Best Concert You've Ever Been To- Who, where and when.

[RedBlackAttack]

I've always wanted to see Tool.

I've seen them twice... the one I referenced above and at '07 Bonnaroo. They were great both times, but the music was a little too hard for the "peace & love" crowd at Bonnaroo. The crowd's energy at the humungous main stage was a little weird.

But, as far as musicians, showmen and the light show goes, top notch. To me, they're the keepers of the Pink Floyd flame for synchronized lasers/lights and all that good stuff.

Danny Carey is just a flat-out beast.


As for concerts this past year, I saw Sigur Ros, Nine Inch Nails and Explosions in the Sky all in Cleveland. All very good shows. NIN also has a hell of a stage show and Trent Resnor is a Cleveland native, so I think he brought a little something extra.

[bdreason]

This is any impossible question. I'm going to have to take some time to think about this one.

[oarabbus]

Saw Santana at the Shoreline Amphitheater, also Red Hot Chili Peppers + Paul McCartney + more at the bridge benefit concert, also at Shoreline (Mountain View, CA).

Also saw Dream Theater, Opeth, 3, and Between the Buried and Me, was pretty sick back during my Prog metal days.

Then ETD POP 2010, it had
Armin Van Buuren
Infected Mushroom
Benny Benassi
Fedde le Grand
Boys Noize
Gareth Emery
Steve Aoki
LA Riots
Deep Voices

that was the first EDM event I went to and a solid (if somewhat grimy) concert.

[DirkNowitzki41]

Mushroomhead concert at Peabody's in Cleveland about 2 years ago. They were really good but Hed P.E. opened for them and they were even better. I had never even hear of Hed P.E. before that but now I'm a big fan.

12 hundred

[Myth]

1. System of a Down, Hollywood Bowl CA, July 2013 - I've seen SOAD twice before this, and have also seen Scars on Broadway as well as Serj Tankian solo, but none of them compared to this concert. I've never been to a concert like this where everybody in the crowd seemed to know every single lyric. The fandom was on some epic level that night and it made it the greatest concert ever. System of a Down didn't do any theatrics (not even the fake leaving stage waiting for encore chants), but instead opted to just play song after song mostly non-stop for over 30 songs with a clear crisp sound.

2. Rammstein, Tacoma Dome WA, 2011? - When I saw this concert, I thought there was no chance it is ever surpassed. They put on the greatest show I have ever seen. So much pyrotechnics including using a flame throwing to light the keyboardist on fire, lines of flames going over the crowd, flames coming out of giant robotic wings, and so many other different ways of dispensing fire, as well as a giant dick thing that Till Lindemann rode that spewed foam on the crowd. Great sound and crowd experience as well.

3. Guns N Roses, Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, 2012 - They should be washed up by now, but somehow this show was simply amazing. The sound quality was great and they played for 3+ hours. Vegas also had Cirque Du Soleil performers assisting in the stage performance. At one point Axl was playing the piano while suspended over the crowd from the ceiling with confetti everywhere and Cirque Du Soleil girls spinning around on these long banner things.

4. Alice Cooper, Sleep Country Amphitheater, WA, 2005 or 06? - Alice Cooper sounds so clear (songs you have never heard you can understand ever lyric) and his stage performance doubles as a demented magic show. He uses trap doors everywhere to fake his death and then do things like have his body re-assembled piece by piece as a frankenstein monster that comes alive.

Other top live bands that come to mind of the 100 or so bands I've seen:
Rob Zombie
Motley Crue
Ozzy
Godsmack
Kid Rock featuring Rev. Run

[CeltsGarlic]

RHCP in Kaunas Lithuania.
was an absolute blaaast

Then my friend who I came with in Kaunas went to RHCP concert in LA, while I didnt wanted to (I was staying in cali also tho) as it was costly and I already saw them and said it was 50 times worse.

I guess Kiedis as lithuanian tried harder here

[Rondo]

Bruce Springsteen, 2013 in Glasgow, Scotland.

