Worst Concert EVER

[wip5150]

This was inspired by a post over at VH Forums asking about everyones top three concerts. What I want to know is, what is your worst concert experience. I'll start with mine.

G3 in Dallas Texas This would be the first version of G3 with Eric Johnson sammiched between Vai and Satch. As an aside, a very young Kenny Wayne Sheppard opened, but I digress. It was sometime in the summer - I don't remember the exact date but it was <font color="red"> </font> BLAZING HOT <font color="black"> </font> . Along with a buddy, we get there early as it's a general admission show. As we pull up to the "arena", we discover it's really a tin shack, complete with a stench that would kill a mule. So, here we are, sun blazing down on us, waiting outside until the open the doors.

We probably only stood out there for an hour but it seemed like days. When we finally did get in, I noticed that the surrounding air inside was not appreciably cooler that the surface of the sun outside. While there was "air conditioning", it was quite ineffective as it was one unit, hanging from the tin roof, howling as it was blowing lukewarm air. No big deal, I've been to hot concerts before - this will be no problemo! WRONG! I didn't factor in the following:

1. Festival Seating - I was crushed against several other people as we were all having our own little "sweat contest"
2. Drip, Drip, Drip - Unfortunately, your hero(that would be me) was standing directly underneath the air conditioner unit and it was driping warm water on me the entire show.
3. A shockingly uninspired Eric Johnson - I had seen Satriani several times but I was really there to see EJ. Much to my chagrin, he put on a very workmanlike performance that was the exact opposite of the high energy Vai and Satch were throwing down.

Vai was good, but the dismal showing of EJ killed the show. Satch didn't do anything different from when I had seen him before.

I'm sure that EJ's performance was due to the poor fit of his style with Vai and Satch, but it killed the night. So, in short, I was out $40.00, had watched my skin melt, had a piss-warm shower dripping on me all night, and seen a pretty average show. [img]images/smilies/icon_mad.gif[/img]

[FH]

Twisted Sister. 'nuff said!

[wahwah]

Would have to be either Judas Priest or Uriah Heep...fell asleep at both of them!

[CanyonCarver]

Metallica at the Coliseum in L.A. a few years back.
The sound echoing all over the place and it spoiled my outlook on the performance. Plus, having to sit throught Powerman 5000 and Korn was no walk in the park either.

Best concert: at least one of the best: Metallica, Monsters or Rock in Paris in 91. Absolutely kickass, unforgettable!

Ace Frehley!

My band opened up for him in like '93 and he just sucked...his sound, his attitude etc. Bunch of KISS army idiots in the crowd loved him of course, but I couldn't help think "hey Ace, get off the heroin, join Bally's and wait for the KISS reunion tour."
He only had to wait a few more years, eh?

[ericgtr]

I have only been to maybe two concerts in my life and generally stay away from them because I hate crowds. One of them was the Dead in LA and the only reason I went was because I was attempting to meet Ed (that's another story, if you search around for "stalker" I am sure you will find it [img]images/smilies/icon_wink.gif[/img]).

My buddy was selling nubian beads necklaces to attempt to get money to get us home in his VW bus, I had to pimp them too, they were these gay smelly ass wooden beads. So here I was in a parking lot full of muffins (hippis) that I couldn't relate with, I put a VH cassette on in the van and people were bitching about it which I politely responded with; you seem like a peace loving people, so don't make me kick your ass.

We went into the concert and I was surrounded by moon dancing muffins with a bong in one hand and a flower in the other. The band was flown in by hellicopter and started playing a bunch of tunes I had never heard because I never followed them. Jerry (RIP) looked like he had just got done macking down on a bucket of chicken and I couldn't take it any more. I stuck around for about 3 songs and bailed to the parking log and took a nap in the van. Overall it was a terrible experience and my attempt to meet Ed on that trip didn't work either.

[CanyonCarver]

That's a funny story, Eric!
The Dead stuff goes right over my head too! LOL!

[ruby101]

Anyoone remember Skyhooks? an Aussie band.

They opened for Uriah Heep in 1976 and were just a joke.

But UH with David Byron on vocals were simply phenomenal. That was also my first show ever so it was very cool. John Wetton played with them on this tour (Return to Fantasy/ High and Mighty). Theere were 3 guitar solos:
Ken Hensley, Mick Box and JW. John also did an incredible bass solo. I could swear it sounded like a lead guitar.

Oh, and I fell asleep on Metallica on their first big tour opening up for Raven in a small club in Yonkers back in '81. They were loud and sloppy.... and I got bored and tired quickly after a long day at the office.

[biggus dikkus]

UK members will know who katie melua and jamie cullen are, two "artists" foisted onto the british public who played in belfast outdoors, my wife loves that shit and trailed me along. I never heard such inoffensive and bland horse manure in musical form, you ever see somebody asleep on their feet, well I wasnt far from it.

Thoroughly dismal and boring, these oh so bland artists should just bugger off somewhere else and play in elevators in my opinion.

BD

[Riff Addict]

Originally Posted by wahwah

Would have to be either Judas Priest or Uriah Heep...fell asleep at both of them!

You must be out of your mind ....I've never seen a poor performance by Priest. Heavy Metal doesn't get any more real than that. They are very loud too. I've never heard anyone say that before, you're the first.

[Riff Addict]

Probably Kiss "unmasked" tour with Bruce Kulick on guitar.

[T.A.Z]

Y&T, they opened for Deep Purple one time i saw them and they were shocking i couldn't stay awake.

On another note, i was disappointed with VH!!!... now before i get my ass kicked its a piss-atke, they were great, but we picked the time when they were opening for Bon Jovi, EVH had his leg in a cast and all he could do was stand there and play guitar, and cuz i wasn't a guitar player then, i wasn't that impressed.

[billandgitana]

I would have to say the worse Band I have seen in concert is White Lion, Don't get me wrong.. I think Vito is one of the best axe men out there...but even he cant make up for Mike Tramp.. who without the help of 6 studio engineers just sounds like Shit...Amazing they can run the stuff together in studio but on stage..He just way way off in vocals at the show... and they had trouble with the "tapes" they used...yep tapes they used them for background fills in songs because vito dropped alot of tracks on releases that it was hard to fill the songs..but I could have lived with one guitarist doing all the guitar parts that is part of the live feel...but maybe they should have taped Tramp's vocals because he was the one lacking..

[Figs]

Van Morrison, Beacon Theatre NYC, late 80's. Horrible. The only old tune he played was Moondance and he basically talked it through at a fast pace. The rest was his recent (at the time) Irish folk music inspired stuff.

[biggus dikkus]

i saw yngwie in belfast 1990, it was a terrible gig , half filled to start with and half of them walked out.