Looking forward to meeting you and friend on the ship!

I would like to hope that there is a shirt and that it comes in the girl style. I really do hate t-shirts! Haha! In that case, maybe the youngest can chaperone you!
Yeah, I frequently get told that people think that I am older because of how I act and think.
I do! I do! And one with Nergal too. Oh, that's no good! Next time! They're all really nice guys in person which is really cool.

Excuse the poor quality as I had to screen shot the photos on my iPhone from Facebook. Oh and also how disgusting I look as these were taken after the gig, so my hair and make-up leave little to be desired.

Great pics Rachael - had to repost them!! (and I did see the Orion pic you posted on the LOUM thread - spent a lot of time on that thread 'ya know )

[Evican]

Great pics Rachael - had to repost them!! (and I did see the Orion pic you posted on the LOUM thread - spent a lot of time on that thread 'ya know )

I wish I could have gotten pics with them the last time they were here, but they did an in-store in the city and I was working so I couldn't get there.

Haha! Any excuse to repost that picture of Orion in front of the Opera House.

[bangers]

Haha I got a pic of me n Orion but I dunno how to put facebook pics in there..... Didn't work last time
they are a great bunch of lads

[Malaka]

I have a great picture of Orion and Nergal, but it's shitty quality (It was 116 degrees fahrenheit outside and taken with my old camera phone) and I can't figure out how to post it here. Nergal is smiling and flipping off the camera. Great bunch of lads indeed.

[debborah1]

I have a great picture of Orion and Nergal, but it's shitty quality (It was 116 degrees fahrenheit outside and taken with my old camera phone) and I can't figure out how to post it here. Nergal is smiling and flipping off the camera. Great bunch of lads indeed.

forward it to your email....save it and use the photobucket thingy....

[Ravenlord]

Threw one together just quickly:

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
Iron Maiden - Dublin
Dio - Dublin

2006:
In Flames/Sepultura - Dublin
Alice Cooper - Dublin
Earthshaker 2006 - Germany
Wacken 2006 - Germany
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
Wacken 2007 - Germany

2008:
Helloween / Gamma Ray / Axxis - London
Sonata Arctica - Dublin
Firewind / Kiuas - Dublin
Sweden Rock Festival 2008 - Sweden
Magic Circle Festival 2008 - Germany
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
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
Magic CIrcle Festival 2010 - Slovenia
Masters Of Rock 2010 - Czech Republic
Celtic Rock Open Air 2010 - Germany
Dong Open Air 2010 - Germany
Headbangers Open Air 2010 - Germany
Wacken 2010 - Germany
Blind Guardian - London

[Laura]

Thought I'd bump this fun thread since there are several new folks who may want to add to it....
Also, since it's my birthday and I tend be nostalgic on such occasions, I was looking through my mountain of old ticket stubs this morning and found some more "then and now" stubs...I've got several of these kinds of pairs, but here are just a few....Rush 1981 and 2008, and Genesis 1986 and 2007.

[cowboy71]

All my gigs pre-2004 I just could not recall. Lots of local gigs in and around Melbourne during the 90s (Clouds, Hunters & Collectors, Weddings, Parties, Anything, Chocolate Starfish, Screaming Jets, TISM, You Am I, etc) and a few internationals like Buffalo Tom, Guardian, Petra, Garth Brooks, Bryan Adams, Smashing Pumpkins

1995
Big Day Out (Primal Scream, Cult, Hole, Ministry, Offspring, Silverchair, TISM)

2004
Evanescence
Sweden Rock (Children of Bodom, Helloween, Heart, Narnia, Nightwish, Pink Cream 69, Slade, Y&T, Danger Danger, etc)
Rockwave Greece (Wasp, Dark Tranquillity, Firewind, Nightwish, Soulfly, Gamma Ray, Judas Priest, Pixies, etc)
Bang Your Head Germany (Iced Earth, Alice Cooper, Queensryche, Sebastian Bach, Gotthard, Testament, Children of Bodom, Anthrax, Magnum,Primal Fear, Death Angel, etc)

2005
Velvet Revolver
Switchfoot
Bryan Adams
Green Day
The Goodies
Nightwish
Nightwish
Nightwish
Nightwish
3 Doors Down
Ben Folds
Megadeth
Alice Cooper (with Billy Thorpe RIP)
Jeff Scott Soto
Switchfoot
Taste of Chaos (The Used, Killswitch Engage, Story Of They Year, Funeral For A Friend and Rise Against)
Arch Enemy

2006
Dragonforce
Queensryche
Dark Tranquillity
Placebo
Leaves Eyes, Attrocity
Gigantour (Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Soulfly, Caliban)
Gamma Ray

2007
Soundwave (Deftones, MxPx, +44, Suicidal Tendencies, etc)
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
Muse
Tool
Brand New
Tesla
Cog
Gigantour (Megadeth, Static X, DevilDriver and Lacuna Coil)
Muse

