Worst concert you attended
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I can't think of worst concert but the two worst acts I have seen were W.A.S.P. opening up for KISS in 86 at LNC and Pantera opening up for Skid Row at the Myriad in 89.
Both were completely awful in every sense of the word and you could never pay me to see either again.
Both were completely awful in every sense of the word and you could never pay me to see either again.
Does Michael Martin Murphy featuring the horses and ponchos in BPS count?
Heart is 10x the band Def Lep ever was. I really liked DL before Hysteria, but basically at the point their drummer rolled his Vette, they began to suck giant balls. Live, they tune down and pre-record certain high notes. Lame.
I saw Huey 3 different times in HS and college. Every show was great (well, I actually drank too much and passed out at one of them, but my friends said it was great). That guy can really entertain and does a great job of interacting with the crowd and making them part of the show.
Worst concert for me was Cheap Trick in the old GIA. I was a huge fan, and there were no name groups coming to Stillwater for performances at the time. I don't know if it was just where I was sitting, but the acoustics were absolutely terrible and there was a significant echo, which caused the music and lyrics to just sound like a bunch of disjointed noise. If your knew their stuff, you could tell what song they were performing, but only barely. It was a mess and was incredibly frustrating.
Me too, about '79/'80; just awful. I also saw The Cars in 1981 or 1982 and that wasn't great either
I saw Merle and Leon Russell at the Muskogee Convention Center about 15 years ago.... I thought it would be cool to see Merle in Muskogee.....Wholly crap did that concert suck! Not because either of the artists suck, but rather the accoustics in the Muskogee Convention Center are horrible. It is an all concrete building and you couldn't hear anything clearly in there because of the echo. It was horrible. I saw Merle at the Brady maybe 6 months later and it was night and day better. Now Leon, well he slurs his words if you ask me on the best of days. So just imagine him in a poor accoustical setting......Horrible....
Word to the wise, avoid concerts at the Muskogee Convention Center.
Word to the wise, avoid concerts at the Muskogee Convention Center.
I don't even know where to start, as I've seen so many shows.
Worst overall: Steel Breeze - opened for The Who @ the Cotton Bowl 1982
Most disappointing: The Cars. I love the band, but they were awful live.
The Cars were never good live
Judging Pantera based on early 1989 would be a mistake, there were in the process to transitioning to a harder, heavier band and away from the glam crap they started out with.
I was there as well. Couldn't believe people were booing Stevie.
Worst overall: Steel Breeze - opened for The Who @ the Cotton Bowl 1982
Most disappointing: The Cars. I love the band, but they were awful live.
The Cars were never good live
Judging Pantera based on early 1989 would be a mistake, there were in the process to transitioning to a harder, heavier band and away from the glam crap they started out with.
I was there as well. Couldn't believe people were booing Stevie.
Yup. Any tour prior to 1990 (the year Cowboys from Hell was released) probably would be awful. I saw Pantera twice, once in Austin, TX with Sepultura and Prong at the Southpark Meadows in the summer of 1994 and again in Tulsa at the Expo Square Pavilion in 1995 with Type O Negative. They were nothing short of amazing each time.
I'm only going to count shows that I went to of my own free will and volition. I've had to sit through Fleetwood Mac and Lady Gaga for the Mrs. I have two awful shows that really stick out. The Jerry Only-fronted version of the Misfits. Saw them at Cain's in 2007. His vocals are terrible. He seriously needs to hang it up or find a new vocalist.
The second was Danzig at the Brady Theater this last summer. I've seen him on prior occasions and he has been great. This last time, his voice sounds like it is failing him plus security was throwing everyone out that dared to take their phone out.
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Ugh. Thanks a lot. That comment made me remember that the wife dragged me to see Britney Spears in Vegas. That was definitely the worst concert I have ever been to. I didn't list it previously because I think I had successfully repressed the memory. Thanks to you, it all came bubbling back to the surface.
You have my sincerest sympathies.
I successfully talked my way out of having to sit through Britney Spears when she came to Tulsa a few years ago. I mentioned to my wife that she could get a better seat for what she would've spent on two seats. Diabolical? Yes. But I feel I won that round.
Lady Gaga wasn't so much as bad as awkward being around so many goddamn teenagers.
Hank Williams Jr. in Tulsa around 1985ish. Disappointing...the crowd started getting drunk, Hank must have been drunk...it was time to go.
I forgot the Bieber concert I was thrown out of by security. Definitely the worst.
I definitely don't think it's the venue. I've never heard a bad show there and I've played 4 shows there myself. One of the best stage sounds I've ever experienced, and the sound system is integrated into the room so not much variable there. Maybe the band used their own sound guy and you can blame him!
I was thinking what Mega said. A lot of times the openers have really bad sound and then the headliner sounds great, so I always attributed it to the sound man.