whats your top 5 bands you've seen live?

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Pietasters
Dropkick Murphys
the vandals
leftover crack
311

Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Bjork
Monster Magnet
Shellac

The Beatles (Shea Stadium),
The Beach Boys (with Brian Wilson),
Bob Seager & the Silver Bullet Band
Aerosmith,
Van Halen (with David Lee Roth)

the dead
311
dillinger escape plan
the locust
ion dissonance

Nine Inch Nails
Metallica (with Cliff Burton)
Ramones
Jane's Addiction
Soundgarden

fugazi
gwar
radiohead
iron maiden
descendents

Echo & The Bunnymen
Karma County
TISM
They Might Be Giants
Nick Cave

And Sorcha's post reminded me, the Violent Femmes.

[Edited on Sep 15, 2004 by Anton]

Alot more than 5 , but here's 5 that standout :

Minor Threat - Great Gildersleeves NYC -- 1983
Dead Kennedy's - Beacon Theatre - 1983
D.O.A. -- Atlantic City -- 1985
KISS - Alive 2 tour - 1979
Tengoku Jack - the Monkey Pub ,Seattle , 2001

all jazz and electronic acts excluded:
1.Rocket From The Crypt
2.The Roots
3.Luna
4.Lightning Bolt
5.P.Funk

ok in no particular order:
modest mouse (the garage 2000 i was working as a freelance journo at the time and got to interview them! )
moocows, the grey horse, kingston 1999. never signed up but my god, what talent!
henry rollins 2000 ok the album wasn't great, but to see him up close and personal, and in good form was tres bien!
rancid, reading 98 first ever expo of a mosh pit.
mercury rev virgin megastore 2001. had to win tickets to see em and there were only about fifty going

[Edited on Sep 15, 2004 by brent_is_my_dad]

In no particular order:

Depeche Mode
Violent Femmes
INXS
Thrill Kill Kult
David Bowie

1.Flogging Molly
2.Nine Inch Nails
3.Bad Religion
4.Social Distortion
5.Oingo Boingo

In no particular order.
1. No Means No
2. Gwar
3. Metallica (with and post Cliff Burton)
4. Coffinbreak
5. Barenaked Ladies.....yes that's right, the Barenaked Ladies.

edited cause this makes more sense

[Edited on Sep 15, 2004 by YAWG]

best concert i ever saw...no kidding...is:

1. inxs in charlotte, 1985.

after that...

2. nitzer ebb, atlanta, 1992.
3. depeche mode, atlanta, 1990.
4. the crystal method, seattle, 1997.
5. meat beat manifesto, charlotte, 1993.

runner up:

fluke, las vegas, 1996.

in chronological order:

1. Johnny Cash
2. Ministry
3. Bauhaus
4. Faith and the Muse
5. David Bowie (x2)

1) Oingo Boingo
2) Fishbone
3) Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
4) Santana
5) Cadillac Tramps

No Order:

Metallica
Dredg
System of a Down
Van Halen (with Sammy)
Aerosmith

1. TOOL
2. apc
3. black sabbath
4. mudvayne @ the fillmore in SF
5. Slayer/lamb of god

1. tool
2. depeche mode
3. smashing pumpkins
4. queens of the stone age
5. apc 2000

1. Bright eyes (as a 12 piece)
2. Mars volta
3. Q and not U
4. Hot water Music
5. Minus the Bear

Reverend Horton Heat
Flogging Molly
Nekromantix
Iron Maiden
Dropkick Murphys

Metallica
Sepultura (with Max)
Queensryche
Biohazard
Primus

Nomeansno/Hanson Brothers
Man or Astroman?
Venus Hum
Swervedriver
Poster Children