[Hammerite]

Originally Posted by thegumchewingwoman

so what would be the best live show(s) you've ever been to, and would recommend others see?

mine: the tea party.... anyone who's everyone needs to see them live.

radiohead are up there (except last time they were in melbourne thom yorke had to cut it a bit short due to a throat infection..... or something), definitely a must.

i've heard that muse put on a phenomenal show, and i'm spewing that i missed out seeing them live last year (or was it the year before?).

i really want to see the dresden dolls, and i'm missing out on nine inch nails this year because i'm poor ...


anybody else like to shares?

(ooh and has anyone ever seen sigur ros live?)

was that the same throat infection that inspired 'iron lung'?
I also saw Rush in Birmingham (England not America).

Originally Posted by temporaryscars

Nah, I have an issue with large crowds.

i have a real issue with people lighting up in large crowds. especially somwhere like a mosh-pit where the space is almost entirely depleted of oxygen and some bastard has to go and burn up the last of it....

arg.

i also managed to go see the foo fighters at the beginning of 2003...

i have to say that dave grohl is positively the nicest guy in the rock industry... what a dude!



which reminds me.... they should be touring soon....

[squarejawhero]

I've always been consistently disappointed with the Foo's. I love their singles, but I can never sit through an album. That said, they'd be great live.

Going to see Coldplay in a few weeks. Should be great! I hate people that take jabs at them because they're popular - their first album was so-so (Yellow annoys me) but the follow up was so utterly spectacular it amazed me it was the same band. I can sit through any first-album material just to hear anything from Rush of Blood...

BTW I used to be a metal freak. Been to many "underground" concerts at the Roadmenders in Northampton as a teenager and supported my old mates boyfriends bands consistently in college. The guy was just an amazing bassist. Ended up being one of their dancers!

[samIamsad]

Originally Posted by squarejawhero

Going to see Coldplay in a few weeks. Should be great! I hate people that take jabs at them because they're popular - their first album was so-so (Yellow annoys me) but the follow up was so utterly spectacular it amazed me it was the same band.

He he. No, they're pretty good. I tell Coldplay people to listen to more Pedro The Lion stuff all the time. And start with their latest album (no distorted guitars anymore). Edgier, less polish, and that's a *good* thing. http://www.purevolume.com/pedrothelion/music (try Transcontinental, Bands with managers or Arizona or....... Foregone conclusions. or.......... ARGH Wish I could find my disc now that I'm listening to all those songs on purevolume again.).

Originally Posted by squarejawhero

BTW I used to be a metal freak.

Who didn't? First show ever at the age of fifteen or something: Benediction and Death. Groaar.

[insane_cobra]

I didn't, I was into ABBA, Roxette and Eurythmics

Still love two of those three.

[Manhunter71]

Hmm... interesting thread

It's impossible to decide on the very best - it comes down to 3 :-

Henry Rollins (formerly of Black Flag) at Manchester Academy about 10 years ago - this was a great mix of really heavy rock and incredible humour. I don't think I will ever forget it. Also, this was one of the first gigs I ever went to and my ears were ringing for 2 weeks after it!

Faith No More at the Manchester Apollo, I think 1998 - I do remember I was really ill at the time and had to stay at the back of the room throughout all my favourite songs, but it was still a very emotional event and I wouldn't have missed it for anything!

Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Leeds Festival about 3-5 yrs ago - I experienced crowd surfing for the very first time and lost my wallet and mobile phone, plus my tent got raided and I lost my car keys and credit cards!
Apart from being a great gig there's no way I can ever forget that one!



As an aside, I feel I must mention a play that I saw a few years ago in London.
The Woman In Black is a ghost story based on a book by Susan Hill, and this show was one of the scariest experiences of my life, if not the scariest
I went to see it with my ex and we both screamed out loud a number of times

[Sage]

For a big ol' tattoo-covered dude who still manages to look like a cop most of the time, Henry Rollins is very intelligent and extremely funny in an interview. If his live shows are half as good as his interviews, they must indeed be great events.
Maybe he'll come to Birmingham (Alabama, not England) sometime soon.

ScottMate

Originally Posted by Manhunter71

Faith No More...

oh yes how could i forget!! i actually made eye contact! *gasp* with mike patton! *gasp* when i went to see fantomas/melvins/tomahawk (geek show tour) end of 2003 at the palace....

didnt care to much for the melvins, but mike's yelling and screeching (and eating of loogies..... oh yes, it was horribly disgusting) certainly made up for them in the end....

man i love that guy....

**le sigh**

[Sage]

Of all people, Mike Patton, huh? I can kind of see that.
So, where do you stand on the subject of Dave Navarro?

ScottMate

what's not to love?

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

So, where do you stand on the subject of Dave Navarro?

dave navarro is a hideously unattractive neanderthal man.

for serious.

[squarejawhero]

Mike Patton's the dude. But he's also very short.

but of all the famous people that i know of, mike's probably the one that i would least want to meet...


spectacular stage antics and mexi-talian good looks aside, it seems he can be quite the arsehole...

[samIamsad]

I like the stuff he has done with The Dillinger Escape Plan.

**** those Beatles squares: New Jersey's DEP are incontrovertibly the the
greatest band the world has ever seen. The evidence is threefold. One:
they mash together squiddly jazz guitars, death metal and 'challenging' time
signatures into a huge spiky ball of noise. Two: on their new EP, Faith No
More/Tomahawk nutjob Mike Patton runs around in a gas mask screaming how
much he hates Hollywood. Three: herein is a version of Aphex Twin's 'Come
To Daddy' which makes the original sound like Charlotte Church. (NME)

Oh, baby.

[insane_cobra]

I like what he's been doing with Lovage. Heh, seems like everybody likes Mike Patton

[Manhunter71]

Originally Posted by Thrift Store Scott

For a big ol' tattoo-covered dude who still manages to look like a cop most of the time, Henry Rollins is very intelligent and extremely funny in an interview. If his live shows are half as good as his interviews, they must indeed be great events.
Maybe he'll come to Birmingham (Alabama, not England) sometime soon.

ScottMate

Rollins is intelligent and funny in all his appearances, and he comes across as a really nice, down to earth guy, although he did have some wild times in the early days when he was with Black Flag.
And, yes - his live shows are awesome - if you ever get the chance to see one then I totally recommend it. Some of them are available on video and are well worth watching. One that stands out in particular is just him doing stan-up for about an hour - its not really him telling jokes but more talking about general stuff, but he talks about things in a way that makes them funny
In a way he sort of reminds of Denis Leary.

Plus, he's written some interesting books of poetry that reflect how he was feeling after his best friend was shot and killed by a mugger.


Ok - that's it now from the one-man Henry Rollins fan club

[squarejawhero]

I think he's one of the most underrated talents in America.