Best live acts you've actually seen live. [Archive]

Olmy

12 Dec 2001, 15:35

My favourite memories would be:

Smashing Pumpkins, 1998, Melbourne Park. (Touring on the "Adore" album).

Radiohead, 1998, Festival Hall. (Touring on the "Ok Computer" and "The Bends" albums).

Augie March, 2000, The Athenaeum Theatre (Touring on the "Sunset Studies" album).

Gomez (early) 2000, Hi-Fi Bar (Touring on the "Bring It On" and "Liquid Skin" albums).

Yo La Tengo, 2000, The Prince of Wales Hotel (Touring on the "Suddenly nothing turned itself inside out" and previous albums).

Even, 1999, Punters Club (Touring on the "Come Again" album).

As well as . . .

You Am I . . . in the "best of" shows they seem to knock out every time they play! ;)

Macca19

12 Dec 2001, 15:47

cant go past The Prodigy '98.

Most amazing live experience ive ever witnessed....doubtful it will be beaten in my eyes.

jod23

12 Dec 2001, 16:41

Jebs, numerous occasions. So much energy, they just rock.

Paul McCartney in 93 was great.

Micheal Jacksons History tour was also fantastic, the ultimate performer and entertainer.

mandy

12 Dec 2001, 16:50

KISS. Missed the first one (too young :( HEY! I don't get to say that too often on here!!!!:) )but the next 3 were amazing!

CowboyFromHell

12 Dec 2001, 17:06

Um.......one guess who I thought they best band live were??

PANTERA! May 2001, although Phil put in a really **** performance, I have never seen a band who are as tight as Pantera are live. Vinne, Dimebag and Rex are better than anyone on stage in my opinion, and I try not to be biased in saying that.

And when Phil is on song, the show is even better. He may have been ****house at the Melbourne show, but I still loved every minute of it!

CFH.

catalyst

12 Dec 2001, 17:10

Matchbox 20, Melbourne Park, November of 2000. It was the day of my year twelve health exam, so was a great way to release tension! They played a good mix of both albums and, yeah, sounded awesome.

Chris_23

12 Dec 2001, 17:25

Foo Fighters @ Hi-Fi Bar. They played there longest and best show ever, well thats what Dave Grohl said anyway. I'd have to agree, i've seen them 5 times and that was by far there best show.

SydneyBomber

12 Dec 2001, 17:27

I couldn't be stuffed remembering the exact years of the gigs (at the moment anyway), but here goes:

Morbid Angel - Enmore Theatre (Blessed Are The Sick Tour)
It was scary how good this show was!

Nine Inch Nails - Alternative Nation

Faith No More - Hordern (Angel Dust Tour)

Slayer - Hordern (Divine int tour)

Carcass - Phoenican Theatre (Heartwork tour)

Misfits - Metro

Napalm Death - Metro

Ministry - BDO (Psalm 69 Tour)

Fear Factory - Selinas - (Soul of new machine Tour)

Ramones - Hordern (88?89?)

mantis

12 Dec 2001, 17:53

Alice Cooper, Welcome to my Nightmare tour.

Phil Collins, Invisible Touch Tour

Everyone of Donovan's concerts I have been too.

Shermanator

12 Dec 2001, 18:00

U2 Popmart and INXS Live baby live were both absolutely brilliant

JUBJUB

12 Dec 2001, 19:55

Matchbox 20 -Nov 2000,Melbourne Park
Jimmy Barnes -SOUL DEEP TOUR,Palais [StKilda] 1991
John Farnham -CHAIN REACTION TOUR.The Arena [Geelong]

NakedDeadGuy

12 Dec 2001, 20:28

Hoodoo Gurus, Electric Soup tour Australia Day 1992, lady Bay Hotel Warrnambool.
Midnight Oil, 20000 Watts RSL tour, early 1998, University of Ballarat.
Hunters & Collectors, somewhere in Adelaide, footy trip early 90s.

Shinboners

12 Dec 2001, 20:31

Best

Any gig involving the Lucksmiths
Any gig involving Darren Hanlon
Steinbecks final gig at the Punters Club, Melbourne
Pet Shop Boys at Flinders Park
New Order at Festering Hole (1987)
Joe Pernice solo at the Punters Club
Saint Etienne at the Metro, Sydney
The Jesus And Mary Chain at the Metro, Melbourne
Pop Will Eat Itself at the Metro, Melbourne
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy/Sonic Youth at the Metro, Melbourne
The Magnetic Fields at the Continental Cafe, Melbourne
The Dambuilders at the Esplanade
Belly/Juliana Hatfield at the Prince Of Wales
EMF at the Palace
The Cardigans at the Prince of Wales
Frente!/Blackeyed Susans at the Athenaeum Theatre
They Might Be Giants at the Old Greek Theatre
Robert Forster and Grant McLennan at the Continental
Clouds at the Club, Collingwood
Best Friends Group at the Laundry, Fitzroy (with your's truly doing some DJing between bands!).

