And who have you seen?

[Tank Girl]

I always knew you were that kind of girl.

oh yes, I even wished that I was big enough to wear a bra so I could have thrown it at the stage like all the grown up girls were

 

[ouchmonkey]

oh yes, I even wished that I was big enough to wear a bra so I could have thrown it at the stage like all the grown up girls were

It wasn't Kraftwerk then?

 

[Tank Girl]

nah

adam and the ants

 

[idioteque]

I saw James Brown once

 

[Dillinger4]

Did you ever go see George Formby, Sass?

 

[ouchmonkey]

I saw James Brown once

Me too. he was old.
this morning i've been listening to;

Willie Nelson
Toots & the Maytals
Etta James
Motorhead
and Morrissey

I've seen all them as well.


no george formby though

 

[foo]

my first proper gig was the Jam i think.

i wanted to go see Alvin Stardust when i was about 12/13 with my friend - but my stepdad wouldn't let me go. i was absolutely gutted at the time. he was one of those nobs who looked down on anything popular, not just pop music. absolutely anything.

 

[foo]

cheesy - never thought I'd say this, but you obviously need to take more drugs if you can remember all of those gigs..

so is Sas on drugs as well?

 

[dodgepot]

i've seen:

chas and dave
jane's addiction
ruby turner

 

[Tank Girl]

eclectic mix there dodgers

 

[foo]

Aside from the fact she is a prolific liar and fantasist?

well you're an attention seeking dick, and we put up with you.

 

[Tank Girl]

foo - telling it like it is since 2001

 

[foo]

i'm going to see Wave67 tomorrow night.

they're not famous or owt, they're mates of mine, but boy do they make a lot of noise!

 

[Tank Girl]

make sure you take some drugs so you can't remember it foo

 

[foo]

make sure you take some drugs so you can't remember it foo

 

[idioteque]

Me too. he was old.
this morning i've been listening to;

Willie Nelson
Toots & the Maytals
Etta James
Motorhead
and Morrissey

I've seen all them as well.


no george formby though

I'd love to see Toots and the Maytals, I can imagine the atmosphere being amazing

 

[free spirit]

if I could be arsed to think about all the gigs I'd been to, my list would be pretty long - does that mean I need to take more drugs?

first gig I went to I was 11.

oh... is this an easy dig at cheesy?

so is Sas on drugs as well?

what's so bad about being able to remember loads of gigs?

twas but a cheeky little aside to cheesy that actually said more about me and my memory or lack of it than it did about her if you chose to read it in context rather than assuming I'm one of the cheesy bashers, which I ain't.

It was actually a complement on her ability to remember stuff despite being a bit of a (self admitted) caner, from another self admitted caner for whom much of the last 15 years is a wee bit blurry

save your fire for the likes of firky eh

 

[ouchmonkey]

I'd love to see Toots and the Maytals, I can imagine the atmosphere being amazing

I saw them in a club and they were fantastic, Toots had a purple and gold suit, they were on it, the crowd was up for it.
couple of years back at Glastonbury, not so much. There had been tampering from somewhere (labels, management - who knows maybe Toots) the songs were drawn out and sluggish, they lacked any fire and it was raining.
We were about to bail when, just like that, he stormed through Monkey Man in two minutes, no arsing around. It was great, like a little window into the previous time i'd seen them. but that was it. I think he brought on some guest or other to noodle away.

 

[skyscraper101]

I'll try and do this in order of bands seen but I'm sure to forget a lot of festival acts/support bands I've passed by and I'm not including performances at the Brit Awards or Live 8 or anything as that doesn't count.

