Worse gig youve ever been at

Dan_Solo · 02-07-2015 02:12PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The two worst gigs I have ever been to were both - Nina Hynes.

Awful on just about every level it can be awful at - bad songs - bad singer - bad production - bad sound - the works. And it was quite a let down both times because people who's music opinion I share in 99% of cases were raving about her at one point (quite some years ago now - feeling old thinking of this) - so I went in the first time really expecting to like her - and the second time really expecting to understand what I missed the first time.

I liked that album but yeah, I've seen her live and she's very snoozey. I don't think she's skilled really in any department except maybe she has a few decent tunes in her head. Didn't I read somewhere that's she packed in the whole music thing eventually?

Rough Sleeper · 02-07-2015 02:16PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Didn't I read somewhere that's she packed in the whole music thing eventually?

From her facebook page 3 hours ago:

On Twitter, at 2pm Berlin time, @ireland will be broadcasting me live playing a song in my living room in Berlin on periscope

Sugarlumps · 02-07-2015 02:26PM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Guns n Roses at the Point. They turned up an hour late, played 4 songs then stormed off stage because somebody threw some water on stage.

Them Crooked Vultures at Download 2010 were also ****e. They just jammed for an hour. About 5 songs and the rest just jamming. Crap and a half. At least Guns n Roses played a couple of good songs

They played eight or possibly more, I thought they were really good. There songs do go on for far too long though. I'd still long to hear a second record at some stage.

Retrovertigo · 02-07-2015 02:36PM

thesultan wrote: »

Didn't the Pixies blow the speakers on them. I got fried the same day:mad:

Yep, posted about it earlier in the thread.

briany · 02-07-2015 02:44PM

lbj666 wrote: »

On before Slipknot the day metallica played the rds in 2004. They got bottled out of it , keep playing on. Guitarist if i remember right had really good reflexs. Of course back then they were just known for being a crap nu metal band.

The set after corey taylor of slipknot was giving a shout out for everyone that played that day and when he mentioned the LPs, everyone boo'd , which taylor responded "you show some f**king respect" to which everyone went "whaay".

I have never seen so many ugly people in a field in all my life that day, mostly due to the crowd slipknot attracted.

It is the height of bad manners to throw things at a band with a view to hitting them or interfere with their performance in any way. You don't like a band? Fine, but show that through disinterest, or just not being there for the duration of their set if at all possible. Although some might feel retroactive justification in bottle the LPs because of Ian Watkins, that doesn't change that the rest of the band were, and are, musicians trying to get by and put on a show.

tara73 · 02-07-2015 02:45PM

guns'n roses in kind of their 'high time', beginning of the nineties. big open air event in hannover, germany.

think axl rose was on stage for about 30 min through the whole show, left the stage on and off. slash had to do solos most of the time.

very disappointing and ticket was expensive for sure! that ba*****. he could be happy if he would fill vicar street this days...

Ash.J.Williams · 02-07-2015 03:03PM

Bassfish wrote: »

Went to see Simon Amstell in Vicar St. a few years ago. Thought he was great on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. €32 for a ticket and he was on stage for 50 minutes. He spent 25 of those telling this long story about having some transcendent trippy experience in a tent in the himylayas. The story was a cure for insomnia and did not achieve a single giggle from the c.1000 people in the crowd. He even said 'wow you clearly didn't like that did you?' to which the crowd responded No! He received a half hearted applause at the end and everyone left giving out stink that they'd been ripped off. Really disappointing, was a big fan of him before that, wouldn't cross the road to go see him now!

it took me 3 mins to realise it wasn't a stand up show and was more of a spoken word...and i enjoyed it then....it was more of a companion show to his tv show about his family.

02-07-2015 03:25PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Didn't I read somewhere that's she packed in the whole music thing eventually?

I may be mistaking her for someone else but I _think_ it was her I recently saw on a crowd funding website fundraising for a new album? Or was that Gemma Hayes? I know some female solo singer from the Irish circuit was on such a site lately, I just can not fully remember if it was Nina.

deadybai · 02-07-2015 03:41PM

The worse gig I was ever at was David Guetta twice! Once went he was supporting Fatboy Slim and another time at Oxegen. Fcuking Press a button and stand there and people go crazy.

I was at the Clapton gig in Malahide and it was some disgrace. I was so bored. The sound was awful when it worked and I think he was in the middle of Layla when the sound went.

