Aint No Right

No I am paying for Heart and Joan Jett. Because it's Heart and Joan Jett

Sometimes you just gotta go see people before they die. They are legends. Both of them.

I will only know about 7 or 8 songs between the two, but that's ok. I respect both.

My current group of friends that still see live music go to events that I have no interest in. One group goes to the big arena rock shows and the other goes to country concerts. I guess that is why I don't really see live music much anymore.

That's why I stopped caring what my friends liked when I was a kid...don't blame their taste for your laziness!

kv wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:41 pm

That's why I stopped caring what my friends liked when I was a kid...don't blame their taste for your laziness!

huh? was i bashing them for their tastes? i prefer not to go. you are always trying to stir up shit.

I said blame not bash

creep wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 5:57 pm

My current group of friends that still see live music go to events that I have no interest in.

I just go to stuff by myself sometimes.

I don't need to be social to see live music. In fact more often than not, it annoys me that people are talking when I am trying to see someone play.

No sense missing out just because no one else is interested. Grab a drink, find a good spot, and enjoy.

Bingo

That was my 20's.. my close friends hated the music I liked and I felt the same way...after missing a few shows because nobody wanted to go I started clubing by myself which just lead to new friends who I shared musical tastes with...plus 10000x easier to get a single ticket or to sneak in...pretty sure panda works/worked the same way

kv wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:56 pm

Bingo

That was my 20's.. my close friends hated the music I liked and I felt the same way...after missing a few shows because nobody wanted to go I started clubing by myself which just lead to new friends who I shared musical tastes with...plus 10000x easier to get a single ticket or to sneak in...pretty sure panda works/worked the same way

These days I do. Up until the tail end of the 90's my best friend and I saw probably 90% of every show I've caught since '77 together. He got me into a lot of bands in the late 70's/early 80's and I got him into a lot of alt and punk stuff in the mid-80's through the 90's. He moved up north to Santa Rosa and I think the last show we caught together was when I flew up there to see the late '97 Janes/Enit show in San Francisco.

My wife was pretty game to see some shows with me the first 5 or so years we dated and eventually married but they were pretty mainstream, "safe" stuff like U2, The Rolling Stones, Springsteen and oddly, Concrete Blonde. I think the last show she went with me was U2 in 2005 and I had to buy $275 each seats because she doesn't like to deal with standing only floor GA (she's short).

For a few years, it was kind of unthinkable going to a show by myself as the social aspect of hanging with friend(s) was as fun and important as seeing whoever the band was. Most of my other friends aren't live music fans and don't go to shows at all. But as KV says, after a while there's bands you want to see no matter what and I quickly acclimated not just going by myself but preferring going solo to avoid the sometimes hassles of dealing with friends who'd been better off staying home and of course, the ease of scoring a single ticket or at least not fronting money to buy a pair.

I bought tickets for Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats yesterday.

Free tickets tonight for the Crash Test Dummies & Grapes of Wrath. Canadian band night for me.

Snaggd a couple of $20 lawn tickets for Beck&Cage the Elephant in August. Live Nation has a promo for some citis on the tour.

Free tickets tonight for the Crash Test Dummies & Grapes of Wrath. Canadian band night for me.

Snaggd a couple of $20 lawn tickets for Beck&Cage the Elephant in August. Live Nation has a promo for some citis on the tour.

Black Flag (may as well just say Greg Ginn) is gonna play in Hermosa Beach...have to wait till Dec but expecting an old man riot in HB

Artemis wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:28 pm

Free tickets tonight for the Crash Test Dummies

they still exist, huh, didn't know that. Great news. Kiddin....

I wish Fiona Apple would tour a lot AND come to Europe and stuff. But she seems completely uninterested. I wonder why.

Matz wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2019 2:22 pm

Artemis wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2019 1:28 pm

Free tickets tonight for the Crash Test Dummies

they still exist, huh, didn't know that. Great news. Kiddin....

I wish Fiona Apple would tour a lot AND come to Europe and stuff. But she seems completely uninterested. I wonder why.

I too was surprised that the Crash Test Dummies still exist. I was never really a fan. The lead singer's voice has hed up well, still sounds the same. The show was a little boring for me, I was ready to go after the thirs song.

-Max and Iggor Cavalera tomorrow (playing Beneath the Remains and Arise).
-Living Colour next week.

And maybe Baroness, Steve Hogarth or Black Flag during the next 30 days.
Then John Garcia, Iron Maiden and Turbonegro.

It's been pretty quiet on the concert front for me. I spent my concert money on Raptors tickets. About 2 weeks ago or so, I saw Beck with Cage the Elephant, Spoon and Sunflower Bean. All the bands were great!

Coming up:Fontaines D.C. in September
Ladytron- October
Orville Peck- December

I have a lot coming in the next weeks, and I can't be happier :

John García, King Crimson, Muse, Iron Maiden, Brant Bjork, Morcheeba, The Offspring + Bad Religion, Richie Kotzen.

I want tickets!
Tickets on sale October 11. Pre-sale October 9.

Artemis wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 07, 2019 6:51 pm

I want tickets!
Tickets on sale October 11. Pre-sale October 9.

I want tickets to this too! That would be cool. Be just 2 blocks away from my apartment if I were still in SF.

Of course I would alsocworry about falling asleep if I went to the show...

Melvins/Red Kross tonight!

mockbee wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 07, 2019 7:55 pm

Of course I would alsocworry about falling asleep if I went to the show...

It will be good. I like the opener, Agnes Obel. She's from Denmark,

Finally caught Idles at The Wiltern Theater in LA last night.

Really, really great band, excellent show with tons of energy from everyone onstage and in the audience. Played a pretty straight ahead 90 minute set - probably the first time in years I've gotten out of a show by 10:30pm. About 8 songs each from their 2 studio albums and the cover of "Cry To Me." Opened with "Colossus." Many of their songs stretched out to long jams. Several instances of not just the singer Joe Talbot but also the guitarist going crowd surfing out in the audience who absolutely supported them from start to finish. It's like seeing early 80's Exploited crossed with Bon Scott era AC/DC. They often exhibit self-deprecating humor and a lot of heart. Maybe my only complaint is frontman Talbot's vox are a bit like a more gutteral version of Social Distortion's Mike Ness. Side note, I think the guitarist wins the award for wearing his guitar higher up near his chin than anyone else on the planet. He may as well be playing his collar bone.

The opening band which I think was called Surfbots was like a throwback to the anonymous, shitty, tuneless punk bands I used to see in punk dives like the Cuckoo's Nest back at the beginning of the 80's. The female singer got points for wading into the audience a couple times but the cheerleader-esque posturing and the barre chord CRASHCRASHCRASHCRASHCRASH 2 guitars and drums monotony grew dull real quick - although there was a few dozen in the pit that seemed to love them and occasionally would get a half hearted moshpit going.

I think if Idles can keep it together and grow on the promise and talent they clearly have, they could a band that is really something much bigger and more special than much of what's out there these days. Right now, they seem to be burning *really* brightly, hopefully they don't flame out too soon like apparently my last favorite "new" band Savages have.

Next stop - Bauhaus at the Palladium.

Got into them when I heard Colossus played on Jonesy's Jukebox. Love em

Idles is playing Lollapalooza Argentina 2020. I would love to go see them, but they're surely going to play 45 min under the sunlight. And I don't really care about the other artists.
I hope they do a sideshow.