KSizzle Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Mines won't be metal like the majority but I have been to alot of concerts: Best Pearl Jam (shocker, I know, lol...9 times, yes 9 times) Ben Harper Rage Against the Machine Alice in Chains Dave Matthews Band The Ramones Korn (they are pretty good live) 311 Tool (incredible live) Worst I've seen: Incubus (their equipment was horrible) Godsmack (another equipment failure) Linkin Park (do these bands have decent roadies??) Staind/Limp Bizkit (along time ago, it was a drunken disaster) Ziggy Marley (I was shocked at how shitty he sounded live) Most of the bands I listed as worst, were mainly because of the equipment malfunctions....They def. sound better in the studio. Not to mention a drunken Aaron Lewis constantly slurring words and forgetting lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendetta Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Best: Pearl Jam Dave Matthews Band Linkin Park (I saw them before Hyrbrid Theory became popular. $15!!) Outkast (their music is made to be performed live, saw them twice in one year) Lifehouse Disturbed Britney Spears (pre-meltdown Britney, my lady friend got the tix as a b-day present, Brit even came out in the all diamond suit she wore in her Toxic video! dont care what anyone says she is one hell of an amazing entertainer) Ben Harper (saw him in a small venue at the Fox Theater in Boulder and it was amazing!) Jack Johnson Worst: Avenged Sevenfold (no encore, played all the stupid new shit and hardly any old stuff) Tool (lighting was awesome, mood was shit, and Maynard had too many drugs because his singing and lack of motivating the crowd was goddamn awful) 50 Cent (I didnt pay for the tix but this is easily the worst concert I have EVER been to) Dont get me wrong I love A7X and Tool but they were just freaking awful live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSizzle Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 I should have added Jack Johnson to mine as well. He is amazing live. I'm assuming you saw Tool more present day? I have friends that said they sucked at more recent shows. I saw them when they were touring for Aenima and it was a great show. I haven't seen them since. I saw linkin park in 04 and they had way to many technical difficulties onstage. Again, I have some friends that have said they usually put on a decent show but sound at a live show is something important to me. PJ seems to nail it perfectly everytime ..Those official bootleg cds sound just flawless. I am shocked that some of those are actually "live" because they sound so incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Karma Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Tool (lighting was awesome, mood was shit, and Maynard had too many drugs because his singing and lack of motivating the crowd was goddamn awful) Maynard doesn't motivate the crowd anymore. If you're lucky enough to be seeing Tool live, get your own damn self motivated. I do wish he was "old" Maynard, the Maynard I have seen in tour videos from Ænima and Lateralus tours, though. Anywho, I've not seen many bands live (unfortunately), but here are the ones I enjoyed and didn't..... Best: Tool (seen 'em twice) Dethklok Buckethead That 1 Guy Godsmack Rob Zombie Metallica (not seen them live yet -- show is on Oct. 18th -- but I know it will be awesome and I will have an nerdgasm) Worst: Metl-Banana (fuckers tired to destroy my ears -- and not in a good way -- before seeing Tool for the first time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVUL DAVE Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Best: Dethklok/Chimaira (Dethklok obviously shone above Chimaira, but I thought they were still pretty good) AC/DC / The Answer (The Answer didn't have much time, but it was good) Van Halen (06-07 tour, Eddie played a 14-minute long Eruption) Jounrey/Night Ranger (saw them last week, AMAZING show, new vocalist for Journey blew my mind) Styx Worst: Soilent Green (first opener for Dethklok, they sucked it up big time) Def Leppard (came on after Styx and sucked in comparison) I've got tickets for Metallica (along with openers Lamb of God and Gojira) in October, and I'm making plans for the Dethklok/Mastodon (along with two lesser known bands) in November. Hopefully I'll come back with some more bands to add to my "Best" list. EDIT: Hey Saiyu, looks like you're from NC as well. That's the same date I'm seeing Metallica. Did you see Dethklok at the Myrtle Beach House of Blues last year as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vendetta Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Pretty