70000TONS OF METAL OFFICIAL FORUM

by **Bentz!** » Thu May 05, 2011 11:20 am

tyrwoman wrote: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 can go to Detroit to see them on Saturday with Meredith and Bentz!

There, some Kevin style editing.

by **Tobbe** » Thu May 05, 2011 12:20 pm

tyrwoman wrote:
Lal@ wrote: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 wrote:
tyrwoman wrote: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.

Don't worry about someone getting offended. You didn't step on my toes for sure. I use the word "freak" just as you do.

by **Lala** » Thu May 05, 2011 12:57 pm

tyrwoman wrote:
Lal@ wrote: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.

i have no reason for the break. no heavy work, no school, no kids, maybe a woman who's hearing totally different music and maybe i didn't wanna go alone to concerts. but i really don't remember what the reason was.
Maybe Siggi & Roy bewitched me ..... :shred:

by **Laura** » Thu May 05, 2011 2:44 pm

^^^

Lal@ - I gotta say I had a major giggle fit when I saw Siggi & Roy in your list! Did they ever sing as part of their tiger act?

@ Tobbe -

and here's to letting all our freak flags fly then.

@ Bentz! - oh, I'll get to Detroit one of these years

by **Lala** » Fri May 06, 2011 12:57 am

tyrwoman wrote:^^^ Lal@ - I gotta say I had a major giggle fit when I saw Siggi & Roy in your list! Did they ever sing as part of their tiger act?

No singing - but it was something like a concert, a show, just without singing.
I thought all the time how it would be if the elephants have to piss when they walk one Meter next to the sitting Crowd.
Another Show like this was Rick Springfield with EFX in the MGM Mirage - not in the List, it was embarrassing .... :cool:

btw: the 7 year break was exact the time i was married. will never do this again ....

by **Digimortal** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:11 pm

Sadly there are a lot of concerts that have e-tickets nowadays, do I dont have all the tickets anymore. I do know which festivals I've been to and which bands I have seen, which are:

After Forever (1x),
Blind Guardian (1x),
Delain (6x),
Disturbed (1x),
Edguy (1x),
Eisbrecher (1x),
Ensiferum (2x)
Epica (2x),
Feuerengel (3x)
Fear Factory (1x)
Halestorn (1x)
Kamelot (5x),
Kontrust (1x)
Korpiklaani (1x),
Lacuna Coil (1x),
Limp Bizkit (2x)
Oomph! (1x),
Papa Roach (1x)
ReVamp (11x),
Sabaton (2x),
Sonata Arctica (9x),
Sonic Syndicate (2x),
Stream of Passion (3x)
Therion (1x),
Tristania (1x),
Van Canto (1x)
We Are The Fallen (1x),
Within Temptation (2x)

Festivals I've been to:
Dauwpop (2004. 2006)
Rock Harz (2010)
Rockstar Taste of Chaos (2010)
70.000 Tons of Metal (2011)
Dicky Woodstock popfestival (2011)

by **deadrose** » Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:57 pm

Heh, most of the bands I've seen would be pretty unfamiliar to a metal crowd, what with me being an old punk weirdo and all; but I did see Led Zeppelin twice, The Who 3 times, 2 of them while Keith was still alive, and the Stones once.

My first and second concerts were in the same week - the New York Dolls followed by Frank Zappa a few days later, guaranteeing that I'd have weird musical tastes for the rest of my life.

In the early 80s my apartment was practically a punk hostel for bands traveling through the area on a shoestring. I put up lots of West Coast bands and especially Vancouver bands, since we were the closest place they could go for an out of town gig. Even had the occasional Brit band over.

The years of arena rock and punk have taken quite a toll on my hearing though, so I don't go to that many gigs these days.

by **Laura** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 7:58 am

^^^

deadrose - I suspect we are around the same age, plus I've listened to and enjoyed a lot of genres in my life (including punk

) - so I'd probably know the bands you didn't list. :beerwink:

by **deadrose** » Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:00 pm

OK Laura, in that case:

( x? or x?? means I've seen them many many times)

NY Dolls
Frank Zappa
Ze Whiz Kidz
Todd Rundgren
Led Zeppelin x2
The Who x3
Rolling Stones
Mothers Finest
The Babys
Cheap Trick
Lou Reed
Iggy Pop x2
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Ramones x2
Chinas Comidas
Aerosmith
Cat Stevens
Rick Derringer
Avengers
Dead Kennedys
Pere Ubu
Magazine x2
Devo
Clash
Sham 69
UK Subs
999
Dead Boys
Blondie
Dickies x2
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Gang of Four
DOA x?
Bauhaus
Sarah Mclachlan (ugh - an opening act)
Grapes of Wrath
Chris & Cosey
Al Stewart
Alice Cooper x3
Angry Samoans
Baby Gramps
Leon Redbone
Peter Tosh
The Bags x2
Helios Creed
Psychedelic Furs x3
The Cramps
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Black Flag x3 or more
Chris Isaak
Circle Jerks
No Exit x?
Pointed Sticks x?
Dishrags x?
Subhumans (Canada) x?
David Bowie x3
De/Vision
Legendary Pink Dots x3
Hypatia Lake
Brian Brain
Fartz x??
Solger x??
Refuzors x??
Fags x?
Voltaire
The Selecter
Suzi Quatro
Husker Du
Killing Joke
Rejectors x??
Korpiklaani x2
The Lewd x?
Dead Can Dance
The Blackouts x?
Moonsorrow
Patti Smith x2
Peter Murphy
Primordial
Tyr
White Wizzard
Jeff Dahl
Abney Park
Romeo Void
Skinny Puppy
Residents
Richard Butler
RPA x??
Specimen
The Arid Sea x?
Razor Skyline x2+
Unto Ashes
The Beakers x?
The Vains x?
Fastbacks x??
Violent Femmes x2
Wall of Voodoo
Ice-9
UK Decay

and who knows how many more that I can't remember at the moment.

