Have you ever gone to a concert and walked away disliking a band?

I went to see Inspectah Deck live once and left becoz I didn't think it was really him!

he looked and sounded nothing like the Rebel INS~!!!

I swore it was an impostor!!
 
Another Dave Matthews story. My dad got free luxury seats from his coworker to go to their recent concert at Fenway Park. They sounded real nice, but since I'm not a big fan of them, it was boring as hell. They only played like 2 songs I even recognized in 2 hours. So I'm like fuck this and we left early.
 
[quote name='javeryh']I did live in VA for 3 years right outside DC (Alexandria). The Foo Fighters/RHCP show was in NJ though at the Garden State Arts Center (or PNC Bank Center or whatever the fuck they call it these days). It's a great place to see a show...[/QUOTE]


Thats Funny I saw RHCP in Roanoke, VA and it was the same thing just gose to prove who's better .
 
[quote name='SneakyPenguin']My general dislike for Despised Icon and Kill Hannah turned to blinding hate after seeing them open for some of my favorite bands.[/quote]

Do you ever wonder how they even get on the same tour as bands you like? I've seen Pearl Jam a ton of times and for the last few tours they have had Sleater-Kinney open for them. EV goes on and on about how great they are and they even play on some encores with Pearl Jam and I cannot stand them at all. Pearl Jam is the best band in the history of the world but they have shitty taste in music themselves, IMO (Neil Young, The Who, Sleater-Kinney, The Ramones, etc.). What's up with that?
 
[quote name='javeryh']Do you ever wonder how they even get on the same tour as bands you like? I've seen Pearl Jam a ton of times and for the last few tours they have had Sleater-Kinney open for them. EV goes on and on about how great they are and they even play on some encores with Pearl Jam and I cannot stand them at all. Pearl Jam is the best band in the history of the world but they have shitty taste in music themselves, IMO (Neil Young, The Who, Sleater-Kinney, The Ramones, etc.). What's up with that?[/quote]

Well, Despised Icon was on tour with Morbid Angel and Behemoth solely to get a new generation interested in the old bands. Kill Hannah was probably with MSI just to piss people off.

And Pearl Jam good, Ramones bad? WTF?
 
[quote name='SneakyPenguin']And Pearl Jam good, Ramones bad? WTF?[/quote]

The Ramones are OK... just not the gods everyone makes them out to be.
 
Flyleaf during the 2006 Family Values Tour, just incredibly boring.
 
I think it was called the Pop Disaster tour - I went in not really caring for Green Day and was a Blink 182 fan. Green Day completely destroyed them - they put on the best set I've ever seen - and Blink just couldn't follow it. Blink did have a neat thing were part of the stage under the drummer raised in the air and they flipped him upsaide down while he was playing.

Also, saw Phantom Planet (opening for Incubus) back when that irritating California song came out - I think that was the only song they remembered, as it took up 8 minutes of the whole half hour they played. Totally useless.

And unlike other posters, Ive never had issues with any of the DMB shows Ive been to

Dave
 
[quote name='javeryh'] Pearl Jam is the best band in the history of the world but they have shitty taste in music themselves, IMO (Neil Young, The Who, Sleater-Kinney, The Ramones, etc.). What's up with that?[/QUOTE]

I like all four of those bands better than Pearl Jam. Calling the Who or the Ramones shitty is amazing to me. Neil Young depends on how high one's tolerance for weeding out crap is. Sleater-Kinney, I can see being annoying to people, but I really dig them.

To answer the OP's question, and to repeat what a previous poster stated, it really sucks when a bad sound system ruins a show. I went to see Ted Leo last year, and the club's sound system was so terrible as to make it virtually impossible to hear any thing but a roar. No nuance, no melody, nothing. Annoyed me, and made it so that my girlfriend basically refuses to listen to the band anymore, even though she admits that the albums are good (the show was the first time she had heard them).

I just hope the venue does better next time (it had been great on some previous shows), because I'm seeing the Sebadoh reunion tour there next month.
 
The Juliana Theory - never really listened to them until I saw them on a Something Corporate tour. Everything anyone's ever said about Creed can apply to TJT - Brett Detar (their singer) is the biggest pompous ass on stage I've seen in a long time. Really couldn't stand them at all.

Kane Hodder - saw them open for Less Than Jake a few years ago. Absolutely horrible - completely off key and out of tune, and their singer kept running and jumping around the stage, leading to him being out of breath and missing half of his lines.

