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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sonickteam2 on April 16, 2008, 09:41:00 am
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OK, so bands that you were maybe very excited about seeing, bands that everyone else said was great or bands that just had really bad nights in your presence.
I'll start:
Psychedelic Furs at HFStival 2006 (i think it was 2006)
man, i was so excited to see them, and poof!!! gone.
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Butthole Surfers post-Independent Worm Saloon.
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Modest Mouse. Several times.
Apples in Stereo (many years ago) - 3/4 of the room left.
Gene
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rhcp circa 1999 or 2000ish - worst show i've ever seen. period.
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You're going to start signing your name like Brian does? I thought your name was Joe, not Gene.
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Modest Mouse. Several times.
Apples in Stereo (many years ago) - 3/4 of the room left.
Gene
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Tears for Fears - 1984 or 1985, my first concert ever and probably the worst ever
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the national @ 930
stereolab @ 930
i was really looking forward to these shows. i'm not a quitter, but i wish i was: i stuck them out hoping they would get better, but ended up being a waste of an evening. sia fronting zero seven also gets a dishonorable mention, luckily the other singers made up for her and it was still a great show.
i thought the raconteurs @ vfest were pretty dreadful (we walked away), but they've since gelled as a band. they were brilliant opening for dylan. looking forward to next month's show.
and speaking of vfest, i thought that CYHSY was also unlistenable.
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Off the top of my head:
Calexico (no stage presence whatsoever)
New Pornographers (dork music for dork people)
Belle and Sebastian (just way too fucking femme-y)_
the Decemberists (first time they were sort of ok, but by the second time, the novelty was gone, and they really blew)
Dean and Britta (lifeless victims of anorexia)
Bonnie Prince Billy (who let this guy out of his parent's basement?)
Common (actually, I can't think of a single rap show I've been to that didn't blow, I just need more than someone singing/rapping over prerecorded music to satisfy my LIVE music wants.)
Probably many more, I tend to forget the bad shows.
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At the show with Rollins Band and Riverboat Gamblers, I thought X was just terrible (Exene seemed to not give a shit at all). And I'd seen their show the year before with the Fags, and they were great, so the Rollins show was just a bad night.
I've never really enjoyed a My Morning Jacket show, but the one after Kokonos came out was especially disappointing. Starting an encore with THREE slow songs in a row is just bad pacing, period. And I've found that all of their shows had too much of Jim Jones AAAAAHHH-ing in his angelic croon while... very little else was happening.
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The National @ 930
Couldnt get into it, never got into them, really uncomfortable in the club that night for some reason.
She Wants Revenge @ 930
I was long since over them and I think the club was just too big for them.
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Cornershop. Saw them once at the club and it was dreadful. Tjinder was possibly the most painful front-man I've ever had the misfortune of watching.
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Worse than Mr. Honeydrips?
Originally posted by nkotb:
Cornershop. Saw them once at the club and it was dreadful. Tjinder was possibly the most painful front-man I've ever had the misfortune of watching.
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Showed up after he went off.
Seriously, ask econo about Cornershop. He was there with me.
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
Worse than Mr. Honeydrips?
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Smashing Pumpkins in 1994, pre-therapy for Billy. He did not sing half the songs, walked off stage after 40 minutes, and played horribly. Just awful. My worst concert ever.
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Every Dylan show Ive been to post 2001 (4 or 5)..I just keep going back and I dont know why..
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Cornershop. Saw them once at the club and it was dreadful. Tjinder was possibly the most painful front-man I've ever had the misfortune of watching.
I saw Cornershop at the old Bohargers circa 1997 and man they stunk it up. The singer seemed wasted. although, now that i think about it, i Saw JAMC there too and Jim was too wasted to even finish the set, he just broke some stuff and eventually left (after about a 40 minute set). Funny thing was they played without him for another 20 minutes. so that didnt blow.
