OT: Best Live Bands

[nightshadecrisis]

im sure theres been a thread about this before...but what are everyones top 5?

i'd have to say mine are:
NIN
Tool/APC
Mars Volta
Muse---saw these guys last night...they were great!
Converge

[IntelDoc]

Instrumental - bela fleck
Best Live show I ever saw - Peter Gabriel - Secret World Tour
NIN - agreed seen then 9 times and each show is better
Tool - Loud as hell
Ministry - Loudest Show ever seen
Phish - what can I say???
Widespread Panic - nothing beats playing for 4 hours straight and then saying hello Athens, Ga.
U2.... when they do not play the new stuff.
Alice In cahins - rooster ruled!


Thats all for now!

- doc

[superpenguin79]

Best ones in my opinion would be:

Aerosmith, Maschina, AC/DC, and Merge. There are a lot of bands I would like to catch live sometime, but those are the best shows I have ever seen.

[dyingsea]

Andrew W.K. \m/ \m/
children of bodom
dimmu borgir
dillinger escape plan

[Matt Whritenour]

i like green day but i'm not a huge fan,
but i would have to say Green day is the best live band

[macr0w]

Yohembe bros.
WEEN!!
I don't get out much.

[Third Eye Studios]

I would say mine would be:

1) Tool / A Perfect Circle (of course they aren’t the same, and the shows are very different, but combined I’ve seen them 15 times-maybe obsessive but I think nobody can touch Tool)

2) Mr. Bungle (or basically any band Mike Patton is involved with, I’ve seen him in Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Fantomas and each performance was incredible)

3) Red Hot Chili Peppers (with the exception of one Yellow Cold Banana Peppers non-energetic show where Foo Fighters blew them away, the RHCP’s are great live)

4) Black Sabbath (getting to see the original Sabbath on Ozzfest was a privilege, and now I can die a happy man)

5) Nirvana (yeah, yeah, but a huge influence on me at the time and I’m glad I got to see them at least once)

Of course some of the best have been bands like GWAR, Skinny Puppy, and Genna-torturers.

[daustin777]

Dream Theater
Mike Keneally
Steve Vai
Yes
Van Halen ( original band )
Zappa ( any incarnation )

[macr0w]

Mike Keneally
Steve Vai
Zappa ( any incarnation )

Now your talking. Notice the edit.

[Joz]

I agree, Muse is really good live right now. But too bad, hald of the guitars all the keys, some vocal doubles are pre recorded. But non the less they put up an amazing show.

Joz