I'll count down. 5. Television -- CBGB's, 1976. My first visit there, and while I loved the band, the sound was so pathetic it was an awful concert. I finally went up and sat on the edge of the stage so I could hear their monitors.
4. David Bowie -- The Glass Spider tour, Giants Stadium. A total waste of time.
3. David Bowie -- The Let's Dance tour, Madison Square Garden. For a wedding present, I got my best friend tickets to this, a super Japanese dinner at a place called East, and a limo. Oh, man, what a bad show. I even had friends (the Simms Bros.) doing backup vocals. It was awful, cheap, lousy. And I loved Bowie.
2. The Manic Street Preachers -- Metro, Chicago, 2001 or so. Good god, who buys records by these simps? They had one decent album; live they're just awful. They make U2 look self-deprecating. And they sell out stadiums in England. Horrid.
1. Chuck Berry -- Boston Gardens, about 1970. What an insult. Blood Sweat & Tears opened and were at least decent, but not very good. Chuck, one of my idols, was so bad I can't even describe it. I could have gotten up there and done better. He's so cheap he won't travel with a band. The promoter has to hire one and he won't even rehearse. Half his show was a 12-minute My Dingaling, which is an awful song. The did Oh Carol, Roll Over Beethoven, a couple of others, and split. The worst show I have ever seen, and I include bands that had just learned to play.