I'm sure I'll forget some, but here are the bands I have seen multiple time:

Umphrey's McGee - 12 times
The Flaming Lips - 4 times
Red Hot Chili Peppers - 3 times
Girl Talk - 3 times
Hot Chip - 3 times
Ween - 3 times
Of Montreal - 3 times
Bruce Springsteen - 2 times
The Mars Volta - 2 times
Queens of the Stone Age - 2 times (they opened for RHCP, I don't really care for them)
Kanye West - 2 times
Damien Rice - 2 times
De La Soul - 2 times
The Dodos - 2 times
Ben Folds - 2 times
Yeasayer - 2 times
Sigur Ros - 2 times
MGMT - 2 times
Mastodon - 2 times
The New Pornographers - 2 times
Rhymefest - 2 times
Dinosaur Jr. - 2 times

Grateful Dead about 15 times
Bruce Springsteen about 15 times
Neil Young about 10 times
Roxy Music 6
REM about 10 times
Widespread Panic about 12 times
Rolling Stones about 5 times

There's too many bands that I've seen 2 or 3 times to mention.

To answer the question "What keeps me coming back for more?" I'd say my love for their recorded music carries more weight than how good they are live, strangely enough.

Because I've seen Evan Dando/Lemonheads about 6 times now and maybe 2 of those were good shows.

EDIT: Oops, I see the question was "Who keeps you coming back for more?" Carry on, then.

Jay Reatard - Like 5 or 6 times (this year)

I don't think I'd ever miss a Jon Brion show in Chicago if I could help it.

Pearl Jam - 31
Wilco - 24 (Jeff solo 7x)
Ben Harper - 15
The Jayhawks - 14
Guster - 13
Martin Sexton - 13
Arcade Fire - 13
Bon Iver - 12
Low - 12+
Andrew Bird - 11
My Morning Jacket - 10
Built To Spill - 9
Ted Leo - 9
Sonic Youth - 8
Yeasayer - 8 (yeah i know, wtf? granted 3 were at festivals this year)
The Hold Steady - 8
The Frames - 8
Broken Social Scene - 7
Drive-By Truckers - 7
Ryan Adams - 6
The Bad Plus - 6
Dismemberment Plan - 6
M. Ward - 5
The Pixes - 5

4X

2X


2X

Wish I could(have) more often.

That's a lotta "Even Flow."

Grateful Dead-46
Jayhawks - 22
Wilco - 8
Gov't Mule - 6
PHish - 14

ugh, don't remind me

Not that impressive, but whatever. A lot of these multiples include seeing bands at festivals before or after I've seen them do their own shows.

Bob Dylan - 5
Broken Social Scene - 3 or 4 (if Lollapalooza/aftershow count as separate shows even though they're on the same day)
Death Cab For Cutie - 3
My Morning Jacket - 3
Ryan Adams - 2
Wilco - 2
Dave Matthews Band - 2
Ben Kweller - 2
Kanye West - 2
Eels - 2
Nickle Creek - 2
Feist - 2
Kings of Leon - 2 (two nights in a row opening for Dylan)
Old 97's - 2
Foo Fighters - 2
Pete Yorn - 2
Bruce Springsteen - 2 (1x E Street Band, 1x Seeger Sessions band)

Northern Room - 6
the Damnwells - 5
Ryan Adams - 3
Jesse Malin - 3
Augustana - 3
U2 - 2
RHCP - 2
Arcade Fire - 2
Pipettes - 2
Matthew Ryan - 2
Tegan & Sara - 2

probably some others i'm forgetting





how are they live? Always wanted to see them. I guess i missed the boat

umm, lets see. off the top of my head:

Ben Folds (probably my top gone-to artist....I never missed him whenever he was anywhere near Chicago back in the day when he first started his solo shows. Now, ehh, missing him isn't too big a deal)
Gil Mantera's Party Dream
Andrew WK
R.E.M.
Jay Reatard
The Strokes
Electric Six (seven-dozen or so times this month)
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Art Brut
Har Mar Superstar (siiiiigh)
Reel Big Fish
Wolf Parade
Frightened Rabbit
The National
Phantom Planet
Pearl Jam
Clinic
Interpol
The Hives
M. Ward
The Walkmen
Queens of the Stone Age
Sunset Rubdown
Busy Signals
Flaming Lips
Eisley
Shout Out Out Out Out
Coldplay
Of Montreal
Girl Talk
Zwan (I know, rite.....)
Thursday



I saw 'em once at the Vic. They were quite the live band. Lots of fun surprisingly.

