Before they're dead: People to see.

Shadowfire · April 2012

I've seen Weird Al a couple times now, and I think he's the only one with a stage show that I "must see" before I die (or he does). Excellent show, by the way.. both times.

That said, if I was going to see anyone I would want to make sure I also met the person and sat down for coffee and discussion... then Neil DeGrasse Tyson goes straight to the top of my list.

SteevL · April 2012

Mike Patton. The guy is an amazing performer. I was fortunate to see him in Mr. Bungle in 1999 and it's still the best show I've ever seen. A few years later I saw him in Fantomas as the opening act for Tool. After that, Tool's performance felt so boring.

I'd love to see him in Faith No More. I know they've been touring, but they haven't come anywhere near my area.

Kalkino · April 2012

Moving to London after growing up in the middle of no where in NZ has been great for this kind if thing. I've seen acts I never thought possible, like the Furious Five, the Sugar Hill Gang, Greg Proops, Queens if the Stoneage etc

Veevee · April 2012

Linespider5 wrote: »

Nova_C wrote: »

I saw Rammstein last summer and their show is so balls out bananas that you have to experience it live.

Rammstein is pretty worth it.

Saw em on the Pledge of Allegiance Tour in 2001. They signed my copy of Mutter.

Same here, and it was also the time I got to see System of a Down. So glad I went to that concert even though my friend backed down

Jurg · April 2012

The best show I've ever been to was the pillows. They mostly played stuff from FLCL, and they had a fuckton of energy. The crowd did, too. I didn't expect weaboos to mosh, but when Advice came on, they did, and it was awesome.

youtube.com/watch?v=wqwcw3tsSKY

The song, in case you don't know it by name.

mxmarks · April 2012

Xaquin wrote: »

eHero wrote: »

You know, someone brought up Cristopher Hitchens, and along that vein, I'd also like to see Stephen King at a book signing or something. The guy definitely shaped my childhood, and he seems pretty cool from all the interviews I read.

I saw Roger Waters do Dark Side of the Moon, and while it was great and I'm glad I saw it, it still wasn't Pink Floyd. Honestly, I'm not sure if I could have even told the difference between Gilmore being there and not, so maybe seeing the Who these days would be like that? I also find it funny that no one's mentioned the Rolling Stones. They're not really my thing, but I've never known anyone who saw them live.

I saw the Stones live and it's easily one of the most intricate shows I've seen. They sounded great and about halfway through the show, the stage opened up and a huge walkway that was lit to look like a massive snake emerged and connected with a smaller stage in midfield. Mick walked over the snakeway and did a few songs on the small stage.

the video they showed during 'Honky Tonk Woman' was downright pornographic.

Voodoo Lounge tour? That was my first concert ever, and I wish I had appreciated it more. I went because the opening band was the SPIN DOCTORS and I wanted to see them. My mom took me and tried to half-jokingly/half-seriously try and cover my eyes during Honkey Tonk woman.

I was 13 I think.

Then I saw the Stones AGAIN when I was like 15, on the Babylon tour, and again for the opener (Our Lady Peace).

Now at 29, I actually really really want to see the Stones for the STONES, and am sad I kind of zoned out during them TWICE.

CptKemzik · April 2012

mcdermott wrote: »

I'd really like to see the Chili Peppers at some point. I mean, there are any number of acts out there that I'd like to see, and who may break up, and I may regret not seeing them...but the Chili Peppers are at the top of my list. Even without John Frusciante.

The Chili Peppers are a band I would like to see live, however I dunno if I'm willing to pay ~$80 to see them at one of the venues in my region that isn't already sold out for their current tour. Especially when they're most likely going to be playing their snore inducing material from the bloated stadium arcadium, and pedestrian i'm with you. If they ever did a tour where they just played blood sugar sex magick or californication in their entirety I would pay to see that tour *twice.*

I feel like the Chili Peppers are turning into a Rolling Stones/U2/Aerosmith live act. Periodically tour a circuit of fuck-off huge arenas with high-priced tickets, while continuing to release mediocre-but-not-bad studio albums to remind people they're still alive and because that's what they've always done.

