What bands sound better live than in the studio?

[Draquish]

Its a simple question, that I thought of while listening to some of my favorite artists play live. They sucked.

The only band that I can say plays better live than in the studio is Dream Theater. Take into account that I haven't searched the whole music spectrum looking for tracks/videos of bands playing live. So here it is, from Dream Theater's score DvD:




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[cin]

muse, without a doubt.

seen em twice now, both times they were awesome.

[Innovacious]

in flames deffinetly sound better live (well, sometimes, all bands have their bad days). they always screw with the vocals in the studio versions and it just sounds so much better live. Not sure if its still the case with the new album, havnt really listened to it much. Thats about the only band i can think of off the top of my head, theres alot of bands that sound good live but not better than the studio version, still pretty good though since live requires alot more energy than standing around in studio.

[l05tfr33k7]

muse, without a doubt.

cant think of others right now, but yea muse definetly. and their concerts have cool stuff, like the laser shows and all that.

for anyone interested, search up "starlight" live on youtube or something.

[iGod]

Well not exactly a band, but Buckethead sounds better live imo., more improvisations, for example

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[takolin]

Live gigs tend to be less good musicwise but if the crowd is nice, it owns any album.

[Midori]

Daft Punk, bitchin' yo.

[DaZzY]

Well i dont listen to any bands but Kayne west sounds so much better live!

[dom]

muse, without a doubt.

seen em twice now, both times they were awesome.

ZOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[BrokenSaint]

daft punk ftw

[rek]

P!ATD sound good live imo. But heaps of girls around me were singing along.

[cin]

P!ATD sound good live imo. But heaps of girls around me were singing along.

yeah.
i've seen em on lowlands festival.
i usually hate the guys voice, but live it's not that bad

[dom]

lowlands

Pays-Bas?

[Pan_Raider(`_´)]

Daft Punk, bitchin' yo.

+1
best Electronic band by far

Slipnot sounds better onstage too, though i've only seen snippets

[cin]

lowlands

Pays-Bas?

lol ya

lowlands is a dutch festival. been there twice now.
seen acts like QOTSA, Muse, Massive Attack Prodigy,
DfA1979, dead 60's, dj shadow, soulwax, arctic monkeys,
foo fighters, etc etc. is 3 day festival, and it's fun :]

[Crumpets]

Paramore or Enter Shikari.

Seen Shikari live in the U.K. in Plymouth .. but sadly never got the chance to see Paramore perform.

[rek]

Paramore

yess

[Innovacious]

Slipnot sounds better onstage too, though i've only seen snippets

lol, from what ive seen corey gets out of breath after 10 seconds and his vocals go to shit

[tedtwilliger]

Without a doubt Hammerfall. Although i have only heard their live recorded cd's, they are much better than their studio recorded cd's. Hopefully one day i will be able to see the real thing.

[MonstaH]

Rammstein... some songs are 100x better live than the studio version. And of course an amazing live show

[-Evan]

Definitely NOT dragonforce.. the guitar/amps setups are farked most of the time.

[iGod]

Definitely NOT dragonforce.. the guitar/amps setups are farked most of the time.

Lol, dragonforce sucks even in studio versions

[SuicideGrl]

Symphony X. their live album, Live on the Edge of Forever, which was recorded in France and Germany in 2001, is my absolute favorit album of theirs.

[Ichimaru420]

Paramore or Enter Shikari.

Seen Shikari live in the U.K. in Plymouth .. but sadly never got the chance to see Paramore perform.

+1 on Enter Shikari

Though Slipknot and killswitch engage and of course Black Dahlia murder on the clips I seen sound pretty good live.

[Doron]

Kotoko, Skye Sweetnam, Macy Gray, Dennis.

All are great on stage.

[Stress]

Rammstein and Children of Bodom.

Children of Bodom has something particular about their live shows. The music is slightly derailed, and it appears some of the intstruments are out of tune, but, nevertheless, I absolutelly LOVE the way it sounds. SO much better than the studio verions.

[[SD]Kratos]

Daft Punk sounds great in live. Studio is already good, but their lives are just awesome

Their creativity is unbeatable.
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[Draquish]

Here are two examples of two bands that do not sound good live:


Demon Hunter (Even though it is and still will be one of my favorite bands )

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DragonForce (I had to stop the live video at 1:50. I just couldn't take it. >_>)

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*shakes head*

Daft Punk sounds great. Very good "remix."

[-Evan]

I really don't care if one of my fav. bands suck live... I probably wouldn't be able to go into their concerts anyway.

[dom]

Daft Punk sounds great in live. Studio is already good, but their lives are just awesome

Their creativity is unbeatable.
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Wow. Those are some really shitty seats.