Bands You Have Seen In Concert More Than Once

[spellbound]

Which bands/artists have you seen more than one time? For me, these:

Black Oak Arkansas 1974, 1974

Black Sabbath 1974, 1975

Carmen 1974, 1975

Claudia Quintet 2004, 2009

Bob Dylan 1974, 1987, 1992

Electric Light Orchestra 1974, 1976

Emerson Lake & Palmer 1974, 1974

Grateful Dead 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1987

Hot Tuna 1976, 1977

Jefferson Starship 1975, 2014

Jethro Tull 1975, 1994

Kinks 1976, 1977

Little Feat 1975, 1976, 1995

Lynyrd Skynyrd 1973, 1975

Maggie Mayall & The Cadillacs 1986, 1986

New Riders Of The Purple Sage 1974, 1975, 1977

Steppenwolf/John Kay & Steppenwolf 1975, 1995

Taj Mahal 1992, 1993

The Who 1973, 1976

[Mister Triscuits]

Too many to remember. The longest gap between shows would be It's a Beautiful Day - 1969 and 2007.

[Mister Triscuits]

Too many to list. I saw Yes the most, about 30 times. Longest gap UK in 1979 and then a few years ago.

I've seen Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson about that many times. For Yes it's been about 13 shows, including ABWH twice.

[arabicadabra]

Yeah, Dregs, Steve Morse Band, ELP, Tull, Yes, King Crimson, Deep Purple, Jeff Beck, Marillion, King's X, Humble Pie, Rush, Steve Hackett, PFM, Phil Keaggy, Allan Holdsworth, Genesis, Dream Theater, Echolyn, IQ, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Morglbl, IZZ, 3rDegree, District 97

[simon moon]

Way too many to remember.

Dregs, for sure. I may have seen them more than any other band. They toured a LOT.

YES
PFM
Echolyn
Ohm
Weather Report
Return to Forever
Brand X
Steve Wilson
Porcupine Tree
Magma
Corima
Haken
Happy the Man
King Crimson
Spock's
Gentle Giant
IQ
Marillion


Plenty more.

[SteveSly]

Way too many to list. Probably at least 100 over the years.

[NogbadTheBad]

Top of the list would be

Bent Knee - 10
King Crimson - 5
Motorhead - 4
Miriodor - 3
Alec K Redfearn & The Eyesores - 3
Secret Chiefs 3 - 3
Univers Zero - 3
AC/DC - 3
Guapo - 3
The Enid - 3
Magma - 3

[JKL2000]

Enough that I'll forget some. I'll try to do it in rough order of how many times, most to least:

Marillion
Rush
Jethro Tull/Ian Anderson
Flower Kings
Steve Hackett
The Musical Box
Yes (including bastard versions of Yes)
Fish
Opeth
Mastermind
Peter Gabriel
Braindance
Renaissance
King Crimson
Magma
Todd Rundgren
Dave Kerzner
Echolyn
Anglagard
Transatlantic
3rDegree
Blotto
Masters of Reality
Power Windows (Rush tribute)
John Wesley/Wes Dearth
Discipline.
Deus ex Machina
Ars Nova
The Grateful Dead/Garcia Band/Bobby & The Midnights
The Who
U2
Three Friends
John Cale
Roy Harper
Kansas
Porcupine Tree
Gong
Johnny Winter
Ephemeral Sun

Must be some more I'm forgetting. Notable exclusions include ELP (only once), Camel (only once), Cast (only once), IQ (never!), Genesis (once)

[UnderAGlassMoon]

Way too many to remember.

Dregs, for sure. I may have seen them more than any other band. They toured a LOT.

YES
PFM
Echolyn
Ohm
Weather Report
Return to Forever
Brand X
Steve Wilson
Porcupine Tree
Magma
Corima
Haken
Happy the Man
King Crimson
Spock's
Gentle Giant
IQ
Marillion


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That's quite a list, several of those are bucket list bands for me and most will remain that way unfortunately.

My concert attendance has dropped significantly in the last ten years or so, but here a some.

Rush 10x
Grateful Dead 5x
Yes 3x
Kansas 2x
Styx 2x
Dream Theater 2x

Damn that's a short list, I suck.

[mozo-pg]

Crimson 9 times (including Fripp solo)
Yes 9 times
JT - 5 times
Peter Gabriel - 10 times
Rush 4 times in the 70s
Max Webster 5 times in the 70s
Porcupine Tree - 5 times
Steve Hackett - 10 times

A pile of others but that's all I can remember right now.

[Mister Triscuits]

Yes (including bastard versions of Yes)

Aren't they all?

[JKL2000]

Aren't they all?

True Yes fans only like Mabel Greer's Toy Shop, not even the first Yes.

