Last Show You Went To

[Taco-Calamitous]

I remember a thread similar to this, a long long time ago, I think. Like, the last time I went to the Warped Tour (because that's what I posted about.) Either way, that was talking about concerts in general. This will be where you post about the last concert you went to. Please do not just list the bands you saw; give us some details of the show, like how the crowd, bands, or venue was. Anyhoo, without further ado...

Last night, I went to "The Summer Of Ska" show in Portland, OR, featuring the bands Westbound Train, Suburban Legend, Big D and the Kid's Table, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and Catch 22. I got to go, because my cousin had an extra ticket; his girlfriend was supposed to go with him. She's missed three shows this way. He didn't make me pay for it either, because he said it would've gone to waste anyway. He also bought me a couple drinks while we were there. He's also on the Reel Big Fish street team, and at this point in time, he knows a lot more about the scene than I do. He's a pretty awesome cousin, eh?

Anyhoo, this was the first show that I'd been to in a year that wasn't in an actual bar (although there was a bar at the back of the hall, and there was a bar just around the corner in the same building.) We primarily stayed in the 21 and over section in the back, because it was less crowded, and so we could get drinks if we wished, I guess.

We missed Westbound Train, because my cousin was waiting for his friend to come. I could've gone in and watched them, but my cousin didn't seem worried about seeing them, and I'd never heard of them, so I didn't really care either. We were more worried about seeing Suburban Legend, which were up next. I think I'd heard a few songs by them prior to the show; they sound to me a bit like Reel Big Fish. I like them a lot. They had like these choreographed moves on stage, and they ended their set with "Under The Sea," too, which I thought was pretty rad. For Big D and the Kid's Table, we went with my cousin's friend to look for food, because we weren't really too worried to see them, either (another band I'd never listened to, although I'd heard of them.)

We got back for Voodoo Glow Skulls. I'd owned an album of theirs before, but I guess I didn't really care for it, because I couldn't understand the lyrics, and the songs kind of bleed into each other, although I liked them a lot better live. They looked kind of like a motley crew (not the hair band, stupid). Kind of bizarre to watch. My favorite part of their set was the beginning, when the lead singer was wearing a luchadore mask. Their one guitarist wore glasses, and had shaved all but the very front of his head. He's my hero (no wait, John Flansburgh is my hero...) Anyhoo, they left, and Catch 22 came on. I'd owned an album of theirs too before, but hadn't been impressed with it either. I didn't like the singer, or something. However, the guy who primarily sang tonight sounded a lot better than the guy on the CD. My cousin told me their old lead singer left them, but that I'd probably heard them after he'd left. I dunno, though... we were listening to his new band's CD, and that sounded a lot like him.

In any case, Catch 22 were fun. I liked how the trombone player would look like he was singing, or playing his trombone a lot, but I could not hear him if he was. He was funny; just kind of stood around off to the side when he wasn't playing. I liked him. Heh. I also thought that their guitar and bass player looked really young. Like, 15 year olds. Maybe it was because the guitarist in particular was really small, and because they stayed in the background the entire time, when I'm used to the guitarists being the front men in bands. *shrug*

Anyhoo, my favorite part of the show was probably Suburban Legend.

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Walter Sobchak]

Its strange. The last "show" I went to was less than a month ago, but I cant remember much of it. But the last major band concert I went to was over a year ago, and I remember it by heart.

It was the Hives, one of my favorite bands. It was supposed to be me, my best friend Jeremy, his girlfriend Leah, and mutual friend Robyn. Robyn has big breasts and puts out, so it was supposed to be a double date. Anyway, last minute Robyn has to pull out, so were stuck with an extra ticket. We end up taking Leah's sister, Kelly, and my life begins.

About an hour drive to Orlando, to the House of Blues. Just listen to bad music and make jokes. Really boring. Jeremy makes us get there super early so we dont have to wait in line, but nonetheless, there is a line. We wait and wait, and finally get in. Jeremy starts to realize that I have the hots for Kelly and kind of goes his own direction with Leah. I was in my awkward phase still, so its hard to talk to Kelly.

First Band - Hell If I Know ska band. They were ska - AKA, nothing special. The crowd was a bunch of indie kids, so it did not go over well at all. After they played, we all bought Hives t-shirts and drank $5 cups of soda. ****ing concerts.

