Fav. show and venue?

[iskibc]

So, what are they?

mine:

show: Tool, 2001
venue: Red Rocks

[vinzclortho]

me internet not go good.

[vinzclortho]

The Roots
Avalon on Landsdowne st July of last year

OR

Steel Pulse

South Shore Music Circus, Cohassett 2 years ago July.
It was friggin 95 degrees with 85% humidity and the singer had to be taken to Mass General for severe dehydration after the show but damn they rocked!

[road trip]

Woodstock 1999 before they burned the place down. So many cool bands...

... but yet so many assholes.

Van Halen in the early 90s was a helluva show too.

[acostiga]

phish, smallish club type venue, florence- spring '97
rusted root, point st. park open air stage, pittsburgh- last day of high school '95

[gincognito]

Toss-up between:

Rheostatics @ Ted's Wrecking Yard, Toronto, Feb. 2000(?)

and

Rheostatics @ The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Feb. 2002

Sick and ashamed and happy (and the Tragically Hip at Le Spectrum, Montreal, summer of '96 was pretty cool too),
d.

[CaddyDaddy77]

I grew up in a small town, so here's some of the bands and accompanying venues I saw them in.

16 yrs old George Thorogood, a dirt racing track in Farmington New Mexico. Nuff' said.

20yrs old Blues Traveler, Fort Lewis Feildhouse, feildhouse is right it's a gym, acoustics really sucked, show was ok.

21yrs old, G-love and the Special Sauce, went due to GF at teh time, hated their music before, reallly hated it after.

21 yrs old Biz Markie at the Fox in Boulder, that was some fun shit!

22yrs old Cypress hill at the Fox, so blunted I could barely stand, and it was good fun.

I really haven't seen much in ways of venues, Santana at Telluride, Los Lobos at Lo Do Music fest, etc. Hope to catch a lot more shows down here.


edit: No that I think about it, Seven Nations at the Abbey in Durango is probably my favorite, good beer on tap, a small venue and dancing your ass off.

[zion zig zag]

Pearl Jam at Park west. (now the canyons). Maybe like '97? Perfect temp, had a lightning storm in the distance to set the mood.

[Buster Highmen]

In Louisville, Ky., local Republican Party activists John Lowler and Peter Hayes feuded recently over their status at the upcoming state convention, with Lowler alleging that Hayes punched him. Lowler had first accused Hayes of smearing him by suggesting that he had recently had gay sex. (Lowler acknowledges that he used to be gay but says he is now straight). Hayes said it was Lowler who smeared first by denigrating Hayes' religion, the Unification Church (headed by Rev. Sun Myung Moon). Hayes told the Louisville Courier-Journal in April that Lowler had taunted him by saying, "Moonie, Moonie, Moonie, Moonie, Moonie." (However, Lowler said he could recall saying only "Moonie, Moonie, Moonie.") [The Courier-Journal, 4-16-04]

[Innominatus]

Originally posted by CaddyDaddy77
Los Lobos at Lo Do Music fest
Hey, I was at that show (in '02) - that was a good 'un. Totally casual-like. Warm summer night, $2 beers in each fist, hot women in sundresses, and a great band on fire.

Best shows/venues I've seen (really not all that many) were the impromptu ones, where the musician hadn't really planned on playing, but through circumstance and verve somehow just sort of spontaneously combusted.

One was an accidental two-hour set given by Kelly Joe Phelps (http://www.kellyjoephelps.com/) in a church in rural Oregon (of all places). He'd been guest lecturing at a college class of mine, and he had all his instruments there so he could demonstrate his odd technique. There were maybe ten of us in the pews. A shy man in front of a non-crowd, he found himself getting bold. We found ourselves stunned. One of the purest things I've ever seen. It was well after dark when he stopped, and only then had we realized that nobody had turned on the lights and we were all sitting in a dark church, absolutely rapt.

He was as surprised as us, I think.

Another one: was shopping for used CDs at Twist 'n Shout in Denver. Taj Mahal was giving autographs at a table by the cash registers, promoting his new album. Somebody said to him, Hey, I've got a guitar out in the car. You mind playing a few licks?

