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POLL: IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME TO SEE ONE PARTICULAR TOUR, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

 Monday, October 26th, 2009 at 1:30pm by

I love playing ths game. The famed Metallica + GN’R + Faith No More run would have to be close to the top of my list. Soundgarden supporting Spoonman. Motley Crue supporting Too Fast For Love. King’s X on the Dogman tour, for sure… check out this performance [sent in by Shane Gillis] of the title track from that incredible record, filmed on the short-lived Jon Stewart show no less.

If you had a time machine that could take you back to any one specific tour (but ONLY one), who would you go see?

-VN

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  • Slaughterhouse

    Trendkill tour!!!!!!!! No question!!!!!!!

    • I Hate Ziltoid aka Nacho Cheese Doritos

      It was amazing.

    • John

      Same here

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason Crispen

        i remember that tour. i was too young to go. :( i too would have liked to see that one!

    • Biff Tannen

      What are you, a fuckin’ moron, brah ???

      Go back to watching Nascar and drinking your busch light.

    • Biff Tannen

      Whats funny about “Trendkill” tour is that Pantera were without a doubt the BIGGEST trend whores of ALL time. WITHOUT A DOUBT.

      • R. Joseph Smith

        Why are you so fucking biased against Pantera? You never say anything on these posts unless you’re bashing Pantera. I fucking hate you bitch. I put the gap in your asshole.

      • Slaughterhouse

        Ah Biff Tannen…always the one trying to get a rise out of a Pantera fan…I’ve scoped the comments section many times and see your posts…your fucking hilarious…Its funny that you hate a band but you spend so much time bashing them…Someone a little obsessive???

    • Honeynutzz

      This.

  • msv81

    Tool in support of “Undertow”!

  • http://runningthevoodoodown.blogspot.com pdf

    My pick isn’t exactly metal, but if you’ve heard the albums recorded at some of these concerts, you know the line gets kinda blurry: I would give almost anything to have seen Miles Davis’s Japanese tour of 1975. At that point he had a band consisting of Sonny Fortune (saxophones and flute), Pete Cosey (electric guitar), Reggie Lucas (electric guitar), Michael Henderson (electric bass), Mtume (percussion), and Al Foster (drums) and was playing music that sounded like a mix of jazz-rock fusion, metal and ultra-hard funk, plus some ambient electronic stuff at the margins. Check out the albums Agharta and Pangaea to hear what I’m talking about, and Dark Magus for some even noisier and more metallic stuff from a year earlier. Fucking ferocious.

    • Motoghost

      Who could blame you with this pick? Metal or not, Miles Davis was and still is amazing.

    • http://myspace.com/grobiwunder grobi wunder

      DAMN that was a fine choice! Really awesome stuff!

  • Pete

    Death headlining in 1991 with Pestilence opening (martin van drunen on vocals yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

  • KingVEE

    …..and justice for all!

    • R. Joseph Smith

      It was fucking EEEEPPPIIICCC!!!

  • Facebook User

    Without an ounce of hesitation or equivocation it would be Metallica’s Damaged Justice tour. Holy fuck. I’d trade my left leg to see them live then. Unfortuantely I was 9 and still listening to MC Hammer. Still rock the Seattle DVD all the time when I get loaded!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W90Ij7c7URg

    • mrbinky

      Yup, that’s the one.

  • Dysenteric

    The Earache Grindcrusher tour of 1989: Bolt Thrower, Carcass, Napalm Death, Morbid Angel.

    I were only a baby when this tour happened. If only I’d've been there…

    • Blashyrkh

      I think you win

    • anttichrist

      Oh yes.

  • Kuranes

    I saw the GnR/Metallica/FNM tour. I am awesome.

  • skl

    Carcass’s Heartwork tour or anything At The Gates.

  • Gunnar

    Shawn Lane, though I don’t care when. Just to see Shawn Lane play once live would be amazing.

    RIP The greatest guitarist who ever lived.

    • Slaughterhouse

      1

  • BigJordowski

    Tool’s AEnima tour or Opeth’s Blackwater Park tour

    • Josh

      I was gonna say that. I remember Tool played this smaller venue in my hometown when Aenima came out and I had to miss it due to work. I figured, “Meh, they’ll be back…” Yeah, they came back, and played arenas.

      I would say I would have loved to see Alice In Chains back during the Facelift/Dirt days, or NIN during the “Self-Destruct” Tour in ’93

    • Tim the enchanter

      I saw the Aenima show in Seattle w/ The Melvins…it was fuckin great.
      Man; Tool was hella-loud.

