Top 5 live bands you've seen
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Sonic Youth (Sister Tour) Butthole Surfers (Hairway to Stevan tour) Black Flag H.O.L.S. (House of Large Sizes) The Cure
Imiss New Order ever fuckin' time do to reasons beyond my control
The Cure 
1 New order@MOVE2002 2 Stone roses@Whitely Bay 3 James @Newcastle Tellewest 4 Charlatans@ Newcastle Mayfair( Monaco supported.Ace!!) 5 Big audio Dynamite@ leeds social club(only 200 mad revellers there)
Great gigs...
Digital Mike Binoche wrote: Big audio Dynamite, sounded a cracker, they were ACE
A group of us went down leeds,me, me,brother and 4 mates.we loved em.We were all taking E back then in 94ish,and got shit faced at this little club in leeds,we met the band,and they were as happy to be with us as we were with them,we did'nt expect so small a venue and we had a blast going mad on a little dancefloor 
No airs or graces with Mick Jones,he was a right laugh Everyone I know loves Medicine show,its my fave B.A.D song
Neworder too many to mention Kraftwerk Brixton last year Manic Street Preachers Wembley 2003 The Mondays Elland Rd / Cities and a few more Morrissey MENA last year
1 - REM (many years ago, 89-91 something) 2 - Iggy Pop 3 - British sea power 4 - Kaizers Orchestra 5 - Interpol (had a chat with Carlos after the gig)
Oh, I almost forgot. The Chameleons. 2002 in Germany. 
- The Divine Comedy (Sheffield, Leadmill)
- Morrissey (Manchester, MEN Arena)
- David Gray (Vienna)
- David Bowie (Vienna)
- Supergrass (Sheffield, Octagon)or Patrick Wolf (Vienna)- can't decide between those two
Worst ones:
The Ordinary Boys (Sheffield, Fuzz Club) and a band called Zombina and The Skeletons (Sheffield, Fuzz Club)
I forgot about Interpol. Curiosa Tour Tinley Park 2004. Just like a hit of good acid. When its on you think its the greatest thing ever and as soon as it is over it's like WTF just happened?!?!?!?
The Mekons, 25th anniversary tour, 2002
New Order, 1985
The Ramones, 1983
Einsturzende Neubauten, 1986
Sonic Youth, Sister tour.
barely edging out Violent Femmes and The Replacements.
dave soligo wrote: heres my list:
Mogwai Godspeed You Black Emperor Yo La Tengo Guided by Voices Orbital
liking your list there!
today mine would be
new order pixies hope of the states the arcade fire goldfrapp
but if you could include solo acts would have julian cope, billy bragg & brendan benson fighting for inclusion in there
heh heh, no worries. annoying thing is i nearly did on the heaven or las vegas tour & can't for the life of me remember why i didn't
I was rumbling around in the Garage today, and found an ace bootleg of the Cocteau's from Camebridge - Four Calendar Cafe tour.
Will put it on cd soon
U2 - Belfast 1997 Radiohead - Belfast 2003 Morrissey - Dublin 2004 REM - Dublin 2003 Ryan Adams - Belfast 2002
Rob wrote:
- The Divine Comedy (Sheffield, Leadmill)
- Morrissey (Manchester, MEN Arena)
- David Gray (Vienna)
- David Bowie (Vienna)
- Supergrass (Sheffield, Octagon)or Patrick Wolf (Vienna)- can't decide between those two
Worst ones:
The Ordinary Boys (Sheffield, Fuzz Club) and a band called Zombina and The Skeletons (Sheffield, Fuzz Club)
No criticism of the Ordinary Boys please! One of the best bands in the world. seen em six times in the last year. absolutely fantastic every time
The EX - cbgb's 1989 (Holy F... they rock live) Siouxsie & the Banshees - Radio City/Cities in Dust (flawless) Talking Heads- Red Rocks/Speaking in Tongues (first concert) Butthole Surfers/Gwar- Ritz NYC 87/88? (can you spell LSD?) New Order- Hammerstein/WFTSC (finally got to see them live)
Hmmm. Seems like shows were better when I was killing brain cells on a more regular basis.
