A friend asked me what bands I’ve seen. Wish I’d kept track. Here’s what I could come up with in no particular order.
James Taylor
Carly Simon
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
CSNY
Sean Cassidy
New Barbarians
Joan Armatrading
Holly Near
Madness
Yes
DV8
Naked Raygun
The Kinks
Effigies
Circle Jerks
David Johansen/ Buster Poindexter (saw as both)
Articles of Faith
Rights of the Accused
End Result
Savage Beliefs
Nad Sat Rebel
The Jam
The Professionals
PIL
Husker Du (sorry no diareses)
Bob Mould (and maybe Sugar)
Loud Fast Rules/ Soul Asylum (saw them as both)
Big Black
Black Flag
Dead Kennedys
Minutemen
Jason and the Scorchers/ Jason and the Nashville Scorchers (saw as both)
Sonic Youth
Butthole Surfers
Volcano Suns
Bauhaus
Dinosaur/ Dinosaur Jr.(saw them as both)
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
James Chance and the Contortions
James White and the Blacks (is that the same band?)
Phil ‘n’ The Blanks
Body Count
Gang of Four
Bo Diddley
AC/DC
Guns n Roses
Aerosmith
Ventures
Violent Femmes
Bad Brains
Government Issue
The Cult (could have been Southern Death Cult then)
Jimmy Buffet
Bob Dylan
The Alarm
Grateful Dead
Elvis Costello
A Fine Mess
P.J. Harvey
Juliana Hatfield
Depeche Mode
Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper
Lemonheads (including their first show ever)
Lime Spiders
Corrosion of Conformity
Guided By Voices
Chavez
Lush
Nirvana
Afghan Whigs
Bullet LaVolta
Gang Green
Big Boys
Big Dipper
Rifle Sport
O Positive
Cramps
Flipper
Man Sized Action
Stretchmarks
Hard-ons
Moving Targets
SSD
Sorry
Run DMC
Die Kreuzen
The Painting Trees
Motorhead
Blur
Go-Go’s
U2
REM
Sam Hain (might have been Glen Danzig solo — definitely wasn’t the Misfits, sigh)
Yo La Tengo
Freedy Johnston
H.P. Zinker
Dred Zeppelin
Pandoras
Chunky Data
Prawn Management
Knitters
X
Exene Cervenka and Siouxie Sioux
Hooters
Tom Waits
Neil Innes
The Ducks
Bermuda Triangle Service
Doc Stockdale with and without Steven Banks
Henrietta
The Rich Nathanson Vanity Project
Travis Shredd and the Good Ol’ Homeboys
The Great White Hope Jazz Band
Extreme Elvis
Luminescent Orchestri and lots of other Sxip Shirey projects
Fighting Instruments of Karma Marching Band Slash Chamber Orchestra
Hungry March Band
Baltic Street Blowhards
The Maestrosities
Madison Cano
I did have to go through my CDs and tapes to do this, but my records (vinyl) are in Chicago, and to be accurate I’d have to go through my old datebooks, which would take forever. I’m sure I’ve left out a few biggies and a ton of local hardcore — I used to watch eight bands in a night each do a ten-minute set. Ah, the all-ages days at the Central American Social Club in Chicago. I’m sure I’ll keep thinking of more.
If anyone is reading this who ever saw a band with me that’s not here, please let me know.
Thanks!