Greatest Gigs Ever Attended

Having finally caught Cat Power  live last night at the Gov, I started thinking about what were some of the best concerts I'd been to over the years...

So just wondering what the Massive's best (or most memorable for whatever reason) concerts ever attended.
Bands, live acts etc, not entire music or DJ sets (cos there are enough threads for that here anyway)

For me:
Cat Power last night. Fucking hell, wasnt showing an inch of flesh but was so hot if it were scientifically possible I'd have her babies. damn
Ice T & Public Enemy @ Thebby back in 92/93 - 2 of my fave hip hop acts in their prime
Ice Cube & Cypress Hill @ Ent Centre 1994 - similar reasons and crazy energy
Beastie Boys @ The Old Lion in 1992 - unbelievably energetic show, no props, visuals or anything, just them playing live. In fact pretty much any beasties show goes off.

Shit, Ive been to so many concerts over the years Im forgetting them all. Ill have to add to this list when I remember a few more.

Memorable:
Body Count @ Thebby in 93 just for plain comic value. Right in the middle of the 'Cop Killer' controversy, flashing blue cop lights and all
Tricky @ Glastonbury 1998 was so unbelievably shit, was so disappointed. kept thinking he needs to get off the crack 

spice girls and vegaboys for me

Psycroptic when they were supporting Cannibal Corpse @ Fowlers 06 - An amazing show. CC should have been supporting them in my opinion.

Nile @ UniBar 07 - Some of the tightest playing I have ever seen from a live band. The lead singer/guitarist came out and had a chat after which was cool

Opeth @ Thebby 05 - These guys are simply amazing. Really put all they have into their shows.

That's all I can think of for now.

Pearl Jam, Thebarton Oval 1998
Indyfest, Adelaide Uni 1998
Snoop Dogg, Entertainment Centre 2007
Jamiroquai, Entertainment Centre 2005
Big Day Out, 2000 + 2004

That's all I can remember for now

Edit: Good Vibrations, Melbourne 2006

Tough call...... I can remember the shows but the exact year they took place is a little sketchy.

TISM, Adelaide Uni O-Ball 1990 (no concert will ever come close to this)
U2, Memorial Drive 1990
Public Enemy, Heaven 2005
Ride, Old Lion 1991
Midnight Oil, Memorial Drive 1990
Bjork, Big Day Out 2008
The Stone Roses, Sydney 1995
Underground Resistance, Old Lion 1992
Wonderstuff, Le Rox 1991

And I have to mention RATM @ BDO this year, not because it was an overlly great gig but hearing them play those songs live is something I'll never forget.

After seeing a TISM concert on Rage the other week, I could only imagine how insane this would have been.

Fucking nutcases.

TISM at Indyfest 1998, bloody awesome! 

TISM were cool at the bdo in 95ish.... wish I'd seen them before they were so popular though

Most of my "greatest gigs ever attended" were dj sets and raves, so bandwise I'd probably have to say the bdo's 92-95 

At the uni they encouraged the crowd to trash the place, throwing anything we could get our hands on at them on stage. They then had a dude dressed in a black klan robe (the band was all in white) who was welding what we threw at them into a massive metal sculpture. People were throwing everything including chairs, bins, you name it.

At one point the stage caught on fire and they just let it burn.

Was the first time I took acid as well so it was one mighty interesting night.

one stands head and shoulder above all others for me

so many awesome gigs, many of the years could be messed up.

Creamfields 2006, in Buenoes Aires - 80,000 people, with Underworld live, Tiga, Eric Morello

Daft Punk @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl 2008

Pantera @ Thebby 2001

Roni Size Reprazent Live @ BDO

Prodigy @ BDO 1997 (year that soundgarden played)

BDO 1999

Sonic Animation Farewell Tour @ UniBar 2002

Mark Of Cain Reunion @ Lion Arts 2004

Lemonheads, Gurge, Mark of Cain, Living End, plus loads more at Flinders Uni 1997

Metallica @ Enti Centi 1998

Pornland Farewell gig @ Adelaide Uni 2003

Foreign Legion @ Proscenium 2001

Foreign Legion @ Minke 2003

Testeagles Album Tour 1999 @ the top bit of the Cloisters

many many more

Actually, need to add: Prodigy Xperience Tour, Masonic Centre 1995

Gerling at the BDO(dunno what year it was, they've all blended into one)
Machine gun Fellatio put on a great show
Ween the other night were awesome
Silverchair at the uni for they're freakshow tour
Masta ace and Z trip at walk this way!!!!

