Your personal metal concert history!

[Creeps]

Creeps - Fight and VoiVod??? I don't recall that.
Was that a full tour?

To my knowledge, yes. It was on the War Of Words tour if you decide to do any digging. Plus it was down here in Florida so it had to be a full tour to get anyone to come

 

[King Lek]

I couldn't possibly list the concerts I have been to or the bands I have seen, main reason - It goes all the way back to 1967. But some of the bands I have seen:

Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Dave Clark Five
Mersey Beats
John Mayall
Blues Project
The Electric Flag
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Cream
Pink Floyd (Sid Barret era, and Later)
Yes
Jethro Tull
Santana
ZZ Top
BloodRock
Grand Funk Railroad
Amboy Dukes
Vanilla Fudge
Black Oak Arkansas
Kansas
Boston
ELO
and many many more, not to mention all the bands from the 80's 90's and from 2000 on

The Electric Flag....very cool...I would have loved to have seen them.

 

[Qrusher14242]

90's

Steppenwolf (5-24-97 Tulare County Fair)
Dio(2-10-97 The Edge Palo Alto, CA)
Rainbow/Vicious Rumours (3-19-97 The Edge Palo Alto,CA)
Iron Maiden/Dio (8-2-98 Universal Ampitheater Los Angeles,CA)
Quiet Riot(??-??-99 The Roxy, LA)

2000's
Dio (3-21-00 Ventura Theater, Ventura,CA)
Iron Maiden/Queensryche/Halford (9-15-00 Centennial Gardens, Bakersfield,CA)
Dio/Malmsteen/Doro (11-18-00 Universal Ampitheatre Los Angeles,CA)
Dio/Armored Saint/Lynch Mob (3-6-01 Ventura Theater Los Angeles,CA)
Dream Theater (3-8-02 Wiltern Theater,LA)
Dio/King's X/Hammerfall (11-12-02 The Fillmore, San Fran)
Iron Maiden/Dio/Motorhead (8-29-03 Chronicle Pavillion Concord,CA)
Malmsteen (3-20-04 The Roadhouse Sacramento,CA)
Dio/Anthrax/Fireball Ministry (10-30-04 Greek Theater, Los Angeles,CA)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (12-19-04 Warnors Theater Fresno, CA)
Cinderella/Ratt/Quiet Riot/Firehouse (6-22-05 The Palace Indian Gaming Center Lemoore,CA)
Gamma Ray (5-12-06 Key Club, LA)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (11-30-06 Save-Mart Center Fresno,CA)
Dream Evil(12-13-06 Key Club, LA)
Enchant/Redemption/Zero Hour (3-24-07 The Avalon Santa Clara,CA)
Heaven and Hell/Megadeth/Machine Head (4-25-07 The Forum, Los Angeles,CA)
Dream Theater/Redemption/Into Eternity (7-27-07 Gibson Ampitheater LA)
Heaven and Hell/Alice Cooper/Queensryche (10-2-07 Selland Arena Fresno,CA)
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (11-23-07 Save-Mart Center Fresno,CA)
Helloween/Gamma Ray (10-05-08 The Fillmore San Fran,CA)
Impellitteri (5-15-09 Paladinos Tarzana,CA)
Primal Fear (9-8-09 Key Club, LA)

2010:

Redemption (2-4-10 Whiskey A Go-Go, LA)
Fates Warning (3-19-10 Avalon Hollywood, LA)
Hammerfall (3-31-10 Galaxy Theatre Santa Ana, CA)
Transatlantic (4-17-10 Downey Theater Downey,CA)

 

[CJRayson]

First concert ever, 10 years old, first pit, SLAYER/mastodon/don't remember the rest cause I was 10/Aragon Ballroom

Latest metal concerts
Dethklok/Mastodon/Converge/High On Fire/Aragon Ballroom
Black Dahlia Murder/some bands that I didn't really like and I don't remember the names of/Reggie's Rock Club

 

[Savage Pumpkin]

Yeah, it's almost a crime that there hasn't been a Motorhead / Saxon US tour in recent times. I think it would be good for both bands, as I am getting sick of lame Motorhead openers. I actually passed on seeing Motorhead for the first time in seriously 10+ years, because of the openers.

So you missed the Motorhead/ Anthrax co headlining tour at The House Of Blues on the "WCFYA" tour? Wow! That was an amazing show and an amazing lineup. That night Motorhead even went on first. Surprised the hell out of me.

 

[nomisofsiman]

So you missed the Motorhead/ Anthrax co headlining tour at The House Of Blues on the "WCFYA" tour? Wow! That was an amazing show and an amazing lineup. That night Motorhead even went on first. Surprised the hell out of me.

Was Jason talking about that or the most recent one with the Reverend Horton Heat opener?

