This Week in Concert History - Celebrating Your Golden Years

[rich_WDC]

Tom Tom Club (w Fear of Man opening)   5   17   1989   Bayou   
Stone Roses      5   17   1995   WUST Radio Music Hall   
Cracker (at DC Chilifest)5   17   1997   DC Chilifest   
Social Distortion      5   18   1992   Gym   
Widespread Panic      5   18   1993   Hammerjacks   
Black Sabbath (as Heaven & Hell), with Megadeth opening   5   18   2007   Merriweather   
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals5   19   2007   State Theater   
Pursuit of Happiness      5   20   1993   Nightclub 930   
Wolfmother (w Kadavar opening)5   20   2014   Lincoln Theatre   
Lynyrd Skynyrd      5   21   1992   Merriweather   
Holy Barbarians      5   21   1996   Nightclub 930   
Marc Ford&The Sinners 5   22   2002   State Theater   
HFS-tival (The Cure, Jimmies Chicken Shack, Lit, Modest Mouse, The Offspring, Violent Femmes, YeahYeahYeahs, Yellowcard, The Living End)      5   22   2004   RFK Stadium   
DC 101 Chilifest (Alice in Chains, Amberlin, Cage The Elephant, Stone Temple Pilots, Switchfoot)   
5   22   2010   RFK Pkg Lot   
Danzig      5   23   1993   Hammerjacks   
Derek Trucks Band5   23   2000   Birchmere   
Robt Bradley's Blackwater Surprise   5   23   2002   State Theater   
                  

[bearman🐻]

5/17/1991  Black Crowes w/Jellyfish @ Aragon Ballroom  (Chicago)
5/23/1994  KMFDM @ Black Cat
5/17/1995  The Stone Roses @ WUST
5/19/1995  KMFDM @ WUST
5/19/1996  Mighty Mighty Bosstones @ 9:30
5/23/1997  Toad the Wet Sprocket @ 9:30
5/23/1998  Frank Black and the Catholics @ 9:30
5/19/1999  Saint Etienne @ 9:30
5/18/2001  Iggy Pop @ Vic Theater (Chicago)
5/20/2001  Black Crowes w/ Oasis @ Tweeter Center (Tinley Park, IL)
5/18/2002  Pet Shop Boys @ Nation
5/20/2005  Gang of Four @ 9:30
5/17/2006  Charlatans UK @ 9:30
5/21/2008  X @ 9:30
5/18/2009  The Prodigy @ 9:30
5/21/2011  Face to Face @ Trocadero
5/23/2011  Face to Face @ Black Cat

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

05/19/93  Sting/Dada @ Red Rocks
05/20/98  Super Furry Animals/Granddaddy @ Shepherd's Bush Empire
05/20/02  The Vines @ Paradise
05/21/02  Ed Harcourt/Eileen Rose @ Paradise
05/23/02  I Am The World Trade Center/Busy Signals @ T.T. the Bear's Place
05/17/03  The Coral/Kings of Leon/Devotchka @ Bluebird Theater
05/21/03  Pete Yorn/Granddaddy @ House of Blues New Orleans
05/22/04  Acid Mothers Temple @ T.T. the Bear's Place
05/17/05  Caribou/Junior Boys/Russian Futurists @ Bluebird Theater
05/17/07  BRMC/The Cobbs/Eastern Conference Champions @ Gothic Theater
05/18/09  Ghost w/ Helena Espvall/Lichens/Pontiak @ Hi-Dive
05/20/10  Martin Sexton/Ryan Montbleau @ Ogden Theater
05/22/10  Fort Knox Five @ Cervantes
05/20/12  Mark Lanegan/Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ Bluebird Theater
05/17/13  Black Moth Super Rainbow/The Hood Internet/Oscillator Bug @ Bluebird Theater
05/20/13  BRMC/Thenewno2 @ Gothic Theater
05/20/14  Mogwai/Majeure @ Ogden Theater
05/23/14  Erik Deutsch and the Jazz Outlaws @ Dazzle (early)
05/23/14  Horse Meat Disco @ Bar Standard (late)

[Kubacheck]

looking at this weeks walk through history, it's apparent that some bands I like were pretty consistent about when they came through town..... and that was my first and last Porcupine Tree show, I actually fell asleep I was that bored......

2008-05-17 Bell X1   Rams Head Tavern  Annapolis
2009-05-18 English Beat   Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
2007-05-19 Southern Culture On The Skids   Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
2008-05-19 English Beat w/Lynval Golding (of The Specials)    Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
2005-05-20 Gang Of 4    930 Club
2008-05-20 English Beat w/Lynval Golding (of The Specials)    Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
2010-05-20 Mose Allison    Birchmere
2005-05-21 Porcupine Tree   Trocadero Theater   Philly
2004-05-22 Mahoney Brothers    Recher Theater  Towson
2010-05-22 Southern Culture On The Skids  Rams Head Tavern  Annapolis
2013-05-22 Paul McCartney   Frank Erwin Center  Austin TX
2003-05-23 Southern Culture On The Skids    Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
2007-05-23 Marshall Crenshaw   Rams Head Tavern Annapolis
2013-05-23 Paul McCartney   Frank Erwin Center  Austin TX

