My best and worst of '06 music-wise........

Concerts I caught in '06:

Black Halos
The Cult
Secret Machines
Pitbull Daycare / Revolting Cocks / Ministry
Peaches / Bauhaus / Nine Inch Nails
Raconteurs
The Glitterati / Circus Diablo (Billy Duffy of The Cult's side project)
Groovie Ghoulies / Demolition Doll Rods / The Cramps
Guns n' Roses

The Cramps and Demolition Doll Rods at the Hollywood House of Blues on
Halloween weekend followed closely by Peaches, Bauhaus and Nine Inch
Nails in Irvine at the end of Summer make my best shows of 2006 list. I
have to say I was very pleasantly surprised by the Guns n' Roses show I
caught at the Universal aka Gibson Amphitheater last week, the 2nd
night of a 3 show stand. Izzy Stradlin joined the band for most of the
last 3rd of the show which was a solid 2 1/2 hours long. I was really
expecting a trainwreck featuring the Axl Rose Ego show and it turned
out to be a mostly solid concert with Rose in top vocal form.

IMO, kind of a so-so year for good albums. Still, I did and still do
enjoy the following in no real order:

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadia
Raconteurs - The Raconteurs
Pearl Jam - Pearl Jam
Tool - 10,000 Days
The Secret Machines - Ten Silver Drops
Wolfmother - Wolfmother
Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death
The Glitterati - The Glitterati (biggest surprise of '07 - highly
recommended)
Buckcherry - 15
Motorhead - Kiss Of Death (best Motorhead album in years)
Demolition Doll Rods - There Is A Difference

T.B.