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"The Disco Biscuits' performances at the Haymaker Festival in Spotsylvania, Va on 10/4/02 and 10/5/02. "

agreed. particularly the 2nd nite.

4/5/2006 3:09:39 PM

-sarah mclachlan w/ butterfly boucher (3rd row) at rbc center or sarah w/ the perishers (1st row) in norfolk, va
-tool at walnut creek, woulda been better had maynard not been hiding the whole time the back of the stage
-venus hum & tracy bonham & blue man group at walnut creek

4/5/2006 3:20:07 PM

-Tool in Greensville around Lateralus' release
-A Perfect Circle in Charlotte 2 years ago
-Pearl Jam in Charlotte 3 years ago
-Jump, Little Children shows 4 at the Tremont and 1 at Dock Street in Charleston
-Also, Our Lady Peace at the 96.1 Wavefest in Wilmington was pretty good.

4/5/2006 3:27:58 PM

now maybe i'm confused about what "best concert" means, but i'm pretty sure the proper response should be singular. ^listed 9, if i'm counting right. Are you just listing every good show you've been to?

i personally couldn't narrow it down to one, so i'm not going to put every "good" show i've been to.

i guess MAYBE i could say when i saw radiohead in camden, nj. but i don't really know.

[Edited on April 5, 2006 at 3:36 PM. Reason : awefwea]

4/5/2006 3:35:45 PM

No, Ive been to atleast 20 concerts, those were the ones that stand out.

and vandy, why would it be bad for Boston to sound like their records?

4/5/2006 10:11:37 PM

I forgot to mention THREE 6 MAFIA in burlington. shit was buck as fuck.

4/5/2006 11:29:18 PM

GWAR - New Year's Eve show 2006
The Cure - Curiosa Tour fall 2004
Le Tigre - Stop the Bombs protest in DC fall 2005
Q and not U - Farewell show in DC fall 2005
The Faint - w/ Schnieder TM in 2003ish
Zao at the Gaslight Grill in Fayetnam in 1998ish

[Edited on April 6, 2006 at 11:27 AM. Reason : asdf]

4/6/2006 11:26:16 AM

deftones, myrtle beach

4/6/2006 10:54:46 PM

1. Winterjam 2006, Greensboro coliseum
2. End of summer Weenie Roast 2002, Verizon Ampitheare
3. Saliva, Breaking Benjamin, & Greenwheel, Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte
4. Travis Tritt & Montgomery Gentry, Walnut Creek
5. Warped tour 2002, Walnut Creek (Green Day, Blink 182, Jimmy Eat world. Blink & JEW kind of sucked, but GD was awesome)

4/7/2006 12:45:01 AM

^ that wasnt warped tour that blink and green day played, that was their own tour

4/7/2006 12:47:00 AM

you sure? damn I thought it was warped. me and 3 friends came down on our "college day" senior year in high school, we toured our schools (NCSU and UNC) and then went to the concert that night.

Anyway, blink sucked. And Jimmy Eat World was completely not into it. They actually told the audience to sit down.

\/ oh yeah, you're right. I remember that now.

[Edited on April 7, 2006 at 1:05 AM. Reason : .]

4/7/2006 12:59:19 AM

i am absolutely 100% positive. i would never ever attend such a shitty event like the warper tour. their tour was called "the pop diaster" tour

[Edited on April 7, 2006 at 1:01 AM. Reason : asfdewtgdeg]

4/7/2006 1:01:06 AM

Derek Trucks Band... pick any show...

4/7/2006 10:15:23 AM

aside from JC http://www.jupitercoyote.com and Beth Wood http://www.bethwoodmusic.com

Seeing STP play "Plush" with the crowd louder than the band and Jerry Cantrell on guitar w/ Scott Weiland in the crowd.

Close 2nd... Jupiter Coyotes in Charlotte the night b/f the bowl game. Noel Felty (JC drummer) and the drummer from the Blue Dogs got into a drum-off... Noel broke a stick threw it at the other drummer grabbed one and didn't miss a beat. (I have bothe ends of the stick)

3rd Collective Soul... 'nuff said.

4/7/2006 11:35:21 AM

so you suck at music and sports. at least you're consistent.

omg! the drummer broke a stick and got another one!!! he is a golden god!

