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 ?

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.

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 !!!!!!

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.