They're still around. A post by Red Sun Rising popped up on my FB feed tonight. They will be opening for Candlebox in Cleveland this Tuesday.
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Worst band you've ever seen?
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They're still around. A post by Red Sun Rising popped up on my FB feed tonight. They will be opening for Candlebox in Cleveland this Tuesday.
Saw the chilli peppers and foo fighter back in 2000-2001? (Was a foggy time for me) and what I was hyped for was for the peppers. They absolutely bombed because they were bombed and it was made stranger by the video playing on large screen behind them of random animal planet bs with monkeys and warthogs. Foo fighter which I was never really into put on a kick ass show and I was shocked at how good live they were, Dave grohl is a hilarious dude! There was some no name group who opened for the show that I just ignored mainly because they were the worst out it all.
Was this a Canada Day show at Molson Park, Barrie?
If I remember correctly, Alice in Chains killed that night
Yeah, I caught that tour also, at the Capital Center, in Landover MD. Candlebox was sooo bad, they were 3/4 of the way thru " Far Behind", before you could even recognize what song it was.
The worst I personally have ever seen has been Aerosmith, on several occasions in the 80's and 90's. Come on, can't remember the words to "DREAM ON" ??? W.T.F.
When I saw this thread, I immediately thought of the Aerosmith set that I saw in New York City, around 1973, when they opened for the Edgar Winter Group.
This was before their wasted "middle period"; rather, it was in the early days when they were simply a very sloppy bar band.
Just remembered another one. Has anyone else been unfortunate enough to encounter The Red, White and Blues?
My friend saw them open for Aerosmith during their UK tour a couple of years ago, and he remarked on how bad they were. A while later we went to see Lynyrd Skynyrd, and guess who was opening?
They were dire. Neanderthal, air-punching, rock-for-the-sake-of-rock, with a sound engineer who obviously decided that everything needed to be louder than everything else. Skynyrd were loud, but at least the sound had been done well so, even with three lead guitarists, things were distinct. The RW&Bs were just a wall of badly-played, badly-mixed noise.
My friend saw them open for Aerosmith during their UK tour a couple of years ago, and he remarked on how bad they were. A while later we went to see Lynyrd Skynyrd, and guess who was opening?
They were dire. Neanderthal, air-punching, rock-for-the-sake-of-rock, with a sound engineer who obviously decided that everything needed to be louder than everything else. Skynyrd were loud, but at least the sound had been done well so, even with three lead guitarists, things were distinct. The RW&Bs were just a wall of badly-played, badly-mixed noise.
May of '83, took my then girlfriend to see Journey for her birthday. They were probably at the peak of their fame right about then. In fairness, I appreciated what I'd heard of the musicianship on the radio, but was never really much of a fan. Talk about dull, lifeless & by-the-numbers...not engaging in any way and though I can't swear it, I believe a good portion of it was "canned."
By contrast, the opening act (The Greg Kihn Band) blew Journey off their own stage. I had no idea who they were until they tore into "The Breakup Song," but 10 minutes into their set, every seat in the Garden was filled, the house lights came down and the crowd really got into what I'd still consider one of the best sets I've ever seen an opener pull off. Wasn't particularly a fan of that style of pop, but the interaction with the audience, the selection of music & the energy they put into it seriously earned my respect. To their credit, Journey allowed them to answer the crowd howling for an encore...twice.
I realize there's a lot more to the equation than just that night, but based on my experience that evening, I still think it unjust that everybody still knows Journey, but mention Greg Kihn and you usually get a blank stare.
By contrast, the opening act (The Greg Kihn Band) blew Journey off their own stage. I had no idea who they were until they tore into "The Breakup Song," but 10 minutes into their set, every seat in the Garden was filled, the house lights came down and the crowd really got into what I'd still consider one of the best sets I've ever seen an opener pull off. Wasn't particularly a fan of that style of pop, but the interaction with the audience, the selection of music & the energy they put into it seriously earned my respect. To their credit, Journey allowed them to answer the crowd howling for an encore...twice.
I realize there's a lot more to the equation than just that night, but based on my experience that evening, I still think it unjust that everybody still knows Journey, but mention Greg Kihn and you usually get a blank stare.
Saw them a couple of years ago with the new Alice in Chains, AiC blew them away. For me though it wasn't Matt Sorum, it was that douche of douches Scott Weiland. First song he comes out strutting in this way that makes Mick Jagger look masculine wearing this -- I can't even describe it - horrendous outfit. My friend and just looked at each, already knowing what the other was thinking, and just shook our heads. We left early. Still not the worst band I've ever seen though.
And for everyone saying the worst band they ahve ever seen was a band they were in? Thanks for being honest, that should be true of all of us!
Saw the same tour in Hartford CT. Yeah- they were pretty pathetic.
But the worst band I EVER saw live was The Cars back in the early 80s. Might've been the tour for Panorama but I dont know for sure.
Their late bass player Ben Orr was the ONLY person who looked alive on stage. The sound was great- every song sounded terrific, but they did not deviate on the songs at all and no one had any stage charisma besides Orr. You could've had cardboard cutouts of the other band members on stage and just played the CD (or the cassette- I think this was before CDs were commerically available!). Ocasek, Easton and Hawkes were all but invisible. Ocasek stood like a statue behind his mic, Easton was left stuck in pretty much one spot all night long and even though keyboard players dont usually move around much, Hawkes didnt even use a "keytar" that was popular around this time.
I left the show feeling completely unentertained.
I was in a band once in the 80's where the bassist had one beer and forgot large parts of songs or entire songs, weird, huh? The drummer wasn;t that hot either, me and lead singer quit and formed a new, mucho better band after.
I've heard this a lot about the Cars' live shows. It's funny, because part of the band's schtick was their new wave-ish cold detachment-- singing as if they were robots. But when they seemed that way in concert, it didn't work out very well for them. (I do love their music, though.)
Got one - just saw Bob Dylan a few months ago, he was so bad (and band was so bad) that we left after 4 songs. I know that he has a bad rep for not always being on for shows, but this was god-awful. The only time I can ever remember walking out of a concert (plenty of bars, but not a big-league concert)
Fortunately Mark Knofler was the opener and he and his band were really outstanding. So the evening was still worth it, although my wife was disappointed because she was really digging Dylan's new CD.....
Fortunately Mark Knofler was the opener and he and his band were really outstanding. So the evening was still worth it, although my wife was disappointed because she was really digging Dylan's new CD.....
Yeah, I had heard from someone who knows the local promoter of that show's venue that feelings had become so strained by the time they played here that Knopfler and Dylan didn't even talk to each other. Also, that Dylan required that the lounge area backstage be cleared out so that he could walk through it.
Ironically in Denver where I saw them, Knopfler played a tune with Dylan, but the ***hole didn't even acknowledge him.
I agree with^. I saw Dylan at Juan-Les-Pins Jazz festival years ago in France and he was so bad I was angry. When I walked out, I remember that although I couldn't see him any longer, I could sadly still hear him as I walked away.
Worst ever, including drunk buskers.
Worst ever, including drunk buskers.
