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Author:  Dreadnaught847 [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:54 am ]
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Wu-Tang at the Metro in 2003, Killah Priest and U-God only members that showed, played 30 second snippets of like 25 songs, told us to come back tomorrow when the gza will be there too, and left the stage, maybe on stage for 30 minutes.

Bob Dylan- saw him when he headlined the americanarama festival a few years back. Richard Thompson, My Morning Jacket, and Wilco all great, then Dylan comes out and mumbles his way thru about 4 songs, left halfway thru his set.

Run The Jewels- saw them earlier this year, terrible sound, shitty crowd (which didn’t totally surprise me, rtj attract the the worst kind of white 20 something guys). El-p and Killer Mike sounded like they were gasping for air the entire set.
Author:  America [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:55 am ]
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Polo and Pan....like a few days ago. Funny this thread gets made. It was horrible.
Author:  Peoria Matt [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:54 am ]
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The Willie Nelson/Dylan ballpark tour

Nelson raced through his songs like he couldn't wait to get off stage and Dylan sounded horrible.
Author:  redskingreg [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:24 am ]
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Cold War Kids
Author:  beni hanna [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:29 am ]
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4 Reasons Unknown 1987, but not by choice. Worked the event.
Author:  Douchebag [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:31 am ]
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Hazardous Youth
Pi Theory
Josh Rock
Author:  Juiced [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:50 am ]
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Linkin Park in Seattle 2006
Local H 1996
Jerry Cantrell 1998
Barney and Friends 2001

WORST EVER (With the X wife)
NSYNC 1995 They came out with their space suits, like the power rangers on crack. Little girls screamed the highest pitch I have ever heard. Chaspop would have liked it.
Author:  Darkside [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:54 am ]
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Three doors down and nickleback at the world
It was destroying my will to live. I fell asleep eventually on the lawn.
Author:  Chus [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:59 am ]
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Darkside wrote:
Three doors down and nickleback at the world
It was destroying my will to live. I fell asleep eventually on the lawn.


I hope you at least closed the deal at the end of the night.
Author:  Darkside [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:08 pm ]
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Chus wrote:
Darkside wrote:
Three doors down and nickleback at the world
It was destroying my will to live. I fell asleep eventually on the lawn.


I hope you at least closed the deal at the end of the night.

Probably.
Author:  Dreadnaught847 [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:13 pm ]
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Bastille at Lollapalooza In 2016, girlfriend wanted to see them, sound sucked, she wanted to leave the set after two songs thank god.
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:19 pm ]
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beni hanna wrote:
4 Reasons Unknown 1987, but not by choice. Worked the event.


Oh, beni. That's good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLrSZxy3uwU
Author:  ToxicMasculinity [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:23 pm ]
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Arianna Grande in Manchester
Author:  KDdidit [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:35 pm ]
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I thought Dinosaur Jr was terrible at Lollapalooza 93.
Author:  Minooka Meatball [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:41 pm ]
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Early 90s: Stevie Nicks at Poplar Creek. Went with three females, all of whom I was ready to bang, so...

Boring, boring, boring. At the end of nearly each song, Stevie would casually walk offstage, change to a different colored shawl, then stroll back onstage for the next song; rinse and repeat. You would think the cocaine enemas would have upped the energy, but they didn't. And I didn't close the deal, either :(

Natalie Merchant at the Tweeter World whatever, mid-2000s. She opened for Chris Isaak (who fucking killed), and had zero stage presence or chemistry with her band. Bad music, and to this day I can't understand which managerial genius came up with that pairing.
Author:  beni hanna [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:51 pm ]
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Telegram Sam wrote:
beni hanna wrote:
4 Reasons Unknown 1987, but not by choice. Worked the event.


Oh, beni. That's good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLrSZxy3uwU

Yep. That's them. I believe I win. Like 15 people piled into an 500 person ballroom. MTV sponsored them iirc. Man that was painful.
Author:  Panther pislA [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 12:53 pm ]
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Sounds crazy to the audiophiles, but Eric Johnson.

Most boring shit I have ever seen - I almost fell asleep during the show numerous times.

. . . I was 14, though.
Author:  Regular Reader [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:04 pm ]
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Peter Paul and Mary in 1990 at the Auditorium.

It was an afternoon benefit concert for some UIC student group my then gf was running. Surrounded by eager folks that all looked like bran flakes. Had to go backstage with the gf to meet the group. Peter greeted me with a kiss on the cheek. My friend still laughs at the repulsive look on my face and my irritation at not being able to find anything alcoholic thereafter.