I've seen a fair number of bands on tour, and been to a couple of festivals, and some highlights have been Alice in Chains (their replacement singer is actually a pretty good Layne soundalike), Motley Crue (yes they're 80's pop metal, they still put on a hell of show, vince neil should probably call it quits now however), Nine Inch Nails & Jane's Addiction (with their original bassist eric avery), Muse, and most recently Soundgarden. Oh yeah also seeing Pfunk with George Clinton.

Shows I wish I had gone to: Marcus Miller at a club in NYC, and the Return to Forever (Chick Correa, Stanley Clarke et al.) tour when they were in Boston. Seeing some bass player's players/jazz fusion live is still something I would like to check out. Oh also The Police when they were doing that something-something-anniversary victory lap tour several years ago.

Xaquin · April 2012

mxmarks wrote: »

Voodoo Lounge tour? That was my first concert ever, and I wish I had appreciated it more. I went because the opening band was the SPIN DOCTORS and I wanted to see them. My mom took me and tried to half-jokingly/half-seriously try and cover my eyes during Honkey Tonk woman.

I was 13 I think.

Then I saw the Stones AGAIN when I was like 15, on the Babylon tour, and again for the opener (Our Lady Peace).

Now at 29, I actually really really want to see the Stones for the STONES, and am sad I kind of zoned out during them TWICE.

It was indeed the Voodoo Lounge tour =)

Allforce · April 2012

I've seen a lot of "legends" and notable acts, the vast majority when I worked in college on the production staff at a major university athletic stadium. I was on the team that would set up floor plans before and after and got to have complete access so I was able to go into the front rows where the bouncers would be, side of the stage, backstage, etc (all for 6.50 an hour!). A lot of these aren't my favorites but I feel like it was important that I got to see them live since they're so huge.

Elton John - This is one I didn't appreciate at the time but would go see again now.
Neal Diamond - This was the opening event of the arena and shit was chaotic, guy is a legend though.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - This was amazing
NIN - One of the best live shows I've ever seen
Korn - Yeah yeah.
Bruce Springsteen - Obviously worth seeing if you can.
Bette Midler - I got made fun of for signing up for this but come on, it's Bette Midler!
Phil Lesh & Friends - I didn't understand the significance of them at the time, just saw a lot of hippies were there.
N'Sync - I escorted them to their dressing room before the show. Afterwards I found out they kept a punchbowl full of condoms in there.
Backstreet Boys - The crowd was more impressive for this. Bananas.
Aerosmith - I got to sit in the press box for this one, unbelievable show.
ZZ Top - So many rednecks but come on, it's ZZ Top. I stood side-stage for most of this show like 30 feet away from the band.
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Still awesome and worth seeing.
Jay-Z - I actually went to this with tickets, during the "Hard Knock Life" tour before Jay-Z sucked.
Reba Mcintyre - Whatever, it's Reba. Country legend.

There's more but I can't remember off the top of my head, a lot of WWF/WCW shows back then, I got to smoke weed with "The Godfather" and "Viscera" from the WWF back at my apartment after finding them a bag.

jimb213 · April 2012

I'm glad I saw Guns 'n' Roses back in the day before Axl got fat and Slash left the band. It was 8th grade in the early 90's and I had just started playing guitar. For a young, aspiring guitar player, there are not too many better shows to see.

I saw Stevie Wonder at ACL last fall, and he was absolutely amazing. Such an amazing catalogue of music, such an amazing performer, such an amazing band! Stevie is one of my "at any price" concerts; I would pay just about anything to go to a Stevie Wonder concert. Peter Gabriel is my other big want-to-see.

mcdermott · April 2012

Elton was one of my "at any price" acts, and when he came to Montana that's about what I ended up paying. Great seats, though.

Houn · April 2012

DiannaoChong wrote: »

I saw MC Chris at two separate shows, first one he was an hour and a half late to and it was pretty good. The second one he answered his cell phone and had a conversation with hi SO while on stage for about 5 minutes and it wasn't that great. Guy's known to be kind of a dick, and I am kind of over his music now. You can only scream "im not a geek/nerdcore" when releasing an album in 3 parts about obscure bounty hunters from star wars, while rapping about shitty high school life at age 35 for so long.

