best show you have ever seen irrespective of venue?

First time caller, here.

Mission of Burma, Carnegie Mellon Univ, Pittsburgh 5/82

X, Pirates Cove, Cleveland, 5/82

Negativland, Manchester Craftsman's Guild, Pittsburgh, '92 or '93

The Ex w/ Tom Cora, Rodef Shalom, Pittsburgh, '94

Guided by Voices, Black Cat, 6/95

Guided by Voices, Southgate House, Newport KY, 3/00

Guided by Voices, Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland, 4/02

Salem 66, Decade, Pittsburgh, '89 (?)

Jesus Lizard, Upstage, Pittsburgh, '89 or '90 (?)

Circle Jerks, Decade, Pittsburgh, sometime in the 80's

That's it for now.

Originally posted by Lazer Guided Melodies:
Primal Scream all nighter on Valentines Day '98 at Brixton Academy. Alabama 3 opened up with dj sets by Spring Heel Jack and Asian Dub Foundation with suprise guest Spiritualized who didn't go on till 2:30 in the morning.

BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUU HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH
Oh, please, someone slap me!

He said Primal Scream were good..hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah oh hahahahahahah.

Sorry, but they really are the absolute worst fucking pile of shit that I've ever heard my long, long life

I like Primal Scream.

But I've heard they can put on some crap shows.

Allman Brothers, Portland Oregon, fall of 1991 – they were two hours late to the venue, refunds were offered, band finally came on, apologized and said they were going to play everything for us. Which, damn sam, they did, for almost four hours.

Little Women, Portland Satrycon, 1992, Drug-edgey jam band usually played the regular 'alternative music' club, but on the night before I left for D.C., they played the hardcore punk club and kicked it out of the park.

The Verve, 9:30 Club, November 1997, loudest show I can remember, band was on fire with the noise, and I spontaneously made out with the girl standing next to me during the 'Come On' freakout.

Guided By Voices, 9:30 Club, last year (August?), my first time seeing them and it was so great that I couldn't stop laughing the whole time.

Grateful Dead, RFK Stadium, 06/25/95, the last D.C. show, and after 61 previous shows through the years, the best I (and my partner of 40+ shows) had seen. Then Jerry died, which was probably for the best.

Honorables:
that last Black Rebel Motorcycle Club show was seriously great.

I thought the Immortal Lee Country Killers II, opening up for the Driveby Truckers a few months ago, were just about perfect.

Monster Magnet at the old 9:30 Club was insane.

The Verve at the old 9:30 Club in 1995 was incredible, mostly due to the ridiculous amount of tension between the singer and guitarist. Great bootleg too.

Soundgarden, Monster Magnet and Swervedriver in Seattle in 1991

Pavement at the old Black Cat in 1994 has always stuck in my head, as has the Afghan Whig show there a couple months later.

Worst Ever Show:
The Dude of Life at the old 9:30

deerhoof

at the warehouse


amazing

Originally posted by mankie:
He said Primal Scream were good..

not to question your judgement mr mankie. I have never seen primal scream live, but I am quite fond of a couple of their albums. I mean blake grape seriously ripped off screamedalica……

I cant stand their new album though. Evil heat is bobbins.

Originally posted by mankie:

He said Primal Scream were good

Well you really ought checkout the Primal Scream records with Mani from the Stone Roses on them. Vanishing Point and XTRMNTR. You saw them during their trying very very hard to be the Rolling Stones. It failed miserably except for one single "Rocks"

Primal Scream at the 9:30 club on the XTRMNTR tour. One word AWESOME. Three guitarist including Kevin Shields from My Bloody Valentine, getting to stand in front of Bass God Mani, and a horn section. Blew my head off…

Originally posted by Relaxer:


Grateful Dead, RFK Stadium, 06/25/95, the last D.C. show, and after 61 previous shows through the years, the best I (and my partner of 40+ shows) had seen. Then Jerry died, which was probably for the best.

Possibly the only highlight of an otherwise miserable tour. Wharf Rat and Brokedown from this show are terrific.

As some already know, I never went to many shows. But the best was The Dead Milkmen at Max's on Broadway(Balt). I used to be a huge Milkman fan…still kind of am one. R.U.1?

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I pick up on every fad quite late. I'd be hip, but I'm much too straight.

Started in on the Dead Milkmen when WCVT 89.7 FM Towson radio played Bitchin' Camero. Saw them at the 9:30 about 88? Saw them at GW, they played a cafeteria, around 90/91. They were great, a great band from Philly.

Originally posted by Sir HC:
Started in on the Dead Milkmen when WCVT 89.7 FM Towson radio played Bitchin' Camero. Saw them at the 9:30 about 88? Saw them at GW, they played a cafeteria, around 90/91. They were great, a great band from Philly.

ahh yeah, the dead milkmen. . saw them in dallas in 94, i believe. that was a pretty good show. . sort of descended into madness.

Now that's the band that Cex should open for. Add Mojo Nixon to the bill and you'd have a great night of musical comedy.

Originally posted by Jaguär:
Cex

more like a musical nightmare

go white boy, go white boy GO!

I have always prefered Grand Buffet to Cex. Both fun, but Grand Buffet have that Laurel and Hardy thing going and great songs.

I've never seen or heard Grand Buffett.

Honestly, I don't think Cex is all that great but he can be funny. He's more the type that I'd love to invite to a party. I'm just amazed at how much I see him positively written up in national and international reviews and such.

Check out:

http://www.grandbuffet.com/

They tour and often play with Cex. Saw them together at the Ottobar. They are what you would expect from white Pittsburg rappers.

Elliott Smith and Grandaddy at the Recher (Figure 8 Tour for Elliott, Sophtware Slump for Grandaddy) was a great show. My first introduction to Grandaddy (now one of my favorites) and an especially good performance by Elliott.

It's a bittersweet memory now, of course.

The Pogues and UB40 - Barcelona 1989

Teenage Fanclub (Bandwagonesque tour) in 1991 or 1992 in Barcelona.

The Breeders - Barcelona 1994

L7 (The Offspring opening for them, they were actually not that bad) 1995 in Rennes, France.

Fleetwood Mac - NYC 1997

David Byrne - October 2001 9:30 Club.

SFA and Grandaddy - Oct 2003 9:30 club.