The best band you have ever seen live. . .

[filthytothecore]

White Zombie,
Slayer,
Mayhem,
Emperor,
Celtic Frost,
Sepultura.

[CellarOwl]

Two Door Cinema Club and The Magnetic Fields. I saw them both as the same venue, and they were absolutely stunning. It was incredible! I caught the opening band's keyboardist's sweaty towel, which my friend threw at the bass player of Two Door Cinema Club at the end of a song, and he stumbled and looked pissed off/confused, it was fantastic! Everybody was jumping up and down and screaming all the lyrics... I guess that's part of the live performance, hearing people who can't sing for shit screaming lyrics beside you. It was extraordinarily dehydrating though... I haven't seen Manson live yet because apparently he's allergic to the west coast.

I can't believe I forgot about The Magnetic Fields. I travelled to Montreal to see them play in a dusty old theatre a couple winters back, and it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Even though we had tickets all the seats were taken, so we had to watch from the stairs at the top of the balcony and it was all so wonderfully wrong and intimate--being in a strange snowy city with a different language, watching from the corner like we weren't supposed to be there and just being completely anonymous. At the time I didn't know they were so stripped down and sparse live because of Stephen Merritt's tinnitis, but I liked it more than if they were all synths and drum risers.

Also if I remember correctly, just after The Dresden Dolls got off the road with Nine Inch Nails they did their own tour with Devotchka. I managed to get a private upstairs box with my girlfriend while they had a travelling circus doing performances with them between sets.

After both concerts I left actually feeling something, walking away into the night with a pretty girl and it seemed like the happiest, saddest thing. I like when concerts can still put you in a swirling, fun, drug-like daze even after they're over. Too many are just dudes hitting instruments and they don't actually manage to communicate anything or impart any meaning with the experience. It's jaded me because the whole thing is so shitty and typically boring.

[grotesquemonkey015]

Alice Cooper
Cannibal Corpse
The Casualties
Children of Bodom
Danzig
Deftones
Dillinger Escape Plan
Marilyn Manson
Negative Approach
Nekormantix
OFF!
Rob Zombie
Slayer
TOOL
Toxic Holocaust

[Scentless Apprentice]

Went to my first Rob Zombie show last night. Fucking amazing.

[Charles2012]

A small UK band called Basement. Most intimate show I've ever been to. 80 people, shin height stage, incredible energy, mic grabs and non stop sing-alongs.