What Band Let You Down Most When You Saw The Live?

[JohnXDoe]

I've seen a lot of bands, but for me it was The Red Hot Chili Peppers. They weren't bad....I love me some RHCP. But after all I had heard about them they were just very average. And the drummer stunk. Foo Fighters come in a close second, who just didn't seem to care both nights I saw them.

Talk about bands that didn't cut it live itt

[Wish]

Dizzee Rascal was a huge disappointment.

[Happy]

A lot of bands at festivals seem to come up a bit meh live, but seeing as its outdoors and rushed etc I can let it go.

Not that I'm much of a fan but when I saw the streets supporting Muse at Wembley they were awful. He can't hold a tune at all but still insists on singing.

[Brew]

The second time I saw The Australian Pink Floyd I was a bit let down; the first time I saw them they performed the whole of DSOTM and it was incredible. Second time round was just a greatest hits set which was good, but not incredible.

[Pop music sucks]

Yeah, I remember watching a live performance by RHCP and was disappointed. Anthony Kiedis really can't carry a tune live.

[semi]

slayer
i hadnt heard anything by them before i went but its slayer uno and everyone told me they are great but i hated it and they were **** rly

[Brew]

the last time I saw Slayer was pretty crap, they just looked bored.

[Jay Link]

Back in the mid 90's when they were very popular Seven MaryThree. The music was ok, but these guys never once looked or communicated with the audience. Quite a letdown.

[Pariah]

That's how Tombs were on Monday. They played seven or so songs, and thanked the audience and introduced themselves after the last song.

EDIT: Musically, they were good, though.

[Against Miik!]

Protest The Hero was pretty gawd awful when I saw them. I don't really like them anymore though.

Queens of the Stoneage might be the worst live band of all time, with The Mars Volta coming in a close second

[Gnarmageddon]

Bob Dylan's getting a little too old to tour.

[Knifeboy]

slayer
i hadnt heard anything by them before i went but its slayer uno and everyone told me they are great but i hated it and they were **** rly

Slayer takes the cake yeah
RHCP is pretty high up there too

I've seen two QOTSA shows, one was amazing (Mark Lanegan was there, and it was back when Olivieri was still with the band)
The other was fairly ****, and was quite recent

[hXcPLISIT]

Him

[iliketoplaydrums10111]

When I saw Leftover Crack, not a bad show, they were all just really drunk and kept forgetting the lyrics and ****. Stza talked about british cheese for a good 15 minutes

[Bitterandthensome]

Guns'n'Roses was preety bad. When they finally got on it was 1 a.m. and I just wanted to go home, plus they were just plain ****.

[808]

A lot of bands at festivals seem to come up a bit meh live, but seeing as its outdoors and rushed etc I can let it go.

Not that I'm much of a fan but when I saw the streets supporting Muse at Wembley they were awful. He can't hold a tune at all but still insists on singing.

He's like that on record, too.

[Already_Taken]

i saw umphrey's mcgee at bonnaroo last year and it fuking ROCKED. it was so heavy i loved it. then i went and saw them in Dallas 6 months later and it totally blew i almost fell asleep at the show.

on leftover crack, i drove to austin to see them spontaneously and it wasn't worth it. tbh i'm more a fan of their band name than the music tho

[Happy]

He's like that on record, too.

I've heard the cover of the Elton John song.

[GorgeousGabe]

Queens of the Stoneage might be the worst live band of all time, with The Mars Volta coming in a close second

My buddy says that TMV has gotten their **** together

For me it was Sparklehorse. They just sucked live

[Happy]

Protest The Hero was pretty gawd awful when I saw them. I don't really like them anymore though.


Really? They were great when I saw them.

[Tillius_the_Second]

Back when I was really into Avenged Sevenfold they let me down the first time I saw them. Saw them again though later and didn't think they did too bad.

[DJ Ducksauce]

My buddy says that TMV has gotten their **** together

For me it was Sparklehorse. They just sucked live

I had friends that saw them at ACL last semester that said they were a bit of a let down.

