Best live performance of any band you've seen. [Archive]

Harrison

07-23-2011, 09:09 PM

In Flames

These guys are absolutely without a doubt the best live show I've seen time and again without fail. Their live sound is as good as their studio quality, but better because of the bass thumping in your ribs, crowd environment, etc.

Some bands have come close to being this awesome, but they take the lead for me personally.

naez

07-23-2011, 09:25 PM

Slightly Stoopid is simply amazing.

Feachie

07-23-2011, 09:31 PM

Tasslehofp99

07-23-2011, 09:36 PM

Beauregard

07-23-2011, 09:42 PM

Children of Bodom rocked my face off. Consequences will never be the same.

Harrison

07-23-2011, 09:58 PM

In flames is good, seen them about 6 times live. My personal 2 most exciting/best live performances of all time have to be Megadeth (the crowd is so intense for them, unlike anything i've ever seen) and Iron Maiden (Just because their stage show is unmatched) ...number 3 would be the misfits...well just because they're sick

I just saw Megadeth last night, but because it was on the main stage it wasn't as amazing as it could of been.

There is no place for chairs or seats in metal, ever.

If I saw them up close and personal, I probably would have been in heaven.

Ennoia

07-23-2011, 11:08 PM

Best stage show, by far, was Alice Cooper. In terms of best musical performance it's a toss up between Slayer and Blind Guardian.

Versus

07-23-2011, 11:28 PM

Pearl Jam live.

JayDee

07-23-2011, 11:39 PM

Pantera

JayDee

07-23-2011, 11:42 PM

Always wanted to see Coheed live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxowWo_XV_c

Hoggen

07-23-2011, 11:42 PM

Pat Metheny doing the First Circle Album in 84. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any good tracks on you-tube. The light show was minimalistic but amazing.

deakolt

07-24-2011, 02:40 AM

local natives with the LA philharmonic orchestra (http://youtu.be/F8_ulIdILkk)

my favorite band right now. the show was amazing, the video does no justice though because you can't hear the orchestra really.

Saw the Decemberists accompanied by the LA phil in 2007. That shit was amazing.

Also saw Victor Wooten live. This guy is incredibblleee. (I'm a bass player so I'm biased but even so...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqeEfMkajdk

Feachie

07-24-2011, 02:44 AM

Saw the Decemberists accompanied by the LA phil in 2007. That shit was amazing.

Also saw Victor Wooten live. This guy is incredibblleee. (I'm a bass player so I'm biased but even so...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqeEfMkajdk

I was there!! :eek:

Piff

07-24-2011, 02:50 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVPHQXfUVJ8

these guys. mesmerizing.

jarshale

07-24-2011, 02:59 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GH-Vohuliw&feature=channel_video_title
I'm somewhere in this

Tasslehofp99

07-24-2011, 04:53 AM

One band I always will regret not going to see is pantera though! Iced Earth is cool too but always playing real small venues so hard to get tickets.

Loke

07-24-2011, 06:13 AM

LCD Soundsystem. Any other answer is wrong.

Unfun

07-24-2011, 02:06 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GH-Vohuliw&feature=channel_video_title
I'm somewhere in this

Fall of troy is the best band I've ever seen live. Saw them in a tiny Oregon town when they were just starting as a band and they blew my mind.

As far as best live experience, I'd say A Fire Inside (AFI).

deakolt

07-24-2011, 02:16 PM

I was there!! :eek:

right on! I've been wanting to go to another of those orchestra-backed performances, they're so goosebump-inducing i lauve it.

The three other best shows I been to:

The Flaming Lips @ The Fox Theatre (these guys put on a great show)

The Dead @ Shoreline Ampitheatre (Grateful Dead less Jerry [rip] plus Warren Haynes (awesome guitarist of Allman Brothers fame))

Bonobo @ I don't even fucking remember (awesome chillout DJ/producer who sometimes tours with musicians and plays his stuff life)

Camnus

07-24-2011, 02:16 PM

Best bands I've heard live.

The Receiving End of Sirens
Circa Survive
Envy on the Coast
Mozart Season
The Sleeping
The Dear Hunter
Trophy Scars

However, this is my own taste of music. I am not going to say my opinion is absolute because that's pretty annoying.

Cort

07-24-2011, 03:00 PM

1. Dream Theater in San Diego in 2007 (ask baub!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5qR7zKK3c

Notice how tight they are when playing live!

