Originally Posted by: elklandercc
Last time that happened to me was at a Korn Deftones show, Deftones had a horrible setup and I sat in my seat for most of their set, the Korn came on and rocked the place.

I think everyone hates going to see a show and having their favorite band sound like trash... But a lot of times with large world wide tours that play a show every other day the opening acts get the shaft when it comes to time for soundcheck and time for setting up gear... That's why most opening acts SOUND bad... that doesn't mean that they're not PLAYING good. I hate it when you go to a concert and the guitarist can't even play the solo right so he just skips it by adding some lame feedback solo or something.. or when the vocalist can't carry a tune... or when he can't hit a key change because he doesn't have the luxury of attempting it 5 thousnad times in the studio... I've been to very few shows where the opening act actually sounded good... And one time it was No Address and they literally did their soundcheck right before they started their first song... It was like 5 minutes of a guy screaming different pitches and shouting into the mic... Then all the sudden they rock the house. They were the first band to come on stage of a 5 band show.

I agree with that Skynyrd quote... Studio music is all good.... A lot of times studio albums make bands sound a lot better than they really are. It's easy to nail a solo when you have almost infinite amounts of time to try and try again...