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bikingjahuty:
BEST: I saw My Bloody Valentine back when they toured in 2009. It was by far the loudest show I've ever been too, by far! It was almost euphoric hearing their music live and with such intensity. I could barely hear anything for almost a week after the show, and the idea of permanent hearing loss definitely crossed my mind, but it was worth it for that amazing show.


Worst: I went to a Pixies show with a friend of mine around 2010ish and the show was so bad it actually made me displace the Pixies after being a long time fan. While it wasn't the bands fault, it was an all ages show and was filled with a bunch of high school kids that were the most annoying group of assholes I've ever had the displeasure of sharing a space with for 2-hours. The band played like shit that night and you could tell they weren't into their music, at least for the show I went to. I remember just being underwhelmed the whole show and I thought about just leaving a few times, but for my friend's sake a stayed. We both agreed that the show was pretty bad, although he claims he has been to worse shows.

kamikazekeeg:
Haven't done many concerts, but the best one I've been to was Judas Priest in 2009.  It was my first metal concert and it was mind blowing.

I guess I could say my worst was a local festival that had the likes of Offspring, Volbeat, Stone Sour, and more.  It wasn't terrible because of the music as I got there in the afternoon to specifically see Volbeat who were great, but it was such a poorly handled outdoor event.  It's Florida in the middle spring, meaning it's hot as hell.  Small bottles of water cost something like 3 to 4 bucks a piece, so I was practically going broke buying them to survive, there was no cover anywhere, so I was melting.  By the time 3 hours had passed, and I enjoyed the hell out of Volbeat, I was done.  I was practically about to have heat exhaustion.  I couldn't even go out to my car to rest and then come back in as there was a rule that once you leave, you were done, so I didn't even get the music happening that night.  I heard they added like mist tents and stuff since, so I might go again next year as I skipped this year, but man I went through a lot just to see Volbeat, who were good lol

atarileaf:
Definitely Journey two summers ago at Caesars Windsor. It was our 21st wedding anniversary the night of the concert which made it extra special. Arnel Pineda is an incredible singer. Easily comparable to Steve Perry. Just an awesome show.

I haven't been to any bad concerts but one sad and disappointing performance was Lou Gramm of Foreigner fame when he was at a local "Corn Festival" a few years back. One of those small town fairs with rides, games, prizes, etc. I think his health was not good at the time and his voice suffered terribly from it.

turf:
Best: I flew to Las Vegas to see Avenged Sevenfold at The Joint at the Hard Rock.  It's a small venue and I loved it.  I've seen A7X a bunch of times.  I've seen them at least 3 times in small venues.  That is awesome! 

Honorable Mention: Korn in Las Vegas 2011 I think.  It was at the Rockstar 48 Hour Music festival.  It was hot as balls all day.  Jonathon Davis was sick, but since he's a gangster mother fucker he was out there rocking his balls off.  He was sick enough to have to go side stage to get oxygen between songs.  The band would kind of just jam long enough for him to get air; then he'd come back on.  It was unreal. 

Worst: I think it was 2011 or 2012.  Rob Zombie was playing the radio station festival in Little Rock.  Dude was so trashed, the couldn't remember the words to his own songs.  It was awful.  Lucky for us, he went back stage for a few and came back with all the energy he'd need.  If I had to guess, I'd say he went and did a bump.  His stage show was cool, the performance was shit though.

kamikazekeeg:

--- Quote from: turf on July 13, 2015, 09:33:33 am ---Best: I flew to Las Vegas to see Avenged Sevenfold at The Joint at the Hard Rock.  It's a small venue and I loved it.  I've seen A7X a bunch of times.  I've seen them at least 3 times in small venues.  That is awesome!
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I saw them at an arena here in 2013 I think and they put on a good show.  I'm not HUGE into them, I love City of Evil, they've been hit and miss ever since, but they put on a very solid show and did a good pyro setup.  Kinda exciting getting blasted with heat when the songs go nuts lol

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