Guns N' Roses
Blind Melon
Soul Asylum
The Cult (twice)
Seal
Kaziah Jones
China Drum
Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day (twice)
Hole
Teenage Fanclub
Beck (three times)
dEUS
Juliana Hatfield
Björk
Paul Weller
The Boo Radleys
Tricky
Throwing Muses
Shed Seven
Corduroy
Little Axe
Pavement
Mudhoney
Buffalo Tom
Babes in Toyland
White Zombie
Blind Melon
Pennywise
Rage Against the Machine (twice)
The Prodigy (three times)
Offspring
Terrorvision
Weezer
Ice T
Collapsed Lung
Seaweed
Black Grape
Garbage (4 or 5 times)
Dodgy
Marion
Super Furry Animals (3 or 4 times)
Kula Shaker
Ash
Gene
Reef
Rocket From The Crypt
Suede
Cast
James
Stereolab
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The Cardigans
Metallica
Marilyn Manson (twice)
Republica
Apollo 440
Lemonheads (twice)
The Manics (3 or 4 times)
Descendents
Dog Eat Dog
MXPX
Bentley Rhythm Ace
Page & Plant
Headswmin
Beastie Boys
Supergrass (about 4 times)
Foo Fighters (about 4 times)
Jurassic 5 (twice)
Asian Dub Foundation (three times)
Lee Scratch Perry
New Order
The Bluetones
The Divine Comedy
The Charlatans
Chemical Brothers (three times)
Reef
The Dandy Warhols
Space
Blur
Catatonia
Fun Lovin' Criminals (twice)
Atari Teenage Riot
Beth Orton (twice)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (4 times)
Muse (4 times)
Oasis (twice)
Primal Scream
Doves (4 times)
U2
Athlete (five times)
limpbizkit
Travis (three times)
PJ Harvey
The Donnas
Run DMC
Lo-Fidelity Allstars
Eminem (or D12)
U.N.K.L.E
The Streets (5 times)
2 Many DJs
Jane's Addiction
The White Stripes
The Subways (twice)
The Darkness (twice)
Goldie Lookin' Chain
The Infadels
Biffy Clyro
Plan B
Hadouken!
R.E.M (three times)
CSS (5 times)
Texas
Underworld (4 times!!!)
Gay Dad rolleyes:)
Death In Vegas (*yawn*)
David Gray (4 or 5 times)
Pet Shop Boys (twice)
Waterboys
Dark Star
Alabama 3
Roni Size Reprazent
Freestylers (twice)
Orbital
Paul McCartney
Fatboy Slim
James Blunt (twice)
Ani Difranco (4 times)
Massive Attack (3 times)
Radiohead (4 times)
Daniel Powter
KD Lang (officially the most boring gig I've EVER been to)
The Frank & Walters
Misty's Big Adventure
The 1990s
Paul Van Dyk
Flaming Lips
Damien Rice (twice)
MC Lars
Soulfly
Wilco (second most boring gig ever been to)
David Devant & His Spirit Wife
Gold Blade
Faithless (twice)
Madonna (twice)
Rihanna
Devils Gun
Natalie Imbruglia


*typical nineties child*

 

[ouchmonkey]

See this all very well for you young-uns, scraper but i can't remember all that kind of stuff.
I noticed there were duplicates in your list, mind - Here it is edited to people I've seen, which I have to say is an easier way to do things than remembering stuff.
There were a few I've deleted that I wasn't sure about as well - clearly they'd made quite an impression

Smashing Pumpkins
Hole
Teenage Fanclub
dEUS
Björk
The Boo Radleys
Tricky
Throwing Muses
Pavement
Mudhoney
Buffalo Tom
Babes in Toyland
Ash
James
Stereolab
Lemonheads
Lee Scratch Perry
New Order
The Charlatans
Chemical Brothers
Blur
Red Hot Chili Peppers o)
Primal Scream
U2
PJ Harvey
2 Many DJs
The White Stripes
Biffy Clyro
R.E.M
Underworld
Pet Shop Boys
Waterboys
Alabama 3
Orbital
Fatboy Slim
Misty's Big Adventure
Flaming Lips
Gold Blade

 

[SpookyFrank]

The pixies
Run DMC
Regina Spektor
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (twice)
Idlewild (twice)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Spiritualized (twice)
Air
Super Furry Animals
Interpol (twice)
Eminem (crap)
Radiohead (twice)
Asian Dub Foundation (seeing them again next week )
Manic Street Preachers (three times)
Yes
Jimmy Cliff
The skatalites
Mercury Rev (twice)
The Flaming Lips
Mr Scruff
Muse
Pulp
REM
The Streets
Dilated Peoples
Ben Harper
Beth Orton
The Von Bondies
Marilyn Manson
Queens of the Stone Age
Blur

And some others. I'd say the who but without Keith and John it wasn't really the who

 

[skyscraper101]

yeh apols for the duplicates... I tried to get rid of most.

Seems odd actually that the majority of bands I've seen are all in the nineties before I was living in London and working at labels. I just don't have that much interest as I used to have in seeing absolutely EVERYTHING and staking out a festival main stage like I used to

 

[goldenecitrone]

the Smiths (twice)
inspiral carpets
Bob Dylan (In the East of Germany with loads of denim wearing mullet headed Ossies)
Billy Bragg
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Mark Eitzel
Ray Davies
Paul Macartney
Sparks
Element of Crime
Roy Harper
Oasis (at Glastonbury and they were shite)
etc...

 

[bluestreak]

*copies ouchmonkey editing skyscraper's list....