Jean-Louis Murat (french singer, a mix between Bob Dylan and Neil Young, seen him 10 times, each time better)
New Order
Garbage
Pulp
Yo La Tengo
More conventional, but also great live: U2, DM and the Rolling Stones.
- Primal Scream - Athens 2004
- James - Athens 2001
- Morrissey - Thessaloniki 2000
- U2 - Thessaloniki 1997
- RHCP - V 2003 (chemlmsford)
Havent seen NO yet (but i will soon :D), and im terribly sorry to leave out of top 5, Inpiral Carpets, Fun Loving Criminals, Radio 4 (a pleasant surprise!), Orbital and Chumbawamba.
- New Order 2005 (Chicago)
- Erasure 1992 (Phantasmagorical Entertainment tour)
- Front 242 1991 (Got thrown up on the stage by a skinhead then the bouncer threw me back into the audience about 10 feet and they caught me!)
- Toad the Wet Sprocket 1995 (Performed at my college with Hootie and the Blowfish...great college memory.)
- New Order 1993 Chicago. First time seeing New Order. Great night of singing, dancing, and making out to my girlfriend.
Oh god... Sooo many to choose ;)
Roger Chapman (3 times yet) Rollins Band (3 times yet, saw Henry Rollins twice as Spoken Word artist - incredibly funny guy :D ) Simple Minds (6 times yet) Peter Gabriel (3 times yet, and every single one unforgettable) Kraftwerk
I hope to see NO one day...
My Online "Gigography" It is hard to leave s.o. out... 
New Order (Technique tour) NIN 89 Pretty Hate machine tour Killing Joke 92 ish Revenge pineapple face Monaco Music for pleasure The Cars 85 ish
All seen in Boston in small clubs except NO (15,000) Great Woods. Saw Hooky twice at the tiny AXIS club. He told me to relax both times. His bass sounds better live in a small venue. It was aces!
twist wrote: Rob, Front 242 at The Riviera?
Yes, Riveria...Were you at that show? Do you remember me being thrown back into the crowd??
I remember seeing F242 about 2 or 3 times within a 2-3 year period around the time they were releasing their masterpiece, "Tyranny>4
Their drummer is one of the most motivating people I have seen live. He makes people stand up and take attention to him! You cannot stand there and just bob your head up and down, he literally forces you to move your body in violent ways!...what a memory!
- The Cure
- Erasure
- New Order
- Jesus & Mary Chain
- Rammstein
honorable mentions: Depeche Mode, Add N to X, & Covenant
Revised:
The Cure- 1985, Oakland, Henry J. Kaiser - 1992, San Jose, Spartan Stadium
The Ramones/Social Distortion - 1992, Berkeley, Greek Theater
The Clash- 1984, San Francisco Civic Auditorium
Neil Young- 1979, Rust Never Sleeps, San Francisco Cow Palace - 1983, Trans, Oakland Coliseum
Five bands, six concerts.
I was at the 242 Riviera show. Good show. All I really remember was the tv screens and people shouting ":242 242 242!~" Welcome to Paradise was the encore, one guy came out for it. Saw them again for Lallapolozazazazaz. Their tape machine or sequencer took a shit on them.
Rob Revilo wrote:
- New Order 2005 (Chicago)
- Erasure 1992 (Phantasmagorical Entertainment tour)
- Front 242 1991 (Got thrown up on the stage by a skinhead then the bouncer threw me back into the audience about 10 feet and they caught me!)
- Toad the Wet Sprocket 1995 (Performed at my college with Hootie and the Blowfish...great college memory.)
- New Order 1993 Chicago. First time seeing New Order. Great night of singing, dancing, and making out to my girlfriend.
Seeing 242 on the Tyranny >For You< tour would have been incredible. Gripped By Fear and Rhythm of Time live...what a zinger. Do you have a setlist from that show?
New Order in Sydney 2002 because it was the first and only time they've been here since I became a fan. And it was great!
Monaco in Manchester 1997 because it was my first visit to manchester (I was soooo excited!!!) and my closest encounter with New Order at the time. It was at Manchester Uni and was like $10 and I was so thrilled to be there.
