Kaizers Orchestra. First show was in 2001. Seen then more than 20 times, they're just great.
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It's been quite a while, over 20 years, but Dog Eat Dog at a local venue was a blast. They brought a huuuuge bottle of martini and went absolutely wild. One of the best, funnest shows I ever attended.
I've seen Haken and Thank You Scientist at least 3 times, and I won't hesitate to see them again. Just virtuosos so it's always great to see people of that skill play their instruments. Meshuggah I've only seen once, but will definitely go anytime I have the chance. Heaviest band I've ever seen live.
Opiuo. About 10 times, including at Festivals. Just fucking great dance music.
Also Machine Gun Fellatio. Only 2 or 3 times, but what a show, even now they are all in their 50s
BTBAM - 8x - They're just phenomenal live. It's a shame their crowd is on the older side now because they were one of the scary bands when I was younger. Like you'd go in their pit and be afraid. Now everybody is bopping around and there's less chaos. But they are just as phenomenal now as they were 20 years ago.
Periphery - 5x - Same as above except their crowd is a bit younger. The shows still get rowdy. Everybody has a love or hate opinion on Spencer(their singer) but once you see him live it's magical. Their last record is IMO their best period and I really have to see them play a couple songs off that one.
Punch Brothers. They're essentially the peak of what bluegrass can be, mixed with baroque, mixed with indie.
Not their best song, but a good display of their musicianship.
My partner and I try to see Jeff Rosenstock any time we can. Its been probably 5 or 6 shows now haha. Parquet Courts is another one, we've seen MJ Landerman a few times as well. Would recommend all.
Grateful Dead (not to be confused with Dead and Co)
Would do anything to take that ride again.
Nothing even comes close to what that was like.
No two shows the same. Not even the songs played exactly the same with a different setlist everytime.
Not a whole lot of bands come along that you are willing to travel and see every show of the tour. It used to be really fun to travel the country without maps and cell phones.
so glad jerry garcia is dead. so very, very glad.
Often wish death on people that have nothing to do with you? Particularly people who really did absolutely nothing negative to you?
What kind of shit life do you have that you are glad a person who wanted nothing more than to play music is dead?
you can admit it, this is a safe space. the guy was a monster.
I think you might be. Or a troll. I am pretty sure you have no idea what you are talking about.
you're entitled to your opinion, seabass.
No opinion. Fact. You have no idea what you are talking about. Ask Elizabeth Cotten. Well if she was alive anyway.
you really think he toured the world for decades, leaving a cloud of drugs in his wake at every stop, and no one got hurt?
nobody?
oh sure you probably only see the 'upside', the great music....ugh... one or two decent songs does not justify all that cult shit. and yeah, people who flock to and follow a psychedelic fueled jam band for decades are sad and probably became trumpers.
OK, I can see you know nothing about this. You "heard some things" maybe?
And you are blaming a guitarist for the bad choices of some people?
You sure you are not the monster?
Nobody is perfect, but lets at least be real:
- bad things can happen at concerts, this is nothing new. Famously though, deadheads had less violence and less drunken incidents than other concerts (worth noting that the fans set aside an area that was marked with yellow balloons as a support group to help people who wanted to remain sober. It was was never looked down on to not do drugs at all).
- the summer of love anniversary of 1987 brought a HUGE number of people into the scene that were only their to party and made things much less manageable. That was not Jerry's fault, they simply had a hit song and the news was mentioning 60's nostalgia daily.
- Jerry thought that music should be free
- Jerry thought that price should never keep a person out, and the band worked hard to keep prices low and play more to make up for it
- To that end, they set up their own ticket sales, and tried to fairly distribute tickets via mail to keep prices down
- Equal Pay: they paid every member equally. Jerry was very adamant about this. The crew, ticket office, band members, all must be paid the same and well. Ironically this would be a problem, as Jerry stopping playing meant people would go hungry, leaving little time to deal with himself.
- Jerry believed in business by consensus
- Famously, Jerry was concerned about how his words might be taken by the few that were a bit "cultish", so he rarely spoke to the crowd during the last decade.
They rarely traveled the world by the way, a couple of tours to Europe, and once to Egypt. That is it.
Jerry said there must be many ways to have success, and money and fame are not it. The one thing about him, more than anything else, was not trying to control people or tell them what to do.
I mentioned Elizabeth Cotten, because when Jerry found out she was struggling with bills at the end of her life, he put a song on their live record by her so she could get the royalties.
I don't know why you think this is monstrous behaviour.
people who flock to and follow a psychedelic fueled jam band for decades are sad
So you just judge people? That seems more sad. By the way, not a jam band. Dance band, but whatever. When it was a smaller group, seeing friends and family all over the US was actually fun. If it isn't for you, then nobody is making you go. This was mostly over by 1985, and officially over by 1995, so this is a LONG time ago.
and probably became trumpers.
Unfortunately some did. Which is weird, because a HUGE part of the draw to go to shows for a lot of people was being accepted for who ever they are.
EDIT: I should also add that one of the two bands lyricists (John Barlow - perhaps you heard of him) said before he died that Trump was toxic asshole, and thorough creep in 2016. Jerry of course was long dead, but the band itself has been against this bullshit for a long time.
EDIT2: Since you don't know much about this, I will add this from a scholarly publication:
"Deadheads often speak of being attracted to deadhead culture because the community is peaceful, values camaraderie and shares resources which offers a refreshing escape from the dominant culture’s individualism, materialism and competition. Pearson (1987) argues that among younger generations of deadheads, the Grateful Dead’s music is an attractive alternative to the formulaic top 40 hits of the mainstream music industry. In other words, Deadheads feel that music should be free emotional expression and should not be inspired purely by a desire for profitability.
Do you find that monstrous too?
man no one's ever gonna convince you captain trips did anything wrong.
Well that isn't true there are issues.
But you came swinging with "this mans a monster!" and then have nothing to back it up. I can't even figure out where you are coming from, it makes no sense.
Slowdive - always sound great, always a truly live experience, never stagnant and only about the past, and most importantly the music has always been amazing
I have seen Tori Amos several times. Her shows are always unique, and even the "hits" get reworked and are not performed the same way every time. She's definitely my favorite artist to see live.
Coheed and Cambria is my current obsession. I can't even tell you how many times I've seen them. Their sets are basically the same for a whole tour, but they put their hearts and souls into every performance and their fanbase is an amazing group of people.
Saosin, Circa Survive, LS Dunes ... I would listen to Anthony Green sing directly out of the phone book no matter who's backing him.
Alkaline Trio was my favorite band in the early 2000s. I lost count of their shows, too. They have less energy these days, and Matt Skiba's voice isn't what it used to be. But we had a helluva lot of fun at their gigs back in the day.
Others I've seen multiple times include Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Thursday, Chris Cornell, Taking Back Sunday, The Decemberists, Toadies, Reggie and the Full Effect, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, and I'm sure I'm missing at least a couple of others.
Missing out on live music is my only regret about leaving the US to live abroad.
None unless it was free. I don't understand the appeal of live as the studio work is going to be much cleaner. honestly when it comes to most anything. sports, music, theater. I would rather go to at most college level. College, high school, and even grade school can be good and is real cheap and any money they make goes to the school. The cutoff for me is college things that are to professional like big 10 or whatnot. Give me a nice triple A.
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