Worst Bands You've Had to Endure Live

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I have to endure Chester French for my upcoming Blink-182 date, and I'm wondering what are some of the worst bands you people have had to stand through in order to see another band. I saw Set Your Goals open for Bayside and New Found Glory, and I personally thought they were horrific. So, how about you?

[xxmannequin]

The Friday Night Boys and Stereo Skyline. Horrible. They were on the Hey Monday tour, but I was there for This Providence.

Oh, also Danger Radio.

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The Friday Night Boys and Stereo Skyline. Horrible. They were on the Hey Monday tour, but I was there for This Providence.


Aw, I had wanted to go to that just for This Providence also! But I didn't want to see those two bands, or Hey Monday for that matter. I had to stand through them to see The Academy Is in the fall and it was awful.

[aerofan11]

The Hush Sound. Not bad, but out of all the bands I've seen live, they were the worst. I've seen Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and Fall Out Boy.

[Forever.Zero]

Saosin opened up for Alexisonfire few years back.
sigh...when Anthony Green left so did I

[xxmannequin]

Aw, I had wanted to go to that just for This Providence also! But I didn't want to see those two bands, or Hey Monday for that matter. I had to stand through them to see The Academy Is in the fall and it was awful.
Haha yeah, The Bigger Lights were really bad too but they at least made their set fun. I couldn't even understand what FNB were saying. And I didn't want to see Hey Monday either, but my friend did, so that was that.

The Hush Sound. Not bad, but out of all the bands I've seen live, they were the worst. I've seen Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and Fall Out Boy.

The Hush Sound is the best band out of that list besides maybe Phantom Planet :-|

[Forever.Zero]

Also, Attack in Black.
Now it wasn't that they were horrible or the worst but when I think of their live performance I remember it being very dull.

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The Hush Sound. Not bad, but out of all the bands I've seen live, they were the worst. I've seen Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and Fall Out Boy.

Aww, I'm sorry that when you saw them you thought they weren't good! They are a great band, it's a shame they broke up.

[emericagal182]

the white tie affair. by far the worst thing i've ever had to listen to. they were on the stage next to the stage streetlight manifesto was playing on for warped tour so we had to wait for them to get done for streetlight to come on. it was horrible

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the white tie affair. by far the worst thing i've ever had to listen to. they were on the stage next to the stage streetlight manifesto was playing on for warped tour so we had to wait for them to get done for streetlight to come on. it was horrible

Yeah I heard they are terrible live. At Warped, my friend had wanted me to see them with her, but thankfully there was a Chiodos signing at the same time. Meeting the gorgeous Craig Owens > seeing TWTA.

[SpyKi]

In Case Of Fire, they were so boring. I've only seen 5 bands live though besides my friends band and all the others have been great.

[zZebra]

At Warped, Black Tide played right before Streetlight Manifesto. I laughed at them the whole time. And we decided to watch Jeffree Star. Not only did he take most of his clothes off, you could hear the bass at the in the parking lot.

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Ooh, i just remembered. While waiting for A Day To Remember to play at Bamboozle, I had to listen to The Acacia Strain...they were playing the next stage, and started a Wall of Death, which I unhappily got tossed into.

[thefaceless]

It's a tie between Sky Eats Airplane at Warped Tour last year and Saosin last november. there was absolutely nothing good about those two shows.

[Undue Noise]

In Case Of Fire, they were so boring. I've only seen 5 bands live though besides my friends band and all the others have been great.
This. Also, Metro Station as a support band were awful.

[SophGod]

buckcherry opened for avenged sevenfold back in february. they were terrible and like 10 people in the crowd liked them, the other 99% of people hated them and just wanted avenged to come out.

[emericagal182]

[QUOTE=amplifire;50226012]Yeah I heard they are terrible live. At Warped, my friend had wanted me to see them with her, but thankfully there was a Chiodos signing at the same time. Meeting the gorgeous Craig Owens > seeing TWTA.

without a doubt

At Warped, Black Tide played right before Streetlight Manifesto. I laughed at them the whole time. And we decided to watch Jeffree Star. Not only did he take most of his clothes off, you could hear the bass at the in the parking lot.

why do all the shitty bands play before streetlight?

[zubinmoosa]

I had to watch Bring Me the Horizon during the Taste of Chaos tour when Thursday was headlining... it was horrible

[Jake Denning]

Ooh, i just remembered. While waiting for A Day To Remember to play at Bamboozle, I had to listen to The Acacia Strain...they were playing the next stage, and started a Wall of Death, which I unhappily got tossed into.

IF YOU THINK LIKE A WHORE THAN YOUR A FUCKING WHORE

x

[mymomsapanda]

i had to watch cancer bats before i could see four year strong and bring me the horizon at taste of chaos, then i had to see thursday after those two.

[Forever.Zero]

This. Also, Metro Station as a support band were awful.

Metro Station as A band is awful.

[Jake Denning]

I had to watch Bring Me the Horizon during the Taste of Chaos tour when Thursday was headlining... it was horrible

I'll admit I like BMTH, but when more than 5 girls happen to be in the crowd for them, then its not worth it. They did play a really killer show with Mis Sigs and The Ghost Inside, no girls happened to get in the small venue that night.

Let it be noted that no matter what happened, Thursday played the pants off of BMTH every night of Taste.

[Jake Denning]

Anyways, bands I had to endure:

- A Skylit Drive
- Ocean Is Theory (one of the WORST bands i've ever seen, they sold like ZERO merch that night)
- Pierce The Veil
- All Shall Perish
- Cheyne Stokes (Some wackass band on Standby Records who broke up not too long ago)

- Countess local openers that never should have been there in the first place. Jacksonville is the worst, I never had heard of having FIVE atrocious local bands open for a small tour package who's set times were drastically reduced because of all the openers.

[fortythieves]

Dirty Monday was by far the worst.
Metro Station is so much worse live than they are recorded.
Nevershoutnever was also torture to my ears that one time.

[maxvsmaradona]

Ahah, the only band I can remember sticking out like a sore thumb was seeing Black Tide open for Avenged Sevenfold a year ago in philly. They were awful.

[scormier2]

The Hush Sound, Virginia Coalition (and the headliner OAR for that matter), Big Business opening for Tool, oh and Brand New opening for Dashboard Confessional.







Just kidding of course.

[cirerelleum]

for me, nothings topped waiting for Mest to play in '06 and having to endure the classic crime and scary kids scaring kids.

[scormier2]

And I forgot Tina Parol, V Factory and Elliott Yamin opening for We The Kings. Jesus that was torture.

[emericagal182]

Metro Station as A band is awful.

:nod:

[Ari Christos]

I had to watch Bring Me the Horizon during the Taste of Chaos tour when Thursday was headlining... it was horrible

Holy shit they were awful.

[mymusicismylife]

I've gotten pretty lucky with who I've had to listen to, worst were A Skylit Drive and Saosin at Warped a couple days ago. Saosin's alright, but the vocalists are just bad live. ADTR was pretty boring for me honestly.

[kevin1945]

i saw avenged sevenfold with saosin i believe a couple years back, cove saosin not green, and it was ok, but this band opiate the masses opened and it was absolutely awful, and once a i saw incubus and the had a comedian open for them, mayb it was their idea of a joke cuz he was not funny, i dont think anything i see will ever top that comedian opening up for incubus

[hiya]

Nevershoutnever on the Bamboozle Roadshow, that was like ear torture. oh yes and Janelle Monae opening for Parmaore/No Doubt, I couldn't understand a word the girl was saying, does not belong in large venues. and Akon opening for Gwen Stefani, holy crap, soo bad.
And I just bought tickets to see Mercy Mercedes in sept, and will most likely have to sit through Tina Parol, The Ready Set, and Stereo Skyline. kill me now.

