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30 greatest live bands

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30 greatest live bands

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According to some article that popped up on my Facebook feed.


How many have you seen?

30 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
29 Prince
28 Elvis Presley
27 Deep Purple
26 The Eagles
25 Foo Fighters
24 The Allman Brothers Band
23 The Jimi Hendrix Experience
22 Alice Cooper
21 The Grateful Dead
20 David Bowie
19 The Beatles
18 Pearl Jam
17 Guns N Roses
16 Kiss
15 The Doors
14 Rush
13 Van Halen
12 Aerosmith
11 Iron Maiden
10 U2
9 Jimi Hendrix (Solo)
8 Bruce Springsteen
7 Metallica
6 The Rolling Stones
5 AC/DC
4 The Who
3 Pink Floyd
2 Led Zeppelin
1 Queen




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Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:09 pm According to some article that popped up on my Facebook feed.


How many have you seen?

30 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
29 Prince
25 Foo Fighters
22 Alice Cooper
16 Kiss
13 Van Halen
12 Aerosmith
6 The Rolling Stones
5 AC/DC
1 Queen




Rigged... no GWAR!

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-Jaymo- wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 8:53 pm
Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:09 pm According to some article that popped up on my Facebook feed.


How many have you seen?

30 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
29 Prince
25 Foo Fighters
22 Alice Cooper
16 Kiss
13 Van Halen
12 Aerosmith
6 The Rolling Stones
5 AC/DC
1 Queen




Rigged... no GWAR!

10.
Our only overlap is AC/DC.


When did you see them?
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:16 pm Our only overlap is AC/DC.


When did you see them?
2009 and 2016.
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-Jaymo- wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:22 pm
Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:16 pm Our only overlap is AC/DC.


When did you see them?
2009 and 2016.
I saw them in 2009 at the X. Was that the show you saw?
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20 David Bowie

11 Iron Maiden

7 Metallica

5 AC/DC

3 Pink Floyd (Without Waters, but I saw Waters later, so it counts!)
2 Led Zeppelin (not really, but I did see Page & Plant)
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:08 pm
-Jaymo- wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:22 pm
Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 9:16 pm Our only overlap is AC/DC.


When did you see them?
2009 and 2016.
I saw them in 2009 at the X. Was that the show you saw?
No, I saw them in Fargo, ND in 2009 when I lived there. I saw them at the X in 2016
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:09 pm According to some article that popped up on my Facebook feed.


How many have you seen?

30 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
29 Prince
26 The Eagles
25 Foo Fighters
21 The Grateful Dead
18 Pearl Jam
17 Guns N Roses
16 Kiss
13 Van Halen
11 Iron Maiden
10 U2
7 Metallica
6 The Rolling Stones
5 AC/DC
4 The Who
3 Pink Floyd
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Slap Shot wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 11:22 pm
Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:09 pm According to some article that popped up on my Facebook feed.


How many have you seen?

30 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
29 Prince
26 The Eagles
25 Foo Fighters
21 The Grateful Dead
18 Pearl Jam
17 Guns N Roses
16 Kiss
13 Van Halen
11 Iron Maiden
10 U2
7 Metallica
6 The Rolling Stones
5 AC/DC
4 The Who
3 Pink Floyd
Seen
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Green Day should be in that list. Great live band, sound the same as their albums. List seems outdated.
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Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:09 pm According to some article that popped up on my Facebook feed.


How many have you seen?
29 Prince
26 The Eagles
25 Foo Fighters
22 Alice Cooper
21 The Grateful Dead
19 The Beatles (Does Paul McCartney count?)
16 Kiss
15 The Doors
I would add a few to that list that I have seen live:
Little Richard
The White Stripes
The Raconteurs
The Dead Weather
Jack White
The Animals
Green Day
Bush
Dick Dale
Weezer
Gorillaz
Willie Nelson
Oasis
Paul Simon
Grand Funk Railroad
Stone Temple Pilots
Elton John
Shinedown
Violent Femmes
Rollins Band
Ozzy
Radiohead
Kanye West
Gnarls Barkley
Ludacris
John Fogerty
Burton Cummings (Real Guess Who!)

