This time line is as good a way as any to track my life through the years. The list is by year, and bands are listed from headliner to opener. Sometimes there were other bands on the bill, but if I didn't see them, they aren't listed. I've also realized that with rare exception, until 2001 I usually didn't keep track of local or lesser known bands that I saw in small clubs. How foolish I've been...
2004
January 17 - Barbie and the Bruizers / Joe
Mazzari Band / Jenny Jumpstart / The Pontiffs / Johnny Welfare
January 24 - Vibrotica / Joe Mazzari Band
January 31 - Joe Mazzari Band / Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex
Kittens / Rude Toys
February 5 - Joe Mazzari Band / Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex
Kittens
February 7 - Dead Heroes / Joe Mazzari Band
February 14 - Eggbot
February 18 - Eggbot
February 20 - The Downbeat 5 / The Coffins Lids / The Pontiffs
February 21 - Joe Mazzari Band / Rude Toys
March 6 - Joe Mazzari Band (late show) / two bands I don't remember
March 6 - Joe Mazzari Band (early show)
March 27 - Conifer / Rock City Crime Wave / Joe Mazzari Band / The
Pontiffs
April 3 - Joe Mazzari Band
May 1 - Joe Mazzari Band / The Pontiffs
May 15 - Eric Martin and the Illyrians / Joe Mazzari Band / Kenne
Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens
May 21 - The Pontiffs
June 7 - Covered in Bees
June 11 - Rude Toys / Joe Mazzari Band
June 26 - Joe Mazzari Band
July 3 - The Pontiffs / Gas
July 15 - Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens / Joe Mazzari Band
July 16 - Zero Mentality / The Pontiffs / Bastard Sons of the Infocalypse
July 31 - Joe Mazzari Band / Bad Credit / Spike Emerson Society
August 7 - The Pontiffs / Fumare / Owen Money and the Saviors
2003
January 18 - Murphy's Law / Every Forty Seconds / The Pontiffs / Kenne
Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens / Joe Mazzari
January 24 - The Downbeat 5 / Muck and the Mires
March 2 - Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens / The Pontiffs
March 7 - Joe Mazzari Band / The Pontiffs
March 30 - Joe Mazzari Band / Bates Motel / Kenne Highland and His
Vatican Sex Kittens / Barbie and the Bruizers / The Pontiffs / Eggbot
May 31 - The Spoilers / The Pontiffs / Gas
June 7 - Eggbot / Godbois
June 14 - Jonathan Richman (Record Store appearance)
June 14 - Sylvain Sylvain / The Marvels
June 27 - Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens / The Pontiffs / Hot
Tarts
July 3 - Eggbot / The Aquanaughts
July 26 - The Nebulas / The Infrareds / Joe Mazzari Band
August 15 - Joe Mazzari Band
August 24 - Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens / The Pontiffs
August 29 - Joe Mazzari Band / Chunky Funk
August 30 - The Pontiffs / Hot Tarts
September 19 - Joe Mazzari Band
September 25 - Green and Bossie / Dr. Slide
September 27 - Rude Toys / The Pontiffs
October 4 - Plastic East / Joe Mazzari Band / The Pontiffs / Kenne Highland and
His Vatican Sex Kittens
October 10 - Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens / The Illyrians /
Joe Mazzari Band
November 8 - Eggbot
November 28 - Fly Me Courageous / Joe Mazzari Band / American Pulverizer
December 6 - Hot Tarts / Pontiffs
December 13 - Johnny and the Jumper Cables / The Karinations / Girl on
Top / Joe Mazzari Band / Chunky Funk
December 19 - Joe Mazzari Band / Rock City Crime Wave / The Guts
December 27 - Social Heroes / Smoke Wagon / Muck and the Mires / Eggplant Queens
/ Sunshine Flipside / Joe
Mazzari Band / Johnny Black / Rude Toys / Red Sky Morning / Fly Me Courageous
2002
January 26 - The Pontiffs
February 9 - The Pontiffs
March 16 - The Pontiffs
March 30 - Hollering Man / The Pontiffs / Barbie and the Bruizers
April 20 - The Horror / Eggbot
April 27 - The Pontiffs / Rude Toys
June 3 - Godbois
June 8 - The Pontiffs
June 21 - The Pontiffs
July 6 - Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex Kittens / The Pontiffs / Rick
Blaze and the Ballbusters
August 9 - The Pontiffs / Rude Toys
August 17 - The Belmondos / The Church Keys / Lady Kensington and
the Beatlords
September 7 - Joe Mazzari Band / Dr. Slide
September 14 - The Pontiffs / Redeemer
October 26 - Kenne Highland and His Vatican Sex
Kittens / The Pontiffs / Joe Mazzari Band
November 29 - The Points / The Pontiffs
2001
April 13 - The Horror / Twitchboy / Colostomy / Eggbot / Swamp Witch Revival /
Smacdada
May or June - Lady Kensington and the Beatlords (first show) / Eggbot
August 25 - The Plungers
/ garage band whose name I didn't catch
2000
February 13 - The Forty Fives
May 15 - Red Hot Chili Peppers / Foo Fighters
1999
June 10 - Beach Boys Family and Friends
July 17 - Slobberbone / Tin Tins Rocket
July 18 - Groovie Ghoulies / the Brood
