Blink did some promotional tour in 01 at smaller venues and i went. It was them, a young alkaline trio and the ataris. Those 2 bands blew them off the stage and it was a fun as hell show.

_________________
That's my purse! I don't know you!

I've seen all of those bands listed 5+ times. No Doubt was always a good show until I saw them at Aragon and Gwen screamed "Thank you Indiana!!!!!" several times during the encore.

If they got back together, I'd probably go see them again, depending on where they are at. Hell, I'd pretty much go see anything that isn't over-produced Nashville-type country or affiliated with American Idol.

_________________

Blink is like old Green Day - real simple, silly rock. They're as much sideshow act as rock band.

Ataris suck, dude.

_________________

I saw Alkaline Trio at UIC with My Chemical Romance. It was some Q101 thing, and they were the openers. I got free tickets from some promotion they did, and I've been a fan ever since. My Chemical Romance, not so much.

The Ataris put on a good show. That was another of my fun Aragon experiences...or was it Metro...I can't remember.

_________________

What other bands have you guys seen that you are not proud to admit? C'mon, I love this game.....

_________________

They were a good first act for that show. Blink are terrible musicians. They sound like shit live. I will give it to them that they play as is instead of bringing the extra players behind the amps like green day does. In the show I went to, Green day sounded good and blink sounded like shit, but they were cool with that i think.

_________________
That's my purse! I don't know you!

I saw Cherry Poppin Daddies in Vegas. Didn't plan on it, but saw they were playing and got tix right before the show. We had nothing else to do so we went. It was weird.

_________________
That's my purse! I don't know you!

Well this was a short topic. You win.

_________________

Tortoise and Isotope 217

_________________
Don't take it personally.

Yeah we knew that already.

_________________

Gin Blossoms
David Lee Roth
A girl I was dating around 2001 (just before my ex wife) had gotten tickets for us, her friend, and that chick's boyfriend for Train. It was somewhere in the city (I don't remember where), and we stopped for dinner. We were running really early, so we went into the bar and there was a Flyers playoff game going on. The girls walked down to the show, and left 2 tickets with me and the other guy. We missed the show because the game went into triple OT. I spent 60 bucks for a cab back to Arlington Heights because I got dumped for missing the show. that was Glorious.

_________________

Good choice missing Train.

I'll give you some of mine slowly, to try and drag more out of you guys:

Offspring - twice. (once at Aragon, once at Eagles in Milwaukee)

_________________

Offspring twice as well...once at UIC, once at the UC for Q101 twisted. Also saw Papa Roach, Live, Everlast, and Incubus that night. There were good points to that show though...Disturbed, The Deftones, and Cypress Hill

_________________

With you on Gin Blossoms SJB. They opened for Dave at Tinley. They aren't bad.... when you hear one song on the radio. When they do a whole set you realize that it's the same damn song over and over again.

Disturbed is bad. I'm not even counting bad bands I've seen at any festival setting - I'm talking headlining bands that I've seen, intentionally.

I saw the band that the lead singer of Gin Blossoms started after they broke up the first time:
Gas Giants (at Park West).

_________________

Yeah, but it's a better song than a lot of bands have.

_________________
Don't take it personally.

That was another night that the girl I was dating wanted to see them. The bright point of that show was Soul Asylum.

_________________

I think Gin Blossoms aren't terrible - they know how to write a catchy sad song.

_________________

They fall into the category of studio recordings I don't mind, but live, they suck.

_________________

Along the lines of "Cherry Poppin Daddies" - before we were married the wife dragged me to The Mighty Blue Kings at Metro.

_________________

Ex wife dragged me to Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Riv, I think.

_________________

She made me see Black Crowes at Aragon too.

_________________

The gin blossoms suck a moderately sized cock.

_________________
That's my purse! I don't know you!

Saw them with Jimmy Page in Tinley Park

My first concert was Jimmy Buffett at Poplar Creek. It was a father's day gift for my dad.

_________________

You're not playing the game right.

_________________

Oh god, I forgot about my lone venture to Buffett at Tinley.
That is a horrible, horrible experience.

I've seen Sponge 3 times.

_________________

Squeeze and Cheap Trick last summer.

_________________

I liked that one sponge song.

_________________
That's my purse! I don't know you!

Dude, Cheap Trick is good. I've seen them a couple times.

Squeeze................yeah. You're on your own.

_________________

I think there were 2 that weren't bad

_________________