Circa Survive - I just don't get the hype for this band. Saw them live, and was completely bored during their set. Never liked Saosin either.

Of course, it's not all bad. I've seen a few bands that I wasn't huge on, but saw them live and was totally impressed. Against Me! and The Unseen were great live, and I've since become a bigger fan of them. Maklershed mentioned The Get Up Kids, and though I've never seen them live, their spin-off band The New Amsterdams are fantastic live.
 
[quote name='MightySlacker']I think it was called the Pop Disaster tour - I went in not really caring for Green Day and was a Blink 182 fan. Green Day completely destroyed them - they put on the best set I've ever seen - and Blink just couldn't follow it. Blink did have a neat thing were part of the stage under the drummer raised in the air and they flipped him upsaide down while he was playing.[/QUOTE]

I have yet to be disappointed with Green Day live, one of the best shows I've ever been to was Green Day with The Living End opening. I knew nothing about The Living End but came away very impressed by there performance. Then Green Day tore the house down. I think this was during the Warning Tour back around 2001.
 
After thinking about it here are a couple more:

I saw Common, Blackalicious and De La but the pa fucking sucked balls. There was so much feedback that they just put down the mics and started shouting. They apolagized about 10 times during the show. Thats been the only bad show I've been to at the Rave.

I saw John Digweed and Sasha spin. After the show I went up to them to get them ot sign my cds. John Digweed is a complete dick, they were just standing there with no one around them and I went to get my shit signed and I tried to talk to Digweed but he walks about 15 feet away and stood in the corner as Sasha stood there and apoligized to me and signed what ever I put in front of him as we talked for a good 10 minutes.

I have to say that a Hed PE concert that I went to was awesome. During the show, someone hit the guitarist with a huge loogey so he climbed the speakers to get to the second level and beat the shit out of the dude. After the concert someone stole his favorite guitar but we caught them as they were getting on the bus to party and they let us on and smoke pot with them. Really cool guys.

I went to a Trapt concert (I went because my friends were going) before they got somewhat big when the album just came out. There was less than 500 people there but the fucking rocked the basement. Great live show even though I still think they suck. The funny thing was the opening act was a local band that everyone booed off the stage, it was funny to see their parents in the crowd looking mortified.
 
[quote name='javeryh']The Ramones are OK... just not the gods everyone makes them out to be.[/QUOTE]

In terms of influence, however, they're undeniable. If your feet aren't tappin' to "Havana Affair," you're a terrorist. ;)

Truth be told, legendary musicians and music need not be talented. And there's no kidding that the Ramones live albums are notoriously bad. It's punk rock, of course.

However, I take issue with anyone telling me Sleater-Kinney is a bad band live. There are few better than them, IMO.
 
[quote name='fart_bubble'] The funny thing was the opening act was a local band that everyone booed off the stage, it was funny to see their parents in the crowd looking mortified.[/quote]


Damn that is brutal. I have yet to even see a band booed off any stage but just think about how they must feel coming home that day.

MUAHAHHA,
 
[quote name='mykevermin']In terms of influence, however, they're undeniable. If your feet aren't tappin' to "Havana Affair," you're a terrorist. ;)

Truth be told, legendary musicians and music need not be talented. And there's no kidding that the Ramones live albums are notoriously bad. It's punk rock, of course.[/quote]

I agree - it's the Nirvana argument. You don't have to be Joe Satriani to write a good song on guitar. The Ramones just aren't my cup of tea I guess - I'd never listen to one of their records but I wouldn't change the radio if they came on either.

[quote name='mykevermin']However, I take issue with anyone telling me Sleater-Kinney is a bad band live. There are few better than them, IMO.[/quote]

Really? Maybe it's me... I never really heard of them until I saw them on tour with Pearl Jam (back in 2000 maybe?) so I went out and listened to their CDs to give them a chance - it just didn't do anything for me. I think her voice is grating.

A very odd moment for me was at a Pearl Jam concert in Philly October 2005 - Pearl Jam played "Harvest Moon" (Neil Young) and everyone in Sleater Kinney sang back-up and it was fantastic.
 
[quote name='ChaoticClimax']I've disliked many openers I've seen. I primarily go to smaller clubs to see bands I like so the openers are typically nobodies.

I did go the A Perfect Circle show back in 2004. Mars Volta opened and I had loved their studio album and I had loved At the Drive In. Until this show though, I was unaware that they are a jam band.

I fucking hate jam bands.

