Best/Worst Bands you can recall list

[King PSYZ]

good acts
red hot chili peppers - very fun to watch
michael franti and spearhead - some people live their music, these dudes set that example
chemical brothers - for two dudes playing with machines pretty fun
atmosphere with mr. dibbs - dibbs is a far too underrated dj
dj wicked - check out his got milf mix cd, dj's for greyskull
a tribe called quest
the deviates
pennywise a few years back
ice t and body count
pavement
cibbo matto
voodoo glow skulls
hepcat
ten foot pole
fishbone
rza - seeing him do the kill bill soundtrack live was insane, now i hear he's doing live cartoon soundtracks
mix master mike - there's a reason he was vited one of the world's best djs
nofx - way back
jack johnson - also a while back
digital underground
james brown
4th ave jones
dialated peoples
living colour
cypress hill
le tigre
george clinton
rev horton heat
de la soul
elvis costello
snoop dogg
gram rabbit
Electrelane
blood for blood
sonic youth
presidents of the united states
mojo nixon
g love and special sauce
talib kweli
beastie boys
beck
biz markie
as to not good live, it's a short list as of yet (knock on wood)

tech nine
atmosphere with a band
dmx (very disapointing)
eminem (i only saw him cause he was at the first warped i took pictures at)
ducky boys
dropkick murphys (when al is in skinhead mode)
this band that opened for the rev. in vegas a while back, so bad i didn't bother to get the name
pitbull (the puerto rican "rapper") - got booed off stage at the house of blues
das efx
yoko ono (it was a festival show shut up...)

[Documad]

My worst concert was Olivia Newton John. She's not a band, but I still win, right?
Liz Phair sucked.
Tori Amos wasn't very good. I hate picking so many female artists. :(
Probably the worst band I saw live was Fleetwood Mac circa Mirage. Stevie changed her clothes about 6-8 times.


What was Yoko Ono like?

[The Notorious LOL]

I saw eminem and pacewon in 1999 at first ave and he was live as fuck. really really good show.

best:

eminem
dj shadow ft quannum mcs
rjd2
non phixion
aesop rock
amon tobin
josh wink
beastie boys
loveage
prefuse 73
beatnuts
p.o.s.
mr lif
company flow (sorta, el-p doing co flow tracks with mr len pre fantastic damage days)


I forget which ones were the worst.

[King PSYZ]

POS is pretty good, albeit a little preachy.
yoko ono is horrible, nuff said

[Documad]

yoko ono is horrible, nuff said
Hrmfph! Did she have a band? Did she do something "arty"? Or did she just walk out and "sing" or what? I never imagined she appeared live!

[Rancid_Beasties]

Best (in this order):
The Hives
Beastie Boys
Jurassic 5
Dallas Crane
Rocket Science
Offspring
Queens of the Stone Age
System of a Down
Goldfinger :o
Young Heart Attack
The D4
Wolf & Cub
The Cops
Cat Empire

Worst (absolute worst first):
Futureheads
Gelbison
Mindsnare
Slipknot
The band before Scribe at the melbourne beastie boys show (Deceptikonz??)
Young Love

[King PSYZ]

Hrmfph! Did she have a band? Did she do something "arty"? Or did she just walk out and "sing" or what? I never imagined she appeared live!
she was by herself and "sung" and then babbled on for something just shy of eternity.

[King PSYZ]

fuck?! i missed so many

yes the hives are law
the roots rock the spot
queens of the stone age were a blast, but they fired the dude who was most entertaining so whatever
white stripes were suprisingly fun too
J5! yes, although i was more into numark and cut chemist
millencolin
weezer

[Documad]

The band before Scribe at the melbourne beastie boys show (Deceptikonz??)
Hey! Were they really that bad? I suppose. But it was Scribe's 12 minute intro that bugged me!

That reminds me that several bands at BDO Sydney were just dreadful.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Hey! Were they really that bad? I suppose. But it was Scribe's 12 minute intro that bugged me!

That reminds me that several bands at BDO Sydney were just dreadful.