  • FarBeyondJuban

    No Fuckin’ Frills Tour (Pantera and Skid Row)…I believe that was just before Pantera released VDOP. Or Pantera in support of FBD. At the Gates or Tool would have been ridiculous.

    But, one tour I do get to see is the Mastodon/Dethklok tour on the 29th at the Hammerstein Ballroom.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mathew-James-Saunders/1153389571 Mathew James Saunders

      I seen them last Wednesday, it was fucking sickkkkkk. Sucked sitting through Converge though, just a bunch of coked out idiots jumping on stage with no melody and the vocals sounded like garbage. Mastodon and Dethklok were insane live, they both sounded perfect and Brendon Smalls does some funny ass stuff when hes up there.

      • bradylikesbigbird

        yeah converge is straightedge i believe

        • Sanscard

          Figures. I’ve listened to a lot of hard core in my day, going back to seeing bands like Black Flag and Minor Threat live, but Converge is just annoying to my ears. Not looking forward to their set this Saturday…

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mathew-James-Saunders/1153389571 Mathew James Saunders

            Is Converge straight edge? I never heard that before…at least they dont promote it out front like so many other douches do. They just jumped around like lunatics the ENTIRE time, so I figured they were coked out lol. I just think Converge didnt fit the tour, and they played like 5 songs too many, but they all sounded the same…gave me a reason for a smoke break though before Mastodon!!

          • Sanscard

            Dunno, but it wouldn’t surprise. Straightedge types are usually pretty hyper/uptight in my experience. There are exceptions of course…

      • Facebook User

        your a fucking moron….

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bobby-Tims/1313713879 Bobby Tims

      ill be there this thursday

  • timmah

    Pink Floyd…I’ve seen the Pulse tour DVD and that it was awesome, but I think ‘The Wall’ tour would have been awesome as well.

    • cookie

      beat me to it

      • bender

        DEFINITELY the wall tour. no question. on some good acid and a lot of weed, please.

  • cosk

    melt banana when they toured with cell scape (not exactly metal, but not exactly not metal)

    • assblasterjones

      Saw it! in atlanta at a old playhouse with balconies and shit….good stuff

  • Chase

    easy european clash of the titans Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Alice in chains, soundgarden

    • bananakid

      Yep. This one takes the cake.

    • http://www.kingdomofnoise.blogspot.com MetalMatt

      i just spooged.

    • Ryan

      No doubt.

      • Slayerific

        this is my pick as well…three of the Big 4 and at their prime, probably the sickest tour ever

  • I Hate Ziltoid aka Nacho Cheese Doritos

    Nirvana. In Utero tour. Would have been killer.

    • Zoker

      If, by “killer”, you mean that it would cause massive bleeding from your ears leading you to a slow yet painful death…

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brandon-Fountain/1391790047 Brandon Fountain

        1

  • NoNameNoSlogan

    Haha I saw the Metallica/GNR/FNM show in Pontiac Michigan…first show I ever saw. I would’ve preferred to see Metallica during their Master of Puppets tour or the Damaged Justice tour.

  • bearbomb

    “The Extreme Steel Tour” – Pantera, Slayer, Static-X, Morbid Angel. Even though I’ve seen all those band separately, it would’ve been cool to see them together.

    I’ve been pretty lucky in life to not miss crucial shows. Go me!

    • http://www.kingdomofnoise.blogspot.com MetalMatt

      Saw that show in Hamilton. Fucking awesome!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason Crispen

      i was at the tour before that with MA, Pantera, Soulfly, and Nothingface. it was badass.

      • Slaughterhouse

        Hell yeah! NothingFace was the shit! Pantera, favorite band ever!

        • http://www.gamesmeetmetal.com Gamesmeetmetal.com

          Pantera ,White Zombie, and Eyehatehod from 1996 I believe. Back before self destructions and delusions of grandeur of directing.

          • http://www.gamesmeetmetal.com Gamesmeetmetal.com

            Damn it, why the hell did it go here?

          • LilalCFH

            Saw that tour in Michigan, drove from L.A., totally fuckin worth it.

      • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

        I was at one of the shows on that tour… Nothingface was pretty badass.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason Crispen

          they were solid. i was on their street team and lucky enough to get passes to meet the pantera dudes. super nice fellas. talk to every person who was in line (like 30 of us) for like 10 minutes or more each.

    • Biff Tannen

      I went ONLY for Morbid Angel. They ruled, while all the little rebel flag bandana wearing, white trash trailor titans stood around and scratched their heads.
      When Pantera came on, I laughed for 75 minutes straight. Non stop hilarity ! Between the morons on stage and the toothless morons in the crowd !

