last concert...?

[Posher778]

Where do you guys hear about these concerts? I always seem to miss out on the awesome shows.

[Elvis_Christ]

Forums, Myspazzz

I heard about that one because we're supporting the bands that night

[scouse mac]

Nine Inch Nails, supported by Janes Addiction on Tuesday night. Fucking great show

NIN set was nearly two hours long, didnt let up until the last when Hurt was the finale, still buzzing about it.

[Dante'sInferno]

Nine Inch Nails, supported by Janes Addiction on Tuesday night. Fucking great show

NIN set was nearly two hours long, didnt let up until the last when Hurt was the finale, still buzzing about it.

Great! I would have liked to have been at the show played last night where, Gary Numan was the guest singer. They played Cars and Trent's version of metal. Are you a big NIN fan? What's your favorite song/album of NIN's?

[Elvis_Christ]

My next big concert will be The UK Subs. Pretty amped that my band is supporting them when they play our city.

[The Mothman]

Thats awesome! wish I could be there for that. haven't you seen them before?

[Elvis_Christ]

Thats awesome! wish I could be there for that. haven't you seen them before?

Yeh they played last year at some point. They dig NZ and hang out fishing and eating pies!

[Disease]

I travelled down to MAnchester last weekend to see The Fall. Maybe the last time I see them, hopefully not. They never come to Australia though and there where I am going to be from September on.

The bus took 4 and a half hours, the air con wasn't working and I only had half a bottle of water so it was a bit of a hellish trip till we finally stoped an hour out of MAnchester.

I got into town and checked into the backpackers I had booked then went searching for a pub that was showing the cricket. after about 40 minutes of walking by posh bars and sports bars that were showing the golf I finally found this pub that had some serious old core interior. They had a net up below the cieling so it wouldn't fall on your head. they had the cricket showing on some mounted early 90's tv's. They served real ales as well as some belgium beers at a good price which was a bonus.

So I sat in there for the next few hours, then struck up a conversation with a guy called Doug out the backwhilst haveing a cigy, he worked at Vinyl revial down the road, he took me along to anbother bar closer to the venue where he was meeting some friends who were going to the gig.

I had a few more pints there and was feeling a bit pissed so started on the tequila. His friends headed of as the were worried they wouldn't get tickets, I stuck around and had a few more and then headed up myself...

So I finally got to the gig, grabbed a pint and 5 mintues later the Fall walked on stage...

IT was a good show, they played 5 or 6 songs that hadn't been recorde yet even. and that was 50% of the gig. most of the remainder was of the last studio album, so it wasn't exactly what I hoped for in a home town gig. But that was just as I never know when I will see them live again. The sound wasn't great which from my experience with them is a bit of a constant thing.

But the highlight was probably when they left the stage for what everyone assumed was the final time, but I still had half a pint and some hope and wondered up the front where there was a few others...

5 minutes later they burst back on and thrashed out "Reformation" which was just fucking awesome.

There were some guys outside selling unoficial merch after the show, they had some good hoodies for ten quid, I ended up talking them down to 5 quid for one... Then I got on a bus back to town and tried to remember where I was sleeping that night, but that's another story.

[Elvis_Christ]

Sounds like a great night man! Haven't heard much of The Fall I'll have to check some out later on tonight.

[Disease]

Cool, let me know what you think, they aren't for everyone. Also there are quite a few different eras of thier music, because of so many different line ups over the past 30 years.

[Posher778]

Saw a Pink Floyd tribute band in Atlanta.



BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA



... Suffice to say, i'm glad it was free.

[T.C.F]

Dreamkillers @ The Metro,Sydney Australia

[Caenxavier]

Murder by Death

One of my favorites! And I remind my girlfriend rutinely that I'm leaving her for the cello player..... *drools*

Really nice guys though, they gave me a set list and signed it, my friends and I got their sound man drunk hah.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2270089084_e7fe1e8eee.jpg

[The Mothman]

Last show I saw was The Varukers, they played well but it sucked because no one showed up.

[Caenxavier]

Last show I saw was The Varukers, they played well but it sucked because no one showed up.

I saw the Queers once and had the same problem. Everyone decided to go to a local punk show instead of seeing the real show.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Murder by Death

One of my favorites! And I remind my girlfriend rutinely that I'm leaving her for the cello player..... *drools*

Really nice guys though, they gave me a set list and signed it, my friends and I got their sound man drunk hah.http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2040/2270089084_e7fe1e8eee.jpg

awesome band, I've going to try and see them in september

[Caenxavier]

awesome band, I've going to try and see them in september

Hell yes, my friends and I had a few drinks with them, really nice guys even though most of them are pretty shy.

[The Mothman]

I saw the Queers once and had the same problem. Everyone decided to go to a local punk show instead of seeing the real show.

I've seen The Queers as well, place was packed though.

[Caenxavier]

I've seen The Queers as well, place was packed though.

Yeah, there were a few punk guys in their thirties, a woman with a six year old kid, me and my friend. There were more people there at the start, but they left after our local ska band played their set, it was ridiculous.

[Elvis_Christ]

Didn't make it to The Varukers when they played here. The old skool punk shows are usually packed to fuck in CHCH.

[The Mothman]

Common Enemy and local hardcore band For The Worse

[Elvis_Christ]

Fuck I'd love to see Common Enemy dare you to score me a t-shirt next time you seem 'em :)

[The Mothman]

for sure, they play these parts all the time so it wouldn't be too hard.

[Caenxavier]

Fucking local punk show, The Runts came down for it (California punk band)

Got punched in the jaw by a tiny girl.

[friday13thfan]

August Burns Red
BlessTheFall
All Shall Perish
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE

[newb]

The Allman Brothers / Widespread Panic

[stacilayne]

I saw two GREAT shows of The Dead Weather last week. Jack White is a genius... I posted a bunch of photos and some videos.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=46048036&blogId=507639881

They are so good live. I had no idea.

Staci Layne

[zombie ash]

a free concert. my friend works where it was at and gave me tickets. haste the day(alright) senses fail(i like them) gay ass hollywood undead(fucking hate them) and dumb bitch ass brokencyde(sucks the big dick)

[CryptKeeper13]

I went to the Mayhem Fest and I went to see Devildriver more recently with a ton of death metal bands under them but I had way too much to drink to remember who they were.

[Caenxavier]

It hasn't happened yet, but I'm going on a road trip to see World Inferno Friendship Society in two weeks...oh god....one of my top 5 bands.

[friday13thfan]

Texas in july.

Free punk show in a park next week

[scouse mac]

Great! I would have liked to have been at the show played last night where, Gary Numan was the guest singer. They played Cars and Trent's version of metal. Are you a big NIN fan? What's your favorite song/album of NIN's?


Been a fan since early 90s but it was first time Ive seen them live. The Downward Spiral and Further down the spiral have always been the benchmark for me, the version of Heresy on Further Down is one of my favs

[illdojo]

The Mars Volta - Sept. 14 @ The Midland - KC, Missouri
Amazing live band.... Great set.... I hope I get to see them again.

[illdojo]

Clutch - Sept. 27 @ Sokol Hall - Omaha, NE
My 4th time seeing them. They never disappoint.

[The Mothman]

saw Obituary about a week ago.

[hacelikewhoa]

Saw Blink-182 @ blossom music center last week. AMAZING ;)

[T.C.F]

After tonight would of seen Slayer with Megadeth and then next Thursday Slayer again for the Reign In Blood show,shit yeah!!!

[Nergal]

October 6th : Macabre + Reanimator + Hempalment.