He was game, and for twenty minutes our crowd tilted over him, happier 'n shit ,while Taj tore through a bunch of blues runs. He absolutely ripped that Takamine to shreds. Great guy.

[Billow]

P-Funk, 1994? at the Double Diamond in Aspen or was it the Ritz-Carlton?

The show was Insane, at the end after the lights turned back on some of the band came out on stage and threw marijuana at the crowd. Highly inebriated fancy girls where dragged back stage.

The white gloved towel guy in the restroom freaked me out though. I hate that shit, I can dry my own fucking hands sir.

I have to add

Denver Joe every Monday night at Cricket on the hill.

Secret chefs 3 & Estradasphere, Bluebird theater, 2001?

Mr. Bungle at the Fox in Boulder, 02 I think.

The second lollapalooza, Great Woods, 92?

Worst show that I had high expectations for was Pink Floyd at Mile High 93? and the last time Ween came to town.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Impossible to pick just one...so of course, I won't :)

1993:
Venue: ABC No Rio
Bands: Quicksand, Shelter, and Burn
Legendary hardcore bands in a legendary venue.

1998 Ska Against Rascism Tour
Venue: The Trocadero, Philadelpia
Bands: The Toasters, Less Than Jake, Blue Meanies, Mustard Plug
get your skank on...

1998
Venue: The Melody Bar, New Brunswick New Jersey
Band: Lifetime (last...show...ever)

2000:
Venue: The Chameleon Club, Lancaster Pennsylvania
Bands: Hot Water Music, Leatherface
Unbelievable hearing Stubbs bellow out "Springtime" with HWM backing.

2000:
Venue: illegal show in some abandoned warehouse in Lancaster w/only about 30 other people
Bands: Gameface, Rainer Maria, Braid
It was January. It was cold. There was no heat. Very little lighting. The bands played around a small fire pit.


...good times, good times....

[Steven S. Dallas]

Rolling Stones, Orpheum Theater (Boston), October 2002.

Un-be-lievable.

[Plakespear]

Lollapalooza 1994, Saratoga Raceway (Beasties, Pumpkins, Parliment/Funkadelic, Breeders, L7)

HORDE 1997, Saratoga Performing Arts Center (Primus, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Beck)

Pearl Jam, April 2003, Spectrum in Philly

Rollins Band, July 1997, Webster Hall, NYC

[Theodore]

Dave Matthews in London in '95 in a tiny club, and...
Sevendust 2 weeks ago here in Lawrence at the Granada.

[FreakofSnow]

Pink Floyd - LA Coliseum

Metallica (Black tour) - LA Forum

Phish - Red Rocks

Leftover Salmon - Fort Collins Beer festival

[iskibc]

Originally posted by FreakofSnow

Leftover Salmon - Fort Collins Beer festival

oooh, that's a good one too.

Allman's (w/ Dicky Betts and Warren Haynes) - Great Woods, MA 'early 90s.

[Henry Rollins]

Originally posted by Plakespear
Rollins Band, July 1997, Webster Hall, NYC

Fuck, I was the man before that and then I turned into a big fag on a spine.

[Buster Highmen]

King Crimson, Sept 1973. WhhhoooooooEEEEEEEEEE. Too high, had to leave for a bit.

Frank Zappa, Oct 1971. Head, Hands + Feet w/Rory Gallagher opened, then Fleetwood Mac, then Zappa. Zappa played the wildest, most fantastic rock guitar I've ever heard that night.

Dead, May|June 1980. They played "Fire on the Mountain" for an encore, I was blazed to the cosmos and walked out into ashfall from Mt. St. Helens (secondary explosion after the big one May 21 (?). Weirdest come down ever, snowing at 60 degrees.

Ornette Coleman and Prime Time, 1983 (?) Jamaladeen Tacuma was searing.

Miles Davis ...every time was fantastic. Had front row seats at Portland Paramount circa 1986 or so...earblowing show.

[iskibc]

Originally posted by Buster Highmen
King Crimson, Sept 1973. WhhhoooooooEEEEEEEEEE. Too high, had to leave for a bit.


Saw King Crimson at Red Rocks 3 years ago. Not bad for a bunch of old farts:D . Good stuff nonetheless.

