A - Z of music that you've seen live

[LFC vs PFC]

Let's face it, we've got some time to kill!

An A-Z of bands/ singers I’ve seen live.

A- All Saints
B- Bon Jovi
C- Coldplay
D- Death can for a Ctutie
E- Elton John
F- Foo Fighters
G- Gregory Porter
H-
I- Iggy Pop
J- James Blunt
K- Kylie
L- Lenny Kravitz
M- Madness
N- Newton Faulkner
O- Ocean Colour Scene
P- Paul McCartney
Q-
R- Rick Astley
S- Stereophonics
T- Take That
U- UB40
V- Velvet Revolver
W- Walk off the Earth
X-
Y -
Z -

[Nineteenx]

A LOT in my case, I've worked with acts doing tours with Madness and Iggy Pop, we shared dressing rooms with Iggy Pop at The Big Day Out festival in Australia and I inadvertently effectively told him Passenger was one of the 'going home songs' in UK Indie discos. The highlight of the Big Day Out festival was playing football with Nick Cave, him trying to play in his pointy boots chasing the ball and running straight into the wing mirror of one of the trucks and his head stopping but his body carrying on like in a cartoon, it was funny as fuck, I will never forget that.

The disposal heroes of Hiphopcrisy were brilliant at that festival too and the 'cocktail off' with Sonic Youth and Nick Cave in the hotel bar was pretty funny also

Mudhoney were brilliant also and one of the Aussie acts were funny as, security had been hosing the crowd down to stop them over heating and it had made the ground muddy, people were throwing balls of mud at this act and the singer stopped and said "Right, next person I see throw a fucking ball of mud at me I'm coming down there ti kick your......" stopped in his sentence by a mud ball right to the face, angrily looks, then bursts out laughing "Fucking hell, I bloody know that cunt" :D

[reddownunder]

A LOT in my case, I've worked with acts doing tours with Madness and Iggy Pop, we shared dressing rooms with Iggy Pop at The Big Day Out festival in Australia and I inadvertently effectively told him Passenger was one of the 'going home songs' in UK Indie discos. The highlight of the Big Day Out festival was playing football with Nick Cave, him trying to play in his pointy boots chasing the ball and running straight into the wing mirror of one of the trucks and his head stopping but his body carrying on like in a cartoon, it was funny as fuck, I will never forget that.

The disposal heroes of Hiphopcrisy were brilliant at that festival too and the 'cocktail off' with Sonic Youth and Nick Cave in the hotel bar was pretty funny also

Mudhoney were brilliant also and one of the Aussie acts were funny as, security had been hosing the crowd down to stop them over heating and it had made the ground muddy, people were throwing balls of mud at this act and the singer stopped and said "Right, next person I see throw a fucking ball of mud at me I'm coming down there ti kick your......" stopped in his sentence by a mud ball right to the face, angrily looks, then bursts out laughing "Fucking hell, I bloody know that cunt" :D

I saw Iggy Pop at the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast in 2011 I think it was. He must have been 63 at the time but was brilliant.

[skyebo]

10cc
Suzi Quatro
Hot Chocolate x2
War
Slade
Neil Diamond

[reddownunder]

I'll have a go at this:

Amorphis
Black Sabbath
Cannibal Corpse
Dark Tranquility
Exodus
Faith no more
Gallows
Horse the Band
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kyuss
Linkin Park
Metallica
Napalm Death
On Broken Wings
Primus
Queens of the stone age
Rammstein
Slayer
Terror
Unearth
Vanishing point
Whitechapel
X
Y
Z

[dicko1969]

As much as I love music

Lenny Kravitz
Kool and the gang
Imagination
Earth wind and fire
*Carter the unstoppable sex machine

*Used to go to the YMCA x1 a week to watch up and coming groups
So no idea who they were and if they became famous.

Regrets ; queen, who, rolling stones, david Bowie, ... duran duran ssshhh... george Michael ssshhhhhh

[dicko1969]

A LOT in my case, I've worked with acts doing tours with Madness and Iggy Pop, we shared dressing rooms with Iggy Pop at The Big Day Out festival in Australia and I inadvertently effectively told him Passenger was one of the 'going home songs' in UK Indie discos. The highlight of the Big Day Out festival was playing football with Nick Cave, him trying to play in his pointy boots chasing the ball and running straight into the wing mirror of one of the trucks and his head stopping but his body carrying on like in a cartoon, it was funny as fuck, I will never forget that.