Second Band - The Rogers Sisters. Not that good on record, not that talented, but amazing live. Really good energy and fun to sing along too.

After they played, everyone ran up to the front and took the best places for the Hives. Jeremy and Leah kind of went to their corner, so I took Kelly to the balcony, and we sat on the couch. I didnt know how to approach her, so I found out the secret to women: if you listen and pretend to be interested, they will sleep with you.

BIG BAND: Hives play. Super amazing. Unfortunately, we went for me, so the three of them fell asleep by then. Screw them. I sang along to every word.

Afterwards. Loss of virginity to Kelly. Best night of my life.

[darksephiroth]

the last show i went to was twiztid and it was good but cool as hell.

EDITED BY TACO: For a thread such as this, I expect more in a post than this. For example, you could've told everyone that twiztid is a rap band similar to Insane Clown Posse. You could've also described the venue you went to, and what the crowd was like. In the future, keep these things in mind, for this thread at least, please.

[BakersDozen]

Hrm, i went to see KillWhitneyDead and The Demonstration 2 or 3 days ago. Amazing Post-Grind type of stuff. Both bands share almost the exact same line up but the still manage to sound quite different from each other. The show was at the local shithole venue, the bulldog cafe. There were a bunch of hardcore guys there, so of coarse, there was much air punching in the pit. The guys in the band were supremely cool when i talked to them though, and they said that they were suprised anyone even came to the show, seeing as how it was the first time they've come through this part of the country. They told me they would definately come back. The music was good, although i thought the bass drums were a little too loud in the speakers. At the end of the show two guy got into a fight sothat was a little gay, it was two of your typical dumbass tough guys duking it out. Anyway, for the most part, the show was good.

Next week I get to go see Dragonforce with Between the Buried and Me.

[caex]

Last concert I went to was the Metal Crusaders tour in Spartanburg, SC at Ground Zero.

I decided to go late, so I only got to see Kataklysm (a canadian Death Metal band, really great band) and Vader (Polish Death Metal)

I got there a little before Kataklysm came on, and bought a Vader shirt and a Graveworm - Engraved In Black (they are a melodic black/death metal band from Italy).

I went into the main concert area for Kataklysm and they came on and proceeded to rock the place, playing some of my fave songs of theirs like As I Slither and Resurrected. After their show, I went to the car to get my Graveworm album booklets, since i saw they were signing.

I got Engraved In Black, Scourge of Malice and Nutopia signed by them, and then I talked to the singer for a while about different metal related things, such as Wacken Open Air (A HUGE 3 day metal festival in Germany) and about the World Cup.

Then, Vader came out, and i watched half of their set. Thanks to an ear infection, the snare was hurting my ear so I decided to leave. On the way out, I saw a member of Kataklysm near their bus. I asked if he would sign my copy of their new album, In The Arms of Devastation.

He proceeds to not only do that, but he goes inside the venue, and gets the rest of the band, who are nice enough to leave the main area during Vader to sign my booklet and talk to me, a bunch of great guys that band is.

Next concert is Hamburg Rocks, a metal concert in Hamburg, Germany. Some of the bands playing are Metal Church, Rose Tattoo and Michael Shenker Group. Then, the day after the next, is Wacken Open Air 2006.

[BakersDozen]

Ahhhh, iwent to Metal Crusaders on 6/6/06 in cinncinatti^^^

Anyway, i got to go to a really not awesome hardcore show tonight. It wasn't even the good, angry hardcore, it was a bunch of guys in chick pants moaning about their girlfriends. It was absolutely horrific. But it's alright, I'm going to see Dragonforce and Between the buried and me tommorrow.

[Usagy]

Last concert I went to was Hellbound with Queen's night here in Amsterdam, Holland.
Tons of dj's played there like Gizmo, Buzz Fuzz, Dano, Partyraiser, Lil terror and loads more.

There were 2 halls there, one was of newstyle and one was the speedcore/terror room, quite small compared to the first one, but that's cause not many people can manage to dance to speedcore long, hehe. It's friggin exhausting.

Well it was a crazy party, crowd went crazy, too many drug usage though, some dude was sniffing cocaine right next to me on the dancefloor >_<;
I dont use drugs though...just energy drinks.
Danced till like 7 am, from 10 pm last night.