by **Laura** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:07 pm

Thanks for listing your gigs deadrose! Gosh - I do know of the vast majority of those bands and have seen many of them as well. Did I read somewhere that you can't make it on the 2012 cruise? If so, that's a shame - it would be great to meet you and talk about the old days

- lol - I'm starting to sound like my grandma Billie when she was alive. :roll:

Speaking of old days, you may appreciate the fact that I saw The Cars and Big Audio Dynamite over the weekend, who I saw for the first and only other time 30 and 20 years ago respectively. And both still sounded great I must say.

by **vikingbitch** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:03 pm

Laura wrote:The Cars

HOW WERE THEY??? Would love to see The Cars, with all of the hits they have it would be phenomenal show :headbanger:

by **deadrose** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:52 pm

Ah that's awesome. Yeah, thanks to our landlord's flakiness when it comes to making mortgage payments, we have to keep the money in reserve for losing this place suddenly. Thought we were going to have to move already, but he's apparently hanging onto the house by his fingernails.

It's really too bad, I wanted to make the cruise this year - but hopefully next!

by **Laura** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:56 am

vikingbitch wrote:
Laura wrote:The Cars

HOW WERE THEY??? Would love to see The Cars, with all of the hits they have it would be phenomenal show

Great! Really fun to see them again after so many years - Ric Ocasek (now 63!) looks just about the same - tall, skinny beanpole, same hair, same glasses - his voice is still pretty good - although not quite up to snuff from the early days. Of course, I knew every classic hit they did - I think my favorite of the set was "You're All I've Got Tonight" - I've always loved that song & lyrics. :cool:

deadrose wrote:Ah that's awesome. Yeah, thanks to our landlord's flakiness when it comes to making mortgage payments, we have to keep the money in reserve for losing this place suddenly. Thought we were going to have to move already, but he's apparently hanging onto the house by his fingernails.

It's really too bad, I wanted to make the cruise this year - but hopefully next!

That's a shame - well, maybe in 2013 then? :headbanger:

by **Michael D.** » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:03 pm

Tonight, Blondie at Mystic Lake Casino.

by **WizardBeast** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:30 pm

Lala wrote:
btw: the 7 year break was exact the time i was married. will never do this again ....

unless you can go to shows with your spouse, like i do ! :bangers:

by **WizardBeast** » Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:32 pm

Laura wrote:Great! Really fun to see them again after so many years - Ric Ocasek (now 63!) looks just about the same - tall, skinny beanpole, same hair, same glasses - his voice is still pretty good - although not quite up to snuff from the early days. Of course, I knew every classic hit they did - I think my favorite of the set was "You're All I've Got Tonight" - I've always loved that song & lyrics.

i don't know if you realize this, but the late great Ben Orr actually sang lead vocals on over half of the Cars songs, so what you probably heard was Ric Ocasek singing stuff that Ben Orr actually sang on the recording.