[viciouscycle]

Not really a band but Joe Satriani was pretty boring. Guitar weedly's are only entertaining for about 5 minutes, BUT Mountain went on before him and that was one kick *** show. The drummer was flying drum sticks everywhere it was great, that guitarist has so much feel

[Shady Ultima]

I can't think of a band really letting me down, because I can't think of any bands I was excited to see sucking, but when I saw Protest the Hero and Silversteen in Toronto at Warped Tour, they blew chunks

Protest the hero didn't sound like they played a single coherent song, was just like, hey cool riff, cool riff, weird, singing of the cool riff. Then I listened to their recordings and I realized, they don't have any songs, just cool riffs that don't fit together in any way with the next cool riff.

And Silversteen don't know how to tune their own guitars. They were standing on stage, and their stage hands were twisting the tuning pegs. The singer couldn't sing, and I swear, the drummer never hit his bass drum once! They were absolutely the worst band I'd ever heard live. I mean, I've seen high school bands who were better.

[niobium]

perhaps it was peeping tom when i was 17

[Erratic]

I listened to their recordings and I realized, they don't have any songs, just cool riffs that don't fit together in any way with the next cool riff.


Totally incorrect, sir.

[hismajestythepope]

slayer
i hadnt heard anything by them before i went but its slayer uno and everyone told me they are great but i hated it and they were **** rly

That's because Slayer is ****ing horrible.

Job For A Cowboy's live set is really disappointing anymore, they started out so energetically and played everything perfect (except Elliott sucked at drumming), now they just do the standard "WE'RE METAL WE STAND AROUND LOOKING BORED" thing, Johnny can't scream anymore, and all of their new material is ****ing boring.

[viciouscycle]

Metal has a terrible image

[adrianman]

I had friends that saw them at ACL last semester that said they were a bit of a let down.

yeah they sounded the best around 05,06

[hismajestythepope]

Metal has a terrible image

Long hair + beards is pretty b-a tbh.

[viciouscycle]

Well yea but being hardcore all the time.. Bands who play in a certain genre all look the same. Metal is hardcore, emo kids are dykes. <3 conformity

[hismajestythepope]

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=41770

The End Of Six Thousand Years says otherwise.

[viciouscycle]

Looks like it's cold there :P

Are these guys bible thumpers?

[Alf™]

Foo Fighters come in a close second, who just didn't seem to care both nights I saw them.

foo fighters are great live

Queens of the Stoneage might be the worst live band of all time
lol

[hismajestythepope]

Looks like it's cold there :P
Must be north Italy.

Are these guys bible thumpers?
I don't believe so. But as silly as this is, they're one of the few non-image based metal bands out there right now, and one of the best out there right now...

Hmm...

[ATM]

Murder By Death

[horseypie]

perhaps it was peeping tom when i was 17

the mike patton peeping tom? i saw a live vid of them and they looked pretty awesome i thought

[Reaganista]

rise against i saw twice both times they showed up late one time they didnt have a bassist

coheed is **** live

i saw feist open for somebody right before she blew up and thought she was crap but she didnt let me down i had no expectations

[kitsch]

rolling stones

sucked so ****ing bad.
guitar playing off tempo and micks voice sounded like a dry fart

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

i left bob dylan early

[Fuqueue]

I saw Slash playing with Velvet Revolver once. Enough said I spose.

The ticket was free tho

[Reaganista]

i went to a jethro tull concert wit my aunts expecting it to suck but it wasnt so bad hope this helps

[Quickdrop]

i'd heard killswitch engage is supposed to be beast live, and they were funny guys talking with the crowd, but the actual performance aspect really wasn't that great.

[Already_Taken]

metallica was like "u guys wanna hear some old stuff?"

and the crowd was like "woooo"
and hes like "well what if i said NO!!!"
and the crowd was like "**** you!!!"
"NO!!!"
"**** you!!!"
"NO REMORSE!!!!!!!!!! DU NU NU NU NU NU NU NU NU NDUD NUN UN UN UN U"

headbang

[Shady Ultima]

rise against i saw twice both times they showed up late one time they didnt have a bassist


Really? I saw them 2x too, once at warped, and then again in London Ont, when they were playing with Billy Talent, they were fantastic both times.