[Derka Derka]

i saw gwen stacy, the acacia strain and whitechapel open for unearth about a year ago, all of them bands were pretty bad. whitechapel was a little more entertaining to watch but i still didn't like them
luckily protest the hero played that show too and made all the open acts look like noobz and of course unearth was good live

[aerofan11]

Aww, I'm sorry that when you saw them you thought they weren't good! They are a great band, it's a shame they broke up.
I like them, but out of the limited list of bands I've seen they were the worst. I would have said Motion City soundtrack, their equipment fucked up halfway through, but that wasn't their fault. It was funny that Justin told us to say "Great job, fuck ups" to the sound guys.
Have Hush Sound really broke up?

[Jet Set Paul]

I had to sit through Boys Like Girls to see Big D and the Kids Table at Warped Tour (where else?)

[aerofan11]

Oh shit, I made a huge mistake! Sorry Hush Sound! I just remembered I have seen Metro Station live, they were dreadful. I walked out after that Trace guy started talking like a douche.

[Gaugzilla]

I saw Mindless Self Indulgence live like 6 years (I was into them, something I'm not too proud of today) and there was this opener of two guys from I think Canada called Champagne (Think like Brokencyde except basically with a ghettoblaster and a keyboard). It was the only time I believed I've seen a band beg for the audience to like them. They of course, basically got booed off the stage. It was a horrible 20 minutes to endure.

Also, even though I like Bubba Sparxxx, during his opening slot for Blink 182 on their $1 Dolla Bill tour, the audience in Detroit tore him apart. And he wasn't much better live. Some guy threw a firecracker at him and it went off. Somehow, he dodged it.

Finally, I had to endure a radio show of butt rock to see Blink 182 and Sum 41 9 years ago. It was Hoobastank, Adema (think Korn) and 311 (I understand some people LOVE them, I am not one of them. Their live show went on forever.) It wasn't a pleasant experience.

[Meeze]

Saosin opened up for Alexisonfire few years back.
sigh...when Anthony Green left so did I

why? are you one of those "Anthony-Green-is-God-and-everyone-else-who-could-possibly-sing-in-a-band-named-Saosin-is-horrible-because-I-am-a hater-and-only-care-about-the-lead-singer" people?

[GeeBee]

why? are you one of those "Anthony-Green-is-God-and-everyone-else-who-could-possibly-sing-in-a-band-named-Saosin-is-horrible-because-I-am-a hater-and-only-care-about-the-lead-singer" people?

I'll raise my hand and say I liked Anthony Green-era Saosin better simply for the fact that Cove Reber's voice is apparently only good when a computer is utilized to fix his deficiencies...the boy cannot carry it live.

Of course, Green often struggles as well. I guess the moral of the story would be that you shouldn't sing higher than your true register.

[Meeze]

I'll raise my hand and say I liked Anthony Green-era Saosin better simply for the fact that Cove Reber's voice is apparently only good when a computer is utilized to fix his deficiencies...the boy cannot carry it live.

Of course, Green often struggles as well. I guess the moral of the story would be that you shouldn't sing higher than your true register.

wouldnt it be naive to insinuate, as you did, that Anthony Green, and for that matter, any other singer, does not use a computer to fix their flaws?

[Forever.Zero]

why? are you one of those "Anthony-Green-is-God-and-everyone-else-who-could-possibly-sing-in-a-band-named-Saosin-is-horrible-because-I-am-a hater-and-only-care-about-the-lead-singer" people?

No I'm more in the Anthony Green gave Saosin integrity as a band.
Cove Reber just doesn't click with my appeal and the direction that the band has gone just rubbed me off of them.
That's why I say what I said about Anthony Green. Can't support their stuff the way I could when I first heard them.

[GeeBee]

wouldnt it be naive to insinuate, as you did, that Anthony Green, and for that matter, any other singer, does not use a computer to fix their flaws?

Yes, it would. However, I'd say Cove is in far more dire need of autotune than Green.

[TotalCollapse]

I saw Metro Station last year at the Bamboozle Roadshow with Saves the Day/Lydia/Set Your Goals/Armor For Sleep. Awful.

[Broclee]

Probably Envy on the Coast, or maybe Mercy Mercedes.

My friends were playing a show once, and a band dropped at the last minute, so this kid in a Biggie shirt gets on stage and starts playing annoying Dashboard Confessional-reject songs, and he broke 4 strings because he was using a pick that was way too hard, so it sounded like shit anyways. It made me want to stake a pencil in my ears.

[jwsmith01]

Hellfest 2004... the Saturday night main stage rotation went like this... Underoath, E-Town Concrete, Mest, Andrew W.K. and Killswitch Engage...

I still am wondering how Mest got out of there alive... the pit was throwing piss filled water bottles and everything they could at them. The lead singer had the balls to egg them on and keep throwing shit at them. That was an amazing night of that show though, it was the night Adam D got crushed with the mic from Howard and then dared someone to lick the wound for $5.

Why did Mest even play Hellfest?

[JJtrackie716]

just had to sit through the bravery to see Green Day. It was quite painful.

[michelle182]

Thankfully, most of the bands that have opened for bands I wanna see have been surprisingly good and their performance really got me into their stuff (This Is My Suitcase opening a secret FOB show, Good Old War opening for Straylight Run). And usually, I can at least endure an opening band, even if I don't like them (Hey Monday opened for FOB and they were at least tolerable).

But Metro Station, The Devil Wears Prada, and The White Tie Affair... holy fuck. Never again. Especially TWTA... it was painful.

[emericagal182]

I had to sit through Boys Like Girls to see Big D and the Kids Table at Warped Tour (where else?)

haha, that sucks! i'm bummed that i had to miss big d at warped because they were at the same time as anti-flag but i did get to meet them and they were great guys

[QuietThings430]

When I went to see MC Chris in Buffalo, I had to sit through this band called I Am The Dream (http://www.myspace.com/iamthedreammusic). They made complete fools of themselves and since it was also 4/20, they were too baked to realize how bad they were. Before they played they literally said, "We just want you guys to know we're having a bad day so... yeah".

A few days later they were kicked off the tour.

[kissmegoodbye]

i've endured metro station 3 times. biggest fail of my life.

[boxingwithstars]

The Maine (they're actually not that awful live, just boring as hell), Metro Station

[Codi23]

just had to sit through the bravery to see Green Day. It was quite painful.

Same. It was barely tolerable for me.

[SophGod]

my god, what shows are metro station opening for that you guys go to?

[on a frequency]

The Hush Sound. Not bad, but out of all the bands I've seen live, they were the worst. I've seen Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and Fall Out Boy.
really? i thought ths was so good live.

[on a frequency]

my god, what shows are metro station opening for that you guys go to?
well i went to a motion city soundtrack show (mcs had the longest set), and the openers were mae and anberlin with long-ish sets, and then metro station opened the show with like a 25 minute set. it was kinda out of place. and damn me for saying this, but i actually enjoyted their set that night. they were kind of fun.

[brandnewsheep]

The Audition three nights in a row was awful and also Elliot Minor.

[on a frequency]

i don't remember what show it was, but i went to some show that reggie and the full effect opened for. it was awful. the songs were played terribly, the instrumentals were all over the place, and worst of all, james was a d-bag. he was SO rude. people eventually threw water bottles at him (but he dodged and one hit the bassist instead).

[emericagal182]

When I went to see MC Chris in Buffalo, I had to sit through this band called I Am The Dream (http://www.myspace.com/iamthedreammusic). They made complete fools of themselves and since it was also 4/20, they were too baked to realize how bad they were. Before they played they literally said, "We just want you guys to know we're having a bad day so... yeah".

