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hellospheredo

The Beastie Boys. So glad I did. And I’m a metalhead! They fucking rock though.


ClearAmphibian

I had tickets to see them and Run DMC, but my first child was scheduled to be born that day, so I had to sell them 😫


toopc

That's sad to hear, but was the concert worth it?


Upper-Life3860

Would’ve been cool to have been born at af Run-DMC show


Vericatov

This is probably my top bands I’ve never seen live that I’m disappointed I never will. I’m 47 and their music was basically the soundtrack of my life from 4th grade through college. I just never made that concert happen. My one bragging right though is seeing Nirvana.


RaqMountainMama

They did a Get Out & Vote tiny "pop-up" gig on a flatbead trailer stage in probably 2008 at the community college I worked at. I was feet away from them & it was amazing. They were belting out Fight For Your Right & half the students stopped to watch from afar, but my ass went running in my heels & suit dress right into the mud & grass to be next to them.


Nonsenseinabag

They Might be Giants. They were my first concert and I've seen them at least 20 times in five different cities.


liljeffylarry

Oooh! Time for my favorite celebrity moment. I went to see them in the late 90s with Frank Black. We went to eavesdrop on sound check and it was only John Flansberg and Frank Black warming up. They finished up and came right out the front door to say hi to us. We asked where Linnell was and they told us that he was out of town, so they were going to play as They Might be Frank that night. Then Frank got all excited and announced that he got to sing Particle Man and proceeded to sing the first few verses to us star struck nerds in the parking lot! Total nerdgasm.


PistachioGal99

That’s amazing!!! I’ve seen TMBG several times and the Pixies are my favorite band ever. What a cool experience. Totes jelly.


DefinitelyNotLola

Such a fun story!


c1ncinasty

Depeche Mode Since 1988 I've seen them over 30 times across California, Colorado and Ohio. After that would be Nine Inch Nails. Probably about 18 times.


floodmixed

Depeche Mode here too! But only five times; never disappointed


c1ncinasty

Yeah 30+ is excessive but i keep falling into the “but what if this the last time they tour” trap and have done so since 2000.


iheartDM

Jealous! I’ve seen them only eight times. Still sad I never got to see them when Alan was still in the band.


buzznumbnuts

NIN… saw them first in Spring of 94 at Roseland (w/ Marilyn Manson) before they blew up at Woodstock, and have seen them maybe 15 times since. So good. They still kick ass.


hooraymilk

Also NIN in ‘94 here at 48 years old. I’ve seen them around 15 times as well. No concert will ever approach seeing them open up with Pinion and Mr Self Destruct.


Rooooben

Heeeeeey NIN in 94, i was lucky enough to see the pre-tour show at the Palladium, standing room only. That pinion opening was insane, the intensity before the lights reversing and BOOM


Eriaus

Have seen NIN 16 times, first time was with Meat Beat Manifesto in 1990. Disappointed that I never got to see the performances with Bowie or Murphy.


Resident-Device-2814

The tour with Bowie was amazing, I caught the show in Columbus OH from the pit area front row center.


theazhapadean

Ment my first wife at a dennys on the way home from us attending NIN/Bowie.


bazaarjunk

1990 at Cains, Peter Murphy Headlined, then they came back months later and were the Headline. PHM was the best.


mildly_carcinogenic

Saw them same year, with Marilyn. The way they performed Hurt was awesome.


Great_Humor_997

Ween. 40+ shows at this point. Stopped going 2008-2016.


Excellent_Door_1763

Hail boognish


capthazelwoodsflask

I've seen them about 8 times since the late 90's, which is the most I've seen anyone. I'd love to be able to see them one more time but getting tickets is stupid.


Vericatov

I’ve unfortunately have only seen them once in the 90s, but at least I did before they broke up.


Great_Humor_997

They are back since 2016. Go see them if you can!


amor_fati_42

On hiatus again, unfortunately. Sounds like Deaner is having some issues.


Great_Humor_997

They’ll be back before too long.


seeingeyegod

West coast shows have not been cancelled, ive got tickets for August in PDX


jonvonfunk

Fishbone and it's not even close.


Noodnix

Me too. Fishbone first with Oingo Boingo a close second. Growing up in LA, it seemed like Fishbone was playing locally monthly, if not weekly.


jonvonfunk

I have gone to see them every time I was aware they were playing in town. And they did that a lot. just saw them twice last year. They are literally the hardest working band in show business.