2008
Soundwave (Offspring, Incubus, Killswitch Engage, etc)
Nightwish
Nightwish
Iron Maiden
Dragonforce
Helloween
Pennywise, Sum 41, Bowling For Soup
Def Leppard

2009
Soundwave (Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chaines, Bleeding Through, Lacuna Coil, etc)

2010
Sonata Arctica, Ensiferum, Vanishing Point
Lord
Metallica

2011
70,000 Tons of Metal
Soundwave (Iron Maiden, The Sword, Dimmu Borgir, Murderdolls, Rob Zombie, etc)
Slash, Coheed & Cambria
Finntroll
Disturbed, Trivium, As I Lay Dying

I'm sure there are a few omissions there but its a good start :)

[KDibildeaux]

So my list is quite short compared to the others here, but not too bad, imo, having lived in a fairly small city in Central Mexico for 23 years of my life.

2004
Hypocrisy-San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Lacrimosa-Mexico City
Nightwish-Mexico City
Epica-San Luis Potosí, Mexico

2005
Sentenced -Mexico City
To/Die/For -Mexico City
Live and louder fest (The 69 Eyes, Therion, Rage, Nightwish, Testament (I believe)-Mexico City
HIM-Mexico City
To/Die/For acoustic-Mexico City

2006
Anathema, Stream of Passion and Xandria-Mexico City
Trail of Tears-San Luis Potosí, Mexico

2007
Theatre des Vampires-San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Katatonia-Mexico City

2008
Mandragora's Fest (Lacrimas Profundere, To/Die/For, Leaves Eyes, Atrocity, Clan of Xymox and a bunch of local mexican bands)-Mexico City
Apocalyptica and Metallica (plus other bands, it's was KFMA day fest)-Tucson, AZ
Type O Negative, Hatebreed and 3 Inches of blood, Tempe, AZ
Muse-Guadalajara, Mexico
Apocalyptica-Tucson, AZ

2009
Anathema-Mexico City
ZZ Top, Tucson, AZ
Children of Bodom, Amorphis and Diablo Swing Orchestra-Mexico City
Tiamat and Moonspell-Mexico City
Epica-San Luis Potosí, Mexico

2010
Epica, Threat Signal, Blackguard and a bunch of local bands-Tucson, AZ
Muse- Tempe, AZ
Poisonblack-Hamburg, Germany
Katatonia, Swallow the Sun and Orphaned Land-Tucson, AZ

2011
70 000 tons of metal- At sea
Anathema/Blackfield (coming soon)-Chicago, IL
ReVamp/Draconian (coming soon)-Mexico City.

[Deathbringer]

Thought I'd bump this fun thread since there are several new folks who may want to add to it....
Also, since it's my birthday and I tend be nostalgic on such occasions, I was looking through my mountain of old ticket stubs this morning and found some more "then and now" stubs...I've got several of these kinds of pairs, but here are just a few....Rush 1981 and 2008, and Genesis 1986 and 2007.

Wow... Rush for $9.75. Can't even see a local band for that much sometimes...

[Laura]

^^^ cool gnoff ....I've been meaning to ask you how many times you've seen Amon Amarth - I've seen them 6X now (counting both sets on the cruise) - which I believe is about the most I've seen any band. Ha - I think the only other bands I've seen 6 or 7 times are Todd Rundgren/Utopia (over the span of years 1980-1990), Yes (from 1979-2011) and The Grateful Dead (from around 1980-1991). Then there's a bunch I've seen in the 2-4 range, and a lot I've just seen once.

[debborah1]

^^^ cool gnoff ....I've been meaning to ask you how many times you've seen Amon Amarth - I've seen them 6X now (counting both sets on the cruise) - which I believe is about the most I've seen any band. Ha - I think the only other bands I've seen 6 or 7 times are Todd Rundgren/Utopia (over the span of years 1980-1990), Yes (from 1979-2011) and The Grateful Dead (from around 1980-1991). Then there's a bunch I've seen in the 2-4 range, and a lot I've just seen once.

Happy Birthday Doll Face!!

[cowboy71]

Holy crap gnoff that is INSANE!

Most I've seen any single band live is Nightwish 8 times (Sweden, Greece, Melbourne x 2, Sydney x 2, Brisbane x 2)

[debborah1]

All my gigs pre-2004 I just could not recall. Lots of local gigs in and around Melbourne during the 90s (Clouds, Hunters & Collectors, Weddings, Parties, Anything, Chocolate Starfish, Screaming Jets, TISM, You Am I, etc) and a few internationals like Buffalo Tom, Guardian, Petra, Garth Brooks, Bryan Adams, Smashing Pumpkins

1995
Big Day Out (Primal Scream, Cult, Hole, Ministry, Offspring, Silverchair, TISM)

2004
Evanescence
Sweden Rock (Children of Bodom, Helloween, Heart, Narnia, Nightwish, Pink Cream 69, Slade, Y&T, Danger Danger, etc)
Rockwave Greece (Wasp, Dark Tranquillity, Firewind, Nightwish, Soulfly, Gamma Ray, Judas Priest, Pixies, etc)
Bang Your Head Germany (Iced Earth, Alice Cooper, Queensryche, Sebastian Bach, Gotthard, Testament, Children of Bodom, Anthrax, Magnum,Primal Fear, Death Angel, etc)