[Castillo]

I saw The Mars Volta live, and it was a good show, but they only played for an hour and didn't say goodbye when they were done. They just hit the last note and literally ran off the stage.

[malaise]

Modest Mouse are one of my favorite bands, but when I saw them live I am disappoint.

[Already_Taken]

elliott smith is my favorite artist, but i've heard a first hand account and seen videos on youtube... he was terrible live. like really bad :(

[guitarded_chuck]

Nas

[Mexican Bandito]

Iron Maiden

[viciouscycle]

coheed is **** live

Really? I'm not a huge fan but I saw them and they put on a really good show. Claudio played behind his back and they were both givin er on the solos. Chris Pennie was already playing with them at the time and he put on an entertaining solo, then they all went into this back and forth soloing ****, which was the best part of the show. The second guitarist had a voice box going on that was cool

And Queens of the Stone Age are awesome live

[malaise]

Solos and playing behind the back?

IT MUST HAVE BEEN AWESOME.

[Tripp_chaos]

FOB Can't keep tune, Rise Against also can't keep tune, like 4 other bands I didn't take the time to remember who they were... 2x @Warped Tour these made the day suck... Most bands who when you listen to their album you realize that allot of the **** they will play live is just difficult and inane (a good portion of Grindcore music)... On another note I saw Caustic in Syracuse at some big venue and they sucked whereas I saw them play at a local bar like 2 day's prior and this place was like the size of the huge venues bathrooms and they rocked hard... I guess a good portion of it is luck, some bands are going to inevitably suck live while some are a hit or miss... But seeing a band live is definitely a good way to tell if they just suck in general like if you can go to 3 concerts of the same band and they play practically the same line-up and the guitarist still can't get that bitchin' fill or the drummer still can't find his kick pedal then you know that they were just fixed up in the recording booth...

[thunderzstruck]

When I saw Beck on his last tour it was pretty disappointing. The playing was sloppy, the sound mixes off, and just a slightly lazy performance. Though his backup guitarist was very cute

But even worse was MGMT who opened for him. They just stood there expressionless playing their music. One of the worst live shows I've seen.

[adrianman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxRnnYt_lY

[Reaganista]

Really? I'm not a huge fan but I saw them and they put on a really good show. Claudio played behind his back and they were both givin er on the solos. Chris Pennie was already playing with them at the time and he put on an entertaining solo, then they all went into this back and forth soloing ****, which was the best part of the show. The second guitarist had a voice box going on that was cool

And Queens of the Stone Age are awesome live

they sounded like ***

Really? I saw them 2x too, once at warped, and then again in London Ont, when they were playing with Billy Talent, they were fantastic both times.
i saw them once opening for anti flag when they had no bassist and once at warped where they didn't start playing until their set was like 60% over so they did like 4 songs and then left so the casualties could play

this was all years ago i wouldnt be surprised if they'd gotten their **** together

[Knifeboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxRnnYt_lY

that was amazing

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

they sounded like ***


i saw them once opening for anti flag when they had no bassist and once at warped where they didn't start playing until their set was like 60% over so they did like 4 songs and then left so the casualties could play

this was all years ago i wouldnt be surprised if they'd gotten their **** together
ya i think they have a bassist now i think

[Reaganista]

i think u r confused they had 1 before he just didnt show up

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

uh do you even have the news section of their site bookmarked no probably not

[Shady Ultima]

i saw them once opening for anti flag when they had no bassist and once at warped where they didn't start playing until their set was like 60% over so they did like 4 songs and then left so the casualties could play

this was all years ago i wouldnt be surprised if they'd gotten their **** together

Ah, ok that's fair. I saw them, probably 2/3 years ago? They were ****ing amazing both times, in fact, I had Siren Song and hated it before I saw them live, because I didn't like the screaming. But when I saw them, they blew me away, and so I listened to it again, and love it now.