by **Michael D.** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:24 pm

Ok, finally succumbed to the pressure and found my bravery to post my gig history onto this forum.
Now, mind you that all of these concerts I have really gone to either by my own choice, being brought (at times dragged) by an older sibling, a parent, or the female flavor from that period (you will know the obligation shows) LOL, plus some are just sinful delights. LOL
With older sibling,
Led Zeppelin 4/12/1977
Ted Nugent, Foreigner, & Mike Stanley 5/15/1977
Kansas & Crow 9/2/1977
Aerosmith 11/12/1977
Kiss 12/2/1977
Foghat, Wet Willie, & Starz 2/15/1978
Neil Young & Crazy Horse 10/15/1978
Ted Nugent, Scorpions, & Blackfeet 1978
Steve Miller, The Eagles, and Pablo Cruise at the old Met Stadium 1978
With Parents
Roy Clark 1977
Glen Campbell 1978
By my own volition or Female flavor of the time obligation and or just sinful delights. LOL
Styx 8/1978 (The Main Event Tour)
Tanya Tucker with Daisy Dill Band 4/16/1980
Kenny Rogers with Dottie West 8/26/1980
Air Supply 8/28/1980
A Chorus Line 10/15/1980
MacBeth 3/11/1981
Waylon Jennings and the Crickets plus Joe Ely 12/1981
REO Speedwagaon 2/1981 (Hi In Fidelity Tour)
The Police and The Go Gos (Shortly after our show Sting kicked the Go Gos off the tour) 3/1981
Sting could not stand being upstaged and out played by a band of women.
Asia (Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Carl Palmer, Steve Howe) (1981)
Blondie (The Hunter Tour), Elvis Costello, Duran Duran (RIO), and Greg Kihn Band 6/1981
Pat Benatar 8/22/1981 (Fire and Ice Tour)
Journey with Point Blank 9/15/1981 (Escape Tour)
Rolling Stones (Tattoo You Tour) 1981
Hall and Oats with ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) 10/31/1981
J.Geils Band (Freeze Frame Tour) 1/1982
The Clash (Combat Rock Tour) 1982
Elton John with his original bandmates (Jump Up Tour) and Quarterflash 2/2/1982
Queen (Hot Space Tour) with Billy Squire (Emotions in Motions) 8/15/1982
Flock of Seagulls and The Go Go’s 10/5/1982
The Who (It’s Hard Tour) 1982
Van Halen (1982)
Billy Squire with Def Leppard (Pyromania just hit) 4/1983
Styx 5/21/1983
Billy Joel 4/7/1984
Yes (90125 Tour) with Berlin (Berlin canceled) 4/10/1984
The Cars (Heartbeat City Tour) 1948
Rod Stewart with Jeff Beck (Camouflage Tour) 8/25/1984
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Born in the USA Tour) Third night of his five night stand 1984
Prince with Shelia E. (Purple Rain Tour) 12/28/1984
REO Speedwagon (Wheels are Turning’ Tour) with Survivor 1/13/1985
Chicago (17 Tour, Peter Cetera left the band soon after this show) 4/5/1985
The Firm 4/23/1985
Robert Plant 7/8/1985
REO Speedwagon with Cheap Trick 7/1985
Heart 10/20/1985
From 1986 to 1989 I had worked at a hotel where a lot of bands, musicians were booked to stay when they played the old Met Arena and The Carleton Celebrity Room. (Free tickets from Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Sammy Davis Jr., Wayne Newton, Joan Rivers, Laura Branigan, and Johnny Cash/June Carter, Pretenders,).
Z Z Top 2/7/1986
Loverboy and The Hooters 3/29/1986
John Cougar Mellencamp 4/22/1986
Prince, The Jets, Mazerati, Tamara and the Seen, Mary Jane Alm, Michael Johnson 5/20/1986
Motley Crue (Theatre of Pain Tour) 1986
The Monkees, Grass Roots, Gary Pucket and the Union Gap, Herman Hermits 8/22/1986
38 Special and Bon Jovi 9/1986
Alice Cooper with Megadeth 2/7/1987
Kansas with Dare Force 4/19/1987
Eddie Money and Eric Martin 5/2/1987
U2 and The BoDeans 11/4/1987
David Bowie with Peter Frampton 10/2/1987
Bon Jovi and Cinderella 4/1987
Heart, Starship, Whitney Houston (Riverfest-5 day summer fest. One act per night) 7/1987
Boston and Fahrenheit 11/1987
Heart and Mr. Mister 12/5/1987
Aerosmith (Permanent Vacation Tour) with Dokken 12/12/1987
Pink Floyd (Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour) 5/24/1988
Rod Stewart with Andy Taylor (Out of Control Tour) 6/1988
Steve Winwood (Roll With It Tour) 7/1988
Belinda Carlisle (Heaven is a Place on Earth) 1988
Cinderella, Winger, and Bullet Boys 7/11/1989
Neil Diamond 7/17/1989
Tesla, Great White, and Badlands 9/6/1989
REM (Green Tour) 1989
Rolling Stones with Living Colour 11/30/1989
Janet Jackson 4/6/1990
Whitesnake with Bad English 4/27/1990
Prince 5/6/1990 (Prince brought out Beck for one song)
Steve Miller with Lou Gramm 6/1/1990
Fleetwood Mac and Squeeze 6/30/1990
Robert Plant and The Black Crows 9/29/1990
Billy Joel 11/19/1990
Heart with Cheap Trick 11/21/1990
Paul Simon 2/23/1991
INXS 3/19/1990
Don Henley with Susanna Hoffs (Bangles) 8/24/1991
The Judd’s, Billy Dean, Pirates of the Mississippi 10/13/1991
(When in Las Vegas) Melinda and her Follies Review 10/30/1991
(When in Las Vegas) Legends-In Concert (Impersonators of) Bobby Darin, Bette Midler, Liberace, Marilyn Monroe, Paul McCartney, Neil Diamond, and Madonna.10/30/1991
(When in Las Vegas) Kenny Kerr-Boylesque 10/31/1991
Tesla and Firehouse 3/10/1992
Guns N’ Roses 1/22/1992
B-52’s and the Violent Femmes 9/2/1992
(When in Las Vegas 2nd time) Siegfried & Roy 9/13/1992
(When in Las Vegas 2nd time) Def Leppard 9/18/1992
Bruce Springsteen (Solo) 10/31/1992
Def Leppard 11/13/1992
Kiss with Great White and Trixter 12/3/1992
Bon Jovi with Arcade 3/19/1993
Great White 5/18/1993
Paul McCartney 5/23/1993
Foreigner 7/10/1993
Bette Midler 8/20/1993
Jesus Christ Superstar 10/21/1993
Robert Plant with Cry of Love 11/8/1993
Nazareth, Blue Oyster Cult, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash 11/13/1993
Meat Loaf with Fury in the Slaughter House 11/13/1993
Heart 12/1/1993
Nirvana 12/10/1993
Roger Daltrey (John Entwhistle, Jason Bonham, Simon Townsend (Pete’s brother)) Sing Townsend 9/3/1994
Pretenders with Material Issue 11/6/1994
Donny Osmond in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 4/13/1995
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant 5/2/1995
Jefferson Starship (Paul Kantner, Marty Balin, Jack Cassidy) 6/30/1995
Missing Persons 7/1/1995
Donna Summer 8/11/1995
Alan Parson’s Project with Kansas 8/3/1995
Bob Seger with John Hiatt 3/16/1996
Don McLean, Marlee MacLeod, and Peter Mayer 5/25/1996
Styx and Kansas 5/30/1996
Kiss with The Melvins 7/13/1996
Metallica with Corrosion of Conformity 1/29/1997
Sammy Hagar 6/29/1997
The Fixx 7/22/1997
Alice Cooper, Dokken, Slaughter, and Warrant 8/3/1997
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Craig Chaquico (Jefferson Starship/Starship) 8/1997
INXS with The Honey Dogs 8/26/1997
Motley Crue with Cheap Trick 10/12/1997
Kansas 11/1/1997
