Concerts that I Have Seen Plus Reviews

Submitted by winalotta on Mon, 01/23/2006 - 03:29

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A
1. Aerosmith- Still a Great Show. These guys are legends. I had front row center.....loved it!
2. Adema- Great hard show. Always great.
3. Audioslave- Rage Against the Garden. The lead singer of Audioslave meets all of Rage Except for Zack. Sound great live. I like that they play some Sondgarden and Rage songs.
4. Alice in Chains- Love them live. Sad they had to break up because of Lane Staley's drug problems.
5. The Arcade Fire- Fun band live.
6. Anthrax- Fun show.
7. Allman Brothers- Sounded great years ago at their new year's eve show in Macon, GA (th eir hometown). Saw them again last year and they turned into a jam band. Go t bored during a 45 minute version of whipping post.
8. Allgood- ok, not very exciting
9. Asia- New lead singer that is not as good as the old one. I would rather listen to my CD.
10. The Alarm- I was skeptic a l about seeing this band, but my hubby said they were good. They did put on a good show.
B.
1. Beastie Boys- I've seen them many times and they always put on a good show. This was the first show I ever saw.....liscense to ill tour.
2. Bauhaus- The godfathers of Goth, still sound good after all these years. Peter Murphys voice still sounds great.
3. Bush- Sounded good live.
4. Pat Benetar- She is awesome. As a kid, I wanted to be like her. She still rocks after all of these years.
5. Berlin- I saw her at Midtown Music in Atlanta and she st ill looks and sounds great.
6. Black Flag- Henry Rollins still can energize a crowd. He i s a great front man and they still sound great. Love them!
7. Black Sabbath- A legend. I am glad I got to see them. Got to love Ozzy.
8. Frank Black- He is the front man of the Pixies. He playe d a lot of the stuff from the Pixies. I saw this tour when the Pixies were broken up.
9. Black Crowes- They use to rock and now they have become a jam band. Long drawn out guitar solos th at last 30-40 min. get old.
10. Bad Religion- Still sound great after all the years and love wearing the t-shirt from it. It has a cross crossed out....... love to see the reaction I get in the bible belt of the south. (Update: Now it has a blood stain on it from getting kicked in the face by a dumbass who was kicking while crowdsurfing at the Disturbed concert)
11. Bad Company- They are a good cla ssic rock band. They played everything off 10 from 6 CD.......that is what everyone wants to here.
12. Butthole Surfers- One of my favorite songs of all time, Pepper , is played by them. I saw them at an old punk club that no longer exists. It was a great show with a large pit.
13. B-52s- They are native to Georgia, so I've seen them many times. They are a fun band to see live.
14. The Bravery- I saw them at Lollapaloosa in Chicago and they sounded great.
15. Body Count- Ice-T's hard core band....enough said.
16. The Breeders- They sounded good. Seemed like most of the crowd only got intereste d in t he s how when they played the song "cannonball".
17. Boy Hits Car- They amused me. The lead singer climbed a scaffold and hung from his legs upside d own while singing.
18. david Byrne- He played all the old songs from the Talking Heads.
19. Jimm y Buffet t- Gr eat music to drink to. It is a giant party atmosphere.
20. Boston- Old classic band.
21. Blondie- Blondie still sounds great.
22. Blink 182- Good, fun show.
23. Better than Ezra- fun band.
24. Bare Naked Ladies- They suck! Overrated.
C
1. Co ld- I saw t hem open up for Evanescence and they outperformed the main act. They were great.
2. Coal Chamber- Good hard edge music.
3. Circle Jerks- One of the great punk bands of the 80's!
4. Cypress Hill- Saw them several times and always a good show.
5. Cake- A fun band that can make fun of themselves.
