Top Three Best Musical Acts You've Seen Live

Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 04 Aug 2008 14:36

Green Jelly & GWAR

Bane

The Promise.

Jack Stutler · Post by **Jack Stutler** » 04 Aug 2008 18:33

BainbridgeShred wrote:I really don't understand why people like "The Streets".

i happen to like the streets, but i've never seen them live, anyways my top three:

#1 Flaming Lips at 10,000 lakes music festival
best live show i've ever seen hands down, they are just so fun to watch, and they really get the crowd involved with all the crazy shenanigans going on while they're playing, amazing fun.

#2 Rage Against the Machine 2007 @ Alpine Valley(I think?) in wisconsin
i got into rage pretty heavy about 5 months before they broke up, and i thought i would never get to see them live. then i did and it was everything i was hoping it would be, they rocked that show so hard.

#3 Deftones @93x Nutcracker some years ago
one of my favorite modern bands, and they played with Thrice and Thursday, was just a amazingly awesome rock show.

I saw Cake once too during their unlimited sunshine tour, but the deftones show just stands out more.

edit:spelling!

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 08 Aug 2008 11:40

I've been to hundreds of live shows over the years, in fact going to 2 this weekend, but nothing compares to:

CLUTCH

I've seen them probably 15 times. Nothing compares. For me there is no #2 or #3.

http://www.pro-rock.com/

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » 08 Aug 2008 14:32

Morrissey, Streetlight Manifesto, Leftover Crack.

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » 08 Aug 2008 14:33

Tripp wrote:Green Jelly & GWAR

Bane

The Promise.

Bane is fucking brutal. I love them. And im very suprised to find a footbagger that like them. Awesome to hear.

Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 08 Aug 2008 15:32

Bane themselves aren't so crazy live... it's more so the crowd interaction that makes their show unforgettable.

BainbridgeShred · Post by **BainbridgeShred** » 08 Aug 2008 19:17

Morrissey, Streetlight Manifesto, Leftover Crack.

Lol funny I was thinking to go back and change my lift to "Levy/Levy/Streetlight". Absolutely amazing live and absolutely amazing in my car.

DJ · Post by DJ » 08 Aug 2008 22:25

Third place

Poison
PNC Bank Arts Center - New Jersey
Sometime last year
YAY FOR HAIR METAL
AND FIRE

Second place

Motley Crue
PNC Bank Arts Center - New Jersey
2004?
YAY FOR HAIR METAL...AGAIN...
AND FIRE...AGAIN...

FIRST PLACE

Coheed And Cambria
Madison Square Garden - New York
A few months ago
Best band ever. Ever. Ever. They are perfect.
Yeah

boyle · Post by **boyle** » 09 Aug 2008 00:18

1. Machine Head- UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney 2004

They are my favourite band ever, and this was the first time I got to see them. I knew every word to every song, was right up front and centre, was so excited, got to meet them backstage afterwards.

2. Killswitch Engage- Metro, Sydney 2004

Show was with Anthrax, Soilwork and Embodiment 12:14. This was so goood.

3. Rage Against The Machine- Big Day Out Melbourne, 2008

The setlist for this was amazing. However, I was wayyy up the back. But still, it was Rage Against The Machine, it was awesome. Every song was just a classic rage track.

Jordan · Post by **Jordan** » 09 Aug 2008 05:38

well, my friend went to a bane concert, and somebody almost died...

that alone tells me they are brutal...

and by the way, it was a venue about the size of a house. so the guy who almost died must have been beaten up. Badly.

colefieldhouse22 · Post by **colefieldhouse22** » 09 Aug 2008 10:53

3) Fall Out Boy- Huxley's in Berlin, March 24, 2007. It was cool to see them in a club, which you can't do in the USA. Plus, it was my 21st birthday present to myself while I was living in Spain.

2) Mindless Self Indulgence- Nation in Washington, DC, Summer 2006. High energy group and fans, plus they had all sorts of interesting on stage antics.

1) Panic! at the Disco- 930 Club in Washington, DC, June 27 2006. It was a great concert and a cabaret all in one. The stage performers were really awesome plus I love the band. It was right before they got really big, so it was still possible to see them in a club without tons of screaming teeny-boppers.

DJ · Post by DJ » 09 Aug 2008 11:27

Omg, I forgot to mention MSI. I saw them at Projekt Revolution last year and they were amazing. I met the guitarist randomly walking after the show

XD

jrstubs · Post by **jrstubs** » 09 Aug 2008 17:15

weird al yankovic

DJ · Post by DJ » 09 Aug 2008 17:59

He was the first person I ever saw live XD

boyle · Post by **boyle** » 09 Aug 2008 18:15

I've already done my list, but I'd like to add a special mention to Ringworm, mainly because someone moshed through a window.

Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 09 Aug 2008 19:15

I saw Ringworm back in '01. They opened for Shai Hulud and Hatebreed at the first Stillborn fest.... I think...

boyle · Post by **boyle** » 11 Aug 2008 02:56

that would have been a great show.

I wish I had've seen Hatebreed when they toured Australia in '02. At one show apparently they played every song that they had ever recorded up to that point.

But I didn't go

james_dean · Post by **james_dean** » 13 Aug 2008 00:57

boyle wrote:that would have been a great show.

I wish I had've seen Hatebreed when they toured Australia in '02. At one show apparently they played every song that they had ever recorded up to that point.

But I didn't go

What, both of them?

joshua dread · Post by **joshua dread** » 13 Aug 2008 09:21

Thanks for all your replies !

There are some incredible shows being mentioned and i wish i was at all of them. Especially Barrington Levy.

I'm also gonna mention some more highlights of my musical watching enjoyment.

I Mother Earth
They played for free in Hamilton about 6 - 8 years ago and put on such an energetic show that i have to mention them, I'm not even a huge fan and the show was spectacular.

MC Chris 2007
The comedic value alone puts him on the top of my list.

Buck 65 2003
Such an amaing artist and story teller. The show he played in Hamilton he brought two Vaudville actors to portray the songs live on stage whle he was singing them.

Poison The Well
So sick and so violent! It helped that i saw them with Death From Above and Alexis On Fire

Prince 2008 Coachella
He is a god! Prince Quote "i AM Jesus"

Clutch
'nuff said

DJ · Post by DJ » 13 Aug 2008 10:02

You were able to sit through a Prince concert?
I worship you