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This is what I can remember...so far..... in no particular order. I might update list later:

Concerts

Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
ZPZ
Mountain
Rod Stewart & Small Faces
Ten Years After
Flying Burrito Brothers
Jethro Tull
Traffic (with Dave Mason)
Dave Mason
ELO
Hot Tuna
Little Feat
Buddy Miles & the Electric Flag
Santana
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Pere Ubu
Brian Ferry/Roxy Music
Wayne County and the Electric Chairs
Black Flag
Crosby Stills Nash (& Young)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
Bruce Springsteen
B-52’s
Captain Beefheart
Gang of Four
The Cramps
The Government
Smithereens
Model Citizens
Sick F*cs
Pink Floyd
Roger Waters
Allman Brothers
Bob Dylan
Contortions
Television
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
DNA
Cream
Chris Stamey & the DB’s
Dead Boys
Black Flag
Johnny Winter
The Feelies
Suicide
Tuxedo Moon
Renaissance
Genesis
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Talking Heads
Buzzy Linhart
Ian Hunter
The Kinks
The Pop Group
Procol Harem
Psychic TV
Rocket from the Tombs
Rufus
Stevie Wonder
Smashing Pumpkins
Steve Winwood
Eric Clapton
Violent Femmes
The Who
Al Green
Paul Simon
Grand Funk Railroad
Van Morrison
Bob Dylan
Cowboy Junkies
Sheryl Crow
John Fogerty
Velvet Underground
Tin Huey
Plasmatics
ZPZ
Ten Years After
Robin Trower
Leon Russell
Bon Jovi

Frank Zappa
Grateful Dead
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Yes
Elvis Costello
Steely Dan
Hot Tuna
Jorma
Crosby, Stills, & Nash
Neil Young
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
Joe Cocker
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Jerry Garcia Band
The Cars
The Culture Club
Elton John
The Eagles
Cheech & Chong
The Kinks
Ian Hunter
Joe Jackson
George Carlin
Three Dog Night
Franki-Valli and the Four Seasons
Harry Chapin
Kingfish
The New Riders
Santana
Robert Plant
Roger Waters (The Wall)
Pat Metheny
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton
Jeff Beck
Jimmy Page
Stevie Nicks
The Moody Blues
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Arlo Guthrie
The Police
Jackson Browne
The Pretenders
The Clash
The Squeeze
The Motels
Styx
Dire Straits
The Doobie Brothers
Steve Miller
Bob Weir/Rat-Dog/Bobby & The Midnights

That's all I can recall atm.

Edit Note: Couple More I forgot -

U2
Devo
Jimmy Buffett
John Mellencamp
The Residents

I didn't put counts next to any of mine, but many are more than once.

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Gruppo Sportivo
Faith No More
Clouseau
Dierenpark
Celestial Season
After Forever
Primus
ZPZ 6x
Toots Thielemans
Kamagurka 3x
Dutch Student Orchestra 2x
Moscow Piano Trio
Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung
Adrian Belew
Terry Bozzio

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OK. Here we go in semi-chronological order of first time seen. Some on the same bill but I'm not gonna differentiate. Number of times seen in (#). I know I'm forgetting some things, especially opening acts that didn't make much of an impression.

