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What are the five "biggest" acts you've seen in concert?

Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:57 pm
Posted by messyjesse
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 12:57 pm
And how would you rank them on "bigness"? My four "biggest" were Foo Fighters, Rush, Santana, and Steely Dan. I'd probably put Dan a solid #4. The other three are tricky. Hard to say how FF will be regarded later. I'd still probably put them #1.

1) Foo Fighters
2) Rush
3) Santana
4) Steely Dan

I don't have a big-time #5 but it would probably be Incubus. Borderline RNR HOFers.
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:08 pm to
Metallica
Guns n Roses
Rush
Roger Waters if you want to count him as Pink Floyd
Posted by DArbonneDuke
D'Arbonne, LA
Member since Nov 2005
1462 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:16 pm to
Black Sabbath
Grand Funk Railroad
ZZ Top
Steely Dan
Springsteen

Honorable mention: Usher w/The Roots
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
18428 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:17 pm to
1. Metallica
2. Radiohead
3. Aerosmith
4. Ozzy Osbourne
5. Van Halen
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81674 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:22 pm to
John Cougar
REM
The Ramones
The Hoodoo Gurus
Steppenwolf
Posted by Telecaster
Memphis
Member since May 2017
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:42 pm to
McCartney/Wings
AC/DC(with Bon and with Brian)
Yes
Elton John
Springsteen

Just as big imho:
Jerry Lee Lewis
Chuck Berry
Louis Armstrong
Everly Brothers
Little Feat(with Lowell George)
Waylon Jennings
Furry Lewis
Posted by Cool Hand Luke
Member since Oct 2008
1805 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:42 pm to
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones twice
Pink Floyd
Rush
Fleetwood Mac
Lots more...
Posted by Demshoes
Up in here
Member since Aug 2015
10208 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:45 pm to
1. KISS
2. Grateful Dead
3. Van Halen
4. Yes
5. Wilco (many many times)
Posted by MountainTiger
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Member since Dec 2008
14664 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:48 pm to
Tough one...

1. Pink Floyd
2. Led Zeppelin (I wouldn't argue if you wanted to reverse 1 & 2)
3. Dave Matthews Band
4. Springsteen
5. Allman Brothers

Most here know that I'm a huge Steely Dan fan and I've seen them lots but I don't think they're as "big" as the above bands. Also I saw Kiss and Rush but it was before either of them got as big as they eventually did.
Posted by hawkeye007
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 1:55 pm to
1. SRV(i was 12 with my dad and uncle )
2. Van Halen
3.Rush
4.Pink Floyd(1994)
5. Every major act at jazzfest for the last 15 years
Posted by messyjesse
Member since Nov 2015
2034 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 2:08 pm to
Zep over Floyd surely. Bruce over DMB IMO. Kiss and Rush are fine nos. 6 and 7.

The Dan's my all-time favorite too. I think they're "big" (and have been honored as such) but just sort of fringey.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 2/1/18 at 2:29 pm to
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Jackson 5
Radiohead
Metallica
B.B. King

Other notables:
The Allman Brothers
The Rocounteurs
Nickle Creek
Dave Matthews Band
Allison Krauss and Union Station

I truly have no idea what order to put them all in.


Posted by The Spleen
Member since Dec 2010
38865 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 2:34 pm to
I've seen so many big acts, it's hard to whittle it down to the top 5, but here are my Top 5 of the big acts I've seen.

1. Pink Floyd
2. Rolling Stones
3. Elton John
4. U2
5. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Have also seen Bruce Springsteen, Eagles, Steely Dan, Neil Young, Guns N Roses, Metallica, ZZ Top, Bob Dylan, and a few others.

Posted by Ace Midnight
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Member since Dec 2006
89569 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 2:48 pm to
Def Leppard

Journey

Heart

Blue Oyster Cult

Bon Jovi

(Yeah, I'm old buddy, wanna fight about it?)
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
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Member since Jul 2009
47629 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 3:11 pm to
In no particular order....

Michael Jackson (Victory Tour)

AC/DC

Van Halen

Kiss

Pearl Jam
Posted by BMoney
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
16277 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 3:11 pm to
1 Metallica
2 Guns N Roses
3 Garth Brooks
4 Pearl Jam

Hard to pick a 5th. The Allman Brothers, REM, Radiohead (before they were big), Phish, Panic. All kinda big, but not quite the draw as those other 4.
Posted by hogcard1964
Illinois
Member since Jan 2017
10481 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 3:19 pm to
1) Rolling Stones
2) Paul McCartney
3) Bob Dylan
4) Tom Petty
5) The Who
Posted by tigermeat
Member since Jan 2005
3013 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 3:33 pm to
Stones
Kiss
AC/DC
Maiden
Metallica

A few others I'd consider:

Van Halen
Rush
Doobies
Ozzy
Fleetwood Mac
Def Leppard
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
23965 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 3:54 pm to
Sepultura so who cares about the other 4
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
7548 posts
Posted on 2/1/18 at 4:07 pm to
Metallica
Rage Against the Machine
Soundgarden
Godsmack
Brooks & Dunn
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