Best live bands you've seen

[Tommy-K]

who's this the best live band you've seen? here are some ive seen:

red hot chili peppers at earls court (goin to see roger waters (from pink floyd) there next week)

bob dylan (he was AMAZING)

REM

the zutons

idlewild (twice!)

nickelback (unfortunately, they were shit, it was a long time ago, when i was into them)

primal scream

the bluetones

dr feelgood

elvis costello

ben harper

paul heaton (of beautiful south)

billy bragg

the charlatans

counting crows (i hate them, they were shit aswell)

beverly knight

ed hardcourt

the buzzcocks

blur (when i was 7, first gig i ever went to!)

of those, REM and Bob Dylan are equal best

[Pirate Utopian]

Public Enemy, Us3 and Wu-Tang Clan in that order are my top 3.

[Sickle of Justice]

Cap'n Kop$, Rise Against, Against Me!, DOA.

[YSR]

Best show I ever saw was in a Unitarian church basement in rural Wisconsin, with Westbound Train (soul/reggae) and Big D and the Kids Table (punk/ska). Absolutely amazing.

[Rage Against Right]

the cat empire, so much energy!!!!!!!!
and midnight oil becase peter garret's stage presence and i love their message and music

[Pow R. Toc H.]

Def Leppard live was pretty kick ass. So was trans-siberian orchestra. If you ever get a chance to check out those motherfuckers, I highly reccomend it.

[KC]

Kodan Armada, Textbook Traitors, Since By Man, Hewhocorrupts, 10k Tongues, Doom Buggy, Seven Days of Samsara, Welcome the Plague Year, Genghis Tron, Kungfu Rick, Fork Knife Spoon, Get Rad, Call Me Lightning, Paige Marshall and many more.

[Boriznov]

Gojira, KoRn, Soulfly, Soilwork

[Blue Collar Bohemian]

I've seen Ted Leo & the Pharmacists three times in the last year and a half. Their shows are totally awesome if you get up close since you can chat with the band between songs and are basically on stage with these top notch musicians.

[Tommy-K]

Forgot to mention, ive also seen:

Motorhead (twice!)

Girlschool (they were SHIT, supporting Motorhead)

In Flames (ditto)

Ocean Colour Scene

[Invader Zim]

These five were all amazing, and in no particular order: -

Tool,
Feeder,
Levellers,
Idlewild,
Biffy Clyro

[FatFreeMilk]

I'm working a Tool show tonight and from what I heard in sound check, it's gonna be the shit. Rod Stewart is a good performer even thought I don't particularly like his music.

[Alenichev]

Children of Bodom definately
Born from Pain
Motorhead

[BreadBros]

Originally posted by [email protected] 03, 2007 11:36 pm
I'm working a Tool show tonight and from what I heard in sound check
:blink: Working a Tool show? That sounds awesome. What do you do? *envious*

[Mujer Libre]

I really enjoyed the Tea Party when I saw them- even though I didn't know that much of their music back then. Garbage were pretty good. Ummmm. I haven't been to a gig in aaaaaaaages. Going to see Boris and Sunn o))) this Wednesday though. Hurray.

[Vladislav]

Saw Lamb of God on sunday and it was fucking kickass. The mosh was crazy got so fucked up I had to skip school for like the next 3 days.

[seraphim]

The Levellers are amazing live, as are The Manic Street Preachers!

[Avtomat_Icaro]

A Perfect Circle
Nine Inch Nails
Queens of the Stone Age

Seen tons of bands but these shows stick in my head forever...

[FatFreeMilk]

Originally posted by BreadBros+May 04, 2007 03:31 am--> (BreadBros @ May 04, 2007 03:31 am)
[email protected] 03, 2007 11:36 pm
I'm working a Tool show tonight and from what I heard in sound check
:blink: Working a Tool show? That sounds awesome. What do you do? *envious* [/b]
Take tickets and usher kind of. Sometimes I'll do chair set-up if I think I might see something cool. Ushering is easy I just stand there and point people in the general direction of their seats. But most importantly I get to stand there and get paid to watch the show =) Too bad I have to qit this gig in september.

[Janus]

Flaming Lips.

[UndergroundConnexion]

Salah Edin and Rolling Stones.

[Pawn Power]

Morning Glory was cool and George Clinton and the Parliment Funckadelica was crazy.