Riverdance 3/14/1998
Roger Hodgson (Solo Supertramp) 5/12/1998
The Big Wu 5/21/1998
John Fogerty 6/16/1998
Les Miserables 6/25/1998
Smashing Pumkings with Cracker 7/17/1998
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 8/3/1998
Garth Brooks 10/8/1998 (Night 3 of his 9 night stand)
Journey 10/13/1998
Motley Crue 11/13/1998
Olivia Newton John 6/14/1998
Rolling Stones with Johnny Lang 2/15/1999
Rammstein, Soulfly, Mindless Self Indulgence 6/12/1999
Ann & Nancy Wilson (Heart solo) 7/9/1999
Sammy Hagar with The Marvelous 3 7/16/1999
Mickey Thomas’-Starship 7/26/1999
Pat Benatar 7/31/1999
Rick Springfield 8/1/1999
Cher with Cindy Lauper, and Wild Orchid 8/4/1999
Blondie with Reel Big Fish 8/16/1999
Journey with Bernard Allison of Double Trouble. 8/27/1999
Mitch Ryder, Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Tommy Roe, Brian Hyland, Billy J. Krammer, Chris Montez 9/9/1999
Paul Revere & The Raiders 10/16/1999
Cabaret 10/30/1999
Queensryche and Double Drive 11/28/1999
Fosse 4/15/2000
Tina Turner with Lionel Richie and Janice Robinson 3/23/2000
Electric Light Orchestra (minus Jeff Lynne) 7/2/2000
Go Gos 7/3/2000
Eric Burden & The New Animals 7/4/2000
Kiss, Ted Nugent, and Skid Row 7/13/2000
Def Leppard 8/24/2000
AC/DC with Slash’s Snakepit 9/2/2000
Dame Edna 10/28/2000
Gordon Lightfoot 11/11/2000
Passion Play 4/14/2000
U2 5/1/2001
Prince 6/16/2001
Bon Jovi with Eve 6 7/9/2001
Journey with Peter Frampton 7/21/2001
Rick Springfield 7/1/2001
Creedence Clearwater Revival Revisited (Stu Cook, Doug Clifford, and Elliot Easton) 7/26/2001
Yes 8/7/2001
Ringo Starr and his All Star Band (Shelia E, Greg Lake, Roger Hodgson, Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, Greg Rivera) 8/23/2001
David Lee Roth using Atomic Punks as his band 8/25/2001 (Replacement for Poison/Warrant show)
Olivia Newton John 9/16/2001
Warrant 9/29/2001
Trans-Siberian Orchestra 11/23/2001
Styx and REO Speedwagon 2/17/2002
Barry Manilow 2/28/2002 (I Really had my arm twisted hard and with no sex threats for a very long time being thrown at me by the lady friend at this time if I did not take her to this show. One of the best things about this show was witnessing the 1998 women out of 2000 people that knew and sang the words to every one of his songs). Yes there were only two guys at the show that I noticed, myself and one other husband. LOL. I no longer see this woman.
(When in Las Vegas 3rd time) Le Femme 3/17/2002
(When in Las Vegas 3rd time) Blue Man Group 3/18/2002
(When in Las Vegas 3rd time) Rick Springfield in EFX Alive
(When in Las Vegas 3rd time) Tony Orlando 3/20/2002
(When in Las Vegas 3rd time) Chicago 3/21/2002
Rob Zombie with Sinister 3/30/2002
Hedwig and the Angry Inch 4/27/2002
April Wine 6/8/2002
Cinderella and Night Crawler 6/15/2002
Blondie and Shawn Mullins 7/6/2002
Cheap Trick 8/17/2002
Poison and Slave Raider 8/31/2002
Cher and Cinder Lauper 9/15/2002
Rush 11/2/2002
Creed, Default, 12 Stones 11/17/2002
Bon Jovi with Goo Goo Dolls 2/25/2003
Scorpions with Whitesnake 2/27/2003
(While in San Antonio) Blue Oyster Cult, Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Heyoka 8/24/2003
(While in San Antonio) Tori Amos with Rhett Miller (Olds ’97) 8/25/2003
Dixie Chicks and Joan Osborne 6/7/2003
Fleetwood Mac 6/19/2003
Peter Frampton 8/4/2003
Sammy Hagar 8/20/2003
REM with Ed Hardcort 9/16/2003
Queensryche and Echo 7 10/11/2003
Warrant and 57 Stitch 12/19/2003
Tesla and 57 Stitch
Dream Theatre 3/13/2004
Metallica 8/16/2004
Deep Purple, Joe Satriani, Thin Lizzy 8/24/2004
Dennis DeYoung with Orchestra (Music of Styx) 10/2/2004
Scorpions with Keith Emerson (of ELP) 11/4/2004
Cher with The Village People 11/13/2004
Duran Duran with VHS/Beta 3/22/2005
Great White and Rock Brigade 5/7/2005
Judas Priest with Queensryche 6/1/2005
Asia (Geoff Downes, John Payne, Guthrie Govan, Chris Slade) 6/30/2005
Deep Purple 7/1/2005
Def Leppard with Bryan Adams 7/29/2005
Motley Crue 8/26/2005
REO Speedwagon and Styx 9/3/2005
Nickelback with Default 9/8/2005
Queensryche 9/24/2005
Australian Pink Floyd 11/6/2005
Rick Springfield 10/8/2005
Bon Jovi 11/11/2005
Audioslave, Seether, 30 Seconds to Mars 11/12/2005
Jetho Tull 11/19/2005
DONOVAN 12/14/2005
Trans-Siberian Orchestra 12/27/2005
The BoDeans 12/31/2005
Bon Jovi 1/27/2006
Trish Hinojosa 5/6/2006
INXS with Scott Stapp (solo Creed) 5/25/2006
Chris Isaak 8/5/2006
Foghat (Roger Earl, Craig MacGregor, Bryan Basset of (Wild Cherry, Molly Hatchet), Charlie Huhn of (Ted Nugent, Humble Pie, Victory)) 6/24/2006
L.A. Guns (Tracii Guns, Paul Black, Jeremy Guns, Nickey Alexander) with Bullet Boys 9/9/2006
Firehouse with Skywind 11/4/2006
Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Mars Volta 11/5/2006
Aerosmith with Motley Crue 12/7/2006
Stephen Pearcy of Ratt 3/17/2007
Heaven and Hell with Megadeth and Machine Head 5/6/2007
Roger Waters 6/30/2007
The Police 6/3/2007
Three Dog Night 7/21/2007
Velvet Revolver with Alice In Chains 8/29/2007
(When in Miami) Mana 10/12/2007
Ozzy Osbourne with Rob Zombie 10/31/2007
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band 3/16/2008
Kid Rock, W. Rev Run, & Peter Wolf 5/24/2008
Martina McBride 10/18/2008
AC/DC and The Answer 11/23/2008
(When in New Orleans) Neville Brothers with Aaron 12/19/2008
(When in New Orleans) Gal Holiday 12/21/2008
Eric Clapton with Steve Winwood 6/16/2009
The Offspring, Dropkick Murphy’s, Time Again 6/19/2009
Dropkick Murphy’s 8/2009
Michael Franti & Spearhead with Cherine Anderson & Trevor Hill 9/26/2009
Creed, Staind, The Storm 10/6/2009
Epica, Threat Signal, Blackguard, Gracepoint, Echoterra, Dread Veil 2/6/2010
Bon Jovi and Stage Three 4/7/2010
Bon Jovi and 440 4/8/2010
Skid Row 6/18/2010
Dokken 6/19/2010
Sammy Hagar, John Waite, Lou Gramm 7/3/2010
Lady GaGa 8/30/2010
Great White and Warrant (Joni Lang RIP) 11/12/2010
Tesla 1/14/2011
70000 Tons of Metal Cruise (42 Bands) 1/24-26/2011 This Forum knows the band list.
David Garrett 2/11/2011
Finntroll & Ensiferum 2/18/2011
Amon Amarth 4/15/2011
Death Angel 4/16/2011
Duran Duran 4/22/2011
Paul Rogers 7/16/2011
Motley Crue 6/24/2011
U2 and Interpol 7/23/2011
Whitesnake 8/12/2011
Stevie Nicks with Michael Grimm 8/24/2011
Def Leppard 8/26/2011
Blondie 9/4/2011
Train, Maroon 5, Matt Nathanson 9/5/2011
Kamalot 9/9/2011
Alan Jackson and Craig Campbell 9/17/2011
Evergrey, SABATON, Blackguard, Powerglove, Absence 9/27/2011
Anthrax, Testament, Death Angel 10/16/2011
Firewind, Arsis, White Wizard, Night Rage, Havok, CWN ANNWN, Under Eden 10/19/2011
Lynch Mob and Life Tragic 11/20/2011

