Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Life list

I've been inspired (by this guy) to compile a list of all the bands I've seen. I'm kind of surprised at the total (124 so far), but I chalk it up to the fact that I did a lot of time at festivals, especially Bumbershoot, back when I was a whippersnapper. I tried to just list "national" acts...

P.S. I've now spent way too much time on this. I'm beyond inspired and smack-dab in the middle of obsession. I added as many venues and dates as I could remember, and bolded the folks I've seen more than five times. Must ... stop ...

Tori Amos - Civic Audtorium, 1994
Anthrax - Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, Oct. 21, 1991 (with Public Enemy, on the night of the Oakland Hills firestorm)
The Beach Boys - Candlestick Park, San Francisco, 1980s (after a Giants game)
Beck - Champoeg Park, 1997; Bumbershoot, 1997
Ben Folds Five - Satyricon, 1995
The Beta Band - Gorge, 2001
Bettie Serveert - Bumbershoot, La Luna?
Andrew Bird - Aladdin (opened for Kristin Hersh)
BR549 - Bumbershoot
Bright Eyes - Roseland, 2004 (with Cat Power, M. Ward, et al.)
Richard Buckner - St. John's Theater, Dante's
Built to Spill - Bumbershoot, Crystal Ballroom
Camper van Beethoven - Bumbershoot (?)
Neko Case - Oregon Zoo
Cat Power - Berbati's Pan; Roseland, 2004 (with Bright Eyes, M. Ward, et al.)
Vic Chesnutt - Aladdin Theater
Concrete Blonde - Roseland
The Cramps - Gathering of the Tribes, 1990, La Luna,
Robert Cray - Bumbershoot
Sheryl Crow - Bumbershoot
Crowded House - WOMAD, San Francisco, 1993
Dandy Warhols - La Luna
Death Cab for Cutie - Bumbershoot
Ani DiFranco - Melody Ballroom, Roseland
The Donnas - Crystal Ballroom, Roseland
Dr. Octagon - Crystal Ballroom
Echo & the Bunnymen - Wonder Ballroom, 2006
Elastica - Satyricon (?)
Everclear - La Luna
Fifty Foot Wave - Berbati's Pan, Doug Fir, Lola's Room, Crocodile Cafe (Seattle), Offramp? (Seattle)
Peter Gabriel - WOMAD, San Francisco, 1993
Lisa Germano - Berbati's Pan
Granddaddy - Berbati's Pan (opened for Elliott Smith)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Berbati's Pan (opened for Robyn Hitchcock)
Guided by Voices - Berbati's Pan (3 times), La Luna, Crystal Ballroom (2 times)
Happy Mondays - (opened for INXS - or was that the Stone Roses?)
John Wesley Harding - Bumbershoot
Heatmiser - La Luna
Helio Sequence - Crystal Ballroom (?)
Helium - Meow Meow (?)
Kristin Hersh - La Luna, Berbati's Pan, Aladdin Theater (4 times), WOW Hall (Eugene), Music Millenium, Mississippi Studios, Bumbershoot, 1997, 2000
John Hiatt - Bumbershoot
Robyn Hitchcock - Warfield, San Francisco, 1993; La Luna, 1994; Berbati's, 1995; Aladdin, 1997; Aladdin, 1998; Aladdin, 1999; Music Millenium, 2003; Crystal Ballroom, 2005; Doug Fir, 2006
The Hives - Crystal Ballroom
Ice T - Gathering of the Tribes, Shoreline, 1990
Indigo Girls - Gathering of the Tribes, Shoreline, 1990
Interpol - Crystal Ballroom
INXS - Cow Palace, 1988 (?)
Jim James - Roseland, 2004 (with Cat Power, Bright Eyes, et al.)
Joan Jett - Bumbershoot
Daniel Johnston - Satyricon
Kaiser Chiefs - Berbati's Pan
Kraftwerk - Coachella, 2004
Lenny Kravitz - WOMAD, San Francisco, 1993
L7 - Bumbershoot
Lambchop - Aladdin (with Vic Chesnutt)
Mark Lanegan - Lola's Room
Ben Lee - Bumbershoot
Mary Lou Lord - Bumbershoot
Magnetic Fields - Bumbershoot