Elvin Bishop(2)/Pablo Cruise/Jefferson Starship(2)/Krokus/Foreigner(2)/UFO/Nick Gilder/Greg Kihn(5)/The Tubes(8)//Frank Zappa/Santana(2)/Eddie Money/Gamma/Sammy Hagar(2)/Exile/Pat Travers/Cheap Trick(2)/Blue Oyster Cult/Rick Derringer/Stevie Ray Vaughan(3)/Stray Cats(2)/Men at Work/Tom Petty/The Motels/George Thorogood(2)/Rush(2)/Fabulous Thunderbirds/Ted Nugent(2)/Michael Schenker Group/Dio/Joe Satriani(6)/The Paladins/Stuart Hamm/David Lee Roth/Cinderella/Red Rider/Ringo Starr & his All-Star Band/Mason Ruffner/Neil Young/Little Charlie and the Nightcats(2)/Dire Straits/ZZ Top(3)/Lynyrd Skynyrd/Delbert McClinton/Hank Williams Jr./Kentucky Headhunters/Allan Holdsworth(2)/Genesis/Scorpions/Mr. Big/Great White/Phish/Aerosmith/Bachman-Turner Overdrive/Steve Miller Band/The Eagles/Van Halen(2)/Extreme/Yanni/Jeff Beck/Dave Matthews Band(4)/Widespread Panic/Huey Lewis & the News/Los Lobos(2)/Rolling Stones/Bryan Adams/Blues Traveler/Lenny Kravitz/Steve Vai(2)/Kenny Wayne Shepherd(2)/B-52's/Willie Nelson/Steely Dan/Eric Idle/Deep Purple/Thin Lizzy/Trans Siberian Orchestra/Yngwie Malmsteen/Pierre Bensusan/Mike Keneally/Absolute Ensemble (playing Zappa)/Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra(2)/Ladysmith Black Mambazo/Deke Dickerson/Brian Setzer Orchestra/Robbie Fulks/Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials/Weird Al(4)/Drew Carey/Blondie/The New Cars/Graham Parker/Eric Johnson/Dave Alvin(2)/Los Straitjackets(2)/Southern Culture on the Skids/Reverend Horton Heat/Nashville Pussy/Tommy Castro Band(2)/The Pretenders/The Hacienda Brothers(2)/Ween(2)/Robben Ford/John Mayall/Jethro Tull(2)/Young Dubliners/Richard Thompson/Bill Frisell/John Scofield/Dave Bromberg/Govt. Mule/Norton Buffalo(3),Zappa Plays Zappa(7),Roy Rogers & the Delta Rhythm Kings/Dream Theater/BigElf/Scale the Summit/Gwar/Tab Benoit/Eric Sardinas/Chris Cain(3)/Pojama People w/ Ike Willis/Adrian Belew/Todd Rundgren/Robin Trower/Jackie Greene/Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave./Experience Hendrix/Tower of Power/Boz Scaggs

FZ (6x), ZPZ (2x), The Grandmothers, Ensemble Modern (2x), Jethro Tull (5x), Bob Dylan (5x), The Cure (3x), Rory Gallagher, Grateful Dead, Tom Petty, Keith Richards & The Xpensive Winos, George Duke, Focus, Helmut Hattler, Roger Waters, Nick Cave, The Who, Joan Armatrading, Thin Lizzy, Genesis, The Style Council, Johnny Winter (2x), Santana, Sting, Les Claypool

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FZ
ZPZ
Grandmothers
Grande Mothers Re:Invented
Jimmy Carl Black & Eugene Chadbourne
Fred Frith
Derek Bailey
Keith Rowe
Sun Ra and His Arkestra
Chicago Tentet
Peter Brötzmann
Mats Gustafsson
The Thing
The Thing w/ Joe McPhee
Tortoise
Wilco
Sonic Youth
Einstürzende Neubauten
Wire
Public Image ltd
Holy Toy
De Press
Circus Modern
Can Can
Magna Carta
Pixies
Pere Ubu
Morphine
Swans
Psychic TV
Ween
Motorpsycho
The Tussler Society
David Thomas
Ivor Cutler
David Thomas and Jackie Leven
Glenn Branca
Notorische Reflexe
Wolf Eyes
Acid Mothers Temple
New Japanese Music Festival
Ruins
Keiji Haino
Makoto Kawabata + French guy
Imperiet
Lou Reed
Lou Reed's Metal Machine trio
Nico
Terje Rypdal
Nick Cave
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
DeLillos
The Clash
Violent Femmes
Dead Can Dance
Cocteau Twins
Gene Loves Jezebel
Echo & the Bunnymen
Cosmic Overdose
Babij Jar
Sister Rain
Russian Am-Car Club
The Residents
Tuxedomoon
Pharaoh Sanders
Ensemble Modern (Lachenmann and Stockhausen)
The Fall (sort of, a good view from outside the fence)
David Bowie
Roky Erickson
Bjørnar Andresen with Samsara
L. Subramaniam
Charles Hayward
Bob Hund
Bergman Rock
Alexander Schlippenbach
Evan Parker
Killing Joke
Faust
Marc Ribot
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Van Morrison
Fire Fæle Fyrer
Øresus
Test Department
Laibach
Seigmen
White Lord Jesus
Petra Jean Phillison
Pearl Jam
Blaine Reininger
Tori Amos
Wolfmother

+ lots of bands I can't remember right now...

