Ghost. They're the only band I've seen more than once. I've seen them 3 times so far, and I will definitely go again next time they're in my area. The main thing that makes it worth it is their stage presence. They go all out on the costumes, choreography, and set design. Even the fans will get all dressed up. And their music is also super solid. Imo almost every song is a banger.

Tool, I have seen them three times in concert. They put on a fantastic show.

Rammstein, their shows have always been bigger and bigger each time. And their ticksets are only ~100€, well worth it if you ask me.

Green Day. I have seen them twice almost 20 years apart and both shows were fantastic. If you like their music, I would highly recommend seeing them live.

Dream Theater. Simply because I'm a big fan, and their live shows always has something their studio recordings don't have, such as a song suddenly containing an improv section.

Been to four of their shows so far.

EDIT: Oh, and Devin Townsend. He was the warmup act of the previous DT concert, and I didn't know such a high entertainment/mass ratio was possible in a single person.

Primus. I was fortunate enough to see them a couple times before Herb left the band again, and a couple times after.

This last show I saw, they had a moment where they walked offstage, projected a TikTok of a podcast clip of a woman talking about how Primus was the worst band she had ever seen, and then Les just started fucking murdering those bass strings as they walked out again.

I'm never missing a Primus show near me.

Primus fucking sucks! 🤘

NOFX I see them if they come within an hour drive from where I am.

Genuine answer: Weird Al

He puts on an incredible show every time. The costume changes alone put most artists to shame. He's just as enthusiastic and active as he was over 40 years ago (Seriously, the man is 66)

And of course the songs and skits are hilarious.

We have tickets to see him this year for the second time on his current tour.

Iron Maiden. They just keep on rocking. Their shows are great and they're not mired in controversy (afaik). I think it's great they are repeating all the old tours.

• Starset
• Yellow card
• BMTH
• BVB
• LOTL
• Bloodywood
• Icon for Hire
• Grandson

I like their music, and so far their ticket prices haven't become outrageous.

Primus! We try to hit at least 4-5 shows a tour. All the Claypool projects really. It's a whooole nother vibe getting your face melted on the rail.

• Jimmy Eat World
• Clutch
• Rise Against
• Flogging Molly
• The Used
• The Offspring
• Bad Religion
• Tool
• Fall Out Boy
• Nine Inch Nails

Why? They are good bands who play well live and I like their music.

The Hu.

https://youtu.be/FpOjUCuk-5I

I’ve seen GWAR 18 times, going on 19 this April. There’s nothing like it. It’s so absurd and fun and over the top. It’s true “art” in the sense that it’s all their creation and all an expression of how they feel about things, but covered in space jizz.

Primus. Fricken kill it every time.

Crown lands. I wanna see em again so bad but they are just not popular and they're too broke to tour.

Shinedown. While many say its divorced welder dad rock (and it is) those guys put on a great show and genuinely care about the music.

Native howl. Damn good thrash grass.

Blacktop mojo. Another hardworking band that should be world famous.

Umphrey's Mcgee, more times than I can count. They're a jam band that does a lot of improv, excellent jams, they get really prog-y, and they do amazing covers.

Spafford. Also a jam band. Some of the best jams and guitar playing I've seen.

All Them Witches. Heavy blues/psychedelic rock. I just love their sound so much.

My wife & I have seen Weird Al 4 times now and will be seeing him again this summer. While he mostly does a big show of his parodies with costumes & props we’ve also see him do a low-key acoustical tour where he only played his original music and none of the parodies. We also saw him tour with a full 30-piece orchestra, which was really fun as well.

Weird Al Yankovic! He's cool! Love him!

Municipal Waste - top notch crossover thrash, insane live shows, insane pits, never a dull show.

Ween.

Seen them a half-dozen times and they kick ass every time. I'll see them any time they come to town (if budget and schedule allow).

R.E.M. (3 times)
Beastie Boys (2 times)
Prodigy (2 times, and going again later this year)
David Byrne (1 time, but seeing him again in July!)
Puressence (2 times)

Enter Shikari, incredible shows every single time. I’ve never seen a band generate so much hype and a positive vibe like Enter Shikari does at their shows.

My favourite show was close to Christmas and they had a snowman up on stage while they covered Merry Christmas Everyone.

