Favorite Live Shows

U2 Zoo TV Tour. 2 shows, arena tour with Pixies opening (loud!), Outside tour with Sugarcubes and Public Enemy opening.

Depeche 101 Pasadena Rosebowl, World Violation Tour (2 shows), Devotional Tour (4 shows). Also saw first leg of Music For Masses tour, Singles Tour and Ultra tour.

Duran Duran Strange Behaviour, 87. First concert, Erasure opened the show. Saw them in 89, Big Thing tour, and 2008, Red Carpet Massacre tour.

Midnight Oil SDSU, didn't know much about them, liked "Beds Are Burning." They were awesome live. saw them again years later at 4th and B San Diego, still great.

James Brown, Camp Pendleton, mid 90s. AMAZING show, shooks his hand after!

Ramones, saw them twice, Lollapalooza and opening for Pearl Jam as a surprise guest.

AC/DC - Play what the people want to hear, the hits!

Iron Maiden/DIo/Moterhead. Great bill, great show, all access passes, got to wacth Maiden from behind the soundboard.

Morrissey - Saw his first solo US show, SD Sports Arena. Crowd was so crazy they had to sto the show and turn the lights on. Loved the rockabilly backing band. Seen him 2 other times.

Rocket From the Crypt and Lucy's Fur Coat - My two favorite San Diego bands. Always put on great shows, brings me back to a fun time going to a lot of local shows.

The Cult, always kick out the jams. Seen them at SDSU twice, Casbah reunion show, Coors Ampitheatre.

Iggy Pop, amazing show from a guy who is 50 and ROCKs! The guy is insane, explosive.

The Cramps - Seen the Cramps several times, some good, some bad. Best shows were HOB Sunset Strip, Hootenanny and at on Flamejob tour.

Oingo Boingo - Many shows at SDSU. Still miss the Halloween shows, got to see their last show at Universal Amp. Played more than 3 hours! They were still playing as Universal crew started to break down the stage!

Nine Inch Nails, saw them in Tijuana after first album came out in a small legendary club called Iguana's. LOUDEST show ever. Amazing. Universal Amp with Jim Rose Circus and Marilyn Manson for Downward Spiral tour, amazing! Also saw them on Fragile tour.

INXS on the Kick tour, really impressive.

Tom Petty - Ex GF got cheap tix, I didn't want to go but was really surprised.

Steel Dan - Another show with an ex I didn't want to go to, but they were really good. SUPER TIGHT band.

Metallica at Hootenanny were much better than I expected.

Violent Femmes - Saw several INSANE VF shows in the early 90s.

Social D- I've prob seen them 20 something times. Good and bad shows. Favs include shows at Casbah, Vegas, SOMA and Mike Ness first solo shows.

Rev Heat - Also prob seen them nearly 20 times. Good memories of upfront Belly Up shows. The same shtick got boring after a while though.

Supersuckers - Another bunch of great Belly Up shows, also somewhere near 20 times on them. At their peak during the Sacrilicious shows.

Eric Clapton - Played Dodger Stadium and managed to make it fell like he wasn't playing Dodger Stadium. Giant video screens help.

Bowie - Sound and Vision tour. Not the best venue, Dodger Stadium, not the best show, but great visuals and stage show, and awesome to see Bowie.

Biggest show regrets - Not seeing Johhny Cash one of the two times I had the chance, not seeing Nirvana one of the two times I had the chance, never seeing Duran Duran with the full original line-up, early years or 00 reunion years, not seeing Joe Strummer play the Hootenanny the year or two before he died, not talking to Johnny Ramone as we literally bumped into each other coming out of the bathroom at HOB Sunset Strip.