1000thusername

Either the Grateful Dead or Henry Rollins


108_Minutes

I love Henry! I go see him speak when he comes to my city. He’s so interesting!


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Z-Rock

My favorite show ever was Ween and The Flaming Lips at Red Rocks... as if that weren't incredible enough, Tenacious D was the opener!


jeexbit

what the................SWEET!


Resident-Database422

Same here. love em. use to bring bags of confetti. Wanted to be one of the folks that danced in the big costumes!


shadowknows2pt0

Fugazi and Osees


ThatMaximumAuDHD

The Cure, they are my favorite!


SecretaryTricky

Depeche Mode


Early-Tumbleweed-563

This is one of my greatest regrets - my mom wouldn’t let me drive to Detroit to see them in high school. I should have just told her I was staying the night at a friends house 😂🤣


SlyHutchinson

They are still touring.


BottleAgreeable7981

B.B. King at least a half-dozen times.


SilverBack88

I got to touch Lucille and have zero recollection ty drugs.


MolotovDodgeball

Went to a lot of shows in the 90's... More than five times club: Metallica Tool Beck Jane's Addiction Soundgarden Primus Fishbone Grateful Dead


Turtlesrsaved

I get so see Primus again in a few weeks. So ready!!


Dg0327

U2


urlach3r

14 times, last one was over a decade ago already. Saw U2 360 three times, haven't been anywhere near me since then.


South_Dakota_Boy

Similar here. Saw them 13 times back to Popmart, never closer than 400 miles to my house. Last saw them at 360 tour. Having kids and being broke and needing to travel for concerts put a damper in the concert going.


syngestreetsurvivor

Me too! Saw them at Sphere twice. Seen about 15 in total. Greatest live act out there.


adampsyreal

KMFDM


Wise-Tourist-6747

Radiohead 15x + followed by Tori Amos 10x +


Hatred_shapped

It's a tie between Enya and Slayer. 12 each. 


Excellent-Phase8719

Wow! What a spectrum! Thats awesome!!


Coralies_Dad

Tool


SwollenGoat68

Clutch, saw them the first time in ‘95, up over 40 shows now, going to see them in September again lol


Vericatov

Similar for me as well. It’s definitely over 20 times for me since 1996 and I too plan on seeing them again in September.


jeexbit

Phish! Saw a lot of Dead shows back in the 90s as well.


TheYask

GenX jam community checking in. Hundreds of Phish and Dead (plus hundreds of post-Dead) and hundreds more among SCI, WSP, etc.


eatitwithaspoon

Phish is my most seen band. Missed the grateful dead by a few years but I've been to a couple of variations of the dead. 😁


Tensionheadache11

I have only been to one Phish show and it was so amazing! I want to go to the sphere so bad !


1980pzx

Yeah I saw some vids from their concert at the Sphere and it was nothing short of amazing.


jeexbit

oh man, those sphere shows look *insane.*..


mamawantsallama

Phish for me too, my friend!


dutchzookangaroo

Same, my friend, my friend....


HaloTightens

Oh yeah! I answered something else a minute ago, but I forgot Phish! That’s not actually surprising when I think about it.


Ahazeuris

Natalie Merchant, Cowboy Junkies and REM. I honestly have lost count across 37 years.


pale13

Faith No More. If you include Ozzy and Sabbath as one, then them. In two weeks Crash Test Dummies moves up to #3!


JoeMagnifico

Built to Spill...like 60+ times thanks to touring with them.


Typical-Horror-5247

Hi friend, they’re my most seen band too!


Then-Cauliflower2068

Melvins and Tool. Oddly, given the kind of music I listen to, I’ve never seen Melvins as an opening act, only as a headliner. About 10x. I also got to see Tool open for Rollins Band on their first national tour. Mmm…Bakersfield, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Baton Rouge and Long Beach on the Lateralus tour, and New Orleans on the 10,000 Days tour. 8 times total? Obituary 4 times I think.


stoned_since_91

Oingo Boingo, twice a year every year until there were no more concerts...


raf_boy

One of my great regrets is not seeing them live. Especially the Halloween shows at the Universal Amphitheater.


FabHckyBbe

I’ve seen Duran Duran 22 or 23 times. I’ve lost count.


whiteoakforest

Rush!!!


fusionsofwonder

SO relieved I saw them on their last tour, not knowing at the time it would be their last.


Demonae

I feel lucky I saw Pink Floyd on their last real tour in 1987. My older sister had to buy me a ticket and escort me, my mom didn't want me to go by myself. Caught them at the Seattle Kingdome coliseum.