Peace out

[iceshiva]

My last concert was Twiztid too but can't remember much.

EDITED BY TACO: You probably should have waited a little while to post, then, until you had some details. Or asked some friends you went with about it, or looked info up on the show, or looked at your ticket stub, or anything. I was pretty specific about having info on your show when you post in this thread, so try harder next time.

[Lacroix]

Well Warped Tour was the last one but I dont count that as a show. The last real show I went to was Taking Lottie Home, Xamien, and Thursday. I ended up with a bloody nose, a lose front tooth a not on my head and a very swollen black eye. On the way home I eneded up puking in Toco Bells floor ( Im not saying why) But overall, it was fun. I enjoyed myself very thoughly. Anyone ever seen any of them live?

[lolosky]

The last show i went to was Desinfest a local festival that was done among local bands from the scene here in Maracaibo, I went mostly to support my mates of Element, who were playing that night, it was around a one and a half or two months ago. Can't remember.

The logistics were horrible, the show started really late, there was so much drug abuse going on that it was actually funny, specially in a show where almost everyone who played was as sober as a nun, after a couple of horrid shows we got a really good Death Metal band performing the stage, can't remember the name but they performed with power and decision some of the best display i've seen in such a new band of unknown faces. Best show of the 7 that went on.

Although perhaps Element was musically stronger, their sound was weak, which i blame on the guys in charge of the whole sound, but still, they displayed their power-heavy metal to full extent and even the Viking sounded great(when it's an open fact that he sings horribly), they played only 4 songs of the 6 they were supposed to play which was kinda lame, but then again the logistics were awful. I joined them in "Dominios Del Dragon" to perform the dragon parts, which is the only song of them to include growling vocals, normally Eudes performs all the vocals, but he wanted to focus on his heavy metal pitch, and as I knew the lyrics he asked me earlier to sing along him.

So we got 2 shows out of 7 and the show had to end earlier due to several problems in the whole logistics problems. Kida sucks but meh, that's how things are in Maracaibo

[BakersDozen]

I saw Dragonforce, Between the buried and Me, and Bleeding Though last night.

BTBAM played first and definately wasn't at their best, I've seen them perform mush better.
Bleeding Through was 2nd and was terrible. The slamdancers were out in full force and basically knocked each others teeth out.
Dragonforce played last and may i say, i don't know if i've ever seen that many smiles in one place. They plaed all the favorites, and everybody was singing along. There were a TON of crowdsurfers. The keyboardist came out and played a big crazy solo while the rest of the band took a break. He actually managed to shred his keyboard so hard that a few of the keys fell off of it, at which point his band mates made fun of him. The guitar-work was amazing, and the entire band was very tight and on time the whole night. This was one of the best live bands i've seen in a long time.

[Taco-Calamitous]

Last night I went to Corvallis with my brother and sister in law to see Mark Cleaver and some other guy play at the downtown Corvallis Beanery. Mark Cleaver used to be in a band called "Bendixon." You might be able to still find their album around, somewhere. It's called "Slaying the Dragon," or something, I think. I highly recommend it. Anyhoo, my brother used to be really good friends with this guy, so he got us all our drinks. At first I thought he was just getting theres, so I started to get out my wallet, but he was like "What's that about?" and gave me a kinda dirty look. Heh. I got a chocolate mocha shake. It was yummy.

The two guys played mostly acoustig guitar stuff. Some of the songs was just one guy and his instrument, while the others were them together. They also had an air organ that came in a suitcase, a drum machine, and a little flute thing that had a keyboard on it for one song. I thought their stuff was cool, but it was all soft and folksy, and some of the songs were long, so I kinda started to zone out a little bit in places. Or maybe a lot. There were some songs in there that I really liked, though. Like this one song called "We Don't Kiss," which is on my myspace now (but you gotta be in the know to get my myspace, foo Or... just look through the myspace thread...)