I actually saw Casualties the same year they played Warped, but the Casualties were on much earlier.

[Shadows Within]

Dillinger Escape Plan (wasn't there to see them but they were worse than i thought they were going to be which was pretty bad)

Trivium (kinda expected it though)


can't think of others right now...

[viciouscycle]

How could DEP be bad? They're one of the craziest bands

[Shadows Within]

they sounded and performed terribly, and they just looked like idiots when they did things on stage, not really cool or anything.

[Fuqueue]

You just described like, 99% of live metal acts.

[Shadows Within]

hmm opinions



awesome



try facts

[hismajestythepope]

Dillinger Escape Plan is ****ing great live, what the **** are you smoking dude?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-lxwlgyhhA

[Fuqueue]

hmm opinions



awesome



try facts

Lol, you play in one of those bands, don't you?

[Shadows Within]

Dillinger Escape Plan is ****ing great live, what the **** are you smoking dude?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-lxwlgyhhA


i don't get it


how is that good?

the only thing remotely cool is the beginning when he ran into the crowd.

Lol, you play in one of those bands, don't you?

nope not in a band.

[hismajestythepope]

Everything is perfect. And listen to the drumming.

And the dude's vocals are awesome.

Band is so good.

[Shadows Within]

lol wtf the drumming's ok nothing to insane, the vocals are terrible and the music is just plain terrible, the fact that they can play it while having seisures on stage is redundant.

i honestly don't see the appeal in bad music.

[hismajestythepope]

Waaah waaah I don't get this music dis sux.

heynerdshovetheinternetupyourgapinganalcavity@Dork .Com

[Shadows Within]

nice very clever


only stating fact, im done.

[Crapdragoon]

i dont get this thread

ive been disappointed by every band i ever seen

[Pete]

Napalm Death were really really boring

a quality you do not want in grind/death

[Fuqueue]

^^Have you seen Opeth live?

[Pete]

no, i have purposely avoided that

[hismajestythepope]

nice very clever
Joke

Your head son


only stating fact, im done.
Go listen to Children Of Bodom you great big froot.

[Fuqueue]

I was talking to the other guy.. but still, you don't know what you're missing. Probably the only metal gig I've seen where I could actually hear the music.

[Pete]

more like go listen to Shadows Within LOL


edit: @opeth, but do you really want to hear whats going on at a metal show

[Shadows Within]

wow i wasn't even thinking band name when i made it i just tried crap till one worked without dumb *** string of numbers on it.

[Pete]

is it because you have lots of shadows within?

[Shadows Within]

mebe

[Pete]

let love shine a light in there

let love in

[Fuqueue]

more like go listen to Shadows Within LOL


edit: @opeth, but do you really want to hear whats going on at a metal show

If it's Opeth I do :D

Makes standing next to a fat sweaty shirtless guy for 3 hours all the more worthwhile.

[hismajestythepope]

But Opeth sucks now.

WOO INVASIVE KEYBOARDS.

My favorite live band by far is As Cities Burn. So much energy.

[Fuqueue]

They're last album was still good, just not as good. They're still the tightest band you will ever see on stage.

[Already_Taken]

except daft punk. seriously. i'm serious

[Fuqueue]

But all they have to do is press 'play'.

[horseypie]

lol you do realise a lot of good djs (like daft punk) queue all their samples live...sure they have a fairly good idea of what theyre gunna play but they still mix it live

[Fuqueue]

..so in effect all they have to do is press play?

[horseypie]

ummm no they sync up their samples, mix things around, fade between samples and change tempo's, etc

theres more to it than pressing play

[Fuqueue]

Ok so I was wrong.

They also fiddle about with sliders. Happy?

:P

[horseypie]

not really

show me how well you go djing live if you think its that easy

[Fuqueue]

I'm sure with a bit of practice I could manage it. Even a DJ will admit that his job isn't that hard.

