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cutewithoutthe Góðberit Norðling Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Star-crossed
Góðberit Norðling
#1: Oct 19th 2011 at 4:17:38 PM

What exactly makes your favorite artists' live shows ~unique~?

Anything funny? Epic?

Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
Proud Canadian
#2: Oct 19th 2011 at 8:22:57 PM

It would be a long list.

If you don't like a single Frank Ocean song, you have no soul.
BlixtySlycat |like a boss| from Driving the Rad Hazard Since: Aug, 2011
|like a boss|
#3: Oct 19th 2011 at 8:27:50 PM

There are at least two turntablists who light their records on fire.

go ahead and do every stupid thing you can imagine
MikeK Since: Jan, 2001
#4: Oct 19th 2011 at 11:07:57 PM

I saw The Jesus Lizard once. David Yow crowdsurfs and sings at the same time. Not just during a few songs, during all of them. He basically has this cycle of stagediving at the start of a song, getting passed around for a few minutes, then making his way back onstage by the end.

edited 19th Oct '11 11:10:08 PM by MikeK

Solstace Hexachordal Combinatorial from the Second Viennese School Since: Dec, 1969
Hexachordal Combinatorial
#5: Oct 19th 2011 at 11:19:35 PM

Rhythm battles with tap dancers.

edited 19th Oct '11 11:19:45 PM by Solstace

Ecstasy is Sustained Intensity
MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#6: Oct 21st 2011 at 7:02:53 PM

Well, Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth drinks from a drinking horn, which is cool and fits the Viking theme of the band. And Emilie Autumn's show is all kinds of awesome - Contessa's aerial acrobatics, Veronica's fan dance (which was ten different kinds of hot), Captain Maggots' fiery hula hoop dance... Good times.

x86x Since: Dec, 1969
#7: Oct 21st 2011 at 7:41:15 PM

I remember going to see Anvil opening for Alice Cooper back in May and Lips played guitar solos with a vibrator.

Astrokid248 Duct-tape Cannon from Houston Since: Oct, 2011
Duct-tape Cannon
#8: Oct 25th 2011 at 7:11:11 AM

Matt Bellamy of Muse (the lead singer/guitarist) broke Dom Howard's (the drummer) nose after launching himself off an amp and into the drum kit. The two proceeded to brawl in the drum kit, destroy both drums and guitar, and exited the stage. Chris (the bassist) was not amused. It was AWESOME.

Yes, I really am that silly all the time.
JHM Apparition in the Woods from Niemandswasser Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hounds of love are hunting
Apparition in the Woods
#9: Oct 25th 2011 at 2:52:27 PM

On the sheer "I WANT THAT" front, there are videos of Radiohead performing various songs from Kid A that feature, among other things, several Korg KAOS Pads and multiple Ondes martinot.

Speaking more to performance behaviour, there are a few, some more... difficult to explain than others. Take Coil, for example. (This probably does not qualify as "work-safe," if only for the odd looks you'll get.)

edited 25th Oct '11 2:54:07 PM by JHM

I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.
Cysma Since: Jan, 2001
#10: Oct 25th 2011 at 8:53:25 PM

Are there any musicians that are particularly famous for getting the crowd to chant "Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!" etc. at certain parts of songs?

BlixtySlycat |like a boss| from Driving the Rad Hazard Since: Aug, 2011
|like a boss|
#11: Oct 25th 2011 at 8:56:49 PM

Um....no, not that I can think of. Why?

aaaaaaaaanyway, like I was saying earlier, turntables, on fire:

go ahead and do every stupid thing you can imagine
mcb01932 Since: Mar, 2010
#12: Nov 11th 2011 at 11:21:09 AM

Maynard James Keenan of Tool once dealt with a rowdy fan who had found his way onstage...by using Brazilian jiu-jitsu on him!

edited 11th Nov '11 11:23:26 AM by mcb01932

Astrokid248 Duct-tape Cannon from Houston Since: Oct, 2011
Duct-tape Cannon
#14: Nov 16th 2011 at 6:12:27 PM

Once again, Muse. Especially on "Time is Running Out" and "Uprising". The crowd goes freaking nuts. Linkin Park does too on "Crawling", "Faint", and "Bleed it Out".

Yes, I really am that silly all the time.
TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#15: Nov 17th 2011 at 11:06:50 AM

I saw Alice Cooper earlier this year. He does all manner of entertaining things when he performs; he waltzes with a dummy (and then tosses it around the stage), he wanders about popping balloons with a sword, he even chops off his own head with a guillotine.

One thing I enjoyed was when he incorporated bits of "Another Brick In the Wall, Pt. 2" into "School's Out" and got everybody singing along with it.

Def Leppard were headlining that concert. They were fantastic as well, but they couldn't match his spectacle.

Litis from Israel Since: Jul, 2009
#16: Nov 18th 2011 at 12:44:54 AM

Very apropos mention of Muse after Deftones...

inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#17: Nov 18th 2011 at 11:38:21 AM

DIE MACBOOK. DIE!!!!!!!

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Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#18: Nov 19th 2011 at 7:29:05 AM

Instrument Destruction in the electronica era

edited 19th Nov '11 7:29:12 AM by Wicked223

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Litis from Israel Since: Jul, 2009
#19: Nov 19th 2011 at 8:18:27 AM

My name is skrillex and I have too much money.

QFT

inane242 Anwalt der Verdammten from A B-Movie Bildungsroman Since: Nov, 2010
Anwalt der Verdammten
#20: Nov 19th 2011 at 8:54:42 AM

He did just kill it by spilling beer all over it.

The 5 geek social fallacies. Know them well.
TOMOTAKINO you are merely jelly from magical land~ >:D Since: Nov, 2011
you are merely jelly
#21: Nov 19th 2011 at 9:19:07 AM

wil butler
just
wil butler

lupinnnnnn~~
juancarlos Faith in the self. Since: Mar, 2012
Faith in the self.
#22: Dec 7th 2011 at 6:12:21 AM

[usual dadrock faggotry about burned guitars and exploding drums goes here]

but really, I normally like stuff like banter and, i don't know, dancing when it come to a performance far more than all that overwrought shit. Although there's still something rather compelling about seeing Hendrix burn up a guitar, of course.

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whataboutme -_- from strange land, far away. Since: May, 2010
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#23: Dec 12th 2011 at 11:41:09 AM

Buckethead does some odd, but entertaining things live. Not surprising since he's rather eccentric (or outright crazy, take your pick). In videos so far, I've seen him do robot dancing, use nunchaku, play with toys, trade toys with the audience, sometimes do a martial arts style kick on something on the stage, while playing the guitar... The list goes on.

Please don't feed the trolls!
Litis from Israel Since: Jul, 2009
#24: Dec 27th 2011 at 3:07:17 PM

Watch this video, wherein the not entirely serious deathgrind band Cephalic Carnage react to a fight in the pit in the most out of the blue way possible and manage to break it up due to the sheer ridiculousness of the situation they've created:

Surprisingly, this video is also quite popular despite being metal related.

edited 27th Dec '11 3:11:14 PM by Litis

whataboutme -_- from strange land, far away. Since: May, 2010
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#25: Dec 29th 2011 at 10:57:25 AM

[up]Well that was fun! And rather unexpected.

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