
I can, kinda. I have been wanting to keep better tabs on the live concerts I have seen for many years. In addition to being daunting, it was equally frustrating because I know I am leaving out shows. That said, I think I have done a pretty good job with remembering most of them. If you add up the estimated ticket cost and merchandise I bought, you would have a pretty nice retirement plan. Then again, the memories of these shows are priceless!
10,000 Maniacs |
30 Seconds to Mars |
ABC |
Aqueduct |
Arctic Monkeys (Bad ass show) |
Bad Religion |
Bauhaus (very depressing) |
Beck |
Built to Spill |
Chris Cornell (a freak) |
Chris Isaak |
Cold War Kids |
Dead or Alive |
Death Cab for Cutie |
Depeche Mode, Music for the Masses Tour, Rose Bowl (epic) |
Dixie Chicks |
Duran Duran |
Echo and the Bunnymen |
Electric Six (At the Croc, great show) |
Ellie Goulding |
English Beat, Redondo Beach Pier (KROQ show, 21+, worse fake ID ever but it worked) |
Everclear (bandmate sister hitting on me the whole show) |
Fine Young Cannibals |
Foster the People |
Franz Ferdinand (saw 2x, both great shows) |
Garbage |
General Public (great energy) |
Harvey Danger |
Howard Jones |
Ice Cube (such a bad ass show) |
Idiot Pilot (wild, great energy, reckless, my kinda show!) |
Jack White (so much talent) |
Jason Mraz |
Jet |
Jonas Brothers (kids insisted) |
Kaiser Chiefs (solid) |
Kanye West (great artist/entertainer) |
Kendrick Lamar (legit) |
Kings of Leon |
M83 |
Marina and the Diamonds (Good energy, fun show) |
Metric |
Miley Cyrus (Children insisted, kinda fun) |
Modest Mouse (killer show at Lake Union) |
Mudhoney |
Muse |
Neon Trees |
New Order |
New York Dolls |
Of Monsters and Men |
Of Montreal (fun band to see live) |
OMD |
Passion Pit |
Pearl Jam (many times) |
Pet Shop Boys |
Phoenix |
Pink Floyd |
Pokey LaFarge & The South City Three |
Ramones (Hollywood Palladium. I was 15 years old and went by myself. So fast, so raw. This was a great show. First taste Hollywood, as a teen). |
Reba McEntire and Ronnie Milsap (first concert) |
REM |
Sheryl Crow |
Shiny Toy Guns |
Siouxsie and the Banshees |
Sleater-Kinney |
Squeeze |
Stryper (La Mirada High School) |
Sweet Water |
The Alarm (Irvine Meadows) |
The B-52’s |
The Beastie Boys (at the Crocodile!) |
The Black Crows |
The Cult |
The Eurythmics |
The Fixx |
The Gap Band (great show, under the Space Needle) |
The Killers |
The Kills (so great to see them live) |
The Lumineers |
The Pixies |
The Presidents of the United States of America (drummer got bounced from stage by security) |
The Raconteurs (1st show in Hollywood plus several others) |
The Shins |
The Smashing Pumpkins (sat in sound booth with son) |
The Strokes (killer show) |
The Subways |
The Thompson Twins |
The White Stripes (at least 15x) |
The Who |
Tom Petty |
U2 |
UB40 |
Vampire Weekend (the end show, they canceled the Marymoor show) |
Van Halen |
Violent Femmes |
Visqueen |
Wilco |
Wolfmother (raw, great show) |
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (met Karen-O backstage, Fever to Tell just came out. One of the best shows I have ever seen) |
Ziggy Marley |
Alright, I already remember one that I missed! The Fastbacks, JayZ, and Beyonce. My biggest regret is not going to SFO on New Years Eve and seeing The Red Hot Chili Peppers/Pearl Jam/Nirvana show that my friends Mark Jimenez and Jimmy Gherke had invited me to. Talk about an epic show!
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