Rank the bands you've seen live
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Let's see...some of the best ones were:
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Love, love, love his music and guitar playing, but his stage presence could use some improvement.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd w/ Double Trouble - Now THAT was an awesome show!
Prince - Most I've ever paid for a concert ticket. But it was more than worth it.
Sevendust, 2007 - The best show I've seen of theirs. They played all my favorite songs.
Evans Blue, New Year's 2008 - Great performance. And I was actually sober for this one, so I tell no lies.
Metallica, 1998 - James Hetfield kicked some guy in the head that was trying to clirab onstage, and I jumped around and head banged so much that my entire body was sore the next day.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd - Love, love, love his music and guitar playing, but his stage presence could use some improvement.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd w/ Double Trouble - Now THAT was an awesome show!
Prince - Most I've ever paid for a concert ticket. But it was more than worth it.
Sevendust, 2007 - The best show I've seen of theirs. They played all my favorite songs.
Evans Blue, New Year's 2008 - Great performance. And I was actually sober for this one, so I tell no lies.
Metallica, 1998 - James Hetfield kicked some guy in the head that was trying to clirab onstage, and I jumped around and head banged so much that my entire body was sore the next day.
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I saw them about 2 and a half years ago at the bottom of the bill in some indie showcase gig thing. Had you told me they`d be the most successful band playing there I would have laughing in your face.
There was a grand total of about 5 people getting into them , the rest were at the bar.
I saw them about 2 and a half years ago at the bottom of the bill in some indie showcase gig thing. Had you told me they`d be the most successful band playing there I would have laughing in your face.
There was a grand total of about 5 people getting into them , the rest were at the bar.
I've been to a couple of festivals, so it's hard to remeraber everything I saw there, but I'll try for a general overview.
The Good:
Bob Dylan (07)
Rob Zorabie (02 and 05)
Tori Amos (05)
Elvis Costello (07)
Smashing Pumpkins (07 and 08)
Willie Nelson (08)
Korn (04)
Nels Cline (08)
My Ruin (02)
The Bad
Alkaline Trio (06)
Chevelle (04 and 05)
Kittie (02)
Amos Lee (08)
The Ugly
Sevendust (04)
Whoever the hell opened for The Pumpkins on the Fillmore show I caught.
That's kind of a rough list. There's tons more that just aren't coming to my mind right now, including stuff from festivals and the video game convention I do security for (which is generally some pretty amazing stuff).
The Good:
Bob Dylan (07)
Rob Zorabie (02 and 05)
Tori Amos (05)
Elvis Costello (07)
Smashing Pumpkins (07 and 08)
Willie Nelson (08)
Korn (04)
Nels Cline (08)
My Ruin (02)
The Bad
Alkaline Trio (06)
Chevelle (04 and 05)
Kittie (02)
Amos Lee (08)
The Ugly
Sevendust (04)
Whoever the hell opened for The Pumpkins on the Fillmore show I caught.
That's kind of a rough list. There's tons more that just aren't coming to my mind right now, including stuff from festivals and the video game convention I do security for (which is generally some pretty amazing stuff).
nothingface_78
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1. R.E.M. (7 Times!)
2. The Killers (The crowd made it one of the best I've been to.)
3. Bruce Springsteen (Just brilliant)
4. U2 (Always put on a show.)
5. Eagles (Experts at it.)
6. Stereophonics
7. Ting Tings!
2. The Killers (The crowd made it one of the best I've been to.)
3. Bruce Springsteen (Just brilliant)
4. U2 (Always put on a show.)
5. Eagles (Experts at it.)
6. Stereophonics
7. Ting Tings!
Johan Abraham
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Awesome. Did you see Guns N Roses when they were actually Guns N Roses?
✿Umm Zekiya✿
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Breaking Benjamin(7)
The Exies(7)
Silvertide(6)
Mudvayne(10)
10 Years(7)
Sevendust(8)
Bobaflex(5)
Seether(8)
Shinedown(10)
Halestorm(6)
Flyleaf(6)
Dropping Daylight(5)
Evans Blue(8)
Nonpoint(10)
Stone Sour(10)
Disturbed(10)
I'm getting ready to see Saliva...I'll let you know what I think...