[Viva]

Mission of Burma at Florentine Gardens around 1981 or 82.

[Buster Highmen]

Originally posted by iskibc
Saw King Crimson at Red Rocks 3 years ago. Not bad for a bunch of old farts:D . Good stuff nonetheless.
Hey! Tool had to copy somebody!

[road trip]

Originally posted by Tyrone Shoelaces
1993:
Venue: ABC No Rio
Bands: Quicksand, Shelter, and Burn
Legendary hardcore bands in a legendary venue.


Shelter played in my campus pub one random weekday night. Think RIDICULOUSLY small venue (I want to a small DIII state school in NJ... not a Penn State by any means). All of their groupies (in the passionate fan sense, not the slutty hooker sense) were there in force... moshing it up, etc.

It was pretty funny because it was that controlled violence of people moshing and stage diving but at no moment did it ever get "out of control". I remember BS'ing with some of the bouncers who just stood back saying that it was the easiest show that they ever had to work and thinking about how ironic it was.

Great show to say the least. Almost forgot about it..

[CantDog]

Originally posted by Buster Highmen
King Crimson, Sept 1973. WhhhoooooooEEEEEEEEEE. Too high, had to leave for a bit.

Frank Zappa, Oct 1971. Head, Hands + Feet w/Rory Gallagher opened, then Fleetwood Mac, then Zappa. Zappa played the wildest, most fantastic rock guitar I've ever heard that night.

Dead, May|June 1980. They played "Fire on the Mountain" for an encore, I was blazed to the cosmos and walked out into ashfall from Mt. St. Helens (secondary explosion after the big one May 21 (?). Weirdest come down ever, snowing at 60 degrees.

Ornette Coleman and Prime Time, 1983 (?) Jamaladeen Tacuma was searing.

Miles Davis ...every time was fantastic. Had front row seats at Portland Paramount circa 1986 or so...earblowing show.

okay, you definately win for going to the best shows.


I'd have to say the first time I saw Richie Havens at the old birchmere in alexandria,va.

Tool two years ago in Augusta Maine

Phish last March in NY(played a ridiculous Tweezer, Destiny Unbound, and Soul Shakedown Party. incredible)

The first time I saw Joe Satriani at the 930 club.


My folks took me to a benny goodman show when I was a wee little one, they said it was damn good

[Canuk]

Best show / venue combo?
Radiohead
August 31, 2003
White River Amplitheater in Seattle

ok...maybe the venue sucked, but seeing Radiohead play outside was awesome.

U2
June 16, 1996 (I think)
Commonwealth Stadium, Edmonton AB.

a huge thunder storm blew in, complete with an unbelievable light show, just as the concert was ending. very cool.

My favorite all time venue is the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Dark, dirty, tiny little place with great atmosphere and great acoustics.

[non grata]

agreed re: radiohead. i was really looking forward to seein em outdoors during field day 2003 but the sumbitch was rained out.

i'm really lookin forward to seeing the pixies in seattle if i can make it.

[The AD]

Originally posted by non grata
i'm really lookin forward to seeing the pixies in seattle if i can make it.

I was just looking at the Pixies tour schedule. Funniest venue: Les Schwab Amphiteater in Bend, OR. I wonder if you get a free side of beef if you attend the concert there? [warning: this reference will be lost on many]

[yogachik]

Led Zeppelin at the Forum - my dad drove us and picked us up. I was about 12 or 13.

U2 in Tempe, AZ - the show that was filmed for Rattle and Hum (a friend directed it and invited a group - that was a wild weekend). Like Canuck's, it rained with some lightning and was beautiful.

B52s at the Greek around 1980.

Every Elvis Costello show.

Springsteen at the Sports Arena, in the early 80s.

Liz Phair at McCabes guitar shop, an unknown Beck opened.

I've been to so many concerts in my life, and they've all been great, but those shows stand out.

[warthog]

YogaChick- careful, you're dating yourself. I am beginning to think that may not be your ass.

[Pinner]

Geez... so many great ones.