damn hard when I was motivated but A) had to pay $90 to see them in a shitty venue in Denver when they could have had an epic show at Red Rocks... but no Coors Ampitheater/Fiddlers Green B) Jackass was stumbling everywhere and mumbling the lyrics C) They came out like 30 minutes late D) The encore was 2 songs and shitty ones at that E) They played more off of 10,000 Days which is fine but out of the old songs they played they missed quite a few of their classic ones. I will never pay to see Tool live ever again. Love the band to death but they can kiss my ass for this shitty showing they had when I saw them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tussell Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) Number within parentheses is how many times I've seen the band. A Day To Remember - Pure shit. Boring music, boring show. All Is Lost - Local death metal. Awesome! All That Remains - Put on a pretty good show. American English - One of the best Beatle cover bands. American Headcharge - Great show! Had the crowd movin' instantly. Andrew Jackson Jihad (2) - Favorite folkpunk band. GREAT shows! Ankla - Meh Arch Enemy - Great show! Got the crowd going almost instantly. ASG - Not bad. Good band to listen to recording, not live. As I Lay Dying (2) - Meh. Another band that lacks a good live show. Atreyu - Terrible band. Why bother? Avenged Sevenfold - Didn't play anything off STST or WTF. Sucked. The Backstreet Boys - Don't remember. Was too young. Behemoth - Boring. Band sucks anyways. The Black Dahlia Murder (2) - Always great show, definitely recommend it! Black Label Society - Terrible Black Light Burns - Awesome, got the crowd moving! Blitzkid (2) - Second best horror punk band! Go see them live! Bloodsimple - Don't remember. Bobaflex - Awesome band, got everyone pumped! Bomb the Music Industry - Awesome, AWESOME! Boneyard Brawlers (2) - Meh Bullet For My Valentine - Shittiest band ever. Burn Halo - ROFL! SO LAME! Calabrese - Amazing show! Cannibal Corpse - Amazing show! Definitely recommended! Children of Bodom - Meh Chthonic - Shit CKY - Awesome show, great band, loved it! Coheed & Cambria - Ew Combichrist - Awesome show! Not a single moment was spent in one spot. Dead End Drive In - Ew Dead For Days - Great local death metal band! DevilDriver - Meh Dirge - No Disturbed (3) - Always put on a great show. Divine Heresy - Great show! Unfortunately, not the same anymore. Dope - Great show! Definitely recommended! DragonForce - Terrible fucking band. Drop - Ew Egan's Rats - Shitty opener for Misfits Elvis Costello - AWESOME! Empty Arms - Ew Exodus - Meh First Blood - Meh Flobots - GREAT SHOW! FlyLeaf - Ew Forever The Sickest Kids - Meh Gizmachi - GREAT show! God Forbid (2) - Put on a great show! Grave Robber (3) - Third best horrorpunk band! GO SEE THEM NOW! The Gunshy - Awesome band! Great show! Hatebreed - Awesome Hella - Terrible live. Great band. Invitro - Hilarious live show. I Set My Friends On Fire - LOLWUT!? EW! Juicehead (2) - Awesome band, but boring live. Kepi Ghoulie (2) - Always a great show! Killswitch Engage - EW Korn - Great show! Always recommended! Lacuna Coil (2) - Great show, got the crowd really into the show instantly. Lamb of God (4) - ALWAYS AWESOME! Lemuria - Meh Less Than Jake - One of the best shows! Liverpool (2) - THE BEST Beatles cover band! Lordi - LOLWUT! Shitty band Machine Head - Good show, unfortunately, no pits. likewtf? Malice In Wonderland - Meh Marilyn Manson - Surprisingly a weak performer. Great music though. The Mars Volta - AWESOME! As anyone can expect. The Massacres - Dont remember Mastodon - Great! Megadeth - EW Metallica - One of the best metal shows I've been to! Misfits (3) - Pretty shitty, especially now! Mindsight - Don't remember. Minutes To Circle - Local band. No! Mudvayne (2) - Great shows! I don't listen to them anymore though. Municipal Waste - GREAT thrash show! One of the best! Napalm Death - AWESOME performance Opeth - Ew Otep - Awesome show! Got the crowd moving instantly! Ozzy (2) - Meh. He's a metal forefather, but I don't like him. P.O.S. - Don't remember. People Under The Stairs - Great hip hop show! Psycho Ex-Lover - Old band my dad knew. They were good! The Quarrymen - Meh The Queers - Meh Readnex Poetry Squad - Very interesting! Rellik - Local Blackened Death Metal! Awesome show! Remember When (2) - Friends band. Not bad. Rock N Roll - EWWWW The Rolling Stones - AMAZING! DUH! Sad Eyed Angel - Local band. Not bad. Senses Fail - Surprisingly a good show! Sevendust - Got the crowd going, but then died down. Meh. Shadows Fall (3) - ALWAYS A GREAT SHOW! Slayer - Unfortunately, I wasn't too impressed. Slipknot (4) - Great shows, always! Static-X (5) - Great shows, always! Stang Stomper - Pretty interesting show! Stone Sour (2) - Great shows! Suicide Silence - Shitty band, but they put on a hell of a show! System of a Down (2) - GREAT GREAT Perfomances! Trivium - One of the shittiest bands ever. Stay away. Underoath - Ew Unearth - Not bad Unmerciful - Awesome shows! Great death metal! Without A Soul - Local metalcore band. Not bad. Wounds Of Ruin - Local death metal band. not bad. 3 Inches of Blood - When I saw them, I didn't like them, so I can't say. 3OH!3 - GREAT show! 10 Years (2) - Pretty damn good perfomance. Edited September 21, 2009 by Tussell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKiddo Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Best Meat Loaf My Chemical Romance Thursday Evile Megadeth Worst Job For A Cowboy Blink 182 Blink 182's terrible support Dont get me wrong Blink were good .. But hearing them go on about dick jokes .. for god knows how long of the set... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeezusDylan160 Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 The best: Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl is the nucleus of the entertainment obviously with Taylor Hawkins right in there sometimes I wish Nate and Chris would be a little more active with the joking around. Hands down the best concert I had ever been too, ACC March 23rd 2008, never forget the day...mind you I think the 23rd is the wrong day lol. Dave Grohl just had so many jokes throughout the night his one line that has stuck with me was when he got fucking Rush! yes, Rush! to come out and play with Taylor Hawkins on drums, played YYZ. Dave Grohl said "Man that was fucking beautiful, I cried man teards during sound check earlier, they're tears that come in under your eyelids....AND I HAD A BONER AT THE SAME TIME!" The place roared. The crowd was in it the entire night, he'd throw off lyrics to like 20,000 people and it was just amazing, had a nice intimate acoustic set in the middle. It was the epitome of entertainment) Godsmack (I'll keep this short and sweet, good fun hard rock) the worst Hifi Handgrenades (crappy powerpop/punk rock, all the songs sound the same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSpanner Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Rammstien Are Fuckin Great Live! Never Seen A Bad Band Live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaricGoose Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Went to see Darby O'Gill awhile back. It was fantastic. I'm not really a live show person, but I had their live CD, and after I got it, I had to go see them live. Wasn't disappointed, hilarious show, great music, and great drinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phydeaux Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Whole lotta Metal in this thread. \m/ I can't believe people actually remember bad concerts, though. I really do try to purge the things from my mind. Best concerts I had ever been to that didn't involve a guy with a guitar and a guy with a piano playing chords as fast as they can would be: -Five Iron Frenzy at their final Rocketown show in Nashville -Barenaked Ladies with Steven Page still in the group up in Cincinnati -Staple at Ichthus Festival in Asbury, KY. -Phish at Bonnaroo 09 Oh, I suppose I can remember a few I don't like. -Kutless - liked their early albums, doesn't have a good "feel" live, though -Third Day - Wasn't a fan to start with, and they're insanely, technically talented guitar players, but it just feels so dull Man, I guess that's what I get for going to festivals without being completely coherent. I can't remember anyone at those things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Finn Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Gallows were absolutely horrible live. Hated every minute of it. Machine head were insane, as we're Poison The Well and Fightstar. Deftones had the best show ever, and Slipknot weren't bad. My Mind's Weapon, from Aberdeen have an awesome live show...Check them out if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1GM13 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Gallows were absolutely horrible live. Hated every minute of it. whoah? what? what did you not like? was the sound off? the equipment shit? they were fucking incredible when i saw them this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xEndriux Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I love Coldplay but.........I'm sorry