The 3 Best Current Live Bands

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  • EquallyWorthless
    EquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I can't believe that so many people think the FF are a good band. They were definitely the worst band I saw live this year out of about 15 shows.


    I dont need to see them live to know they suck.
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    EquallyWorthless wrote:
    Not to nit pick but wolfmother broke up so they are not current any more.

    You're right but they're not technically dead. Stockdale is gonna recruit new members.

    Wolfmother was fucking GOOD live.
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  • JP2026766
    JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I can't believe that so many people think the FF are a good band. They were definitely the worst band I saw live this year out of about 15 shows.

    Agreed. I saw them a few years ago. Not good at all. Weezer blew em out of the water.

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  • catch22
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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

    im not a huge r.e.m. fan, but when i saw them in june they were AMAZING.

    on the other hand, radiohead's set at lollapalooza was incredibly lame and a huge disappointment. nine inch nails kicked ass though.

    my votes:
    1. hold steady
    2. pearl jam
    3. black crowes/nine inch nails... not sure on that one, depends on my mood
    and like that... he's gone.
  • southerngarden
    southerngarden Posts: 512
    the DRIVE BY TRUCKERS are easily one of the best live rock bands out there! course if youre a yankee you wouldnt get it..."stay out the way of the southern thang!"
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  • Loujoe
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    bobleash said:
    Rancid/murphys law
    rage against the machine, they are just like pearl Jam every song is awesome.
    MURPHYS LAW! Just caught them last night. Cheap and grrrreeeat. If they swing by your neighborhood and you like fun hardcore music...go.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,128
    Wilco
    My Morning Jacket
    Radiohead
    Pearl Jam
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,192
    se7v7en said:
    walkunafraid wrote:
    I don't know. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, and undoubtedly everyone's tastes differ when it comes to music.

    But I can say I've experienced three different instances where I went to a show with a Radiohead sceptic/doubter/hater and ALL three times the person was blown away by the performance and left the show finally "getting it."


    My friend saw them at lolla this year and said the same thing, made him sleepy and bored
    I could see that if you weren't into their catalog.  Radiohead is a band that needs attention.  But once you figure it out it's amazing.

    I saw them three times last year (first time ever) and was blown away.  I think they started the show with the same 2-3 songs but mixed it up after that.  Amazing live act.  The anticipation of what they will play next is just as big as PJ.  Except they don't play Sirens.
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  • Get_Right
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    Gern Blansten said:
    se7v7en said:
    walkunafraid wrote:
    I don't know. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, and undoubtedly everyone's tastes differ when it comes to music.

    But I can say I've experienced three different instances where I went to a show with a Radiohead sceptic/doubter/hater and ALL three times the person was blown away by the performance and left the show finally "getting it."


    My friend saw them at lolla this year and said the same thing, made him sleepy and bored
    I could see that if you weren't into their catalog.  Radiohead is a band that needs attention.  But once you figure it out it's amazing.

    I saw them three times last year (first time ever) and was blown away.  I think they started the show with the same 2-3 songs but mixed it up after that.  Amazing live act.  The anticipation of what they will play next is just as big as PJ.  Except they don't play Sirens.
    Same saw them three times on this last tour and each night was better than the next. Tour closer in Philly was probably my favorite live show of 2018.
  • ceska
    ceska New York Posts: 1,137
    edited March 2019
    southerngarden said:
    the DRIVE BY TRUCKERS are easily one of the best live rock bands out there! course if youre a yankee you wouldnt get it..."stay out the way of the southern thang!"
    Second that! I didn't get into DBT until 2013 but that is OK because I like their current lineup best of all the various iterations. American Band was the album the rock and roll world needed in 2016, and I think their pending follow up record will be great too. I would still go to a PJ show over DBT, but the Tuckers are far more topically relevant and current, and whereas Ed and the band have shied away from the political content song-wise and in stage banter, DBT have stepped it up in recent years.
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  • Matts3221
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    bobleash said:
    Rancid/murphys law
    rage against the machine, they are just like pearl Jam every song is awesome.

    Jimmy G from Murphy's Law I would consider the be the funniest front man of any band period. Seen them over a dozen times in the past 20 years and every time they kill it live and it feels like a standup comedy event for hardcore shows.


    So top three live no order

    Murphy's Law
    Mighty Mighty Bosstones ( easily the most energy I have ever seen on stage , always switching up the setlist , never feels phoned in ) Also being from Boston have seem them at a min of 100 times since 93.
    Pearl Jam

  • Matts3221
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    Also just to add on , I find it amazing when people are upset over other's picks , I may not be into DMB but hey if you are more power too you , live music is amazing and if you enjoy it then more power too you.

    I should have added Bane as a close third even though they are broken up

    Or New Found Glory as a back up for my third.

  • drakeheuer14
    drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,620
    Pearl Jam 
    Highly Suspect 
    Rare Creatures 
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
    Columbia 2016
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,680
    I assume everyone is basing this on bands/artists they've actually seen, i.e. best 3 live acts we've been lucky enough to witness. Mine are:

    Pearl Jam
    The Tea Party
    Glen Hansard

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  • BettrMan21
    BettrMan21 Chattanooga,Tn Posts: 291

    Pearl Jam 

    The Avett Brothers

    J Roddy Walston & the Business

  • petted101
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    BRMC
    Pearl Jam 
    Mark Lanegan Band
  • PeArLgOoNeR
    PeArLgOoNeR Posts: 1,250
    Best 3 I've seen:

    Pearl Jam
    Clutch (short sets, but damn are they ever tight)
    Cat Power (I think it's hit/miss with her)

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  • Nikto
    Nikto Melbourne, Australia Posts: 192
    Cold Chisel
    Pearl Jam
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  • jacquelynca
    jacquelynca Posts: 372
    My opinion and who I’ve seen and in this order:

    1. Pearl Jam
    2. Muse
    3. NIN
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  • jacquelynca
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    Also, Mudhoney!!  I saw them last month and it was amazing!  They’re on tour so if you haven’t seen them yet do it! 
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    2020- Oakland Nights 1 and 2
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