soag Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Ok a wee list game... might have been done recently... I dunno I can't be everywhere at once guys. So going from A to Z see if you can list a band you have seen live for all 26 letters in the alphabet... A = Alice cooper B = Bowling for soup C = Css D = Def leopard E = Eels F = Funeral for a friend G = Guns n roses H = High on fire I = Iron maiden J = James Brown K = Korn L = Lady Gaga M = Morrissey N = New York dolls O = Oppinheimer P = Placebo Q = Queens of the stoneage R = Rancid S = Stiff little fingers T = Trivium U = Ugly kid joe V = Volbeat W = Who X = Y = Z = Zz top Damn you x and y, I shall complete this list one day....
Nolan Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Well this will be short. Not a big concert goer... F- Factory Floor (I had to look up their name) J- The Jesus and Mary Chain N- Nine Inch Nails All at the same show. Was a fucking awesome set, The Perfect Drug live is glorious.
soag Posted July 14, 2020 Author Posted July 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, Nolan said: Well this will be short. Not a big concert goer... F- Factory Floor (I had to look up their name) J- The Jesus and Mary Chain N- Nine Inch Nails All at the same show. Was a fucking awesome set, The Perfect Drug live is glorious. Nine inch nails are amazing live!!
Nolan Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Just now, soag said: Nine inch nails are amazing live!! Whole reason I went, easily my favorite band. My friend sent me a text asking if I wanted a ticket because her brother bought some. We were center aisle 2nd row (for only $155!!), couldn’t turn it down. Also the Fox Theater is a beautiful building with wonderful seating. 1
soag Posted July 14, 2020 Author Posted July 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Nolan said: Whole reason I went, easily my favorite band. My friend sent me a text asking if I wanted a ticket because her brother bought some. We were center aisle 2nd row (for only $155!!), couldn’t turn it down. Also the Fox Theater is a beautiful building with wonderful seating. I remember when I seen them and they started playing hurt... The woman in front of me asked to her (I assume) partner "why is he playing a Johnny Cash song?" ... I was like "you serious Bro? " 1
Cube Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 A = B = Bucks Fizz (well, most of them) C = D = E = F = Funeral for a Friend G = H = I = J = Justice K = L = M = Maximo Park N = O = P = Postmodern Jukebox Q = R = S = Steps T = U = V = W = X = Y = Z = That's all the bands I've seen live. The main people I want to see live now are Poets of the Fall and Lindsey Stirling.
Jimbob Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Not that many B - Bon Jovi (twice) D - Daughtry H - Halestorm N - Nickelback S - Steps, Shinedown
bob Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 I am going to struggle with this too, but i'll have a go: 0-9: 911 A: Ash B: Basement Jaxx C: Chesney Hawkes D: Dizzy Rascal (before Muse) E: Elton John F: Florence and the Machine H: Hans Zimmer K: Kid Creole and the Coconuts L: (the) Levellers M: Muse R: Rodrigo y Gabriela (before Muse) S: Scissor Sisters T: Tinie Tempah (I saw a lot of these on the student union tour circuit)
Fierce_LiNk Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 A = Ash B = Blink 182 C = Crystal Castles D = (The) Darkness (yuck) E = Ellie Goulding F = Foals G = Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. H = Hurts I = Iron Maiden J = Johnny Marr K = (The) Kooks L = Limp Bizkit M = Mogwai N = Newton Faulkner O = Of Monsters And Men P = Placebo Q = Queens of the Stone Age R = S = Smashing Pumpkins T = Twilight Sad U = V = W = X = Y = Z = Annoyingly, I can't think of any obvious bands for those final few letters. We almost saw The Vaccines at Glastonbury, but didn't make it to the area on time, so that would've counted. Missed out on The XX, too. Haven't seen Radiohead or the YeahYeahYeahs, which is a huge regret, so they would've been in there, too.
Happenstance Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 A - B - Band-Maid C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - Yep, I’ve only seen one band live (although I’ve seen them twice). I was never really into seeing bands live so never bothered growing up.