The disposal heroes of Hiphopcrisy were brilliant at that festival too and the 'cocktail off' with Sonic Youth and Nick Cave in the hotel bar was pretty funny also

Mudhoney were brilliant also and one of the Aussie acts were funny as, security had been hosing the crowd down to stop them over heating and it had made the ground muddy, people were throwing balls of mud at this act and the singer stopped and said "Right, next person I see throw a fucking ball of mud at me I'm coming down there ti kick your......" stopped in his sentence by a mud ball right to the face, angrily looks, then bursts out laughing "Fucking hell, I bloody know that cunt" :D

Funny story
What band were you in?
And what was your role ?

[LFC vs PFC]

I saw Iggy Pop at the Big Day Out on the Gold Coast in 2011 I think it was. He must have been 63 at the time but was brilliant.

Iggy Pop was I think the only person that I've seen live that I was disappointed with. He supported the Foos a few years ago. Was off his nut and out of tune, and couldn't really be arsed.

[Nineteenx]

Funny story
What band were you in?
And what was your role ?

I worked for bands, I started out doing security on account of being a prolific stage diver and knowing every trick in the book, that band had a real issue with stage divers and local security having issues dealing with them, so they gave me the job because of my understanding of what was needed, I progressed to backline technician, then stage management, production management and tour management.

It throws up a very good example of the difference between general society work and the music industry, every normal society job says 'No glass ceilings, quick career progression on merit, blah blah blah' and it's all a complete crock of shit, in the music industry I went from security to tour managing in about 5 years and all those things are true of it in my experience, it's a completely different world, you work directly with your employers, they see who works hard, who is capable etc etc.

In general society businesses are littered with dick middle managers who are usually sociopaths and desperate to hold on to a position they know the business has moved on a lot since they attained and that they don't have the abilities to move it forward. So they actively try and stifle creativity and pro active workers, or give it the old 'put it to me in an email' 'everything goes through me' and pass every single great idea from new people looking to move forward as their own work. And if it gets out of their control, IE, other employers that aren't in their 'everything goes through me remit' start telling people higher up the chain where the new ideas and initiatives are really coming from, they'll do absolutely anything they can to try and get you out of the door.

[dicko1969]

Let's face it, we've got some time to kill!

An A-Z of bands/ singers I’ve seen live.

A- All Saints
B- Bon Jovi
C- Coldplay
D- Death can for a Ctutie
E- Elton John
F- Foo Fighters
G- Gregory Porter
H-
I- Iggy Pop
J- James Blunt
K- Kylie
L- Lenny Kravitz
M- Madness
N- Newton Faulkner
O- Ocean Colour Scene
P- Paul McCartney
Q-
R- Rick Astley
S- Stereophonics
T- Take That
U- UB40
V- Velvet Revolver
W- Walk off the Earth
X-
Y -
Z -

On your list; who were the top 5 ?

Also anyone see Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Madonna , .....

[dicko1969]

I think I would like to see coldplay.

[Martyboy]

The original band I was in(drummer) played at a local festival in August '91 on the same bill as wait for it............Hawkwind and Captain Sensible!...:)......Saw The Smiths in Newport in 1986 when Morrissey got pulled off the stage by over exuberant fans after about half a dozen songs....Banged his head apparently and wouldn't go back on,it was bedlam there for a while after!...Others I've seen include Heart,Then Jericho,Simple Minds with Texas supporting and U2 ZooTV in 1993...:)

[LFC vs PFC]

On your list; who were the top 5 ?

Also anyone see Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Madonna , .....

The best was the first time I saw the Foo Fighters, did a 2h15 show followed by a 45 min encore at the MK Bowl. Second is controversially Coldplay at the Etihad. Not a band I'd usually choose to see, but the energy and showmanship made it, as well as all the lighting effects. Third was Newton Faulkner at the Shepherd's Bush Empire - God awful at talking to the crowd, but brilliant acoustic set and got the crowd involved. Stereophonics at Wembley Arena was 4th - Kelly Jones did an amazing Mr Writer acoustic halfway through the set and then brought the band back in to finish the song. Bon Jovi would probably be 5th as saw them on a beach in Belgium with my sis after promising her tickets if she cycled to Bruges with me.