2005
Velvet Revolver
Switchfoot
Bryan Adams
Green Day
The Goodies
Nightwish
Nightwish
Nightwish
Nightwish
3 Doors Down
Ben Folds
Megadeth
Alice Cooper (with Billy Thorpe RIP)
Jeff Scott Soto
Switchfoot
Taste of Chaos (The Used, Killswitch Engage, Story Of They Year, Funeral For A Friend and Rise Against)
Arch Enemy

2006
Dragonforce
Queensryche
Dark Tranquillity
Placebo
Leaves Eyes, Attrocity
Gigantour (Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Soulfly, Caliban)
Gamma Ray

2007
Soundwave (Deftones, MxPx, +44, Suicidal Tendencies, etc)
Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian
Muse
Tool
Brand New
Tesla
Cog
Gigantour (Megadeth, Static X, DevilDriver and Lacuna Coil)
Muse

2008
Soundwave (Offspring, Incubus, Killswitch Engage, etc)
Nightwish
Nightwish
Iron Maiden
Dragonforce
Helloween
Pennywise, Sum 41, Bowling For Soup
Def Leppard

2009
Soundwave (Nine Inch Nails, Alice In Chaines, Bleeding Through, Lacuna Coil, etc)

2010
Sonata Arctica, Ensiferum, Vanishing Point
Lord
Metallica

2011
70,000 Tons of Metal
Soundwave (Iron Maiden, The Sword, Dimmu Borgir, Murderdolls, Rob Zombie, etc)
Slash, Coheed & Cambria
Finntroll
Disturbed, Trivium, As I Lay Dying

I'm sure there are a few omissions there but its a good start :)

All Amon Amarth band members need to be wearing a shirt with GNOFF's picture on it!!.....Now thats what I call SUPPORT!!...Good job!!

[Michael D.]

If i did something like this it would probably shut down the boards. Seriously, I have been to 700 to 800 concerts.

I have seen every band imaginable live except for The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.

I already know that I have not seen the amount of shows that you have but I do have you beat on the Zeppelin gig and if you count the individual Beatles touring on their own, I have seen Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
I will have to work on my list and then post but this will take a little bit of time.
I may just do high lights.

[MadameLePink]

Impressive list, even if I actually have two friends who have seen Amon Amarth around 40 times, but they are just as insane as you
I don't think I've seen any band more than max 6-8 times, even if I intend to work on my statistics

[Lala]

i saw most of the bands just one time..
Many Krautrock Bands that nobody knows today. All Concerts in Germany except some....