      It was a fucking HOOT, I tell ya’!

      • bearbomb

        Did Pantera gang-bang your mom or something once? I hate a lot of bands too, but your hate for them seems to go beyond music… and mental health. I ask because I care.

        • R. Joseph Smith

          You know? I fucking can’t stand this cockcucker. I was lucky enough to have met Pantera when they came through for CFH with Biohazard and Megadeth (I think). And honestly at that time I was more into Biohazard and I said so to Dimebag. And you know what? The man was a fucking saint! He was the most down to earth cat. He sat and shot the shit with us three little teenage dorks giving us Heinekens and literally the shirt off his back. The man even gave us fucking cab fare to get from cleveland to canton ohio because our ride ditched us. I’m so fucking sick of fucking punk-ass bitches like this fucker trying to shit on Pantera.

          • R. Joseph Smith

            Just to clarify, in my second sentence I misspelled the word COCKSUCKER. Because it’s important to know I meant to call Biff Tannen a COCKSUCKER.

          • SlickerDrip

            I’m sure Mr. Tannen didn’t notice, since he spelled “trailer” wrong. I guess he’s educated, who am I to argue.

          • bearbomb

            Yeah he’s pretty much a troll. I have a friend who met Dime and Vinny and she has nothing but great things to say too. Color me jealous, but grateful to have seen him play live.

      • Josh

        My band opened up for Morbid Angel back in the day. Trey Azagthoth was a stuck-up tool.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Laurence-Cutrone/43905434 Laurence Cutrone

      Yes, I would’ve killed to see that tour. That’s about as awesome as no frills balls to the wall metal can get. The other one I would’ve love to have seen, and still kick myself for missing: SYL and Meshuggah. I hate that I missed that.

      • Tim the enchanter

        I saw the SYL/Meshuggah gig in Vancouver….awesome to say the least.

  • ceth carter

    Would loved to have seen Pantera supporting Far Beyond Driven,just never got the chance. And by the way, John Stewart had many many excellent musical guests on his show. His show was very under rated in my opinion and he was normally right on with his music,he had a lot of harder rock/metal type acts on at the time. I always enjoyed that show.

    • jason

      Yup. Meantime-era Helmet played the Jon Stewart show.

  • McWeen

    RHCP, Pearl Jam and Nirvana tour in ’91

  • SHOCKTROOP

    definitely metallica, gnr, faith no more. no doubt. although pantera, slayer, static-x , and morbid angel would rank up there too.

  • http://www.myspace.com/northwestroyale Blake

    True story: Ozzy and Metallica were booked to play a venue in southern Oregon back in ’86. The concert was canceled because of religious protesters. My buddy had tickets and everything.

    Two weeks later, Cliff Burton was killed.

    That’s how close my buddy was to catching Metallica in their prime.

    • Sanscard

      I saw that tour in DC. Metallica was amazing. Orion was just perfect – I’d say they averaged 1.3X normal tempo on every song. I don’t remember anything about Ozzy’s set except he was fat, in spandex, and the power went out on him.

  • http://www.kingdomofnoise.blogspot.com MetalMatt

    The Slayer/Pantera/Static-X/Morbid Angel was maybe the best one I HAVE seen.

    I would kill to have seen Sepultura supporting Chaos A.D.

    • Biff Tannen

      Chaos AD ??? what kind of a moron are you ???!! That album is when Sepultura NOSEDIVED into “Jump da fuck up” nu-metal garbage.

      Everyone on this site is a complete moron with horrible musical taste, except Ziltoid and I.

      • giarc

        and yet to continue to read it and post to it……

        The chaos ad tour was awesome and they toured australia with Sacred Reich.

      • R. Joseph Smith

        I put the gap in Biff Tannen’s asshole.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason Crispen

        yeah because Chaos AD came out at the height of “”jump da fuck up” nu-metal garbage” popularity.

    • R. Joseph Smith

      That’s my pick. I had tickets even but lost my ride. Never spoke to that bitch again after that.

  • Skanes

    Whitesnake, 1987.

  • brookh

    The Wall and/or World Slavery

  • Andy Paige

    In ’77 AC/DC was opening for Black Sabbath. Dude.

    • Tim the enchanter

      I saw AC/DC in 78 open for Aerosmith

  • yanky

    metallica ac\dc pantera
    moscow monsters of rock 92

    • joshkid

      hell yeah! just watchin Metallica perform “Harvester of Sorrow” at that show, makes me wanna time travel!

