The Ramones thread got me thinking.

Me: Ramones, 88

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's and TV on the Radio. Both twice.


It's rare for me to see a band more than once.

Nimrod you really must be a dinosaur to have seen the Ramones that many times


I've seen Nils Lofgren 13 times last time I counted. Not sure. Might be more.

I've seen different incarnations of Billy Corgan/SP 7 times

I've seen Nada Surf 4 times.

I don't know if there are any other bands I have seen more than three times.

smashing pumpkins - 5 times


NIN - 3 times
Radiohead - twice
Sigur Ros - twice
Fiona Apple - twice
Muse - twice
Zwan - twice
A Perfect Circle - twice
Tool - twice
The Kills - twice (once was a short set at lolla though)

Oh wait

Alkaline Trio - three times (only mildly ashamed. last time was the Crimson tour and i still enjoy that album and the ones before it. and one was at warped tour. lololol i was a freshman in high school i think.)

i think that's everyone i've seen more than once. it got harder to see shows when i stopped being in/around chicago year round. : /

[insert OH MY GOD EULOGY YOUR LIST IS TERRIBLE responses here]

I GET IT, OK

not including local/maritime acts, bands i've seen more than once.. off the top of my head:

owen pallat x 4
broken social scene x 3
dinosaur jr. x2
smashing pumpkins x2
rolling stones x2
explosions in the sky x2

i'm lucky if bands come to atlantic canada even once.

I love that you've seen Fiona Apple twice. How was she?

Oh, my answer is ZibraZibra three times, but no one care.

Drive-By Truckers 10 - Each show was amazing. Best live band on the planet without a doubt.

Hold Steady - 5 (fifth will be tonight). A notch below DBT just because they don't play as long, but every bit as great.

Between the Buried and Me - 3 times - only good show was the one shot for the Colors DVD which was PHENOMENAL, the other two were phoned in, I will never go out of my way to see them again.

old man bill (sp/zwan/solo) uhmmm 18 times... but not since that godawful future embrace tour (ie only actual sp, no sp2 or sp3). and i don't think i paid for a single zwan (or corgan solo) ticket after 2001.

after that it's kozelek 7 times... then robyn 3 times? or arcade fire i saw them a bunch of times between 2003-5.

I'll have to add Pearl Jam as #2, who I have seen 15 times. Once actually with the Ramones.

Though that number will go to 16 this weekend (or 17 depending on how you count a two-day show).

can't be sure, but i saw sonic youth a couple times.
some local artists i saw many times too...

oh, and i saw arcade fire on back to back nights, the second being my first paid photography gig.

Dillinger Escape Plan, 4 times and counting. Every single time they set the bar higher. Band is next level in the live setting.

Joanna Newsom 7

eh
i guess prurient 9 times, if I'm going to in<i></i>clude when he played with other people

oh I have seen the National four times, and it will be five next week when they come to merriweather with Wye Oak and Yo La Tengo


:rockon::jimmy::billy::rockon:

i wish i could see joanna newsom even once

I love that you've seen Fiona Apple twice. How was she?

Indoors, spectacular. Outdoors, still pretty fucking great but there was a constant feeling that she might freak out and run off the stage at any moment. But she didn't!

the strokes (4)
seu jorge (2)
mt. eerie (2)
guided by voices (2)
deerhoof (2)

i don't go to too many shows

Indoors, spectacular. Outdoors, still pretty fucking great but there was a constant feeling that she might freak out and run off the stage at any moment. But she didn't!
We saw her in Chicago in '06 and, after like three songs, she ran under the piano and sang three songs. Funniest part was that I totally called her doing exactly that before we even got to the venue.

I have a word document with dates/locations/etc for all the bands I've seen but since I don't have it, I'm gonna guess I've seen Kill Hannah maybe 9 times. By far the most of any band. Pretty sure Tegan & Sara and Cake come in close seconds with around 5 each, I think.

We saw her in Chicago in '06 and, after like three songs, she ran under the piano and sang three songs. Funniest part was that I totally called her doing exactly that before we even got to the venue.



Would this have been at northerly island? she was freaking out about killing bugs on the piano... and then she shared that with the crowd and then said, "Fuck you, bugs. I will sit on you now."

I think I've seen Dream Theater probably 6 times.

Electric Six 4 times.

