Ghost. They're the only band I've seen more than once. I've seen them 3 times so far, and I will definitely go again next time they're in my area. The main thing that makes it worth it is their stage presence. They go all out on the costumes, choreography, and set design. Even the fans will get all dressed up. And their music is also super solid. Imo almost every song is a banger.

Rammstein, their shows have always been bigger and bigger each time. And their ticksets are only ~100€, well worth it if you ask me.

Enter Shikari, incredible shows every single time. I’ve never seen a band generate so much hype and a positive vibe like Enter Shikari does at their shows.

My favourite show was close to Christmas and they had a snowman up on stage while they covered Merry Christmas Everyone.

• Starset
• Yellow card
• BMTH
• BVB
• LOTL
• Bloodywood
• Icon for Hire
• Grandson

I like their music, and so far their ticket prices haven't become outrageous.

Tool, I have seen them three times in concert. They put on a fantastic show.

NOFX I see them if they come within an hour drive from where I am.

I’ve seen them thrice, and Friday Pilots Club always puts on a good show!

The Hu.

https://youtu.be/FpOjUCuk-5I

Dream Theater. Simply because I'm a big fan, and their live shows always has something their studio recordings don't have, such as a song suddenly containing an improv section.

Been to four of their shows so far.

EDIT: Oh, and Devin Townsend. He was the warmup act of the previous DT concert, and I didn't know such a high entertainment/mass ratio was possible in a single person.

Green Day. I have seen them twice almost 20 years apart and both shows were fantastic. If you like their music, I would highly recommend seeing them live.

Converge. I don't know how but the keep getting better. They have so much groove life, its hard to resist the pit.

Umphrey's Mcgee, more times than I can count. They're a jam band that does a lot of improv, excellent jams, they get really prog-y, and they do amazing covers.

Spafford. Also a jam band. Some of the best jams and guitar playing I've seen.

All Them Witches. Heavy blues/psychedelic rock. I just love their sound so much.

Green Day has been my favorite band for about 30 years and I saw them live for the first time in 2024. That show was so amazing and I was a dumbass for not going sooner. I’ll definitely go to another one.

I have a few on my list I would see again.

• Sum41: saw them a bunch of times when they first started getting popular. They put on a really entertaining show, but the band retired recently
• Rancid: Lars sometimes does a standup routine between sets and he is hilarious
• MxPx: I’ve seen them a dozen times in half a dozen cities in various sized venues. Kick ass show every single time

The Decemberists - multiple times, always a good show

The Long Winters - multiple times, always a good show

Electric Six - multiple times, absolutely amazing live, highly recommended

Weezer - past their prime, you're better off listening to the albums at home

The Hold Steady - multiple times, not that good live

The Pipettes - amazing performance, very fun

Aleks & the Drummer - multiple times, sadly now defunct but so much better live than their already great studio work

Side Walk Slam - multiple times, mostly at music festivals; really fun guys and generous to fans

Zapruder Point - once live, fun but not a big experience change from their studio recordings

The Mountain Goats - once live, venue was terrible, makes it hard to evaluate the performance

Amy Ray - electric performer, worth seeing, I'd love to see her live again

Franz Ferdinand - too commercial, very rehearsed live, no real improvement in experience over studio recordings

Torres - good energy, nice show, would see again live but not as a priority

I would love to see NOFX sometime

Can't believe I forgot to mention the time I played hackeysack with Dashboard Confessional

The Pipettes?

Holy crap where did you hear about them? I thought I was the only one.

I’m sure they’ll come out of retirement and tour again in a couple years, most of the band doesn’t have Fat Mike money.

Been a fan since Images and Words, finally saw them last year. Can confirm the live show is incredible.

Can’t wait to catch another one.

They headlined a show my wife's favorite local band was opening. I'd definitely see them again if they did another stateside tour.

It's been quite a while, over 20 years, but Dog Eat Dog at a local venue was a blast. They brought a huuuuge bottle of martini and went absolutely wild. One of the best, funnest shows I ever attended.

Primus!
We try to hit at least 4-5 shows a tour. All the Claypool projects really. It's a whooole nother vibe getting your face melted on the rail.

None unless it was free. I don't understand the appeal of live as the studio work is going to be much cleaner. honestly when it comes to most anything. sports, music, theater. I would rather go to at most college level. College, high school, and even grade school can be good and is real cheap and any money they make goes to the school. The cutoff for me is college things that are to professional like big 10 or whatnot. Give me a nice triple A.

If you haven't already, look up Mikey and his Uke 👍

Mikey is a guitarist in a band, and during Covid he started doing solo shows on YouTube, covering rock songs on the ukulele. He started getting other punk band members joining in, and they did full covers of songs, sometimes getting members of the original band to play too.

