worst show you've ever seen at 9:30?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

This topic should have been limited to headliners. It's too easy to pick out bad opening acts; most of them are pretty bad.

[jpbelmondo]

At the old 930, My Bloody Valentine (whose album I liked) produced a wall of noise that was both excruciating (due to volume) and supremely dull (due to inability to distinguish any changes, let alone songs).  At the new 930, but when it was WUST, the members of Flipper were pathetic -- they could barely play and clearly did not care -- after three or so songs only a handful of people in an audience of what had been hundreds were left.

[bearman🐻]

Back when I use to work at the club, I saw some horrific shows. Everything, Emmet Swimming (most notably for how TRASHED the crowd got), the Bogmen...they were all the pits. I think the worst was God Street Wine with the Cravin' Dogs. I had to go the dressing room for the Cravin' Dogs, and the b.o. coming out of that room could have risen the dead. God Street Wine was probably the worst because they played for about 2 hours and they wouldn't leave their dressing room...so by the time I got home it was about 5:00 am I think. For various reasons I also had to suffer through Chumbawamba not once but TWICE!!!
 
 As far as bands I wanted to see, the worst was probably the Jesus and Mary Chain's last tour in 1998. It was a disaster. They didn't want to be there, everything was falling apart (including amps). I walked out of Tricky once too...that was pretty sucky. Sonic Youth in 1998 was also really disappointing. They're pretty much a hit or miss band in concert, but most of the tiem they're good. When they're off though they are OFF. At the old club I would say the worst show was the Orb. That show just never got off the ground.

[snailhook]

i love how two people mentioned u.s. maple. so predictable, especially on this board of (mostly) squares. i saw that tour in boston -- i wasn't going to go because i thought pavement sucked by then but i got a free ticket -- and the crowd booed during maple's set. i didn't take too much offense considering the amount of whitecaps and yuppies who just discovered pavement. maple's set made me a fan and they are one of my favorite bands right now, especially live. i thought pavement blew that night, except for the three pre-brighten the corners songs. and i love everything pavement did up until and including wowee zowee.
 
 one of the main aspects of u.s. maple's performances is their antagonization of the audience, if the audience doesn't "get it". they're kind of like the locust in that regard.
 
 since i work at the club, i will refrain from listing all the absolutely atrocious bands i've seen in the last year.

[kosmo vinyl]

don't know if it was the worst... but it was pretty darn boring... The Cardigans w/ Kent  could have stayed home and giggled the CD and gotten the same effect.
 
 and i disagree about openers because there have been some stellar double bills... i.e. Supergrass and The Coral in fact the Coral were probably better than the headliner.  Brendan Benson & White Stripes.

[kosmo vinyl]

<~~~~~ Square

[RatBastard]

Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:
  Natalie Merchant
 
 The Eels is a distant second.

A case of different strokes...  I thought the Eels show was amazing.  I had a total blast!

[Barcelona]

Guided by Voices

[flawd101]

worst opener is the recover...i played phone games...
 
 worst show was when my friend draged me to see trapt last summer....
 trapt + three days grace = you're goin' to have a bad time....

[kosmo vinyl]

that would qualify as child abuse...

[palahniukkubrick]

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  that would qualify as child abuse...

agreed. someone call social services!

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by snailhook:
  i love how two people mentioned u.s. maple. so predictable, especially on this board of (mostly) squares. i saw that tour in boston -- i wasn't going to go because i thought pavement sucked by then but i got a free ticket -- and the crowd booed during maple's set. i didn't take too much offense considering the amount of whitecaps and yuppies who just discovered pavement. maple's set made me a fan and they are one of my favorite bands right now, especially live. i thought pavement blew that night, except for the three pre-brighten the corners songs. and i love everything pavement did up until and including wowee zowee.
 
 one of the main aspects of u.s. maple's performances is their antagonization of the audience, if the audience doesn't "get it". they're kind of like the locust in that regard.
 

wow, someone almost as funny as barcelona.  i'm far from square, in fact, i'm beginning to turn very round (much to my dismay- where has my metabolism gone?)

[ggw]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the suckage known as the Vines.

[samanthaalison]

uhh I went to go see the juliana theory awhile ago.
 
 I swear the lead singer was lip syncing. and he was wearing cowboy boots. and he danced like jesus.

[godsshoeshine]

juliana theory was the "local band that opened for everyone" in pittsburgh for awhile. so terrible