I've never really been interested in live shows, but the only one I ever went out of my way to get a ticket to was MC Chris. Tiny venue, hot as fuck because the AC was down, and huge delays on everything. Opener one was Futuristic Sex Robots, and I maintain to this day that they were the ultimate culmination of the nerdcore movement; they released one amazing album, claimed to be working on more shit, then as far as I can tell disappeared forever. Anyway, their set was amazing. Long wait, opener two comes out, he was terrible, can't even remember his name. Another long wait, MC comes out, and he's high as fuck and doesn't give a shit. Terrible set, very disappointing. I can't see myself ever paying for another concert ticket again.

I do make a point of hitting the concerts at PAX usually, and admit that Protomen was fan-fucking-tastic when they played, and Metroid Metal was pretty damn fun, too. The OneUps in 07 was a huge surprise to me, that was a great set, and I was really disappointed when they phoned it in 08. I want to like the Front, I really do, and I buy his albums, but he just sounds like complete ass on stage; dunno if it's the venues PAX uses or what, but you can't understand a damn word out of his mouth live, he's too quiet and rushed. Way better recorded.

I guess I also saw PUSA free at the 4th of July celebration here in Seattle, and that was cool, minus my kids whining that the music was too loud.

LoserForHireX · April 2012

mindspork wrote: »

I think the only 'older person' I felt lucky to see was Eric Idle's stage show.

Tho this does make me realize that whereas I've listened to a LOT of his spoken word - I've never seen Henry Rollins do anything live.

I've been to like 3 or 4 of his live spoken word shows. They are excellent and he is a really nice guy. He always hangs out afterwards and greets his fans, signs stuff, takes pictures. Very cool.

Also, if you haven't seen Stephen Lynch live, do so. I hope he's not about to die or anything, but he's really funny, and his live show is so different and unique. I saw him once, and it was one of the best live shows I've ever been to.

Also, see Tool live if you ever can. It was my first show when I was a teenager, and it blew me away. Maynard is a real performer, and you get a totally different experience with a live show.

flamebroiledchicken · April 2012

Pentaghost wrote: »

The first album I ever bought was Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins and it will always be the soundtrack to the nineties in my head, so I have massive regrets that I never got to see them live before they split up. I could technically still see them, but I don't think it'd be the same if it's just Billy Corgan and whoever else is in the band right now.

Came here to post basically this. The Smashing Pumpkins became my favorite band conveniently right around the time they broke up. A friend of mine saw them a few years back on their 20th anniversary tour and seemed to enjoy herself, but I dunno, Zeitgeist and everything I've heard off of Teargarden were such utter balls that I don't know that I'd be interested in seeing Billy and friends play anymore.

Nerdgasmic · April 2012

I wish I could see dave chappelle perform

syndalis · April 2012

jimb213 wrote: »

I'm glad I saw Guns 'n' Roses back in the day before Axl got fat and Slash left the band. It was 8th grade in the early 90's and I had just started playing guitar. For a young, aspiring guitar player, there are not too many better shows to see.

I saw Stevie Wonder at ACL last fall, and he was absolutely amazing. Such an amazing catalogue of music, such an amazing performer, such an amazing band! Stevie is one of my "at any price" concerts; I would pay just about anything to go to a Stevie Wonder concert. Peter Gabriel is my other big want-to-see.

Fuck yeah - the use your illusion tour, when it began, was pretty kickass.

I saw them at the Dean Smith Center in UNC - there was almost a Riot because the crowd yanked Axl in during "It's So easy" (opening song)... the whole band walked off stage for 3-4 minutes and everyone got antsy.

Kagera · April 2012

Gallagher

TubularLuggage · April 2012

I would definitely like to see Rush live. Luckily, they seem like they'll still be touring for years to come.

flamebroiledchicken · April 2012

I really hope At the Drive-In play more shows than they've announced so far. Like, something on the East Coast. Their live show is legendary, and even though it's been 10+ years since they've been together, I think it would still be quite an experience. Something to make me forget The Mars Volta's spectacular nosedive into awfulness.

Oh, and everyone should jump at any chance to see Daft Punk perform live. It doesn't matter if you're not really a fan of electronic or dance music, it's an ecstatic sensory overload unlike anything else I've ever seen.

Houn · April 2012

...I would love to go to a Daft Punk show.

flamebroiledchicken · April 2012

I went alone, and stone-cold sober, and it was still one of the greatest times I've ever had. If I was with friends and under the influence, I think my mind and body would both explode.

GreasyKidsStuff · April 2012

I get to see Henry Rollins this June, I'm rather excited for that.

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