Your Best Three And Worst Three Gigs

[fish eel]

Carch....interesting you mentioned those You Am I hi fi way Metro gigs.

I reckon that band peaked in '96, with that run of shows at the metro on the back of hourly daily.....

 

[carcharias]

saw those as well .

I think those hi fi way gigs at the metro were the first time I had seen any band there.
So it made for a memorable gig.
At the time HI Fi Way was the CD getting played at every party and BBQ I went to...( probably by me )
I reckon it is the best venue I have seen a band at anywhere.

I saw them at the HI FI bar in Melb one night.
Long story but I had a real "almost famous moment" I went to dinner before the gig with their girlfriends and wives and mates.
Then to see the gig and the after party.

Hangin out drinkin beer with You Am I...

 

[griffo346]

top 5

Lee Kernaghan 2003,2009
Def Leppard 2009
Duran Duran 2008
Jimmy Barnes 2008
The Angels 2009

Wrost Bands
Mental As Anything
Shannon Noll
Guns n Roses

 

[Lambretta]

f**king hell - it's been years since I went to too many live gigs as I have been a clubber since the early 90's.

Best -

Sasha and Digweed @ Sublime on Pitt Street - 1996.
The boys were on fire this night. Taking it in turns to play - didn't come off the dancefloor until 7am (when the gig was supposed to end at 6am) - walked home to Double Bay from the City and found $70 loose cash in the gutter which paid for the night!

Steve Lawler @ Home 2002
The man was on fire this night and Home was packed to the rafters. Lawler played a driving, hypnotic set that had everyone grinning from ear to ear. From the dark tribal drums at the start, to the mind bending prog trance at the end - this truly was one of the greatest progressive gigs Sydney has ever seen.

The Who - Sydney Entertainment Centre 2005
OK, the Ent Ctr sucks, but seeing the Who live (albeit just really Pete Townsend and Roger Daltry cos the others were dead) fulfilled a life long ambition and they played most of the songs I expected to hear.

Carter USM, Family Cat, EMF, Curve etc 1990?
EMF were sh*t. You knew, I know it, the whole world except EMF knew it. When they took the stage and the bass player was wearing a boxing glove - f**king miming pricks the crowd went nuts and pelted the sh*t out of them with everything. They were half way through their first song and the bassist copped a full can of beer straight in the face. The band stormed off (and got the biggest cheer of their career). The Family Cat came on and played a blinder - which included their version of EMF's Unbelievable! Good times. PS> Carter blew the f**king roof of the venue to top it off. Brilliant.


Worst

Marc Almond - Paris (early 90's)
Soft Cell, Marc and the Mambas and Marc Almond himself has released some great music over the years, but after I'd travelled all the way to Paris to see him, he sang poetry by the late Jacques Brell the pretentios f**king bufite boy.

Stone Roses (1990)
Alexandra Palace & Spike Island. The Stone Roses almost made the best ever list with a gig they played in La Pigale in Paris. That was one of the few times they managed to hold it together to play the same songs on the same day at the same time and they were amazing. However @ Ally Pally, they were off their heads, out of tune, out of sync and playing in a huge space they didnt fill. With sounds bouncing round the back of the venue and merging with the mess they were creating up front - it was a disaster.

As for Spike Island gig. Great idea badly done. Huge festival attended by tens of thousands of people and most people got there at midday and the Roses didnt come on till 9 at night. When they came on they were halfway decent, actually managing to be in time on at least 70% of songs. Ian Brown couldnt hold a note, but we were singing for him, so it didnt matter. But the worst thing was sitting around for 8 hours for them to come on with no support acts other than DJ's. Back in 1990 drugs were a mystery to me. Had I been dumping the pills they were making back then, it probably would have been the event of a lifetime. As it was, I was bored stupid.


PS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MUSE - reckon they are an amazing band

 

[Mong]

PS. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MUSE - reckon they are an amazing band

Saw them at BDO a couple of years back, they were very good..

