Bands You've Seen the Most

Motley Crue

Following on from the other thread in regards to bands that you've seen live, and due to people having to struggle assembling band names, I figured we should try this. What band have you seen live the most times - and if you know - can you state the number of times you've seen this band.

My list, I think, is....

1. Metallica - 5 Times
2. Machine Head - 4 Times
3. Stone Sour/Guns N' Roses/The Darkness* - 3 Times

*If you count Hot Leg, Hawkin's Darkness Kafkaesque** follow up, I've seen them 4 times

**The adjective refers to anything suggestive of Kafka, especially his nightmarish style of narration, in which characters lack a clear course of action, the ability to see beyond immediate events, and the possibility of escape. The term's meaning has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurrences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.

Mushy

Porcupine Tree - 5 times
QotSA - 7 times
Muse - 5 times

Penfailed

And So I Watch You From Afar - 15 times (at least!)
Gomez - 4 times
Pearl Jam - 3 times

Mars Bar

The Saw Doctors - 22 or 23 times.

Latchy

In Concert under roof

A-HA
The Beach Boys ( twice )
Brian Wilson ( once )
Status Quo ( three times )
Eirc Clapton ( twice )
Ultravox ( twice )

Not counting live open air concerts with mixture of artists ( cant remember all ) and hundreds of pub bands , all these other artist /bands have seen once in concert .

Rory Gallagher, Dr Feelgood , The Police , The Specials ,The Stranglers, Horslips , Juidth Durham , Deacon Blue ,The Only Ones , X-TC , Depeche Mode , OMD , Mott the Hoople , Dave Dee Dozy Bicky Mick and Titch

sabrewulf

Good idea. I saw the other thread, but after attending about 30 shows per year for ages now, there's no chance to write all these great shows down. Here's the ones I go/went regularly:

Carnivore (5x)
Type O Negative (6x)
Guns N'Roses (4x)
Metallica (10x)
Megadeth (5x)
Die Ärzte (11x)

My favorite 5 shows ever that I attended:
- Carnivore (Wacken 2006)
- Guns N'Roses (Mannheim 1991)
- Type O Negative (Bremen 1994)
- Miley Cyrus (Dublin 2009)
- Die Ärzte (Berlin 2002)



sabrewulf

ned rierson

the pogues 20+
elvis costello - with the attractions/solo/confederates/impostors 14
hold steady 8
undertones 7
yo la tengo 7
wilco 10
REM 14
violent femmes 6
teenage fanclub 7
pixies 4
supersuckers 4
richmond fontaine 8
RFTC 4
you am i 7
LSS 7
nada surf 5
sonic youth 8
iggy pop 4 solo 4 w/ stooges
foo fighters 6

johnnykilo

Fight Like Apes X 5 Times
Nine Inch Nails x 4 Times
Sigur Ros x 4 Times
The Frames x 4 Times (it was a long time ago, when i was young and impressionable)
My Bloody Valentine X 3 Times
Battles x 3 Times

delbertgrady

Bruce Springsteen - 16 times
Neil Young - 9 times, including 2 w/Crazy Horse and 3 solo acoustic
Bob Dylan - 9 times
Eels - 8 times
Richard Thompson - 7 times

Motley Crue

sabrewulf wrote: »

My favorite 5 shows ever that I attended:

- Miley Cyrus (Dublin 2009)

Really? Wow, she must be a lot heavier then I expected....

Yellowledbetter

Pearl Jam x5
U2 x6
OCS x5
Manics x4

Tons of others that Ive seen once twice or 3 times too

Dermo

Jimmy Eat World 20 times (plus another 4 times this month)

Miguel_Sanchez

I've seen Micah P Hinson 8 times and So Cow about 10 times.

NIBBS

let's see.....

Metallica (x9)
Slayer (x5)
Anthrax (x5)
Obituary (x4)
Whitesnake (x4)
Iron Maiden (x3)
Goo Goo Dolls (x3)
Paul Weller (x3)
Grave (x3)
Cannibal Corpse (x3)
Sepultura (x3)
Visceral Bleeding (x3)
Dew Scented (x3)
Machine Head (x3)

and there's tonnes I've seen a couple of times......Therapy? will move into the x3 bracket tonight

KylieWyley

johnnykilo wrote: »

Fight Like Apes X 5 Times
Nine Inch Nails x 4 Times
Sigur Ros x 4 Times
The Frames x 4 Times (it was a long time ago, when i was young and impressionable)
My Bloody Valentine X 3 Times
Battles x 3 Times

jealous! I've yet to see them or Jonsi solo

Muse (x4)
Bloc Party (x3) --> first time was free !