Yeah they were bad...really bad. Scribe was pretty bad too, but only because of the intro. His rhymes are ok, if a bit repetitive. I much prefered money mark just playin freestyle/requests than either of the other two support acts.

Which BDO acts? That reminds me I really enjoyed The redsunband's performance at merideth festival, and they played at sydney bdo. You better not be talking about them *shakes fist*

millencolin

I am seeing them september 21 (y)

[King PSYZ]

they rock!
when i saw them steve caballero got on mic with them

[Rancid_Beasties]

Nice, all my friends say that they are one of the best live acts they've seen. Plus they were cheapish, ie half the price of oasis and 1/3rd the price of nelly :rolleyes:.

[Documad]

Which BDO acts? That reminds me I really enjoyed The redsunband's performance at merideth festival, and they played at sydney bdo. You better not be talking about them *shakes fist*
I assume all the BDO shows on the big stages had the same set up? Where if you were going to get good placement for a band, you had to stand next to the stage where another band was playing for a bit? I overheard a few really bad bands while standing in front of the stage next to it. I think that lame rock music is the same all over the world. The only name I remember is Powderfinger, because they were in between SOAD and Beasties. I thought they were thoroughly mediocre but a large portion of the crowd was singing along so I take it they're popular. But then you never get an accurate take on a band at a festival.

[NurfBallJeaneus]

Worst Ever: Smashing Pumpkins

[Rancid_Beasties]

I assume all the BDO shows on the big stages had the same set up? Where if you were going to get good placement for a band, you had to stand next to the stage where another band was playing for a bit? I overheard a few really bad bands while standing in front of the stage next to it. I think that lame rock music is the same all over the world. The only name I remember is Powderfinger, because they were in between SOAD and Beasties. I thought they were thoroughly mediocre but a large portion of the crowd was singing along so I take it they're popular. But then you never get an accurate take on a band at a festival.
Nah the redsunband were on the local acts stage not the main stage.
Powderfinger are very bad. Like horrible. I dont think America even has an equivalent band that bad. The closest thing I can think of is Coldplay but they're british. Over here they are almost as popular as coldplay too.

[icy manipulator]

you didn't like Slipknot's set at BDO this year Rancid???

you obviously weren't in the mosh pit

when millencolin played BDO 2003 i thought they were pretty ordinary
not crap just ordinary

[icy manipulator]

oh, and Public Enemy are the best band i've ever seen live. Even tho they played at a rave up here. Dont ask me why

And grand master flash was fucking awesome when i saw him down in melbourne in march (y)

[Rancid_Beasties]

you didn't like Slipknot's set at BDO this year Rancid???

you obviously weren't in the mosh pit

when millencolin played BDO 2003 i thought they were pretty ordinary
not crap just ordinary
I was in the mosh pit, for the atmosphere and because one of my mates loves slipknot. But that doesnt change the fact that they were just noise. And the fact that most of the dudes in the mosh pit were freaky looking fat hairy dudes with RIP Dimebag shirts on, and most of them were violent pricks. Altogether rather shite. (n)

[icy manipulator]

I was in the mosh pit, for the atmosphere and because one of my mates loves slipknot. But that doesnt change the fact that they were just noise. And the fact that most of the dudes in the mosh pit were freaky looking fat hairy dudes with RIP Dimebag shirts on, and most of them were violent pricks. Altogether rather shite. (n)

yeah the sweaty fat shirtless dudes kinda sucked, but the atmosphere tho was nuts. i dont mind slipknot, but i gotta say it was one of the best acts of the day.

btw this BDO kicked the fuck out of any from the last 4 years

[zorra_chiflada]

well, i haven't seen that many live bands because i live in such a remote area of the world, but

best
ozomatli
beastie boys (scribe as the support wasn't that good, though)

worst
pennywise
spazzys
silverchair
grinspoon
every other australian band that bothered to come down to tasmania.

[icy manipulator]

well, i haven't seen that many live bands because i live in such a remote area of the world, but

best
ozomatli
beastie boys (scribe as the support wasn't that good, though)

worst
pennywise
spazzys
silverchair
grinspoon
every other australian band that bothered to come down to tasmania.

yeah most of the australian bands are pretty ordinary live.