A few days later they were kicked off the tour.

haha

[kissmegoodbye]

well i went to a motion city soundtrack show (mcs had the longest set), and the openers were mae and anberlin with long-ish sets, and then metro station opened the show with like a 25 minute set. it was kinda out of place. and damn me for saying this, but i actually enjoyted their set that night. they were kind of fun.

i also saw them open for mcs. they also opened for cobra starship once, and i saw them open for fall out boy. i wish they would stop opening for bands i want to see.

[The Summer Ends]

3oh!3 at the AP tour this year. i should have left after hit the lights since they were honestly the only band i didn't loathe on the tour. the fucking girls in the audience were the most annoying cunt nuggets ever. then these two douche-nozzles up on stage with their stupid ass glasses and shitty rapping and ipod playing bullshit just put it over the top.

i hate 3oh!3.

[Broclee]

i also saw them open for mcs. they also opened for cobra starship once, and i saw them open for fall out boy. i wish they would stop opening for bands i want to see.
That's what you get for wanting to see Cobra Starship. ;-)

[jwsmith01]

damn after seeing a lot of your posts, I must have been lucky. No really shitty bands opened up...

Rockapella - No one opened up for them and it was amazing when they did "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego"
Boston - No one opened up for them either and well that was just the most amazing show ever
Thursday, Thrice, Coheed and Cambria - I think Thursday closed that night, but who cares all three were headliners in my opinion.
As I Lay Dying, In Flames, Killswitch Engage - Same as the above except KSE closed the show out.
Art Alexakis acoustic tour - local bands opened but they were good...

I feel bad that you all had to deal with shitty openers...

[JJtrackie716]

Same. It was barely tolerable for me.

The fact Green Day played for like 2 and a half hours made me forget about them for the most part though lol

[nikaidoh]

John Mellencamp, opened for Dylan... fucking awful.

[fightinirish217]

Metro Station opening for MCS in november 07 and then scary kids scaring kids opening for anberlin in october 08. SKSK was just a wall of annoying sounds the entire time, it was horrific.

[muttley]

Some shitty local bands that played before You, Me, And Everyone We Know the first time they came to Arizona. I didn't even know they were playing until I got there. Here's a hint: Don't go to crappy shows.

[XSTAYGOLDX]

Worst 5 Performances I've had to sit through are

1. a day to remember while waiting for new found glory
2.Miniature Tigers while waiting for kevin devine
3.playradioplay/eyealaska while waiting for lydia
4.commadre while waiting for haveheart/shookones
5.Love Arcade while waiting for hitthelights/valencia

[joeag1985]

Avenged Sevenfold.

[flks511]

Escape the Fate/A Skylit Drive

[Im Felling this]

Alesana..... enough said.

[WoodenSoldier]

Anyways, bands I had to endure:

- A Skylit Drive
- Ocean Is Theory (one of the WORST bands i've ever seen, they sold like ZERO merch that night)
- Pierce The Veil
- All Shall Perish
- Cheyne Stokes (Some wackass band on Standby Records who broke up not too long ago)

- Countess local openers that never should have been there in the first place. Jacksonville is the worst, I never had heard of having FIVE atrocious local bands open for a small tour package who's set times were drastically reduced because of all the openers.

what didnt you like about ocean is theory? i saw them at warped and they were pretty good :shrug:

[emmx8D]

Metro Station opening for MCS in november 07 and then scary kids scaring kids opening for anberlin in october 08. SKSK was just a wall of annoying sounds the entire time, it was horrific.

Really? When I saw SKSK I thought they were okay. Not that great, but not horrific.

[zubinmoosa]

Really? When I saw SKSK I thought they were okay. Not that great, but not horrific.
The keyboardist pissed me off. What a douche

[RickRoll]

Shit, there are just so many over the years. Some that stick out:

--All three bands that opened for TEN on their farewell tour. I remember Melee and The Rocket Summer, can't remember the third. They were all absolutely horrendous.
--I saw that bizarre Honda Civic Tour with The Get-Up Kids, Thrice, and Dashboard. Val Emmich opened and he was awfully bad.
--Number 12 Looks Like You opened for Thursday/Minus the Bear. Didn't fit with the other two bands at all.
--I've seen Misery Signals 4 or 5 times and usually the openers are terrible, but that has more to do with my dislike of metalcore outside MS than anything else.
--The Pale Pacific opened for Dredg and Circa Survive. Ack.
--30 Seconds to Mars were all sorts of awful opening for Incubus quite a few years back.

And as a bonus, an opening act that should've sucked but really didn't was seeing Limp Bizkit open for Metallica on the Sanitarium tour in '03. I thought they were going to suck and so did the crowd, but they were actually quite decent and won the crowd over, mostly.

[JustAGirl01]

heavy heavy low low, ours, escape the fate, a skylit drive and alesana.

horrible, horrible, horrible!

[antron]

metro station. they played with just surrender and valencia once. they were god damn awful

[jwicklun]

angels and airwaves. theres nothing worse than a preachy Tom giving a monologue before "Everything is Magic." Jimmy Eat World and Modest Mouse were playing, so it made up for the crapfest I had to listen to.

[makeshiftmind]

shitty local screamo bands

[emmx8D]

Metro Station on the FOB tour. I had fun with my friends though, laughing and mimicking. haha but then The Millionaires, Escape The Fate, and I Set My Friends On Fire at Warped while waiting for other bands. awful.

[Meeze]

Yes, it would. However, I'd say Cove is in far more dire need of autotune than Green.

point taken sir...i do have to agree with you that Green is the better singer of the 2, but Cove isnt bad

[Meeze]

No I'm more in the Anthony Green gave Saosin integrity as a band.
Cove Reber just doesn't click with my appeal and the direction that the band has gone just rubbed me off of them.
That's why I say what I said about Anthony Green. Can't support their stuff the way I could when I first heard them.


gotcha...i do think Anthony Green is the better singer of the 2, but i seem to be in the minority cause i think cove is better for Saosin and Anthony Green is better w/o Saosin

[SwiftSilentDead]

Puddle of Mudd
A Day To Remember

[RickRoll]

angels and airwaves. theres nothing worse than a preachy Tom giving a monologue before "Everything is Magic." Jimmy Eat World and Modest Mouse were playing, so it made up for the crapfest I had to listen to.

Yes, good call. I saw them open for Tokyo Police Club/Weezer. Just awful.

[Forever.Zero]

gotcha...i do think Anthony Green is the better singer of the 2, but i seem to be in the minority cause i think cove is better for Saosin and Anthony Green is better w/o Saosin

Yeah I mean I in no way hold Anthony Green in a pinnacle of respect ( God status ) and when I say I left when he left I say it in the sense that, collectively, w/ Green, the band produced a sound that was appealing to me.

[Codi23]

Puddle of Mudd
A Day To Remember

What tour did you have to sit through Puddle of Mudd for? That would be horrible...

[amplifire]

[quote=Broclee;50229432]Probably Envy on the Coast, ...quote]


Yeah I didn't like EOTC when I saw them either...worth the wait though, Anberlin killed it.

[helen_detroit]

the white tie affair. by far the worst thing i've ever had to listen to. they were on the stage next to the stage streetlight manifesto was playing on for warped tour so we had to wait for them to get done for streetlight to come on. it was horrible

similar situation except with Cash Cash. ewww they were terrible. and The Millionaires waiting for A Skylit Drive.

and Crime in Stereo opened for New Found Glory last time I saw them. *gag*

[amplifire]

angels and airwaves. theres nothing worse than a preachy Tom giving a monologue before "Everything is Magic." Jimmy Eat World and Modest Mouse were playing, so it made up for the crapfest I had to listen to.