[Enragé]

Heideroosjes, Sick Of It All, Pennywise (moshing with a bruised thumb/hand ftw!), Jaya the Cat, Van Katoen when they were at Pinkpop (:

[Organic Revolution]

the nightwatchman was sick,

The Roots absolutely killed it,

Talib Kweli ripped up the venue

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

Tommy-K what wher Dr. feelgood like live??? Was Lee Brilleaux alive?

Iv seen BBking and Garry Moore....awsum
UB40

They were the best 2!

[RASHskins]

(local bands)
Black Wednesdays
Wednesday night heroes
gudenpist
conniving cadavers
youth unit
whiz kids

im going to see Rush this summer im looking forward to that so much they are a sweet live band.

[homeo_apathy]

Has anyone seen against me! live......

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

Originally posted by Pawn [email protected] 04, 2007 10:01 pm
George Clinton and the Parliment Funckadelica was crazy.
WOW.....i bet that was a funky night!

[bloody_capitalist_sham]

When i saw capdown in Brighton when they still were a ska band, oh they were so fine.

And when i saw voo doo glow skulls at Oxford, they were like legendary good. supported by 4ft fingers.

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

Ska....wot a genre. Shame Nazis like it (since the NF infultrated them!)

[Enragé]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2007 02:49 pm
Has anyone seen against me! live......
i did :)

They were pretty fucking good. The only real downside was that they just more or less played the songs back to back, as if they wanted to get the fuck out of there (which would've been bullshit cuz the athmosphere was great).

Anyway, at the end of the show (like last three songs), when everyone was sweaty and half covered under mud (outdoors festivals in the middle of the summer :rolleyes:), it started to rain like crazy, as in you could almost fuckin swim your way to the stage. Needless to say, moshing continued, and afterwards we had to walk like a mile with drenched clothes back to our tent (3-day outdoor festivals ftw) to get new clothes, i was fucking freezing :lol:
*got carried away*


THE FUCKING *****ES DIDNT PLAY BABY IM AN ANARCHIST THOUGH :angry:
:wub:

[Tommy-K]

Originally posted by [email protected] 04, 2007 12:41 pm
The Levellers are amazing live, as are The Manic Street Preachers!
I nearly saw the Manics at V2002 but we had to go home as my sister was tired, i've never quite forgiven her for that...

[Tommy-K]

Originally posted by Y Chwildro Comiwnyddol [email protected] 05, 2007 08:42 pm
Tommy-K what wher Dr. feelgood like live??? Was Lee Brilleaux alive?
No he wasn't :(

I saw them last year, none of the original line-up. They were good but without Lee Brilleaux and Wilco Johnson they'll never be the same :(

[homeo_apathy]

Sounds good man


THE FUCKING *****ES DIDNT PLAY BABY IM AN ANARCHIST THOUGH

bummer i thought thatd be like a encore kinda song for them...ohwell as long as they play pints of guinness at the show im goin to soon ill be happy. :ph34r:

[Inithias]

Pukkelpop 2004 - Flogging Molly / The Bronx

Graspop 2005 - Iron Maiden

Rock Werchter 2005 - Flogging Molly / Foo Fighters

Rock Ternat 2005 - Arch Enemy / CKY

Graspop 2006 - 36 Crazyfists / Ill Niño / Soilwork / Soulfly / As I Lay Dying

Pukkelpop 2006 - The Maple Room / Turbonegro / H.I.M. / Less Than Jake / Massive Attack / Millencolin

Groezrock 2007 - Caliban / Terror / Hatebreed


Those where all fucking KICKASS and with a very good live performance
I must say that Flogging Molly, Arch Enemy, Soulfly, Millencolin, Caliban, Terror, Hatebreed are all equal, they fucking rule ! The others also. ^^

[Boriznov]

Dude i was at graspop to !! Maybe i moshed against you :P

[Inithias]

A corefan ? or more death/black ? :P

Only Graspop ? You should have been to Groez !!

[Boriznov]

I like everything hard :P From black dahlia murder to ultra vomit, i like it all !

Yeah i didn't have enough money yet, saving it all for graspop and maybe pukkelpop :)

[Inithias]

I'm doing all the big festivals this year, great names !
Just did Groez, and I'm going to GMM, Werchter, & Pukkelpop.
Maybe Ieperfest cause it's all the core I want (Madball !!!)

[Lenin II]

Incubus were AWESOME.

A Perfect Circle were good, too. But they could've been a little louder.

[Inithias]

Yeha, I'm going to see Incubus on the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium !!
Along with Metallica, Mastodon, Bloc Party, ..

[DaRk-OnE]

Rancid!