They played 2 songs, each 20 minutes in length filled with retarded solos and the lead singer sticking the microphone in his mouth.

I've never been able to listen the Mars Volta and enjoy the it like I once did.[/QUOTE]

From recent footage it seems that they've really cleaned up their live act, actually focusing on playing the songs now, not just "jamming" for half an hour. I'm seeing them in April so it better not fucking disappoint.
 
[quote name='javeryh']I agree - it's the Nirvana argument. You don't have to be Joe Satriani to write a good song on guitar. The Ramones just aren't my cup of tea I guess - I'd never listen to one of their records but I wouldn't change the radio if they came on either.[/quote]

I was thinking the same thing, but I prefer to give that credit to Ramones over Nirvana. ;)

Regarding Sleater-Kinney:
Really? Maybe it's me... I never really heard of them until I saw them on tour with Pearl Jam (back in 2000 maybe?) so I went out and listened to their CDs to give them a chance - it just didn't do anything for me. I think her voice is grating.

A very odd moment for me was at a Pearl Jam concert in Philly October 2005 - Pearl Jam played "Harvest Moon" (Neil Young) and everyone in Sleater Kinney sang back-up and it was fantastic.
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That Harvest Moon sounds fantastic. Ultimately, I think her voice can make or break them; we drove down to Louisville a year ago to see them since they announced they were going on indefinite hiatus. Definitely worth it. They were a phenomenal act.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Truth be told, legendary musicians and music need not be talented. And there's no kidding that the Ramones live albums are notoriously bad.[/QUOTE]

Everything post-1980, yeah. "It's Alive" is fantastic, easily one of the best live albums of the genre. Almost everything is spot-on perfect, but has more energy than the album versions. I don't know what the hell happened, but after that they seemed to decide they would just play as fast and sloppy as possible and get the hell out of there.
 
I was pissed when I saw Mehuggah back in Nov 05. Jens Kidsman(sp?) just wither stood there or put a foot on a monitor and would stare out at the crowd and just move his head back and forth from side to side like he was a tobot. I swear, I hate their Catch 22 album. Yes, I know its one long piece. Like Fates Warnings Pleasent Shade of Gray, but unlike FWs album, theres nothing to diffieriniate(sp?) which track is which. I mean, the show they put on was so fucking boring...and it pissed me off that I borrowed money from a friend to see that piece of shit...
 
Well, that's what you get for going to a Scissor Sisters concert. Acutally, this entire thread can be boiled down to, "Don't see shitty bands in concert."

[quote name='javeryh']Pearl Jam is the best band in the history of the world but they have shitty taste in music themselves, IMO (Neil Young, The Who, Sleater-Kinney, The Ramones, etc.). What's up with that?[/QUOTE]

I'm sorry, but each of the four bands you mentioned are WAAAAAAY better than Pearl Jam. PJ, while good, could never, under any circumstances, come anywhere near the greatness of The Who or Neil Young. Never.
 
[quote name='JEKKI']I went to see Inspectah Deck live once and left becoz I didn't think it was really him!

he looked and sounded nothing like the Rebel INS~!!!

I swore it was an impostor!![/quote]

This was recent, right? When I went to this Wu concert in February of last year, he sounded like an 80 year old man.

The first couple hours really sucked. The show was scheduled for 8 (doors opened at 7:30), but they didn't show up 'til 11!! A few people walked out, but me being a die hard Wu fan, I decided to tough it out. For about 2 hours everyone was just staring at a blank stage, until some opening rock band showed up at 10. They got so annoyed by the boos that the lead singer just stopped the band and threw a ball into the crowd for people to shoot at him. One guy got a direct hit and fired it right at his face. :lol:

Once the show started, it was great though. Everyone performed great and interacted a lot with the crowd. Trife was cool enough to come down and talk with some of us that stayed a bit (some guy asked if they really gave Nile from Made that jacket :lol:).
 
I saw the Mars Volta, who opened for the Chili Peppers last summer near Seattle and the Volta actually quit after two songs because they were pissed off at the crowd.

It makes sense — Snow Patrol and Modest Mouse were supposed to open for the Chili Peppers (a more similiar style to newer Chili Peppers, IMO) but I would have loved to see Volta.

Anyway, the problem is that the Mars Volta came off as arrogant assholes because a fan threw a bottle (supposedly) at the lead singer. He threw a pissy and got in an argument with the fan, challenging to kick his ass after the show, which was really mature.