2. Avenged Sevenfold last year on the Nightmare tour (saw em in Denver).

Not the same without the Rev but with Mike Portnoy filling in on drums it was an incredible show.

Dravingar

07-24-2011, 03:00 PM

Best concert I've ever been too was a Japanther house show. Never really liked the band but the concert was fucking intense.

Otto

07-24-2011, 03:42 PM

Dunno why but Travis Mann Band wins for me. Was just a different kind of experience, really enjoyable.

adam9242

07-24-2011, 03:57 PM

Les Claypool
Moe.
Tool
Cowboy Mouth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mm0KFOq9ag)

Lots others, love live music and concerts.

Anger

07-24-2011, 05:20 PM

Muse is the best live performance out of any band you've ever heard of.

Hailto

07-24-2011, 05:50 PM

My Morning Jacket, put on the best show ive seen,they put so much energy into their live stuff.

Metric Ton

07-24-2011, 05:58 PM

Andrew WK at Trees in Dallas - 2004

Xeliso

07-24-2011, 06:04 PM

X Japan - Roseland Ballroom. Amazing.

Cort

07-24-2011, 06:19 PM

Andrew WK at Trees in Dallas - 2004

so jealous

Xeliso

07-24-2011, 07:09 PM

1. Dream Theater in San Diego in 2007 (ask baub!)

(bdude!) nice, I saw them here back in 07 but in Seattle too. That was epic as well.

Feachie

07-24-2011, 07:21 PM

right on! I've been wanting to go to another of those orchestra-backed performances, they're so goosebump-inducing i lauve it.

The three other best shows I been to:

The Flaming Lips @ The Fox Theatre (these guys put on a great show)

The Dead @ Shoreline Ampitheatre (Grateful Dead less Jerry [rip] plus Warren Haynes (awesome guitarist of Allman Brothers fame))

Bonobo @ I don't even fucking remember (awesome chillout DJ/producer who sometimes tours with musicians and plays his stuff life)

Your taste in music is bueno. :)

for the thread, def my most memorable cause we lost him a couple years after, elliott smith @ the Wiltern in 2000

Futor

07-24-2011, 08:13 PM

1 flaming lips (bonnaroo/Philly Pier)
2 gogol bordello

nalkin

07-24-2011, 10:48 PM

can't wait till communism kills off crummy music

Feachie

07-24-2011, 11:49 PM

music won't die, it'll just become more regional. want to go see the thermals? you're driving to portland :D

Constellations

07-25-2011, 02:28 AM

Cancer Bats and Alexisonfire are amazing live.

Deadmantis

07-25-2011, 03:03 PM

Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Spring of 93, Theater of the Living Arts, Phila. Crowded theater, everyone jumping. They never got the popularity in the states they so deserved.

Grateful Dead, summer tour 1995, RFK stadium with Bob Dylan opening. Last time I saw them with Jerry Garcia alive.

Tenacious D, October 2001 @ the Electric Factory in Phila. Was expecting something funny as I only heard of them from their HBO series. Did not really expect them to rock my socks off. They did.

Prince

07-25-2011, 03:21 PM

taylor swift live at gillette stadium was pretty awesome

naez

07-25-2011, 03:34 PM

t-swif my gurl

deakolt

07-25-2011, 03:38 PM

@Feachie thanks. Like omg totes jelly you saw Elliott, another great artist who left us before his time. He's up there with Bradley, Bob, Sparklehorse, and Nujabes, (amongst others) imo. rip legends of the song

@Deadmantis respek. Were you a Dead Head during the 80s?

@Prince/Naez weak weak trolling

Prince

07-25-2011, 03:39 PM

funny cuz its not trolling, i went to the june 25th show ss avail

Deadmantis

07-25-2011, 03:48 PM

@Deadmantis respek. Were you a Dead Head during the 80s?

Yes! late 80s. I saw my first show in 88' at the Phila spectrum, and went to about 75 shows over the next 7 years. Not as serious as some others I know, but I did a little travelling besides Philly - Pittsburgh, Meadowlands, Nassau Coliseum, Albany, Hartford, Landover, Buckeye Lake, and some Mardi Gras shows in Oakland CA. ..sure do miss those times :)

annabella33

07-26-2011, 04:51 AM

very nice share buddy...

hedbonker

07-26-2011, 05:46 PM

Led Zeppelin - Seattle Center Coliseum. Early 70s.

