>saw RHCP in '13
>this was probably the first time I ever saw a band perform who clearly had no interest in it at all
>maybe it was just the end of a long tour and they were tired, but it all seemed like they were burned out on the whole thing and just wanted to get through the setlist as fast as possible
Sucked even more because they were supposed to be great live and I'm sure they used to be. That's not the Chilies I got though.
Share your stories, /mu/tants.
>Mono with the Orchestra in 2011
>sounded like shit
>place was really bright
>seated would have been better
Left after 15 minutes.
>>this was probably the first time I ever saw a band perform who clearly had no interest in it at all
This is why I didn't go see ATDI or Mars Volta on their last tours.
>>64577873
was John still there at that time?
I find it hard to believe Flea wouldn't be into it.
I once saw a metal novelty act at a festival. It was fucking weird and awful. There was a song about an ice cream graveyard or some shit.
>Death Grips
>did not transcend into pure noid
>did not regress into my primal form
>didn't even fucking die
What gives dudes?
>>64578122
>2013
>John Frusciante
Uh...
>saw Styx a few years ago at a Vegas casino
>friend's dad gave me tickets
>oh god, it was hilarious - 90% of the audience were drunk 50-something dudes all singing along
One time I went to a show for some generic black-metal-looking band. They legitimately looked like Mayhem. They were playing in some guy's basement. The show cost like $5 and there were only like 20 people there.
They saunted onstage, looking really intimidating, but then the band started playing fun, catchy pop songs. And not like black metal stylized covers, either. Smooth, fun, Tokyo Police Club-esque pop tracks with clean, friendly singing.
Almost everyone there was PISSED. They threw anything they could find at the band who just kept playing anyway, just sort of braving through it and smiling back at them. By the end of the show, there were only about 5 people left, including me. I couldn't stop laughing my ass off.
Never mind, that was actually the best show I'd ever been to.
I went to Glasgow to watch Foals play and midway through the set list the guitarist and keyboards player had an argument over who would play keyboards for the next few songs. Needless to say the guitarist (Jimmy) won by just getting a roadie to just bring out his own keyboard meaning the usual keyboards player (Walter) was redundant for a few songs, and he chose to just stand at the back of the stage drinking a couple of cans of Diet Coke while giving Jimmy dirty looks. When he returned to playing he called Jimmy a 'fucking selfish pretentious twat' accidentally into his mic making it audible, and had no interest in playing for the rest of the set - showing the minimal amount of interest in what he was doing. So dissapointing as the rest of the set was pretty flat from the rest of the band, one who were for years one of my favourites
>>64578215
>>64578215
That's what the fuck I was asking you retard. It was a fucking question.
>>64578338
But that sounds like the best concert ever.
>>64578179
?
I saw Motley Crue in the late 90s and all of the audience just wanted to hear the old classics and rock out, but they insisted on playing stuff from their new shitty album. When people complained and were all like "PLAY GIRLS, GIRLS, GIRLS" Vince Neil starts openly insulting them.
>>64577873
i remember seeing dj shadow prob 15 years ago. he had about 6 DJs open up, each playing full sets, before he came up at about 3:00AM and played for about 20 minutes and then shook some hands and left. Didn't play even one song of endtroducing, and his last song was something off the UNKLE record that he just hit play and left the stage.
>>64577873
The same happened to me, people were just sitting on the floor and they just played and then left, it was really fucking boring
>>64578351
this sounds great!
Soundgarden, Dublin 1995.
Mudhoney were on first, no one cared.
WhiteZombie came on next and they were awesome.
Soundgarden came out next and killed the mood, they had technical difficulties, were standing sround being cunts and finished the set with Head Down which was actually a backing track.
Caused a near riot.
>>64578338
That sounds fun anon
>>64578351
Spelling fixes, was typing too quickly
>saunted
sauntered
>onstage
well, there was no stage because, ya know, it's a basement, but you know what I mean.
I saw RHCP in 06 when Frusciante was still with them and it sucked. Anthony looked bored out of his mind and didn't look at or interact with the crowd at all.
>>64578386
Not it was a shitty local Danish band.
>see Umphrey's McGee, a jam band, live bc my friends liked them
>4 hours of music with a 45 minute intermission
>first set were deep cuts from their albums, second set was exclusively covers of disco songs
>people we talk to all smell awful and say they've been following the band for months and don't have jobs
>dude directly behind me is obviously on molly
>starts grinding on me about 30 minutes in
>clumsily sticks his hand straight in my front pocket; I don't think it's possible to be a worse pickpocket than this
>started yelling at him anyway and told him he needs to go the fuck away
>10 minutes later he's grinding on me again
Even my friends who were fans said they didn't recognize a single song
>>64577873
>panda bear
>he could've been more into it but whatever
>pretty good music and shit
>one problem
>literally everyone there is an asshole
>talking loudly during songs
>pushing for no goddamn reason
>random yelling
>cunts trying to push their way to the front
I'm convinced the entire concert was populated by frat boys and dumb sluts. Worst crowd ever
Only "bad" show I've been too was Smashing Pumpkins, they had some local noise rock band open who were surprisingly good and got the place pretty pumped up, just for Corgan and Co. to get up on stage and play the entirety of Oceania, then a couple of mellow album tracks from their 90's stuff. Was a really weird change in pace/mood and I just couldn't really get into it.
Now that I'm thinking of it, I'm pretty damn sure they didn't play a single track off of Mellon Collie.
One Direction concert with my sister for her birthday. I even wore some shitty t shirt she bought for me, with the douche frontman's face on it. I love that girl.
I was there, awkward as fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cdt3taIaZE
Limp Bizkit opening for Metallica in the early 2000s.
>>64578791
where was this? i saw him in london a year ago and the crowd was great, if very weird. almost everybody was over 20 and nobody really danced apart from swaying and this weird euphoric bald guy that started doing evangelical hands-to-the-sky stuff near the end of the set
i was upstairs and there was one guy who was sitting on a bench near the bar reading a paperback for i think the whole show, obviously i wasn't watching him but he was there when i arrived and still there when i left
>>64578816
Wincest
Saw death grips at Union transfer in Philadelphia. He fell off the stage and me and my friend helped him up. The venue gave out free ice cream afterwards
>>64578816
you're a good brother
>>64577873
I feel for you man... i saw them in 2014 and they were awesome, even though their new guitar was some weak dude
Worst live performance i ever saw was QOTSA in lollapalooza, at least of course from artists i wanted to see. Josh was singing like some middle age crisis dude in a bathroom.
Scratch that, The dude from muse was sick once and couldn't sing for shit.... that was the worse, he even tried to cover smells like teen spirit, and it sounded like a visual key singer failing at it.
