Ask Lemmy

Daft Punk. Sadly never have and never will. :(

I didn't discover Nirvana until after Cobain had died so... None. 😔

Same with Chris Cornell and every band he was in.

Hard to pick just one so I'll list a few:

• Thank You Scientist - 2x
• Haken - 3x
• Porcupine Tree - 1x
• King Crimson - BEAT lineup 2x, 3 drummer lineup 1x
• Tesseract - 1x
• Meshuggah - 1x

Big time tool fan in the 90's, 125 shows total throughout the years. Havent really been interested in their music and only seen them 2 or 3 times in the past decade.

But, the past 12 or so years I've been super in to Cattle Decapitation. Seen them 15 times so far including a trip last year from the west coast of America to Ireland to catch them with some friends over there right around st pats.

Phenomenal live band and genuinely good humans.

My favorite band that I've actually seen live:

Duran Duran. Was a closet fan of theirs back in the late 80's and got to see them when my girlfriend at the time got tickets.

Actual favorite band and unfortunately have never seen live:

RUSH

And it's not because I think that Neil Peart is the greatest drummer of all time (that would be Buddy Rich). It's because their music actually talks to my neurodivergent brain. It is also due to that the 3 of them were a confluence of exceptional talent that just happened to come together to make something special.

Boards of Canada. Never live. But I dislike that kind of thing, crowds, driving etc, so no biggie.

Porter Robinson!! I've seen him uhhh at least 5 times live now? I love how every album of his is totally different, and his performances are always such a good vibe.

Frank Zappa, Broadway the Hard Way Tour in the Ahoy Rotterdam 1988.

Seen him once.

Weird Al.
Only like 4-5 times so far, but I have tickets for this summer's tour stop near me

Tossup between Streetlight Manifesto and Propagandhi.

Streetlight I've probably seen 9 or 10 times. Every single one is one of the best shows I've ever been to. Their live shows are the perfect mix of energy and technicality. They are just as precise as their studio albums, but adding the intensity of live music and a venue completely packed with people who are super into it.

Propagandhi I've only seen once, but it was fucking intense. Every song was balls-to-the-wall power. I got kicked in the teeth so fucking hard I thought I lost one, but didn't care. I was supposed to see them again last year, but the frontman got Covid the night before the show. I was supposed to see them in a couple weeks, but they canceled their American tour on account of all the Nazi shit happening here. Now I'm seriously thinking about paying an exorbitant amount of money to go see them in Canada.

Streetlight Manifesto- 3 times

Most seen is probably Bloc Party at about 10 times (though most of those were over a decade ago) or more recently Everything Everything who I've seen about the same number of times now.

Chemical Brothers is probably my favourite live show, seen them live 6 times now. NIN also put on a great show, going to my 3rd and 4th times next week

Oh I've seen Sigur Ros 4 times and that's always a great show too

Elvis Costello but I've only seen him twice. I like CAKE a lot too and have seen them 4 or 5 times.

Breaking Benjamin, twice.

Radiohead. Three times: the Hail to the Thief tour, the In Rainbows tour, and lastly during the A Moon Shaped Pool tour.

Where are the phish fans?

"...723 times"

Billy Idol! I'm not sure how many times I've seen him, at least 8 but probably more like 10-11. Two of those times I got meet-and-greet tickets so I've got two pics of me and my husband with Billy and Steve Stevens :)

Flogging Molly. Was dating my wife when we first got to see them play, along with Gogol Bordello. Our first show together, she loved it. Decided I should keep her at that point. :) We've seen them 7 more times over the years.

Incubus! Seen them 3 times and each show was phenomenal.

Napalm Death, about ten times.

I've seen a few bands, but only tagging along with friends, never seen anyone I actually like. Tbh I'm not a big fan of live music anyway. There's something about it not being 100% the same as I'm used to that just makes me not like it as much.

probably Tool, and zero times regrettably. I really hope I get a chance to see them at least once.

While I haven't seen him the most times, I am unequivocally a massive Dev-head. I've seen Devin Townsend 3 times (4 if you count the virtual concert during lockdown in 2020), but one of them was to travel from the USA to the Netherlands this March to see the one-time live performance of The Moth (I was right in the second row, I get a lot of peripheral screen-time in the live-stream). It was such an amazing experience, I'm going to count that as 10 or 20 normal concerts. I probably also haven't cried that many happy tears in at least a decade or two. It was also my first time ever leaving the USA, and I really REALLY didn't want to go home. I'd have happily lived the rest of my life on the Dutch train network.

British Prog Metal legends Haken!! I've seen them only twice now, but they're simply incredible.

Death Cab for Cutie is my favorite by far. I’ve seen them live 4 times.

I’ve also seen their frontman perform solo twice, and once more with his other project the Postal Service.

Between the Buried and Me - 3 times

Maybe not my absolute favorite but one of the top 5 at least. Other groups I have seen more than once:

Dream Theater 2x

Less Than Jake 2x

Furthur 2x

Phish 3x

Primus 2x

Death Cab For Cutie 2x

moe 2 or maybe 3x

Umphrey's McGee 2x

I have seen Tony Levin live twice, but in different acts. Dude is super cool.

I've seen The Cat Empire thrice, back when they were my favourite band.

Nekrogoblikon - seen them 5 times but I skipped them last time they were in town, the new singer just isn't the same. Former/founding singer did the clean and growl vocals, now they split it with a new singer doing the growls and the goblin mascot doing the clean vocals.

Neko Case, who is also a member of the New Pornographers. I have seen both her solo act and TNP probably about 10-15 times.

Delain is probably my fave band, but I've only gotten the chance to see them once (I did get a picture with them though!) It was a hell of a show, with Xandria and Edge of Paradise. Great performances, and it was at a smaller venue so I got to be right up by the stage. It was so much fun.

A bit weirdly, my second favorite Nightwish I've seen like four times. I've liked them since I was around fourteen though, so I guess maybe not that weird.

Stephin Merritt / The Magnetic Fields, and never.

They've come through town several times, it's just never worked out.

Hiatus Kaiyote, by far and away, it isn't even close.

I don't go to concerts lots so zero.

Ado, first time seeing her live next week.

Аркона! 7 times (almost every time they’ve been to the US)

My fave artist, Borusiade, is quite niche and arguably their style of music had it's peak in the electronic scene around 2017-21 so it'll be a long shot to see them now sadly.