Worst

The Cure at Flinders Park
Massive Attack at Festering Hole
Dire Straits at (hmmm.....can't remember, must've fallen asleep)
Spain in some pub in Fitzroy

Wish List

Belle and Sebastian
The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group
Ryan Adams
Aislers Set

Dee

12 Dec 2001, 20:32

Jimmy Barnes - new years eve at Alberton Oval 1996. I GOT HIS BANDANA!!!!! and i saw him this year as well.

lol and umm U2.......

LIVE - i am seeing them next week as well.

INXS

and cold chisel reunion thingo.

The Hippie

12 Dec 2001, 20:35

Deep Purple - Canberra, 1984. Perfect Strangers tour

Def Leppard - Sydney, 1992. Adrenalize tour

George Thorogood - Canberra, 1992

Midnight Oil - Canberra, 1986 or 7. Species Deceases tour. Again last year in Wagga on their 25th? anniversary tour.

Motley Crue - Sydney, 1990. Dr Feelgood tour

Santos L Helper

12 Dec 2001, 20:43

Dead Kennedys...........1983
Midnight Oil................1978-88
Mojo Nixon...................San Francisco 1994
Suicidal Tendencies..........Washington DC 1987
DRI....................................LA 1987
Gang Green........................LA 1987
Strife............................Noarlunga 1998.
Ten Foot Pole.................Flinders Uni 1997
Beastie Boys..........several times in late 90's
Beck.......................1995
Naked Raygun...............Washington DC 1987
7 Seconds.....................LA 1987
ACDC............in 1973 or 4 with Bonn. (I'm pretty sure that was the year)
Elvez (mexican Elvis impersonator).........San Francisco 1994
Tom Jones..............late 80's and also around 1993.

there's some for starters

Shinboners

12 Dec 2001, 20:46

Originally posted by Santos L Helper
Dead Kennedys...........1983

You saw the Dead Kennedys? My God.....tell me about it.

One band I regret never seeing were the Cramps.

Santos L Helper

12 Dec 2001, 20:55

Originally posted by Shinboners

You saw the Dead Kennedys? My God.....tell me about it.

One band I regret never seeing were the Cramps.

Yes Shinners I was there, front and centre. Thet played for about 45 minutes and it was just awesome, from the fist click of Darren's drum sticks to the final riff from East Bay Ray's guitar. Crowd figures ranged from 500 to 2000 depending on who you talk to, but I can tell you it was crowded at the front. I manged to walk away with a chipped tooth ( thanks to Jello's mike) and a big graze on my neck (thanks to Jello's boot) and I bloody well wore those marks with pride. I also went to a party with the boys after the show and they seemed really cool, although I met Biafra again in 1994 and he seemed to have a big chip on his shoulder.

Anyway, that show still ranks number one with me, for sheer brilliance and energy plus the fact that I know I'm lucky to be one of the few to claim this as truth.

Shinboners

12 Dec 2001, 21:01

Thanks for that Santos....it sounds like an amazing experience. I was a DKs fan in my teenage years, but I haven't listened to them in ages. I think that even if the Dead Kennedys toured Australia and if I was old enough to go at the time, I would've been too scared to attend.

I don't think Jello is on speaking terms with the other former Dead Kennedys....they've been fighting over royalties. The other members released a live recording (not approved by Jello or Alternative Tenctacles) and I've seen a (bootleg?) live video of the DKs on sale at Missing Link Records here in Melbourne. I'm not sure if they'd have it at Big Star Records in Adelaide though.

Sydneyfan

12 Dec 2001, 21:04

Red Hot Chili Peppers last year at Syd. Ent. Cent. they rocked! :)

Olmy

12 Dec 2001, 21:20

Originally posted by Shinboners

Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy/Sonic Youth at the Metro, Melbourne

I missed the Sonic Youth tour in 1998 (at the Palace, I think), but it was supposed to have been an amazing show.

Likewise, also missing out on seeing the Pumpkins on their first Australian tour, for the BDO is a fairly sizeable regret!

Originally posted by Shinboners

The Magnetic Fields at the Continental Cafe, Melbourne

Got a mate who went to that show, and said it was huge.

Originally posted by Shinboners

Worst

The Cure at Flinders Park
Massive Attack at Festering Hole

Really?!

Was that to do with the venues, or just the output of the bands in general??

Originally posted by Shinboners

Wish List
Belle and Sebastian

For sure!