[JKL2000]

Crimson 9 times (including Fripp solo)
Yes 9 times
JT - 5 times
Peter Gabriel - 10 times
Rush 4 times in the 70s
Max Webster 5 times in the 70s
Porcupine Tree - 5 times
Steve Hackett - 10 times

A pile of others but that's all I can remember right now.

What about Saga?

[mozo-pg]

What about Saga?

It's funny because their a Canadian band but I never saw them.

[arabicadabra]

I only saw SAGA once myself - but so glad I did! Original 5 man lineup.....

[beano]

Yes - 9 (I'm including AWBH X2)
Asia -3 (2 original lineup, 1 with only Downes but Steve Howe opening Solo & joining in on a few)
ELP -3 ( " " EL + Powell & 3)
Genesis - 3
King Crimson - 3
Nektar- 2
David Bowie - 3
Alan Holdsworth - 4
Jethro Tull - 2
America- 4
Larry Coryell -4
Styx - 2
Good Rats-3
Roy Buchanan -2
Joe Satriani -2
Jimmy page-2
Jeff Beck-2
Kansas - 3
Jefferson Airplane-3
Hot Tuna -3
Herbie Hancock - 2
Billy Cobham - 3
Santana -4 ( 1x with Wayne Shorter)
Billy Joel-4
Robert Randolph - 3
Gil Scot Heron- 3
Richie Havens- 3
The Roches-4
Morgibal - 2
Magic Pie -3
Magenta - 2
Spocks beard -2
Caravan-2
Dave Kerzner-2
John Scofield-3
Eric Johnson-2
Kenny G-3
Trans Siberian -3
Marshall Tucker - 2
Grateful Dead- 3 ( including 1 JGB show)
Jean Luc Ponty-2
Stanley Clarke -2
B-52's -2
Charlie Daniels Band-2
The Cure-2
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band- 3
Special EFX-3

and I'm sure a few more to be remembered later..I have saved almost every single ticket stub since my 1st concert (YES 1979) minus the shows with no hard/paper tickets etc..I plan on making a scrap book "one of these days"...








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[llanwydd]

Yes - Madison Square Garden, New York City (1978 - mezzanine, 1979 - front row, 1980 - fourteenth row) and in the middle of a street in Orlando, FL (2011)

The Orlando concert was free. Perhaps the only free concert they have ever done.

Yes is the only band I have seen more than once.

[Buddhabreath]

Off the top of my head -
Jethro Tull
Gentle Giant
Genesis
Beef Umbrella Aviation Theory
VDGG
Peter Hammill
John McLaughlin
Brand X

Many more but swooning with the flu.


Last two for the second time in the last months after decades long gaps...

[markwoll]

Happy The Man
Renaissance
Yes
Thomas Dolby
Grateful Dead ( and Garcia Band )
Chet Atkins
Lyle Lovette
EmmyLou Harris
Steely Dan
King Crimson
Peter Gabriel
David Byrne
Bent Knee
Thank You Scientist
UK
Mike Keneally
Travis Larsen Band
Discipline
Necromonkey
Mörglbl
Steve Hackett
Steven Wilson
Porcupine Tree
Dixie Dregs
Steve Morse Band
Oblivion Sun
Ozric Tentacles
Todd Rundgren
Bob Dylan
Chicago
Billy Joel
Barry Manilow
U2
Alison Krauss
Robert Plant
Pat Metheny
Hiromi
Jake Shimabukuro
Allan Holdsworth
Bill Bruford ( Band & Earthworks )
Leo Kottke
Gong
Niacin
Jeff Beck
The Flower Kings
Fred Frith
Frogg Cafe
Ephemeral Sun
Wilco
Joe Satriani
Dave Rawlings & Gillian Welch
The Musical Box
Caravan
Bill Frisell
District 97
Joe Jackson
Transatlantic
Spocks Beard
Laurie Anderson
Phillip Glass
Elvis Costello
Richard Thompson

probably some more

[GuitarGeek]

Grateful Dead: (1990 and 1991)

Gong: (I saw them at least six times, including the Gong Uncon in 2006)

Steve Hillage: (2006 and whichever year it was he and Gong played at NEARfest)

Van Der Graaf Generator (second ever US gig, at NEARfest, then again a week later in Cleveland)

Magma: (1999, 2003, 2008?, 2010, 2015, twice in 2016)

Marilion: (I think I saw them four times, first time in 1990, twice in the mid/late 90s, then they saw that first US tour they did after a long gap, in like, what? 2004)

Steve Hackett: (2002, 2003, 2010, and most recently just a couple years ago)

Hawkwind (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, and whichever year it was they played at NEARfest)

Nektar (2002, 2004, and twice more after that, but I can't remember the exact years)

Allman Brothers Band (1993, 1996, twice in 1997, twice in 1998, 2000, twice in 2001, and I there were a couple more after that, but I can't remember the exact years)

King Crimson (1995, 2000, four times in 2001, 2014, and 2017)

