Yeah, the normal thing at a show (not sure about the DIY concerts though hahaha) is if someone falls they get helped up, even at crazy shows where people are going all out. Not to these pricks though. A friend of mine went to an AC/DC show with his wife and was offered a fight like 5 times before he even got to the bar, before the show started. I don’t know what goes through these people’s minds, tickets are expensive, i’m there to listen to the band and have a good time, but some of them have to make it all about them and ruin other people’s fun.
Testosterone fueled idiots, alcohol, and loud music are a often a bad combination.
Well you were in Fresno… That just about says it all
Ha! This is pretty much it.
Primal Scream (1995) - Should have seen this one coming a mile off. This was during the Scream’s “We Are A Crappy Third Rate Rolling Stones Bar Band” phase whilst the band were promoting the execrable Give Out But Don’t Give Up album. To make matters worse, pretty much the entire band was hooked to the gills on smack. It was my own fault for going in the first place. But hey, they are the band who gave the world the mighty Screamadelica so I was prepared to cut them some slack. And boy was that a mistake. Never in my life have I experienced such excrutiating embarrassment, watching a band I had a middling amount of respect for entirely trash what reputation they had on stage. Fuck me, but they were terrible. Lamentable “yeah yeah yeah’s” from a doped up Bobby Gillespie seeming more like some half wit street performer with a T Rex infatuation than the established “dance rock"icon” that he was supposed to be. “C’mon let’s get this party started! Get your rocks off people. Shake this joint!” he lisped in between hand claps and wiggling his behind. The music was lamentable. A sloppy, half baked mix of soul, 60’s boogie rock, gospel and r’n’b ballads. The crowd acted like they just didn’t give a fuck. The entire two hour spectable was only mildly redeemed with a half decent rendition of their druggy opus Higher Than The Sun. Although the woman standing directly to left of Bobby, shaking the maraccas kinda dampened the effect.
Absolutely appalling. I have since never forgiven them. And in the unlikely event that I am given the chance to come face to face with one of the band members, I will punch them in the face. Even the maracca woman. Actually, now that I think about it…especially the maracca woman!
Pere Ubu (2000) - I have quite a lot of respect for these guys, but on this particular night they were really unprofessional. They actually stopped after about twenty minutes, went backstage - obviously for some urgent band meeting - then resumed their set ten minutes later, acting as if they had just had a big fight. Kinda felt sorry for them but that wasn’t enough to stop me from walking out after an hour or so of being bored shitless.
Absu (2011) - Not my favourite black metal, but I had recently bought their latest release and as not so many international black metal acts visit Australia in the first place, I decided to check them out. Unfortunately for Absu, Aussie black metal noise act Portal were the opening act and they fucking tore the venue to shreds. One of the most memorable performances I have ever witnessed. They fucking impressed me and I am one hardened gig veteran to impress. Kudos to them. But any band that followed next was going to seem sub par. And that was the case with Absu. They just didn’t do it for me. Didn’t help that the vocalist drummer guy sounded like a munchkin on crack.
The Cult (1995) - see the Primal Scream review above. Yep. They were that bad!
Faith No More (1995) - 1995 was a bad year for gigs. Patton is a master of ceremonies and usually impresses. Not sure I can say the same for the rest of that band. Always felt that something was missing from those other guys. Like talent for instance. Boring.
A few arseholes were in attendance at Nick Cave too.
1)Suicidal Tendencies in early 1997 @ Trocadero SF…
Opening band called Salmon really sucked and Suicidal Tendencies’ show wasn’t very good. The place was too packed also so it was hard to get a good view of the band.
2)Asunder/ Keen of the Crow/ Ludicra in Halloween '06 @ the Elbo Room SF…
Good bands,and they all played well, but the crowd really ruined it for me.
3)Jamiroqai in July 1999 @ Union Square SF…
Was a free show, went with some “friends” and we were all coked out…Jamiroqai sucked lol. Very very boring.
that’s all i can think of for now…
3)Jamiroqai in July 1999 @ Union Square SF…
Was a free show, went with some “friends” and we were all coked out…Jamiroqai sucked lol. Very very boring.
Yeah, I don’t think there’s enough coke in the world to make that sound like a good idea to me.
Honestly, I’ve only been to a couple shows that really pissed me off. . .
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Tricky. I dug one of his albums, so I went to his show. Horrid. No lighting other than black light, which meant you could hardly see anything. And on top of that, he played with his back to the audience. Awful. If you have that much anxiety as a performer, stay the fuck home.
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Aphex Twin. Very similar. He played behind a screen with almost no lighting. And it was in a non-traditional venue, so people were honestly confused as to where to focus attention. No stage, no performer? What the fuck?
I, too, caught the previously mentioned Tool tour. . .and it was very disappointing. No jocks, but the setlist really blew.