[Martyboy]

I think I would like to see Coldplay.


Some of their music's really good IMHO but for me Chris Martin's voice is the weak point....Just no rock rawness ala Kelly Jones or Bono in his prime....:)

[teesred]

As much as I love music

Lenny Kravitz
Kool and the gang
Imagination
Earth wind and fire
*Carter the unstoppable sex machine

*Used to go to the YMCA x1 a week to watch up and coming groups
So no idea who they were and if they became famous.

Regrets ; queen, who, rolling stones, david Bowie, ... duran duran ssshhh... george Michael ssshhhhhh

Kool and the gang most definitely on my bucket list. Huge fan of them.

[Aldo1988]

Seen the Stone Roses twice and was front stage security for Bjorn Again for a gig. Some bird asked if I could get her back stage to which I replied 'You do know that they ain't the real ABBA'.

[justincredible]

Alice In Chains, AC/DC, Anthrax, Anathema, At The Gates, Autopsy, Alcest, Aerosmith, Avenged Sevenfold
Behemoth, Black Sabbath, Benediction, Beck,
Carcass, Cruachan, Clutch, Caravan Palace, Cerebral Fix
Depeche Mode, Death, Deicide, Diamond Head, Deep Purple, Dagoba
Eat Static, Entombed, Emperor, Electric Wizard, Eluveitie, Exodus
Fleshgod Apocalypse, Floggin Molly, Faith No More
Guns n Roses, Gojira, Godflesh
Hawkwind, Hatebreed
Iron Maiden, Immolation
Judas Priest
Kataklysm, Kylesa
Lez Zeppelin
Megadeth, Metallica, Motörhead, Ministry, Moonspell, Massacre, Melevolent Creation, Machine Head
Neil Young, Nile, Napalm Death, Nirvana
Over Kill, Opeth, Orange Goblin, Obituary
Paradise Lost, Pearl Jam, Pantera, Primordial, Pestilence
Queensrÿche
Rob Zombie, Raging Speedhorn, Roger Waters
Sepultura, Sólstafir, Soundgarden, Suffocation, Sylosis, Slayer, System Of A Down
Therapy?, Testament, Tool
Ulver
Venom, Voi-Vod
Wolves In The Throne Room
Xentrix
Y = 0
Zeal And Ardor

There's dozens of bands I can't think of too, lol...

This was the scariest thing I've ever been involved in at a gig. Dagoba at Hellfest (France) 2014..... the wall of death....


https://youtu.be/73d8pMnMbKg

[CCTV]

The original band I was in(drummer) played at a local festival in August '91 on the same bill as wait for it............Hawkwind and Captain Sensible!...:)......Saw The Smiths in Newport in 1986 when Morrissey got pulled off the stage by over exuberant fans after about half a dozen songs....Banged his head apparently and wouldn't go back on,it was bedlam there for a while after!...Others I've seen include Heart,Then Jericho,Simple Minds with Texas supporting and U2 ZooTV in 1993...:)

A rigger I worked with wanted to drop 2kgs or red meat on Morrissey's head as he had banned the sale of meat at the venue :D

[CCTV]

Acdc, arcade fire, arctic monkeys, Alice in chains
Bad manners, beastie boys, beck, blur, Bjork, Bruce
Chic, Chemical bros, Christie Moore
Damon Dempsey, Divine comedy, daft punk
Eels, elbow
Flaming lips, foo fighters, faithless
Gorillaz, grace jones
Hayseed dixie, hot chip
Iggy pop, interpol
James Brown, Jerry Fish and the mud bug club, Jurassic 5
Leftfield, LCD soundsystem,
Kila, Korn, kraftwerk
Madness, Massive attack, Mauro Picotto, Muse,
New order, nick cave, natty wailer
Orbital, ocean colour scene
Paul Weller, Prince, prodigy, pixies
Qotsa
Ratm, rolling stones, rhcp, radiohead
Seasick steve, specials, sonic youth
Tiesto,
Ub40, underworld, u2
Verve
Who
Xx
Yeah yeah yeahs
Zutons, zero 7

On performance I'd go for ratm, rolling stones and acdc just ahead of flaming lips and james brown. Took hours to settle down after rage against the machine.
Prince the best lookers and best dressed by far and madness the best crowd/laugh.

