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I have 2 experiences that tie for the worst concert experience, only because they both involve the same band. Back in '96 or '97 I went to see Pantera in Akron, OH. They had 2 opening bands. Clutch went on first. These guys rocked. Very groove oriented metal. After them came the absolute hands down worst band I've ever seen live: Neurosis.
I'm trying to classify what kind of music they play. They are very percussion heavy. They have some heavy guitar but it's mostly just a guitar player playing one chord while a few dudes wail away on drums. Then a guy comes on and screams something indecipherable. I could have sworn he wasn't saying anything. He just went up to the mic and went "AHHHHHH!" and "Roawr!". This went on for about 30-45 minutes. The fist time I saw them they played the tape of Bud Dwyer committing suicide over and over. I swear to you, I felt like these guys came up on stage, made a bunch of noise and left. No semblance of a discernable song, no meshing of a drum beat and a guitar riff, just a bunch of audio diarrhea.
You might be asking yourself why I would subject myself to this a second time. I have since asked myself this same question. The second time I saw them was at the Crowbar in State College, PA. Once again, they were opening up for someone cool, I think it was Mudvayne or Soulfly. I decided to give them a second chance, after all it had been a few years since the first time I'd seen them and maybe this time would be different. I couldn't have been more wrong. They took the stage and I got treated to 45 more minutes of some God awful noise.
The only way I would go see these guys again is if they would open up for Pantera again. I would gladly let my ears bleed a third time if it meant Dimebag was alive and playing.
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