Spud

07-26-2011, 06:48 PM

Led Zeppelin - Seattle Center Coliseum. Early 70s.

DAMN i'm jealous.

Best show ive see is either Arcade Fire or LCD Soundsystem in Madison Square Garden.

Prince

07-26-2011, 06:57 PM

tayswif still best show in thread

ss still avail

baub

07-26-2011, 07:44 PM

1. Dream Theater in San Diego in 2007 (ask baub!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ5qR7zKK3c

Notice how tight they are when playing live!

hell ya $$ i almost cried tears of joy when jordan came center stage during surrounded.

also would like to give a shout-out to warped tour when it was good, late 90s ftw!

Corrodith

07-26-2011, 09:26 PM

+1 for the Grateful Dead responses

If you haven't been following Furthur (Bob+Phil's new band) they're absolutely phenomenal. Polished and energized as hell (even when they're completely out in "no man's land" improvising) with high-caliber improvisational musicians all around. Jeff Chimenti is an evil genius on keys, and Joe Russo on drums will make you go "Wait, what?" The two phenomenal backup singers they picked up add so much as well. Bob and Phil are at the absolute top of their game in their 60s and 70s, too.

Seen them about 6-7 times now and going to see them again this Sunday in Atlanta.

Hasbinbad

07-27-2011, 06:10 AM

Colonel Les Claypool's Fearless Flying Frog Brigade @ High Sierra Festival 2003, weaving "Shine On You Crazy Diamonds" (floyd) throughout their 3 hour set.

Metallica @ Day On The Green 1991 where we tore up the Oakland A's field.

Peatree

07-27-2011, 09:35 AM

Widespread Panic.

I agree Pearl Jam was also good back in the day. Saw them open up for Soundgarden @ Lalapalooza 1 in Dallas...and they simply blew Soundgarden away...no one really knew who they were yet....but after that day...they sure as hell did.

Tumdumm

07-27-2011, 10:11 AM

vans off the wall tour 2003?5? who knows what year, but everyone left after avenged sevenfold, so when the suicide machines came out there was only like a dozen of us left so they set up on the floor. was sick, i didnt even care about any of their songs but i still got to sing new girl

JenJen

07-27-2011, 10:26 AM

Prince! not the guy from the forums, the artist!

Prince

07-27-2011, 09:10 PM

aka me

naez

07-27-2011, 09:26 PM

t-swif or uffie??

Prince

07-27-2011, 09:32 PM

tswif duh

Knuckle

07-27-2011, 10:38 PM

i think it was ultra in miami...i cant remember...

Anyway it was:

Rob Zombie
Nine Inch Nails
Avenged Sevenfold
Queens of the Stone Age

And some techno stages I didnt even bother messing with.
My dumbass decided to smoke a blunt with some dorm mates right before the rob zombie performance. I thought I was gonna passout or throwup, too much shit going on while I'm stoned. lol.

mimixownzall

07-28-2011, 04:52 PM

Garth Brooks put on one hell of a show. Not to mention all the ladies there... had to be 3:1 women there all wearing tight jeans/shorts.

Prince

07-28-2011, 05:26 PM

country music is pretty much the best music to see live cuz they can actually sing/perform and aren't just autotuned into oblivion

deakolt

07-28-2011, 05:34 PM

p sure tayswif uses autotune live brah

Harrison

07-28-2011, 06:01 PM

Country is hereby banned from my thread.

Japan_Da_Man

07-28-2011, 06:11 PM

snoop dogg in new orleans, a few days after nate died. Warren G, kurupt, mystikal, and a bunch of other g-funk people showed up out of fucking nowhere.

Middle of the set and Mystikal jumps out from off stage and busts into SHAKE YA ASS WATCH YASELF

after this song, Warren G jumps out and the pa blasts "REGULATORS...MOUNT UP!"

Nobody was on the bill but snoop.

deakolt

07-28-2011, 06:38 PM

SearyxTZ

07-28-2011, 06:55 PM

In Flames new stuff is just awful to me. ;/

For TEH METAL: Metallica still puts on a hell of a live show. Pantera (grew up near these guys) was the best. Slayer is good if you like walking out of a concert with cuts and bruises, feeling like you just got raped. Mastodon and Tool put on similar shows - both are amazing. Opeth's live sound is epic but they have zero stage presence.

My favorite live show was prob Mogwai

Explosions in the Sky also rly good