Sadly missed Neil Young as a man we worked with had a heart defect and died suddenly, heads were elsewhere naturally. David Bowie another, 3 tickets became 2 and I lost out.

[LFC vs PFC]

Alice In Chains, AC/DC, Anthrax, Anathema, At The Gates, Autopsy, Alcest, Aerosmith, Avenged Sevenfold
Behemoth, Black Sabbath, Benediction, Beck,
Carcass, Cruachan, Clutch, Caravan Palace, Cerebral Fix
Depeche Mode, Death, Deicide, Diamond Head, Deep Purple, Dagoba
Eat Static, Entombed, Emperor, Electric Wizard, Eluveitie, Exodus
Fleshgod Apocalypse, Floggin Molly, Faith No More
Guns n Roses, Gojira, Godflesh
Hawkwind, Hatebreed
Iron Maiden, Immolation
Judas Priest
Kataklysm, Kylesa
Lez Zeppelin
Megadeth, Metallica, Motörhead, Ministry, Moonspell, Massacre, Melevolent Creation, Machine Head
Neil Young, Nile, Napalm Death, Nirvana
Over Kill, Opeth, Orange Goblin, Obituary
Paradise Lost, Pearl Jam, Pantera, Primordial, Pestilence
Queensrÿche
Rob Zombie, Raging Speedhorn, Roger Waters
Sepultura, Sólstafir, Soundgarden, Suffocation, Sylosis, Slayer, System Of A Down
Therapy?, Testament, Tool
Ulver
Venom, Voi-Vod
Wolves In The Throne Room
Xentrix
Y = 0
Zeal And Ardor

There's dozens of bands I can't think of too, lol...

This was the scariest thing I've ever been involved in at a gig. Dagoba at Hellfest (France) 2014..... the wall of death....


https://youtu.be/73d8pMnMbKg

A coue in there that I'd love to see.

How were Aerosmith, heard that they were a real let down live?

Also Pearl Jam would be on my bucket list of bands.

[teesred]

A coue in there that I'd love to see.

How were Aerosmith, heard that they were a real let down live?

Also Pearl Jam would be on my bucket list of bands.

Have a ticket for PJ at hyde park but it's been cancelled likewise GnR at spurs. Hoping both will be rescheduled for next year.
Was planning to go to Aerosmith at Manchester in July and grab a ticket outside for a hundred quid. They were 140 quid on general sale!!! I too have heard they're shit live but they have been on my bucket list for a long long time so was going to go and see for myself.

[Kev0909]

I'll have a go at this:

Amorphis
Black Sabbath
Cannibal Corpse
Dark Tranquility
Exodus
Faith no more
Gallows
Horse the Band
Iron Maiden
Judas Priest
Kyuss
Linkin Park
Metallica
Napalm Death
On Broken Wings
Primus
Queens of the stone age
Rammstein
Slayer
Terror
Unearth
Vanishing point
Whitechapel
X
Y
Z


Just here to say i'm fucking jealous

wooooooooooooooooow

I think we'd be good mates!! I miss going to my local rock/metal club :(

And man, many of them must of been so epic, fair play to you sir you are winning at life

Oh shit, you too

justincredible what you've put is literally justincredible only just went on page 2

ROCK ON

[Martyboy]

If any of you peeps fancy a giggle check out a very young(22) Martyboy behind the kit at Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre in 1990 in a battle of the bands competition(we came 3rd)....Crap sound(was recorded via my TV with a crappy phone camera) and uploaded by the guitar player a few years ago.....:cheerful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxP0gvPYL-c

[justincredible]

If any of you peeps fancy a giggle check out a very young(22) Martyboy behind the kit at Ebbw Vale Leisure Centre in 1990 in a battle of the bands competition(we came 3rd)....Crap sound(was recorded via my TV with a crappy phone camera) and uploaded by the guitar player a few years ago.....:cheerful:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxP0gvPYL-c

Sweet man. Great to see the legend in action.
I just had to leave a YT comment, lol....