Posted March 1, 2009 ...because it deserves a new thread and is interesting. Yowsers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 As made obvious by the torrent of replies we see here -- Oh, wait. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I haven't seen many bands live but I have listened to them. Live music can be fantastic when there's that little variation to make it worthwhile. Like in the live version of "Inches and Failings" (at the Mayan theatre) the line "love ain't some blood on the reciever" is changed to "love ain't some fucking blood on the reciever". The extra word, along with delivery, really symbolises what can make live music great. Variation and that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I adore live music; I really do. I just wish it wasn't quite as expensive as it can be. I've seen Bloc Party, Muse, Madness, and Groove Armada live, Muse twice, and each one of those times has blown me away. There's something about it. Also saw (hed)PE live once for lulz. That said; as I constantly mention on the internet, Festivals are the way forward - to an extent. The atmosphere of everyone being there, being free for a few days in a giant field - can't be matched. That said, the quality of sound is worse, but the amount of bands you get to see justifies the high price tag. And really, it's not that high. If you think most of the headliners will charge you £40 for a ticket to one of their normal shows, you're already looking at a saving. Plus you can see bands live that you wouldn't want to pay full ticket price for but merely like one or two of their songs etc. Oh, and discover new music. Can't wait for Reading Fest this year. Gotta get a ticket... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I love seeing bands live although I don't do it often due to a lack of funds/friends to go with. The bands I've seen live in order of greatness are: Muse Los Campesinos! Gallows Hadouken! (seen them twice) Enter Shikari My Chemical Romance Story of Absence (shouldn't count cos that was just a mates band) Obviously this doesn't include support acts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Scheduled to be seeing this year, so far; Bat For Lashes PJ Harvey & John Parrish Antony & The Johnsons 3 people I've been desperate to see for ages. However, I'd ideally want to see PJ doing her own stuff more than her collab stuff...but that'll be good too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Hopefully I will see Taake on Tuesday, as each album they have released has been consistantly awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 So far I've seen... Sons and Daughters >> The Guillemots KT Tunstall All at Eden, S&D were just a warm up band, nothing amazing, but The Guillemots and KT were pretty damn awesome. Bands I hope to see live... Muse They have played at Eden before and I missed them :/ so with a new album coming up I am hoping they will play there again, they are supposedly touring in October so anyways as soon as they are (hopefully) announced for Eden again, I'm there. ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I've seen: Björk CSS (twice) Sigur Rós Santogold Alanis Morissette Crystal Castles Tegan and Sara The Kills Black Cherry Fight Like Apes (twice) The Gossip Goldfrapp Blood Red Shoes Noah & The Whale Ladytron Ting Tings Howling Bells 1984 Glasvegas Justice Bloc Party Gwen Stefani Stephan Malkmus & The Jicks (twice) Metronomy Elbow Northern State Rolo Tomassi Franz Ferdinand Kasabian Dinosaur Pile-Up and other shite I can't remember/be bothered listing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Bands I have seen live: * The Automatic * * Beardyman * * Biffy Clyro * * Bloc Party x 2 * * British Sea Power * * Crystal Castles * * Dizzee Rascal * * Fandangle * * Feeder * * The Fratellis * * Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly * * Groove Armada * * Hadouken! * * (hed)PE * * The Killers * * Lightspeed Champion * * Madness * * Manic Street Preachers * * Metallica * * Muse x 2 * * Pendulum * * Rage Against The Machine * * Queens of the Stone Age * * Serj Tankian * * The Subways * * Taking Back Sunday * * Tenacious D * * We Are Scientists * * The Zutons * Taking in to account all the ones I saw at Reading Festival and in support. Taken from my Facebook page. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Bands Seen Live: Iron Maiden (Supported by) Trivium Foo Fighters (Supported by) Serj Tankian They were both great gigs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I've seen: Elbow They are another band I would like to see live, been listening to their albums a lot recently, quality stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Serj had loads of personality at Reading Fest, and I was right at the front for him too. Shame, though, it was the only really bad time I had at the festival, some prick wouldn't stop hassling me. He thought I had nicked his hat or something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Hmm.. Not counting Reading as I was drunk/high and cannot remember every single band... Zebrahead Breed77 Hundred Reasons The Used Brand New Green Day New Found Glory Jimmy Eat World Meshuggah Rise Against Flobots Antiflag yourcodenameis:milo stiff little fingers ... and others forgotten, and a bunch of support bands i can't remember as well. Oh yeah... Reuben The Blood Arm The Hair Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Live music = not that great. From locked topic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Would take me ages to list all the bands I've seen live. I'm an avid gig goer, go to a gig at least once or twice a month and a couple of festivals a year. I love live music. Favourite band, new band, it doesn't matter I just love seeing a band perform. Best live experiences for me are Bloc Party, The Libertines, Oasis, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Arcade Fire, Tv on the Radio and the Foals. Saw The Cure on thursday night who were amazing by the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Ok if you care to know what bands I have seen... 1349 (x2) Airbourne Alestorm (x2) Amen Anaal Nathrakh Angels and Airwaves Apocalyptica At The Gates (x3) Ava Inferi Avantasia Axxis Battlelore Belphegor Black Tide Blazing War Machine Blood Tsunami Candlemass Carcass (x2) Children Of Bodom Cherryfalls Corvus Corax Dagoba Danko Jones Dead Beyond Buried (x2) Death Angel Decadenze Destruction Dimension F3H Dimmu Borgir (x2) Dying Fetus Eagles of Death Metal (x2) Eluveitie (x3) Ensiferum (x2) Enslaved Evile Exodus eySaw Falchion Feeder Foo Fighters (x2) Gorgoroth Grand Magus Heaven's Basement Helloween (x2) Holy Moses Iced Earth Impaled Nazarene In Flames (x2) Insomnium Iron Maiden (x2) Kataklysm Killswitch Engage Kivimetsän Druidi Korpiklaani (x3) Lauren Harris Lazarus Blackstar Legion Of The Damned Lordi Machine Men Malefice Marduk Mayhem (x2) Meshuggah Moonsorrow (x2) Morbid Angel Mortal Sin Motorhead Municipal Waste Muse Mustach My Dying Bride Napalm Death Nashville Pussy Nightwish (x2) Obituary Opeth (x3) Orange Goblin Panic Cell Paradise Lost Praying Mantis Primal Fear Primordial (x2) Protacol (I think they were called) Rammstein Rise To Remain Romeo Must Die Sabaton Saint Deamon Satyricon Sepultura Shining Slayer Sonata Arctica Soulfly Soulfracture Swallow The Sun Ted Maul Testament The Bravery (x2) The Futureheads The Haunted The Noisettes The Old Dead Tree The Paddingtons The Strokes The Subways The Viviens Today Is The Day Trivium Tyr (x2) Ultra Vomit Venom Voodoo Six War Tapes Watain (x2) Year Of No Light Zyklon (x2) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 nice list rizz! You still need a j, q and x band otherwise your life will forever be incomplete. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Live music is great. Much prefer a ton of live tracks to the studio version's. I've seen the following live :- Paul McCartney x2 The Zutons Kaiser Chiefs Nickelback Bon Jovi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 You guys will be amazed by the bands I've seen: None at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 I've only ever seen Funeral for a Friend (they were aright) and Maximo Park (they were awesome) live. Both were on the same night at the Guitar Hero 3 launch party - I went down to London with a few KNEErs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 Hmm, I've seen: Eminem, Obi Trice, Cypress Hill, Xzibit (yeah these guys were all at the same gig XD ) James Blunt ;_; Jason Mraz ;_; Paul McCartney ;_; Dir en Grey x 2 Black Tide Mindless Self Indulgence La Xula Santogold The Streets And pretty soon I'm off to Glasgow for Metallica!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 1, 2009 ive seen live are; Arcade Fire The Cribs The View The Kooks Maximo Park The Killers Kaiser Chiefs Kings Of Leon Manchester Orchestra Hmm, I've seen: Eminem, Obi Trice, Cypress Hill, Xzibit (yeah these guys were all at the same gig XD ) What year was that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
