Best band live for me has probably been Opeth back in 2005. Their drummer at the time (Martin Lopez) had a panic attack and flew back to Stockholm, leaving the band in Vancouver without a drummer. Long story short the band got Gene Hoglan to drum with them for a few shows and I managed to catch one of those shows. He really owned all the songs, just this big fat guy swigging beer while drumming. Plus I was underage and still got in, that was pretty cool for me.
Worst show... is sadly The Police in 2007. They had no chemistry onstage together. In fact they pretty much stood still, at least 20-30 feet apart from each other on this big stadium stage. Not only that but they turned all their songs into these long winded 9-11 minute pieces that just totally destroyed the flow. To add insult to injury, I saw Danko Jones the night before at some sweaty club in the industrial district of San Francisco and they were more fun to watch then The Police.
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