Anyhoo, after that, we went to this bar called the Crowbar (which I've been to several times.) My brother and his wife left, but my other brother was there (he didn't hear about the show until afterwards. Both Mark and my other brother thought the other was telling him, apparently. Heh.) Mark was going to come to the Crowbar for a drink, but then he never showed up. In any case, I hung out with my brother and his group of friends, just like in the olden days, got drunk, and slept on the couch of this girl who we know, right through this other guy snoring all night. Heh. And when I woke up, I was still a little tipsy, for like a few hours even. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

[Benevolent]

My last concerts all took play during Summerfest.
The world biggest music festival
During that looooong expensive expensive expensive week i saw.


NIN
Amazing!
Holy crap.
It was everyhting i thought it would be.

Dresden Dolls
It was pretty good.
I couldn't see though.
People on the bleachers were taller than i was on the ground.

30 Seconds to Mars
Rocked !
I mostly moshed.

Elvis Costello
He was very good.
His music is old, but it all sounded fresh.

Wilco
Best show of the festival.
This is one i can only dream to re-live.


Those were the big ones. I'm gonna go see Mars Volta soon.
I'm pretty psyched for that.

[cheesevixen]

First an Last concert actually, and I am extremely em-bear-assed to admit this. It was last summer at the Houtson Live Stick Show An Rodeo. It was hot as hell outside, and I didn't get on any rides at all. My money was actually spent trying to get stuffed anumals.Which I have lost them all, or thrown them away. They have a show everynight here. Eveyrone from George Straight to Blink 182. An the ticket you buy for the night determines which band you are going to see. Now originally I wanted to see someone otrher than the person I am going to name as I try an bore people enough so they won't read it, lol Just kidding. However, my siggnificant other's family were a real bunch of coutry Lover's. So my first/last concert was to go see Reba McEntire on stage performing. An I loved it, lol. An I hate myself for it, but I seriously loved it. An I got some free chili cheese Nacho's out of it so that is always a good thing. an a drink...yummy

[Rydia Lover]

i went with my boyfriend to go see lynyrd synyrd on the 1st of june and it was fun even though it rained and thubdered at an outdoor concert.

i have tickets right now to go see queen + paul rogers

[Chiodos]

The last show I went to was Warped Tour (this years). I guess it would be counted as a show? I was supposed to go see some local bands a few days ago, but it never happened.

It was amazing, besides the fact that it was almost 100 degrees.
The crowds for almost every band were crazy, but the worst one was Senses Fail and Motion City Soundtrack because people kept crowd surfing other people and there was cans and stuff thrown up everywhere so I got hit with cans and people's feet like 20 times. I got in front for almost every band I wanted to see.

Other than getting the shit beat out of me, it was amazing.

If you never went to a show before and Warped Tour is your first, it isn't the best. The bands play like only 3 songs. I'd rather go to a show with only like 2 bands, but thats just me.

[Lai]

The last show I went to was Rx Bandits in Boston. The show was pretty rad rock, considering I was too sick to actually get involved in the crowd. The saxophonist had quit just days before, so they were down a man, but that didn't stop them from rocking the place. They played phenomenally and the crowd was having an absolute blast.

[Dauragon]

I'm not one to get out much, so the last show I went to was G3 '03, which featured Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen. I remember the night quite well, because before the concert, nothing could go right.

As far as the show goes, it was insane. Yngwie started things off, and did he ever unleash the ****ing fury. Kicking guitar picks all over the place, playing with his ass (it was pretty funny), and really pumping the place up. Vai followed up with his incredible skills. 3-necked guitar, haunting performances ("For the Love of God" sticks in my mind), with some overal kickass. Satriani was the last of the three to perform, and he definitely brought some energy. Nothing like watching a middle-aged bald man hop up and down on the stage playing a guitar. "Flying in a Blue Dream" was goddamned beautiful. He also had a lot of flashing lights during his performace. The three of them finished off on stage with a "duel", and Steve sang "Little Wing". What I loved the most about when they did that song was how they each had their own little solo before finally playing the original Hendrix solo.

All in all, three and a half hours well spent.

[Asheis]

Last show I went to..

Was my girlfriend's friend's band, and their "allied" band. It was a neat show.. It's kinda neat being able to talk to the lead guitarist as a friendish person. the only part that sucks was when the venue decided to close down because it was time for them to go home... pretty lame.. =/

[Taco-Calamitous]

I have just come back from seeing Billy Dean at the River Rhythms. And I am drunk. Maybe. Or not. *shrug* Depends on how you look at it, I guess...