Man, BR huepalooza can be weird.
worst show i've ever been to was AJJ back in like 2012 or something. everyone just stood around doing nothing except for these preteens that smelled AWFUL and kept trying to start a pit even though no one else was into it. one had really long hair and every time he moved his hair would go flying and waft his smell towards me and i almost puked several times
Saw the Mystery Skulls dude live
I swear 80% of the audience looked like this pic
RHCP are really hit or miss. Sometimes they're on fire, other shows Anthony is totally phoning it in.
>>64578976
I was gonna go to that. The fucking hipster scene in the city blows though
Survivor... They played Eye of the Tiger and Burning Heart, then am announcement came over the PA that they had broken their guitar and would not play any more songs.
>animal collective concert, SJ tour
>enjoyable, i was in the front row
>everybody screaming during peacebone, fun as fuck
>have backstage pass. try to snitch some autographs after the show's over
>get through and feel all excited 'cause i'm gonna see andy pandy and shit
>open the door to their dressing room
>deakin and avey on a sofa with the most serious look ever, don't even notice me
>geologist spread on a chair, looking annoyed as fuck, yawns
>panda sitting in front of the mirror, eating take out pizza
>he's obviously high and calling someone on his cell
>loops saying "one million dollars... one million dollars..."
>geologist looks up at me
>i smile, do "no" with my head and close the door
>>64579271
But let's be honest that 90% of people were only there for EOTT.
>>64579245
Yeah I have to agree
>>64579318
and yes we understand...YOU ONLY HAVE ONE GUITAR! PS: No Refunds Will Be Issued! Some bands think they can get away with any bullshit when they are most likely fucked up on a bus out back.
>>64579307
No way
Stone Temple Pilots... Scott Weiland was too fucked up to play and we waited for like, 2 hours before they told us the show was canceled.
Mars Volta. Opening band for a System concert. The worst live music I've ever beheld.
Saw a local band last summer, they have their own material but for some reason they just played popular rock songs. From the very start the sound was fucked up and they didn't bother to fix it, the singer and main guitar was obviously quite drunk, he kept mixing up lyrics, he was slurring all the time and he dropped his guitar near the end. The rhythm guitar guy was acting strange too, he got way too excited during guitar solos and started rolling around on the floor during Smells Like Teen Spirit, I couldn't help but laugh my ass off. The bass player was like that awkward teenager that gets invited to a party and doesn't want to look like a loser so he goes even though he has poor social skills, he just stood at the back next to the drummer and looked down at his guitar the whole time. One of the few good things about that concert was the drummer, he played well and motivated the crowd between songs, I talked to him after, he was a pretty chilled out guy.
>>64579500
I was recently watching some live videos of theirs on Youtube, holy shit were they bad. I would not have guessed it, it's too bad.
>>64579524
>>64579271
>>64579217
>>64579114
>>64579001
>>64578976
>>64578897
>>64578816
>>64579271
>>64578808
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>>64578404
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>>64578445
>>64578362
>>64578351
>i dont know how to greentext hehe
Fucking newfags.
Britney Spears when she was going through her psycho head shaving phase. This was when Radar came out, I liked the song and was hoping it would be at least a decent show.
>she was doped up on prescriptions, had a wig and huge sunglasses on
>totally sloppy and half-assed dance moves and she didn't sing one note
>I said to a friend "Shit, I could put on a wig and shades and get up on that stage and nobody would notice the difference."
>and they didn't even do Radar
She had no business taking people's money in that kind of condition.
>>64577873
saw them i think in 2007 or 8. phoned-in show at some 3rd-tier stadium in the uk. free ticket, but i was more excited for goldfrapp (who cancelled). so bored i went crowdsurfing
>>64579610
I can't be bothered, go milk a cow
>>64578445
>no one cared about Mudhoney
Wew lad
>>64579653
kek'd and rekd
Kiss last year. They seemed so totally tired and didn't want to be there except that Gene Simmons needed more shekels.
i saw and you will know us by the trail of dead a few years ago when they were doing a tour for the anniversary of source tags and codes, an album i had really liked when i was in hs
i saw em at the poisson rouge in nyc and the venue was nice and the crowd was fine but their performance really lacked, the lead singers voice has clearly deteriorated and he can't his the higher notes anymore, it was really a shame
>Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks tour
>~35 minutes into the set
>"Sorry guys my throat hurts"
>Show ends, didn't even play Little Fang
>>64579610
Maybe every story told on 4chan doesn't have to be greentexted.
Maybe it was a conscious decision, ever think of that?
>>64579716
That's a bummer. I was reading about them in the Merge record book because they were signed to Merge back in the 90's and said that they were total rock stars and were into partying and bringing the hype. People were kind of bummed they left for Interscope and after that they barely sold any records despite universal acclaim before falling off in critical popularity. I imagine the guys and gals at Merge are somewhat happy about that.
Up In Smoke '99. It was Papa Roach(not bad), Xibit(meh), Eminem(really really good wish it had just been him), and Limp Bizkit( fucking horrible waste of fucking time and money and I went for free. Fred Durst is a waste of life).
>>64579800
Weren't Snoop, Dre, Nate Dogg and Cube there as well? If so wouldn't that make up for fucking Limp Bizkit?
>Saw a band open for Alice Cooper
>Awful goth hard rock band
>Out of tune vocals
>Wait, I recognize this song
>Fucking Dream Police
>Kek
>It's awful
>Band finally leaves the stage
>Alice Cooper plays
>Decent
>Guillotine didn't even cut his head off during the concert, it got stuck half way through
>Eh
>>64579821
They weren't at this thing and Limp were headlining. Like I said, Eminem was kick butt.
>>64579610
autism
>>64579774
Kek
>>64579323
>>64579245
I'm thinking about moving there, please elaborate?
>my mom took me to a festival headlined by Linkin Park for my 16th b-day
>Atreyu was there and I saw them just to kill time
>some fat girl flashed her boobs and my teenage hormones took over just long enough that I was too busy staring to notice some dude using my leg as a fire hydrant
>which ultimately turned out to not be close to the worst thing that can happen to you at a concert
>except I had to explain to my mom why my pants leg was all wet and smelled like piss
>the music was shit too
>>64579874
I love the city with all my heart. Coolest place, and centrally located w NYC nearby as well as beautiful natural things and beaches. Just the scene there is conceited and lame. Image based indie heads, and 10x more than the average city
>>64578445
>Mudhoney
>no one cares
I didn't know Dublin was full of plebs.
>>64577873
I saw them in 2012 and had the same experience. Granted, somebody kept throwing water bottles at Anthony so I can understand why he would be upset. But even before that he wasn't really into it.
Flea was the only one who was REALLY into it, but in the middle of the show he said "it's great to be here in New York." We were in Dallas.
I wish Frusciante had been there.
>>64579874
Don't let that sway your opinion tho.
