Just because I spent the last 4 hours at a bar discussing it...

[Red Baron]

Motley Crue during the Girls Girls Girls tour.

[AntiLeaf33]

Metallica around 1989

[Kristianna]

Metallica around 1989

 

Ah, I said the same thing earlier in the thread. Its cool that someone agrees.

 

After watching tapes of them playing live on the Binge & Purge box set, I have no doubts that in 1989, Metallica ruled the metal world. Especially when they opened with Blackened... just gave me chills.

[Black Lushus]

Alice in Chains doing a tour in support of their album "Dirt" in 92.

[Nighthawk]

GG Allin, any stop on his last tour. That's easy.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

Already seen it. Lividity at someone's house, five years ago.

[skullman80]

Metallica -- Justice Tour Circa 88-89.

 

Perfection.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8FkJIlCBoZI

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G63YItfPDG4

 

[Kristianna]

Metallica -- Justice Tour Circa 88-89.

 

Perfection.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8FkJIlCBoZI

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=G63YItfPDG4

 

 

 

That's what I'm talkin' about!

[Darthtiki]

VH 1984-85

The Police 1983, though I did see them this year

Michael Jackson 1984

Prince 1984

Garth Brooks 1992

Metallica 1990-91

GNR- 1991

No Doubt/Bush 1996

U2 1985, 87, 92, Don't get me wrong the Elevation tour was great but Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree and ZooTV would kick ass

The Who 1973

Zeppelin 1975

Garbage 1998

Social Distortion 1981

Sublime 1995

KROQ Weenie Roast 1996

KROQ Acoustic Christmas 1995-98

 

[JJMc]

I would love to have seen Nirvana or Alice in Chains' Unplugged shows. Zeppelin in the early 70s would probably be number one. Also, I'm surprised at how many people said Faith No More. I didn't realize they had that big of a following, I know next to nothing about them.

[UZI Suicide]

Guns N' Roses 1998 show at The Ritz. That was pretty much their peak, IMO.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VtyqIRMJLCs

[Jaxxson Mayhem]

Guns N' Roses 1998 show at The Ritz. That was pretty much their peak, IMO.

 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VtyqIRMJLCs

 

 

"Anyway, I'm gonna dedicate this song real quick. And I'm not gonna say anything offensive so that we can make it on TV. This is the song that is not dedicated to drinking or drug addiction or any of that kind of stuff. This song is basically about a walk in the park. This is something called 'Nightrain'."

 

 

Ha.

[Broward83]

Hendrix...Monterey Pop Festival.

[Henry Spencer]

Same festival. Otis Redding.

[Corey_Lazarus]

The Misfits, '83 or so, just before Danzig broke the band up. You've got everything of theirs worth a damn to hear live (outside of the few good Graves tunes), plus the inclusion of their later, more hardcore/thrash-y stuff.

 

Slayer...wait, I've already seen them plenty of times, and each set has been amazing.

 

I got it. S.O.D. during the taping of Live at Budokan. It's a great live album, and it's fucking S.O.D.

[Darthtiki]

The Clash 1982

[King Kamala]

The Clash 1982

 

 

I would have loved to have seen The Who/The Clash tour that year. I know The Who was without Keith Moon but I think The Who have been at the very least a good live band in any of their incarnations.

[Vern Gagne]

Bobby Darrin

The Rat Pack

One of the Sun Record tours of the 50s

One of the Motown shows from the 60s

Herb Alpert

Deep Purple

Queen

The Ohio Players

 

 

[thecitythesky]

*

 

beefheart in '73-74

hum: the tour before downward is heavenward (then and only then)

helmet in '93

sonic youth in '83 for the best of bert; and the early tours w/ shelley.

butthole surfers: any time in post '86 - '89.

coltrane in '60 or '66

fugazi in '90

aesop rock in '01

karate '96 - '99

masters of reality (at all)

[Darthtiki]

Rat Pack 1960 at The Sands in Las Vegas to be specific

[B. Brian Brunzell]

The Clash 1982

 

Absolutely. I really would have loved to have seen them during the two week CBGB stint.

 

Also, Same Cooke in '63.

[King Kamala]

Has Prince been mentioned? I would have loved to see him around the time of Sign O' The Times, 87 or 88ish. Or on one of the tours where The Time opened up.

 

 

I got a book that has pictures of all of the old posters from the old Fillmore East and Fillmore West from the mid 60s to the early 70s and there are some really cool bills I would have loved to see. Like Jefferson Airplane with B.B. King and The Who opening from 1969. The Kinks with Elton John opening during Elton John's first U.S. tour in 1970. The ultra bizarre bill with Chuck Berry headlining and Jethro Tull opening. The Allman Brothers with The J. Geils Band opening from 71. Otis Redding with a young Grateful Dead opening. All sorts of crazy, wacked out bills like that.

[Red Baron]

AC/DC during the Let There Be Rock tour. My dad said this was the best concert he'd ever seen.

 

Peter Gabriel during the mid 80's.

 

Stevie Ray Vaughn, at any time.

 

The Who during the Quadrophinia tour.

 

At the time, the Korn/Tool tour during 96 would have been awesome to go to.

[TheOriginalOrangeGoblin]

- Michael Jackson in 1988

- Bon Jovi's 3 nights at Wembley in 1995

- Guns N Roses in 1987

- Marvin Gaye in 1973

- Any of those Jersey Christmas shows featuring Southside Johnny, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi

- Elvis in 1959

- Jay Z's concert in MSG when R. Kelly walked out and he had to improvise a brand new show brigning people out of the crowd (like JA Rule and Mary J Blige) to join him