Helter Skelter @ The sanctuary - Milton Keynes
Slamming Vinyl 1999 - 2005
One Nation @ Sanctuary
Oz Fest 2004 - Milton Keynes Bowl
Reading Festival 2005
Global Gathering 2006
Fabric - Playaz - London - 2006
Drum and Bass awards 2008 - Que Club

Hoping to add Innovation in the Sun 08 to my list this year 

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Festival Theater
Pink Floyd - The Barton Oval 1988, best sound ever !
Deep Purple - Adelaide oval 1984
Silver Chair - Adelaide Uni, frog stomp tour
Ultra World 3 - groove rider
Marky and Stamina - @ Traffic, was the best crowd every one was so into it 

UW20 @ Adelaide Gaol

such an awesome night all round, HBombs set was off the fuckin chain, not to mention Marky

Yeah Markys mixing was awesome that night.

Ow yeah!!!

BDO '97 (Prodigy, Soundgarden & Fear Factory)
Pearl Jam '98
Pennywise '03 Falls Festival
The Testeagles '03 Cummins Wildeloo Music Festival
Grinspoon '97 maybe their first SA show at Adelaide Uni
Foo Fighters '03 BDO
Basement Jaxx '04 BDO

BDO 1997 was crazy on the main stage: Fear Factory, Soundgarden, Prodigy and the mighty Mark of Cain.
Actually anytime I have seen Mark of Cain.

The White Stripes when they first played the BDO on one of the side stages was great too.

Testeagles at the Holdfast Hotel many years ago was utter chaos, people swinging from ceiling fans and jumping off stage, I managed to get an accidental headbutt and had blood streaming down my face 

All the great festivals that were around 94-98. Loaded, Indyfest, Australian Music Day, Warped etc with bands like Frenzal Rhomb, Grinspoon, Kranktus, Where's the Pope?, Regurgitator, Testeagles, Mark of Cain, Spiderbait all at their peak.

Foo Fighters at Thebby for the Colour and the Shape tour was sensational.

The Tea Party also at Thebby was a stunning show as was Sepultura.

Both Falls Festivals I went to in 1998 and 1999 were killer also with bands like Mudhoney, Blondie, Violent Femmes, You am I, and The Tea Party.

Pearl Jam at Thebby Oval was a crazy night, managed to crowd surf into the sectioned off bit at the front where I enjoyed the perfect night.

BDO highlights have been New Order, Marrilyn Manson, Soulfly, Korn, Hole (I despise Courtney Love but they had good songs), Jurassic 5, Chilli Peppers, Chemical Brothers back in 1999, Beastie Boys thats all I can remember atm.

Presidents of the United States of America was hilarious at the Ent Centre great pop songs too.

Best Hip Hop shows would be Yoda (twice), Z Trip the first time round and the mighty Cool, Nasty, Pain tour back in the day  "You are fucking up the Ro-Ta-Tion"

God there is stacks more but my head hurts.

I like music.

 

Hmm there's been a few. Really don't remember the years.