Grateful Dead
Allman Brothers (before Betts left)
Pink Floyd (TDB tour)
Roger Waters (99 on)
Neil Young
The Flaming Lips
The Drive By Truckers
The Jayhawks (and solo efforts)


Those are/were guarantees for me. Everyone else is a toss up.

Seen The Fall about 30 times. I go back again and again because they are The Fall.
Nick Cave, about 15 times, the consumate showman.
These are the only two I'd be upset about missing now.

Dirty Three, Calexico, Mogwai, Happy Mondays (though not since 1990) - all in double figures, mostly from being in on the ground floor - right place right time.

Tindersticks I've seen about 15 times, always in London and never in the same place twice. They have a policy of always changing the backdrop for their own amusement and it freshens things up even when the record they are selling is a bit duff (as it often has been since the turn of the century).

hmmm....

Kill Me Tomorrow - 5 (a few of them were opening slots)
Q and Not U - 4
Elliott Smith - 4
Dismemberment Plan - 4
Death Cab for Cutie - 4
The Constantines - 4
TV on the Radio - 3
Sonic Youth - 3
Wilco - 3
Sleater-Kinney - 3

I've seen lots of bands twice, so I'll just leave it at that.

i really dig this band
i think i might've seen them live, not sure

my brother used to work for Victory and has seen these guys 20x or so

i wish i had War All the Time w/ me at work... crap

And Los Lobos 2X (both free, incidentally)

I saw Entombed a lot in the space of a year during 1997-8. Maybe five times.
Twice, I don't count. I've seen a lot of bands twice.
These Arms Are Snakes keep me coming back for more. They get better every time. Three so far.
Three also for Boris. Funny to see how their popularity has increased since 2004.

Only bands I've seen more than once are MuteMath (4), mewithoutYou (2) and Newsboys (2). I would see MuteMath every night of my life if I could.

off the top of my head:

Faith No More 7
Bungle 2
Muse 2
Ryan Adams 2
Neil Young 3
Arcade Fire 2 (one was front row at Radio City)
DMB 5

Beastie Boys 2
Tool 3
RATM 3
SLAYER 3
DREAM THEATER 2
NIN 3
Mighty Mighty Bosstones 11 (in the early 90's)
System of a Down 3
Metallica 3
Our Lady Peace 3 (for the lady)

Hatebreed 3
Poison the Well 3
UNEARTH 7
IN FLAMES 4

Naked Raygun, the Frogs, Royal Trux, US Maple, the Cows, Jesus Lizard, Blues Explosion probably 6-10 times each.
Palace/Will Oldham/BPB, Flaming Lips (pre-soft bull), Guided By Voices, Cheap Trick, the Replacements (Slim-era), Laughing Hyenas, Didjits, Shellac, 4 or 5 times each.
Seen Smog, Alex Chilton, Killdozer, Camper Van Beethoven, Royal Crescent Mob, Afghan Whigs, Gluecifer, Flying Luttenbachers, Mudhoney, Mike Watt, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Breeders (or maybe once it was the Amps), Pixies (90s), Dinosaur Jr., Deadly Snakes, ZZ Top, Green, Lords of the New Church, Melt Banana, High on Fire, ALL, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth, Husker Du, fIREHOSE, Night Ranger, Steppenwolf, P.W. Long, Mule, twice or thrice.

I would go to a Manowar concert every week if I could, but I've only had the pleasure once.

Never seen: Butthole Surfers, Melvins, Beatles.

Yeah, I have seen the majority of the bands that I want to see. A few I haven't had the opportunity to see are:

Moby, David Bowie, Madlib, Yann Tiersen, Aesop Rock, Tenacious D, and Justice.

Off the top of my head-

Cheap Trick
Wilco
Peter Gabriel
Flaming Lips
Aerosmith*
Arcade Fire
Van Halen*
Scissor Sisters*
White Stripes
Rolling Stones*
My Morning Jacket
The Who*

*Bands I will not see again.

For whatever reason, I've seen Trans Am around 10 times over the years.

Nice.

I don't go to many shows, call me a music hater, they scare me for some reason. But I have seen the National 5 times.

Local H
Pearl Jam
Wilco
Smashing Pumpkins
My Morning Jacket
Bob Dylan
Oxford Collapse

Andrew Bird
The Frames
The Go! Team
Devil In a Woodpile
The Redwalls

Goo Goo Dolls
Seven Mary Three
Better Than Ezra

Phish
Dave Matthews Band

I've seen the Who, the Redwalls, and Oh My God twice. I tend to not see bands more than once, these were exceptions because the second Who show was a gift and the other two were free.

even though Scott Lucas and i grew up a few miles away from each other, i've only seen them once
i need to catch them again

Not sure if you're in the Chicago are, but the Melvins will be here in two days.

