In the crowd

[jaguar]

=) We still have/produce alot of great bands, tryng to think of ones that have gone to america recently
killing heidi
savage garden
greenday
snog
ummmmmmmmm i don't know most mainstream music anymore well enough to know where bands coem from so =(

Yea there is a growing and already large punk/ska scene here - i like quite alot of ska.

[Griff]

The wife just picked up an album called Hayseed Dixie. Its a blue grass band playing... just say the name outloud in a rural american accent. Its amusing in small doses and was apparently done dirt cheap.

I have no idea what punk has evolved into since the eig..ah lets just say its been awhile, who epitomizes the sound?

[kaleidoscopic ziggurat]

to contrast your long lists, here is a detailed breakdown of all the concerts i've ever been to in my entire life:

concrete blonde on their last tour
...

and that's all folks, unless you count juno reactor, which was absolutely amazing. drum machine, synths, computer, a guitar, and 5 crazy african guys all poundin out the sickest rhythms on their drums, with much in the way of theatrical performance to spice things up.

[tattooedmind]

now that i think about it, i havent been to a whole
lot of concerts but i have seen a lot of bands(20
sumthin at 2 ozzfests).

ozzfest 98(first concert, wish i went earlier and saw more bands like coal chamber and sevendust and possibly system of a down)
soulfly (first heard of them, sick band)
limp bizkit(b4 they got popular and sucked)
tool(didnt like them too much then but they had a kool show, now i like them a lot and wanna go see 'em again)
megadeth(great band)
ozzy(gotta love ozzy, wut else can i say)

wratfest '99 (local radio station WRAT sponsored it)
poison
ratt
great white
la guns

aerosmith
fuel (opened for ^)

ozzfest '01
american head charge (good new band, check em out)
spineshank
hatebreed (sick pit!!)
taproot(didnt get to see too much of it, but some hot chick was flashin everyone then lol)
union undergroud(missed most of them)
nonpoint(missed most of them, we were waiting for spineshank's autograph then they cancelled anyway)
drowning pool(they rule)
mudvayne(i dont know wut the hell to say for mudvayne cept...HELL YEAH!!!!)
crazytown(they werent as bad as i thought all there stuff wuz...but they still sucked)
linkin park(sick show, pyros, etc)
papa roach(too drunk, pissed people off lol, still like them though)
disturbed(very very kool!)
slipknot(hadda be the best band ive seen!)
manson(best SHOW(visuals and theme) ive seen)
black fucking sabbath(grandaddys of metal baby!)

puddle of mudd(sucked)
deftones(good, but i thought they'd be better)
godsmack(ruled like all hell)

bands i woulda liked to see but couldnt

tattoo the earth
metallica
sevendust
slayer
slipknot
mudvayne
pantera ??i think they were there...
and whoever else was at that one...

snowcore
kittie
union underground
slaves on dope
fear factory

deftones
incubus
taproot

pantera
morbid angel
someone else i forgot dat was playin

family values
korn
limp bizkit
orgy
rammstein
incubus

orgy
papa roach
alien ant farm

bands i woulda liked to see but cant cuz they broke up or are dead
jimi hendrix (definately)
led zepellin
nirvana
rage against the machine(i guess now)
twisted sister
bon jovi(not broken up or dead but just arent as good now)
greatful dead
stevie ray vaughn

bands i hope to see sometime soon
pantera
chili peppers
korn
creed
metallica
wouldnt have minded van halen w/ sammy or dave...but not anymore lol
primus
guns n roses
korn
staind (they're slowly becoming too popular, but still good for now)

pledge of alligence tour
slipknot
mudvayne
system of a down
rammstein
american head charge

black christmas tour
ozzy
rob zombie
slayer(hopefully)
disturbed (rumored by a friend but havent heard anything yet)

[jet_silver]

The best concert I ever attended:

Little Feat, at the U. of Hawaii Andrews Amphitheatre, and yes, Lowell George was there. This was the "Waiting for Columbus" tour.

Some of the rest:

Devo
Joe Jackson, twice
REM
Pink Floyd
Madness
David Bromberg
Talking Heads
Oingo Boingo
The Plastics
Suburban Lawns
Circle Jerks
Sex Pistols
Romeo Void
Wall of Voodoo
English Beat
Stray Cats
Soft Boys
PIL

[Undertoad]

^,^^

A child of the 00s followed by a fellow child of the 80s. You know we haven't heard from any children of the 70s yet. And from all these best-of complations ads on late-night cable TV, there must be a lot out there. Come on, who's seen Guess Who, America, Kansas, Foreigner, Boston, as well as the "Behind the Music" shite coming from Styx, Journey, etc.? Or is it bad enough just to be able to make a list of those bands?

I for one will admit to having just "re-bought" a Pat Travers CD recently in a moment of reminiscing.

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by Undertoad
Come on, who's seen Guess Who, America, Kansas, Foreigner, Boston, as well as the "Behind the Music" shite coming from Styx, Journey, etc.? Or is it bad enough just to be able to make a list of those bands?

You can't take away from those bands though...the true pinnacle of "arena rock."

I watched the one on REO Speedwagon a few weeks ago, particularly due to their semi-St. Louis connection. It wasn't that bad actually...

[Parabolate]

We get quite a few bands in Australia, but the problem is that they don't come here often enough. I've been to a few festivals and a few concerts. Most of the bands I've seen are at festivals.
Here's the list: I've divided them into festivals and concerts. There are some bands I've seen at both, though, and they're just listed under concerts.

