10 bands

I have been struggling a bit lately finding things to write about in this blog, mostly because I don’t want to contribute to the conversation about AI. So when Alex posted about concerts, he got me thinking: have I seen 10 bands live? Apparently this is a meme going around the Fediverse (I’m not there anymore), and the idea is basically: Introduce yourself with 10 bands you have seen. And I had a similar reaction to Alex’s: have I seen 10 bands live? Well, turns out I have! But the “introduction” part of it may be misleading, because some of the bands I remember seeing are not because I liked them especially, but either I went to the concert with someone or I got the tickets for free. Fortunately I have enough concerts to drop some of those from the list. I start with Metallica, with The Cult opening (with Suicidal Tendencies, whom I didn’t like), which counts as one concert. The rules of this meme aren’t that clear, I think. It was the “Wherever We May Roam” tour, and it was before…