Charlie Hunter Trio- Bowery Ballroom, 2001
Phish- Cutler Quad, Colorado College, 1989
Phish- Armstrong Auditorium, Colorado College, Halloween 1990
Phish- Club West, Santa Fe, 1991
Ben Harper- out in front of the Univ of Oregon student center, 1993
Neil Young- late night show, Oregon Country Faire, 199?
Oysterhead- House of Blues, Las Vegas, 2001
Funky Meters- Orpheum Theatre, New Orleans, 2002
Allmans Brothers- Red Rocks, 1989-2003
Hot Tuna- Mishawaka Amphitheatre, 1989
David Grisman- Mishawaka, 1990-2002
Jurassic Five- Double Diamond, Aspen, 2003
Anything at Telluride Town Park.

...and the list goes on. I'm pretty certain that I haven't yet experienced the show of my life.

[bagtagley]

Tenacious D - 2 years ago in Columbus, OH.

[non grata]

franz ferdinand last night at roseland... great show, 2 new songs and 'this fire' is unreal live. check em out this month if you can.

[CantDog]

I'm going to add Zero 7 at Axis in Boston. Fantastic show. Also Derek Trucks up at the community center by Unity College in Maine. Probably 15 people in the audience.

[Tap]

Lenny Kravitz - Cabaret Metro, Chicago 1988
- Let Love Rule tour, when Lenny was real

Nine Inch Nails - Mustards, Columbus Ohio 1990
- Pretty Hate Machine tour, crazy show

Janes Addiction - Aragon Ballroom, Chicago 1990
- Ritual tour, the beginning of the end

Smashing Pumpkins - Cabaret Metro 1991
- Gish record release party, still have the poster i tore off the door

Soundgarden - The Riviera, Chicago 1993
- Badmotorfinger tour, skipped finals to come to this - worth it

Burning Spear - Snowmass 1994
- One World Festival, first time seeing Winston Rodney

Old and In The Way Reunion - Telluride Bluegrass 1995
- everyone except for "Spud"

Pixies - Bend, OR 2004
- hey, that was last week! :D

[Artie Fufkin]

Jane's Addiction-Agora(Cleveland) 11/90 The Agora and the Ballroom are great venues also saw Porno for Pyros there in 1996.

Grateful Dead-Buckeye Lake(Hebron, OH) 90-94, alot of people on a hillside outside of Columbus, always seemed to be a hands off venue from a security standpoint, so it was always a free for all

Phish-Nautica Stage(Cleveland) 93-94 Great small outdoor venue on the Cuyahoga, downtown, also saw the Allman Bros there a few times

Phish-Pan Am Center(Las Cruces, NM) 9/99 - This is a small arena, due to 2500 tickets sold they cut the venue in half, it felt like I was seeing them in a high school gym, I scored a floor ticket the day before. The 2001 that night was incredible.

Jerry Garcia Band(War Memorial Buffalo) 11/93 - The venue was alright, but I scored 2nd row center a few days before, amazing show, better than most of the Dead shows I saw(but all the Dead shows I saw were 1990-95, not their prime)

Parliament/Funkadelic Return of the Mothership (Playhouse Square Cleveland) 5/96 - The venue is usually for plays, etc, so it was pretty nice, Bootsy, George et al funkified the joint, it looked like there were 30 people on stage at one point.

The Sunshine Theater(Albuquerque, NM) - Old 20s style theater, I've seen Fugazi, Built to Spill, Lords of Acid there.

Paolo Soleri - Sante Fe, NM The best outdoor venue I've been to(I've been to Red Rocks just as good, but different), it looks like an adobe spaceship, Widespread, Blues Traveler, String Cheese

There's too many more to list...

[Woodsy]

Wow
Best shows:
Hard to remember all of em

Stand outs in my pee brain:

Crosby Stills & Nash in the 80’s @ Park West
in the middle of “wooden Ships” Stills went off on a guitar solo that I got full blown lost in, dead sober, I was still in High School & this prolly sucked me into the Jam band thing forever, rarely got that feeling again,
Like a first drug experience, I spent countless hours & cash chasing that dragon…..

Ramones @ Park West in the early 90s.
loud & proud & awesome. 1,2,3,4…….


