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dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
edited April 2007 in Other Music
What are some bands you thought would be great live but once you saw them were kind of disappointed. Keep in mind, some bands may have had an off night when you saw them. For instance I have heard the Counting Crows and Live are great live, saw them each once and thought they were both shit. May have just been that night though. Danzig is another.
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Saw the original Van Halen line-up on an off night during the Diver Down tour...flat out awful.

    I had to sit through Motley Crue once as an opener....worst band that I have ever heard or seen.
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  • RyeGuyRyeGuy Posts: 215
    Mars Volta........absolutely terrible live.
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Rhcp...
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  • this is not for youthis is not for you Posts: 240
    kings of leon i saw them in 05 at reading before foos, was expecting somethin cool n it was pretty boring didnt get the crowd going or anythin

    weezer were pretty disappointing live aswell, same thing, no crowd atmosphere
    the subways supported them tho and they were very very good
  • this is not for youthis is not for you Posts: 240
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Rhcp...
    woah woah i saw teh chilis last year and it was one of the best concerts ive ever been to, dunno how u can say that.. and im not a big rhcp fan
  • JulienJulien Posts: 2,457
    rhcp !!!!
    the offspiring. I saw them back in 95 and they sucked...
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Chilis seem to have one amazing night for every 3 or 4 shit nights. If they changed the setlist they'd be better for sure... I mean cmon they've been making music for like 25 years (17 of them with Frusciante) and they still play the same damn songs every night.
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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    rhcp and counting crows are both bands i saw in hs and thought were excellent, but really sucked when i caught them last summer.
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    RockMan wrote:
    Mars Volta........absolutely terrible live.

    I've seen them 3 times. Twice openign and i thought they were good. Once headlingin their own show and it is to this day one of the best shows i have ever seen and i go to a ton of shows. Perhaps a bad night or maybe just not your style.

    I would like to add Death Cab for Cutie to this list. I saw them twice. Once opening for PJ and once headlining their own tour. I like the music on the CD but for me it did not translate well live. The band just was lifeless. Shoegazer like. I was very disapointed and i'll never see them again.
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  • NickyNoochNickyNooch Posts: 629
    Black Crowes. I think every song they played was 10 minutes long. Really boring set. Very disappointing.

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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Allman Bros. Keep in mind this was last august...

    They were pretty good and solid musically but just had no life in them. Even Mellissa was lacking. They got completely upstaged by Moe. who opened for them.
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  • pouch15pouch15 Posts: 436
    Audioslave
    RHCp
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    def leppard
  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    Hard-Fi , the lead singer was coked off his head the time I saw them.
  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    NickyNooch wrote:
    Black Crowes. I think every song they played was 10 minutes long. Really boring set. Very disappointing.

    that's why most people love them... but i guess that's a difference in taste. you probly dont like it when pearl jam stretches porch or evenflow or daughter into a 10 minute jam... that's always the highlight of the show for me.
  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    soulsinging wrote:
    that's why most people love them... but i guess that's a difference in taste. you probly dont like it when pearl jam stretches porch or evenflow or daughter into a 10 minute jam... that's always the highlight of the show for me.
    yeah the Daughter, Porch, and RVM jams are unreal.
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  • hendrix78hendrix78 Posts: 507
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Chilis seem to have one amazing night for every 3 or 4 shit nights. If they changed the setlist they'd be better for sure... I mean cmon they've been making music for like 25 years (17 of them with Frusciante) and they still play the same damn songs every night.


    But they play them differently every night, and they open and close every show with completely improvised jams that are usually mind blowing. I'll take that over a band playing completely different songs every night, but playing them exactly as they are on the album.
  • oppie1oppie1 Posts: 755
    i saw the RHCP/Foo Fighters tour back in 99 or 00.. they both were, and still are, terrible...