Tori Amos in 1995? in Sydney in our State Theatre which is a very beautiful old theatre. She was amazing; one chick and a piano.
Stone Roses Glasgow Green 1990 New Order mid 80s Stiff Little Fingers any time, any place :) Cocteau Twins early 80s before they went flabby sounding Placebo
Church of the KLF wrote:
Rob Revilo wrote:
- New Order 2005 (Chicago)
- Erasure 1992 (Phantasmagorical Entertainment tour)
- Front 242 1991 (Got thrown up on the stage by a skinhead then the bouncer threw me back into the audience about 10 feet and they caught me!)
- Toad the Wet Sprocket 1995 (Performed at my college with Hootie and the Blowfish...great college memory.)
- New Order 1993 Chicago. First time seeing New Order. Great night of singing, dancing, and making out to my girlfriend.
Seeing 242 on the Tyranny >For You< tour would have been incredible. Gripped By Fear and Rhythm of Time live...what a zinger. Do you have a setlist from that show?
I was a big fan of F242 up until about that time. Best 242 show I saw was the 1989 tour shows. Very funny and very good at the same time although I don't think they were supposed to be funny...
Damn though I wish I'd added in Revolting Cocks in Glasgow to my list of gigs. A mad, bad, wild and out of its head show. I was in a band with Chris Connelly at one point - great guy although I wish I'd seen RevCo with the 1986 line up.
U2 - every single time I have seen them. Brillant!
New Order, PIL, Pixies and that Bork group in Milwaukee 1987. All together
INXS in 84 when they opened for Adam Ant(how'd a thunk)!
The Replacments - early eighties in small clubs here and in Minneapolis.
REM - 1985(?)
Notables: Dead Milkmen, Duran Duran(83), Ministry and Love and Rockets
Pink Floyd (Earls Court 1994) New Order (Glasgow 1986) Kraftwek (Glasgow 1991) Tin Machine (Livingston 1989) Ennio Morricone (London 2001 or 2 can't remember)
New Order (no shit!) The Jam The Clash Oasis Big Country (yep, incredible live if you like that sound)
seeingtree wrote: Stone Roses Glasgow Green 1990 New Order mid 80s Stiff Little Fingers any time, any place :) Cocteau Twins early 80s before they went flabby sounding Placebo
Agree with SLF of mid- to late-80's vintage, should have had them in my list, Burns and the boys always put on a fantastic show, reckon if anything they're underrated.
Marko wrote:
seeingtree wrote: Stone Roses Glasgow Green 1990 New Order mid 80s Stiff Little Fingers any time, any place :) Cocteau Twins early 80s before they went flabby sounding Placebo
Agree with SLF of mid- to late-80's vintage, should have had them in my list, Burns and the boys always put on a fantastic show, reckon if anything they're underrated.
I go back to 81 with SLF so I can assure you that for some unknown reason over the last 3 years the band have well and truly hit some sparkling live and on CD form. They may be my favourite band but I amn't blinkered and they went slightly ropey near the end of the 90s. 'Guitar and Drum' though sits well with 'Go For It' and live they are fantastic at present.
seeingtree wrote:
Marko wrote:
seeingtree wrote: Stone Roses Glasgow Green 1990 New Order mid 80s Stiff Little Fingers any time, any place :) Cocteau Twins early 80s before they went flabby sounding Placebo
Agree with SLF of mid- to late-80's vintage, should have had them in my list, Burns and the boys always put on a fantastic show, reckon if anything they're underrated.
I go back to 81 with SLF so I can assure you that for some unknown reason over the last 3 years the band have well and truly hit some sparkling live and on CD form. They may be my favourite band but I amn't blinkered and they went slightly ropey near the end of the 90s. 'Guitar and Drum' though sits well with 'Go For It' and live they are fantastic at present.
Minor claim to fame - I played in same pub quiz team as Burns around '86-'89 and they were damn good live back then too. Good hear they're back on form, I think Bruce Foxton's moved on 'though, he's now in the Casbah Club which is him, Watson and Brzezicki from Big Country and Pete Townshend's brother.
