Worse gig you ever went to

[DanJennings]

I've seen Tangerine Dream 3 or 4 times, and I've never been disappointed.... oh well.

worst gigs:

Hawkwind... real shame, great band, but it really put me off them live. The band were wasted and sloppy, and they'd just hired some godawful chap called Ron Tree, who just jumped around and shouted a lot.

System Of A Down - First time I saw them supporting Black Sabbath, not long after their first album came out, again, very sloppy playing, they did a cover of snowblind and had to slow down for the solo.... Seen them since though, and happily they're much better.

Noah and the Whale: Not awful, just disappointing and it sticks in the mind because it was fairly recent. We had to sit through nearly 2 hours of pretentious art films, and then an interval before even the support came on. When N&TW came on, they shined a glaring light into the audience for the entirety of the gig, which meant you either had to hurt your eyes or not look at the stage.... The band were sans the female singer, which really took away from the sheer joyful elements of the songs.... Oh well.

[The Vinyl Adventure]

I see a lot of local bands in Worcester, some good some bad (to be expected). the worst though, was on Thursday night, this chap in his 40's sat on the floor of the pub and started making what can only be described as whale sounds. Me and Ed went out the front of the pub for a fag break and to escape the noise. This guy walked past us and went down in to the pub, me and Ed joked that he would no doubt come back out agian(not realy expecting him to). Sure enough within the minute he reapeared, looked at me and then Ed and mearly said "what the fuck" looked at us like we were freaks just for being in the same pub as the whale man and walked off down the road!! Ironically, we were actually down there watching a fantastic group of chaps doing some pretty amazing stuff with guitars beatboxing ans singing really well! So overall, not the worst gig.. But mr whale him self was the worst performer

[Beechwoods]

By the way, I LIKE "Le Parc............."................................ ....

The Theme From Street Hawk was a real fave of mine when I was about 12! Still is a cool tune. I'm not sure it's representative of their oeuvre though It'd be a bit like judging the Grateful Dead on the strength of the 'Twilight Zone' theme!

[DSJR]

Have you heard much from their (TD) 90's output?

[Beechwoods]

No... I have sampled their stuff from the mid-seventies but that's as far as I've gone, so far...

[DanJennings]

Have you heard much from their (TD) 90's output?

I heard a remix album called the Dream Mixes which I think was from around then.... I seem to remember liking it too, even though it was very different to what I was used to. Very hypnotic

[Soundhaspriority]

I don't know if it was "the worst", but I saw Fleetwood Mac this summer, and while Buckingham literally played his heart out (I was expecting emergency techs to rush out at any minute), the sound was dreadful, distorted and painfully loud. That seems to be a law for large stadiums, which is why I tried to avoid them. Saw Cat Power in a much smaller stadium but a very bizarre performance, where Chan seemed drunk halfway through it (was actually drinking something at the time), restarted songs because she didn't like the way they started, introduced very long pauses where nothing happened, and talked mostly to her band mates, sharing jokes to them and whatnot. Some thought it was the worst show they'd ever seen, but I quite liked it.

[Pool Hall Richard]

Stevie Wonder, O2 Arena, 2008. Me and the wife spent £150 on tickets. Left the show halfway through. Was awful. Too much politics – endless going on about Obama and then at one point he stopped the show to tell the audience about his dead mother.

So much for entertainment. Absolute crap, I’m now extremely wary about paying big bucks for gigs.

[TheGreenManalishi]

Izzy Stradlin - we loved his Guns stuff, so we went to see him at the T&C in Leeds, the sound was crap, and the performance was worse.

dishonourable mention - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow in London about 95 - didnt play ANY of the best songs. I was well pissed off.

[DanJennings]

Izzy Stradlin - we loved his Guns stuff, so we went to see him at the T&C in Leeds, the sound was crap, and the performance was worse.

Some friends of mine had an interesting experience with another ex member of GNR. He went to see Steven Adler's GNR tribute band 'Adler's Appetite' at a small rock club in the Birmingham area (either JB's or The Robin, I can't remember).
Apparently the band was great, although obviously nothing on the real thing...
At the end of the gig, the band went off stage, leaving Adler still sitting on his drumstool. The roadies dismantled his kit, while he was still sitting there, and he gradually fell asleep. Something must have woken him up though, because his head perked up, he looked around, and starting drumming as if he had a kit there...
He stopped after a while, and my friend who was drinking at the bar, asked if he wanted to join them for a drink. He said in a slurring slightly pathetic voice, "I don't think I can" before some roadies picked him up, put him in a wheelchair and wheeled him the bar, where he took it upon himself to try (and fail) to pull any woman he could see. Someone asked where he lived, and he said "ummm I can't remember" so my friend stepped in and told him "You live in Hollywood Steven" No wonder he got sacked eh?