After that, SP at 3. :\

Would this have been at northerly island? she was freaking out about killing bugs on the piano... and then she shared that with the crowd and then said, "Fuck you, bugs. I will sit on you now."
Pavillion One, I think it was called. I don't remember what the banter was before hand because I was only mildly interested; I only really got into half of Extraordinary Machine - it was mostly for my ex.

Pavillion One, I think it was called. I don't remember what the banter was before hand because I was only mildly interested; I only really got into half of Extraordinary Machine - it was mostly for my ex.

charter one pavillion at northerly island

we were at the same show!

hmmm,

seen magnolia electric co., boris, high on fire, tool, corgan a bunch. I've seen a shitload a shows but not a lot of repeat action.

I bet I'm the only one here who's seen Jandek twice! ha

headlights (13)
the hood internet (7)
death cab (5)
broken social scene (4)
nine inch nails (4)

have seen a bunch of bands 3 times...yo la tengo, my morning jacket, decemberists, avett brothers, etc

saw b0lly solo once and sp2 twice. diminishing returns.

Explosions in the Sky (likely close to 20)
Pedro the Lion/David Bazan (11)
Get Up Kids (probably 8 or 9, they used to open for so many bands)
Built to Spill (7)
Pearl Jam (6)
Smashing Pumpkins/Zwan (5)

A lot of bands 2-3 times. Local bands a ton, too.

The Flaming Lips (7)
The Plastic Constellations (5)
the pAper chAse (3)
Smashing Pumpkins (3)
Our Lady Peace (3) Wow, embarrassing as fuck!
The Frogs (2)
Beck (2)
Weezer (2)
The Polyphonic Spree (2)
Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise (2)
12 Rods (2)

+ lots of local friend-bands, seen multiple times...

2007-09 SP, 5 times I think?
Mono (2)
Wilco (2)

Rush and Pumpkins a bunch of times, 25 or so for each band.

not many other bands I've seen more than once:

APC maybe, like twice.

QOTSA 3

Joy Formidable. 0 (they're next up).

edit: will revise when i get a moment

can't wait to see what you break out for the revision, big j!

ah-nah sucker!

no one more than 2-3 times that i can recall

aside from some corpus christi bands no one's heard of [including most ppl in corpus lol], the only one i've seen more than twice is sp, 5 times [96/99/3 times in 00]. SP3 would be moving up to 3 if they weren't skipping tx on this tour

Old Crow Medicine Show - 6 times

Pumpkins somewhere in the 70's through 2000. Their supporting acts I guess obviously count but can't tell you who I've seen the most along with them.

Toadies 50+ times

Pantera a few dozen times.

Receiving End of Sirens 14 times.

Outside that not many repeats... think I've seen Hum 4 times now.

sp1 & sp2: 9 times
deus: 5 times
pixies (reunion): 4 times

Deerhunter 5x
Streetlight Manifesto 5x
Mewithoutyou 4x
Smashing Pumpkins 3x
Minus The Bear 3x
The Mars Volta 2x
Dinosaur Jr. 2x

I forgot about the Toadies - God only knows how many times I've seen them; it's gotta be more than 40.

I forgot about the Toadies - God only knows how many times I've seen them; it's gotta be more than 40.

yeah im trying to calculate them, the rev, and bands like doosu and funland

charter one pavillion at northerly island

we were at the same show!
o/

Metallica.. 8 times I think..

Pumpkins somewhere in the 70's through 2000. Their supporting acts I guess obviously count but can't tell you who I've seen the most along with them.

Toadies 50+ times

Pantera a few dozen times.

Receiving End of Sirens 14 times.

Outside that not many repeats... think I've seen Hum 4 times now.

So I'll go ahead and bite. How did you do this? What were your life circumstances that allowed this to happen?

The Toadies often played for free or at bars that require a $5 cover, that explains how he (and I) have seen them so often. They would play anywhere just to be heard.

So I'll go ahead and bite. How did you do this? What were your life circumstances that allowed this to happen?

Pantera and Toadies were locals. Toadies played literally any and all venues available for many years.

As far as the pumpkins. I don't think pumpkin stalking was too uncommon during the MCIS/Adore/ARISING/Machina era. There are plenty of people who have been to far more pumpkin shows than I attended during that era.

more than 70?

more than 70?

The majority of my attendance dates were during sacred and profane and arising tours. There were multiple people who were at literally every single show I went to during that period and can only imagine they were doing this before and afterwards to some extent.