Marko wrote:
seeingtree wrote:
Marko wrote:
seeingtree wrote: Stone Roses Glasgow Green 1990 New Order mid 80s Stiff Little Fingers any time, any place :) Cocteau Twins early 80s before they went flabby sounding Placebo
Agree with SLF of mid- to late-80's vintage, should have had them in my list, Burns and the boys always put on a fantastic show, reckon if anything they're underrated.
I go back to 81 with SLF so I can assure you that for some unknown reason over the last 3 years the band have well and truly hit some sparkling live and on CD form. They may be my favourite band but I amn't blinkered and they went slightly ropey near the end of the 90s. 'Guitar and Drum' though sits well with 'Go For It' and live they are fantastic at present.
Minor claim to fame - I played in same pub quiz team as Burns around '86-'89 and they were damn good live back then too. Good hear they're back on form, I think Bruce Foxton's moved on 'though, he's now in the Casbah Club which is him, Watson and Brzezicki from Big Country and Pete Townshend's brother.
Oh good stuff. I'm jealous! Jake's a great guy. Became a bit of a role model for me in younger days. Younger days? Still is.
Bruce is still in the band. He's a fair diehard SLF member now. Just moonlighting with the Casbah Club inbetween SLF tours and what have you. Him and Jake are pretty much 50/50 now on the rights to assorted SLF things and Bruce runs the business side more or less. They go way back to Jam/SLF days and Bruce was on the demos of Jake's first post Feb 83 split SLF songs.
Anyway, good to know there are other SLF fans around. I never seem to bump into them online, just at the gigs. Literally.
ALICE COOPER
LED ZEPPELIN
IAN HUNTER
NEW ORDER
DAVID BOWIE
and a special mention to CHAS and DAVE.:D
Sex Pistols (Anarchy Tour)
Joy Division (several times)
Stockholm Monsters (1985 - best band in the world that year)
New Order (circa 1981-3)
The Fall (Hex-era)
The Clash (Combat Rock tour)
Teardrop Explodes
The Sound
Pere Ubu (ICA 1988-ish)
Au Pairs (1981)
Happy Mondays (86-87)
DC wrote: Sex Pistols (Anarchy Tour)
Joy Division (several times)
Stockholm Monsters (1985 - best band in the world that year)
New Order (circa 1981-3)
The Fall (Hex-era)
The Clash (Combat Rock tour)
Teardrop Explodes
The Sound
Pere Ubu (ICA 1988-ish)
Au Pairs (1981)
Happy Mondays (86-87)
thats a very large top five....
hibster wrote:
DC wrote: Sex Pistols (Anarchy Tour)
Joy Division (several times)
Stockholm Monsters (1985 - best band in the world that year)
New Order (circa 1981-3)
The Fall (Hex-era)
The Clash (Combat Rock tour)
Teardrop Explodes
The Sound
Pere Ubu (ICA 1988-ish)
Au Pairs (1981)
Happy Mondays (86-87)
thats a very large top five....
I never could count.
FinalMoment wrote:
New Order, PIL, Pixies and that Bork group in Milwaukee 1987. All together
are you sure it was 1987? i saw NO, PIL and bjork's group, the sugarcubes, in denver in 1989....
my top 5:
- prodigy--brixton academy, london 1996
- blur--academy, NYC 1995
- NO, PIL, sugarcubes--red rocks, denver 1989
- oasis--roseland, NYC 1995
- chemical brothers--brixton academy, london 1996
- U2 - 1992, Tempe and Los Angeles
- REM - 1989, Pullman, WA; 1995, George, WA
- Toad the Wet Sprocket - 1997, Boise, ID
- Billy Idol - 2001, Boise, ID
- Steely Dan - 1994, 1996, 2003, George, WA
LE Roberts wrote:
- Steely Dan - 1994, 1996, 2003, George, WA
my senior year in college (1996), my friend won tickets to see steely dan play for an audience of 50 people, preceded by an interview with walter becker and donald fagen; the interview and show were broadcast live on the radio. it was in a 'secret location' in midtown manhattan and had an open bar. i went with her even though i wasn't a fan because she couldn't find anyone else to go with her. needless to say, i had a fantastic time and i now appreciate steely dan!
seeingtree wrote:
Marko wrote:
seeingtree wrote:
Marko wrote:
seeingtree wrote: Stone Roses Glasgow Green 1990 New Order mid 80s Stiff Little Fingers any time, any place :) Cocteau Twins early 80s before they went flabby sounding Placebo
Agree with SLF of mid- to late-80's vintage, should have had them in my list, Burns and the boys always put on a fantastic show, reckon if anything they're underrated.
