Worst live show you ever saw?

1STmammal2wearPants · July 2007

I guess The Ataris at the Palladium in Worcester, MA like four years ago or somethin. I won free tickets. I didn't actually buy them or anything

That and CKY, which my friend dragged me to last year in Northampton, MA.

danielheyes · July 2007

mr scruff at liverpool uni,his album-keep it unreal is quality and he advertised a tour in support of the album,now forgive me for being stupid here but that means he will be playing live songs from his album(for 12 quid a ticket i want live songs anyhoo) but i digress,the point being,i got there to here a dj playing some cool motown stuff and thought this is the support dj to get us in a dancy mood,then to my horror i found out it was mr scruff playing records and later he is gonna put his album on for us to hear mixed........dick,cant even play live,i complained to a member of staff and wrote mr scruff a nasty letter and handed it to him before i left early!!

if you are mr scruff and you read this,take note you sell-out,kop-out con-merchant........

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh,that felt good.

Arctangent · July 2007

1STmammal2wearPants wrote:

I guess The Ataris at the Palladium in Worcester, MA like four years ago or somethin. I won free tickets. I didn't actually buy them or anything

that reminds me of atari teenage riot supporting nin in 1999 at brixton. it was right before they split and they were not happy bunnies. 35 minutes of howling feedback, electronic beeps and disjointed rythms. truely awful.

even funnier they released that set as a live album too! as if anyone needed reminding.

dane · July 2007

Glad I found this thread. A nice place to vent my frustration.
I have just seen Red Hot chilli Peppers on this years Roskilde Festival. They were among the very top of the headlining acts. But man, did they suck!!
I have always been a fan of them, but haven't got the last 2 albums. IMO they have stopped evolving and the new albums are just a continuation of the last. But I was really looking forward to seeing them again. But everything just sucked big time! The soundvolume was way down. Ok, not their fault. But when I went closer to the stage and speakers I started to hear what crappy live musicians they are. Kiedis voice wouldn't qualify for the first round of American Idol!! The members didn't seem to be in tune and they just couldn't get whatever energy they might have across to the audience. After a few songs people started walking away! On a festival where they are headlining! That says alot!!
I read 4 reviews of the show and none gave it more than a single star.
In my 12 years of going to the Roskilde Festival and having seen more than a hundred concerts I can honestly say that this show is the worst I have ever seen!

eamonpatrick · July 2007

Miami Sound Machine @ 1987 . . . should not have worn those Jams!

HardtoImagine · July 2007

I saw Dinosaur Jr the other night, they were pretty terrible for a band of their size

Sprunkn7 · July 2007

Aerosmith in 197?. They were so messed up. Steve T got busted for coke at the show, on stage it was all over his face. I was a young teenager at the time so it taught me a lot about idolizing rock stars and apprieciatng good live bands. Has stuck w/ me forever, thats why I am a HUGE Pearl Jam fan!

Pauk · July 2007

Teenage Fanclub - The venue opened an hour late cos of sound issues and it was pretty obvious they hadn't sorted them out, since the vocals were impossible to hear (and I was front centre!). TF's songs are good, but the riffs are mediocre at best, the chord progressions aren't exactly mind blowing. Shame.

Also saw a rubbish duo support Nick Oliveri at an acoustic show. They bailed on most the songs half way through and were totally offkey. They ended up so embarrassed they cut their set early and didn't even mention their name. I felt sorry for them, it's the only time I've seen a band that so clearly realised they were awful.

Sian-of-the-dead · July 2007

Has to be for me, KORN (twice! and twice they were awful....) or the DEFTONES

wasn't really a fan of either anymore (kinda grew out of them, not saying that Adreneline and Korn aren't fantastic albums...) when I finally got to see them, but I thought it would be good for nostalgic purposes....

What a load of shit.

Deftones sound was terrible, sounded like they were playing in a jar of jam and Chino had consumed so many pies that morning that he got out of breath just walking on stage. He couldn't hold a scream to save his life let alone a note.... terrible.

KoRn? they were abismal.... the first time i saw them they just walked on, played, terribly, then walked off. Wasn't even a recognition that the audience were even there! you might as well as just put a cd on and put cardboard cut outs on stage.
The second time, Jonathon (another lead singer a little too fond of pastry products...) wasn't even there! they had to get a 'guest' vocalist.... when I say 'guest' I mean Corey 'oh my god i'm sooooo metal I can scream fuck and wear a mask' Taylor from Shitknot.... again, terrible. I have to hand it to the rest of the band though, they seem to come alive and talk to the audience more when Jonathon 'Stick up his ass' Davis isn't in attendance.... mind control? maybe.....

I've been to so many gigs and festivals (where, to be honest, most of the live music crimes have been commited.... you don't think i'd pay money to see these bands own shows do you?! only good thing is i'm normally too wrecked to notice...) that I couldn't possibly discuss all of the simply awful live music i've seen but I do also have to give a special mention to Evanesence and The Darkness.... shite.

Arctangent · July 2007

HardtoImagine wrote:

I saw Dinosaur Jr the other night, they were pretty terrible for a band of their size

what, you mean fat bastards?

MattCameronKicksButt · July 2007

I saw Smashing Pumpkins a while ago now and although they are a great band, the show was really boring. It wasn't the bands fault. They didn't do anything wrong but for some reason the fans weren't getting excited and the boredom just spread thoughout the building.

keeponrockin · July 2007

At our Bluesfest, Tokoyo Police Club played, and some friends were going so I thought I'd check them out since nobody else was playing at that time.

By far the worst band I've EVER heard, they couldn't play worth shit.

righteousbabe · July 2007

I won't count all the small talentless hack bands I have seen opening but the worst headliner has to be red hot chili peppers and hole. Hole were worse but I knew they were gonna suck.

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