  • crank

    Projekt Revolution in 2002,Linkin Park, Cypress Hill, DJ Z-Trip and Adema. This would have been amazing.

    • bearbomb

      Pardon?

    • Ajax

      lolwut?

      • bradylikesbigbird

        i went to this in 6th grade..now i just tell people i saw cypress hill and leave out the rest

  • Kelly

    Pantera, 1996. I was a freshman in high school and not allowed to go.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Quinn/1197379400 Paul Quinn

    There are quite a few good “wish I coulda been there tours”, but I think the the Death – Sound of Perseverance Tour or Black Sabbath with Van Hallen opening at the Garden back in the 70′s are at the top of my list. Those are hard to argue.

    • sunpuke

      I actually saw Black Sabbath and Van Halen on that tour at the Memphis Coliseum. Eddie lost control of his guitar and you could not hear Dave sing at all. Black Sabbath kicked ass! My seat was five rows from the stage and cost a whopping $6.75!

  • MoonSnake

    seeing ELP would’ve been a trip

  • brian roach

    Any Black Sabbath tour w/ Ozzy until 1977 or so. Would’ve been amazing to see them in their prime…

  • IWRESTLEDYOURMOMONCE

    Saw GNR, Metallica, FNM at the meadowlands. Guns sucked ass

    Saw King’s X at the Roseland for Dogman. Brother Cane opened. Awesome show

    Saw Clash of the Titans – Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Megadeth and Alice In Chains. AIC got bood off the stage

    God I’m fucking OLD

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason Crispen

      brother cane!!!! what happened to those dudes?

      • Sammy

        Brother Cane’s singer and bassist joined forces with Scott Rockenfield and latter day Queensryche guitarist Kelly Gray to form Slave to the System. It’s not metal by any stretch, but it’s very good hard rock. I have no idea what happened after their debut album.

  • Bob

    Bungle -California

    Metallica-Master of Muppets

  • Greg

    Definitely not metal, but I’d go back to see The Smiths touring for The Queen is Dead. Just about every song they did was amazing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason Crispen

    you do realize Soundgarden never had an album called “Spoonman” right?

    • http://www.cerebralmetalhead.com Satan Rosenbloom

      My thoughts exactly. I’m hoping Vince meant Superunknown.

    • huh?

      I kinda surprised it took that long for someone to mentioned that fact….nice going Vince.

  • jagbag

    I will be fair and only do a tour (or show, call it what you will) that I could have went to but didn’t have money for and it was kinda last minute…

    That being the Give Me Ed Til Im Dead Tour in 2003.. Iron Maiden, Motorhead and Dio.

  • Ajax

    If I was born a month before this tour happened, I would have liked to catch the Seventh Tour of a Seventh Tour..Or maybe just the Monsters of Rock festival at Donnington. Iron Maiden with GN’R, Kiss and Megadeth in support. Someone invent a time machine.

    • Ajax

      If I wasn’t*

      Regardless, I was born right before this tour happened and wasn’t metal enough as an infant.

    • Biff Tannen

      FINALLY, Someone on here has good taste. I was only 6 when this tour happend. Goddamn I wish I was there !!! I’ll just have to watch the “Maiden England” video AGAIN.

      • Ajax

        Yeah, dude. It would have been a sick fest to go to. I’m not a huge fan of Kiss and stuff but I mean they are respectable for obvious reasons. But just Maiden in general would have been awesome to see back in their prime.

        • SlickerDrip

          Maiden will ALWAYS be in their prime

  • http://Www.facebook.com/danceswithsoda Mark Gavin

    I would have loves to see Cacophony. Or any Jason Becker performance

  • bearbomb

    Kyuss. Anytime. Anywhere.

    • fuzzyshan

      +1
      fuck yeah. especially at one of their generator parties in the desert.

      • Facebook User

        agreed…it would have been cool to catch kyuss and the obsessed on tour together

  • xCOOCOOKALx

    1994 – “30 Days of Roadkill” USA tour with Anal Cunt, Eyehategod, the Candy Snatchers, Sourvien and Buzzoven.

  • pigchop

    Rush – 1978 Hemispheres tour. New Year’s Eve, Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto. Max Webster opened.

    • Tim the enchanter

      Hah!
      I saw that in Vancouver w/ Max.
      I also saw Farewell To Kings w/Max and Permanent Waves w/FM
      Of the 3 Max show I’ve seen; they were always great.

  • fliP_ger

    - Slipknot with Static X and Mudvayne as support
    - Sodom with Sepultura as their support

  • Sean

    I’d go back farther and see Jimi Hendrix.