6. Cracker- Always a fun show!
7. Camper Van Beethoven- Take the skin heads bowling, take them bowling. Always a fun sh ow.
8. Chris Cornell- Very slow acustic show. He sounded good, but almost fell as le ep. (The day before I saw Powerman 5000 and 2 days before that was Filter).
9. Billy Corrigan- You need to go back to the Smashing Pumpkins. This show sucked!
10. Cheap Tri ck- Always a fun show.
11. Eric Clapton- A legend. Played his solo stuff and mu sic from Cr eam.
12. Creed- First time I saw them, it was a good show before Scott Staff showed how much of an egomani ac he was on stage.
13. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Clas sic rock music.
14. Crosby, Stills, & Nash- Needed Neil Young.
15. Chicago- S ome of th e song s are a little on the sappy side for me.
16. George Clinton- Great fun!
17. Cocteau Twins- Decent band, but would not go out of my way for the show.
18. Crazy Town- They sounded good on Ozzfest.
19. Crash Test Dummies- Really fun ban d li ve
20. Elv is Cost ello- The first half of the show was boring. He played a lot of songs that I did not know. The second half, he played the hits. I should have arrived late for this concert.
21. Chevelle- Bo ring live.
22. Cowboy Mouth- Most annoyin g ban d I ever saw. I saw them at Midtown Music and between every song, he reminded you that he was from New Orleans. There only song that became popular is Jenny Says.....and that is an annoying song.
23. Collective Soul- They always put a good show on for the hometown. They ate from Stockbridge, which is right outside of ATL.
D
1. Deftone s- Great live.
2. Depeche Mode- I had front row, center tickets to this show and loved every minut e. They played all my favorites.
3. Devo- One word for this show.......we ird.
4. Distillers- Fabulous hard show with a female singer.....love women that rock.
5. The Donnas- They show that you can still be femini ne and rock. Love them live....liked them b est in a small venue.
6. Disturbed- Love Disturbed live........t hey get int o the shows.
7. Dead Kennedys- One of the best old punk rock bands.....love them!
8. Dead Milkmen- fun band live.
9. Danzig- Love Danzig and he played a bunch of his songs from whe n he was with the Misfits.
10. Drowing Poo l- I saw Drowning P ool on the O zzfest tour a week before the lead singer died. He looked like he was having so muc h fun and loved playing the music. I have not seen them yet with the new lead singer.
11. Drain s th- Decent band.
12. Dinosaur Jr - Great show! Better than I though t it w ould be.... I am a bigger fan of them after the show.
13. Duran Duran- A guilty pleasure of mine.
14. Dr. Dre- Sounded great live back in the 8 0's.
1 5. Dresden Dolls- I saw them op en up for Nine Inch Nails....liked them so much that I r an out and bought the CD.
16. Bo Diddley- A legend. I'm glad I got to see him.
17. Def Leppard- A fun band.
18. Damn Yankees- The coolest part of seeing them is that I got to meet Ted Nugent......th e band was ok.
19. The Doors of the 21st Century- The close st that I could get to seeing the Doors since Jim is dead.
20. Bob Dylan- A great song writer, but not always easy to understand especially if he is realy drunk that night.
21. Death Cab for Cuties- Overrated!
22. Dokken- Great fun, hard edge music!
E
1. Evanescen ce- They were ok in concert.
2. Eve 6- fun show.
3. Everclear- Good show. Sad that they broke up.
4. Everlast- No one wen t to the show in Atlant a and he was pissed off and many of t he people sat the whole show. He played 2 of my favorite songs of all t ime "Ends" and "Then You Might Really Know", but no encore. I doubt he'll ever come back to ATL again.
5. Echo & the Bunnym en- Great sh ow.
6. Erasure- Ok live.
7. Melissa Ethridge- Bor ing live.
F.
1. Filter- Great, energetic live.
