What were you most favorite/least favorite concerts?

The 3 worst off the top of my head would be Violent Femmes, the Bodeans, and Hootie and The Blowfish.   Under the right circumstances, probably would have like the Bodeans more, but happened to be sitting near a bunch of idiots.

Enjoyed Todd Rundgren, Van Halen, Stone Temple Pilots, Metallica, many others.  I've seen a lot more middling type artists than truly great ones.  Wish I could have been to the Paul McCartney concert here in Milwaukee.  That sounds like it would have been a great time. 

Chicago - no contest!

 ...and yeah, the band's name sucks, but they do put out the best concerts!

BEST:  KISS (1979), Van Halen (1980), Judas Priest (1984), Deep Purple (1985), David Lee Roth (1986), Journey (1986), Huey Lewis & The News (1987), Def Leppard (1987), Boston (1987), Ozzy (1989), Metallica (1989), Whitesnake (1990), Jane's Addiction (1991 Lollapalooza), Alice In Chains (1993 Lollapalooza), Steely Dan (2000), Rush (2002), Joe Satriani/Dream Theater/King's X (2002), Megadeth (Gigantour 2005), Symphony X (2007), Extreme/King's X (2008).

OK:  Molly Hatchet (1982), .38 Special (1984), The Cult (1990)

WORST:  ZZ Top (1986).  They simply recreated their moves from the videos and played along to backing tracks.

The best concert I have ever been to was The Clash at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Another great one at the same venue was Susan Tedeschi, Johnny Lang and Buddy Guy. At Alpine - Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Cray and Buddy Guy. Night before Stevie died.

Rolling Stones, George Thoroughgood at Sun Devil Stadium in 1981.

Grateful Dead did a surprise show in Madison in the mid-80s between Alpine and Minneapolis. Played at Dane Co Coliseum. easily the best Dead show I've ever been to.

Disappointing were Stones in Indy Hoosier Dome, John Mellencamp (worse than disappointing. It sounded like they just play an album and he lip synched the whole thing. Maybe he did). And so many more that I have erased them from memory. 

Best show(s):

Impromptu - Stevie Ray and Jimmie Lawrence Vaughan at Steamboat 1874.

I had just moved to Austin after 3 years on the road mixing sound for a soon-to-be-forgotten band off the east coast. I had hopes of continuing my career as a sound engineer in Austin when I stopped by Steamboat 1874 for the clubs locally famous Monday Night Live show. I had been told it was the place all the musicians went to and just jammed - figured it was a good place to make connections. There was a 3 piece house band (drums, bass, rhythm) and various artists would get up and play 2 or 3 songs. Sometime around 11:30pm the Vaughan brothers stepped on stage. I was told it was rare as they were both building their own followings with Double Trouble (Stevie) and The Fabulous Thunderbirds (Jimmie). I did not really know their music at that point. After being blown away by their 30 minutes on stage and finding out the sound guy that night was working for beers, I decided to go back to school. (There was no cover for MNL @ Steamboat).

Ticketed concerts

I'm a Todd Rundgren fanatic so these are likely biased.  

I think I saw the Replacements @ the 13-13 Club in Charlotte.  1989ish.  I imagine it was the best show I've ever been to, probably.

Hungry5--that sounds amazing.  I would have loved to have heard SRV!

Best:

The Who: 1982 @ Mecca (bonus trivia points if you remember the opening band).

R.E.M./Let's Active @ the Fox Theater Atlanta 1986

Jane's Addiction/Mary My Hope @ the Cotton Club Atlanta 1988.

Iggy Pop/Jane's Addition: @ Center Stage Theater Atlanta 1988.

U2/the Police/Peter Gabriel (and a few others) Amnesty International tour @ the OMNI Atlanta 1986

U2/Bodeans @ the OMNI Atlanta 1987

Motorhead: @ the Metroplex Atlanta 1986

Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble with Lonnie Mack: @ the Fox Theatre Atlanta New Year's Eve 1985/New Year's Day 1986. $20 ticket price on the floor seats.