  • MrC

    Any Joy Division gig i think :)

    Or present day, i guess it’d be Converge, Baroness and High on Fire i think it was. Damn me for living in England, never get combo’s like that :(

  • Sanscard

    Zeppelin Spring 1970 tour. They were raw and raucous on that tour and I’d love to have seen it live.

  • Ben

    Any tour that has carcass or At The Gates in it.

  • http://www.last.fm/user/M60Patton Patton

    Clash of the Titans.

  • http://www.myspace.com/trials Fisting Andrew Golota

    How ’bout Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden? I think that was in 1989. As soon as they invent time travel, i’m going back to see that shit.

    Props for giving Kings X some respect, BTW.

    • Marcel

      I was thinking about the same tour.

      And seconded on the props for King’s X. One of my favorite bands of all time.

  • Russell

    Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream tour

    • Tim the enchanter

      I saw that; it was pretty good.
      (the bass player looked Super-Hot)

  • Ryan

    Pantera with Sepultura and Prong in 1994

    • LilalCFH

      Fucking this. Finally got to see em in ’96 though. Amaaaaaazing.

  • The Rev’rend

    Me and a friend were supposed to go see Pantera, Anthrax and Vision Of Disorder, but we were freshman and didn’t own cars. No one else was metal enough at our High School to want to go.

  • SlickerDrip

    North American Tour ’79 – The Clash
    North American Tour ’75 – Led Zeppelin
    World Slavery – Iron Maiden
    (What’s the Story) Morning Glory Tour – Oasis
    Irish Tour ’74 – Rory Gallagher
    UK Tour ’90 – The Stone Roses
    Black Holes & Revelations Tour – Muse
    Tommy – The Who

  • TXHellbilly

    Clash of the Titans

  • Alaskan King Crabcore

    Miles Davis at the Plugged Nickel in 1965.

    • Tim the enchanter

      schwing!

  • Blashyrkh

    Even though Trivium are now a pile of wank, I wanted to see them after ascendancy came out but I was just too young. And that’s when I decided to hate my parents LIKE ALL GOOD TEENS SHOULD.

    • Nemesis

      I’m probably gonna get reamed out for this…but Shogun > Ascendancy

      • Timothy

        +1 …and I agree with whoever said Mr. Bungle earlier. They’re one of the few bands I love but never got to see live

        • Beereded

          +1 for Mr. Bungle. I’ve heard so much about their live show.

          • Beereded

            Also, Metallica before Cliff died. I think it would also be pretty cool to see Metallica with Dave Mustaine as well. Death before Chuck died, Decapitated before Vitek died, Alice In Chains before Layne died, Pantera before they broke up, and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble.

  • braincake

    van halen’s fair warning tour.

    • Tim the enchanter

      I saw them for the second album… and they were fucken WASTED.
      DLR was very funny though. EVH kicked ass even though he was falling down drunk

  • Greywhind

    Hm… I’d go with either any Pantera tour from their good years, or maybe the Gojira + Lamb of God tour, or maybe one of Meshuggah’s tours… there are too many good tours I’ve missed to even pick ten.

  • Gossamer Axe

    Death any tour.
    Cacophony w/Jason Becker
    Motley Crue – Shout and/or Def Leppard – Pyromania
    Iron Maiden – Killers But I did see the Powerslave tour which was great but I’m partial to Paul.

    Glad I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan before he passed. Great show.

    • Biff Tannen

      Gossamer- None of these trendy kids on here have any idea who the “Paul” that you speak of is.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

        Paul… is he that guy who owns the coffee company? What is it? Newman?

      • R. Joseph Smith

        How can you post to this site while being anally invaded? Huh. Impressive.

      • R. Joseph Smith

        I would love to just lay you out and fill your mouth with your mother’s feces.

    • Ajax

      Killers is good and Paul got Maiden rolling but I dunno. Bruce > Paul

      Murders in the Rue Morgue is and will always be an awesome song though.

  • Hammer_Smashed_Hurtt

    Pantera, Extreme Steel Tour.

    Live up every moment.

    • Slaughterhouse

      Wow…Im surprised BIff Tannen missed this one….

  • Frank

    My friend had a ticket for me to go see the Pantera/White Zombie tour when Great Southern Trendkill came out. I must’ve been 14 years old. I was all set to go when my mom heard on the news about religious protesters out there picketing white zombie, so she made me stay home. I often wonder how awesome it would’ve been to see both those bands…..

