disappointing live bands

dirtyT
dirtyT Posts: 3,620
edited April 2007 in Other Music
What are some bands you thought would be great live but once you saw them were kind of disappointed. Keep in mind, some bands may have had an off night when you saw them. For instance I have heard the Counting Crows and Live are great live, saw them each once and thought they were both shit. May have just been that night though. Danzig is another.
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  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    Saw the original Van Halen line-up on an off night during the Diver Down tour...flat out awful.

    I had to sit through Motley Crue once as an opener....worst band that I have ever heard or seen.
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  • RyeGuy
    RyeGuy Posts: 215
    Mars Volta........absolutely terrible live.
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Rhcp...
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  • this is not for you
    this is not for you Posts: 240
    kings of leon i saw them in 05 at reading before foos, was expecting somethin cool n it was pretty boring didnt get the crowd going or anythin

    weezer were pretty disappointing live aswell, same thing, no crowd atmosphere
    the subways supported them tho and they were very very good
  • this is not for you
    this is not for you Posts: 240
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Rhcp...
    woah woah i saw teh chilis last year and it was one of the best concerts ive ever been to, dunno how u can say that.. and im not a big rhcp fan
  • Julien
    Julien Posts: 2,457
    rhcp !!!!
    the offspiring. I saw them back in 95 and they sucked...
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Chilis seem to have one amazing night for every 3 or 4 shit nights. If they changed the setlist they'd be better for sure... I mean cmon they've been making music for like 25 years (17 of them with Frusciante) and they still play the same damn songs every night.
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  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    rhcp and counting crows are both bands i saw in hs and thought were excellent, but really sucked when i caught them last summer.
  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    RockMan wrote:
    Mars Volta........absolutely terrible live.

    I've seen them 3 times. Twice openign and i thought they were good. Once headlingin their own show and it is to this day one of the best shows i have ever seen and i go to a ton of shows. Perhaps a bad night or maybe just not your style.

    I would like to add Death Cab for Cutie to this list. I saw them twice. Once opening for PJ and once headlining their own tour. I like the music on the CD but for me it did not translate well live. The band just was lifeless. Shoegazer like. I was very disapointed and i'll never see them again.
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  • NickyNooch
    NickyNooch Posts: 629
    Black Crowes. I think every song they played was 10 minutes long. Really boring set. Very disappointing.

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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Allman Bros. Keep in mind this was last august...

    They were pretty good and solid musically but just had no life in them. Even Mellissa was lacking. They got completely upstaged by Moe. who opened for them.
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  • pouch15
    pouch15 Posts: 436
    Audioslave
    RHCp
    guns and roses
    def leppard
  • fada
    fada Posts: 1,032
    Hard-Fi , the lead singer was coked off his head the time I saw them.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    NickyNooch wrote:
    Black Crowes. I think every song they played was 10 minutes long. Really boring set. Very disappointing.

    that's why most people love them... but i guess that's a difference in taste. you probly dont like it when pearl jam stretches porch or evenflow or daughter into a 10 minute jam... that's always the highlight of the show for me.
  • Pearl Jam and toast
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    soulsinging wrote:
    that's why most people love them... but i guess that's a difference in taste. you probly dont like it when pearl jam stretches porch or evenflow or daughter into a 10 minute jam... that's always the highlight of the show for me.
    yeah the Daughter, Porch, and RVM jams are unreal.
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  • hendrix78
    hendrix78 Posts: 507
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Chilis seem to have one amazing night for every 3 or 4 shit nights. If they changed the setlist they'd be better for sure... I mean cmon they've been making music for like 25 years (17 of them with Frusciante) and they still play the same damn songs every night.


    But they play them differently every night, and they open and close every show with completely improvised jams that are usually mind blowing. I'll take that over a band playing completely different songs every night, but playing them exactly as they are on the album.
  • oppie1
    oppie1 Posts: 755
    i saw the RHCP/Foo Fighters tour back in 99 or 00.. they both were, and still are, terrible...

    and unfortunately i had to sit thru Kiss opening for Aerosmith
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  • gleemonex
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    One of the worst live bands I've ever seen was The Who last year. They really showed their age, Roger couldn't sustain any notes. I still can't believe that I paid over $100 to sit in the back of an arena and watch an asshole and a child porn freak.
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  • Pearl Jam and toast
    Pearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    gleemonex wrote:
    One of the worst live bands I've ever seen was The Who last year. They really showed their age, Roger couldn't sustain any notes. I still can't believe that I paid over $100 to sit in the back of an arena and watch an asshole and a child porn freak.
    Okay, from now on lets make a rule that anyone who has no fucking idea what that child porn case was about and what happened during and as a result of it should shut the fuck up.
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  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    I guess mine would have to be Jimmy Eat World. They were the headliner on a festival show that the local rock radio station used to sponsor here in town. I went mainly to see Our Lady Peace, who were excellent, by the way. Either I expected too much of Jimmy Eat World since they were the headliner, or OLP was just that much better. Probably both. OLP was energetic, got the crowd into the set, and played well. Jimmy Eat World was just ok....it just seemed like a machine making its product and had no emotion or anything.

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