Bands and Acts I've Seen Live

The topic came up the other day, and although it is no doubt boring for anyone who stumbled upon this page by accident, it might be of interest to someone. At any rate, it helps me try to remember what musical acts I saw live in my day. Mind you, I'm not, to the best of my knowledge, about to keel over at any time soon, but with my sorry ears, I doubt going to concerts is really in my list of future activities. Anyway, so here goes - the bands I saw live, where I saw them (in relative order), and my rating of each performance:

The Sixties

• The Match @ LeConte Junior High School; Hollywood, California Rating: 0

The Seventies

• Olivia Newton-John @ The Greek Theater; Hollywood, California Rating: 2
• Al Stewart @ The Roxy (on the Sunset Strip); Los Angeles, California Rating:5
• Cat Stevens @ The Forum; Inglewood, California Rating: 2
• David Bowie @ The Amphitheater; Universal City, California Rating: 3.5
• Paul McCartney and Wings @ The Coliseum; San Diego, California Rating:5
• The Personalz @ Madame Wongs; Chinatown, Los Angeles, California Rating: 3
• The Talking Heads @ UCLA; Los Angeles, California Rating: 3.5
• The Cars (with Styx) @ The Coliseum; San Diego, California Rating 3.5 (Cars)/2 (Styx)
• ABBA @ The Anaheim Convention Center; Anaheim, California* Rating: 4.5
• ABBA @ The Sports Arena; Seattle, Washington* Rating: 5
• Jackson Browne @ The Ampitheater; Universal City, California** Rating: 1

*These two concerts were within a week of each other on the same tour.

** I really did not like Jackson Browne, but I was sort of forced to go, and I did not enjoy it at all.

And I almost saw these acts, but I didn't for some fairly dumb reasons:

• Elton John @ The Hollywood Bowl; Hollywood, California (1)
• The Rolling Stones @ The Forum; Inglewood, California (2)

1. Had tickets but didn't go because my "date" didn't work out, and I, being 17, was humiliated. lol
2. I drove Heather Baer there, and she had tickets for me if I wanted to go, but I was otherwise engaged, so thought it best not to.

The Eighties and Nineties and the Zero-zeroes

• Roxy Music @ Kyoto-Kaikan Dai Ichi Hall; Kyoto, Japan (Feb. 7, 1983) Rating: 5
• Lush @ Club Quatro; Osaka, Japan (Nov. 30, 1994) Rating: 5
• Belly @ Club Quatro; Osaka, Japan Rating: 3.5
• Shampoo @ Club Quatro; Osaka, Japan Rating: 2.5
• Sugar @ Club Quatro; Osaka, Japan Rating: 3.5
• Hole @ Club Quatro; Osaka, Japan Rating: 5
• Heavenly @ Club Quatro; Osaka, Japan Rating: 5
• Violent Femmes @ Club Quatro; Tokyo, Japan Rating: 3.5
• Bjork @ ?????; Osaka, Japan Rating: 1.5
• Lush @ La Luna; Portland, Oregon (April 13, 1996) Rating: 5
• Ranarim @ Suita Culture Center, May Theater; Suita, Osaka, Japan (2002) Rating: 4
• Garmarna @ Pata Pata de la Salsa; Osaka, Japan (2002) Rating: 5