[TwistedCherry]

Pantera about 5 months before Dimes death. Im too old for that scene now..lol I enjoy metal from the safety of my computer chair or truck..;)

[The Mothman]

Negative Approach and Antidote

[Elvis_Christ]

Negative Approach and Antidote

You lucky bastard!

[The Mothman]

Yeah you wont believe how many good shows are around here, now that I've found where to look.

[The Mothman]

Phobia, Brutal Truth and Municipal Waste just played a venue one block down from me. that was awesome.

[Elvis_Christ]

DOPE!

Phobia and Brutal Truth's older stuff is amazing. Not as much of a fan of the later shit but I still would love see them live. Municipal Waste's show look like heaps of fun from the DVD I saw awhile back.

[The Mothman]

Yeah the show was a total blast, definitely gonna try and see Phobia again, they were sick!

[The Mothman]

D.R.I.
those guys are still on top of it after all these years.

[T.C.F]

Shit yeah Mothman you know'em D.R.I still and will always rule.

Fear Factory,Tumbleweed,Mars Volta and Mastodon @ The Big Day Out 2010 this friday,ripping.

[Caenxavier]

Ceremony and AFI, have never seen AFI, loved them since I was about 16. It was pretty fun, waited outside in the rain with my friend to get our tickets signed, when they came out my pen died...

[Doctor Loomis]

i seriously havent been to a concert in almost 2 years lol. the last one i went to was a nile show. empires ablaze, warbringer, unexpect, the faceless, and suicide silence were the openers

[The_Return]

The Creepshow and The Stiff Wires last night.

Never seen either...Stiff Wires were pretty good, but nothing compared to The Creepshow. Fuck can those guys put on a show!

[scouse mac]

Saw Rammstein supported by Combichrist on Feb 2nd


Absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt the best concert Ive ever been to. Combichrist were good, banging electro metal similar to Front Line Assembly but Rammstein were just stunning. The music was amazing and the pyrotechnics and stage set up were of the highest quality. Fantastic show.

[WilsonTheWriter]

Mastodon in Wolverhampton. Great gig, they played Crack the Skye in its entirety and then followed up with a best of from the other albums. No crowd interaction though, but when the music's that good perhaps you don't need it.

[scouse mac]

Mastodon in Wolverhampton. Great gig, they played Crack the Skye in its entirety and then followed up with a best of from the other albums. No crowd interaction though, but when the music's that good perhaps you don't need it.


Ive struggled to get into Mastodon, but a fair few friends rate them highly.

Ive never been arsed about crowd interaction personally, as you say so long as the music is good who gives a shit?

[Scarebaby]

Last concert I went to was quite a while ago, I mostly go to festivals. It must have been W.A.S.P or Venom.

[WilsonTheWriter]

Ive struggled to get into Mastodon, but a fair few friends rate them highly.

Ive never been arsed about crowd interaction personally, as you say so long as the music is good who gives a shit?

Until Crack the Skye I couldn't get into Mastodon but that album really sold me. I think it's the prog elements that they incorporated as I'm pretty into my prog too.

On the subject of Rammstein who you mentioned above, I saw them in the Velodrome in Berlin back in 2004 - unbelievable stage show, one of the best live acts I've ever seen and pyros galore. I was disappointed with the new album though, the previous four were much better and I'm not even including Rosenrot as it was essentially a (terrible) collection of songs that didn't make Reise, Reise.

Rammstein overall are a great band, but the last album really let them down I felt although Rammlied and Ich Tu Dir Weh are both reasonable, if only with the latter for the very eerie start up!

[scouse mac]

On the subject of Rammstein who you mentioned above, I saw them in the Velodrome in Berlin back in 2004 - unbelievable stage show, one of the best live acts I've ever seen and pyros galore. I was disappointed with the new album though, the previous four were much better and I'm not even including Rosenrot as it was essentially a (terrible) collection of songs that didn't make Reise, Reise.

Rammstein overall are a great band, but the last album really let them down I felt although Rammlied and Ich Tu Dir Weh are both reasonable, if only with the latter for the very eerie start up!


We must agree to disagree, I think the new album is fantastic, there are some really great tunes there. Rosenrot, with the exception of Benzin was disappointing though.

[newb]

We must agree to disagree,

Screw that

I say...PISTOLS AT DAWN.

[scouse mac]

Screw that

I say...PISTOLS AT DAWN.


Pistols are for wimps.............


Its cannon or nothing


:mad::mad::mad:

[Elvis_Christ]

I'm off to see the Pixies this weekend.

[Empress_Of_Drac]

Hastang - a local band here in our place. the new vox has a great voice...

[Disease]

Some Sydeney band called the melodys, they sounded like the moodists at times in the rythm section but overall a bit wingey. Andrew Mcubin and the hope adicts played aswell which is always beutifuly tragic.

[The Mothman]

Riistetyt at ABC No Rio. super cool venue, thanks for the suggestion, Elvis.

[Elvis_Christ]

Riistetyt at ABC No Rio. super cool venue, thanks for the suggestion, Elvis.

Fucking awesome. Damn I would've love to have seen that. Those guys are LEGENDS! :cool:

[spot]

Backstage at the Paramount when Alice In Chains came home to Seattle a couple months ago. It was spiritual.......

http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww180/spotmando/war3.jpg

[fortunato]

Got to see the Fleshtones in Chicago last weekend. Unbelievable show. These guys are still at it and are still a wild blast to see live. Got to hang out a bit with their guitar player Keith and talk after the show.

Excellent time.

[The Mothman]

Negative Approach and DOA are playing right around the corner from me tonight. I am a lucky, lucky man.

[FreddyMyers]

Backstage at the Paramount when Alice In Chains came home to Seattle a couple months ago. It was spiritual.......

http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww180/spotmando/war3.jpg

Saw them at a Monmouth College in March about 10 min from where i live. Fuckin Rocked! One of the loudest concerts ive ever been too....which is saying alolt

[scouse mac]

Going to the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth in a few weeks.


CAN........................................NOT.... ...............................WAIT!!!!



Its going to be a wee bit special, with Rammstein headlining the Saturday and Iron Maiden headlining the Sunday


http://uk.sonispherefestivals.com/

[newb]

Going to the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth in a few weeks.


CAN........................................NOT.... ...............................WAIT!!!!



Its going to be a wee bit special, with Rammstein headlining the Saturday and Iron Maiden headlining the Sunday


http://uk.sonispherefestivals.com/

nice....have fun

[The Mothman]

Iron Maiden headlining the Sunday


http://uk.sonispherefestivals.com/

lucky bastard, im going to see them hopefully in Jersey next month if my boss wil give me a day off.
just got back from Negative approach, even better second time around.

[friday13thfan]

August Burns Red.

[The Mothman]

This isn't for a little while, but i couldnt resist posting it, can't wait. look at this lineup. Elvis- eat your heart out.
http://www.lushlifenewyorkcity.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/GALLERY-EAST-DYS.png

[Elvis_Christ]

Damn if those old fuckers can still bring it that show will kill.

I'm dubious about reunion shows but FUCK :eek:

[Posher778]

Steve Miller Band and Peter Frampton.



Totally.... Dominating.

[The Mothman]

Damn if those old fuckers can still bring it that show will kill.

I'm dubious about reunion shows but FUCK :eek:
most of the old timers I've seen still got it, there's been a couple let downs but i got a good feeling about this one, I'll let you know how it goes. (I've seen Antidote before and they're still pretty on top it)

[The Mothman]

http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/hs344.snc4/41582_133943146641896_5890_n.jpg
Got a minor concussion, ouch. John Joseph rules, dude's 48, looks and performs like he's 30.

