I saw DMB @ pacbell park and he is great!!!!! other than that any metallica concert I have gone too....

 

I've been to so many, but two that stand out are the first bfd concert I went to at shoreline when greenday was there, and the last one I went to at shoreline with blink 182 and weezer. That was a lot of fun parting out in the rain.

I also have to mention "stars and stripes weekend" at kellys mission rock in I think 2006 where I saw Bob sinclair, that was a sic show! that place was jumpin like I've never seen..

 

Global Dance Festival (dj irene, deep sky, richard humpty vision, and Acosta) at Red Rocks in '04 - Van dyk was also supposed to show, but bailed
Warped Tour at Mile High (starting line, early november, billy idol, atmosphere, yellowcard, senses fail, taking back sunday, flogging molly, etc) in '05
Finch at The Aggie Theatre in Colorado '04

 

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that family values tour the first time I saw KORN! that was sic, one of the craziest mosh pits I've been in!

 

Girl Talk at the Fillmore was nothing but a big party - the crowd was allowed on stage.

Grizzly Bear at the Fillmore was probably the best show I've been to musically - 4 guys, 11 instruments.

Jamiroquai at the Wiltern is up there if only for absolute showmanship.

 

New Years Eve Grateful Dead late 70's early 80's (went to like 9 in a row). They would start around 8pm and give you breakfast the next morning as you were leaving. The sun would already be up.

 

Phish: Shoreline Amp.: Mountain View, CA: 7/09/03

 

but for real though, I must say Linkin Park when they were on their Meteora tour in San Jose

 

Godsmack because of the drum battle.

 

I worked as a professional musician, and in radio for a long time.
The single greatest performance I've ever seen:
Ben Harper at a Channel 104.9 Up-Close at the Expression Center for New Media ~2003. He was only supposed to play for 20 min and leave. He was there playing, answering questions and talking to fans for almost 3 hours.

As far as normal paying shows
I saw Cake back in 1996 at the Cubberley Community Center. This was before they were famous at all (hence the community center). The show just floored me, I went and saw them again at The Great American Music Hall in SF a few months later and was blown away there too.

 

Wow.. Hard to pick but my fav: Pretty Girls Make Graves at Bottom of the Hill in SF, 11.21.2003. It was a great show, my favorite venue and the place and night that I met my wife. After that, Pixies at Coachella and then at the Greek Theatre just because I thought I would never get to see them. So many awesome shows though! Could go on and on. Great times.

 

easy- Beastie Boys in SF..... freaking amazing show, went through all their styles, Mixmaster Mike had his own set, Sabotage as the last encore, the place EXPLODED

second- Public Enemy w/ Blackalicious and Dilated Peoples @ the Filmore. Chuck D ROCKED IT even though he's like 50 years old. Amazing live band behind him.

third- The Roots at the Commodore in Vancouver BC. They came on, rocked it the entire time without even stopping for a freaking breath between songs. Freaking amazing band..

 

too many good shows to list.. some of my favs wouls be
ISP and Triple Threat at Ameoba SF in 2000
Rock the Bellz 2006
Tiesto 2007
LP at Shoreline 2008
Deadmau5 2009
Kanye's Glow in the Dark Tour
The Killers last month at Shoreline

 

Fort Minor@ NaNa Plaza Bangkok

Gwar@Philmore, not a huge fan but the show was insane!

 

Agreed. Jimmy Eat World and Flogging Molly was great that show too.Sugar Ray's free concert at San Mateo County Fair that same year was hella cool too.