| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:10:44 AM | | I've never been dissapointed by a big time band's performance at a show. I went to Heaven and Hell a couple months ago, and was pleasantly suprised by the clarity of tone, intensity of play, and of course the tightness of the bad; they played better than I've heard almost any other band play, and they had to play an extended set, as one of the openers couldnt play for some or other reason. I guess you gotta give bands like that who are touring months out of the the year a break once in awhile, but if they consistenly play bad, well, it's like any other job; they just ain't cut out for that line of work! | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 6/27/2007 11:27:10 AM | | One band I would love to see live as all the live DVD's I have seen of them kick a$$ is Incubus, they seem to sound exactly the same live as on the CD! | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 6/27/2007 1:12:32 PM | "I saw Fishbone last year & they were excellent, but they've been on the go since the mid 80s".
Now that's the language I like to hear. Fishbone is the shit, followed those guys since the late 80's and even though there's only 2 original members left (Angelo and Norwood) the band still tears shit up live and on recording. Not to mention that former suicidal guitarist Rocky George is now part of the Nuttmeg nation......They have a new cd out called "Still Stuck in your throat" it's not bad at all, the hardest song on there being "Let them Ho's fight". The rest of the tracks on the CD is mostly ska based stuff. think they have a couple of shows at the end run of the Warped Tour this summer | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 6/27/2007 3:11:44 PM | | Def Leppard still take the live prize hands down. If you get the cahnce to see them do it. You will be blown away. You wont believe a guitar can sound like it does. Crisp and Perfect. All hail the Leppard. lol. | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 3/19/2008 7:10:34 AM | I got to support fishbone on their reality of my souroundings tour they were utterly amazing,but havnt seen em since. Also havnt liked any of their records since that one either. But nomeans no are better,mmm so is devo.
on the big stage you can never tell if they are any good or not. I can not tell you how many bands have muso's back stage backing them up and making them soung fuller or betterer.
I say put them on a small small stage and see who can do it and who cant.I also think that live on telivision is a great barometer of if a band is good or not.it is really hard to translate over the air and few can do it. take away the lights the effects and they become just another band.with akl the bells and whistels they become the band that everyone has come to see and I dont know if youve noticed but fans are biased. | |
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Posted: 4/23/2008 5:53:58 PM | i was a HUGE uriah heep fan at one time. the first time i saw them live was a HUGE disappointment. great studio band, ken hensley's keyboard is the best but..... | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 4/23/2008 11:10:23 PM | There are several reasons why live music is not what it used to be. Some are good some are bad. As a professional in the industry, and a graduate of a recording school I see both sides of the picture. Recording studios are more technologically advanced than they ever. We have the technology to produce the hell out of everything. A computer can be used to essentially "snap to a grid" all the notes that a singer sings. A drunk drummer can be made to play perfect with the right equipment. On one hand, alot of people say this ruins musicianship etc. but on the other hand, if you have the ability to make something perfectly perfect in every way, why the hell wouldn't you. (on a side note paris hilton's album took 6 months of pitch correction) It doensn't mean that talent isn't required, it just means that CONSISTENT talent isn't required. This has the side effect of making alot of band's songs (yes even your favorite 4 piece rock band's hit) impossible to play live without pre-recorded tracks. Typically what a smaller band will do is have the drummer play along to a click track(so that the tracks are in sync), and an Ipod plays all the sounds the band can't play. It's not cheating, its what the modern listener expects.
Most people don't even buy cds. (MP3 s remove sometimes up to 90% of the original tracks). and as far as live music is concerned, can you really hear whats going on when the lights and fog machines are cranking out enthusiasm, you drank 3 beers smoked half a joint and the music is about twice as loud as a boeing 747. It's not that your favorite band sucks balls, its just that after a few hundred hours of editing that is required before any record label will ever send it out to be played on the radio, they just don't sound the same live. My advice? Its a show....so drink your 3 beers, yell till your voice gives out and have a good time. It's harder than you think to make it as a band today. In the 70's all you needed was raw talent. Now you need a myspace, website, ringtones, a professional session drummer, and half a million dollars worth of recording equipment locked in a room in LA. ( : I love music. Support your local artists. | |
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Posted: 4/24/2008 9:07:26 AM | | I am also more and more shocked at how lousy many bands sound live today. The biggest offender...Maroon 5...they suck live!! Saw them on Canadian Idol a while back...they performed and I was shocked...nobody sang any harmonies. You'd think other members of the band could sing background vocals...but it was just the lead singer, and the whole performance was flatter than a pancake at 6am on Sunday morning! LOL | |
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Posted: 5/17/2008 2:37:46 PM | | Most of the so called popular bands od today sound bad live like The Killers who's first album I liked. But sound terrible live and all that emo crap sounds just as horrible regular. Some of the best to see live are the older alternative/punk bands they are nearly flawless. | |
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Posted: 5/17/2008 11:36:20 PM | Most modern, hard rockin' music I see live, or on live video, sounds like unmitigated crap. It's all just white noise and sonic overload. And I'm not a music snob, either. I like unfettered, high-intensity, kick out the jams, gut-check music as much as the next guy, but it seems many bands took the rock aesthetic of "turn the amps up to 11, Man!!" to heart without really understanding that razor sharp musicianship should, ahh, actually "go along" with the loudness? Is it too much to ask to be able to "distinctly" hear all the instruments and vocal parts in a song instead of just a blur of overpowering noise?
