So, Baby, You DO Know What That's Worth

[It's from an old meme chez Sam, but it's what I'm in the mood for today...]

* Reply to this message telling me which of these 30 artists you have also seen perform.
* Take the ones from my list that you have seen, and post them in your own LJ (or blog).
* Add more until you have 30. [I'm not including FNC shows...rock/pop only.]

1. Beck (this is the only one I shared with him) (Now & Zen, Golden Gate Park)
2. Belinda Carlisle (SB Bowl; Fox Theatre, Redwood City)
3. Morrissey (SB Bowl)
4. The B-52's (UCSB ECen; SB Bowl; Fillmore; Concord Pav.)
5. They Might Be Giants (SB Bowl; UCSB Extravaganza; Fillmore)
6. Adam Ant (Ventura Theatre)
7. Siouxsie and the Banshees (Warfield)
8. Pet Shop Boys (Warfield)
9. Pink (Warfield)
10. Bjork (Warfield)
11. The Go-Go's (SB Bowl; Yerba Buena Gdns.; Concord Pav.; Now & Zen)
12. Robbie Williams (Bimbo's)
13. Saint Etienne (Bimbo's)
14. Ladytron (Bimbo's)
15. Bananarama (Astoria, London)
16. Sugababes (Brighton)
17. Mary's Danish (SB Bowl; UCSB Extravaganza; The Graduate, I.V.)
18. Weezer (Bill Graham Aud.)
19. Janet Jackson (Shoreline Amph.)
20. Bloodhound Gang (Fillmore)
21. Suzanne Vega (Fillmore)
22. Barenaked Ladies (Shoreline Amph.)
23. Duran Duran (Now & Zen)
24. Dead or Alive (SF Pride 2003)
25. Aimee Mann & Michael Penn (Mountain Winery, Saratoga)
26. Bow Wow Wow (Slim's)
27. Human League (The Edge, Palo Alto)
28. Billy Idol (Warfield)
29. Del Rubio Triplets (UCSB Storke Plaza; SB dive bar later that night)
30. The Spice Girls (Desert Sky Pav., Phoenix)

[I've seen several of these acts more than once, and really had to sweat to squeeze out thirty separate ones. I never would have been able to do it if John and I hadn't ushered for a season or two at the Warfield and the Fillmore.]

[N.B. My first was dear Belinda, the Heaven on Earth tour, Santa Barbara Bowl, spring 1988. And I'm not afraid to admit it! What that means is that I saw a lot of the "80s bands" above long after the 80s were past. Some of them really should've sunsetted when the 80s did, but a few were, I think, improved with age. Bow Wow Wow? They ROCKED Slim's in 1999. Who would've thought?]

Previously Next

[Later (7/7): According to Ultrasparky, comedians who are like rockstars count, so I'm adding Sandra Bernhard (Ventura Theatre; UCSB Campbell Hall; Slim's; Brava Theatre), Graham Norton (Alcazar Theatre) and Margaret Cho (Warfield) to my list. Call them the Annex.]