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post 1677239463 02-15-2023, 03:36 AM
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What band/artist have let you down in terms of live performance?

Misc always ask who the greatest singer is and it’s always Layne Staley (rightly so) but nobody ever asks who the chittest artist/band are. Hit me!
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Honestly? Bon Jovi about a year ago. Only because every show before then that I saw Jon KILLED. He’s just old. He “performed fine” but his voice is shot. He needs to just go solo stripped down to small clubs/theaters.
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Smashing Pumpkins. Was so stoked to see them, this was right after Mellon Collie came out and they were SO bad thanks to Billy Corgan trying to take over the show, read poetry and play his solo stuff. Literally half the crowd started walking out and he yelled at them that they sucked.
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Deftones

Chino can be REALLY bad live.

Saw them a long time ago and his voice was cracking the whole night like a 13 yr old boy screaming.
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I hear Dragonforce just isn't anything compared to their recorded albums because they should really be called StudioForce.
Back off, Warchild.

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Originally Posted By Bodhy⏩
I hear Dragonforce just isn't anything compared to their recorded albums because they should really be called StudioForce.


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Originally Posted By EagleOfWar⏩
Deftones

Chino can be REALLY bad live.

Saw them a long time ago and his voice was cracking the whole night like a 13 yr old boy screaming.
Chino has always been schytt
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Nothing wrong with the 'performance' but I saw Rammstein play once and the live performance sounded 100% identical to a bonus live recording on their album for that song...

Made me wonder if they lip sync.

Does that count?
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I saw Jethro Tull in the 90's. I went to the show as an afterthought, something to do on a Sat night. They were fuking awesome.

Saw they again maybe 5 years ago, absolutely awful.

I saw 50 cent mail it in a few years again too, the entire performance was like 60 minutes, and he did like 90 seconds of each song. It was still 100 times better than Jethro Tull.
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Most of them sound like crap live unless it's at a smaller venue

Most people don't care after they've invested that much effort getting to the show
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Originally Posted By EagleOfWar⏩
Deftones

Chino can be REALLY bad live.

Saw them a long time ago and his voice was cracking the whole night like a 13 yr old boy screaming.
This is exactly what I expected to see when I wrote this post. Srs.
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Can't say I've seen them live, but I've heard blink 182 suck live
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Rush the last half dozen or so times. Geddie's voice has been gone for decades. It actually sounds like he's in pain when he's singing, like someone wounded a duck or something. Don't understand why they just didn't hire a singer 20 years ago but it is what it is.
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You guys are being dumb. Almost every artist is gonna sound awful live, they only sound good because the producers do magic in the post recording editing
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Originally Posted By ImUTI⏩
You guys are being dumb. Almost every artist is gonna sound awful live, they only sound good because the producers do magic in the post recording editing
Compare the Weeknd live at the Super bowl to the actual song.

Night and day difference
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Originally Posted By ImUTI⏩
You guys are being dumb. Almost every artist is gonna sound awful live, they only sound good because the producers do magic in the post recording editing
Metallica, machine head, death Angel, slipknot, the illegals (Phil’s voice) are some I’ve seen live that are great

Judging by recent recordings I can tell that pantera are also incredible live
post 1677244113 02-15-2023, 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted By Austin317⏩
Metallica, machine head, death Angel, slipknot, the illegals (Phil’s voice) are some I’ve seen live that are great

Judging by recent recordings I can tell that pantera are also incredible live
Them and Slayer sounded pretty terrible live ded srs
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Originally Posted By Evolutionary1⏩
Them and Slayer sounded pretty terrible live ded srs
I have seen Slayer live 13 times and they fukkin slayed (pun intended) every single time.
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I went to see ZZ prob 15 years ago (They were awesome) but Ted Nugent opened for them.

Despite being a small venue, he had a wall of dimed Marshalls like he was playing Wembley goddman stadium. My ears and my head hurt so bad by the time ZZ came on that I could barely enjoy them. Fuk ted nugent
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The Pretty Reckless. The lead singer (Taylor Momsen) merely struts on stage, shaking her ass and twerking like a stripper. I'll stick to listening to their music in my headphones going forward.
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Love the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but saw them at an outdoor festival in New Orleans in 2006 and they sucked. In their defense it was about 99° and 100% humidity but you could tell they were just going through the motions
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Originally Posted By ImUTI⏩
You guys are being dumb. Almost every artist is gonna sound awful live, they only sound good because the producers do magic in the post recording editing
Not true I’m my experience. I’ve been to see more bands live than I can remember and a lot of them are even better live. Some of it has to do with atmosphere but some of them sound identical or even better when they’ve added/changed things up.