[RatBastard]

05-23-11 The Cars (930)
05-05-10 Sevendust (The National)
05-18-10 The Sex Slaves (Santos Party House)
05-18-09 The Prodigy (930)
05-21-09 Old Crow Medicine Show (Lewis Ginter)
05-27-09 The Sex Slaves (Jaxx)
05-30-08 GWAR (The National)
05-10-07 Puddle Of Mudd (Chameleon Club)
05-15-07 Velvert Revolver (930)
05-18-07 Elvis Costello (930)
05-29-07 !!! (Starlite Ballroom)
05-03-06 Robert Randolph (Innsbrook)
05-15-06 30 Seconds To Mars (Alley Katz)
05-25-06 James Brown (Charlottesville Pavilion)
05-07-05 Hackensaw Boys (Canal Club)
05-15-05 Velvet Revolver (VA Beach Amp)
05-15-05 BB King (The Norva)
05-25-05 The Ravonettes, Autolux, The Peels (Black Cat)
05-13-04 David Bowie, The Stereophonics (Hershey Park)

[bearman🐻]

05-18-09 The Prodigy (930)

One of my favorites. I always have fun at their concerts, but this one in particular was so great.

[Bombay Chutney]

5/17/03 The Cramps/Von Bondies   9:30 Club
5/18/07 Elvis Costello and the Imposters   9:30 Club
5/18/09 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band    Verizon Center
5/19/99 Blondie                 Nation
5/19/01 The Go-Go's            12th & Pennsylvania Ave
         (part of the DC-101 Chili Cook-Off)
5/19/09 Edie Sedgwick    Black Cat Backstage
5/20/05 Gang Of Four   9:30 Club   
5/20/10  Medications   Black Cat Backstage
5/21/04 Washington Social Club/The Carlsonics/The Hold Steady    Black Cat
5/21/08 X/Detroit Cobras   9:30 Club
5/22/07 The Rosebuds/Bowerbirds  Rock And Roll Hotel
5/23/11  The Cars    9:30 Club
5/23/13  Macy Gray   The Birchmere

[sweetcell]

05-18-09 The Prodigy (930)

One of my favorites. I always have fun at their concerts, but this one in particular was so great.

i caught that tour in NYC (roseland ballroom).  second only to RATM in terms of pit mayhem.  i lasted 2 songs up front before needing to get the hell outta that maelstrom of humanity.

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

05/25/95  R.E.M./Sonic Youth @ Fiddler's Green Amphitheater
05/30/97  Big Head Todd & The Monsters @ Red Rocks
05/26/00  Alex Gopher @ Soma
05/28/04  Zero 7 @ Fox Theater
05/27/05  Kasabian @ Creepy Crawl (St. Louis)
05/26/09  Doves/Wild Light @ Gothic Theatre
05/29/10  Broken Bells @ Gothic Theatre
05/30/10  Eluvium/Charles Stanyan @ Larimer Lounge
05/24/12  Lindstrom/Mark Farina @ Cervantes
05/26/12  Spiritualized/Nikki Lane @ Rickshaw Theater (Vancouver)

[Kubacheck]

2010-05-24   Neil Young/Bert Jansch   DAR Constitution Hall
2013-05-24   Robert Earl Keen/Lyle Lovett   Majestic Theater San Antonio TX
2011-05-25   Paul Simon   DAR Constitution Hall
2007-05-27   The Smithereens   Boardwalk Hall   Ocean City NJ
2008-05-27   The Raconteurs    930 Club
2011-05-27   Paul Simon    930 Club
2003-05-28   Beck/Dashboard Confessional/Black Keys    Wolftrap
2008-05-28   Ryan Bingham   Ramshead Tavern Annapolis
2009-05-28   Jackie Greene   Ramshead Tavern  Annapolis
2003-05-29   Roger McGuinn   Avalon Theater   Easton MD
2012-05-29   Dandy Warhols   930 Club
2006-05-30   Pearl Jam    Verizon Center    Washington DC
2010-05-30   Peter Wolf    The State Theater   Falls Church VA

[rich_WDC]

