SA Footy

1. Pearl Jam Madison Square Garden 24/6/2008
2. Rage Against the Machine Adel big day out 2008
3. Metallica Adel Ent cent 2006
4. Pearl Jam Thebby oval 1998
5. Midnight oil Heaven (HQ) 2000

1. Springsteen, Melbourne Show grounds in 1984?
2. Neil Young at Apollo Stadium in 1988?
3. Angels Liveline tour in 88? at Thebby Theatre
4. Skyhooks at Old Lion in early 90s
5. Neil Diamond at Adelaide Ent Centre in mid 90s.

1. Rage Against The Machine - Roskilde Rock Festival, Denmark 1994
2. Nirvana - Thebby, 1992
3. Midnight Oil - Memorial Drive, 1984
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Adelaide, BDO 2005(i think)
5. Ministry - Lollapalooza Rock Festival - Boston Mass, 1992

There is a stack more. (Dr.Feelgood, Soundgarden, Sex Pistols, Beastie Boys, Jane's Addiction.....the list goes on
I love seeing bands. Its the best!

Saw plenty of gigs back in my younger years, but haven't been to that many full-fledged "concerts". Even so, the best 5:

1. The The, Shepherd's Bush, London, 2000
2. Depeche Mode, Thebby theatre, mid-nineties.
3. The Balanescu Quartet, Festival Centre, as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts, early noughties?
4. Dire Straits, Footy Park, 1986
5. Peter Gabriel, at the first Adelaide WOMAD festival, early nineties.

1. Guns'n'Roses - Calder Park sometime early 90's
2. Metallica BDO - Around 2003 or 4 I spose
3. Pearl Jam - Thebby Oval, 98

Plenty of others that were enjoyable, but those 3 are the distinctly most enjoyable ones I've been to.

1. Dire Straits (Footy Park, 1986)
2. Pink Floyd (Thebby Oval, I think, 1986 or 7 or 8 even)
3. Madonna (Wembley, 2004)
4. INXS (Memorial Drive, some time in the second half of the 80s)
5. Harry Connick Jr (Adel Ent Centre, early 2000's sometime)

1). The Buzzcocks (Old Lion Hotel) 1992
2). Radio Birdman (The Palace, St Kilda) 1996
3). The Pixies (Northcote Social Club) 2007
4). The Scientists (Hi Fi Bar 2001)
5). BDO (Adelaide Uni) 1993 - Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, The Beasts of Bourbon, Iggy Pop then Nick Cave - HEAVEN.

Been to more gigs than I care to remember and I'm sure I've missed some but these five definetely stand out.

leftlegger wrote:1. Rage Against The Machine - Roskilde Rock Festival, Denmark 1994
2. Nirvana - Thebby, 1992
3. Midnight Oil - Memorial Drive, 1984
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Adelaide, BDO 2005(i think)
5. Ministry - Lollapalooza Rock Festival - Boston Mass, 1992

There is a stack more. (Dr.Feelgood, Soundgarden, Sex Pistols, Beastie Boys, Jane's Addiction.....the list goes on
I love seeing bands. Its the best!

Really? I love Nirvana, and I am really glad I saw them, but I thought that was a pretty average gig.

1. Metallica - BDO 2004
2. Indy Fest 1997
3. Muse - BDO 2004
4. The Killers - BDO 2007
5. Josh Pyke - BDO 2008

This could change by the minute if I think about it long enough but right now I'm thinking, in no particular order...

INXS at the Apollo about 1985 (first show I ever went to)
Portishead at the Thebby a few years back - one of those ones I didn't have high expectations for but it was amazing
Built to Spill at the Corner Hotel in Richmond 2007
Final Hummingbirds gig at Lennies (!), going back stage with the band afterwards - Bliss!
First BDO at Adelaide Uni - awesome and has never been matched for lineup or atmos. Carter USM hurrah!

Seen so many great shows at the Thebby - Pixies, Nick Cave, Pulp, Morrissey, Kylie (!), Oils, Stone Roses... Lots of BDO highlights (New Order, Go Betweens, Rammstein, The Cult, Primal Scream, Breeders, LCD Soundsystem). Also REM in Italy, Ride at the Old Lion, Doves at Heaven and any local gig by the Mandelbrot Set were pretty darn cool.

Worst would probably have to be U2 at Football Park (both times - more because of the scale of it than the band) and Interpol a couple of years ago at Heaven - dire.

