How about Worst concert you ever went to?

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Danbo

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We're covering the Best concerts right now, but how about the Worst? I've been to a lot of concerts; most were great, but some were real stinkers. Here's a few examples:

Van Halen(not Van Haggar). Probably one of the last shows they did before they broke up. Roth was drunk, and forgot several lyrics. Eddie looked like he couldn't give a crap, etc...

Kansas. One of my favorite bands from the 70s. If you know Kansas music, you know most(if not all) of their songs contain pretty high notes. This night, the singer couldn't hit ANY of these high notes. Nuff said. Show sucked.

Molly Hatchet. So loud, that you couldn't understand any of the songs, and made your head hurt.


AC/DC. Another great band, and this was during the Back in Black tour. This show sucked, not because of the band, but because of the seats. The band rocked, as usual. No, I thought I had scammed, by getting these fairly close seats. They were in the bottom row, right next to the guard rail on the left side of the stage. You can guess what happened. People were standing DIRECTLY in front of us the entire show! One extra large and obviously drunk & stoned dude was right in front of me. I tried to ask him to move, but he acted like he didnt hear me or didnt care. I started winging pennys at his head, but they bounced off his head with no reaction. I ended up hitting this clown with quarters in the back of his head, but no reaction. ??? What kind of drugs do you have to be on, in order to NOT feel a quarter hitting you in the head, REALLY HARD, from close range?
 
I don't even know how many crap punk rock, and death metal bands I had to sit through to see somebody else. Especially in the club scene. There might be 5 bands on a bill. You went to see the headliner or the one right before them, the advertised opener, and there are all these local or unsigned losers you never heard of on first. They were not even listed on the bill most times, you had no idea they were going to be playing until you were in the club. Rarely there would be a gem in there, but most of them SUCKED! By the time the band you wanted to see came out, your ears were blown and you were pissed off. Ruined many an otherwise great concert for me. Also, many of these band would draw in Nazi skinheads. They would start fights and generally ruin everything. The show that most stands out for this was a Sacrifice and Bolt Thrower show in NJ. Sacrifice, from Canada, left after only a few songs in disgust. Bolt Thrower, being from England, stopped playing at one point to say something about how Nazi Germany had destroyed or damaged many of Englands relics and historical places. They were horrified by the goosestepping idiots in the mosh pit and quit the stage early when a huge fight broke out, the cops had to come in and clear the place, it was a near riot.
 
The worst "real" concert I've been to (as opposed to just some crappy band playing in a club) was the first time I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn. He was during his really drugged up phase and just kind of stood there and mumbled and played guitar, and not all that great. The next time I saw him he had cleaned up his act and he was magical. He was awesome. He was so good it made me feel bad that there was nothing in the entire world I could do even half as good as he could play. Then he died in a helicopter accident. :grumpy:
 
Yes with Trevor Horn and some other guy from the Buggles on Vocals - Tulsa, OK - 1980. Rotten, rotten show. They should not have billed themselves as "Yes". No Wakeman, no Jon Anderson.
 
Thomas Dolby. The show sucked so bad we just walked out half way through and we're pissed about having wasted the money on tickets.
 
Air Supply. No, really. My kid was in high school, and his girlfriend LOVED the little beggars. He wangled tickets, but her strict parents wouldn't let them go alone to a "rock" concert. So, he pleaded, and we went as chaperones.
The audience consisted of squealy teen-age girls, their very-bored looking boyfriends, and various blue-haired ladies.
I think I fell asleep at one point.

Then there was Joni Mitchell many years ago (about 30...).
Nothing wrong with her, she put on a good show. But the sound technician was in his own little world at the old Kiel Opera House here in St. Louis. Headphones on, no doubt it sounded good to HIM! Hehe- sound was bouncing off the walls so bad you couldn't hear a word.
Then there was the drunken girl that threw up on my shoes....
 