Hilltop Hoods & ASO @ EC: Definitely a firm favourite, orchestra was incredible.
Apathy & Celph @ Fowlers: Ap and Celph ripped it and this was probably the rowdiest hip hop crowd I've ever seen.
The Liks @ German Club: It's the Liks baby...
Looptroop & PUTS @ Fowlers: The energy from everybody for Looptroop was intense, had the place rockin hard then PUTS chilled everybody out with a wicked set. Dope show!
Blackalicious & J-Live @ Earth:Blackalicious with their live show was great, but J-Live completely stole the show for me by doing some ridiculous beat juggling and rapping at the same time. Was nuts!
Lord Finesse, Roc Raida & Q-Unique @ HQ: What a show this was! Finesse is a true master, I have never seen anybody make being on stage and rocking a crowd look so easy.
Percee P @ The Gov: Your favourite rappers, favourite rappers, favourite rapper. Probably the greatest I've ever witnessed. Did the whole set by himself without missing a beat and for people who know his work, you'll appreciate how fkn hard that is.
Easter Hip Hop Jam @ Viva: Expansion Team were dope and Rugged Man gave the most raw performance I have seen, truly a deranged individual! LL and Expansion Team were dope too.
Walk This Way @ HQ: Had been what seemed like most of my life to see Masta Ace and he delivered, another one of those guys who makes it look incredibly easy. Z-Trip was off the hook too, great set. Great night all round really.
Obese Block Party @ The Palace - Melb: Big road trip with the mates for this one, basically the line-up was everybody worth seeing from Obese. Funkoars killed this, had the crowd getting very rowdy indeed.
De La Soul @ Shores Was a sick show, but was they were on too early for my liking.
Q-Bert @ Summer Break: He's the man
Atmosphere & Brother Ali @ Fowlers: Brother Ali killed it and he killed it good. Atmosphere were dope too and played half of their set with a live band. Quite odd to see people moshing at a hip hop show.
Pharoahe Monch & Cypress Hill @ HQ: Pharoahe had been in my top 5 for a long long time and although he didn't do much of his old stuff, I still saw Simon Says and his whole set was fantastic. Cypress were great too, never seen so many stoners with so much energy!! 

There's probably more but I can't be arsed thinking about it anymore.

Oh, that reminds me!

De La Soul, Old Queens Theatre, 2005 (I think)

that set is floating about the place yeah? reckon i used to have it...awesome nite that one.

the first ever gig i attended was memorable- Blackbox, Entertainment Centre '91

fuck me you serious?????? what year was this?

my 1st was cliff richard at the appollo theatre lol
wired for sound tour i believe

My dad is a musician so I went to a zillion small gigs throughout my childhood, but my first real concert was Icehouse in 1987... it was free and my mum took me there 

me too

i guess i must have been only five at the time, but i remember. soon after that i was given electric blue on 7"

hah nice

the thing i remember most bout the black box tour whas the lead singer living up to the groups name and getting it out!

Skynet @ the loft - 2003?
Raised fist @ uni bar - 2007
59 Times the pain @ Thebby - late 90's
Dbridge - Enchanted
looptroop @ traffic (one random weekday night)
Fallout - Verandah music basement one Sunday arvo (bout 97)
Unit 1174, Price of Silence and way more - Producers (1996, i was 16 hahah)
Marky @ Old Adelaide Gaol - LK was still new then, and wow what a location

i forget the rest...

Pantera @ Entertainment Centre 1996, first gig I went too

Fear Factory @ Thebby 1998, I've seen FF 5 times but this one stood out the most, I've never moshed so hard

Nine Inch Nails @ BDO 2000, finally got to see my favourite band, had 2 supplementary exams for Uni that day and could only just afford to get in but still saw NIN and Chemical Bros.

Roni Size Reprazent @ BDO 2001, really changed this whole DnB thing for me, the sound wasn't the best in that room but the concept of all those people jamming live DnB was an eye opener.

Nine Inch Nails @ Metro in Melbs 2007, saw them again... the most energy from any band

I'm not gonna list them all as that defeats the purpose, these are just the ones that stand out the most.

If Sepultura didn't break up I suspect that Sepultura BDO 97 - Roots Tour, would have been on that list as they were meant to headline that year. Soulfly were excellent in 99 and half of what was played was Sepultura, and I've seen Sepultura since, but it's not the same. 

I was spewing that year, FF were cool but didnt match Sepultura IMO

1984 I think, funny thing that night was the PA fucked up half way through it, so SRV just sat on the edge of the stage and starting playing some soulful mellow blues.  While waiting for the PA to be fixed.
Then some bogan fuck wit stood up and started yelling out "come on come on" in disapproval..
And the WHOLE rest of the audience all turned around and told the bogan fuck wit to shut the FUCK UP and sit down..

dude i envy you so much.
i rate him as the best guitarist of all time, and most experts put him in the top 3 if not at no 1

Its not everyday you get to see/hear someone who is the best in the world at what they do perform live

My first was Bon Jovi at F1 Grand Prix Adelaide

ill start with run dmc at heaven around the turn of the century

loudest ever sepultura at thebby in the 90's some time.

chris valladerez @ old spot hotel 1989
Chunky custard @ bridgeway hotel 1992
Elvis to the max @ stoneyfell winery entire xmas season 1999

Were you hella pissed off that they move Jamiroquai's venue, from under the stars! at war memorial drive!??

