Worse gig youve ever been at

Elmer Blooker · 02-07-2015 06:43PM

The David Bowie Glass Spider gig at Slane about a hundred years ago.
Absolute s***e !!

endacl · 02-07-2015 06:43PM

Deicide. McGonagles. 1990. We knew the promoter, so we used to get freebies for all the metal gigs that went on in Dublin, from McGonagles to the Top Hat.

Reasons for sh1tness:

1. Deicide are shyte.
2. Deicide are shyte. (I realise that this is point 1 again, but they really are so shyte that the point was worth repeating.
3. Deicide are also idiots. We met them out on the street beforehand. With fresh burn scars on foreheads. Inverted crosses of course. Even as teenage metalheads we couldn't help thinking that was a bit silly on grownups. We laughed at them a little. Couldn't help it. Glen Benton didn't like that. A lot. Which led to more laughing.
4. Right. The gig itself. Vastly undersold. I think less than 50 tickets had gone by showtime. McGonagles was as good as empty, and those who remember the place will remember that it didn't take too many to fill it. The bouncers just kind of stood back from the door and let people in for free. Why not, at this point? A few more trickled in. And joined the 'crowd' inside, who seemed not to be taking the satanic spectacle seriously at all.

Finished early. Glad I didn't pay, but kinda glad I went. Pretty much guarantees that no gig I go to in the future will be the worst gig I was ever at.

For those not familiar with early 90s metal, a link to a pic of his Satanic Silliness...

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/1/7/6/1176_artist.jpg?1944

Señor Fancy Pants · 02-07-2015 06:49PM

It's been said a number of times but yeah, RHCP in the Phoenix Park.....brutal!

Now, I was in a pub in Sligo last year and the music was real good. I recognised a song I knew and it brought a smile to my face. It was Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus. Then someone told me they were playing in the pub and I was like "fcuk off yer lying"......I thought the juke box was on or something but no, they were playing live down the other end of the bar and I was too stoopid to realise it. So, due to my own lack of awareness, I missed out. So for that reason, it was a **** gig

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Magico Gonzalez · 02-07-2015 06:52PM

Who likes Death or Black Metal? Seriously. How does that become a thing you enjoy. I could possibly understand if it was instrumental but the inane howling that is the vocal track just ruins any shred of musicality.

Mesrine65 · 02-07-2015 06:55PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Who likes Death or Black Metal?

Teenage angst & hormones are a heady mix when combined with a rebellious zeal :pac:

fleet_admiral · 02-07-2015 06:56PM

Wouldnt call it a gig but the blond one ot of tallafornia used to sing with her dad every Sunday in a pub in Harolds Cross a few years ago. God she was awful but the poor girl thought she was the dogs bollix

Xenji · 02-07-2015 07:04PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Who likes Death or Black Metal? Seriously. How does that become a thing you enjoy. I could possibly understand if it was instrumental but the inane howling that is the vocal track just ruins any shred of musicality.

It really depends on the band, Death and Black metal are more umbrella terms these days, you have so many sub genres that incorporate various elements of other styles you cannot just say they are one or the other.

The term Black Metal came from a Venom album in 1982, these lads came from Newcastle, hardly the place people think of when they hear the term and Death Metal came from the name of a Possessed album ( although it is a bit debated ).

I can go from some more extreme metal acts to Lionel Ritchie to Father John Misty to Public Enemy very easily.

Magico Gonzalez · 02-07-2015 07:12PM

Xenji wrote: »

It really depends on the band, Death and Black metal are more umbrella terms these days, you have so many sub genres that incorporate various elements of other styles you cannot just say they are one or the other.

The term Black Metal came from a Venom album in 1982, these lads came from Newcastle, hardly the place people think of when they hear the term and Death Metal came from the name of a Possessed album ( although it is a bit debated ).

I can go from some more extreme metal acts to Lionel Ritchie to Father John Misty to Public Enemy very easily.

I get that, but I think we can make a generalisation around the howling, gutteral singing style. Seriously, what does that do for anyone?

Xenji · 02-07-2015 07:21PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

I get that, but I think we can make a generalisation around the howling, gutteral singing style. Seriously, what does that do for anyone?

Like I said it depends on the band, listen to the likes of Deafheaven and the singers voice is nearly like another instrument, when you listen to it as a whole everything blends in, a lot of the Scandinavian melodic death metal bands use the same techniques.

On the other hand you have bands that appeal to a very niche market due to their extreme growling or shouting, honestly for every 10 black metal or death metal bands you hear these days, you are lucky to find one you like.

Magico Gonzalez · 02-07-2015 07:25PM

Xenji wrote: »

Like I said it depends on the band, listen to the likes of Deafheaven and the singers voice is nearly like another instrument, when you listen to it as a whole everything blends in, a lot of the Scandinavian melodic death metal bands use the same techniques.