The Exies(7)
Silvertide(6)
Mudvayne(10)
10 Years(7)
Sevendust(8)
Bobaflex(5)
Seether(8)
Shinedown(10)
Halestorm(6)
Flyleaf(6)
Dropping Daylight(5)
Evans Blue(8)
Nonpoint(10)
Stone Sour(10)
Disturbed(10)
I'm getting ready to see Saliva...I'll let you know what I think...
This was my terrible taste of music days
Green Day- 5
Less Than Jake- 4
New Found Glory- 2
Yellowcard- 3
My Chemical Romance- 6
All American Rejects- 4
Fall Out Boy- 2
Rise Against- 4 (I was forced into it)
My taste has changed a bit
Alkaline Trio- 6
Against Me (2)- 5 and then 7
Lars Fedrickson- 7
NOfx- 6
Sonic Youth- 7
Wu-Tang Clan- 8
Battles- 7
Explosions in the sky- 6
The Black Lips (2)- 9 and then 4
Queens Of The Stone Age- 8
The Go Team (2)- 4 and then 7
Black Keys- 8
Raconteurs- 9
Saul Williams- 8
Girl Talk- 9
Lupe Fiasco- 6
Rage Against The Machines- 8
Radiohead- 7
Gnarls Barkley- 6
Kanye West- 7
since im only 14 this isn't a bad list of banRAB so far.
Green Day- 5
Less Than Jake- 4
New Found Glory- 2
Yellowcard- 3
My Chemical Romance- 6
All American Rejects- 4
Fall Out Boy- 2
Rise Against- 4 (I was forced into it)
My taste has changed a bit
Alkaline Trio- 6
Against Me (2)- 5 and then 7
Lars Fedrickson- 7
NOfx- 6
Sonic Youth- 7
Wu-Tang Clan- 8
Battles- 7
Explosions in the sky- 6
The Black Lips (2)- 9 and then 4
Queens Of The Stone Age- 8
The Go Team (2)- 4 and then 7
Black Keys- 8
Raconteurs- 9
Saul Williams- 8
Girl Talk- 9
Lupe Fiasco- 6
Rage Against The Machines- 8
Radiohead- 7
Gnarls Barkley- 6
Kanye West- 7
since im only 14 this isn't a bad list of banRAB so far.
thats weird.
when I saw them it was like the complete opposite.
the fans went absolutely crazy because they had been waiting all day in the sun and when they finally came on it didn't matter how they sounded.
they had to stop the show numerous times because people were getting ****ed up. it was on the verge of a riot.
when I saw them it was like the complete opposite.
the fans went absolutely crazy because they had been waiting all day in the sun and when they finally came on it didn't matter how they sounded.
they had to stop the show numerous times because people were getting ****ed up. it was on the verge of a riot.
MMMM, let's see:
Un****ingbelievable-
Sonic Youth
Good-
Flaming Lips
Bob Dylan
The White Stripes
The Black Keys
Richard Thompson (Twice, great both times)
Tom Morello (twice solo, once with the Axis of Justice tour)
Meat Puppets
Ziggy Marley
Mavis Staples
Mediocre-
Lou Reed, but only because the set was so short
Franz Ferdinand
Mute Math
T-Bone Burnett
Awful-
The Police
Built to Spill
The Black Angels
Dr. Dog
There are others that aren't worth mentioning.
I'm seeing The Breeders Thursday, and Tom Waits, Daniel Johnston, and The Black Keys in the near future.
Un****ingbelievable-
Sonic Youth
Good-
Flaming Lips
Bob Dylan
The White Stripes
The Black Keys
Richard Thompson (Twice, great both times)
Tom Morello (twice solo, once with the Axis of Justice tour)
Meat Puppets
Ziggy Marley
Mavis Staples
Mediocre-
Lou Reed, but only because the set was so short
Franz Ferdinand
Mute Math
T-Bone Burnett
Awful-
The Police
Built to Spill
The Black Angels
Dr. Dog
There are others that aren't worth mentioning.
I'm seeing The Breeders Thursday, and Tom Waits, Daniel Johnston, and The Black Keys in the near future.
linedancer563
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My list of best concerts:
(10)The Hives -at The Mayan in LA
(10)The Hives -at Ventura Theater
(10)The Hives -at HOB Dallas
(10)The Hives -at Marquee Theatre in Tempe
(10)The Hives -at Stubb's in Austin
(9)The Hives -at The Grove in Anaheim
(9)The Hives -at The Wiltern in LA
(8)The Hives -in San Diego opening for Maroon 5
(7)Uh Oh! Explosion -Long Beach
(6)Uh Oh! Explosion -Long Beach
(5)The Kooks -The Wiltern in LA
The other concerts I've been to have been complete crap!