4/7/2006 12:09:23 PM

311 w/ Hoobastank, HOB Myrtle Beach 2002
311, HOB Myrtle Beach 2005
Aerosmith w/ Fuel, Creek 2001
Pat Benatar, HOB Myrtle Beach 2001
Eddie Money, HOB Myrtle Beach 2001

4/7/2006 3:35:02 PM

bela fleck and the flecktones. carolina theatre greensboro. 2003ish. near magic.

on a smaller band note. Dj Williams project / The Bridge at The Pour House in 2005 was damn damn good

4/7/2006 3:54:26 PM

2 skinnee j's last summer at lincoln..it was AWESOME!

4/7/2006 3:55:10 PM

^ def. the best i have seen in a while
but my best ever has to be the Jack Johnson/Ben Harper one at Regency Park during the hurricane in '03

4/7/2006 4:20:43 PM

2 many 2 list...some highlites..

1, RHCP, S.Pumpkins & Pearl Jam-- cinti, OH--91 or 92
2. Grateful Dead--86-87 Tour
3. Paul Westerburg - Buff,NY - 93 or 94
4 Nirvana, UofBuffalo- In Utero tour

4/8/2006 10:34:48 AM

Quote :

"1, RHCP, S.Pumpkins & Pearl Jam-- cinti, OH--91 or 92"

i saw this tour in Warwick RI, Ill admit it was a good time.

4/8/2006 10:40:25 AM

I went to the roots winter tour a few years back in dc. It had aesop rock, LP, Mr. lif, Little brother, cage, all backed up live by the roots band, then the roots performed. There wer other groups but i was soo ripped I cant remember, anywayz it was a good freaking concert.

[Edited on April 8, 2006 at 12:46 PM. Reason : spelling error]

4/8/2006 12:44:34 PM

Phish.

Saturday, March 1, 2003
Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC

Set I: Chalk Dust Torture, The Moma Dance, Foam, Lawn Boy, Character Zero > The Divided Sky, Mountains in the Mist, Waves, Sample in a Jar
Set II: Rock and Roll, Wilson > Piper, Also Sprach Zarathustra > Wolfman's Brother -> Boogie on Reggae Woman, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Run Like an Antelope, Carolina
Encore: First Tube > You Enjoy Myself -> Proud Mary


This show was absolutely amazing. It was before I could legally drink so I had only had a few beers in the lot, but it was still a ridiculous show.

4/25/2006 11:27:09 PM

Quote :

"oh wait...is she in a coma?"

haha, gg High Fidelity

The Get Up Kids/The Anniversary -- Heroes and Villians tour back in 2000
Minus the Bear w/ Jesse Malin, Rocky Votolato, and the New Amsterdams 2001? (almost forgot to list that one)
Ben Folds last year
The Bouncing Souls/The Casualties ... can't remember, maybe 97?


Oh its probably much easier to pick the most disappointing concert, so here is mine:
Weezer/Ozma/Saves The Day at the RBC Center

[Edited on April 26, 2006 at 2:47 PM. Reason : oh and the worst]

4/26/2006 2:40:50 PM

I was at that Bouncing Souls show but it does not really stick out as one of the best shows. I think it may have been 98.

^And that Weezer/Ozma/Saves the day was not too bad, it was just in the wrong venue. I hate shows in arenas.

4/26/2006 3:16:29 PM

haha, jack johnson/ben harper was such a gay show. I was there because I had free tickets. I guess it could've been okay, but I was so drunk that I just remember it sucking pretty bad. the white stripes played that next day, though, and they were fucking sick. I want to marry meg white

4/26/2006 3:25:58 PM

i too, want to marry meg white, especially after their show here in '03 at the ritz

4/26/2006 3:31:08 PM

Either
The Crystal Method & Fatboy Slim
Or
Lo-Fidelity Allstars & Moby

4/26/2006 3:33:25 PM

Panic (4/23/05, Raleigh): they came back strong after a year off.
setlist:
1: Give > Sharon, Surprise Valley > Rock, Papa Johnny Road, Thin Air (Smells Like Mississippi) > Worry, Run For Your Life, Pigeons, Flat Foot Flewzy
2: Disco > Goin' Out West, Casa Del Grillo, Thought Sausage, Love Tractor, Action Man, Pilgrims, Ribs And Whiskey, Ride Me High > Hatfield, Space Wrangler
E: The Last Straw, Conrad

