Concerts I've Been Too
Here I will try to list and remember each concert I've ever been to. I can't remember every show, or the specific dates, but will try to at least nail it down to a year or specific album the band was touring for. I'll organize it by year.
TOTAL NUMBER OF CONCERTS (THROUGH 5/16/2010) - 149
TOP 10 BANDS I'VE SEEN (NUMBER OF TIMES):
1. Kiss - 10 Times
2. Zero Hour - 8 Times
3. Symphony X - 7 Times
4. Queensryche - 7 Times
5. Dream Theater - 6 Times
6. Into Eternity - 6 Times
7. Poison - 5 Times
8. Epica - 5 Times
8. Tesla - 5 Times
9. Motley Crue, Skid Row, Loudness, Iron Maiden - 4 Times
10. Dokken, Dio, Bon Jovi, Edguy, Evergrey, Sonata Arctica, Judas Priest, Kamelot, Testament, Metallica, Ratt - 3 Times
1980
The Doobie Brothers - Farewell Tour, Del Mar Fairgrounds, Del Mar, CA.
1984
Kiss, Queensryche - Animalize/Warning Tour, San Diego Sports Arena
1985
Kiss - Asylum Tour, February 22nd, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Motley Crue, Loudness - Theatre Of Pain Tour, August 25th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Dio - Sacred Heart Tour, December 6th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
1986
Kiss, W.A.S.P. - February 10th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Stryper, Loudness - Soldiers Under Command Tour, March 14th, California Theater, San Diego CA.
Armored Saint, Saxon - March 22nd, California Theater, San Diego CA.
Judas Priest, Raven - May 10th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Dio, Accept - July 25th, San Diego Sporta Arena, San Diego CA.
ZZ Top - August 6th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
AC/DC, Queensryche - August 12th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Loudness, Poison - August 29th, California Theater, San Diego CA.
1987
Bon Jovi, Cinderella - January 16th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Alice Cooper, Megadeth - February 1st, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA
Iron Maiden, Vinnie Vincent Invasion - February 24th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Ratt, Poison - April 16th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Bon Jovi - June 21st, Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine CA.
Dio - August 1st, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine CA.
Roger Waters - September 23rd, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Motley Crue, Whitesnake - October 2nd, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Def Leppard, Tesla - November 20th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
1988
Aerosmith, Dokken - February 1st, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Racer X, Fire, Jaded Lady, Mannequin - March 19th, Country Club, Reseda CA
Kiss, Anthrax - April 1st, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Yngwie Malmsteem - May 28th, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine CA.
Iron Maiden - June 10th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
David Lee Roth, Poison - June 17th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
AC/DC, White Lion - June 25th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Metallica, Van Halen, Kingdom Come, Dokken, Scorpions - July 27th, Los Angeles Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA.
Mistreated, Aslan (Psychotic Waltz), Britton - August 27th, California Theatre, San Diego CA.
Judas Priest, Slayer - Painkiller Tour, October 12th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Metallica - December 5th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Ozzy Osbourne - December 28th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
1989
Ratt, Britney Fox, Kix - March 9th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Bon Jovi, Skid Row - April 21st, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Queensryche - Operation Mindcrime Tour, May 11th, Balboa Park Amphitheater, San Diego CA
Tesla, Great White - July 9th, San Diego State Open Air Amphitheatre, San Diego CA.
Ozzy Osbourne, White Lion, Lita Ford - August 3rd, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, Irvine CA.
Bullet Boys - August 24th, Iguanas, Tijuana Mexico
Dirty Looks - October 15th, Iguanas, Tijuana Mexico
Jailhouse - Rios, San Diego CA.
Electric Angels - Rios, San Diego CA.
Little Caesar - Rios, San Diego CA.
Pretty Boy Floyd - Club Mirage, San Diego CA.
Babylon A.D. - Rios, San Diego CA.
Jet Boy - Rios, San Diego CA.
1990
Motley Crue - February 11th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
Kiss, Winger, Slaughter - September 15th, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego CA.
1991
1992
1993
1994
Dream Theater, Fates Warning - Awake Tour, December 9th, Los Angeles, CA
1995
1996
Kiss, Skid Row - Reunion Tour - August 25th, Great Western Forum, Los Angeles, CA.
Kiss, Skid Row - Reunion Tour - August 27th, San Jose Arena, San Jose CA.
Kiss, Skid Row - Reunion Tour - August 28th, Arco Arena, Sacramento CA.
1997
Dream Theater - November 12th, The Edge, Palo Alto, CA.