Sonic Animation tho, fuck! they're awesome live!

Favourite australian act i've seen short of bias b

[Rancid_Beasties]

yeah the sweaty fat shirtless dudes kinda sucked, but the atmosphere tho was nuts. i dont mind slipknot, but i gotta say it was one of the best acts of the day.

btw this BDO kicked the fuck out of any from the last 4 years
2001, 2002, 2004 were better in my opinion, if you took out the hives, soad, and the beastie boys from this year there would be absolutely nothing.

Whereas if you took 2004's top 3 out (metallica, muse, the dandy's) you'd still be left with the darkness, kings of leon, mars volta, the strokes, basement jaxx, africa bambaataa and magic dirt (y).

2002: Take out prodigy garbage and new order and you're still left with NOFX, Jurassic 5, soad, the white stripes, basement jaxx

2001: take out at the drive in, coldplay and limp bizkit and you still have placebo, queens of the stone age and rammstein

A festival is only as strong as its second tier acts.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Good live Australian acts are plentiful, you just have to look past powderfinger, jet, vines, et al.

Hilltop hoods are surprisingly good, as are 1200 techniques, dallas crane, regurgitator, rocket science, living end, wolfmother, wolf and cub, bodyjar, frenzal rhomb, vasco era, the cops...I could go on but I've made my point :cool:

[icy manipulator]

yeah fuck oath 1200 techniques are good live.

and you're right about if you removed certain acts this year it'd be kinda shit. i guess i just overlooked that fact coz the beasties headlined this year

but my theory is out of the 4 years i've been (02-05)

This year had the best headline, beasties, compared to prodigy, foo fighters and metallic

best headline boiler room act, chem brothers, compared to basement jaxx twice and underworld

best dj before headline in boiler room, carl cox, compared to dave clarke, kraftwerk and felix da house cat

and best middle of the day mainstage possibility of being killed act, slipknot, compared to SOAD, Deftones and Muse

so yeah, that's pretty much why i thought this year's was the best i'e been too.

That and i hung out with a really hot chick for most of the day (y) ;)

[Lemmy's Liver]

best, pretty much in this order:

Massive Attack, Provinssirock 2003
QOTSA, same as above, same festival
Monster Magnet on "dopes to infinity"-tour, Finland 1996
Guitar Wolf, Berlin last year
Jello Biafra with Melvins, Berlin a couple of months ago
Nirvana has to be mentioned cause they nearly blew my eardrums beyond repair, 1991
Money Mark, 1999 (maybe 2000, fuck if I remember that far)
Stereo Total, 1997

worst... hmm, I don't really wanna remember the worst. let's just say NORMALLY even good bands suck at festivals. Massive Attack was a total exception to this rule, in a midsummer night in Finland, with their visuals and sounds made in heaven. I could watch that shit for the rest of my life if the dope and beer would just keep on rolling in.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Everybody seems to love QOTSA (y)

[King PSYZ]

Guitar Wolf, Berlin last year
Jello Biafra with Melvins, Berlin a couple of months ago

I would love to see either or both of those

[Ferdinand_2]

I only have 2 concerts:

Worst-->Free concert of Aute.3 songs after I gone from it

Best-->Yardbirds.After the concert Deja & Mccarthy sign my records :D

[Brass_Munkey]

Best:
Led Zeppelin
Beastie Boys
The Doors
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rage Against the Machine
The Black Keys
The Who
Muse
The Strokes
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Roots
WEezer

Worst:
Good Charlotte
Everlast
Simple Plan
Eminem
CHingy
Godsmack
System of a down

[thegoodmrbrodie!]

best:
battles, shellac, !!!, caribou, the dandy warhols.
worst:
the vines.