Was also at the GNR gig in the RDS in 06. Thought that was fairly good

Best gigs I was ever at was Muse, Eminem and Dizzie Rascal, Jay z was fairly good too. I ended up going to the infamous Sweedish House Mafia gig in '12. I hate their music but Snoop Dogg before hand was unreal. I had some craic at that whole gig despite the bad press it got.

'SO what we get druuuuunnnk , So what we smoke weeeeeeddddd'

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 02-07-2015 03:55PM

another post for Bob Dylan. surely he wins the thread. galway 2004, it was fcuking terrible, we all left early.
lately it has to be Hudson Mohawke in Twisted Pepper around May 2013, he was ruined and just playing **** songs and not giving a fcuk. I realised then that DJ sets are retarded, lads just playing some random songs.

But DJs who play their own stuff can still be good, even though I know it's just the laptop again but it's the shared communal experience. I was at Chemical Brothers at Glastonbury on Sunday and it was class.

MyPeopleDrankTheSoup · 02-07-2015 03:57PM

LDN_Irish wrote: »

Eminem was ****e at Punshestown. Day was saved by Cypress Hill and believe it or not Xhibit (yo dawg. I heard you like concerts! So we pretended to put a substandard concert in your racecourse.) 50 Cent was brutal in The Point. I was a teen at the time :roll:

I thought that whole day was class, Eminem was deadly and at the height of his powers. But Xzibit definitely shocked everyone, he had the Irish flag draped around him from the first song going HAM

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-07-2015 04:01PM

briany wrote: »

It is the height of bad manners to throw things at a band with a view to hitting them or interfere with their performance in any way. You don't like a band? Fine, but show that through disinterest, or just not being there for the duration of their set if at all possible. Although some might feel retroactive justification in bottle the LPs because of Ian Watkins, that doesn't change that the rest of the band were, and are, musicians trying to get by and put on a show.

I'm in full agreement, boo and voice your displeasure all you want but don't stoop to the level of throwing objects at the stage. It's low rent behaviour.

Dan_Solo · 02-07-2015 04:13PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I may be mistaking her for someone else but I _think_ it was her I recently saw on a crowd funding website fundraising for a new album? Or was that Gemma Hayes? I know some female solo singer from the Irish circuit was on such a site lately, I just can not fully remember if it was Nina.

Are you thinking of Carol Keogh? One of my favourite voices in Irish music, but her career does seem to sputter along badly.

Boom_Bap · 02-07-2015 04:17PM

Wompa1 wrote: »

I went to see a guy called Buck 65 in Phoenix, Arizona recently. I had seen him play about 3 times before and he was great. Two days before the gig he posted this really cryptic post on Facebook about going through his divorce and making himself seem like the victim and how he wasn't the victim. He was the villain, he was the cheater, he destroyed the relationship etc. and then ended with him saying he was going through a tough time but was planning on trying to be a better person.

Anyways. He get's on stage and talks about planning to go to the Grand Canyon the next day and possibly throwing himself into it. Pretty much every break was filled with some cryptic self loathing talk. He also played some of his most obscure stuff. About 30 minutes all but a few of the people there had left.

If you've ever seen his ex, you'd realise why

Buck is normally great live, but I know that he has had his dark dark period and battling depression and some physical injuries.

02-07-2015 04:31PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

Are you thinking of Carol Keogh? One of my favourite voices in Irish music, but her career does seem to sputter along badly.

Nah just checked it was nina.

Dan_Solo · 02-07-2015 04:33PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Nah just checked it was nina.

She made the 10k? Carol Keogh didn't if IIRC...

entropi · 02-07-2015 04:50PM

briany wrote: »

It is the height of bad manners to throw things at a band with a view to hitting them or interfere with their performance in any way. You don't like a band? Fine, but show that through disinterest, or just not being there for the duration of their set if at all possible. Although some might feel retroactive justification in bottle the LPs because of Ian Watkins, that doesn't change that the rest of the band were, and are, musicians trying to get by and put on a show.

This bit emboldened is what happened last time a Metallica gig was in Ireland, the one in Marlay Park in 2009. Mastodon had rocked the place, Alice In Chains just played a fantastic set and then we had Avenged Sevenfold :mad: Seeing most of the pit just leave in disgust was lovely. No visible anger, no objects thrown just a mass exodus of people getting food and drink until they finished.

baron von something · 02-07-2015 05:07PM

entropi wrote: »

and then we had Avenged Sevenfold :mad: Seeing most of the pit just leave in disgust was lovely. No visible anger, no objects thrown just a mass exodus of people getting food and drink until they finished.

