I just came from The Mars Volta show and it was fucking amazing!! I've been a loyal Pearl Jam fan all of my life. I've seen them front row even a few times because I've been a fan club member since I was 12. Anyhow, I was deep in the crowd for TMV, but it was so intense it didn't matter. I kinda think that TMV is a better live band but feel like even suggesting an idea is heresy. Any of you seen TMV live? What do you think?
Clutch is awesome. They are from around this area and I am seeing them Thursday Night in Charleston at a club called the Sound Factory. It has a capacity of MAYBE 350 people. If you like Clutch, go to this show!
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I just came from The Mars Volta show and it was fucking amazing!! I've been a loyal Pearl Jam fan all of my life. I've seen them front row even a few times because I've been a fan club member since I was 12. Anyhow, I was deep in the crowd for TMV, but it was so intense it didn't matter. I kinda think that TMV is a better live band but feel like even suggesting an idea is heresy. Any of you seen TMV live? What do you think?
Mars volta is just 'strange', and I did not get their performance.
I've seen TMV live on two occassions, and I actually think it's fairly disrespectful to even make the comparison. Pearl Jam have been acknowledged as the best live band in the world since before The Mars Volta even formed, and they have more than earned every last accolade that they've received.
Don't get me wrong, The Mars Volta put on a great show, are very talented and skillled performers, and do a great job playing it up for the crowd. I love "discovering" new music, and The Mars Volta was a very cool discovery a few years back. That being said, they have a LONG way to go before they are anywhere close to Pearl Jam's level.
TMV are amazing live. i saw them before they went into the studio to record deloused and it was one of the most surreal shows i've ever attended (with about 50 people in chico, california). saw them again for FTM and once again it was amazing. they came out and ripped the place apart. granted some of the jams get drawn out but they are such incredible musicians they managed to hold my attention regardless. i've recently got back into them (took me a while to hear bedlam..but DAMN!)
pearl jam are amazing live....the best ever though? not in my opinion. pearl jam is awesome live and they are my favorite band, but i've been to better shows.
trail of dead (touring for source tags and code) - the casbah, san diego.
the bronx (before their second album came out) - the doll house (an old house converted into a bar. holds around 100(?). AWESOME place to see the bronx), los angeles.
weezer (pre-green album. they played almost all of the blue album and pinkerton) - canes, san diego.
ehhh..i'd have to think of the others..but san diego 06 was pretty fucking outstanding.
Can't comapre a GA Floor show to the boring ass seat arrangement PJ does. The setting matters, I saw TMV as an opening act with a seat, it was good, not great. Put them as a headliner on a GA floor it would probably be pretty intense.
PJ is the only band I can enjoy with a seated arrangement.
Clutch is awesome. They are from around this area and I am seeing them Thursday Night in Charleston at a club called the Sound Factory. It has a capacity of MAYBE 350 people. If you like Clutch, go to this show!
Sorry to get off-topic.
dude! clutch is DEFINITELY a good band!!!! i wish i could go see them with you!
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Fucking out of your mind screaming and just plain chaos that is amazing.
I like both bands but two different experiences at both shows.
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I've seen The Mars Volta 3 times... twice as a supporting act... once as the headliner. They were good... but I don't think they were great.
In my opinion, the best live acts on the road today are Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Queens of The Stone Age and The White Stripes/Raconteurs. And no one comes close, not even Pearl Jam, to The Who in their prime.
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Pearl Jam are far far better live then the Mars Volta. I love tmv, but I was bored shitless when I saw them. They need to cut about an hour from their sets.
If you think THM shows should be shorter than you could always WALK OUT! The shrooms I take for a performance like theirs last almost 4hrs! Don't think I could handle 4 shows in a week though.
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Sorry to get off-topic.
dont know who is worse, this dude or the guy from GWAR??!!
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i saw them last year, i enjoyed it but wouldnt say better than pearl jam.
its kind of apples and oranges though.
i hear arcade fire is amazing live, if not better.
still have to see them though! (on my list of life goals!!)
Mars volta is just 'strange', and I did not get their performance.
I've seen TMV live on two occassions, and I actually think it's fairly disrespectful to even make the comparison. Pearl Jam have been acknowledged as the best live band in the world since before The Mars Volta even formed, and they have more than earned every last accolade that they've received.
Don't get me wrong, The Mars Volta put on a great show, are very talented and skillled performers, and do a great job playing it up for the crowd. I love "discovering" new music, and The Mars Volta was a very cool discovery a few years back. That being said, they have a LONG way to go before they are anywhere close to Pearl Jam's level.
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pearl jam are amazing live....the best ever though? not in my opinion. pearl jam is awesome live and they are my favorite band, but i've been to better shows.
trail of dead (touring for source tags and code) - the casbah, san diego.
the bronx (before their second album came out) - the doll house (an old house converted into a bar. holds around 100(?). AWESOME place to see the bronx), los angeles.
weezer (pre-green album. they played almost all of the blue album and pinkerton) - canes, san diego.
ehhh..i'd have to think of the others..but san diego 06 was pretty fucking outstanding.
PJ is the only band I can enjoy with a seated arrangement.
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
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Pearl Jam
Nice and relaxed with oppurtune moments to relax with minimal occasions (but useful) to go fucking nuts!
The Mars Volta
Fucking out of your mind screaming and just plain chaos that is amazing.
I like both bands but two different experiences at both shows.
Butthead: It means that his friends are like turds and that they like suck.
Beavis: Heh heh. Oh yeah. Yeah! Get those spoons out of my face before I shove them up your butt!
Butthead: Huh huh.
In my opinion, the best live acts on the road today are Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Queens of The Stone Age and The White Stripes/Raconteurs. And no one comes close, not even Pearl Jam, to The Who in their prime.
Hail, Hail!!!
But Pearl Jam and The Mars Volta are not in the same ligue at all.
If you think THM shows should be shorter than you could always WALK OUT! The shrooms I take for a performance like theirs last almost 4hrs! Don't think I could handle 4 shows in a week though.
What You Giving
I suggest you step out on your Porch.
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