For mine, you could also add to that, R.E.M., along with Elliott Smith, Richard Ashcroft (well to play The Verve songs really, although, I'd prefer the whole band, if they reformed!), The Strokes, along with a number of other bands that I enjoy!

Originally posted by Shinboners

Ryan Adams

(I hope you took extra time to ensure that you didn't put a 'B' in front of that!). :D

Shinboners

12 Dec 2001, 21:27

Originally posted by Olmy

Got a mate who went to that show, and said it was huge.

Yeah, the Magnetic Fields were brilliant. I went with a mate and we did the dinner and show thing....we were sitting no more than 2 metres away from Stephin Merritt!

Olmy
Really?!

Was that to do with the venues, or just the output of the bands in general??

The Cure were hideous. Boring, dull, insipid, uninspired. Did we really need that 10 minute long guitar solo smack bang in the middle of "Primary"?

Massive Attack was just a lighting show, and we sat on the sidelines, and so, we didn't see it to full effect.

The other thing to keep in mind is that I usually hate stadium shows (only the Pet Shop Boys have ever impressed me on that scale).

Olmy
For sure!

For mine, you could also add to that, R.E.M., along with Elliott Smith, Richard Ashcroft (well to play The Verve songs really, although, I'd prefer the whole band, if they reformed!), The Strokes, along with a number of other bands that I enjoy!

Yeah, I'm regretting having missed the Strokes as well (also annoyed that I missed Lois Maffeo earlier this year too). Elliot Smith did a tour here last year though.

Olmy
(I hope you took extra time to ensure that you didn't put a 'B' in front of that!). :D

Yeah, I remember the first time I saw the Ryan Adams CD (Heartbreaker) and wondering if it was a typo. :D

Olmy

12 Dec 2001, 21:46

Originally posted by Shinboners

Elliot Smith did a tour here last year though.

Really? I thought it got cancelled, and after that I never heard anything of it again (unless I have totally forgotten about it, and my reason for not going!)! Geez, if it went ahead, I will be absolutely spewing!

coxon

12 Dec 2001, 21:50

Originally posted by Santos L Helper
Beck.......................1995

cool... that was before odelay correct? where was he playing?

hmm.. cant even remember the year i saw Beck in concert at the enmore theatre newtown... doing most of his 'odelay' stuff... so it was post '96...

this was my favourite concert... best live show i seen....
Beck is the coolest, most brilliant showman around !!!

High 5! More dead than alive!
Rocking the plastic like a man from the Catskills!

Rusty Brookes

13 Dec 2001, 07:31

Radio Birdman at the Prince of Wales Hotel 1999 (I think)-their second time around on the reunion circuit was awesome. Much better than the first as they had to work harder and played so hard-a real pleasure to watch

Blue Oyster Cult-Ventura California 2000-Blown away by how good these guys were live. One of my all time favourite bands, played only good songs from their 70s period (as opposed to some of the shockers they recorded in the 80s).

Dead Moon-All Melbourne Shows 1996-This band is a husband and wife team, with a friend on drums. They are led by Fred Cole, who first started playing rock n roll in the early 60s and is still going strong today. Tough as nails, garage punk

Other great live bands, Celibate Rifles, Kiss, Iggy Pop (especially at Big Day Out 1992), the Seminal Rats, Ron Asheton from the Stooges, Wayne Kramer from the MC5, the Ramones, Alice Cooper, the Powder Monkeys, Cosmic Psychos, the Hitmen, the New Christs, the Freeloaders, Sugar Shack .....

Fat Pizza

13 Dec 2001, 07:49

George Thorogood at Festival Hall, Melbourne
HoodooGurus at Sydney Uni
Weddings Parties Anything at the Corner Hotel, Richmond
Elton John at the Glasshouse, Melbourne
Wendy & the Rocketts at the Lady Bay, Warrnambool
Skyhooks at Festival Hall, Melbourne
Mi-Sex at the Provincial, Ballarat

A couple of tribute bands, who put on great live shows were:
Complete Madness at the Cherry Tree, Richmond &
King Cadenza & the Melody Lords at the Prince Pat, Collingwood

Bloodstained Angel

13 Dec 2001, 11:36

Cosmic Pyscho's, Where's the Pope, and Exploding White Mice in a triple bill at the Tivoli in Adelaide - ummm around 1988-89 I think ?

You had all the moves in those days Santos !

oh and Shinners - you are right to regret not seeing the Cramps - whatta show, the Live version of "Does your Pussy do the Dog ?" has to be seen to be believed ! :eek:

cheers

Shinboners

13 Dec 2001, 12:48

Originally posted by Bloodstained Angel
oh and Shinners - you are right to regret not seeing the Cramps - whatta show, the Live version of "Does your Pussy do the Dog ?" has to be seen to be believed ! :eek:

Did it require a X rating ? :eek: ;)

Shinboners

13 Dec 2001, 12:51

Originally posted by Olmy

Really? I thought it got cancelled, and after that I never heard anything of it again (unless I have totally forgotten about it, and my reason for not going!)! Geez, if it went ahead, I will be absolutely spewing!

