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Posted: April 23 2015 at 19:24
For me, the most disappointing concert I've ever been to is the Steeleye Span in Gothenburg, don't remember the year. Not only were they two hours late, but when they finally got on, they were so stoned they could hardly find their instruments, and Maddy couldn't stand up straight, had to hang on to the mic stand. It's the only time I've actually booed a performance, (if you could call it that).
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 23:28
I had to look this up to see who the third band was. The Big F? Don't remember anything about them at all. or DTM, really. But Voivod was just really loud. I don't remember any other details, just that I left very disappointed with the performance.
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 20:26
I've generally had good luck with concerts but 3 stand out.
The Stranglers on the Feline tour at Newcastle, they got into a standoff with security and refused to play until security left. It lasted about 15 minutes until security gave up at left fearing ariot. The crowd proceeded to trash the place, awful.
The Toy Dolls played the Newcastle Student Union, they were a small time punk band who had a hit with a cover of Nellie the Elephant. They played a total of 6 songs of which 3 were Nellie the Elephant. Must of been a total of 30 minutes if that.
Magnum in Redcar, band were great but halfway through the set someone stole a guitar pedal off the stage. The band refused to play until it was returned, there was a good natured standoff with stuff being thrown for about 10 minutes. When we saw a turd in a plastic glass fly through the air we decided it was time to leave.
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 20:11
Prolly not what you had in mind but 'N Sync in Milwaukee. My daughter wanted to go in the worst way and so I took her but forgot earplugs. The band wasn't loud but 12000 screaming tweens left me deaf for two days. The opening act was a then unknown Britney Spears. Never would have guessed what followed.
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 20:02
Talking of falling asleep.........I know my kid will hate me for this. Opening act for DT on the ADToE Tour was Trivium (something like that). Hard thrashy metal, actually my wife thought they were pretty good!! There were about 100 people or so that only came to see them and then left....LOL!!
My son was OUT during their performance, grant it had been a long day for him, sitting in line and all, he was 12yr old time of this picture. Dude and we were like in the 4th row, no clue how he did this and he remembers nothing!!
I saw Type O back in 97 during the October Rust tour. One of the best gigs I've ever attended. They even broke out the covers and did Cinnamon Girl, Black Sabbath and Light my Fire. They must've played 2 hours and 45 minutes before finishing off with a very intoxicated Pete Steele ripping all 4 strings out of his bass guitar with one big violent pull. The man was a bear. Enormous.
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 18:57
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Type O Negative. Great band on disc, mind-numbingly boring on stage. (You know a band's in trouble when the only member who shows any signs of life at all is the keyboard player.)
I saw them back in 1998 and thought them as animated as any gothic/doom meta band is likely to be.
I did fall asleep during Cathedral's set at Bloodstock indoor - but in their defence it had been a long day of intense metal music after a 200 mile drive and I had drunk quite a lot of ale so not even they could stave-off the pull of Morpheus...
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 18:21
Type O Negative. Great band on disc, mind-numbingly boring on stage. (You know a band's in trouble when the only member who shows any signs of life at all is the keyboard player.)
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 18:11
Ginger Baker's Air Force. I walked out after about 35 minutes, I couldn't take it any more. The ONLY concert I've ever done that. Worst piece of dreck I ever heard in concert. (and I've seen some sh*t bands live)
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 17:37
Must be Paradise Lost and Katatonia I saw 4-5 years back. Terrible sound and both bands appeared amateur and simplistic on their playing on stage (maybe the sound quality had its effects on this though). Bad night overall and went away disillusioned...
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 17:27
Everyone is naming some really good bands, so I don't feel so badly!
My chum Leroy and I went to see Marillion in the early 1990s, thinking it was the version with Fish. However, Fish was long gone, and the version we saw was numbingly boring. We left about 3/4 of the way through the show.
I never understood why the band we saw was so bad, as they had received such positive reviews on PA.
Otherwise, I've seen tons of bad shows - The Tubes (left shortly after they began), John Entwhistle's solo band (so loud it was painful, but we stuck it out), Ted Nugent (who was outplayed by his backup guitarist), and a few others I'm forgetting.
I'd say that my satisfaction rate for concerts attended is well over 90%. Jethro Tull TAAB, Yes CTTE, ELP BSS, and KC LTIA were several key shows!
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 17:02
Chicago (1974) was terrible and played only 40 MINUTES which was a no-no back in the days. I saw them again the next year, maybe I swallowed some bad stuff but it was just as bad and short.
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My Ex was really into Mt Life with the Thrill Kill Cult. I thought they were okay until she took me to a show. They were basically an air-band syncing to a recording and it was really obvious. I walked out.
I also saw the Replacements last show at grant park in Chicago. Couldn't really see the stage well from where I was and after four songs it just stopped. Paul Westerberg had walked off the stage. That was that for the concert and the band.
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 15:37
Charlie Haden and Quartet West at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Mass.The DeCordova venue is an outside amphitheater in a wooded location. It would have been pleasant, but it was an extremely hot and humid day. Hot and humid didn't bother me then, but every 2 or three minutes Haden would stop the band and spend a long time retuning his bass. What should have been an exceptional concert was a frustrating mess.
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Posted: April 22 2015 at 15:20
Don't think I've ever really been to a "bad concert". Most times I'm just caught up in the fun and excitement of seeing a band I like live.
Generally sh*t gigs are like, when I go to local ones with bands I don't know and they're all pretty boring. But usually I'd go to these as a punter and so I'd just grab a drink and politely clap after every song, whether I'm actually paying attention or not.
That said, I did see McBusted last year, with support by the Backstreet Boys and Five. Mainly went to see the Backstreet Boys and was super pissed when the didn't perform! Five were awesome though. I did complain and was offered two tickets to the same gig in another city, which I gave to my sister as I couldn't make it. Never did see the Backstreet Boys though, and don't care about McBusted.
Opeth on... some tour, probably 2010 or 2011. They were mindblowing when I caught them on the Damnation tour in an Austin club called the Back Room, but at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, they (and their openers) sounded like muddled garbage. I honestly didn't expect them to sound worse than generic laptop speakers, but...
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Prolly not what you had in mind but 'N Sync in Milwaukee. My daughter wanted to go in the worst way and so I took her but forgot earplugs. The band wasn't loud but 12000 screaming tweens left me deaf for two days. The opening act was a then unknown Britney Spears. Never would have guessed what followed. 
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