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trill:
The best concert I've ever been to is a toss up.
I saw Flogging Molly at Springfest this summer. They were really, really on, and besides that there was this energy in the air. It was like nothing could be wrong about that night. I was doused in guiness by the end of it, though.
But then there was the Plan-it-X Fest. Defiance, Ohio and This Bike is a Pipe Bomb (who I will mention every chance I get) have never, ever been bad when I saw them.

On the other end of the spectrum, I saw AFI and Thursday two years ago. I missed most of AFI, because I'd managed to get myself hurt by then, but Thursday... I know that Geoff had the flu that night, but the other day I was listening to their last CD and I though, "it would be cool to see them live. Oh, wait..."

Are the Foo Fighters good live? I'm this close to buying a ticket to Voodoo Fest because of them.

nickb285:
Best live show ever is the Aquabats. Hands down. Stage battles with "monsters", commercials for Aquabats products, an inflatable raft with two children in it being crowd-surfed during "Captain Hampton and the Midget Pirates", a guy in a wheelchair being crowd surfed and then getting up on stage, and sheer, unadulterated silliness. Also a cover of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey. Even if you don't really like their music, you should still go see them live--I guarantee you will enjoy yourself.

The openers for the Aquabats at that particular concert were the Phenomonauts and the Epoxies. The Phenomonauts put on a good show--a sort of sci-fi rockabilly 50's thing, it was sweet. The Epoxies are awesome, and Roxy gets totally into it which is fun to watch (no, I'm not being perverted, although she IS hot--it's just cool to see someone really enjoy themselves).

The Dropkick Murphys also put on an excellent show--opening with "Cadence to Arms", guys in the crowd with huge-ass flags, and having a random fan come on stage to sing "Barroom Hero".

Social Distortion are excellent live as well. Mike Ness has probably the best between-song banter I've heard, and they absolutely fucking rock.

Also, I've seen the Blue Oyster Cult twice. They are undeniably badass. They're like 50 years old and they still rule.

I also saw Billy Idol on Warped Tour this year. Good show. Nothing real spectacular, but come on--it's BILLY FUCKING IDOL.

siobhan:

--- Quote from: Skibas_clavicle ---I hate you so much.  However between September 12th-29th, I'm seeing see Bloc Party, the Ska's Dead tour and Ted Leo & The Pharmacists:) It's gonna be a dancey two weeks.
--- End quote ---


damn you ! (in the nicest way possible of course). i'm jealous...

up there on the best concerts list would be Modest Mouse, Broken Social Scene and The Most Serene Republic all in one gig a couple months ago.

Kai:
Khar: Apocalyptica is coming here pretty soon enough, I'm still deciding whether to go or not; It worth the probably 15 or so dollars?


Also, possibly one of the better shows I've seen was seeing Primus at Red Rocks; one hell of a setlist (The entirety of Sailing the Seas of Cheese! ZOMG!) I got wonderful seats, and whatnot. The show itself was void of most of the antics that you'd expect, but it's fucking red Rocks. it's kinda hard to pull off the stuff like that, at least the two times I've been there have shown.

KharBevNor:
For that price, yes. They play a good deal of their original stuff live: they played Harmageddon, Path, Beyond Time and Hyperventilation when I saw them, as well as Enter Sandman and Master of Puppets, both of which were far better live because a) the entire crowd was singing along b) they bring a drummer c) they do the solo on master of puppets live. They also played Hall of the Mountain King, which was just fucking insane, they're recorded version is very fast, but they went faster live. And they are actually pretty damn loud live, as their cellos all have contact mics and amps. If they're headlining, they'll probably play more stuff: I'd hold out for Apprehension and Pray!, and they'd probably do another Metallica cover as well, as regrettably 95% of the people who've heard of them don't actually know about their original material.

But it's worth going just to watch people moshing to a string quartet playing Hall of the Mountain King.

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