On the other hand you have bands that appeal to a very niche market due to their extreme growling or shouting, honestly for every 10 black metal or death metal bands you hear these days, you are lucky to find one you like.

Fair enough, I find the whole thing fascinating. I am not, as you might have guessed, a fan of the music but I do respect the technical proficiency of the guitarists and drummers which is immense, i often wondered why the vocal track was so, i dunno...rudimentary in comparison.

RomanKnows · 02-07-2015 07:29PM

Xenji wrote: »

, you can tell the daytrippers a mile off at metal gigs and they cause the majority of issues.

Daytrippers? I've this image of men with long hair and wallet chains giving out stink about people who have the temerity to not live for METAL.

Dyr · 02-07-2015 07:30PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

I get that, but I think we can make a generalisation around the howling, gutteral singing style. Seriously, what does that do for anyone?

It was good when napalm death, bathory, celtic frost etc were at it back in the 80s, gave the music a certain edge

Nowadays it usually just daft, and then you occasionally see spastic metal heads greeting their fellow spastics with growly shouts.

AVIVAAA!! as mario rosentstock would say :pac:

Magico Gonzalez · 02-07-2015 07:32PM

Bambi wrote: »

It was good when napalm death, bathory, celtic frost etc were at it back in the 80s, gave the music a certain edge

Nowadays it usually just daft, and then you occasionally see spastic metal heads greeting their fellow spastics with growly shouts.

AVIVAAA!! as mario rosentstock would say :pac:

We're way off topic here but a lot of those would fall into the thrash category more than death metal no? Maybe not.

I have a napalm death cover of kim wilde's kids in america somewhere !

Nope, Correction. That was Lawnmower Death, now that I think about it !

Birneybau · 02-07-2015 07:33PM

Señor Fancy Pants wrote: »

It's been said a number of times but yeah, RHCP in the Phoenix Park.....brutal!

Now, I was in a pub in Sligo last year and the music was real good. I recognised a song I knew and it brought a smile to my face. It was Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus. Then someone told me they were playing in the pub and I was like "fcuk off yer lying"......I thought the juke box was on or something but no, they were playing live down the other end of the bar and I was too stoopid to realise it. So, due to my own lack of awareness, I missed out. So for that reason, it was a **** gig .

Missing Wheatus would be a fcuking turn up for the books in my opinion.

Goreme · 02-07-2015 07:35PM

Agree with you there. His good albums legacy is near untouchable, but live he's very hit and miss and often couldn't give a fcuk.

GerB40 wrote: »

Bob Dylan in the O2. It was my second time seeing him and the first time he was class, this time he just didn't bother. He barely picked up a guitar, mumbled incoherently along to his songs and just fúcked off after just over an hour. Plus it was my first time in the O2 since it changed from being The Point which just added to the disappointment. I still idolize him but I wouldn't watch him live if he was playing on my front lawn..

somefeen · 02-07-2015 07:36PM

Saw Clapton in the Marquee in Cork in maybe 2007?
Was gutless he just seemed to not be bothered

Dyr · 02-07-2015 07:40PM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

We're way off topic here but a lot of those would fall into the thrash category more than death metal no? Maybe not.

I have a napalm death cover of kim wilde's kids in america somewhere !

Nope, Correction. That was Lawnmower Death, now that I think about it !

None of them bands were thrash, they had the growling wokills though

Goreme · 02-07-2015 07:44PM

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

clairek6 wrote: »

Amanda brunker at oxygen, still having nightmares ðŸ˜¢

Goreme · 02-07-2015 08:10PM

Probably daydreaming about his free Lexus from his "Lexus" tour...

somefeen wrote: »

Saw Clapton in the Marquee in Cork in maybe 2007?
Was gutless he just seemed to not be bothered

Yakult · 02-07-2015 08:30PM

Thankfully, Ive never been to a bad gig musically. All have sounded and performed great.

But I've had the unfortunate pleasure of going to Eminem.. Bunch of clowns at it.

Give me a rock/metal concert any day, much nicer crowd who help you rather than try to stab and rob you.

Disclaimer
I don't like Eminem.

Goreme · 02-07-2015 08:33PM

I can vouch for that. I also saw him once in Vicar St. in say 2006 and it was just like you said.

McChubbin wrote: »

Do comedy gigs count?
If so, I can tell you that I once went to see Dylan Moran in Vicar Street a few years back.
I loved him in Black Books so I was expecting a bit more of the same brand of humour but nope- onstage that night, he was slurring his words, obviously phoning it in and forgetting what joke he told whilst rambling on and on trying to get to the punchlines.
It was painful to watch.

griffin100 · 02-07-2015 09:00PM

Worst gig ever was Oasis in Landsdowne Road. Got free tickets for it. Supergrass as support were amazing, Oasis boring, but the worst thing was the amount of scumbags in the crowd, the type of knackers that'll happily wip out their knob and openly piss on your leg without a thought. Left early.