Hmmmm.....maybe I got it wrong in that case. :confused: I thought he did do some solo gigs.....I know he came over with Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi) for some gigs with her though.....

vanders

13 Dec 2001, 13:27

Kylie Minogue - On A Night Like This tour earlier this year. Wasnt a big fan of her until i saw her live, shes a great performer.

The Corrs - In Blue tour about 2 months ago. Top Stuff!

roobear

13 Dec 2001, 13:40

Aussie Acts
The Angels 8 times, still not sick of seeing them live
Barnesy a couple of times
Diesel a Couple of times
Nick Barker & the reptiles a couple of times
Weddings Parties Anything
Choirboys
Things of Stone & Wood
Paul Kelly
Angry Anderson & most of Rose Tattoo
INXS calling all nations tour
Jimi the Human & Spectre 7
Never saw Oils or Hunnas.... deprived childhood

Int'l Acts
Bryan Adams - don't laugh, my wife was only my girlfriend at the time
Jon Bon Jovi solo - good show
Bon Jovi at Coronial this year - magnificent show.
Chilli Peppers at Festival Hall BSSM tour - awesome stuff

All time biggest regret - arrived for holiday in Surfers 2 nights after Nirvana played there, and they played in Melbourne 2 nights later... a chance lost forever.

GOALden Hawk

13 Dec 2001, 14:40

Originally posted by Chris_23
Foo Fighters @ Hi-Fi Bar. They played there longest and best show ever, well thats what Dave Grohl said anyway. I'd have to agree, i've seen them 5 times and that was by far there best show.

HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was at that show and it was absolutely awesome. Chad from RHCP jumped on drums for a couple of songs, with Dave playing drums as well and Taylor on vocals. They were in a really good mood and played for over 2 hours, and despite the fact it was unbearably hot (it was a show during the BDO tour 2000) it was a sensational show. Made even better by the fact Motor Ace and The Hellacoptors were the support.

Other great live shows:

AC/DC - Living End - Rod Laver Arena, March 2001.

Foo Fighters - Ammonia - Festival Hall 1998 (they had 2 drum kits so Dave could play a couple of songs :) )

Millencolin - The Porkers - Hi Fi Bar Feb 2000

No Fun At All - The Corner - Sep 2000

Reel Big Fish - Area 7 - The Hi Fi Bar - 1999

Pennywise at Offshore 2000

Jebediah at PushOver 1998.

Living End - Area 7 at Hi Fi Bar 1998

Spiderbait at La Trobe Uni 1997

Most disappointing: Smashing Pumpkins 1998. Sorry Olmy but I was really let down, they just played a bit too much of Adore for my liking.

The Starchild

13 Dec 2001, 15:31

Obviously the best live band/all round show that I ever seen was KISS. I think they rip everyone as an allround experience sound and light/interaction show, once I saw them in Wembey Arena (not the stadiium) and at one point we all had to put on 3D glasses and look at the massive screen and they were belting out music to them poking guitars at us the whole crowd was screaming it was wild.

Pumpkins in 98 Adore tour I thought were sh#t. much better in earlier tour.

Radiohead are good live (twice in Paris 2000) but nowhere near the overall experience someone like KISS give you.

Metallica in 93 awesome, AC/DC in 94 (??I think it was) absolutely rocked, 2nd best live band I've ever seen. Actually no they're 3rd, Pantera at Festival Hall in 93 or 94 was 2nd, absolutely insane the place just went totally fuc#ing wild like nothing I've ever seen before, that was intense.

Anyone who saw Pantera live in the earlier day would know what I mean.

mantis

13 Dec 2001, 15:43

Originally posted by The Starchild
Obviously the best live band/all round show that I ever seen was [b]KISS[/b

Wow, now there is a surprise. :D :D :D

SydneyBomber

13 Dec 2001, 16:09

Originally posted by The Starchild

Anyone who saw Pantera live in the earlier day would know what I mean.

Yeah - not too shabby, and a helluva a lot better than they became...:rolleyes:

gPhonque

13 Dec 2001, 16:41

Jamiroquai - at the Metro in Melb in about 95.

Mr Bungle - at the Palace in about 97. (i can never the dates if these things...)

The Tea Party - at Festival Hall in about 98 or 99. I had what should have been the worst sounding seat in the place (yes, SEAT!) in the back right corner - but it was still probably the best sounding show i've ever seen. Or should that be 'heard'? :) I couldn't see much from back there....but it didn't matter.