Smashing Pumpkins
Green Day
Hole
Beck
Björk
Throwing Muses
Mudhoney
Pennywise
Rage Against the Machine
The Prodigy (three times)
Offspring
Terrorvision
Weezer
Ice T
Collapsed Lung
Black Grape
Garbage
Super Furry Animals
Ash
Gene
Reef
Rocket From The Crypt
Suede
James
Metallica
Marilyn Manson
Lemonheads
The Manics
Descendents
Dog Eat Dog
Beastie Boys
Supergrass
Foo Fighters
Asian Dub Foundation
Chemical Brothers
Blur
Atari Teenage Riot
Red Hot Chili Peppers (4 times)
Oasis (twice)
Primal Scream
PJ Harvey
Run DMC
The Streets
2 Many DJs
Jane's Addiction
The White Stripes
Alabama 3
Freestylers
Orbital
Massive Attack
Radiohead
Flaming Lips

 

[bluestreak]

again...

The pixies
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Idlewild
Spiritualized (
Super Furry Animals
Radiohead
Jimmy Cliff
The skatalites
The Flaming Lips
Mr Scruff
Pulp
The Streets
Marilyn Manson
Queens of the Stone Age
Blur

 

[dodgepot]

erm...
pop will eat itself 7 or 8 times
kylie 4 times
gallon drunk 4 times
girls aloud twice (plus a special PA at harrods christmas before last)
morrissey 3 times
rocket from the crypt twice
demented are go twice
guana batz twice
the meteors
new model army a few times
the levellers a few times
the wonderstuff a few times
eat
ned's
senseless things
mega city four
super furry animals
underworld
orbital
ash
the horrors
neil's children
ruby ann
the bonneville barons
paul ansell and no. 9
swervedriver
jane's addiction (supporting the wonderstuff)
spirit of the west
senser
hot rocket trio
wanda jackson
henry and the bleeders
the streets
EMF
tom jones
blur
papa brittle
black grape
the pixies
entombed
neurosis
primal scream
oasis (utter shite)

erm... quite a few others

 

[bluestreak]

YOINK!

erm...
pop will eat itself
rocket from the crypt
new model army
the levellers
the wonderstuff
ned's
senseless things
super furry animals
orbital
ash
jane's addiction
senser
the streets
blur
black grape

erm... quite a few others

 

[Cheesypoof]

cheesy - never thought I'd say this, but you obviously need to take more drugs if you can remember all of those gigs.

off your list I have vague recollections of seeing beck at some point, but no clue where, same with bjork - maybe phoenix festival in the mid 90's some time, I've also got a feeling bowie played there too and I was half listening for a bit.

saw REM properly in my brief moshpitting / crowd surfing indie kid days, plus loads of the britpop bands who's names i now forget.

why would one take drugs at gigs? I usually go to them sober although did see jamiroqui sloshed in cardiff a few years ago when i reviewed him for the big issue - mistake that!. I started going to gigs when i was 13, and yes, my first biggie was Nirvana at the point depot when i was a nipper of 14! The Grove was the name of the disco in Dublin where the grungeheads hung out, and i was drinking a lot of vodka back then. And never kissing boys. Nirvana did just did that special show at dublins point depot - lots of big acts grace the depot and the point, irelands two top venues, and no, i cant remember much of the gig but yes,i am proud to have seen em so stick that firky in yer pipe and smoke it

freespriti - i cant remember every single gig i ever been to, but i've also been to Glastonbury, so thats how i caw paul mc cartney/ david bowie,/and a few others there for example. Highlight for me was PJ harvey back in around 2003 wailing like a banshee in her lipstick pink stilettos. Around the time of Um hum her.

Dublin, when I grew up, me and my mates were mad into music, absolutely lived for it. I have actually seen about four Doors tribute bands - The Australian Doors, LA Doors, and Manzarek Doors as well as the 20th Centiry Doors (which featured Ray and Ian Astbury on vocals - that was 2004 I think) - pity about the Aussie doors ending - they were great!

Just remembered there that I also saw the following live too:
Underworld
Smashing Pumpkins (where a girl was killed from the mosh at the front in 1996 - the band left the stage after two songs, it was a very sad gig - that was before my Irish A levels)
Supergrass (Dalymount park, in Dublin 1994)
Red Hot chilli peppers (same as above - they were awful)

 

[May Kasahara]

Oh blimey. I don't expect anyone to read my list, but it'll be interesting for me to try and make one!

