Which band/artist have you seen live the most?

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Let's See..
The Sisters Five times
Spiritulizied 3 times
Stereolab 3 times (once with Tortoise)
Nick Cave 3 times with bad seeds,the dirty three and one time alone with a piano
Suede 3 times (and everytime that Brett annoyed the hell out of me)
Therphy?about five times before they sold out and became s**t
The Prunes (minus the Virgins) Lots of times
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - about 15 or 20 times, lost count, even if I could count them, I still couldn't remember them....
Rowland S Howard - about 8 times (as above :oops: )
and lots of other lesser folk over and over....
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Lee Scratch Perry: at least 5 times of which 3 times were absolutely brilliant!
Skatalites: also about 5 times. Especially when Doreen Schaeffer sings her tunes heaven is near :notworthy:
Ozric Tentacles: 4 times... I think :lol:
Zion Train: quite a few times back in the nineties, but when they went all ravey I dropped out. Nice people though.
Bauhaus: 3 times. Once on the 98 reunion tour, twice in 2006.
Mark Stewart & The Maffia: only 2 times, but for me they're the best live band around :notworthy:
And many bands I've seen a few times over the years like Sonic Youth, Mark Lanegan, Front 242, Pixies, Aphex Twin, PJ Harvey, Sophia, Orb, Orbital, etc ...

... and I was fortunate enough to have seen The God Machine, Swans & Augustus Pablo once. They're all still in my top 10 of gigs :D
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Spigel wrote:Let's See..
The Sisters Five times
Spiritulizied 3 times
Stereolab 3 times (once with Tortoise)
Nick Cave 3 times with bad seeds,the dirty three and one time alone with a piano
Suede 3 times (and everytime that Brett annoyed the hell out of me)
Therphy?about five times before they sold out and became s**t
The Prunes (minus the Virgins) Lots of times
Wow, I saw Therapy? six times, can't stand them now though! Another bizarre claim is 5 times for Terrorvision :) Again, in retrospect, not sure why..

10 for the Sisters, and 11 for the Mish though! (Plus a Hussey solo show).


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I'm rubbish at this - I have no idea but

Julian Cope - lots
Killing Joke - lots
Puressence - lots
Chameleons - lots when they reformed
Stranglers - lots way back when but not now
Killers - lots

lots = more than 10 probably more than 15 but as I said - I'm rubbish at this
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James Blast wrote:Hawkwind ~ 5 times, it was in the 70s tho ;D
That's style James! - Was Stacia there?

Saw Lemmy at least 5 times though - that was with the 'Wind, Pink Fairies & of course Motorhead (1st ever gig @ Hammersmith Odeon, supporting Blue Oyster Cult) ... :wink:
They (The Establishment) use sex as an addiction for control, just as they use alcohol and drugs ...
- A programme of systematic frustration in order to sell this crock of s**t as immortality, a garden of delights and love. ...
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Ramone wrote:
The m*****n : 147 ( but could well be more) ( Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Yugoslavia, France and Holland)
... is this a record? :eek:
They (The Establishment) use sex as an addiction for control, just as they use alcohol and drugs ...
- A programme of systematic frustration in order to sell this crock of s**t as immortality, a garden of delights and love. ...
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reactiv8 wrote:
Ramone wrote:
The m*****n : 147 ( but could well be more) ( Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Yugoslavia, France and Holland)
... is this a record? :eek:
Some probably hope it would be :lol:
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Sisters 13 times. Hah! Unlucky for some. ;D

No-one else enough times worth mentioning.
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Funnily enough..The Wonder Stuff about 6 times.
The Poppies about the same.

And honourable mentions go to..
Ghost Dance :wink:
Nirvana
Spacemen 3
My Bloody Valentine.

And the SFA 3 times.
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James Blast wrote:Blur? Paul Weller? Paradise Lost? one stage?.... I need to know.... :eek:
It was at the Phoenix Festival in 1995. It was possibly Bjork and not Weller headlining (that doesn't make it much better), but what I can remember for sure is immediately before PL came on (in blazing mid afternoon sunshine) Damon Albarn came on stage to announce some competition winner. He was immediately pelted with the traditional hail of litter and roundly booed by all present. Just about the only sentance he managed to get out was "Enjoy your rock music" before legging it. PL then came on and steadily drove away the majority of the audience over 45 minutes. Their final song was "The Last Time" to which Nick Holmes muttered something about how you could guarantee it would be. It really was as bad a billing as you can imagine. I think Terrovision were on next to complete the wildly contrasting afternoon's entertainment.

As to the 2 people who replied to this post saying they'd seen 147 m*****n gigs, and 90 odd Nephilim/Loud gigs. What can I say..... :notworthy: Thats true dedication.
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aprt from the girls here goes:

Mega City Four 100+
Salvation 40/50
Siouxsie 30ish
the m*****n 60+ (mostly up until 1990) but looking forward to 2 of the nights at Shep Bush.
Ghost Dance 20+
Claytown Troupe 40+
Janes Addiction 20ish

and loads of others shame PIGFACE play Europe every 30 years.
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Manic Street Preachers- about six or seven times :oops:
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The band I've seen live the most is New model army .I first saw them live at the '86 Reading festival and I reckon its probably getting on for 30 times and only once have I ever seen them do a crap gig.The rest have all been stormers.
Probably next would be either The Mish or Hawkwind. Together with NMA they all tour regularly,rarely give a bad gig and you just have to go, don't you?
I've seen the Girls 3 times.Once in '85 and was too wankered to remember anything about it and '93(?) and '99(?) and they were 2 of the worst, most half arsed gigs I've ever witnessed.Never ever again!
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The Fall - 5 times.
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The Fall - about 40 times
Rosetta - 30 - 35ish
Half Man Half Biscuit - 30ish
Mish - 25ish
Bunnymen - 20ish

plus a ton of others like Julian Cope, Damned, NMA, All About Eve round about 10 each.
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Sisters 14 or 15 times and our lovely Vive la fête

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Feck! another Belgian... :lol:

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Yep James probably we will...

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Guid man/woman/people!?

Welcome home! :D
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silentNate wrote:Manic Street Preachers- about six or seven times :oops:
nowt wrong with that sir!
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silentNate wrote:Manic Street Preachers- about six or seven times :oops:
nowt wrong with that sir!
Seconded! Saw them once! I was quite impressed inspite of hitting the floor.
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I also saw "The Mad Professor " 3 times and once with Smith and Mighty but I am sure you all could understand why I could have trouble remembering those Gigs. :innocent:
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weebleswobble wrote:
silentNate wrote:Manic Street Preachers- about six or seven times :oops:
nowt wrong with that sir!
Certainly not :!: Saw them twice when Richey was still around. Great live band. :notworthy:
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Mothra wrote:
It was possibly Bjork and not Weller headlining
Easy mistake to make, that one :lol: :lol: :lol:
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