I was, still excellent show.

oh, and best show                - Daft Punk; Sidney myer - melbourne

 Cool Naughty Pain tour @ Ent Centre in 1996.

 Public Enemy @ Thebby in 1998 I think.

 J5 @ BDO 2002

 Spearhead @ Heaven 2002

 Michael Franti free gig in Big Star Basement 2002

 Swollen Members @ The Tiv 1999

 Blackalicious @ St Pauls 1999

 The Roots @ Thebby 2005 & 2007
 
 Beastie Boys @ BDO 2005

 

 

also,

Muscles, at the Rocket Bar in Adelaide in November '07

Lyrics Born @ The Shores 200?
Blackalicious @ ? 200?
Foreign Legion @ Proscenium ? 2001ish
thats all for now

I am so jealous. Him and the red hot chili peppers would be awesome

my mum was at that!!

Lionel Richie was one of the best concerts I have been to 

im not ashamed or anything- he fucking rocks!


Um, hello, its VENGABOYS!

Shesh

UNFAIR!

As if I needed another reason to hate you...

I also have very fond memories of TISM at a uni, but it could have been Adelaide, Magill, Underdale or Flinders. In fact, most of my memories of uni gigs bleed into one giant messy memory of beer, drugs, tits and bruises...


1991? - Helmet & Beastie Boys - Thebbie
1992? - Corduroy - Synagogue
1992? - Inspiral Carpets - Synagogue
1992? - Headless Chickens - Synagogue
1993 - Big Day Out - Adelaide Uni
1994? - Bliss Farewell - Astral
1994 - Depeche Mode - Thebbie
1995 - Womad (Cruel Sea, Leningrad Cowboys) - Botanic Park
1995 - Stone Roses - Thebbie
1995 - Pearl Jam - Memorial Drive
1996 - Alternative Nation (PWEI, Ween, NIN, Ice T/Body Count, Lou Reed)- Melbourne Tennis Centre
1996 - Vibes on a Summers Day (DJ Krush & Bentley Rhythms Ace) - Thebbie
1999 - Coldcut - Sydney somewhere
2002 - Vibes on a Summers Day (with Jamiroquai) - Myer Music Bowl
2003 - Ben Harper - Entertainment Centre
2007 - Hilltop Hoods & ASO - Entertainment Centre

I went to those... Depeche Mode was aigght, but I wouldn't have put it in the best gigs of all time category.

Even though I didn't particularly like the band, Def FX at Le Rox in 1992/3 was pretty good.

Most of my favourite gigs were local bands from 1991 to 1994 who I can't remember now.... especially one gig with lots of local bands at Flinders uni circa 1991... the only time I ever stage dived 

oh oh oh, just remember all those Sunday arvo Crisp gigs around 1995 were brilliant... Sia Furler was so much better live! Several of those gigs would be in my favourites of all time 

DnB Edition:

Traffic Reunion 2007

Stardust Aust Day 2006 with Andy C

Bailey @ LOFT 2000?

Bailey @ LOFT Swerve set and Metalheadz set 2002?

Bailey and friends at Earth 2006?

Dom and Roland @ Cargo 2001 (3 hours of fucking TUNES!!)

Loxy v Ink, DBridge v Vegas @ Cargo, 6 hours of madness

Enchanted 2002 with Matrix, EZ Rollers, that smashing set from John Doe plus many more

Dilinja @ Rush 2002?

Fierce @ St Pauls 2005?

Calibre @ Traffic

Stardust with Teebee and Mampi @ Traffic 2003

Kenny Ken @ Enchanted (cos i missed his jump up set at mitsi madness due to ghey pikey friends)

Andy C @ HQ 2008

re-mention UW20@Adelaide Gaol

Because I've been told by Erika that it's "disrespectful" to be negative to stuff I get free tickets to, I guess I have to list Pendulum Live @ Hifi Ballroom here now...

Bah!

How did I know you'd do that 

Anyways you  like breaks, so i never take your opinion seriously anyway 

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