(10)The Hives -at The Mayan in LA
(10)The Hives -at Ventura Theater
(10)The Hives -at HOB Dallas
(10)The Hives -at Marquee Theatre in Tempe
(10)The Hives -at Stubb's in Austin
(9)The Hives -at The Grove in Anaheim
(9)The Hives -at The Wiltern in LA
(8)The Hives -in San Diego opening for Maroon 5
(7)Uh Oh! Explosion -Long Beach
(6)Uh Oh! Explosion -Long Beach
(5)The Kooks -The Wiltern in LA
The other concerts I've been to have been complete crap!
Not a whole lot of banRAB or artist come to Sweden, but this is an incomplete list of well-known artists I've seen.
The Hives - 7/10
Bob Dylan - 3/10
Ray Davies - 7/10
Green Day - 6/10 (too many screaming kiRAB, arggg!)
The Who - 8/10
Franz Ferdinand - 7/10
Neil Young - 6/10
The Gorillaz - 8/10
Brian Wilson - 5/10
The Sonics - 6/10
Sonic Youth 4/10
Ringo Starr - 2/10
I forgot a bunch, but I'm really tired.
The Hives - 7/10
Bob Dylan - 3/10
Ray Davies - 7/10
Green Day - 6/10 (too many screaming kiRAB, arggg!)
The Who - 8/10
Franz Ferdinand - 7/10
Neil Young - 6/10
The Gorillaz - 8/10
Brian Wilson - 5/10
The Sonics - 6/10
Sonic Youth 4/10
Ringo Starr - 2/10
I forgot a bunch, but I'm really tired.
Mohua Rumpa
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Here is a list of the top 5 performances, followed by a list of good, mediocore, and poor performances that I have been to. This does not have to do with the merit of the band, only the performance they gave that night (or their best show I have been to). I can't remeraber them all, but these are the ones that stand out in one way or another... so that should say something in itself.
TOP 5 PERFORMANCES
1) Daft Punk
To be honest, you just had to be there. That’s all I really have to say about it, sorry.
2) Muse (2)
My previous post, after I saw them for the first time
“Best show of the weekend by far. Last year at ACL I told a lot of people about Muse and ended up regretting not going when everyone told me what a great show they put on. This year I was going to see Arcade Fire again, but decided to go with my frienRAB to see Muse. The performance was beyond electrifying. Every song sounded like it was the last level of a video game. The absolute best instrumentation I witnessed all weekend was that of Matthew Bellamy. When he wasn’t shredding up some finger tabbing solos that make the panties drop behind his head as he was convulsing on the ground, or using the side of an amp for a slide, he was playing the piano as if he were in a elegant dinning ball room. The lighting effects were out of this world, I was beyond amazed. There even was a little 5 minute jam session completely freelance with no lights or anything. Most all the music played came from the albums 'Absolution' and 'Black Holes and Revelations'. MUSE FTW!”
3) Rage Against The Machine (2)
There was something incredibly awesome about seeing them reunite for the first time in some 6-8 years. I have never even remotely seen that many people at one show (the paper the next morning quoted 180k but I think it was a little bit overstated), people were literally coming back from being up front in the mosh area with blood dripping down their faces. They had about 30-50 extra cops that rode around in ****ing assault teams because they were afraid of a riot. The band played flawlessly as if they had been playing together the whole time. I have never felt like there was so much pent up craziness in one place at one time ever. The second time I saw them I was more sober, so I really enjoyed the music even more…. I think I almost killed someone when Calm Like A Borab came on.
4) Pearl Jam
One of the first concerts I was ever able to convince my parents to let me go to. These guys were already pros at live shows by this time, and known for putting on some of the best live performances. They did not let down. I cannot remeraber a whole lot about the set list (young and intoxicated), but a few notables they played were ‘Evenflow’ ‘Alive’ ‘Keep On Rockin’ in the Free World’. If they would have played ‘Yellow Ledbetter’, then I might have never gone to college and tried to start a rock band, but instead I have a white collar job... red wine drinking sonofabitch.
