The 3 Best Current Live Bands

walkunafraid
walkunafraid Posts: 2,655
edited September 2008 in The Porch
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
Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
Post edited by Unknown User on
«134567…13

Comments

  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    PJ
    Muse
    Red Hots

    Thats mine
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    1)Radiohead
    2)Pearl Jam
    3)Nine Inch Nails
  • robfest2
    robfest2 Posts: 594
    PJ
    The Hold Steady
    The Weepies
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    pj
    mmj
    the roots
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • Thecure
    Thecure Posts: 814
    sorry but did people forget about U2.

    1) U2
    2) PEARL JAM
    3) RADIOHEAD
    People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid."
    - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

    If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
    - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
  • petrocs
    petrocs Posts: 4,342
    Thecure wrote:
    sorry but did people forget about U2.

    No...actually they were my #3 until I remembered how great Frusciante is live
    Shows:
    9/24/96 MD. 9/28/96 Randalls. 8/28-29/98 Camden. 9/8/98 NJ. 9/18/98 MD. 9/1-2/00 Camden. 9/4/00 MD. 4/28/03 Philly. 7/5-6/03 Camden. 9/30/05 AC.
    10/3/05 Philly. 5/27-28/06 Camden. 6/23/06 Pitt. 6/19-20/08 Camden. 6/24/08 MSG. 8/7/08 EV Newark, NJ. 6/11-12/09 EV Philly, PA. 10/27-28-30-31/09 Philly, PA., 5/15/10 Hartford,5/17/10 Boston, 5/18/10 Newark, 5/20-21/10 MSG
  • SpanishMan-STBC
    SpanishMan-STBC Posts: 12
    1) Pearl Jam
    2) moe.
    3) Keller Williams

    NIN definitely one of the best live shows I have ever seen but I have only seen them once.
  • ayedavanita11
    ayedavanita11 Posts: 35
    Pearl Jam
    My Morning Jacket
    Wilco
    "you don't have to strike everybody out. Strikeouts are boring, besides that, they're fascist. Make em' hit groundballs, they're more democratic."

    -Crash Davis
  • PrlJamr
    PrlJamr Posts: 74
    Pearl Jam
    Springsteen
    U2
  • jeremy
    jeremy Posts: 409
    pearl jam
    radiohead
    mogwai
    ''walk the bridges before you burn them down...''
    and always remember ''it's no crime to escape!!!"
  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    pearl jam
    sevendust
    nonpoint
    www.RLMcDaniel.com

    1996: Ft Lauderdale
    1998: Birmingham
    2000: Charlotte, Tampa
    2003: Tampa, Atlanta, Phoenix
    2004: Kissimmee
    2008: West Palm Beach, Bonnaroo, Columbia
    2010: MSG2
    2012: Music Midtown
    2014: Memphis
    2016: Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Jacksonville, JazzFest
    2018: Wrigley 1, Fenway 1
    2022: Nashville
    2023: Ft. Worth II
    2024: Baltimore
    2025: Hollywood II
  • jervin007
    jervin007 Posts: 3,182
    1) Pearl Jam
    2) Kings Of Leon
    3) The Raconteurs

    Close, but not close enough

    U2, Radiohead, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Black Keys, Wilco
    PJ:
    2003 Mansfield: July 2
    2004 Boston: Sept 28 & 29
    2005 Montreal: Sept 15
    2006 Boston: May 24 & 25
    2008 Hartford: June 27, Mansfield: June 28,
    2010 Boston: May 17
    2013 Worcester: Oct 15, Hartford: Oct 25,
    2016 Hampton: April 18, Raleigh: April 20 (cancelled), Columbia: April 21. Quebec: May 5. Boston (Fenway): August 7

    EV Solo: Boston 8/2/08, Boston 6/16/11
  • ToadJode
    ToadJode Posts: 49
    Pearl Jam
    Dave Matthews Band
    Moe. (It's a tie for 3rd)


    I would also include Widespread Panic but I have never seen them live, and Phish, but they're not currently together.
    ...the smallest oceans still get big, big waves...
  • spearhead
    spearhead Posts: 600
    PrlJamr wrote:
    Pearl Jam
    Springsteen
    U2


    NO MORE CALLS ... WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

    You, sir, are CORRECT!!!!

    Pearl Jam
    Bruce Springsteen
    U2
    ...honorable mentions: REM ... RHCP ... Fab Faux!!
    I was alone and far away when I heard the band start playing!

    ...I was always a DeadHead, but when I first heard Winston Rodney, aka the Burning Spear, sing, I became a SpearHead too!
  • Lizardking
    Lizardking Posts: 936
    I just want to say, I really enjoyed BuckCherry Live, amazing show!!!
    Lizardking

    http://www.myspace.com/lizardkings1

    (This Post May Have Been Edited By AT&T)
  • candleofthought
    candleofthought Posts: 897
    Pearl Jam
    Radiohead
    Incubus
    There's alot to be said for Nowhere
  • silas23
    silas23 SoCal Posts: 99
    1.pearl jam (obviously) 2. Dmb 3. Stone temple pilots
  • anotherman
    anotherman Posts: 12
    Three best I've seen live that are still performing:

    Pearl Jam
    Wilco
    My Morning Jacket
  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    wolf parade
    the bronx
    the hives
    honorable mention: brmc. the walkmen. radiohead. tv on the radio.
  • flyinwhole313
    flyinwhole313 Posts: 1,651
    PJ/ Ed
    Radiohead
    Beck
    Paul McCartney
    Neil Young (75% of the time...)
    STP is awesome (didn't see them this time around, so I can't vouch today)
    NIN, Black Keys


    F--- U2...They are the epitome of Corporate Rock! see also: Madonna, Elton John, and
    Bruce Springsteen- YEAH! "MR. Working Mans Man"- Tickets $165+ can you spell douche!??? Don't defend him just because Eddie Likes him!

Categories