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For national and international bands? Hate to say it, but, Katatonia. They've been great the past few times I've seen them but the first US tour was terrible. Bad sound, no stage chemistry, awkward, uncoordinated, Jonas was straining for every syllable. Glad they got their act together. The second worst has to be Cradle Of Filth, again with a combo of bad sound and substandard performance. I hear they're doing a lot better these days too. I won't judge any band too harshly over one or two bad shows, or even a bad tour, there's just so much that can go wrong.

I've been underwhelmed by a lot of big-name acts, but I think that's less to do with their performances than how the material translated or whether I even liked them to begin with. Nile played fine the two times I saw them, but I've never been a fan. 

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For me it was Alcest. 

No presence or sense of personality, and backing tracks were used to an extreme degree including for main melodies. I raged and raved. 

Also, and I hate to say this, but I’ve stood through quite a few boring Mayhem shows over the years. Fortunately, the greatest show I’ve ever seen was the Maniac/Blasphemer lineup in 2001. 

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I have seen a few bands that sound nothing like they do on a record. One band I was pumped to see was Tombs, love everything they put out...what a mistake that was. Mike the lead and vocals was either having a bad night or he thought I called him Hank, when I said hi. He looked at me and mouthed the word hank or spank...might have been crank lol idk but I felt like a dick. The bass player for Tombs was looking at nothing and no one the entire show and pre show was just off by himself and ignoring everyone. Either the band is just odd or they do not get along at all. I know the line up changes a lot. So I am sure some just think of it as a job and nothing more. 

 

After that- I do not want to meet anyone from a band, the thing with mike and seeing how the members acted on stage left me kind of upset. I would have thought they would feel the same about the music being played. Really a downer. 

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