What bands sound better live than in the studio?

Draquish · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

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 · **Posted:** Sun May 04, 2008 3:09 pm

muse, without a doubt.

seen em twice now, both times they were awesome.

Innovacious · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 2446 **Location:**

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 · **Joined:** Jan 2008 **Posts:** 970 **Location:**

cin wrote:

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 · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 3728 **Location:**

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

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takolin · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 4238 **Location:** Life

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

Midori · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3425 **Location:**

Daft Punk, bitchin' yo.

DaZzY · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 1357

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

dom · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 6:20 am

cin wrote:

muse, without a doubt.

seen em twice now, both times they were awesome.

ZOMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

BrokenSaint · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 6:47 am

daft punk ftw

rek · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 6:49 am

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

cin · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 7:14 am

.rek wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 7:28 am

cin wrote:

lowlands

Pays-Bas?

Pan_Raider(`_´) · **Joined:** Jul 2006 **Posts:** 4737 **Location:**

X-Lax wrote:

Daft Punk, bitchin' yo.

+1
best Electronic band by far

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

cin · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 8:02 am

dom wrote:

cin wrote:

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 · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 7800 **Location:**

Paramore or Enter Shikari.

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

rek · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 8:12 am

Crumpets wrote:

Paramore

yess

Innovacious · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 2446 **Location:**

Pan_Raider(`_´) wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 10:17 am

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 · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 1550 **Location:**

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

-Evan · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 12:09 pm

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

iGod · **Joined:** Oct 2006 **Posts:** 3728 **Location:**

-Evan wrote:

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

Lol, dragonforce sucks even in studio versions

SuicideGrl · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 12:21 pm

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 · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 2778 **Location:** quit

Crumpets wrote:

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 · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 2:23 pm

Kotoko, Skye Sweetnam, Macy Gray, Dennis.

All are great on stage.

Stress · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 8:33 pm

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 · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 4787 **Location:**

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 · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 6423 **Location:** ____

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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Spoiler!

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

Spoiler!

*shakes head*

Daft Punk sounds great. Very good "remix."

-Evan · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 10:48 pm

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 · **Posted:** Mon May 05, 2008 10:55 pm

Kratos wrote:

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.

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