PopTodd

Positive. It was the first concert that I ever attended on my own (or, with friends rather than being dragged to see Paul Anka by my parents). Joshua Tree tour at the Rosemont Horizon in April, 1987. Lone Justice opening.

Yes. 1987.

Okay, so the opening act at my first concert was Lone Justice, so I'm thinking that this was probably the first really great song that I ever heard, live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvo9MbTkUbE

Disc 2 of:

Wait… Green Day was inducted? Before The Buzzcocks? Before Hüsker Dü? Before The Replacements? At all?!

WAIT!!! 5 times! I forgot the time that I saw them at an in-store at the sadly-departed Quaker Goes Deaf.

Jonathan Richman -- 6 or 7 times Flavor Channel (a local Chicago band in the 90s) -- 5 or 6 times The Unconscious (a local band down in St. Louis/Columbia) -- 4 times or so Cornershop -- 4 times (mostly as an opener)Stereolab -- 3 times And, I've seen a bunch of bands twice.