Your Top 3 most seen live acts

[Buzzer]

Not sure how many times I've seen them nor in which order but my top 3 would be:

The Fall
Nick Cave (in various guises)
Depeche Mode

I did see the Sugarcubes at almost every gig on their tour following their first album too.

I've seen BSP at least 7 or 8 times as well but once was supporting the Fall and another very recently supporting Daniel Johnston where they renamed themselves Texan Sea Power.

 

[mlg57]

Bon Jovi loads of times but then Queen, Def Lep, Whitesnake, Rush, Thin Lizzy and AC/DC probably share second spot with 4 times each

 

[Franks Wild Years]

The Clash (between 25 and 30 times)
Super Furry Animals (over 20 - catching up...)
Gil Scott-Heron(approaching 20, but won't see him again )

Very envious of this list, The Clash 25 - 30 times ! Lucky bugger.

Mine
As a punter
Ramones x 12
Nick Cave, Birthday Party, Grinderman
Spear of Destiny

Through work
Ash
Gene
PJ Harvey
REM

 

[Hungry Joe]

Through work
Ash
Gene
PJ Harvey
REM

What is/was your line of work Frank?

 

[Godstar]

Mines not too different Frank:

Punter
Ramones
Nick Cave
Psychedelic Furs/Echo & Bunnymen

Work
U2
Rolling Stones
Alien Sex Fiend !!.


And to answer Psychobilly, yep used to go to Klubfoot every now & then - as a side note have you been to the Stay Sick nights at the Concorde yet?

Very envious of this list, The Clash 25 - 30 times ! Lucky bugger.

Mine
As a punter
Ramones x 12
Nick Cave, Birthday Party, Grinderman
Spear of Destiny

Through work
Ash
Gene
PJ Harvey
REM

 

[Hungry Joe]

Alien Sex Fiend !!.

Saw Alien Sex Fiend at The Carioca in Worthing of all places. Their tall front man kept putting his head and mic stand through the ceiling tiles.

 

[Govinda Tim]

Michael Franti and Spearhead x 8 (Excellent Band, Recommended)
Rolling Stones x 5
Peter and the Test Tubes x God Knows How Many Times (Showing Age!!)

 

[Govinda Tim]

And I Know it was Peter and the Test Tube Babies but if you were "Cool" it was just Peter and the Test Tubes.............. I was cool at one time tho my daughter would disagree

 

[Franks Wild Years]

What is/was your line of work Frank?

I'm a sound engineer and sometime tour manager Joe.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Fatboy Slim 19 times
Damon Albarn 11 times (blur 6 times, Gorillaz 2 times, TGTBTQ 1 time plus both operas)
Gruff/SFA/Neon Neon 9 times.


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[Herr Tubthumper]

This Autumn you say? Marvellous.

We had tickets to see Arcade Fire last time they were here - in London. Then it snowed, and we couldn't get out of Brighton. Bummer.

I had the opposite problem. I saw the gig but got stuck in London on a train over night. Ended up hiring a car from Victoria at 10am the next morning and driving home to Hove in the end.

Looking forward to the new AF album as I love the band and its produced by James Murphy who I also love.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Yep and the drummer Theo is a season ticket holder.

Is he formally from Newhaven?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The Clash (between 25 and 30 times)
Super Furry Animals (over 20 - catching up...)
Gil Scott-Heron(approaching 20, but won't see him again )

Wow. I never saw The Clash although I have seen all 4 members perform separately: Terry Chimes in The Cherry Bombs, Joe as a solo artist, Paul in TGTBTQ and Mick doing the half-time tombola at Loftus Road a New Year's Day about 10 years ago. Does this count?

I will overlook the fact I subsequently saw Mick with Gorrilaz as it ruins my story.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Wow. I never saw The Clash although I have seen all 4 members perform separately: Terry Chimes in The Cherry Bombs, Joe as a solo artist, Paul in TGTBTQ and Mick doing the half-time tombola at Loftus Road a New Year's Day about 10 years ago. Does this count?

I will overlook the fact I subsequently saw Mick with Gorrilaz as it ruins my story.

Mick doing the Tombola? brilliant, would love to have seen that. Pete Doherty is an Rs fan too, I believe, I wonder if that's how he got Mick involved in The Libertines?

Seeing Mick and Paul with Gorillaz a couple of years ago, framing Damon Albarn as they used to frame Joe, was quite emotional.

I also saw Joe solo four times and Big Audio Dynamite about 10 times. And if we're counting Gruff and Neon Neon with SFA they could be vying for first place with The Clash.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Very envious of this list, The Clash 25 - 30 times ! Lucky bugger.

Mine
As a punter
Ramones x 12
Nick Cave, Birthday Party, Grinderman
Spear of Destiny

Through work
Ash
Gene
PJ Harvey
REM

Yep, I was a bit obsessed with The Clash in my younger years. But I only saw The Ramones twice, so my envy comes right back at yer!

 

[Buzzer]

The Clash (between 25 and 30 times)
Super Furry Animals (over 20 - catching up...)
Gil Scott-Heron(approaching 20, but won't see him again )

Very impressed with the GSH gigs. I got into him way too late and sadly only saw him once. Bestival a few years ago on a Saturday afternoon. It was completely inappropriate as he should have been in a tent late at night, him a piano and a more intimate ambience. My eldest son (then 11) cried when he heard of his death.

 

[Pixelated Penguin]

Prince
U2
Madness

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Very impressed with the GSH gigs. I got into him way too late and sadly only saw him once. Bestival a few years ago on a Saturday afternoon. It was completely inappropriate as he should have been in a tent late at night, him a piano and a more intimate ambience. My eldest son (then 11) cried when he heard of his death.

So did I

 

[BN9 BHA]

And I Know it was Peter and the Test Tube Babies but if you were "Cool" it was just Peter and the Test Tubes.............. I was cool at one time tho my daughter would disagree

The best band to come out of er..... Peacehaven!
Peacehaven wild kids my @rse, they made Peacehaven sound like Whitehawk, lyrics are worth a look.

Saw them at the Top Rank Brighton approx 79 as a support band to The Damned I think.

 

[Spider]

Caribou I've seen the most - I got kind of obsessed with 'Swim' and ended up seeing them about 7 times on that tour - every time was amazing.

Others are probably Deerhunter, Low, The Flaming Lips. But all probably about 4 or 5 times - nothing massive!