 

[SavaRon]

http://www.songkick.com might be able to help a bit. You can use it both to find info about shows you may have attended, and also to keep a record of those shows for you, so when this thread comes around again you'll have a nice list to reference.

My tally at the moment is 230 concerts, so I won't list them all here; you can see them at http://www.songkick.com/users/skyrefuge/gigography In terms of "concerts I've written down", I think I win the thread so far, except that includes plenty of non-metal.

Here's a writeup I did on Songkick for the PMX:2 board:

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http://www.songkick.com/

A website that serves as both a historical record of concert performances, and source for upcoming concert information. For example, you can find out how many times your favorite band played in your city before you even knew about them. Or just see who's coming to town, Pollstar-style.

Then, when you sign up, it can serve as a personal database for concerts you've attended, and you can add/edit concerts, both upcoming, and past (adding photos, setlists, reviews, etc.)

Although I have a custom database for my music collection and listening statistics, I've never created a similar one for my concert tracking/history. Instead, I've only had that in a spreadsheet. So, for kicks I spent the last couple weeks adding my entire concert history to Songkick (which also meant that I created many of concerts for the older shows).

For upcoming concert notifications, you can upload your iTunes database or last.fm profile, and it will automatically "track" all of the artists in your collection. Unfortunately, it seems like half the shows I go to these days are for artists whose music I don't even own, so it won't tell me about those shows (though on the page for each show, it will show "similar concerts" coming up). You can also "track" venues.

The first day after I signed up I was informed about two new concerts (Alcest and Del Castillo) before I found out about them through my usual sources, so I think it's worth it just for that.

last.fm has a similar database, and a much larger population of users, so why did I tie myself to Songkick instead? I dunno, I just liked the feel better. It's focused solely on concerts, and they seem more dedicated to becoming the "wikipedia of concerts", so maybe over time they'll get more popular. They also seem to have better tools for analyzing and manipulating your data, and make it much easier to show off (which was my main goal anyway!) For example, you can see who has seen the most concerts by a certain band, or at a certain venue. I learned that the Metro is my most-visited venue (26 times), and that I've been to 217 concerts in all, both of which would have been tough to figure out from my spreadsheet.

You can also track other users, so if anyone wants to keep track of which awesome Chicago-area shows I'll be going to (or if you just want to know when is a good time to burgle my house), I'm at http://www.songkick.com/users/skyrefuge

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The lesson to all the youngsters out there: whether it's on a yellow legal pad, a Google Spreadsheet, or in Songkick, WRITE THAT SHIT DOWN! You'll thank yourself later when you're old and your memory is broken.

Neil

This site is actually pretty cool. Been adding my concerts in as I can think of them. Thanks for the link!

 

[Jasonic]

So you missed the Motorhead/ Anthrax co headlining tour at The House Of Blues on the "WCFYA" tour? Wow! That was an amazing show and an amazing lineup. That night Motorhead even went on first. Surprised the hell out of me.

Nope, I went to that. I think its on my list.
They did two nights if I recall.
The night I went, Motorhead certainly headlined.
I didn't think too much of Anthrax that night to be honest, but that's just me.
Never cared for much they did with Bush aside from Sound of White Noise.

and yes, the one time I missed them was the most recent with Rev horton heat and Nash Pussy.

 

[Pellaz]

I'm in awe.
--And kicking myself for not keeping a list, all these years.

 

[nomisofsiman]

I'm in awe.
--And kicking myself for not keeping a list, all these years.

I'm with you there. I probably could figure it out, but the time and effort it would take to list everything is far too great for me. Though, my concert going experience hasn't been nearly as long as a lot of people that have posted.

 

[nomisofsiman]

Nope, I went to that. I think its on my list.
They did two nights if I recall.
The night I went, Motorhead certainly headlined.
I didn't think too much of Anthrax that night to be honest, but that's just me.
Never cared for much they did with Bush aside from Sound of White Noise.

and yes, the one time I missed them was the most recent with Rev horton heat and Nash Pussy.

Horton Heat was actually surprisingly good. I took a listen to them before the show and sort of thought "meh" but he and his band were rocking! Best surprisingly good performance from an unknown band that I saw last year. ...not that they were as good as Motorhead but they floored me still nonetheless. I don't recall but I wanna say someone else played instead of Nashville Pussy, but they weren't very good.