As for bands I've seen at least three times:

Andrew W.K.: 6
Anthrax: 3
Avett Brothers: 3
Body Count: 3
BR5-49: 10
Drive-By Truckers: 5
Dropkick Murphys: 10-15
Even In Blackouts: 4
Flogging Molly: 4
Fu Manchu: 3
Guns And Roses: 3
Hank III: 3
Hepcat: 3
High On Fire: 3
Los Crudos: 3
Mighty Blue Kings: 4 or 5 times
Mighty Mighty Bosstones: 4
Monster Magnet: 5
Mr. T Experience: 2
Mustard Plug: 5
New Bomb Turks: 5
No Empathy: 10
Oblivion: 10
Rocket From The Crypt: 3
Saw Doctors: 5 to 10
Screeching Weasel/Ben Weasel: 6
Sick Of It All: 3
Skid Row: 3
Slayer: 3
Sloppy Seconds: 3
Smashing Pumpkins: 5
Smoking Popes 5-10
Social Distortion: 5
Sound Garden: 3
The Bollweevils: 5
The Hives: 3
The Methadones: 3
The Mushuganas: 5
The Queers: 15 or so

I'm sure I'm forgetting some others. Oh well.

Recent bands = Drive By Truckers, Avett Brothers, MMJ. Seen all those guys a ton.

And Phish, of course. Never saw the Dead - perhaps one of the reasons for my unhealthy obsession.

I'd love that.

Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Cool Kids, The Hold Steady, and The New Pornographers 3 times each

Boredoms, Monotonix, Dan Deacon, Misson of Burma, Stephen Malkmus, King Khan, RJD2, Diplo, Robert Randolph, Sonic Youth, George Clinton, CSS, Ghostface Killa, Devin the Dude and many more 2 times

then there are all the hippie bands that played at the festivals i went to in high school, but i was mostly too fucked up on drugs to make it to the shows/remember them anyway.

I've only been going to shows regularly for about 4 years now and have gotten to see some amazing acts. it doesn't take a lot to get me to a show; i steal most of my music, so if i like the band recorded i will try to give them some money out on the road.

I've seen at least 50 bands more than once. Here are the ones I've seen 5+ times:

Melvins
Sonic Youth
Stereolab
The Jesus Lizard
Pavement
Yo La Tengo
Fugazi
Blonde Redhead
Melt-Banana
The Geraldine Fibbers
Trans Am
Jay Reatard
Man...Or Astroman?
Zoroaster

Let's leave it at bands I've seen at least five times:

Tool
Peter Gabriel
Guided by Voices
Soundgarden
Melvins
Mudhoney
Nirvana
High on Fire
Metallica
Stereolab
Fugazi
Shudder to Think
Scorpions
Neil Young/ Crazyhorse
Burning Spear
Israel Vibration
Toots and the Maytals

ive seen boris like 50 fucking times in the past year

At least 5 times:

Bjork
Sigur Ros
Peter Gabriel
Rush
Jesus Lizard
Radiohead
Jane's Addiction
Nine Inch Nails
Helmet
Mogwai
Sunn 0)))
Prong
Battles
Isis
Chemical Brothers
Ministry
LCD Soundsystem
Deftones
REM
Interpol
Meshuggah
These Arms are Snakes
MIA
Primus
Explosions in the Sky

Five or more:

Cheap Trick
Rush
Adrian Belew
Peter Gabriel

I've never had the opportunity to see anywhere near the volume of shows the rest of you guys get to. Sounds tiring! Anyway...

Ensiferum six times, but that was basically because I was on assignment with them back in April.

I've seen GWAR five times. Why, I'll never know.

Metallica four times. Opeth, Stars, Metric, Caribou three times.

Rusted Root. I saw them once when I was ~18 or 19 in Milwaukee and it was a fantastic show. I saw them early this year at the HOB and it was horrible.

Saw Dave Matthews a few times. I think that's it I'm sad to say.

Usually this is helped by festivals. Twice: Jens Lekman, Les Savy Fav, Boris, Times New Viking, Mission of Burma, Jay Reatard, Shellac.

Will be seeing Akron/Family a second time a few weeks, hopefully. Same venue, too.

Oh, yeah, I've seen Kevin Drumm twice, too.

