Garth Brookes. Saw him at the Tacoma dome like 10 years ago. We were on the floor towards the back and some lady with a headset came up and told us to come up front. At the time I was pretty stoked. Show was awesome. Garth and trisha yearwood were amazing. The stage had some cool mwchanics and the drummer was in a 3d rotating circle thing going upside down and around. Blew my mind. Pretty funny realization afterwards though. The reason we got moved to the front was because we were mexican. We were in a section with nothing but people of color. Pretty funny. Amazing show.

Neil Young + Crazy Horse Bob Dylan + Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

The Tallest Man on Earth. Sounded like he left his heart on the stage for the songs he performed.

In some sense, Powerwolf. The only concert I ever went to, I was really surprised to learn that apparently I hate concerts and will never go to one again.

MONO

Band of Horses. Saw them live before Lola, buying their albums seem like a waste after hearing how much emotion they can pump into thier live act.

There are lots of great live bands but maybe these were most memorable for various reasons: Magma (just hypnotic), Lazuli (very entertaining live band every single time), The Pineapple Thief (great prog rock with incredible drummer), The Musical Box (playing and re-acting old Genesis. Too young to see the originals but just in time to see the remakes), Le Silo (super high energy duo or trio, don't even remember, but man that was wild), Aranis (they don't exist anymore unfortunately)

• REM
• Radiohead
• Flaming Lips
• Marilyn Manson
• Pixies
• RJD2
• Janelle Monae

Van Halen 1984 tour (the final with David Lee Roth) in the Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood Florida.

Maybe they knew it was over, but they didn't leave anything undone. It was a smaller venue, and they just fucking killed it. Here's the setlist:

1. On Fire
2. Hot for Teacher
3. Drum Solo - Alex playing upside down on gimbal
4. Unchained
5. Runnin' With the Devil
6. Little Guitars
7. Cathedral
8. House of Pain
9. Bass Solo
10. Jamie's Cryin'
11. I'll Wait
12. Everybody Wants Some!!
13. Girl Gone Bad
14. 1984
15. Jump
16. Guitar Solo
17. Oh, Pretty Woman
18. Panama
19. You Really Got Me
20. Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
21. Happy Trails

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Mando diao

Dj shadow vs cut chemist at the Hollywood bowl. It was experimental but quite the experience

Tauk - they blew me away from their albums too, but after having seen them live for the 2nd time last week, figured I had to post. Their drummer is incredibly hard-hitting and energetic, and keeps it going for 3+ hours

In This Moment

Austin Lucas

True Body. Went to a show to see Pharmakon and True Body opened for them. The stage presence was intense and I can't wait to see them again if the opportunity arises

"A". New-wave metal punk. They supported The Offspring back in 2000 when they were touring and blew them completely out of the water (and The Offspring are GREAT live too) and they have been my favourite band ever since.

I HIGHLY recommend their album "Monkey Kong" with some decent headphones.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fkfA9Z2vL9M&pp=ygUQYSB2cyBtb25rZXkga29uZw%3D%3D

Polysics. Great energy.

Dogs in a pile - awesome jam band

Quite a few:

• Underworld
• Chemical Brothers
• Beastie Boys
• Black Grape
• Puressence
• Songhoy Blues
• Pulp
• Alabama 3
• Jim White
• Portishead
• Beth Gibbons (of Portishead, but solo)
• Kog and the Zongo Brigade

Probably a few others :-)

KC Roberts and the Live Revolution tend to release highly produced tracks, but awesome live too.

ADRV

Cajun and Creole art nerds throw the best parties.

None. It's like they've never really lived up to the hype and attending live music events has somehow always made me uncomfortable. Same with movie theatres.

The most immersive and impactful musical experiences I've had have been me sitting alone listening.

Everclear in the late 90’s was pretty good.

Dada Life. Wouldn’t call them a band just a DJ pair. Only one of them played, but the show he put on was incredible. He had all of the things to keep your hands on the air. He was throwing out beach balls, big blowup bananas (which I managed to keep one and he signed it after the show), big balloons and had a big flag that he had the crowd hold up over their heads, he also handed out pillows for a pillow fight we did.

...i've seen some pretty epic shows by some pretty epic bands, but the last time i saw muse play, i did not expect to see a F*CKING HUNDRED-FOOT MECHA lunge out from the stage...