The 3 Best Current Live Bands

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  • strummers
    strummers Posts: 2,611
    Pearl Jam
    Clutch

    Now the third one's difficult - contenders that spring to mind are;
    Foo Fighters
    NIN
    Tool
    Sufjan Stevens
    Fu Manchu
    Stone Temple Pilots

    I'm sure there are more, but can't make a decision!
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  • strummers
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    supersuckers wrote:
    The Supersuckers put on a hell of a live show. I've been fortunate enough to see Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers singer and bassist) open for them. You really get to see them in two different lights: first the acoustic country way then the balls out rock your ass kind of way. Their shows are usually no more than fifteen bucks and well worth the experience.

    Going to see the 'suckers next month :D
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  • down_ski
    down_ski Posts: 328
    What about Rush?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!

    I saw them at the Gorge in May, KICKED SOME SERIOUS ASS!
    And together, they are the most talented band on earth.



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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    1) Drive-by Truckers
    2) Pearl Jam
    3) Jason Isbel and the 400 Unit
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  • PJBuckeye
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eubi9YI2dKE

    Much better Rush video
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  • Benzor
    Benzor Posts: 886
    lol @ anyone who said RHCP or DMB
  • ediger
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    supersuckers wrote:
    The Supersuckers put on a hell of a live show. I've been fortunate enough to see Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers singer and bassist) open for them. You really get to see them in two different lights: first the acoustic country way then the balls out rock your ass kind of way. Their shows are usually no more than fifteen bucks and well worth the experience.

    I've seen the Supersucker thrice. The first time was opening for Pearl Jam, which was incredible. The second time, it was in a packed bar for 15 bucks, that was pretty damn sweet. The last time I saw them was only a couple of weeks ago and it might have been one of the best. 10 bucks, tiny bar. There were maybe 50 people there. I was close enough and the stage was low enough that I got hit with the headstock of a guitar like 30 times.
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    vic in T.O. Posts: 385
    1.Creed
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  • danny
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    walkunafraid wrote:
    My purely unofficial opinion:

    1) Pearl Jam
    2) The Arcade Fire
    3) R.E.M.

    Hard to leave out:
    4) Radiohead
    5) Wilco
    6) Nine Inch Nails


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  • Red Mosqito
    Red Mosqito Posts: 1,239
    supersuckers wrote:
    The Supersuckers put on a hell of a live show. I've been fortunate enough to see Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers singer and bassist) open for them. You really get to see them in two different lights: first the acoustic country way then the balls out rock your ass kind of way. Their shows are usually no more than fifteen bucks and well worth the experience.

    The Crowes are just firing on all cylinders right now. They mix up the setlists, throw in great covers (Don't Do It, Torn and Frayed, Poor Elijah, etc.). Plus the fact that they play smaller venues makes the shows seem very intimate. Seeing them twice in October and am actually more excited than when I saw PJ for two shows back in June.

    And if I can add one more live band (even though I haven't seen them in like 6 or 7 years), RATM is like no other concert experience.

    Maybe I'll give them another shot the next time they swing through my part of town. I agree, there are certain bands out there that are just purely live musicians and that's where they shine best!

    Totally agree on your TBC observations. They are, musically speaking anyway, probably the best live band out there right now. Never seen a band live that was able to infuse so many different styles into their music and still make it entirely their own sound.

    Seeing TBC in Sept. in Santa Cruz as well as the entire Fillmore run in SF this December...going to be good times fo' sho! I'm CAmorican on Amorica2 if you dwell there.

    And spot on with the RATM mention. Actually they were one of my first thoughts when I thought of best live bands...then I realized it was only bands still tourning now and not just overall. RATM blows the doors off of 95% of the bands that are mentioned in this thread.



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  • Red Mosqito
    Red Mosqito Posts: 1,239
    jmccue7 wrote:
    PJ
    Springsteen
    Tool

    honestly if you've seen RHCP once, you've seen them 50 times

    Same goes for KISS. Saw them for the first time ever (actually my first concert ever too) as a wee 8 year old back in '78. I then saw them again in either '83 or '84 and with the exception of a few new tracks off the Animalize album added to the setlist it was the same exact show...EVEN the things they said in between songs!!!

    I then saw them again in '00 on one of their series of farewell tours and was blown away when I saw pretty much the same show I saw 20 years earlier, verbatim. Disappointing to say the least. A great cock rock band...but that's because their a bunch of cocks now.

    Peace,

    RM
  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    Pearl jam

    Bad religion

    Queens of the stone age
  • brainofPJ
    brainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    1 - My Morning Jacket
    2 - Pearl Jam
    3 - Black Keys


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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    only because these are the freshest and most nostalgic for me as of this summer:
    pearl jam
    radiohead
    nine inch nails


    bands i'd like to see that i've heard are amazing live and its actually a travesty i haven't seen them live yet because i love them dearly:
    arcade fire
    incubus
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • boroff89
    boroff89 Posts: 786
    Pearl Jam and Arcade Fire are 1a and 1b. After them, there is a group of bands I would put up there. Incubus, Wilco, Nine Inch Nails. . .
    It makes much more sense to live in the present tense.
  • eldarion75
    eldarion75 Posts: 2,488
    live? in this order..

    the frames
    pearl jam
    arcade fire/radiohead...that's a tie..
  • battan1120
    battan1120 Posts: 310
    Phil Lesh @ Friends....Phil 30 plus years of playing live music
    Pearl Jam....play together for another 15 plus years than they'll reach the status above
    Derek Trucks Band..... Derek is the best finger picker out there.....period
    THE BEST LIVE BAND EVER THE GOOD OLD GRATEFUL DEAD!!!!!!
    The bus came by and I got on!!!!!
  • Hammartime33
    Hammartime33 Posts: 207
    Pearl Jam
    Local H
    Mudhoney

    also
    Dinosaur Jr.
    Ben Folds
    Fleet Foxes
  • brandon10
    brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    I am so excited! I am seeing Bad Religion here in San Fran in September! Can't fucking wait!

    I am seeing them in sept as well. It will be my 4th and the second time at this venue, a really small theatre. Last time was fucking incredible! I can't wait.
  • Zoso
    Zoso Posts: 6,425
    Pearl Jam
    My Morning Jacket
    Kings of Leon
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