Most Surprising Live Show?

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eleven59

Discussion Starter · Jun 3, 2010

Thought this might turn into an interesting thread. Basically, what's a band that completely blew away your expectations when you saw them live? Either you expected them to be great and they were terrible, or you expected them to be terrible and they were great, or you expected one genre and got something else :lol:

For me, I saw a show a few years back and these guys were one of the openers. They came out with a hip hop intro track and broke into the song featured in the second half of this video (couldn't find a video of exactly what I saw, but this should give you an idea of how the show went).

Needless to say, I was expecting to have to sit through a generic hip hop set of some sort, and instead ended up with a full set of decent, catchy punk with great live energy and solid playing. :lol:

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eleven59

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jun 3, 2010

Helter Skelter said:
The only time I danced more at a show was when we saw Streetlight Manifesto.

I :wub: Streetlight Manifesto.

Actually, the show I was talking about in my first post was also the first time I saw Streetlight Manifesto. I was front row, right in front of the horn section, and I had never heard them before (though I'd heard good things about them, so I was less surprised :lol: ). The intro of "A Moment of Silence" blew me away. Absolutely the best horn section in ska, a ridiculously tight rhythm section, and some of the most interesting music I've heard lately. Tomas is a musical genius. My friends and I have decided that they've created an entirely new genre, which we have dubbed "Epic Ska" :lol:

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