Future gigs on their way
REO Speedwagon 12/31/2011
70000 Tons of Metal (40 bands) 1/23-27/2012 This Forum knows the band list.
(While in Chicago) Creed in Chicago 4/18, 19/ 2012
Roger Waters 6/3/2012

A lot of local bar bands. Some made it big while others did not but here are some of my memories.
Chameleon---Became YANNI No Shit. I have the proof.
Suburbs, Semisonic, Soul Asylum, Slave Raider—became Hairball, Night Crawler, Paragon, Fairchild, Crash Street Kids, Flaming O’s, Melanie Rosales, Mary Jane Alm, Prince, The Time, Jessie Johnson’s Revenue, Wendy and Lisa, Dez Dickerson’s Band, Big Walter Smith, Lamont Cranston, Honeydogs, Raggs, Tevin Campbell, (Transplants for a short time-Janet Jackson, Herb Albert, Donnie Osmond) Brian Setzer (Current transplant) Alexander O’Neil, Dare Force, Regime, Lorie Line. There was a time you could and at times still catch them playing in a bar. There are more but I just can’t remember them all.

Sports, include MN Twins (Baseball), St. Paul Saints (Baseball),Vikings (Football), Timber Wolves (Basketball), North Stars (Hockey) but were moved to Dallas. Roller Derby, All Star Wrestling (Wrestling fans will remember The Hulk, Jessie The Body Ventura, Mad Dog Vachon. Road Warriors, Greg Gagne, Verne Gagne, Jim Brunzell, Adrian Adonis, Ken Patera, Jerry Blackwell, Jerry Lawler, Curt Hennig, Buck Zumhofe, Baron Von Raschke, etc.)
(While in San Francisco) Giants vs Phillies 7/8/1994
(While in San Francisco) World Cup in San Francisco Game 48 7/10/1994
(While in Chicago) Cubs vs. Phillies 8/24/2006
(While in Chicago) White Soxs vs. Twins 8/25/2006

I am done.

by **Laura** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:52 pm

^^^

Michael! So much gold in there it's not even funny.

I knew you had been sayin' for awhile on fb that you were gonna post your whole gig history (from comments when I posted some random tickets from my past, and so on)- so thanks - cool! Too much there to comment on in detail atm...but, in short, I love your list....**plus** any fan of REO Speedwagon is a friend 'o mine.

- I bet there are a fair amount of people here who don't know them except for perhaps their later sappy ballads - I prefer their pre-1978 stuff. Plus - they went to my alma mater University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign :cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCeGCSvueM8 (from that TWENTY DVD set I own of the Best of the Midnight Special)

oh..and since you saw Ted Nugent in 1978 (and I in 1979) gotta repost (for at least the 5th time here I think

) his performance of STRANGLEHOLD on the Midnight Special in 1979. Omg - was I crazy about him and his music when I was a teen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9UJT0dR ... re=related

Website · by **Tyr** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:56 pm

My list is quite puny, but I am still adding to it.

AC/DC
ALICE COOPER
ANTHRAX X2
BACKSTREET GIRLS
BLACK SABBATH X2
CLAWFINGER X3
DIO
DORO
DUMDUM BOYS
FAITH NO MORE
GARY MOORE
GUNS N' ROSES
HAYSEED DIXIE X2
HELLICOPTARS
INFLAGRANTI
INGENTING X5
IRON MAIDEN
JANET JACKSON
JUDAS PRIEST
KING'S X
KISS X3
KREATOR
MANOWAR X3
MEGADETH
MÖTLEY CRÜE
NIGHTWISH
NIRVANA
OZZY OSBOURNE
PANTERA
PEARL JAM
SEPULTURA
SIRENIA
STAGE DOLLS
STARTOVARIUS
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
TESTAMENT
THE ALMIGHTY
TWISTED SISTER
U.D.O X2
W.A.S.P
WHITESNAKE
ØYSTEIN SUNDE

by **WizardBeast** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:31 pm

Yeah, but you've seen the Dumdum Boys! not many can claim that.

