Next Friday (June 23) a friend and I are going to see Iron Maiden. For me, it'll be for the 7th time, for him, the first. My very first concert was Iron Maiden and W.A.S.P. on March 4, 1985. My brother and I sat in the very last row of the upper balcony at Reunion Arena and I had the time of my life. I'll never forget it. Since then, I've seen nearly every band I've ever wanted to, with very few exceptions.
Today, I had more than a few conversations about concerts I've been to - who I've seen and who I regretted missing. I regret never making it out to a Stevie Ray Vaughn show - especially since I had several chances. I regret listening to one of my best friends who encouraged me to come out to McKinney to check out this new guy who had blown him away - Rich Mullins. I'll never have a chance to see either of those guys this side of life. But it got me thinking... how many artists have I seen?
I went through my iTunes to see. I figure if I've seen them, I probably have at least one of their albums. I was kind of surprised at the number, but more surprised at how many I'd only seen once. There are probably some bands missing, I'm sure there are a bunch of opening acts I'm leaving out - I know there were at least three bands that opened for Dream Theater when I saw them and I can't remember any of them.
Anyway here they are 94 different artists I've seen:
Today, I had more than a few conversations about concerts I've been to - who I've seen and who I regretted missing. I regret never making it out to a Stevie Ray Vaughn show - especially since I had several chances. I regret listening to one of my best friends who encouraged me to come out to McKinney to check out this new guy who had blown him away - Rich Mullins. I'll never have a chance to see either of those guys this side of life. But it got me thinking... how many artists have I seen?
I went through my iTunes to see. I figure if I've seen them, I probably have at least one of their albums. I was kind of surprised at the number, but more surprised at how many I'd only seen once. There are probably some bands missing, I'm sure there are a bunch of opening acts I'm leaving out - I know there were at least three bands that opened for Dream Theater when I saw them and I can't remember any of them.
Anyway here they are 94 different artists I've seen:
| Aerosmith | Alice Cooper | Anthrax |
| Audio Adrenaline | Babylon A.D. | Bad Company |
| Bang Tango | Black Label Society | Bleach |
| Bon Jovi | Bruce Dickinson | Boston |
| Buck Enterprises | Bulletboys | By The Tree |
| Chris Tomlin | Cinderella | Crimson Glory |
| D.A.D. | Damn Yankees | Dangerous Toys |
| David Crowder Band | Deep Purple | Def Leppard |
| Dirty Looks | Disturbed | Dokken x2 |
| Dream Theater | Drowning Pool x??? | Europe |
| Faster Pussycat | Fates Warning | Firehouse |
| Flight 180 | Great White | Hillsong United |
| Hurricane | Iron Maiden x6 | Jackyl |
| Jars of Clay | John Mellencamp | John Reuben |
| Judas Priest | Kingdom Come | Kiss x4 |
| Kix | KJ-52 | Kutless |
| L.A. Guns | Lillian Axe x3 | Little Caesar |
| Lost & Found x4 | Lynyrd Skynyrd | Megadeth |
| Mercy Me | Metallica x3 | Motley Crue x3 |
| Mr. Big | Neil Young | Newsboys x3 |
| O.C. Supertones | Ozzy x4 | P.O.D. |
| Pax 217 | Pillar | Robert Plant |
| Poison | Pretty Boy Floyd | Queensryche x2 |
| Ratt | Relient K | Riley Armstrong |
| Roxx Gang | Rush | Salvador |
| Santana | Scorpions x2 | Seven Places |
| Shane&Shane x2 | Skid Row x2 | Skillet |
| Stereomud | Stryper | Superchick |
| Switchfoot | Tesla | Third Day |
| Thousand Ft Krutch | Van Halen | Vince Neil |
| W.A.S.P. | Warrant | Whitesnake |
| Winger |
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