Johnny Marr - Berbati's Pan
Mecca Normal - Bumbershoot
Colin Meloy - Crystal Ballroom, 2005 (opened for Robyn Hitchcock)
Minus 5 - Doug Fir, 2006 (with Robyn Hitchcock)
Modest Mouse - Bumbershoot
The Mooney Suzuki - Crystal Ballroom (opened for The Hives), Berbati's Pan
Morphine - Bumbershoot
Morrissey - Shoreline Amphitheatre; Greek Theatre, Berkeley, 1991
Bob Mould - Warfield, San Francisco, 1993 (opened for Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians)
Mr. Bungle - somewhere in CA in the early 90s
Peter Murphy - Roseland
My Morning Jacket - Crystal Ballroom (opened for GBV)
The Neville Brothers - Bumbershoot
Heather Nova - Satyricon, 1995
Oasis - Satyricon, 1994
Sinead O'Connor - WOMAD, San Francisco, 1993
OK Go - Roseland (opened for The Donnas)
Olivia Tremor Control - La Luna; EJs
Beth Orton - Bumbershoot; La Luna
Joan Osborne - Bumbershoot
Pavement - Bumbershoot
Pedro the Lion - Bumbershoot; Cobalt Lounge
Grant Lee Phillips - Aladdin (with Robyn Hitchcock), 2000; Aladdin (opened for Kristin Hersh); Berbati's Pan (opened for Kristin Hersh)
Pink Martini - Berbati's Pan
The Pixies - Coachella, 2004
Pizzicato Five - Roseland (?)
PJ Harvey - La Luna
Iggy Pop - Gathering of the Tribes, Shoreline, 1990
The Posies - Bumbershoot
The Pretenders - Gorge in George, (opened for Neil Young)
Primus - Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, 1991 (opened for Anthrax and Public Enemy)
Public Enemy - Henry J. Kaiser Auditorium, 1991 (with Anthrax)
Quasi - La Luna; Berbati's Pan; EJ's; Crocodile Cafe (opened for Elliott Smith), 1997; Bumbershoot
Radiohead - Gorge in George, 2001; Coachella, 2004
Bonnie Raitt - Bumbershoot
Red House Painters - ?
Lou Reed - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 2000
Jonathan Richman - Berbati's
The Roots - Bumbershoot
Sahara Hotnights - Berbati's
Screaming Trees - Bumbershoot
The Shins - Crystal Ballroom, (opened for ...)
Jane Siberry - Bumbershoot
Sleater-Kinney - Bumbershoot
Elliott Smith - Egyptian Room, La Luna, Berbati's Pan, Crystal Ballroom, Crocodile Cafe (Seattle), 1997; Roseland
Smog - Berbati's (with Cat Power?)
The Soft Boys - La Luna, 2001
Son Volt - Bumbershoot
Sonic Youth - Champoeg Park, 1997, Bumbershoot
Soul Coughing - Bumbershoot
Soundgarden - Gathering of the Tribes, Shoreline, 1990
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Bumbershoot
The Stills - Crystal Ballroom (opened for BTS)
Sting - Oakland Coliseum, 1988
They Might Be Giants - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco
Throwing Muses - La Luna, Berbati's, somewhere in Seattle (?)
Tiny Tim - Bumbershoot
M. Ward - Crystal Ballroom; Roseland, 2004 (with Cat Power, Bright Eyes, et al.)
Whiskeytown - Bumbershoot
Wilco - Bumbershoot, 1997
Yo La Tengo - La Luna, Crystal Ballroom
Neil Young - Gorge in George
Young Fresh Fellows - La Luna, 2001 (opened for the Soft Boys)
Zap Mama - Bumbershoot

2 comments:

thatjoliegirl said...

Wow! I applaud your memory. It makes me want to do this too, although I would pale in comparison to your rockin' list.

Not to send you over the edge, but what about a separate local list? :)

Welcome back to the blog world, Smartwick. We've missed you!

smartwick said...

Thanks, Jolie. And hell no on the local list. :) Well, not right now, anyway. I think that might be a lot harder. Damn you for planting the idea in my head!