[Elvis_Christ]

I really like some of the Cro-Mags stuff.

I wanna check out his book:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/reviewpics/meatjoseph.jpg

[The Mothman]

I really like some of the Cro-Mags stuff.

I wanna check out his book:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/reviewpics/meatjoseph.jpg

yeah he was doing a book signing of that today at the venue.

[Kleptron]

aNTI-fLAG/Alexisonfire/Big D and the Kids Table

[Sistinas666]

aNTI-fLAG/Alexisonfire/Big D and the Kids Table


I saw the same line-up in Lawrence, KS!

[captain spaulding]

My last one was the weekend before last, at the local fairgrounds. Ted Nugent was there. The rain was coming down is sheets, however he still played. The local police had to drag him off the stage. We were all not happy, as neither was Ted. However, the reason for stopping the show, as the police said, was for safty reasons. Naturally, none of us got a refund, of any kind. So that blows. Ah well, I got to see about two hours of the show anyway. Last year, Led Zeppelin was there, which i saw the entire show of.

[The Mothman]

Dropdead and Systematic Death
looked for a patch for you elvis unfortunately they weren't selling any.
systematic death blew me away, pretty sure these guys dont speak a word of english but they rule.
ikps6pqiSvQ

[Elvis_Christ]

looked for a patch for you elvis unfortunately they weren't selling any.


All good man.

Wow... Systematic Death are killer. Love those guys, that show would've ruled.

Do you get into stuff like Paintbox, Gauze or GISM? Japanese shit totally kills I so want to check that country especially for all the dope music.

Framtid and Confuse are great too especially if you like your punk harsh and noisy.

[Sistinas666]

Lol-no crap my last show was Vicki Lawrence. I got to see The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia!lol-In my defense it was free.....:o

[bloody_ribcut]

Three Six Mafia, i gave Gangsta Boo a dollar while she performed "where the dollas at"... but i guess the real last one was the one i performed at about a week ago.. my first time on stage, i did "take it to the street"..
sXmS2C4O7ys

[scouse mac]

Saturday 18th saw the mighty Fear Factory at the manchester academy, absolutely fantastic. At the end Dino threw his guitar pick into the crowd which my mate caught, cherry on the icing for him. Great set, great vocals and overall great performance. Mosh pit was a bit lively too!

Support was Daath (not bad at all) and High On Fire (sounded ok but the lead singer/guitar didnt work)

[Scarebaby]

I saw Watain and Deströyer 666 at KB a couple of months back. Pretty awesome.

[Elvis_Christ]

High On Fire (sounded ok but the lead singer/guitar didnt work)

I'm looking forward to seeing these guys when they play with the Melvins. I've only got Surrounded By Thieves but fucking hell it's got some monster riffs.

[Sistinas666]

I'm looking forward to seeing these guys when they play with the Melvins. I've only got Surrounded By Thieves but fucking hell it's got some monster riffs.


The Melvins are still around? Crazy fucking band, lol.

[scouse mac]

I'm looking forward to seeing these guys when they play with the Melvins. I've only got Surrounded By Thieves but fucking hell it's got some monster riffs.


The whole set was heavy as fuck, I thought the drummer was very good but I wasnt impressed with the vocals. It seemed he was getting too much help from the microphone as he didnt have the vocal power, plus he kept pulling stupid gurning faces of all things, just didnt sit right. Still enjoyed them though!

[PainIsBeauty]

Mine was The Taste Of Chaos Tour, 15.11.2010

There was Halestorm, Buckcherry, Papa Roach and Disturbed. Blew my brains out!

[vanlutz]

Kate Miller Heidke twice (NJ & DE) - She's gonna be a STAR!
Aimee Mann - Strand Theatre
Shelby Lynne & Alison Moorer (Side By Side) Tarrytown NY

and the biggest and GREATEST Theatrical Spectacle of ALL TIME. You can argue music (it's all taste). But, the #1 theatrical Rock and Roll, mother-fucking, God couldn't have designed this any better - ROGER WATERS THE WALL 2010 (5 times)

Oh and the opening preview of Spiderman.

[Elvis_Christ]

My last show was High On Fire and the Melvins. Best show I've been to in a long time.

High On Fire (sounded ok but the lead singer/guitar didnt work)

I'd definitely have to disagree now that I've seen them. Matt Pike was nothing short of amazing and tore it right up. That show has made me a big fan of the band.

[Fearonsarms]

I saw A Hawk And A Hacksaw for a second time last year.

[deadbettie]

Iron Maiden

[The Mothman]

just saw Motorhead last night. like a dream come true, they played all my fav tracks and tore it up so friggin hard.

[Elvis_Christ]

Right on. I'd love to see Motorhead. Missed them last time they came to NZ. I'm hoping they will swing by later in the year. Their last few albums rule just as much as their classic ones.

[Elvis_Christ]

Got to see Kyuss a couple of weeks back. Shit was so killer!

[newb]

Got to see Kyuss a couple of weeks back. Shit was so killer!

damn....didn't know they were still playing....pretty cool

[Elvis_Christ]

damn....didn't know they were still playing....pretty cool

Yeh they are just back together briefly under the name Kyuss Lives! (minus Josh Homme but Bruno Fevery was awesome) to do a world tour. I think the American tour is coming up so definitely check it out if you can. You'll love it :cool:

[hammerfan]

Gin Blossoms at Harrah's

[The Mothman]

lets see..past couple months,
OFF! twice, ready for a third time next week cuz they fucking rule so hard.
Melvins - everything I expected it to be, best band ever. played Lysol, Houdini and Eggnog all the way through, rad.
TSOL - my buddies band opened for them last night, they were good but Jack Grisham left 10 minutes into the set after getting hit in tha face with the bottle and the band were left to finished the set by themselves with people from the crowd filling in for vocals.
Crowbar - ruled
Eyehategod - never much of a fan but they ruled live. Magurdergrind opened for them.

[bwind22]

4 year strong - bad religion - rise against

at the joint in vegas

bad religion killed as usual, didnt stay for rise against.

[Elvis_Christ]

Eyehategod would've ruled. Real keen to see OFF! Hope they play somewhere close to me sometime.

[fortunato]

OFF! twice, ready for a third time next week cuz they fucking rule so hard.

Real keen to see OFF! Hope they play somewhere close to me sometime.

Heck yeah, me too. I'll have to keep an eye on their schedule.

Let's see, since I stopped posting last year, I've only been to a few shows. I saw The Gories (which was incredible), Moon Duo, ? & the Mysterians, The Fleshtones, and uh...I think that's it. Going to see The Flaming Lips and Jerry Lee Lewis next month.

[Elvis_Christ]

? & the Mysterians

Oh man that would've been awesome. Didn't your uncle's band support them for a show? (My memory is TERRIBLE).

[newb]

Los Lobos last night


a little movie theater that was converted in a live music venue.....great show it was

[fortunato]

Oh man that would've been awesome. Didn't your uncle's band support them for a show? (My memory is TERRIBLE).

Oh heck, I just saw this. Yeah my uncle's band opened for them. It was pretty great.

[jay o2 waster]

I had a freaking crazy concert series in 2011 so far! get back to post on it though! something just came up

[friday13thfan]

Born Of Osiris, This Or The Apocalypse, Between The Lions and The Human Abstract. Amazing show if I do say so myself.

[crashN2awall]

I saw the misfits the last time they came to NC. Twas an epic show.

[ABjerg]

Last time was a long time ago, but I'm goin' to one today.

