Tough question but I'd say ODESZA is my favourite band. Never seen them live though!
I think the band I have seen most live is The Aggrolites, maybe 4 times.
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It's hard to pick one favorite because I have so many. If I had to pick one it'd be Collide but I haven't seen them live. However, I've seen Garbage four or five times so far and that's not enough.
I have a bunch of stuff from Collide though. My name is on 2-3 of their albums, and I have their hand written lyrics and notes to the song they wrote for Underworld 4
Carbon Based Lifeforms. I haven't, I doubt I ever will since crowds ruin music for me.
I saw CBL in London about a year ago, it was a pretty chill crowd FWIW
I would say femtanyl. It's also the only one I have seen live. I'm really hoping there will be another Europe tour because I doubt I will be able to go to North America anytime soon.
World/Inferno Friendship Society by far, must have seen them 10-15 times in the NYC/NJ area. Averaged 1-2 times a year up until the lead singer passed away 4 years ago (RIP CLOTH). Their live show was kind of a intense mix of dancing, moshing, singing along and just kind of letting loose. The fans sort of created an entire community around the band and we'd recognize each other from all the other shows we've been to together. Their annual halloween show (Hallowmas) was always the highlight, the band would go all out with live show spectacles both on and off the stage.
I still go to plenty of other live shows, at the moment have leaned into folk punk bands. Apes Of State and Escape From the Zoo are some of my current favorites maybe seen them 4-5 times now.
I would have to say Rammstein, I've seen them twice (or once depending on how you count it, it was two days in a row the same show)
Pulp, twice, but they've only been in my country twice. 17 years apart.
I think my all time favorite as of now is still Taiwanese singer Jam Hsiao and I have seen him live 0 times because he hasn't come tour America. And there's no way he'd be coming over now because it doesn't matter if he's famous or not, I guarantee he'd probably be deported to jail in South America just for being Asian.
Food House
epic queer hyperpop duo featuring the offspring of tony hawk
saw em live in seattle on the 8th and it was genuinely the bestest time i've ever had at a live music event EVER
Alabama 3. I saw them lots of times in little pub venues and playing non-main stages at festivals in the mid to late 90's.
Blew my mind when I went to live in the US in 1999, put the TV on, and one of their tracks turned out to be the opening theme tune to this relatively new show called The Sopranos.
Haendel’s Messiah. I have seen it live a dozen times, never fails to impress.
I haven't been to a show in over 25 years, but I saw Yes three times, Elton John three times, Prince twice, but Pink Floyd only once, all at the peaks of their popularity in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Minami. She's a Japanese artist that I've seen live, well... 0 times. Turns out if you mainly only listen to Japanese music and you live in Europe, concerts don't work out too well for you.
I have been a Cure fan for over 30 years now. I have seen them live twice, both times in their 'Bloodflowers' tour. Normally, when they perform near us, they perform on big festivals. I hate festivals.
Cory Wong is my all time favorite, seen him 3 times so far, all amazing shows. Will see him again next month at North Sea Jazz.
Snarky puppy is a good contender, seen themb3 times as well.
Most of them are 90s and 2000s hip hop, rock, jazz, pop, and electronic artists (I can't pick a favorite).
I've been to three concerts in my entire life. Two of them because I was bartendering at the venue. The other one my parents took me to when I was 12 (Blue Man Group in Vegas, early 2000s).
I'd love to one day be able to attend a concert on my own dime... Too busy going to work and paying bills.
Cory Wong! Band is as tight as can be. Vibe is playful, dynamic, and celebratory of all on stage.
Have seen him live only once, but he posts incredibly well-mixed and edited full-length concerts on his YouTube.
He fully deserves his blowup. Incredible musicianship abounds around him
Super Furry Animals. Probably seen them about 15 times if not a little more. This includes solo tours since they started doing there own thing near the end of SFA sadly. Still hoping they get back together but it doesn't look very good. I wanna say the last time I saw them was a really random tour they did a few years after thinking they were split up. I think that was around 2016?
Space Cadets and 0 times
R.E.M. - saw them live 3 times (Edinburgh 1994, Stirling 1999 and Glasgow 2005). Always great!