1998
1999
2000
Dream Theater - February 6th, Maritime Hall, San Francisco, CA.
Kiss - Psycho Circus Tour, March 23rd, Oakland Arena, Oakland CA.
Goo Goo Dolls - May 12th, The Fillmore, San Francisco CA.
Poison, Cinderella, Dokken, Slaughter - August 11th, Shoreline Ampitheater, Mountain View, CA.
2001
Zero Hour - February 8th, The Usual, San Jose, CA.
Onward, Etheria, Power Of Omens, Zero Hour, Reading Zero, Ion Vein, Destiny's End, Jag Panzer, Everygrey, Pain Of Salvation, Symphony X - Progpower 1, February, Lansing IL.
Angel Dust, Opeth, Nevermore - The Pound, May, San Francisco CA.
2002
Dream Theater - March 9th, Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA.
In Flames, Iced Earth, Jag Panzer - April 29th, Great American Music Hall, SF, CA.
2003
Symphony X - The Pound, San Francisco, CA.
2004
Metallica - Cow Palace, San Francisco CA.
Lynch Mob, Anatomic - A Bar in Sacramento, CA.
Into Eternity, Dreamscape, Tad Morose, Kamelot, Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Savatage basically), Adagio, Wuthering Heights, Brainstorm, Pain Of Salvation, Edguy - Progpower V, September 17-18th, Atlanta GA.
Dream Theater, Queensryche, and Fates Warning - Concord Pavillion, Concord CA.
Iced Earth, Children Of Bodom, Evergrey - Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco CA.
Nightwish, Lullacry - Slim's, San Francisco CA.
Helloween - Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
Iron Maiden - Concord Pavillion, Concord CA.
2005
Tesla, Pat Travers (with Carmine Appice and Brad Gillis) - January 7th, Walnut Creek CA.
Queensryche - February 10th, Warfield, San Francisco CA.
Amorphis, Into Eternity, Beyond The Embrace - March 5th, The Pound, San Francisco CA
Motley Crue - March 26th, Oakland Arena, Oakland CA.
Soilwork, Mnemic, Hypocrisy, Dark Tranquility - April 14th, The Pound, San Francisco CA.
Tesla - May 18th, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA.
Judas Priest, Queensryche, Cardboard Vampyres (Jerry Cantrell and Billy Duffy), Testament - July 2nd, Shorline Amphitheater, San Jose, CA.
Testament, Hirax, Laaz Rockit - Thrash Against Cancer, July 9th, The Pound, San Francisco CA.
Megadeth, Dream Theater, Fear Factory, Nevermore, Life Of Agony, Symphony X, Dry Kill Logic, & Bobaflex - Gigantour - July 26th, Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA.
Hammerfall, Edguy, Into Eternity - August 28th, The DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA.
Outworld, DC Cooper, Orphaned Land, Dreamscape - Progpower VI Pre-Show Party, September 15th, Atlanta GA.
Manticora, Circus Maximus, Orphaned Land, Conception, Angra, Stride, Symphorce, Pink Cream 69, Therion, Stratovarius - Progpower VI, September 16th-17th, Atlanta GA.
Stratovarius, Into Eternity - October 8th, The Pound, San Francisco, CA.
2006
Sonata Arctica - February 9th, The Pound, San Francisco, CA.
Loudness - March 20th, The Pound, San Francisco, CA.
Dragonforce - May 10th, The Pound, San Francisco, CA.
In Flames, Throwdown, Nevermore, Evergrey - May 20th, Senator Theater, Chico, CA.
Leatherwolf - June 15th, The Galaxy, Santa Ana, CA.
Cellador - July 26th, The Elbo Room, San Francisco, CA.
Y&T - August 12th, Bourbon St., Concord, CA.
Zero Hour - August 26th, Bourbon St., Concord, CA.
Theocracy, Circus Maximus, Leatherwolf, Circle II Circle - Progpower VII Pre-Show Party, September 14th, Atlanta GA.
Pyramaze, Savage Circus, Freak Kitchen, Mercenary, Evergrey, Zero Hour, Vision Divine, Thunderstone, Epica, Jorn - Septempber 15th/16th, Progpower VII, Atlanta GA.
Kamelot, Epica - October 8th, The Pound, San Francisco, CA.
Queensryche - October 11th, The Warfield, San Francisco, CA.
Leaves Eyes, Blind Guardian - November 12th, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA.
Dream Evil - December 13th, The Key Club, Los Angeles, CA.
2007
G3 - Paul Gilbert, John Petrucci, & Joe Satriani - March 17th, Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA.