For those of you who do not know, Billy Dean is a Country Western song writer/artist. He did such amazing songs as "Billy The Kid," "There Ain't No Good Guy," (or whatever that song is called) etc. Also, for those of you who do not know, River Rhythms is a free concert series that takes place here in Albany at Monteith Park each year. It's on a stage that's set up near the Willamette River. You'll meet a bunch of hippies if you come by some time.

Anyhoo, to start off, I went to a barbeque with the regular crew I drink with (my brother's buddies, since my buddies don't drink) and we ate some chicken and such. My brother had me have a shot just after I'd finished my first beer, so I was a little bit tipsy from that point on. I think I've had 7 beers on the night. Anyhoo, we walked halfway to the park from where the barbeque was, about 7 blocks, and then we caught the downtown trolley, which is free, bitches! If ever you are in Downtown Albany, OR during the Summer...

Anyhoo, the highlight of the night was when he talked about a make out scene he had in a movie with Dolly Parton, and a miscalculation by him and the movie people had his nose in between Dolly's "twins."My brother's friends loved that, heh. Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer

[Musashiden]

Last show I saw was Gigantour '05 about a year ago. The line-up was Nevermore, Fear Factory, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dream Theater, and Megadeth. Life of Agony was supposed to be there as well, but their tour bus ran out of gas or something. Oh well, it made Dream Theater's set longer.

Nevermore played well, but they had ZERO stage presence. They just kinda stood there. After their 45 minute set, Fear Factory came on. Just as Nevermore, they had NO stage presence. However, it's Fear Factory, they fucking rule. After them came Dillinger Escape Plan, who blew the damn house down. They pretty much played everything off Miss Machine with a few tracks from Irony is a Dead Scene and Calculating Infinity. On top of rocking my goddamn ears off, they were jumping all over the stage. On amps, off amps, knocking over cymbals, throwing shit into the audience, and just ruling. Dream Theater's set amazed me. It went for 2 hours, and they rocked so hard. Amazing guitar work by John Petrucci, as usual. Excellent lightwork, and James LaBrie was on the top of his game. I didn't stay long for Megadeth, I just wanted to hear Sweating Bullets, which they pulled off perfectly.

[Chez Daja]

Last show I saw was Gigantour '05 about a year ago. The line-up was Nevermore, Fear Factory, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Dream Theater, and Megadeth. Life of Agony was supposed to be there as well, but their tour bus ran out of gas or something. Oh well, it made Dream Theater's set longer.

Nevermore played well, but they had ZERO stage presence. They just kinda stood there. After their 45 minute set, Fear Factory came on. Just as Nevermore, they had NO stage presence. However, it's Fear Factory, they fucking rule. After them came Dillinger Escape Plan, who blew the damn house down. They pretty much played everything off Miss Machine with a few tracks from Irony is a Dead Scene and Calculating Infinity. On top of rocking my goddamn ears off, they were jumping all over the stage. On amps, off amps, knocking over cymbals, throwing shit into the audience, and just ruling. Dream Theater's set amazed me. It went for 2 hours, and they rocked so hard. Amazing guitar work by John Petrucci, as usual. Excellent lightwork, and James LaBrie was on the top of his game. I didn't stay long for Megadeth, I just wanted to hear Sweating Bullets, which they pulled off perfectly.

Fuck, man, I'm so jealous. That show sounds freaking awesome. I love all of the bands you just listed... It would've been totally orgasmic to go to.

Anyway, that's all I really wanted to say, since I've bever really been to any shows... But so it's not as spammy, I'll add that the last musical show or anykind that I went to, was when I was about six years old and saw my sister sing in the school choir thing in this big extravagant hall... They sang many songs and wore very silly costumes, and I remember I was a bit bored... but then my mother gave me chocolate and I was happy again.

Please don't warn me. ;_; It was a show of sorts!

EDITED BY TACO: Hey, you mentioned a show. You tried, and that's what counts *pats Chez on the head*

[Zedian]

I went to the Sounds of the Underground Tour and didn't like it much...it's funny how many bands sound like Norma Jean, Bleeding Through, Trivium and As I lay Dying and The Black Dahlia Murder.

But seeing GWAR was lots of fun and Horse the Band kick ass.