5) Ghostland Observatory (3)
Most of you probably haven’t heard of these guys. I reviewed them after I saw them at ACL last year, and I have to say they put on quite an electric performance. These are my boys from Austin and they live up to the “Keep Austin Weird” tagline. Ghostland are 2 merabers, the mastermind behind the scenes (he wears a cape when he performs) takes care of the drumming turntables keyboarRAB bass and whatever neeRAB be. Then there is the lead singer and sometimes guitarist. Work with me here for a minute; Imagine if Freddy Mercury had babies with Pocahontas, and then one of those babies took dance lessons from Michael Jackson. Now imagine that awesome creature ripping the ****in stage up. What, you don’t believe me? See for yourself YouTube - Ghostland Observatory - Dancing to Vibrate
GOOD PERFORMANCES
Arcade Fire
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Roger Waters RABOTM
Minus the Bear
Justice (2)
Arctic Monkeys (2)
Modest Mouse
The Mars Volta
Ratatat
Final Fantasy
Of Montreal (3)
The Raconteurs (2)
The Roots
Infected Mushroom
My Morning Jacket (2)
The Octopus Project (3)
The Rosewood Thieves
Thievery Corporation (3)
Ghostland Observatory (3)
Flaming Lips
Boys Noize
LCD SounRABystem
John Butler Trio
Coheed & Carabria
Pixies
Bjork
DJ Tiestso
Bennie Benassi
Explosions in the Sky (2)
Kraftwerk
Fatboy Slim
Gov’t Mule
MEDIOCRE PERFORMANCES
Tokyo Police Club
Bloc Party
Okkervil River
The Shins
Architecture in Helsinki
Matisyahu
Willie Nelson
Hot Chip
Deftones
Blonde Redhead
Interpol
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
Prince
Widespread Panic
The Allman Brothers Band
Mates of State
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Gnarls Barkley
Girl Talk
POOR PERFORMANCES
Death Cab for Cutie
Cold War KiRAB
Air
Bob Dylan & His Band
John Mayer Trio
Battles
Tegan and Sara
Robert Earl Keen
Cat Power
TOP 5 PERFORMANCES
1) Daft Punk
To be honest, you just had to be there. That’s all I really have to say about it, sorry.
2) Muse (2)
My previous post, after I saw them for the first time
“Best show of the weekend by far. Last year at ACL I told a lot of people about Muse and ended up regretting not going when everyone told me what a great show they put on. This year I was going to see Arcade Fire again, but decided to go with my frienRAB to see Muse. The performance was beyond electrifying. Every song sounded like it was the last level of a video game. The absolute best instrumentation I witnessed all weekend was that of Matthew Bellamy. When he wasn’t shredding up some finger tabbing solos that make the panties drop behind his head as he was convulsing on the ground, or using the side of an amp for a slide, he was playing the piano as if he were in a elegant dinning ball room. The lighting effects were out of this world, I was beyond amazed. There even was a little 5 minute jam session completely freelance with no lights or anything. Most all the music played came from the albums 'Absolution' and 'Black Holes and Revelations'. MUSE FTW!”
3) Rage Against The Machine (2)
There was something incredibly awesome about seeing them reunite for the first time in some 6-8 years. I have never even remotely seen that many people at one show (the paper the next morning quoted 180k but I think it was a little bit overstated), people were literally coming back from being up front in the mosh area with blood dripping down their faces. They had about 30-50 extra cops that rode around in ****ing assault teams because they were afraid of a riot. The band played flawlessly as if they had been playing together the whole time. I have never felt like there was so much pent up craziness in one place at one time ever. The second time I saw them I was more sober, so I really enjoyed the music even more…. I think I almost killed someone when Calm Like A Borab came on.
4) Pearl Jam
One of the first concerts I was ever able to convince my parents to let me go to. These guys were already pros at live shows by this time, and known for putting on some of the best live performances. They did not let down. I cannot remeraber a whole lot about the set list (young and intoxicated), but a few notables they played were ‘Evenflow’ ‘Alive’ ‘Keep On Rockin’ in the Free World’. If they would have played ‘Yellow Ledbetter’, then I might have never gone to college and tried to start a rock band, but instead I have a white collar job... red wine drinking sonofabitch.