>>64579874
>>64579920
Actually sounds like my kind of scene hah
>>64579774
>>"Sorry guys my throat hurts"
>>64579916
When i saw the flaming lips Wayne said "thanks Raleigh" yet we were in Richmond. The crowd turned on him pretty heavily after that. I remember my friend was really bummed out because of that. People in Richmond have a lot of pride in their city so that may have been one thing, but also they looked a little tired (or just disliked Richmond idk senpai). Regardless of that it was an excellent show so...not exactly what the thread was asking for but I've got another shit experience coming up here.
Willie Nelson. Only show I've ever been to without an encore. He was more eager to get off the stage than a 3rd grader when the clock hits 3:30 PM. Ended right when his contractually obligated 90 minutes was up.
Didn't interact with the crowd at all and changed up the melodies on all of his hits so nobody could sing along. Basically the show was just an advertisement for his son's reggae band.
>Be fan of The Shins
>Go see Shins
>Hell yes
>Most boring fucking crowd ever
>Seriously, it was Do The Standstill X100
>The keyboardist was the most energetic person there
I know the Shins aren't known for their insane performances but the crowd just fucking killed the whole vibe.
>>64579942
I honeslty couldn't tell if Flea was fucking around or not, maybe Wayne was too?
Idk, that was pretty much the highlight of the show and now whenever my friend and I go into Dallas we can't help but say it's great to be here in New York.
>>64579960
Promise Of The Real? They're touring with Neil Young I believe in the future. They're ok I guess. Also it's Willie Nelson so if I went to go see him it would be to get fucked up not necessarily to enjoy his music.
>>64579960
A few years ago I got a bottle of Willie Nelson-endorsed bourbon. Apparently the proceeds from the sale went to help pay off his IRS bills. The bottle also came with a CD of one of his live shows and it was completely phoned in.
>>64579960
I think that's just his style. I saw him two years ago and he was great for an 80 year old guy but he does do the stuff you described like changing melodies and not playing an encore. I thought it was a good show anyway and am glad I did see him because he's old and who knows how much longer we'll have him.
>>64580015
hell be fine
>>64578145
lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivXuTEbwAgc
>at Reading Festival
>want to go see Pusha T
>all my friends are seeing Blink 182
>fuck it, it can't be that bad, go with them
>Tom sounds awful
>Travis is trying way too hard
>keep making loads of jokes about dicks like they're 15
>regret every minute
>my feet hurt
>no-one around me is dancing
>set ends
>"What did you think anon?"
>"I-it was okay."
>>64579975
Heh, yeah I know Wayne has a sense of humor and that sort of brutal honesty of not giving a shit maybe the crowd of prideful city hipsters didn't get idk I've always been curious. Flea probably was messing with the crowd which is great.
>>64580045
i'm scared to watch it. just reading your post my body started curling up in secondhand embarrassment
saw wye oak. they were fucking bored and did not want to be there. trash.
saw kings of leon headlining some fest. this was peak the fans or whoever were absolutely the worst douchebaggy dudes.
saw janes addiction at a fest. thought they might be good because i like that one song. turns out they make trash music.
Went out to Willie Nelson's ranch a month or two ago for his Heartbreak Banquet performances. Three stages going at all times with live music and free all you can drink booze and shit. Had a great time there and saw a band called Lee Aaron Trasjan that really kicked some ass. It was supposed to go for 10 hours, but a huge thunderstorm with hail came in and ended it like 4 or 5 hours early so I didn't get to see Willie Nelson play at the end of it. I was pretty bummed about that, but hopefully he does it again next year and I get to see him perform at least once before he dies.
>>64580045
I read recently on Stereogum that while the author hated them with a passion, he now respects them as a killer singles band. I really dislike them but that's a good point. Also not my place, but that's a band that shouldn't be playing live as most of their material and energy/vibe came off best when they were young and still had it's main members of the band.
>>64580069
First 2 Jane's albums are absolutely amazing but they are garbage live desu. When David from TV on the radio joined there was the slightest sliver of hope that the band would improve but NO, great escape artist blew fucking chunks. That band is useless live and haven't been anything since 1991.
>>64580071
I do like some of Blink's singles but they were completely ruined for me when I saw them, I really wish I hadn't gone
>>64579966
saw them with a shit crowd, but buds and i were fried so we didn't give a shit. it was just us and the band.
>>64580070
Despite how boring or whether he's phoning it in or not he's a living legend and still is kind of decent. Fuck, he's better and a better sport than Dylan, but obviously no way better than Dylan in general. I'd go see him.
>>64580102
I've heard that they've been NOTORIOUSLY awful live since the beginning. Well...maybe after the early 2000's I know they held their own in the late 90's somewhat but now forget it...
>>64580111
Wish I was that night. I've been that way for other bands but they happened to be better energy and the crowds were actually halfway decent, you know how hipster crowds are.
>>64580093
i believe you but the ship has sailed for me.
Brand New - they were drunk and absolutely awful. Thankfully Thrice was there to make up for it.
>>64580165
Yeah I wouldn't bother trying live, but seriously attempt to check out Nothing Shocking my man
>>64580171
Ohhhh yeah I've heard they range from awful to great, with Jesse's vocals sucking hardcore. WE'VE ALL GOT WOODEN NAILS sounds like fucking wooden nails on a chalkboard nowadays
Went to the U2 360 tour in Melbourne a few years back
I mean it wasn't awful, crowd was good, U2 were pretty good for a bunch of old guys, playing all the popular singles and things were going good
Then randomly for 30 minutes all the screens turn to African Kids and we have to listen to Bono preach about Ethopians.
killed the mood
>>64577959
>going to see crescendoshit live
Good decision to leave but were you expecting honestly
>>64580221
godspeed you! black emperor was the best live show I've ever seen, and I don't expect to ever see better. Seriously amazing experience
>>64579001
That's funny because I recall most people saying that was a good performance. I was at Lolla but I think I saw Chvrches or someone when they were up.
Korn opening for Rob Zombie in '13. Korn were great even though a lot of people say they're bad live. Rob though...oh god it was bad. The songs were almost unrecognizable and he spent most of his time dancing and running around the stage like an idiot so he was too winded to sing. I went outside for an extended smoke break after about the 4th or 5th song and never went back in.
>>64580213
Saw them in Chicago on their Vertigo tour, was actually a great show.
Periphery, just after they had released PII
>Small venue, they were doing a headlining show in between opening for (I think) Deftones
>Five (5) opening bands that hadn't been previously announced
>They're all Emmure-tier chugcore with 8-string guitars and snapbacks and basketball tanks
>One of them has two vocalists who scream-rapped back and forth
>Periphery sound alright but only play for about 30 minutes
>At least they do Racecar
The problem was mostly how bad it sounded. The ceiling was probably no more than 8 feet and some change, so the sound just reverberated and shredded everyone's ears.
Worst singular experience was when I saw Death Grips, everyone rushed during Get Got and since I saw near the front I got crushed into this obese black guy in front of me, and my face was forced up against his dreads, which got in my mouth and I had to breathe directly into them for several seconds because I couldn't move and was having the air squeezed out of my lungs, genuinely came close to vomiting.