The Receiving End of Sirens/Circa Survive show really surprised me as both bands were exceptionally good. There also wasn't too much scene going on in spite of Circa playing (They sounded tight too).

And lastly, Anathallo with Mono in a small-intimate venue was shunningly good.

[Lai]

I went to a Counting Crows concert last night. They played with Goo Goo Dolls and The Working Title. I'm not entirely into that kind of music, but I was offered a free ticket and didn't want to be rude. It was alright. TWT and GGD were good, but CC was so dull and boring. I ended up falling asleep.

[Daddy]

The last show I went to was my own. I was playing by myself (no band for me) and my guitar. It was nice, even though I didn't have any of my pedals or amp with me. I had to use a Behringer 2x12 combo amp (UGH!) which had virtually no tone. I had my chromatic tuner, so tuning was good and I could use it to kill the sound when I needed to.

I actually went on longer than my set was supposed to - something like 20 minutes (it was supposed to be 10) long when even the full bands could only play one song. ^________^ Go me?

IT was pretty fun, and I was the only one who said anything to the audience. Funny how the big 'cool' band people can't even say hello to their fans. At least those kids have the security of a band behind them.

[Wrath]

Nothing too fancy, just went to a local gig for some death metal.
Crepitation- The guys in the band were REALLY cool and funny, but I wasn't keen on their music.
Ingested- Awesome
Kastrated- Third time I've seen em now. Brilliant. "SCAT IN A BOX!"


Last "proper" gig I went to was absolute yonks ago to see Mortiis, haha.
He rocked
And was really cool when I bumped into him after the gig.

Upcoming gigs

- Emperor, at the London Astoria

- Insomnium/Keep Of Kalessin/1349/Enslaved/Zyklon at the Academy 2 at Manchester.

Cant wait.

[Omni]

Unless I forgot something, my last show was seeing Train at Riverfest. Riverfest, for those who don't know or can't decipher its name, is an annual, well, festival by the river. There's always music, food, and little tents where people sell their wares or have an attraction set up. Always a good time to be had.

Well, it was pretty much me and almost all of my friends from my high school. It would only be a minor exaggeration if I said "everyone was there". It was midway through the evening and the weather left something to be desired, but hey that's summer in Arkansas and you can't be surprised at hot, humid weather. Anyway, on with the show.

They played a standard set, blending most of the old with some of the new, but towards the end they pulled out all the songs that people knew. Of course, for the finale, they played "Drops Of Jupiter" and the entire side of the river could be heard in chorus with each other. Truly amazing. So, they went backstage and, as usual, the crowd screamed for an encore. And so they came back out and played another song, but then... they took us all by surprise. Train busted out playing "Dream On" by Aerosmith and holy shit it was amazing. They shot fireworks off, for God's sake.

All in all, a truly magnificent show and a great addition to the Riverfest atmosphere. As far as upcoming shows go, I want to go to Austin City Limits, but chances are it won't be happening. Built To Spill is coming to Little Rock in September, so I'll probably be going to that.

[Dirty Rob]

Last show I went to was to see the best band in the world... HIM at the Carling Academy, Birmingham they pewnt. The date was the.. dunno forgot.

-EDIT- Here is everything on my ticket

[B]TICKET NUMBER : nOT TELLING YOU =p
UNRESERVED

CLEAR CHANNEL ENT PRESENT
HIM
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS (Witch were Anathema, they pewnt )
UNDER 14S WITH AN ADULT
CARLING ACADEMY BIRMINGHAM
WED 25-JAN-06 DOORS 19.00

HAHA HIM pwn.

Gigs I'll DEFINATELY be going to in the future.

HIM lol






Sincerely
-Dirty Rob
(haha I stole this from Rude)

[Rydia Lover]

i just came back from yet another cirque du soleil show called LOVE, and t was soo cool and grovy. it had all the music of the beatles.

just imagine, hippe clowns!

[Lady Cid]

I went to see Metallica in March...also saw Seether and the Rasmus and Collective Soul and Simple Plan (whoo hoo, NOT!) and some other south african bands. 12 hour concert, golden circle, yeah!!
it was like a big collaberation. Metallica was just the SHEIT, they rocked that place flat, I cried my eyes out when they played nothing else matters and went home the happiest i'd been for a long long time...numb legs and all!