2. Ben Folds Five- I love Ben Folds. I met him and asked him to play at my wedding and he said that he would have to check his schedule. He is so down to ear th and it comes across in the music.
3. Fugazi- good show.
4. Foo Fighters- Love the Foo Fighters. A lways a great sho w.
5. The Flami ng Lips- Fun show.
6. The Fuct- Decent show.
7. Front 242- Good show.
8. Fishbone- Decent show.
9. Foreigner- I saw him at Midtown Music and the lead singer doesn't sound as good after coming back from throat cancer. But, I felt for the g uy.
10. Flock of Seagulls- Still sounded the same, but missing their cool hair.
11. Fuel- Boring show.
12. The Fixx- Classic rock show.
G
1. God smack- Always a good show. Use to use a lot of pyrotectonics before the Great White incident.
2. Green Day- First saw them at the Roxy and the whole club was a big mosh pit. They have become more mainstream, but I still love them.
3. Goo Goo Do lls= Love t he Goo Goo Dolls live.
4. Garbage- Shirley Manson looks and sounds better than ever. I love h er.
5. The Go-Gos- A guilty pleasure. Still fun.
6. Grateful Dead - I wanted to go see them because they were legends. Not my favorite, but it was fun people watc hing.
7. The Georgia Satellites- Decent. Only saw I knew was "Give me no lies, and keep your hands to y ourself".
8. G. Love & Special Sauce- Always fun show to watch.
9. Guadacanal Diary- If you like REM, you will love these guys.
10. Gin Blo ssoms- They w ere good live.
11. Gov't Mule- Mediocre......seen them at several festivals, but would no t buy a tick et for them.
H.
1. Hoodoo Gurus- fun show.
2. Hole- Put on good shows befor e Courtney Love lost it.
3. Sammy Hagar- I saw him with David Lee Roth and he outperformed Roth and sounded good.
4. Hatebreed- Great hard edge music.
5. House of Pa in- Lots of f un. Jump Aroun d!
6. Hoobastank- Fun show.
I.
1. Inxs-Fabulous show. Sad what happened to Michael Hutchens.
2. Incubus- Good solid show.
3. Indigo Girls- Not my favorite, but talented.
4. Ice-T-----kind of funny what happened to the guy who sang about killing cops. He now is playing a cop on T V......can we say irony.
5. Billy Idol- Still sounds great and he is still cut.
6. Ice Cube- Ok.
7. Insane Clown Posse- It is a whole show with the costumes.
8. Interpol- Boring!
9. Iron Maiden
J.
1. Jane's Adicti on- Love Jane's Addiction! Awesome! Must see show!
2. Judas Priest- Great metal band. Still sounded great.
3. Jesus & Mary Chain- Good liv e.
4. Jesus Jon es- Good for a n opening act.
5. Jurassic 5- Dece nt show.
6. Billy Joel- His old music is good....hate all the od es he does to Christy Brinkley.
7. Elton John- He is an Atlantan and always puts on good shows for the home crowd.
8. jewel- boring. only sa w her because s he opened for Neil Young
K
1. Korn- Always a good hard show. Love the m!
2. Kiss- Love them. They still sound great.
3. Lenny Kravitz- Decent show.
4. Kaiser Cheifs- Saw them at Lollapalooza. I ran out and bought the CD after seeing them i n concert.
5. Kid Rock- He was great in concert whe n he first came out. The first time I saw him, he opened for Monstermagnet. Now he is Kid Country and plays alot of crappy covers.
6. King's X- Good opening act.
7. Kill Switch- Fun hard ban d.
8. the Ki llers- Can they move? I could have saved money just l istening to the CD.
9. Kittie- Hard edge g irls! What is n ot to like? Love them.
L.
1. L7- I love L7 and love their name. Hard rock chicks.....need I say more.
2. Linkin Park- Always a great show. Love them.
3. Live- Usually a great show. I saw them open up for Jane's and they did a n acustic set, would have fal len asleep if I did not having standing room only tickets.
4. Local H- Fun hard edge band with only 2 members. "High Five MF!"
5. Love & Rocket s- Always a grea t show.
6. Lemonheads- Fun show.