Timeline, Zero Hour, Redemption, & Enchant - March 24th, The Avalon, Santa Clara, CA.
Scar Symmetry, Into Eternity, & Dark Tranquillity - April 12th, Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
Timeline, Eyefear, Zero Hour, Balance Of Power, Crimson Glory, Odin's Court, Mob Rules, Enchant, Spock's Beard, Jon Oliva's Pain - BARFest, May 4th/5th, The Independent, San Francisco, CA.
Symphony X - July 29th, Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
Symphony X - July 30th, Galazy Theater, Anaheim, CA.
Poison, Ratt, Vains Of Jenna - August 10th, Salinas, CA.
Cry Wolf - August 18th, Concord, CA.
Krucible, Cellador, Freak Kitchen, Vanden Plas - Progpower 8 Showcase, October 3rd, Atlanta GA.
Raintime, Communic, Virgin Steele, Redemption, Pagan's Mind, Sonata Arctica, Firewind, Threshold, Primal Fear, After Forever - Progpower 8, October 4/5th, Atlanta, GA.
2008
Symphony X, Epica, Into Eternity - April 18th, Slim's, SF, CA.
Symphony X, Epica, Into Eternity - April 21st, Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA.
Iron Maiden, Lauren Harris - May 25th, Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA.
Concerto Moon, Rocket Scientists w/Lana Lane, Enchant, Jeff Scott Soto - June 27th, The Independent, SF, CA.
Darkwater, Sun Caged, Zero Hour, Liquid Tension Experiment - June 28th, The Independent, SF, CA.
Nightwish, Sonata Arctica - September 12th, The Fillmore, SF, CA.
Journey, Heart, Cheap Trick - September 24th, Concord Pavilion, Concord, CA.
Helloween, Gamma Ray - October 5th, The Fillmore, SF, CA.
Kamelot, Edguy - October 25th, Slim's, SF, CA.
2009
Tesla - April 2nd, Fox Theater, Oakland, CA.
Fleetwood Mac - May 31st, San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA.
Daughtry - August 20th, The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA.
Kiss - November 21st, Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA.
2010
Epica - February 17th, Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
Imagika - March 20th, Venuez, Palo Alto?, CA.
Hypocrisy, Scar Symmetry, Hate, Blackguard, Swashbuckle - May 16th, DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA.
Upcoming shows I want to go to (*** I have tickets for the starred ones)
Primal Fear, Havok - June 6th, Slim's, San Francisco, CA. ***
Exodus, Heathen - June 12th, Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
Iron Maiden, Dream Theater - June 20th, Sleeptrain Pavillion, Concord, CA. ***
Soilwork, Death Angel, Mutiny Within, Augury, Swashbuckle - July 30th, Slim's, San Francisco, CA.
Slayer, Megadeth, Testament - August 31st, Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA.
***
Progpower XI Midweek Mayhem (Seven Kingdoms, Van Gough, Ross The Boss) - September 8th, The Loft @ Center Stage, Atlanta, GA. ***
Progpower XI Showcase (Six Minute Century, Borealis, Leprous, Accept) - September 9th, Center Stage, Atlanta, GA. ***
Progpower XI Day 1 (Illusion Suite, Leaves Eyes, Seventh Wonder, TYR, Turisas, Nocturnal Rites, Kamelot) - September 10th, Center Stage, Atlanta, GA. ***
Progpower XI Day 2 (Paradox, Stormwarrior, Oceans Of Sadness, DGM, Delain, Tarot, Hammerfall) - September 11th, Center Stage, Atlanta, GA.
***
Kamelot, Leaves Eyes - September 29th, Slim's, San Francisco, CA
Shows I've Seen That I Can't Remember The Dates
Bang Tango - Iguanas, Tijuana Mexico
Lynch Mob, Zero Hour - Cactus Club, San Jose CA.
Tesla - 4th & B, San Diego CA.
Gilby Clarke - Coach House, San Juan Capistrano CA.
Babylon AD - Sacramento, CA.
Queensryche, Metallica - San Diego Sports Arena
Motley Crue, Skid Row - Dr. Feelgood Tour
Great White - Club in San Ramon, CA
Tuff - Rios, San Diego CA.
Dokken - The Bachannal, San Diego CA.
Hericane Alice - ?, Somewhere in San Diego CA.
MSG - The Edge, Palo Alto CA.
Sebastian Bach - San Francisco CA.
Gary Hoey - Carlsbad CA.
Hootie & The Blowfish - Carlsbad CA.
D'Molls - ?, San Diego CA
Rush - San Jose CA
Shotgun Messiah - Carlsbad CA