drunk shows can be fun
The bands that suck......
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i went to see Judas Priest play back in the 80's and Great White opened for them. they sucked so bad the crowd booed the guitarist off the stage as he was doing this total rip off of VH's eruption with a bit of his own bad playing thrown in. he stopped playing, walked off stage and about 30 sec. later the house lights came on and the crew started to break down their gear!! also remembering seeing Yngvie Malmsteen (spelling?) open for AC/DC and not being all that impressed. he was so loud that it was tough to appreciate his playing.
I saw them about 10 years ago. God I am old.
i felt really old @ the Deerhunter/Times New Viking/Vivian Girls show.
this entire thread should be a testament to the fact that even when trying extremely hard to be 'cool' and listen to bands that no one has ever heard of (like many listed in this thread already, whodathunkit), that they really in fact suck, and even further concretes the reason why (full circle here), no one has heard of them/likes them. going to be a hypocrite here, but i never understood why unknown bands carry so much cool factor, sure the music may be good, but liking these bands primarily for their underground status is lame-o; popular bands aren't always popluar because they sell out, they're popluar because their music is good.
selling records & being popular [not equal to] being a sell-out or making crappy music
not going to name any names, but one poster in particular spits off obscure band names like ticker tape that might have a following of, oh, 10,000 people or so at best. i just get a kick of out his ultimate 'cool-ness' and total wealth of music knowledge and laugh to myself everytime i see a new unknown band mentioned worthy of solidifying said persons 'cool-ness' even further.
/end of rant.
oh, BTW, NICKELBACK BLOWS
selling records & being popular [not equal to] being a sell-out or making crappy music
not going to name any names, but one poster in particular spits off obscure band names like ticker tape that might have a following of, oh, 10,000 people or so at best. i just get a kick of out his ultimate 'cool-ness' and total wealth of music knowledge and laugh to myself everytime i see a new unknown band mentioned worthy of solidifying said persons 'cool-ness' even further.
/end of rant.
oh, BTW, NICKELBACK BLOWS
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Circa Survive is, hands down, the worst bad I've ever seen live.
Except Heavy Heavy, Low Low. They are, without a question, THE worst.
Except Heavy Heavy, Low Low. They are, without a question, THE worst.
Really? Which night were you there? I thought Gaslight was by far the worst band there.
Heh. Maybe they put on a better show when you saw them. The show I was at, they looked dead. No energy at all. The singer mumbled everything really badly, and the instrumentals were sloppy. It was ugly.
ive never seen them live but ive been listening to their albums pretty much nonstop for the last couple of months. solid stuff.
i saw 311 in birmingham back in the day and it was by far the worst live show ive ever seen. the place was half empty, the band had zero energy and they only played about a 45 min set. weird since i saw them in atlanta about 6 months before that and the show was pretty amazing and they played for 2+ hours. pretty much ruined the band for me, and i cant really listen to them much anymore.
Primus. Sucked animal ass live. They got boo-ed off the stage....of course, they were on right before Slayer...
I saw the SNL performance from Finch. I didn't know who the hell they were. That made me want to eat my brains.
I saw the SNL performance from Finch. I didn't know who the hell they were. That made me want to eat my brains.
I saw them with rise against and thrice, I was very much pleasantly surprised.
I like Thrice alright, but hated their choice of set. I'll agree there. Still think Gaslight sucked though.
ive been digging thrice's newer stuff, but dont really see it translating well to a live show.
I like their older stuff MUCH better. And they played almost exclusively stuff off their newer albums.
yeah the older stuff is pretty rad as well, definitely better suited for a live show, i just appreciated the newer stuff too. at least its something different as opposed to rise against who pretty much just puts out the same album every couple of years. its still good, but the songs off all their albums are pretty much interchangeable.
Hate to resurrect an old thread, but I couldn't think of a better place to say that I LOL'd my ass off @ the Nickelback tour advertisment playing on the right.
Nickledick!
Blink 182 were apallingly awful. The drummer couldn't even keep time. The worst live band I ever saw by far was the Firm, Jimmy Page sucked live. I confirmed this again by seeing him play with the Black Crowes version of Zepp.....
Its funny. I thought so too. My Brother on the other hand thought they were great. All I know is I had to pee and because my brother bought the ticket I held it until after what might have been described as an encore was over. I was also hoping that something cool would happen as they were a giant let down..... Nothing cool happened however.....
Seen them 3 time and was happy with the show each time. Saw the first show they played in LA and they brought a ton of good energy and won me over. Also saw them headline a show at the Whiskey and they brought it all over again to a smaller stage. Can't say I'm their biggest fan, or that they are my favorite band, but I don't hate them as much as most people think I should. Though, I doubt I'll buy all their albums or go to another show.
As for Zark's earlier post about LOA - dead on
I saw Tool on their 10,000 Days tour with Big Business opening, and by far the coolest part was when Danny Carey played a fairly lengthy solo, during which roadies brought Big Business's drummer's set back out and the two had a pretty cool drum battle. Not sure how stoked the rest of the crowd was, but as a drummer I thought it was good times.
Escape the Fate (with Craig), they thought they were all big time rockstars.
Protest the Hero wasn't great either, mostly because the lead singer is a douche.
Protest the Hero wasn't great either, mostly because the lead singer is a douche.
I paid to see Nickleback and Default in 2001. Was new to town, and one of my new friends convinced me to go 
. Default was crappy no doubt; Nickelback was so-so to decent, have seen worse. They brought out Jerry Cantrell as a surprise guest and played Man In The Box for a decent rock'n'roll moment.
I saw U2 last fall at the Skydome and was so, so disappointed. They didn't sound good (hard to in a 50,000+ arena), butchered The Unforgettable Fire and Bono was cheesy as hell. And their new album tunes lick balls. (Sexy boots!) I mean, I wasn't exactly expecting an intimate show, and didn't pay for the tickets, but still...
And second, third, fourth, whatever the Smashing Pumpkins. Not that impressive live.
. Default was crappy no doubt; Nickelback was so-so to decent, have seen worse. They brought out Jerry Cantrell as a surprise guest and played Man In The Box for a decent rock'n'roll moment.I saw U2 last fall at the Skydome and was so, so disappointed. They didn't sound good (hard to in a 50,000+ arena), butchered The Unforgettable Fire and Bono was cheesy as hell. And their new album tunes lick balls. (Sexy boots!) I mean, I wasn't exactly expecting an intimate show, and didn't pay for the tickets, but still...
And second, third, fourth, whatever the Smashing Pumpkins. Not that impressive live.
U2. Bono needs to be dragged out into the middle of the street and shot for being such a scuzzy waste of my air. And Owen Wilson. And Ben Stiller.
Yes, it's one of those nights.
Yes, it's one of those nights.
I've seen Dropkick Murphys at least twice. Once was good, once one of the singers was so hammered he could barely stand up. He was slurring his words as he tried to sing.
On a positive note I saw The Violent Femmes a few years ago. Spot on, those guys sounded awesome.
On a positive note I saw The Violent Femmes a few years ago. Spot on, those guys sounded awesome.
Stiller, Sandler, and Ferrell should form the worlds least funny conglomerate and produce awful music so al qaeda will have something to hate more than skyscrapers.