Who is the most disappointing live act you've seen?

Gary Carter

mc rut

dear god what pure shit

thank fuck they were the opening band

keeponrockin

cutz wrote:

keeponrockin wrote:

Roger Waters on the Dark Side tour. I saw Australian Pink Floyd Show do Dark Side a couple years before, and they did it way better. I left Waters thinking 'meh'.

Thats what makes music GREAT: I saw the Dark Side tour too, and i thought it was really good. To each his/her own.

I didn't think Waters was BAD, I just felt like other bands do what he's doing better.

solace23

Very disappointed with u2 on this tour. By far not the worst but disappointing..

dcfaithful

metsfan wrote:

mc rut

dear god what pure shit

thank fuck they were the opening band

That's Middle Class Rut, right?

I couldn't seem to get past the first 4-5 songs on their album. :?

Gary Carter

dcfaithful wrote:

metsfan wrote:

mc rut

dear god what pure shit

thank fuck they were the opening band

That's Middle Class Rut, right?

I couldn't seem to get past the first 4-5 songs on their album. :?

yes that be them

i loooooove punk loud and fast but i need to able to hear the lyrics

stargirl69

Bob Dylan ... man he was awful
Fleetwood Mac ... we travelled in a blizzard for 3 hours to watch 15 minutes of disappointment then walked out when Stevie Nicks was arrogant enough to turn and thank "her band" for supporting HER music :twisted:
Sonic Youth ... shit
Mudhoney ... Shitter

dugangsxr

Update - Godsmack

threecrookedhearts6

Stone Temple Pilots...in San Diego, 2 years ago or so. I was really excited to see them, and could not have been more disappointed! Scott Weiland sounded like an intoxicated mess, not to mention he looked like a greasy skeleton. To give them some credit, the rest of the band was pretty tight, but it couldn't make up for Scott's terrible-ness. Luckily, the band that opened for them (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club) was quite good, so the show was not a total loss!

FirstExit

TOM PETTY.

Great songwriter, don't get me wrong here - but my GOD was that show boring.

red mos

FirstExit wrote:

TOM PETTY.

Great songwriter, don't get me wrong here - but my GOD was that show boring.

wow, really?? : :shock: one of the best live shows I have seen.

for me:

Bob Dylan- He wasn't in to the show at all. Didn't even come bacl out for an encore. Granted, it was the Houton live stock show and rodeo; but the bands play 13 songs total cause it's like a festival set. Dylan just seemed bored the whole time. Sound in the Astrodome sucks though so may have been a factor.

Blink 182- A friend of mine in high school dragged me to this show cause his mom wouldn't let him go alone. I like a few of their songs (Adam's song, Damnit, all the small things,) but man did they suck live.

Tool- good musicians for sure (Danny Carey especially) But I was sooo bored. I mean 8 maybe 10 songs over two hours with a bunch of visuals and the band hidden in a sillohette of darkness? "Ions" during the encore was boring cause it was just a zapping sound and lightning bolt across the screen. May have been a few minutes but felt like an hour. They had dropped "Aenima" off the setlist, wish they hadn't it would have kicked the show up a few notches. That song rocks- I bet it's sick live.

ilockyer

nuffingman wrote:

Clapton in 2009 in London. It was the 5th time I'd seen him. Previously he'd had Doyle Bramhall as a support guitarist and for 2 of the shows Derek Trucks and some superb drummers. I think these guys kept Clapton on his toes. 2009 seemed lazy, the support musicians were ancient and looked like they were looking forward to their cocoa before bed. And the tickets were expensive.

Saw Clapton in 2010 with Steve Winwood and he was excellent. Seeing them again at the Royal Albert Hall, and also seeing Clapton on his own. He's touring with the same band that he and Winwood used, so should be good. I've heard loads of shows from when he had another guitarist in the band and he seemed quite often to hide behind them, rather than be pushed. On his own there is nowhere to hide. Luckily, the tickets for his own gig were much cheaper thanks to a friend.

The Seahorses. For those who don't know, they were the band formed by John Squire, guitarist from the Stone Roses, after they split up. The album wasn't particularly great, which should've been a pointer. 70 minute set, including the encore, and it was just dreadful. He must've been snorting half of South America to think that band were any good... their second album never got released so there was something good to come from it. That, and Third Eye Blind, who supported, were ace.

scottstappsucks

The Cure at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas (December 13, 2008)- So boring! No on stage energy, just really awful. Worst name value band who have songs I like that I've ever seen.

U2 at The Rose Bowl (October 24, 2009)- They just sucked. Too many new songs which all sucked. Just too big, no heart whatsoever. Huge letdown.

Smashing Pumpkins at KROQ LA Invasion (September 15, 2007)- They headlined this huge show and Foo Fighters were on before them and blew them away. Bad setlist, no energy/chemistry on stage. They were better when I saw them in 2008 though.

Morrissey at Coachella 2009- I was pretty wasted but he sucked from what I can remember.

Loulou

scottstappsucks wrote:

The Cure at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas (December 13, 2008)- So boring! No on stage energy, just really awful. Worst name value band who have songs I like that I've ever seen.

REALLY?????? I thought they were awesome but mind you, I did see them many years before that so maybe they aren't as good anymore??

Mcam55

Kings of Leon in 2009...i was down in the pit, probably about the 3rd row and the show was so boring. They were clearly just going thru the motions. I did enjoy them in 07 at Lolla.

Loulou

Yeah I agree, I thought they were pretty disappointing the last time I saw them but the first time when they supported PJ they were okay.

Mcam55 wrote:

Kings of Leon in 2009...i was down in the pit, probably about the 3rd row and the show was so boring. They were clearly just going thru the motions. I did enjoy them in 07 at Lolla.

Pearl Jam_ie

O.A.R. Was good at first, but got bored about half way through. In all fairness to them, I'm not a huge fan of the band, just went along with a group of people that were. Seemed like an abnormal amount of bromance going on too.

Paulina87

Loulou wrote:

Yeah I agree, I thought they were pretty disappointing the last time I saw them but the first time when they supported PJ they were okay.

Mcam55 wrote:

Kings of Leon in 2009...i was down in the pit, probably about the 3rd row and the show was so boring. They were clearly just going thru the motions. I did enjoy them in 07 at Lolla.

really? Always wanted to see them live and also heard different opinions - usually that they were good few years ago but are not really good now .... hope I'll have a chance to check it soon

Loulou

I think it's really a personal thing, one person's trash is another's treasure.

MysteryTrain

The Eagles Greatest Hits tour in 2004. Bloody boring. They kept taking long breaks between songs.

SENROCK

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