Quote Originally Posted by BinFrog
Last year The Mars Volta and System of a Down did a small tour together.
I travelled 600km to Winnipeg from Regina with some friends to see this as I was a big fan of System and a budding Mars Volta fan (the Volta opened for System, natch). Imagine the shock of my bewilderment and subsequent disappointment as the Mars Volta kicked ass and System SUCKED ass. Wow.

The Volta were insane and I would've loved to have seen them perform for a full set (they only played about half an hour...boo!). On the other side, I can't believe how terrible System were. It was honesly one of the worst live performances I've ever experienced. No energy, no communication with the crowd, not tight at all, sloppy, playing most songs too fast, off-key singing, and a real vibe of just doing their jobs and not actually wanting to be there at all. That didn't stop thousands of easily pleased teens from having a good time, but man, I was NOT impressed. I later found out that they had played another show earlier in the day in LA (thousands of km away), so that explains it, but certainly doesn't excuse it. Who's the a**hole manager that planned that one?!

Anyways, what a bizarre experience. I can barely listen to System anymore because of how disappointed I am with the whole band. I'd LOVE to see The Mars Volta again though!