Best Concert Ever

[ChicagoCat]

The Garth thread got me thinking about best live show everyones seen. 

1. The Hold Steady - seeing them again tuesday.  great bar rock, a must see piss-drunk
2. Mofro - contemporary blues band with great live show.  they usually do wakarusa

[KSt8er]

You decide, I can't.

Bob Seger
Fleetwood Mac
Uriah Heep
Jethro Tull
Kansas
ELO
Boston
Foghat
Head East
Jerry Jeff Walker
David Alan Coe
Blackfoot
Molley Hatchet
Tower of Power
Cheech & Chong
Big Smith (u should check them out as they are present day)
Many more I can't think of presently (should be obvious why)

Edit to add:

Moody Blues
Jackson Browne
Tom Waits
Delbert McClinton
Van Halen (Great Bend in 76 I believe)
Heart
Styx
Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Wet Willie
John Prine
Journey
Nazereth
Quarterflash
Christie McVey (solo tour)
Doobie Brothers

more to come.........and yes, I am 

the other thread jogged a couple:
U2 - KC in ......88 maybe
dang, forgot the other one already ..oh yeah,
KISS - 76' almost died from suffocation when they opened the doors and the crowd rushed them, literally could not breathe for 30 seconds, wasn't even touching the ground and got caught between the door jam at Henry levitt.  Scary as hell.

Edit to add:  April Wine - best frackin' drummer live in the world. 

[michigancat]

I haven't been to many concerts.  (too poor)

[steve dave]

You decide, I can't.

Bob Seger
Fleetwood Mac
Uriah Heep
Jethro Tull
Kansas
ELO
Boston
Foghat
Head East
Jerry Jeff Walker
David Alan Coe
Blackfoot
Molley Hatchet
Tower of Power
Cheech & Chong
Big Smith (u should check them out as they are present day)
Many more I can't think of presently (should be obvious why)

 

[shaft3500]

built to spill
split lip rayfield
brmc
local h
korn actually puts on a good show although i now hate their music
i saw a gravity kills show back in the day at liberty mem that kicked  truckloads of arse
widespread at starlight was killer
willie nelson is the best guitar player i have ever seen live

um... i have a lot more but am drawing blanks for now.

[steve dave]

Don't want to ruin my music cred (or lack thereof) but The Killers put on an excellent show the other day.

[ChicagoCat]

Don't want to ruin my music cred (or lack thereof) but The Killers put on an excellent show the other day.

I wanted to see them live in august but never got the chance.

[steve dave]

Don't want to ruin my music cred (or lack thereof) but The Killers put on an excellent show the other day.

I wanted to see them live in august but never got the chance.

They were very good, we were very close and I was very sweaty. 

[ECN]

what about the show?

[steve dave]

what about the show?

They sounded clean, crisp, did a good cover of Dire Straits, not a lot of messing around but just playing.


Also, off the Killers topic, Robert Randolph puts on a good show.  Really plays with the crowd well.  Not the hugest fan of his music but really good live.

[shaft3500]

i forgot

tom petty
jimmy buffet

[ChicagoCat]

i forgot

tom petty
jimmy buffet

How was buffett?  I assume good, curious as to what his shows are like

[shaft3500]

buffet shows are awesome. the closest thing to an actual festival atmosphere. just make sure you have plenty of time to party before the show.

revrend horton heat also kicks ass live

bob dylan is too old, but you might as well see him if you get the chance. his ticket prices aren't too bad so it is probably worth the money.

[pissclams]

Listing a favorite is hard, I'll list a few of the best that come to mind.  There are many more I just don't remember off the top of my head.
 

Pearl Jam, Day On The Hill (FREE!!), Lawrence, ~1991
Paul McCartney, Arrowhead, ~ 1993
Danzig, Bottleneck, Lawrence, ~1987
U2 - Joshua Tree Tour, Kemper Arena, 1987
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bottleneck, Lawrence, ~1990
Janes Addiction, Bottleneck, Lawrence, ~1990
Metallica, And Justice For All Tour, Sandstone, 1994
Sade, Sandstone, ~1992
GWAR, The Outhouse, Lawrence, ~1989
Garth Brooks, The Octogon of Doom, ~1996
Tie:  Big Head Todd & Dave Matthews Band, The Octogon of Doom, ~1993, Dave Matthews, Verizon KC, 2007
Jackopierce, ku Student Union ballroom, ~1997
John Mayer, KC's City Market, 2002
A Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul, ku Student Union ballroom, ~1994

[michigancat]

Sade?

What about Jazzmataz?

[pissclams]

Sade was an unbelievable, awesome show. 

[michigancat]

Sade was an unbelievable, awesome show. 

I believe it.  I'm a fan.

[asava]

Listing a favorite is hard, I'll list a few of the best that come to mind.  There are many more I just don't remember off the top of my head.
 

