WORST concerts (top five) you've seen

restlesssoul

velvet revolver, had shitty seats, felt like he sang the ENTIRE FUCKING show through a megaphone. sucked, bad.

incubus 07 didnt like it, didnt live up to the last 3 times

run DMC they werent anything special, thank god maestro fresh wes blew them off the stage as the opener. seriously, it was a party, he rocked.

afrkia bambaata he played good stuff, but it wasnt even on vinyl, he was just a robot up there, pressing buttons on a mac. moved the crowd, but wasnt the old school electro party i had anticipated.

puddle of mudd can i pick a show that hasnt happened yet???? I KNOW ITS GONNA SUCK. feb 3rd here i come!

JordyWordy

Frank Black 07 - really couldnt believe how bad he was, and i say that being a fan of solo & pixies....

Warlords of Pez 2003 - did a funny cover of JT's "Like I Love You" but overall pathetic.

The Darkness - they were a festival closer and were, as expected, cringefully bad.

Keane - watched some of their set at Werchter cos a friend tried to convince me they do a good live show... that friend knows nothing about good live shows

5th place is tied between Depeche Mode, Badly Drawn Boy, Primal Scream, Razorlight,

Wobbie

red mos wrote:

1. Jackyl
2. Styx
3. Blink 182
4. Night ranger (probably would have been good, but had some really bad sound and tech issues. Seems it happens every show from what my friend I saw them with told me. He said it happened the previous 4 times that he saw them.
5. Bad religion/ or verruca salt can't decide between the two- both equally just blah!

Jackyl - now there's a blast from the past!! You mean to tell me the dude didn't kill on the chainsaw song? Were they opening for Molly Hatchet? Ted Nugent ?

Bangers_n_mash

restlesssoul wrote:

incubus 07 didnt like it, didnt live up to the last 3 times

Wow, really? Dublin was one of the finest shows by anybody I've ever been to. It was my first time to see em but I also thought, from listening to loads of bootlegs, that the setlists last year were some of the best ever...

stupidcorporatewhore

1. pearl jam golden gate park san francisco 1995

2. Jimmy Page outrider tour 1989

3. The Police dodger stadium 2007 (foo fighters rocked) not bad really just fucking BORING!!

4. Jethro Tull Rock Island tour 1990

5. Vinnie Vincents Invasion 1984 (got free tix, there was nothing good about it at all)

stupidcorporatewhore

uninnocent wrote:

clay aiken

umm, just say you were trying to get laid and you're off the hook.

Jammin909

imalive wrote:

OK - give me four more

1. Ozzy He has lost his mind and its almost depressing to see him live knowing he's insane.
2. Ben Folds First show of tour in 2004 and missed half the lyrics and would stop in the middle of songs laughing, "man i should have prepared better."
3. Goo Goo Dolls - EX-girlfriend thought she was being nice.
4. Everclear - It was a Friday night, nothing going on and decided to check them out- awful, just awful.
5. RHCP BORING BORING BORING

restlesssoul

Bangers'n'mash wrote:

Wow, really? Dublin was one of the finest shows by anybody I've ever been to. It was my first time to see em but I also thought, from listening to loads of bootlegs, that the setlists last year were some of the best ever...

yknow, you are right, i have one worse than poor incubus, cuz hey a concert with sick, sad little world cant be that bad right?


Doors of the 21st century will be my replacement. that sucked. noboyd went, ticketmaste was giving away tickets for one cent. i saw them. one cent on them. i left the show, it was awful.

DriftingByTheStorm

1. Counting Crows \ Goo Goo Dolls

Nissan Pavillion, 2005
Oh fucking christ. My girl friend from work text messages me asking me, "will you go see counting crows with me?"

I immediately reply yes, and THEN 30 minutes later epiphany, going, "OH FUCK! I think she said COUNTING crows, not BLACK crows!"

THEN, i read that Goo Goo Dolls is the other act on the bill.

FUCK ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




2. Edward KaSpell \ The Legendary Pink Dots

Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte NC, 1997(?)
Not at ALL what i had hoped for. Way way past their prime, and a total bore. Sigh.





3. Ozzfest, Meriweather Post, uh ... 2004? 5?

Man, i had to sit through slipknot or some crap, and then some more nu-metal crap that i couldn't even name, but it was big at the time ... i had a "music for rhinos" pearl jam shirt on and had a good few people point, laugh, or heckle me ... AND i had to sit through Judas Priest just to see Sabbath. Fortuantely Sabbath was worth the wait. Iommy was amazing, and Ozzy still had it at that point (sort of) ... but overall the show was a pile of crap.




4. Fugazi

Some park in DC, 2002(ish)
Man, i REALLY wanted to love love love this show, but the PA system sucked balls, and the energy just wasn't there. The crowd was huge cause it was a FREE SHOW ... but it was just a lame concert experience. The upside was my buddies and i got to spend sometime in a circle chatting with ian mackaye ... that was pretty cool.




5. Nine Inch Nails

Merriweather Post, 1998-2000 ish ... sometime after Perfect Drug ... i dunno ... last time i ever saw NIN after the 96 Nails\Bowie tour ... THAT tour was pretty phenomenal ... but THIS show sucked fat ass. It was no energy, felt scripted, lacked any emotional context for me, and pretty much just made me feel like Trent had lost it.



I could probably think of some other real shitty shows i attended. But these were either shows i had hopes for that didn't pan out or just ones that scarred me (goo goo dolls!).