    • LilalCFH

      Incredibly awesome… Mind-blowingly awesome… Life-changingly awesome. That’s how awesome it was.

    • bluecat

      saw that show in dallas, awesome, especially on acid

  • Art Weingartner

    The Slayer, Pantera, Fear Factory one…can’t remember the name of it.

  • HeyCheckOutThisListYouCareNothingAbout

    Seeing as how most of my favourite bands are defunct/past their prime I have a few shows in mind that I’d like to see. I have them arranged more or less in order.

    1. Dream Theater – Images & Words or Scenes From a Memory (but mainly shows before LaBrie’s vocal chord thing, so early Awake tour as well)
    2. Genesis – The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway or Selling England by the Pound
    3. Pink Floyd – Animals or The Wall
    4. Iron Maiden – World Slavery or Seventh Tour (or Donnington or Rock in Rio or Somewhere Back in Time or pretty much any tour with Dickinson or Di’Anno for that matter)
    5. Death – any tour Human or later (Symbolic preferred)
    6. Meshuggah, Cynic, and The Faceless this past year
    7. Dio – Last in Line
    8. Metallica – Damaged Justice (provided I could have my mind wiped of their more recent transgressions)
    9. Black Sabbath – Headless Cross or Born Again (the latter for the lolz)
    10. Atheist & Candlemass

    • Slaughterhouse

      I seen Dream Theater in 2000 and they played Scenes From A Memory in its entirety….So fucking epic….and then they did another hour of other songs…one of the best shows I’ve been too!!!!!!!!

    • Gabe

      yes anything by Pink Floyd but especially Animals!!!

      meshuggah was alright (why wont they play “I ep”?!?!?!) but i hated myself for not knowing about The Faceless beforehand, would have enjoyed it soooooo much.

      • Slaughterhouse

        The Faceless were sick! I didn’t like Born of Osiris until I seen them live!

  • Zoolamander

    Kings X. lol

  • http://www.metalsucks.net/category/scraping-genius-off-the-wheel/ Gary Suarez

    Rolling Stones at Altamont Speedway Free Festival.

    • Tim the enchanter

      that was filmed for the Gimme Shelter movie, and it did NOT look like a good time…

  • SlickerDrip

    Great White at The Station nightclub

    • Ian P

      That was a killer show.

      • SlickerDrip

        Talk about an incendiary performance

        • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

          They really lit up the crowd.

    • dude

      They were on fire that night!

      …all the good ones were taken.

      • SlickerDrip

        Oh man, you’re gonna get flamed for that one

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

          Oh, buuuuurn!

          • R. Joseph Smith

            Hey, they burned on stage!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jason-Crispen/100000169530540 Jason Crispen

        was that the show they had the free Fan BBQ?

  • d.o.g.o.b.g.y.n.

    The Chimaira/Machine Head tour back in 2004

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Brown/537636633 Keith Brown

    I’m the only one who wants to go back to see the Beatles?

    • SlickerDrip

      Yes you are

    • Marcel

      No you aren’t.

      Saw (and met!) Paul McCartney a few years ago. Fan-fucking-tastic show.

    • Tim the enchanter

      They weren’t playing live anymore when the really cool shit was coming out, IE: after Revolver.

      I recently got the Anthology DVD set(for $68! @ HMV) and I have to say the screaming woulda pissed me off

  • http://www.last.fm/user/groverXIII groverXIII

    Metallica before Cliff died… Primus after ‘Sailing The Seas Of Cheese’ was released… the Progressive Nation tour with Dream Theater and Opeth would have been pretty awesome.

    • Tim the enchanter

      I saw the Cheese tour, and Pork Soda and Fishbowl

  • GW Gacy

    I would go ALL THE WAY back to 2008 just to see the Progressive Nation Tour (AGAIN!)

    Between the Opetheater and Three!

    Amazing.

  • Joe

    ( would want to see Metallica circa Ride the Lightning (I was born in 1987), or go and see Led Zeppelin back in the hay day.

  • Timothy

    ummmm… I can’t believe that no one thought of this yet, but how about any of the American Idol tours

  • http://www.hibernum.net hibernum

    1997 At the Gates Slaughter of the Soul tour with Dissection and Morbid Angel. Last time to see Dissection pre incarceration, and last time to see Morbid Angel with the classic David Vincent and Erik Rutan line-up, and of course ATG. Sure, ATG had a reunion tour. Sure, Evil D is back in Morbid Angel. But they were all in their prime before everything imploded.

