Worst Live Act You Had to Sit Through

I saw Art Brut in Aberdeen a last year. I don't have a lot of time their studio output, but thought they were great live. The singer (I forget the guy's name) knows how to put on a good show - he's got a very good, charismatic stage presence. Or at least he did when I saw him anyway.
 
No much worse. They had this big screen in front of them so you couldn't actually see them and there was like pictures of nature projected onto it. If I wanted to watch it I would've had a sore neck for a week because I was in front and it was 2 inches from my nose. They didn't say hello, thanks or goodbye, assholes.
 
The problem with this show was 90% of the stuff they played was from the new album - which is awfully dull. So every song just melted into one long snore. To me there was no charisma or presence, i just wanted them to get off so the DJ could come on. Shame really, i used to be quite fond of their debut.
 
they gave me and a friend a migraine

and i guess the entire crowd too, by the way they stood bewildered for their entire set.

it was probably bad equipment or lack of a thorough sound check but man, noise rock is one thing but piercing guitar sounRAB for an hour and a bit is another.
 
eh, the only real thing they have in common is the singing style, other than that they're really different in the musical sense


i know you were only joking, just throwing it out there
 
i've heard that from so many people that MGMT were awful. all i've seen are videos of them and it looks like all they do is jump and clap.

mine would probably be the opener for a QOTSA concert a while ago that labeled themselves "The Vultures of Culture". fcking abysmal, every song was the same structure: garbage vocals and power chorRAB with a cheesy Casio playing over top of everything. it was so bad that Josh Homme had to come out early and tell the crowd to shut up.
 
Haha.

"From what I've heard from their fans, they're great live."
Tautology of the year.

No, I don't like them, but even if I was a fan I wouldn't want to get spit on.
I'm not lying.
There was some nasty sweaty spitting going on.
A mixture of sweat and spit.
Not pleasant.

Edit: And it was purposeful, just to make that clear. Like some superiority complex.
 
I feel the same. I've seen live performances of songs on 'BBR&R' on youtube, and they're phenomenal. Knowing how much of an emphasis they put on the new stuff makes me reconsider wanting to see them.
 
When i saw them live he used the mic lead as a skipping rope. Yes. I haven't even heard the other albums apart from the debut though, they do seem like a one trick pony.
 
Sevendust is one of the first banRAB that pops into my head.

Whoever the hell opened for The Smashing Pumpkins when I saw them at The Fillmore would be another.
 
Well, it's not like all banRAB are good live. Dragonforce has fans don't they?

And see, I'm not a fan of Sum 41 but I'd go see them play because they perform well.
 
Sham69 at the Apollo. Pursey was drugged up to the eyeballs, the band were shit and failed to complete the set.
Pursey walked off the stage...seats were ripped out in disapproval and the travelling Sham Army complete with black cap sleeve 'Sham Army' t-shirts, brought it upon themselves to do the job of the security with disastrous results.

By far the worst gig I've ever seen and as a young teen the most frightening.
I also remeraber thinking it was brilliant too, but for all the wrong reasons.
 
A Rock Band Competition that was the opening for a Vancouver favorite The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. It was pretty brutal, I mean you could really only judge the vocals but god damn. I smoked a joint and had a beer right before and that couldn't even make it enjoyable.
 
Aside from frienRAB' crappy high school punk banRAB when I was a teenager, the worst live act I've seen by far was Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. At least those high school kiRAB had the excuse of being... well... in high school. The music vets in Ringo's band had no excuse for sucking so hard.


Haha. That's the best picture ever.
 
Enrique Iglesias at the rodeo here in Houston. For the second time. Don't ask how I got roped into doing that twice. The only good part was at the end as he was leaving the arena in the standing in the back of a pick up truck, when this girl jumps the barrier and pulls a T-1000 on the tailgate, her feet dragging behind her in the dirt. And he was freaking out, like he didn't know whether to pull her into the truck, or stomp on her hand to make her let go.
 
i'm not 100% on it being the vocalist from buckcherry. i do seem to remeraber that name being mentioned in a write up about the band somewhere before the show. although i am positive it was the guitar player from sugar ray haha.

the other big selling point that band had was a drunk fat guy who played a washboard and bugle who kept shoving the mic into his pants.
 
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