to say that the vocalist is really not good while playing live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabrewulf1806 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 My two favourite bands play live in December within a few days. Firstly Madness, then Depeche Mode. Seen both live several times and they put on a great show each time. DM can be a bit morbid but how can anyone not like " enjoy the silence " Seen Oasis again this year, maybe for the last time, very good as usual. Sorry also forgot the Prodigy. Worst band was probably the Manic Street Preachers and i like their music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cav Clayton Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I want to see "All Time Low" "The Killers" and "Blink 182" live, im not sure if they are any good live? anyone seen them bands before live? I saw All Time Low and am seeing them again. Not a fan of their college humour. (Replacing lyrics with the words 'dick' or 'tits') But they were pretty entertaining, if you can get past the teenage girls screams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goomer pie Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 I think caliban and hed pe are amazingggg live. the worst iv seen was some band called candiria or somet like that.i think there were supporting machine head one time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purge Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 MUSE and Daft Punk come to mind. Type H.A.A.R.P. into youtube and you'll see some great MUSE footage. MCR are horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cokix Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Best: Iron Maiden Worst: DragonFail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burning Karma Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 (edited) EDIT: Hey Saiyu, looks like you're from NC as well. That's the same date I'm seeing Metallica. Did you see Dethklok at the Myrtle Beach House of Blues last year as well? Yes sir, I am. And yes, I did. I was about four or five people back from the stage, a bit to the right of center. I'll hopefully be going to either the Dethklok show you mentioned or the Megadeth one that is taking place the Monday before Thanksgiving. Pretty damn hard when I was motivated but A) had to pay $90 to see them in a shitty venue in Denver when they could have had an epic show at Red Rocks... but no Coors Ampitheater/Fiddlers Green B) Jackass was stumbling everywhere and mumbling the lyrics C) They came out like 30 minutes late D) The encore was 2 songs and shitty ones at that E) They played more off of 10,000 Days which is fine but out of the old songs they played they missed quite a few of their classic ones. I will never pay to see Tool live ever again. Love the band to death but they can kiss my ass for this shitty showing they had when I saw them. *shrugs* Oh well. Both times I have seen them, they have been spot on, Maynard was been pretty much flawless, and they all seemed to be enjoying themselves. Edited September 22, 2009 by Burning Karma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawman90 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 the best: rage- amazing show in prison jump suits... tom petty- he's just a god killswitch the worse: dragonforce- made me want to cry they were always off on your stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ostrodamus Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Best: KISS, Black Sabbath, Rammstein, Slipknot Worst: The Beatsteaks... can't really think of others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVUL DAVE Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Yes sir, I am. And yes, I did. I was about four or five people back from the stage, a bit to the right of center. I'll hopefully be going to either the Dethklok show you mentioned or the Megadeth one that is taking place the Monday before Thanksgiving. Cool deal man. When I saw Dethklok I was right behind the sound booth, AWESOME spot to stand if you're there for the music and want to avoid the moshing haha. Nobody to block your view and full scope of the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XxBlueSpade2xX Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Best (IMO): 1. Radiohead 2. Dave Matthews 3. Phish 4. MethodMan & Redman 5. Weezer 6. ACDC 7. Kiss 8. Incubus Worst: 1. Any Country artist (No offense to people that like country, they just don't put on great shows) 2. Blink 182 3. Korn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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