Here we go........WORST CONCERT EVER!!

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Fear Factory on their Digimortal tour- TOO F'ING LOUD! Between the sheer volume and the vocals with an obnoxious amount of sauce (vox too loud for the mix too), 20 seconds into each song you had no idea what they were playing.
They also played MUCH, MUCH slower than the cd. Wouldn't have been a big deal, but here's the deal. I was never a big fan of that album, but I remeber that album having much faster kicks than previous efforts and being impressed the drummer upped his game. I also read an interview around that time with Dino describing the recording process and the whole thing is basically copied & pasted. I understand time is money and "you got to do what you to do" to get it done in the studio, but to the extent he described I thought it was a bit excessive. His defense was "we still got to pull this off live, we just wanted perfection on the album." Fair enough. Anyway, what a big let down to see they didn't (couldn't?) pull it off live. :no:


Lamb of God - The worst "big name" live guitar tones I've heard. Sounded like they mic'd blown speakers. They certainly had enough cabs to chose from so I'm pretty certain that wasn't the case. Alder's rig was the main offender. Just pure balls. Morton's wasn't as bad, but it definitely wasn't helping matters either. The kick drum was stupid overpowering in the mix too.
 
I have 2 that really stick in my mind, most people will think they suck even on a good night but both of these was really bad and i left early because of them.

I saw stephen pearcys solo band and one of their guitar players was sick and they had another dude play and he was awful, he didnt even know the songs and was trying to feel his way but really sounded bad, stephen sucked bad that night and nobody put much effort into it. i seen him a few other times with his solo band and they wasnt bad but this i never wanted to see him again. im a big ratt fan and it was before ratt got back together.

2nd worst show ever was when i saw vince neil's solo band at the metal factory in ft lauderdale, vince was beyond drunk kept forgetting the words to the songs, he kept falling off the stage, during girls girls girls there was a motorcycle on stange and he almost knocked it over when he fell into it, later on he was leaning on the mic stand and fell down again and he was carried off stage and they ended the night shirt, i was leaving anyway because he sucks, i used to love motley but this was just awful.

most people wouldnt have even wasted money to see either band but i was stupid enough to do it.
 
crwnedblasphemy":3nq9i30l said:
I love King Kobra....haha! Thrill of a Lifetime is a good album! Johnny Rod and Carmine! Rockin! hahaha :yes:
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Actually the Highlight of that concert was when Johnny Rod did his Bass solo and was humping the Bass on stage. :D
 
I'll have to put some thought into this one but off the top of my head I come up with Motorhead and Belladonna.
 
Cradle of Filth. I've actually seen this band a few times live, and some shows were better than others, they have to be tops in the 'disappointing' department. Generally sloppy playing, and the singer simply can't pull his studio work off in a lot of cases.

Poison (I can't believe I'm admitting this?), and having to sit through CC Deville completely ripping off EVH's live guitar solo. Terrible.

From a purely sonic viewpoint (which isn't really something I can blame on the band)... DLR's Eat em and Smile tour. Insanely loud, and completely shitty sounding.
 
Atropos_Project":2ie6twlf said:
Cradle of Filth. I've actually seen this band a few times live, and some shows were better than others, they have to be tops in the 'disappointing' department. Generally sloppy playing, and the singer simply can't pull his studio work off in a lot of cases.

Poison (I can't believe I'm admitting this?), and having to sit through CC Deville completely ripping off EVH's live guitar solo. Terrible.

From a purely sonic viewpoint (which isn't really something I can blame on the band)... DLR's Eat em and Smile tour. Insanely loud, and completely shitty sounding.
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Ah yes Cradle of Filth. I went to see Nile as the opener and figured I'd give COF a shot.... Made it through a whole song and a half..... Horrid :thumbsdown:
 
Poison opening for someone. Good Lord they were bad.

Second one was I literally walked out on a Bon Jovi show in their hay day after Skid Row who opened for them just killed it. After about 4th crappy song, Jon was raised up out of the stage with a denim jacket on that had a sequenced Superman symbol on the back...... I looked at my two friends and said "lets go" and they agreed so we walked.
 
Living Color..... sounded like white noise...truly awful
 
ejecta":2xvn1004 said:
Poison opening for someone. Good Lord they were bad.

