All the Cconcerts you can ‘Remember’ Attending?


Despite my age of 24 I am a fan of music from older generations I have made it a goal to see and hear all the pioneers of the music history while I still can … Before artists stop performing ..touring ..or pass on to Rock and Roll Heaven. Another mantra of mine is to see as much variety as possible. While I have not had the opportunity to see any of these classic rockers in their prime I have been more than thankful to be their audience and have taken something away from every performance.

Making a list and seeing it on paper brought back great memories and emotions! What shows have you seen so far in your lifetime ?

My list: (in no specific order) (does not include many small club shows..too many to remember ..or not remember!)

Guns N Roses
Phish x30
David Lee Roth
Willie Nelson
Bela Fleck x2
Tom Petty x4
Dave Bruebeck
Allman Brothers x7
Bob Dylan x3
Jimmy Page Robert Plant x2
Black Crowes x6
Maceo Parker
P-Funk
Mettalica (Second Row Giants Stadium)
MMW x3
AC DC
Further Festival x4
God Street Wine
Weezer
REM
Slash x2
Santana
YES
ZZ top
John Fogarty
Doobie Brothers
Huey Lewis
BB King
JGB
Stone Temple Pilots
The Machine
Jaw Box
HORDE
Rod Stewart (First Concert 1987 with my parents!)
Chick Corea
From Good Homes
OZZY/Manson
Jimmy Heath
Rolling Stones (First Row Giants Stadium)
Lenny Kravitz
Gilby Clarke
Chucho Valdez
James Brown
Meat Puppets

I also worked as a part time stagehand at the Meadowlands and saw the following shows for free…! (well they paid me to see them!)

While not my musical favorites …You can’t truly mock these performers unless you have seen them live! Should I decide to talk trash I have a real frame of reference.

