Was a great band. It is a justice that this three brothers are in concerts gallery. Stage Frigh was one of the best film concerts in XXI century. But the band rock and stage energy were much significant in the 80's and the 90's. Lemmy was in the 60's and the rest of the group seems tired from a long road. Insted of the problems was a good concert.
24 - Sepultura - Live in Barcelona - (1991)
Great stuff from the 4 original Sepultura. I saw them on the Arise Tour and has very good. Better sound and film and probably this will be in a more higher place. The energy is a blast and the interaction with the public very cool. Too bad that Max in shoort time will go out from the band and the sound never was the same.
23 - Hollywood Vampires - Rock in Rio - (Rio de Janeiro - 2015)
We are talking about a group of friends that generation after generation, reunites and play some music. And this is an elite band, with names like Alice Cooper, Joe Perry or J. Deep, with other rotation members like Matt Sorum or Duff M. See them on concert, in Rock in Rio and on a tour is unique. Maybe in future with more original music, but remember this is a bunch of friends who reunited to play Rock and Roll from time to time. They have other "professions", you know.
22- Metallica - Rock in Rio (Lisbon - 2004)
Is one of the most professional bands in the world. I never saw a bad Metallica concert and the band make the early days on the road. Lisbon his a frequent stop for them, in festivals or in Atlantico Arena. With this new album, will be the same. Somewere in 2017 will have them in this year. Aerosmith and Guns and Roses are already confirmed 2017 dates.
21 - Poison - Swallow this Live (1991)
By this time Poison was the best live band of L.A. zone and one of the most important american groups on the road. This concert is the prove and it is pure energy with four guys jumping and screeming in about an hour of live music. Too bad the sound and production were weak (also of the live album so the band put in some studio tracks), and the band was with some problems with the members (Dall and CC were in the pole position), or the rank will be much higher.
20 - Placebo - Soulmates never die - Live in Paris - (2003)
I'm not a huge fan of Placebo but this is a masterpiece. The right place, a good audience and a massive production and there's it is. Imortal. A power rock live recording in a iconic city named Paris, made a midium band a large sucess with an public that is good but is not a blast and were three brothers were very happy. Glad they made this video and that people who like music can see him over and over again.
19 - Rammstein - Berlin - (2016)
If you dont't like Rammstein that's ok. It's heavy, german and loud, but there are "two sides of every story, like Extreme said". First this band have great and frendly humans, and the shows are some of unique. It is a visual blast to see this group and whe area so absorved by details of the act that we forget about the music. Great stuff, for shore.
18 - Def Leppard - Live in Denver - (Round on your Face - 1988)
This "Live in Denver" is good for many reasons, The place, the crowd, the stage, the band and of course the audience (girls, girls and more girls). The problem was several images from this concert were used in videos for songs from the Album. Of course when whe see the concert and respective sound is nothing to do with the MTV promo-videos. It's bad, and a great live film is in 18 th place for that. Never play with thw public at home.
17 - Kiss - Live in Brooklyn Bridge - Reunion Tour (Mtv awards - 1996)
Great live performance with Kiss in part of the reunion tour. Live in Brooklyn Bridge with four New York bros who begin their sucess in that city and of course with live concerts (the sucess to Kiss came with a duble live album). To bad was just a mini concert (about hal an hour) and that there's several mistakes in the execution of music, with "Rock all Night" being in VHS tape of MTV Music Awards (original, with mistakes).
16 - Megadeth - Live at Hellfest - Clisson (2016)
There are much critics who don't like Megadeth live but for me they are not a bad band. The stage impact is not for example like Slayer (how!!!) but their fine with some good video performances. One was in Rock in Rio and other was after the return of Dave Mustaine after the harm problems. I choose the Hellfest because is a blast, by Kiko, Elfelson and a much more older Dave. Not bad for a band that in the bigining of 2015 was at risk to end.
15 - Green Day - MTV Live in Italy - (2005)
I have all the albuns from Green Day. It was a freesh punk band in the 90's and since them i allways like their job in music, live performance and sense of humor, in intervews or for example in Guns and Roses Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Not a problem big staduim and arenas, but major Green Day performance are in small rooms. like this MTV Live in Italy. Cool band with 3 bros saying: "Punk is not dead".
14 - Scorpions - Live in Moscow - (Peace Festival - 1989)
For years since 1989 portuguese TV guive this concert over and over again. It was impossible not to like, from Crue to Ozzy or Cinderella to Bon Jovi, in a massive stadium with a crazy audience. Most of the live performance were daylight and i remember that Scorpions strarted to play by the evening and was very nice, with lights and the band energy marige in perfection with the massive audience and madness. Somewere i iave the record VHS, but today is all in youtube.
13 - DRI - Live at the Ritz (1988)
In this days everybody had a skateboard (or surfboard) and listening to DRI (or SOD, MOD, etc,etc) in the walkman or in the record player. The hardcore band was very famous in those days, and live at the Ritz was the prove: A very intense and solid performance for a group of kids with balls for that audience in a room named Ritz. To bad that in 1995 they made the last album of original songs (in 2005 was a live on).