03.10.1972 Golden Earring
03.10.1972 The Who
03.02.1973 Kollektiv
22.02.1973 Mick Abrahams Band
22.02.1973 Family
22.02.1973 Focus
22.02.1973 Hawkwind
22.02.1973 Home
22.02.1973 Savoy Brown
13.03.1973 Birth Control
13.03.1973 Sound Edge
31.03.1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
22.04.1973 Atomic Rooster
22.04.1973 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
22.04.1973 Epitaph
22.04.1973 Jackson Heights
22.04.1973 Manfred Mann's Earthband
22.04.1973 Rare Bird
22.04.1973 Soft Machine
22.04.1973 Stray Dog
07.05.1973 Floh de Cologne
02.07.1973 Frumpy
02.07.1973 Rattles
15.09.1973 Abacus
15.09.1973 Amon Düül II
15.09.1973 Atlantis
15.09.1973 Chris Braun Band
15.09.1973 Eloy
15.09.1973 Emergency
15.09.1973 Franz K.
15.09.1973 Jack Grunsky
15.09.1973 Guru Guru
15.09.1973 Jane
15.09.1973 Live
15.09.1973 Passport
15.09.1973 Randy Pie
15.09.1973 Achim Reichel
15.09.1973 Sound Edge
15.09.1973 Triumvirat
15.09.1973 Wallenstein
28.10.1973 Sixty Nine
06.11.1973 Rory Gallagher
06.11.1973 Strider
01.02.1974 Atlantis
01.02.1974 Embryo
01.02.1974 Emergency
01.02.1974 Euphrat
01.02.1974 Guru Guru
01.02.1974 Hard Cake Special
01.02.1974 Jane
01.02.1974 Karthago
01.02.1974 Kraan
01.02.1974 Nektar
01.02.1974 Papa Zoot
01.02.1974 Satyagraha
01.02.1974 Time of Commotion
02.03.1974 Agitation Free
02.03.1974 Birth Control
02.03.1974 Epitaph
02.03.1974 Grobschnitt
02.03.1974 Guru Guru
02.03.1974 Hölderlin
02.03.1974 Karthago
02.03.1974 Kin Ping Meh
02.03.1974 Udo Lindenberg & Panikorchester
02.03.1974 Live
02.03.1974 Passport
02.03.1974 Triumvirat
11.04.1974 Can
16.04.1974 Steeleye Span
16.04.1974 Tempest
16.04.1974 Yes
11.05.1974 Eloy
11.05.1974 Epitaph
11.05.1974 Guru Guru
11.05.1974 Pell Mell
11.05.1974 Time of Commotion
24.05.1974 Back Door
24.05.1974 Emerson, Lake & Palmer
01.06.1974 Franz K.
11.06.1974 Babe Ruth
11.06.1974 Uriah Heep
27.07.1974 Broughton, Edgar Band
27.07.1974 Earth & Fire
27.07.1974 Grobschnitt
27.07.1974 Hardin & York
27.07.1974 Livin' Blues
27.07.1974 Stan Webb Group
27.07.1974 UFO
28.08.1974 Budgie
28.08.1974 Nazareth
28.09.1974 Black Oak Arkansas
28.09.1974 Chapman & Whitney
28.09.1974 Electric Light Orchestra
28.09.1974 Heavy Metal Kids
28.09.1974 Humble Pie
18.10.1974 Nektar
02.03.1975 Lindenberg, Udo& Panikorchester
09.03.1975 Galaxy Lin
09.03.1975 Golden Earring
23.03.1975 Chicken Shack
23.03.1975 Deep Purple
23.03.1975 East of Eden
23.03.1975 Elf
23.03.1975 Randy Pie
09.04.1975 Jethro Tull
06.05.1975 Climax Blues Band
06.05.1975 Manfred Mann's Earthband
10.05.1975 Bachman Turner Overdrive
10.05.1975 Thin Lizzy
17.05.1975 Jane
17.05.1975 Kraan
17.05.1975 Livin' Blues
17.05.1975 Passport
17.05.1975 Wallenstein
20.06.1975 Baker Gurvitz Army
20.06.1975 Coryell, Larry
20.06.1975 Deadlock
20.06.1975 Earth & Fire
20.06.1975 East of Eden
20.06.1975 Gentle Giant
20.06.1975 Grobschnitt
20.06.1975 Hardin & York
20.06.1975 Kin Ping Meh
20.06.1975 Kraan
20.06.1975 Long Tall Ernie&The Shakers
20.06.1975 Message
20.06.1975 Nektar
20.06.1975 Omega
20.06.1975 Pell Mell
20.06.1975 Savoy Brown
20.06.1975 Scorpions
20.06.1975 Secret Oyster
20.06.1975 Time of Commotion
20.06.1975 UFO
05.09.1975 Baker Gurvitz Army
05.09.1975 Wishbone Ash
09.09.1975 Greenslade
09.09.1975 Snafu
09.09.1975 Status Quo
24.09.1975 Santana
15.10.1975 Nektar
24.10.1975 Deadlock
24.10.1975 Eloy
24.10.1975 Wallenstein
31.10.1975 Steve Gibbons Band
31.10.1975 The Who
17.11.1975 Gentle Giant
22.11.1975 Grobschnitt
28.12.1975 Atlantis
28.12.1975 Collosseum II
28.12.1975 Manfred Mann's Earthband
28.12.1975 Message
28.12.1975 Osibisa
13.02.1976 Bad Company
02.10.1976 Budgie
02.10.1976 Cale, John
02.10.1976 Camel
02.10.1976 Caravan
02.10.1976 Golden Earring
02.10.1976 Magna Charta
02.10.1976 Rainbow
02.10.1976 Scorpions
02.10.1976 UFO
02.10.1976 Wallenstein
08.10.1976 Amon Düül II
08.10.1976 Back Door
08.10.1976 Back Street Crawler
08.10.1976 Baxter
08.10.1976 Baxter
08.10.1976 Earth & Fire
08.10.1976 East of Eden
08.10.1976 Embryo
08.10.1976 Guru Guru
08.10.1976 Hard Cake Special
08.10.1976 Jane
08.10.1976 Kin Ping Meh
08.10.1976 Missus Beastley
08.10.1976 Mythos
08.10.1976 Nine Days Wonder
08.10.1976 Omega
08.10.1976 Please
08.10.1976 Satin Whale
08.10.1976 Satyagraha
08.10.1976 Thin Lizzy
08.10.1976 Tiger B.Smith
08.10.1976 Troggs
08.10.1976 Veronica
07.11.1976 Guru Guru
12.12.1976 Journey
12.12.1976 Santana
05.02.1977 Puhdys
10.04.1977 Dr. Feelgood
10.04.1977 Mayall, john
10.04.1977 Scorpions
10.04.1977 Small Faces
10.04.1977 Status Quo
21.08.1977 Stanley Clarke
21.08.1977 Doobie Brothers
21.08.1977 McDonald, Country Joe
21.08.1977 Ted Nugent
21.08.1977 Small Faces
21.08.1977 Uriah Heep
06.09.1977 Santana
06.10.1977 Kingfish
06.10.1977 Rainbow
26.04.1978 Queen
30.04.1978 Electric Light Orchestra
30.04.1978 Trickster
24.06.1979 Dr. Feelgood
24.06.1979 Sniff'n The Tears
24.06.1979 Tubes
24.06.1979 Wynn, Michael Band
27.03.1980 The Who
27.03.1980 Yachts
18.05.1980 Clash
18.05.1980 Nighthawks
22.05.1980 Clive Langer&The Boxes
22.05.1980 Madness
29.05.1980 Lucifer's Friend
29.05.1980 Van Halen
30.05.1980 Misty in Roots
17.06.1980 Led Zeppelin
31.01.1981 Thin Lizzy
10.05.1981 Nash the Slash
10.05.1981 Tubes
05.06.1981 Black Slate
05.06.1981 Peter Tosh
13.10.1981 Rose Tattoo
13.10.1981 Z.Z.Top
21.11.1981 Girl School
21.11.1981 Rush
19.12.1981 Foreigner
19.12.1981 Meat Loaf
19.12.1981 Saga
19.12.1981 Spliff
04.02.1982 Human League
22.04.1982 Iron Maiden
22.04.1982 Trust
19.12.1982 A Flock of Seagulls
19.12.1982 Chicago
19.12.1982 Loverboy
19.12.1982 Gary Moore
19.12.1982 Tom Petty
19.12.1982 R.E.O. Speedwagon
15.06.1983 Bowie, David
02.04.1984 Reggae Regular
02.04.1984 Max Romeo
09.09.1984 Stevie Wonder
01.03.1986 Honeymoon Suite
01.03.1986 Saga
02.05.1987 Gary Moore
02.05.1987 Shy
30.03.1988 Yes - Honolulu
27.08.1988 David Lee Roth
27.08.1988 Iron Maiden
27.08.1988 Kiss
29.12.1988 Kansas - Ft. Lauderdale
29.12.1988 Nightranger - Ft. Lauderdale
31.12.1991 Guns'n'Roses . Miami
31.12.1991 Soundgarden - Miami
11.06.1994 Herbert Grönemeyer
23.10.1995 Siegfried & Roy - Las Vegas