[paul jones]

Best : Creme Brulee

Worst: Creme Brulee

[King PSYZ]

whatever paulo, we all know you're one of the few people here who's seen more live music than me

[beastiegirrl101]

BEST
NKOTB-not kidding (when your that young you know how it is)
George Michael
Jesus and Marychain
Palomine
Oasis
Beasties
Dave Matthews
REM
Phil Collins

WORST
NKOTB-when you are that young you have no clue what good music is
G Love
Erasure-love them but it was a bad show

[paul jones]

whatever paulo, we all know you're one of the few people here who's seen more live music than me

ok Justin
here's the best gigs/worst gigs just for you

BEST

Guided By Voices, Corner Hotel,Richmond,Melbourne,Australia 2001
Sigur Ros,Somerset House,London 2005
Beastie Boys,London Astoria,1994
The Fall,London 1998
Smog,London 1999
BS2000 , London 2001
The Concretes,London 2004
R.E.M., Birmingham 1989
Super Furry Animals....too many to mention
Sonic Youth, Reading,
1991
Kraftwerk,Brixton Academy 2004
Stone Roses,London 1989
Happy Mondays ,London 1990
Blue Aeroplanes,Milton Keynes,1989
They Might Be Giants,London 1989
Devo,London 1990
Dead Milkmen,UK tours 1991,92
Yo La Tengo,Northampton,2004
Electrelane,London 2001
Le Tigre,London 2004
Erase Errata,London 2004
Kaito,London 2004
The Beat/English Beat,Milton Keynes 1983
Primal Scream,various times
Faust,Milton Keynes,3 or 4 years ago
Joe Strummer,Corner Hotel,Richmond,Australia,2000 or 2001
Dinosaur Jr, same venue as above


I could go on and on but the worst ever gig I attended was by The Farm in the early nineties

[beastieangel01]

best:
!!!

I'm jealous.

I saw QOTSA at Coachella. They didn't do a good job. Perhaps it was just a bad night.

[cosmo105]

best:
beastie boys
hives
the (international) noise conspiracy
aquabats
secret machines
jimmy eat world (before they sucked, and it was just because the crowd was so pumped)
weezer (before the green album release)

worst:
strokes (julian was too drunk to even slur the words)
weezer (recently. oh rivers, go back on the coke)
yellowcard (stupid festivals. i hate having to sit through shitty acts to get to the good ones)
violent femmes (you're has-beens, get used to it)

[Freebasser]

I can't decide who I dislike more: Blink182 or cosmo105 :/

[cosmo105]

freebasser was awful. the merch was way overpriced, the booze was as watered-down as the music, and he ended up drunkenly cussing out the audience and falling over the mic into the opera pit. disgraceful.

[kll]

jimmy eat world

one of my bridesmaids is married to the drummers brother.

[cosmo105]

that doesn't make you any better than me, kerri.

[paul jones]

one of my bridesmaids is married to the drummers brother.
has he got as much tatoos?

[kll]

has he got as much tatoos?

i don't recall any tattoos on him, sorry.

[kll]

that doesn't make you any better than me, kerri.


one of my friends has uma thurman come in to his whole foods store... that makes him better than you ...

[paul jones]

i don't recall any tattoos on him, sorry.

that's ok Kerri (y) :D

[cosmo105]

whatever, Tiffany shops at my store, and I HAVE TALKED TO HER.

she's really, really pale.

says she wants to open up her own spa in LA soon.

[kll]

whatever, Tiffany shops at my store, and I HAVE TALKED TO HER.

she's really, really pale.

says she wants to open up her own spa in LA soon.
which is why i posted about uma thurman... i remembered your tiffany story and yeah, he's better than you...

[cosmo105]

but you're not, and that's all that matters.

[kll]

sure.

[Auton]

!!!

i was invited to go to a super-secret $5 show of theirs two weeks ago but didnt. oh wells.

[mickill]

Best:

Prince

Good:

Beastie Boys
Dre & Snoop
Travis
The Alkaholiks
A Tribe Called Quest
Smashing Pumpkins

Pretty good:

Soundgarden
Ice Cube
Tori Amos
The Pharcyde
Oasis
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rage Against The MAchine
The Verve
The Breeders

Could have been better:

Janet Jackson
The Strokes
Pearl Jam
Busta Rhymes
Eminem
George Clinton
Puff Daddy, Ma$e, The Lox
Jesus And Mary Chain

Worst:

Usher (At the Puff Daddy show)

[CrankItUp!]

