Live Music & Concerts

[Mateo Moi Moi]

Not sure if there is a thread like this already and I am sorry if there is. Just thought there should be one so you guys can talk about shows you have been to or share the excitement of upcoming shows.

I guess I felt the need to have a thread like this because I have been to a few damn good concerts lately and a few more coming up.

Foo Fighters at Goldy was epic!

Arctic Monkeys rocked Brisbane's riverstage.

Heading to Incubus on Friday which I am so excited about because they are one of my all time favourites.

And of course the cherry on top - Soundwave 2012.

 

[adamkungl]

Soundwave + sideshows soon.

Iced Earth in early April

 

[snoozer]

last gigs i went to were muse at acer and ac/dc at homebush.

both great shows.

keen to get to byron for bluefest - mainly to see 'zappa plays zappa'

gigs i've seen in the past - ac/dc, black crowes, chilli's, metallica, aerosmith, queen(still top of the pile), pretenders, moody blues, don mclean, jeff healey, dylan, elton john, bowie(glass spider tour - prob the worst gig i've been to), pink floyd, kiss, page and plant, springsteen, dire straits.

 

[roboshark]

U2 at the Olympic stadium..awesome

 

[DB]

Recently did the Kasabian at the Hordern and then Soundgarden at Ent Cent,

Got SW 2012 in Feb, John Fogerty, Crosby Stills and Nash and John Butler coming up in April.

Went to Fooeys at SFS in December, top show, not as good as seeing them at Manning Bar earlier in the year though

 

[zombie jesus]

PJ Harvey a few weeks ago, M83 on Thursday, Roger Waters next Tuesday.

 

[RedVDave]

Personally I don't count festivals or free gigs as having seen that band but hey that's just me personally.

My first Gig:
-Helmet

Some of the greatest live bands I have seen:
-Soundgarden
-Foo Fighters
-KISS
-(Hed) Planet Earth
-The Hives
-Chris Cornell


Most dissapointing live bands:
-Avenged Sevenfold
-Incubus
-Seether
-Fozzy

Others:
-NOFX.
-Rise Against
-The Vines
-Mudhoney
-Frenzal Rhomb

 

[CC_Eagle]

PJ Harvey a few weeks ago, M83 on Thursday, Roger Waters next Tuesday.

 

[umina panther]

Lagwagon 8 times
Millencolin 7
NOFX 4
Against Me! 2
Frenzal Rhomb ...... not sure lol
Pennywise 4
No Fun At All only once. Hopefully i can see them in Europe next year
Foo Fighters 2
Dropkick Murphys
The Gaslight Anthem
No Use For A Name
Unwritten Law
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes 2
Guttermouth 3
Hot Water Music
Bouncing Souls
The Living End 4
The Flatliners. Best young band in punk imo
Strike Anywhere
Rise Against
Blink 182
Bad Religion 2
Im sure theirs more ive forgotten

 

[RedVDave]

Lagwagon 8 times
NOFX 4
Frenzal Rhomb ...... not sure lol
Pennywise 4
Foo Fighters 2
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes 2
Guttermouth 3
Rise Against
Bad Religion 2

Some quality punk bands right there! Have you seen Pennywsie with the new lead singer? That is most impressive with Lagwagon, I would love to see them next time they come out.

 

[LESStar58]

My most memorable shows are:

1. Jim White and John Doe @ The Corner Hotel 2009- John did "Poor Girl" and "Rank Stranger" (the latter cos I requested it!) and Jim was one of the most interesting musicians I have ever seen!
2. Social Distortion @ Soundwave 2011, Melbourne (they opened with "The Creeps". That alone constitutes that set being more awesome than both sideshows combined).
3. The Suicide Machines @ NEXT, Melbourne 2005 (singing along with Jay Navarro to "Islands" and "Your Silence" after he shoved the mic in my face).
4. Stray Cats, 2nd show, The Forum 2009- it was my 29th birthday. 'nuff said.
5. Flogging Molly and The Currency, 2nd show @ The Corner Hotel 2008- Bob Schmidt signed my banjo. Nicest man in rock & roll.
6. The Black Keys @ Falls 2004/05- bringing in the New Year. I had so much fun at Falls that year that I've never wanted to go back for fear I would have a better time than I did that weekend!

I'm going to Bad Religion, Strung Out and Street Dogs on the 27th in Melbourne then The Pogues in Sydney on April 11 at the Horden and I'll def go to Sick of It All and Agnostic Front in May

 

[umina panther]

Yeah i saw them with Zoli at the roundhouse last year. I thought he was great. I think Pennywise are recording this year which im looking forward to.
Im a bit obsessed with Lagwagon. Im not sure if they will ever come back, Joey treats the band like a part time thing now.

 

[roofromoz]

Haven't seen them for a few years, but Shihad go off live.

 

[LESStar58]

I wasn't sure how I'd like Pennywise with Zoli but I was really impressed when I saw em Soundwave last year...

 

[Big Pete]

Festivals
Big Day Out 2007-2009
Soundwave 2008-2010

Concerts
Placebo (2006)
Dragon Force (2007)
The Killers (2007)
Iron Maiden (2008)
The Smashing Pumpkins (2008)
Something With Numbers (2008)
The Who (2009)
Keane (2009)
Muse (2010)
U2 (2010)
Gorillaz (2010)

There we have it.