Nikka Costa - at the Punters Club in about 98. They, and she, absolutely rocked. I love(d?) the Punters!

Midnight Oil - at any number of places. I'm not a huge Oils nut but i have a mate from school who still calls up every one or two years to see if i want an Oils ticket. I always go, as Garrett is always interesting, i get a chance to catch up with my mate, and the band absolutely rock. Easily my favourite Australian rock band. Awesome live band. If you haven't seen them live, do it!

I can't remember the rest. I suppose i've seen many awesome bands at the Big Day Out & such festivals over the years, along with tiny little bands in tiny little places all over the place. Actually, At The Drive-In deserve a mention as they were awesome at last years BDO. Powderfinger (many years ago opening on the main stage well before they sold their souls to footy clubs across the country) Shhitloads more that i'll never remember because i was probably too drunk or something.

Darky

13 Dec 2001, 18:41

Best
Cathedral, Joey's (Prahran), 1998 - in front of only 30-40 people!
Megadeth, Palace, 2001
Judas Priest, Palace, 2001
Screaming Jets, Mercury Lounge, 2000

Thumbs Up
Deep Purple, FLinders Park, 2001
AC/DC, Flinders Park, 1990 (twice)
Ozzy Osbourne, Festival Hall, 1998
Smashing Pumpkins, Flinders Park, 1998
Rammstein, BDO Melbourne, 2001
Screaming Jets, Mercury Lounge, 2001

Not Bad
Tool, Festival Hall, 1998
Kiss, Flinders Park, 2001
Rock Symphony, Colonial Stadium, 2000

Hmmm :rolleyes:
Pearl Jam, Flinders Park, 1999 (boooooring)
Tool, Flinders Park, 2001 (paid $72 to watch a video)
BDO Melbourne, 2001 (apart from Rammstein)
Falls Festival, 2000 (that was just $hit)

Pissed off that I missed :
Iron Maiden 1992 - no money
Cathedral 1999 - there was NO publicity and I didn't know they had been here until I read a review of a gig in Richmond on the net a few months after the tour. :mad:
Devin Townsend 2001 - didn't get into his stuff until about two weeks after his tour and auto graph signing session, so I didn't get my CDs signed because I hadn't bought them yet :o

I've also seen many bands that play regular gigs around Melbourne - Pegazus, Speed Kings, Vanishing Point and Cyclone Tracy are the most regular. Pegazus are by far my favourite of that lot.

There's whispers about that because of the success of the Megadeth and Judas Priest shows at a smaller venue, promoters are much keener to bring old warhorse bands like Iron Maiden out to Australia. One can only hope! :)

The Hippie

13 Dec 2001, 20:51

Originally posted by Darky
Pissed off that I missed :
Iron Maiden 1992 - no money
There's whispers about that because of the success of the Megadeth and Judas Priest shows at a smaller venue, promoters are much keener to bring old warhorse bands like Iron Maiden out to Australia. One can only hope! :)

One of my big regrets too, Darky. A mate of mine loves them too, and pestered me about going to see them the last 2 times they toured but work got in the way. Won't make that mistake again if they ever come back out, especially now Bruce is back onboard.

SydneyBomber

14 Dec 2001, 05:27

Originally posted by Darky

Pissed off that I missed :
Iron Maiden 1992 - no money

They were pretty good!

I'm not a huge fan, but went iout of interest, and 'cos I wanted o see Steve Harris do his thing live in the flesh.

I wish I had seen Metallica in 89/90 (?), but I didn't have any money. The look on my best mates face thfor the entire WEEK after the show was enough to convince me I'd missed something truly special.:(

Olmy

14 Dec 2001, 21:56

Originally posted by GOALden Hawk

Most disappointing: Smashing Pumpkins 1998. Sorry Olmy but I was really let down, they just played a bit too much of Adore for my liking.

Adore would almost be the Pumpkins' best album, IMO.

The show was a magnificent example, of a band turning up, and playing a great selection of songs, from a great album. The band, along with accompanying musicians, were all pretty relaxed, and there was more a sense of "playing a few songs in the park", rather than your "armageddon, pyrotechnics rock (****) show".

I'm spewing that I missed the Pumpkins when they played the BDO. The BDO shows (mainly Melbourne) were supposed to have been some of the best they played, and up there with some of the best BDO acts every seen.

Olmy

14 Dec 2001, 22:03

Originally posted by The Starchild

Pumpkins in 98 Adore tour I thought were sh#t. much better in earlier tour.

Not an appreciator of good music then, I see?

Hmm. Funny that Gene Simmons mentioned that the Adore tour was one of the best he'd seen for a long time, at the time.

