worked a Cat Power show awhile back. I can never get those hours back...oh well
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Worst band you've ever seen?
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Not a comment about the so called music, but the worst most offending show I ever had the unfortunate displeasure to work was a gangster rapper called The Game.
These thugs shouldn't be validated by anyone. That said it was sold out as usual.
These thugs shouldn't be validated by anyone. That said it was sold out as usual.
I saw Whitesnake open for Motley Crue in the late 80's. At the time i hated the Crue, loved WS and was there to see WS blow them away. What a joke. Every other word out of Covedale's mouth was F. For 45 minutes. It was horrible. I guess they played ok but the profanity was so over the top it ruined everything. Then Motley came out and smoked them. I was really surprised. I saw MC
a few years later and they were pitiful.
On the flip side I saw Kansas 2weeks before Carry On Wayward Son hit the airwaves. Nobody knew who they were. The 10,000 seat hall had all of 300 ppl there. Incredible musicianship, incrdible sound.
And, believe it or not, The B-52's in 1984. Chrystal clear mix, and vox to die for. Those chix sang there asses off and the band was very tight.
a few years later and they were pitiful.
On the flip side I saw Kansas 2weeks before Carry On Wayward Son hit the airwaves. Nobody knew who they were. The 10,000 seat hall had all of 300 ppl there. Incredible musicianship, incrdible sound.
And, believe it or not, The B-52's in 1984. Chrystal clear mix, and vox to die for. Those chix sang there asses off and the band was very tight.
Many years ago I attended a party where the 3-piece band was so bad, in large part because the bass player was so confused and clueless, that a whole group of people (who vaguely knew I played some sort of stringed instrument) demanded that I replace him for a few songs. He seemed quite relieved to get offstage, and me and the other two guys proceeded to play various blues progressions with mumbled and improvised lyrics for the next two hours. I always thought that had to be one of the worst bands in existence, but in fact it was perceived as such an improvement over the way that it started out that we made a couple of hundred dollars in tips.
LOL. Those are the bands whose texts you summarily ignore the next day and everafter.
Aerosmith 1983. Long Beach Arena. No Joe Perry or Brad Whitford and Tyler so obviously stoned out of his gourd. They really, really sucked.
WORST that comes to mind was seeing Hed PE open for another band I went to see. They were SO wasted/stoned they sounded Awful. Didn't much care for them anyway, but their fans sure got Robbed that night.
2nd place goes to Spineshank, for me. They didn't get 1st because they "Technically" didn't play. They passed out on their tour bus and the promoters couldn't get them to wake up to play.
2nd place goes to Spineshank, for me. They didn't get 1st because they "Technically" didn't play. They passed out on their tour bus and the promoters couldn't get them to wake up to play.
I'm great at unearthing ancient threads.
Unfortunately, despite being a teenage staple, nee a MUST HAVE and a huge influence on my own band, I have to say that The Misfits (Jerry Only at the front - I'm too young to have caught the good line ups) positively SUCKED!!! Just..horribly disappointing on every level. Out of key (duh), rushed, bad mix, embarrassing all round.
Unfortunately, despite being a teenage staple, nee a MUST HAVE and a huge influence on my own band, I have to say that The Misfits (Jerry Only at the front - I'm too young to have caught the good line ups) positively SUCKED!!! Just..horribly disappointing on every level. Out of key (duh), rushed, bad mix, embarrassing all round.
I know this is an old post but...
Funny how Dylan's name comes up a lot. I saw him once...Not a huge fan but I liked the Desire/Blood on the Tracks years. I saw him at Jones Beach in New York many many years ago with GE Smith and his band backing him up. Dylan got on stage, mumbled a bunch oh incoherent lyrics, never acknowledged the audience or even the band...and walked off. GE is know for being the happiest guy on a stage but the entire band was stone faced and looked like they coulodn't wait to leave. I'm old and have probably seen 100's of shows and this was probably the worst.
I saw the original Dead line up many times and, yes as everyone knows, they can be good, bad or something in between on any given night.