Leaping Lindner wrote:

leftlegger wrote:1. Rage Against The Machine - Roskilde Rock Festival, Denmark 1994
2. Nirvana - Thebby, 1992
3. Midnight Oil - Memorial Drive, 1984
4. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Adelaide, BDO 2005(i think)
5. Ministry - Lollapalooza Rock Festival - Boston Mass, 1992

There is a stack more. (Dr.Feelgood, Soundgarden, Sex Pistols, Beastie Boys, Jane's Addiction.....the list goes on
I love seeing bands. Its the best!

Really? I love Nirvana, and I am really glad I saw them, but I thought that was a pretty average gig.

Yeah! I dunno, just really enjoyed myself that night.
Great atmosphere, massive bouncing mosh pit. Just remember having heaps of fun.

Agree with you on the first BDO at Adelaide Uni.
Was definitely a great moment when the fire trucks rocked up with the giant shower head. GOLD!

Foo Fighters - Thebby 2006
Powderfinger - Hammersmith Apollo 2007
Crowded House - Glastonbury 2008
Foo Fighters - Wembley 2008
David Gray - Melbourne 2006

I could easily have had Kaiser Chiefs, Chris Isaak, Marilyn Manson, The Zutons, Basement Jaxx, Kings of Leon, Silverchair, The Killers plus many more on the list.

Nine Inch Nails - Alternative Nation, Olympic Park April 1995
Tool - Rod Laver Arena, July 2002
Muse - Festival Hall, January 2007
Cheap Trick - Festival Hall, October 1979
U2 - MCG, November 1993

Special mentions:
Soundgarden - BDO, January 1996
Faith No More - Old Greek Theatre, August 1990

Eric Clapton, Festival Theatre (late '80's, early '90's), awesome show
Pink Floyd, Thebby Oval (mid to late 80's), as above, a tie for the best
Angels, numerous, but Memorial drive (80's) sticks in my mind as a great gig.
Mick Jagger, Thebby Oval , not the stones but still very good (mid to late 80's)
Kiss, Adelaide Oval (1980 I think)

Angels - Townsville 1983, we were up front against the stage, awesome
Eric Clapton - Brisbane, early 90's, Tommy Emannual supported
Hunters and Collectors - Brisbane, early 90's
Ben Folds, Ben Lee, Ben Kwellar - Thebby in about 03
a combination of Boston, Cheap Trick and AC/DC in Hawaii in 1984, members of each band got together and jammed, it was awesome stuff


worst would have to be the Motels in Hawaii in 1984, Martha Davis was so off her face

zipzap wrote:This could change by the minute if I think about it long enough but right now I'm thinking, in no particular order...

INXS at the Apollo about 1985 (first show I ever went to)
Portishead at the Thebby a few years back - one of those ones I didn't have high expectations for but it was amazing
Built to Spill at the Corner Hotel in Richmond 2007
Final Hummingbirds gig at Lennies (!), going back stage with the band afterwards - Bliss!
First BDO at Adelaide Uni - awesome and has never been matched for lineup or atmos. Carter USM hurrah!

Seen so many great shows at the Thebby - Pixies, Nick Cave, Pulp, Morrissey, Kylie (!), Oils, Stone Roses... Lots of BDO highlights (New Order, Go Betweens, Rammstein, The Cult, Primal Scream, Breeders, LCD Soundsystem). Also REM in Italy, Ride at the Old Lion, Doves at Heaven and any local gig by the Mandelbrot Set were pretty darn cool.

Worst would probably have to be U2 at Football Park (both times - more because of the scale of it than the band) and Interpol a couple of years ago at Heaven - dire.

Agreed on U2, for all the hype it was a fairly average concert.

Mine in no particular order.

1) any INXS concert since 85, although the Kick concert in 88 was the standout for me. (havent missed one since!)

2) Robbie Williams - not a big fan but boy, can he put on a show!

3) Lionel Richie - Dont laugh! Great show..

4) Eurythmics

5) Gunners

godoubleblues wrote:Eric Clapton - Brisbane, early 90's, Tommy Emannual supported

That was the same tour (Journeyman from memory)I saw them at the festival theatre, what was the kids name that was on before Tommy Emanuel?
When Emanuel and the kid came on stage later with Eric Clapton, the kid was given lead by Clapton and blew the place away, senational concert probably made even better by the acoustics of the festival theatre.

Too many to chose from, however one show which does stand out is the
SEPULTURA/SACRED REICH: 'Chaos A.D. Tour'
at Thebby way back in the early 90's!

Weird Al - Thebby
Christina - Entertainment Centre
Bardot - Entertainment Centre

Falcon Chick wrote:Agreed on U2, for all the hype it was a fairly average concert.

I've got the Zooropa FP show on DVD, complete with cringeworthy Cornsey phone call. Much better on TV than being there!
They were fantastic at Memorial Drive in the 80s though, mullets and all.