Website · by **Tyr** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:46 am

WizardBeast wrote:Yeah, but you've seen the Dumdum Boys! not many can claim that.

yeah, a couple of Norwegian singing bands got stuck in there

Website · by **Tuup** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:07 am

Instead of doing an exercise in 'load testing' on this forum I'll follow Tobbe's example:

20x: Saxon
19x: Arch Enemy
17x: Exodus
16x: Opeth, Death Angel
15x: Kreator, Destruction, After Forever, Finntroll, Volbeat, Rowwen Hèze, Chain of Dogs
14x: Iced Earth, Amorphis
13x: Testament, Slayer, Nevermore, Amon Amarth
12x: Sabaton, Evergrey, Mercenary
11x: Riverside, Sodom, Vader, Epica
10x: Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, Moonspell, Motörhead
9x: Anthrax, Moonsorrow, HammerFall, Children of Bodom, Firewind
8x: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Blind Guardian, Immortal, Kamelot, Apocalyptica, Circle II Circle, In Flames, Golden Earring, Ensiferum, Life of Agony, Janse Bagge Bend, Arknghthand
7x: Metallica, Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Dimmu Borgir, Tankard, Madball, Forbidden, Symphony X, Vicious Rumors, Stratovarius, Rage, Sonata Arctica, God Dethroned, Kataklysm, Lacuna Coil
6x: Annihilator, OverKill, Grave, Black Label Society, Morbid Angel, Paradise Lost, Pain of Salvation, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Keep of Kalessin, Uriah Heep, Powerwolf, J.B.O., Helloween, Doro, Born from Pain, Heideroosjes, Korpiklaani, Carach Angren, Bloodmoon
5x: Heaven & Hell, Sacred Reich, Megadeth, Katatonia, Threshold, Bolt Thrower, Jon Oliva’s Pain, Candlemass, Pagan’s Mind, Ozzy Osbourne, Dying Fetus, Focus, Therion, UFO, Malevolent Creation, Corvus Corax, Insomnium, Warbringer, Legion of the Damned, DragonForce, Nile, Within Temptation, Gojira, Belphegor, Excrementory Grindfuckers, ReVamp, Stone Sour, Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Anvil, Sepultura, Eluveitie, Morning

In addition, I've been keeping track of all the gigs I've been to since 2009 on Last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/user/KayMeertens/events

I've decided I'm not going to put in all the effort to trace them all back to 2001 (Night of the Proms that year with Meat Loaf must have been my first real concert) though, although that's much shorter than some of the other forummers have been around.

by **WizardBeast** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:48 am

Tuup wrote:Instead of doing an exercise in 'load testing' on this forum I'll follow Tobbe's example:

20x: Saxon
19x: Arch Enemy
17x: Exodus
16x: Opeth, Death Angel
15x: Kreator, Destruction, After Forever, Finntroll, Volbeat, Rowwen Hèze, Chain of Dogs
14x: Iced Earth, Amorphis
13x: Testament, Slayer, Nevermore, Amon Amarth
12x: Sabaton, Evergrey, Mercenary
11x: Riverside, Sodom, Vader, Epica
10x: Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, Moonspell, Motörhead
9x: Anthrax, Moonsorrow, HammerFall, Children of Bodom, Firewind
8x: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Blind Guardian, Immortal, Kamelot, Apocalyptica, Circle II Circle, In Flames, Golden Earring, Ensiferum, Life of Agony, Janse Bagge Bend, Arknghthand
7x: Metallica, Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Dimmu Borgir, Tankard, Madball, Forbidden, Symphony X, Vicious Rumors, Stratovarius, Rage, Sonata Arctica, God Dethroned, Kataklysm, Lacuna Coil
6x: Annihilator, OverKill, Grave, Black Label Society, Morbid Angel, Paradise Lost, Pain of Salvation, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Keep of Kalessin, Uriah Heep, Powerwolf, J.B.O., Helloween, Doro, Born from Pain, Heideroosjes, Korpiklaani, Carach Angren, Bloodmoon
5x: Heaven & Hell, Sacred Reich, Megadeth, Katatonia, Threshold, Bolt Thrower, Jon Oliva’s Pain, Candlemass, Pagan’s Mind, Ozzy Osbourne, Dying Fetus, Focus, Therion, UFO, Malevolent Creation, Corvus Corax, Insomnium, Warbringer, Legion of the Damned, DragonForce, Nile, Within Temptation, Gojira, Belphegor, Excrementory Grindfuckers, ReVamp, Stone Sour, Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Anvil, Sepultura, Eluveitie, Morning

In addition, I've been keeping track of all the gigs I've been to since 2009 on Last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/user/KayMeertens/events

I've decided I'm not going to put in all the effort to trace them all back to 2001 (Night of the Proms that year with Meat Loaf must have been my first real concert) though, although that's much shorter than some of the other forummers have been around.

11x: Riverside, Sodom, Vader <---- wow i'm jealous! i've seen Vader quite a bit but never Riverside and only Sodom twice.

by **WizardBeast** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 8:49 am

gnoff wrote:I know, I'm insane, but as all mad men I don't care

do you go completely crazy at Amon Amarth shows?

by **cycosurgeon** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 12:48 am

Guess I will give it a shot since I never really have before. Never been to a non metal concert in my life. And really didn't start going to shows till late in my life.

Seen...