[Boriznov]

Originally posted by [email protected] 10, 2007 04:23 pm
I'm doing all the big festivals this year, great names !
Just did Groez, and I'm going to GMM, Werchter, & Pukkelpop.
Maybe Ieperfest cause it's all the core I want (Madball !!!)
Yeah man, have fun at ieper ;)

[Lenin II]

Originally posted by [email protected] 11, 2007 09:13 pm
Yeha, I'm going to see Incubus on the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium !!
Along with Metallica, Mastodon, Bloc Party, ..
Good choice, comrade. Let me know how it goes. It was years ago I saw them, like 03, 04. But it was still the best concert I've ever been to. Let me know if they still got it.

[dannthraxxx]

Dillenger Escape Plan, Anal ****, Nine Inch Nails.

in that order.

Thats speaking in terms of bigger bands.


I've seen local bands that could blow those guys away.

Some of my favorite shows I've seen have been in a small bar the size of some peoples bathrooms with 30 people and the windows shaking all over. You can feel the energy at bigger bands. But when it's a small show in a closed in area with a band giving 100% of there person you know it's real. It's something you feel. For instance, I saw a band called Generations of Vipers in Knoxville TN at a small place and the energy was amazing. It was like seeing Sunn O))) ten times amped

[Mujer Libre]

It was like seeing Sunn O))) ten times amped
*cringes*

I just saw Sunn O))) and Boris at a fairly small venue, and I didn't know whether I was having a good time, or if I felt ill.

Boris were amazing first-up- loads of energy. Their drummer is amazing. Most metal person ever. He decided to crowd-surf, and in getting out from beind his drums (by jumping over them) fell over spectacularly, then leapt into the crowd, got dropped. And he was still happy at the end.

Sunn O))) started out slowly, but once they were joined onstage by Boris and random guests they really got going, and every time they changed chords, a different body part started to resonate. It was really intense.

[luxemburg89]

Bob Dylan
Roger Waters
Manic Street Preachers
Stereophonics
Oasis

worst: Razorlight - supported the manics and they were bollocks!

[dannthraxxx]

Originally posted by Mujer [email protected] 13, 2007 04:16 am

It was like seeing Sunn O))) ten times amped
*cringes*

I just saw Sunn O))) and Boris at a fairly small venue, and I didn't know whether I was having a good time, or if I felt ill.

Boris were amazing first-up- loads of energy. Their drummer is amazing. Most metal person ever. He decided to crowd-surf, and in getting out from beind his drums (by jumping over them) fell over spectacularly, then leapt into the crowd, got dropped. And he was still happy at the end.

Sunn O))) started out slowly, but once they were joined onstage by Boris and random guests they really got going, and every time they changed chords, a different body part started to resonate. It was really intense.
Amazing isnt it? I love drone bands and those types of shows.

I like going to them in yellow beach looking shirts that retired old men wear and bright orange shorts.

[Sentinel]

Garbage, in -98 or -99.. The tour following the Version 2.0 album anyway.

Judas Priest, 2005.

Both of them I saw at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Garbage played in the annex but Priest in the Globe itself. They're fucking awesome now that they're reunited again -- Halford is the Metal God, after all.

[Tommy-K]

Originally posted by [email protected] 13, 2007 10:29 am
Bob Dylan
Roger Waters
Manic Street Preachers
Stereophonics
Oasis

worst: Razorlight - supported the manics and they were bollocks!
I saw Roger Waters last week. He was fucking amazing! First half he did predominately Pink Floyd stuff with a few of his own thrown in, and the second half he did Dark Side Of The Moon! Then for his encore he did Another Brick In The Wall and Comfortably Numb (he had to really, didnt he). He also unveiled a new song that's really scathing about Bush and Blair and the Iraq War. The only lyric I can remember is "Oh George! Oh George! That Texas education must have fucked you up when you were very small."

Genius.

[girl#13]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2007 05:08 pm
When i saw capdown in Brighton when they still were a ska band, oh they were so fine.


<3 I saw Capdown a couple of months ago in London, for a start it was odd not seeing them in Brighton, plus they seem to have got a hell of a load more political but I don&#39;t know how much it rings true, they always used to just play the songs, and play them well. Still, I do love them.

Other than that, The King Blues amaze me live, especially the first time I saw them when they played an acoustic gig, King Prawn, Mike Park, Neville Staples and The Selecter are all highlights of my long gig-going career as well.

[The Grey Blur]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2007 02:49 pm
Has anyone seen against me&#33; live......
Amazing show. Just incredible...the best show I&#39;ve ever been to.