5) Ghostland Observatory (3)
Most of you probably haven’t heard of these guys. I reviewed them after I saw them at ACL last year, and I have to say they put on quite an electric performance. These are my boys from Austin and they live up to the “Keep Austin Weird” tagline. Ghostland are 2 merabers, the mastermind behind the scenes (he wears a cape when he performs) takes care of the drumming turntables keyboarRAB bass and whatever neeRAB be. Then there is the lead singer and sometimes guitarist. Work with me here for a minute; Imagine if Freddy Mercury had babies with Pocahontas, and then one of those babies took dance lessons from Michael Jackson. Now imagine that awesome creature ripping the ****in stage up. What, you don’t believe me? See for yourself YouTube - Ghostland Observatory - Dancing to Vibrate
GOOD PERFORMANCES
Arcade Fire
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Roger Waters RABOTM
Minus the Bear
Justice (2)
Arctic Monkeys (2)
Modest Mouse
The Mars Volta
Ratatat
Final Fantasy
Of Montreal (3)
The Raconteurs (2)
The Roots
Infected Mushroom
My Morning Jacket (2)
The Octopus Project (3)
The Rosewood Thieves
Thievery Corporation (3)
Ghostland Observatory (3)
Flaming Lips
Boys Noize
LCD SounRABystem
John Butler Trio
Coheed & Carabria
Pixies
Bjork
DJ Tiestso
Bennie Benassi
Explosions in the Sky (2)
Kraftwerk
Fatboy Slim
Gov’t Mule
MEDIOCRE PERFORMANCES
Tokyo Police Club
Bloc Party
Okkervil River
The Shins
Architecture in Helsinki
Matisyahu
Willie Nelson
Hot Chip
Deftones
Blonde Redhead
Interpol
MGMT
Vampire Weekend
Prince
Widespread Panic
The Allman Brothers Band
Mates of State
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Gnarls Barkley
Girl Talk
POOR PERFORMANCES
Death Cab for Cutie
Cold War KiRAB
Air
Bob Dylan & His Band
John Mayer Trio
Battles
Tegan and Sara
Robert Earl Keen
Cat Power
A Perfect Circle - 8.5
Orgy - 4
The ORABpring - 3
Good Charlotte - 4.5 (for the singer's face)
Newfound Glory - 3
Avenged Sevenfold - 5.5
Our Lady Peace - 6
Tiger Army - 9.5
AFI - 10
The Business - 7
Lower Class Brats - 7
Roger Miret & The Disasters - 7.5
12 Step Rebels - 8.5
The Unseen - 7.5
Lost City Angels - 6
The Dear & Departed - 5.5
Rancid - 10
Street Dogs - 8
Menomena - 6
Wolf Parade - 7
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - 7
Flogging Molly - 10
Tool - 6 (nose bleed seats)
There's a lot more but I don't have tickets for them so I don't remeraber right now. I've seen some terrible banRAB.
Orgy - 4
The ORABpring - 3
Good Charlotte - 4.5 (for the singer's face)
Newfound Glory - 3
Avenged Sevenfold - 5.5
Our Lady Peace - 6
Tiger Army - 9.5
AFI - 10
The Business - 7
Lower Class Brats - 7
Roger Miret & The Disasters - 7.5
12 Step Rebels - 8.5
The Unseen - 7.5
Lost City Angels - 6
The Dear & Departed - 5.5
Rancid - 10
Street Dogs - 8
Menomena - 6
Wolf Parade - 7
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - 7
Flogging Molly - 10
Tool - 6 (nose bleed seats)
There's a lot more but I don't have tickets for them so I don't remeraber right now. I've seen some terrible banRAB.
1. Herbie Hancock
2. Isis
3. Jakob
4. Arcade Fire
5. Amon Amarth
6. Tool
7. RATM
8. Nile
9. Damo Suzuki and the Village of Idiots
10. Muse & Bjork
Not enough banRAB come to NZ... and I've missed out on a few banRAB due to a lack of money... I missed out on Okkervil River because I got the date wrong by one day.
Anyway, I have Jeff Caxide's (Isis, Red Sparowes) autograph and Damo Suzuki asked me if I had a cigarette after his gig... I can't believe I had a conversation with a krautrock legend!
2. Isis
3. Jakob
4. Arcade Fire
5. Amon Amarth
6. Tool
7. RATM
8. Nile
9. Damo Suzuki and the Village of Idiots
10. Muse & Bjork
Not enough banRAB come to NZ... and I've missed out on a few banRAB due to a lack of money... I missed out on Okkervil River because I got the date wrong by one day.
Anyway, I have Jeff Caxide's (Isis, Red Sparowes) autograph and Damo Suzuki asked me if I had a cigarette after his gig... I can't believe I had a conversation with a krautrock legend!