I was probably more like , though.

At least 20 times:

Rich Mullins (RIP)
Over the Rhine
Bill Mallonee/Vigilantes of Love

More than 10 times:

Will Hoge
Glen Phillips/toad the wet sprocket
King's X

Several times:
Dada, Nickel Creek, Galactic Cowboys, Podunk, Material Issue, Midnight Oil, U2, The Call, The Alarm, Jonathan Rundman, Beki Hemingway, Ben Folds, Charlie Peacock, Indigo Girls, REM, INXS, Jars of Clay, Umphrey's McGee, Jeff Elbel & Ping, Lacuna Coil, POD, Lost Dogs, Marc Broussard, Michael Card, Miranda Stone, Mitch McVicker, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Neil Young, Newsboys, REO Speedwagon, about 500 local bands I've forgotten the names of, and the Grateful Dead (twice)

I'm sure there's more, but that's certainly enough.

I saw the Allman Brothers, Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath each twice, but I am going way back aways, to say the least.

Was pretty disappointing at Coachella earlier this year. Surprisingly not good to dance to.

Anyway, here are mine. I've been going to Coachella, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, and the Hideout Block Party every year for the last 3-4 years, which explains most of these:

Arcade Fire 3
Bloc Party 3
Dan Deacon 4
Grizzly Bear 3
Mike Doughty 3 (+Soul Coughing once)
New Pornographers 4 (only once with Neko, though, and never with Dan)
Of Montreal 4
Satellite Party 3 (yuck, though)
SOUND Team 3
Spoon 5
Sunset Rubdown 3
Tapes n Tapes 3
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists 4
They Might Be Giants 3
Voxtrot 3
Weezer 3
Wilco 3
Wolf Parade 4

Which makes Spoon my most seen act and Spencer Krug my most seen artist. I could stand to see Wilco about a dozen more times though.

Radiohead x4
Akron/Family x3
Oneida x2
Mono x2
Six Organs Of Admittance x2
Aesop Rock x2
Black Moth Super Rainbow x2
Do Make Say Think x2
Animal Collective x2
Dark Meat x2
The New Sound Of Numbers x2
Thee American Revolution x2 (Robert Schneider of Apples In Stereo)
Annuals x2

I don't really see a lot of bands twice, more because noone comes around nashville more than once every few years.

How is he live? I really want to see him.

funny, i started a similar thread on the DBT board today. i'll play. these are bands i've seen at least 3 times...the bands i've seen the most (anywhere 8-12 times) are Neil, SY, YLT and Giant Sand.

neil young
big dipper
yo la tengo
mogwai
calexico
giant sand
sonic youth
peter jefferies
alastair galbraith
thinking fellers union local 282
blue oyster cult
hold steady
guided by voices
cat power
acid mothers temple
american music club
barbara manning
black helicopter
boris
camper van beethoven
come
damon & naomi (also saw galaxie 500 and magic hour, but only once each)
dinosaur jr
echo & the bunnymen
elvis costello
jack rose
blake babies
dumptruck
magnolia electric company
meat puppets
mission of burma
robyn hitchcock
sebadoh
polvo
sir richard bishop
six organs of admittance
straitjacket fits
tar
the bats
the cure
the jesus lizard
tortoise
versus
u2XHelmet
Major Stars
Thurston Moore (in various non-SY outfits)

ted leo - 10
enon - 7
rocket from the crypt - 6
walter meego - 6
!!! - 5
jon brion - 5
the national - 5
pearls & brass - 5
the black keys - 4
the hold steady - 4
les savy fav - 4
man or astroman - 4
my morning jacket - 4
okkervil river - 4
old 97s - 4
polyphonic spree - 4
spoon - 4
super furry animals - 4
wilco - 4
annie - 3
brendan benson - 3
big sandy & the fly-rite boys - 3
the constantines - 3
dark meat - 3
the dears - 3
face to face - 3
the hives - 3
jamie lidell - 3
mission of burma - 3
the mooney suzuki - 3
the new pornographers - 3
trail of dead - 3

i had to cut it at 3x, even though i've seen some great bands twice. with the exception of wilco, i didn't include any band who hails from the same town where i live. otherwise, i think that's pretty accurate.

radiohead x3
muse x3
xiu xiu x4
pelican x2
they might be giants x2
dir en grey x4 as of tomrrow

i have seen kraftwerk, MC Chris, fischerspooner, kenna and boris all only once but i would see them all again if i had the chance

I was on a lot of drugs both times, but I do remember it was fun as fuck to dance to