aw hell, what can i even remember any more?
The Bodeans. Twice. Second time, Mike Mills from REM was there next to us.
Oh yeah REM Fables of the Reconstruction.
and REM producer Mitch Easter's band, Let's Active
and REM producer Don Dixon, along with his wife Marti Jones
and REM "5th member" Peter Holsapple's band, the dBs
Julian Cope, at the height of his game from the second row. Goosebumps
The The,
with Johnny Marr
DEVO ~ so goddamn brilliant
The Church, four times
Modern English
Shriekback
Book of Love wow, right in the student center! that never happens!
The Bears, and also, their little-known guitarist Adrian Belew, solo. But yeah The Bears
Yes of course I've seen Yes. 90ICU812 tour blew me away
...but I was even more blown away by Bill Bruford's Earthworks
...and horrified by Asia (ugh) who were okay on the first tour, but degraded to bad on the second. I think Mr Howe did not want to be there any more
Cars - sadly the worst live band I have ever seen
Thomas Dolby
They Might Be Giants (early on, as a two-piece)
Simple Minds
The Smithereens ~ ha and I shopped at guitarist Jim Babjak's record store. And I met the parents of the original bass player once at the Trump Marina casino. Mr and Mrs Mesaros were very nice.
Rush
Blue Oyster Cult. positively did not have enough cowbell!
Lloyd Cole a few times, once with Jill Sobule
Amos Lee
David Gray
Ben Folds
Poco
Three Dog Night (first concert ever)
Squeeze
Bryan Ferry
10,000 Maniacs
Mighty Lemon Drops
Yo La Tengo
Dire Straits
Chris Isaak (three times, once before big fame; brilliant)
fellow central PA homies Innocence Mission (like 15 times) and The Ocean Blue
China Crisis
NRBQ
General Public
Robyn Hitchcock (& the Egpytians)
i'm sure i have forgotten other important times