Prince ? How many dudes listen to Prince ?

[Auton]

ones who listen to good music?

[CrankItUp!]

no.

[Auton]

why? he's an amazing songwriter and a brilliant performer. more so than 95% of the popular-music-recording-community.

[CrankItUp!]

That only sounds ok coming from a chick - not a dude ! (n)

[Auton]

not my fault you have a shitty taste in music

[CrankItUp!]

Is that your way of telling me that you're a dude ? (lb)

[mickill]

This coming from the same guy that started a thread on Juliette & The Licks?

I can't say that I'm really concerned with what you think, to tell you the truth.

[CrankItUp!]

fag.

[cosmo105]

This coming from the same guy that started a thread on Juliette & The Licks?

I can't say that I'm really concerned with what you think, to tell you the truth.
ahaha is that what her "band" is called?

for real, you can't front on Prince. he's superhuman. male, female. he don't care. you shouldn't either. most amazing performer this side of Jesus.

[CrankItUp!]

I suppose that he loves Wham too ?

[cosmo105]

um, have you ever actually listened to Prince?

he can hand your ass to you on a guitar, and he will make you like it.

[Auton]

yeah, fruit

[CrankItUp!]

Ha! LOL ! no and no.

[cosmo105]

i'm sorry you have such bad taste in music :(

[CrankItUp!]

i'm sorry that you do too. :(

[alruggs]

I'm sure I'm missing some here...

Goodest:
George Clinton
The Breeders
Kanye West with John Legend (great venue)
Soundgarden (mostly cuz it was my first)
A Tribe Called Quest
Beastie Boys (all 4 times)
Snoop D-o-double g


Good:
Reverend Horton Heat (the 7 Guinness made things a little blury but I know I had a blast)
Hole (Live Through This not Celebrity Skin)
Black Eyed Peas (Even though I don't like their music particularly, they put on a good show)
PJ Harvey
L7
Electralane
Le Tigre
Rza
Atmosphere with DJ
Social Distortion
Zebrahead (one of the guys brought their grandma along)
Green Day (mid 90s)
311 (same story as BEP)
213
Dropkick Murphys (again with the Guinness)
Bloodhound Gang
The Pixies (Hi Crystal)
Mix Master Mike
The White Stripes
Sonic Youth
Gram Rabbit
Smashing Pumpkins
Weezer
DMC with DJ Hurricane
Bad Religion

Not so Good:
NERD (booooring)
Live
Atmosphere with live band
DMX
POS
Grey Skull
Green Day (post 90s)
Ducky Boys
Blood for Blood
Das EFX
North Star
Swollen Members
Method Man (I got in a squabble with some chick pre-show so I was grumpy. She scratched my face!)
Lordz of Brooklyn

Forgettable:
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Flogging Molly
Busta Rhymes
Non Phixion
Better Than Ezra
Bowling for Soup

[CrankItUp!]

Nice list ! But I would put Social Distortion in the great column , because they certainly are just that. (y)

[alruggs]

It doesn't mean their performance was. (!) It was good, but not fantastic. It's more like The Mike Ness Show.

[cosmo105]

^yeah, i would figure that.

George Clinton? you lucky son of a...my brother and i were thisclose to seeing Clinton w/ pfunk and FISHBONE. FUCKING FISHBONE. but it sold out. :(

[alruggs]

haha, Justin and I were JUST talking about Fishbone. Probably about 5 minutes ago.

I saw George Clinton the night before my last college final. I went out with a BANG and 2 hours of sleep. Totally worth it.

[CrankItUp!]

I seen Fishbone before and after a Vans Warped Tour show in '96 - they're very nice and put on a great show. (y)

[cosmo105]

saw. SAW.

[TurdBerglar]

what about "i have seen"

[cosmo105]

that would also be acceptable.

