I second that! That was truly an awesome show, especially pyrotechnically.

While Ted Nugent and...heh...Skid Row were on stage, we simply took the time to load up on beer. I could barely hear 18 and Life being played over the laughter of the crowd.

Jonathan Richman is a fucking pimp, all underappreciated and all around awesome.

I saw a show of his about a year ago, maybe a little more, and it was just this crazy vaguely trilingual guy singing about life & love and grooving to his own music, dancing as hard as the audience. Just him and a drummer, and he'd switch instruments during the drum solos.

Man, I'd love to see Jonathan Richmond.

3rd Row at KISS? OUCH. A couple years ago I was 10th row slightly right of center, and those pyrotechnics were a little too warm even there.

Coolest/Best gig Thin Lizzy's final UK gig at the Reading festival Aug 1983 the band were Smokin' that night..

Least Cool (actually the worst fucking band I have ever seen)
Greatful Dead Sept 1981...Was in therapy for years after that gig :D

Duck and cover Be-bop. There's dead fans in this neck of the woods.

Coolest - Had to be seeing the Plasmatics at Long Beach. There's something about a blonde in leather panties covered with whipped cream...

Honorable Mention - GG Allin at the Gashouse. Little did anyone know that it would be the last time...

Worst - A girlfriend took me to go see "Jesus Jones". Lemme give you a hint - killing yourself is preferable to this shit.

Very cool: Primus (5 times..each time better than the last)
Least cool: Dave Matthews Band (3 hour sleeping pill)

Honorable mention for the coolest: Nickel Creek (absolutely amazing)

I saw Nickel Creek a couple of times when the oldest of them was about 14 (well, except for the adult stand up bass player they had at the time) at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. Those kids were hot shit then just doing bluegrass and country. They're absolutely smokin' now, with a very original sound based on that bluegrass background of theirs. Those kids were each junior national champs of their respective instruments, and it shows.

Nickel Creek- I saw them couple years ago, they are all that.

unexpected crappy show- Steve Miller at BU. terrible sound, terrible voice, and terrible guitar. He appeared to be semi-comatose

coolest - Pink Floyd at Birmingham Hip, 1974 - the Pulse tour - Dark Side of the Moon as first set, second set was pre-release 'wish you were here' . We sat right behind the mixing desk.

non-cool Hawkwind, Wolverhampton circa late '70's - so bad I stayed the whole set in the bar.
Support band was good though - Chicago Transit Authority..... last concert under that name - they dropped transit authority the week after...

Welcome, Jay. Always good to find another geezer prog rock fan like myself.

why, thankyou elspode....


.... and I hope not to make you jealous by mentioning that I have seen both Rick Wakeman and Yes in the past year.....

oh..... and Focus.....

Steve Miller had a habit of showing up drunk, he did it to me, twice. :mad:

Hawkwind?
Holy shit, I thought I was the only person who knew about them.
Nothing like acidprogrock to ruin the day.