Who has been the greatest live act ever?

[GhostofJimJess]

TISM

 

[Oliver King]

The Who.

Can't wait to see them play Quadrophenia in America next year.

 

[CLUBMEDhurst]

Impossible...............You couldn't have seen Motorhead to announce Cheap trick the loudest band.

My ears were bleeding for 2 days thanks to Lemmy.

Damned straight Harker! Loudest band I've ever heard live (and I've heard many LOUD bands).

 

[muttley45]

rammstein can put on a good show even if a little obsessed by fire

 

[Shane Hird]

The Who.

Can't wait to see them play Quadrophenia in America next year.

Did you see them on the halftime show in the NFL SuperBowl a few years back?


So very, very bad..

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Queen and John Cougar Mellencamp in his heyday. Early Brian Adams and The Angels circa late 70s up until about the mid 80s. Saw Meatloaf at Festival Hall in the mid 80s and he was awesome.

Saw Madonna at the 'G' in about '94 and was very disappointed. Someone mentioned KISS at VFL Park. They were terrible mainly because the acoustics were ****ed.

Wish I'd seen Springsteen. Saw AC/DC twich with Bon Scott and twice without including when the Tennis Centre was first opened (actually enjoyed the Party Boys more as the support act)

Saw Billy Thorpe in the mid 90s in Broome and was definitely one of the better shows I've been to. Spent about 5 or so hours afterwards with him, his band and my shipmates swilling booze and telling stories at the Nippon Club. Was one of my most memorable nights.

 

[davesnothere]

I think Springsteen nails this

 

[ChappyUK]

Arcade Fire - Forum
Sigur Ros - Palais
Radiohead - Festival Hall

Would have liked to see - Bowie.

Off to see the Stones this week. Can't wait.

 

[Cruyff14]

I think Springsteen nails this

You should visit the Springsteen thread

This is the greatest song I will ever hear.

 

[Partridge]

Ministry were louder than Motorhead I've seen Motorhead three times and Ministry twice. Ministry are definitely one of the most amazing live shows I've ever seen. It's hard to pull a greatest from the thousands of acts I've seen but Ministry are a top 5.

I reckon The Stooges around 1970 would be the greatest live band the world has ever seen and the Mick Taylor era Stones would have been something special to see.

Friend of mine saw both Zeppelin and the Stones at Kooyong in the early '70s (Zeppelin '72, Stones '73) and he said as great as Zeppelin were the Stones were better.

The Who were probably better again. Especially between '69-'76.

 

[rocker_oz33]

I really liked roger waters the wall tour not a huge pink floyd fan went on whim and really enjoyed the show.Also the eagles cant remember when it was a while ago prob 2 shows that were unexpectedly great shows.

 

[Cruyff14]

Eagles are masters live. Just brilliant.

 

[rocker_oz33]

Eagles are masters live. Just brilliant.

Are you going to see Glenn frey?

 

[Barkly St End]

Hush at the Footscray Mall circa 1975 was pretty good.

 

[nicky]

The band that ticks most of the boxes for a live act right now would most likely be Muse.
Some complain that the band don't interact with the audience but that's just fine for me. I'd sooner get the music than some oral padding.

This is just from last nights concert a few hours ago.

Portisehead at harvest last year are one of the best live acts i've seen and there was no crowd interaction. Amazing.

 

[HARKER]

Portisehead at harvest last year are one of the best live acts i've seen and there was no crowd interaction. Amazing.

Went to see Simple Minds at Rochford on the weekend, sadly just to see them trumped by Devo.
One of the great live bands that are just a shadow of their former past.

 

[a_fighting_fury]

Oils

 

[Cruyff14]

Are you going to see Glenn frey?

No. He is playing jazz covers or something, doesn't really interest me.

Seen The Eagles twice live though. Absolutely flawless.

 

[moistie]

I saw Nirvana live and they were pretty good but for me it has to Fishbone on 'The Reality of my Surroundings' tour. Insanely good live, the most high energy act with amazing musicianship throughout.

 

[Watsclarkosmob]

Neil Young

 

[davesnothere]

Neil Young

There is a lack of Neil Young on this thread

 

[Partridge]

Did you see them on the halftime show in the NFL SuperBowl a few years back?

So very, very bad..

You might want to check out some footage of when the original 4 members were around. It's a completely different universe from what Townshend and Daltrey are doing now.

 

[screech]

TISM own this thread

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Midnight Oil are the best I ever saw. I've got a couple of hundred live recordings of them and not a single instance of the same set list appearing twice. Played every show like it was their last.

U2 are pretty good but relying too much on tapes and extra hidden musicians these days. They were actually the first band I ever saw, back in 1984.

Pink Floyd was amazing of course, as was Roger Waters Wall tour, though that's probably more a theatrical event than a rock one.

The ones I didn't see but wish I could have - Zeppelin, Queen.

 

[KardiniaPark]

Gaslight Anthem/Social Distortion was the best Live Duo I've ever seen.