Originally posted by Bollocks:That's right, Bollocks. Fight the Power. :)
Originally posted by Rhett Miller:Not my fault if you were brainwashed as a child by a socialist school system. Did you also wear a red star on your school blazer?
Yes, Billy Bragg is so much better of a songwriter than Woddy Guthrie. That's why we sang "Help Save the Youth of America" when I was in grade school, and not "This Land is Your Land".
Originally posted by Bollocks:
It's a toss up between Fatboy Slim and the Billy Bragg, "Let's kiss Guthries arse and sing his shite instead of my own great songs that mankie actually paid to listen to" tour.
worst show you've ever seen at 9:30?
Beta Band a couple years ago…the bass was so loud it made my girlfriend sick to her stomach (they were just coming off their summer tour with radiohead; the bull run washout) so I think they were used to cranking it up for outdoor arenas. I think we left early it was so disappointing. We both had earplugs on, too.
However, the Beta Band a year or two before that (which i actually got free tickets to through 9:30 and was only half full) was exceptional.
However, the Beta Band a year or two before that (which i actually got free tickets to through 9:30 and was only half full) was exceptional.
Originally posted by Chip Chanko:That was disappointing, I remember them doing a horrible version of She's the One.
Beta Band a couple years ago…the bass was so loud it made my girlfriend sick to her stomach (they were just coming off their summer tour with radiohead; the bull run washout) so I think they were used to cranking it up for outdoor arenas. I think we left early it was so disappointing. We both had earplugs on, too.
i have to second the u.s. maple opening for pavement. maybe i just don't get them, but it was ugly.
Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:galactic, similar situation. apparently even the hippies said it was a poor performance.
I have a friend whose major character flaw is an addiction to prog rock. Anyway, he dragged me and another friend to see Geoff Tate (of Queensryche) solo. The WORST show I've ever seen anywhere, period.
liz was pretty horrendous when i saw her in philly. now guyville just bums me out
The Radiohead show after the Tibetan Freedom Festival was terrible. So few people you could hear a pin drop.
DARKEST HOUR, opener for cursive.
also, OURS, opening for the wallflowers.
also, OURS, opening for the wallflowers.
i don't recall cat power being too bad when she opened for gbv a few years back. but maybe my memory is being kind.
Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:And her headset… ;)
Originally posted by pollard:Nope, I love Liz Phair, and she played fine, I was just really disappointed in her shiny pop delivery and swagger. I shouldn't have gone…
seems like the choices here are bands you just don't like or bands that just gave bad performances
An east coast band, Love Seed Mama Jump (friends love them, why, is unbeknownst to me). The sound was terrible and very loud.
Whoever opened years ago for Duncan Sheik (hush). They got his name wrong, title and words of one his songs wrong (they tried to cover it). They were barely audible and didn't know the words to their own songs. Have no idea where those two gents are.
Um, the lady who opened for Snow Patrol.
Bleu. I say, they blew.
Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:Carina Round
Um, the lady who opened for Snow Patrol.
This topic should have been limited to headliners. It's too easy to pick out bad opening acts; most of them are pretty bad.
At the old 930, My Bloody Valentine (whose album I liked) produced a wall of noise that was both excruciating (due to volume) and supremely dull (due to inability to distinguish any changes, let alone songs). At the new 930, but when it was WUST, the members of Flipper were pathetic – they could barely play and clearly did not care – after three or so songs only a handful of people in an audience of what had been hundreds were left.
Back when I use to work at the club, I saw some horrific shows. Everything, Emmet Swimming (most notably for how TRASHED the crowd got), the Bogmen…they were all the pits. I think the worst was God Street Wine with the Cravin' Dogs. I had to go the dressing room for the Cravin' Dogs, and the b.o. coming out of that room could have risen the dead. God Street Wine was probably the worst because they played for about 2 hours and they wouldn't leave their dressing room…so by the time I got home it was about 5:00 am I think. For various reasons I also had to suffer through Chumbawamba not once but TWICE!!!
As far as bands I wanted to see, the worst was probably the Jesus and Mary Chain's last tour in 1998. It was a disaster. They didn't want to be there, everything was falling apart (including amps). I walked out of Tricky once too…that was pretty sucky. Sonic Youth in 1998 was also really disappointing. They're pretty much a hit or miss band in concert, but most of the tiem they're good. When they're off though they are OFF. At the old club I would say the worst show was the Orb. That show just never got off the ground.
As far as bands I wanted to see, the worst was probably the Jesus and Mary Chain's last tour in 1998. It was a disaster. They didn't want to be there, everything was falling apart (including amps). I walked out of Tricky once too…that was pretty sucky. Sonic Youth in 1998 was also really disappointing. They're pretty much a hit or miss band in concert, but most of the tiem they're good. When they're off though they are OFF. At the old club I would say the worst show was the Orb. That show just never got off the ground.
i love how two people mentioned u.s. maple. so predictable, especially on this board of (mostly) squares. i saw that tour in boston – i wasn't going to go because i thought pavement sucked by then but i got a free ticket – and the crowd booed during maple's set. i didn't take too much offense considering the amount of whitecaps and yuppies who just discovered pavement. maple's set made me a fan and they are one of my favorite bands right now, especially live. i thought pavement blew that night, except for the three pre-brighten the corners songs. and i love everything pavement did up until and including wowee zowee.
one of the main aspects of u.s. maple's performances is their antagonization of the audience, if the audience doesn't "get it". they're kind of like the locust in that regard.
since i work at the club, i will refrain from listing all the absolutely atrocious bands i've seen in the last year.
one of the main aspects of u.s. maple's performances is their antagonization of the audience, if the audience doesn't "get it". they're kind of like the locust in that regard.
since i work at the club, i will refrain from listing all the absolutely atrocious bands i've seen in the last year.
don't know if it was the worst… but it was pretty darn boring… The Cardigans w/ Kent could have stayed home and giggled the CD and gotten the same effect.
and i disagree about openers because there have been some stellar double bills… i.e. Supergrass and The Coral in fact the Coral were probably better than the headliner. Brendan Benson & White Stripes.
and i disagree about openers because there have been some stellar double bills… i.e. Supergrass and The Coral in fact the Coral were probably better than the headliner. Brendan Benson & White Stripes.
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Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:A case of different strokes… I thought the Eels show was amazing. I had a total blast!
Natalie Merchant
The Eels is a distant second.
Guided by Voices
worst opener is the recover…i played phone games…
worst show was when my friend draged me to see trapt last summer….
trapt + three days grace = you're goin' to have a bad time….
worst show was when my friend draged me to see trapt last summer….
trapt + three days grace = you're goin' to have a bad time….
that would qualify as child abuse…