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the monkees
the dead
phil and friends
ratdog
bob dylan
tom petty and the heartbreakers
dave mathews band
bela fleck and the flecktones
ani defranco
tori amos
tool
pusicfer
zpz
violent femmes
smashing pumpkins
beastie boys
paul simon
simon garfunkle
van halen
black crowes
phish
van morrison
mike gordon
mike gordon and leo kottke
primus
cranberries
weezer
beck
arthur lee and love
spearhead
george clinton
rusted root
pink floyd (not really cause it was minus waters during division bell tour)
and im sure a bunch more. i know a bunch more not well known bands.

(With opening acts, I have no recollection of Johnnie)

November 13, 1977 - Aerosmith (Nazareth)
September 13 1980 - Queen (Dakota)
November 8, 1980 - Black Sabbath (Johnnie)
1982 - Van Halen (Hide Your Sheep Tour)(After The Fire)
June 23, 1984 - Van Halen (G-Force)
September 19, 1987 - Farm Aid III - (
Alex Harvey, Emmylou Harris, Steppenwolf, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, John Denver, Lou Reed, John Mellencamp, Neil Young, Joe Walsh, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Exile, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, plus more)
October 19, 1988 - Def Leppard (L.A. Guns)
April 5, 1989 - Bon Jovi (Skid Row)
July 31, 1989 - Bon Jovi (Skid Row)
October 3, 1989 - R.E.M. (NRBQ)
Abt. 1996 - The Everly Brothers
December 14, 1997 - Prince (Graham Central Station)
December 19, 1998 - KISS (3-D Psycho Circus)
November 16, 1999 - ZZ Top (John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers)
August 29, 2000 - KISS (Ted Nugent, Skid Row)
March 12, 2002 - Dream Theater

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I wouldn't know were to begin, I can say that my bedroom door at my moms house when I was like 18 was almost completely covered with concert ticket stubs (and they were not very big back then). I also would think that bands that became popular that played clubs in LA would count (the Starwood in Hollywood would have 3 acts every Friday and Saturday) some bands in the 70's & 80's that become big names were commenly playing the Hollywood club scene, examples the Bangles, Devo, English Beat, Talking Heads, and many more that I would have to think about...I will try to come up with something.

Hermeto Pascoal & Grupo and Hermeto solo or with other musicians (around 8 times)
Egberto Gismonti (around 5 times)
Milton Nascimento (around 5 times)
Yes (2)
Rush (2)
Roger Waters (2)
Focus (2)
The Central Scrutinizer with Ike Willis
Rick Wakeman
Peter Gabriel
Jetho Tull
Elton John
Prince
I Musici de Montreal
Wynton Marsallis and the Jazz Lincoln Orchestra
Chick Corea and Garry Burton
Charlie Haden and Gismonti
The Rite of Strings (Ponty, di Meola & Clarke)
Naná Vasconcelos
Guinga (3)
Pau Brasil
Renato Borghetti (2)
Toninho Ferragutti (2)
Toninho Horta e Orquestra Fantasma
Didier Lockwood
Lô Borges
Tom Zé (2 or 1 and 1/2)
Trio Madeira Brasil
Conexo
Chico Amaral Group
Paulo Moura
Juarez Moreira (around 4 times)
Weber Lopes and Paulo Bellinati
Carlos Malta Quarteto
Jovino Santos Neto
Nenê Trio (2 one with Jens Winther)
Itiberê Orquestra Família
Ramo (3)
Água Viva (2)
Dudu Lima
Arismar do Espírito Santo along with Toninho Horta and Robertinho Silva
Titãs (2)
Paralamas do Sucesso (2 or 1 and 1/2)
Ira!
RPM
Badi Assad
Kiko Continentino
Alexandre Gismonti Trio
Tabajara Belo
Wagner Tiso (2)
Lenine
Some more local acts for sure
Local Metal bands in the 80s (Atomica, Tuca's band, etc)
Half a dozen classical concerts the last years

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I have never enjoyed being in big crowds of people, so my list of big-name concerts is very short:

the kinks (late 60s)
the hollies (late 60s)
weather report (1975)
rockpile (1976)
bob marley and the wailers (1977)
henry cow (1977)
graham parker and the rumour (1980)
zappa plays zappa (2006)
bob dylan (2006)
jethro tull (2010)
procol harum (2010)

however, throughout the 70s-90s, I must have attended approximately 250 small venue concerts, with numerous swedish jazz/rock/blues bands.
also, some 20-25 classical (and more mordern) music concerts.

