The best live band??

[Rude Boy]

I'm lucky enough to have seen literally hundreds of gigs by incredibly talented people, some that stick in the memory banks are...

Black Sabbath's first two reunion gigs in December 1997 with the original line-up of Osbourne/Iommi/Butler and Bill Ward. I lucked out and got great seats for both nights and it was just magical. The power of the original band was just incredible and the audience reaction was like nothing I've ever seen in years of gigging. Something wicked this way came.

Pink Floyd (Numerous gigs). Sublime, technically perfect performances with the best show on earth featuring, in my opinion, the best guitar player on aforementioned earth.

David Bowie - Eathling Tour. A rare chance to see Bowie in smaller venues, I got a spot near the stage and moving was NOT an option. Musicians like Bowie are just in a different class, everything about this gig from setlist through to individual band member's performances was sensational.

Prince (Numerous gigs). God.

Rush, Madison Square Gardens 2002 (I think). After the horrendous events in drummer Neil Peart's life I couldn't imagine Rush ever existing in any form ever again so it was a treat indeed to see them back in action and to witness their masterful playing at a legendary venue.

Rolling Stones, Wembley Stadium, Voodoo Lounge Tour. An awesome night and my first Stones show. The "Weaving" guitar style of Keith and Ronnie is just incredible live and the energy of the band was sensational. They seemed to shrink the vast stadium into a small hall, it was quite uncanny.

I could go on forever so quick mentions also to the likes of Jethro Tull, Candy Dulfer, Queensryche, Anastacia, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters and so many others whom I've been fortunate enough to witness their mighty talents at first hand.

Bands/tours I never saw due to being just a kid include The Who with Keith Moon, Led Zeppelin, Genesis with Gabriel, Joy Division, Bowie's seventies gigs, Floyd's "In The Flesh" and "The Wall" shows and Kate Bush on her one and only tour. Still there's always the wonderful Arnold Layne and his treasure trove of live recordings!

[steve56]

yes the fields of the nephilm were an indie band about 1988,i used to buy the lps then tape them.Chrome wrote:

> Worst for me was Fields of the Nephalim (remember them anyone?)
> - Just a stage full of dry ice fog and flashes of white
> lighting, in the whole hour's gig we just occasionally caught
> sight of a shadowy cowboy hat and figure at the front of stage
> with the microphone before the fog closed in.
>
> Best: Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, Damned, Alice Cooper.
>
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[Arnold Layne]

I love you, thou spawny get Iin a manly way of course) all the above, AND a hot babe in a hot tub last month?

Spawny get!

[Bob Nutcher]

U ever see The Clash perform Ace? I was too young.Got From Here To Eternity and Rude Boy.And they are the dogs bollocks.

Some of the tracks on FHTE are better than the studio versions imho.

Shame to see Jones mixing with wasters like Moss and Moon Face Doherty tho.

[Arnold Layne]

Get Get Spawny!

[jasonhallceltic]

being an 18 year old lad, who is a fan of music from my generation but also who has a great respect and love of music from previous generations i would have 2 say that a band called the view are fucking immense live brilliant stage antics, tunes and always get the crowd hyped!

[Rude Boy]

"Get Get Spawny!"

It was pretty spawny I admit but it's one of the perks of the job. Surely no more spawny than a bonus equivalent to the GDP of an entire nation? I'd gladly swap!!

Anyway...your best live band? David, Nick, Roger and Rick by any chance?

[mark cremona]

Van Halen in 1979, supporting Black Sabbath at the Lewisham Odeon, as soon as Dave Lee Roth came on stage he said 'Hellooo Lewisham...the Rock and Roll Capital of the fuckin' world ! ' in that moment rock music was re defined, and I was there lol

[Ace]

Yes, got the ticket stubs to prove it and seen the groups that grew from The Clash, Joe Strummers 2 bands, Mick Jones's 2 bands (well, 3 if you count BAD and BAD2). I am a fanatic on them.
Look out for 'The Good, The Bad and The Queen', Paul Simonon/Damon Albarns new band. I'm seeing them in February.

Email me off forum !wink!

[Arnold Layne]

The Communards, in '88 when Jimmy Sommerville came on stage and we realised that his forehead was actually real? just amazing how one man can actually hold a head like that on his shoulders.

But seriously, The Pink Floyd, Led Zep, The Who, so many, but not so many nowdays, I saw Pink Floyd once, and the Australian Pink Floyd earlier that year ('94) in a tiny Theatre in High Wycombe, 13 years later there slightly more polished and do a more commercial set, but the 3 hour gig I saw then was awe inspiring.



Currently live it has to be Mostly Autumn, forget the totally wank "critical review" Pink Floyd dvds they made the mistake of appearing in (Sadly a lot of PF fans don't) Heather Findlay is the best vocalist I've heard, and hot as well, really great Progressive rock/folk, suprised they aren't really mainstream big