Thursday, 6 August 2009

50 concerts I saw... (There's no business like show business)

I've been meaning to compiling a list of all the shows I've seen, or at least a lot of the first shows. I'm still pretty sure that REM was my first, but not completely sure. So, mostly shows from the 80s and my best guess at the year as well as opening bands and venue.

Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw.

Should you choose this challenge, here's what you do:
Copy my note. Click on "notes" under tabs on your profile page (if you don't find it right away click on the +). Select "write a new note" in the top corner. Paste the copy in the body of the note. Make your list of 50, with a new title for your note. Once you've saved, don't forget to tag friends (including me) on the right.

1 - R.E.M. (Young Weasels/Computer Class) - Rainbow 1983 (First concert, I think)
2 - Echo and the Bunnymen (Billy Bragg) - Rainbow 1984
3 - Violent Femmes (Fishbone) - Rainbow 1984
4 - Eurythmics - Red Rocks 1984
5 - Blasters (Beat Farmers) - Rainbow 1985
6 - Black Flag (Minutemen, Meat Puppets) - Rainbow 1985
7 - Swans (DC3) - Eagles Lodge 1986
8 - Husker Du - Blue Note 1985
9 - New Order - Rainbow 1985
10 - New Order (Echo and the Bunnymen/X) - Red Rocks 1986
11 - U2 (The Alarm) - Events Center 1984
12 - Elvis Costello (Aztec Camera) - Events Center 1983
13 - R.E.M (10000 Maniacs) - Events Center 1985
14 - Sonic Youth (Cage of Reason, Happy World) - German House 1986
15 - Sonic Youth - Aztlan 1987
16 - Nick Cave - Aztlan 1986
17 - Suburbs - Rainbow 1984
18 - Butthole Surfers - Normans 1985
19 - Butthole Surfers - Glen Miller Room 1986
20 - Replacements (Government Cheese) - Glen Miller Room 1986
21 - Rank and File - Boulder Reservoir 1983
22 - Billy Bragg - Blue Note 1984
23 - Billy Bragg (16 Horsepower) - Denver 1991
24 - Warlock Pinchers - A lot 1985-
25 - Boi (Pavilion Steps, Phil Wang, Shades of Grey) - Boulder Depot 1985
26 - Minus Bill 1986
27 - Siousxie and the Banshees - Rainbow 1986
28 - The Fall - Rainbow 1986
29 - Jonathan Richman (and some comedian) 1987
30 - The Fluid (Brother Rat) - Littleton Town Hall 1986
31 - fIREHOSE 1986
32 - Pavilion Steps (Sons of T, Decembrists, Mr Butler Died Here) - Littleton Town Hall 1985
33 - Bloodflower 1985
34 - B.A.D. - Mammoth Events Center 1986
35 - Midnight Oil - Red Rocks 1986
36 - Screaming Trees - Quigleys 1986
37 - Electric Third Rail (Free Lint) - Quigleys 1986
38 - Black Flag (Gone, Happy World) - Aztlan 1986
39 - Joe "King" Carasco - Glenn Miller Ballroom 1986
40 - Angst (Soul Merchants) - Clarkson St 1986
41 - Happy World (Shut Up Bitch, Gun Nuts) - Lawrence KS. 1986
42 - Tex and the Horseheads - Blue Note 1985
43 - Swans - 1987
44 - Crash Worship - Penny Lane 1986
45 - Lorena McKennit - Boulder 1989
46 - Steel Pole Bathtub - Quigleys + other places 1986
47 - Gary US Bonds -Glenn Miller Ballroom 1987
48 - Big Head Todd and the Monsters - weekly at the UMC FACs 1987
49 - The Cure - Red Rocks/Rainbow/Events Center 1986/1984/1985
50 - Fishbone - Glenn Miller Ballroom - 1987

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