The Who (1989, 1996, 2000, and 2002)

Kiss (twice in 1996, 1998, and 2000)

Banco Del Muteo Succorso (both times they played NEARfest)

PFM (both times they played NEARfest)

ELP (1996 and 1997)

Allan Holdsworth (1992, twice in 2003, and whichever year it was he played at NEARfest)

Negativland (1992, and 2000, I believe was the second one)

Deep Purple (2002, and 2017)

Scorpions (2002, and I sorta saw them sometime around 2010 or so...there's a small parking lot that overlooks one of the concert venues in Cleveland)

California Guitar Trio (1995, 2001, and I've seen them at least twice since then)

Rik Emmett (played two shows in one night, back in 2007, I think)

Pat Metheny (the first time was not he Speaking Of Now tour, which I think was something like 2003, then he came with his trio with Christian McBride and Antonio Sanchez and played Severance Hall a year two later, then I went up to see him in Detroit at the Fox Theater on The Way Up tour, and I saw him the fourth time last summer, within walking distance of my house)

Zappa Plays Zappa (I saw them in 2007 or 2008, I think, again within walking distance of my house, then I tihnk the second time I saw them was 2010 or 2011)

The Muffins (I saw them at NEARfest, in what? 2005? Then I think the second time was 2009, then I think the third time I saw them was 2010...in fact, it had to be 2010, because it was the year I somehow got drafted into being on the ProgDay stage crew)

Ozric Tentacles (twice in 1996, again in 1999, then 2000, I think 2001 as well, then I think I saw them at least twice at the Beachland Ballroom, and I saw them at both NEARfest and Progday)

Nik Turner (1994, 1995, 1996 or 97, then at least twice since the turn of the century, like 2004 or 2005?)

Harvey Bainbridge (I seen him three at least, at the last Strange Daze fest, once at the Phantasy Nite Club, once at the Grog Shop)

Alien Planetscapes (1996, I think, then again in 1998, 2000, and the last time was at the last Strange Daze)

Quarkspace (saw them on a few different instances, circa 1996-2003, or so)

And the one most of you have probably never heard of: Oroboros. They were essentially a local hippie band here in Cleveland, but they made I think four or five albums (I only ever had the first three) and ended up playing shows out on the west coast, and I have a vague memory of hearing of them playing in some place exotic, like Thailand or something similarly improbable. They were basically a "jam band" back in the 1980's and early 90's, before it was fashionable. They played all ages shows at a bar around the corner from my house, a couple times at Cain Park, I saw them at the amphitheater at the Cleveland Zoo one time, and a few other venues, I think altogether I saw them like 13 times circa 1988-1994).

PS: I left out bands who I was working for, like Syzygy or Rare Blend. Does it count when you're running the merchandise table (albeit without pay)?

[GuitarGeek]

OH yeah, and I've seen The Musical Box a bunch of times, going back to 2003. I've seen most of their shows in Cleveland, as well as their NEARfest performance. I've seen The Lamb show twice, the Trick show once, and I think I saw the Selling England show three or four times.

[moecurlythanu]

And the one most of you have probably never heard of: Oroboros. They were essentially a local hippie band here in Cleveland, but they made I think four or five albums (I only ever had the first three) and ended up playing shows out on the west coast, and I have a vague memory of hearing of them playing in some place exotic, like Thailand or something similarly improbable. They were basically a "jam band" back in the 1980's and early 90's, before it was fashionable. They played all ages shows at a bar around the corner from my house, a couple times at Cain Park, I saw them at the amphitheater at the Cleveland Zoo one time, and a few other venues, I think altogether I saw them like 13 times circa 1988-1994).

I saw Oroboros dozens of times, possibly more than a hundred. We were regulars at the Euclid Tavern, but saw them many other places too. I don't remember seeing you, Chris. Oh well. In a similar vein, also got on the Ekoostik Hookah bus early, and saw them many times. Most of these were in the 90s and very early 2000s.

[JKL2000]

I forgot Anglagard!

And Kansas - just added both.

[kid_runningfox]

Rush
Jethro Tull
Marillion
Porcupine Tree
Steve Howe (solo)
Hawkwind
Alice Cooper
Van der Graaf Generator
Richard Thompson

[The Dark Elf]

Multiple times? Well, 2 or more shows, from most down to just twice, given my foggy memory:

Jethro Tull
Neil Young
The Moody Blues
Yes
Black Sabbath
Santana
Pink Floyd
Eric Clapton
James Taylor
Genesis
CSN
Stevie Ray Vaughan
ELP
The Allman Brothers
Alice Cooper
B.B. King
Robin Trower
Buddy Guy
Frank Zappa
Al Di Meola
Peter Gabriel
The Pogues
John Mayall
Johnny Winter
Jefferson Starship
Deep Purple
Supertramp