They were bad but in fairness, they did take some kid from the crowd up on stage to sing Pantera's Walk. That probably made his week and possibly got him laid that night

I remember when Linkin Park supported Metallica in the RDS and they were heavily booed and bottled too. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that they were booed off the stage during most of that tour

buck65 · 02-07-2015 05:13PM

In fairness a large proportion of metal fans are assholes.

Xenji · 02-07-2015 05:19PM

buck65 wrote: »

In fairness a large proportion of metal fans are assholes.

Wow that is a really uneducated moronic opinion, I have been to 100s of metal gigs and they are the friendliest fans about, the teenagers can be hit or miss, but they learn after a few gigs, you can tell the daytrippers a mile off at metal gigs and they cause the majority of issues.

siblers · 02-07-2015 05:21PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Was at that myself and The Frames really killed the atmosphere. While far from being the worst gig I was also unimpressed with Green Day...had seen them in the Point the January and the Oxegen performance was pretty much the exact same show. It's a shame they have gone down the route of doing choreographed musical performances rather than gigs.

I wasn't impressed by Green Day either, I was never a huge fan of them but I was curious to see what they would be like, it was pretty obvious to see that if I was to see them at some other festival, the show would be the exact same.

Ash.J.Williams · 02-07-2015 05:49PM

ye can talk all day here about this and that...but the worst gig ever was "Cubanate" in the tivoli theatre (SUPPORTING CARCASS) ...end of thread!

any of you there????

Fr D Maugire · 02-07-2015 06:00PM

ElvisChrist6 wrote: »

Worst gig I've ever been to was a free one that was on when I was staying in Salford a few years ago with The New Young Pony Club, The Horrors and The Gossip. Some NME ****e full of lots of umbrella holding goths for the horrors and neon **** for the rest.

Worst band I've ever seen live though was easily Arcade Fire. My girlfriend found a half price ticket for me because I love Pixies and was delighted to get to see them. Full of arseholes who for some reason though Pixies would smash their guitars and interact with the audience and dance around! Then Arcade Fire were so boring and masturbatory... utter bollocks. It wasn't the worst gig because Pixies were, as expected, ****ing fantastic; I'd put up with Arcade Fire twice just to see half a Pixies set!

Was really looking forward to seeing Pixies at that gig but thought they were meh and partly down to the fact there is no life or interaction, it is just one song into another. I didn't know their entire collection so at times it was hard to know when one song finished and another started. As someone else mentioned, they walked off early as well. Have been to see other bands who I don't know too well but few were as big a letdown as Pixies.

Ash.J.Williams · 02-07-2015 06:03PM

Fr D Maugire wrote: »

Was really looking forward to seeing Pixies at that gig but thought they were meh and partly down to the fact there is no life or interaction, it is just one song into another. I didn't know their entire collection so at times it was hard to know when one song finished and another started. As someone else mentioned, they walked off early as well. Have been to see other bands who I don't know too well but few were as big a letdown as Pixies.

one song into another......aka value for money

Fr D Maugire · 02-07-2015 06:06PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

one song into another......aka value for money

Sounded all the same to me apart from a few songs.

Ash.J.Williams · 02-07-2015 06:08PM

Fr D Maugire wrote: »

Sounded all the same to me apart from a few songs.

you don't like them then

Dan_Solo · 02-07-2015 06:14PM

buck65 wrote: »

In fairness a large proportion of metal fans are assholes.

A lot of Metallica fans wouldn't be metalheads at all. They're always the trouble at the big gigs which you don't get at metal festivals or less well known bands.
TBH I'd give the average metalhead a much better chance of being sound than the average indie kid, techno skanger or country music fan.

briany · 02-07-2015 06:20PM

Does anyone remember the Barbara Streisand concert at Castletown House from a few years ago? Not that I was at it or anything (!) but I do remember the reports of a downpour, bad sound and a bunch of biddies fighting over seats in the resulting mud and wet. There was a Liveline programme the following day where a few of them came on to give out stink about it. I just have this mental picture of it being like Woodstock '99, but with Barbara Streisand playing to frustrated aul' ones having a violent game of musical chairs.

Anesthetize · 02-07-2015 06:29PM

Dan_Solo wrote: »

A lot of Metallica fans wouldn't be metalheads at all. They're always the trouble at the big gigs which you don't get at metal festivals or less well known bands.
TBH I'd give the average metalhead a much better chance of being sound than the average indie kid, techno skanger or country music fan.

*ahem* most techno fans aren't skangers

Mesrine65 · 02-07-2015 06:39PM

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

one song into another......aka value for money

The Ramones...GABBA GABBA HEY

Worse gig youve ever been at

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