Unfortunately they were on right before Tool so i was more interested in being in a good spot when they came on and didn't pay Muse the attention i should have. What i saw was excellent though.

In saying that, Tool were awesome !!

 

[NK Arsenal]

I hated Electric Mary actually. Thought they were awful, the lead singer pissed me off with his attempt at humour.
Oh, you also forgot the needle, zombies and the amazing music.

Needed more feed my frankenstein

I have seen both ACDC and wolfmother .
Lets just say that ACDC will wipe the floor with them.
acca dacca are one of the greatest live bands ever.

I rate the living end much higher than Wolfmother and they supported ACDC .
I felt sorry for them ...they got slaughtered .

I'm not expecting Wolfmother to be anywhere near ACDC..

I'm just happy to see some decent music being played, have some adrenalin pumping through the veins and get drunk on Jim Beam and coke...

 

[snoozer]

best
queen entcent 85
black crowes horden early 90's
page and plant entcent mid 90's

worst
pretenders entcent late 80's(i think)
jackson browne entcent late 80's
bowie glass spider tour(i later read an autobiography where he said this tour was the worst he did)

 

[nathanbrown'sghost]

Best

R.E.M. Hyde Park London - A greatest hits concert in front of 80,000 people the week after Live8. The concert was postponed for a week after the London Tube bombings. Great atmosphere.

Jeff Buckley The Phoenician 1995 - I went to this alone as a 17 year old. Parents thought I was at a mates place, id was never checked by security.

Superchunk/Smudge/3D's The Metro 1995 - Not many people know Superchunk but they were one of the best post grunge bands. I crashed my car on the way to the gig but still went anyway. Got really drunk and jumped around. Didn't remember the crash until late the next day after my hangover eased.

Kings of Leon Ent Cent 2009 - I have seen them a few times over the years but with them being so popular this time, the kids were packed in on the standing floor. When they started the whole crowd went up and down as one. Great moshpit (which is rare at the ent cent)

Other worthy ones: Iggy and the stooges BDO Melbourne 2006, Bob Dylan a few years back, You Am I The Metro run 1996, The National 2008, U2 Vertigo at Stadium Australia, R.E.M. Live 5 night residency in Dublin 2007.

Worst concerts are few and far between. Fatboy Slim at the Roundhouse just before he released Halfway between the gutter was terrible. I left before he had finished. Other than that, there have been some dumbass crowds that have spoilt a gig sometimes but thats it.

 

[DB]

I hated KOL when I went there..... mind you I was sitting down.

If it was at the Enmore or Metro though it would of been awesome.

 

[Alex28]

R.E.M. Hyde Park London - A greatest hits concert in front of 80,000 people the week after Live8. The concert was postponed for a week after the London Tube bombings. Great atmosphere.

Here's one I should have thrown in my worst list - saw them on the Monster tour in 1993 (or 94). Stipe had to read the lyrics of the new stuff from a book. So unorganised, sounded pretty awful.

 

[nathanbrown'sghost]

Here's one I should have thrown in my worst list - saw them on the Monster tour in 1993 (or 94). Stipe had to read the lyrics of the new stuff from a book. So unorganised, sounded pretty awful.

Moster tour Australia leg was terrible. Stipe didn't say anything to the crowd, they had not toured in years and it showed. I caught the Sydney gig and it was so so but by the time they got to Europe it was back on. In London they did two nights. Supported by Radiohead, Oasis, Blur and Belly.
Stipe always does the book of lyrics, has a shocking memory for his own songs.

 

[PJ Marshal]

Worst: Paul Dianno 2009 at Manning Bar, boring as bat sh*t, an overrated, overweight, bitter old bastard trying to perform, and just couldn't get anything going.

lol ahhh bitter about not being in iron maiden anymore, dunno who was worse him or blaze bayley

 

[Knightmare]

Best 3?