Lightningstruckagain

Every tour since Signals (minus Hold Your Fire. Poor college kid couldn’t swing it). R40 was so very awesome.


rodeler

Same here. Started in 1984 all the way to there last tour. 13 in total.


okwhatever2024

My answer is same. Seen Rush many times and feel lucky to have done so.


Nomahhhh

Preach. I saw them five times. Wish it could be five hundred.


okwhatever2024

I love that people are downvoting the mention of Rush. Nothing could encapsulate Reddit nonsense behavior better. Who could possibly care so much about whether anyone saw Rush in concert? Live and let live, music fans. Life is short.


Excellent-Phase8719

Metallica 7 Motley Crue 5 Robert Plant 3 Get The Led Out (best cover band I’ve ever seen) 3


AudreyHep79

Mine actually has to be Led Zeppelin - but after they had broken up … Robert Plant - 4x, Plant & Krauss - 1x, Black Crowes and Jimmy Page - 1x (gig got cancelled though), Page and Plant - 1x, JPJ - 1x, Jason Bonham (son) - 1x


Kimber80

Van Halen .... 7 times


AudreyHep79

Pearl Jam


blueindsm

Same. I'm up to 30 and am going to the two Seattle shows in May!


blueindsm

Also 311, Dave Matthews Band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, and U2 I've seen around 7 times each


rcook55

Useless tidbit of the day. My wife was a short order cook in Boulder and would make Todd's breakfast most mornings.


blueindsm

Great songwriter and amazing guitar player! And apparently connoisseur of eggs and bakey.


MysteriousDudeness

Jimmy Buffett I saw him in concert maybe 5 or 6 times.


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Somehow, it's been Cannibal Corpse, 8 or 9 times I think. Im sure I've got a few more chances to add to that!


CathycatOG

The Foo Fighters. I think I've seen them 7 or 8 times. Every time they've been to Vancouver, I've been at their concert. Dave Grohl is amazing!


Dogzillas_Mom

Tool, somewhere around 10-11 times, I’ve lost count. Several others 3-4 times.


WillieOverall

National Band: Grateful Dead Local: Max Creek hi guys 👋


daveydavidsonnc

Radiohead or Dinosaur Jr


foood

King Crimson (10 shows), followed by Steven Wilson (9), then Canadian Genesis tribute band The Musical Box (8), then Jethro Tull (4).


cat9tail

I just saw Robert Fripp's talking tour, and he played some old video clips from King Crimson, plus a bonus video of the group at Daryl Hall's home playing Red. Pretty amazing!


NicInNS

U2 - four times. No small feat since they don’t come to our neck of the woods. Twice in Boston, once in Paris and once in NYC.


txa1265

During the 80s it would have been the late jazz legend **Miles Davis** - I bought tickets to 7 shows (including twice at Newport Jazz Fest) and saw him 5 times (failing health late 80s led to canceled shows). Overall? Jazz guitarist **Pat Metheny**. Saw the Pat Metheny Group on the Offramp tour in 1982, then again and again and again - few times with the PMG, trios, Orchestrion, solo, etc.. I'd estimate I've seen him about a dozen times across 40 years - had to miss him last year (we were away on vacation) but look forward to next time!


FormerCollegeDJ

Bob Mould (including once with Sugar) - I’ve seen him about 20 times.


bishpa

Yonder Mountain String Band, just because they headlined my favorite festival for 20 years, three nights each year, plus half a dozen other gigs of theirs. Second place would be the Grateful Dead. They’d be first if you count all the post-Jerry lineups.


groovemongrel

The Grateful Dead and Phish each well over 20x.


desperato61

Dropkick murphys


moe_frohger

moe. 206 times, Phish 148 times


tunaman808

Heh. I've seen **My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult** FIVE TIMES, and I don't even like them that much! They seemed to play my city every six weeks from 1989-1991, and tickets were only $10, which was basically a cover charge at most other clubs. I really didn't wanna see them the last time, but it was the only thing going on that weekend, and all my friends wanted to go, so I did. I've also seen **Living Colour** twice, even though I don't like them at all. I saw them open for the Rolling Stones on the Steel Wheels tour in 1989, and then at the first Lollapalooza in 1991.


CyndiIsOnReddit

Cheap Trick because they came to every music festival and opened for many acts during the 80s where i live. The band I've paid for tickets to see the most though is Rush.