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3)Jamiroqai in July 1999 @ Union Square SF…
Was a free show, went with some “friends” and we were all coked out…Jamiroqai sucked lol. Very very boring.
Yeah, I don’t think there’s enough coke in the world to make that sound like a good idea to me.[/reply]
Heh yea it was lame. All I felt was I needed to get the hell out of there and was so glad when it was over.
I just remembered another show I went to that really sucked…
- Strung Out/ Straight Faced in Orlando 2000…
Don’t remember the name of the venue but it was some lame pop-punk band called Strung Out and another called Straight Faced. OMG they sucked so bad. Not to mention most of the crowd were assholes throwing beer around. Straight Faced played a punk cover of ‘Crazy Train’. Terrible.
Might have done this in another thread, but I’m gonna take the time to list some bad openers. There have been many over the years, but these are the “special” ones.
Cancer Bats - Opening for GWAR on election say 2012
Continuing the trend of getting shit bands from Canada to make it big in the States here are Cancer Bats. Their set was mostly background noise to the election, and not a good one as my friend and I were pretty freaked seeing all that red on a good chunk of the country. I decided to start paying attention when they busted out a horrible rendition of the Beastie Boys’ Sabotage. I look at the stage and here’s this manorexic frontman with a plain white t-shirt, tight black jeans and bad hair. Just generic crap all around.
Primer 55 - Second Stage of Ozzfest '00
It’s very possible Gunnar might know who these guys are. I’m surprised I still remember this name. I’ve never heard these guys since, but it was just a pile of generic nu-metal crap.
Godsmack - Main Stage of Ozzfest '00
After a great second stage headliner of Soulfly (would’ve much rather preferred Ministry after hearing this was their original spot), my dad and I headed over to the main stage to the sounds of Godsmack’s break out single What Ever. The rest of the set was horrible. No energy at all. Luckily, Pantera came out and saved the night. Ozzy also topped it off with a kick ass set. He was even sick and still put on a great show.
Hemlock - C U LaTour '08
I’m sure Pitbull Daycare is the first band that comes to mind when thinking of shitty Ministry openers. I missed MasterbaTour due to a lack of funds, but caught this atrocity of generic melodic metal shit 2 years later. I don’t think I payed much attention to their set. My friend said the singer went on the “never give up on your dreams” schpeel in the middle of the set. Lame. I also feel kind of ashamed to say that Meshuggah was the best band of the night.
Crowded House - Coachella '07
The Sunday lineup of Coachella '07 was interesting. Explosions In The Sky, The Roots, and Willie Nelson back to back to back. Then Crowded House takes the stage. What the fuck is an 80’s one hit wonder doing going on after Willie Fuckin Nelson?! When they played their one and only hit it appeared the singer forgot the lyrics at one point. Fucking horrible, and when I thought it couldn’t get any worse…
Manu Chao - Coachella '07
…It did. Crowded House softened us up for the horror nothing could prepare me for. A no name Mexican band whose set started off tolerable, but then the music picked up and it just started to sound the same for nearly an hour. It didn’t help that these guys couldn’t speak English to save their lives. All they could say to the crowd was “no Bush” and “marijuana.” Luckily, Rage Against The Machine was the headliner and saved the night to send us all home happy.
400 Blows - opening for the Butthole Surfers in '11
If this were a countdown of the worst openers, this band would be no. 1 (with Manu Chao at no. 2). Their only saving grace was their drummer, but they had a shit guitarist, and the absolute worst singer I’ve ever seen/heard. After the set I talked to an old school punk chick who told me about an Industrial band from the 80’s with the same name. I looked them up earlier, and I can definitely say that this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MQY5ggL1-o sounds better than this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIPsq0doxY4
I also feel kind of ashamed to say that Meshuggah was the best band of the night.
The hell is wrong with Meshuggah? [laugh]
This was during the Scream’s “We Are A Crappy Third Rate Rolling Stones Bar Band” phase whilst the band were promoting the execrable Give Out But Don’t Give Up album.
That album was one of the biggest abortions ever put out by a band with obvious credibility. It’s the St Anger of British alternative music.
I went to one of them Roger Waters’ The Wall gigs about a year or so ago. Never again I tell you. Pompous, bloated, ham fisted rock opera shit. Bigger fucking ego than a truckload of U2’s. Literally walked out after 45 minutes much to the amazement of all the security staff at the front entrance. It was like watching Eric Clapton perform the works of Genesis with half a billion dollars or so to blow on stage props. Get fucked.
I saw Grimes a few months back and she was pretty damn boring. She even had one dance up on stage…a long haired emo metalhead no less simply headbanging the whole way through to synth pop songs?
I liked her recent album and tickets were cheap so I can’t really complain too much…also the rest of the crowd who were waaaaaaaaaaaaay younger than me were having a blast so what do I know! hahaha
[reply]I also feel kind of ashamed to say that Meshuggah was the best band of the night.