Aside from that I've had pretty good luck with concerts. Sucky crowds at a few but none other than periphery I'd wholly call "bad concerts"
>>64579610
>i can only read meme text
sorry you've been here too long
>>64580171
I love Brand New, but I've heard so many negative comments about their shows that I'd rather not attend them.
>>64580213
Boo. I remember someone I knew had the opportunity to see them do their debut in 1980 in America and fuck I would totally go instead of that African South Park Bono feeding kids BS
>>64580242
They are the best band ever, especially with the video screens syncing up with the music. It got emotional for me.
>>64579307
by far the weirdest story on this thread.
Definitely fake.
>>64580221
>GY!BE are goat live
>Mono have been great on other occasions
>this fucking pleb
>>64579001
It wasn't smells, it was Lithium. And I loved the Muse show, he only played fan favorites and fans trying their best to sing for him was cute.
>>64580256
I saw him with Marilyn Manson a couple years ago and he was awesome, one of the best shows I'd been to. Maybe it was just an off night.
>>64580213
Damn son. When I saw them they opened with Achtung Baby tracks and it was a good time.
>>64580287
>not biting the bait
>not believing Pandy makes millions from those Pitchfork BNM's and Deakin tries stealing it to run away to Africa
>>64580286
>the video screens
It's a projectionist famalaipai.
>>64580139
yeah audience participation and buying in and giving good vibes/feedback is crucial. not sure why kids go to just stand around. i guess at many shows im just the douche getting too lit.
>>64580256
That's too bad. He's too old for such shenanigans. I saw him in Portland when he came through with Ozzy and he didn't do any of that. Amazing show by Zombie. Sadly it was Ozzy who stank up the venue.
>>64579891
holy shit
>>64580242
GYBE aren't crescendoshit though
They're a fantastic post-rock group
>>64580289
GYBE are god tier and not crescendoshit
MONO are just outright Mogwai ripoff garbage
>>64580316
I'm too lazy to type that out, but yr right black betty famalam
>>64580319
Nah getting hype at a show is where it's at. There have been times where I was the only anon getting down to the music because people weren't drunk enough.
>>64580335
On the opposite end I've heard Black Sabbath killed at their reunion tour
>>64580171
i saw them at a county fair, where everyone had seats. it was not conducive to a good show.
>>64580260
hahaha
>>64580260
>>64580303
It was great until then, even if they focused more on Vertigo/ATYCLB instead of Joshua Tree/War etc
I just dont need that pandering bullshit, especially in the MIDDLE of the concert
Bob Dylan.
>mumbling incoherent nonsense - you couldn't understand more than like 2 words of a song
>didn't interact with or acknowledge the crowd at all, just played and left
>>64580348
>likes mogwai
>doesn't like mono
mogwai are shit live and average on albums
>>64580372
I mean he's been doing that for years so it's really no surprise to those going to see him
>>64580372
Not sure what you were expecting.
>>64580381
Mogwai are shit live yeah but they have some OK albums. I don't even like them that much but at least they have their own original sound
MONO literally just copy Young Team (one of the few genuinely good Mogwai albums) and repeat it ad nauseum.
>>64580372
>almost fell for the Robby Z live a few years ago
>mfw i see a recording of the show i would have been at
>no face
>>64580399
>>64580391
This is what I was going to say. He played Don't Think Twice It's Alright, one of my favorite songs, and I didn't even realize what song it was until it was nearly finished.
>>64579928
>thrifted clothes
>edgy internet shit
>mac demarco
>Marlboro reds
>posting up at local gigs for image
Why
>>64580411
>Mogwai are shit live
fucking ayy, they're much better live than in teh studio, git gud.
>>64578362
Something happened to them man, i dont know what, it sounds like their attitude matches their new music too
>>64580411
I honestly don't know how a band can shamelessly rip off a band and somehow sustain a career out of it for so long without being called out or losing fans or sucking...
>>64580420
That's a bummer. It's like seeing AnCo in 40 years and going "oh that's My Girls" after ten minutes of mumbling and synth WOOSHES
I've not been to many bad concerts, but I saw Oranssi Pazuzu last Sunday and it wasn't very good imo. The volume combined with the crap sound setup and the fact that I was right at the front basically meant everything just blended together into a lot of indistinguishable noise.
Full Of Hell were opening for The Body and their performance was amazing, but the crowd were only drone metal fans, so nobody was moving. I felt really bad for Full Of Hell, because their crowds usually are energetic
>During The Body girls kept taking pictures and posting them on instagram and facebook.
>Some guy in an Anthont Fantano shirt was posting on Reddit during the show
>>64580256
Oh, that would be the Grand Rapids, Michigan show. I was there too and same. I seem to remember Rob being half apologetic and explaining to the crowd that he hadn't slept in almost 48 hours.
>>64580213
This isn't true. I saw them at three different legs of the 360 tour and they never did that as anything more than a 15-second intermission while they set up the stage.
>30 minutes
At least make it believable
>>64580449
Fuuuuuck that's annoying. I mean when it comes to, dare I say "hipster" metal or whatever (cringe yeah whatever) the crowds blow unless its full on metal fans
>>64580370
I got you. My home board on here is /k/ and I saw Pearl Jam live (last year?) whatever this last tour was, and they stopped their show right in the middle of it to give a long spiel about gun violence and shit before playing Glorified G. It was a great concert and I loved every second of it, but that really just kinda killed the mood for a minute.
>tfw people talk during quiet parts
>>64580436
Whatever
>>64580440
There are entire genres full of bands like that. Third wave post-rock as a whole is pretty much a game of who can water down GYBE and Mogwai the most and still make profit off of it. Djent is one giant shitshow of a million Meshuggah knockoffs. Scenecore is all basically exactly the same.
It's a fucking awful phenomenon but there's nothing we can do about it.
I've seen Dylan twice. The first is when I was 15 and going through my dadrock phase so I was really super excited. The second time I was sloshed drunk. I know he's not as dynamic as he was in 1966, but I'm glad I saw him anyway.
One of my favorite possessions was, for a while, a bootlegged headband that a guy was selling outside the venue. The headband says "D-I-L-L-O-N". I thought it was hysterical. He (the vendor) was so utterly and totally crestfallen when I told him. And it totally sums up the spirit of the concert.
>>64578215
hang yourself
>>64580411
I'm not crazy about Mono but I don't see how they rip off Young Team, they're more symphonic.
>>64580497
Let's not forget the whole indie folk boom and indie pop that surged from the late 00's until about the middle of this decade. Fucking kids with beards and cardigans ruining every bandcamp page with their talentless girl singers in bland tenor vocals with capo 4 guitar chords in C and Em. Vampire Weekend and Cayucas ripoff bands. I feel ya
>>64580509
>"D-I-L-L-O-N"
that's pretty good, do you live in a third world hell hole?