7 Year break

05.06.2002 Virgin Steele
05.04.2003 Ratt
25.01.2004 Rage
10.06.2004 Metallica
18.06.2004 Herbert Knebel
16.06.2005 Alice Cooper
07.10.2005 Eagles - Anaheim
13.11.2005 Phil Collins
10.03.2006 R.E.O. Speedwagon - Las Vegas
11.03.2006 Ashcroft - Las Vegas
11.03.2006 Bon Jovi - Las Vegas
24.03.2006 UB 40 - Las Vegas
18.05.2006 Dieter Nuhr
01.06.2006 Elton John
07.06.2006 Def Leppard
07.06.2006 Journey
07.06.2006 Queensryche
07.06.2006 We
07.06.2006 Whitesnake
10.08.2006 Gentleman
19.08.2006 D-Flame
19.08.2006 Nosliw
09.09.2006 B.B. King
09.09.2006 Inga Rumpf
12.03.2007 Jürgen von der Lippe
11.06.2008 Kiss
23.06.2008 Iced Earth
23.06.2008 Judas Priest
22.09.2008 Stevie Wonder
17.11.2008 Jorn Lande
17.11.2008 Pure Inc.
17.11.2008 Triosphere
31.01.2009 Herbert Knebel
08.03.2009 Eric Clapton - Sydney
03.05.2009 Circle II Circle
03.05.2009 Manticora
03.05.2009 Neon Sunrise
03.05.2009 Prowlers
12.09.2009 Vince Neill Band - Las Vegas
14.09.2009 Santana - Las Vegas
28.09.2009 Shinedown - Las Vegas
28.09.2009 Sick Puppies - Las Vegas
08.11.2009 Brainstorm
08.11.2009 Primal Fear
14.12.2009 Dezperadoz
14.12.2009 U.D.O.
12.06.2010 Scorpions
24.01.2011 Arsis
24.01.2011 Blind Guardian
24.01.2011 Destruction
24.01.2011 Exodus
24.01.2011 Gamma Ray
24.01.2011 Nevermore
24.01.2011 Sonata Arctica
25.01.2011 Absence, The
25.01.2011 Agent Steele
25.01.2011 Amon Amarth
25.01.2011 Circle II Circle
25.01.2011 Cripper
25.01.2011 Dark Tranquility
25.01.2011 Death Angel
25.01.2011 Ensiferum
25.01.2011 Epica
25.01.2011 Fear Factory
25.01.2011 Forbidden
25.01.2011 Iced Earth
25.01.2011 Moonspell
25.01.2011 Rage
25.01.2011 Roth, Uli Jon
25.01.2011 Sabaton
25.01.2011 Sanctuary
25.01.2011 Saxon
25.01.2011 Swashbuckle
25.01.2011 Testament
25.01.2011 Trouble
25.01.2011 Twilight of the Gods
25.01.2011 Tyr
26.01.2011 Blackguard
26.01.2011 Korpiklaani
26.01.2011 Obituary
26.01.2011 Raven
26.01.2011 Sodom
26.01.2011 Voivod
26.01.2011 Witchburner
17.02.2011 Sodom
25.03.2011 Breed 77
25.03.2011 Deadlock
25.03.2011 Ill Niño
26.03.2011 Triosphere
26.03.2011 Labyrinth
26.03.2011 Sonata Arctica