[Fearonsarms]

Oops meant to post this last month-Arcade Fire at the MEN Arena-they were astounding so made up I finally got to see them they really are at their peak at the moment.

[newb]

saw the North Mississippi Allstars tonight...small club...cheap beer...it was good.

[jay o2 waster]

This month I saw; Sound Tribe Sector 9, Paper Diamond, Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Bad Fish and Pretty Lights! :) Pretty good month for shows.

[tuleven]

i did 'security' with a friend for manticore and impiety (among others) a couple weeks ago.

[wizard of gore]

sore Mad Sin in Melbourne a couple weeks ago ,blew my mind

[Bob Gray]

Mastodon with Baroness, Valiant Thorr, and Between the Buried and Me. What a kick ass show, first time I had heard Baroness and fell in love immediately.

[Bob Gray]

saw the North Mississippi Allstars tonight...small club...cheap beer...it was good.

Saw them at Voodoo Fest in Memphis a few years back. Never seen anyone play an electric washboard, lol. Great band.

[Bob Gray]

Eyehategod would've ruled. Real keen to see OFF! Hope they play somewhere close to me sometime.

Would love to see those guys live.

[Bob Gray]

Would love to go to that.....all my favorite bands usually play there...Gov't Mule, WideSpread Panic,moe,North Mississippi Allstars,Les Claypool,Robert Randolph.

But its not meant to be...at least not this year.

Good taste newb, I haven't heard Moe though.

[Fearonsarms]

Saw Wild Beats last night in the 02 Academy here in Liverpool. Though they are undenaibly a mellow band-live they had a lot more bite and the music came across fiercer than on the albums. Very enjoyable and great atmosphere from a genuine fan audience.

[Aim4TheHead]

I can't recall any of the band's names, but it was a local hardcore show in D.C.

[wizard of gore]

I can't recall any of the band's names, but it was a local hardcore show in D.C.

thats a shame

[typicallydia]

went to see Patron Saint of Plagues (http://patronsaintofplagues.bandcamp.com/) to check out the new lineup

;D gotta love horror punk

http://typicallydia.com/new/PSOP-group-2%20(400x268).jpg

[Aim4TheHead]

thats a shame

That it was a hardcore show or that I can't recall the names?

It sucks I can't remember the names because for the most part they were really good.

[wizard of gore]

That it was a hardcore show or that I can't recall the names?

It sucks I can't remember the names because for the most part they were really good.

that you cant remember the names,were too drunk?were you like"lets got to hardcore gig,who knows or cares whoes playing"

[Aim4TheHead]

that you cant remember the names,were too drunk?were you like"lets got to hardcore gig,who knows or cares whoes playing"

The latter. I try to catch any local shows I can.

[sideonetrackone]

Just saw Rammstein last week for the first time in MA for the Made in Germany tour. It was the second best "arena show" I'd ever seen, second only to Nine Inch Nails' Fragile 2.0 tour back in 2001 (that was almost life changing).

If you're a fan of pyro, then Rammstein's the band to see live.

[realdealblues]

Saw Trans-Siberian Orchestra last night. Lots of lights and pyro and image effects all over the stage. I miss seeing actual "shows" like this. Small venue, great sound and great seats = a great time :D

[realdealblues]

Saw Roger Water's "The Wall" a week or so ago. Pretty impressive. That show has got to cost him a fortune to perform, but I really dug it. Definitely one of the most elaborate shows I've ever been too, if not the most elaborate. Roger still sounded good too. I definitely enjoyed myself.

[fortunato]

Saw Roger Water's "The Wall" a week or so ago. Pretty impressive. That show has got to cost him a fortune to perform, but I really dug it. Definitely one of the most elaborate shows I've ever been too, if not the most elaborate. Roger still sounded good too. I definitely enjoyed myself.

I was in downtown Phoenix the night he performed there, and he had- no kidding- thirteen semi-trucks parked around the place. Probably even more behind the building.

[realdealblues]

Yeah, I saw close to a dozen trucks the other night. It's crazy. Having to rent and haul all the stuff and pay all the people to drive and setup everything...it must cost him a small fortune just to do 1 show.

He's been saying this will be the last Wall tour he's going to do, and I wouldn't doubt that having such a large stage production doesn't have something to do with that.

[newb]

Saw Roger Water's "The Wall" a week or so ago. Pretty impressive. That show has got to cost him a fortune to perform, but I really dug it. Definitely one of the most elaborate shows I've ever been too, if not the most elaborate. Roger still sounded good too. I definitely enjoyed myself.

July 1st for me....in Boston

[Posher778]

Red Hot Chili Peppers, a while back. It was great.


Also saw Tool

[Fearonsarms]

Saw Roger Water's "The Wall" a week or so ago. Pretty impressive. That show has got to cost him a fortune to perform, but I really dug it. Definitely one of the most elaborate shows I've ever been too, if not the most elaborate. Roger still sounded good too. I definitely enjoyed myself.

That would have been great to see sadly unable to see the tour.

[newb]

Roger Waters


The Motherfucking Wall


a most excellent experience

[MoonRaven83]

June 18th
Iced Earth, hellyeah and Volbeat
Wicked good show.

[wizard of gore]

June 18th
Iced Earth, hellyeah and Volbeat
Wicked good show.

iced earth,i think iv heard of them,what kind of music do they play?

[newb]

The Allman Brothers

great show

[Dead&Bloated]

Tool years ago in Memphis. It was kick-ass show. Took the wife for her birthday.

[Fearonsarms]

Tool years ago in Memphis. It was kick-ass show. Took the wife for her birthday.

Wish I had seen them that would have been epic :)

[Sentinel65]

Last show I went to was Ghost, Opeth, and Mastodon all performing. Best show I've ever been to.

[The Mothman]

ehhh lets see, caught the melvins a couple times recently, saw motorhead about a year ago, caught this new doom band Pallbearer that I've been digging lately a few weeks ago too.

[fortunato]

Just got back from seeing Swans. Completely insane.

[InfernusChickx]

Last Gig I went to was years ago at Whitley Bay ice rink....Metallica :-)

Saw Guns n Roses at Gatehead too!!!

[Ice Pik]

I'm a concert junkie so I'll just list the band i've seen in the last year.

10 years
journey
pat benitar
slipknot
motorhead
slayer
as i lay dying
five finger death punch
shinedown
evancessence
halestorm
theory of a deadman
godsmack
staind
anthraxs
soil

[Ice Pik]

iced earth,i think iv heard of them,what kind of music do they play?

Power Metal. it's almost like an operatic metal. Think modern day Iron Maiden.

[Nat94]

Going to my first this month :D Deaf Havana

[Ice Pik]

If I like it I like it wither or not it's on the radio. The only thing with underground bands is they really don't do concerts unless in their hometown and areas close by. Like when Orange Sky did a concert in Florida I was shocked because they left Tobago.

[Fearonsarms]

If I like it I like it wither or not it's on the radio. The only thing with underground bands is they really don't do concerts unless in their hometown and areas close by. Like when Orange Sky did a concert in Florida I was shocked because they left Tobago.

I hate it when non-UK bands only play London here which is difficult and too expensive for us northerners. Missed Loreena McKennitt and Dead Can Dance this year because their only UK gig was London

[horrorfangirl66]

Last concert was Dethklok which was awesome. :D

[MichaelMyers]

GWAR.

http://www.rialtotheatre.com/images/events/gwar1.jpg

[Angra]

GWAR.

http://www.rialtotheatre.com/images/events/gwar1.jpg

Must be kinda hot playing in that outfit.