>>64579610
>eat a dick
Vanilla Ice in 1999. No opening act and the DJ just played cliche oldskool hip-hop for two hours. Then VI came on and did about 30 minutes. That show cost me $20. Fuck you, Vanilla.
>>64580534
DILLON, DILLON, DILLON, DILLON, AND DILLON
...I SPIT HOT FIRE
>>64580519
They basically take the best tracks off Young Team, turn it into formulaic bullshit, and then add metric tons of reverb.
Having symphonic elements doesn't excuse you from being a blatant copycat of a band that predates you long before
>>64580560
It's like what Chris Ott said about shoegaze. Get a distortion pedal, a female singer and reverb. C+ Shoegaze
The Misfits in' 14. They butchered their classic songs so badly. Luckily Danzig played the next day and showed us all what they should sound like.
>>64580585
MOTHER
I worked a Jennifer Hudson concert (two of them sadly, one the day after the other) and I think the entire night she sang three songs and spent the rest of the time praising Jesus. It was super awkward, the entire crowd was pissed, and she sucks live. First show was sold out, second was mostly empty.
>>64580531
Fucking christ the indie folk/pop/rock thing was a mess. It's pretty much the reason why Pitchfork now has so much power and why Bandcamp artists have a bad rep for being lazy generic half baked bullshit.
God I hate shit like that
>>64580581
That's the thing. It's not hard to rip off what's been done a million and one times. It's hard to create something unique and interesting.
Funeral For A Friend opening for Iron Maiden. They were so bad that I didn't even care that Maiden were performing next.
>>64580614
> Bandcamp artists have a bad rep for being lazy generic half baked bullshit
you'd know senpai
Saw Sun Kil Moon with Jesu a few months back at Williamsburg
Hall of Music
>Mark was drunk or something
>dont even like sun kil moon
>crowd was shit, zero motion or dancing
>encore was 20 min song
ive never been so bored at a concert and actually wanted to sit down
>>64580630
I've been to two Maiden shows and I'd have a hard time believing anything could make me not want to see them.
>>64580654
You've never seen FFAF. They suck all the energy from a crowd and make you feel like...a funeral.
>>64580614
I mean it happened with Punk, and New Wave, and Grunge, and Alt Country before it, but the indie folk thing happened so specifically during a surge in popularity with Pitchfork's rise and indie hipster culture in general it didn't help that it became a literal massive movement. I mean Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes happened within a year of each other and it just exploded with shit. From Jam festivals to uninspired teens in their room a harmonizing indie folk just got so bland and uninspired and fucking sucked.
Also yeah it's hard to create something unique but the people who do it are often meant to do that sort of thing, like Animal Collective. Who the fuck else would come up with Sung Tongs?
>>64578338
I saw Styx at a street festival in DC a few years ago - all they played were their megahits and they all seemed to be having the best time ever on stage.
>>64580671
>Who the fuck else would come up with Sung Tongs?
Hopefully no one.
>>64580635
Yeah but you know Bandcamp is 50% awful indie reverb drenched albums and 50% punk and metal from some shitty scene with one decent drummer
>>64580668
I've heard they suck live which is too bad because I like their albums.
>>64580684
Is this bait, or the fact that you hope no one tries to recreate the magic of that album?
Went with my then gf to see Of Monsters and Men. They played their music competently but it was awful music. Also the state of the members with Notch on guitar and bargain bin Florence Welch on vocals.
Two more that come to mind that I went to with another then gf. Best Coast who were a fucking shambles and The Black Keys who were playing in a sold out venue in the middle of summer. I imagine that's what hell's like: dark and hot and all you hear is the dullest blues rock garbage imaginable.
>>64579001
I was there, but spent the whole Muse show in some couch far from the stage, just chilling after the Lorde show.
Now Arcade Fire, that was a great show.
>AC/DC in Melbourne, 2009
>most of the crowd were middle aged bogans
>the band wanted to play songs from the new Black Ice album but the crowd just wanted to hear TNT and Highway To Hell
>two fat 30 year old women who kept whipping their tits out
Also my mom bought me the tickets.
>>64577873
>went to Warped Tour in 09 with the purpose of seeing one band
>band was a metal act who released a great album last year
>vocalist was 14 at the time of recording
>was even regarded as a could be next big metal band
>they play
>kid's balls dropped and the songs now sound like shit
>now they make buttrock
>>64578704
This sounds terrible. You have more patience than me it sounds like because I would have decked that guy in the face.
>>64580737
Fuck Best Coast and The Black Keys. BC is just reverb hipster G chord garbage and beach fuckery and the BK are just uninspired blooze rock revivalism. They had something going for them in the early 00's with rubber factory but it was gradually pissed away. Fuck I mean there's so many sad girl and guy bands with guitars that I just blatantly dislike
I saw Planning For Burial and he played a short harsh noise set, that was pretty disappointing considering his live shows are usually really good.
Also saw the Xiu Xiu guy open for Swans and he just played a sustained high-pitched shriek, that was horrible. Swans don't seem to have the best openers, the one for their Glowing Man tour is an atonal solo cellist.
>>64580651
That collab was a disaster, it just felt like B-sides from both projects awkwardly forced together
>>64580698
Can't forget the endless "ambient, drone, chill" paulstretch-core
Bring Me The Horizon in Manchester, England many years ago.
Just boring. I ended up just getting pissed at the bar away from the gig area.
Soulfly is up there too but not because of the band. I just felt really out of place and unwelcomed and it made the atmosphere shitty. And Jump Da Fuck Up without Corey Taylor doesn't really work.
>>64578816
I surprised my sister with tickets to one direction the day of the show. Luckily I had another family member to go with her so I got the good deed part done and I didn't have to sit through the bullshit. Total win.
>>64580779
Saw BMTH in Dallas in like 2007 and they were awful, the bury your dead fans started throwing coins and lit cigarettes at them. They played 3 songs and just walked off stage, no explanation or anything.
>>64578704
I saw them last year working as security and going to do the same this year, I loved it. The grinding part sucks though.
>>64580635
?
>>64580671
Ripping off famous bands has always been a thing, but like you said with the whole "indie" movement it ended up pushing Pitchfork into a position of ridiculous power and popularity.
And I agree with the AnCo thing. I'm not crazy over them but I can appreciate their original style of music.
Glad to find someone else on here that shares my sentiments on copying and generic trends
Slayer in 2008. They were opening for Marilyn Manson and it was totally phoned in, you could tell none of them wanted to be there. I think Tom talked to the crowd like once the whole set. I stayed to see Manson because my partner at the time was super into them and actually he was really good! His theatrics were amazing and he played a fantastic mix of old and new stuff.
>>64580767
I heard that they Xiu Xiu opening for Swans thing was total garbage as well.