Pauleta

AC/DC x 3 :cool:

Sklarker

Metallica x5
Steve Vai x 5
Therapy? x5

Therapy? to take the lead and become x6 tonight!!

Hyperbullet

Metallica x16
Down x8
Machine Head x5
Dropkick Murphys x5
Alice In Chains x 5

therewillbe

Weller x 7
The who x2
Madness x 6
Leonard Cohen x 2
Sandy Kelly x 5
Joe Dolan x 9
OCS X5
PaulMc Cartney x 2
Depeche Mode x3
Bad Manners x5

Mars Bar

therewillbe wrote: »

Weller x 7
The who x2
Madness x 6
Leonard Cohen x 2
Sandy Kelly x 5
Joe Dolan x 9
OCS X5
PaulMc Cartney x 2
Depeche Mode x3
Bad Manners x5

how was Joe as a performer? Would love to have seen him...

nommm

Muse x13
Arcade Fire x3

Hannibal

seen the fantastic Usual Suspects down the local pub every week for about 18 months.
The Usual Suspects 50+
Oasis 5
OCS 4
Neil Young 3
Kasabian 3

iseethelight

Iron Maiden 7
Metallica 6
Therapy 3 inc tonight
Pantera 2
WASP 2
Placebo 2
Rage Against the Machine 2

Theres a good few I seen just once and more I just can' t remember. I really want to see Slayer, feel my concert going is not complete till I see them.

schemingbohemia

Jeff_Lebowski wrote: »

I've seen Micah P Hinson 8 times and So Cow about 10 times.

Did you go last night? Was it any good? Much of a crowd? I was going to go but lack of interested mates and some poor reviews of his new album put me off.

Lucifer31

Slayer x 8
Metallica x 6
Motorhead x 5
Willie Nelson x 5
Megadeth x 4
Anthrax x 4
Orange Goblin x 4
Exodus x 4
Iron Maiden x 4

Fun times!

honru

There are a couple of bands I've seen a handful of times but Pixies are more than likely the band I've seen the most live, at eight times.

Brixton Academy, London, 2004 (twice)
Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, 2004 (twice)
Pukkelpop, Belgium, 2005
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, 2005
Alexandra Palace, London, 2005
Primavera Sound, Barcelona, 2010

It was nice to see them again after five years this summer but I think I've had my fill of them for another while unless they change their setlist significantly.

johnnykilo

KylieWyley wrote: »

jealous! I've yet to see them or Jonsi solo

Muse (x4)
Bloc Party (x3) --> first time was free !

Don't give up, just make sure that the next time they play you go no matter what. The first time I saw them was just after the () album came out and it was like a religious experience

Friends of mine have seen them at various stages since then and have all said the same about the first time they saw them.

kennyu272

U2 x 21
Waterboys x8
Interpol x 6
REM x 6

Plus loads more......

s8n

Manic Street Preachers - 14 times
REM - 6 times
Biffy Clyro - 5 times
BellX1 - 11 (I think)

KylieWyley

kennyu272 wrote: »

U2 x 21
Waterboys x8
Interpol x 6
REM x 6

Plus loads more......

I reckon there's lots of that in Ireland. Wonder who's seen them the most?

Just Like Heaven

Bloc Party 3 Times? There like my favourite band and i never got to see them.....

I'v seen Motorhead 3 times. Emm i think that's the only band i'v ever seen more than twice.

Tomohawk

I reckon I saw The Pixies 5 times. Mostly back late 80/early 90s at the National Stadium.

Never saw The Smiths.
Never saw New Order.
Saw Depeche Mode last year for the first time although I've been a fan since 1980. :rolleyes:

rednik

The Eagles 4 times since they reformed.

boosh_fan

LCD Soundsystem x6 (will be 7 next week)
Queens of the Stone Age x4
Nick Cave/ Grinderman x4
Pearl Jam x3

delbertgrady

Tomohawk wrote: »

Saw Depeche Mode last year for the first time although I've been a fan since 1980. :rolleyes:

To be honest, if that was the O2 show in Dublin, you picked a bloody good one to see. That was my favourite DM show ever, inching out the Manchester MEN gig on the Playing the Angel tour, which would be a close second.