  • Tanner

    Im a clueless fuck when it comes to past tours but here are the gods whom i woulda killed to have seen back in the day : Death. DEATH. DEATH! Decapitated with Vitek. Sepultura pre-’94 (you know, when they mattered) and Emperor.

  • bluecat

    strapping young lad, opeth, meshuggah in dallas a few years ago

  • T

    No one has mentioned Led Zeppelin…are you fucking kidding me?

    • T

      Ooops…didn’t see those

    • rattlehead

      I read in the liner notes that Judas Priest opened for Zeppelin in the states after releasing their early classic Sad Wings of Destiny. Can’t decide if that would be the one to go back and see or Metallica with Mustaine or Burton. Sabbath before Ozzy became a caricature of himself would be nice too.

  • uLy

    Skinny Puppy- Last Rights tour. 1992

    • Tim the enchanter

      Hey!
      I saw that.
      I also saw Puppy for Bites, Cleanse Fold, Vivisect, and Too Dark.
      Living in Vancouver has had a few advantages….

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Gavin/1396340262 Mark Gavin

    I wish I could go back and see NIN on the Light in the Sky tour AGAIN.

  • Sammy

    I’d go back to the Master of Puppets tour, sneak backstage and warn Cliff not to board any Scandinavian buses.

    (To this day I’ve never seen a 30-minute-set opening act command an audience like that, and cause the crowd to thin for the main act – Ozzy.)

  • http://www.myspace.com/somethinglikesweet CJ

    Slipknot’s subliminal verses tour with Lamb Of God and Shadows Fall. I had the chance to go, and I didn’t, and I will regret it forever.

    • Tim the enchanter

      I saw Slipknot for the 1st album and Iowa; they weren’t that great…quite sloppy.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michel-Giroux-Burroughs/574086565 Michel Giroux-Burroughs

    Damaged Justice Tour, I would have killed to be there, but my parents had not met in 1989, so… not a chance… anyway, this was the last tour before Metallica slowly went downhill, the last chance to see them before they played Enter Sandman and Nothing Else Matters over and over again…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Par/1311163597 Michael Paré

    Slipknot – Pledge of Allegiance Tour, again

  • amaz0n

    Acid Bath.

    • http://Snacrifice Snacrifice

      +1!!

  • SourDeez

    -Anything involving Death
    -Anything involving Kyuss
    -Megadeth when they were still on drugs
    -Maiden’s World Slavery tour
    -The tour with Pantera, Annihilator, and Judas Priest

  • swap-style

    i was at the guns-metallica-faith no more show in minneapolis and the sound was horrible, but a good time anyway ( i slept through guns, i was a tired 8th grader what can i say) i also attended the pantera-white zombie-trouble show also in 1992 (first stage dive) but, i would have to say the metallica kill’em all for one tour with raven, or the blizzard of oz tour with metallica opening (because of the whole cliff dying thing) would have been pretty choice too.

  • SlickerDrip

    Sex Pistols at Winterland, Dethklok at Sumatra

    • Tim the enchanter

      If you can find it;
      that show was filmed for a video called D.O.A. which also has Dead Kenneys

  • Malacoda

    This is a hard one. Obviously, I’d have to say that I would love to see Death, seeing as Chuck died before I was even into metal. I’d also love to see Decapitated.

    Some tours that I missed that, while they’re amazing, I still have a chance to see these bands (except Animosity):

    Nile/The Faceless/Unexpect
    Progressive Nation 2008
    Animosity/Job For a Cowboy/Hate Eternal/All Shall Perish

    • Facebook User

      agreed on progressive nation 2008

  • http://www.myspace.com/i_be_groovin THRASHETTE

    Puppetz for sure. With Cliff Burton.

  • http://www.movieviral.com Ian

    King’s X – any tour I didn’t see (be it I wasn’t alive or just didn’t go)
    Rush – Presto tour
    Jethro Tull – Thick as a Brick tour
    Tool – Lateralus tour
    A Perfect Circle – Thirteenth Step tour
    Montrose – any tour

    • http://www.movieviral.com Ian

      Might also add that the video Vince has up is top notch. Surprised you’re just now seeing this. One of their best, for sure.

  • R. Joseph Smith

    The show I most regret not going to, and I don’t believe it’s mentioned above. The very first Down tour. WIth Corrosion Of Conformity, EyeHateGod,Crowbar and PANTERA….Fuck Biff Tannen in his gaping asshole.

    • Slaughterhouse

      Haha….Biff Tannen can eat a dick!!!!!!!

