The Briggs
Mad Caddies
Attack! Attack! - Headliners. (forgot the date :S) - A must see, they are a great band live; lots of energy. Best song was Too Bad Son.
A lost corz
Mid-Term Break
Slipknot - Headliners. 11/12/08 - What can I say? Absolutely amazing. Best songs: Surfacing,Spit It Out, Dead Memories.
Children of Bodom
Machine Head
Mindless Self-Indulgence -Headliners. 28/1/09 - Ehh, I was only really there for In Case of Fire and Black Tide. Still, MSI's best song had to be Faggot. AND there was a wall of hugs.
Dir en grey
Black Tide
In Case of Fire
Attack! Attack! -Headliners. 21/2/09 - Great, once again, they never disappoint. Best song this time round was This is a Test.
Tonight Is Goodbye
Said Mike
Out of Sight
Fei Comodo - Headliners. 26/2/09 - Brilliant! I really want to see these live again. Best track was This One's For Us.
Bury Tomorrow
Kaikoura
Electric Six - Headliners. 7/3/09 - Fun gig. A few dickheads there though, but what can you do eh? Best song has to go to Improper Dancing.
Tragedy
Finding Atlantis
Lights - Headliners. 14/4/09 - I only watched a little part of her set, and I'd never listened to her stuff before. I might have to, because I've heard it's good.
In This Moment
VersaEmerge
Whole Wheat Bread
Madina Lake - Headliners. 2/5/09 - Amazing, almost tops off Slipknot. Best track was either True Love or Me vs. The World.
Yashin
The Audition
Flood of Red
The Blackout - Headliners. 27/5/09 - Great! Silverstein were one of the first bands I really got into aswell, and Hollywood Undead were just pure awesome. Best track
The Urgency
Hollywood Undead
Silverstein
Saving Aimee - Headliners. 7/6/09 - Haha, this gig was alright. The best song hands down was Small Talk. So good, they played it twice.
The Mission District
Twenty Twenty
Twenty Twenty - Headliners. 10/9/09 - This was fun. (: Best track was Forever, me and a few mates went kinda crazy.
The Gap Year Riot
The Broadcast
The Used - Headliners. 16/9/09 - I only really went to this for We Are The Ocean (their best track was Nothing Good Has Happened Yet even though a friend of mine fucked his ankle up) to be quite honest, but The Used but on a good show. Best Used track: Empty with You.
We Are The Ocean
Hexes
Go:Audio - Headliners. 5/10/09 (best song: Brake! Brake!)
Attack! Attack! - Best band of the night. Their best song was Too Bad Son.
Saving Aimee
Twenty Twenty
Dream Theater - Headliners. 9/10/09 - WOW. They put on an absolutely amazing show. Best gig I've ever been to. Best songs: ALL OF THEM!
Opeth - Opeth were brilliant too, their best song:
Bigelf
Unexpect
Papa Roach - Headliners. 13/10/09 - Papa Roach exceeded all of my expectations, they were just great. Good atmosphere and they sounded pretty much flawless.
Madina Lake
Heaven's Basement
Enter Shikari - Headliners. 20/10/09 - Amazing gig, absolutely packed (sold-out) and an awesome set list to top it off. It's hard to choose the best song for me, so I'm going to go with
The Devil Wears Prada - A sidenote: TDWP are shit.
True Tiger
Fightstar - Headliners. 26/10/09 - Brilliant band, shit crowd is what I have to say about this gig. Fightstar were literally pitch perfect and the set was brilliant. I especially loved
Saving Aimee
Young Guns
Prego
Rise Against - Headliners. 18/11/09 - Absolutely amazing, they built up the night's atmosphere so well with extended build-ups and even a piano intro to - the first song I ever heard by them - Dancing for Rain. Best songs were:
Thursday
Poison the Well
Bring Me the Horizon - Headliners. 20/11/09 - I didn't really enjoy BMTH that much really, although Braile (For Stevie Wonder's Eyes Only) was a pretty good song.
A Day to Remember
August Burns Red - Loved August Burns Red, caught Matt Grainer's drumstick! They were great and the frontman is a really awesome guy to talk to.
Yashin - Headliners. 21/11/09 - Best song was The First Rule Of Fight Club. They also got the old vocalist on stage for the end of Dirty Slut. Only complaint was that I seemed to be getting punched by hardcore dancers a lot. Oh, and they didn't play
Noise Explosion
This Is Divine
This Way Up
The Mission District - Headliners. 24/11/09 - Best song was the Just Dance cover. ;p
The New Cities
The Broadcast
This Never Fails
Killswitch Engage - Headliners, Taste of Chaos 2009. 30/11/09 - Killswitch were great, Howard was funny haha - "Who do you think I am? A black guy in a metal band? Oh...right..." Best song they did, for me, was
In Flames - These were amazing too, and they did a signing before the show, which I got tickets for. :D The best song, though, was
Every Time I Die
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.
It's not as big as some people's lists (I am aware it is not that impressive, it's just something I'm putting together to keep track of the bands I've seen).
So basically, I've seen:
Dropkick Murphys
Mad Caddies
The Briggs
A lost corz
Mid-Term Break
Attack! Attack! x3
Children of Bodom
Machine Head
Slipknot
In Case of Fire
Black Tide
Dir en grey
Mindless Self-Indulgence
Out of Sight
Said Mike
Tonight is Goodbye
Kaikoura
Bury Tomorrow
Fei Comodo
Finding Atlantis
Tragedy
Electric Six
Whole Wheat Bread
VersaEmerge
In This Moment
Lights
Yashin x2
Flood or Red
The Audition
Madina Lake x2
The Urgency
Hollywood Undead
Silverstein
The Blackout
Twenty Twenty x3
The Mission District x2
Saving Aimee x3
The Broadcast x2
The Gap Year Riot
Hexes
We Are the Ocean
The Used
Go:Audio
Unexpect
Bigelf
Opeth
Dream Theater
Heaven's Basement
Papa Roach
True Tiger
The Devil Wears Prada
Enter Shikari
Prego
Young Guns
Fightstar
Poison the Well
Thursday
Rise Against
August Burns Red
A Day to Remember
Bring Me the Horizon
This Way Up
This is Divine
Noise Explosion
This Never Fails
The New Cities
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Every Time I Die
In Flames
Killswitch Engage
...the list grows ever longer!




























