Beastie Boys (w Firehose opening!)      5   24   1992   Gym
Girls v Boys (w Therapy? opening)      5   24   1996   Black Cat
OZZFEST (Black Sabbath, Fear Factory, Machine Head, Ozzy Ozborne, Pantera, Powerman 5000, Type O Negative)      5   24   1997   Nissan Pavilion
Lucy Pearl      5   24   2000   Garage
DC 101 Chilifest maybe (AFI, Audioslave, Chevelle, The Donnas, Godsmack, Jane's Addiction, Jack Johnson)      5   24   2003   RFK Stadium
Collective Soul   5   25   1994   Bayou
Black Crowes (w Everlast opening)      5   25   1999   Nissan Pavilion
Lenny Kravitz      5   25   1999   Nissan Pavilion
HFStival (Eminem, The Strokes, Sum 41)   5   25   2002   RFK Stadium
Fu Manchu      5   25   2014   Rock & Roll Hotel
Matthew Sweet   5   26   1995   WUST Radio Music Hall
U2              5   26   1997   RFK Stadium
HFStival (Abandoned Pools, Citizen Cope, Good Charlotte, Lennex, Little Kingz, New Found Glory, Our Lady Peace, Phaser, Rezin, The Vines)      5   26   2002   RFK Stadium
Lynyrd Skynyrd      5   26   2004   Wolf Trap
Garbage             5   27   1998   Nightclub 930
Eric Clapton (w Doyle Bramhall II opening)      5   27   2001   MCI Center
HFStival (The Cult, Fuel, Powderfinger)      5   27   2001   RFK Stadium
Velvet Revolver      5   27   2004   Nightclub 930
HFStival (Jah Works, Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Matisyahu, The Misfits, Nico Gega, Panic!AtTheDisco, KanyeWest)      5   27   2006   Merriweather
Nikka Costa              5   27   2012   Hamilton
The Pretenders      5   28   1994   Hammerjacks
HFStival (Bloodhound Gang, Filter, Rage Against the Machine, Sev, Stone Temple Pilots, Third Eye Blind)                    5   28   2000   FedEx Field
HFStival (3 Doors Down, Linkin Park, Little Kingz, Live, Powderfinger, Tantric)      5   28   2001   RFK Stadium
Robert Plant (late arrival, due to HFStival)   5   28   2001   Constitution Hall
HFStival (AFI, Coheed&Cambria, Counting Crows, H.I.M., Jarfly, JoanJett&Blackhearts, Matchbox Romance, The Strokes, The Plunge)      5   28   2006   Merriweather
Chickasaw Mudd Puppies      5   29   1992   Nightclub 930
Tragically Hip      5   29   1996   Nightclub 930
HFStival (Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmies Chicken Shack, Live, The Offspring, Orgy, Beth Orton, RedHotCPs, Silverchair, Sugar Ray)      5   29   1999   PSINet Stadium
Cracker /   Reverend Horton Heat      5   29   2010   Nightclub 930
Winwood, Steve Winwood      5   29   2012   Wolf Trap
Ozzy Osbourne                      5   30   1989   Hammerjacks
Pearl Jam (w My Morning Jacket opening)   5   30   2006   Verizon Center
Free Energy (w Miniature Tigers opening)   5   30   2010   Rock & Roll Hotel

[Bombay Chutney]

5/24/03 Loudbomb               Black Cat
5/24/05 Cartel/Snowden   Black Cat Backstage
5/24/08 Urban Verbs/Martin Royle    9:30 Club 
5/24/14  Guided By Voices   Black Cat
5/25/10  Diana Ross   Music Center At Strathmore
5/26/02 Ratdog   9:30 Club 
5/26/07 The Slickee Boys/The Howling Mad/Chelsea Graveyard and the Screams At  Midnight    The Ottobar
5/27/87 We've Got A Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It   9:30 Club
5/27/05 High Dials/Marsha Brady   Velvet Lounge
5/27/07 The Slickee Boys/Rustbuckit   9:30 Club 
5/27/08 The Bellrays/Architects   Black Cat Backstage
5/27/09 Holy Fuck/Crocodiles   Rock And Roll Hotel
5/27/11  Paul Simon  9:30 Club   
5/27/11  Scream/OFF!  Black Cat
5/28/86 Meat Puppets     9:30 Club
5/28/94 Beastie Boys    Radio Music Hall  (afternoon show)
5/28/94 Pretenders      Hammerjacks
5/29/97 Tuatara/Minus 5/Mark Eitzel   9:30 Club
5/30/05 Kraftwerk      9:30 Club
5/30/06 Pearl Jam/My Morning Jacket   Verizon Center

That Beastie Boys show may be a Top Ten one for me.  Crazy.

[Kubacheck]

^^^ that Pearl Jam show in 2006 that a few of us have listed is one of the worst gigs I've ever been to, soundwise...... one of the very few times I have ever left a show early.....

[rich_WDC]

Why does it seem I'm the only one who went to all those HFStivals??!?   I thought that was what all the cool kids did.

[bearman🐻]

5/24/1995  Moby @ Black Cat
5/27/1995  Q101 Jamboree @ World Music Theater (Tinley Park, IL) featuring Duran Duran, Faith No More, The Stone Roses, Sheryl Crow, Collective Soul, Flaming Lips, KMFDM, Bush, Sponge
5/29/1995  KMFDM @ the Metro
5/30/1996  Electrafixion @ 9:30
5/24/1997  Gene @ 9:30
5/30/1997  Bettie Serveert w/Ben Folds Five @ 9:30
5/24/2001  Placebo w/Idlewild @ 9:30
5/29/2001  Grant Hart @ Black Cat
5/30/2005  Kraftwerk @ 9:30
5/28/2007  The Faint @ 9:30
5/29/2013  Marilyn Manson @ House of Blue (San Diego)