Your Worst Music Concert

[Oldhippy]

Steely Dan were the same, album perfect but no audience interaction.

 

[figbat]

I went to see Paul Weller at Westonbirt Arboretum a few years ago. I’m not a huge fan but my wife likes him. Absolutely no interaction at all, just played the songs and left.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Herbie Hancock at a Greek amphitheatre in Sicily.

Watched for 35 minutes as he and the other musicians were tuning up their instruments, only to realise they were actually performing.

Sounded like a fire in a pet shop.

When Herbie started swinging a length of vacuum hose around above his head whilst blowing into the other end, we saw that as our cue to leave.

 

[cyberknight]

Took mini ck 1 to a concert last year , she paid for the tickets but after about 20 mins i walked out and sat in the bar for the remainder of the concert as korean boy band pop i have found every single song sounded the same and surrounded by screaming girls and women .......

 

[AndyRM]

Napalm Death and Cathedral at the Marquee. Awful.

Because they were bad or just not your thing? Seen them both a couple times and they've always been excellent, but I wouldn't recommend Napalm Death to just anyone. Cathedral are a bit more accessible.

 

[palinurus]

I can't think of many gigs that I got nothing out of. I've seen a lot of fairly unknown/ local bands, and some of those were terrible- mostly in that I had no interest in what they were doing- but those don't count.

Years ago (late 80s) I got a free ticket to see The Who at the NEC, I didn't enjoy that- mainly because I don't like big venues. I walked out of The Vortex once when John Etheridge was on (I like jazz- I've been to that venue quite a few times, his set was boring)

 

[Beebo]

Because they were bad or just not your thing? Seen them both a couple times and they've always been excellent, but I wouldn't recommend Napalm Death to just anyone. Cathedral are a bit more accessible.

I’m amazed they are still going.
They came to my university in 1994, and were a well established band then, you didn’t go along without knowing what you were letting yourself in for.
If someone told me they would still be going over 30 years later I would have laughed at them.

 

[AndyRM]

I’m amazed they are still going.
They came to my university in 1994, and were a well established band then, you didn’t go along without knowing what you were letting yourself in for.
If someone told me they would still be going over 30 years later I would have laughed at them.

The lineup has changed quite a lot. None of the original members are still in the band. See also Cattle Decapitation, who are essentially the American equivalent.

Cathedral packed it in a few years ago, but are they're all still going with different bands, mostly associated with the grind/thrash scene.

I think it's kind of cute that (mostly) they're all still pals and like making music together.

 

[CarbonClem]

I went to see Paul Weller at Westonbirt Arboretum a few years ago. I’m not a huge fan but my wife likes him. Absolutely no interaction at all, just played the songs and left.

Weller isn't the most interactive frontman in any case, but him at Westonbirt is funny.

'Sup up your craft beer and collect your punnet of strawberries, there's a row going on, down by the the falafel stall '

I always go and see him when he plays there as its so local and a 'nice' summer evening out, but its not right.

Worse gig for me in recent memory was Echobelly. Lead singer seemed furious the crowd weren't as lairy as they'd been in the 90's. Berated the audience constantly over it and completely distanced herself from them. Never seen anyone torpedo an atmosphere quite as effectively.

 

[rockyroller]

first year high school, major band performed at the school, I helped get them to come by saving gum wrappers, it was a competition, whatever school saved enough of a certain gum wrapper, won the lottery off sorts of where the band would play. can't remember the name of the band. anyway, walked to school w/ friends, got there & couldn't find my ticket. friends went in & I walked back home I told my Father. he drove me to the school & explained to the door monitors who then let me in. I guess it worked out, but that's my worst concert memory

 

[swee'pea99]

Close call. Friend and I once drove miles to see John Martyn at some tiny pissant venue in the Lake District. Which we did. But not for long. He was late on stage, alone, pissed and pissed off, and left the audience of at least 136 in no doubt that on the whole he'd rather be at the dentist, for about 40 minutes, then left the stage, never to return. Then there was Rick Wakeman, doing his whole symphonic War of The Worlds type stuff, but all of it on backtrack and no-one but him on stage, in a cape, mincing around in front of a keyboard you didn't even know if you were hearing. That one lasted just over an hour. Then stopped. Which was a mercy.