List your top 5 gigs!

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  1. littlemistymop

    littlemistymop Member

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    The best as in MOST FUN 5 gigs you've ever been to, in order of goodness! (not your favorite bands, but most fun you had at the show!)

    1.silverchair, newcastle 2003
    2.marilyn manson, melbourne bdo 1999
    3.greenday, melbourne 1997
    4.bob dylan, melbourne 1999
    5.the offspring, melbourne 1997
     
  2. mr tambourine man

    mr tambourine man Member

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    uuuummm...im poor so probably Pink Floyd live at pompeii...try watchin it at like 2am in the mornin it's awsome..i did it a few times man u really orgasm

    not literally though...
     
  3. namastegoddess

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    1. Flaming Lips 2003
    2. Pink Floyd Tribute 2004
    3. Bowling For Soup 2005
    4. Rushmore Academy, Lowercase, Think Thank Thunk 2005
    5. Cat, Jump 2005
     
  4. joker

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    Phish 2003
    Bad Religion 2002
    The Queers 2002
    Electric El Shock 2002
    P Lander Z 2003
     
  5. KozmicBlue

    KozmicBlue Senior Member

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    In no particular order..

    Ozric Tentacles, UK 2005
    Bruce Springsteen, Finland 2003
    Elvis Costello, UK 2005
    And then there are two Finnish bands, Egotrippi and Yƶ, and all of their gigs are grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat and I always have so much fun there. :D
     
  6. seamonster66

    seamonster66 discount dracula

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    good to hear the lowercase is still around, saw them once quite a while ago.

    here are some in no particular order:

    Sigur Ros
    Sonic Youth 1991
    Pink Floyd, for the spectacle of it all
    Melt Banana, california 2002 I think
    Brainiac, up until their demise in 1997
    Underworld

    Neutral Milk Hotel/Elf Power, Seattle 1998

    many more.
     
  7. paulfreespirit

    paulfreespirit Senior Member

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    1= hawkwind (1984 ) ........2= echo and the bunnymen ( 1980 ).........3 = u2 (1981)........4= afraid of mice (1981)....5= comsat angels (1982).........
     
  8. samson

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    my top five:


    SRV & Jeff Beck, B'ham 89

    Dead Can Dance, Atlanta 96

    Pink Floyd, Atlanta 94

    Slayer & Motorhead, Atlanta 89(?)

    Black Sabbath & Danzig Atlanta 94
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  9. CTB

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    1 radiohead 2003
    2 alice cooper 1999
    3 circle 2004
    4 david bowie '02????
    5 headstones '01
     
  10. toolmaggot

    toolmaggot Nuts Go Here.

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    Slayer, Jagermeister tour Fall '04
    Jacknife Powerbombs, April '05
    A Perfect Circle, April '04
    Slipknot/Chimaira, April '04
    Mushroomhead, July '04

    A couple of upcoming shows that promise to be winners:

    Gwar/Strapping Young Lad/Chimaira/Opeth - Sounds of the Underground Tour
    Les Claypool
    Dream Theater/Megadeth/Dillinger Escape Plan/Fear Factory - Gigantour

    Oh mang.
     
  11. Davino

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    I have seen many shows of various bands, so this may include multiple shows that constitute one monstrous good time!

    1. Phish 2003 Winter & Summer Tours =
    2/24/03 Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, NJ with BB King
    2/25/03 First Union Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
    2/28/03 Nassau Coliseum Uniondale, NY 1st Destiny Unbound since 11/15/91
    7/18/03 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI
    7/19/03 Alpine Valley Music Theatre East Troy, WI The LeoTrio.
    7/21/03 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
    7/22/03 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
    7/23/03 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
    7/25/03 Verizon Wireless Amph. Charlotte, NC
    skipped Hotlanta to go to the Blue Ridge Mtns, they played "It's Ice" in Hotlanta, which is what everyone at Deer Creek was saying...
    7/27/03 ALLTEL Pavilion Raleigh, NC
    7/30/03 Tweeter Center At the Waterfront Camden, NJ
    8/02/03 It, Loring Air Force Base Limestone, ME
    8/03/03 It, Loring Air Force Base Limestone, ME

    2. Grateful Dead 6/18 & 6/19/05 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford NJ
    My last Dead shows, they encored with Baba O'Riley->Tommorow Never Knows the 1st night and Brokedown Palace the 2nd... How apropos...
    Also, 5 out of 7 at the Garden September 1994.

    3. PHISH NEW YEAR'S RUN 2003
    12/28/03 12/29/03 12/30/03 12/31/03 American Airlines Arena Miami, FL
    Unbelievable energy and fun. The last Phish New Years and one of the greatest New Years runs you could ever hope for. PFunk, Feelin' The Heat, the whole thing!
    My first shows Madison Square Garden 12/28/98 12/29/98 12/30/98 12/31/98 were also awesome and got me totally hooked!

    04. Phish Big Cypress New Years 2000
    unbelievable. Saw Conan O'Brien walking around all fucked up(he was and I was)....
    The liquid was phlowing like rain!

    5. Phish Phinal Tour 2004
    6/17/04 KeySpan Park Brooklyn, NY
    6/18/04 KeySpan Park Brooklyn, NY 2nd row for JayZ
    6/19/04 SPAC Saratoga Springs, NY
    6/20/04 SPAC Saratoga Springs, NY
    6/23/04 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
    6/24/04 Verizon Wireless Music Center Noblesville, IN
    6/25/04 Alpine Valley East Troy, WI
    6/26/04 Alpine Valley East Troy, WI
    8/10/04 Tweeter Center Mansfield, MA
    8/11/04 Tweeter Center Mansfield, MA
    8/12/04 Tweeter Center At the Waterfront Camden, NJ 2nd Row!!!

    I should really leave it out, but what the hell:
    8/14/04 COVENTRY Coventry, VT
    8/15/04 COVENTRY Coventry, VT


    Also, Phil & Friends 2001 Beacon Run, saw 5 out of 7 shows, probably better than some of the choices on this list!


    Cheers!
     
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  13. sm0key42o8

    sm0key42o8 Senior Member

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    Slayer and Sabbath 99
    Keller and Yonder Mountain String Band 2004 NYE
    Keller Williams Haymaker 2004
    Bonnaroo 2005
    Primus 99
     

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