Best Live Band Ever Is...

[Torurot]

George Thorogood and the Destroyers

(most would know "one burbon, one beer" & "Bad to the Bone".)

[guydesavoy]

(f0xxee @ Jan. 26 2011,04:40) a hand painted silver HR pannel van with Eureka Stockade flags on side and bonnet  to Sydney for, the van being stuffed to the gunnels with Mullimbimby's finest product. Thoroughly paranoid the whole journey, but man what a concert!

Ah, yooth!

The things we got away with

Seeing Zep in 75 would have been an experience. Looking forward to reading Keef's book too..

Not many foreignors would know Hunters & Collectors but I saw them at the old Chasers in 83. 3 piece Brass back up, very loud and sweaty

[farangbah]

(Tomcat @ Jan. 25 2011,20:39) Motorhead is my next target to see live

"We are Motorhead. We play rock 'n roll!..." You won't be disappointed, rocker!

I had to sit on this question for a while (my ass is still a little sore). Too much to ponder. I do agree that loud is good. I could never get it loud enough most nights. Last year I went for a medical check-up in Japan. I got in the booth and they explained how it works, and I sat there waiting for it to begin. The woman kept leaning back, looking into the window, thinking I didn't understand or something -- she was incredulous that I actually couldn't hear the average low-end sounds. Oh well, the price of rock 'n roll...

Live music to me is one of the single greatest pleasures in life. And one of the coolest things about it is that the enjoyment of it is so subjective. One man's trash is another man's treasure and all that.

Most of the greatest shows I've ever seen, however, were not in the big arenas, but in some hole somewhere with 20 unsuspecting people standing around and then -- BOOM!

When I started going to improv avant-jazz shows, that was a game changer for me. When it was "on" (and there were plenty of off nights), it took live music to another level -- it was alive -- living within that moment, drawing things in from it's surroundings, interactive and never to be replicated.

One classic New York Moment that stands out in my mind:

I had the honor of promoting a jazz festival in NYC some years back. Opening night: Ornette Coleman in Battery Park. Ornette Coleman! It was a coup -- he hadn't played his hometown in years. I had worked my ass off for months on that gig, and settled in on the side of the stage to enjoy the fruits of my labors. And he was mesmerizing, with his funny plastic sax. And he's building, and building the crescendo . . . And the band and the audience are in a frenzy, and just as it seems he's reaching the highest heights, at the dock nearby the famous Circle Line Ferry pulls out for a loop of Manhattan and let's out a low staccato belch, and without missing a beat (literally) Ornette returned the volley in perfect pitch. The place went nuts.

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout...

[El_hefe]

My favorite concerts:

Rolling Stones 1965 in a small concert hall in Dublin, this was just as "Satisfaction" was released in UK (not USA yet). They had only their small amps & I think Jagger sang on the house PA system, didn't matter because I couldn't hear shit since it was mostly teenage girls screaming the entire time they played, like a jet engine noise that wouldn't stop. The only musical memory I have of that show is Bill Wyman's bass riff on "It's Alright".

Jimi Hendrix May '68 Fillmore East. I think this was his first concert in America as a headliner after Monterey... but not sure, I know the tickets went on sale before his first album was released in the US. Whew.... unbelievable.... The Best Ever... I'll never see anyone better.

Led Zeppelin's first Fillmore show 7 months later was fantastic as well, I remember it as much as I can remember anything from that era
I actually found a clip from that very show on the net, but this clip is the same time, better quality... ( the entire 4 song set of this TV show is easily found)

http://www.ledzeppelin.com/video/how...danish-tv-1969

Also around this same time I would always catch The Who & they never disappointed live.

Gee, I miss those days sometimes......

[guydesavoy]

You're a legend El hefe If I could time travel, that's where I would've been too.

Ever see King crimson ?

[jimslim]

(Tomcat @ Jan. 25 2011,20:39) Motorhead is my next target to see live

I've always been a mod/soulboy but don't mind a bit of hard rock once in a while .

I saw Motorhead when I was a kid of about 14 and they were loud and fast alright . The original line up of Lemmy , fast Eddie and filthy .
When they played bomber this dodgy looking glider was dangled over the stage on ropes , not quite the stage shows of today

Not sure if I would fancy Thin Lizzy without Phil Lynott but I agree they were a great band in their day .
Live and Dangerous is the best live rock album I've heard .

The best concert I've seen recently was Paul Heaton ex Beautiful South , not a rock guitar in sight though

[jimslim]

Anyone check out Them Crooked Vultures ?

Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters )
Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age )
John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin )

Modern day hard rock at its finest

[farangbah]

 Yeah, I tried to bring 'em up on one of the music threads (what are you listening to?, or something)...  Didn't take.

I bet they kill live.  Fat, beefy.  

Seen QOTSA a bunch a times, but woulda loved to have seen KYUSS.  The "Secret" QOTSA Club Tour with Grohl on drums to open "Songs for the Deaf"?  

Awesome . . .

[El_hefe]

(guydesavoy @ Jan. 26 2011,13:01) Ever see King crimson ?

No... I did see Soft Machine, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Zappa & God knows who all else around this time or a couple of years later but honestly I was already starting to dig into the "roots" thing: blues, bluegrass... I started listening to classic 50's Country right around the time all of the 70s groups started up with the hard rock, progressive, metal, fusion, punk, etc., ....wasn't too into that. It seemed to me to be too much about technique or attitude. My tastes starting running backwards in time then.....

[TEXASMAC]

I guess I am kinda soft and old school. I was thinking , Kool and the Gang, and the 4 Tops. I guess it comes from being raised in Detroit. It was either Motown or Lawrence Welk.

[daveduke007]

(strocube @ Jan. 25 2011,21:05) Probably my favorite live shows that I've seen are The English Beat at small brew pub in Dana Point back in the mid-90s. They did a series of shows there for about a week in a row. I saw them three times, and they just blew everyone away.

Im a very big fan of the Brummie band too   , Class Act  

Dont know the reason why they changed their name from The Beat to The English Beat though  

The Beat "Twist And Crawl" (12" version) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v....FC434D2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNpaaPHENE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bkj3kFhWKs

and a whole more here

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...y=English+beat

[titleist]

Have to agree with Tc and Jimslim here, Motorhead are right up there.....saw them at Leeds Queens hall on the "bomber" tour in 86 i think, i remember being hearing impaired for at least two days afterwards

[donnykey]

What about the great OZ band of the late 70's/early 80's .... Indoor Plants.




That lead singer really rocked the joint.

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Cheers DK

[donnykey]

And a really hansum bugger to boot.

What the fuck happened.

Cheers DK

[farangbah]

As soon as I saw your name next to the thread I shook my head at the lost opportunity that slipped through my fingers. I love your stance in the first couple pics -- definitely some Brian Johnson in there...

What were some of Indoor Plants' most beloved covers...?