>>64580767
Fuck ambient chill shit. There's one guy at my uni obsessed with macintosh + and vaporwave but he's a hipster douche from what other people tell me, but he's got a GOAT taste in music despite not being great at making it
>>64580796
That physically hurts btw, even one lit cigarette is like a fireball to the arms I can see why they were pissed
>>64580815
Yeah I mean Pitchfork just also got very lucky with exploding. They played the game very very well with advertising and promoting certain bands and honestly had great writing and features. Ryan and co just played the game well and blew up. Fuck bands who aren't creative. There's having influence and being derivative. Everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Arcade Fire sounded like their influences for a bit before growing the fuck up and writing for themselves (and of course being very very talented and dedicated)
When I saw Bauhaus and Peaches opening for Nine Inch Nails. NIN were great actually, it was just the two openers that sucked.
>Peaches' frontman fell off the stage
>Bauhaus's frontman just did stupid gyrations to Goth metal
>crowd booed both of them
Damn, a group as legendary as NIN deserved better openers than this.
Chuck Berry performing at the Duck Room in St. Louis. Let's just say it was the worst show I've ever been to and the concert promoter was actually apologizing to the audience. His family should be investigated for elder abuse.
>>64580859
Pitchfork basically started out well and had some pretty good shit and then eventually turned to shit as Chris Ott himself said. And the buyover just made things even worse.
And lack of creativity is literal cancer. If you can't do something the least bit interesting or even try to be new why even bother?
I know that there are always going to be copycats and groundbreakers but still it's worrying to see so many bands dedicated to ripping off one single successful group who made their name playing good and original music
Worst concert I ever saw was a Frank Sinatra impersonator at my grandpa's retirement community back in the 90s.
Second worst was Sunny Day Real Estate and No Knife. Not because the bands are bad (they are great) but because the sound system was shit, and everything sounded like white noise. Had to leave in the middle since we literally could not hear/understand the music coming out of the speakers.
However, the most disappointing show was probably Broken Social Scene. I had loved their music for so long, bummed that I missed them when they played a few years back. Finally got to see them, and honestly they played fine. But something about the show just ruined the magic for me. I think it was they way they acted. Between every song they would make comments about how awesome they were, how great it was to be in the band and play shows, etc. Things you might expect from a good band and usually have no problem with. But, it really turned me off. I haven't been able to listen to them since, just lost all enjoyment of their music.
I saw a terrible Old Crow Medicine Show concert at the 9:30 club about 8 years ago. They were so stoned that they could barely play their instruments or remember lyrics. Saw them again at a festival 2 or 3 years later and they were fine. Saw them last year after they replaced one of their members, and again fine.
Also Black Keys had some major sound problems when I saw them in DC a few years ago. Physically hurt to listen to some of the songs.
Bob Dylan is also awful but I didn't buy the tickets and kind of knew what I was getting into.
>>64577873
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QH20M7gG0c
Coldplay, Rush of Blood to the Head tour. Headlining the Hollywood Bowl. Limp, lifeless 45-minute set. Come out for encore, play an amazing version of "Amsterdam", then the show's over, exactly an hour after it started. Cue pissed-off fans throwing seat cushions and garbage.
>>64577873
>went to see this fag on a festival
>he gets onstage, looks completely bored
>his guitar player looks so much like him that i got confused some times
>fuckton of fangirls losing their shit, screaming and pushing me
>the more they scream the more bored he looks
>he doesnt even walk or jump onstage, stays still in front of the mic
>his voice is annoying me
>i'm hungry
>my feet hurt
thankfully I managed to get away from this shitshow
Blink 182. My god, do they suck live.
I went to a Protest the Hero show to see the first opener, Night Verses. They were great, but the other bands were all shit.
For some reason one of the support acts was a classic metal band called Battlecross who had no business with the other prog/post-hardcore bands
Protest the Hero came up and while they're funny to watch on youtube, in person Rody's antics were stale and obnoxious and the crowd was just yelling at him to talk more between songs. When they actually played music he kind of just hugged the mic stand and none of the other guys moved around. I left that show liking Protest a lot less than I did before.
At least the dude from night Verses was cool enough to hang around with my roommate and I and talk about his work in The Sleeping.
>>64581124
There we go. Travis and Mark were great, Tom was fucking terrible. He ruined the entire show for me. He was so obviously fucked up on drugs, mumbled through all the lyrics, off key the entire time, guitar was either out of tune or he was playing the wrong notes. I'm glad he got kicked out of the band because he was the reason I had no desire to see them ever again.
Went to see a concert at Lincoln hall in Chicago last weekend. It was Pinegrove and Sidekicks opening for Into it. Over it. And The World Is a Beautiful Place and I am No Longer Afraid to Die.
Pinegrove was fucking fantastic. Sounded just as good as their studio albums in person. Easily could have been one of the main acts if they had more material. Sidekicks was okay. Into It Over It was also fantastic, likeable guys who interacted with the audience. Glad they ended the concert.
TWIABP however, was just kind of miserable. They played really long, the lead singer was totally inaudible and possibly on some kind of drug, the keyboard couldnt be heard either, and the 5 guitarists on stage just drowned each other out. It was a constant wall of noise, really kind of ruined the mood from Pinegrove and Sidekicks. The drummer was fucking god tier tho.
Marilyn Manson at a Rockstar Energy fest a few years ago.
>every other band there was on fire
>loads of super heavy bands like Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Job For A Cowboy
>all of them great
>MM was the last act of the evening and he was drunk out of his mind
>hardly sang for most of the setlist
>left the stage after performing his hits
>tried to stab a beer can open with his microphone which had a knife blade attached to it
>finally got a lick of beer out of the thing which he then spit into the crowd
>we left the show earlier
In conclusion, screw Marilyn Manson.
>>64580992
Exactly. Chris Ott kind of has a stick up his ass about ads and stuff and said that's why he won't write for pitchfork and his general disagreements about certain writers but yeah since he left P4k got a little more focused on buying reviews and getting paid to do stuff which is totally normal but it's a far cry from what they used to be. They're now MTV from the early 90's basically in terms of what they cover. Un creative musical artists bug me. Id rather have a half baked artist doing something their own than not being creative.
>>64581035
WOAH BSS was amazing when I saw them, such a bummer you saw a bad show :/
>>64581208
I've heard meme is a beautiful place can blow chunks live
I went to Reading Festival in 2011, and saw The Strokes headline. They did not look or sound like they gave a shit. My friend went to see Jane's Addiction headline on another stage (his favourite band), and had to sit through a couple of other bands to get a good spot near the front. During this, he got punched in the mouth in the pit, and then Dave Navarro came out on stage and said they weren't playing tonight. He barely spoke to anyone for a good hour or so after that.
>acdc Belgrade 2009 i think
>10h drive with bus
>the concert guide plays acdc for fucken 10 hours
>fucken hate acdc even before Serbian border
>get so drunk with beer, i vomited cold beer directly after drinking it
>don't remember the concert, fucken hate acdc since then
>should've save that money
>>64581272
Julian apparently said in 2011 that they got back together for the money so who knows if they give a shit. They probably can't stand each other and don't give a fuck like many bands who made 2 great albums with a certain sound and can't evolve past that.