Now I would have loved to see Mars Volta much more than Snow Patrol and Modest Mouse, but being as how they were a substitute band and how they were a bunch of pricks, I don't think I'd ever want to support them again.
 
I went to see something that called itself 'Mustard Plug' once. They said they were a band. It sounded more like American Idol Bizarro. I was skeptical going in, and my opinion just deteriorated with each 'song' they played.
 
After seeing the band Tortoise a few times I kinda lost my taste for them. I don't think I've listened to a song of theirs since the last time I saw them a few years ago. They put on a great show, but their sound hasn't changed at all so I'm bored of them.
 
Hmm...well, after seeing Incubus live in January, I'm a bit sour on them. Just a bit. Why you ask?

Well, they put on a great show, there's no denying that. I was just extremely annoyed after standing outside in the freezing cold for two hours. I, and my gf and four other friends, missed the opening act, which turned out to be fine since it was Albert Hammond, Jr.; I'm not really a Strokes fan.

When Incubus went on, I knew they were going to play really well live. The sound was great and I could hear everything. However, I was just disappointed with the fact that they played two songs off S.C.I.E.N.C.E. acoustically. Now, I'm all for artists doing different shit with their music, but "New Skin" and "Re-Define" could have brought the energy to an insane level.

Also, I saw someone make a post about Ted Leo. I've seen him three times now and two of the three times, his microphone kept fucking up and moving around. I still enjoyed the shows, but his vocals were a bit drowned out.

And to add something about Everclear: I saw them last year and I was pleasantly surprised. They played much better than I thought they would, even if their new stuff is very boring and uninspired.

Artists that I've seen live that made me a fan or bigger fan: The Roots, TV on the Radio, Subtle, We Are Scientists(fucking great live), Au Revoir Simone and Pharoahe Monch(unbelievable).
 
I never saw a band that made me hate them after their live show. Quite the contrary, I have seen bands I had no interest previously and I became a fan after seeing them live.

Some of these was the Butthole Surfers, Sleeter Kinney, Suzie and the Banchees, etc.
 
[quote name='javeryh'] Pearl Jam is the best band in the history of the world but they have shitty taste in music themselves, IMO (Neil Young, The Who, Sleater-Kinney, The Ramones, etc.). What's up with that?[/QUOTE]


I used to hate whiny-ass Neil Young, but there really is a hint of genius in some of his music. And you don't like the Who? What the hell is wrong with you ?
 
[quote name='senorwoohoo'] However, I was just disappointed with the fact that they played two songs off S.C.I.E.N.C.E. acoustically. Now, I'm all for artists doing different shit with their music, but "New Skin" and "Re-Define" could have brought the energy to an insane level.
[/QUOTE]

Haha..

"I don't give a shit, I'm still paying $52.50. Now play Radio-Free Europe and beat it. And make it sounds like it does on the album, NO TRICKS"

Bonus points to anyone that knows where that came from

Dave
 
Saw Sugarcult was pleasantly suprised for a $10 ticket show they weren't bad. I would kill and pay out of my ass to go see Green Day or The Offspring live. Oh I did see Blnk 182 in concert in h.s, and my respect and interest lvl bottomed out. My question could you sound more like a studio band blink 182....
 
There is a lot of Kill Hannah hate in this thread. Kill Hannah is one of my favorite bands, and I have seen them in concert 11 times. They have not once disappointed me.
 
There was a free concert series in Atlanta and I saw Tonic. Worst live act I've ever seen, although I still like a few of their songs. Couldn't see/hear the hype of Cowboy Mouth, either.

Actually, I take that back. In 04 I won free tickets to a Puddle of Mudd, 3 Doors Down and Nickelback concert in Raliegh. If it wasn't for 3 Doors Down, I would have asked for my money back.

Luckily, three days later we saw DMB and it was the best concert I've ever been to.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']I used to hate whiny-ass Neil Young, but there really is a hint of genius in some of his music. And you don't like the Who? What the hell is wrong with you ?[/quote]

I don't hate any of those bands I mentioned - I just don't really like them that much. There are plenty of other bands from the 70s that were much better than The Who, Neil Young and The Ramones. All three have some great songs though.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']Damn that is brutal. I have yet to even see a band booed off any stage but just think about how they must feel coming home that day.

MUAHAHHA,[/quote]

Man, you shouldn't see me and my friends at a rave then. If a DJ is spinning House and they decide to start singing along or with the music, we quickly jump on them. We've booed quite a few DJs off their set.