[Elvis_Christ]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Shit was unreal. So fuckin' sonically crushing at points.

[horrorfangirl66]

Last concert was Saturday night- Saw Clutch, Orange Goblin, Lionize and Scorpion Child. Was amazing :D

[Elvis_Christ]

Killer! I'd love to see Orange Goblin.

[GrimlyFiendish]

Saw the, ahem, Misfits couple of weeks ago. My boyfriend bought me the tickets for my birthday. I know it's not really the Misfits but I enjoy it regardless. I see it as a cheesy bit of fun really :)

Got Danzig tickets for June too though and he's doing a Misfits set with Doyle which I'm sure will wipe the floor with Jerry Only :p

[newb]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Shit was unreal. So fuckin' sonically crushing at points.

nice :D

did he play a lot of the older stuff?

[Elvis_Christ]

did he play a lot of the older stuff?

A few things off Rust Never Sleeps but a good chunk of it was newer stuff. The tunes off the last album sounded much better live. He some more obscure stuff from Reactor too. Stoked he played Danger Bird. Dudes rocked out for about 3 and a half hours.... so much energy. Put a lot of younger bands to shame haha.

[horrorfangirl66]

Soilwork (one of my faves)! Got to meet Bjorn. I was right in the front the whole time during their set. Epic. :D:D:D

[Global]

My last concert was :

Spoilengine & Fear Factory

[Elvis_Christ]

Saw Merzbow play at a smaller club over here a couple of weeks ago. I don't think my hearing will ever be the same again ::big grin::

[urgeok2]

Goblin ...

And i got to shoot it :)

[The Mothman]

Goblin ...

And i got to shoot it :)

Damn I missed them when they came by here.

[The Mothman]

Last show I saw was Negative Approach. 5th time seeing em and it still ruled.

[urgeok2]

Massimo Morante is using one of my shots as his timeline cover picture :)

a couple of years ago Claudio Simonetti also used one of mine

[urgeok2]

test


IT worked!

[Elvis_Christ]

Great photo! Would love to see these guys one day. I was unfortunately at the wrong end of the country when they played their score to Suspiria at a film festival.

[urgeok2]

Thanks!

I was lucky enough to see 2 different manifestations of them and shoot them both times

[Elvis_Christ]

The new line up sounds great. I've got the 2013 Tour EP that Death Waltz Recordings put out and it's killer.

[urgeok2]

it's a shame there was a bit of a shakeup in the band .. there has to be at least 4 different configurations of Goblin, each sort of calling themselves Goblin..

I liked both that I saw ..

[Elvis_Christ]

Yeah good to see them doing their thing in the various incarnations of the band anyways. They might put their differences aside and preform with the original line up again one day.

[urgeok2]

Secret Chiefs 3 - the opener for Goblin

got to see this played live - blew the crowd away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc4vuVNWRmg

[newb]

Widespread Panic

great concert [music wise] but here is a little post I made on facebook after the show....it's a bit long so I don't expect any ADD people to read it::stick out tongue::

I'm thinking my Big Venue concert days are over. We got to the Orpheum at about 7:05. The place was pretty empty.... made our way to the beer stand and purchased a $13 22ounce Bud.Headed up 3 flights of stairs to our balcony seats. Apparently when this place was built, adults were the size of 12 year olds.After stuffing myself into the seat with my knees almost hitting my chin, I prepared for a relaxing concert experience .Looking around we noticed the balcony was less than half full so the three of us Mark,Ricky and myself spread out, leaving a seat between us.Not too bad. Within five minutes the balcony was full to capacity so we lost our little buffer zones. The band came out and whoosh ...everybody was on their feet. Ok...I get that...no problem..we will stand for a couple of songs then settle down and get comfy....hell I worked a hard 40 hr. week. I'm guessing nobody else did because we stood for the whole first hour plus set of which I missed about 20 minutes because I had to deposit 22 ounces of Bud into the urinal. The line was out the door....in the men's room...wtf. After finally making my way in and out of the bathroom, without losing my shoes on the sticky floor, I waiting another 10 minutes for a $13 22 ounce Bud....of which they only had the nasty light lime variety left.

Back to my seat now and wait for a overly long intermission. Bands back and whoosh.....back on our feet. I'm assuming a lot of people fired up during intermission because the dancing started. The fool next to me was really invading my space with his arms wildly flailing about.....then he notices me and gives me the "high five" sign. Anybody who knows me will tell you...I don't "high five". So not to leave him hanging I gave him a pathetic "low five". 3 songs in and we get a slow song.....people start sitting down....alright...this is more like it. Except the couple directly in front of me....they continue to dance...by dance I mean more of a slow rocking side to side kind of Walking Dead zombie shuffle. I really didn't pay $55 to look at their asses. Another scorcher of a song starts and whoosh....screw it..I'm sitting for this one. The girl behind me started her dance but it was much more violent than the zombies in front of me and at one point she hit me in the back of my head with her ass,hard enough to knock my hat off. I'm back on my feet now and Mark says " you want to get a beer after we leave here" . This was right when the encore started so I said " hell yeah ....let's go now"...especially since they closed the bar after the intermission. Made our way out to an overcrowded place around the corner and had a pint.

[Elvis_Christ]

Haha I'm starting to feel the same way about big concerts nowadays myself newb. Fortunately over here the seated areas don't tend to have people standing up like that. I prefer to sit and take it all in. Pretty good sign I'm getting old ::big grin::

Secret Chiefs 3 - the opener for Goblin


That video was great I'm sold on checking out some albums now.

[urgeok2]

Haha I'm starting to feel the same way about big concerts nowadays myself newb. Fortunately over here the seated areas don't tend to have people standing up like that. I prefer to sit and take it all in. Pretty good sign I'm getting old ::big grin::



That video was great I'm sold on checking out some albums now.


the experience changes - you actually want to see the music, not just feel it.
stadium shows are for the birds - i've always loved smaller more intimate venues -


I was looking for Secret Chief 3 videos and found that most of them didnt reflect how manic they are on stage ...very intense musicianship

[Elvis_Christ]

the experience changes - you actually want to see the music, not just feel it.
stadium shows are for the birds - i've always loved smaller more intimate venues -


Definitely. Smaller venues are the way to go but I take what I can get over here ::big grin::

[urgeok2]

Definitely. Smaller venues are the way to go but I take what I can get over here ::big grin::

same here in Canada ..

the US have it made .. bands that would play in stadiums here play in bars over there ..

[Elvis_Christ]

the US have it made .. bands that would play in stadiums here play in bars over there ..

My next trip will be over there and planned round lots of shows. Not long back from Europe but that was whirlwind trip planned around a wedding so didn't make it to any shows missed a few things by a couple of days but that's all good.

Lots of great Canadian hardcore/punk bands I'd like to see too. Deranged Records brings out some great stuff.

[urgeok2]

well if you finally get over here - give me a heads up!

[Elvis_Christ]

well if you finally get over here - give me a heads up!

For sure. Clearing some debt and starting saving in the new year so will hopefully make it in the foreseeable future.

[ferretchucker]

In the same week in early December I was fortunate enough to see both The Naked and Famous on their "In Rolling Waves" tour at the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire and Bo Burnham's final show on his "What" tour.

Both were incredible. Whoever was in charge of lighting for TNAF needs to get some recognition - stole the show, gave each song its own unique stage presence.

Burnham was strange. Heard one person on the tube afterwards saying they were "worried about him" and I must say I could see it. Perhaps he was just tired after a VERY long tour, but he seemed far more melancholy and introspective than before. His cyncism came across as more disillusioned than entertainingly facetious. Still, the lovely chap's put it on Netflix for free!