Their cover of Jaded / The Crowd by Operation Ivy is one of my favourite songs, and introduced me to Bad Cop / Bad Cop 🤘😁

R.E.M. (3 times)
Beastie Boys (2 times)
Prodigy (2 times, and going again later this year)
David Byrne (1 time, but seeing him again in July!)
Puressence (2 times)

I heard that Erik Melvin is suing Fat Mike and the band over money. Mike even wrote a song about it a few months back.

Municipal Waste - top notch crossover thrash, insane live shows, insane pits, never a dull show.

That wouldn’t surprise me at all

That's funny, I saw REM exactly once and that was one too many times. Way back when they were getting started. One of the worst shows I have ever seen.

We saw J Roddy Walston and the Business every time they came through, such a powerful live act and nice guys.

We have seen Bleachers a lot, Antonoff can't dance to save his life but 2 drummers and always a good time.

Leon Bridges every time he has played here. Amazing, great show.

When I was a teenager I was driving to LA across I -10 at the same time the Descendants were on their tour so I saw them here, then in New Orleans, then in California.

If I like an artist I will go to their show, live music is one of the best things in the world.

By far, the band I've seen most often is local band that plays klezmer-inflected psychedelic blues rock, and that description I think is enough to cover the why.

Oh wow - I'm kind of jealous, even if it was a bad show. I'd love to have seen them in their early days!

I saw his Fearless Flying Frog Brigade perform Animals front to back along with their own material. Amazing show.

Primus. I was fortunate enough to see them a couple times before Herb left the band again, and a couple times after.

This last show I saw, they had a moment where they walked offstage, projected a TikTok of a podcast clip of a woman talking about how Primus was the worst band she had ever seen, and then Les just started fucking murdering those bass strings as they walked out again.

I'm never missing a Primus show near me.

Primus fucking sucks! 🤘

Fuck yeah, Primus sucks!

Did you get to go to Sessanta?

Saw them once. Absolutely tore shit up. No question I'd go again.

I missed that tour, and I'm not missing another one. I was reminded last year how much I love Green Day. They sounded just as good as ever at the Super Bowl!

Hell yeah bro! 🤘

Primus. Fricken kill it every time.

Crown lands. I wanna see em again so bad but they are just not popular and they're too broke to tour.

Shinedown. While many say its divorced welder dad rock (and it is) those guys put on a great show and genuinely care about the music.

Native howl. Damn good thrash grass.

Blacktop mojo. Another hardworking band that should be world famous.

I wish I could remember what they called themselves later on, but my friends' band in highschool. (They originally called themselves "Kill the Messenger")

I definitely would see them again if they got back together. Before they all went to different colleges, they sounded exactly like The Mars Volta and I kept trying to encourage them to send samples to producers because they were really fucking good. They never did tho 😮‍💨

Sessanta is amazing, don't miss it!!

Ghost is damn good. And the show I saw them at it was said they used no backing tracks (which sure they could be lying, but why?). Such talent

Are they doing it a third time???

Both times I went were in nasty weather. I went to the show Billy Strings played at, and didn't even get in the gate in time to see him, even though we got there an hour early. The parking was that bad.

That said, I had eaten like 3 grams of shrooms, and it was still one of the most awesome concerts of my life. Those Maynard in the Hospital intermissions hit hard that show. 😂

Seen Collective Soul 3 times. They bring so much energy and each show was different.

I'm glad to hear they got better!

That's awesome!

Which era of singers did you see?

Kaizers Orchestra. First show was in 2001. Seen then more than 20 times, they're just great.

Ha - well, I think so, anyway. Personal taste of course. I might have loved the show you didn't, impossible to tell 😁

It doesn't sound like you'll ever enjoy live music but let me help you understand the many appealing things to me as someone who does: Drugs. Just kidding, you can do those at home, too.

Anyway, first off "cleaner" doesn't necessarily mean better because music is very subjective. There are songs I've thought I didn't like until I saw them live...turns out I just didn't like the album version. Live audio also depends heavily on who is running the board. I've been to shows that sounded so good I focused on the instruments to confirm they werent just playing an mp3.

It's a rendition but there's a million ways to play a song. And sometimes the enjoyment is just hearing an artist play the song differently.

Then there's the energy. I don't really dance and generally avoid crowds but there's something about everyone being all hyped for the same thing that's just....energetic. Then add to that the music physically synchronizing everyone, it's great. It's a real feeling of "oneness", like the crowd is one big animal. And that energy feeds the artists making for an even better performance

And the "live" aspect can't be discounted. You might hear a new song, you might hear a cover, you might hear a deep cut from their first EP! They might play a bizarre interlude that confuses you until it all comes together into a song you know! A lot of artists interact with the crowd in fun ways, too.

Damn now I want to go to a show but I don't have tickets until May