Yeah, we are assholes
 
[quote name='jesusjones']I went to see something that called itself 'Mustard Plug' once. They said they were a band. It sounded more like American Idol Bizarro. I was skeptical going in, and my opinion just deteriorated with each 'song' they played.[/quote]

To each their own, but Mustard Plug are awesome on album. Great, fun ska.

[quote name='ChaoticClimax']There is a lot of Kill Hannah hate in this thread. Kill Hannah is one of my favorite bands, and I have seen them in concert 11 times. They have not once disappointed me.[/quote]

The only reason I was even there was for MSI. I actually just sat in the back of the venue through the entire 30 minute Kill Hannah set, trying to drown out the noise that was assaulting me.
 
Incubus. Saw them before Morning View came out (not even the single, was out at the time I think), have not liked anything they've done since Make Yourself in the least. Don't know if it was the performance per se, or Brandon Boyd's absolute assholery at the show and since then, but it seems to be the turning point.
 
My Chemical Romance and Jimmy Eat World opened for Green Day when they were doing their American Idiot tour. Admittedly, I really didn't like that album all that much, but DAMN! did Green Day perform; they were awesome live, and I honestly didn't care what they played.

Anyway, I'd never really listened to My Chemical Romance before, and the only song I knew by Jimmy Eat World was The Middle, and, seriously, after those two opening acts, I was ready to go to sleep. It was the most boring thing ever. I actually left the stadium during their performances (I don't remember which one...I think it was the end of MCR, and the beginning of Jimmy Eat World) and lay down on the grass outside the ground, watching clouds move and waiting for it to get dark.

That was more exciting than listening to them. Ugh.

EDIT: To be fair, during MCR, the sound was warped. I think the technicians were working out the microphones and amps and speakers and things, because the volume would go weird every so often, but I just can't like them now.
 
I just got back from seeing Mr. Lif...and holy shit, it was amazing.

I was a fan before but now, words can't describe. He's gotta be the most chill musician I've met.
 
Ugh, My Chemical Romance. I saw them open for Reggie and the Full Effect in 2003, and I knew it was gonna be bad because all the MCR fans near me kept bitching and bitching about how MCR was more popular than RatFE and how RatFE is just a joke band and should be opening for them instead, etc., etc. Well, after two bands finish up, MCR comes out, and they suck. Hard. I'm not sure they knew how to play their instruments, it was so bad. (RatFE, despite not being a "real" band, rocked it).

Last year, my friend got free tickets to see them, and since they had a few singles out that I liked, I agreed to go, and unsurprisingly, they still sucked. It was worse because if you listened, you could hear a few catchy songs struggling to crawl out from beneath the suckage. fuck you, My Chemical Romance.
 
[quote name='Ninja Robot Pirate']Ugh, My Chemical Romance. I saw them open for Reggie and the Full Effect in 2003, and I knew it was gonna be bad because all the MCR fans near me kept bitching and bitching about how MCR was more popular than RatFE and how RatFE is just a joke band and should be opening for them instead, etc., etc. Well, after two bands finish up, MCR comes out, and they suck. Hard. I'm not sure they knew how to play their instruments, it was so bad. (RatFE, despite not being a "real" band, rocked it).

Last year, my friend got free tickets to see them, and since they had a few singles out that I liked, I agreed to go, and unsurprisingly, they still sucked. It was worse because if you listened, you could hear a few catchy songs struggling to crawl out from beneath the suckage. fuck you, My Chemical Romance.[/quote]

Good to know I wasn't being unfair then. They were crap on the other side of the world too. :lol:
 
i saw 'muse' in buffalo 2 or so years ago, and i thought they were alright, but they were obviously lipsyncing at the show, which was at a small venue (so it was really easy to tell) i haven't listened to them since
 
Moby. He was an hour late, came on, yelled into the mike, played bongos for 15 minutes while his cd played in the background. Add to that the clientele (I'm used to leather and mohawks and boots, these weirdos were all in white and were sucking on pacifiers, plus they were 10 years younger than me), and it adds up to this being the first and only concert I've paid for and walked out of, and the last time I've voluntarily listened to Moby.
I'm sure there were a few opening bands I've seen that have not liked (Watch Them Die and Six Feet Under, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 for three), but I didn't go to the show to see them. And a couple surprises that I've loved--X-Cops and Compulsion for a couple.
Someone mentioned ST--I think that was the first concert I went to. It was the night before a term paper I hadn't started on was due....Got a B+ on it, but couldn't hear the teacher the next day.
There have certainly been shows where the audience sucked--I went to see Bob Dylan with a friend of mine, and there were some girls down the aisle from us who started screaming and crying and cursing at him when it ended ("Come back Bob! We love you! Come back you son of a bitch!') but I can still enjoy the band.
Dead Milkmen were always great.
 
[quote name='ReaperZER0']Incubus. Saw them before Morning View came out (not even the single, was out at the time I think), have not liked anything they've done since Make Yourself in the least. Don't know if it was the performance per se, or Brandon Boyd's absolute assholery at the show and since then, but it seems to be the turning point.[/quote]

eh? :hot:

i saw them on the morning view tour (civic tour) and they kicked ass. i didn't care for morning view as much as science and make yourself, but it wasn't a horrible album. crow left of the murder was absolutely dreadful and i didn't even bother picking up light grenades.

all that matters is that they played certain shade of green, vitamin, glass, favorite things, and i think new skin.. it fucking rocked. i would have gone for those songs alone and would have KILLED to have heard calgone and redefine...

but yeah they really suck now :cry:
 
I hate transition from the one time I saw them. I did not hate them to began with but it slowly just worsened at the show into pure hatred. fuck you transition.
 
The latest band I've disliked more after seeing them live: Living Legends

But, this is who else I saw that day, so, they were out of their league:

Wu-Tang Clan
Mos Def
Talib Kweli
De La Soul
Redman
Immortal Technique
Del The Funkee Homosapien
Planet Asia
Supernatural
Zion-I

Another dissappointment was Fabolous. He has to be the worse entertainer ever. Him standing in the middle of a huge stage by himself with a mic. Literally, just standing there and rapping. No movement, what so ever. But, again this is who I saw that day, so he was out of his league:

Jay-Z
Kanye West
Freeway
Beanie Sigel
Young Gunz
Memphis Bleek
Busta Rhymes
50 Cent (when he was good, right after his first album was released)
Blackalicious
 
A few people mentioned the current Misfits. I agree. I was too young to see the original lineup and loved them during the 90's. But now they seem terrible. 3 or their shows were bad.

The first bad one was in Atlanta at Dragoncon in 2000 or 01. They were in the mist of splitting up but got back together. The sound was terrible, but I don't think they had played together for quite some time.

The show in Orlando that was Michale Graves last was going good, until he walked off and I realized that this may be the end.

And the show the next night in Tampa was terrible with Jerry Only singing and Robo coming in for a quick replacement on drums. I remember leaving that show early and have never been to another "Misfits" show again. And I was a huge fan.

There's other shows I left early due to not having interest in bands, but nothing earthshattering to report right now.

Whoever mentioned Muse lipsynching. That's terrible, I only first heard them last year and really wanted to see them live.
 
Wow, this thread's reminding me how long it's been since I've seen live music, let alone a small club show.

Firstly, I'm in Orlando, so we get some big name bands for a reasonable price at Hard Rock Live and House of Blues. I went to one concert for The Killers, and was nearly bored to tears. No flamboyant stage presence as you might expect; the keyboard was mixed higher than you'd like, giving off some dischordant sounds; and it made it very apparent the sucktastic vocals of Brandon FLowers. I now can't listen to them without the voice standing out and ruining the otherwise good instrumentals. Incidentally, that show Virgin had a promo where if you bought the Zutons CD (one of the opening bands), you could go out for a meet and greet. I finally made it back in after the Killers already started their set, but fortunately it turned out I wasn't going to miss much. The Killers were definitely killed by their opening act.

Caught Hot Hot Heat for one of the MTV filimings at Hard Rock and they sounded exactly like the album. It looked and sounded like a live performance, but their was no flourishes to the songs as you'd expect from a live show. I understand it's difficult to reproduce the recorded versions live, so maybe it was some kind of achievement, but it seems like they might not be meant to be a live kind of band.

I come from the Jacksonville area, and around those parts Inspection 12 is a big deal, so larger, better-known bands often open for them instead of the other way around. (Plenty of local rhetoric arguing that their "brothers" in Yellowcard ripped off their sound--back in the day--to very poor effect but greater commercial effect.) One opening act during 2005's Christmas show was Shadows Fall, and I just couldn't get into it. Since I didn't enjoy them, I avoid playing their song in Guitar Hero II.
 
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