Type O Negative.
>played the Chicken Dance at various speeds for 45 minutes before coming on stage
>Peter Steele was very drunk and could barely get through the set
>they played two songs off the classic albums and the rest from their more meh recent albums
>as soon as the show was over, they got onto their tour bus and took off without greeting fans or doing autograph signings
Glad I saw them before Peter died, but still sucked anyway.
>>64581242
I mean, the lead guitarist (the fat ome) was funny, and the drummer didn't miss a single fucking beat the entire time. Those two plus the bassist in the back could make a good post rock band on their own. The rest of them just made it feel like a group of friends wanted to make a garage band and they didnt have the balls to exclude anyone.
>>64581352
They actually do have a post rock band I believe (I think some of BSS are part of do make say think and other ambient projects, check out the first BSS album and KC accidental). They crowd surfed and enjoyed themselves when I saw them. I suggest getting together with friends, getting drunk and listening to You Forgot It In People, should cure you
I've seen the Black Cadillacs four times and two out of the four the sound has been way off. Small, half-filled club means you need to turn the volume down a bit because there's not enough bodies to absorb all the sound waves.
Eddie Money at the county fair. Thankfully, I didn't have to pay for this. He was singing 'Take Me Home Tonight' and I guess he can't hit any of the high notes anymore. Whenever a high note came on this black lady jumped in and took over singing. He would just start rocking out on his saxophone (which sounded horrible too).
I went and saw The Mars Volta in 2006 and the entire set was terrible due to technical problems. Like really bad. Like "even if you were paying me to be here I would leave" bad. It got so bad one of the band members smashed his guitar... and not in a cool way. Someone allegedly through a bottle full of urine at them. Easily the worst concert I have ever attended.
The Pixies at Street Scene. I'd been looking forward to them for ages and it was such a letdown. They were only there for a paycheck and nothing else. I wandered off and saw Snoop Dogg and he was great.
Pearl Jam in 2013. Eddie Vedder got totally slosh drunk and started ranting about Dick Cheney and gay marriage.
Dude, I paid to hear music, not attend a Democrat fundraiser.
>>64581571
Kim Deal leaving was the nail in the coffin for me seeing them live and I never got a chance. And then indie Cindy happened... I'd totally see Snoop live. Is he decent or just a character of his former rap self?
>>64581601
That's modern pearl jam for you sadly. Killer live show, odd political messages for 40 year old libertarians into the alt rock dream of the 90's
>>64581601
According to rumor, Yellow Ledbetter is put in the setlist for him to mumble through and sober up a bit to finish the show.
>>64581615
He guzzled at least six bottles of wine at that show.
Dave Matthews Band. I didn't have to pay for the tickets fortunately but that was the only time I walked out before a show was over. God, are they bad live.
>>64581320
If you hated them why did you go to see them?
Just curious
>>64581674
I thought they were decent since I'm somehow a fan of their very first album remember two things. Their guitarist rips, tim whatever his name is
>>64581615
That's hilarious
>>64581639
Even Matt of the national would shy away after 4
Tool in '10. They sucked mightily. No stage presence, 30 second visualizations for nine minute songs, just wanted to get the fuck out of there. I've never seen a more bored band play a show. Sound was great, I love Tool, but I could have saved a bunch of money and just got drunk at home and listened to the albums.
>>64581710
>I thought they were decent since I'm somehow a fan of their very first album remember two things. Their guitarist rips, tim whatever his name is
At this particular show, they decided to play all of their slow, ultra-depressing songs. After a while I couldn't stand it.
>>64581680
hate them since the concert, got fed up with their repetitive music cuz of the whole day...
Bob Dylan, what a shitshow. I saw him two years ago, so yeah, I was a little behind his peak days, but still. His singing was really really bad, sounded like an ashtray's vocal chords. It was $80 to go see him so i felt ripped off a bit.
>>64580348
Are Explosions in the Sky considered crescendoshit?
>>64581731
Fuck that, our show had the hits and was overall energetic. They even played the one song my friend knew, Satellite
I saw the Pixies in 09 and it was terrible. The crowd was complete shit and the setlist was about the worst song selection they could have possibly chosen. I don't like the Pixies anymore since that show.
Saw Cee Lo at a festival. He was godawful.
>acted like he didn't want to be there
>voice sounded terrible
>Set of mostly covers, barely any of his own stuff
>Sat down for a couple songs because he's a fatass and it was hot outside
>Left the stage once or twice at random times because ???
>He had to restart songs over and over again because his band consisted solely of hot chicks who clearly didn't really understand what they were doing
Haven't listened to him since because it left a really bad taste in my mouth. If a band's just bad live I'm usually willing to give them a pass...but if a performer shows open contempt for a crowd and doesn't even try to put on a good performance then fuck 'em
>>64580737
Aw man I had a lot of fun at The Black Keys the two times I saw them. First time The Flaming Lips opened up which was super weird but fun. There was a point where Wayne was holding a Hellraiser baby doll and swinging an LED-light infused mace around his head where I immediatly thought "This is the weirdest show I've ever been to".
>>64581828
Wha...you can't like their albums anymore because of one bad show?
>>64581872
It was the most lazy, half-assed show I have ever been to. The band seemed to be putting in minimum effort the whole show and totally did not care that people paid $50 a ticket to see them. Yeah, I do not like them anymore because of their disrespect to the fans that attended that show, including their studio albums. I do not support bands that piss on their fans.
>Bob Dylan, 2008
>voice was completely shot and he looked like he didn't even want to be there
>>64581107
This is sad to hear. He seems a lot more energetic in his music.
>>64581242
So who are all of the indie-folk groups ripping off then? Who was the original bedroom acoustic man? Bon Iver?
Serious question. I always like to go back to the roots of something considered great and figure out what makes it so.
RHCP which was suppose to be the closing main event band on a V festival years back. I was never a fan of them and V festival itself wasn't my thing, I just ended up there somehow (Download over V fest anyday). Anyway... RHCP are boring, no other word for it, it felt strained listening to them, they tried to break the boredom but they had nothing witty to say and couldn't rile the depleting crowd with their little games and random gimmicks of whatever came to mind. People were quickly finding something else to do. After a while the band switched to a state of "let's get this over with". I don't know if they did an encore I was gone.
I agree with many people that they are one of the most overrated bands which shouldn't be as big as they are.
>>64581480
there used to be footage of that on youtube, i'm having trouble finding it now. It was Omar who smashed his guitar into an amp from what I can recall, then Cedric (singer) gave a quick little rant.
>>64577873
My dad had to run to the bathroom because he had Diarrhrea while AcDc were playin highway to hell.
