Astronomer

I'm so jealous of all the bands you've seen.

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Not a whole lot of bands or artist come to Sweden, but this is an incomplete list of well-known artists I've seen.

The Hives - 7/10
Bob Dylan - 3/10
Ray Davies - 7/10
Green Day - 6/10 (too many screaming kids, arggg!)
The Who - 8/10
Franz Ferdinand - 7/10
Neil Young - 6/10
The Gorillaz - 8/10
Brian Wilson - 5/10
The Sonics - 6/10
Sonic Youth 4/10
Ringo Starr - 2/10

I forgot a bunch, but I'm really tired.

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In no particular order:

01. The Mission: February 28, 2008 - Shepard's Bush Empire, London, England, UK

02. Depeche Mode: June 16, 1990 - Giants Stadium, E. Rutherford, NJ, USA

03. The Cure: July 23, 1992 - Nassau Collusion, Uniondale, NY, USA

04. Front 242: November 21, 2005 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA

05. Killing Joke: December 6, 1994 - Limelight, New York, NY, USA

06. Dead Can Dance: October 8, 2005 - Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA

07. Nine Inch Nails (w/ Pop Will Eat Itself): January 6, 1995 - Nassau Collosium, Uniondale, NY, USA

08. Front Line Assembly: May 6, 1999 - Irving Plaza, New York, NY, USA

09. Skinny Puppy: May 12, 1992 - Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA, USA

10. Sioxsie & The Banshees: March 11, 1995 - The Forum, London, England, UK

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Hilary

Bruce Springsteen
Billy Joel
Rush

All were great. Billy Joel was the only one I wasn't sure if I wanted to see, I went and was surprised how good of a show he put on.

kthedrummer

My older brother started taking me to shows in 1984. I was 10. But wait til u are 34 and you may have such a list. I left off Radiohead too. There are many other great ones I have seen. I was blessed in that respect.

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khfreek

Not many for me, but they were great.

1. Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, and Paul Gilbert in the G3 '07 tour.
2. John Butler Trio
3. Disturbed
4. Arrested Development
5. Umphreys McGee

I almost saw Between the Buried and Me once, but it's a depressing story as to why that didn't happen.

EDIT: I forgot to rank them!

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thats like over 100000$ in ticket money =[]

Mojo

A few highlights:

Metallica - At Download festival in 2006. Played the Master of Puppets album in its entirety. I'm down with that.

Iron Maiden - One of the few bands I have seen who are better outdoors. I've seen them indoors a couple of times but at Leeds festival in 2004 they were on top form and played a set consisting entirely of material from the first 4 records. Considering I wasnt born until 84 I was loving that.

The Who - in Melborne in 2004. They have obviously done UK tours since this gig but back then I wondered if I would ever get an opportunity to see them which made this all the more special. There was just a feeling of "Oh my God, I'm watching The Who" for 2 hours.

The Music - Gigging their first record. Tiny venue (Newcastle university), great acoustics, absolutely deafening vocals. Some of the finest I've ever witnessed first hand live.

Muse - I have a few Muse memories. One is watching them the day before Origin came out at V Festival in 2001 which converted me. I didnt like Showbiz at the time and only watched them because no one else was on. I bought Origin the next day. The best I've seen them was on the Absolution tour in Glasgow but those crazy jocks really don't know their etiquette when it comes to picking people up rather than letting them get trampled on. Plus one of them (I'm assuming the culprit was Scottish) hit me in the side of the head with an entire block of BUTTER. Again in 2002 at Leeds festival was special as coming away from the stage after the show finished all I could hear was people talking about how great they were when I was catching bits and pieces of peoples conversations. Truly amazing live band.

Radiohead - At Newcastle arena. Changed my opinion on the Kid A album completely. That record was such a major disappointment to me and I kind of lost interest in their output following. That is until I saw them live and the Kid A tracks were immaculate. Watching Jonny Greenwood was worth the ticket price alone. I never really appreciated him until I saw them live.

Motorhead - Motorhead play Newcastle city hall every year, which is such a poor venue for a band like Motorhead as its all seated but they've been great every time I've been. Standng a few feet from Lemmy as they get louder and louder with every song is just not good for ones ears at all. The new Sepultura line up supported and even though I still dont like them with a new singer they were really tight too.

Oasis - At Finsbury Park in London with BRMC, The Coral, The Charlatans and Shack. Oasis suit the big venues too and this was such a great day out. Shack did nothing for me but even The Charlatans, who I was never crazy about were a good live band and sounded really tight. I was right at the front in the centre (or at least thats where I started) and it was a much more violent crowd than I thought it was going to be. Great atmosphere though. My mate found himself in a position where he had Liam Gallahers tambourine in his hand after he threw it but safe to say he didnt manage to hold onto it. The madness that followed pushed him right into the railing in reaching distance of a security guard who threw it back on stage for Liam to, for some reason, sing the next song with it balanced on his head.

Orange Goblin - A tiny rock bar called Trillians in Newcastle city centre just cant contain Orange Goblin's sound. So heavy, so loud, one of the tightest metal bands I've ever seen. The name of their split with Electric Wizard was something that just wasnt coming to mind when we were talking before the band started so we asked their singer afterwards what the record was called and he thought about it for second, shrugged his shoulders and walked away. Too much Brown Ale i think.

Mastodon - I didnt know what to expect. I'd heard a little Mastodon and was curious enough to go but didnt have necessarily very high expectations. They were really tight, very loud and made the Newcastle academy sound like a world class venue which it certainly isnt. I spotted Ginger from The Wildhearts in the crowd and judging by the blur which was his dreads I think he was probably just about enjoying it too.

And on the down side:

The Distillers - For me they were one of those bands you see at a festival because theres nothing better on but you may as well spend your time watching bands rather than wandering around. Messy, out of time, dreadful vocals. Awful, awful stuff.

Kings of Leon - They sounded good and its not that I wasnt impressed or anything but when I'm paying upwards of £25 to see a band with three records (at the time) I expect more than an hour and fifteen minutes. Not good enough.

Trivium - The acoustics in Newcastle academy are terrible I'll admit but this was far and away the worst band I have ever seen live. I watched about half of their set and then left. Me and my mate went back to the pub over the road which funnily enough was full of people who had also paid to see them, discussing how bad they really were. The one and only band I have ever walked out on before the end.

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