 

[Prog_Please]

I only started attending concerts recently, so my list isn't as long. Also, haven't gone to many concerts recently since I'm trying to graduate this semester. Anyhow, here is my list:

Amorphis 10/13/08 House Of Blues
Beyond The Buried And Me 5/3/08 Paramount Theater
Bigelf 8/27/09 San Jose Civic Center
Blackguard 5/17/09 House Of Blues
Brainstorm 9/12/09 Center Stage
Cage 9/12/09 Center Stage
Circus Maximus 9/12/09 Center Stage
Concerto Moon 6/27/08 The Independent
Crimson Glory 9/11/09 Center Stage
Cynic 2/3/09 House Of Blues
Darkwater 6/28/08 The Independent
Diablo Swing Orchestra 9/11/09 Center Stage
Disturbed 7/12/08 Shoreline Amphitheater
Dragonforce 7/12/08 Shoreline Amphitheater
Dream Theater 3/11/06 Warfield
Dream Theater 5/3/08 Paramount Theater
Dream Theater 8/27/09 San Jose Civic Center
Edguy 10/26/08 Key Club
Enchant 6/27/08 The Independent
Enchant 9/10/09 Center Stage
Enslaved 5/16/09 Avalon Theatre
Fates Warning 9/12/09 Center Stage
Futures End 9/10/09 Center Stage
Gojira 5/21/09 Slim's
High On Fire 7/27/08 Regency Center
ISIS 11/19/07 Downtown Brew
ISIS 6/22/09 The Blank Club
Jeff Scott Soto 6/27/08 The Independent
Kamelot 10/26/08 Key Club
Korpiklaani 5/17/09 House Of Blues
Liquid Tension Experiment 6/28/08 The Independent
Mastodon 7/12/08 Shoreline Amphitheater
Meshuggah 2/3/09 House Of Blues
Mindflow 9/11/09 Center Stage
Moonsorrow 5/17/09 House Of Blues
Opeth 5/3/08 Paramount Theater
Opeth 7/27/08 Regency Center
Opeth 5/16/09 Avalon Theatre
Opeth 4/9/10 The Wiltern
Orphaned Land 9/12/09 Center Stage
Pagan's Mind 9/12/09 Center Stage
Porcupine Tree 9/18/09 Warfield
Primal Fear 9/10/09 Center Stage
Primordial 5/17/09 House Of Blues
Puscifer 4/3/09 Club Nokia
Red Sparowes 3/26/08 Bottom Of The Hill
Redemption 2/4/10 The Whisky
Rocket Scientists 6/27/08 The Independent
Royal Hunt 9/11/09 Center Stage
Russian Circles 3/26/08 Bottom Of The Hill
Sabaton 9/11/09 Center Stage
Samael 10/13/08 House Of Blues
Scale The Summit 8/27/09 San Jose Civic Center
Slipknot 7/12/08 Shoreline Amphitheater
Sun Caged 6/28/08 The Independent
Suspyre 9/10/09 Center Stage
Swallow The Sun 3/8/09 Key Club
Swashbuckle 5/17/09 House Of Blues
The Faceless 2/3/09 House Of Blues
Zappa Plays Zappa 8/27/09 San Jose Civic Center
Zero Hour 6/28/08 The Independent

 

[dcowboys311]

This thread makes me depressed.
I had a list of every show I've gone to over the past few years -- somewhere around the 150-200 range, and my laptop was stolen

always back up important things online.

 

[SavaVIDude]

I couldn't possibly list the concerts I have been to or the bands I have seen, main reason - It goes all the way back to 1967. But some of the bands I have seen:

Jimi Hendrix
The Who
Dave Clark Five
Mersey Beats
John Mayall
Blues Project
The Electric Flag
Grateful Dead
Jefferson Airplane
Cream
Pink Floyd (Sid Barret era, and Later)
Yes
Jethro Tull
Santana
ZZ Top
BloodRock
Grand Funk Railroad
Amboy Dukes
Vanilla Fudge
Black Oak Arkansas
Kansas
Boston
ELO
and many many more, not to mention all the bands from the 80's 90's and from 2000 on

Hahhaha!!!! You're the only one on here that's my age, J-Man!!! I got NO idea, because I started in the mid-60s!! The original Byrds were my first show, and also saw Hendrix (3 times), as well as the Doors (first tour) and many you have on here. It's cool being around when they said rock music was just a fad!!

Later,
Chris

 

[Saladbar]