I really regret that I never grabbed the chance to see zappa, though...

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soulive/eric krasno/chapter 2/john scofield/lettuce
jim hall
pat martino
thom yorke
ravi coltrane
slavic soul party

and a bunch of other groups whose names i forgot when in the musical bars/dungeons of nyc

Frank Zappa (2x)
King Crimson
Robert Fripp
U.K.
Alice Cooper (3x)
Genesis (2x)
Rush
AC/DC
Saga
Max Webster (2x)
The Who
Emerson. Lake & Palmer
Johnny Winter Group
XTC
Boomtown Rats
Peter Gabriel
Steve Hackett
Jethro Tull
FM
Gentle Giant (2x)
Wishbone Ash
April Wine
Nazareth
The Guess Who
Blue Oyster Cult
Queen
Battered Wives
Brand X (2x)
Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Hawkwind
Mott the Hoople
Aerosmith
Supertramp
Argent
Steppenwolf
Lonestar
Todd Rundgren
Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show

...and a host of others my slowly fossilizing brain has kept hidden from me.

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some of the stand outs anyway that i can remember
john mclaughlin and the one truth band w l shankar
frank zappa @ palladium w l shankar
brand x
tony williams @ the bottom line
billy cobham beacon theater
jean luc ponty
weather report
remember shakti w u shrinivas
l shankar w zakir
johnny winter
vassar clements
allman brothers band
archie shepp
ricky ford
gerry mulligan
brecker brothers
ravi shankar
stanley clarke
david grisman quintet
kevin burke & michail o'domnaill
lester bowie brass fantasy
dirty dozen
brass menazerie
jack dejohnette w bill frisell
jerry douglas band
joe morello
muddy waters w pinetop perkins
james cotton
leo kottke
ivo papasov wedding band
yuri yunakov
art blakey
king crimson
chick corea w avishai cohen and jeff ballard
richard thompson
adrian belew
the who w keith moon!
the cream
jethro tull

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These are the ones I remember.
The first was Devo
and then, in no particular order...
Billy Bragg
Captain Beefheart
Alex Harvey and the Electric Cowboys
Kraftwerk (2x)
The Residents (3x)
Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins
Zappa (88 Tour)
Tuxedomoon (3x)
Alice Cooper
Blaine L. Reininger (3x)
Laibach
Steven Brown
Fred Frith (2x)
Ginger Baker
The Muffin Men w/ Ike Willis
John Zorn
David Bowie
Les Negresses Verts
The Cure
Nina Hagen
Rory Gallagher
Pink Floyd
Roger Waters
Pere Ubu (2x)
David Byrne (2x)
Einstürzende Neubauten

There was a worrying period I went through, when I always saw a performer on his last tour. This happened with Alex Harvey, Snakefinger (who died about two weeks after I saw him) and Zappa. Fortunately for the performing world, I now have two kids and hardly ever get to go to concerts anymore...

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Wow, some great shows you guys have collectively attended! I guess muziko takes the big award for higher mofo density...

Remember some more worth remembering:
John Patitucci
Márcio Bahia Quarteto
Marcus Tardelli

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FZ
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
The J. Geils Band
Rush
Rory Gallagher
Neil Young
Alice Cooper
The Kinks
Kiss
UFO
Ozzy Osbourne
Roger McGuinn
Alvin Lee
Steppenwolf
Queen
Van Halen
Iron Maiden
Grateful Dead
Jerry Garcia
Dio
Twisted Sister

There's a few more that I can't remember. Must be the after effects of all that arena weed.

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...and how could I forget? My first big arena concert ever: Paul McCartney, 1991...

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When, where, and what did you think Doug? I saw them twice in LA and although I liked them, I was totally onboard after their concert as the lead act at the Palladium in either '79 or the early '80's. I always thought that it was a great live show for a guy with stage frieght.

I saw XTC on March 11, 1980. I had gone "off" live concerts for awhile, but even though it was "standing only" I really enjoyed myself, dancing around with the crowd. I tried seeing another group 2 weeks later, enjoyed them, and found I was back in "concert mode" once more!

