Rolling stones, with pearl jam opening, summer 98. First concert i went to, still a great show. saw them again, and it was just as great.
Bruce springsteen was pretty bad ass too.
Fear me. I have a Cabin in montana.
::Team Pancake Pride::
best concert you have seen?
woodstock 94.
unless someone here was at the '69 show i assume we can agree this thread is closed?
turn off sigs…it will change your life
the smalls, some unheated tin barn on the rez near Merit in late november. maybe in 95 or 96.
runner up from around the same time would be a bunch of draft dodgers at a havest party in you-dont-need-to-know.
Just a speculative fiction. No cause for alarm.
Depeche Mode @ GM Place
Tom Petty at Oregon State University was good. but I'm a pretty big jazz fan, and nothing can beat Wynton Marsallis and his band. it was sweet.
Daniel Vore
Mike Watt and Thrush Hermit at the Starfish Room
One of the only ones i've seen was Metallica and Godsmack in 2004 (I think) in Vancouver. The tickets and hotel were free
Hug a logger, you'll never go back to trees
Sepultura/Fear Factory/Clutch @ Commodore
Slayer/Hatebreed @Commodore
Pennywise/swollen members @ snow jam
So many but highlights are:
Floyd: Monentary Lapse of Reason tour.
Police: Ghost in the Machine tour with English Beat backing
Skinny Puppy at the Holiday in TO early eighties
Heart with John Cougar backing in Charlevoix Migh. late 70's
Tragically Hip at the Commodore on the Road Apples tour
Dixie Chicks at GM Place just last fall
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Oh..and any DOA show.
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Dandy Warhols at the Commodore perhaps… I was really high though and another board member said it was shitty if I remember correctly… but it was the trippiest thing ive ever seen Ill tell ya that.
Best performer though, probably Matt Mays doing Angels Make Contact in the basement in victoria known as Legends nightclub. I have never seen ANYONE come remotely close to what he was able to do there in that shitty venue… incredible performer.
You kids.
I like music, and I'm old. And I travel for work too. So me, and peeps like Phatphurknee and Patrolskid) have had the good fortune to be into bands that no one was into, and saw some famous shit before It Was.
Read and die:
The Holiest of Holies
Bob Marley and the Wailers, QE Theatre and Pacific Coliseum
The Clash, Commodore (first ever North American show), PNE Forum (Give'em Enough Rope), and Kerrisdale Arena (Straight to Hell).
The Police and The Specials, Commodore
The Pogues, Commodore, with Joe Strummer as guest guitarist/vocals.
Ramones, Commodore
You Wish
The Descendants, Arts Club Seymour Street
Green Day, The Nappy Dugout (PD's indoor park across from Luv-A-Fair; maybe 30 people there, tops).
NOFX, Cruel Elephant
Nirvana and Mudhoney, Commodore
Metallica, New York Theatre (Commercial Drive. I think the opening act was W.A.S.P. or something)
Beastie Boys, Commodore
The Roots, Plaza of Nations
James Brown, Commodore
You May Not Understand
Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers, Town Pump
Sigur Ros, St. Andrews Cathedral
Kid Creole and The Coconuts, Expo 86
The Wiggles, PNE Coliseum (Nat Jrs first show)
Out of Town
Ramones, Roseland, NYC
Nirvana, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle
Sonic Youth and The Amps, Paramount, Seattle
Motorhead, I-Beam, San Francisco (loudest concert ever)
Fishbone, Tokyo, JPN
Fugazi, house party, Washington, DC
Dead Kennedys, Paradise, SF
Mike Meyers as "Dieter" from Sphrockets, Viper Room, LA
Iggy Pop, Austin, TX
Dick Dale, Albuquerque, NM
Those are some good shows. There are lots more, but some I can't remember.
Wish List:
I would like to see Sigur Ros play in a waffle house in Rekyavik.
I would like to have seen the Ramones play at CBGBs in NYC. I thought I had actually, but it was Roseland, and now I can't remember who it was I saw at CBGBs.
I would love to have been at the Rainbow in London, for the gig that was recorded for The Wailers Live.
I would like to have seen the Sex Pistols play in Texas.
Best Sound was Roger Waters at the Expo Theatre, will take a long time to figure out best show though
Was that around 94? If so, PBS recently aired one of that tour's shows, and it was amazing.
I'd have to list as a couple:
The Kinks
Paul Revere and the Raiders
Doobie Brothers
Smaller shows:
Stonebolt at The Cave
Barney Bentall at the Town Pump
Headpins at The Armory
Oh, and another great concert that I have to list because I know GW will appreciate it:
Rush
It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities.
- Josiah Stamp
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
- H.G. Wells
Insubordination Records 10th Anniversary Festival night 2. The Mopes headlining. The Talking Head/Sidebar, Baltimore, MD, USA. 250ish people in a 120ish capacity room. Mopes' 3rdish show ever, since they put out one of the best records of all time on lookout in the mid/late 90s.
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