They played all their "standards", but all I had any interest in was "Puff the Magic Dragon". Fortunately the gf was extra appreciative of my enduring fake smile and act of innocence
Author:  shirtless driver [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:15 pm ]
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Telegram Sam wrote:
beni hanna wrote:
4 Reasons Unknown 1987, but not by choice. Worked the event.


Oh, beni. That's good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLrSZxy3uwU


I like to think I'm pretty well schooled in the shit-rock of the 80's, but this band name didn't ring a bell.
I watched the unintentionally hilarious video, but it still sounds completely unfamiliar to me.
Is it possible that I've never before in my life, heard of these guys or this song?
Thanks Beni Hanna, I guess.......
:?
Author:  Telegram Sam [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:25 pm ]
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shirtless driver wrote:
Telegram Sam wrote:
beni hanna wrote:
4 Reasons Unknown 1987, but not by choice. Worked the event.


Oh, beni. That's good stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLrSZxy3uwU


I like to think I'm pretty well schooled in the shit-rock of the 80's, but this band name didn't ring a bell.
I watched the unintentionally hilarious video, but it still sounds completely unfamiliar to me.
Is it possible that I've never before in my life, heard of these guys or this song?
Thanks Beni Hanna, I guess.......
:?


I know, I think it's an elaborate prank.

Most likely y a regional treasure, from the youtube comments, probably in the Southeast.
Author:  beni hanna [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:29 pm ]
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Note there is music being created outside the Midwest. It just wasn't that good. Used to follow band called the Muttz which were pretty ok.
Author:  Chet Coppock's Fur Coat [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 2:08 pm ]
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Ray Charles and Gladys Knight performed at a corporate event at the old Boston Garden back around 1994. Gladys was great, Ray couldn't have been a more disinterested fuck.
Author:  Furious Styles [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:04 pm ]
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None.

I have excellent taste.
Author:  Chus [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:41 pm ]
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Furious Styles wrote:
None.

I have excellent taste.


This guy gets it.
Author:  shirtless driver [ Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:02 pm ]
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The entire 1996 Q101 Jamboree at the World was a disaster.
Rain, shitty sound everywhere, and out of the 25K people there, I run into my girlfriend of 4 years who had broken up with me earlier that month. She wouldn't even talk to me. I got shitfaced and crybaby-ish and it was an all around awful day.
Author:  Bagels [ Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:47 am ]
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This chick that opened for Avey Tare at hideout on Friday might have been one of the worst I've ever seen . I guess it was her first live performance ever so there's that
She was using a lot of cassettes for some reason . And for one song she played a violin but I think she was fake playing it
Author:  shirtless driver [ Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:01 pm ]
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Bagels wrote:
Avey Tare at anywhere on any day might have been one of the worst I've ever seen .


Fixed.
:D
Author:  T-Bone [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:07 am ]
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I can't think of one where the music was just awful, but the worst experience happened a few years ago. I got an e-mail from the Pabst group
that runs all of the bigger music events in Milwaukee. They offered me two free tickets to Amos Lee. I figured why not, nothing to lose there.
We got there and the show was at the Riverside. I am guessing they were giving tickets out to people who were regular customers to try to fill
the place up. The music wasn't bad, although it was some newer stuff of his that I wasn't familiar with. The worst part of the show is that we
were sitting in the upper tank, and the way the lighting was set up it was shining right in our eyes. We couldn't get away from it and we both
were getting a headache from it and very distracting. We walked out after 30 minutes or so.
Author:  Killer V [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:31 am ]
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shirtless driver wrote:
The entire 1996 Q101 Jamboree at the World was a disaster.
Rain, shitty sound everywhere, and out of the 25K people there, I run into my girlfriend of 4 years who had broken up with me earlier that month. She wouldn't even talk to me. I got shitfaced and crybaby-ish and it was an all around awful day.


Was that the one with Bush & Sheryl Crow?
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:37 am ]
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Dreadnaught847 wrote:
Wu-Tang at the Metro in 2003, Killah Priest and U-God only members that showed, played 30 second snippets of like 25 songs, told us to come back tomorrow when the gza will be there too, and left the stage, maybe on stage for 30 minutes.

I've lucked out the few I've gone to and had at least 7 of them there. Something like that should be a refund. That's ridiculous.
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