EDIT: Shit, totally forgot. The following week I also saw Hanson. Christ alive they were brilliant. Played a mixture of old and new, full of energy, really interacted with the crowd. There was a nice section in the middle of the show where 2 of them would leave the stage and leave one to do his own song - nice to have each one get their moment.

That and Taylor Hanson's butt.

[FryeDwight]

We saw Blue Coupe in August and they were fantastic! They are Joe/Albert Bouchard from Blue Oyster Cult and Dennis Dunaway from Alice Cooper (when Alice was a BAND and not a singer with hired guns). They have two really good albums out with lot of the material being played along with a generous portion of BOC/ACG nuggets. Meet and greet afterwards.

[Mormo Zine]

The last concert I went to was the horror punk band Calabrese. They were awesome!!

https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/1236131_685511204811386_1867666221_n.jpg

[Giganticface]

I should have known there was a concert thread around here. I posted this in the wrong thread after I went to see Carcass.

This show was pretty killer. I had no idea Repulsion was opening for them. That was almost better than seeing Carcass. Both bands sorta had Old Guy syndrome, but still know how to grind it out.

Also saw Failure a month or so ago. Great show. No opening band, just two long sets of grungy space rock.

[Baron Von Marlon]

Joe Satriani
About a month ago in a nice, small outdoors venue.
It's almost surreal how good he can play.
I'm sure even people who don't like instrumental rock can appreciate him live.

The Hip Priests
Less than a month ago in some pub.
Awesome fast, sleazy punk rock 'n' roll from the UK.
A bit like The Ramones or Misfits playing Motorhead songs.
Solid live act.

[120DaysofSodom]

Joe Satriani
About a month ago in a nice, small outdoors venue.
It's almost surreal how good he can play.
I'm sure even people who don't like instrumental rock can appreciate him live.


Satch is the greatest guitarist to have ever lived. Nobody can/could do more with their guitar than he can.

[FryeDwight]

KASHMIR last night in Plymouth NH. Wife thought I was losing my marbles or slumming when I told her I got tix to a Led Zeppelin tribute band, but they were really good, capturing the vibe dead on. 23 songs and almost three hours. The usual suspects played and some deep cuts also. Cool venue/crowd and nice meet and greet after the show. The bass player looked familiar and found out he was Felix Hanneman who had some success in the 80's with the band Zebra. Well worth seeing if you're a Zep fan.

[vampyd1977]

children of bodom in sheffield, uk. supported by the mighty napalm death.

[Goathead]

Eluveite and Arkona, with Skalm�l as support band, in Esch, Luxembourg.

To be honest, I totally hate Eluveitie and Melodic Death Metal in general, so I was just there for Arkona. Was fucking awesome as always, but hurted badly my leg in a wall of death, had problems to walk for many days. And Skalm�ld are a fine band too.

[Raegan]

Hatebreed

[anglewitch]

Black Sabbath and Danzig. Hopefully Motor head.

[Jake.Ashworth]

Prepare for Hell with Slipknot and Korn

Summers last stand is right around the corner Slipknot and Lamb of God.

[FryeDwight]

We saw 1964-THE TRIBUTE last night. Really good Beatles tribute band playing pre-SGT PEPPER material. Had it down and played 30 songs.

[hammerfan]

Last night: saw Elvis Costello and Steely Dan. Excellent show by Steely Dan!

[FryeDwight]

Justin Hayward Plymouth NH 8/19/15. Really like The Moody Blues, but even my wife, a HUGE fan, agrees with me they have been sleepwalking the last 20 years with the endless orchestras/additional players. Wonderful show last night with basically a threesome with JH on vox/acoustic gtr, Julie Ragins on keys/vox percussion and the amazing Mike Dawes (who also opened) on guitars. Despite very stripped down, sounded great with some new material, the old vintages and some never played songs. Sometimes less can truly be more.

[Jake.Ashworth]

Saw Coal Chamber and Fear Factory a few weeks ago and will be seeing Slipknot and Lamb of God in two weeks!

[FryeDwight]

Wife loves Fleetwood Mac, but not willing to pay those prices and travel all the way to Boston, so saw TUSK (A great tribute band) in Plymouth NH on 9/26/15. All the hits, plus a few surprises especially a medley of "Oh Well/Black Magic Woman"

[TheBossInTheWall]

Saw The March Violets with opening band Pawns yesterday. Pawns were decent and The March Violets were awesome, sort of. They have two singers and the guy was obviously not able to be nearly animated as he was 30 years ago. The woman was amazing, still had all of it. Some of the songs they did, though, were off of their latest album which came out about two years ago maybe 20-25 years after they stopped. Its was not very good.
The bassist for Pawns was wonderful to watch. She has great straight black hair and was slightly shaking it while rocking to the music. While listening to Pawns I hear Joy Division, Corpus Deliciti, and Danse Society without synthesizers. The March Violets are the March Violets, pioneers of goth and all that.

Pawns:
https://soundcloud.com/pawns-1

The March Violets(not the show I was at):
https://youtu.be/mxNTfRyROBs

[FryeDwight]

Saw KASHMIR again 10/10 and wife and I saw BJ Thomas this weekend. He may be in his 70's, but still nailed it.

[FryeDwight]

Wife and I saw The Smithereens 11/13/15..great as always.

[FryeDwight]

Mark Farner (mainman/gtr for Grand Funk Railroad on 3/12/16. Mark still talks like a hippie ("Brothers and Sisters! I can FEEL the love in the Room!"), but played great and quite energetic.

[Dead Bad Things]

Steel Pulse
August 6th 2016
The Wilma, Missoula Montana

[FryeDwight]

Seether with two support acts
Hampton Casino-Hampton Beach, NH
8/7/16

[newb]

Chicago--9/2/16 Cape Cod Melody Tent


Lettuce--9/21/16 Lupo's in Providence

[hammerfan]

Chicago--9/2/16 Cape Cod Melody Tent


Lettuce--9/21/16 Lupo's in Providence

Wow, I'm jealous that you saw Chicago!

[newb]

Wow, I'm jealous that you saw Chicago!

They sounded great. Real intimate venue in the round.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/4/3027/3250773773_cfcc57ca81.jpg

[brainscan]

it's been a while but it was either Weird Al or Cheap Trick/Poison/Def Leppard

[hammerfan]

They sounded great. Real intimate venue in the round.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/4/3027/3250773773_cfcc57ca81.jpg

Ok, now I'm even more jealous! LOL! Was Peter Cetera there?

[newb]

Ok, now I'm even more jealous! LOL! Was Peter Cetera there?

no....he hasn't been with them since 1985

[hammerfan]

no....he hasn't been with them since 1985

Ah. I didn't know that.

[FryeDwight]

The Wizards of Winter- Similar in scope to Trans-Siberian Orchestra (and indeed having a few ex members on board), but just fine on their own. Very intricate and well played by all 11 members. 12/4/16

[Elvis_Christ]

The Pixies

[FryeDwight]

UFO/Saxon 9/28/17. Both were very good.

Seeing Kashmir tomorrow night.

[FryeDwight]

Kashmir 9/30/17

Absolutely great...some really deep cuts and rocking performances by them.

[FryeDwight]

Blue Oyster Cult on 10/14/17...still put on a good show.

[FryeDwight]

Blue Oyster Cult...again! This time in Keene NH
Better show than last time

[FryeDwight]

Kashmir again..this time in Claremont NH
Great set as usual with "No Quarter" sounding fantastic.