Underworld
The Advent
Lee Scratch Perry
Prince
James Brown
Faith No More
Interpol
L7
PJ Harvey
Pixies
Lemonheads
Evan Dando (solo acoustic set... *swoon*)
Ginferno
Nomeansno
Jacob's Mouse
Back To The Planet
Dub Syndicate
African Headcharge
Zion Train
Orbital
Senser
The Grid (apparently, don't remember a thing about it)
Aphex Twin (ditto )
Tube Jerk
dj/rupture
Bjork
The Soft Pink Truth
Vitalic
Nina Nastasia
The Wildcards
Reverend Horton Heat
Dinosaur Jr
Blur
MBV
Jesus & Mary Chain
Huggy Bear
Daisy Chainsaw
Futureheads
Radio 4
Smashing Pumpkins
Melvins
Beirut
Blonde Redhead
Low
Brightblack Morning Light
Las Perras del Infierno
Julie Doiron
Sonic Youth
Patti Smith (shite)
Iggy and the Stooges (ditto)
Bonde do Role
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Yattering
Clutch
Beastie Boys
The Prodigy
Sebadoh
Asobi Seksu
Scanners (meh)
The Fall
Madonna
Arcade Fire
Jesu
Isis
Yo La Tengo
Soul Designer
Soul Center
Chemical Brothers
Primal Scream
The Bays (don't ask why, they were boring as hell)
Citizen Fish
Sons And Daughters
The Victorian English Gentleman's Club
Part Chimp
Shakespeare's Sister
RDF
Mudhoney

I'm sure there's more.

 

[Lazy Llama]

Well, the ones I can remember...

23 Skidoo
A
A1 People
African Headcharge
Age of Chance
Agent Provocatuer
Alabama 3
Alannah/Alan Pellay
Alison Statton
Andrew Poppy
Angel Corpus Christi
Anne Pigalle
Arkarna
Asian Dub Foundation
Audio Active
Audioweb
B2
Baby Fox
Babybird
Basement Jaxx
Beastie Boys
Bellatrix
Bentley Rhythm Ace
Beth Orton
Billy Bragg
Bis
Black Grape
Bob Dylan
Breakbeat Era
Buddy Curtis and the Grasshoppers
Cabaret Voltaire
Calexico
Campag Velocet
Carter USM
Cast
Chakk
Chemical Brothers
Chin
Clare Grogan
Cocteau Twins
Comet Gain
Cornershop
Culture
Cut La Roc
Das Psycho Rangers
Death in Vegas
Devo
Dirty Beatniks
DJ Format
Doctor & the Medics
Dreadzone
Dub Pistols
Dubstar
Earl Brutus
Echo & the Bunnymen
Eek-a-Mouse
Eric Random & the Bedlamites
Fairground Attraction
Fatboy Slim
Fluke
Freestylers
Fuzz Townshend
Garbage
Gary Clail
Gaye Bikers on Acid
Gus Gus
H2SO4
Half Man Half Biscuit
Hardknox
Head
Head of David
Headrillaz
Helen Love
Hole
Hot Chip
Huge Baby
Hula
Instinct
Intastella
James
Jesse Rae
John Cooper Clarke
Julee Cruise
Junior Senior
Keith Le Blanc
Kenickie
Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Lamb
Lee Scratch Perry
Lemon Jelly
Les Rhythmes Digitales
Little Axe
Living Colour
Lo Fidelity Allstars
Lush
Maria McKee
Mark Stewart & the Maffia
Massive Attack
Mediaeval Babes
Mekon
Miaow
Mint Royale
Misty In Roots
Moby
Mogwai
Moloko
Motorhead
Mouth
Mulu
New Model Army
New Order
Noah House of Dread
Nut
Orbital
Pet Shop Boys
Pigbag
Pillbox
Placebo
Plexiq
Pogue Mahone
Posh
Pregnant
Primal Scream
Propellerheads
Propoganda
Public Enemy
Red Snapper
Reef
Regular Fries
Renegade Soundwave
Reprazent
Revenge
Revolutionary Dub Warriors
Roni Size
Ruby
Run DMC
Salvation Sunday
Sandie Shaw
Scissor Sisters
Scott 4
Secret Goldfish
Senseless Things
Shriekback
Sigue Sigue Sputnik
Simply Red
Sisters of Mercy
Sneaker Pimps
Soho
Solex
Sonic Youth
Space Raiders
Sugarcubes
Sunsonic
Supermen Lovers
Swans
Tackhead
Telepopmusik
The Armoury Show
The Beatnigs
The Bees
The Bible
The Blow Monkeys
The Brilliant Corners
The Cardiacs
The Expanding Wallets
The Experimental Pop Band
The Fall
The Groove Farm
The Kelley Deal 6000
The Long Blondes
The Mission
The Mysteries
The Nectarine No.9
The Redskins
The Shamen
The Stone Roses
The Streets
The Sundays
The Trudy
The Vaselines
The Wedding Present
The White Stripes
The Wiseguys
The Woodentops
Transvision Vamp
Tricky
Underworld
Unilever
Voice of the Beehive
Was (Not Was)
Westworld
White Zombie
Win
Wubble-U
Zero 7
Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction
Zoot Woman


....and lots more.

The bands I've seen the most times?

Chin (who were friends), Baby Bird, The Pogues, Sigue Sigue Sputnik and Tackhead.