What are the best and the most disappointing concerts you've attended?

[montanafan]

The best for me was Van Halen back in the David Lee Roth days.
There were really no special effects. It was just the guys, their instruments, and some amps on the stage; but it was the most entertaining of all the concerts I've been to. The music was great, the energy was so high, David Lee Roth was jumping all over the stage, and they all seemed to really enjoy what they were doing.

The most disappointing was Aerosmith.
Now I like the music loud, but they had it turned up so loud that it was completely distorted. They were halfway through "Back in the Saddle Again" before I could even recognize what it was. They also seemed to just be going through the motions on stage, like it was just a job they had to get done and that was it. Granted this was back in their drug days, but I still thought they would have cared more about the kind of performance they turned in.

I almost put KISS in 1975 or '76 as the best concert. I know I really enjoyed it, but to tell you the truth, I really don't remember it all that clearly. It was kind of difficult to see the band through all the smoke generated by the audience.

 

[perry]

Most disappointing... NKOTB... sigh... Grandma wanted to take me, I never did like them... it sucked. Or maybe The Beastie Boys. Saw them at an amphitheater, and it was right after it rained, so we didn't wanna sit down during the cover bands, so basically just stood around listening to crap music for an hour, drinking a few beers. Then the Beastie Boys came on, and I just wasn't impressed with the show they put on.

One I enjoyed the most was back in 96, I forget what the tour was called, but it had a bunch of folks. Ziggie Marley, Cypress Hill, Tribe, and a few more that I can't remember. Cypress Hill was up on stage, someone from the pit threw up a joint, one of the guys picked it up, took a long drag, said "Thanks, man!" and went on rapping. Pretty funny. MTV was there with their Rock the Vote thing (or whatever it was called then), and I registered to vote too!

Worst musical performance I've seen was Steve Tyler singing the National Anthem at the Indy 500 this past year (01). Damn if he didn't completely wreck that song.

 

[J3anyus]

Only concerts up here in Alaska are local bands, so I've never seen any "real" concerts.

 

[polypterus]

Best was Bad Religion in '96(?) in a little club in DC, worst was NOFX in DC at Warped (98?)... actually Warped was cool, but in order to see Rancid and BR again I had to sit through 30 minutes of NOFX... worst 30 minutes in my life, no contest.

dc

 

[aphex]

Best - Less than Jake (in Gainesville, their hometown.... AWESOME SHOWS!!)
Worst - Kris Kross (6th Grade)

Side Note: Another few concerts worth of mentioning were,
Collective Soul/Vertical Horizon,
Everclear/Matchbox 20/Lifehouse, and
Sister Hazel (in their hometown of Gainesville)

 

[JetBlack69]

The best I went to was Rage Against the Machine for their Evil Empire tour. That was also my first concert and it rocked. My least favorite (not that disappointing) was the Metallica concert. I had to sit through Kid Rock and my sister has a fainting spell during the concert.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Best, GN'R at MSG, met Shannon Hoon, as he just walked around the floor before the concert began.

 

[glen]

Rolling Stones
Grateful Dead - not always good
Jethro Tull
Widespread Panic - almost always incredible
KISS

 

[woodly6]

Best: Nine Inch Nails - 1994

Worst: I dont really have a worst one.

 

[Rudee]

Best = Kiss Farewell Tour 2000
Runner up = Motley Crue
Worst = Mister Mister

 

[Calcio]

Best: Metallica, Korn
Runner up: Rage against the Machine, Roots
Worst: When Smashing pumpkins followed Beastie Boys at Lollapolluza. Really put a damper on the energy

 

[monto]

best: Smashing Pumpkins (first concert ever attended, super club show, made me a fan)

worst: Oasis (songs were fine, just boring performance...plus i had MCAT that weekend and I wasn't in a very relaxed/festive mood)

 

[Squisher]

Best for me:

Cleveland "Worlds Series of Rock"
Jouney
Aerosmith
Ted Nugent
AC/DC
Brownsville Station


Johnny Winter '83-In a smallish bar in Ann Arbor called "The Second Chance"


Toledo Speedway Jam II
Heart
J. Giels
Blackfoot
Triumph


Rush-2112 tour

Richie Blackmore's Rainbow-Royal Oak Music Theater

 

[Flaredair]

Worst concert for me was Frank Zappa back in 78 at the Capitol Theatre in Jersey.

During the 3rd song which was "Don't Eat the Deadly Yellow Snow", Zappa asked for audience participation. Basically, he wanted all in attendance to stand up.

As the song progressed, Zappa kept stopping the song and saying that not all the audience members were standing. Well, after stopping the song (3) times, Zappa goes to the mic and says
"There is a fan in a Rolling Stones shirt in the front row who is not standing. Good Night everyone" He Then gave the audience the middle finger and walked off the stage never to come back on.

Dam near riot almost broke out and NO we did not get a refund!:Q

 

[Talon]

Best

3 Led Zeppelin concerts (early 70's)
2 Eric Clapton (70's)
The Who (with Moon)
Miles Davis

Absolute worst

ZZ Top. It was one long muddy bass note.

 

[Lars]

One of the best concerts I attended was Merauder a New York Hardcore band.
I was kind of drunk though and even bit a hole in somebody's T-shirt. Good old times ...

 

[guyver01]

Best - Depeche Mode, Madison Square Garden (Devotional Tour)
Worst - Depeche Mode , Jones Beach (Devotional Tour)

Most Dissappointing - Neil Diamond, Madison Square Garden (right after the Sept 11th attacks)

 

[kami]

Best: Deftones and Incubus
Worst: Foo Fighters and Treble Charger

 

[Tangerine]

Best: Yes because I was really close to the stage and they were cool
Worst: Black Sabbath early eighties without Ozzy!

ya, I know I haven't been to a concert in a looong time

 

[TheKidd]

Best - Tool in 1996 and Primus/Incubus/Buckethead in 1999

 

[agnitrate]

Best - TOOL in 2001 (my first)
Worse - none yet because ive only been to 3 concerts!

silver

 

[Alienwho]

Best, 311, at the saltaire 99 I think...maybe 2000
Another good one was Incubus at the saltaire just a few months ago.

 

[conjur]

Best: U2 - Joshua Tree tour in Indy
2nd best by a neck: SCOTS (Southern Culture On The Skids) in Louisville last Derby night. They ROCK! And Mary is a babe

Worst: George Strait a few years ago, my wife dragged me.

 

[Lounatik]

The best for me was Deep Purple at the now defunct,now demolished,Hollywood Sportatorium in Hollywood,Florida. Absolutely the loudest,yet clearest sounding concert I have ever been to. I have been to about 300 concerts ,by the way.The guy who said Rainbow was great,I can appreciate that because Ritchie Blackmore was on this night .Phenomenal.Probably the worst act I have seen was Van Halen opening for the Rolling Stones in 1981.Absolute rubbish,coupled with 100 degree heat and about 10,000 of my closest and stinkiest friends pressing in on me(I was at the front of the stage).




Peace




Lounatik

 

[Burnt]

Best: Weezer in 3/01, Metallica in 97