    and unfortunately i had to sit thru Kiss opening for Aerosmith
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  • gleemonexgleemonex Posts: 848
    One of the worst live bands I've ever seen was The Who last year. They really showed their age, Roger couldn't sustain any notes. I still can't believe that I paid over $100 to sit in the back of an arena and watch an asshole and a child porn freak.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    gleemonex wrote:
    One of the worst live bands I've ever seen was The Who last year. They really showed their age, Roger couldn't sustain any notes. I still can't believe that I paid over $100 to sit in the back of an arena and watch an asshole and a child porn freak.
    Okay, from now on lets make a rule that anyone who has no fucking idea what that child porn case was about and what happened during and as a result of it should shut the fuck up.
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  • markymark550markymark550 Posts: 5,136
    I guess mine would have to be Jimmy Eat World. They were the headliner on a festival show that the local rock radio station used to sponsor here in town. I went mainly to see Our Lady Peace, who were excellent, by the way. Either I expected too much of Jimmy Eat World since they were the headliner, or OLP was just that much better. Probably both. OLP was energetic, got the crowd into the set, and played well. Jimmy Eat World was just ok....it just seemed like a machine making its product and had no emotion or anything.
  • RyeGuyRyeGuy Posts: 215
    intodeep wrote:
    I've seen them 3 times. Twice openign and i thought they were good. Once headlingin their own show and it is to this day one of the best shows i have ever seen and i go to a ton of shows. Perhaps a bad night or maybe just not your style.

    I would like to add Death Cab for Cutie to this list. I saw them twice. Once opening for PJ and once headlining their own tour. I like the music on the CD but for me it did not translate well live. The band just was lifeless. Shoegazer like. I was very disapointed and i'll never see them again.


    I have their studio albums......there not my favorite but i like em. I saw them open up for rhcp and they sounded bad. Maybe it was the speakers..i dunno
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  • DanimalDanimal Posts: 2,000
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Okay, from now on lets make a rule that anyone who has no fucking idea what that child porn case was about and what happened during and as a result of it should shut the fuck up.


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  • dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
    Filter was another band that I saw that was bad. I saw them at a festival of some sort and they sounded like ass.
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  • boroff89boroff89 Posts: 786
    Queens of the Stone Age
    Modest Mouse (one of my favorite bands, but they were awful both times I saw them)

    Some of the other bands listed here are ones I have seen and loved. The Mars Volta. Jimmy Eat World. Audioslave (I caught Chris on a good day, I guess).
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    this is not for you wrote:
    woah woah i saw teh chilis last year and it was one of the best concerts ive ever been to, dunno how u can say that.. and im not a big rhcp fan
    I saw the RHCP back in January, and I thought they were fantastic.
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  • JanetWeissJanetWeiss Posts: 231
    intodeep wrote:
    I've seen them 3 times. Twice openign and i thought they were good. Once headlingin their own show and it is to this day one of the best shows i have ever seen and i go to a ton of shows. Perhaps a bad night or maybe just not your style.
    .

    One of my favourite bands at the moment, but I've never seen them playing live. So I would really like to know something more. It must be hard to play that kind of music live and it must be even harder to sing that way. I absolutely love them on the records, but I don't know what to expect from a live show.
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    Bob Dylan. I'm a Huge Dylan fan, but his live show could have been alot better. It wasn't all his fault though, the Sound in the Houston Astrodome sucks, that's why the seats are cheap. But, Bob didn't say a single word all night, and the band messed up lay lady Lay (they should have started over). I'll keep in mind that this was part of the Rodeo, so the set was short. I'd like to see Bob again cause maybe he just didn't get a good vibe from that whole live stock rodeo setting. I'm hoping to see him in a theater type setting at a show in the future, hopefully it will be better. His album Modern times is amazing. Being a big Dylan fan, I was a bit dissapointed. Hopefully I won't get reemed for this. :o
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  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    gleemonex wrote:
    One of the worst live bands I've ever seen was The Who last year. They really showed their age, Roger couldn't sustain any notes. I still can't believe that I paid over $100 to sit in the back of an arena and watch an asshole and a child porn freak.
    Sorry to hear this, cause I saw the who twice this year, and they put on the best show I have ever seen. Pearl jam still is and will always be my favorite band, but the who gets my top spot for best concert... even over pearl jam. yeah, I said it.
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    RockMan wrote:
    Mars Volta........absolutely terrible live.

    They certainly do. I saw them open for RHCP twice
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  • RicsardRicsard Posts: 1,943
    RHCP: disappointing records and shows since 1999...

    The Killers: they played before U2 in Poland and they were terrible, really although Hot Fuss was maybe my favourite record of 2004. They could play come on like 4 songs and the half of Mr. Brightside, their stuff did not work at all and the singer were simply not able to handle the situation. Huge disappointmen just ike their latest record!!!!!!!!!!!!

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