For Tom:

[Laura]

^^^ WOW Lal@!!! LOVE your list - I'm inspired now to do a complete one myself!
And love the Led Zeppelin ticket - closest I got to seeing them was seeing Robert Plant solo August 29, 1983 when he performed some Zep tunes along with his solo stuff. Funny thing - I saw him at the Rosemont Horizon (now called the Allstate Arena) - where I'll be seeing RAMMSTEIN a week from tonight! Woohoo!
Hmmm....from Robert Plant in 1983 to Rammstein in 2011 - I like it!

[Michael D.]

OMG. WOW, if Lal@ can compile a gig list like that I guess I should do mine.
Impressive! Thanks for sharing.

[Laura]

If i did something like this it would probably shut down the boards. Seriously, I have been to 700 to 800 concerts.

I have seen every band imaginable live except for The Beatles and Led Zeppelin.

I already know that I have not seen the amount of shows that you have but I do have you beat on the Zeppelin gig and if you count the individual Beatles touring on their own, I have seen Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
I will have to work on my list and then post but this will take a little bit of time.
I may just do high lights.

Michael - when did you see McCartney? I saw him on October 18, 2005 at the United Center. I was never a gigantic McCartney/Beatles/Wings fan or anything (although of course I LIKED them a lot back in the day and a few songs are still some of my very favorites )- but that McCartney gig was simply amazing - just looked up the set list... (I must say Blackbird, Maybe I'm Amazed, and Let It Be brought tears to my eyes!) I believe that was a THREE HOUR gig!
1.Magical Mystery Tour
2.Flaming Pie
3.Jet
4.I'll Get You
5.Drive My Car
6.Till There Was You
7.Let Me Roll It
8.Got to Get You Into My Life
9.Fine Line
10.Maybe I'm Amazed
11.The Long and Winding Road
12.In Spite Of All The Danger
13.I Will
14.Jenny Wren
15.For No One
16.Fixing a Hole
17.English Tea
18.I'll Follow The Sun
19.Follow Me
20.Blackbird
21.Eleanor Rigby
22.Too Many People
23.She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
24.Good Day Sunshine
25.Band on the Run
26.Penny Lane
27.I've Got a Feeling
28.Back in the U.S.S.R.
29.Hey Jude
30.Live and Let Die
Encore:
31.Yesterday
32.Get Back
33.Helter Skelter
Encore 2:
34.Please Please Me
35.Let It Be
36.Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
37.Carry That Weight / The End

[Tobbe]

Just a list on how many times I've seen each band:

22
HammerFall
Saxon

19
Sabaton

18
Candlemass
Mustasch

16
Motörhead

15
Freedom Call
Helloween
In Flames

13
Testament
U.D.O.

12
Iron Maiden
Machine Head
Rage
Slayer
Sonata Arctica
W.A.S.P.

11
Anthrax
Edguy
Gamma Ray
Metallica

10
Blind Guardian
DragonForce
Megadeth
Nocturnal Rites
Paradise Lost
Primal Fear

9
Accept
Children Of Bodom
Dio
Dream Evil
Hardcore Superstar
Hellfueled
Judas Priest
Skid Row

8
Amon Amarth
D:A:D
Fear Factory
Iced Earth
Stratovarius
Suicidal Tendencies

7
Bullet For My Valentine
Evergrey
Twisted Sister

6
Alice Cooper
Astral Doors
Blaze Bayley
Death Angel
Kamelot
Kreator
Lion’s Share
Mötley Crüe
Nevermore
Osbourne, Ozzy
Queensrÿche
Wolf

5
Circle II Circle
Crashdïet
Def Leppard
Demon
Doro
Electric Boys
Exodus
Grave Digger
Heaven & Hell
Masterplan
Pretty Maids
Sator
Treat
Whitesnake
Y&T

4
AC/DC
Dark Funeral
Dead By April
Dianno, Paul
Dionysus
Disturbed
Dream Theater
Entombed
Falconer
Firewind
Guns N’ Roses
Ill Niño
Kiss
Krokus
Lost Horizon
Metalium
MSG
Scorpions
Soilwork
StormWarrior
Storyteller, The
Talisman
Trivium