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Soundgarden, both times I've seen them live, once at Lalapalooza and once at A.U. Bender Arena, have been really awful. Chris Cornell's voice was terrible both times. Sucks cause I really like Soundgarden and think Cornell has a great rock voice.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
At the show with Rollins Band and Riverboat Gamblers, I thought X was just terrible (Exene seemed to not give a shit at all). And I'd seen their show the year before with the Fags, and they were great, so the Rollins show was just a bad night.
I actually thought X were pretty good that night (not amazing mind you but not terrible IMO) but the crowd DEFINITELY sucked as far as enthusiasm level which in turn probably didn't help to prompt any spectacular performances from the band.
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Notable bands artists where I've hit the door (or went elsewhere to wait for the next band) in less than 5 minutes of them hitting the stage because of the aural shit that leapt out of the speakers:
off the top of my head, I'm sure there were more but I honestly try to forget about that shit haha...
C.O.C.
Peter Murphy
Pantera
Sisters of Mercy
L.A. Guns
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Originally posted by Shadrach:
Soundgarden, both times I've seen them live, once at Lalapalooza and once at A.U. Bender Arena, have been really awful. Chris Cornell's voice was terrible both times. Sucks cause I really like Soundgarden and think Cornell has a great rock voice.
Was the Bender arena show the one where someone in the audience pissed of Ben Shepherd and at the end he just walked off?
Brian
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Originally posted by manimtired:
Every Dylan show Ive been to post 2001 (4 or 5)..I just keep going back and I dont know why..
i thought his show at patriot center last year was solid. a lot of long-time dylan fans confirmed that he was "on" that night, a rarety these days it seems...
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by manimtired:
Every Dylan show Ive been to post 2001 (4 or 5)..I just keep going back and I dont know why..
i thought his show at patriot center last year was solid. a lot of long-time dylan fans confirmed that he was "on" that night, a rarety these days it seems... [/b]
actually i was not. i was at merriweather last year and i left about half way through.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Originally posted by Shadrach:
Soundgarden, both times I've seen them live, once at Lalapalooza and once at A.U. Bender Arena, have been really awful. Chris Cornell's voice was terrible both times. Sucks cause I really like Soundgarden and think Cornell has a great rock voice.
Was the Bender arena show the one where someone in the audience pissed of Ben Shepherd and at the end he just walked off?
Brian [/b]
I honestly didn't stick around long enough to see the entire show, it was that bad. Cornell was complaining the entire time that the monitors were messing up. In reality he just sounded like crap and the rest of the band was clearly annoyed with his stage antics.
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My #1 pick goes to the French Kicks. Ive seen them more times than I should have and each time it gets more painful. Unfortunately they end up opening for some great bands so I just suffer through them hoping the torture ends soon.
The Rapture - for a band with so much hype, my friend and i left the show early so disappointed (actually we didnt leave - we just went to the downstairs bar) - they were so upstaged by The Presets.
Vampire Weekend - Ive only seen them once - pre-hype - and they were the most boring live act Ive ever seen. All their music sounded the same, but luckily there were 2 other bands playing after them.
The Fratellis - oh how i loved that album, might have been an off-day at lolla, but just wasnt feeling it.
Silversun Pickups - another album I really liked - and it might have been the venue's problem, but couldnt make out what a single song was.
and The Secret Machines - I used to love them live, but after last time - that's it. I left the show early wondering how they had changed so much from their previous shows.
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I think I mentioned once on the board how thoroughly disappointed I was with the Police reunion show at the Oakland Coliseum.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
The Secret Machines - I used to love them live, but after last time - that's it. I left the show early wondering how they had changed so much from their previous shows.
Well, they did lose a band member, right?
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Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
The Secret Machines - I used to love them live, but after last time - that's it. I left the show early wondering how they had changed so much from their previous shows.
Well, they did lose a band member, right? [/b]
yeah. but i still didnt think it should have been _that_ much of a change. School of Seven Bells is quite great tho - so there ya go -
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Matchbox 20 opening for the Lemonheads at 930 Club in 1996 or 1997.