When you're a teenager/early 20's type its cute and adventurous. Nowadays it seems absurd because it means you're on par with Monte.

Every "rock" band I can remember seeing live would fall somewhere between 1 and 9 times.

But I've seen a LOT of ska bands so many times I can't count them. The most being Mustard Plug. I've probably seen them live 100 times or more. but I used to do merch and stuff for them so it probably doesn't count. When I went on the road with them I'd get to see a lot of other punk and ska bands. Half of them I can't even remember. Some of them i wish I could forget.

The majority of my attendance dates were during sacred and profane and arising tours. There were multiple people who were at literally every single show I went to during that period and can only imagine they were doing this before and afterwards to some extent.

When you're a teenager/early 20's type its cute and adventurous. Nowadays it seems absurd because it means you're on par with Monte.

i'm still in my early 20s and it is unfathomable

People were really, really obsessive with SP. I think if you didn't see the band in its prime (and at a young age) you probably can't appreciate how crazy people got over the whole thing.

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Just two here :(

The Ramones thread got me thinking.

Me: Ramones, 88

Ramones have been one of my favorite bands for over 25 years.

Now I am going to have to forget about them.

People were really, really obsessive with SP. I think if you didn't see the band in its prime (and at a young age) you probably can't appreciate how crazy people got over the whole thing.

yeah it was a different era

Had gone to all of the Arising shows (which wasnt a huge undertaking since half the shows had b2b nights at the venues.

when i turned 18 i cashed in all my savings bonds i had been given over the years. Added up to $7200 and used all the cash to pick out places all around the US that I could drive to in order to see the US as much as possible. Got to see a lot of the US and see a few dozen shows of SP during the sacred and profane tour.

Were a couple of SP fans who i got to know who would blatantly be like "are you going to (Insert City Here) ? Can I catch a ride? Wanna split a hotel? Can I ride with you for a week until (insert city here) ?

It was just a weird and wild group of people and it didn't seem abnormal to be following this band around the country. Gas wasn't expensive... it was feesable to get someone to pitch in $5 for gas to the next city and $15 for a spot on the hotel room floor... get 4 people to do that per night and you're set.

Raid the breakfast bar each morning.... the body can live well off of small boxes of cereal and tiny cups of juice

yeah it was a different era

Had gone to all of the Arising shows (which wasnt a huge undertaking since half the shows had b2b nights at the venues.

when i turned 18 i cashed in all my savings bonds i had been given over the years. Added up to $7200 and used all the cash to pick out places all around the US that I could drive to in order to see the US as much as possible. Got to see a lot of the US and see a few dozen shows of SP during the sacred and profane tour.

Were a couple of SP fans who i got to know who would blatantly be like "are you going to (Insert City Here) ? Can I catch a ride? Wanna split a hotel? Can I ride with you for a week until (insert city here) ?

It was just a weird and wild group of people and it didn't seem abnormal to be following this band around the country. Gas wasn't expensive... it was feesable to get someone to pitch in $5 for gas to the next city and $15 for a spot on the hotel room floor... get 4 people to do that per night and you're set.

Raid the breakfast bar each morning.... the body can live well off of small boxes of cereal and tiny cups of juice

I enjoyed reading this

However I distinctly remember you (Pumpkinkid) saying how much you were enjoying the live webcast of 04.10.99 Detroit while everyone else was crashing and failing to log onto the server.

um...

Muse 4 times, Pearl Jam 3, RHCP 3, Tool 2, Metallica 4, Megadeth 2, Iron Maiden 3, Soundgarden 2, Pumpkins 3, GnR 2, prob some others I can't remember too.

Mogwai - 5
Biffy Clyro - 3
Die Ärzte - 6
Tocotronic - 5
Tomte - 4
White Stripes - 3
Foo Fighters - 3
Two Gallants - 3
Trail Of Dead - 4
Kettcar - 4
Krautschädl - 14

Smashing Pumkins: 7 times
Billy Corgan: 1 time
Zwan: 1 time


SP specifications:
Reading Festival - UK
Coliseu - Portugal
Aula Magna - Portugal
Restelo Stadium - Portugal
Optimus Alive 11 - Portugal
New York night #1
New York night #2

GWAR - 6 times
Smashing Pumpkins - 4 times
Toxic Holocaust - 3 times (once with GWAR)
Skeletonwitch - Twice (third time coming soon)
Avail - Twice
Interpol - Twice

This Saturday will be my second time seeing Enslaved