50 Artists
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OK, here are the rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can't you?).
I'll do them in order as I saw them since that's how I have them listed on my spreadsheet. The first ones are with one or both of my parents until you get to 1997.
*A note about the ones labeled with "worked it". I used to do live sound/stage work in 1996-98. I still saw the gigs but I did the setup and tear at those shows as well :)
1. Three Dog Night (first concert in 1979, age 3)
2. Barry Manilow (c1980)
3. Neil Diamond (c1980)
4. John Denver (c1980)
5. Loverboy (1987)
6. Hooters (1987)
7. Poison (1991)
8. Scorpions (2x in 1991)
9. Great White (1991)
10. Mr Big (1991)
11. Ozzy Osbourne (1992)
12. Slaughter (1992)
13. Michael Bolton (1994)
14. Queensryche (1995, 1999, 2003, 2x in 2004, 2005, 2009)
15. Sting (1996)
16. Presidents of the USA (1997, 2008)
17. Candlebox (1997, worked it)
18. Offspring (1997, worked it)
19. Foo Fighters (1997, worked it)
20. Alabama (1997, worked it)
21. Rolling Stones (1997, worked it)
22. U2 (1997, worked it)
23. Green Day (1998, worked it)
24. Joe Satriani (1998, 2003)
25. Creed (2000)
26. Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
27. Tesla (2001, 2x in 2009)
28. Iced Earth (2002)
29. King's X (2002)
30. Yes (2002)
31. Blind Guardian (2002, 2006)
32. Symphony X (2002, 2007, 2008)
33. Dream Theater (2003, 2004, 2009)
34. Fates Warning (2003)
35. Lillian Axe (2x in 2003, 2008)
36. Yngwie Malmsteen (2003)
37. George Lynch (2004)
38. Hammerfall (2005)
39. Edguy (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
40. Stream of Passion (2x in 2006)
41. Damian Wilson (2x in 2006)
42. Queen (2006)
43. Dir en Grey (2007)
44. Helloween (3x in 2008)
45. Gamma Ray (3x in 2008)
46. Iron Maiden (2x in 2008)
47. Sonata Arctica (2008)
48. Avantasia (2008)
49. Turisas (2008)
50. Alestorm (2009)
OK, here are the rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you've seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. An act you saw at a festival and opening acts count, but only if you can't think of 50 other artists. Oh, and list the first concert you ever saw (you can remember that, can't you?).
I'll do them in order as I saw them since that's how I have them listed on my spreadsheet. The first ones are with one or both of my parents until you get to 1997.
*A note about the ones labeled with "worked it". I used to do live sound/stage work in 1996-98. I still saw the gigs but I did the setup and tear at those shows as well :)
1. Three Dog Night (first concert in 1979, age 3)
2. Barry Manilow (c1980)
3. Neil Diamond (c1980)
4. John Denver (c1980)
5. Loverboy (1987)
6. Hooters (1987)
7. Poison (1991)
8. Scorpions (2x in 1991)
9. Great White (1991)
10. Mr Big (1991)
11. Ozzy Osbourne (1992)
12. Slaughter (1992)
13. Michael Bolton (1994)
14. Queensryche (1995, 1999, 2003, 2x in 2004, 2005, 2009)
15. Sting (1996)
16. Presidents of the USA (1997, 2008)
17. Candlebox (1997, worked it)
18. Offspring (1997, worked it)
19. Foo Fighters (1997, worked it)
20. Alabama (1997, worked it)
21. Rolling Stones (1997, worked it)
22. U2 (1997, worked it)
23. Green Day (1998, worked it)
24. Joe Satriani (1998, 2003)
25. Creed (2000)
26. Trans-Siberian Orchestra (2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
27. Tesla (2001, 2x in 2009)
28. Iced Earth (2002)
29. King's X (2002)
30. Yes (2002)
31. Blind Guardian (2002, 2006)
32. Symphony X (2002, 2007, 2008)
33. Dream Theater (2003, 2004, 2009)
34. Fates Warning (2003)
35. Lillian Axe (2x in 2003, 2008)
36. Yngwie Malmsteen (2003)
37. George Lynch (2004)
38. Hammerfall (2005)
39. Edguy (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
40. Stream of Passion (2x in 2006)
41. Damian Wilson (2x in 2006)
42. Queen (2006)
43. Dir en Grey (2007)
44. Helloween (3x in 2008)
45. Gamma Ray (3x in 2008)
46. Iron Maiden (2x in 2008)
47. Sonata Arctica (2008)
48. Avantasia (2008)
49. Turisas (2008)
50. Alestorm (2009)