• Mister Neon@lemmy.world
    42·
    6 days ago

    I haven’t seen him in almost 15 years, but Weird Al Yankovic puts on a hell of a good show. Always has the best backup musicians with him.

  • emigu@lemmy.world
    36·
    6 days ago

    I was at the Foo Fighters gig where Dave Grohl fell off the stage and broke his leg, after which the rest of the band spent an hour playing various covers until Dave came back on stage high on pain meds mixed with alcohol and resumed the show. A doctor had to sit on stage and keep his leg fixed for the rest of the show until they could take him to the hospital to give him a cast, and the entire crowd dedicated “My hero” to the doctor. That show was fucking awesome.

    • kingofthezyx@lemmy.zip
      6·
      6 days ago

      I saw the Foo Fighters in 2008. Nothing crazy like that happened but it was an absolutely amazing show. The highlight was Dave heading to the B-stage with his acoustic guitar for Everlong, then leading into the bridge and all the lights went down. It was silent for a good 5-10 seconds until he just starts running back to the A-stage, all the lights went up, and the whole band started going hard as fuck and he screams “YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH” and they did the last verse as hard as I’ve ever heard it. The energy was insane.

  • eurodyne@piefed.worldEnglish
    23·
    3 days ago

    Stone Temple Pilots - (MTV Unplugged) - Sony Studios, NYC, ’93

    Massive Attack - Roseland NYC, ‘96

    Green Day - Barbarella, Orlando, ‘95

    Modest Mouse - (Baron von Bullshit Rides Again) - Sapphire Supper Club, Orlando, ‘04

    Paul Oakenfold - (Global Underground 006), The Tunnel, NYC, ‘94

    These are just a few. I’m sure there’s a bunch I’m forgetting. I doubt that I could single any one of them out.

    Maybe STP or Massive Attack

    Edit: updated to include live album titles, and cities

    Edit 2: confirmed: that MTV unplugged, performance of plush is available on Apple Music:

    On disc four of this album

    https://music.apple.com/us/album/core-super-deluxe-edition/1263219551

    Otherwise, on the Stone Temple Pilots album, core, the super Deluxe Edition.

  • cattywampas@lemmy.world
    22·
    6 days ago

    Top two concerts of all time:

    Daft Punk at Lollapalooza 2007

    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at Northerly Island, Chicago, 9/1/24

  • CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world
    15·
    6 days ago

    High as a kite at a friends house just hanging out after work. My friend just randomly picks up his acoustic guitar and starts noodling. His roommate comes home, disappears for a bit and comes out with a standup bass. For the next 2 hrs they just smoked and jammed for the love of music.

    Me:

  • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    5 days ago

    Patti Smith and Philip Glass. I’ve been a fan of hers for so long, couldn’t believe I was in the same room as her, so to speak. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01f9vrd

    God Speed You! Black Emperor https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/godspeed-you-black-emperor/2016/edinburgh-playhouse-edinburgh-scotland-6bfcf2c6.html

    (Added in edit) This song made me cry, it’s so beautiful and joyful and sad. A wonderful concert altogether.

    Probably the most intense performance I’ve ever seen was the Japanese dance troupe Sankai Juku, in Wellington, NZ in 1988. Amazingly moving, unforgettable.

  • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    6 days ago

    Rammstein

    Theatrics, setlist, audio quality, crowd… Just wow. Hope to see them one more time.

    • cannedtuna@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Easily this. They have some of the best theatrics ever. The fire and smoke are amazing to watch. They even used the smoke on stage to cover a costume change during the performance

    • Coldcell@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      6 days ago

      Saw them in Brixton on the Ænima tour, they were warming up and soundchecking Hooker with a penis shaking the walls while we queued outside getting preached to by a fundamentalist. Wrong crowd for a “Jesus will save you” pitch, buddy.

  • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works
    10·
    6 days ago

    Metallica, Donington Park Raceway, 2004. They were headlining Download festival, but Lars was rushed to hospital right before the show. Rather than cancel they brought out a rotating cast of drummers from the other bands at the festival, starting with Dave Lombardo from Slayer.

    This was the St Anger tour… We were all jazzed to see Metallica, but let’s be honest, no one was particularly jazzed about St Anger as an album. Thing is though, their guest drummers didn’t know the tracks on St Anger. They knew old school Metallica; Kill Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, the Black Album, And Justice For All. The good shit.

    Better yet, the guest drummers were absolutely psyched to be there. For Metallica this could have been just another show. Huge crowd, but they’ve played bigger. But for their rotating cast of drummers this was the greatest night of their life. That kind of enthusiasm is infectious and it really showed. This was one of the most balls to the wall performances I’ve ever seen from any band. The energy was off the charts.

    Especially when they got to Joey from Slipknot. The idea was that they were going to keep rotating drummers throughout the night, but after Joey played his first song, that went out the window. He was their drummer for the rest of the night. That motherfucker played his god damn heart out. Now, listen, if you’re one of those people who still thinks that Slipknot are a bad band, go listen to Vol 3 and then come talk to me. Joey is one hell of a drummer, and he showed up to play. And the whole band felt it.By the end of the show James Hetfield wasn’t singing to us… He was singing to Joey. I distinctly remember him standing with one foot up on the bass drum staring that little masked genius dead in the eyes, two guys basically performing for each other (an image made hilarious and adorable by the fact that James Hetfield is a giant of a man, and Joey is a pocket sized human being; it was like Dad brought his kid to work).

    It was a once in a lifetime experience, and probably one of the best shows Metallica ever played. Pure lightning in a bottle.

  • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    9·
    6 days ago

    NIN always does a great show, but I think of all of them I liked the Fragility Tour the most (2000). It was so well done.

    KMFDM always puts on a hell of a show. I never miss a chance to see them and they always kill it. My favorite show of there’s was the Symbols tour with PIG. They had Ogre from Skinny Puppy touring with them as he was a temporary member for that album. Just so good.

    Gwar was always great and fun to see live. They probably still are, but I haven’t been able to see them live in years.