Bands not so great live that I have seen:
Bob Dylan
REO Speedwagon
Journey (New singer :thumbsdown: )
Yes (new singer :thumbsdown: )
The Guess Who (Only the drummer tours under that name)
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Straight Edge Raven wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:17 pm Green Day should be in that list. Great live band, sound the same as their albums. List seems outdated.
I saw Green Day at Edge Fest (X Fest?) in 1997- It was memorable to say the least.

In regards to the list, I've only seen Tom Petty (2010 at the X) and Metallica (2000 - Target Center). I'd agree, the list seems a little outdated or weighted towards record success. I love the Beatles but don't think they were ever regarded as a spectacular live act.
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I love Rush to death, but a great live show they are not. This list is shit. U2 over Van Halen? I saw U2 twice, fuck no. I mean they did get better later in their career with the disco light show.

Metallica was excellent in the 80's.
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how many people are dead in this "live" band list....
i was hoping to see some gifs of people shitting
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bruce springsteen can suck a dick too - fukcing hate that guy
i was hoping to see some gifs of people shitting
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laX wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 3:07 pm bruce springsteen can suck a dick too - fukcing hate that guy
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Moses Scurry wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:28 pm This list is shit.
For sure. No disrespect to Jimi but he shouldn't even be on this list once, let alone twice. I'm not a huge Dave Matthews guy but he should be on this kind of list before a lot of those listed.
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Dude wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:15 pm
Straight Edge Raven wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:17 pm Green Day should be in that list. Great live band, sound the same as their albums. List seems outdated.
I saw Green Day at Edge Fest (X Fest?) in 1997- It was memorable to say the least.

In regards to the list, I've only seen Tom Petty (2010 at the X) and Metallica (2000 - Target Center). I'd agree, the list seems a little outdated or weighted towards record success. I love the Beatles but don't think they were ever regarded as a spectacular live act.
That Green Day concert was amazing! Called a kid up on the stage. Was that the year with the pizza boxes flying everywhere too? Great memories of the Edgefest shows!
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cunningham wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:56 am
Beef Supreme wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2019 2:09 pm According to some article that popped up on my Facebook feed.


How many have you seen?
29 Prince
26 The Eagles
25 Foo Fighters
22 Alice Cooper
21 The Grateful Dead
19 The Beatles (Does Paul McCartney count?)
16 Kiss
15 The Doors
I would add a few to that list that I have seen live:
I would too but been there done that. 8-)
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cunningham wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:19 pm
Dude wrote: Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:15 pm
Straight Edge Raven wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:17 pm Green Day should be in that list. Great live band, sound the same as their albums. List seems outdated.
I saw Green Day at Edge Fest (X Fest?) in 1997- It was memorable to say the least.

In regards to the list, I've only seen Tom Petty (2010 at the X) and Metallica (2000 - Target Center). I'd agree, the list seems a little outdated or weighted towards record success. I love the Beatles but don't think they were ever regarded as a spectacular live act.
That Green Day concert was amazing! Called a kid up on the stage. Was that the year with the pizza boxes flying everywhere too? Great memories of the Edgefest shows!
I don't remember pizza boxes but they did bring the kid on stage- that's a staple of their shows.

I do remember the drums being lit on fire at the end of the set and the singer coming back out with an acoustic guitar to play Time of Your Life in front of the burning kit.

I've grown out of Green Day but it was a pretty cool show.
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Kiss and Metallica, that's it. :-(
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29 Prince
21 The Grateful Dead
8 Bruce Springsteen
6 The Rolling Stones
4 The Who

Pretty sad that that's all I saw, but I do agree that they were all excellent in concert. The Who would be my fav of the list.

Some of the other best shows I've seen:
SRV - several times in small venues in TX
Johnathon Richman
REM
Violent Femmes
Billy Joel - great showman
Replacements
Paul McCartney

Worst show ever:
Cocteau Twins (and I love their music)
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If I could pick people off that list, they would be (in order):
1. Beatles
Bowie
Elvis
Doors
Zep
Hendrix
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What a fucking terrible list...

The beatles? Maybe the best studio band of all time but their live shows were drowned out by screaming girls most of the time.
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