7. Limp Bizkit- Great show whe n he first st arted out. He was good before he made himself into a cartoon character.
8. Luscious Jackson- Overrated.
9. Courtney Love- It was like watching a train wreck. What a mess!
10. Lyny rd Skynyrd- I went to the U of A labama....and they play Sweet Home Alabama at every footbal l game. So, they have a special place in my heart. There is also interesting people watching at their shows.
11. Lit- Boring
12. Lifehouse- Boring
M.
1. Metallic a- They put on their best shows before they cut their hair.
2. Motley Cru e- Cheesy, but fun
3. Mi ghty Mighty Bosstones- Always a fun show.
4. Marilyn Manson- Good music and usually an interesting show on stage. If you have not seen MM, you need to experi ence the show once.
6. Monster Magnet- Good hard music. Always a good s how
7. Methods of Mayhem- Good hard music.
8. Morrissey- Played a lot of my old favorites from the Smiths.
9. The Meat Puppets- fun show.
10. Morphine- The Kings of Cool. Sad what ha ppened to the lead singer.
11. Ministry- Always a good show.
12. My Lif e With the Thrill Kill Cult- fun show
13. M udvayne- Good hard band. Makes me think of Slipknot a bit.
14. Mega death- Good hard band.
15. Missing Persons- Decent 80's band
16. Paul McCartney- played lots of the Beatles hits.....it was fu n. Closest to the Beatles that I wi ll ever get to see in my l ifetime.
17. Macy Playground- They are a one hit wonder that is a fun band.
18. John Cougar Mellancamp- Enjoyable song s that tell stories.
N.
1. Nirvana- A legend.....need I say more?
2. Nine Inch Nails- On e of the best shows live......love Trent! Must see show!
3. Nonpoint- Great hard band. The whole floor at the Tabernacle was a pit.
4. Dave Navarro- Sounded good li ve.
5. New Ord er- Sounded good live.
6. Nickleback- Pretty good show.
O.
1. Ozzy Osbour ne- A legend, but n ot as good on his last tour........maybe the drugs finally are catching up.
2. Oingo Boingo- Fun band for a "Dead Man's Party".
3. The Offspring- L ove them. Liked them best in the small clubs before they got big.
4. Orgy- They mad e a good version of Blu e Monday. They opened up for Love & Rockets.
5. Oleander- Sound great live.
6. The Outfield- They make me think of driving to school with this guy w ho was a senior when I was a freshman. He played this CD every day.
7. Oasis- Good s how. Too bad they broke up.
P.
1. Pink Floyd- Fabulous show......the lights, the sound, eveything.
2. The Pixies- Great live.
3. Pearl Jam- Love Pearl Jam! Great live!
4. P.O.D. - They put o n a great show.
5. Porno for Pyros- Good sho w.
6. Psychotica- O n e word....bizarre.
7. Psychedelic Furs- Always a good show. Love them.
8. Poison- Good, cheesy fun.
9. Puddle of Mudd- I always have this picture of a 5 year old kid si nging every word to "She F'en Hates Me".
10. Iggy Pop- Can't be lieve he is still al ive. He some how is and I am glad I got to see him. A good show.
11. A Perfect Circle- Sounds great, but like his other band Tool better.
12. P apa Roach- Always a fun show.
13. Powerman 5000- Great live.
14. Pigface- Rotating cast of musicians....sometim es better than other casts....best cast had Trent Reznor in it.
15. Primus- Still sounds good.
16. Pantera- Good show.
17. Prince- He sucked in concert! He never played a full song.....did a lot of melodies and danced around.
18. Liz Phair- Boring live.
1 9. the Pretenders- fun show....better than I thought they would be
20. Public Enemy- Sounded great and fun.
21. Tom Petty- I love him. He always puts on a good show.
22. The Police- A legend.
Q
1. Queens of the Stone Age- Great show!
2. Queensryche- They w ere awesome.....they fi rst came out and did their hits and then after intermission, th ey performed (sang and acted) their whole rock opera. Like them a lot more after this show.