Santos L Helper

15 Dec 2001, 06:06

I thought the 'Pumpkins' were great at their BDO shows, but the band which blew me away on that particular show was 'The Breeders'. I hadn't been a big fan at all, but I was just dumb struck after their performance...............simply fantastic.
Other BDO performances I liked (there are lots, but these were standouts) were RATM, 6 Foot Hick and Ministry. Ministry just blew me away from the first riff of 'just one fix'. They were the reason that Adelaide BDO's are now volume controlled to the point where unless your right down the front, it's just too quiet.

lioness

15 Dec 2001, 13:09

Julian Lennon, Mercury Lounge, 1998. Brilliant. :D

Darky

15 Dec 2001, 14:25

Re : Smashing Pumpkins
I think in 1998 they did lean a little too heavily on the Adore album which they toured on the back of. From memory the album had barely come out, so as good as it was, there wasn't really any time for the fans to learn the new stuff.
It was a great show and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, and was glued to my seat throughout, especially during Corgan's long improvisations.

Olmy

15 Dec 2001, 18:49

Originally posted by Darky
Re : Smashing Pumpkins
I think in 1998 they did lean a little too heavily on the Adore album which they toured on the back of. From memory the album had barely come out, so as good as it was, there wasn't really any time for the fans to learn the new stuff.
It was a great show and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would, and was glued to my seat throughout, especially during Corgan's long improvisations.

I've actually got a bootleg of the show they did live, for Triple J on the tour. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find it for a while. :(

Although it wasn't as good as the Melbourne show, it certainly for me, was an example of a band reproducing an exceptional album, with an exceptional live display.

Gee, I'd love to have a bootleg of the Melbourne show!

Although, the songs were still true to the album version, they also took on a life of their own live. While the show was fairly relaxed, and more like a "show in the park", the songs still managed to become as dramatic, and engaging in operatic terms, as any other show that I've seen.

The album itself takes a while to get into - and perhaps for this reason, repeated listenings to the live reproduction is necessary to fully appreciate all of the intricacies and brilliance that the shows had to offer.

There were rumours at one stage, that the band, the original four, actually re-recorded Adore, with Chamberlain on drums, as well as some other different arrangements. I'm not sure how much truth there is in this rumour. It's also hard to say whether I'd be able to appreciate the album or not - considering I regard it as a classic in its current form. I guess it could prove to be somewhat of an addition, and complementary aspect to a good formula.

Perhaps it would be similar to listening to the album live. LIke Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', perhaps Adore is one of those albums in which different versions of the same production can be seen/used in a complementary sense, rather than songs being written with the intention of being played "live", or on "radio", or on an "album".

I also heard another rumour, that there are plans in the future, to re-release all the Pumpkins albums, most with additional songs, however, Adore having been planned to have been done from live takes. If so, this would be an exceptional piece to listen to (as long as they got the good takes, I suppose).

Blues_Brat

15 Dec 2001, 19:09

In no particular order:

Skyhooks: Reunion tour 1990

Rose Tattoo: Support act for ZZ Top in 1987

TISM: 4 times, 2 BDOs, Liberty in Hindley St and Thebby Theatre. Always good value.

Rammstein: BDO 2001

Happyland: BDO 1999

Pink Floyd: 1988

Hoodoo Gurus: Farewell tour

Midnight Oil: seen em 3 times, but the best was undoubtedly 1990 at Memorial Drive

INXS: Calling all Nations tour, 1988 at Memorial Drive

The Sharp

Kiss: 1997 (better than the farewell gig IMO)

NYMets

17 Dec 2001, 10:37

Neville Bros
Janice Joplin (awesome)
Dr John
BB King
Bob Marley
the Kinks
Little Feet

I'll think of some more modern ones

This girl I know is in Stella123 or something and they were great live.

Porthos

17 Dec 2001, 22:52

Rage Against The Machine - Roskilde Festival 1994
Rollins Band - Roskilde Festival 1994
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Heyday 1994
The Prodigy - Heyday 1994
Jeff Buckley - Thebarton Theatre 1995/96

Missed out on: Nirvana, Denmark 1994 - prick killed himself about a month before the concert. Bleh.

topdon

18 Dec 2001, 08:13

Crowded House - Farewell to the World (Sydney Opera House)

Shinboners

18 Dec 2001, 12:22

Originally posted by topdon
Crowded House - Farewell to the World (Sydney Opera House)

Were you there? If so, tell us all about it.

Or did you watch it on TV?