  • Steve L

    “Spoonman” was never an album that Soundgarden released. That’s “Superunknown.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rob-Kurkjian/1238131077 Rob Kurkjian

    Damaged Justice tour for sure yea im that much of a fanboy

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brandon-Fountain/1391790047 Brandon Fountain

    I’d have to say:

    Led Zeppelin
    01-29-1975
    Greensboro, NC

    Set List:
    01. Rock and Roll
    02. Sick Again
    03. Over The Hills and Far Away
    04. In My Time of Dying
    05. The Song Remains The Same
    06. The Rain Song
    07. Kashmir
    08. No Quarter
    09. Trampled Underfoot
    10. Moby Dick
    11. How Many More Times
    12. Stairway To Heaven
    13. Whole Lotta Love
    14. Black Dog
    15. Communication Breakdown

    • Lincoln

      what!!!! no Lemon Song
      im soooooo into that song right now
      jimmy page is a beast

    • Tim the enchanter

      Zep never came to Vancouver when I was old enough(76/77)

  • Motoghost

    I don’t know about exact tours, one in particular would be the Ozzy/ Metallica tour in ’86. Other than that I would love to go back and see Joy Division in support of Unknown Pleasures. Would love to see the Cannibal Corpse/Cynic tour in 1993 I believe it was either 93 or 94, I was barely an infant. Death on their European tour in support of Human. Swans would be great to catch live, and for my last one Vio-Lence sometime after Eternal Nightmare came out.

  • Facebook User

    my pick without question would be the Metallica tour they did in Europe with Kyuss opening…what i wouldnt give to see Kyuss live

  • FuckGiggaBlows

    Guns and Metallica ’92 tour, no question

  • Jay-P

    I’d go and see the man stevie “motherfuckin” ray vaughan if i could.

  • Marc

    Soundgarden touring in support of Badmotorfinger.

  • Eyeofnewt

    Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff Beck, just a few months before that damned helicopter crash. Couldn’t get a ride into town and still regret it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sara-Petrocelli/519197405 Sara Petrocelli

    Definitely Led Zeppelin in ’75, Maiden’s World Slavery tour, and Metallica w/ Cliff.

  • Tim the enchanter

    Well; I’ve already seen memorable shows on these tours:
    -King’s X/Dogman
    -Melvins/Stoner Witch w/Helmet/ Betty
    -Gwar/Scumdogs Of The Universe w/Melvins
    -Soundgarden/Badmotorfinger w/Melvins
    -NIN/Downward Spiral w/ Marilyn Manson
    -Tool/Aenima w/Melvins
    -The Jesus Lizard/Goat
    -Killdozer/12 Point Buck w/Melvins
    -Joe Satriani/Surfing with The Alien w/Steve Vai
    -Primus/ Seas Of Cheese & Pork Soda & Fishbowl
    -Rush/Farewell To Kings & Moving Pictures & Permanent Waves
    -AC/DC /Powerage
    -Van Halen/II
    -Aerosmith/ Draw The Line w/Pat Travers
    -Kiss/Love Gun w/Cheap Trick
    -Yes/Drama
    -King Crimson/Discipline
    -Nomeansno/Wrong
    -The Police/Zenyetta Mondatta
    -DOA w/Bisquits drumming way back in the late 70′s w/ Pointed Stcks
    and many others that I can barely remember…

    So; for the sake of this poll:
    -Shellac/Action Park w/Slint
    -Fantomas w/ Terry Bozzio filling in for Lombardo
    -Montrose/1st album
    -Zeppelin/Physical Graffiti
    -James Brown/Sex Machine
    -Deep Purple/ Machine Head
    -Hendrix/Are You Experienced?
    -XTC/Drums and Wires
    -Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich drum battle at the 1952JATP
    -Miles Davis/ Nefertitti

    • Tim the enchanter

      Shit-fuck!
      I forgot ANY REFUSED show
      Yeah!!

  • d00shc00gr

    Being only 21, I missed out on a lot of awesome tours that happened before I was born/before I was old enough to go to shows my parents didn’t want to see, but of the tours I DO know about, I would go back and RE-visit the Gojira (touring behind Way of all Flesh) Machine Head( touring the Blackening) Trivium (touring the Crusade) and Lamb of God (sacrament) at Headliner’s in Toledo. That was, to this day, THE most awesome show I’ve seen. It was the same amount of high points as Ozzfest ’07 but I didn’t have to stand around DTE from noon until midnight.
    Aside from that, I’d love to have seen GWAR with Municipal Waste (touring Hazardous Mutation) in ’06. I always have WAY too much fun at GWAR shows and then the next week just seems lame by comparison.