Bands I’ve Seen

Here are the musical acts I’ve seen over the years. I’m sure I’ve missed many, but you may laugh at some, be amazed at others!

( ‘+’ means I’ve seen the act more than once)

ABC +
AC/DC
Aimee Mann +
Air
Alley Cats
Allison Krauss
Dave Alvin
The Angels (Angel City)
Antenna
Art Brut
B-52s +
Bill Nelson
The Bangs (The Bangles)
Bauhaus +
Beastie Boys +
The Bee Gees
Adrian Belew
Berlin
Bill Nelson
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Black Flag +
Blackfoot
Blake Babies
The Blasters
Blue Oyster Cult +
Blur +
Bob Margolis
Body Count
Brian Setzer
Broadcast
Broken Social Scene
Burt Bacharach with Dionne Warwick
Camper Van Beethoven
Caribou/Manitoba +
The Carpenters
The Cars
Neko Case +
Cheap Trick +
Circle Jerks
The Clash
George Clinton +
Concrete Blonde +
Elvis Costello
The Cramps +
CSS
The Cure
Dandy Warhols
Dave Alvin
Dead Rock West +
Devo
The Dickies
Dissonance +
Thomas Dolby
Dream Syndicate
Drivin’ n Cryin’ +
Duran Duran
El Vez +
Eurythmics
The Feelies
Fetchin’ Bones +
fIREHOSE +
The Fleshtones
Flock of Seagulls
Foreigner
Four Tet
Peter Frampton
Robert Fripp
Gang of Four +
Garbage
The Godfathers
The Go-Go’s
Golden Palominos
Gore Gore Girls +
Grant and the Geezers +
Green on Red
Guilty Bystanders +
Gun Club
Haircut 100
The Hold Steady +
Hugh Cornwell
Hunters and Collectors
Indigo Girls
J. Geils Band
Jane’s Addiction +
Jason Ricci and New Blood
Jellyfish
Jesus and Mary Chain
JFA +
John Doe +
Johnny Winter
Julianna Hatfield +
Killing Joke +
King Missile
Kings of Convenience
Kraftwerk
L7 (Detroit)
L7 (Los Angeles) +
Ladytron
Let’s Active
Lone Justice
Los Lobos
Love Tractor +
Barry Manilow
Material Issue
Johnny Mathis
Jonathan Richman
Meat Puppets +
Pat Metheny Group +
Michelle Malone +
Mike Zito
Minutemen +
Modern English
Mommy and Daddy+
The Muffs+
Pat Metheny Group +
Peter Murphy
Philip Glass
New Order
New Pornographers
Nymphs
The Oblivious (Holly Beth Vincent)
Oingo Boingo
The Paladins +
Persephone’s Bees
PiL
Plan 9 +
The Police +
Iggy Pop +
Pretenders +
Public Enemy
Pylon +
Rain Parade
Ramones+
Ray Charles
Redd Kross +
REM +
The Replacements +
The Residents
Jonathan Richman
Lionel Ritchie
Robert Plant/Alison Kraus
Rocket from the Tombs
Rolling Stones
Rollins Band
Josh Rouse +
Roxy Music
Royal Crown Revue
Royksopp
Seven Seconds
Shawn Kellerman
Shreikback
Tab Benoit
Talvin Singh
Tortoise
Siouxsie and the Banshees +
Sisters of Mercy
Slayer
Smashing Pumpkins
Social Distortion
Sonic Youth
The Stranglers
St. Vincent
Steve Soto and The Twisted Hearts
The Sugarcubes
Super Furry Animals
Supersuckers
David Sylvian +
Thin Lizzy
Thompson Twins
The Three O’Clock (Salvation Army)
Threshold of Pain +
Tommy Castro
Tony Bennett
Tortoise
Trampled Under Foot
UFO
Vertical Pillows +
Violent Femmes
The Waitresses
Wire
The Who +
X +
XTC
Young Gods
Zac Harmon

3 comments so far

  1. Terri Lorenz on

    Hey…weren’t you the dude in front of me at that Gang of Four show?

  2. ryan on

    awesome list dude… respect…

    • Brent Bonet on

      Thank man. Can you tell I’m old? I just added a few more. Mostly from the blues festival last weekend.


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