He was there to see some other band lol
I don't think I've every been to a concert without having a good time. I've picked them well. Seen Tool, RHCP (on the Stadium Arcadium tour, before Frusciante left), Sublime with Rome, Cake, Blink 182, and a few others. If I had to pick a bad one, I'd say Megadeth. Not really a super-huge Megadeth fan to begin with and although they played well, Dave Mustaine was just spewing doucheyness all over the place between songs. The man really is a wretched pile of shit. A band made up of several of my friends opened for them, and go to hang out backstage with them before the show. Every single one of them agreed that the rest of band was some pretty cool guys, but Dave Mustaine was an insufferable shitbag who made everyone want to kick him in the balls within 10 seconds of meeting him.
>>64581972
How long ago was that? If it was since John Frusciante left the band, I'd have to agree. Their new guitarist is mediocre at best, and they sound like an unenthusiastic bar band covering themselves, when they play with him. Frudciante, on the other hand, is a God, and the whole band was alive with passion when he was leading them.
>>64582063
It was V '02. Another reason people were disappointed is that they didn't play any of the new singles off By The Way, they just played Californication and BSSM stuff.
>>64582015
lol nearly every band you've listed has been mentioned in this thread as a bad concert experience.
>>64579966
I hate the fact that I'm expected to do anything at a concert other than listen to the music
Saw Iron Maiden last month and The Raven Age opened for them (I think it's the bassist's son's band). Their music was generic buttmetal for angsty teens. No one knew who the fuck they were, and still the singer was trying to control the crowd and hype everyone up like he was fucking Bruce Dickinson.
Thankfully Iron Maiden saved the day, one of the best shows I've been to.
Went to day festival that Arcade Fire were headlining at Hyde Park a few years ago, crowd was terrible (fights breaking out, people throwing cups of piss) to the point where i couldn't really enjoy the music.
I've never had a bad experience with the band playing, just with crowds.
Chicago (with the Pixies, Cheap Trick and some others). I's sad how far down they've sunk performance-wise.
Some local group. I don't remember the name, but they were kind of hardcore fused with garage rock. They were annoying af and somebody actually died at the show (got trampled to death).
>>64581953
Good question. There was clearly popular indie folk and mainstream stuff beforehand (Tracy Chapman, the whole coffeehouse garbage in the 90's, Bright Eyes) but all the indie folk groups tend to ripoff Fleet Foxes and everyone masks themselves as Dylan clones for the acoustic man, maybe even Neil Young for advanced students. Indie Folk in the 00's exploded with the gradual death of guitar rock and replaced it as hipster culture took over. We could go even further back with Elliott Smith as the sensitive songwriter but he was way too smart and a genius of a songwriter to have too much of an impact on simple shit songwriters
>>64581972
>>64582099
Man that's surprising because that's the last time they were energetic and interesting at shows. And also not playing anything from the new record is VERY strange, but considering Flea was majorly depressed during the album because he felt it was John's album and felt he had no part in it may be why they rarely play anything from it idk
>>64582111
It's just me that I want the crowd to not be a bunch of boring pricks but like if you like the music and do nothing else good on you man you do you. I just dance and stuff and get into it. Some people love metal and hate moshing.
My cousin saw one of the last-ever Alice In Chains concerts with Layne Staley. He said he was a complete asshole to the crowd and got booed repeatedly.
>>64581601
Kinda similar to my experience here, except I don't think mine was quite that bad.
>>64580480
Angels and Airwaves. He can't sing and I don't think their music works well live.
>>64582234
>>64582099
Too bad you caught them on the wrong evening because their show at Slane Castle that year was legendary.
BB King in 2012. He wasn't even on stage for the first 20 minutes and he only sang about three lines the whole show. He also didn't interact with the crowd at all except some incoherent senile old guy rambling like when he dropped his pick and spent the next 5 minutes talking about it. It was basically one long, self-indulgent jam session and not even a good one at that. There were multiple times when it seemed like BB or the other guitarist would lose the rhythm or flub a solo. All in all, one of the lamest shows I've been to.
>>64582297
It's amazing how Tom Delonge has made a successful career out of playing guitar and singing for like 20 years now, yet he can't sing or play guitar. I saw Blink 182 in the late 2000s and he was so bad it passed the point of being funny, and just go into the realm of sad and pathetic. The dude is straight up tone-deaf. Every single vocal track on the A&A albums are 100% auto-tune. Blink was still a good show though, because Mark actually can sing, and he's good at his instrument (not virtuoso status, but more than competent enough to play their music), and then there's Travis, who's pretty much a beast. It was a very good idea on their part to let Travis have little 40 second drum solos after every 2 or 3 songs.
>>64582333
trips confirm RHCP only giving a great performance because their legacy was captured on film and for the money. Grizzly Bear apparently does the same thing. Higher profile gigs and money involved? Better playing. Lower tier towns and other shows? Minimal interaction and less of a shit to give
>>64580767
>atonal
Okkyung Lee is awesome, I'm looking forward to hearing her open for Swans.
>saw beach house
>it's all 18 year old NYU students dancing like it's trance music
>literally feel like I just took an ambien listening to them live
>guy in front of me trying to loudly shout about his music knowledge
>keeps name dropping "unknown artists" like parquet courts and mac demarco
>girl next to me vomits in her backpack
>I leave 40 minutes in to the set and go to shake shack
2/10
>>64582534
I bet not every Metallica show in the late 80s was Live In Seattle either if you catch my drift.
>>64582100
He probably just goes to shows to drink and get high so no matter what the band's like, hey it was a "good experience".
>>64582534
So I heard the Rolling Stones were really good at Glastonbury unlike most of their recent shows where people say they're awful and need to retire and Keith can't play anymore because of his knobbly digits.
>>64582534
You're probably right about RHCP, but I don't know about Grizzly Bear. I saw them at a fairly small scale university gig and they put on a really good show. I did see a Daniel Rossen solo show though which was a bit disappointing, though that was because he kept needing to stop and start again because of the amount of feedback he was getting throughout the gig. His actual performing was fine.
>>64580171
That sucks man, I've seen them four times and they've been on great form every time.
>>64582585
Jesus, was the music at least good?
>>64582619
This is true, but when it comes down to it Metallica was just as energetic if not at least engaging as the peppers were in the late 80's early 90s. id say the RCHP were better live until at least the mid 00's over Metallica
>>64582825
Well yeah they're skeletons
>>64582890
Missed one of Rossens only performances in Nashville and he played solo. It's all on Yt but I'm fucking bummed I couldn't go, he's a huge inspiration to me. Also glad you saw a good GB show they're great
>>64580287
Grimestep reference
>A MILLION DOLLARS JOHN
>>64583023
Not really, it was their 3rd show at the venue and her voice wasn't really all there
Saw Ben Folds perform with my city's symphony orchestra.
It was pretty good.
>>64580348
im so glad the hating on gybe meme is over
My Morning Jacket
*shudders*