I liked Angels & Airwaves...saw them after Tokyo Police Club and before Weezer, and I thought that musically they were pretty awesome. Plus my boy Tom is pretty easy on the eyes ;)

[SwiftSilentDead]

What tour did you have to sit through Puddle of Mudd for? That would be horrible...

DC101 Chili Cookoff my dad took me to when I was in 5th grade.

[WSwan]

Okay. So have any of you kids heard of Rig One? This guy is some strange poet rapper rock thing, and he opened for Conor Oberst? Did anyone there want to hear rap at all? No, and this is why this man was booed. He super sucked.

[Codi23]

Okay. So have any of you kids heard of Rig One? This guy is some strange poet rapper rock thing, and he opened for Conor Oberst? Did anyone there want to hear rap at all? No, and this is why this man was booed. He super sucked.

That sounds exceedingly strange :-|

[FueledByFrodo]

Probably Envy on the Coast, or maybe Mercy Mercedes.

My friends were playing a show once, and a band dropped at the last minute, so this kid in a Biggie shirt gets on stage and starts playing annoying Dashboard Confessional-reject songs, and he broke 4 strings because he was using a pick that was way too hard, so it sounded like shit anyways. It made me want to stake a pencil in my ears.
Mercy Mercedes, really? They're pretty solid pop-punk.

But mine are probably NeverShoutNever! and Metro Station.

[superBMRuth]

I sat through White Tie Affair at Warped, a couple cheesy/preachy christian metal bands to see The Chariot (at least they don't stop for a 15 minute sermon 3 songs in)

[Broclee]

Mercy Mercedes, really? They're pretty solid pop-punk.

But mine are probably NeverShoutNever! and Metro Station.
I don't know what it is, but every time I've seen them (except for once, when seeing Taking Back Sunday) they were boring and out of tune and blah.

[FueledByFrodo]

I don't know what it is, but every time I've seen them (except for once, when seeing Taking Back Sunday) they were boring and out of tune and blah.
I've enjoyed them every time I've seen them, especially at a VFW. That was awesome.

[taylerx0]

Probably Envy on the Coast, or maybe Mercy Mercedes.

:-( I think they're pretty fantastic live.


Worst I've ever seen were Metro Station, Bring Me The Horizon, Breathe Carolina. Never again.
Also, there was one local "band" that consisted of a no-older-than-fifteen-year-old boy who mostly sang shitty off-pitch covers of nevershoutnever songs, and who obviously was incapable of playing an acoustic guitar. I left before he even finished his set. It was horrendous.

[fightinirish217]

The keyboardist pissed me off. What a douche

Oh yes, biggest douche ever. I was hoping he would hit his stupid head off the keyboard and knock himself out. I couldn't even hear the words to the songs, just a whole lot of noise.

[chasew2213]

Watch Out There's Ghost! I think the singer is actually a very old looking 12 year old going through puberty because no ones voice should be that high pitched and crack that much while singing.

[billy_yo]

attack attack! i guess crabXcore is bad live.

[Losing Streak]

Ooh, i just remembered. While waiting for A Day To Remember to play at Bamboozle, I had to listen to The Acacia Strain...they were playing the next stage, and started a Wall of Death, which I unhappily got tossed into.

I think it's hilarious when people are waiting for a headliner and get pissed when kids actually are there to see a previous band and start rocking out.

[amplifire]

I think it's hilarious when people are waiting for a headliner and get pissed when kids actually are there to see a previous band and start rocking out.

Same...it's awkward. But in that post, it was at a festival, and ADTR were the surprise band, so I wasn't expecting it.

[Losing Streak]

Same...it's awkward. But in that post, it was at a festival, and ADTR were the surprise band, so I wasn't expecting it.

Oh, gotcha. Yea the Acacia Strain crowds are pretty crazy.

I think I just had bad memories from shows where I was really excited to see a band before the headliner, but was stuck behind a bunch of kids that were just standing there waiting and looked mad that people behind them were rocking out.

[lukenelson]

Probably Envy on the Coast, or maybe Mercy Mercedes.

My friends were playing a show once, and a band dropped at the last minute, so this kid in a Biggie shirt gets on stage and starts playing annoying Dashboard Confessional-reject songs, and he broke 4 strings because he was using a pick that was way too hard, so it sounded like shit anyways. It made me want to stake a pencil in my ears.

hahaha

[Broclee]

hahaha
Holy shit hahahahahahaha.

[amplifire]

Oh, gotcha. Yea the Acacia Strain crowds are pretty crazy.

I think I just had bad memories from shows where I was really excited to see a band before the headliner, but was stuck behind a bunch of kids that were just standing there waiting and looked mad that people behind them were rocking out.


UGH, yes. This winter I saw Sing It Loud, This Providence and Ludo. I was there for TProv, as was my friend, and we were dancing. All the hxc Ludo fans just stared at us. It was embarrassing.

[eags2]

stereo skyline. were from the same town on long island and ive had to endure them at local shows for the last 3 years until recently. terrible

[RustyxDrums]

Probably Envy on the Coast, or maybe Mercy Mercedes.

My friends were playing a show once, and a band dropped at the last minute, so this kid in a Biggie shirt gets on stage and starts playing annoying Dashboard Confessional-reject songs, and he broke 4 strings because he was using a pick that was way too hard, so it sounded like shit anyways. It made me want to stake a pencil in my ears.


lawlz

[Broclee]

Holy lol.

[abcdefghijake]

The Hush Sound. Not bad, but out of all the bands I've seen live, they were the worst. I've seen Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and Fall Out Boy.

I'm pretty sure they all sound the same...

[GeeBee]

gotcha...i do think Anthony Green is the better singer of the 2, but i seem to be in the minority cause i think cove is better for Saosin and Anthony Green is better w/o Saosin

I will also agree with this sentiment.

[Indoor Living]

Do you mean bad bands that I've had to go see live, or good bands that just happened to be terrible live?

Cause Bayside is the latter for me.

[saveferris]

I've got you all beat. I had to see Millionaires ft. one guy from bcyde. And Asher Roth

[Dastly]

That I can remember the name of, Aiden.

[CarryOn09]

versaemerge. terrible terribleness.

[superdork]

Worst band i had to sit through: Breathe Carolina at warped. they were on stage befores Every Avenue (who were awesome, btw.)

[Charles777]

Carolina Liar, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Cursive Memory, There For Tomorrow, The Devil Wears Prada, and Madina Lake. I'm sure there's more, but I forget a few.

[ShimmerAndSpill]

Definitely without a doubt, Bring Me the Horizon and Metro Station, probably both equally as much.

[lurker411_k9]

Anyways, bands I had to endure:

- A Skylit Drive
- Ocean Is Theory (one of the WORST bands i've ever seen, they sold like ZERO merch that night)
- Pierce The Veil
- All Shall Perish
- Cheyne Stokes (Some wackass band on Standby Records who broke up not too long ago)

- Countess local openers that never should have been there in the first place. Jacksonville is the worst, I never had heard of having FIVE atrocious local bands open for a small tour package who's set times were drastically reduced because of all the openers.

ASP, really? What was wrong with them? I like a few songs by them and I'm considering seeing them with August Burns Red in a few days.


Anyways, mine would have to be:

Secondhand Serenade (how anyone likes them(/him?) is beyond me)
Hawthorne Heights
All Time Low (only caught two songs at Warped before I left to see Gallows, just terrible, and the singer is annoying live)
Emarosa
Otep (spent half the set whining about how she hates Dubya)
The Birthday Massacre
Miss May I (terrible live)

Alesana would be on there, but I conveniently get to skip them each time they come here playing over bands that are better then them (A Static Lullaby, The Chariot) and come September, The Bled and Enter Shikari.