Ashley Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Hmm I barely see bands live and yet somehow three of them begin with W. That's not fair.
Eenuh Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 (edited) So a lot of these will have been at festivals, where I might have only seen part of a set or just a few songs. I might also be missing out a lot of bands because they all just kinda blur into each other after a while! A = Ash, Air, Au Revoir Simone B = Bloc Party, Ben Howard, Bastille, Blink 182, Basement Jaxx C = Christine and the Queens, The Chemical Brothers, Crystal Castles, Coldplay D = Depeche Mode, The Darkness, Dropkick Murphys E = Editors, Example, Ellie Goulding F = Faithless, Foals, The Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand G = Goldfrapp H = Hurts, Hans Zimmer I = Iron maiden, Incubus J = Johnny Marr, Jonsi K = The Kooks L = Limp Bizkit, Lamb M = Moby, Muse, Mogwai, Mumford and Sons, Massive Attack, Moloko N = Noah and the Whale, Newton Faulkner, The National O = Of Monsters and Men P = Placebo, Primal Scream, The Prodigy Q = Queens of the Stone age R = Royksopp, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM S = Smashing Pumpkins, Snow Patrol, Skunk Anansie, Starsailor, Stereophonics T = Tom Odell, The Twilight Sad, Tool U = V = W = Within Temptation, Weezer X = Y = Z = Zornik, Zita Swoon Edited July 14, 2020 by Eenuh
drahkon Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Phew, gonna be tough to remember all the bands I've seen at the three festivals I've been to...The bold bands/musicians I've also seen live on one (or more) of their tours A = Alt-J, Alligatoah (a German rapper) B = Billy Talent C = D = Disturbed E = Enter Shikari, Ellie Goulding, Editors F = Florence and the Machine G = Gossip H = I = IAMX J = Jay-Z K = Kate Nash L = Limp Bizkit M = Muse, Maroon 5 N = Nothing But Thieves O = One Republic P = Placebo, Peter Fox (German singer), Papa Roach, Parov Stelar Band Q = R = Rage Against the Machine, Rise Against, Rammstein S = Shinedown, Slipknot, Serj Tankian, Scars on Broadway T = The Toxic Avenger, Thirty Seconds to Mars U = V = Viza W = X = Y = Z = I've seen Muse live 5 times now, Rise Against four times (back when I was a young lad), Disturbed and Billy Talent 3 times. This year I'll hopefully see IAMX for the fourth time. If Nothing But Thieves do a tour for their upcoming album, I'll definitely try to see 'em again, too. They are amazing.
MoogleViper Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 A - Ash B - (David) Bowie C - Coldplay D - David Gray E - Embrace F - Foo Fighters G - Groove Armada H - (The) Hives I - Iron Maiden J - Jet K - Kioko L - M - Muse N - O - (The) Ordinary Boys P - PJ Harvey Q - Queens of the Stone Age R - Red Hot Chilli Peppers S - Stereophonics T - Tom McRae U - UB40 V - (The) Verve W - (The) Who X - Z - (The) Zutons Disappointed I can't finish it. X I understand but how can I not think of any for L and N?
