# What was this worst/most embarrassing band I've ever seen in my entire life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380 "2008-01-28T23:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/41 "2008-01-29T22:20:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] In attempting to research this question, I discovered that the Olsen Twins (obviously sisters, but one shy of the “three” you specified) have covered [_Yakety Yak_.](http://www.azlyrics.us/186206) Mary-Kate and Ashley appeared on the _SNL_ episode of [May 15, 2004.](http://www.olsen-twins-news.com/multimedia/audio/snl-skits/index.htm) I’m on a public computer with the sound turned off, but you may want to click on the video clips and see if they jog any memories. [/QUOTE] No, wasn’t them. They were older, ugly women. I know that sounds bad but it’s what I saw. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/42 "2008-01-29T22:33:54Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] They were chemically altered when the show started and completely blitzed by the time I left. [/QUOTE] Yeah, the only truly embarassing band I’ve seen was _Flickerstick_. They were wasted and completely messing up their songs, in addition to trying to change up every song a bit like they were the best jam band ever. To make matters worse, they were also trying to change their style at the time to be a bit more heavy, so all in all it wasn’t that great a concert experience. > [@Wheeljack](#): > > Saves the Day. > > They opened for Weezer in '02 in Tampa. Maybe they had an off day. I’ve seen them four times (and debating seeing them a fifth), and they never messed up horribly. They do, however, have the habit of only playing a certain number of their songs, 80% of which are good, but 20% I cannot figure out why they are on their playlist, not even being big hits (Cars and Calories, for instance.) Plus, a couple of their songs they play on their setlist occasionally are from their acoutic EP, and IME acoustic songs don’t sound very good when electrified, especially in that general genre (Dashboard Confessional, for instance, even though they’re lighter and less hardcore-influenced than STD.) I think it’s because the singer feels some reason to be more inclusive rather than having the stage for himself in the formerly acoustic songs. Heck, on their acoustic tour they played _Jessie and my Whetstone_, and I was enthused when they announced it, but they then played _Jessie_ acoustically **in the style of their electrified version** 😕 :smack: Hint: your electrified version sucks, don’t play a stupid, slow, muddy, lackluster arrangement of your song just to give the bassist something to do! ---
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[QUOTE=Octalcode] Absolute worst was the - All Mighty Senators - From Baltimore or PA area. Opened for the Pretenders in Ct early 2003. Funk/ punk music backed by horns and trombones to a down reggae beat. Frontman played a snare and bass drum out in front. It was sad… [/QUOTE] What? No way, you are wrong, in the way no opinion since Lord Xenu and the DC-8s was wrong. Perhaps you simply saw a bad show, but _Raw Power Live_ is one of the best live albums in my collection. By the way, Lord Xenu and the DC-8s is a terrific band name. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/44 "2008-01-30T00:06:36Z")
[QUOTE=winterhawk11] Some performers are just better recorded than live. As an example: Assemblage 23. A23 is one guy–Tom Shear. He’s amazingly talented, he writes fantastic lyrics, and I absolutely adore his music. But I went to see him (them–he has other musicians at the live show) and I had to leave early because it was just…not good. And this was with me heavily prejudiced toward wanting to like it. I left hoping that he was just having a bad night and didn’t sound that bad at every show. I’ll still buy every CD he puts out, though. [/QUOTE] Agreed. I love his vocals on CD, but I think the problem is that he puts too much focus on the lower register on his albums so he can’t quite reach them on stage. I’d be interested in hearing a live version of “A Madman’s Dream” to see if he matches that a little better. I still had a good time seeing them, though. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/45 "2008-01-30T00:16:56Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] What? No way, you are wrong, in the way no opinion since Lord Xenu and the DC-8s was wrong. Perhaps you simply saw a bad show, but _Raw Power Live_ is one of the best live albums in my collection. By the way, Lord Xenu and the DC-8s is a terrific band name. [/QUOTE] OK, I went to youtube to actually watch a [live performance.](http://youtube.com/watch?v=4owcUiyFjl8) …wow. That was awful. I’ve never seen a band move less to such danceable music. I take it back. Pick up Raw Power Live, pretend like you never saw them in person, and imagine what a good live show it _should_ be. Jebus. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/46 "2008-01-30T02:00:15Z")
[QUOTE=phungi] re: the OP, [YouTube](http://youtube.com/watch?v=w43XMJ5Nheo) of the same song, different show… yikes! [/QUOTE] Wow, that was both extremely annoying and totally forgettable 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/47 "2008-01-30T02:55:50Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] No, wasn’t them. They were older, ugly women. I know that sounds bad but it’s what I saw. [/QUOTE] Could it possibly have been the Del Rubio Triplets? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/48 "2008-01-30T11:21:57Z")
Could it have been the Roches on the Late Show in '87? [Roches](http://www.roches.com/television/ls87yak.html) ---
**Author:** ![kidchameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kidchameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kidchameleon)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/49 "2008-01-31T17:02:36Z")
I went to see the opening show of the Monsters of Rock, featuring the Scorpions and Motley Crue. Opening for them was this Canadian band Flash Bastard. When they started playing the place was, oh maybe a quarter full and most were milling around, getting set for the other bands. The lead singer was bouncing around the stage then proceeded to lie down, making himself barely visible. The music was forgetable, not bad but not good either. He then proceeded to get upset that people weren’t screaming and cheering them on and decided that insulting the crowd was the best way to get them to appreciate the glory that is Flash Bastard. The response was a hearty chorus of booing from the formerly disineterested far less than capacity crowd. This only made him angrier and he started insulting the US, this being right near DC of all places. His bandmates looked pretty uncomfortable and eventually they left the stage, the singer still cursing the crowd and nation. Then the Scorps and Crue came on and all was good. ---
**Author:** ![Superfreaknduper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Superfreaknduper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfreaknduper)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/50 "2008-01-31T17:35:32Z")
[QUOTE=Wheeljack] Saves the Day. [/QUOTE] I am here to defend Saves the Day…or rather, Chris Conley… He is the front man of the ever changing arrangement that is Saves the Day. I hear he is an asshole though, the Saves the Day recordings are always good. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380/51 "2008-01-31T18:00:11Z")
[QUOTE=Superfreaknduper] I am here to defend Saves the Day…or rather, Chris Conley… He is the front man of the ever changing arrangement that is Saves the Day. I hear he is an asshole though, the Saves the Day recordings are always good. [/QUOTE] Ironically, when I saw them with Say Anything, Chris complained on stage that when they were touring with Weezer, Weezer was distant with them to the point they never actually met them. Which is sort of an asshole thing to say about them in the first place even if true, but perhaps there’s a reason Weezer didn’t want to hang out 🙂 ---
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[QUOTE=Scumpup] Could it possibly have been the Del Rubio Triplets? [/QUOTE] That didn’t occur to me but now that you mention it, I have no doubt that that’s who it was. I saw them open for someone in a club in San Diego. Talk about campy. I enjoyed the hell out of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-this-worst-most-embarrassing-band-ive-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life/435380.md?page=2)