Manowar
Overkill
Mercyful Fate
Jackyl
Iced Earth
Jag Panzer
Force of Evil
Primal Fear
Grave Digger
Trouble ( with Eric )
Candlemass ( with Messiah )
Cauldron Born ( did lights for them at Powermad )
GWAR
Accept
Amorphis
Samuel
Doro
Shadowkeep
Katatonia
Alestorm
Turias
Destiny's End
Tyr
Dismember
Brainstorm
Overlorde ( including a rare private set too ) ( did lights for them at Powermad )
Helstar
Manilla Road
Nasty Savage
Metalucifer
Anvil
Raven
Ravensthorn
Seven Witches ( James Rivera's first show ever with them )
Zandelle
Cage
Blaze Bayley
Skelator
Spellcaster
Omen
Iron Cross
Breaker
Shok Paris
Antithesis
Destructor
Damien Thorne
Penance
Slough Feg
Hammers of Misfortune
Metal Church ( with Ronnie )
Nevermore
Sanctuary
Wolf
Falconer ( with Kristoffer )
Life of Agony ( With Crane and with "happy" Keith post soul searching but before break up, never saw them in their prime )
Judas Priest ( only seen them with Ripper )
Iron Maiden ( with Bruce and Blaze )
Suicidal Tendencies
Stuck Mojo
Helloween
Gamma Ray
Skullview
Attacker
Solitude Aeturnus
Wastoid
October 31
Savatage
Hades ( yuck )
Ghoultown
Omegaload
Brothers of Conquest
Meliah Rage
Premonition
Catch 22
Impaler
Hirax
Destruction
Dio
Heaven and Hell
Megadeth

Sure there was bands that we so unimpressive I have forgotten them
Lots of smaller bands too
Last year's bands on the cruise not listed due to laziness.
Bunch of stoner bands at Emissions of the Monolith too.

Most of the bands I like are in other countries and never tour the states except for a rare festival.

by **AlaskaRachel** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:41 am

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

Killswitch Engage (2006)
Megadeth (2007l)
36 Crazyfists (many times in high school 2004-2008)
Turisas (2011)
Ensiferum (2011)
Finntroll (2011)
Cradle of Filth (2011)
Nachtmystium (2011)
Between the Buried and Me (2011)
Judas Priest (2011)
"Thin Lizzy" (2011)
Black Label Society (2011)

Non-metal (all 2010 unless otherwise noted):
Portugal the Man (2008, 2010, seeing again in 2 weeks)
Public Enemy
DeadMau5
Kid Cudi
Ween
MGMT
My Morning Jacket
LCD Soundsystem
Minus the Bear (2010, 2011)
OK Go
Simian Mobile Disco
She & Him - Zooey Deschanel's band
New Pornographers
Taj Mahal (2008)

Only 6 of these bands actually came to Alaska, and 2 of those are from here anyway. The rest I had to leave state to see.
I'm probably forgetting a handful, but there's what I can remember.

by **Michael D.** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:18 am

Laura wrote:^^^
Michael! So much gold in there it's not even funny. I knew you had been sayin' for awhile on fb that you were gonna post your whole gig history (from comments when I posted some random tickets from my past, and so on)- so thanks - cool! Too much there to comment on in detail atm...but, in short, I love your list....**plus** any fan of REO Speedwagon is a friend 'o mine. - I bet there are a fair amount of people here who don't know them except for perhaps their later sappy ballads - I prefer their pre-1978 stuff. Plus - they went to my alma mater University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCeGCSvueM8 (from that TWENTY DVD set I own of the Best of the Midnight Special)

oh..and since you saw Ted Nugent in 1978 (and I in 1979) gotta repost (for at least the 5th time here I think ) his performance of STRANGLEHOLD on the Midnight Special in 1979. Omg - was I crazy about him and his music when I was a teen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9UJT0dR ... re=related

OMG Laura, what a great REO video. Pick up their Soundstage DVD “Live from The Heartland” filmed in Chicago. It is a really good DVD and up to date. It has an acoustic flavor. My GOD! Kevin’s hair, LOL and their clothes. Ha Ha. http://youtu.be/mTBoxSrIZhs

As for Ted, this is also a great video. Stranglehold is my favorite tune of his while the album Free For All is my favorite Nugent record. Ted’s lead singer in this video is now playing in a reformed Foghat and his voice still sounds good. Oh, and before I forget, Ted during one of his tours while playing in the old Civic Center actually put a crack in the ceiling from how LOUD he use to play. It is a really close call on who was louder Ted or The Who.

Since posting my list I remembered a few more bands that I had seen, like Dire Straits, DEVO, Whitesnake opening for Motley Crue (Theatre of Pain), Poison and New York Dolls with Motley (6/24/11). There is a Def Lepperd show in the Round (Hysteria tour), another Bon Jovi (New Jersey Tour), and two more times seeing Nickelback before they really hit big. In one year Nickelback (2005/2006) played here four different times and each time was into a bigger venue.

My friend pointed out a few more from the local seen that I left off, such as The Replacements, Husker Du, DVC Band, Gemini, and still more but it gets to be a blur. Concerts/live music is the only VICE that I have. LOL
Thanks and enjoy.