December 11 - The Pontiffs
1998
May 11 - Foo Fighters / Rocket From the Crypt
May 21 - Van Halen / Kenny Wayne Sheperd
July 13 - Page and Plant / can't remember opening band
July 31 - Superdrag / Lincolnville
can't remember if I've seen anyone else yet this year
1997
March 7 - Vicious Cycle
March 20 - Robyn Hitchcock / Dear Janes
March 23 - John Mellencamp / Amanda Marshall / The Why Store
April 10 - Bob Dylan
April 24 - Lemonheads / Speedball Baby
April 25 - Stone Temple Pilots / Cheap Trick
May 1 - Jon Spencer Blues Explosion / Delta 52
June 1 - Suzanna Hoffs / Jamie Walters
June 19 - ZZ Top / Cheap Trick
July 1 - U2 / Fun Lovin Criminals
August 29 - Peep Show
September 5 - Vampire Lezbos / Big Meat Hammer
October 3 - Letters to Cleo / Lincolnville
October 5 - Bo Diddley
October 9 - Foo Fighters / Talk Show / Treble Charger
November 12 - Live / Reef
November 15 - Big Meat Hammer / Pinkerton Thugs / General Strike / Chill
1996
February 1 - Bush / Goo Goo Dolls
March 30 - Big Meat Hammer / Celler Dwellers
April 5 - Foo Fighters / Amps / that dog
April 20 - Polly Purebred
April 27 - Polly Purebred / Psycle
April 30 - Nancy Boy / Superdrag
June 2 - Polly Purebred / Chinstrap
June 4 - Dan Comeau Band
July 6 - Peep Show
July 8 - Cast / Lustre
August 10 - Big Meat Hammer / Bloody Wonder Vise
August 15 - Peep Show
September 6 - Oasis / Screaming Trees / Manic Street Preachers
September 8 - Melvins
September 14 - Kelley Deal 6000 / Speedball Baby
October 5 - Ass Ponys / Ray Mason Band
October 11 - Big Meat Hammer / Peep Show / The Bleed
October 15 - Stabbing Westward / I Mother Earth
November 4 - Smashing Pumpkins / Garbage
December 4 - John Doe / Scud Mountain Boys
1995
April 27 - Jennifer Trynin / Darien Brahms / Car
April 30 - Mike Watt w/Eddie Vedder / Foo Fighters / Hovercraft
June 27 - Riverdales
August 11 - Foo Fighters / Shudder to Think / ? either Bare Minimum or Skiploader
October 11 - Goo Goo Dolls / Universal Honey
October 14 - Oasis / Acetone
1992 - 1994
Oct ?1994? - Moe Tucker with Sterling Morrison
I didn't keep track of concerts in these years, not sure why.
1991
February 26 - Poison / Slaughter
June 6 - Dread Zeppelin / Mojo Nixon
November 22 - Phish
1990
July 7 - Ramones / Debbie Harry / Tom Tom Club / Jerry Harrison
October 6 - Robyn Hitchcock / Jody Grind
November 11 - Fleetwood Mac
1989
May 12 - Mojo Nixon and Skid Roper / Holy Bones
July 12 - The Who
1988
March 11 - Squeeze / dbs
March 15 - Frank Zappa
Spring - AC/DC / LA Guns
June 20 - Beach Boys / Roy Orbison / John Cafferty
July 24 - Squeeze / Smithereens
November 11 - Jimmy Page / Mason Ruffner
December 6 - Ozzy Osbourne / Anthrax
1987
March 13 - Pretenders / Iggy Pop
April 16 - Deep Purple / Joan Jett
April 23 - Squeeze / The Truth
April 29 - Smithereens / The Boys
May 1 - Ramones / Ghost Walks
June 22 - Ratt /Poison
June 28 - Beach Boys / Washington Squares
July 28 - Long Ryders / Kopterz
July 30 - Fleshtones
August 29 - Stryper / Loudness /TNT
September 18 - U2 / Mason Ruffner
September 22 - Warren Zevon / X
October 2 - Def Lepperd / Tesla
October 28 - Aerosmith / Dokken
1986
January 10 - Twisted Sister / Dokken
February 14 - Plan 9
March 2 - Pat Benetar / The Alarm
March 27 - Grateful Dead
May 19 - Simple Minds / The Call
June 13 - PIL
July 30 - Monkees / Grass Roots / Gary Puckett / Herman's Hermits
November 3 - Ramones / the Queers
November 4 - REM / The Feelies
November 21 - Monkees / Grass Roots / Gary Puckett
1985
January 26 - The Dogmatics (I don't remember seeing them, but it was written in
my calendar for the year)
March 21 - Del Fuegos
April 4 - George Thorogood and the Destroyers
June 8 - Ramones / Elvis Brothers
June 20 - Allen Ginsburg
July 19 - The Moguls / The Brood
September 2 - Del Fuegos / Electric Caves
August 20 - REM / The Three O'Clock
November 22 - John Mellencamp
December 29 - The Brood
1984
Jan 10 - Ozzy Osbourne / Motley Crue / Waysted
March 9 - Ramones / David Johansen / Joe Perry
March 11 - Duran Duran / Simon Townsend
March 12 - Clash
April 13 - Roy Orbison / Jonathan Edwards
May 16 - Christine McVie / Baxter Robinson
May 30 - Beach Boys
June 16 - Plan 9
July 27 - Pretenders / Simple Minds
August 18 - Chesterfield Kings
August 20 -Elvis Costello / Nick Lowe and His Cowboy Outfit
1983
July 26 - Animals / Steppenwolf
1982
April 15 - Police / Black Uhuru
1981
May 29 - Beach Boys / Frankie and the Knockouts
1980
March 21 - Beach Boys / John Hall
1979
April 14 - Billy Joel
May 18 - Beach Boys / Iron Horse featuring Randy Bachman
June 14 - Journey / Sweet
August 3 - Kinks / Ian Hunter
August 6 - Steve Martin / Steve Goodman
September 2 - Shaun Cassidy / Fandango
September 29 - Cheap Trick / Moon Martin