3. Queen with Roger Waters- It is the closest that I will get to seeing Queen. It was a good show, but wished they played more. They played alot of Queen songs, a few Bad Company songs, and a Free song. They did not play a couple of my favorites like Bicycle, Killer Queen, and Shooting Star. For as much money as these tickets were, it was a short show.
R.
1. The Ramo nes- Joey is awesome! He did not talk between songs....just counted 1-2-3-4 and then played the next son g. Always played my favorites and just plain fun to watch. Sad that mst of the band is dead now.
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Love the Peppers! Must see s how!
3. Rancid- Great show
4. Rage Agai nst the Machine- Love Rage live1 too bad that Zack can't get hi s sh- together.
5. Henry Rollins Band- See th e comments on Black Flag.
6. Radiohead- Greart live.
7. Lou Reed- A legend
8. Reel Big Fish- Fun to see li ve.
9. Run DMC- too ba d that you can't see these legen dary rappers any more....they were good live.
1 0. The Roots- Good show. Was the opening act for Linkin Park and Korn....so the crowd did not appreciate them enough. They sounded good.
11. R.E.M. - Mos t of th e shows are gre at. Saw them like 5 times. On ly time they were not very good was when they we re on the Up tour- what a downer. Still love them. Last show, he talk against President Bush and got booed in highly Republican Atlanta......then the same people who booed him sa ng and clapped for songs wi th anti-Bush statements. I found that amusing.
1 2. REO Speedwagon- They were ok, my hubby liked them more in concert.
S
1. Slipknot- Interesting to watch. One guy has pins on his head and slams his head into a kettle drum over and over again. They soun ded good too.
2. Stone Sour- Is this re ally the l ead singer of Slipknot?!? Different sound, but still sounds good.
3. Stone Temp le Pilots- I love Scott Weiland. Great band live.
4. Suicidal Tendencies- Excellent live.
5. Socia l Distortion- One of the best old punk bands....like their new alb um as well.
6. Sonic Youth- Great live.
7. Sevendust- Good hard band from Atlanta. Love them! Remember seeing them at the Point. Sentimental Fav.
8. 7 Seconds- Go od lve.
9. Staind- Great live!
10. Siouxie & the Banshees- Always think o f Siouxie slinking o n the floor sensually in her concert......with age she does not slink like that but still sounds good.
11. Slayer- Good hard band.
12. Soundgarden- Great live1 too bad they broke up.......Awesome show.
13. Sma s hing Pumpkins- Love the music....sometimes Billy talks to much about things no one really cares about.
14. Soul Asylum- Fun show.
15. Spin Doctors- 80's kinda cheesy....saw them for the other bands on the bill (Soul Asylum and Scre aming Trees)
16. Scre ami ng Trees- Great show live!
17. System of a Down- Great show live!
18. Sponge- They were put on the 2nd stage on Lollapaloosa....they were pissed and talked about it. They sounded good but you could tell they were not happy campers.
19. Salt N Peppa- R eally late......and they had a very short set b ecau se they were late.
20. Sugarhill Gang- Legend in rap.
21. Slick Ri ck- Decent live.
22. Snoop Dogg- Fun show.
23. SR 41- Unremarkable show.
24. Sonic Burn- Saw them open for Sevend ust and ran out and bought the CD. They were good live.
25. Stereophonic s- OK. friends liked them better.
26. The Strokes- decent show.
27. Seether- Fun show.
28. Smithereens- some of my favorite breakup songs. love them!
29. Silverchair- I saw them at M idtown Music and they were great. Too bad they could not produce anythi ng great after that first album.
30. Squirrel Nut Zippers- Fun band to see and dance to.
31. Sugar Ray- I love their old music before they became more main stream.
32. Styx- Decent cla ssic rock band.
33. Shinedown- Sounded good live. I want to hear more from them.
T
