STP at Soma in San Diego back when I was in High School... they were filming that night and used the footage several music videos... my whole crew and I were the big dicks on campus for a months after that.

Genesis, Invisible touch tour.

NIN, when they opened for Peter Murphy at a little club in Detroit.

Beach boys, only because I was 12, drunk, and high. Bad older sister and her hot friends.

Lol brain, I saw gwar once. Everyone in the pit got covered in blue "blood".

My favorite live shows were: Darkest Hour, As I Lay Dying, Kataklysm, Thrice, In Flames. In that order.

ac/dc, flogging molly, 311, and poison. In that order.

Victor is the best bass player I've ever heard of. He's like the Chuck Norris of bass guitarists.

I can't believe I'm the first person to give this answer: the hands-down best LIVE band in the whole friggin' universe is the heart stoppin', pants droppin', house rockin', earth shakin', booty quakin', Viagra takin', love makin', air conditioner shakin', heart breakin', history makin', legendary, E STREET BAND.

Nobody else comes close.

I typed up that huge fucking story, and not 1 comment or anything.

/whine

I've seen a bunch, and I think the best live show was the Deftones.

No, wait - the best live show was the Blue Man Group. Saw them in NYC and in Jax, and they were amazing. NYC was the better show, smaller and more mind-fucky.

But as far as music I'd listen to, Deftones, 311, Metallica, SOAD, etc. in that order.

Fuckin' Slayer.

Duh.

All the rest is pussy.

Recently saw Exodus and they were great... in a washed-up meth-head sort of way; still very tight, angry, loud, etc.

I can't believe I had to wait for post 28 to finally see it listed...

BLUE MAN GROUP

Incubus was a damn good show and I enjoyed Avenged Sevenfold when I saw them too.

Blue Man Group, really? Saw 'em in Baltimore 2 years ago. Meh. One other that made the list that I'm shocked with. Red Hot Chili Peppers. They were horrible when I saw them at the WHFS Festival in Baltimore.

I'm a hair band guy and saw almost every one back in the '80s. I saw someone mention Poison. Funny thing is they ripped off their whole act from a local Balt-DC band Kix. Kix was the best live band ever. I probably saw them 30 times at the legendary Hammerjacks back in the day.

Great shows I've seen. AC/DC, Metallica for Master of Puppets tour, Scorpions, Iron Maiden. I've had fun at some hippie shows like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. I saw Jimmy Buffet at Margaritaville in Key West when he just showed up and played a set for unsuspecting guests at the bar. The Firm (Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers) was good and I got the biggest contact buzz of my life.

I've mellowed a bit in my old age and saw Pat Monahan (lead singer of Train) at a small venue in VA and he kicked ass. Great voice and he does an incredible cover of Led Zep's Whole Lotta Love.

Frank

Brian Setzer Orchestra.

System of a Down...

Also saw Puddle of Mudd a few weeks ago.. solid.

Got lower level metallica tickets (8), for the Jan show in DC.

AWESOME. What was that 1989? I got the shirt around here some where.

I also have to say Metallica with Queensryche opening for the ...And justice for all tour was great too.

Kiss never disappoints.

I also checked out Megadeath last year in a small club, they rocked!

Green Day-Sacramento, The Kooks and The Arctic Monkeys in Portland, and Back Door Slam in Bend Oregon.

Saw him 2 years ago with the Flecktones - going to again 12/13. The man can play.

I saw X, Zappa and Sprigsteen/E-Street all in the same month years ago - that was an amazing stretch.

Marilyn Manson

AC/DC - Havent seen yet, going on November 13th. BLACK ICE TOUR BABY YEA

naarlevin - agreed with arcade fire. i saw them in here in 2004, in a smallish venue, and it was the best show i'd ever been to.


until i saw radiohead. everything about that show was incredible.

pink floyd (roger waters) in the garden about 10 years ago. And De La Soul in central park 2 years ago.