[weezy mac]

Worst 5 Performances I've had to sit through are

1. a day to remember while waiting for new found glory
2.Miniature Tigers while waiting for kevin devine
3.playradioplay/eyealaska while waiting for lydia
4.commadre while waiting for haveheart/shookones
5.Love Arcade while waiting for hitthelights/valencia
Someone murder this kid.

[xsavedbygracex]

Metro Station was terrible live. Also saw Aiden at Warped in 2006 waiting for Motion City Soundtrack.

[ShimmerAndSpill]

Always forget about Pierce the Veil. I've seen them three time unintentionally. They always seem to be opening for a band I really love.

[SoDakValerie]

This list could be HUGE...other than countless local bands....I'm sure I could think of more if I thought a little harder about it. And I actually like Lovedrug on CD, just not so much live.
Hey Monday.
Lovedrug.
Breathe Carolina.
The Dear Hunter.
Family Force Five.
The White Tie Affair.
Crash Romeo.
Eisley.

[SoDakValerie]

I've got you all beat. I had to see Millionaires ft. one guy from bcyde. And Asher Roth

Sweet Jesus. How did you manage? I commend you on your survivalist skills.

[envytheliving]

Nevershoutnever on the Bamboozle Roadshow, that was like ear torture. oh yes and Janelle Monae opening for Parmaore/No Doubt, I couldn't understand a word the girl was saying, does not belong in large venues. and Akon opening for Gwen Stefani, holy crap, soo bad.
And I just bought tickets to see Mercy Mercedes in sept, and will most likely have to sit through Tina Parol, The Ready Set, and Stereo Skyline. kill me now.

They're not too bad live. When I saw them open for Backseat Goodbye, they were pretty decent.

[showyourteeth]

i had to sit through alesana to see as cities burn...

[weezy mac]

i had to sit through alesana to see as cities burn...
oh damn, double whammy.

[taylerx0]

Oh, I forgot about the time that I had to sit through an Alesana set. Funniest thing I've ever witnessed.

[hiya]

They're not too bad live. When I saw them open for Backseat Goodbye, they were pretty decent.

hmm, I just don't like him. plus I was looking on the site that runs like all the shows around here, and he's opening for brokencyde in the fall, which makes me automatically lose respect for the guy.

[envytheliving]

hmm, I just don't like him. plus I was looking on the site that runs like all the shows around here, and he's opening for brokencyde in the fall, which makes me automatically lose respect for the guy.

Oh, okay. To each their own, then.
But is he seriously opening for Brokencyde? You've got to be kidding me.

[Im Felling this]

Almost forgot about the J-rock invasion at taste of chaos 2008. Worst night of my life.

[cohenisababe]

Metro Station opening for MCS in november 07 and then scary kids scaring kids opening for anberlin in october 08. SKSK was just a wall of annoying sounds the entire time, it was horrific.


was fucking awful.

and straylight run played too.i was soo excited to see them and i wasnt too impressed. need to give them another shot live.

[hiya]

Oh, okay. To each their own, then.
But is he seriously opening for Brokencyde? You've got to be kidding me.

yea he is. and he's listed as going on 2nd, i thought maybe he wasn't so bad because he toured with BG and Pete Wentz praises him and stuff, but uh look at this lineup:
Brokencyde, Blood On The Dance Floor, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, The Ready Set, Kill Paradise. :hitself:

I guess I'll see how TRS is with Mercy though.

[envytheliving]

yea he is. and he's listed as going on 2nd, i thought maybe he wasn't so bad because he toured with BG and Pete Wentz praises him and stuff, but uh look at this lineup:
Brokencyde, Blood On The Dance Floor, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, The Ready Set, Kill Paradise. :hitself:

I guess I'll see how TRS is with Mercy though.

That's a horrible lineup. I knew he was touring with Watch Out! There's Ghosts, but I didn't know Brokencyde was on the tour. Ugh.
But yeah, like I said, he's pretty good live, so hopefully you'll like him with Mercy Mercedes.

[The Raine]

Brokencyde, Blood On The Dance Floor, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, The Ready Set, Kill Paradise. :hitself:

Oh wow.

[Mikey Radigan]

Set Your Goals. I know people go crazy for them on here but they were so annoying live.

[SwiftSilentDead]

The Fashion opening for Alkaline Trio was also pretty bad.

[bowl of oranges]

Cute Is What We Aim For. They played a show with Circa and As Tall As Lions [who were both awesome]. We went to go buy shirts during their set haha.

[Losing Streak]

I had to sit through Simple Plan at Warped Tour in 2003 waiting for the Suicide Machines. That's the first thing that came to mind.

[Montauk1222]

Love Arcade, From First To Last, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, The Morning Light, The Cab, Say Anything were not good when I saw them which really surprised me.

[aerofan11]

I'm pretty sure they all sound the same...
I don't understand, please elaborate.

[optimusrob]

a local band called aurora waiting to see forgive durden

[lurker411_k9]

Brokencyde, Blood On The Dance Floor, Watch Out! There's Ghosts, The Ready Set, Kill Paradise.



God help us.

[JonCee]

Went to brokeNCYDE, laughed my ass off, watched the crowd bend to brokeNCYDE's command, left to find my friend at ATL.

Oh Warped Tour.

[AlexEnglish]

Set Your Goals open for Bayside and New Found Glory, and I personally thought they were horrific.?


if the worst band youve seen live was set your goals then you either dont go to many shows or you happen to be very very lucky.

[amour faux]

I had to watch Bring Me the Horizon during the Taste of Chaos tour when Thursday was headlining... it was horrible
i feel your pain.

[UnderMyDreams]

FASTBALL and Days Difference.

[abusedcat]

A Static Lullaby.

[MorningStar10]

The Bravery at a mini festival with Linkin Park and Jay-Z they were fucking terrible.

Best support would be Frightened Rabbit i saw before seeing Biffy.

[dundermifflin]

suffered through angels and airwaves twice...once before taking back sunday and before weezer..tom just sounds awful with them

[Losing Streak]

FASTBALL and Days Difference.

I was shocked to find out last year that Fastball is still an active band...And I'm from Austin.

[hiya]

God help us.

I honestly cannot believe this is an upcoming tour and playing the largest GA venue around here, while bands that are bigger are playing much smaller venues.

[M.C COB]

This local band that played at a tex-mex restaurant, I was just there for their tacos.

[MorningStar10]

Emarosa for You me at six, they fucking sucked dick. Before them was Spill Canvas, who i thought were great.

[abcdefghijake]

I don't understand, please elaborate.
all the bands you listed sound the saaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeee eeeeeeeeeeee
yet you listed one as being bad live, but i'm pretty sure when you see those bands live they all sound the sssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmm mmmmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Do you get it... I'm elaborating that they are the saaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeee eeee.

[MorningStar10]

This local band that played at a tex-mex restaurant, I was just there for their tacos.

were the tacos worth enduring the garbage?

[hienz429]

the upwelling

[JonCee]

Oh and I did hear that Chiodos was fairly shitty this Warped Tour.

[Codi23]

Oh and I did hear that Chiodos was fairly shitty this Warped Tour.

I didn't. Saw them at Cleveland's and it was one of the best shows of the day.

[Pudge Halter]

The Deftones REALLY lived up to their names at BFD 2003.

But seeing All-American Rejects and Foo Fighters made up for it.

[Broclee]

Oh and I did hear that Chiodos was fairly shitty this Warped Tour.
Not at NC they weren't.