Pierce_1991

sabrewulf wrote: »

Good idea. I saw the other thread, but after attending about 30 shows per year for ages now, there's no chance to write all these great shows down. Here's the ones I go/went regularly:

Carnivore (5x)
Type O Negative (6x)
Guns N'Roses (4x)
Metallica (10x)
Megadeth (5x)
Die Ärzte (11x)

My favorite 5 shows ever that I attended:
- Carnivore (Wacken 2006)
- Guns N'Roses (Mannheim 1991)
- Type O Negative (Bremen 1994)
- Miley Cyrus (Dublin 2009)
- Die Ärzte (Berlin 2002)



sabrewulf

Cyrus in '09 and Carnivore '06, both amazing gigs in their own way

Pierce_1991

Green Day x 3 (Including twice in four days this year)
The Killers x 3
Arctic Monkeys x 3 (met the band before the second one )

dapto1

Delorentos over 20 times (I'm not a massive fan or anything they just seem to have gone to a lot of their gigs)
Ten Past Seven and Fred around 15 or 20 times
Biffy Clyro 14-15 times
Freddie White, Bloc Party, Dick Gaughan, and Saviours of Space/O Emperor about 10 times

Definitely more I'm not thinking of.

Edit: Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip around 7 or 8 times, also Messiah J and The Expert around the same amount.

Gillington

The Prodigy 4/5 times
Bloc Party 4 times
Editors x 3
Oasis x 3
RATM x 2 (Dublin and London this year)

hmmmmmmm I'm sure theres more multiples,cant think

TopBombing

Kings Of Leon x8 or 9

The Pogues xAt least 10

Pearl Jam x4

Rage Against The Machine x3

Guns N Roses x2 - Though I wish I hadnt seen the 2nd episode.

Wolfe Tones x7 or 8

Metallica x3

And loads more that I just cant remember now!!

blastman

Oasis (9 times, I think)
AC/DC (8 times, definitely)

kennyu272

I've seen U2 21 times and a ton of other bands on more than one occasion.

homerun_homer

Not including Irish bands who only tour around the country then the most I've seen a band would be;

Manic Street Preachers - 9 times
Franz Ferdinand - 8 times
Interpol - 7 times (soon to be 8) + saw Paul's Julian Plenti show
BRMC - 6 times

christeb

QUEEN + Paul Rodgers x 3
dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip x 3
Martin Hayes and Denis Cahill x 3
Leonard Cohen x 3

StaticAge11

Metallica X5
Green Day X4 and a half :P (Secret soundcheck were they played 6 songs including one new one)
Kasabian X4
Muse/Paramore/You Me At Six/Joan Jett and The Blackhearts X3

poundhound

Only gonna mention acts Ive seen 3 times or more....

David Bowie (x10)
Neil Young (x8)
U2 (X6)
Iron Maiden (x6)
King's X (x6)
Big Country (x5)
Depeche Mode (x5)
Metallica (x5)
AC/DC (X5)
Meatloaf (X5)
Suede (X5)
Pearl Jam (x4)
Marillion (x4)
Prince (x4)
Bon Jovi (x3)
Alanis Morrisette (x3)
Michael Jackson (x3)
Faith No More (x3)
Gary Numan (x3)
The Black Crowes (x3)
Starsailor (x3)
Interpol (x3)

violator13

depeche mode
1990 x2 london
1993/4 x5 london dublin paris
1998 x2 london
2001 x1 PARIS
2006 x2 paris dublin
2010 x3 paris london dublin

honru

violator13 wrote: »

depeche mode
1990 x2 london
1993/4 x5 london dublin paris
1998 x2 london
2001 x1 PARIS
2006 x2 paris dublin
2010 x3 paris london dublin

Which of these was your favourite?

8-10

Arcade Fire x20. Great live. At least another 4 in the next month.

Edit: ok, at least 6 more in December!

seachto7

Metallica x2 (92 and 96)
Radiohead x3 (97, 03, 09)
Placebo x2 (99 and 01)

sabrewulf

seachto7 wrote: »

Metallica x2 (92 and 96)
Radiohead x3 (97, 03, 09)
Placebo x2 (99 and 01)

Metallica 92!
Mmmmh, black album era. I saw them in Frankfurt during this tour. They actually played a snipped of the frayed ends of sanity there. Never heard this song live in full. Would love too!