By far, the band I've seen most often is local band that plays klezmer-inflected psychedelic blues rock, and that description I think is enough to cover the why.

Before Dave Brockie died, I'd go see GWAR anytime we were both in the same state. Always good. Always worth it.

RX Bandits are easily worth seeing again and again. Just a powerhouse live energy and some of the most underrated song writing/composition. They are one of those bands I don't tell people about until I'm sure they have decent taste in non-mainstream music. They are touring right now, just got tickets.

Less Than Jake used to be one of those "assemble all our musician friends, LTJ is back on tour" bands.

I've seen Hieroglyphics a good number of times. Always worth it.

The Smoking Popes were an amazing show every time I've seen them as well.

I have a few on my list I would see again.

• Sum41: saw them a bunch of times when they first started getting popular. They put on a really entertaining show, but the band retired recently
• Rancid: Lars sometimes does a standup routine between sets and he is hilarious
• MxPx: I’ve seen them a dozen times in half a dozen cities in various sized venues. Kick ass show every single time

Com Truise, DMB, Prof

All 3 put on pretty great shows for different reasons. Com Truise for that nostalgia vibe in a basement venue feeling, DMB sitting outside on the grass old jam style, Prof big energy rap show always a blast.

Sonata Arctica.

Lead singer has amazing crowd presence, and every time I've seen them they've been amazing

Flogging Molly! Took my girlfriend (now wife) to see them for the first time 23 years ago. She loved it, so I figured she was worth keeping. We've seen them eight times now over the years, always a great show. Thankfully Dave King made it through his head injury and coma, so the band may be back playing again this year.

Mastodon, Lamb of God, and Tool - bonus points for getting a few of them together on tour. Awesome live shows, great lights/pryo/etc and 100% crowd participation.

Seen Collective Soul 3 times. They bring so much energy and each show was different.

Yellowcard. For several reasons.

I started college when Ocean Avenue was their newest. He up super religious, even after beginning to socialize after coming out of a homeschool hostage kinda situation, kept most of the thinking and such through high school.

The only "secular" music I listened to was country.

So that summer I built my first PC at my friend's house while learning how it all worked, and then like the next week attended my first LAN party at the same place.

Someone brought a drive with a bunch of ripped music and the it on the network, and I copied a bunch of it.

Later when back at home I started browsing just to see what was there. Chose yellowcard first because yellow is my favorite color. Album shoved decent so it got picked more often.

That was my first non-country (read: actual music), non Christian music I ever really listened to (other than clips of pop stuff in the background of commercials). I was still far from losing belief at the time, but it really struck me how good it was for being "satanic rock music".

Haven't really dug into their personal lives or anything, but I don't get bad vibes at all, and still enjoy their stuff.

It was a big touchstone moment for me in several ways. That memory has so much nostalgia attached to it because of how it kinda kicked off me becoming who I am, even if I didn't finish cooking until probably less than 5 years ago. I had a really slow start though.

Local H. Amazing show for only two guys. You can tell they really enjoy what they do.

They don't do that BS pricing tier where you can't say hi or meet them after the show unless you bought VIP+++.

Very cool, down to earth performers.

Converge. I don't know how but the keep getting better. They have so much groove life, its hard to resist the pit.

I was going to say none but then I remember I've been to multiple electronic festivals and shows. I think in my old age I prefer venue/characteristics to individual performers. The idea of huge concerts is not appealing to me these days.

The Decemberists - multiple times, always a good show

The Long Winters - multiple times, always a good show

Electric Six - multiple times, absolutely amazing live, highly recommended

Weezer - past their prime, you're better off listening to the albums at home

The Hold Steady - multiple times, not that good live

The Pipettes - amazing performance, very fun

Aleks & the Drummer - multiple times, sadly now defunct but so much better live than their already great studio work

Side Walk Slam - multiple times, mostly at music festivals; really fun guys and generous to fans

Zapruder Point - once live, fun but not a big experience change from their studio recordings

The Mountain Goats - once live, venue was terrible, makes it hard to evaluate the performance

Amy Ray - electric performer, worth seeing, I'd love to see her live again

Franz Ferdinand - too commercial, very rehearsed live, no real improvement in experience over studio recordings

Torres - good energy, nice show, would see again live but not as a priority

Pearl Jam every chance I get