[JonCee]

I didn't. Saw them at Cleveland's and it was one of the best shows of the day.

Ah. I wanted to see them but Valencia > Chiodos so I needed to hear the comments from the other scene kids around and quite a few of them were complaining that they "sucked cock." I love my Chiodos but my friend also said they weren't having the best shows of their lives... :-|

P.S. this was at Chicago.

[Codi23]

Ah. I wanted to see them but Valencia > Chiodos so I needed to hear the comments from the other scene kids around and quite a few of them were complaining that they "sucked cock." I love my Chiodos but my friend also said they weren't having the best shows of their lives... :-|

P.S. this was at Chicago.

I don't know how Chicago was, but they were definitely on the top of their game in Cleveland. That's just my opinion, though.

[JonCee]

I don't know how Chicago was, but they were definitely on the top of their game in Cleveland. That's just my opinion, though.

Sound like they were just disappointing here then. And yea I can only go by the people around me since I didn't see them personally. Just thought I should say something and see if other people thought differently. :-d

[UnderMyDreams]

I was shocked to find out last year that Fastball is still an active band...And I'm from Austin.

They played a free show at Penn State. Nine Days opened acoustic(Story of a Girl). Nine Days were great. The singer has an awesome voice and they were a ton of fun, it's real sad they never made it beyond that single.

Fastball was a completely different story. I had heard their music on the radio and in Disney Channel movies growing up so I expected it to be fun. The one singer/guitarist was completely hammered, the other extremely high. They turned up the bass so loud it was almost all you could hear, completely unbearable. I yelled to turn it down. They were all drunk and thought it would be funny to TURN IT UP LOUDER. They couldn't play their instruments at all, and weren't even playing the right notes. It just sounded absolutely horrible... Even fans of the band left, and two fans in front of us turned around and said "They shouldn't play anywhere but weddings and high school proms" as they left.

Needless to say, it was a huge disappointment.

[mymusicismylife]

Ah. I wanted to see them but Valencia > Chiodos so I needed to hear the comments from the other scene kids around and quite a few of them were complaining that they "sucked cock." I love my Chiodos but my friend also said they weren't having the best shows of their lives... :-|

P.S. this was at Chicago.

I saw them at the Detroit Warped and really didn't like it. I don't like how Craig performs. He's so busy thanking people and asking the crowd to start walls of death and start crowdsurfing. Not to mention that he doesn't sing half of the lyrics and does this weird thing where he pulls the microphone away on every word. I wanted so much to scream at him to shut the hell up and just sing. I mean, that stuff's alright and all, but it was waaaaay overdone.

[UnderMyDreams]

Set Your Goals. I know people go crazy for them on here but they were so annoying live.

Really? I saw them last week and I thought they were great.

[saveferris]

Sweet Jesus. How did you manage? I commend you on your survivalist skills.
hahah thanks. Yeah it was pretty bad, but me and some other dude were making fun of them the whole time. And the Asher Roth one was nearly unbearable. thanks in part to a few bud lights I managed to make it through.

[saveferris]

I have to endure Chester French for my upcoming Blink-182 date, and I'm wondering what are some of the worst bands you people have had to stand through in order to see another band. I saw Set Your Goals open for Bayside and New Found Glory, and I personally thought they were horrific. So, how about you?
Shit i'm going to see blink on october 2nd. Other than aar and fob I don't know who else is playing. I hope it's not Chester French.

[emericagal182]

I liked Angels & Airwaves...saw them after Tokyo Police Club and before Weezer, and I thought that musically they were pretty awesome. Plus my boy Tom is pretty easy on the eyes ;)

:nod:

[GoWaitInTheCar]

Rhinoceros.


Chances are you have no idea who they are. It's a good thing, don't bother looking them up.

[GoWaitInTheCar]

The Deftones REALLY lived up to their names at BFD 2003.

But seeing All-American Rejects and Foo Fighters made up for it.

Wow.

He just said the All-American Rejects were better then Deftones. I just wanted to make sure and quote him, so you guys could relive this joke twice.

[fly_guy]

30 Seconds To Mars and the Fear Before.

[Broclee]

Shit i'm going to see blink on october 2nd. Other than aar and fob I don't know who else is playing. I hope it's not Chester French.
Pretty sure it's Asher Roth. That's the day after the Charlotte date and Asher Roth is opening that one.

[Pudge Halter]

Wow.

He just said the All-American Rejects were better then Deftones. I just wanted to make sure and quote him, so you guys could relive this joke twice.

Hahaha

Hey man, they were better than Deftones were that night, and I can safely say that as a Deftones fan. They were all volume, no sound. Moreno sounded like shit. All-American Rejects had better stage presence and performed a better show. Crowd energy was just plain better.

It's one of those you-had-to-be-there moments.

[HITOF]

Bullet For My Valentine. Twice.


No amount of whiskey made it better.

oh and Madina Lake. I stood on a dwarf during that set.

[mrxstripes]

I had to watch Bring Me the Horizon during the Taste of Chaos tour when Thursday was headlining... it was horrible
This. By far the worst I've had to endure.
I saw Forever the Sickest Kids at something, horrible as well.

[emericagal182]

I've got you all beat. I had to see Millionaires ft. one guy from bcyde. And Asher Roth

yep, you win

[TravelingBySea]

A band called Subtle opened for Minus the Bear a few years ago, before Planet of Ice. I got a migraine at that show and it wasn't from ELA or Minus the Bear. The lead singer/rapper tried to be a stand up and that very rarely goes over well.

[imarealboy21]

forgive durden preforming razias shadow at bamboozle was awful and i live and die by that record
every band that opened for say anything on the on the in defence tour
gravedigger open for four year strong a few weeks ago was mind numbing
this band olympia opened for bayside acoutsic and they told stories more then playing
metro stations at bamboozle
i really hate opening acts that arent the band im there to see

[PenThrive]

The Exies

[Ciattk]

Everybody in this thread isn't naming actual bad bands, but bands they dislike; all of the worst bands I've seen are the local ones.

[Heart-A-Tact]

Saosin.

[Poultrylicious]

The Hush Sound. Not bad, but out of all the bands I've seen live, they were the worst. I've seen Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and Fall Out Boy.
hush sound!?!?! gtfo. They might not have the flair as all the other bands on your list but they definately deliver on stage.

[mick2late]

Metro Station, hands down. From First to Last was pretty horrible too.

[ryan_e22]

Buckcherry, Egypt Central, and Pop Evil are all of the absolutely terrible bands that I've had the mispleasure of seeing. These bands have ruined 2 out of the 3 concerts I've been to. :(

[goodnews]

I saw Armor for Sleep at Warped in 06 when I was waiting for Against Me! and they were pretty fucking terrible. I don't really see many shitty bands, but that particular tour was awful. Aiden, From First to Last, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Saosin, Silverstein...all pretty bad.

[of confidence]

Brokencyde.
What the fuck was Every Avenue thinking taking them out with them?

[Bruised26]

The Hush Sound. Not bad, but out of all the bands I've seen live, they were the worst. I've seen Panic at the Disco, Motion City Soundtrack, Phantom Planet, All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Hey Monday and Fall Out Boy.

Hahaha. The hush sound is actually talented, and not generic, unlike Cobra or maybe HeyMonday. I'm guessing you have only been to the HCT '08 and Bnd Tour... You have yet to encounter a horrible band. Trust me, it will happen! I had to watch Metro Station and Stereo Skyline... THOSE are awful bands!!

[xjacjac]

we the fucking kings.
i wanted to die.
as other people have mentioned, i did not enjoy the hush sound too much. on record they're alright but i was really disappointed cause the vocals were pretty shitty live.
hey monday was pretty bad too.

