I think most music fans have a bucket list of bands and artists they want to see. It's taken me about ten years but I'm almost finished my list. I thought I only had one left on the list but I realized that I actually have four (and probably more once someone reminds of something else). The four on the list are Rancid, Fugazi, The Dead Milkmen and Soundgarden, I have resigned to the fact that I'll never see the Beatles or Nirvana so I don't bother adding them. I only had the opportunity to really attend concerts in the 2000's and Fugazi went on "extended hitatus" in 2003 so they're out until they feel like it again. The Dead Milkmen haven't been a band since the 90's, they did reunite for a few shows a couple of years ago but then their bassist Dave Blood committed suicide so I'm probably not going to see them. Rancid I have no excuse for, they've come to Toronto several times since I've lived here and I don't know why I haven't gone, but they'll be back I'm sure. The last band is Soundgarden. They broke up in 1997 and I thought I would never get to see them. But on July 2, 2011 I'm going to be front row. However this wasn't cheap. I bought the tickets on their website the second the pre-sale happened and it was around $169.00 for the pair, $85.00 each! I'm pretty sure that's the most expensive concert ticket I have ever bought. I used to bug my dad about paying $200.00 for an Eagles ticket, now here I am spending $85.00 for a Soundgarden ticket. But although I hate to admit it, the principal behind the Soundgarden ticket and the Eagles ticket is the same . When you're young, you don't have any money and you go see young bands who don't charge a lot for tickets because if they did kids wouldn't show up. However Soundgarden and the Eagles are now both selling to a generation that loved them 15 plus years ago, these fans have grown up gotten jobs, own cars, houses, have kids, cottages, boats and have savings accounts. These people can now afford to spend $85.00 on a concert ticket, and Soundgarden knows this. They know I'm 30 and have a job, they know that there probably won't be a single 15 year old at their show unless their dad is taking them. When I was 15, $85.00 was a million dollars, I could live off that kind of cash for weeks. I could pay my way into an all ages show, split on a gram of weed and some nachos at 7-11 afterwards and still have about $75.00 left. Now $85.00 is one concert ticket, but lets be honest one awesome concert ticket. And lets make something clear, I'm not some Eagles fan hanging onto the past like my dad!
