Bands You've Seen But Wish You Hadn't

For me that would be Young Rascals

major bummer-- it's like when Mike Love is the Beach Boys frontman

They played like a good cover band but NOT the original. That was around 2002. I saw them in the late 60's and early 70's. They were great!

Queensryche
B52s
Billy Idol (was great in 1990, awful in 2005)
Guns N Roses (early 90s, the performance was fine but a fan got onstage and security held him down while Axl kicked the s**t out of him. Lost all respect for GNR in that moment)

I expected this thread to be created to go along with the others.
 
Many may tread on me for this one: John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia
 
Damn. What a sleeper event. As a guitarist I thought this show might be great. The three came out to an empty stage with three chairs. And then performed for about 45-minutes as an acoustic set. Ok, I was fine at that point. Then they said they were then taking a short break. I figured during that break the 'band' would be setup and we could get into some 'electrified' sounds and percussion. Well after 20-minutes or so, the stage curtain went up and what do I behold? Three chairs on an empty stage. Talk about your heart dropping to your stomach. And the three then proceeded to another session of Latin based themes, super flash guitar leads, etc, for another 45-minutes or so. I fell asleep at some point.
 
I have to say though, the rest of the crowd seemed to love it. Maybe today I would appreciate this concert. Just back then (25-years?), it just wasn't my cup-o'-tea and not what I expected. 

bayoubill
For me that would be Young Rascals

Bill, Just curious. What didn't you like about the Young Rascals? They put out some great tunes. I have never seen them live, so I cannot comment on my own. I guess I would just hope that they were good.  

Smashing Pumpkins.
 
I went to see Marilyn Manson but had to stay for Pumpkins afterwards. I never particularly liked them, though I dug a few songs.
 
Not only was Billy Corgan's voice even more unbearably annoying live, but they played mostly long, atmospheric jams - and the Pumpkins aren't exactly playing on the same level of musicianship as your average prog rock band, so... Basically, 2 hours of agression on the senses.
 
I got out of there feeling like I needed to hit someone. I couldn't even stay for a drink with our friends afterwards.

bapu
I only walked out of one concert. Nelly Furtado. To this day I'm not sure why I went. I did not even list her in my "saw" category. That's how much she sucked for me.
 
OK, bring on the suck jokes.

The other side of this experience.  I was at a fancy restaurant after the Canadian Music Awards one year, and she showed up with her awards and a huge entourage.  The restaurant refused to seat her due to the number of people, and her rude response.
You walked out, she walked out.  
 
Oh, and she didn't get to suck so much as a Pepsi.

I went to the Who's farewell tour. IF somebody had told me there would be 10 more farewell tours I would have saved my money.

jamesg1213

paulo
Kim Wilde - 3 times and none of them were on purpose.
 
Best (Worst) Answer thingy please !

Were you on this train?
 

 
Seeing as my glass is currently half full, I'll say that she's still just as good as she ever was.

 
http://www.nwdreamer.com/download/NotForTheSqueamish.wmv
 
 

If that had been my band, there would have been a mass murder, suicide after the gig (just for the sake of the continuance of the human race).

Slugbaby
B52s

I saw them two years ago.  Squeeze opened up for them, and did a fine job.  B52s were ok, but you might expect that a band that has been around for 30 years wouldn't have two thirds of their set list as filler.