Last Dead show I attended was on a Sunday 95 in Vegas: they played a great assortment of some of my favs West LA fadeaway, Jack Straw, I was singing Sampson & Delilah between sets & it opened the 2nd set.followed by unbroken chain & eyes. Yow
Finished with Sugar Mag
Glad I went


Ben Harper
12/29/99 - Wheeler Opera House: Aspen, CO seen him a lot, a lot a lot, but this show stands head and shoulders above the rest ( even the Lightining storm @ deer Valley when I got to meet the man) 2 night stint @ solo just 2 guitars & him. Saw both nights but this night was magical from the instrumental “Silent Night “ opening to the last of the encore:
Shall Not Walk Alone, Give a Man a Home, Like a King/I'll Rise
he quit playing guitar at the end of like a King & stood for the first time all night, raised his arm & sang the end & all of “I’ll rise” a cappella
got goose bumps typing that

U2 in Dodger Stadium October 30 1992 all over the place material wise, great show, dirty old town was cool and Bono alone singing all I want is you accappella slow & quiet then all the TV s & pyros explode with a burning cross as Bullet in the Blue sky searing guitar starts. Them boys is entertainers

Widespread Panic 01/25/96 Wheeler Opera House, Aspen
Also a band I have seen a lot a lot, but this show,wowzer yee ha
First of 2 nights. both were good, when the boys were at their best IMHO
this one just hit home
Opened with Let's Get The Show On The Road > Hatfield rocked the place until mb to safety Jerry Joeseph, who I used to love in SLC w/ little women, just peaked it. Encored with [Low spark, the old Traffic tune, that was eeirie acoustic in the Opera house. Sonny knows how to work the background percussion, damn


more are flooding back now but I think those are the highlights

[milkman]

1992- Beastie Boys w/Sonic Youth at the PNE Concert Bowl. It was a last minute gig so there were only about 200 people there.
2000- Nine Inch Nails at GM Place
2002- Thievery Corporation at The Commodore Ballroom
2003- Derrik Carter at The Rage
2003- Thievery Corporation DJ Set at Sonar (small club)
2004- Sonic Youth at the Commodore

[tuffy109]

ty, that abc no rio show must've been amazing. i remember quiksand coming to miami in 90 or so and just being blown away. agnostic front came down a few weeks later.

saw shelter in tampa in '91. weird. my friends had inside out (w/o zach) play their house in '93 or something. so much fun. i bought Ray's copy of the first Specials record from their show in miami a few years later. i traded it away though.

ahhhh, the gold ole' days.

edit: i got a kick out of seeing this again.

http://www.revelationrecords.com/images/covers/14.gif

[homerjay]

Originally posted by acostiga
rusted root, point st. park open air stage, pittsburgh- last day of high school '95

ha! I was there!

Mine:
Phish, The Gorge, WA Aug. 1997 Both nights - phish never equaled that in my mind, and don't listen to them anymore
Phish, Philly Spectrum, Dec. 1996 - kick ass show 'Champagne Supernova' cover was hiliarious
Blind Melon/Lenny Kravitz, Palombo Ctr. Pittsburgh, PA 1992 - first 'real' concert
Grateful Dead, Summer 1995, Pittsburgh, PA - my only one.
Panic, Larkspur, CO Summer 2001 Second Night - ouch, that was a bender
Panic, Red Rocks, Summer 2002 - another bender. I see a theme developing.
Galactic/Ben Harper, Roseland NYC Summer 2000 - solid.
Martin Sexton, TLA Phila., Chautauqua, Boulder, CO 1999, 2003, respectively.

[Artie Fufkin]

Originally posted by homerjay
Grateful Dead, Summer 1995, Pittsburgh, PA - my only one.


I was at that show! It rained alot, the crowd was amped up for the opener Rusted Root, the hometown band. That was close to the end for Jerry. Still a fun show. If I remember the opener was West LA? They also did three "rain" songs in a row, Rain, Samba in the Rain, Looks Like Rain, though I could be wrong.

Another great Shittsburgh show I was at was Phish in the fall of 95, That show was at the Civic Arena, I started up in the nosebleed, but was able to make my way to the floor by the end of the night.

[Benny Profane]

Hendrix, New Year's Eve, '69 at the Fillmore. The one they made the "album" from. When I first heard that record, my first reaction was "oh, that's what the bass and drums were supposed to sound like" - god, he was loud.

