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If you're okay with bands using backing tracks during live shows, you're a bigger person than I am. When I pay for a live performance, I expect to hear the real thing, not prerecorded tracks. It begs the question: which legendary bands from the '70s, '80s, and '90s are using them today? In the spirit of saving our hard-earned cash, can we call them out here?

EPMD and Big Daddy Kane.

Deep Purple, Stryper, Crue, PISS, WASP

All of them.

I've heard of being late to the party, but this is pathetic.

Journey

Motley can't play without tracks...KISS Paul Stanley on the EOTR tour

Wednesday 13 Fan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:14 am I've heard of being late to the party, but this is pathetic.

The dude has been a member for 20 years and has 180 posts. This is like seeing a unicorn. Relish it.

When I go to hear a singer, I expect him to be able to sing above the orchestra with the strength of his own voice, not this fake bullshit “electronic amplified” crooner shit that Frank Sinatra and all those pretty boy FAKERS are doing.

If your voice isn’t strong enough to sing without the aid of a microphone, GET OFF THE STAGE.

I saw a Frankie Valli live video and I am 94% confident he uses backing tracks.

I'm really past the point of caring about backing tracks.

Wednesday 13 Fan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:14 am I've heard of being late to the party, but this is pathetic.

Be nice, he still uses Internet Explorer.

It would be quicker to list the major touring acts who don’t.

I find it absolutely infuriating when random people in my life say they don’t care, “it sounded great!”

There is nothing rock n’ roll about bumper bowling. What the fuck. [Edit - to be clear, I mean lead vocals and other things that people are already supposedly doing onstage, not intro tapes or Van Halen-style keyboard tracks].

People love to blame phones for why audiences are so lame at shows in the past 10-15 years. That’s part of it. I’d say at least half the reason is because most of the shows are fake and risk-free.

Chip Z'Hoy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 2:34 pm I saw a Frankie Valli live video and I am 94% confident he uses backing tracks.

I suspect they used necromancy too.

If a band uses backing tracks for instruments that aren’t part of the band (like keyboards in a guitar driven band), I don’t mind. If backing tracks are used for a fuller guitar sound or to make up for vocal deficiencies, I don’t go.

I think it's weird to not care. Imagine being cool with a burger when you ordered a filet.

Tommy wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 5:58 pm I think it's weird to not care. Imagine being cool with a burger when you ordered a filet.

Honestly, I couldn't care less. If you wanted a filet, you wouldn't be at a rock concert in the first place. Maybe the opera?

That entire era was the equivalent of "fast food" at its best... and WE LOVE OUR FAST FOOD!
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Most concerts are more of an experience. You're there with friends, it's packed, it's loud, you're drinking, and just having a good time. WhY sO SeRiOuS? Most of the time you can't hear all of the vocals anyway, let alone trying to decipher who is or isn't using backing tracks.

As long as the tape doesn't skip ("Girl you know it's... girl you know it's... girl you know it's..."), more power to them.

It's fun having fun, so I'll pass on the filet.

Jimi Hendrix's albums were full on studio jobs and he said that live the songs will be different to the record and that if you want to hear the record then listen to that.

I agree. Fuck laptops and backing tracks.

I think Milli Vanilli used tracks. But i could be wrong .

Enuff Z'Nuff
Chip cannot match his lead vocal to the tracks and is off key and out of time for most of the night.

They would sound a lot better without the tracks.

Priest has used tracks at LEAST since Halford returned.

Black Stuff wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:08 am Deep Purple, Stryper, Crue, PISS, WASP

Purple? Really?

I saw them a few years ago (w/Alice Cooper) and Ian Gillan sure as hell was live (he sounded pretty rough, and there was NOOOO Child in Time).

Don Airey was the night’s MVP, followed by Ian Paice and Roger Glover. Steve Morse way overplayed.

Glad I saw them though.

WentEast wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:39 am

Black Stuff wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 11:08 am Deep Purple, Stryper, Crue, PISS, WASP

Purple? Really?

I saw them a few years ago (w/Alice Cooper) and Ian Gillan sure as hell was live (he sounded pretty rough, and there was NOOOO Child in Time).

Don Airey was the night’s MVP, followed by Ian Paice and Roger Glover. Steve Morse way overplayed.

Glad I saw them though.

saw them a few weeks back, went from sounding very rough and low, to classic screams with a diff tone. Had to be tracks of some sort

Hellbound wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:43 pm Jimi Hendrix's albums were full on studio jobs and he said that live the songs will be different to the record and that if you want to hear the record then listen to that.

I agree. Fuck laptops and backing tracks.

There was some idiot in another thread recently who said that Hendrix sucked and didn't play well live

I've said this before - if I was the sound guy responsible for playing the backing tracks, I would adjust the levels so that the bass was non-existent and the treble was up too high so that it sounded weak and thin.

It would be a lot harder to tell.

Barely alive, still synching

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Grendel wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:25 am

Hellbound wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:43 pm Jimi Hendrix's albums were full on studio jobs and he said that live the songs will be different to the record and that if you want to hear the record then listen to that.

I agree. Fuck laptops and backing tracks.

There was some idiot in another thread recently who said that Hendrix sucked and didn't play well live

I wouldn't say he sucked, but he really wasn't great live. I thought that was pretty well known.

Grendel wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2024 8:25 am

Hellbound wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2024 7:43 pm Jimi Hendrix's albums were full on studio jobs and he said that live the songs will be different to the record and that if you want to hear the record then listen to that.

I agree. Fuck laptops and backing tracks.

There was some idiot in another thread recently who said that Hendrix sucked and didn't play well live

He didn’t play well live at times.

It depended. The 60s weren't a good time for concerts in general. They were still feeling it out. His transcendent moments were truly transcendent, however. Band of Gypsys and Woodstock are all-time great performances.