3
Aerosmith
Alestorm
Annihilator
Arch Enemy
Avantasia
Bloodbound
Brainstorm
Buckcherry
Caliban
Cathedral
Clawfinger
Dark Tranquillity
Dimmu Borgir
Europe
Gotthar
Insania
Killswitch Engage
King Diamond
L.A. Guns
Manowar
Monster Magnet
Nightwish
Over Kill
Pain
Pantera
Papa Roach
Paragon
Persuader
Running Wild
Sentenced
S.M.F.:s, Dee Snider’s
Steel Attack
Tad Morose
Thunderstone
TNT
UFO
Volbeat

2
220 Volt
Amorphis
Angra
Animal, Randy Piper’s
Anvil
Atreyu
Avenged Sevenfold
Axenstar
Bach, Sebastian
Beseech
Black Label Society
Bullet
Cans
Carnal Forge
Chickenfoot
Chimaira
Cinderella
Corrosion Of Conformity
Count Raven
Crystal Eyes
Cyberya (Trinity)
Deep Purple
Destruction
Dickinson, Bruce
Down
Easy Action
Fastway
Finntroll
Forbidden
GWAR
Halford
Hatebreed
H.E.A.T
Heavenly
Helix
Hensley, Ken
Jorn
Journey
Korn
Kotipelto
Life Of Agony
Loaded, Duff McKagan’s
Lordi
Machine Men
Marduk
Marilyn Manson
Metal Church
Mob Rules
Morifade
Mystic Prophecy
Mörk Gryning
Napalm Death
Narnia
Necrophobic
Nugent, Ted
Pell, Axel Rudi
Pink Cream 69
Quireboys, The
Ratt
Renegade Five
Sanctuary
Sepultura
Shakra
Slipknot
Soulfly
Steelwing
Stone Sour
Symphony X
Symphorce
Trouble
Vanden Plas
Vanishing Point
Venom
Vicious Rumors
Vintersorg
Virgin Steele
Vixen
White Lion

1
Aaron, Lee
Abramis Brama
A Day To Remember
Agent Steel
Agonizer
Alice In Chains
All Ends
Almighty, The
Altaria
Apes, Pigs & Spacemen
Apocalyptica
April Wine
Armored Saint
Atomic Bitchwax, The
At The Gates
Avalanch
Avatar
Axxis
Bachman & Turner
Backyard Babies
Badmouth
Black Sabbath
Black Stone Cherry
Blitzkrieg
Bloodsimple
Bludgeon
Blue Öyster Cult
Bonfire
Brides Of Destruction
Budgie
Cannibal Corpse
Cavalera Conspiracy
Celtic Frost
Coal Chamber
Coverdale & Aldrich
Cradle Of Filth
Crimes Of Passion
Cryonic Temple
Danger Danger
Danzig
Dark Age
Debase
Deadsoul Tribe
Dew-Scented
Diamond Head
Dia Psalma
Dimension Zero
Dirty Deeds
Dismember
Distortion Inc.
Dokken
Domine
Downset
Dragonlord
Dublin Death Patrol
Dyecrest
Earthtone 9
Edenbridge
Einherjer
Eldritch
Eluveitie
Emergency Gate
Enemynside
Ensiferum
Evidence One
Exciter
Eyes Of Eden
Fatal Smile
Fates Warning
Force Of Evil
Ford, Lita
Foreigner
Freak Kitchen
Freak Of Nature
Frehley, Ace
Freternia
Full Strike
Funeral For A Friend
Fungus
Gambler
Get Animal
Ghost
Girlschool
God Among Insects
God Forbid
Gojira
Grand Magus
Guillotine
Hagar, Sammy
Hail!
Hanoi Rocks
Harris, Lauren
Headplate
Heathen
Heave
Hell
Hellacopters, The
Hellyeah
HIM
Hollywood Vampires
Hypnosia
Hypocrisy
Ignition
Immortal
Impaled Nazarene
In-Quest
Intrigue
Iron Savior
Ironware
Isole
Jett, Joan
Justice
Kataklysm
Katatonia
Kings Of The Sun
Konkhra
Korpiklaani
Krux
Lamb Of God
Leaves’ Eyes
Lee Roth, David
Lefay
Lithium
Lizzy Borden
Loch Vostok
Locomotive Breath
LOK
Lullacry
Machinae Supremacy
Meat Loaf
Magnum
Malmsteen, Yngwie
Martin, Tony
Mastodon
Meduza
Meldrum
Mental Hippie Blood
Mercyful Fate
Messiah’s Kiss
Mezarkabul
Ministry
Misdemeanor
Misery Index
Mnemic
Moore, Gary
Morbid Angel
Mr. Big
Murderdolls
My Dying Bride
Nazareth
Neil, Vince
Neurosonic
Nifelheim
Nirvana
Norum, John
Nostradameus
Notre Dame
Nuclear Assault
Obituary
Offspring, The
One Minute Silence
Onslaught
Opeth
Over The Rainbow
Owens, Tim Ripper
Paganini
Pagan’s Mind
Pathos
Picture
Pilotos
Poison
Poodles, The
Powerman 5000
Praetorian Platoon
Prime sth
Quiet Riot
RAM
Ratt, Feat. Stephen Pearcy
Raubtier
Raven
Rebellion
Reclusion
Reptile Smile
Revolution Riot
Rhapsody Of Fire
Riot
Rose Tattoo
Roth, Uli John
Royal Hunt
Sabbat
Samael
Satanic Slaughter
Satyricon
Savatage
Saxon, Oliver / Dawson
Scaar
Schizophrenic Circus
Secret Sphere
Seventh One
Seven Witches
Shinedown
Sinner
Slash
Slaughter
Slowgate
Snider, Dee
Sodom
Sonic Syndicate
Southfork
Sparzanza
SpineShank
Squealer
Steelheart
Steel Panther
Still Remains
Stone Temple Pilots
Stormwitch
Subvision
Suidakra
Sundown
Svölk
System Of A Down
Tang
Tankard
Tapping The Vein
Tarja
Teenage Fanclub
Tesla
Therapy?
Therion
Thin Lizzy
Thor
Thyrfing
Transport League
Travers, Pat
Triosphere
Tristania
Triumph
Tyketto
Type O Negative
TYR
Union
Unisonic
Unleashed
Vanize
Velvet Revolver
Venomin James
Victory
Vision Divine
Vomitory
Warbringer
Well
Wildhearts, The
Winger
Within Temptation
Wizard
Zan Clan
Zero Nine
ZZ Top