Close second was the Ramones at the Fast Lane in Asbury Park. Saw them there twice, both incredible.

[homerjay]

Originally posted by Artie Fufkin
Another great Shittsburgh show I was at was Phish in the fall of 95, That show was at the Civic Arena, I started up in the nosebleed, but was able to make my way to the floor by the end of the night.

I was there, too. sweet.

[PlayHarder]

My favorite all time venue is the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Dark, dirty, tiny little place with great atmosphere and great acoustics.

Very vague memories of a few great shows in that place.

Best show in spite of the band - rave on a beach along a river in Squamish headlined by Deee-lite

Lollapalooza 1 @ UBC T-Bird Stadium

Collective Soul @ the Town Pump in Van.

Floyd from row 3 middle @ bc place Fri and from the bleachers to catch the lights on Sat

lots of great shows in mediocre venues not worth mentioning

[gorms]

Here are some of the highlights

The Palace, Albany NY
Queen Latifah, Digital Underground 3rd Base

Somwhere in Mass.
Fishbone/Primus

RPI field house 93ish
Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, RHCP

Lollapoloza I and II @ SPAC

A bunch of Phish including Halloween 94 in Glens Falls NY, Sugarbush (94-95) NewYears 94/95 in the old boston Garden (the Hotdog year), Joyous Lake in woodstock NY (~250 people) '96, Hamburgh Germany, Clifford Ball, Lemon wheel, and Coventry

Panic in a record store in albany w/ John Popper before the Horde @ SPAC
Panic @ Keystone

Red Rocks runs the past few years Phil and friends, Panic and the Dead

[freshies]

hmmm, so many....

HS (Chicago area)

the Replacements, fall of...ummm...85? at the Riviera (small joint)
U2: winter of 85, @ the Aragon Ball (Brawl) Room
the Ramones, numerous times 84-88, the Metro (great place to see shows)
REM, numerous times, 84-88, the Metro

College

Uncle Tupelo, numerous time 89-92, the Blue Note
Pixies, 91? 92?, Blue Note

SF

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, fall 98 or 99, some small danl club in SF, was a "secret" show my buddy tipped me off to....

[freshies]

[QUOTE=Tap Smashing Pumpkins - Cabaret Metro 1991
- Gish record release party, still have the poster i tore off the door

:D[/QUOTE]

dude, i was there too- crazy! came home from college for the w/e and went to this w/2 buddies who were living downtown and were raving "about this amazing new local band"....blew me away. That's when SP rocked! Small world, huh?

[powderhound]

Pearl Jam at Park west. (now the canyons). Maybe like '97? Perfect temp, had a lightning storm in the distance to set the mood.

i think that was the Yield tour(maybe '98), caught it in Missoula and Seattle, good times

edit: also agree radiohead is one show not to miss, SLC venue not the best but they make up for it.
Always like shows at the Gorge in George, even more so if those shows contain Tool.

[Crinkle]

man oh man, good thread;

Memorable: Gun's, Metallica, Faith no more (Meadowlands summer 91)

Phish: Darien Lakes, NY July 97

Radiohead: both times I saw them (Redrocks was sweet, so was Liberty Park, NJ)

Audioslave: Filmore '03

VanHalen: Sept '91 Spectrum For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge tour (also nominated as best Album title ever)

[Xover]

I'm pretty certain that I haven't yet experienced the show of my life.

haven't been laid at a show yet, heh pinn :D

[iskibc]

Good stuff.....A few more remembered:

'92 HORDE Festival Portland, ME w/ Widespread, Phish, Blues Traveler, and Bela Fleck

'96 HORDE Festival @ Old Orchard Beach w/ Blues Traveler, Rusted Root, Lenny Kravitz, King Crimson, Leftover Salmon, and G Love

'92-'95 Allmans @ Great Woods

'96 Godsmack in a small bar at Sugarloaf Mtn., ME (not really a godsmack fan, but it was pretty sweet to see a big name band before they got to the mainstream)