DEVO

20 Dec 2001, 09:18

In August 1980 my Father took me to see Heart at the Forum in Los Angeles. Damn those girls could rock. They had just released BARRACUDA, and everybody in America was going apesh*t over that song. The guitar riff is unreal. They also played some of their earlier hits such as MAGIC MAN, EVEN IT UP and CRAZY ON YOU. It was a great concert and all their songs sound so much better live.
About six months later Heart's Greatest Hits was released in Australia, and second side was all live tracks including BEBE LA STRANGE from the Forum in August 1980.

PeteLX

20 Dec 2001, 11:00

Best: Underworld @ '99 (or was it 98?) BDO Melbourne
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ Palais 99
Faith No More @ Festering Hole each time I've seen them
Primal Scream @ Palace & BDO 2000 :) :)
Portishead @ Festering Hole (incredible sound for **** venue) 1998?
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Forum 1999?
Jamiroquai @ Metro (I thought 1993) went with Gphonque!
Einsturzende Neubauten @ Berlin Columbiahalle 2000
Blur @ Monash 1998

Worst: Dire Straits last tour @ Tennis Centre - boooooring
Massive Attack @ Festering Hole (how such a great GREAT musical group could be so sucky is still a mystery to me)
Chilli Peppers @ Tennis Centre with Dave Navarro (as opposed to 92 when they ROCKED)

My Humble Opinion.

Really not sure about some of those dates.

windyhill

24 Dec 2001, 16:16

1.Motley Crue,standout performers.
2.AC/DC,magic
3.Cosmic Psychos,magic
4.Kiss,brilliant
5.David Lee Roth,suprisingly good
6.Guns & Roses,went the first time when no-one knew them,brilliant,didn`t go the second time at Calder due to bandwagon effect.

topdon

24 Dec 2001, 17:59

Originally posted by Shinboners

Were you there? If so, tell us all about it.

Or did you watch it on TV?

I was there brotha! Best night out ever. I ended up spending the entire weekend in Sydney as the concert was supposed to be on the Saturday, but bad weather forced it to be prosponed 'til the following night.

It was brilliant! The highlight for me was their final song ... fittingly ... "Don't Dream It's Over". Still brings a shiver down my spine. Totally awesome!!

Nothing i see will ever beat that!! :)

Shinboners

24 Dec 2001, 18:10

Cheers for that TopDon. I'm very envious of ya.

"Don't Dream It's Over"......no matter how many times I hear that song, it still sends a shiver down my spine......

Darky

24 Dec 2001, 22:18

Originally posted by Shinboners
Cheers for that TopDon. I'm very envious of ya.

"Don't Dream It's Over"......no matter how many times I hear that song, it still sends a shiver down my spine......

Nothing a tartan scarf can't keep warm, eh? ;)

Fred

25 Dec 2001, 15:09

Slim Dusty at the Kalgoorlie town hall in 1978.
Sad ain't it.

HTB Saints

25 Dec 2001, 22:01

Best
Neil Young at Festival Hall 1985
Springsteen at the Showgrounds 1985
GnR @ Calder
Pink Floyd @ Tennis Center

Local
any number of Painters and Dockers gigs. My personal highlight is being on stage singing Nude School with them at the Hampton Hotel.
Hoodoo Gurus and Dockers at the Palace
Many Midnight Oil gigs

Worst
Van Morrison at the Glasshouse, a real disappointment

Penny Lane

25 Dec 2001, 23:07

Yep, Crowded House "Farewell to the World" was an awesome concert. Probably the best I've been to. Closely followed by Kiss.
Honourable mentions would go to Tool, ACDC, GnR and Metallica.
The Alice Cooper Trashes the World concert was better than I expected it to be, as was INXS in 1988.
I've seen Fear Factory twice and didn't like them much. I've gone off them in a big way now.

That's my 2 cents worth!! :)

Wally

26 Dec 2001, 10:36

In no particular order;

The Rolling Stones, MCG 1995
AC/DC, Tennis Centre 1988, The Party Boys opened for 'em and were brilliant.
The Giants, Rose Tattoo, and The Angels on the 'All Hell Breaks Loose' Tour 1998, The Palace.
Buddy Guy, Old Greek Theatre 1990.
The Angels, some pub in Frankston, can't remember the name 1987.
George Thorogood and the Destroyers, The Palace 1992.
Lobby Lloyd and The Coloured Balls, Prince of Wales Hotel, 1998.
Chain, Prince Of Wales Hotel, 1998.
Deep Purple, Tennis Centre 1999.
Iron Maiden, Festival Hall 1985.
Twisted Sister, Festival Hall, 1985.
Motorhead, Festival Hall, 1985.
The Black Crowes, Festival Hall, 1992.
Russell Morris, Broadford, 1988.
The Johnnies, Broadford, 1988.
Cold Chisel, Tennis Centre, 1998.
Cosmic Pshycos, Prince Of Wales Hotel.
The Celibate Rifles, Prince Of Wales Hotel.
Countless other pub gigs.

where's wally?

hawkfan5

26 Dec 2001, 13:28

I have only really seen three or four bands live. They were all very good though.

