Don't necessarily have to be the bands that put out your favorite records. Some bands/artists just have that thing that make you keep coming back for more.
Why?
Sometimes it overlaps, sometimes not.

Mine:
•Jonathan Richman (seen him 7 times or so. Too damn charming.)
•Flavor Channel (a local band that just kept pulling me back -- probably more than 10 times. Their only full-length was pretty disappointing)

I'll probably think of more.

Spoon-16 times
The Rosebuds-About 10 times
The Flaming Lips-10 or so times
Radiohead-8 times
The Wrens-7 times
Broken Social Scene-7 times

DBT - 5 or 6
Stones - 3
Bruuuuuce - 2
Dylan - 1

Jackson Hunt - COUNTLESS!!

Never really though about it, but would have to be original Allman Brothers Band- probably 30-40 times.

i see Marah at least once a year, not sure how many times it's been.

They're up there for me too but honestly, even though I haven't seen them in about 7 years, it's Widespread Panic. Probably 20 times that I can remember. I was a full blown Spreadhead there for a while.

DBT is somewhere around half that.

Also, there should be a distinction here between "Favorite" and those bands I've seen the "Most". I've seen Panic the most but they're not my favorite live band. At least not anymore.

I think it's something like:

Headstones - 6
The Lowest Of The Low - 5
Stars - 5
Modest Mouse - 3


I don't know if there's anyone else I've bothered to see more than twice. That's usually enough for me.

The original?! Wow, that's awesome. Wish I could say the same...

The 90's Allmans is one of my top - 5-6 times. I saw Skynyrd 5-6 times as well during the same period (I was in high school).

Since 2000, I've seen the Old 97's 5 times I think which is probably the most of any band.

MMJ--10-12 times
U2--6 times
Modest Mouse--6 times
Spoon---5 times

Warrior Soul - 15+ times
Radiohead - 8+ times
NIN - 6+ times
Our Lady Peace - 8+ times
The Cure - 5+ times
Nothingface - 10+ times
Afghan Whigs - 8 times
Twilight Singers - 13 times (YEAH!)


tons and tons I have seen 3+ times.

Bands I've seen the most basically consist of local bands no one knows of that I can go check out for 5 bucks or less on a regular basis. I don't splash the cash enough to see big touring bands a bunch of times.

Rollins Band - 6
Jimmy Eat World - 5
Less Than Jake - 4
Mustard Plug - 4
Bad Religion - 3
Barenaked Ladies - 3
Ani DiFranco - 3
Helmet - 3
Metallica - 3
Sarah McLachlan - 3
Tool - 3

i've seen les savy fav at least a dozen times, with probably 75% of those being the same setlist consisting of go forth and inches, which has been satisfying each and every time i hear it.

i've also seen radiohead 8 times, also consistently excellent.

Metallica - 10+ times...

oops, forgot about that.....Make that 11 times on Jan 31st.

forgot about the 10 times I've seen sonic youth.

can't count how many times I've had the displeasure of seeing Cake.

I've seen grandaddy a bunch too (probably around 6-7 times) but they are nowhere near one of my favorite bands, though I do like them...they were usually just playing something that I was working or opening for someone else

bands I like that I've seen 3+ times offhand: mogwai, the national, super furry animals, superchunk, portastatic, doves, REM, Yo La Tengo, Ted Leo, The Walkmen (last friday's show was amazing), stars, nada surf, clap your hands say yeah, the polyphonic spree, destroyer, american analog set, arcade fire, wilco, white stripes, superdrag, the strokes, stereolab, sloan, death cab...a bunch more.

not necessarily any correlation with my favorite bands.

dave wakeling/english beat - at least 30 times, more likely 50+ times
refreshments/roger clyne & the peacemakers - at least 10-15, probably 20+
iguanas 10+
saw doctors - probably around 10 times
matthew sweet 5-10
lloyd cole 5-10
afghan whigs 5-10
maceo parker 5-10
frank black 5-10
gilberto gil 5-10

tons of bands in the 3-5 range

don't think i've ever seen anyone more than twice. best live shows I've seen over the past few years are:

My Morning Jacket, Elvis Costello, The Hold Steady, and Lucero

I'll leave the bands I book off the list:

DBT - at least 15 times
MMJ - probably around 10
Lake Trout - around 10 times
Phish - only about 8 or 9 times
TV on the Radio - 5 - 6 times
Bobby Bare Jr. - 6 or 7 times
Wilco - probably 8 - 9 times

Many, many bands 3 - 5 times





No shit? I know those guys. They've toured with a couple of my acts a few times. Surprises me since I don't remember you ever mentioning them.


DBT tonight for shit, I guess the 17th time (plus Halloween 2008 w/ Hold Steady, which hadn't happened when this thread was first posted)

Not counting local bands, I generally don't see anyone more than once.

pearl jam I guess 9 times, skunk anansie maybe 7 times, dozens of bands around 3 times.
once - in order to see the decemberists for the first time - I went to this cake show. my goodness how cake sucked... I went home after 3 or 4 songs. the support act was at least a million times better.

They are a really fun live band -- nothing more, nothing less. I don't think i've seen them in a couple of years but i used to go see them everytime they came to LA which used to be every couple of months.

I think i made a thread about them when they started touring more nationally a couple of years ago but I don't talk about them much because it fell on deaf ears and I wouldn't call them anything close to a favorite on record.

How have they toured with that you book?

saw them in about 1995 or so. pretty good as I remember. they were huge in my circle of friends in college.

Cross Canadian Ragweed, Stoney LaRue, Cowboy Mouth, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights.

I've honestly stopped counting. For non-local bands I'd have to think about it as nothing is coming to mind. I've seen most bands I'm into 2-3 times.

you saw skunk anansie 7 times?!?!?! wtf?!?!?! how the hell is that even possible?