[ribbonbows]

nick cave & the bad seeds
belle & sebastian
animal collective
blanche
the white stripes
rilo kiley
the magnetic fields
the smiths
phoenix
the velvet underground

[Riv]

I'm really not much of a band person... But I do love Flight of the Conchords

[Cosmia]

I don't get this whole 'not much of a band person' thing. Are you against collaboration?

[Riv]

I don't get this whole 'not much of a band person' thing. Are you against collaboration?

Not at all! To clarify, it's just that most of the music to which I listen is by individual artists (or orchestras), as opposed to bands... I'm definitely not against the concept, by any means! I just don't have any bands in particular that I absolutely love, at this point.

[Jordan~]

Streetlight Manifesto! Going to see them in Glasgow on Saturday.

[Wanbli]

So back in 2006 I threw together a list of the major artists I had seen live for a blog. Add in local bands, opening bands, festival bands, indie bands and other artists seen in last 4 years, this list is closer to 30% of all live music I have seen. Couple dupes in this list, didnt feel like redoing it once I lost the text file

[dwaink]

Dude! No Minutemen? No Zappa!?...sheesh thought this was gonna be a good list

dwain...hee hee(can't belive u got to see Hot Tuna live color me jealous)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjfhsLuO ... re=related

[Wanbli]

lol I would have added seen -Lennon/Hendrix/Marley/Zappa - were they to live longer ;)
Regret never having seen Nirvana
Talking Heads broke up and stopped playing before I became a regular concert-goer. They are on my see before I die list.
If Kate Bush were ever to return to performing live(ain't gonna happen) I am there, whereever that may be.

The one person, if I could bring anyone back from the dead to see perform would be Bob Marley.

and the above has some particularly fine moments:

- Jerry Garcia in a garage with 300 people
- Eric Clapton play before 1,000 people filmed for a special
- Phish with 150 people at one of there first Bay Area shows
- Neil Young & Crazy Horse at a local bar via candlelight with 100+ people
- Neil Young playing a secret show at a small club as "Hippie Dream" - filmed for a movie
- A few other secret Neil warming up for a tour local shows with Booker T, etc
- Tom Petty play a small private after show party
- Pearl Jam play a secret show as "The Honking Seals" at a 500 person club
- my first concert in was The Beach Boys
- second concert when I was 11 years old was KISS
- I worked for BGP- Bill Graham Presents(biggest rock promoter in the world form 1965-2000) for a few years in early 90s and helped restore and re-open the SF Fillmore after the big earthquake- and saw ALOT of shows there from '93-'95

[Wanbli]

(can't belive u got to see Hot Tuna live color me jealous)

You can come see them for free with me this saturday in san francisco at the world's greatest free music event

http://hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/

[doublewuzzy]

Metric
Rilo Kiley
Stars
The Dresden Dolls
CocoRosie
FrouFrou

[dwaink]

You can come see them for free with me this saturday in san francisco at the world's greatest free music event

thanks man , but it wouldn't be the same without Papa John Creech on violin

i got to see Charlie Daniels Band in Knoxville once, first time he played there, it snowed really bad and no one knew who he was...11 people showed up. brought us all up on stage in chairs, passed out beers and played and shot the shit with us, little close up shows are the best really

dwain

[Becca]

Okkervil River
Midlake
Animal Collective
Dirty Projectors
The Decemberists
Bishop Allen
Tilly and the Wall
Rilo Kiley
The Whispertown 2000
The Fiery Furnaces
Bright Eyes (does this really count as a band?)
Shearwater
Cocorosie
Fleet Foxes
Why?
The Knife
The Dø
Bowerbirds
Sea Wolf
Beirut
VU
Lightning Dust
Frightened Rabbit
Bodies of Water
Metric
Timber Timbre
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes
Neutral Milk Hotel
The Avett Brothers
The Dodos
Noah and the Whale
Mumford & Sons
Midtown Dickens
Arcade Fire
Man Man
Megafaun
Handsome Furs
The Welcome Wagon
Dead Man's Bones
Maps & Atlases
Dixie Chicks

jeez, I could go on forever. And I really like a lot of singer-songwriters too. I'm not sure if I'd go for one over the other, other than I AM a singer-songwriter. I think there's sort of a stigma that goes along with that--like that you're self-absorbed or dramatic or self-indulgent or whiny, or basically anything Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst is accused of being.

[banditqueen]

I know I'm late to this, but I'm can't help it!

The Decemberists
Rasputina
Ted Leo
The New Pornographers/AC Newman/etc.
Wilco (older stuff)
Radiohead
Son Volt/Jay Farrar/etc.
Whiskeytown/older Ryan Adams (yes I like alt-country!)
Silver Jews
Belle & Sebastian
LCD Soundsystem
Neutral Milk Hotel
Apples In Stereo
Beulah
Smog/Bill Callahan
The Mountain Goats
Eagles of Death Metal/Queens Of The Stone Age
Enon
Jenny Lewis
Dismemberment Plan
Jump, Little Children
Final Fantasy
Magnolia Electric Co./Songs: Ohia/etc.
M Ward
Modest Mouse
Neko Case
Pavement/Stephen Malkmus/etc.
Spoon
The Walkmen

I could go on and on...but you get the idea!

[rainbowdash]

CocoRosie
WHY?
Bat for Lashes
Jedi Mind Tricks
My Brightest Diamond
t.A.T.u.
Future Islands
Yeasayer
Cocteau Twins
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele (although I don't really like ukeleles and believe the "magnificent" should be bestowed upon Dent himself)

[ursulabear]

Cocteau Twins

Yes! I love ethereal goth music so much!

[ursulabear]

Oh,m and let me add -
Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids
Switchblade Symphony
Miranda Sex Garden
Jack Off Jill
Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores/Seizures

[rainbowdash]

Cocteau Twins

Yes! I love ethereal goth music so much!

Elizabeth Fraser has the best voice EVER

[Ceres]

There are sooooo many great bands...just a few I really like:
Sonic Youth
Arcade Fire
Phantom Planet
Très.B
Lampshade
Tu Fawning
Wye Oak
Wolf Parade
Menomena

[Godspeed You!]

The ones I like the most:

At The Drive-In + The Mars Volta
The Band
The Beatles
Fleet Foxes
Fugazi
Godspeed You! Black Emperor + various relative projects (Silver Mt. Zion, Esmerine, Set Fire To Flames...)
The Killers (not their last one though)
Neutral Milk Hotel
early Oasis
REM
Sunset Rubdown
The White Stripes
The Who

and

NIRVANA

[Riv]

After broadening my musical horizons significantly, I can say that I like the following bands...

The Beatles
Buddy Holly and the Crickets
Belle and Sebastian
The Magnetic Fields
Tyr
Neutral Milk Hotel
Cocorosie
The Kinks

I'm sure there are more that I just can't remember right now. I really like reading about the musicians that my fellow tadpoles like. I've discovered a lot of great bands, so thanks guys!