Brittany Spears
N’SYNC
Back Street Boys
Madonna
Aerosmith
Bon Jovi
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Here's some more:
Black Sabbath (2-74 Nassau Coliseum)
Golden Earing/Yes (7-75 Roosevelt Stadium)
Pink Floyd (8-75 Nassau Coliseum)
Elton John (8-76 MSG)
Genesis (2-77 MSG)
Pink Floyd (7-77 MSG)
?/Styx/Aerosmith (11-77 Nassau Coliseum)
?/Styx (3-78 Suffolk Forum)
Les Dudek/Kansas (7-78 Nassau Coliseum)
Genesis (7-78 MSG)
Pierce Arrow/UK (10-78 Palladium)
Peter Gabriel (10-78 Stony Brook University)
Angel/Styx (12-78 MSG)
Sad Cafe/UK (3-79 Palladium)
Supertramp (5-79 MSG)
Yes (6-79 Nassau Coliseum)
Todd Rundgren (?-79 Belmont Park)
UK/Jethro Tull (10-79 MSG)
UK/Jethro Tull (10-79 Nassau Coliseum)
Renaissance (? ?in Glen Clove)
Steve Hackett (? ? in Glen Clove)
Steve Hackett (? ? college in Nassau County)
next will be in 1983, see u soon
and more:
Berlin (3-83 Stony Brook Union Ballroom)
The Fixx/Supertramp (8-83 Brendan Byrne Arena)
The Police (8-83 Shea Stadium)
Talking Heads (8-83 Forest Hills Stadium)
Asia (8-83 Forest Hills)
Talking Heads (8-83 Forest Hills)
Rush (9-83 Radio City)
Echo & The Bunnymen (4-84 Savoy Theater)
Thompson Twins (4-84 Hofstra Playhouse)
The Clash (4-84 Hofstra Gym)
The Clash (4-84 Stony Brook Gym)
China Crisis/Simple Minds (5-84 Beacon Theater)
REM w/special guests (6-84 Capitol Theater)
REM (7-84 Goodskates in East Setauket)
REM (7-84 Beacon Theater)
Bruce Springsteen (7-84 SPAC)
Echo & The Bunnymen (8-84 Beacon Theater)
Missing Persons (8-84 Beacon Theater)
REM (10-84 Capitol Theater)
APB (11-84 Hofstra USA)
B-52's (11-84 C.W.Post Theater)
Joan Jett (2-85 Beacon Theater)
The Smiths (6-85 Beacon Theater)
New Order (8-85 Felt Forum)
REM (8-85 Radio City)
Replacements (?-85 Peppermint Lounge)
Shriekback (9-85 The Ritz)
Tears For Fears (10-85 Radio City)
X (10-85 Beacon Theater)
The Cure (11-85 Radio City)
Simple Minds (11-85 Radio City)
The Alarm (?-85 Stony Brook Union Ballroom)
Echo & The Bunnymen (3-86 Felt Forum)
Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians (3-86 Irving Plaza)
Flock Of Seagulls (5-86 The Ritz)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (5-86 Radio City)
PIL (6-86 Beacon Theater)
Depeche Mode (6-86 Radio City)
The Cure (7-86 Jones Beach)
PIL (7-86 Palladium)
The Cramps (8-86 The Ritz)
Psychedelic Furs (8-86 Jones Beach)
Neil Young w/Crazyhorse (10-86 Msg)
REM (11-86 Felt Forum)
New Order (12-86)
Balaam & the Angel/Mission UK (4-87 Heartbeat in Bayville)
The Mission UK (4-87 The Ritz)
Lone Justice/U2 (5-87 Meadowland Arena)
Replacements (7-87 Beacon Theater)
The Cure (8-87 MSG)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (8-87 Felt Forum)
Echo & The Bunnymen (Jones Beach)
Joe Walsh (9-87 MSG)
Nancy Griffith (9-87 Bottoml Line)
PIL (11-87 Beacon Theater)
The Pogues (11-87 The Ritz)
The Mission UK (2-88 The Ritz)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians (3-88 Beacon Theater)
Sinead O'Connor (4-88 Beacon Theater)
Pylon (12-88 Palladium's backdoor)
Gang Of 4 (? Reds in Levittown)
Fields Of The Nephilum (? Cat Club)
much,much more especially the GOTHIC stuff! enjoy
2 "classic rockers" that you can see now & shouldn't miss: 1- The Yardbirds are currently touring the US & this is no tribute band, this may be the only opportunity to hear these classic tunes done by the original hot guitar band, albeit with a mostly new, but very authentic sounding line-up. A killer show for anyone who loved their songs or are interested in the direct ancestor of Led Zep.
And even more unbelievable... 2- Arthur Lee & LOVE performing the "Forever Changes" album in it's entirety with horns & strings. They just finished 4 US shows but the word is they may start another longer tour in the fall to support a new live CD of "FC". Always lauded as one of the supreme albums of the 60's by most critics, and I concur, seeing this performed by the eccentric & reclusive Arthur & his excellent musicians recently has to rank as one of the high points of my 38 years of concert-going. It was the musical & emotional equivalent to me of if the Beatles got together 36 years later & performed Sgt. Pepper's LHCB. No joke, that unlikely & significant. And Arthur has been knocking on Rock & Roll Heaven's Door for quite a while now where several of the original LOVE quintet now reside.
Some of the "Classic" artists' I made a point to see in my misspent youth: Gene Krupa, Woody Herman, Muddy Waters,Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, James Cotton, Shirelles, Pete Seeger, Buddy Rich, Mose Allison, Libba Cotton, Dave van Ronk, Carl Perkins...I most regret not catching Howling Wolf.
I also remember seeing X last night at the House Of Blues, Orlando,Fl. Great to see all the orginal members back together. Another classic rocker punk band that you should see.
Here is some that I've missed from the above posts:
Genesis (6-29-80 MSG)
Genesis (6-30-80 Brendan Byrne Arena)
Ambrosia (7-22-80 Westbury Music Fair)
Styx (3-14-81 Nassau Coliseum)
Joe Walsh (6-19-81 Nassau Colisem)
Dan Fogelberg (10-18-81 Brendan Byrne Arena)
King Crimson (?-81 Town Hall)
Pink Floyd (?-87 Nassau Coliseum)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (10-20-88 Radio City)
Siouxsie & The Banshees (10-21-88 Stony Brook Gym)
Jethro Tull (11-3-89 Nassau Coliseum