FESTIVALS:
Marilyn Manson (pretty cool)
Hole (kind of crap)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers (cool show, crap sound quality)
Nine Inch Nails (mindblowing)
Soulfly (Damn good)
Queens of the Stone Age (not bad)
Foo Fighters (pretty cool)
Killing Heidi (good, but not great)
Blondie (Good. Really good)
Violent Femmes (arrogant pricks. Not bad musicians, though)
Tea Party (mindblowing)
Mudhoney (kind of cool)
Rammstein (awesome)
Deftones (mindblowing. I didn't really know their stuff well then, and I HAVE TO see them again)
Pennywise (okay, I guess. I waited ALL DAY at the FRONT of the mosh pit for the Deftones, but they changed it at the last minute and put Pennywise on first, and I screwed my neck when a crowd surfer landed on my head. I had to get out of the mosh so I was at the back when the 'Tones came on. Warped festival sucks)
Suicidal Tendancies (crap)
Korn (okay, but boring)
Blink 182 (unbelievably crap. but what do you expect?)


CONCERTS
Tool (beyond mindblowing. amazing. an experience to never forget)
Faith No More (absolutely awesome)
Sepultura (pretty cool)
Slipknot (okay, but too over aggressive. It gets really annoying after a while.)
Powderfinger (damn good band. good live show, too, but nothing super-special)
Metallica (pretty good. better than expected considering it was on the Reload tour)
Smashing Pumpkins (reeeally good. different, but really good.)


AND THE LITTLE AUSSIE BANDS THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T HEARD OF BUT ARE KIND OF BIG DOWN HERE (some at concerts, some at festivals, some of them good, some of them crap):
Something for Kate (pretty good)
Testeagles (amazing. They suck now, but they were good 3yrs ago)
Ammonia (cool)
Superheist (cool)
Jebediah (good when I liked them, which I don't anymore)
The Whitlams (reeeally good)
George (awesome)
Cosmic Psychos (crap)
Mental As Anything (awesome. Remember that "hey there you with the sad face...." song from crocodile dundee? Yeah, that's them. Reeeeaaallly good.)
Spiderbait (pretty cool)
Machine Gun Fellatio (awesome)
SuperJesus (getting boring, now)
Ice Cream Hands (kind of boring)
You Am I (reeeeally good before they got boring)
4th Floor Collapse (reaaaallllly good, also.)
Alex Lloyd (pretty cool)
The Living End (not a bad live show. saw them before they went all popular and they were quite good)
Frenzal Rhomb (shit. reeeeallly shit)


There are more. Heaps more, but they're just little bands I've seen here and there. I made a list of bands that I'd seen a couple of years ago and it was at about 60, and I've seen even more since then.

And please don't ask me about the ska/punk scene in Australia. I can't stand that type of music.

[jaguar]

Parabolate yes you listed some great ones there.
Particualry the Whitlams, they ROCK!!!
BUt you forgot,
SNog
Augie March
I don't you've heard of either unless you lvie in melbourne..You go to Big Day Out?

[Parabolate]

Yeah, I live in Melbourne, but I haven't seen either of those bands. To be honest I haven't really heard anything by Snog, but Augie March are cool. I have a funny story about them, actually.
I was in a music shop (in Knox, I think it was) and I found an Augie March CD under 'M' in the alternative section. I moved it to 'A' and went to look at something somewhere else. I went back to alternative and the same CD was back in 'M'. Don't you love the ignorance of the average music store employee? They work in a music shop and yet they probably haven't hear of more than 10% of the bands they sell CDs by.
And BDO? Damn straight. I went to the last three. My big regret is never seeing Soundgarden, who I would have seen if I'd gone in 97.

[Undertoad]

I keep on not mentioning it but I've heard Snog. For a year or so I was working on the web site for their American record label, Metropolis Records . As a part of that I listened to Snog's first couple of albums, because it was my job to select and create the audio tracks. I particularly liked that "Third Mall from the Sun".

But doing that job I got really tired of the typical industrial vocals. Every band used the same, affected guttural growls.

[elSicomoro]

Originally posted by Parabolate
My big regret is never seeing Soundgarden, who I would have seen if I'd gone in 97.

You and me both. I had an opportunity to see them in '92 and '94...missed 'em both, not to mention, Chris Cornell's solo tour last year here in the States. (Either last year or the year before.) Soundgarden was the biggest influence in my forming a band in 1992.

The 2 bands that I definitely need to see before leaving this earth are Metallica and Van Halen...but ONLY if Dave is back on vocals.

For the record: Ozomatli just released their 2nd CD on September 11th, "Embrace the Chaos." I myself will probably buy it Friday. If you like funk, hip-hop, Latin, and rock put in a bowl, mixed up, and thrown against the wall, you will probably dig them. They put on one of the best live shows you will probably ever see. They are currently playing some shows across the US and will probably branch out across the globe. I highly recommend it.

Tony: You worked for Metropolis? Now THAT is cool...did you get any free shit?

[Parabolate]

Huh, Chris hasn't even been here since 'Garden broke up. I'd love to see him do his solo stuff live.
I'm really looking forward to the new stuff from him and the old RATM guys. Reports say it will be quite Led Zeppelinesque, but I'm not complaining about that.

[Undertoad]

The free shit I got was a copy of almost every release they did, of the first 107 of them that is.

[elSicomoro]

I don't listen to a whole lot of industrial anymore, but they have and have had some great bands on Metropolis. I'm still partial to the Wax Trax! clan though.

Parabolate: I'm not sure what to make of Chris with the ex-RATM members. Each of the artists in RATM is very talented IMO, and I think Chris will bring a whole new element to that trio. And let's not forget that Chris Cornell is a god.

I miss the old Lollapalooza Festival. After 1994, it just seemed to go downhill.