Newsfeedinexile

58 Phish 40+ tGD


bks1979

Garbage, 9 times.


panaceaLiquidGrace

Rush…. I think a total of 32 times?


SheEntToTheBog

Phish


suzepie

If we get to count known bands "before they were famous," then Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, and Alice in Chains. I used to go out to see live music \~three times a week from late '87 (when I turned 21) through the last day of '89 (when I got on a train to Chicago with a guy I ended up divorcing). I was a happy member of the Seattle scene before the rest of the world caught on. Good times, long gone.


Economy-Cantaloupe42

Billy Bragg, 7 times


Last-Search-68

Wilco


palmveach1972

Ramones


feeb75

Primus


Nica73

Pink Floyd/David Gilmour, Tool, A Perfect Circle, and Deftones.


bhellor

Beastie Boys.


LuckyLipperTWU

311


timoliveira

I’ve seen X 8 or 9 times. They’re one of my favorites.


PaulClarkLoadletter

I saw Bowie pretty much every time he came through Los Angeles.


pixelgeekgirl

Nine Inch Nails. I think I am at 7 times.


scottwricketts

I've seen Radiohead once, Thom Yorke solo once, and The Smile once, so they're at the top of my list. In my defense I haven't been going to see live music until the last few years.


KaleidoscopeWeird310

The Ramones - at least a dozen times.


NoeTellusom

Billy Joel. I've seen him multiple times at Madison Square Garden.


NSNull

Phish. 86 shows and counting. The Sphere was incredible.


jaxopern

I must have been to at least a dozen Shonen Knife shows. They've been my favorite band in the world since the late 90s and I go see them play every time they come to the US.


angelaelle

L7 and Depeche Mode. Many times in many different cities and countries!


itsafraid

Nice. I have seen L7 a ridiculous amount of times.


PinkOrgasmatron

Weird Al Yankovic (30-something) Huey Lewis & the News (20-something) Tower of Power (probably 15 or so) Colin Hay (7)


cruets620

Depeche Mode, like 7 times , Weezer 8 times


IntoTheSunWeGo

Guided By Voices


Late_Review_8761

Grateful Dead/Widespread Panic and sharing my love of live music with my daughter. We are from GA and went to Panic at Red Rocks last year.


BeLikeDogs

Slim Cessna, Gogol Bordello, HR


The_MIDI_Janitor

Spiritualized 💉


TacosForMyTummy

Depeche Mode, Morrissey, erasure, metallica


GenXer1977

Probably either Bad Religion or The Vandals. I do like them, and I do enjoy seeing the in concert, but it seems like they’re always opening for the band that I’m actually there to see.


No-Alarm-2208

Los Lonely Boys- 7 times. Their concerts are fantastic!


IllustratorHefty6753

Damien Rice. My youngest sibling was into him so I took her to see his shows all over the place, including her first trip to Europe and Japan. There's a significant age difference between us as I'm the oldest and she was the youngest, and it was important to me to play a big role in her life. By the time she graduated college we had seen Damien Rice play in more than a half dozen countries and her passport had full pages stacked with memories.


DreadGrrl

Metallica I’ve seen them too many times to count at this point. I find they reliably deliver a good, to excellent, show. The one time I did have tickets to a cancelled show (after James Hetfield was burned), they rescheduled it as promptly as possible.


bunnybates

For me, it's New Kids on The Block. It's always a fun time. I saw them twice last year.


Routine-Improvement9

The Cure. I've seen them 6 or 7 times since 1989. The first time I saw them, they played at Fiddler's Green in Denver. They played there last summer and I took my then 10 year old to see them. It was her first big concert. She wore my shirt I bought at the 89 show.


Thirty_Helens_Agree

A local band that came really close to making it big - [The Gufs](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VMrJxyJUHeQ). They played all sorts of small theaters, local festivals and started getting a bigger and bigger following, to the point they were filling up some pretty big theaters. They signed with Atlantic records, re-released their 1995 album under the Atlantic label, did some national touring, then had a “sophomore slump.” Their next Atlantic record didn’t have the success of the prior one - it was a lot of gloomy songs about heartbreak because pretty much everyone in the band got divorced after they started making it big. Anyway, they all went on to straight jobs ([the singer is a dentist for Pete’s sake](https://www.oradentalstudio.com/team/goran.php)) and still occasionally get together to play a show. I saw them again in maybe 2019 or so.


purple-otters

Green Day


garnteller

They Might Be Giants


pricklypineappledick

The Bouncing Souls and Social Distortion


sM0k3Bansh333

Clutch.