Funny that you saw a bad Maniacs show. Saw them many times back in the day. Other than Natalie's crappy attitude I always enjoyed their shows and never saw a clunker.
I just have to applaud the writing in this post. You, sir, should write screenplays.
Bailey Quarters .... yum.I hear that joke a lot, but it was one letter off. It was WKRQ (aka Q102)
The Pretenders..we supported them in 1979 or something, the singer 'chick' was a real arrogant brat ( tho not exactly a youth herself)
This particular audience preferred us too which put their noses out somewhat ..
This particular audience preferred us too which put their noses out somewhat ..
The Texxas Jam must have been 82-or 83
Styx wasnt bad -however these hard rockers in the sun, drunk as hell waiting to ROCK out. Watinf for Terrible Ted the motor city madman!
Styx opened with a new song noone had ever heard with weird dancing robots -MR Roboto and lead singer prancing about.
Everyone just looked at each other and started throwing things and getting unruly.
TOUGH CROWD!
Aside from that -my first band when the guitarist would try and sing "Like a stone" He was god awful. The actual rythm guitar that normally sang wasnt that much better.
Styx wasnt bad -however these hard rockers in the sun, drunk as hell waiting to ROCK out. Watinf for Terrible Ted the motor city madman!
Styx opened with a new song noone had ever heard with weird dancing robots -MR Roboto and lead singer prancing about.
Everyone just looked at each other and started throwing things and getting unruly.
TOUGH CROWD!
Aside from that -my first band when the guitarist would try and sing "Like a stone" He was god awful. The actual rythm guitar that normally sang wasnt that much better.
Eric Clapton at Rich Stadium (Buffalo NY) in the summer of... 1974? '75? Can't recall. I was in the 3rd row and could see him, behind the amp stacks, sucking whisky out of a bottle before the show. He ended up on his back after a couple of songs and whoever his other guitar player was at the time had to cover everything. It was truly pitiful. He writes about this period in his autobiography as a low point. Next up was The Band and they were good so the day wasn't a total waste.
Wow, this is an old thread and the 6th time I've posted to it.
One of the worst bands I've ever seen was also the most influential band in my career.
I was just starting out on guitar and struggling to pick up bass playing. I was in a youthful garage band but didn't think we were any good at all, let alone play out.
Then I saw a group called 'The Seeds'
The had a few hit songs; 'Pushin' Too Hard' and "Can't Seem to Make You Mine"
The band was; Vocalist, Hammond Organ, Guitar and Drums, no bass.
I was eager to see the guitar player in hopes of stealing some of his licks or technique.
Pressed against the stage I watched and listened.
After 5 mins of watching it dawned on me the guitarist was not that good
and everything he played, I could easily play and I was a rank amateur.
The lightbulb went off in my head. Not only could we do this but probably better.
4 weeks later played my first gig. It wasn't as easy as it looked at all but I've been playin' ever since.
Thank you, Jan Savage for the inspiration.
One of the worst bands I've ever seen was also the most influential band in my career.
I was just starting out on guitar and struggling to pick up bass playing. I was in a youthful garage band but didn't think we were any good at all, let alone play out.
Then I saw a group called 'The Seeds'
The had a few hit songs; 'Pushin' Too Hard' and "Can't Seem to Make You Mine"
The band was; Vocalist, Hammond Organ, Guitar and Drums, no bass.
I was eager to see the guitar player in hopes of stealing some of his licks or technique.
Pressed against the stage I watched and listened.
After 5 mins of watching it dawned on me the guitarist was not that good
and everything he played, I could easily play and I was a rank amateur.
The lightbulb went off in my head. Not only could we do this but probably better.
4 weeks later played my first gig. It wasn't as easy as it looked at all but I've been playin' ever since.
Thank you, Jan Savage for the inspiration.
They did hate each other, by that point.
You must have seen the interview, during a sound check, where Sting & Copeland get into a full on fight with each other, resulting in a broken thumb.
They probably resented having to be up on stage together, any more than was contractually obliged, so raced through the set...
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Ignore me, hadn't spotted this was a necro-thread.
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So it is.
Must make sure I look at these things, before shooting of a redundant reply, next time.
