Someone did a thread on this on another forum I go to, so, yup, I'm a-stealing it. Use your discretion as to how "big" a band should be in order to be worthy of mention in your list-- I've included some slightly less-known punk bands that non-punk people probably haven't heard of, but a lot of punk rock people would've. I haven't included the hundreds of "local" type bands I've seen/gigged with (except a couple who later became semi-famous or arguably historically important).

So anyhow, here's mine, show me yours!

Rolling Stones
AC/DC
U.F.O.
Angel
Fleetwood Mac
Soul Asylum
GooGoo Dolls
Van Halen
Brownsville Station
Iggy Pop
U2
Ramones
X
Plasmatics
Devo
999
Red Rockers
The Producers
10,000 Maniacs
Pretenders
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
INXS
Gene Loves Jezebel
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
The Alarm
Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns
Thompson Twins
Thomas Dolby
The Damned
Pink Lincolns
Elvis Costello
Talk Talk
Bo Diddley
The Ramones
Ted Nugent
Blue Oyster Cult
Heart
Berlin
Stray Cats
Aerosmith
Cheap Trick
Mahogany Rush
Blackfoot
Pat Travers
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Less Than Jake
Radon
Hot Water Music
Leatherface
River City High
Pezz
Bigwig
Beefcake
Dynamite Boy
Luckie Strike
The Usuals
Roach Motel
Atoms For Peace
Sister Hazel
The Wailers
Train
James Brown and the Soul Generals
George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars
Liars Academy
Destro
Most Precious Blood
Red Roses For a Blue Lady
Glasseater
Stretch Armstrong
Nutrajet
The Queers
The GC5
As Friends Rust
The Get Up Kids
Hankshaw
Hot Rod Circuit
Groovie Ghoulies
The Eyeliners
The Gotohells
Buck
John Cougar Concentration Camp
NRBQ
Black Oak Arkansas
The Outfield
Midnight Oil
Peter Tosh
Against Me!
They Might Be Giants
Blink (later called Blink 182)
The Police
ALL
The Doobie Brothers
Tommy Tutone
The Romantics
Molly Hatchett

Feel free to edit your responses as your memory is jogged.

Paul McCartney
Roger Waters
The Mad Caddies
Sonic Youth
Foo Fighters
Audioslave
Tim Christensen
Disneyland After Dark (both are well known in Scandinavia and Tim C is selling in UK as well)
The Killers
Bob Dylan
Brian Wilson
Brian Adams
The Who
Red Hot Chili Peppers

That's all I can think of right now, still pretty good for an 19 year old European I think

I have a ticket for Mark Knopfler next month and a ticket to Roskilde Festival in July where Neil Young is playing
Might also go to Skanderborg Fesival just to see Clapton and Lenny Kravitz

Eric Clapton
B.B. King
Jimmie Vaughan
ZZ Topp
Bob Dylan
Merle Haggard
Elton John
Nappy Brown
Pinetop Perkins
Stewart Copeland(drummer from the Police) and the Savannah Orchestra
Bonnie Raitt
Susan Tedeschi
Derek Trucks Band
Allman Brothers Band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Regina Spektor
With Blood Comes Cleansing
A Girl A Gun A Ghost
Slightly Stoopid
Fishbone
Suicide Silence
Kryptopsy
Skinless
Dickie Betts
Greg Allman and Friends
The Acacia Strain
Job For a Cowboy
Thick as Blood
Thieves and Villians
I Am the Pilot
Ziggy Marley

and then a ton of other local bands/small bands at shows.

corry morrow(open up for him)
buddy guy
bugs henderson
koko taylor
the kirk wmithhart band
Garth Brooks
Clint Black
Ricky Van Shelton
Dwight Yoakam
Pat Green
Carlton Pride (charlie Prides son)
Doc Watson
Ricky Skaggs
Bob Wills and the Texas Playbos
Tom Morrell and the Time Warp Top Hands
Reckless Kelly
Lou Ann Barton
Sue Foley
Jimmie Vaughan

How the hell did you remember all those!? By the way, awesome

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I'm just happy to be a Guitar player!
I can't imagine what life would be like without it.

I've seen three bands, but more locals.

BB King
John Mayer
Widespread Panic

Locals:
Aaron Austin
Daniel Bailey
The Sexual Disaster Quartet

And that's all I can think of...

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I cannot even begin to think about it because if we are talking about unknown, known, local, and national acts and in any size venue its probably well over a thousand, and pushing 2 thousand. Sounds unbelievable? I lived in Nashville for 7 years, saw a show on average at least once a week with at least 2 or more bands I have never seen....3bandsx7yearsx50weeks in a year...Then I moved to Virginia and saw an average of 2 shows a week with at least 1, if not more, bands I have never seen before for about 5 years...This doesn't even count the shows that I saw while I was working as a tech or local crew...

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Don't count the locals, as Brian said, just the ones people know about

Maybe not as impressive as some of the above but here we go...

In chronological order, not including local gigs.

Muse, Edinburgh
John Butler Trio, Glasgow
Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip, Glasgow
Mars Volta, Glasgow

Going to see:

We Are Scientists, Glasgow (The Barrowland Ballroom, best venue in the world!)
Dan Le Sac, again, Glasgow
Pendulum, Glasgow

Want to see/go to:

The Decemberists
Laura Marling
T in the Park

me too have a ticket to Knopfler next month and one for clapton in August

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John Mellencamp 4x
John Mayer
Tom Petty
Chicago
Newsboys
Los Lobos

In no particular order,

Tool
Foo Fighters
Weezer
Kaiser Chiefs
Serj Tankian
Against Me
Beastie Boys
Flaming Lips
Crosby, Stills & Nash
Elton John
Billy Joel
Metallica
Corrosion of Conformity
Tesla
Firehouse
Cinderella
Faster Pussycat
Poison
LA Guns
Winger
Belly
Catherine Wheel
Isis
Quiet Riot
Dokken

Thats still a few hundred....I'll see if I can remember and check back later....

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My list would be longer than I can remember-
But here are some-(including Canadian bands some Americans may not be familar with)
BB King (twice)
Joe Satriani (with Stu Hamm & Jonathan Mover)
Aerosmith (twice)
Iron Maiden (3 or 4 times)
Scorpions (3 times)
Judas Priest (2 times)
Ozzy (with Randy Rhoads)
Motorhead
Metallica
Alice Cooper
Eric Clapton
Neil Young (twice)
Sonic Youth
Drivin & Cryin
Georgia Satellites
Rainbow
Pat Travers Band (twice)
Ted Nugent
April Wine (several times)
Triumph (at least twice)
Harlequin (a lot--they used to open for everybody)
Bon Jovi (as an opening act)
Great White (as an opening act)
Metal Church (as an opening act)
Sword(as an opening act)
Skid Row (as an opening act)
David Wilcox (the Canadian one--not the American one)
Robert Plant
Genesis
Supertramp
Chris DeBurgh
Streetheart
Loverboy
Cheap Trick
Ringo Starr's All Stars (first tour--w/Joe Walsh)
Stampeders (twice)
Ian Thomas Band
Billy Squier
Headpins
Great Big Sea
Dire Straits
Blue Oyster Cult
Aldo Nova


I may add more later if I think of them.

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Oops--how did that post twice?

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