Website · by **Tuup** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:45 am

WizardBeast wrote:
Tuup wrote:Instead of doing an exercise in 'load testing' on this forum I'll follow Tobbe's example:

20x: Saxon
19x: Arch Enemy
17x: Exodus
16x: Opeth, Death Angel
15x: Kreator, Destruction, After Forever, Finntroll, Volbeat, Rowwen Hèze, Chain of Dogs
14x: Iced Earth, Amorphis
13x: Testament, Slayer, Nevermore, Amon Amarth
12x: Sabaton, Evergrey, Mercenary
11x: Riverside, Sodom, Vader, Epica
10x: Dark Tranquillity, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, Moonspell, Motörhead
9x: Anthrax, Moonsorrow, HammerFall, Children of Bodom, Firewind
8x: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Blind Guardian, Immortal, Kamelot, Apocalyptica, Circle II Circle, In Flames, Golden Earring, Ensiferum, Life of Agony, Janse Bagge Bend, Arknghthand
7x: Metallica, Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Dimmu Borgir, Tankard, Madball, Forbidden, Symphony X, Vicious Rumors, Stratovarius, Rage, Sonata Arctica, God Dethroned, Kataklysm, Lacuna Coil
6x: Annihilator, OverKill, Grave, Black Label Society, Morbid Angel, Paradise Lost, Pain of Salvation, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Keep of Kalessin, Uriah Heep, Powerwolf, J.B.O., Helloween, Doro, Born from Pain, Heideroosjes, Korpiklaani, Carach Angren, Bloodmoon
5x: Heaven & Hell, Sacred Reich, Megadeth, Katatonia, Threshold, Bolt Thrower, Jon Oliva’s Pain, Candlemass, Pagan’s Mind, Ozzy Osbourne, Dying Fetus, Focus, Therion, UFO, Malevolent Creation, Corvus Corax, Insomnium, Warbringer, Legion of the Damned, DragonForce, Nile, Within Temptation, Gojira, Belphegor, Excrementory Grindfuckers, ReVamp, Stone Sour, Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Anvil, Sepultura, Eluveitie, Morning

In addition, I've been keeping track of all the gigs I've been to since 2009 on Last.fm:
http://www.last.fm/user/KayMeertens/events

I've decided I'm not going to put in all the effort to trace them all back to 2001 (Night of the Proms that year with Meat Loaf must have been my first real concert) though, although that's much shorter than some of the other forummers have been around.

11x: Riverside, Sodom, Vader <---- wow i'm jealous! i've seen Vader quite a bit but never Riverside and only Sodom twice.

Well Sodom are from my region (across the border, but still only an hour away) and Riverside play in the Netherlands and Belgium really often, so fortunately I've also had plenty of opportunities to see them live. I guess we're quite spoiled with concerts in western Europe anyway. On the other hand there are a few American bands that never come to Europe and are still on top of my wishlist...

by **EvilDan** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:31 am

I would love to actually know all the shows I've been to. I could never find all the ticket stubs, and many shows didn't have tix. I can safely say I've been to more than 500 shows. (Maybe more than 1000?) Now if we consider how many bands at each show.... wow... that's a lot of money. Plus, throw in the shirts and booze.

by **nekrobarr** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:37 am

EvilDan wrote:I would love to actually know all the shows I've been to. I could never find all the ticket stubs, and many shows didn't have tix. I can safely say I've been to more than 500 shows. (Maybe more than 1000?) Now if we consider how many bands at each show.... wow... that's a lot of money. Plus, throw in the shirts and booze.

I'm in the same boat there. I have a fair number of stubs - I think I've actually managed to keep those from all shows I've been to - but I've also been to many a shows where I didn't pre-purchase a ticket and have no 'evidence' of going to said show.
Last.fm shows that I've been to 90 shows since 2004, but I've definitely been to more than that, though I would guess I've not been to more than 200 shows yet.

by **DrinkMoxie** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:23 am

I don't know how some of you do it? I couldn't begin to name every band I've seen if I tried, I've seen a few thousand...
I guess some of you must have kept lists or something... I have a ticket stub collection, but that only covers a small %

by **Laura** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:32 am

DrinkMoxie wrote:I don't know how some of you do it? I couldn't begin to name every band I've seen if I tried, I've seen a few thousand...
I guess some of you must have kept lists or something... I have a ticket stub collection, but that only covers a small %

My complete list (or as complete as I think it can be - around 98%) took me a couple years off and on to compile. The process started about 3-4 years ago when I started going through all of my possessions and files in 2 large 4-drawer cabinets in an effort "to simplify." My goal was to reduce my *stuff* by about 50%, which I came close to achieving I think (including giving away lots of clothes, books, cd's, and *all* my lps) Aaanyway, many of the things in my files included every kind of imaginable ticket receipt or stub (including even every airline ticket - lol), programs and reviews of various theatrical, music, and other kinds of events I'd been to), and nearly 40 years of diaries (started diary writing in grade school

) and calendars and various datebooks. I ended up getting rid of the majority of the stuff in the file cabinets (except for the concert ticket stubs which are all in *one* box. Some of the other stuff I scanned -or- transcribed particular info/writings/thoughts in an app called Notebooks. Part of my impetus for doing all of this was the fact that I'd known some people who had died and how much *stuff* relatives and friends had to go through - I never liked the idea of people going through my "stuff" when I'm gone...especially the diaries and such which are often highly personal.

The only type of thing I still have a crazy ridiculous amount of is photographs - thousands from pre-digital age - I'd give almost anything to magically have all of those scanned and then I'd dump the originals.

by **DrinkMoxie** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 11:51 am

back in the late 90's I had a notebook I was gonna start tracking all the bands I'd seen and when in, but I started and already couldn't remember half of 'em (I started goin' to shows summer of '88, shortly before my 10th bday)... so I just decided, if it can't be complete, why bother start now... I do wish I could go back in time and give young me a spreadsheet as well as a couple nice investment tips haha

by **AlaskaRachel** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:37 pm

Yea it's amazing how you guys remember your gig history or save that many ticket stubs :shock:

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.

by **cycosurgeon** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:48 pm

AlaskaRachel wrote: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.

by **Laura** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:13 pm

AlaskaRachel wrote: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? :trashdrink:

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."

by **Michael D.** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:30 pm

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

by **Laura** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:41 pm

Michael D. wrote: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*!!!!... :lol:

by **mooyagi** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:14 am

AlaskaRachel wrote: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. :lol:

I gotta remember to take that one out of my wallet before we set sail

by **Ravenlord** » Sun Dec 04, 2011 12:06 pm

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
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