[FryeDwight]

Patty Smyth and Scandal-Tupelo Derry NH 4/29/18

New Tupelo a very nice venue and PS was great! Voice still strong, still adorably cute and lots of energy/chatter. All the hits, plus powerful covers in "Paint It, Black" and "River Deep, Mountain High"

[FryeDwight]

Poison/Cheap Trick/Pop Evil on 6/15/18.
Good shows by all three::cool::

[FryeDwight]

Barry Goodreau's Engine Room 6/23/18. Really good retro of all of Barry's career from Boston, his 1980 solo Lp, Orio n The Hunter, RTZ, Delp and Goodreau and Engine Room.

[FryeDwight]

Jim Messina 7/14/18. Really good show with Messina and exceptional band providing a solid night of music. Meet and greet afterwards.

[FryeDwight]

B.J Thomas 7/28/18. Excellent show and even if the man is in his mid 70's, voice still strong and vibrant. Very good band aided immeasurably a three piece Horn section. Second row almost dead center after eating out made this a nice Date night with the wife.

[FryeDwight]

Justin Hayward 8/4/18. Great show by Moody Blues mailman, with his solo work and many MB songs included.

[FryeDwight]

Collective Soul/Soul Asylum-8/10/18. SA were OK, CS rocked it and had an almost psychedelic screen presentation enhanced by Ed Roland (My wife was amazed at how much he looks like Joe Walsh now::shocked::) constantly flashing the "Peace" sign. Three Doors Down were the headliner, but it's been a long week and didn't want to fight the crowd on the way out, so just these two.

[FryeDwight]

John Lodge-10/19/18. Pretty rocking set by Moody Blues bassist/vox.

[FryeDwight]

BLUE OYSTER CULT-Capital Center for the Arts, Concord NH 11/3/18

Third time in a little over a year and they just keep getting better. After a employee of the Cap Center laid out basic info, another guy came out to introduce the Brooks Young Band. BYB were all decent players with about 5 songs and good covers of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Miss You". Probably the most CHEERFUL band I've ever seen, lots of big grins.

Although BOC played a lot of what You would expect, they played with true passion (Even the dull "Buck's Boogie" was helped by some new arrangements, including a Deep Purple-Ash GTR/Keys back and forth and little Bass/Drum Solos) and raiding the songbook with rarely played songs lately like "Career of Evil", "Dancing in The Ruins", "ETI", "OD'ED on Life Itself" and the magnificent "Hot Rails to Hell". During "Don't Fear The Reaper", the same guy who had introduced Brooks Young was onstage playing Cowbell. Wife found out the next day, it was NH Governor Chris Sununu, which I guess is one way to inspire votes.

[BudMan]

Tonight...Bonnie Raitt & James Taylor

Bonnie Raitt was excellent....almost seventy and she sounds great and plays a mean slide guitar.....James Taylor is like comfort food for the ears and hasn’t lost a beat either.

[FryeDwight]

American Vinyl All Star Band-Flying Monkey, Plymouth Nh 3/8/19. A sort of Sup er Group with Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Doobies, Steely Dan, many sessions) and Barry Goudreau (Boston, RTZ, Orion The Hunter) on GTRS with Leroy Romans (The Wailers) on keyboards, Tim Archibald (RTZ, Peter Wolf) on Bass, Robert "Mousey" Thompson (James Brown, Wilson Pickett) on drums and Danny Beissel (Featherborn, Foster Child) on vocals. Really tight rocking show of material from all their careers with "No Woman No Cry". "I Feel Good", "My Old School" "Night Train/Land of 10000 Dances", "Blush" and "A Man I'll Never Be' standing out. Nice meet and greet afterwards

[FryeDwight]

Not really a concert but went to first play last night . ON GOLDEN POND at Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith NH with author Ernest Thompson playing Norman. Good presentation and find as I've gotten older, I can appreciate the story more.
In small world parlance, Ernest is in one of our Yoga classes and had no idea he was the Oscar winning writer until another classmate told me.

[FryeDwight]

Alice Cooper 8/11/19. Really good show with a new stage set and MANY deep cuts being played. Never thought I would hear "My Stars" live. Really ace band too, especially Ryan Roxie on GTR.

Opening was Motionless in White (Meh) and Halestorm. HS has really good players and Lizzy quite engaging,. b ut all the screaming wore thin.

[ChronoGrl]

Not really a concert but went to first play last night . ON GOLDEN POND at Winnipesaukee Playhouse in Meredith NH with author Ernest Thompson playing Norman. Good presentation and find as I've gotten older, I can appreciate the story more.
In small world parlance, Ernest is in one of our Yoga classes and had no idea he was the Oscar winning writer until another classmate told me.

Awwww. Meredith, NH is so lovely. Makes me think of driving up to North Conway with my ex.

Last concert for me was Jimmy Eat World & Third Eye Blind. ::big grin:: My teenage and 20-something selves were nerdily high fiving the whole time.

[FryeDwight]

The Lakes begin of NH (where Meredith is ) is indeed lovely::love::::love::

Blue Oyster Cult 8/24/19 Flying Monkey Plymouth NH

Wife is a huge BOC fan (12 times since 1978) and got Third row seats. Band played well and seemed to be looser than usual. Only beef I have is a LOT of the same songs played from last few shows (although "Dr Music" opened the show and a new one from upcoming album) and while Classic Rock bands have the songs that they HAVE to play, a group with such an extensive catalogue should have more options. But the nearly sold out crowd certainly enjoyed it.
Best part for us was meeting Richie Castellano (GTR/Keys/Vocals) outside the venue (going to dinner) and after the show along with hellacious long time drummer Jules Redino.

[FryeDwight]

BJ Thomas-Laconia High School Auditorium, Laconia NH 9/13/19

LHS auditorium has had other performers from the last few years like Peter Noone (Herman's Hermits), Mary Wilson (Supremes) and Denny Laine (Moody Blues, Wings) and although it might have seemed a comedown, for Me, a gig is a gig. No admission and first come first seated.
Good show overall, but many of the same songs-and Stage patter- from last couple, b ut no slacking off and band great helped out by a horn section. Played the usual hits, but threw in an awesome "Knock on Wood" before Jackie Wilson's "Higher and Higher" closed the show.

[FryeDwight]

TUSK-Capitol Centre for the Arts, Concord NH 11/01/19. They are a Fleetwood Mac tribute band and do a solid job every time, pretty much selling out every venue when they come to the area.

[FryeDwight]

Gary Puckett and The Union Gap-Flying Monkey, Plymouth NH 11/22/19

Not really a fan, but wife loves the hits, so we got second row center again-don't know how she does it. Gary looks great-slim and energetic and other musicians very good. His voice very strong and besides the singles (opening with the 20th Century Fox fanfare into "Lady Willpower"), also played covers hat were on the 60's albums like "Kentucky Woman", "Lady Madonna" and "The Mighty Quinn".

Wife went to Manchester NH with a couple of friends to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra last night and she said it was awesome. A lot of activity from someone who had knee replacement surgery a few weeks ago.

[FryeDwight]

Wizards of Winter-12/19/19 Tuelo Ballroom Derry NH.

Second time seeing them. As mentioned, are very much in Trans-Siberian Orchestra realm, but with energy and ambience of their own. Good long show with solid performances, particularly by Trixter/Def Leppard gtr Steve Brown who was nonstop and enjoying himself immensely.

[FryeDwight]

Kashmir 1/4/20 Tupelo Derry NH.

