Bands you have seen in concert from A to Z

[JordyG]

(1) Age has its benefits.

(2) No classic prog rock concerts? Blasphemy.
Yes.
Pink Floyd.
Genesis.
Emerson Lake & Palmer.
Rush.

2) Wasn't interested then, less so now.

 

[JordyG]

(1) Age has its benefits.

(2) No classic prog rock concerts? Blasphemy.
Yes.
Pink Floyd.
Genesis.
Emerson Lake & Palmer.
Rush.

I'll tell you a story. I started taking guitar lessons when I was 12 years old. By the time I was in my twenties I was fairly proficient. I loved Jimi Hendrix and I saw him 4 times. When prog rock came out and I realized I could play that stuff on guitar, but I still found Jimi challenging, I ignored that stuff. As life went on and away went my guitar playing, I gravitated toward music like classical and jazz that I found even more challenging. I don't go to concerts every week, sometimes twice a week as I did then, but when I do I want to hear music that challenges me on many levels: by the level of the musicians competence, by the musics harmonic content, by it's structure, by the composers intent, by it meaning, by its beauty, by its ugliness, by its complexity, by its simplicity, by its humor, etc. For me, and clearly I am among society's few in this regard, only classical and jazz do these things for me, frequently simultaneously during the course of the piece. Note that there are some very current and young musicians in my groupings. I may now be old, but music has not forgotten.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

I’m sure I’m missing a bunch from various festivals, but here’s what I got for now. I also omitted other less known bands from letters I have multiples from.

A - Animal Collective
B - The Bad Plus, Dave Brubeck, Barr Brothers
C - Chick Corea, Rosanne Cash, Cold War Kids
D- D’Angelo, The Dead, Daft Punk, The Drums
E - Jonathan Edwards
F - John Fogerty, Bill Frisell, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Fiery Furnaces
G - Galactic, Robert Glasper
J - Jazz Mandolin Project
K - Leo Kottke, Kings of Leon, BB King
L - Little Feat
M - Pat Metheny, Bret Michaels
O- Conor Oberst
P - Phish, Primus
R - The Roots, Robert Randolph
S - Soulive, John Scofield, Smashing Pumpkins, The Slip, The Spinners, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Kil Moon
W - Wilco, The Wailers, Lucinda Williams
Y - Yo La Tengo

 

[storrsroars]

Memory is faulty at this age, and I'm sure there are more (especially from UConn days & Shaboo), but here's what I recall (bold = multiple shows):

A: Aztec Two-Step
B: Bowie, Beach Boys, Black 47, George Benson. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
C: James Cotton Blues Band, Larry Carlton, Albert Cummings
D: Ray Davies (solo)
E: Elf (Ronnie James Dio's first band)
F: Fountains of Wayne
G: Golden Earring, Joe Grushecky and the Houserockers
H: Hothouse Flowers
I:
J: Billy Joel, J. Geils Band
K: Kinks
L: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
M: James Montgomery Blues Band
N: NRBQ
O: Of Monsters and Men
P: Prince, Pousette-Dart Band, Public Image Ltd, Jean-Luc Ponty, P-Funk, Tom Petty
Q:
R: REM, Replacements, Leon Redbone, Minnie Ripperton, Rage to Live
S: Springsteen, Paul Simon, Gil Scott-Heron, Spyro Gyra, Slim Cessna's Auto Club
T: They Might Be Giants, Throwing Muses, George Thorogood
U: Uncle Bonsai
V: Kurt Vile
W: The Who, Tom Waits, Waterboys, World Party, Junior Wells
X/Y/Z:

 

[TGW93]

Late to the party, but here's my list with counts in parentheses. Also, if there's a clip of (one of) the concert(s) available online, I've linked to it.

#	10,000 Maniacs (2)
A	Anthrax (1), Arcade Fire (1)
B	Belle and Sebastian (1), Pat Benatar (2), Frank Black (1), Body Count (1), Boss Hog (2), Brassy (1), Butthole Surfers (1)
C	CAKE (1), Belinda Carlisle (1), Cheap Trick (1), Jarvis Cocker (1), Elvis Costello & The Imposters (1), The Cranberries (1), The Cult (4), The Cure (1)
H	Daryl Hall & John Oates (1), PJ Harvey (1), Helmet (1)
D	Dream Theater (1)
F	Faith No More (2), Fishbone (2)
G	Garbage (3), David Gilmour (1), Guns N’ Roses (6)
I	Ice Cube (1), Ice‐T (1), The Ike Reilly Assassination (1), INXS (1), Iron Maiden (1)
J	Jane’s Addiction (1), The Jesus and Mary Chain (1), Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (1), The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow (1), Billy Joel (1)
K	Keane (1), Lenny Kravitz (2)
L	Living Colour (1), Luscious Jackson (1), Lush (1), Lynyrd Skynyrd (1)
M	Mammoth WVH (1), Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers (1), Dave Matthews Band (1), Natalie Merchant (1), Metallica (1), Ministry (1), Alanis Morissette (1), Peter Murphy (2)
Y	Neil Young & Crazy Horse (1)
O	Oasis (2), Jake Owen (1)
P	Pearl Jam (1), Pixies (4), Robert Plant (1), The Pogues feat. Joe Strummer (1), Primus (1), Public Enemy (1), Pulp (1)
R	R.E.M. (3), Ramones (1), Red Hot Chili Peppers (1), Rollins Band (1), Darius Rucker (1)
W	Roger Waters (1), The Who (4), The Wiggles (2)
S	Silversun Pickups (1), Siouxsie and the Banshees (1), The Smashing Pumpkins (6), The Smithereens (1), Social Distortion (1), Soho (1), Sonic Youth (2), Soundgarden (1), Spin Doctors (1), Spoon (1), Squeeze (2), Sugar (1), Matthew Sweet (1)
T	They Might Be Giants (2), Tribe Called Quest (1), The Twilight Singers (1)
U	U2 (4)
V	Van Halen (1), The Verve (1), Violent Femmes (2)
Z	Zwan (1)

 

[WlfdHusky]

Just found this thread
Allman Brothers, Aerosmith, Aztec Two Step, Angela Bofill
Brian Wilson X4, Blind Melon, Blind Justice, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Crowes, Ben Folds, Blues Traveler
Crowded House, Chris Thiele, Charlie Daniels Band, Cheap Trick
Deep Purple, David Byrne, De la Soul, David Lee Roth
Extraeme
Fishboone X5 Frank Zappa
Gravel Pit, Gary Burton
Indigo Girls
Jeff Buckley, James Brown, J.Geils Band, LL Cool Jay, Joan Jett
Kinks, K.D. Lang, Los Lobos
Lucius
Moody Blues, Marshall Tucker, Lake Street Dive, Marky Mark(ha ha)
NRBQ X10+
O
Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Pat Traverse, Primus
Q
Ray Charles, Rush
Stevie Ray Vaughn X4 Steely Dan, Sarah Vaughn, Sarah McGlauglin, Sondre Lerche, Spin Doctors
They Might Be Giants, Toots Thielman, Tony Bennett
U2
V
Wilco
X
Yes
ZZ Top

I am old - who the hell cares - Bands\Artists that saw me (in my band from a long time ago play):
* Madonna
*Lenny Kravitz
*Lenny White

• Cheap Trick
• Extreme
• Laura Brannigan
• Fishbone
• B.A.D
• Smashing Pumpkins
• Spin Doctors
• Blues Traveler

I can't remember any more. Old age...