[Rake2204]

1. System of a Down, Hollywood Bowl CA, July 2013 - I've seen SOAD twice before this, and have also seen Scars on Broadway as well as Serj Tankian solo, but none of them compared to this concert. I've never been to a concert like this where everybody in the crowd seemed to know every single lyric. The fandom was on some epic level that night and it made it the greatest concert ever. System of a Down didn't do any theatrics (not even the fake leaving stage waiting for encore chants), but instead opted to just play song after song mostly non-stop for over 30 songs with a clear crisp sound.

2. Rammstein, Tacoma Dome WA, 2011? - When I saw this concert, I thought there was no chance it is ever surpassed. They put on the greatest show I have ever seen. So much pyrotechnics including using a flame throwing to light the keyboardist on fire, lines of flames going over the crowd, flames coming out of giant robotic wings, and so many other different ways of dispensing fire, as well as a giant dick thing that Till Lindemann rode that spewed foam on the crowd. Great sound and crowd experience as well.

I saw System of Down at Pine Knob in Michigan during 2013 and your description matches my experience to a T. It's hard for me not to mention it when thinking of best shows I've been to.

And I've always regretted not going to see Rammstein when the opportunity arose a few years ago. I just didn't have any friends who were willing to take the plunge with me. Bummer.

[DukeDelonte13]

I saw System of Down at Pine Knob in Michigan during 2013 and your description matches my experience to a T. It's hard for me not to mention it when thinking of best shows I've been to.

And I've always regretted not going to see Rammstein when the opportunity arose a few years ago. I just didn't have any friends who were willing to take the plunge with me. Bummer.

Rammstein might be my number one. Just an over the top spectacle throughout the entire set. Pyrotechnics galore.


I saw Primus during the sailing the seas of cheese tour where they did two sets. Excellent performance. It was a mesmerizing and unforgettable experience.


Worst shows:

I saw system of a down go on stage right after rammstein. You just can't follow up a rammstein set. Very boring and generic. Guitar player pulled down his pants during the set. F*cking lame.


I went to see Jane's Addiction once and they had this pop punk band yellowcard opening up for them. I wonder what genius thought that would be a good idea. They were being pelted with bottles it was so bad.

[b1imtf]

Wolfpack - Monte Verde Festival 2013

[Myth]

Rammstein might be my number one. Just an over the top spectacle throughout the entire set. Pyrotechnics galore.

Worst shows:

I saw system of a down go on stage right after rammstein. You just can't follow up a rammstein set. Very boring and generic. Guitar player pulled down his pants during the set. F*cking lame.

Rammstein, as I described, puts on the best show, easily. The thing that made the SOAD concert my favorite was the environment, not necessarily the show itself. I've seen 2 other SOAD concerts previously and they didn't compare, even though SOAD is my favorite band.

[BRabbiT]

Jay Z/Timbaland


T.O. ; saw it tonight

[ihoopallday]

Akon concert with some other popular artists at that time. In Kansas when I was a freshman like 6 years ago. Went with my best friend. His mom got him tickets for his birthday. Had a lot of fun. But we could barely see Akon when he came out into the crowd. All you saw was a huge sparkling diamond earring and bodyguards. Dude is pretty dark.

[russwest0]

Radiohead
2001
Blossom Music Centre
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
*First ever live performance of "Like Spinning Plates"

Radiohead
2006
Bonnaroo Music Festival
Manchester, Tenn.
*Longest Radiohead show ever. About 20 rows back in a crowd of 100,000+

Roger Waters
2000
Star Lake Ampitheatre
Pittsburgh, Pa.

Tool
2007
Covelli Center
Youngstown, Ohio

My Morning Jacket
2010
Columbus, Ohio

Flaming Lips
2007
Bonnaroo Music Festival
Manchester, Tenn.
*Played from midnight to 4 a.m.

Sigur Ros
2013
Jacobs Pavilion
Cleveland, Ohio
*Tiny enclosed outdoor venue. Drizzling rain with Cleveland's old business district just across a small body of water, towering over the band. Amazing atmosphere and performance.

Damn I am jelly of this shit