Ten Days of Concerts - Day 8 (bands you saw in their prime)

[cmh6476 748]

For those getting tired of this sh-t, only two more days to go.

 

You can obviously have more than one in this thread. And bands obviously don't all have to be great just to be in their prime.

 

I probably have several just need to think it through. And it's interesting to think of when a band is actually in their prime, as some are probably several albums in while others are earlier in their career.

 

I saw Snoop when he was touring with lollapalooza right about when he was peaking

[nzoner 936]

Van Halen

Heart

Blue Oyster Cult

Foreigner

Sammy Hagar

Rush

The Cars

Ted Nugent

 

As you stated this could be different for everyone,I was also going to list Bob Seger,John Cougar,ZZ top and some others but upon further review and imho I saw Cougar before the Mellencamp,Seger after Live Bullet & Stranger In Town and ZZ Top at the height of their MTV popularity which to me were before or after those bands prime.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

Not sure how to define prime. When I saw the Stones, the Who, Floyd and Paul McCartney in the mid-late 80's, they seemed old.

[cmh6476 748]

Van Halen

Heart

Blue Oyster Cult

Foreigner

Sammy Hagar

Rush

The Cars

Ted Nugent

 

As you stated this could be different for everyone,I was also going to list Bob Seger,John Cougar,ZZ top and some others but upon further review and imho I saw Cougar before the Mellencamp,Seger after Live Bullet & Stranger In Town and ZZ Top at the height of their MTV popularity which to me were before or after those bands prime.

I'm going to Bob Seger at the Sprint Center later this year. For like $150 a ticket, that mo-fo should be transported back into his prime

[nzoner 936]

I'm going to Bob Seger at the Sprint Center later this year. For like $150 a ticket, that mo-fo should be transported back into his prime

I won't pay those kind of prices especially for bands I want to remember the way they were.July 7th I'm paying $35 to see Awolnation.

[cmh6476 748]

I won't pay those kind of prices especially for bands I want to remember the way they were.July 7th I'm paying $35 to see Awolnation.

my FIL is footing part of the bill, otherwise I probably would have passed. Awolnation sounds like something I would be interested in though, might have to look that one up.

[nzoner 936]

my FIL is footing part of the bill, otherwise I probably would have passed. Awolnation sounds like something I would be interested in though, might have to look that one up.

Stir Cove at the Harrah's Casino in Council Bluffs,it's a fantastic outdoor venue to see a show at.

[cmh6476 748]

Stir Cove at the Harrah's Casino in Council Bluffs,it's a fantastic outdoor venue to see a show at.

actually saw ratdog there and think I even met a geek that night

[Herbivore 904]

too many

 

Twisted Sister

Metallica

Anthrax

Iron Maiden

Queensryche

Def Leppard

Smashing Pumpkins

Beastie Boys

No Doubt

The National

[Strike 3,950]

TP & the Heartbreakers (surprised?), Grateful Dead, Ozzy. I'll post this just so all you can laugh at me - saw Debbie Gibson back when she was big. Probably some others that I'm not remembering. I think many of you (nzoner) are missing out saying you won't pay market value to see some of the old bands that are still touring. Many of them still sound very good. In some cases possibly better than when in their prime. And they play just as long as ever. Vocal coaches can do wonders and it seems a lot of these guys are using them. Most of the new bands suck so if I didn't go see old bands that I like I wouldn't go to concerts at all. And that day may come, but not yet.