1. Blink 182- Hordern Pavillion, September 2004.

I probably hold this one more for sentimental reasons, as 6 months later they broke up. I'd listened to them pretty much non-stop from the ages of 16-19, and to see them live (finally) was awesome. I loved that they played 'All of this' even though Rob Smith sang the lyrics to it on the album, as it was my favorite song of all from their last album. Mark sang instead and managed to pull it off. Also loved the smash pit that took place near the front before the show started- there was a quiet moment when I ran into the middle of the circle, crossed my legs and did the meditating pose to be a smartarse before this guy charged in and absolutely CREAMED me! :lol:

2. Brian Wilson- The Domain, January 2008.

Showed that even though his singing ability may have been hampered by age, his back-up singers and the band carried him through. You wouldn't think Brian Wilson would get a mosh-pit, but it did! There were people young and old jumping up and down, even the odd bout of crowd surfing. Paul Kelly was the support act, and in the setlist he sang the most beautiful version of his 1989 hit 'Careless', just him singing it with a couple of guitars, a harmonica and a pair of maracas doing the instrumentals. It was better than the album version, but to this day I haven't been able to find a recording of it or a live version that sounds like it did that day. Best of all? The whole show was free!

3. Crowded House- Brisbane Entertainment Centre, November 2007.

For years I wished I'd been older when they did their 'Farewell to the world' show at the Opera House, I regretted that I never got to see them live. So when they re-formed and announced a tour, there was no way I was going to miss it. They were brilliant. Thousands of people sang along to their hits like 'Don't Dream It's over' and 'Weather with you'. Neil Finn has a real knack of interacting with the crowd and making you feel as if the band are thriving on your input as an audience. He actually told off security for trying to stop people coming right up to the stage! It seemed like everytime you thought they'd play their last song, they would come back and play another. I hope they tour again in the near future, I'd be there no questions asked.

 

[Red Bear]

Crowded House was pretty awesome at Homebake last year

 

[kia ora storm]

top 5

Lee Kernaghan 2003,2009
Def Leppard 2009
Duran Duran 2008
Jimmy Barnes 2008
The Angels 2009

Wrost Bands
Mental As Anything
Shannon Noll
Guns n Roses

Agree with Duran Duran as a best gig...was brilliant.

Devo was bloody good as well..

 

[nathanbrown'sghost]

2. Brian Wilson- The Domain, January 2008.

Showed that even though his singing ability may have been hampered by age, his back-up singers and the band carried him through. You wouldn't think Brian Wilson would get a mosh-pit, but it did! There were people young and old jumping up and down, even the odd bout of crowd surfing. Paul Kelly was the support act, and in the setlist he sang the most beautiful version of his 1989 hit 'Careless', just him singing it with a couple of guitars, a harmonica and a pair of maracas doing the instrumentals. It was better than the album version, but to this day I haven't been able to find a recording of it or a live version that sounds like it did that day. Best of all? The whole show was free!

I was also at this concert and loved it. The Sydney festival always produces some different stuff.

 

[adamkungl]

I'm a concert virgin at this stage. Was never really into music during school (somehow).

I am seeing
Megadeth + Slayer in Oct at Hordern
hopefully Dream Theater in Dec at i forget where
AC/DC in Feb at ANZ

 

[Red Bear]

I'm a concert virgin at this stage. Was never really into music during school (somehow).

I am seeing
Megadeth + Slayer in Oct at Hordern
hopefully Dream Theater in Dec at i forget where
AC/DC in Feb at ANZ

You are through highschool and still havent been to a concert?
Wow, i first went to homebake when i was 11, the living end, frenzal rhomb and others were there.

 

[bartman]

Worst concerts are few and far between. Fatboy Slim at the Roundhouse just before he released Halfway between the gutter was terrible. I left before he had finished.

I know for a fact he mimed that gig - pre-recorded his mix and just waved his hands in the air. :?

 

[Nuke]

You are through highschool and still havent been to a concert?
Wow, i first went to homebake when i was 11, the living end, frenzal rhomb and others were there.

I was the same (if we're not counting the Screaming Jets free concert after the Knights 1997 tickertape parade ... that was more just a celebration more than a proper concert). My first proper concert was in 2000 when I was nearly 19.