Actually managed to get off work, so had tickets in the back as got them last minute, but different perspective of the show and they were as good as ever, although I wish they would trim a few numbers from the first two albums.

Still, solid playing throughout and a nice acoustic portion they played after intermission with "Tangerine" standing out.

[FryeDwight]

Cheap Trick-Capital Centre for The Arts, Concord NH 2/4/20

Like a lot of CT and great seeing them in a smaller venue (1300 seats). Solid last night with Robin Zander's voice still strong and vibrant . Rick Nielsen still wild as ever with solid playing, prowling the stage and throwing probably 100 picks out in the crowd. truly enjoyed "Big Eyes", "California Man", "Out in the Street" (theme from THAT 70'S SHOW), "Never Had a Lot to Lose", "Need You Love" and "Surrender".

[mr. macabre]

The last live show I got to see was MORBID ANGEL, WATAIN ,and INCANTATION at el corazon in seattle. Had tickets for FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE in march and tickets for ROTTING CHRIST in april. They were of course both canceled because of this covid bull-shit! This has to end sometime.

[FryeDwight]

Classic Stones Live-6/25/21 Flying Monkey Plymouth NH

First concert in almost a year and a half and most enjoyable evening. CSL are a Tribute band with "Mick" and "Keith" looking remarkably like the genuine article. Joined by six other players and certainly had the sound down , playing a little over two hours. Realized how long it's been when they took an intermission and I first thought that was the show::embarrassment::

Some people have busted my chops for seeing a Tribute band, especially if the "Real" article is out there. Can't see having to spend a fortune on tickets, traveling to Boston/spending the night and knowing they will not sound like they did. Plus many of the Tributes sound just fine

A Co-Worker got Eagles tickets for $700 each which I think is outrageous...At this point, there is a limit and $100 each is really it

[Chevalier]

My last concert was the IBMA pre-covid. One of the newer acts I liked was Maybe April.

[FryeDwight]

Hall and Oates/Squeeze- 8/9/21. Bank of New Hampshire Pavillion Gilford NH


Saw H&O two weeks after getting married (2/85) and despite being more of a Headbanger (Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Scorpions etc), they put on a excellent show with Daryl Hall exuding more confidence than 20 singers.

Two years after a severe Electrical storm cancelled their performance, they were back and while a lot of hits were played, it was a short set, only about 14 songs with a LOT of patter by Darryl that seemed more about taking up time as well as bitching at his Guitar tech close to the mike. About five people from work/gym have the same outlook as I did, so at least I did not feel like I was nitpicking.

Despite all the minuses, They sounded really good-Ace Band they had- and John Oates really is a better singer/ guitar player than given credit for.

As far as Squeeze, only know a couple of tunes. Very good players, but almost too loud for the venue and also was disappointed KT Tunstall had to back out as was looking forward to seeing what She could do.

[FryeDwight]

Alice Cooper/Ace Frehley 9/18/21 Bank of New Hampshire Pavillion Gilford NH


Good double bill that was pretty good, despite the aggravation of getting decent tickets and the all but extortionary fees that LiveNation tacks on. Crowd was cool, but could smell pungent cheap weed throughout, especially when the row in front of us was handing a joint off up and down the line.

I loved KISS back in the day (still enjoy those albums) and think Ace is a good guitar slinger with a unique vibrato style, but He really has not progressed as a player since the late 70's. Decent playing though with a good band, but only 8 songs played with only one new one (in a medley) and very heavy on KISS material. Oddly, He wrote many decent songs in his tenure, but bypassed a lot to play songs like "Strutter", "Detroit Rock City" and "Deuce". "Rocket Ride", "Cold Gin" and "Parasite" (especially) rocked great, but where was "Rip It Out", "Rock Soldiers" or "Strange Ways"?


I don't think Alice can play a bad show and good form last night, using the cool stage from the last tour. At first thought He was going to play the same show as last time, but three new songs from DETROIT STORIES and very nice hearing "He's Back (The Man behind The Mask)" -seeing Jason Voorhees as well. Solid set with his excellent band who all rocked out and seemed to be almost giddy to be playing again, especially Nita Strauss whose exuberance was contagious.

[mr. macabre]

Alice Cooper/Ace Frehley 9/18/21 Bank of New Hampshire Pavillion Gilford NH


Good double bill that was pretty good, despite the aggravation of getting decent tickets and the all but extortionary fees that LiveNation tacks on. Crowd was cool, but could smell pungent cheap weed throughout, especially when the row in front of us was handing a joint off up and down the line.

I loved KISS back in the day (still enjoy those albums) and think Ace is a good guitar slinger with a unique vibrato style, but He really has not progressed as a player since the late 70's. Decent playing though with a good band, but only 8 songs played with only one new one (in a medley) and very heavy on KISS material. Oddly, He wrote many decent songs in his tenure, but bypassed a lot to play songs like "Strutter", "Detroit Rock City" and "Deuce". "Rocket Ride", "Cold Gin" and "Parasite" (especially) rocked great, but where was "Rip It Out", "Rock Soldiers" or "Strange Ways"?


I don't think Alice can play a bad show and good form last night, using the cool stage from the last tour. At first thought He was going to play the same show as last time, but three new songs from DETROIT STORIES and very nice hearing "He's Back (The Man behind The Mask)" -seeing Jason Voorhees as well. Solid set with his excellent band who all rocked out and seemed to be almost giddy to be playing again, especially Nita Strauss whose exuberance was contagious.

I don't pay any attention to Alice Cooper anymore since he has become a Christian.

[FryeDwight]

Went to The Sandwich (NH) Fair on Sunday with the Wife. Nice day, Cool people and SO MUCH FOOD::shocked::! Had an enjoyable time and caught a couple of musical acts before leaving, with Stage Mentalist/Sword Swallower Roderick Russell-a big hit with the crowd- in between:

Marcy Drive Band- Basic Bar/Cover Band, but good playing by all and really sizzling by the finale of "Folsom Prison Blues"

Don Campbell-Popular performer in Northern New England (particularly Maine) has a good country-ish vibe, reminded Me a lot of Vince Gill. Had a good sized Swag table as well, lots of Garment wear and CD's.

[FryeDwight]

Get The Led Out-Friday 10/22/21 Colonial Theater Laconia NH

The Colonial was old movie theater that had been closed for over 20 years, but lots of upgrading and has doing very well since re- opening this past summer. Hoping this will be helpful to Downtown Businesses.

GTLO are a Philadelphia Band who aim to play Led Zeppelin songs as on the album with all the overdubs and extras added. They succeeded admirably with "Ten Years Gone", "Hey Hey What Can I Do", "All My Love", "The Wanton Song" and the magnificent "Nobody's Fault But Mine"

Only real beef I have (other than playing LZ songs I'm sick of by now like "Stairway To Heaven", "What Is And What Should Never Be" and especially "Ramble On", but that's not the Band's fault) was various members leaving the stage and coming back on midway through the songs then leaving again, which I sort of found distracting.

[FryeDwight]

The O'Brien Clan-Kathleen's Irish Pub-Bristol NH 3/17/22

Got together with some friends for dinner for St Patty's day. The group is a family (with a spouse or two) playing traditional Irish songs. Took a while to get going, but good time and an interesting take on "Whiskey in the Jar" and closing with "Danny Boy"

[FryeDwight]

Three Dog Night-Colonial Theatre Laconia NH 4/2022
Blue Oyster Cult-" " " " " " " " """"""""""""""""""""""""""
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Kashmir-Flying Monkey, Plymouth NH 6/2022
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Styx, REO Speedwagon, Loverboy-Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion, Gilford NH. 9/2022.