Worst live show you ever saw?

orgirl wrote:

30 Seconds to Mars, they opened for Audioslave who rocked! Anyways it was the most awful sound I have ever heard. The singer is some stupid actor (Jered Leto, I think). Well he was up there like everyone was susposed to worship him or something. I think not. He kept calling the crowd fuckers and flipping us off and getting pissed cause no one would do what he wanted. It was pretty funny. Everyone cheered when they left.

i was looking back through this thread to see if anyone had mentioned my worst experience, so i could quote. and here it is. 30 seconds to mars was absolutely the worst live band i've ever seen. The singer acted like a dumb jerk to the crowd and the guitar sound was total crap. didn't realize who the singer was till later and still didn't know what he has acted in till recently. he's the blonde pretty boy in FIGHT CLUB. so now when i hear this crap and on the radio i don't just make a repulsed face and change it. now i think of ed norton beating the fuck out of jarred leto, smile then change it.

yield2me wrote:

Yes, nothing special IMO. It's not that you like them, thats fine, but that you like them more than PJ that I just don't understand!! I mean they're not even in the same universe as PJ...whatever

you people have to realize that theres other bands out there other then PJ, and all the related bands (brad, three fish), and PJ opening bands (MMJ,DCfC, and other, IMO, crap bands).I believe I can honestly say there has not been 1 band that opened for PJ that i really enjoyed, with the exception for Sparta. i love pearl jam, i do.. but right now theres a lull in the PJ camp (the tour is over, no new releases in the near future). So instead of just re-listening to the same stuff over and over again, you need to branch out and discover other bands.

I've seen PJ 41x's in my life. I've travelled all across the country. I've seen some highly rated shows (state college 03, gorge 05, both atlantic city shows 05, fonda 06, letterman webcast), but i think i had more fun seeing BHC last month in a small bar in SoCal with no more then 100 ppl there, and the band only played a 40 min set. They are just so intense live

G-Man23 wrote:

An 80's band called "The Fixx". They really sucked! In fact, most 80's bands are shit!

not true.. i saw motley crue last year and they put on a hell of a show

oppie1 wrote:

you people have to realize that theres other bands out there other then PJ, and all the related bands (brad, three fish), and PJ opening bands (MMJ,DCfC, and other, IMO, crap bands).I believe I can honestly say there has not been 1 band that opened for PJ that i really enjoyed, with the exception for Sparta. i love pearl jam, i do.. but right now theres a lull in the PJ camp (the tour is over, no new releases in the near future). So instead of just re-listening to the same stuff over and over again, you need to branch out and discover other bands.

I've seen PJ 41x's in my life. I've travelled all across the country. I've seen some highly rated shows (state college 03, gorge 05, both atlantic city shows 05, fonda 06, letterman webcast), but i think i had more fun seeing BHC last month in a small bar in SoCal with no more then 100 ppl there, and the band only played a 40 min set. They are just so intense live

I'm into many many other bands besides PJ...listen I just don't agree with you. I don't think that BHC is even in the same league with a band like PJ. Thats like comparing Devo to Led Zep...no comparison, not even close. Anyway, you're entitled to listen to whatever, I just STRONGLY disagree with you.

yield2me wrote:

I'm into many many other bands besides PJ...listen I just don't agree with you. I don't think that BHC is even in the same league with a band like PJ. Thats like comparing Devo to Led Zep...no comparison, not even close. Anyway, you're entitled to listen to whatever, I just STRONGLY disagree with you.

thats the thing.. you stay in the same "league".. don't you realize there are other types of genre's out there? like i stated before, PJ is the softest stuff i listen to.. with metal and hardcore being my main focus, but i touch in many other genre's

your disagreement to my opinion isn't worth the characters on my screen to me

oppie1 wrote:

not true.. i saw motley crue last year and they put on a hell of a show

True........I saw them, the crue, in the 1980's.........they sucked.

two shows come to mind:

1) andrew w.k. at ozzfest a few years ago. that was some bullshit! he played his single, party hard, and then played two more songs (one of which was a duet with kelly osbourne... because apparently that was necessary). he was getting booed real loud and people were throwing beer at him (because his music sucked more than anything that has ever sucked before). so he played party hard AGAIN and ran off the stage. four songs, and two of them were the same fucking song! who does that???

2) tomahawk, opening for tool on the lateralus tour. who would have thought that a band with such an amazing lineup could possibly be that bad? i had never heard their studio recordings but i was excited to see them... and holy shit did they suck. their sound could be best described as gothic showtunes. everyone in the crowd was screaming "YOU SUCK" and throwing water bottles at them. mike patton responds with, "yes, jersey, we suck... but you have to live here!"

Calexico = Fucking Boooooorrrring!!!!

Smashing Pumpkins @ Lola 94= No stage presence at all

Megadeth acoustic show???= WHY????(Didnt know it was gonna be acoustic)

Fear Factory= Opened for Ozzy(F.F.= PURE SHIT)

Primus= Talented Musicians but I didnt dig em live

Foreigner in their prime. I remember it was like they were playing the songs as fast as they could to get off the stage. Horrible.


Here is a surprise one, I once saw Clapton so high on smack he didn't move. Not that he moves much anyway, but he stood still for his whole.....5 songs@15 minutes long each - blues set. It was painful.

Two of the worst:

Godflesh, 1992, opening for Skinny Puppy. All this show consisted of was a repetitive drum machine beat, the loudest guitar feedback-high pitched screech and some guy screaming incoherently for 45 minutes. Awesome. Thanks for taking about 10 -15 years of hearing away from me.

Soundgarden, 1994, Red Rocks. This should've been, could've been, a great show. Unfortunately it wasn't. The mix was messed up, Chris' vocals sounded horrible, Ben kept trying to get in a fight with someone in the crowd and it just plain sucked. Disappointing.