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Live music is always a great chance to get your eyes (ears) opened - take any chance you can.
Having said that my preference would be to see a band I know well, or someone totally new.
Muse in Manchester were excellent.
Surprised not to see a few more votes for Green Day.
Blur are excellent live - small venue or festival, no matter they do it well. Another one for me is Kula Shaker but lots of people don't like them!
Blur are excellent live - small venue or festival, no matter they do it well.
Damon at the IoW Festival last year, with security support!
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Underworld at Glastonbury this year were amazing.....it just shouldn't work but it really does, 20 years on....and that was before the born slippy moment!
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Knuckledust are always brilliant, but in that London they are different class.
Went with wife to Florence and the machine, really enjoyed that.
Biffy Clyro
Dialects (my mates band, but still great - playing the big sheffield tramlines festival thingy)
Ignite (pretty much always spot on)
Divide (local band in glasgow. Seeing them in Glasgow is the best gig ever).
Shai Hulud
Skid Row
Mötley Crüe
Alice Cooper
Trace bundy (jaw droppingly good acoustic guitar player)
Knuckledust? They are supporting Sick of it All (a great live band you must see) in August, on my birthday.
I've seen them a number of times, usually at hardcore all-dayers, back in the day (in London). They were good, but never managed to capture their sound in the studio that well.
Whilst I'm here:
Neurosis
Rush (now retired)
Iron Maiden
Sick of it All
Kreator
Clutch
Less Than Jake
All Pigs Must Die
Meshuggah
Anaal Nathrakh
Immediately spring to mind, plus many others.
I saw the fun lovin criminals at Glastonbury in 2000. That was ****ing amazing. I reckon you should go for something rock/metal . Id like to see the killers though.
SFA, Gruff Rhys, Manics, Manu Chao
Santa Cruz
Inglorious
Both were great live at Donington this year.
Melt Banana (Best hardcore band fronted by Japanese librarian)
The Boredoms (because I like drums)
The Melvins (because riffs)
Swans (very tense)
Autechre (dark, loud, good with drugs)
Lightning Bolt (look them up on youtube, you'll see what I mean)
Death Grips (MC ride scares me)
Sunn 0))) (loudest thing ever)
DJ Scotch Egg (more than just novelty gameboy breakcore)
Aphex Twin (because he's better than everyone else ever)
Merzbow (only if you really, really like noise)
The Fratellis are splendid live and do lots of smaller summer festivals
Mmmhhhh this could run on for ever and for me a lot depends on the venue. Right or wrong I won't do footy grounds or big stadiums like the o2 or MEN (or what ever its now called). My top ten in no particular order.
Rationale
Betsy
Tom Petty & Heartbreakers
Ian Dury & Blockheads
Dr Feelgood
Graham Parker & Rumour
Elbow
Sex Pistols
Major Lance
Paolo Nutini
Underwhelming
Jam first UK tour
Paul Weller solo
Everything but the girl
Van the Moody bastard Morrison
Duffy
Ones I have missed and it hurts
Oasis
Bruce "the boss" Springsteen
Stevie Wonder
Sonique
Tracy Chapman
Bowie
Stones
Ps the majority of live music is miles better than the tele, films and bloody forums, more to follow
The Levellers
Baaba Maal.