The Live Show Got Me Hooked

[NSL]

Simply put, I want to know what bands you only liked after seeing them live. Was it a certain song? Was it the stage presence? Was it the crowd? Be sure to explain yourself.



One band that falls in to this category for me, is Red. I heard their stuff on the radio, but it was never anything I had to listen to. I could turn the radio off, or change the station, and not care. I didn't have to own the CD, but I wasn't against listening to them. Then, I saw them open for Flyleaf and Seether, and it all changed. They put on a good rock show, and got the crowd into it better than almost any opening band I've seen. Now, I make sure to leave the station on when I hear "We'll have Red after this break.", and I bought their CD, so I can listen to them whenever I want. Their music sounds good live, and that's something I've seen great bands falter with.


Another band that falls into this, is Bury Your Dead. They're obviously never on the radio, but I have a lot of friends that like them, but it never caught on with me. I'd tune it out, and forget it was even on. I had seen them on Family Values '06, and wasn't impressed, but they didn't do bad. Then, I saw them open for Five Finger Death Punch and In This Moment last year, and was instantly hooked. There was a different lead singer, which probably made a huge difference, because the crowd was electric for him. Anything he did, he got a response. The music sounded better (although it could be due to a much smaller venue), and the vocals were cleaner. I think this one was owed entirely to crowd reaction. I love when a band can get every person in the crowd eating out of their hands.

 

[Richard]

Behind Crimson Eyes. They are an Australian post hardcore band and I saw them on JTV which was a music program here on Saturday mornings and they were playing a live show and I remember hearing 'You've Had Your Chance' and 'The Bonesmen' and after that I went to HMV and got their album because I really liked what I heard and thought their album wouldn't be bad and it was pretty good. So I'd say that this band I only got into after seeing them live on TV a couple years ago. They got my attention because of the lead singer and his ability to scream and transition to singing really well and the lyrics and his voice too.

 

[Stickstar 16]

All American Rejects, i never really payed a hell of a lot of attention to them until i saw them at a concert. The music was good and they had a real great atmosphere and energy about them, so the next day i went and found their 3 albums.

 

[The Dewbliners]

For me it has to be Morbid Angel. I was very aware of them, as a metal head, but I wasn't in a place where I had to listen. Then I saw them on a split bill with Kittie and Pantera, at Dayton's Hara Arena, on Pantera's last tour. I showed up late for Kitties set (they opened, and I missed Do you Think I'm a ****e, thanks to the fuckin' traffic.), but found made it for the entire Morbid Angel set, and fell in love with their music. I can't go a full day without hearing the entire Heaven's Mutant Children album.

 

[RVDgurl]

Jimmie's Chicken Shack - I can't say that I love 'em, but I definately had a new found respect for them after seeing them. My friend talked me into to going with her to see them at a local club about 8 or 9 years ago and I was prepared to be miserable. To my surprise, I had fun and bought a CD on the way out of the show. The show was energetic and upbeat and the songs sounded crisp.

 

[Rizza]

Dark Tranquility

They were on the same show as Divine Heresy( who were their opener) in Atlanta, who I went to see because I know their bassist personally. I knew who Dark Tranquiltly were but they just never stood out on a CD, but live, they completly blew me away,so much I didn't even know that it was them that took stage until I overheard someone mention it. I was in pure amazement how awesome they sounded, I even picked up a CD and and T Shirt on the way out and now they are one of my all time favorite metal bands.

 

[HBK-aholic]

Busted

I never liked them, despite every other girl my age beig in love with them. But I went to Party in the Park in 2003 (?) with a friend of mine and fell in love with them. They were just so great live. Maybe it's because the rest of them were crap, and I thought they were great by comparison. I don't know. But after I saw them then I bought all the albums, went to see them on tour etc. I was a big fan girl.

 

[The Bearded One]

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. I saw them a few years back and had never heard of them before that night. i really wasn't expecting much, even though I had heard that their frontman used to be the vocalist for Underoath. Even with that, I still didn't expect much. But once they started playing, that all changed. They were amazing and they gave it their all. I had really never heard anything like them before, and they are still unique although imitators have began to spring up. They are one of my favorite bands now.

 

[The Mark of Zur-En-Arrh]

Opeth

Before they played Download Festival the first time, i and my metal obsessed bretheryn had never even heard of the mighty Progressive Death Metal Quintet that comprise the Swedish band, Opeth. One 20 minute set consisting of four songs had me engrossed throughout and resulted in Opeth becoming one of my favourite bands of all time, buying ALL thier albums, and checking out bands like Porcupine Tree and Bloodbath

 

[BradTheGreat]

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. I saw them a few years back and had never heard of them before that night. i really wasn't expecting much, even though I had heard that their frontman used to be the vocalist for Underoath. Even with that, I still didn't expect much. But once they started playing, that all changed. They were amazing and they gave it their all. I had really never heard anything like them before, and they are still unique although imitators have began to spring up. They are one of my favorite bands now.

fuck YES!

Brisbane SoundWave 2009, smallest of the 6 stages, playing between Alesana and Jaguar Love (who?)

We roll up to the stage to check them out to fill in time between when the well known bands were playing, the crowd was INSANE! Must of only been about 100 people but they were going off. For the last song they played Memories Of The Grove... during the song, the vocalist guy hurls the mic into the crowd, people are going crazy grabbing at the mic, as some security jerk leans in from the front barrier the singer leaps over him, feet first into the mosh, everyone rushes him and throws him up to surf the crowd, kicks my friend in the throat, and as he is being grabbed, surfed and thrown around, he continues to scream out the song.

so my choice is... MAYLENE!!!