Photo: Jay Demetillo This is the final in a three-part series. Read how I’m scoring my list and find out about my “special consideration” acts in PART 1 and 10 through 6 in PART 2. Favorite Shows 2016 | Favorite Shows 2015 | Favorite Shows 2014 Favorite Shows 2013 | Favorite Shows 2012 5 – TOM PETTY at BottleRock…

Credit: Steve Erle The fate of a supergroup is never certain. After all, there tend to be more Monsters of Folks and SuperHeavys than Creams or Travelling Wilburyses. Davey Havok (of AFI and Blaqk Audio) and all the members of No Doubt who aren’t Gwen Stefani have been quietly…

SAN FRANCISCO — A few minutes into L.A. new wave band Dreamcar’s sold-out show at the Great American Music Hall show Sunday, it became difficult to remember this band was playing just its third public gig. Dreamcar is no ordinary band, of course. Its four members—Adrian Young, Tony Kanal…

Credit: Steve Erle The last time drummer Adrian Young played a “first show” with a band he called his own was in 1989, when the 19-year-old became a member of a little-known punk and ska collective called No Doubt. Dreamcar, Oslo 8 p.m., Sunday Great American Music Hall Tickets:…

Dreamcar. Courtesy: Steve Erle. If it took you this long to piece together that new wave and synth rock band Dreamcar is actually comprised of members of No Doubt and AFI’s frontman, Davey Havok, and then cruise over to the Great American Music Hall website to buy tickets to…