The Effect of Live music

[AKALink]

Have you ever heard an band and hated their studio stuff, but then you heard their live stuff and you fell in love with it, or at the very least liked their music after that.

or have you liked an band because of their studio music and then heard their live stuff and didn't like them anymore. Dragonforce comes to mind here.
Well tell you live and live likes and dislikes stories please.

[afterstasis]

i can't begin to count the bands i've seen live and thought were good only to be disappointed by their studio work.

this is especially prevalent amongst noise artists, though jazz and punk are pretty bad about it for me, as well.

[SolidSnake526]

I've experienced the opposite effect every now and again.
Especially with bands like Dragonforce.
But the one band I can say I hated until I heard their live material, is Rammstein. It just sounds so much cooler live.

[Wrathy]

I went to see Mindless Self Indulgence live in January. Prior to seeing them I had tried to like them but it just wasn't happening. But when they hit the stage it all just sort of clicked, and now I love them. Funny how things work out.

[ant423]

Anthrax - I know a couple of songs by them, but I was never a big fan. I remember seeing them at Heavy MTL last year and they were one of my favourites there.

I've never really had an experience where I loved a band and was turned off by their live performance. I totally agree with OP though on Dragonforce.

[AxlVanHagar]

Well let's see...

Both The Cult and Billy Idol were absolutely atrocious live every time I saw them. Just terrible sounding in the live setting. Now thta hasn't made me dislike their music at all, I just stopped going to see them in concert.

Bands that thoroughly impressed me live and sounded every bit as good as if not better than their albums have been Stevie Ray Vaughn, Huey Lewis & The News, Heart, Iron Maiden, Zappa Plays Zappa, and Prince. Those are the ones that immediately come to mind, I'm sure I'm forgetting some with the vast amount of concerts I've seen.

[Cubecubed]

i only liked Coheed and Cambria before seeing them live.Now i LOVE them.

[MrFruitLord]

R.E.M. sounds pretty good live.

[AKALink]

The Grateful Dead I didn't like until I heard some bootlegs of their music. AC/DC I kind of liked their studio stuff, but after watching Live at Donnington I didn't really like them that much anymore. I have an Bootleg of Wilco Kicking Television and I love it! :3. I listened to Miles Davis Studio stuff and loved it, I heard his live stuff and loved it just as much.

Now here is an troll, I was pretty indifferent to Hannah Montana. But at the family Reunion when my little cousins had to watch Disney Channel I ended up seeing Raw Live footage from the Mily Cyrus Concert. I was so bad I threw up in my mouth a little.

[McGerkey]

Didn't like Bon Iver or Bowerbirds much until I saw them live.