Was there ever a Tighter band than...

[spanndrew]

Also TBH most tech death bands (that are any good), that's sorta their selling point.

 

[Ken R]

The Rippingtons.

 

[BaltBass5]

I'm a ROCK guy but:

Atlanta Rhythm Section
Toto

 

[Bassometer]

Milli Vanilli

 

[azureblue]

you want tight? Listen to Count Basie's Band playing Sammy Nestico's "Wind Machine" . Now try to walk that bass part.

 

[Deleted member 264575]

 

[jasmangan]

Tool

 

[Gully Foyle]

Can't believe not mentioned yet....

King F'n Crimson

Any line up really, but the current live 7 piece, with 3 drummers, no one stepping on each other, and perfect....

 

[the harp unstrung]

But thats what made them great.
Plug it in and let it fly.

What He said!
That's why I've been listening to the Good Ol' Grateful Dead for four decades...but, gawd knows, they're not a part of This discussion...

 

[rmayer]

You sat through a whole Olivia Newton-John album???.....You have all the attributes needed to be my next bass teacher!

Oh....and The Tubes were the tightest of the tight

I agree with the Tubes. Saw them live in the 80s. Incredible show.

 

[colantalas]

I saw Gojira about a year ago, the whole band was locked in super tight and crushingly powerful.

 

[Benjamin Earl]

No Means No

 

[InhumanResource]

Tower of Power.

 

[fhm555]

Since live is IMO the only true guage of tightness in a band, any claim made for recordings would be suspect in my mind. i've also seen bands multiple nights/shows in a row who slayed one show and phoned in the next or sucked then killed.

That said, the most consistently tight live acts i've seen are Los Lobos, The Kinsey report, Ricky Skaggs and whatever band he's got at the time, and Asleep At The Wheel. They are always top shelf whenever i've seen them live.

 

[billiam5billion]

Strung Out may be the tightest band I've ever seen live-

 

[interp]

I know no-one will like this or even listen to it, but a modern progressive metal band called Periphery is undoubtedly the tightest band ever. No-one will ever come close to them.



That is their soundcheck. The complexity of the song, and the fact that they have three guitar players, all playing different things, with interlocking rhythms, and a bass player who matches them...well, I defy you to find anything tighter

Boy, you clearly have a way different definition of "tight" than I do. To me, that was cacophony.

 

[Funk³]

Boy, you clearly have a way different definition of "tight" than I do. To me, that was cacophony.

'Oh no, the young whippersnappers are at it again! Tuning low and using COMPLEXITY!'

 

[Matthew Fisher]

Subbed. I'll have to do some heavy listening to be sure, and by then I'm sure I'll have forgotten the question.

Here's a page with background info with a YouTube link for one of OP's choices:

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[Fingerpickingood]

'Oh no, the young whippersnappers are at it again! Tuning low and using COMPLEXITY!'

SNAP.

 

[PokeyPrasch]

Pretty tight.