Pearl Jam, Day On The Hill (FREE!!), Lawrence, ~1991
Paul McCartney, Arrowhead, ~ 1993
Danzig, Bottleneck, Lawrence, ~1987
U2 - Joshua Tree Tour, Kemper Arena, 1987
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bottleneck, Lawrence, ~1990
Janes Addiction, Bottleneck, Lawrence, ~1990
Metallica, And Justice For All Tour, Sandstone, 1994
Sade, Sandstone, ~1992
GWAR, The Outhouse, Lawrence, ~1989
Garth Brooks, The Octogon of Doom, ~1996
Tie:  Big Head Todd & Dave Matthews Band, The Octogon of Doom, ~1993, Dave Matthews, Verizon KC, 2007
Jackopierce, ku Student Union ballroom, ~1997
John Mayer, KC's City Market, 2002
A Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul, ku Student Union ballroom, ~1994

GWAR, Danzig... you've been to some pretty heavy hitters my friend. i had an opportunity to see GWAR a last year, but didn't have the money. not that i like their music, but i think it would be absolutely hilarious/entertaining to see.

[michigancat]

The owner of Grinders in the Crossroads was a member of GWAR.

[pissclams]

The great part about seeing them was when I saw them, back in the 80's, before Gatorade and MTV sponsored "punk" concerts and it was still scary as hell to go see those shows.

FWIW, Danzig is playing at Liberty Hall tonight in Lawrence.  My ex-gf's best friend dated (in the true sense of the word, not the groupie thing) Glen Danzig for like a year.

[michigancat]

I was scared when I was 15 at the Pantera/White Zombie show.

A bunch of crazy, ripped skinheads beating each other up in the pit. 

[pissclams]

Yeah, the Outhouse in Lawrence, which is now that BYOB strip club I think, didn't really have security or anything.  The skinheads were some pretty scary cats. 

[michigancat]

I remember everyone thought the white zombie confetti had LSD in it or something.

[pissclams]

Not too alien of a concept.

[asava]

i remember going to a few shows when i was like 15 and being scared to hell. just huge &@#%s with chains, leather and spikes and huge steel toed boots old school punk stomping to Darkest Hour, Emperor, and Arch Enemy in some unregulated venue. i thought i was going to get eaten. 

[cireksu]

Tom Petty is really good.

Korn in 99 ish was awesome.

[Shout it out loud]

You decide, I can't.

KISS - 76' almost died from suffocation when they opened the doors and the crowd rushed them, literally could not breathe for 30 seconds, wasn't even touching the ground and got caught between the door jam at Henry levitt.  Scary as hell.

probably the greatest stage show out of the choices, not the best musicaly but ballsy
all the concerts i've been to the croud sucked, i've allways been a bit jellous of any one of KISS's audiences

[KSt8er]

You decide, I can't.

KISS - 76' almost died from suffocation when they opened the doors and the crowd rushed them, literally could not breathe for 30 seconds, wasn't even touching the ground and got caught between the door jam at Henry levitt.  Scary as hell.

probably the greatest stage show out of the choices, not the best musicaly but ballsy
all the concerts i've been to the croud sucked, i've allways been a bit jellous of any one of KISS's audiences

The fad didn't last long, for me anyway, but at the time it was awesome.   The group I was with camped out in front and were somewhere just outside the first ten or so.   That's what about got me killed.  By the time they opened the doors there were thousands, and when they opened them, oh man. 

Ah, which reminds me of another I've seen, Ted the madman Nugent.  That concert it was freezing cold and they would not let us in when they'd said they would because we were chanting/screaming "OPEN THE F"ING DOORS" over and over.  Asswipes.   

That is the concert that Larry Lumonyon(sp?), the police chief of Wichita sent out his guys in riot gear and basically did everything he could to insight a riot.  Dragging people off the floor for smoking pot, etc..  It was a tense scene.  There had been a riot at an outdoor concert in a park......dang, used to remember its name.....anyway, there were families in attendance and some people had parked their cars on a section of grass, good ole Lumonyon shows up with his troops in riot gear and proceeds to tear-gas the crowd.  People running, screaming, kids crying and wandering around for their parents getting gassed.   Some folks got away and were running into the houses around there and the cops would go in after them, drag them out and beat them.  Ugly history.  There were bumper stickers made up that were on about half the cars in town that said, "ignorance is believing the solution to a parking problem is tear-gas".   Anyway, wheee, history lane. 

[shaft3500]

Tom Petty is really good.

Korn in 99 ish was awesome.

spring 99 or 00 was when i saw them. the tour had a blimp flying around kemper and jon davis rose up like 15 ft on a platform from under the stage while playing the bagpipes. tour artwork had a wierd gumbi looking stuffed doll on the shirts and stuff.