Dufniall Posted July 14, 2020 Posted July 14, 2020 Just going for the first ones that pop into my head. But I'm quite a fanatic concert and festival visitor. Mostly metalbands (I tried to keep the number of obscure metalbands in the list to a minimum :P) but I've visited a bunch of pop/rock festivals with the misses as well. Last years I shifted mostly from festivals to clubshows but I try to at least visit a bunch every year! Do livestreams count by the way in the Covid day and age? Missing just two, but that can also just be my memory failing me! Anyway cool topic idea @soag, and a good taste in music too! A = Amy Macdonald B = Bad Religion C = The Cure D = Devin Townsend Project E = Editors F = Flogging Molly G = Ghost H = Hexvessel I = Iron Maiden! J = Jack Johnson K = Kaiser Chiefs L = Linkin Park M = Metallica N = Nightwish O = Opeth P = Prodigy Q = Queens of the Stone Age R = Rammstein S = Snow Patrol T = Tool U = Unleashed V = Volbeat W = Within Temptation X = Y = Yob Z = 1
Sméagol Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 (edited) I'll try but: I'm not a big concert goer in general I never made a list, and I have a shit memory There's only one concert that counts as a big one (and it stands out only a tiny bit) I'm not including DJ sets Some are very small Dutch artists which you'll have never heard of anyway, but I guess I'll just include them So I'm not sure if I see the point of specifically going for a "full alphabet" (I don't go to a lot of them, but even I have "duplicates". To illustrate how shit my memory is: I went looking through my ticket stubs, seeing if I could find any, and I did find one. Name was familiar.. because I added her to my spotify playlist recently. Had no memory of actually seeing her live a few years ago. But I have proof, so I'm inccluding her, I'm not including Sharon Jones & the Dapkings and Charles Bradley, as while I'm pretty sure I've seen them, I'm not 100% sure. That said, despite not being a big concert goer, I used to go to a big "jazz" (& pop, R&B, soul, funk, etc) festival every year, so I've seen a few big names there, while not always coming for one band / artist in particular. Furthermore, I used to work for a cinema as a volunteer, but it was also a jazz podium. I've seen a lot of artists that way, but for some that was because it was simply my shift. Anyway, here's the list I definitely do remember (and I'll do it a bit differently). A Alicia Keys Angie Stone B Blackpink C Candy Dulfer Chic & Nile Rodgers D Diana Krall E Eliane Elias Erykah Badu F Flavia Coelho Fridolijn G Giovanca Gregory Porter H I Imam Baildi J Janelle Monáe Jazzanova Jessy Lanza José james K Kandace Springs Kris Berry L Little Dragon M Madeleine Peyroux N Nicola Conte O Ojos de Brujo P Pete Philly & Perquisite Q R Robert Glasper Robin McKelle Roos Jonker (.. that's actually my video) Roy Ayers Roy Hargrove The Roots S T U V W X Y Z Yeah it seems I just stopped at 'R'. Edited July 15, 2020 by Sméagol 2
Fierce_LiNk Posted July 16, 2020 Posted July 16, 2020 Nice post, @Sméagol. I'm admiring your dedication. Jealous that @Eenuh and @Vileplume2000 have seen Tool live. Desperately want to see them. 1
Eddage Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 I've only been to see one band live specifically (The Fratellis), but I have been to Glastonbury a couple of times so that will help pad out the list a bit... A - Arcade FireB - (The) Black Keys C - D - Dolly PartonE - Ed Sheeran, Elbow,F - (The) Fratellis, Florence + The MachineG -H -I - Imagine DragonsJ - Jurassic FiveK - Kaiser Chiefs, KodalineL -M - MGMT, Manic Street Preachers, Mark RonsonN -O -P - PixiesQ -R - RudimentalS -T -U -V -W -X -Y -Z - Thought it would have been more :/ Honestly only remember a few of them - had to look up set listings to actually remember who I saw! My second time at Glasto was 2015 when Foo Fighters were meant to be headlining, but Dave Grohl broke is leg and so had to pull out. That kinda soured my whole experience that year since Foos are one of my favourite bands, the weather was also shit and I slipped and twisted my knee quite badly - ended up leaving Sunday morning so missed out on a whole day!
Glen-i Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) @Happenstance, sorry. Gonna have to take that no-concert crown from you, because I've literally never gone to a live concert. It probably says a lot about my taste in music when I have to say the closest I've gotten to a live concert is the Zelda Live Orchestra when it came to London. Edited July 18, 2020 by Glen-i 1
Happenstance Posted July 18, 2020 Posted July 18, 2020 46 minutes ago, Glen-i said: @Happenstance, sorry. Gonna have to take that no-concert crown from you, because I've literally never gone to a live concert. It probably says a lot about my taste in music when I have to say the closest I've gotten to a live concert is the Zelda Live Orchestra when it came to London. Yeah the only other one I though I might have been able to put down was the London Philharmonic when I went to watch them perform a Star Wars concert 😂
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