sat 7.1.06 at the first midwestern open world tweeter ampistadium theater bank in tinley park...



it marks the 5th time that i will be seeing nine inch nails since 1995 and vaults them into the "band i've seen the most" category.
which got me thinking of the bands i have seen quite few times....
here's my list:

311 x 4
billy corgan/smashing pumpkins x 4
korn x 4
12 rods x 4 (indie band from MN.)
joe satriani x 4
mudvayne x 3
deftones x 2
steve vai x 2
tool x 2
a perfect circle x 2
corrosion of conformity x 2
metallica x 2
system of a down x 2
slipknot x 2
primus x 2

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Metallica x 3
Ozzy/Black Sabbath x 4
AC/DC x 2
Guns & Roses x 2
Motley Crue x 2
System Of A Down x 2
Korn x 2
Rob Zombie x 2
Aerosmith x 2
Slayer x 2
Kiss x 1
Anthrax 1

Various opening acts I'd rather forget:

Zodiac Mind Warp
Love/Hate
Warrant
Poison
Whitesnake
Limp Bizkit
The Datsuns

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oh, yeah...i forgot ozzy/black sabbath x 2

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Tool - 7x

All of those concerts attended....Which one was the best?

For me, it was seeing the Rolling Stones in 2002 at the Aragon. GREAT SHOW!

Followed closely by U2 at the United Center in 2001.

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best show?
i can't pick just one...

metallica 1989, alpine valley.
nine inch nails january 1995, Mecca theater WI.
nine inch nails 1999, uic pavillion
smashing pumpkins march 1994, ISU arena
korn 1996, Metro
slipknot/lamb of god february 2004, allstate arena

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I bet the Stones at the Aragon was fantastic! The only time I saw them was about 10 years ago at Soldier Field. I was back in the endzone, so it took awhile for the audio to travel that far back and it never matched up with the video on the big screens. That was annoying.

YOU WILL NOW SUFFER THE BAUHUAS!!!

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It was a pretty amazing show. We were maybe 35 feet from the stage. During "It's only Rock & Roll" Bono came out and sang too.

The only downside was that we stood by Corey McPherrin all night. He kept trying to hit on my wife. Once I figured out what a dork he was, I let it go.

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Bands I've Seen the most:
KISS - 27 (the first time in '79 @ the old Ampitheatere, I was 9yo)
Metallica - 9
G-n-R - 8 (including 2x @ the old Thirsty Whale before they were huge)
Social Distortion - 10
Love/Hate - 8(worked for a band that opend for themon a midwest tour)
Chicago - 8

Best Shows:
KISS - '79 Intl. Ampitheatere
Ozzy/Metallica - '85 Poplar Creek
Social Distortion - '97 Vic Theatre
Chicago - '97 Rosemont Theatre

And tons more local bands I used to love. I worked @ the old Thirsty Whale as part of the sound crew, so I got to see a ton of bands either on the way up or the way down.

CMS

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-Bill Hicks

Slayer - '87 Aragon Brawlroom
Metallica/Ozzy - '85 Poplar Creek
Guns & Roses - '88 Danville Civic Center
Queensryche/Metallica - '89 Peoria Civic Center
G & R/Aerosmith - '88 Alpine Valley
AC/DC - '91 World Music Theatre
Motley Crue - '87 Alpine Valley

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the show was good. probably #4 of the five i've seen, but good nonetheless.

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