Wobbie

stupidcorporatewhore wrote:

4. Jethro Tull Rock Island tour 1990

about 20 years too late! But back in the day......

g under p

Biggest dissappointment had to be....

Metallica....Capital Centre, MD I think it was 97' the tour where they had 2 drumkits and 1 long stage on the middle of the floor. They had some guy look like he got burned on fires and another fall for the wiring above. Too much distortion and too much crap (theatrics) other than music. First time out of 12 shows I Metallica fans sitting for most of the show including me.

George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars....9:30 Club 2006....way too many people on stage, no order, no consistency and total confusion. Maybe they were ALL just too high. In 2007 though they rocked the same club for 2:30 minutes and a show I'll never forget.

Guns and Roses.....90' RFK Stadium....Monsters of Rock Tour....GnR came on last after Metallic rocked RFK, my neck still hurts after that show. They did there best but maybe I just wasn't into them at all back then.

Sly and The Family Stones....Boston 74'....would have been my first concert ever in 74 as a child but a riot broke out and the show was cancelled. Also WAR opened for him now when I look back that would have been one hell of a show.

Living Colour2006....9:30 Club Washington DC....Must have a bad night cause I kept looking at my watch the whole night. I liked 2 songs "Flying" and "Cult Of Personality". Vernon Reid had acoustic/guitar problems and went on with this 12 guitar solo thing which turned out to be a waste of time.

Ziggy Marley......2004..College of Arts Savannah GA....He put me to sleep literally. He didn't acknowledge the crowd or the night (Valentine's Night), no energy and just plain bland. I went backstage and sat on a couch and chatted with the opening act Michael Franti and his and Spearhead.
I saw Ziggy after the show talking his road crew stuck a conversation and told him how it appeared he made no effort to connect with the audience. The next night in Orlando he made that connection and his show was much better as I danced backstage with Stephen Marley, his sisters, Damien Marley and Micheal.


That's about it.

Peace

Wobbie

g under p wrote:

Guns and Roses.....90' RFK Stadium....Monsters of Rock Tour....GnR came on last after Metallic rocked RFK, my neck still hurts after that show. They did there best but maybe I just wasn't into them at all back then.

Sly and The Family Stones....Boston 74'....would have been my first concert ever in 74 as a child but a riot broke out and the show was cancelled. Also WAR opened for him now when I look back that would have been one hell of a show.

Quite possibly, maybe THE two most unreliable acts of ALL TIME!

Wobbie

red mos wrote:

1. Jackyl

Now I remember... not Nugent; I think they toured with Black Oak Arkansas

red mos

imalive wrote:

Jackyl - now there's a blast from the past!! You mean to tell me the dude didn't kill on the chainsaw song? Were they opening for Molly Hatchet? Ted Nugent ?

yeah, he did whip out the chainsaw and "jason" mask, but they were awful. I swear, it was like Jesse James Depree (I think that's his name) was drunk or something cause he was just singing all out of key and kept calling every song "another fine drinkin song" He also decided to mimic the Jimi Hendrix version of star spangled banner by just imitating the guitar shredding that hendrix did with his mouth by just squealing in the mic. It was horrendous. I had such a headache when they were done. The Tix were free and they played a "rock for fire and rescue" benefit that was sponsored by one of the stations that my friend works for. It was like every song Jackyl played was blurred together as one. It just sounded like an hour of obnoxious noise. The only song I remember them playing cause he said the name was "just like the devil"
The line up was
Night Ranger (headliners)
April Wine
Jackyl
Back in Black (AC/DC tribute band from Dallas, a damn good one too).

sponger

Red Hot Chili Peppers at the San Diego Sports Arena in 1996.

uninnocent

stupidcorporatewhore wrote:

umm, just say you were trying to get laid and you're off the hook.

that's it exactly.

my2hands

i dont go to bad concerts...

DiRtyFranK38

stupidcorporatewhore wrote:

1. pearl jam golden gate park san francisco 1995

2. Jimmy Page outrider tour 1989

3. The Police dodger stadium 2007 (foo fighters rocked) not bad really just fucking BORING!!

4. Jethro Tull Rock Island tour 1990

5. Vinnie Vincents Invasion 1984 (got free tix, there was nothing good about it at all)

just curious ... hoe come the pj show sucked??

Them-Bones

DiRtyFranK38 wrote:

just curious ... hoe come the pj show sucked??

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Wasn't that the show where Ed had real bad food poisoining and had to go the hospital so Neil Young did the show, I think that might be the show But i could be wrong.

Ledbetterus

I like RHCP as much as the next guy, but man they're awful in concert.

I forget who opened for them when I saw them (maybe 2000-2001ish) but they dominated the Peppers.

That's the worst show I've seen.

Also after seeing the Rolling Stones twice at Veteran's Stadium, I saw them again at the Spectrum (the newer one, Wachovia, or what ever the hell it was called then, 2002ish). I must say, they put on a pretty bad show. The sound was just bad. I knew all of the songs give or take 1 or 2, but overall it was a pretty lame show, even by Rolling Stone standards.

I don't have a top 5, buy I guess my 3rd and final worst concert was Third Eye Blind. Don't get me wrong here, I really do enjoy their music. I think they are a very underrated band lyrically and musically. Their studio albums, at least to me, are pretty damn good. However, live.. wow, they sucked ass. Stephen Jenkins voice in concert was just hoarse and bland. Maybe I caught them on a bad night, but the place I saw them is known to be a good sounding arena, and they didn't deliver.