Panic (8/12/00, Oak Mtn., Pelham): i lost my mind right about the time red hot momma started.
setlist:
1: Imitation Leather Shoes, Wondering > I'm Not Alone > Climb To Safety, Ride Me High > Makes Sense To Me, Airplane > Pusherman > Henry Parsons Died
2: Big Wooly Mammoth > Chilly Water, Thought Sausage, Red Hot Mama > Porch Song > Drums > Papa's Home > Surprise Valley > Papa's Home, All Time Low
E: Wish You Were Here > Flat Foot Flewzy
[Soundcheck: 'Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin']

Robert Randolph & The Family Band ('05, Disco Rodeo): one the greatest live performers around.

Keller Williams ('04, Smilefest): 1st time to see him live and WOW. smilefest in general was a great experience.

The Skeeters ('04, Smilefest): a couple of my buddies' band.

[Edited on April 26, 2006 at 3:54 PM. Reason : asdf]

[Edited on April 26, 2006 at 3:55 PM. Reason : asdff]

4/26/2006 3:53:10 PM

Quote :

"I was at that Bouncing Souls show but it does not really stick out as one of the best shows. I think it may have been 98. ^And that Weezer/Ozma/Saves the day was not too bad, it was just in the wrong venue. I hate shows in arenas."

It was one of my early shows, so it stands out (that and the trip to the emergency room), so it's certainly one of the most memorable.

Yeah, and Weezer was my first and only arena show... I hate arena shows too (which was the main reason I was bored out of my mind).... but I was also really dissapointed in Saves The Day. I liked what I had heard of their albums up to that point.

4/26/2006 4:07:56 PM

I am going to kick myself until the day I die for never seeing a Rage Against the Machine concert

4/27/2006 1:14:44 AM

Either Modest Mouse or Flaming Lips at the Cradle. Both in 2000.

4/27/2006 1:45:01 AM

flogging molly in charlotte

5/1/2006 6:12:12 PM

Quote :

"3rd Collective Soul... 'nuff said."

no, i think this needs some explanation

5/1/2006 8:10:21 PM

ANY RESPONSE IN THIS THREAD THAT ISN'T "GWAR" IS A FUCKING LIE

oh and

Quote :

"1. Tool and Meshuggah in Winston-Salem"

i will sacrifice my firstborn child to a shrine in your honor if you let me eviscerate that experience from your soul and consume it with my own

5/1/2006 11:00:20 PM

Yea, Gwar with God Forbid in 02, and Nile w/ Origin + Hate Eternal + Arch Enemy in 03, and Horse The Band w/ CTA and Curl Up and Die

[Edited on May 2, 2006 at 1:26 AM. Reason : pooped my pants]

5/2/2006 1:25:41 AM

Haha.

GWAR.

Penguins with blood coming out the eyes.

The best concert I've been to was by Bruce Molsky(fiddle, banjo, guitar).

5/2/2006 2:25:19 AM

Metal people talk weird.

5/2/2006 3:12:34 AM

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"Minus the Bear w/ Jesse Malin, Rocky Votolato, and the New Amsterdams 2001? "

This show definitely makes my list of top 5 shows. It was amazing.

5/2/2006 11:06:38 AM

WEENIE ROAST! THE LAST ONE!
There were bonfires, and boobies, and I killed a man with a trident.
ok, everything but the trident.
Shinedown, Alter Bridge, STAIND, 3 doors down....
damn good concert.

I also saw the Blue Man Group's Complex Rock Tour in Charlotte, it was surprisingly good. (w/ Tracy Bonham, Venus Hum)

5/2/2006 12:42:48 PM

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"Shinedown, Alter Bridge, STAIND, 3 doors down...."

You can't be serious...