[Bilan]

Limp Wrist

Schifosi

Conation

Vae Victus

Combat Wombat

And all (well, at least most) of the bands at the Such is Life festival&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

[Comeback Kid]

Permanent Revolution Posted on May 19, 2007 12:38 pm
QUOTE (homeo_apathy @ May 06, 2007 02:49 pm)
Has anyone seen against me&#33; live......


Amazing show. Just incredible...the best show I&#39;ve ever been to.


I hate you so much, got the never going home dvd, looks fuckin amazing live.

[socialistsoldier51]

rage against the machine, green day, red hot chili peppers, audioslave,

[Inithias]

Originally posted by [email protected] 23, 2007 08:32 pm
rage against the machine, green day, red hot chili peppers, audioslave,
quite some superbands you&#39;ve seen

[Qwerty Dvorak]

Tool, Riders on the Storm (The Doors minus Jim)

[kingbee]

Originally posted by Tommy&#045;[email protected] 01, 2007 08:33 pm
who&#39;s this the best live band you&#39;ve seen? here are some ive seen:

primal scream
Am a massive Primal Scream fan, but the three times I&#39;ve seen them they&#39;ve been pretty disappointing.

Besties:

Super Furry Animals

Flaming Lips (don&#39;t know anything by them, but they were immense live)

And, as much as I hate to say it, Coldplay were incredible at Glastonbury in 2005. It was either them or the drugs...

EDIT- oh my god, I completely forgot about how amazing Parliament/FUnkadelic were. I&#39;m still buzzing a year later...

[iwwobblie]

Good ol' Grateful Dead back in the day.
P.S. Kingbee,P-funk are great too.

[There is No God!]

Rage Against the Machine!

Roger Waters

Mindsnare

My band 'STD Vending Machine', because we're just that goddamn good (although our recordings are shocking).

[Bilan]

Defiance, Ohio were amazing.
Same with Fear Like Us.
Wingnut Dishwashers Union were sick too, and Pat is fucking awesome.

[Y Chwyldro Comiwnyddol Cymraeg]

The Who :D

Maxi Priest

BB King

Gary Moore

[bellyscratch]

Underworld
LCD Soundsystem
Kings Of Leon
The Cribs
Bloc Party
MIA
2 Many DJs
Erol Alkan
DJ Mehdi
Interpol
Jamie T
Digitalism
Shut Your Eyes And You'll Burst Into Flames

I know that includes DJ sets too, but i personally dont see much difference between the best DJs and live bands.
The absolute best out of them would probably be Underworld or LCD Soundsystem (1st time i saw them)

[Kropotesta]

saw subhumans recently in cambridge, bloody brillant. also conflict always put on a good show!

[Bandito]

Soulfly

[Holden Caulfield]

GOGOL BORDELLO, in the under dog world strike still under ground era,
fucking awsome

[Gitfiddle Jim]

Metallica, Public Enemy and The Red Hot Chili Peppers were all awesome

[Cencus]

Conflict
Subhumans
The Pixies
The Levellers
The Selecter
Inner Terrestrials
The Shamen (before that twat Mr C joined em full time and turned them into a comedy outfit)

[Miss Mindfuck.]

My top three, I never can pick my number one.

Rage Against the Machine.

Iggy & The Stooges.

311.

Rage is so fucking phenomenal; Zach was grappling with his own security to get out to the crowd.

The Stooges was a dream come fucking true. Iggy has been my idol since I was really young; during "No Fun" fans stormed the stage and about forty people were dancing onstage with the band, orginal lineup, except for Mike Watt. I waiting five hours to be front row for that, and I fucking touched Iggy; who is also the most bombastic human being I have ever seen.

311 puts on a great show; they're just so fucking positive that you honestly cannot have a bad time there. For a cynic like me to admit to feeling the love from the crowd and the band, that's something.

Honorable mentions:

The Horrorpops, Patricia is really down to earth and the show is alot of fun.

Reverend Horton Heat: They're really personable, the music is swingin' and the shows long, and sing-along worthy.

[Miss Mindfuck.]

Has anyone seen against me! live......


They're wonderful.
I saw them a few years back in...Atlanta?
I just remember linking arms with strangers and singing, "Baby, I'm an anarchist!"

[Guerrilla22]

bad religion was pretty cool.

[Pink Moon]

Tool.

[lutondave]

Wolf Tones, Lars frederiksen and the bastards or section88
it's hard to choose

[Peter_fehr]

ive seen wolf tones loads of times, they are incredable...FREE IRELAND!!

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[non-vio-resist]

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