Best live band ever

[Killerme33]

Of the concerts I've been to, Foo Fighters put on the best show.

 

[tailes151]

RHCP?

 

[KeithTalent]

GWAR hands down. Most outragous, creepy, ridiculous, terrifiying, hilarious, and disgusting show I have ever seen in my life.

KT

 

[jrenz]

If you haven't seen Jimmy Buffett in concert... you have no right to be posting in this thread.

 

[imported_Snagle]

Too hard to say. As for bands currently/recently touring: Wilco, Broken Social Scene, Daft Punk, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, and The Hold Steady are about as good as it gets.

 

[Ns1]

tool

have seen

roger waters, rhcp, radiohead, pixies, chemical bros, eric clapton, g3, foo fighters, white stripes, QotSA, flaming lips (unfortunately), linkin park (also unfortunately), a perfect circle, audioslave, janes addiction, AFI, probably a ton of others that i'm leaving out

to the poster above:
given the choice between a giant arena and a small theater, i'd pick the theater anyday! great acoustics > shtty metal benches

 

[manowar821]

Rise Against or NoFX.

 

[kage69]

The best live act I've ever heard, oddly and ironically enough, was the band Live.

Never was a big fan of theirs, but they wowed everyone bigtime at the HFStival in DC years back.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: manowar821
NoFX.

Always loved them live!

Another one of the best bands I have seen is Green Day. They were opening for Bad Religion a couple of years before Green Day got big and they were fantastic. I have never really liked their music, even back then, but it was still one of the best overall shows I've been to and they, in particular, were quite good.

KT

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
flaming lips (unfortunately)

Why 'unfortunately'? I've never seen them live, but have definitely always wanted to. Interested to hear why they sucked live.

KT

 

[splintitan]

i have seen very few live, but papa roach was amazing (this past year). pretty small concert and it rocked, we had a guy in a wheel chair crowd surf!

 

[Fritzo]

Zeppelin was the best live band ever- they've won just about every magazine pole on this subject ever.

(I'm a big fan too, so I'm biased ).

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
flaming lips (unfortunately)</end quote></div>

Why 'unfortunately'? I've never seen them live, but have definitely always wanted to. Interested to hear why they sucked live.

KT

Picture this if you will...

1 song..
5 minutes of talking about politics
1 song..
5 more minutes of talking about politics
lead singers get into giant ball thing, and crowdsurfs over the stage: 5 minutes
1 song...

repeat. repeat. repeat. Have seen them 3 times (they opened for RHCP). They got booed 2/3 shows. I've seen some pretty sorry opening bands, but I've NEVER seen anyone get boo'ed like TFL

I don't like their music, I don't like their stage setup, and I don't think they're very good. Those are very subjective opinions. However, I can say objectively that they put on a piss poor live show. 3-6 songs in an f'n hour? christ.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis

Originally posted by: KeithTalent

Originally posted by: NeuroSynapsis
flaming lips (unfortunately)

Why 'unfortunately'? I've never seen them live, but have definitely always wanted to. Interested to hear why they sucked live.

KT

Picture this if you will...

1 song..
5 minutes of talking about politics
1 song..
5 more minutes of talking about politics
lead singers get into giant ball thing, and crowdsurfs over the stage: 5 minutes
1 song...

repeat. repeat. repeat. Have seen them 3 times (they opened for RHCP). They got booed 2/3 shows. I've seen some pretty sorry opening bands, but I've NEVER seen anyone get boo'ed like TFL

I don't like their music, I don't like their stage setup, and I don't think they're very good. Those are very subjective opinions. However, I can say objectively that they put on a piss poor live show. 3-6 songs in an f'n hour? christ.

Hmm, well I really like their music, but yeah, that does sound pretty ridiculous. I wonder if they would be any better as the headliner? Maybe they just screw around when they are the opening band?

Weird.

KT

 

[conehead433]

Pink Floyd followed distantly by everyone else.

 

[effowe]

From who I've seen I'd have to say RATM.

 

[pennylane]

The Who?

 

[Bumrush99]

Best concert I ever went to was Lollapalooza 92... Holy crap, RHCP, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Ministry. All of them put on a heck of show.. Best part of it was that Pearl Jam was up an coming and was actually the opening band with RHCP headlining.. Can you believe that?

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Bumrush99
Best concert I ever went to was Lollapalooza 92... Holy crap, RHCP, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and Ministry. All of them put on a heck of show.. Best part of it was that Pearl Jam was up an coming and was actually the opening band with RHCP headlining.. Can you believe that?

I remember it well (boy was I young) and actually RATM played at the show in Vancouver as well (not sure if they played everywhere else). What a blast!

KT

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Another vote for Tool.

Although I will say I almost voted for The Mars Volta. Cedric and Omar are pretty fun to watch on stage live. I've never seen another frontman pull so many cool stunts on-stage while performing. Omar's cool too, tossing his axe around and stuff.
Cedric's antics with the mic, the mic stand, the amps, the drums et al are just awesome though.

A sampling:
http://www.youtube.com/results...ars+volta+live&search=

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Garth

Although I will say I almost voted for The Mars Volta. Cedric and Omar are pretty fun to watch on stage live. I've never seen another frontman pull so many cool stunts on-stage while performing. Omar's cool too, tossing his axe around and stuff.
Cedric's antics with the mic, the mic stand, the amps, the drums et al are just awesome though.

A sampling:
http://www.youtube.com/results...ars+volta+live&search=

Definitely the one band I want to see live more than any other right now. Unfortunately I missed them last time they rolled through here.

KT

 

[Rubycon]

Emerson, Lake & Palmer.

Pink Floyd puts on a good show.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
I'll go with Motorhead with metallica as a close second.

Im going to go with the best show. At the Bottom of the Hill in Potrero Hill, SF, Tue 2/23/99.

Opener: Crumb
Second: Sensefield
Header: JEW

/thread for like minded folks....

Or, same venue,

Opener: Bra!d
Header: Avail

 

[SWScorch]

Originally posted by: JohnOfSheffield
I was expecting maybe guns and roses or such but seriously, dreamtheater? have you ever been to a an arena that holds 200k+ Chaotic?

that is what i'm talking abut, big arena rock experiences.

I thought of DT too, only because you can tell how much they enjoy playing and it translates into the audience. I'm actually watching my Live at Budokan DVD right now and it's amazing how cohesive the band is and how their energy and enthusiasm is conveyed to the crowd.

However, I would still have to say that Metallica puts on an even better show. Try as he might, JLB's crowd interaction skills are severely lacking compared to Hetfield's.

 

[DangerAardvark]

I love that Steven Tyler's voice hasn't deteriorated at all through the years. He still hits every damn note with the same power he did 30 years ago.