I wanna fuck you like an animal!

The Nine Inch Nails concert at the Q Friday night definitely goes into my Top 5 List of All Time concert experiences. Just. absolutely. fucking. incredible.

Our seats were right of stage (thankfully, since I’m just too old to be moshing in general admission anymore) in the club level. Thinking that NIN would go on around 9, we headed over around 8:30 — and they had already started! Luckily, we got to our seats (with beers) just as “March of the Pigs” was finishing. Seriously though, now THAT was a fantastic light show!

Anyway, my videos suck in sound quality, but you have to watch them — if only on mute to see how awesome Trent still is.

Well, fuck that then. WordPress and YouTube both hate me today. Maybe later, losers.

So, while I have you out there, here’s come of my fave concerts (really, in no particular order):

1. Nine Inch Nails – obviously, newly added. just. amazing. This was such a surreal moment realizing I was listening to Trent Reznor live. Awesome.

2. Metallica @ Lollapalooza some time around 94 or 95 – I saw Metallica several times, but this concert in particular, my HSS had to lie to his parents that we were all driving down to Columbus and staying overnight. Too cool. Plus I caught a guitar pick. Just an insane time.

3. No Doubt at the Odeon – Nothing is better than having Gwen Stefani close enough where you can lick her.

4. The Cranberries – I was unnaturally obsessed with The Cranberries in high school. Again, my HSS surprised me with pavilion tickets to Blossom REALLY, REALLY close to the stage. Delores is crazy on stage. I fucking loved every minute of it.

5. Better Than Ezra – Every time they come around Cleveland, I have to see them live. One of very few musical acts that give me chills when performing. Once, I even teared up listening to “This Time of Year.”

6. The Wallflowers @ Peabody’s Down Under (old flats east bank, remember that place?) – Another band I just fell in love with both live and taped (yes, tapes LOL). Oh, and Jacob’s VOICE. RAWR.

7. Matchbox 20 with Cool For August and The Cunninghams at the GROG Shop – Yes, muthafuckers, I saw Matchbox 20 for like $4 before they hit it big. I really wish they gave ticket stubs for that show. Plus the lead from The Cunninghams bummed a ciggie from me outside his bus.

8. Aerosmith at the Coliseum – During the Big Ones hey-day. We were front of our section and had a huge sheet painted with “We Got Big Ones.” Steven called us out from the stage. Too cool for words. My favorite moment was when they played “Janie Got a Gun.” For whatever reason, I will never forget that stage performance.

9. Sam Butera at the Croatian Hall – it’s not every day that a legend is still touring. It was like a moment out of a mobster movie for me. And for the uninformed, Sam Butera was a saxophone guy that played with Louis Prima. While it wasn’t Prima’s voice, Butera nailed the essence of his songs having been an actual part of that era. And you gotta love the dirty old man.

10. Michael Stanley – c’mon. Doesn’t everyone have a moment with him? And for the record, it was the first show I ever went to. I still have memories of my mom picking me up and standing on a cooler trying to see the stage. Cleveland Rocks, Stanley. And “He Can’t Love You” STILL remains on shuffle on the iPod.

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