Exceeded expectations (ticket, rock, cd, albums, fan)

burnmonkey · 02-05-2005, 04:37 PM

What band(s) have you seen that totally changed your initial impression of them by seeing them live - for the better or worse ?

Fenixpunk · 02-05-2005, 04:40 PM

Phish - at first listen i was like what is this greatful dead wanna be bull$hit..after seeing them live, damn, they are such amazing musicians, each of them...Ive seen them several times since then. To bad they broke up, but something tells me they will tour again. Trey Anastasio and Les Claypool with the drummer from The Police are in Oysterhead, good stuff there too.

burnmonkey · 02-05-2005, 04:52 PM

Mine is...are ya' ready for this... BON JOVI !!!!! I still don't like their music, but I got dragged kicking and screaming to one of their shows 15 years ago (yeah, I'm dating myself here) and I couldn't believe the amount od energy and passion they put into their performance. They were relentless! Like I said I still don't like their music, but I have a lot more respect for them than I used to.
I also tagged along to a Bad Company show one time thinking - "It can't possibly be TOO bad", and it was the musical equivalent of watching grass grow. AWFULL !!!!!!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-05-2005, 06:34 PM

I hated Radiohead`s Kid A & Amnesiac albums until I saw them live.

Hearing those songs live gave me a whole new perception of the songs on those albums.

Anarchy doll · 02-05-2005, 07:31 PM

The Rolling Stones were way better to me after seeing them live at the SARS Benifit@! and a $20.00 a ticket, with ACDC and Jeff Healy, and Tea Party, and the Guess Who, and Rush all as other headliners, I became a rock and roll girl to the max that day

riseagainstrocks · 02-06-2005, 12:58 AM

Suffocate Faster. awesome live. worst cd ever. ever. of all time. like really really bad.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 02-06-2005, 03:23 AM

36 Crazyfists. I hadnt heard much of them before i spose, but after seeing them live they were amazing...

Sweet Jane · 02-06-2005, 11:24 AM

Mogwai, I already liked them, but seeing them live done things to me that only Mogwai can do. Sonic Youth & ..And you will know us by the trail of dead were everything I could ever have wanted live too.

I know of many people changing their minds about the Stripes after seeing a live show, they are pretty tight live, when Jack can be bothered.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 02-06-2005, 03:10 PM

And The Bled. I never really liked them till we saw them live..

Sneer · 02-06-2005, 03:11 PM

probably muse, i was a fan of them before, i liked their 1st and 3rd albums, yet after the show i loved all 3 plus hulabaloo, one of my favourite bands now. matt bellamy is a brilliantly skilled musician.

02-05-2005, 04:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
burnmonkey Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 47	Exceeded expectations What band(s) have you seen that totally changed your initial impression of them by seeing them live - for the better or worse ?

02-05-2005, 04:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fenixpunk The Erroneous Hoodlum Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: West Side Phoenix Posts: 2,057	Phish - at first listen i was like what is this greatful dead wanna be bull$hit..after seeing them live, damn, they are such amazing musicians, each of them...Ive seen them several times since then. To bad they broke up, but something tells me they will tour again. Trey Anastasio and Les Claypool with the drummer from The Police are in Oysterhead, good stuff there too. __________________ This message has been approved by Shawn Erroneous - The Declaimed

02-06-2005, 12:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,320	Suffocate Faster. awesome live. worst cd ever. ever. of all time. like really really bad. __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

02-06-2005, 03:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,537	36 Crazyfists. I hadnt heard much of them before i spose, but after seeing them live they were amazing... __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!

02-06-2005, 11:24 AM	#8 (permalink)
Sweet Jane Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 547	Mogwai, I already liked them, but seeing them live done things to me that only Mogwai can do. Sonic Youth & ..And you will know us by the trail of dead were everything I could ever have wanted live too. I know of many people changing their minds about the Stripes after seeing a live show, they are pretty tight live, when Jack can be bothered. __________________ Calvin: "Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?" Hobbes: "I'm not sure that man needs the help."

02-05-2005, 04:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
burnmonkey Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 47	Mine is...are ya' ready for this... BON JOVI !!!!! I still don't like their music, but I got dragged kicking and screaming to one of their shows 15 years ago (yeah, I'm dating myself here) and I couldn't believe the amount od energy and passion they put into their performance. They were relentless! Like I said I still don't like their music, but I have a lot more respect for them than I used to. I also tagged along to a Bad Company show one time thinking - "It can't possibly be TOO bad", and it was the musical equivalent of watching grass grow. AWFULL !!!!!!

02-05-2005, 06:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I hated Radiohead`s Kid A & Amnesiac albums until I saw them live. Hearing those songs live gave me a whole new perception of the songs on those albums.

02-05-2005, 07:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anarchy doll punk rock mommy Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in my mind Posts: 660	The Rolling Stones were way better to me after seeing them live at the SARS Benifit@! and a $20.00 a ticket, with ACDC and Jeff Healy, and Tea Party, and the Guess Who, and Rush all as other headliners, I became a rock and roll girl to the max that day

02-06-2005, 03:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,537	And The Bled. I never really liked them till we saw them live.. __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!

02-06-2005, 03:11 PM	#10 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	probably muse, i was a fan of them before, i liked their 1st and 3rd albums, yet after the show i loved all 3 plus hulabaloo, one of my favourite bands now. matt bellamy is a brilliantly skilled musician. __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show