5/2/2006 12:46:01 PM

Holopaw, Iron & Wine, The Baptist Generals, The Fruit Bats, Hot Hot Heat, and the Thermals
Red eyed Fly SXSW 2003

5/2/2006 12:50:38 PM

Probably Billy Joel last week. Amazing

5/2/2006 1:10:43 PM

either Deftones at the house of blues... i think it was october 2004 or 2005... or avail in richmond this past saturday... place went completely fuckin nuts

5/2/2006 9:03:37 PM

the best concert i ever went to was the last phish concert ever (beside conventry)
it was the 8-11-04 show in at tweeter in mansfield, massachuetts

SET ONE
The Divided Sky
Suzy Greenberg
Down with Disease
Prince Caspian
Scent of a Mule
Tears Of A Clown
Scent of a Mule
Mexican Cousin
SET TWO
Run Like an Antelope
2001
Golgi Apparatus
Waves
Tweezer
Hold Your Head Up
Terrapin
Fish Vote 2004
Hold Your Head Up
Drums
Timber
Sample in a Jar
ENCORE
Bouncing Around the Room
Tweezer Reprise

5/3/2006 12:37:57 AM

Quote :

"or avail in richmond this past saturday... place went completely fuckin nuts"

i was there too and holy fuck, that was complete and total chaos. avail isnt really my thing, i'm definitely a metalhead, but i would DEFINITELY go to their show again. that place went insane, i have NEVER been to a show so totally out of control. awesome.

5/3/2006 12:49:22 AM

1. boston w/ counting crows opening - alltell pavilion - chill as fuck friends and chill as fuck music in the summer of '03. it was a happy time.

2. pearl jam w/ sonic youth - greensboro coliseum - fall of 2000, and i went with one of my best friends. it was one of the first u.s. shows following the death at a show in europe. therefore, seats were placed on the floor, and no one was allowed to move from their seat area. i honestly slept through sonic youth's set. snoozed. i enjoyed pearl jam's set, but they played for over 3 hours, and i did get tired. coolest thing was that they were recording bootlegs during the tour at each venue, and they had everyone pass their recording devices up to the stage (pearl jam made sure they were allowed in by venue security). eddie messed up some lyrics in a couple of songs, but laughed it off. they really seemed to be enjoying themselves. and they only played "alive" at the final show of the tour.

3. peter frampton -> john mayer -> styx - alltell pavilion - summer of '04, i think. it was all about the music. the music was better than my #1, but the experience of #1 was better. i was really only interested in frampton and mayor, but left very impressed with styx. great performances all around. theDuke866 had also scored free tickets.

4. george clinton & p-funk - lincoln theatre - this past spring. due to circumstances, i missed all the other acts but the headline. it was sold out, but my connections got me in before george clinton went on, so that was cool. the music was fantastic, but george clinton wasn't very good (he is barely alive). i still hada hella time though, probably mostly due to the drugs i was one. despite the drama, and some of the chumps in our party, i managed to enjoy the show.

5. godsmack w/ jim rose circus - house of blues, myrtle beach, sc - like 1999 or something. mostly to do with that time in my life, who i went with, and what we did. so there's the sentimental value of it, and godsmack's set was money. it was also the first time i moshed, and i got some great pictures.

6. mindless self indulgence (sucked balls) -> method man & redman -> limp bizkit -> korn - charlotte coliseum - 1999-ish. again, the people i went with. the energy was nuts for the entire show too. being down in the pit was fun as hell as well. all kinds of shit was going on.

those are about the only big shows i've been to, but i've seen a handful of local/regional acts too. there are tons of bands and artists that i like much more than those above, but it comes down to a combination of finances, location, and fellow concert-goers.

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"I am going to kick myself until the day I die for never seeing a Rage Against the Machine concert"

me too, and i still haven't seen red hot chili peppers either.

[Edited on May 3, 2006 at 4:39 AM. Reason : ]

5/3/2006 4:10:51 AM

i forgot a 311 show that i saw. that was a good one, and i would put it at #6 behind godsmack. i also left out a hoobastank & incubus show, in the summer of '02 i believe. i put that at #7.

Quote :

"1, RHCP, S.Pumpkins & Pearl Jam-- cinti, OH--91 or 92"

damn, that would undoubtedly be one of my favorite shows of all time. three of my favorite bands in one.

[Edited on May 3, 2006 at 4:49 AM. Reason : ]

5/3/2006 4:40:40 AM

these posts remind me of why most of the college population acts like retards at shows: they've only been to a handful of really huge shows that are so loud it doesn't matter how annoying you are.

5/3/2006 6:48:14 AM

1. Aerosmith w/ Lenny in Greensboro... although I thought Lenny was average at best, but Aerosmith kicked ass.
2. Rolling Stones in Durham
3. Talib Kwali (sp?) in asheville
4. Tom Petty in Charlotte
5. Cant wait for Journey/Def Leppard

5/3/2006 12:10:07 PM