Bands that at one point or another have just blown

Brian Jonestown Massacre one night backstage at the Black Cat. The band phoned it in. Anton wouldn't stop making fun of his bassist. I thought for sure there would be a fight.

Back in Hawaii my friend saw them headline a poorly conceived rock festival called Poifest. They were bitched at, heckled, and argued with the mostly young angry Hawaiian crowd and Rob Thomas nearly took a beer bottle to his face. Not long afterwards they were inescapable and that was the last Poifest ever.

Originally posted by DriveWay:
Matchbox 20 opening for the Lemonheads at 930 Club in 1996 or 1997.

I'm sure someone was there!

They were practically booed off the stage after arguing with the audience. They looked like they were fresh from the salon. Evan was throwing ice cubes at them from the left side balcony. I remember a lot of us had our backs to the stage. At some point, a guy ran on stage and whipped it out in front of Rob Thomas.

2 months later, they had a number one hit and were rock stars. They sure didn't earn it that night.

The Lemonheads that night though, were excellent.

First time I heard of them, I was at a festival in Camden, NJ to see Cheap Trick and Beck. As Cheap Trick were playing, an idiot friend of mine went to the side stage to check it out. He came back covered in sweat, all wide-eyed, saying he had just seen the best live band ever, and that the pit was INSANE. He told me it was Matchbox20, and it wasn't until I heard that terrible song on the radio that I realized exactly how much of an idiot he was/is. I still give him a hard time for that, even years later.

Originally posted by evilizac:
Back in Hawaii my friend saw them headline a poorly conceived rock festival called Poifest. They were bitched at, heckled, and argued with the mostly young angry Hawaiian crowd and Rob Thomas nearly took a beer bottle to his face. Not long afterwards they were inescapable and that was the last Poifest ever.

one word - cher

her "last tour" show at verizon, when it was mci. the most pompous show of the fucking century . . . even for the female version of a male drag queen.

Volcano Suns @ the old 9:30 club. The drummer was falling down drunk. I had just bought Bumper
Crop and was psyched. Man, they blew, and did I mention I had to drive 3 hrs one way for the pleasure.

Cowboy Mouth at 930 years ago.

The absolute worst was Beck at a hfstival.

New Order @ The Ontario (or some place like that in DC) during their very 1st US tour. Absolute worst concert ever!…and I've seen plenty of bad ones in my time.

Poor Seth understands. As bad as it was for us, he got the worst of it.