The Offspring- Bloody brilliant

The Living End- Played before AC/DC and they were fantastic, played all their classics as well as a few newies of 'Roll On'

AC/DC- Well they lived up to their reputation with a stunning sound and light show and great music.

Beach Boys- Well believe it or not I was actually a big fan of them when I was a youngster, pretty good concert even though there wasn't really any seats in the place apart from about 100 metres from where they were playing :rolleyes:

29 Dec 2001, 20:09

Originally posted by mandy5
KISS. Missed the first one (too young :( HEY! I don't get to say that too often on here!!!!:) )but the next 3 were amazing!

Agreed Mandy Kiss are a cut above the rest.

Wanted to go in 81 @ V.F.L. park but wasn't allowed :(

Saw em in 93 or 94 @ Flinders park the best concert I've been to! The Poor were great as support too.

97 gig was good especially cause of Ace Frehley being back though the performance was't that brilliant, had a crap seat too :(.

This years was very good also they put on a real show & played most of the ones I wanted to hear and played them well. Nice of em to put God of Thunder in the setlist too as I HATE that song and it allowed me to go out for a smoke :). Screaming Jets did a great job as support, set was waaaaaaay to short however.

Also enloyed

Megadeth (Palace 2001)
Judas Priest " "
Rammstein (BDO 2001)
Powderfinger (Festy 2001)
Ozzy Osbourne ( " 99?)
Screaming Jets (00,01 twice)

Pretty good

Deep Purple (Flinders 2001)
Bodyjar (some pub in Prahran! 2001, BDO 2001 & Falls 2000)

Not great

Nickelback (Merc 2001) only new 1 song, new I shouldn't've gone!
Falls festival (2000) very long 2 days!

Wish list

Iron Maiden - hopefully in 2002?
Living End

Ramones - Spewin I missed them!

Spidergirl~RiCkChiCk

29 Dec 2001, 20:17

Originally posted by BT

Agreed Mandy Kiss are a cut above the rest.

Wanted to go in 81 @ V.F.L. park but wasn't allowed :(

awww so did i...if only my parents had done the deed 2 years earlier of course ;)

SydneyBomber

30 Dec 2001, 09:53

Originally posted by BT

Wish list
Iron Maiden - hopefully in 2002?

Ramones - Spewin I missed them!

Not a huge fan of Maiden, but read yesterday that they will be working on their new album next year, so it won't be until 2003 at the earliest I'm afraid.
I saw them in the early 90's, and they were pretty good!

Ramones - you should spew you missed them! An almost religious experience!
I remember seeing them at the Hordern as a young impressionable 15 year old (87?88?), and it CHANGED me (for the better! ;) )
RIP Joey. :(

Spidergirl~RiCkChiCk

30 Dec 2001, 12:37

Originally posted by SydneyBomber

Not a huge fan of Maiden, but read yesterday that they will be working on their new album next year, so it won't be until 2003 at the earliest I'm afraid.

:eek: Darky u neva told me that GRHH!

SydneyBomber

30 Dec 2001, 13:19

Originally posted by Spidergirl~RiCkChiCk

:eek: Darky u neva told me that GRHH!

Huh? :confused:

Darky

3 Jan 2002, 15:17

Originally posted by Spidergirl~RiCkChiCk

:eek: Darky u neva told me that GRHH!

You didn't ask. :p

PC28

9 Jan 2002, 21:16

AC/DC - 2001
Living End - 2001
Powderfinger - BDO 2001 (just love them)
Rammstein - BDO 2001 (INCREDIBLE)
Live - 2001 (i could have sat there for hours, ****ing brilliant)

Sorry to bring this from the dead, but interesting to see all the bands people have seen over the years.

Edited because i have no idea what year im living in!!!!

10 Jan 2002, 11:22

Best
Offspring- Melbourne Park Americana tour
Linkin Park-FH 2001
Metallica-Melbourne Park Reload tour

Thumbs Up
Green Day- FHWarning Tour
The Living End- The Palace 2001

Not Bad
Sting-2001
Superheist-2001

Sh*touse- Offspring Conspricy tour
One Dollar Short

Pissed off that I missed :
Incubus 2001- bloody over 18
Nickelback 2001- " " " "

Wish list-
Nirvana:(
Foo Fighters
Incubus

BTW Darky my bro is the biggest Devin Townsend fan like ever. His full on obsessed. he has all the merchandise all albums, his room is covered in posters and he even has a answering machine message of devin on his mobile :confused: