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What are the best live acts?


I’m not asking you to list your favorite concerts. I think that there is another thread for that. Rather, we shouldn’t judge pop bands solely on the basis of their recorded music. Some bands are simply better on stage than they are in the recording studio. I’ll cite the following for their consistent ability to put on a great live show.

1. The Cramps
2. The Ramones
3. Toots Hibbert (touring as Toots and the Maytals, even though Toots fired the original Maytals some time ago)
4. GWAR
5. The UK Subs (crap music, brilliant live show)
6. AC-DC (when Bon Scott was their front man)
7. The Meat Puppets
8. Tom Waits
9. The Anti-Nowhere League
10. Van Halen (w/ David Lee Roth: I hate their music, but I saw them twice, and had a rocking good time!)
11. Iggy Pop
12. Ted Nugent (This man is the redneck Iggy Pop)
13. Joe Ely
14. The Butthole Surfers
15. The Clash
16. The Mentors
17. Nig Heist
18. Emmy Lou Harris
tweakgeek
duanegoosen
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The Mentors... you perv. Wish I could have seen em', El Duce kills me, and the playing on Up the Dose is pretty damn good.

PS- Any of you B.O.C. heads out there who have Direct TV can catch them any weekend this month on a free pay per view doing an excellent live set (it's on channel 103 in No. Calif.).
ljgj
955 posts
 
The Bodeans
Alison Krauss
CSN&Y
James Taylor
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tok20000
608 posts
 
My nominations:

Best Sound:
I saw Jewel/Rustic Root in Birmingham at an ampitheater and the concert was mic'd PERFECTLY. Sound was freakin amazing. Unfortunately she is recorded POORLY.

Most Entertaining live show:
Weird Al... This guy was very humorous, and really works hard on stage to get laughs. Ya gotta admire someone who graduates at the top of his class at Cal Poly's School of Architecture (one of the best in the country), and goes on to become a hilarius entertainer.

Most Specatular and Impressive:
Emerson Lanke and Palmer... These guys can really put on a show. Their songs maybe old, but man do they play their instruments well and have an excellent show.

Least Enjoyable Show
I saw Lou Reed about 3 years ago, and boy did did that concert suck. It was really depressing. He should be required to at least sing 50% of his songs from the 70's at his concerts and not his new stuff.

KF
hdm
1,062 posts
 
I haven't seen the Stones since '76 but I bet they are still a great live show from the video I've seen of them.
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waltersalas
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Los Lobos
Jason and the Scorchers
Richard Thompson
Drive-By Truckers
White Stripes
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