Some notable bands I’ve seen live that sounded as good or better were

Incubus (I’ve heard people say the later years it wasn’t so good but in the early days they sounded fantastic live)

Tool (once again, the early days when Maynard still had his fire they were ridiculously good, saw them later and the band still kicked ass but Maynard just wasn’t the same)

Alice in Chains

Even the foo fighters, which I can’t stand now. They were pretty amazing on the color and the shape tour.

Avenged sevenfold was good too

In my experience I’d say the majority of them have exceeded expectations live.

One terrible concert I went to once was Cake and No Doubt. My gf at the time loved no doubt so I took her. Both bands were terrible but Gwen was hnnng back then.

I even saw New Kids on the Block live as a kid lol.
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Originally Posted By EagleOfWar⏩
Not true I’m my experience. I’ve been to see more bands live than I can remember and a lot of them are even better live. Some of it has to do with atmosphere but some of them sound identical or even better when they’ve added/changed things up.

Some notable bands I’ve seen live that sounded as good or better were

Incubus (I’ve heard people say the later years it wasn’t so good but in the early days they sounded fantastic live)

Tool (once again, the early days when Maynard still had his fire they were ridiculously good, saw them later and the band still kicked ass but Maynard just wasn’t the same)

Alice in Chains

Even the foo fighters, which I can’t stand now. They were pretty amazing on the color and the shape tour.

Avenged sevenfold was good too

In my experience I’d say the majority of them have exceeded expectations live.

One terrible concert I went to once was Cake and No Doubt. My gf at the time loved no doubt so I took her. Both bands were terrible but Gwen was hnnng back then.

I even saw New Kids on the Block live as a kid lol.
I got dragged to a Cake show one time by my ex. I guess they sounded more or less like they do on the radio (pretty easy when you just talk instead of sing), but I couldn't get into it. I just don't understand how people like it, but that's their business.

Other than that, I can't really think of a show I went to where I really felt completely let down by the band.

Saw Van Halen twice. Both shows were good, but DLR's voice obviously isn't like it used to be, and it was never truly great.

Aerosmith was good. The Stadium Tour this past summer was good - I thought Joan Jett, Poison, Def Leppard, and Motley Crue all sounded great. Vince's performance really surprised me after all the drama about him being a bloatlord who couldn't sing anymore. Billy Joel was good. The Struts are fantastic. Foreigner and Whitesnake were great. And so on.

I guess if I had to pick one that was kind of lame it would have to be The Who. They would have been awesome to see back in the day, but I saw them like 10-15 years ago after they had already lost John Entwistle. So, it was just overweight Daltrey with not much of his voice left and Townshend. Seemed like they spent an inordinate amount of time talking and playing newer, sort of experimental chit, showing videos, etc. Everyone wants to hear your classic hits, guys.
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Originally Posted By Bodhy⏩
I hear Dragonforce just isn't anything compared to their recorded albums because they should really be called StudioForce.
How long ago did you see them? The rumors now that I think have been pretty much confirmed is they don't play their solos or anything like that.
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About most of the names listed --- The Who, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Cake, Tool, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, ZZ Top, Slayer, Metalicca, Rush, Bon Jovi

Ya'll got some old-man music tastes
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Ironically, Live is terrible live.

In their defense, this was right before they broke up, and you could tell they just weren't into it.

Matisyahu was also terrible. It was mainly the crowd. It was filled with absolute jacktard 16 year olds at the time(~2010).

Best show? Chicago. Hands down. No show has ever come close.
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I saw Finger 11 in concert and they were absolute trash. Not that I had any expectations, but they were really bad. They opened for Chevelle, who was pretty awesome live.
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Originally Posted By DanteEdmond⏩
About most of the names listed --- The Who, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Cake, Tool, Alice in Chains, Avenged Sevenfold, ZZ Top, Slayer, Metalicca, Rush, Bon Jovi

Ya'll got some old-man music tastes
We're mostly in our 30s and 40s on this forum brah. This is not the same misc of 2012 when we were all in our twenties.

Go listen to your rainbow haired ****get bands in Zoomer Misc ---------->
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Originally Posted By lockdev⏩
We're mostly in our 30s and 40s on this forum brah. This is not the same misc of 2012 when we were all in our twenties.

Go listen to your rainbow haired ****get bands in Zoomer Misc ---------->
Bands like The Who, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi, and Van Halen peaked around the 1970s. If you're in your 30s or 40s, you were born well after their peak years, and your parents are the ones who were into those bands
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