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Krokus/Judas Priest
Vinnie Vincent Invasion/Alice Cooper
Anthrax/Ozzy
Suicidal Tendencies/Queensrÿche
Pantera/Exodus/Suicidal Tendencies
Joe Walsh (free at Hart Plaza) no opening act
Eric Burdon (Windsor Festival Plaza) no opening act
Damn Yankees/Ted Nugent
Blackfoot/Ted Nugent
Some Detroit Band/Ted Nugent
Anthrax/Metallica
An evening with Metallica (no opening act)

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The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir - an awesome band from Alberta
Alice Cooper x4
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bob Dylan
Bob Log III x2 - a one man band. Google 'Boob Scotch'
Buddy Guy x3
Chicago - my room-mate and his friend had 4 tix and no dates, so my friend & I agreed to go on the condition that we also got busfare and a mickey of vodka each for our trouble. All I remeber about the show was having to move every time my friend threw up on the people in front of us.
Country Joe & the Fish
Dr John - heard part of a show
The Forgotten Rebels x3
Gowan - he opened for a band that I wanted to see. All I remember was that he leapt about the stage like a baboon on crack.
Grateful Dead x10 or 15 - can't quite recall for some reason
Henry Rollins - speaking tour
Jethro Tull x3
Jim Cuddy - of Blue Rodeo
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Kim Mitchell x4 - used to be Max Webster.
Koko Taylor
The Kinks
Mavis Staples
Meatloaf - my buddy was his familys' bodyguard on some made-for-tv movie so we got backstage passes and all that jazz. I got him to sign my Rocky Horror soundtack album.
Mel Brown - a few times at local bars and twice as a guest onstage with Buddy Guy.
Nash the Slash - saw him at a bar called Mrs Robinsons which subsequently blew up and burned down after a car crashed into the gas meter. (not on that night though)
Neil Young x3
Pink Floyd x2
Roger Waters x2
Rolling Stones
Ronnie Hawkins - at Trent Uni at a Ride For Sight party.
Rush
Sha Na Na
Shuffle Demons x3
Steppenwolf
Steve Strongman
Sting - opened for the Dead once. Terrible acoustics.
Tom Petty x2
Trooper - saw them at Lulus just before it closed.
Watermelon Slim
Zappa Plays Zappa
10,000 Maniacs


There's more but my brain refuses to cooperate any further until I feed it.

I too much prefer small venues when I can. Despite the fact (or perhaps because of the fact) that large crowds give me issues I have regained consciousness or awareness way too many times in the middle of one.

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Miasma!

woodstock
allman bros
fleetwood mac, with and without peter green
led zep
moody blues
james gang
colloceum
cream
jimi hendrix
FZ,with & without the muthas
bloodrock
zz top
wishbone ash
joni mitchel
the stones
eagles
mountain
malo
john mayhall
paul butterfieldblues band
coco montoya
king crimson, with and without greg lake
elp
charlie musslewhite
steve miller
roy rogers and norton buffalo
osibisa
ten wheel drive
cold blood
quicksilver
ginger bakers airforce
hermans hermits
deep purple
roy bucannon
uria heep
spirit
cactus
vannila fudge
its a beautiful day
rare earth
neil young and crazy horse
j geils band
humble pie, with peter frampton
pink floyd
mitch rider
rory gallager
montrose
charlie daniels
the nice
bob dilyn
the band
chicago
tower of power
taste
beatles
harry chapin
buddy rich
dreams
woody herman
maynard fergeson
stan getz
les mccann
spyro gyra
chick corea
gato barbieri
weather report
airto
joe farrell
elvin jones
oregon
stevie wonder
woody shaw
freddie hubbard
stanley turrentine
idris muhammid
george benson
kieth jarrett
tony williams lifetime
mahavishnu orchestra
john mcglaughlin & santana
santana
roland kirk
pharoh sanders
earl klugh
george duke
mccoy tyner
brecker brothers
steve kahn
ron carter
deodato
mjq
bobby hutcherson
mannheim stemroller
dave leibman
wish bone ash
the who
joe henderson
hubert laws
vic juris
larry corryell
stephane grappeli
jean luc ponty
the dead
sea level
jethro tull
luis gasca
miles
wow there are a lot more

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to Bravo Sierra...

I left out Oregon, one of the best ensembles I ever seen live!

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Paul sucks imo. Bloody boy group music. Beside Paul shielded the release of FZ's 88 Beatles medley. I'm sure you had a great nite nevertheless, Mr. GG.

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