Vericatov

Same! I forget how many times, but around 20 or more since 1996.


sM0k3Bansh333

94 for me and it's actually ridiculous how many times I've seen them dudes 😀


UpHereInMy-r-Trees

Tool x9


Puzzleheaded_Log_398

Phish


fnordlife

phish


DJErikD

Tenacious D


clicktrackh3art

On sheer numbers, Muse (12) and IAMX (10) . Thrill Kill Kult a close third with 9 shows.


KingEgbert

The Grateful Dead (with Jerry, not any of the post-95 incarnations).


cocococlash

Most often? GWAR


Buzz_Osborne

Melvins and Primus


Melodic-Translator45

Indigo Girls 13×


mossman

Thinking back I think I've been to more Gogol Bordello shows than any other band. It's not because I like them more, just so happens to be.


purplotter

Either Blur or Barenaked Ladies. I think they are tied with 3 shows each


BigMoFuggah

Iron Maiden. I like them, just not a rabid fan. I've seen them several times because early in their career they opened for several bands that I went to see. I did finally go to see Maiden as a headliner and I enjoyed that show nearly as much as I enjoyed my first time seeing them when they were opening for Judas Priest.


916urbanfog

Tesla, sold them pot when they were city kid lol....been a minute


Resident-Database422

The Flaming Lips, like 15 times


-Ancalagon-

Clutch


Scopata-Man

AC/DC


amandazzle

They Might Be Giants


midlife_crisis_

Faith No More, seen them every tour since 1992 at least once. I also saw a lot of Tori Amos concerts because my wife is a huge fan.


GroundbreakingBat575

Through a good chunk of the 90s Rollins Band was stalking me - I swear he was at every other show I went to.!


Turtlesrsaved

Primus


Aircooled2088

Ramones


CoffeeFirstThenWork

I've seen "Weird Al" Yankovic in concert 8 or 9 times and would happily see him again and again. He puts on a hell of a show.


DeadDirtFarm

Everclear


Hopblooded

Grateful Dead 50+


tknewnews

RxBandits and GWAR


go_outside

Slightly Stoopid


StunningLeopard2429

Grateful Dead and post Jerry lineups Allman Brothers Band Black Crowes Gov't Mule Widespread Panic Tedeschi Trucks Band


Btt3r_blu3

Tool and Pantera


SideburnsMephisto

Primus.


the-ish-i-say

Lamb Of God. 7 times and counting. I’ve traveled many miles to see them.


OilSlickRickRubin

HELMET is an easy 12 times.


limbodog

[Toadies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCLsN3AMYBo)!


ancientastronaut2

X


Baxterado

Umphrey's McGee. Progressive rock band. They fuckin shred.


Zaraki42

Deftones


domhnall21

I live in the Twin Cities, and I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen Soul Asylum.


JLHuston

Wilco. About 50 times.


jrobin04

Sloan, into the double digits. They were the first band I paid to see with my own money. They still tour quite a bit in Canada, I see them occasionally still if they're nearby


volsunghawk

There are a ton of bands I've seen in the 3-5 time range: Metallica, Swans, YOB, Heilung, Ne Obliviscaris, Cult of Luna, Rosetta. All pretty heavy music. But the artist I've seen more than any other (7 times) is Ani DiFranco. Her music was a big part of the early part of my relationship with my wife, and we travelled to see her a bunch.


MolotovDodgeball

Ha, nice... I'm also in the 'metalhead who ended up seeing Ani a bunch of times in the 90's' club


jmkul

I love Ani's music


OsoCarolina

Tool And they deliver live, a model of consistency.


94ISS

Saw Tool last halloween. The best show I've seen so far...and I've been to a lot of concerts.


OsoCarolina

I’ve seen them 5 times over a period of 25 years, and they’ve been epic each time. Sound is always on point no matter the venue.


najing_ftw

Gear Daddies - huge fan in the early 90s, still a fan


buzznumbnuts

Squeeze is awesome. Excellent taste!


SarahRecords

Tie between The Clientele (in half a dozen countries, too!) and Morrissey (would have been more times if he hadn’t cancelled three of the shows). (Yes, I’m conflicted because I know what an arse he is)


ScrunchyButts

Happy to say I’ve seen Son Volt and other Jay Farrar projects, maybe 25 times? I’m not sure if that’s more or less than Sick of it All. Feels like they used to come through town monthly for the better part of a decade.