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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Nice shows Charles! What year did you see the Stones and Zeppelin?
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