12 - Anthrax - Live at Hammersmith (1987)
Another great VHS edition in the 80's was this "Live at Hammersmith" by the Anthrax. The band always had great musicians and a great live performance but this edition was the top of the gear, with Frank, Scott, Belladona and company made one epic concert in this famous London theatre. If the image and sound were better they were in other location in this scale, but the remastered edition is late.
11 - Skid Row - Live at Budokan Hall (1992)
I understand that Budokan is almost sacred to japonese, but i didn't see great concerts and the space for me it´s like portuguese "Campo Pequeno". Skid Row was also a band that had make all to be sucess, but live it seems not enough. So, this live performance in Japan (a dificult audience) was in fact nice. After the EP and with this great songs plus the band usual staff, make a good surprise at the 90's. And what about the F..ing reunion man???
10 - Heaven and Hell - Live at Rockpalast 2009
Dio and Black Sabbath were great, epic, a blast, and so one. After the legal problems the band do the correct movement and make the tour with another name (Heaven and Hell, the name of this famous album). It is true that was not the most animated show, but the mistique and the knowledge to other musicians doesn't have a price. Deserved the 10th place.
9 - The Cult - Live in Los Angeles (2001)
There´s a significant contribution for the world of music from "The Cult", with albums from pop-rock to grunge influênce, passing from hardrock and pure rock. Live, we are talking about a very strong band in presence but with a simple show in lights and other stuff. It´s all the music an in this "Live in L.A." we can see how this group play. To bad there's always only 2 or 3 band members and there's not much big live arenas with filming edited, but Cult is Cult.
8- Guns and Roses - Live at the Ritz (1988)
This "Live at the Ritz" in 1988 (yes, the Ritz again..lol) his the reason why Guns and Roses became so famous. A savage hard rock concert, with a few lights, no chorus or pyro, just 5 insane gunners in the stage with their instruments, play like hell and give a blast of a show with almoust 100% original music. Other concerts like in W. and Go-Go or the Troubator were also great, but this for the time was a great camera realisation.
7 - Ynxs - Live baby Live - Wembley Stadium (13 July 1991)
Not a great fan of pop-rock but for some bands are special, and YNXZ is one of them. "Live baby Live" was the "top of fame" with this australian band after the sucess of an album and the tour that follow, with about 2 years on the road. Funny and simple, was the group in a stadium like Wembley and is all in record and film to history. In years to came the dead of Michael H. will bring the band to a high level of obscurity.
6 - Ac/Dc - Recall Donington - (Monsters of Rock -17 November 1991)
One of the best hard rock bands in live is Ac/Dc, with Young and Brian J. (or Axl Rose..lol), and a unique sound, lights, pyro and great giant dools. Lisbon or Munique, the show is at high level, with full house, good music in a original atmosphere. Donington is a place for the big ones, an as we see, the australian band is like a fish in the water. After a great album and one of the best formations pf the group, what better to complete the staff than this mitic place?
5 - Depeche Mode - 101 Live (Passdena - Rose Bowl 1988)
Probably one of the best live album/movies that i ever seen. It was true "Music for the masses" and everybody listening and see this 4 musicians doing a great show in Pasadena. A blast sound in a great production and with a master direction, were colour and black and white are in a mix and perfect mariage with the stage and the band. The perfect sound and performance is not acomplish by the space and public, that maybe in UK, Portugal, Spain or Brasil were diferent. But it is great and wild anyway.
4 - Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day - (2012)
In one nigh Led Zeppelin is back in action, with John Boham replaced by is son Jason Boham. The result is to good to be true, and makes me question: Why the f..k this guys don't make a reunion tour, an album or something than just one concert? A generation of fans, hard rock lovers and music apreciators want and deserved to see this great band live and with such a power and a 5 star performance. The fourt place is by the frustration and i'm not the biggest fan...
3- Iron Maiden - Live after Death - (Long Beach Arena - 1986)
It is difficult to talk about this album, video, record, cd and so on, were the diferences are from one to the other, in music, ediction and other stuff. Live after Death is a dictionary for who likes music and have the live adiction, where there´s a new detail in inch time whe see or listening the band live in Long Beach. To 1986 is excellent in all the aspects, from sound to image, passing by pyro and lights and in the end a massive response by the public. It's funny becouse in this to years tour there was lots of great concerts, being this one of them.
2 - Ramones - It's Alive - (The Rainbow - 31 December 1977)
Almost 40 years and still is a top live concert and album, with a magic place, a simbolic date of the last hours of 1977, a wild crowd and a simple but fantastic band named Ramones. The rest is history, and the prove that 4 guys made a influence in punk and general music because they were great, have lots of talent and were a respected family. John, Joey, Tommy and Dee Dee Ramone, i salute you all and thanks for this and for all what you have done in the music.
1- The Cure - "Show" - (Paris, Whish Tour - 1992)
Top. The best of the best. Work in this movie, album and live concert is wonderful, from direction to the band music, better than in the studio. Smith and is band prove to the world in Paris that they are one of the world most cool live bands, and only with lights and images (no pyro). Gothic or Rock, a true masterpice 24 years ago, but that is so from this century. A blast with all perfect, from the musicians to the public. Still is my favourite. And probably will be for many years.