Second one was I literally walked out on a Bon Jovi show in their hay day after Skid Row who opened for them just killed it. After about 4th crappy song, Jon was raised up out of the stage with a denim jacket on that had a sequenced Superman symbol on the back...... I looked at my two friends and said "lets go" and they agreed so we walked.
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I think that would be my worst too. I saw Poison with Winger - in a small club in Columbus, Ohio. I remember being blown away by Reb Beach, but then Poison came on and it was horrible. I remember that obnoxious drummer who played while he was standing up. This was just before they famous. NOt that it would have been better after they were famous.
 
I almost.....picked the Aerosmith DONE WITH MIRRORS tour.......they were THAT BAD!!
But.......
Ted Nugent opened for them......and that is what saved that vote! :lol: :LOL:
Saw the Aerosmith / Dokken tour.......WAAAAY Better!! :thumbsup:
 
Saw White Zombie open for Ozzy a couple of years ago. Awful.
 
Mailman1971":npzh7mdl said:
I almost.....picked the Aerosmith DONE WITH MIRRORS tour.......they were THAT BAD!!
But.......
Ted Nugent opened for them......and that is what saved that vote! :lol: :LOL:
Saw the Aerosmith / Dokken tour.......WAAAAY Better!! :thumbsup:
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I'm with ya bro, Aerosmith was so bad on that tour I wanted to throw my shoes at them. Joe Perry sat on a 4x12 cab THE WHOLE SHOW
 
Dream Theater at Promo West Pavilion... Terrible set list. They played about 5 songs
and Labrie changed his clothes like 10 times... He kept running off the side of the stage and then returning in a progressive flamboyant Fabio shirt each time. Petrucci's tone was god aweful.

BUT.... John Myung did a sweet ass bass solo that stole the whole show! :rock: (It was 10 seconds long)
 
Not necessarily the worst but underwelming. The headliner, The Moody Blues, put everyone to sleep with their dreary set. I liked their music but they dropped down my list quickly after a local opened for them, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Had never heard of him and he and Double Trouble blew them off the stage. Awesome and changed my life in regards to guitar players.
 
Guns N Roses.....TWICE :doh:


Still love their music, but both times I saw them I think Slash was too high/drunk to know what was going on and Axl sounded like shit :no:
 
TheMagicEight":18uaajq7 said:
Saw White Zombie open for Ozzy a couple of years ago. Awful.
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This ^

Ozzy's voice was breaking and completly out of key. They did maybe 5 songs and Ozzy appologized and the show was over. Thank God.

Another would be GNR. Skid Row warmed up and completly blew everyone away. They were like a shot of adrenaline! Than Axel hit the stage w/ his voice processor and w/ in 15 min. a shit load of people were exiting.

Worst guitar solo- CC Deville. My ball sack tried to climb inside. What a fucking waist LOL!!! All he did was hang on to the whammy bar for dear life! It was also the longest solo I've ever heard. The funny thing is at the end of the solo I looked around expecting to see everyone w/ a shocked look on their face and the chirping of crickets, but some people were cheering like it was the best solo they ever heard. To each their own.
 
gibson5413":2xgd13e1 said:
Not necessarily the worst but underwelming. The headliner, The Moody Blues, put everyone to sleep with their dreary set. I liked their music but they dropped down my list quickly after a local opened for them, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Had never heard of him and he and Double Trouble blew them off the stage. Awesome and changed my life in regards to guitar players.
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that's so cool. I also got to see SRV on his first tour with double trouble. It was a small movie theater in Cleveland. I was in total shock after the show and I can still remember nearly song, stage banter, amp problems, etc. It was the first concert I had been to where the crowd was silent. I think I saw Motorhead a week before that!
 
I have never seen a really bad show so take mine with a grain of salt.

I'm a huge Metallica fan and have been since 85'. However, when I saw them in 92' at the Hampton Coliseum on the Black Album tour, I was disappointed. Absolutely too loud. It sounded like a car stereo cranked.

On a positive note, the best show I've ever seen was Cinderella and AC/DC in 88'. Just outstanding. Both bands kicked so much ass.
 
Poison on the "Open Up and Say Ah" tour. CC was so drunk (imagine that) I don't think he got one note right so he tried to power chord his way though the entire set.

The band got boo'd off the stage, he flipped us off on exit stage left. :thumbsdown:
 
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