I'm sure someone was there!
They were practically booed off the stage after arguing with the audience. They looked like they were fresh from the salon. Evan was throwing ice cubes at them from the left side balcony. I remember a lot of us had our backs to the stage. At some point, a guy ran on stage and whipped it out in front of Rob Thomas.
2 months later, they had a number one hit and were rock stars. They sure didn't earn it that night.
The Lemonheads that night though, were excellent.
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
The Secret Machines - I used to love them live, but after last time - that's it. I left the show early wondering how they had changed so much from their previous shows.
Well, they did lose a band member, right? [/b]
yeah. but i still didnt think it should have been _that_ much of a change. School of Seven Bells is quite great tho - so there ya go - [/b]
didnt they lose their guitarist/main singer? for any band, not to mention a 3 piece, thats kinda a big deal. i went to the show at RnR after the one guy left and it was terrible. stayed for about 4 songs.
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Originally posted by DriveWay:
Matchbox 20 opening for the Lemonheads at 930 Club in 1996 or 1997.
I'm sure someone was there!
They were practically booed off the stage after arguing with the audience. They looked like they were fresh from the salon. Evan was throwing ice cubes at them from the left side balcony. I remember a lot of us had our backs to the stage. At some point, a guy ran on stage and whipped it out in front of Rob Thomas.
2 months later, they had a number one hit and were rock stars. They sure didn't earn it that night.
The Lemonheads that night though, were excellent.
i was there. i don't remember any of those extra-curriculars but i do remember thinking, "who the fuck are these douches and why are they playing this show?" it really was all kinds of terrible. then when "push" started getting lots of play i was like, "oh man, not these douches."
the lemonheads and ben lee were pretty alright. was there another band before m20? i forget.
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Sunny Day Real Estate
every Bad Brains show I've seen since about 1991
Blue Cheer
one particular Afghan Whigs show where Greg's combo of coke and booze just wasn't working
too many to remember probably
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The Cars really blew live, talk about a band with zero personality live. The Cardigans were really a disappointment several years back, should have stayed at home, put on the cd and giggled around the CD case.
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Originally posted by manimtired:
i went to the show at RnR after the one guy left and it was terrible. stayed for about 4 songs.
I walked out of that one too, after about 4 songs. Part of it, I was exhausted, but I wasn't feeling it. And I'd had a blast at the previous 9:30 show.
The Rapture was another that I just did not get into, when I saw them at the BC (believe this was when the Jealous Lovers ep was out). We walked about halfway through.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by manimtired:
i went to the show at RnR after the one guy left and it was terrible. stayed for about 4 songs.
I walked out of that one too, after about 4 songs. Part of it, I was exhausted, but I wasn't feeling it. And I'd had a blast at the previous 9:30 show.
The Rapture was another that I just did not get into, when I saw them at the BC (believe this was when the Jealous Lovers ep was out). We walked about halfway through. [/b]
one rapture show on the mainstage of BC, they played covers of both "rock and roll part 2" and ... some other cheesy song, that was just terrible. but when they played the backstage as a three-piece right after "out of the races" EP came out ... that was fantastic.
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Originally posted by BookerT:
Originally posted by DriveWay:
Matchbox 20 opening for the Lemonheads at 930 Club in 1996 or 1997.
I'm sure someone was there!
They were practically booed off the stage after arguing with the audience. They looked like they were fresh from the salon. Evan was throwing ice cubes at them from the left side balcony. I remember a lot of us had our backs to the stage. At some point, a guy ran on stage and whipped it out in front of Rob Thomas.
2 months later, they had a number one hit and were rock stars. They sure didn't earn it that night.
The Lemonheads that night though, were excellent.
i was there. i don't remember any of those extra-curriculars but i do remember thinking, "who the fuck are these douches and why are they playing this show?" it really was all kinds of terrible. then when "push" started getting lots of play i was like, "oh man, not these douches."
the lemonheads and ben lee were pretty alright. was there another band before m20? i forget. [/b]
Maybe the 60 Foot Dolls? It was them or Imperial Teen. I wish MB20 could just be erased.