Eric Clapton/The Blasters @ Summerfest Main Stage 1983

The Church/Peter Murphy/Tom Verlaine @ Center Stage 1988

The Replacements @ The Buckhead Cinema and Drafthouse Atlanta 1987

Alex Chilton @ the Dugout Atlanta 1986

Husker Du @ the Buckhead Cinema and Drafthouse Atlanta 1987

The Ramones/Social Distortion  @ the International Ballroom Atlanta 1992

Patti Smith/Smoke @ Variety Playhouse Atlanta 1998

Nirvana/Insane Jane: @ the Masquerade Atlanta 1990

Dale Watson @ Smithe's Olde Bar Atlanta 1998

Warren Zevon/X/The Silencers @ the Fox Theatre Atlanta 1986

Red Hot Chili Peppers/Theolonious Monster @ the Uptown Lounge Athens 1986

Lou Reed/Smithereens @ the Fox Theater Atlanta 1986

X @ the Masquerade Atlanta 2004

Alice in Chains/Screaming Trees @ the Masquerade Atlanta 1992

Metallica/The Cult @ Lakewood Amphitheater Atlanta 1989

Blue Oyster Cult: @ Alpine Valley 1982

White Zombie/Screaming Trees @ the Masquerade Atlanta 1993

Sonic Youth/Dirt @ Center Stage Atlanta 1990

AC/DC @ Philips Arena Atlanta 2011

Foo Fighters/Garbage/Joan Jett @ Music Midtown Piedmont Park Atlanta 2012 (over two days).

Soundgarden @ the Tabernacle Atlanta 2013

Worst:

Whitesnake/Great White @ the OMNI 1987

Merle Haggard and Family @ Lanierland Music Park Forsyth County, GA Early 2000's.

GG Allin and the Murder Junkies @ the Wreck Room Atlanta 1989

Pearl Jam/Adam Ant @ Music Midtown Piedmont Park Atlanta 2012 (over two days)

Mr. Crowe's Garden (original name for the Black Crows) three times too often.

AC/DC @ the OMNI Atlanta 1986

Helix @ the Metroplex Atlanta 1987

Sham 69 @ the Metroplex Atlanta 1986

The Psychedelic Furs @ the Fox Theater Atlanta 1987

New Model Army @ the Metroplex Atlanta 1987

Siouxsie and the Banshees/Nine Inch Nails/Body Count @ First Lollapalooza tour Lakewood 1991

Marching Two Step (early version of Collective Soul) @ the Cotton Club Atlanta 1990

Aldo Nova (opening for Blue Oyster Cult)@ Alpine Valley 1982

Best:

Queensryche: Operation: Livecrime Tour in the 80's. They were so tight it was incredible.

Sonia Dada: Simon Estes Amphitheater in Des Moines circa 2004. When the group's founder and main songwriter is one of the richest people in America and has a Law Degree from Northwestern I can see where the ability to dabble would lead to eventually moving on but damn they were good.

Kiss: Asylum Tour in the late 80s. Eric Carr rocked and Paul Stanley's voice was amazing for about an 8-year period.

Corey Stevens: Blues Fest in Saint Paul in the mid-90s. Three-piece on the Road To Zen Tour and he only had about an hour to play his entire set. Almost no talking just direct segues and quick count-offs from tune to tune.

38 Special: Moondance Jam 2011. I saw them with Honeymoon Suite openning back in the late 80s and they were good Don Barnes and Co. really brought it this time.

Collective Soul: 2010. I went in with modest expectations and was blown away by how good they were.

Styx: Moondance Jam 2008. I was always luke warm on them as a band but they were surprisingly great outdoors in '08. Todd Sucherman is an amazing drummer and Tommy Shaw still sounds great. They had a lot of energy for an aging band.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Walker, MN 2008 Another group I had open expectations of. They were energetic, no frills and very, very good.  

I used to see a lot of concerts but these are the ones that really stand out in my memory.

Best - first concert I ever went to. Eagles Hotel California tour. Steve Miller Band was the opener. Actually saw the band Skillet recently and they put on a heck of a show.