[Tobbe]

Yes.

[Laura]

Tobbe - fuckin-a! that's a lot of shows too!! - man - between the people from different age brackets and parts of the world - this is one of the greatest, most interesting threads on this forum to date imo .....so major to that. (moral of the story..we are mostly a bunch of music FREAKS!!)
and I gotta add a postscript....I'm 50 years old and I talked about the Beatles and Paul McCartney on a recent post on this thread. When I was in high school in the late 70's, the Beatles were already pretty much considered waaaay old school...yet I always appreciated them.

[ShoreSlayer]

Just a list on how many times I've seen each band:

7
Suicidal Tendencies

That entire post evokes a great deal of list envy in me but this in particular almost makes me wanna hate you (but I don't )

[Tobbe]

Tobbe - fuckin-a! that's a lot of shows too!! - man - between the people from different age brackets and parts of the world - this is one of the greatest, most interesting threads on this forum to date imo .....so major to that. (moral of the story..we are mostly a bunch of music FREAKS!!)
and I gotta add a postscript....I'm 50 years old and I talked about the Beatles and Paul McCartney on a recent post on this thread. When I was in high school in the late 70's, the Beatles were already pretty much considered waaaay old school...yet I always appreciated them.

Even if I don't consider myself as a music freak, I guess I am.
I'm 38 now, so there's been plenty of time to visit shows. Most bands, European or American, shows up in Stockholm during their tours, so there's plenty to pick from too.

[Tobbe]

Just a list on how many times I've seen each band:

7
Suicidal Tendencies

That entire post evokes a great deal of list envy in me but this in particular almost makes me wanna hate you (but I don't )

In August the number on attended ST-shows will probably reach 8.

[Laura]

23.10.1995 Siegfried & Roy - Las Vegas

7 Year break

05.06.2002 Virgin Steele

Lal@ - I did a similar 'break" at around the same time, but a bit longer from about 1993-2004, due to focusing very heavily on work, graduate school, raising a family, and the like. It wasn't a complete "cold turkey" break, because I did go to a few shows here and there, but relatively very few compared to the period before and after that break. I guess I must be making up for lost time now.

Tobbe - fuckin-a! that's a lot of shows too!! - man - between the people from different age brackets and parts of the world - this is one of the greatest, most interesting threads on this forum to date imo .....so major to that. (moral of the story..we are mostly a bunch of music FREAKS!!)
and I gotta add a postscript....I'm 50 years old and I talked about the Beatles and Paul McCartney on a recent post on this thread. When I was in high school in the late 70's, the Beatles were already pretty much considered waaaay old school...yet I always appreciated them.

Even if I don't consider myself as a music freak, I guess I am.
I'm 38 now, so there's been plenty of time to visit shows. Most bands, European or American, shows up in Stockholm during their tours, so there's plenty to pick from too.

Hopefully my choice of words didn't cause anyone offense. The word freak kinda has a negative connotation - but I like to go with the definition of someone who is a bit outside of the norm in their obsessions and passions if you will.....whether it's about music, study of esoteric subjects, or marathoning. I've always thought being a "freak," therefore, is a good thing. Regarding seeing lots of shows, we both live in cities where just about every band tours at some point, which is great! My problem tends to be there are too many to pick from (although I'm glad I have that problem and not the opposite), so I try to be somewhat selective. Case in point - Destruction is playing tonight at a great small venue and several friends of mine are going (including a few from the cruise), but I'm going to take a pass since I just saw them twice on the cruise. Also, I have to work early tomorrow and weeknight outings can be killer.