You should lighten up though, everyone has to have a sense of humour about the music they're into. I like Opeth but I wont deny that they've been recycling the same 5 riffs for 15 years.

[hismajestythepope]

They're last album was still good, just not as good. They're still the tightest band you will ever see on stage.

Watershed and Ghost Reveries are utter crap.

[Fuqueue]

I'm sorry, but your opinions are wrong and invalid.

[hismajestythepope]

I'm sorry but you like ****ing Watershed.

[viciouscycle]

Seems no one can like a bands full discography.. ew omg they changed their sound i wanna hear the same **** over and over

[hismajestythepope]

Yeah dude totally, because Opeth didn't change their sound on pretty much every album or anything...

And I totally didn't love the first seven albums and I don't still listen to them on occasion...

[viciouscycle]

You're still forgetting the full discography part

[Pete]

i like Immortals full discography

and they didnt dissappoint live either

[Fuqueue]

But that's not what this thread is about now, is it?

[Pop music sucks]

elliott smith is my favorite artist, but i've heard a first hand account and seen videos on youtube... he was terrible live. like really bad :(Well, you don't have to worry about it. Unless you plan to visit the Seventh Circle of Hell and listen to Elliott "Weeping Willow" Smith.

[Already_Taken]

cool you're familiar with dante's inferno?

....

[hismajestythepope]

You're still forgetting the full discography part

Well I wasn't disagreeing with that in the case of Opeth, but I don't dislike their last two albums just because they changed their sound. Like, my second favorite album by them is Damnation... their non-metal one.

Also, I really dig Underoath's whole discography.

[kitsch]

elliott smith is my favorite artist, but i've heard a first hand account and seen videos on youtube... he was terrible live. like really bad


elliott is my fav artist as well, i have plenty of bootlegs that are really good.

[HighandDriving]

Underoath, just terrible live but the little girls and my younger brother liked em.

[hismajestythepope]

When did you see them? Because there was a stint between like 2005-2007 where Spencer couldn't scream at all, but otherwise the band is great live, and when Spencer first joined, holy ****, and after he took lessons, he's been pretty good.

[viciouscycle]

Damnation is pretty good. Honestly haven't listened to their early stuff which is what I'm doing right now. Reminds me of early metallica.

[here comes the bird flu]

I saw Behemoth and Job for a Cowboy opened

Job for a Cowboy is the worst live band I've ever seen and/or heard.

[hismajestythepope]

It's really disappointing how boring they've gotten, because they seriously had so much energy just like 2 years ago.

[Pete]

ive only seen jfac once, and i was like 50 meters (150 feet) away, just observing. but they played like "knee deep" and "entombment of a machine" and they did it pretty well so i was satisfied

[hismajestythepope]

Yeah, when they play old songs it's sweet, but then they bust out a new song and it's like **** WE NEED TO STAND IN PLACE.

And Johnny's voice is horrible now.

[Pete]

i remember the vocals not being 100% and this was still a few years ago

i think. let me check

/old drunk has no long or short term memory


edit: oh, it was this last summer. damn.

[syffuf25]

12 Stones was pretty terrible, maybe it was just a bad day.

[ToxicVenom]

my friend dragged me to zebrahead they were gay as ****

[smith_]

I saw Bob Dylan in kingston which is like a small town, anyways it was the worst mix i've ever heard, his voice was way too ****ing loud. even worse, he didnt look at the audience once, his back was turned the whole time, thanks for the show bob i was bleeding from the ears

[Reaganista]

my friend dragged me to zebrahead they were gay as ****

**** you

[viciouscycle]

rofl I used to listen to Zebrahead.. They did some cool stuff I guess it's a been awhile

[hismajestythepope]

i remember the vocals not being 100% and this was still a few years ago

i think. let me check

/old drunk has no long or short term memory


edit: oh, it was this last summer. damn.

