Not Good Live Bands

[groooooove]

mike gordon of phish at the gathering of the vibes 2008 (?) was by far the most awfull show i ever saw. he seemed pissed off and annoyed to be there. the whole band had tons of blatant mess ups, and all the jams seemed boring and went nowhere..

When the black crowes opened for zz top. they were horrible.

i saw the black crowes a year or two ago. i dont care for that music, but the band was tight and played fine.

 

[LiquidMidnight]

With the trend to overproduce albums and overdub 12,982,392,770,384 guitar tracks per song, despite the band only being a single guitar band, and having Black, Southern gospel-esque vocal harmonies when only two band members actually sing, a lot of modern bands just can't bring it live anymore. At least that's my opinion.

I also saw Dragonforce live at Mayhemfest. They weren't horrible, but my God, did their mix suck. The only thing I could hear was the guitar leads and the kick drum. The rythmn guitar parts were totally scooped. Afterwards, Disturbed came on and totally slayed with great playing and a great mix.

 

[NS2A]

I've seen Ace Frehley 8 or nine times through the years and he's either in great form or he totally stinks the place up. In 1990 and he totally sucked. Bored, didn't want to be there. John Regan, the bassist, was chewing gum and you could tell he was pissed and glared at Ace all night.

Then in early 1994 Ace showed up for a show totally hungover and they had to push him out on stage. He was pissed at the band and the crowd all night.

But I saw him a year or so ago and he was sober and right on.

 

[Guz2]

The Black Kids. I saw them open for another band (I didn't know they'd be playing, they're bad enough on record) and I had to leave and stand outside until they shut up.

I was forced to go to the concert

 

[HaMMerHeD]

I saw Testament live. Pretty bad. I love their studio work, but the live show was just sloppy.

 

[Jared Lash]

I can only think of a few really bad shows.

The Fugees during the Smokin' Grooves tour. Terrible sound and they were just out of sync. The epitome of a bad hip-hop show. That same night the Roots absolutely killed it though.

The Mars Volta in Oakland opening for RHCP. The cavernous nature of the arena made their very dense mix sound like absolute mush and Cedric went from seemingly completely apathetic to just pissed off and baiting the crowd. I saw them later in a small club where they were headlining and it was a fantastic show, but that one was awful.

The Cranberries. Hated this band to begin with, but will ALWAYS try to enjoy a concert even if I'm being dragged to it but just an embarrassingly bad live show.

I'm sure there are others but that's all I can recall at the moment.

 

[baba]

I saw Korn open for Ozzy around 95/96. I was stunned at how much they sucked.

 

[mmmmm_funky!]

biffy clyro were pure trash they were openin for the who and i was in physical pain listenin to that crap

 

[DiabolicLow B]

Worst live acts I have seen...
Smashing Pumpkins when they headlined Lolapalooza was painful on the ears,
Weezer was really boring and changed guitars and/or tuned between every song,
Cheap Trick in the late 90's was bad, really bad.

 

[CapnSev]

Cheap Trick in the late 90's was bad, really bad.

Cheap Trick is one of those bands that needs to be listened to live only IMO. I've seen them 3 times, and they kill it every time.

The worst live bands in my eyes are (and were) Nirvana, and a RHCP show I went to a few years back was awful.

 

[johnnyz]

Worst live acts I have seen...
Smashing Pumpkins when they headlined Lolapalooza was painful on the ears,

Really? Worked that tour, they were generally pretty awesome. Guess one man's pain is another's pleasure.

 

[mcm]

zz top bad? saw them last year and they were incredibly tight!

 

[Dave-Action-Fig]

Mastodon, How much I love the band, their live performance nowadays is awfull.
It's cool to be there in the crowd but when you see/hear it back it's terrible.

 

[goldenglory18]

Fall Out Boy is terrible live. Too much show, not enough technique. Blink is the same way, although, they really aren't that good recorded either. lol.....

On the other hand, Taking Back sunday is stupid good live. Their timing is near perfect and they play HARD. Very impressive....

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

I've seen Ace Frehley 8 or nine times through the years and he's either in great form or he totally stinks the place up. In 1990 and he totally sucked. Bored, didn't want to be there. John Regan, the bassist, was chewing gum and you could tell he was pissed and glared at Ace all night.

Then in early 1994 Ace showed up for a show totally hungover and they had to push him out on stage. He was pissed at the band and the crowd all night.

But I saw him a year or so ago and he was sober and right on.

You sound like a glutton for punishment!

 

[jaywa]

I saw Korn open for Ozzy around 95/96. I was stunned at how much they sucked.

I saw this same tour... and had the same opinion. Was really wondering why I had rushed to be there on time once they started playing.

Unfortunately Ozzy wasn't that much better...

 

[Gunnerhea86]

I saw tool somewhere around 2000-2001 and it was terrible! the musicianship was spot on, but they dragged out every song for like 20 minutes. Not to mention they followed Mehuggah, who were amazing!

 

[Rawkabilly]

Aerosmith. SO much hype and so mediocre.

I saw 'em live in the late 90's and again a couple years ago. I've heard cover bands do much better justice to their songs.

 

[jimmothy.green]

I saw Weezer and Social D at the Inland Invasion in '99 and I'd have to say that they are the two most borring bands I've seen live.

TMV definitely requires an intimate setting for a live show.

 

[shaboda]

SEETHER--- 2 yrs ago.

......the most boring, lackluster, crawl in a hole and go into a coma set i have ever seen. We bailed early.............................. but Sick Puppies opened and they KILLED!!!!!!!