Best gig: Gorillaz - Amazing production and was just a really fun gig to be apart of - good audience participation and I really enjoyed the varied set.

Worst gig: U2. Ok, the productions were OUT OF THIS WORLD. But god damn I felt like I did more singing than Bono and it set me back $300 just to sit in the stands. Never let your friends by you tickets to gigs ever - $100 my ass.

 

[Red Bear]

BDO 08-09, 11-12, Homebake 00-01, 08, No Sleep Til Festival. In these festivals and elsewhere seen
Frenzal Rhomb 11 times
The Living End 5 times
Strung Out 4 times
Dropkick Murphys 4 times
Bodyjar 4 times
NOFX 3 times
Grinspoon 3 times
Bad Religion 2 times
Pennywise 2 times
You Am I 2 times
Metallica 2 times
Propagandhi 2 times
Rise Against 2 times
Descendents, Guttermouth, Parkway, Crowded House, No Use for a Name, Less Than Jake, Unwritten Law, The Meanies, Spiderbait, Regurgitator, Paul Kelly, Area 7, 28 days, Kasabian, Grinderman, Noel Gallagher, Lupe Fiasco, Me First and the Gimme Gimme's, Tumbleweed, The Herd

Probably others I've seen around festivals as well

Best was probably Frenzal in early 07 in Sydenham, worst...no one stands out as terrible really. Rise Against arent much chop live I dont think. Witnessed Bliss and Eso at a couple of festivals and they are terrible.

 

[natheel]

Metal and core bands I've seen:

Lamb of god
Anthrax
Metallica
Slipknot
System of a down
Bring me the horizon
Bullet for my valentine
Protest the hero
Mudvane
Hatebreed
Machinehead
Cancer bats
Dillinger escape plan
Underoath
Meshuggah


Rock bands I've seen:

Foo fighters
My chemical romance
Kasabian
Black keys
Soundgarden
Placebo
Faith no more
Nine inch nails
Alice in chains
Green day
Jimmy eat world
Atreyu
Status quo
Deep purple
Zz top
Queens of the stone age
Them crooked vultures
Tenacious d
Incubus
Beastie boys

Punk bands I've seen:

NOFX
Dropkick Murphy's
Rise against
Social distortion
Propagandhi
Descendants
Anti flag
Pennywise
Bad religion
Me first and the gimme gimmes
Millencolin
Mad caddies
Strung out
The loved ones
the Bronx
Unwritten law
Sprung monkey
Suicidal tendencies
Infectious grooves
guttermouth
Mindless self indulgence
Alexisonfire
Offspring
Pour habit
Reel big fish
Less than jake
Bloodhound gang
Billy talent
Alkaline trio


Many many others haha

Plus cypress hill for my rap bands haha

 

[CC_Eagle]

Haven't seen them for a few years, but Shihad go off live.

This.

 

[CC_Eagle]

*Queue condescending wanker tone*

I'd struggle to list my favourite gigs, let alone my overall attendance. But I'll give it a shot.

All-time favourite - Fondness for the artist and quality of the performance :


Belle & Sebastian - Sydney Opera House, 2011.
Sigur Ros - Horden - 2010
AC/DC - ANZ Stadium Sydney, 2010.
Elbow - Enmore, 2009
The Flaming Lips - Horden, 2009?
Yusuf Islam - Sydney Entertainment Centre, 2011.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Oxford Arts, 2011 & Enmore 2007.
The Finn Brothers - Sydney Opera House, 2006.
Grizzly Bear - Enmore, 2011.
Tenacious D - Enmore, 2005.
The Mars Volta - Horden, 2006.
Presidents Of The USA - Metro, 2006 (merely for nostalgic purposes.)
Rage Against The Machine - Sydney Entertainment Centre, 2008.
Seasick Steve - Metro, 2010.
Rammstein - BDO 2011 - Not a sideshow, but Rammstein were 90% of the reason I attended BDO that year.

Festivals :

Harvest Festival - 2011
Homebake - 2005,2006, 2007, 2011
BDO - 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Laneway - 2010
Peats Ridge Festival - 2010, 2011

Recent Standouts :

* Xavier Rudd @ Peats Ridge 2011 - Wasn't a fan of his beforehand. Merely shrugged him off as a poor man's John Butler. Holy f*ck was I wrong.

* Gotye @ Peats Ridge 2011 - Perfect way to avoid a NYE.

* Grinderman @ Homebake 2011 - three feet from Nick Cave during Grinderman's second last gig, bliss.

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Slipknot
Machine Head
Korn
Chaimira
Smashing Pumpkins
QOTSA
Birds of Tokyo
Butterfly Effect
Trial Kennedy
Anberlin
Stonesour
Ill Nino
Sevendust
Linkin Park
Bullet For my Valentine

I am hanging to see The Butterfly Effects final ever tour in a few months as they are splitting up.

Bands I want to see.

Mudvayne
Soulfly
RATM
Deftones
Tool
Disturbed
Trivium
Parkway Drive

Cant make it to SW this year as I am o/s which sucks