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Originally posted by DriveWay:
Maybe the 60 Foot Dolls? It was them or Imperial Teen. I wish MB20 could just be erased.
60 foot dolls, good call! impressive memory skills, DriveWay. there was a time in the late-90s when every third CD in a used CD store was that 60 foot dolls album. true story.
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Gnarles Barkley at V fest one. Horrible, horrible band and performance.
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REM - Tibetan Freedom Festival, RFK 1998 -- Awful. Simply awful.
Spiritualized - 9:30 Club 2003-ish. Masturbatory. Simply masturbatory.
Chris Whitley - Iota 2003-ish. Whitley was in la-la land. Broke half a dozen strings before letting his guitar tech play the guitar while Whitley just mumbled unintelligibly into the mic for about 15-20 minutes.
Lee Perry - State Theatre 2007. Mad genius as a producer; colossal mess as a performer.
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I think the only thing that comes close for me would be Bob Dylan in Holmdel, NJ in 2003. I dozed off at several points. Although, it wasn't that he was terrible, it was that he was following a highly energetic, full band set from Tom Petty by doing a largely solo acoustic set.
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That show was pretty damn weak. Tjinder didn't look at the audience once. They may as well have put the CD on and left the stage.
The opener was Citizen Cope? He was pretty boring as well.
HBO was filming. I'm sure it's floating around online somewhere.
Originally posted by nkotb:
Seriously, ask econo about Cornershop. He was there with me.
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Brian Jonestown Massacre one night backstage at the Black Cat. The band phoned it in. Anton wouldn't stop making fun of his bassist. I thought for sure there would be a fight.
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Back in Hawaii my friend saw them headline a poorly conceived rock festival called Poifest. They were bitched at, heckled, and argued with the mostly young angry Hawaiian crowd and Rob Thomas nearly took a beer bottle to his face. Not long afterwards they were inescapable and that was the last Poifest ever.
Originally posted by DriveWay:
Matchbox 20 opening for the Lemonheads at 930 Club in 1996 or 1997.
I'm sure someone was there!
They were practically booed off the stage after arguing with the audience. They looked like they were fresh from the salon. Evan was throwing ice cubes at them from the left side balcony. I remember a lot of us had our backs to the stage. At some point, a guy ran on stage and whipped it out in front of Rob Thomas.
2 months later, they had a number one hit and were rock stars. They sure didn't earn it that night.
The Lemonheads that night though, were excellent.
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First time I heard of them, I was at a festival in Camden, NJ to see Cheap Trick and Beck. As Cheap Trick were playing, an idiot friend of mine went to the side stage to check it out. He came back covered in sweat, all wide-eyed, saying he had just seen the best live band ever, and that the pit was INSANE. He told me it was Matchbox20, and it wasn't until I heard that terrible song on the radio that I realized exactly how much of an idiot he was/is. I still give him a hard time for that, even years later.
Originally posted by evilizac:
Back in Hawaii my friend saw them headline a poorly conceived rock festival called Poifest. They were bitched at, heckled, and argued with the mostly young angry Hawaiian crowd and Rob Thomas nearly took a beer bottle to his face. Not long afterwards they were inescapable and that was the last Poifest ever.
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one word - cher
her "last tour" show at verizon, when it was mci. the most pompous show of the fucking century . . . even for the female version of a male drag queen.
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Volcano Suns @ the old 9:30 club. The drummer was falling down drunk. I had just bought Bumper
Crop and was psyched. Man, they blew, and did I mention I had to drive 3 hrs one way for the pleasure.
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Cowboy Mouth at 930 years ago.
The absolute worst was Beck at a hfstival.
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New Order @ The Ontario (or some place like that in DC) during their very 1st US tour. Absolute worst concert ever!...and I've seen plenty of bad ones in my time.
Poor Seth understands. As bad as it was for us, he got the worst of it.