Best Concert You've Been To?

Breaking Benjamin fo sho!

Devo at San Diego Pride last year!

The sound was amazing, so was the performance. I was up real close too and I met a few other "spuds" who I've re-met and hung out with in San Francisco.

I've been to so many shows...it's hard to pick one.

Rammstein - 1999 - Maritime Hall in San Francisco
Mogwai - 2006 - Fillmore in San Francisco

In terms of bands playing, these were my favorite bands (minus AFI) in 2003
Live 105's BFD 2003 in Mountain View, California
Foo Fighters
White Stripes
AFI
Deftones

lets see:

Rush
Aerosmith with RUN DMC before one of those brothers died..
maryilyn manson
Ozzfest 2004 was epic- (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Slayer, Dimmu Borgir, Superjoint Ritual, Black Label Society Slipknot, Hatebreed, Lamb of God, Atreyu, Bleeding Through, Lacuna Coil, Every Time I Die, Unearth, God Forbid, Otep, Devildriver, Magna-Fi, Throwdown, Darkest Hour)
Curiosa Festival
THe family values tour when deftones were on it was a good time. didnt really like the line up but i had so much fun in the pit. you can see me on the dvd too..

Probably Curiosa, but only for Cursive and Interpol. I was so tired by the time the Cure came on, I didn't really get to enjoy it.

Beck was great, because it was an intimate show - same for Morrissey, although I broke my glasses.

The Deftones at Family Values in 2006 were actually really good too.

The first show I ever went to was Nothingface and I'll never forget that.

Also very notable:
American Headcharge
36 Crazyfists
40 below summer

Deftones, The Mars Volta, & Interpol are awesome every time I see them live.

the hives

great energy, sound, crowd interaction

deftones - cincinnati, bogart's. oct 21, 2004

now im nothing wrote:Probably Curiosa, but only for Cursive and Interpol. I was so tired by the time the Cure came on, I didn't really get to enjoy it.

Mogwai was there too. Great show.

ale wrote:Devo at San Diego Pride last year!

The sound was amazing, so was the performance. I was up real close too and I met a few other "spuds" who I've re-met and hung out with in San Francisco.

Okay, I totally lied.
i consider The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman as the best performance I have seen and probably will see for a very long time. It was a musical by Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks at the LA International Film Festival this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpStfwCEUWk

hmmm, this is a tough one!

hella in sacramento @capital garage 2002

dredg/sleepytime gorilla museum/brian kenny fresno in s.f. @bottom of the hill new years eve '03/'04

the mars volt in santa cruz @the catalyst 2004

dredg performing "leitmotif" in santa cruz @the catalyst 2006

dillingerescapeplan/hella/horse the band in s.f. @12galaxies 2005
(any and all dillinger shows, actually)

hella/theadvantage/zach hill mick barr in sacramento @thelibrary 2006

isis/tera melos in sacramento @theboardwalk 2006

pinback in sacramento @harlows 2010

death grips in sacramento @press club/@townhouse 2011

I haven't been to The Catalyst yet, but I was at the SC Civic Center last for Weird Al. That was a damn good show.

I saw Bon Iver this year and that was the best show I've seen up to this point in my life.

ale wrote:I haven't been to The Catalyst yet, but I was at the SC Civic Center last for Weird Al. That was a damn good show.

the catalyst is a good venue with great acoustics. the only bad thing is all the gutterpunks smelling like cigarettes and b.o.


weird al was my first concert, back in '93 or '94. and from what i remember, it was a really entertaining show.

There have only been a couple bands (that i know of) that I wanted to see play there since I've been here and both times I had other stuff to see/do. I definitely want to check it out before I leave. It's a legend here for some reason.