1999 Iron Maiden The Aragon Chicago, IL
1999 Bad Company / David Lee Roth World Music Theater Tinley Park, IL
1999 Megadeth / Static X The Rivera Chicago, IL
2000 Iron Maiden / Queensryche / Halford UIC Pavillion Chicago, IL
2001 Pantera / Soulfly UIC Pavillion Chicago, IL
2001 Pantera / Slayer / Static-X All State Arena Rosemont, IL
2001 Megadeth The Vic Chicago, IL
2002 Iced Earth / In Flames / Jag Panzer The Metro Chicago, IL
2002 Manowar / Immortal / Catastrophic Riley's Rock House Aurora, IL
2002 Dio / King's X / HammerFall House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2002 Slayer / Soulfly / In Flames The Rivera Chicago, IL
2003 Motorhead / Anthrax House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2003 Iron Maiden / Dio / Motorhead The Tweeter Center Tinley Park, IL
2003 Black Label Society House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2004 Anthrax House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2004 Metallica / Godsmack All State Arena Rosemont, IL
2005 Iron Maiden / Ozzfest Alpine Valley Music Theater East Troy, WI
2005 Anthrax The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2005 Black Label Society House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2005 Black Label Society The Congress Theater Chicago, IL
2005 Anthrax / Judas Priest The Rivera Chicago, IL
2006 Iron Maiden All State Arena Rosemont, IL
2006 Anthrax The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2006 Blind Guardian House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2007 Chicago Powerfest 2007 The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2007 Heaven & Hell / Megadeth / Machine Head All State Arena Rosemont, IL
2007 Amon Amarth / Sonic Syndicate House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2007 Katatonia / Scar Symmetry / Insomnium The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2007 Symphony X The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2007 Dragonforce House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2007 Midwest Metal Anthem JJ Kellys Lansing, IL
2007 Firewind The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2007 Heaven and Hell / Alice Cooper The Sears Centre Hoffman Estates, IL
2007 Edguy The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2007 Nightwish House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2008 Kataklysm / Trouble House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2008 Iron Maiden Foro Sol Mexico City, MEX
2008 Iron Maiden All State Arena Rosemont, IL
2008 Ace Frehley House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2008 Possessed The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Symphony X / Epica The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Lorenguard / Zephania The Venue LaFayette, IN
2008 Iced Earth / Chicago Powerfest The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Testament / Chicago Powerfest The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Paganfest The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Nightwish The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Gigantour The Aragon Chicago, IL
2008 At The Gates House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2008 Alehorn Of Power III Double Door Chicago, IL
2008 Judas Priest / Heaven and Hell FMBA Tinley Park, IL
2008 Midwest Metal Anthem JJ Kellys Lansing, IL
2008 Sigh The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Opeth House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2008 Keep OF Kalessin / Eluveitie The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 Helloween / Gamma Ray The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2008 JOP / Circle II Circle / Manticora Agora Ballroom Cleveland, OH
2008 Amorphis / Samael / Virgin Black Capone's Mokena, IL
2009 Iron Maiden / Carcass / Morbid Angel Estadio Universitario Monterrey, Mexico
2009 Iron Maiden / Carcass Arena VFG Guadalajara, Mexico
2009 Iron Maiden / Carcass / Morbid Angel Foro Sol Mexco City, Mexico
2009 Black Label Society The Pearl Room Mokena, IL
2009 Stratovarious / Pagan's Mind The Pyramid Club Addisson, IL
2009 Edguy Logan Square Chicago, IL
2009 Down Austin's Libertyville, IL
2009 Dragonforce / Sonata Arctica House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2010 Korplikaani / Tyr / White Wizzard Reggies Chicago, IL
2010 Hammerfall / Powerglove The Metro Chicago, IL
2010 Sonata Arctica House Of Blues Chicago, IL
2010 Amon Amarth / Eluveitie Logan Square Auditorium Chicago, IL
2010 Alcest Reggies Chicago, IL
2010 Paul Dianno / Icarus Witch Reggies Chicago, IL
2010 Finntroll Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
2010 Orphaned Land Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL

 

[Jasonic]

2001 Pantera / Slayer / Static-X All State Arena Rosemont, IL

I will never forget the ads for this....

"See it in air conditioning!"

Always thought that was kind of a funny marketing slogan for a metal show.

I saw Slayer at Allstate once (the co-headlining thing with Marilyn Manson). That is definitely NOT the venue to see Slayer in.

 

[nomisofsiman]

I will never forget the ads for this....

"See it in air conditioning!"

Always thought that was kind of a funny marketing slogan for a metal show.

I saw Slayer at Allstate once (the co-headlining thing with Marilyn Manson). That is definitely NOT the venue to see Slayer in.

Which is part of the reason why I didn't go to that show.

 

[Jasonic]

Which is part of the reason why I didn't go to that show.

Only reason I went is because I got to use the corporate suite for this show.
It was awesome, since I got to go behind VERY heavy glass to avoid hearing BLEEDING THROUGH! SLAYER played a great setlist actually, but the Aragon will always be their true home in Chicago. Reason why I am not even considering the UIC show.

 

[AngraRULES]

I will never forget the ads for this....

"See it in air conditioning!"

Always thought that was kind of a funny marketing slogan for a metal show.

I remember seeing the same slogan for the New haven, CT show at the Coliseum.

However, the AC seemed to not be working that day.

 

[drmetal8]

I remember seeing the same slogan for the New haven, CT show at the Coliseum.

However, the AC seemed to not be working that day.

I saw Slayer one time in the middle of the summer in a club with a broken A/C. It was so hot, I could not breathe. It had to be 100+ degrees in there. I had to keep ducking outside just to get some fresh air.