Best Live Performance you've seen

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Permalink Reply by Kay Smoljak on 16 November 2007 at 9:49am

I find it so hard to pick a "best" because they are all memorable for some reason. Seeing Danzig was a HUGE deal for me cos I'm such a massive fan and I didn't think he'd ever come back to Australia... and Megadeth last week was pretty huge too because I've been waiting so long.

But my favourite live band by far is Fear Factory - I've seen them at least four times now, they really like it here in Perth so they always make the trip. They even made the video for Cyberwaste here, in an abandoned power station. I was at the shoot with some mates of mine, and if you go frame by frame I SWEAR you can see my hand in the crowd at one point. No, really, you CAN :)

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Permalink Reply by mcaulay on 16 November 2007 at 10:45am

saw sepultura in glasgow in 1994...absolutely TREMENDOUS...also saw pantera there the year before(i think!)....don't think i've ever paid so much to be as injured as that....there's nothing to compare with wandering out of a pantera gig bruised and battered onto the cold streets of glasgow hahaha.....happy times!

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Permalink Reply by Raphael Gerber on 16 November 2007 at 1:29pm

Hm, that would probably be Kreator and Dark Tranquillity in Pratteln, Switzerland anno 2005.

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Permalink Reply by Kay Smoljak on 16 November 2007 at 3:16pm

Cool - I hear Kreator are playing Wacken Open Air 2008 - I'll be there for sure :)

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Permalink Reply by Matt Osbun on 19 November 2007 at 3:31pm

Saw Savatage on the "Poets and Madmen" tour. Great show, but the the group had changed so much, I had mixed feelings.

Manowar back in the day. I've never heard anything- EVER- that loud.

Doro Pesch/Chris Caffery, this year. Those two put on a hell of a show.

It's hard to get decent metal shows in the U.S., especially where I live. It's coming around, though.

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Permalink Reply by Dana Kowalski on 20 November 2007 at 1:12am

- early 90s was owned by White Zombie imho. They had some of the best stage shows you could find back then.

- currently I would have to go with The Flaming Lips. Just search youtube, I don't think I could ever explain it if you are not familar already haha.

- musically Prong and The Urge were amazing live shows I remember. The vocals were spot on and the playing and sound were great. The Urge had some trombone players and horns and heavy guitars and the guy singing was amazing in a live setting. Many times you see some really weak vocals in a live setting, but that guy brought the guns that night.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Tuttle on 5 December 2007 at 12:10pm

Certainly doesn't qualify as metal, but by far the best live performance I've seen was David Gilmore at the Tweeter Center in NJ performing Dark Side Of The Moon in its entirety. Even better than the studio.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Priest on 19 April 2008 at 3:45am

Not metal but by far the best live performance I've EVER seen was Jeff Beck at HOB in Myrtle Beach. I was about 10 feet from him and it was mind blowing...

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Fleitz on 20 April 2008 at 2:01am

Yeah, Jeff Beck would be hard to beat for a live performance. Never got to see him live, although have seen many videos. His drummer from his heyday, Simon Phillips, is the drummer for Toto now.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Fleitz on 20 April 2008 at 1:57am

Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock.

Nah, just kidding. I am not quite that old :)

It would be a toss-up between Blue Oyster Cult at the Las Vegas Convention center in 1974, and Black Sabbath at the same venue in 1976. Ozzy was still with them then.

I would take Blue Oyster Cult for the stage show, as they were one of the first bands to travel with a laser light show and all the fog, and it just blew everybody away.

Black Sabbath still had Ozzy with them in 1976. They were actually the opening act for Peter Frampton, if you can believe it, who was the biggest act in the world that year.

Best live performance ever would have to be Toto in Las Vegas in 1999. Not a heavy metal band (obviously) but they can really rock and play progressive fusion as well. Phenomenal musicians on par with bands like Dream Theater.

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Permalink Reply by Claude Englebert on 20 April 2008 at 10:21am

Pantera in Gent, Belgium, in the early 90's. A 1000 people crowd, completely packed, an amazing show and pit. Sadly one dead guy who jumped from a balcony to stage dive.

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Permalink Reply by Eric Roberts on 24 June 2008 at 8:14pm

I have a few...

Disturbed at House of Blues in Chicago 2006

Godsmack/Stained/Cold/Systematic at University of Chicago 2000

Rush...Power Windows tour 1986 Rosemont Horizon in Chicago

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