Have been to some great gigs but one that sticks out was Paul Heaton and Jackie Abbot in the Speigel Tent in wexford recently. Fantastic performance topped off by an amazing version of caravan of love at the end.

Comedian wise I remember seeing Edie Izzard in the RDS and he was pure unadulterated ****e. Wife went to see Jimmy Carr recently and she fell asleep, that tells it's own storey!!

silvervixen84 · 02-07-2015 10:12PM

Was dragged to see The Frames at The Marquee years ago. Tried to give them a chance but it was the longest, dreariest, most boring gig I've ever been to. Was genuinely miserable going home later.

p.s I was at Glastonbury and Florence sounded great from where I was. Maybe the sound didn't transfer well to TV

padd b1975 · 04-07-2015 08:24PM

Went to see Willie Nelson in the old Point around ten years ago.
Musically, the band seemed tight enough.
Unfortunately the same could not be said for poor old Willie's vocals....

It was so bad it made Liveline the next day.

A sad night to be honest.

anti-venom · 05-07-2015 12:43AM

R.E.M. in Hungary at the Sziget festival. They were brutal - kept making mistakes and didn't look interested in doing what they were well paid for. Unforgivable.

NachoBusiness · 05-07-2015 12:46AM

silvervixen84 wrote: »

Was dragged to see The Frames at The Marquee years ago. Tried to give them a chance but it was the longest, dreariest, most boring gig I've ever been to. Was genuinely miserable going home later.

Are you a fan?

Seen them tonight actually and loved it (despite the high proportion of selfie taking yappers in the crowd).

Rory Gallagher · 05-07-2015 02:36AM

somefeen wrote: »

Saw Clapton in the Marquee in Cork in maybe 2007?
Was gutless he just seemed to not be bothered

Clapton hasn't been bothered since 1971.
I wish I was around in '67 to see him, but then again I'd probably just go to Jimi Hendrix.

I've never been to a stadium gig, but most local bands I've seen are awful.
Inoffensive and tame renditions of songs I could just hear by turning the radio on.
Somebody in this thread had some disparaging comments regarding Death Metal, yet I once saw a Death Metal(yes, in Ireland) and they were ****ing brilliant. Great energy and afterwards the band took us to a sacrifice of a child(Just kidding haha)

BTW there is plenty of great Death Metal out there, just have some patience with the vocals at first.

PropJoe10 · 05-07-2015 10:44AM

Funniest gig story I ever heard has to be when Cat Stevens played the O2 a few years back - played a load of obscure stuff he was working on and some lovely fella was heard shouting "play Peace Train you f***ing a***hole". Didnt stop laughing for about a week afterwards!

LoonyLovegood · 05-07-2015 11:21AM

iDave wrote: »

Macklemore Marley Park 2014. Gig delayed by about 45 mins due to a software issue.

I was working the bar at that gig, the amount of abuse we got for it was insane. It wasn't our fault that he wasn't playing!

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I'd like to know has anyone ever been to a Lost Prophets gig?

Can anyone actually admit to being a fan at some stage of their lives?

Went to see them in the Academy, and I actually quite enjoyed it. Looking back, I'm disgusted at myself, but they were a decent band. I think the non child molester members have a band now.

I think the worst gig I was at was either Paramore in Simmonscourt or My Chemical Romance in the O2. Paramore played fantastically, but the sound there is absolutely dire. My da had to bring me, he came with me to see them a year or two later in the O2 and couldn't believe it was the same band. MCR were horrific, it later came out that three of the four of them had the flu, but they shouldn't have played. If I hadn't gotten to see them at Oxegen that year I'd have been very disappointed when they called it quits.

Best gig is probably The Blackout in Manchester last March. It was their farewell tour, and it had the potential to have had an awful atmosphere, but the band were fantastic, and the room was buzzing. God, I miss that band.

RainyDay · 05-07-2015 12:50PM

padd b1975 wrote: »

Went to see Willie Nelson in the old Point around ten years ago.
Musically, the band seemed tight enough.
Unfortunately the same could not be said for poor old Willie's vocals....

It was so bad it made Liveline the next day.

A sad night to be honest.

anti-venom wrote: »

R.E.M. in Hungary at the Sziget festival. They were brutal - kept making mistakes and didn't look interested in doing what they were well paid for. Unforgivable.

Can I combine these two?

I remember REM playing Marlay some years back, and Stipe's vocals just couldn't hack it. I saw them later on in the Point, around 2004, on the last night of the European tour, and it was a brilliant show - band were really in party mood. "Don't go back to Rockville......."

Worse gig youve ever been at

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