[xjacjac]

gravedigger open for four year strong a few weeks ago was mind numbing

you mean grave maker? yea, i saw them too like a week ago, definitely the worst band in that lineup.

[saveferris]

Pretty sure it's Asher Roth. That's the day after the Charlotte date and Asher Roth is opening that one.
shit. Maybe i'll walk around the venue or something while he's playing. I already have reserved seats in the pavillion anyways.

[saveferris]

yep, you win
Yeah and I just found out he's opening for blink on the date i'm going to. fml

[billyboatkid]

I Set My Friends On Fire

Seriously made me feel physically sick. I had never heard them before yesterday. Was waiting for another band to play. I wanted to fucking die.

Lead singer(sounds like a retard) should be drowned in a vat of acid.

[oddwithoutend]

My Chemical Romance

[boxingwithstars]

I Set My Friends On Fire

Seriously made me feel physically sick. I had never heard them before yesterday. Was waiting for another band to play. I wanted to fucking die.

Lead singer(sounds like a retard) should be drowned in a vat of acid.

yes. i went to see You, Me, And Everyone We Know when they were on tour with them. so fucking bad. the other band on that tour was awful as well, but i forgot their name.

[i_am_near_main]

It's a tie between Metro Station and The Veronicas.

[Clarett'sGreyGoose]

i saw gwen stacy, the acacia strain and whitechapel open for unearth about a year ago, all of them bands were pretty bad. whitechapel was a little more entertaining to watch but i still didn't like them
luckily protest the hero played that show too and made all the open acts look like noobz and of course unearth was good live
my concert Thursday night:

the Whitechapel/All That Remains/Killswitch Engage tour happened to play Buffalo the same night as Billy Talent/Rancid/Rise Against. So they combined the shows in one venue.

Whitechapel was god awful. ATR was not my thing, but they weren't bad either. Killswitch was pretty damn good. Other 3 bands were amazing as usual.

[JonCee]

I Set My Friends On Fire

Seriously made me feel physically sick. I had never heard them before yesterday. Was waiting for another band to play. I wanted to fucking die.

Lead singer(sounds like a retard) should be drowned in a vat of acid.

Holy shit I know what you're talking about. I was sitting at Warped in the amphitheater waiting for someone... I don't recall. But I remember not being able to understand a single word as he sang and / or talked. It was a series of gurgles that he decided would be music. Our entire group would make fun and attempt to decipher it but.... to no avail.

[flks511]

I tend to enjoy a rock show regardless of who's playing. But I guess Escape the Fate would be the worst I've seen.

[Alex!]

3oh!3 :-(

[Losing Streak]

They played a free show at Penn State. Nine Days opened acoustic(Story of a Girl). Nine Days were great. The singer has an awesome voice and they were a ton of fun, it's real sad they never made it beyond that single.

Fastball was a completely different story. I had heard their music on the radio and in Disney Channel movies growing up so I expected it to be fun. The one singer/guitarist was completely hammered, the other extremely high. They turned up the bass so loud it was almost all you could hear, completely unbearable. I yelled to turn it down. They were all drunk and thought it would be funny to TURN IT UP LOUDER. They couldn't play their instruments at all, and weren't even playing the right notes. It just sounded absolutely horrible... Even fans of the band left, and two fans in front of us turned around and said "They shouldn't play anywhere but weddings and high school proms" as they left.

Needless to say, it was a huge disappointment.

Wow, that's embarrassing. fortunately we've got Spoon to make up for them...LOL.

I get the feeling that they're trying really hard not to accept the reality that they're huge has-beens.

[Losing Streak]

3oh!3 :-(

Please spread the word to your friends that they suck.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

Some forgotten local Underoath/Atreyu-wannabe band that played at a friend's show. It wasn't too bad, as my friends and I had fun laughing our asses off at how horrible they sounded.

Not to mention, a number of other bands I've seen that either played sloppy, or were just plain boring.

[Alex!]

Please spread the word to your friends that they suck.

I tell everyone. Strangers, friends, animals.

[Losing Streak]

I tell everyone. Strangers, friends, animals.

Given how much they suck...the slight chance that animals may learn speech and communicate with humans makes that worthwhile.

[dropdeadforme]

Birthday Massacre, Brokencyde, The Academy Is... and the Millionaires. For all of them it was a combination of bad music and either boring or irritating fans.

[UnderMyDreams]

Wow, that's embarrassing. fortunately we've got Spoon to make up for them...LOL.

I get the feeling that they're trying really hard not to accept the reality that they're huge has-beens.

That's what it kinda seemed like for sure. That's what was real cool about Nine Days. They know they had one huge song, and they didn't try to pretend like they're still huge. They don't do a lot of recording anymore and I know the singer is an english teacher in New York now. They just do shows every now and then for fun. Fastball made a point to say they've never had real jobs...

[Mikey Radigan]

Really? I saw them last week and I thought they were great.

They just piss me off so much. I can't get into the whole pop-punk with hardcore breakdowns thing.

[maker_break]

Saosin opened up for Alexisonfire few years back.
sigh...when Anthony Green left so did I

I saw Alexisonfire back in 2007. It was Dear & Departed, Alexisonfire, Norma Jean, and Saosin (in that order). We ended up just leaivng since Saosin was headlining and all the other bands had already played. There was absolutely no reason to stay and listen to them. I was extremely unimpressed.

Alexisonfire put on one hell of a show though, so it was all good.

[UnderMyDreams]

They just piss me off so much. I can't get into the whole pop-punk with hardcore breakdowns thing.

Oh i dunno. To each his own I guess. I thought it was a great show, and the crowd was great too. Which is awesome considering I usually go to shows like All Time Low with tons of annoying girls. And I'm really enjoying their new album.

[SincerelyMe]

I had to see 3OH!3 and The Maine at warped with my friend. I don't know which one was more painful.

[CollectiveConfusion]

anyone remember waking ashland? i saw them once, and they were awful.

[ship of fools]

i was not aware that brokencyde was the opening act of the saints and sinners tour until it was far, far too late.

[crazytoledo]

Ooh, i just remembered. While waiting for A Day To Remember to play at Bamboozle, I had to listen to The Acacia Strain...they were playing the next stage, and started a Wall of Death, which I unhappily got tossed into.

the Acacia Strain blow the shit out of A Day to Remember and you're lucky you only got thrown into a wall of death at a TAS show, kids get FUCKED UP at their shows, you're lucky you didn't catch a fist or five to the face.

Speaking of the Acacia Strain, fucking amazing band.


Probably the worst bands I've had to see live were Bring Me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil and Emarosa. PTV isn't too, too bad but I don't like their singer. Emarosa is impossible to listen to cause they're boring and Jonny is horrible live, plus I can't stand him cause of Dance gavin Dance. And Bring Me the Horizon just flat out sucks, I've had to see them three times and every time I do I just go and hit scene kids who think they're sweet for liking BMTH. Just about everyone I know that listens to them admitted that they wouldn't have even checked them out if Oli wasn't hot. It's bullshit, they see he's hot and that's the sole reason they like the band. Some try to say they like the 'music' but I can play countless bands that sound similar and are better and they won't like a single one of them but if they were hot and I showed them pictures of a super hot vocalist before and then played it, they'd like it and it's bullshit. BMTH is the boy band of metalcore, end of story.

i had to watch cancer bats before i could see four year strong and bring me the horizon at taste of chaos, then i had to see thursday after those two.

Lmao.