1. Temple of the Dog- Excellent show!
2. Tool- the y are fabulous! Saw them in a small venue. They put the music with video to create a whole experience.
3. 311- Like them. Like their old music better.....so enjoyed their earlier shows b est. I hate that stupid song, Amber.
4. Taproot- good show.
5. Georg e Thorogood- A legend
6. Third Eye Blind- boring
7. 10,000 Maniacs-boring
8. A Tribe Called Quest- Decent show
9. Trapt- They got so into the show at Midto wn Music that they did not want to leave. The lead singer threw an amp......now that is passion. T hey did sound really good live.
10. Toad the Wet Sprocket- One of my good friend's favorite band. They were a fun band to see live.
11. trust Company- Good opening act band.
U
1. U2- Love them! They create a whole sound/stage production....but still miss the old less glamorou s days when i saw t hem on the Joshua Tree tour,
V
1. Veruca Salt- Love them!
2. Violent Femmes- Love the m! So much fun@
3. Velvet Revolver- good show, but liked Scott better in Stone Temple Pilot s.
4. The Verve- Unremarkable.
5. Van Halen- I love Van Halen....takes me back to middle school. But, now they all have short hair. lol
W
1. Weezer- Decent show......I think they a re overrated.
2. Whitesnake- fun 80's hair metal.
3. The White Stripes- Great CD, don't move alot on stage.
4. The Who- A legend and still sound great.
5. Wu Tang Clan- They ope ned up for Rage and showed their own Rage by setting a car on fire.
6. Widesp read Panic- My brother gave me the tickets and got me front row. I am not a fan of their music. What a waste of front row seats.
7. Warrant- Opening act for Motley Crue.
8. Hank Williams JR- I went to this show with my ex-boyfriend....... maybe that is wh y he is an ex. I hate country music.
X
Y
1. Neil Young- A legend of rock
Z
1. Z Z Top- fun show.
2. Zwan - Billy Corrigan;s band.....not as good as the Pu mpkins, but a lot better than h is solo stuff
3. Rob Zombie- great live
Other bands I want to see
Bad Brains
Bon Jovi
David Bowie
Alice Cooper
The Eagles
Eminem
Faith no More
Flee twood Mac
Gorillaz
hed P.E.
Lords of Acid
N.E.R.D.
The New York Dolls
The Prodigy
Rolli ng Stones
Rush
Talking Heads
The Yeah Yeah Y eahs
Bands that I wish I could have seen
The Beatles
Blind Melon
The Cars
Cream
The Doors with Jim Morrison
G uns N Roses
Jimi Hendrix
Buddy Holly
Joy Division
Led Zepplin
Misfits with Danzig
Mudhoney
The Plasm atics
Elvis Presley
The Sex Pistols
The Smiths
Sublime
Tones on Tail
Q ueen with Freddy Mur cury
XTC

Author Comments:

I hope this list helps when making choices on concerts. These are my opinions that are unbiased. You might not agree with all my opinions. I love lots of types of music and love going to concerts.

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professor01/29/2006

"Paul McCartney - Closest to the Beatles that I will ever get to see in my lifetime."

I can recommend some of the Beatles tribute bands:

The (cavern) Beatles
The Bootleg Beatles

I have seen both and they are both excellent in different ways.

The (cavern) Beatles looked and sounded fantastic, and they had an 'edge' that you expect from a live concert, but they didn't play some of my favourites (Let It Be, Hey Jude, Imagine, My Sweet Lord), and they missed the opportunity to play some great live singalong songs such as Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine, All You Need Is Love.

The Bootleg Beatles played all of those songs, but it was more like a stage show than a live music concert, but it still looked and sounded great.

There are many others that might be worth checking out - I fully intend to.

The Counterfeit Beatles

Fab Beatles

1964 the tribute (USA)

BeatleMagic (USA/Canada)

winalotta01/29/2006

Thanks for the info. I will try to check them out when they come to Atlanta.