[kutulu 1,542]

Metallica

Twisted Sister/RATT

Scorpions maybe not prime but their mtv peak

George thorogood bad to the Bone

Sammy Hagar 55

Megadeth peace sells

[cmh6476 748]

Jack White

Oasis

Counting Crows

Marilyn Manson

Split Lip Rayfield

[Thornton Melon 542]

J. Geils Band

Tom Petty

BOC Billy Squier

Ozzy

Triumph

Robert Plant

Dire Straits

 

ETA: SRV

[BunnysBastatrds 1,911]

too many

 

Twisted Sister

Metallica

Anthrax

Iron Maiden

Queensryche

Def Leppard

Smashing Pumpkins

Beastie Boys

No Doubt

The National

 

I'll also add all of these bands

 

Ozzy

Motley Crue

Ratt

The Police

Guns N Roses

Billy Idol

[cmh6476 748]

This thread reminds me of a time when you could smoke at concerts

[Strike 3,950]

This thread reminds me of a time when you could smoke at concerts

 

You can't? I don't smoke but I sure smell it at the concerts I go to. Of course, I do live in Colorado

[cmh6476 748]

 

You can't? I don't smoke but I sure smell it at the concerts I go to. Of course, I do live in Colorado

Very true.

 

I'm also wondering if the Glass Animals show I just saw would down the road fit in this category. Or will they come out with 3 or 4 solid albums and maybe have their prime a little later in their career. Same could be said for going to see Alt-J later this summer, or someone like Awolnation as nzoner mentioned in another thread. Almost kind of a guessing game when you are out buying tickets I would imagine.

[cbfalcon 824]

I feel like most people see bands in their prime. That's when they tour the most, sell the most, etc. Right?

 

A better list may be "bands you saw before their prime"....or for the lame dudes here, "bands you saw that were clearly past their prime"

[cmh6476 748]

, "bands you saw that were clearly past their prime"

styx

[cbfalcon 824]

I saw the Stones twice....maybe 1998 and again around 2000. Not their prime.

 

Bands in their prime....

Radiohead, Muse, The National, Kings of Leon, The Killers, Bloc Party, The Toadies, The Beastie Boys, The Shins, Arcade Fire, Spoon, TV On the Radio....and more.

[bandrus1 413]

I feel like most people see bands in their prime. That's when they tour the most, sell the most, etc. Right?

 

A better list may be "bands you saw before their prime"....or for the lame dudes here, "bands you saw that were clearly past their prime"

I think there are some people clearly confused here

[bandrus1 413]

This thread reminds me of a time when you could smoke at concerts

Weed? Pffff

 

 

Molly is where it is at for "concerts"

[cbfalcon 824]

I think there are some people clearly confused here

I guess it's clearly me. But is it me that YOU mean?

[bandrus1 413]

I guess it's clearly me. But is it me that YOU mean?

Not really, I mean twisted sister had a "prime"?

 

Anything ozzy solo was not "prime"

[Strike 3,950]

Anything ozzy solo was not "prime"

 

32 years old is now not prime?

 

[bandrus1 413]

 

32 years old is now not prime?

 

I'm sorry but every black Sabbath... and I mean technical exctay is better than an ozzy solo album

[Strike 3,950]

I'm sorry but every black Sabbath... and I mean technical exctay is better than an ozzy solo album

 

Um, can you rewrite this in decipherable English please.

[bandrus1 413]

 

Um, can you rewrite this in decipherable English please.

Ok? Every black Sabbath albums, even technical extacy is better than an ozzy solo album so if you saw him post black sabbath it wasnt him prime

[nzoner 936]

Ok? Every black Sabbath albums, even technical extacy is better than an ozzy solo album so if you saw him post black sabbath it wasnt him prime

Technical Ecstasy,the song Dirty Women has a great riff by Iommi

[DonS 3,063]

Catching Ozzy with Randy Rhodes would've been great to see live.

[bandrus1 413]

Technical Ecstasy,the song Dirty Women has a great riff by Iommi

 

 

sorry for the misspelling of ecstasy my bad

[Thornton Melon 542]

Catching Ozzy with Randy Rhodes would've been great to see live.

I saw Ozzy 2 weeks after Rhodes died. I think it was the 2nd show he played with the replacement guitarist.

 

I remember being kind of surprised they didn't cancel the rest of the tour.