Yeah, I saw them like 3 times up until 2007, then I saw them in the summer of '08 the next time, and Johnny's vocals were elite, tbh. He sounded like the guy from Aborted (his lows I mean), his brees and shrieks were fine, but videos from the time period and since that I've seen have been like... wow Johnny, stop drinking whiskey every night dude.

[hismajestythepope]

Converge AND The Chariot at Sounds Of The Underground '06.

The bands put on great shows, don't get me wrong... but Jacob (from Converge) and Josh (from The Chariot) sounded moreso like they were coughing than screaming at the show... I mean, that's closer to Josh's sounds, but Jacob is way too high pitched.

[JayLinkisBanned]

Death and Taxes, the singers really fat and old, and the other guys, well, they are all hidden in back of the singer.

[ed_stones_dead]

Finch

[Username]

jonas brothers. i was so pumped to see them too.

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

[something sort of unlikely]. i was so pumped to see them too.

[Username]

they made my ginnie tingle.

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

id tickle that fancy

[Reaganista]

i saw miley do somethin live on tv idr wat it was but she wasnt lip syncing which was good but she sounded bad which was bad

[FakeReality]

I saw The Mars Volta live, and it was a good show, but they only played for an hour and didn't say goodbye when they were done. They just hit the last note and literally ran off the stage.

The Mars Volta only playing for an hour holy ****

[Agr1m]

I've actually never really been to a bad show.

Maybe when I saw Sigur Ros at Redrocks.. only because we could only stay for an hour and I didn't even get to see the end. But what I saw of it was amazing.

[MegaPhony]

Rush..
however,
a) Definitely had one of the worst seats in the house
b) Was sober as **** and on an empty stomach
c) They played most of their newer stuff

[Agr1m]

And it was Rush..

[horseypie]

I've actually never really been to a bad show.

Maybe when I saw Sigur Ros at Redrocks.. only because we could only stay for an hour and I didn't even get to see the end. But what I saw of it was amazing.

when i saw them my mate fainted in the last 30 seconds of All Allright so we had to quickly take him to the first aid section. we were pretty cut because it was amazing and i wanted to cheer at the end :(

[(*The Noonward Race*)]

eh orseman yous guys shoulda went an seen rush that shi would not have made you faint

except of course if it was from the rushhhh

[horseypie]

lol my bad

[sadisticmonkey]

Modest Mouse are one of my favorite bands, but when I saw them live I am disappoint.

lies. They are amazing, but definitely not for everyone

[Agr1m]

I saw Modest Mouse live and they were amazing. It was actually the first concert I had ever been to.

I have heard though that the lead singer is waisted for half his shows with makes a for a shotty performance.

[homer5657]

Procol Harum - but that's going back a few years!

[syffuf25]

I saw Bob Dylan in kingston which is like a small town, anyways it was the worst mix i've ever heard, his voice was way too ****ing loud. even worse, he didnt look at the audience once, his back was turned the whole time, thanks for the show bob i was bleeding from the ears

I love me some Bob Dylan, but I don't think I would ever care to see him live, first off he could never sing to begin with, and now he's just old and sounds even worse.

[bebubly]

Incubus :(

Also, RHCP were godawful, but I wouldn't say they let me down, because I have never liked them anyway.

[hotpants_67]

I saw The Mars Volta live, and it was a good show, but they only played for an hour and didn't say goodbye when they were done. They just hit the last note and literally ran off the stage.

yea same here. i wonder if they give a **** about their fans at all

[gingerfish]

aborted sucked when they opened for vader and TBDM

[Happy]

Converge AND The Chariot at Sounds Of The Underground '06.

The bands put on great shows, don't get me wrong... but Jacob (from Converge) and Josh (from The Chariot) sounded moreso like they were coughing than screaming at the show... I mean, that's closer to Josh's sounds, but Jacob is way too high pitched.

ugh The Chariot. They ****ing sucked when I saw them supporting PTH.

[MorningBreath]

Iron Maiden.
They totally half-assed their gig and only a couple of die-hard fans liked the gig.
The rest of us were left puzzled about what the f*ck is going on.