Best Live Bands?

[stonerblue]

Radiohead
Bjorn Again
Ten Benson
Pixies
Mozza
Chemical Brothers
James
The Jam
Springsteen
Kings of Leon
Primal Scream
Yellowman
Doves

 

[stonerblue]

AC/DC best rock band ever imo. Unfortunately, did not get to see Bon Scott but Brian Johnson was an excellent front man/leadsinger

He Picked me up once when i was hitching in mid 80's. Top bloke and offered me a job, which i turned down. Only found out he was with AC/DC years later. Bugger....

 

[The Black Shed]

Radiohead
Bjorn Again
Ten Benson
Pixies
Mozza
Chemical Brothers
James
The Jam
Springsteen
Kings of Leon
Primal Scream
Yellowman
Doves

I am not alone! Very good band live. Smoke them and listen to them at the same time!

 

[asia fields]

Twisted Wheel, so glad they’re back! Saw them recently and as good as ever.

Over the years, loved James gigs in the 80’s plus they always had great support bands.



Wheeeee-el! Wheeeee-el!

 

[asia fields]

I saw them at Sheff Uni lower refectory around late 88 / early 89... supported by the Inspirals. It was 60p to get in

Me too, loads of mancs used to pop over to Sheffield around that time for gigs

 

[amehh]

So, so many that I've seen. About 150 now. The top 10 different acts that I've Seen:
1. Queen (Maine Road - Status Quo were the support act!)
2. Muse x3
3. The Mavericks x3
4. The Rezillos
5. The Stranglers x3 (Black and White Tour @ Apollo was probably the best)
6. Ramones x2 (Rocket to Russia @ Free Trade Hall was probably the best - the night before the Stranglers @ Apollo)
7. The Sweet
8. Mungo Jerry
9. Gary Glitter (or is admitting to this banned now?)
10. Jean-Michel Jare

Saw Muse in Germany last week.. easily the best live gig I've been to.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Saw Muse in Germany last week.. easily the best live gig I've been to.

Glad you enjoyed it. Muse are undoubtedly the best live band in the world at the moment.

 

[stonerblue]

I am not alone! Very good band live. Smoke them and listen to them at the same time!

Was a few years back when i saw them at academy 3, otherwise known as a pokey upstairs room. They still going?

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

AC/DC best rock band ever imo. Unfortunately, did not get to see Bon Scott but Brian Johnson was an excellent front man/leadsinger

I'm sure you know that clip of them playing "HIghway To Hell" at River Plate stadium? The most astounding four minutes of a rock clip, bar none, that I know of. And I'm not even an AC/DC fan. The Argentine crowd is in the band, plays it with them. There's no other way to describe it. Shivers down my spine every time I watch it.
Play it loud.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

This is not quite the subject, but it's got me thinking of your top clips of bands playing live. Things you go back to again and again, that give you goosebumps every single time, like Sergio at 93.20. A few from my personal hall of fame, off the top of my head:
Talking Heads, Take Me To The River, the Stop Making Sense tour.
Bowie singing Heroes in Berlin.
George Michael singing Roxanne, London O2.
Roxy Music, Virginia Plain, London Apollo.
King Crimson, Sheltering Sky, Fréjus.
And obviously — Mercury and Queen at Wembley stadium.

The common thread: in every case, the audience/crowd is crucial. As with AC/DC above.