'95 Strangefolk Burlington, VT at Nectar's

[Ripzalot]

some rockin show listed here. my memory is a little fuzzy but my top picks are (in no particular order):

ozzy osbourne, 1982, some small theater in daytona beach fl
with randy rhoads. second loudest concert i ever saw. caught ozzy's shirt with 5 other people and ended up with an entire sleeve.

grateful dead, 1984, ventura county fairgrounds, ca
sun, surf, sand, 2 shows, 3 days of camping, and zero sleep.

pink floyd, 1986, citrus bowl, orlando fl
second row center. pouring rain the entire show. still one of the best shows ever.

pearl jam, 1990, 'the edge' orlando, fl
debut album tour. small club. front row. pic in local paper of eddie doing a dive from the rafters (exactly like the 'even flow' video).

tool, 2000, volkshaus, zurich switzerland
tool. nuff said.

also noteable: rolling stones 1981, the who 1982, both in orlando.

[365wp]

Top Five

1993/4 - Rage Against the Machine @ UMass Campus Center - Just one big pit.
2003 - Jane's Addiction, The Fillmore @ Denver - these guys still rock, awesome awesome awesome, love general admission shows
1995 - Phish, Sugarbush, VT - sweet venue, got close to stage
1993/4 - Mephiskapheles @ Pearl Street, Northampton MA - this band rules, lets everybody come up on stage with them, singing along into the mic with the lead singer even though I didn't know the words, tiny club
1993/4 - Boss Tones @ Pearl Street - first stage dive, somebody stepped on me and I lost my keys, good times

Other Good Times

2001? - WP Summer Music Fest @ WP, nobody was up at the stage for Medeski, it was starting to thunder and sprinkle (2pm, time for your daily CO rain tease), they did this awesome thunderesque kind of jam that played along with the sky...truly talented group.

[fiddler]

Led Zeppelin and Three Dog Night at the Green Lake Aqua Theater on Mothers Day 1969 or maybe 70. The stage and backdrop floated in the lake in front of the stands, it was cool. I got in trouble cause I went there instead of home.
All three Sky River Rock Festivals, the first one changed my life. Seattle Pop Festival. All the other little rock festivals in western Washington in the early to mid 70s. You just can't beat good live music outside in the sun and or rain/mud, well...
EmmyLou Harris and the Hot Band at Sand Point with Lake Washington and the Cascades and the hot sun/cool breeze. Mid 80s.
Jimi Hendrix at Sick's Stadium, home of the Seattle Raniers.
Bo Didley at the Rainbow Tavern.
The Yardbirds at the San Leandro RollArena.1966.
Speaking of the 60s, the roller rinks in the Seattle area had dances on weekends with all the best bands around. I spent a lot of time at the Lake Hills Roller Rink when in high school.
Culture Shock was great at the Fremont Octoberfest a couple weeks ago.
One of the best alltime would have to be a show I played at in the early 80s. Venue was the Crystal Mountain lodge, a dance for employees closing weekend. It snowed a foot that night, stayed in employee housing and skied north back deep especially dry powder the next day. It was my first really great powder experience.

[weibo]

My favorite all time venue is the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Dark, dirty, tiny little place with great atmosphere and great acoustics.[/QUOTE]


My favourite venue as well. LAst years Social Distortion show was great 9 Sept sometime) and in 98 or so I caught Frank Black there one great show.

Next show Tom Waites in two weeks but I think it may be some where else in Funcouver.

[fez]

oh man so many.

best ever experience: backstage pass to pixies and U2, boston garden st patricks day 1992

first dead show: june 1984 spac

too young to remember it but wish i could: Bob Marley, Music Inn, Lenox Ma 1976

cant believe i enjoyed this but it rocked: Michelle Shocked with the tower of power horns, former bible speaks auditorium, Lenox Ma.

cant believe they let this happen: Metallica, Mullins Arena, UMass, first show in a brand new arena. hell of a way to break in a venue.

I saw them when: Dinosaur Jr playing a house party. Northampton Ma, 1986

Got to see numerous phish shows around new england in the late 80's often in small, nearly empty venues. Also Phish with Santana at SPAC was outstanding.

also saw Red Hot Chili Peppers play a mud pit on the UMass campus with Fishbone in 86 or 87.