Bands I've Seen The Most Times

So last night I saw Maiden and Dream Theater. My 5th Maiden show, and my 13th DT show. Which provokes this list of bands I've seen the most times live in 22 years of concert-going, My first concert was Aug. 16th 1988, when I saw Aerosmith, Deep Purple, and GNR. And yes, opening acts count--even the sucky ones!

Marillion. Contrary to popular belief, I've only seen them eight times.


13 times: Dream Theater.

11 times: Rush. I will see them twice on this tour and that will bump them to the top of this list next to DT. They've been running pretty much neck-and-neck the last few years.

10 times: Metallica. Was supposed to see them three times last year but missed a show due to injury.

9 times: King's X, Queensrÿche.

8 times: Marillion

7 times: Joe Satriani

6 times: Porcupine Tree


5 times: Iron Maiden, Tesla, John Wesley, Yes

4 times: Opeth, Pearl Jam

3 times: Aerosmith, Fish, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Motörhead

Twice: Anthrax, Asia, Alice Cooper, Candlebox, Deep Purple, The Dexters, 11, Fates Warning, Robert Fripp, Peter Gabriel, Great White, Guns N' Roses, Halford, Heaven & Hell, The Hooters, Jethro Tull, Rudess-Morgenstern Project, Saigon Kick, The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Symphony X, Thr3e, ZO2

Once: Alice in Chains, Amazing Journey, Tori Amos, The Ancestors, Apocalyptica, Atomic Opera, Badlands, Between the Buried and Me, Beggars and Thieves, Bigelf, Blue Öyster Cult, Body Count, Buffalo Tom, BulletBoys, Caroline's Spine, Chemlab, Cinderella, Eric Clapton, Felicia Collins and The Life, The Connells, The Crimson Sunrise, The Cult, Damn The Machine, Dangerous Toys, Def Leppard, Dio, Extreme, Faith No More, Fear Factory, Fight, Fishbone, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Genesis, Paul Gilbert, Gizmachi, The Hard Corps, Steve Howe, Ice-T, I Mother Earth, Into Eternity, Isle of Q, Jane's Addiction, Eric Johnson, Kiss, Living Coloür, Loud Crowd, Machine Head, Yngwie Malmsteen, Metal Church, Midnight Oil, Mind Funk, Mr. Big, The Moody Blues, Vinnie Moore, Mountain, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Nudeswirl, The Orb, John Petrucci, Pink Floyd, Redemption, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Replacements, The Rolling Stones, Saliva, Scale the Summit, Scorpions, Skid Row, Alex Skolnick Trio, Slayer, Slunt, Smashing Pumpkins, Smokewagon, Soundgarden, The Spin Doctors, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Styx, Suicidal Tendencies, Tad, Thought Industry, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Trixter, U2, Steve Vai, Vanilla Fudge, White Zombie, The Who, Winger.

Breaking it down like this, it's interesting to see bands like U2 next to Trixter, Cinderella next to Clapton, The Who next to Winger, and Kiss next to Loud Crowd, who are easily the worst opening act I've ever seen. Hope you enjoyed. I'll add to the list if I think of any others.