But it should be noted this is really nothing new. People have been complaining about sloppy, loud, undisciplined performances since the advent of rock n' roll in the 50's. The difference is modern, relatively inexpensive sound equipment can magnify such garbage to painful extremes. Being stuck at a concert, be it a local or national act, and having to endure noise pollution is simply not fun.
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/17/2008 11:55:59 PM |
Let's just say... it sure ain't Woodstock anymore.
I've you've got three day's to kill, I'm sure you can fit Sha-Na-Na in there SOMEWHERE!
LOL
Man my favorite band is Foo Fighters, and they never fail to disappoint. Grohl learned a long time ago, the secret to a long career isn't how many albums you sell, it's how many tickets you sell when you are on the road. They always put on a great shot, and I love how they extend some of the songs, turning them into small jams here and there. I think they are grateful to be where they are, and really appreciate the crowd, and it shows. Not just another stage another town, but really giving it their all every night.
It was kind of cool that they did bring some extra musicians to fill out the sound, played a semi acoustic set on a secondary stage at the other end of the arena. A real family feel on stage, again, they seem genuine and they REALLY want to be there. They kicked our asses that night on this last tour, and did it with a smile.
Velvet Revolver was great as well, it's too bad Weiland couldn't hold it together and they've now parted ways, I love their two CD's. | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 4:30:39 AM | If you genuinly think most modern bands are crap, you're obviously not going to enough gigs.
Here's a few which I definetly recommend going to see
Mogwai
65 Days Of Static
Patrick Wolf
Biffy Clyro
Sigur Ross
Idlewild
to name a few. It actually really annoys me when people say things like this. It stinks of laziness. You're no better than the people who say there's no good new music around. There is, you just have to search for it a little. The BBC'S 6Music station and Pitchfork website are good places to start. | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/18/2008 11:00:46 AM | I generally go by the rule that if a band makes it high in the regular charts they will stink live... which accounts for most indie bands and made-up gimmick bands... and to be honest that rule usually works, although sometimes I admit they are good live...
But to say that most modern bands are crap live is rubbish... I've seen plenty of bands recently that were great live that are fairly new on the scene, none of which are in the charts though
Best bands I've seen live are the more experienced bands though... Foo Fighters, Chili Peppers, The Verve, The Cult, Velvet Revolver (newish band but all experienced guys, Slash is a God!) | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 12:18:28 PM | what a strange thread.
you can't really place all modern bands into this category. In the 60's there were good bands and bad bands.... same thing today. | |
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Posted: 5/19/2008 8:43:36 AM | | i always laugh when people go to concerts, then **** about how the band they saw didn't sound like they do on the cd, of couse they don't, they were in a studio then! | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/19/2008 10:12:59 PM | Some bands dont sound so good but dont blanket approch modern bands.
jet for instance are BETTER live and im now a huge fan of thiers.
i guess you will only know which ones are good for your taste after going to see them. | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/20/2008 12:27:08 AM | | I've seen a couple metal bands lately that sound amazing live. Maybe it's because its metal and it was at a smaller place though. They sounded pretty much exactly like they did on the album. | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/20/2008 2:38:04 PM | totally true. ive seen countless big name acts over the last 5 or so years doing front barrier event security (work today is a gig set up and sound check) they all sound pretty average to me. but hey they had nice hair and dressed really "rock" and looked cool so i guess thats all that matters today really.
actually being able to play and perform well on stage has been dead since '95.
as a musician i know that alot of songs writtten in a studio can often not translate well live. the sound you had there is simply not going to happen when your playing a different venue every night and thus can be the reason alot of bands perform certain songs differently live or alter them. there are many other variables to this though. | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/21/2008 11:41:35 AM | Btw, TOTALLY AGREE with Hydro_Sonic in msg 33.
Sonic manipulation using modern recording techniques/equipment have reached such levels that they can make my grandmother sound like Celine Dion. The problem is such cheating is usually exposed live, hence why many artists seem to rely on overpowering volume to mask their deficiencies. | |
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Posted: 5/24/2008 9:10:43 AM | | also in total agreeance with Hydro_Sonic, infact i dont think it could have been said better. also seen The Killers live and can say the same thing that are pretty bland. | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/25/2008 9:40:29 PM | | I think all contemporary art forms are going down the toilet these days. A reflection of our society, perhaps? | |
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| Modern bands are shocking live.
Posted: 5/27/2008 12:30:16 PM | Thats intresting Al. When that tour was coming through my area (Toronto) Mars Volta was actually the ones who got the rave reviews the next day. The local radio station said that SOAD was boring and lack luster.
Those who believe the Mars Volta perform poorly live are simply incapable of understand the genius that is TMV. Or they don't use drugs heavily. But anyway, System of a Down is a joke band compared to the Mars Volta.
Everyone knows that 95% of what you hear on the radio is shit. There are still GREAT bands out there who put on GREAT shows. Go see a Muse show, or a Death Cab show, or an Explosions show, or a Mogwai show, or a Sigur Ros show, or a Radiohead show..... etc. You will not be dissappointed. What did you expect when you went to see the "Arctic Monkeys"  ? | |
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