PerryD

Since it's getting towards the end of the year, I thought I'd post the bands that I saw in 2023, 192 bands from 30 different countries. Even with that many bands, I still wasn't able to get all of the letters of the alphabet this year, although I will see Queensryche, Quiet Riot and Y&T next March, so I'll knock those out early. X & Z will be the hard ones for 2024, just looking at what I have already purchased, I have 22 of the 26 letters of the alphabet.

# - 200 Stab Wounds
A - Acacia Strain, Ad Infinitum, After the Burial, Abysmal Dawn, Amaranthe, Amberian Dawn, Amorphis, Angelmaker, Archspire, Arrival of Autumn, Asking Alexandria, Atrocity, Avatar
B - Babymetal, Battle Beast, Batushka, Beast in Black, Behemoth, Belphegor, Beyond Creation, Black Anvil, Blackbraid, Bleed from Within, Blood Incantation, Bloodywood, Bodyfarm, Bodysnatcher, Brand of Sacrifice, Bullet for my Valentine
C - Cancer, Caligula’s Horse, Cannibal Corpse, Carach Angren, Carcass, Caskey Robbery, Castrator, Cattle Decapitation, Chaoseum, Claustofobia, Creeping Death, Crown, Crypta, Cryptex, Cryptopsy, Cryptosis, Cultus Black
D - Danzig, Dark Funeral, Dark Tranquillity, Dear Mother, Death Angel, Delain, Despised Icon, Destruction, Dethklok, Distant, Dope, Dragonforce, Dropout Kings, Dying Fetus, Dying Wish
E - Edge of Paradise, Eleine, Eluveitie, Emperor, Enslaved, Entheos, Erra, Eshtadur, Evergrey, Evil Invaders, Exmortus
F - Fallujah, Fear Factory, Fit for an Autopsy, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Fox Lake, Frozen Soul
G - Gaerea, Gatecreeper, Ghost Bath, God Dethroned, God Forbid, Gorguts, Green Carnation, Gwar
H - Halestorm, Halo Effect, Hammerfall, Hanabie, Harakiri for the Sky, Hatebreed, Heathen, Helloween, The Hu
I - Imminence, Immolation, Incantation, Insomnium, Internal Bleeding, Intervals, Iron Savior
J - Judiciary, Jungle Rot
K - Kamelot, Korpliklaani, Kreator
L - Lacuna Coil, Lamb of God, Lords of Trident
M - Malevolence, Månegarm, Mastodon, Mayhem, Melechesh, Midnight, Moonspell, Morbid Angel, Municipal Waste, Myrath
N - Nanowar of Steel, Ne Obliviscaris, Nightmare, Nightwish, Nothgard, Nuclear
O - Obscura, Oceans of Slumber, Of Mice & Men, Omnific, Omnium Gatherum, Orbit Culture
P - Paleface, Pantera, Papa Roach, Plush, Poverty’s No Crime
Q -
R - Reaping Asmodeia, Revocation, Rolling Quartz, Rotting Christ
S - Sacred Reich, Sanguisugabogg, Sepultura, Seven Kingdoms, Seven Spires, Shadows Fall, Sight of Emptiness, Sign of the Swarm, Sirenia, Skeletal Remains, Skiltron, SNAFU, Spiritbox, Spiritworld, Stabbing, Static-X, Suffocation
T - Tarja, Tegan and Sara, Testament, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Thulcandra, Tribal Gaze, Twin Temple, Twizted
U - Uada, Unleash the Archers, Unreqvited, Until I Wake
V - Veil of Maya, Vended, Vicious Rumors, Vio-Lence, Visceral Disgorge, Visions of Atlantis, VOLA, Volbeat
W - Warbringer, Wargasm UK, The Warning, We Came as Romans, Whitechapel, Wind Rose, Wolfheart
X - Xandria
Y
Z - Zero 9:36, Zero Hour

devilshalo

Aerosmith
Billy Squier
Cecilio & Kapono
Dokken
En Vogue
Faster Pussycat
Guns 'n Roses
Hapa
Innercell
Joan Jett
Kalapana
Lionel Richie
Mariah Carey
Naked Eyes
O.M.D.
Prince
Queensryche (Geoff Tate)
Rush
Snoop Dogg
Ted Nugent
U2
Vertical Limit (Matt Scannell)
Whitesnake
X
Y&T
Z

DJariya

This is all-time.


Backstreet Boys
Boyz II Men
Britney Spears
Celine Dion
Chicago
Lionel Richie
Mariah Carey
Taylor Swift - ERAS tour concert movie. Does that count? I was in a theater with 300 plus fans.
Toni Braxton
Tongchai McIntyre - Thai pop singer. Saw him live in Bangkok around 1987
Vanessa Williams


I don’t go to a lot of concerts. My sister is more of a concert goer than me.

Kdogg

Adele
Beastie Boys
Clapton, Eric
David Matthews Band
Eve 6
Florence + the Machine
Garbage
Hancock, Hebbie
Indigo Girls
Jackson, Micheal
KRS-One
Lucious Jackson
Motörhead
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Oasis
Pearl Jam
Q (TBA 2024)
Radiohead
Sting
Tribe Called Quest
U2
Vertical Horizon
Wallflowers
X
You am I
Zombie, Rob

Josh-da-man

Are you deaf yet?

I haven't seen 192 gigs in the past two decades and my tinnitus drives me crazy some days. (My lifetime total is probably over 300, though, counting local bands at bars.)

Michael Corvin

Alice in Chains
Beach Boys, Boys II Men
Color me Badd
Dream Theater | Dixie Chicks
Elton John
F
Guy, Buddy
H
I
Jackson, Michael | Joel, Billy
Kenny Wayne Shepherd | Kiss
L
Metallica
N
O
Powerman 5000
Queensryche
R
System of a Down
Tenacious D, Tesla
U
V
Weird Al Yankovic
X
Y
Z

Thought only a couple would have Q. Looks like quite a few of us have seen Queensryche. I could have had L just this week. I wanted to go see Lindsey Stirling last week but tickets were outrageous just for the nosebleed.

Paff

I missed this thread and wanted to chime in, but I came up three letters short

Adam Ant
Buzzcocks
Circle Jerks
Dickies
English Beat
Fishbone
Go-Gos
Hoodoo Gurus
Iggy Pop
J
Kilslug
Linda Lindas
Moonpools & Caterpillars
New York Citizens
Outlets
Puffy (Amiyumi)
Queers
RAMONES
Stiff Little Fingers
Toy Dolls
Uncle Joe's Big Old Driver
Violent Femmes
Weezer
X
Y
Z

PerryD

I wear ear plugs

The exact number for me is 51 club shows, 8 days on metal cruises, 224 different sets, 192 different bands. So 32 sets were the same band on different days (cruise + tour, spring tour + fall tour, two different cities same tour, etc). None of the 192 bands were local bands.

But yeah, this is the first year that I decided to keep track of all of the bands individually, I have records of the shows I've attended (43 in 2022), but have no idea the number of bands. I'm not even sure this year I would have alphabetized the list without seeing this thread.

As of right now, I only have one more show, Zakk Sabbath with Native Howl opening, so I'll finish at 52 shows, 2 cruises, and 226 sets and 194 different bands. I told myself I'd step back a little bit next year, but I already have two cruises, a festival and another dozen shows booked, so realistically I'm already over 100 bands that I'll see from just the first 5 months.

Jason

AC/DC, Armored Saint
Bon Jovi, Black Sabbath
Cinderella
Deep Purple, Dream Theater
E
F
Guy, Buddy
H
Iron Maiden
Joel, Billy, Judas Priest
KISS, King Crimson, Kool and the Gang, Kyuss
L
Metallica, Motorhead, Motley Crue
Nugent, Ted (twice , both times opening for Kiss)
O
Palmer, Robert, Poison
Queensryche
Rush, Rolling Stones
Satriani, Joe, Scorpions
Testament, Trans-Siberian Orchestra
U
Van Halen, Vai, Steve
Whitesnake, WASP, Waters, Roger, The Who
X
Yes
ZZ Top

I know I'm missing several, but these were the highlights, or in the case of Robert Palmer, the low lights.

Cellar Door

Aerosmith
Beastie Boys
Cinderella
Def Leppard
Eagles
Five Iron Frenzy
Guns N' Roses
Heart
Indigo Girls
Jimmy Buffett
K
Lyle Lovett
Mötley Crüe
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
O
Poison
Queensrÿche
Robert Earl Keen
Styx
Toad The Wet Sprocket
U
Violent Femmes
Whitesnake
X
Y
Z

Is it obvious that most of my concert-going was in the 80s-90s? I'll have to think about it more to see if I can remember any others I saw that would fill some of the gaps.

PerryD

Here is my 2024 through yesterday, 93 bands so far, plus I have 12 more bands that I'll be seeing the rest of this month.

A - Aborted, Accept, Ace Frehley, Alcatrazz, Angra, April Art, Arion, Avulsed
B - Bad Marriage, Batushka, Blind Guardian, Blood Red Throne, British Lion
C - Candlemass, Carnation, Crashdiet, Crazy Lixx, Crypta
D - Dangerous Toys, Darkness, Decembre Noir, Drinking Boys and Girls Choir, Dynazty
E - Edenbridge, Einherjer, Endseeker, Enuff Z'Nuff, Epica, Equilibrium, Extreme
F - Faster Pussycat, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Flotsam & Jetsam
G - Girlschool, Glenn Hughes, Graceless, Grave Digger
H - Halo Effect, Hardcore Superstar, HEAT, Heavens Edge, Heidevolk
I - I Am the Night, Infected Rain, Inhuman Condition
J - Joe Satriani, Joel Hoekstra
K - Kaleido, Kataklysm, KKs Priest
L - Leaves Eyes, Lich King, Lillian Axe, Lizzy Borden
M - Monstrosity, My Dying Bride, Mystic Prophecy
N - Nanowar of Steel, Nervosa, Noturnall
O - Omnium Gatherum, Origin, Otoboke Beaver
P - Pat Travers Band, Pentagram
Q - Queenryche, Quiet Riot
R - Rhino Bucket, Richie Kotzen, Rising Steel
S - Saor, Serenity, Shores of Null, Slaughter, Sodom, SOTO, Spread Eagle
T - Ted Poley, Temperance, Threshold, Treat, Tuff, Tygers of Pan Tang
U - Unleashed
V - Vader, Vision Divine
W - Waltari, Warkings, Wind Rose, Winger, Wolfheart
X -
Y - Y&T
Z -

LurkerDan

A Ani Difranco
B Bobbie McFerrin
C Cowboy Junkies
D Dixie Dregs
E Elephant Revival
F Feelies, The
G Grateful Dead
H Hayes Carll
I Indigo Girls
J Junior Brown
K Keb Mo
L Lynyrd Skynyrd
M Mercy Seat
N Nanci Griffith
O Old Crow Medicine Show
P Phish
Q
R Return to Forever
S Shawn Colvin
T Taylor Swift
U
V
W Wood Brothers
X The Band X is at the top of my band bucket list!
Y
Z