[King PSYZ]

i did done seen lots o bands o'er da years

[alruggs]

saw. SAW.
I seen Saw. (http://www.wordsfromhere.com/images/saw_poster.jpg)

[cosmo105]

stop (http://packy.dardan.com/walky/albums/album11/ach.jpg)

[CrankItUp!]

I seen Fishbone before and after a Vans Warped Tour show in '96 - they're very nice and put on a great show. (y)
Ok , the way I put it that "I seen" makes it sound like I was at the fucking movies instead . "I was fucking there!" is correct.

[mickill]

Dear Maltliquor ,


Seriously , like , wtf , man ?



Regards ,

mickill


p . s . Take care !

[HEIRESS]

I seen Saw. (http://www.wordsfromhere.com/images/saw_poster.jpg)

there is a thread out there where i overuse this joke and take it to the grave with me

[alruggs]

Oh! I forgot about Bumbershoot 1997.

Beck, Cake, Foo Fighters (y)

Shawn Colvin (n) and an extra (n) for her hairy armpits

[cosmo105]

Ok , the way I put it that "I seen" makes it sound like I was at the fucking movies instead . "I was fucking there!" is correct.
"i seen" is never correct, movies, concert, or otherwise.

[Documad]

Cosmo. Always spreading the knowledge. :)


Alruggs saw Bowling for Soup! :D I saw Richard Thompson doing 1985 on his last tour. He was doing a history of 1000 years of music and ended with the song that was the most downloaded on itunes that week. Hilarious!

P.S. I do not have an ass fixation. Thanks.

[cosmo105]

Documad does indeed have an ass fixation. Bootyphilia is a serious condition, and she is in denial.

[Mido]

Best:

Of Montreal - April 23rd, 2005
Buck 65 - July 26th, 2005
Les Georges Leningrad - Febuary 15th, 2005

Very Good:

Against Me! - May 26th, 2005
mewithoutYou - May 26th, 2005
The Zoobombs - March 8th, 2005
Flogging Molly - August 2nd, 2005
Death From Above - December 30th, 2004
Beastie Boys - November 8th, 2004


tons in between.


Worst:

Talib Kweli - November 8th, 2004
Mindless Self Indulgence - May 30th, 2005
The Birthday Massacre - May 30th, 2005
Opio - November 7th, 2004
Ridley Bent - July 26th, 2005
The Long Knives - September 18th, 2004
Blue Skies At War - September 18th, 2004
Boy Ballz - March 8th, 2005
The Sainte Catherines - May 26th, 2005
The Flatliners - June 9th, 2005
No Dynamics - June 25th, 2005


and more.

[icy manipulator]

sasha and armin van buuren are prolly the best dj's i've seen

fatboy slim is the most overated therefore the worse

[beastieangel01]

not my fault you have a shitty taste in music

hehehe.

Yeah dude, Prince is awesome. I may be a girl, but Prince is a great musician, tard.

AWESOME:
Beastie Boys
Aquabats
Fischerspooner (pre-Odyssey, they totally changed their live show now :()
RJD2

GOOD:
Le Tigre
the Faint
Scissor Sisters
The Pixies (hi Andrea :D)
Mix Master Mike
Less Than Jake
Tha Liks (Alkaholiks)
George Clinton
Eek-A-Mouse
Black Eyed Peas (pre-Fergie it was extra good)
the Offspring (entertaining show)
Scratchtrack

EW:
50 cent (I WAS GIVEN THE TICKET OKAY SHUT UP)
Long Beach Dub Allstars
the Donnas
Sugar Ray (again, given the ticket)
Isley Brothers (too bad, oh well)

[icy manipulator]

the Offspring (entertaining show)
)

very true, they were one of the first concerts i went to in 1999 and i saw them again last year and they still played ALOT of stuff from Smash and Ixnay on the Hombre

very good show

[cosmo105]

Of Montreal - April 23rd, 2005

Death From Above - December 30th, 2004


*is extremely jealous* i missed probably my only chance to see the former a few months back because i had to work too late to get there. my friend was even going to buy me a ticket...le sigh :( but i'll probably be seeing the latter later on this year.