what are the best live bands you've seen?

[iron mitchell]

i, unfortunately, live in an area that's often overlooked for live shows, but here's mine...

wolf eyes
caroliner
bride of no-no
mogwai
catharsis
hella
mammal
don caballero
burning star core
oxes
andrew wk
mountain goats
nautical almanac
!!!
sonic youth
friend/enemy
japancakes
arab strap
my name is rar rar

however, the sad part is this list of bands i really wanted to see, but missed due to friends flaking out having to be at work, or the fucking show being canceled...

xiu xiu
godspeed you black emperor
black dice
metalux
lightning bolt
zeek sheck
oneida
avey tare, panda bear, and geologist
dirty three
piano magic
black heart procession

[The Unseen]

GWAR :rock
ICP :rock (i dont like them but theyre good live)
Locobazooka :rock
XiuXiu :rock

Basically, any band that does something different :)

[Jeanette X]

Gwar. I saw them in Poughkeepsie...it was so awesome.

The only thing that annoyed me is that I couldn't see over peoples heads. Why did I have to be born so damn short!

[Jixby Phillips]

Three Times One Minus One.

[The_Rorschach]

Well. . .In Hawaii, we don't get too many CONUS bands. Top three I've seen recently are:

1.) Fishbone (HI)
2.) Aquabats, The (HI)
3.) Demonics, The (CA) -this wasn't recent, but unfortunately, better than anything I've seen in the last couple years-

My criteria is more than just the music, but stage presence as well as crowd response.

[slavemason]

Ween
NOFX
Ray Charles
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Demolition Doll Rods

[Generator86]

Fuck yeah!!! Don Caballero is absolutely mesmerizing live. I honestly didn't know if Damon Che could pull it off, but he made it look effortless.

Bad Religion
NOFX
Carcass
Dance Hall Crashers
Reverend Horton Heat

I've never had the chance to see Ween or Propagandhi, but they're both very high on my list of shows to see.

Also, Bad Religion is playing in Chicago on April 26th in Chicago at the Vic. I don't know who's opening, and I don't care. I'm still there.

[sspadowsky]

MOTORHEAD :rock

These guys are older than dirt, and they can still kick the shit out of most of today's younger bands. Lemmy is a god.

Tool
Joe Satriani
Godspeed You Black Emperor
Clutch
Pro-Pain
Robin Trower
Overkill

These were all some awesome shows, but being legendary rockers who just fucking destroy, Motorhead definitely tops the list.
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[Ash37]

Lynyrd Skynyrd, B.B. King, and Tool are the three best shows I've seen.

Stone Sour also put on a surprisingly good show.

I haven't been to that many concerts but there are plenty that I really want to go to. Right now, Ryan Adams tops my list of "Concerts I want to see before I die."

[Skulhedface]

GWAR
Motorhead
Nine Inch Nails
Mr. Bungle
Cannibal Corpse
White Zombie

[Royal Tenenbaum]

WILCO.

[Queefer Sutherland]

Best live shows I've ever seen would be in no order...

Primus
Cheap Trick
the Cramps

and the number one live show I've ever seen(you may laugh if you wish but I mean it...)

RUSH!! Yes, I saw them in '97 live in Dallas. You can talk all day about how goofy their lyrics/vocals are(and who's to argue?) but these guys were in their late 40s at the time, sounding every bit as tight as on their overproduced records. Peart busted out an amazing 15 minute drum solo with 3 kits that literally rotated around him when he needed to use the next one. They may be cheesy fucks, but when it comes to knowing how to rock live, they don't fuck around. Oh, Canada!

[noob3]

Oxes. Nothing like a guitarist walking out of the club to follow people around outside. They also play on boxes.

[KevinTheOmnivore]

Kid Dynamite
AFI
Okkervil River
At the Drive-in

[distance]

explosions in the sky
godspeed you! black emperor
einsturzende neubauten
the orb
les claypool's frog brigade (in 00, not 01 or 02)
aphex twin

[Mockery]

Hmmm, off the top of my head and in no particular order...

Queensryche
In Flames
Bad Religion
Crackhead & Ipecac
Lush
NIN
Rammstein
Foetus
Pig

I'm pissed I never saw Faith No More live though. Got into them too late...

[Ninjavenom]

That's okay, i'm never going to get to see Obituary or Carcass. :wah

[Black Flag]

Shockwave was super rockin. :(

[Les Waste]

THE CLASH >:

I've only seen videos and heard recordings of their live shows, as they, for all intensive purposes, broke up around the time I was born. But from what I've seen/heard, they're still better than any other band I have ever seen live.

I swear I have heard at least 12 different versions of Armagideon Time that sound absolutely nothing like the original. Fuckin' awesome.

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[jewishcarpenter]

Three Times One Minus One.

Nice. Ew girl, EW! should have made the top 100 charts.

[CastroMotorOil]

slayer
rammestein
pantera
down
soulfly
hatebreed

[Anonymous]

Faith No More - everytime
The Monkees with Weird Al opening
Gorky Park

[glowbelly]

the blasters
john doe
bjork
the murder junkies
marky ramone and the intruders
beck

[slavemason]

A couple more have come back to me.
Flat Duo Jets was an awesome show. I danced till I puked, For Real!
Detroit Cobras put on a fugly good show. (That was at the Sleaze Fest in Chapel Hill,NC along with Unkown Hinson, Southern Culture on the Skids, and many other ugly people).
Rancid rocked but were damned annoying with their punker-than-thou punktitude.
If you haven't seen Wesley Willis, you're missing one mockable experience. Rock Over London. Rock On Chicago!

How could I have forgotten the Ramones (with Dee Dee)?

[sspadowsky]

Glowbelly, you got to see GG Allin? :eek Or was it just his band after he OD'd on heroin?
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[glowbelly]

just the band, mah fren....just the band. his brother was playin, though. good ole merle.

i had a chance to see the mentors, but i wasn't feeling crazy enough to go. i'm glad. i wasn't up for seeing el duce's penis that night.

[Rongi]

What's Beck like live, glowbelly :(? And where did you see him?

The Beastie Boys are pretty fun to see live :).

[Bobo Adobo]

WIDESPREAD PANIC

[Ninjavenom]

I liked Deftones a lot, and Pennywise and Rancid were fun to see. Dropkick Murphys totally kicked ass, though. W00t for Warped Tour. :shades

[Geggy]

Deftones was a great live band. I saw them during the Around the Fur tour. The Rollins Band at the RFK Stadium during the Hardcore Festival was the best show. Henry Rollins is one angry motherfucker. Others I've enjoyed were Neurosis, Tool, White Zombie and Mbshicbhasheal Jashjdcksohsn back in '85.

[UnDeath]

Gwar
Tool
Danzig
Zack Wylde
Rob Zombie (cuz half his set was old White Zombie)
Slayer
DBX (Brokie (Oderus) autographed my wallet, thus making me cool)
and Im going to see Motorhead this saturday, they're on the list cuz I know that itll kick ass :rock