The hell is wrong with Meshuggah? [laugh][/reply]
Nothing with them, personally. It just should’ve been Ministry that I should have nothing but good things to say about. Also, a prog metal band doing a better show than Ministry sounds sad on paper.
And with the way they re-released Opiate recently, fuck am I glad I’m not dumb enough to give those arrogant clowns my money.
Um…I bought one.
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And with the way they re-released Opiate recently, fuck am I glad I’m not dumb enough to give those arrogant clowns my money.
Um…I bought one.
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Don’t worry dude, he’s hangin out in the “hoping for a date in a tree with grmpy” thread. He’s gonna come back with a feet licking apology. Cause he’s a great guy.
Nothing wrong with buying reissues from the band you like.
Late,
grmpysmrf
Manu Chao - Coachella '07
…It did. Crowded House softened us up for the horror nothing could prepare me for. A no name Mexican band whose set started off tolerable, but then the music picked up and it just started to sound the same for nearly an hour. It didn’t help that these guys couldn’t speak English to save their lives. All they could say to the crowd was “no Bush” and “marijuana.” Luckily, Rage Against The Machine was the headliner and saved the night to send us all home happy.
Manu Chao is French/Spanish and he sings in at least seven languages - including English. He’s not from Mexico. Why should he be speaking English anyway? How would this “have helped” your concert experience?
You’re right about their stuff sounding a bit similar, not really my thing. Crowded House are one of the most boring bands I’ve ever heard.
Worst band I ever seen was Smashing Pumpkins on the Mellon Collie tour. Started off good, ended up dragging on. The keyboard player and drummer looked half-asleep, which is sad because it turns out they were probably on smack at the time and the keyboard player (Jonathan Melvoin) died shortly after.
Corgan broke some guitars, wasted a lot of time. The rest of the band were visibly bored and would watch Corgan playing with the broken guitar and trundle off when it was apparent he was going to sit there and make rubbish noises with a broken guitar.
Silverfuck was almost half-an-hour long. Shite.
[reply]Manu Chao - Coachella '07
…It did. Crowded House softened us up for the horror nothing could prepare me for. A no name Mexican band whose set started off tolerable, but then the music picked up and it just started to sound the same for nearly an hour. It didn’t help that these guys couldn’t speak English to save their lives. All they could say to the crowd was “no Bush” and “marijuana.” Luckily, Rage Against The Machine was the headliner and saved the night to send us all home happy.
Manu Chao is French/Spanish and he sings in at least seven languages - including English. He’s not from Mexico. Why should he be speaking English anyway? How would this “have helped” your concert experience?[/reply]
Well you learn something new every day. Maybe he was singing in seven languages. I’ve blocked most of the performance out of my head so I can’t remember. I guess it was just his choice of words when he addressed the crowd that annoyed me. I got enough anti-Bush from Ministry at the time.
Worst band I ever seen was Smashing Pumpkins on the Mellon Collie tour. Started off good, ended up dragging on. The keyboard player and drummer looked half-asleep, which is sad because it turns out they were probably on smack at the time and the keyboard player (Jonathan Melvoin) died shortly after.
Corgan broke some guitars, wasted a lot of time. The rest of the band were visibly bored and would watch Corgan playing with the broken guitar and trundle off when it was apparent he was going to sit there and make rubbish noises with a broken guitar.
Silverfuck was almost half-an-hour long. Shite.
Smashing Pumpkins at their peak sucking? Wow. A couple friends of mine saw them a few years ago and said it appeared that they were gonna close the show after only a few songs. Bullet With Butterfly Wings was only about a minute long, and the set ended up being short anyways after closing with Tonight Tonight. I’m sorry, but when you have My Chemical Romance as a co-headliner playing a longer set there’s definitely a problem.
I saw Pumpkins on that tour after Melvoin died and they kicked out Chamberlain, and it was a killer show. Matt Walker was a great choice for a replacement drummer.
Smashing Pumpkins at their peak sucking? Wow. A couple friends of mine saw them a few years ago and said it appeared that they were gonna close the show after only a few songs. Bullet With Butterfly Wings was only about a minute long, and the set ended up being short anyways after closing with Tonight Tonight. I’m sorry, but when you have My Chemical Romance as a co-headliner playing a longer set there’s definitely a problem.
Wait, why would they have My Chemical Romance co-headline? I don’t understand the connection. Is it because the singer kind of looks like Billy Corgan with hair or something?
Wait, why would they have My Chemical Romance co-headline? I don’t understand the connection. Is it because the singer kind of looks like Billy Corgan with hair or something?
No…it’s because young teen girls love them and they’re kind of sissy. Both are truly hideous bands…imo of course.