Cancer Bats > Bring Me the Horizon

[Broclee]

Probably the worst bands I've had to see live were Bring Me the Horizon, Pierce the Veil and Emarosa. PTV isn't too, too bad but I don't like their singer. Emarosa is impossible to listen to cause they're boring and Jonny is horrible live, plus I can't stand him cause of Dance gavin Dance. And Bring Me the Horizon just flat out sucks, I've had to see them three times and every time I do I just go and hit scene kids who think they're sweet for liking BMTH. Just about everyone I know that listens to them admitted that they wouldn't have even checked them out if Oli wasn't hot. It's bullshit, they see he's hot and that's the sole reason they like the band. Some try to say they like the 'music' but I can play countless bands that sound similar and are better and they won't like a single one of them but if they were hot and I showed them pictures of a super hot vocalist before and then played it, they'd like it and it's bullshit. BMTH is the boy band of metalcore, end of story.


People find he/she attractive?

[kbi the crowing]

bludwulf
from first to last
story of the year

[SpyKi]

Birthday Massacre, Brokencyde, The Academy Is... and the Millionaires. For all of them it was a combination of bad music and either boring or irritating fans.

The Birthday Massacre? Wow, they were fantastic when I saw them.

[Dunn.Nope]

Emmure, unless you like listening to one breakdown for 45 minutes

[blink182gether]

Pelican was pretty hard to get through. I can imagine enjoying them if i knew about them, but the first time i heard them was live, and them not having a singer, yeah not so fun.

[whenyourearound]

metro station when i went to see anberlin/MCS

[Rogers]

Unless someone was at the same show as I was, I think I win this entire thread.

Breathe Carolina opened and Jeffree Star came out during one of their songs. Probably the worst 30 minutes of my life.

[Feenucks]

Eighteen Visions.

[ezco25]

i usually just come late if i have to sit through a shitty band...
but anyway boys like girls opening for avril lavigne (when i thought she was still a punk haha)
danger radio for cute is what we aim for show
inward eye in may at a sum 41 show IE were just terrible

thats rly it, ddnt get screwed too much

[S9Dallasoz]

for me, nothings topped waiting for Mest to play in '06 and having to endure the classic crime and scary kids scaring kids.
:-0

[S9Dallasoz]

metro station when i went to see anberlin/MCS

mmhmm.

[smorgy]

i had to sit through vanna recently to see set your goals

also
my first concert
i had to see this awful band called Lost City Angels
before i could watch pennywise and sick of it all

[zonto]

Cute Is What We Aim For...

Blekh. And Craig Owens.

[phil19]

i think the only band ive really hated seeing was reggie and the full effect opeining for nfg. that guy just really pissed me off

[jay_klinkhammer]

i think the only band ive really hated seeing was reggie and the full effect opeining for nfg. that guy just really pissed me off

GTFO

[jay_klinkhammer]

Everybody in this thread isn't naming actual bad bands, but bands they dislike; all of the worst bands I've seen are the local ones.


Winner.



Let us name actual bands that suck live, not just suck in general.

Also, the word "awful" must be the only word most people have heard of.


Thesaurus.com

[aerofan11]

Hahaha. The hush sound is actually talented, and not generic, unlike Cobra or maybe HeyMonday. I'm guessing you have only been to the HCT '08 and Bnd Tour... You have yet to encounter a horrible band. Trust me, it will happen! I had to watch Metro Station and Stereo Skyline... THOSE are awful bands!!
I actually have been to a concert that featured Metro Station, but I decided to miss it. I didn't say Hush Sound are bad, how many times do I need to say that? Trust me, after I got to Reading this year, I will have plenty of bands to complain about. ;-)

[lurker411_k9]

People find he/she attractive?


Sadly, yup. That serves as they main point of attraction for the band for many a scenester.

[cowlord]

lots of local bands... and Saosin. Cove fucking sucks live. The sad thing is I love saosins songs : /

[SLoT]

MCR to see Green Day
Fall Out Boy to see whoever after at Warped a couple years ago. Jesus.
All local bands for the most part with the exception of two.

[Credit Crunk]

Mayday Parade and Plain White Ts were horrifically underwhelming at give it a name 08. Anti-Flag were good when they played songs, but the between song political preaching was obvious and boring.

[rising_tied]

Brokencyde..
I think any of us who have to answer with this suffered the most... and I feel your pain

EDIT: Oh yea and Emarosa, Dance Gavin dance, A Skylit Drive

[amplifire]

if the worst band youve seen live was set your goals then you either dont go to many shows or you happen to be very very lucky.


I think it's a combination of the two. :\
And I'm not saying they're the WORST, I just wasn't really into them at that show. I'm generally a pretty musically tolerant person.

[amplifire]

Bullet For My Valentine. Twice.


No amount of whiskey made it better.

oh and Madina Lake. I stood on a dwarf during that set.

LOL, WTF? And I think Madina Lake are awesome. But I've never really seen them live....I only caught the last song at Warped.

[rising_tied]

LOL, WTF? And I think Madina Lake are awesome. But I've never really seen them live....I only caught the last song at Warped.
Since ive been with them since the beginning.. Like seriously I was at their FIRST show and the show where the Roadrunner dude signed them, I love their music. Well mostly the older stuff... Disappearance was amazing all around. FTTUTY was basically Disappearance with a few added songs.. Most of them being good. The new album has like 2 listenable tracks haha. But I stick with them for live shows because I like the energy and all that jazz, but towards the end of tours Nathans voice is SHOT man

[amplifire]

Since ive been with them since the beginning.. Like seriously I was at their FIRST show and the show where the Roadrunner dude signed them, I love their music. Well mostly the older stuff... Disappearance was amazing all around. FTTUTY was basically Disappearance with a few added songs.. Most of them being good. The new album has like 2 listenable tracks haha. But I stick with them for live shows because I like the energy and all that jazz, but towards the end of tours Nathans voice is SHOT man

Oh I see. Yeah the new album didn't thrill me...it's dancy but not ~listenable, as you said. That's cool that you saw them at their best though! I'm jealous.

[emericagal182]

Yeah and I just found out he's opening for blink on the date i'm going to. fml

oh god, i'm so sorry. luckily i don't have him for either of the dates i'm going to. speaking of, the first one's tomorrow already!! :excited:

[TakeLotsWithAlcohol]

Bring Me the Horizon
Nightmare of You

[Forever.Zero]

Saw Hopesfall as an opener
Not shit but not good.

[jimjam32]

panic at the disco in a few weeks -- and i had to endure boys like girls a few years ago

[HITOF]

LOL, WTF? And I think Madina Lake are awesome. But I've never really seen them live....I only caught the last song at Warped.

I think they're an incredibly generic pop-rock band aimed at teenage girls. One of those teenage girls happened to be at the Coheed And Cambria show in London when there was supposedly a fight backstage between Coheed's crew and Madina Lake's. That girl was a dwarf, and i wasn't looking where i was going when i was walking back from the bar, and i stood on her. She was annoyed. I was drunk and had just watched Circa Survive so i was pretty pleased with myself.


edit: helps if i actually quote what i was referring to.

[rb2bm]

Right before they broke up, Blink 182 was horrible live! Could tell they had problems just by how shitty their shows were!

[xinthisdimlight]

i like saosins music but sometimes it seems like cove has a bad attitude
and i mean i know hes human but i mean at least look interested and what your doing so many people are working their butts off to get to where theyre at

.. kinda off topic but i mean i waited 1 1/2 during warped to meet them
the rest of the band was so nice, but cove he didnt even look at us, that pissed me off like wtf at least LOOK at your fans trick

[Five-Star]

Metro Station as A band is awful.

Haha yea, I seen them to.

[mymomsapanda]

Bring Me the Horizon
Nightmare of You

bring me the horizon is amazing live!!!