My parents surprised me by taking me to see Roy Ayers live. I was 15 and he was a bout 75. It was amazing. Got a signed record too.

It's a tough question but seeing Future Islands live in a tiny venue above a pub has got to be it. The energy in the room was so palpable as Samuel Herring sung with such passion and conviction. We all witnessed a genuine raw emotion and that still remains unrivalled by any other live performance I've seen.

To see for the first time in concert Einsturzende Neubauten.

There is none, there are way too many to pick one favourite

nirvana rome 1994

Soft Cell, Leeds Poly Common Room.

Seeing orbital for the first time at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin and not knowing what to expect and my mind being blown as a sober teenager....

When I was a child a performing troupe of African musicians would visit our day care and perform with the expressed purpose of teaching children about cultures different from their own. One song went, "How do you say hello in Swahili?, JAMBO."

Meeting Killer Mike and El-P backstage after an RTJ show in Northern California.

Being carried by the crowd the first time I saw the pixies