Oh, WTF, you guys'll never tell.
I went to a Barry Manilow concert once. And no, I'm straight. A girl (with whom I seriously wanted to study anatomy) really wanted to see that concert, and I thought that it could help us become somewhat better acquainted. Bad for the ears, good for parts further south.
 
Led Zeppelin, some years ago...
They'd done way more drugs than necessary, and two of them had to be in chairs to "perform". A wasted waste of time. :barf:

Howie
 
The Plasmatics with Wendy O'Williams!!! Believe me, a live plugged in electric guitar being chain sawed in half is not a pleasant experience, no matter what anyone tells you!!! :barf:

Ken

BTW Removing black electrical tape from strategically placed areas, had to painful for her!!! :eek:
 
howiesatwork said:
Led Zeppelin, some years ago...
They'd done way more drugs than necessary, and two of them had to be in chairs to "perform". A wasted waste of time. :barf:

Howie
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One thing you can say about Led Zeppelin concerts...when they were on, they were like they landed from Mars, but when they were off, they were horrible.
 
Areosmith c.1979, no energy, falling down stoned, they still owe me my money back with interest.
 
Deep Purple '74 (I think it was '74 ;) )
They forgot the words to "Smoke on the water"
So loud that the number plate on my seat was vibrating...across the length of the Nassau Mauselium.

John McLaughlin.
Didn't know he found Buddah.

LedZep rocked the MSG the one time I saw them :D
 
Bon Jovi - at MSG. Probably a great show if you liked him, but we didn't. We tried scalping the tickets and couldn't sell them, so went in for an hour before leaving.

Dead or Alive - at the Ritz in NYC, obviously lip-synching.

New Order - great band, great show at 1018, a downtown club (I think it was there). My mistake was getting there early (no seats, it was a dancehall/club gig) and standing right in front of the stage. Halfway into the show the crowd started to press, and I was lucky to get me & my GF out before being crushed.
 
I'm sad to say that it was the Dead about 1976. Don't get me wrong, I was a big fan, but this was singularly the most boring concert I ever attended. I mean, does it REALLY take 20 minutes between songs to retune? I couldn't wait for it to be over. A huge disappointment.

Jack
 
Ok, now this one doesn't count as a rock concert, but it was a show(sort of). A couple of months ago, the wife and I went to Branson for some kind of time share resort tour. Got free hotel for a few nights, coupons, and show tickets. Didnt know what show to see, as we hadn't heard of hardly any of these people. My Mother suggested Mickey Gilley. Well, I had heard of him, and the tickets didn't cost us anything, so we went. Should have suspected something was wrong, when the entire arena was filled with blue haired snowbirds, but we sat down anyway. I thought, at least I wasn't surrounded by two old ladies with nasty perfume. Five minutes later, I was. I don't know what Mickey Gilley is/was famous for, but we didn't recognize ANY song he attempted to sing. Plus, the guy's about 95 years old. I seriously thought the old codger was going to die on stage. Halfway through the show(blue hairs gotta go potty more often) they had an intermission. We made like geese and got the flock outta there!
 
Frank Zappa (in Seattle, back in the mid '70's)...I love the guy and his music, but I wasn't stoned on acid at the time and the music sucked, not being stoned on windowpane or purple microdot.:D.:D.
 
Steely Dan (something like that), my mom made me go. A bunch of hippy homo senior citizens. :barf: I think I was one of the youngest people there.
 
The only bad concerts I've seen where the opening acts.

Pat Benatar(opening for ZZ top) sounded like she was killing cats on stage.

Megadeath(opening for Motley Crue(I think) sounded like he had a mouth full of marbles.

Dixie Chicks (opened for Tim Mcgraw) they just never have done anything for me

Lit (opened for Kid Rock) They had a couple good songs, but they sucked on stage.

But the worst had to be
Ugly Kid Joe (I forget who they opened for) One band member hocked a luggie all the way across the stage and another band member caught it in his mouth!!! :eek: :barf: :eek: :barf: Very nasty!!!!!
 
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