Eat your Vegetables!

As I mentioned before, I usually listen to my iPod while I put our son to sleep. Tonight, we have guests in from out of town so my son is sleeping with us in our bed. I had my iPod and he wanted to hear what I was listening to. He is six and in his kindergarten class, they were playing Bob Marley and he liked it a lot. We listened to a R.L. Burnside song, then a Midnight Oil song came on. He didn’t like it at first then he said he liked it a lot. Later, as I was skipping songs I thought he might not like, we hit another Midnight Oil song and he wanted to hear it. I told him the band was from Australia and it was a far away place. I also told him I saw them in concert once. That got me thinking about all the concerts I had gone to.

Laugh as you might, the first concert I had ever been to was Frankie Goes to Hollywood. I think I was in 8th grade or something. I had their LP and the concert was great. I remember I really enjoyed it. So, here’s a little list of concerts I had gone to. I might make this a little more prominent in the future. This is just a running list, so don’t expect to be in order.

• Frankie Goes to Hollywood
• 7 Seconds
• Dag Nasty
• Circle Jerks
• Butthole Surfers
  • Multiple times
• The Tombstones
• Drivin’ & Crying
• B.A.L.L.
• Das Damen
• Morrissey
• 10,000 Maniacs
• Dead Can Dance
• Midnight Oil
• Skinny Puppy
  • Backstage and met the band
• Front 242
  • Backstage and met the band
• The Fall
• Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• The First and best Lollapalooza
  • Rollins Band
    • Saw them before
  • Nine Inch Nails
    • When they were still small
  • Butthole Surfers
    • Saw them before
  • Ice-T
    • somewhat entertaining
  • Living Color
    • I fell asleep after many beers
  • Siouxsie & the Banshees
    • The tour was good to her
  • Jane’s Addiction
    • OMFG!
• Kiss
• The Cult
• Iggy Pop
• My Life with the Thrill Kill Cult
  • Before they sold out
• Depeche Mode
  • in 2006
• The Rolling Stones
• The Who
• The Cure
• Ween
  • Several times
• The Pixies
• Stereolab
• The Wedding Present
  • Several Times
• Robyn Hitchcock
• The Cramps
  • Maybe three times
• The Fleshtones
• Stray Cats
• Brian Setzer Orchestra
• Flat Duo Jets
• Gwar
• Goober and Peas
• Lime Spiders
• Mojo Nixon
  • atleast twice
• Southern Culture on the Skids
  • Countless times
• Neil Young
• Crowded House
  • Private Album release party with three open bars! Man oh man!
• Madonna
  • A gift for my wife, but I had a great time, too!
• Ministry

People I had a chance to see, but didn’t for some lame reason, and now regret it:

• Lou Reed
• The Pogues
  • yes, of course with Shane!
• Sisters Of Mercy
• The Smiths

People who I would have beaten up if I saw them back then:

• Rick Astley

I am sure I’ll think of more as time goes on. And there were a slew of little bands in the various bars and clubs in Atlanta.

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