I go back to 81 with SLF so I can assure you that for some unknown reason over the last 3 years the band have well and truly hit some sparkling live and on CD form. They may be my favourite band but I amn't blinkered and they went slightly ropey near the end of the 90s. 'Guitar and Drum' though sits well with 'Go For It' and live they are fantastic at present.
Minor claim to fame - I played in same pub quiz team as Burns around '86-'89 and they were damn good live back then too. Good hear they're back on form, I think Bruce Foxton's moved on 'though, he's now in the Casbah Club which is him, Watson and Brzezicki from Big Country and Pete Townshend's brother.
Oh good stuff. I'm jealous! Jake's a great guy. Became a bit of a role model for me in younger days. Younger days? Still is.
Bruce is still in the band. He's a fair diehard SLF member now. Just moonlighting with the Casbah Club inbetween SLF tours and what have you. Him and Jake are pretty much 50/50 now on the rights to assorted SLF things and Bruce runs the business side more or less. They go way back to Jam/SLF days and Bruce was on the demos of Jake's first post Feb 83 split SLF songs.
Anyway, good to know there are other SLF fans around. I never seem to bump into them online, just at the gigs. Literally.
And to make you a little more jealous, the captain of that quiz team was Gordon Ogilvie - great bloke, he's the journo who discovered SLF and who also co-wrote Ulster, Device and most of the early stuff etc. So when I read a recent interview with Burns where he says he lost touch with Gordon when they split in '83, well, frankly, that's boll***s.
- New Order Chicago '05
- KISS / Smashing Pumpkins Dodger Stadium Halloween night '98
- DEVO Tampa '82
- Elvis Costello Orlando '03
- Stary Cats Gainesville '84
My top five of this year would be
Queen and Paul Rodgers @ Hyde Park Doves @ The Ritz I Am Kloot @ Glastonbury REM @ IOW Festival Ian Brown @ Manchester Academy
Kraftwerk Psychedelic Furs (1981) Echo and the Bunnymen (1986) Tangerine Dream (1986) The Chameleons (1987)
Radio Nine wrote: Kraftwerk Psychedelic Furs (1981) Echo and the Bunnymen (1986) Tangerine Dream (1986) The Chameleons (1987)
Woo hooo.... a Chameleon fan on NOOL!
even though i saw banshees 12 times i have to say; new order smiths cure pixies doves although u2 were amazing at milton keynes bowl around 84 ish
damn i forgot gene
Prince (Musicology Tour 2004)
U2 (Zoo TV Tour RFK Stadium 1992)
Pearl Jam (9/18/98) Merriwether Post Paviliion
Aerosmith (12/21/02) MCI Center- DC Stuck to their 70s mostly-
Doves (5/23/05-two days before my birthday!) at 9:30 Club in DC
prince lovesexy tour (simply fucking amazing)
new order 83 hac (simply fucking amazing)
joy division (am i the only one?) preston whorehouse
prince charles and the city beat band 83 hac dont fake the funk/big chested girls/cash money totally amazing.
maze manchester apollo
New Order - aways and forever Simple Minds - circa 1982 The Fall - circa 1985 Talk Talk Arcade Fire
Why no mention of Re:Order or Digital on here?
knobheads
New Order 1989 reading New Order 1998 Manchester Apolo Paul Weller Wolverhampton Civic 2004 Zero 7 Shepeards Bush 2002 Groove Armada Shepherd Bush 2002
1 new order, nec 89 2 the longcut, the rampant lion 05 3 kasabian,oldham castle 04 4 beta band,man academy farewell tour 5 razorlight,academy 3 04
- The Cure (1995)
- Siouxie and the Banshees (1996)
- In The Nursery (2002)
- The Cure (1996)
- Hocico (2003)
