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most disapointing and most exciting reunions in rock history....

in your opinion what rock reunion exceeded your expectations.also which ones let you down or fell flat as a reunion?

i think the KISS reunion in '96 exceeded my expectations because i didn't expect them to explode again on the concert trail again like they did because at the time alternative rock and anti-image was the thing back then and kiss was one of the first to bring the great concert experience back.

i hate when groups reunite and leave one key guy out and try to pass it off as a reunion.if guns n roses reunite then axl,izzy,slash and duff all better be there.i'll settle for steven or matt on drums.

Rob Halford returning to Judas Priest was both exciting and disappointing in some ways. The idea was great but the output so far has been weaker than Rob's recent solo albums and the previous two Priest records without him.

Matt Barlow returning to Iced Earth was a massive disappointment.

The recent Genesis reunion with Phil Collins although short was a nice surprise.

Disappointing would be (what I call) The Who On Ice in '89. The reunion Tommy Tour was just...
Granted, I've only seen it on dvd, but... you hear a group like that is back and you expect to be rocked off your ass, not presented with Phil Collins in a bathrobe. Although - Phil Collins, being the awesome soul that he is, I'm willing to turn my head slightly on that part. But The Who with guest stars... ugh. I prefer it when they're just rocking the house without all the b.s.

The Led Zeppelin reunion was also very underwhelming despite being a success.

finalfight wrote:The Led Zeppelin reunion was also very underwhelming despite being a success.

Horse apples. The Zep reunion was fantastic, as will be the tour that will (eventually) unfold...

I saw firsthand how great reunions can be over the last 12 months, in the form of Asia and Genesis, both excellent shows.

;^)

johnroxx wrote:

finalfight wrote:The Led Zeppelin reunion was also very underwhelming despite being a success.

Horse apples. The Zep reunion was fantastic, as will be the tour that will (eventually) unfold...

I saw firsthand how great reunions can be over the last 12 months, in the form of Asia and Genesis, both excellent shows.

;^)

Genesis were definitely good and a lot of effort was made behind the scenes on getting everything right as witnessed in the tour documentary 'Come Rain or Shine'. From presentation and design to track listing and performance. By comparison Zeppelin looked like they just turned up and played after an afternoon in the local pub. Not worth the ticket price at all.

finalfight wrote:

johnroxx wrote:

finalfight wrote:The Led Zeppelin reunion was also very underwhelming despite being a success.

Horse apples. The Zep reunion was fantastic, as will be the tour that will (eventually) unfold...

I saw firsthand how great reunions can be over the last 12 months, in the form of Asia and Genesis, both excellent shows.

;^)

Genesis were definitely good and a lot of effort was made behind the scenes on getting everything right as witnessed in the tour documentary 'Come Rain or Shine'. From presentation and design to track listing and performance. By comparison Zeppelin looked like they just turned up and played after an afternoon in the local pub. Not worth the ticket price at all.

The Genesis tour was just that...a tour, as compared to the one-off Zep show. So the intense planning is hardly to be unexpected. I went to the October 12th Genesis concert at the Hollywood Bowl ("The Rain Show"), and it was as good as any of the other 18 shows I've seen the band perform since "The Lamb" back in 1974.

Kind of a moot point though, as Page, Plant, Jones, and Bonham did rehearse intently for their December show, and the results proved it was time well spent.

"Just turned up and played after an afternoon in the local pub???"

Like I said...horse apples. You obviously didn't actually attend the Zep show, and I'm guessing you haven't really watched any of the better quality video from it out there, either.

Their tour will be the biggest thing in the history of live rock music, and you can be sure the vast majority of fans attending will thank their lucky stars for the chance to witness it first-hand.

;^)

Having seen Van Halen just last week, I have to say it is the most exciting reunion I have ever personally seen. It's exciting to see DLR and Eddie getting along, and I am happy for Eddie that he gets to play in his band with his son. That must be great.

johnroxx wrote:
Like I said...horse apples. You obviously didn't actually attend the Zep show

Actually, yes I did and I stand by my opinion. Did you attend or are you basing what you think should be my opinion on bootleg video recordings? I guarantee, as with any show, some people certainly went home disappointed.

I did say they didn't play well but given the extortionate ticket prices they could have put on a better show. The stage was simply too big for the very little presentation they had on offer.

2000, Springsteen and the E street band reunion tour in New Orleans....AWESOME!

johnroxx wrote:The Genesis tour was just that...a tour, as compared to the one-off Zep show. So the intense planning is hardly to be unexpected. I went to the October 12th Genesis concert at the Hollywood Bowl ("The Rain Show"), and it was as good as any of the other 18 shows I've seen the band perform since "The Lamb" back in 1974.

;^)

It rained on 18 of the (I think) 20 dates of the recent Genesis Turn It On Again tour. Was yours the date where there was an outbreak of lightning that almost stopped the show?

X factor wrote:2000, Springsteen and the E street band reunion tour in New Orleans....AWESOME!

Agreed. It seemed like there was lot of energy on stage.

Zep's reunion at Live Aid was embarrassingly bad.

Eagles reunion was pretty good, though I'm no big fan of theirs.

brywool wrote:Zep's reunion at Live Aid was embarrassingly bad.

True dat...

;^)

finalfight wrote:

johnroxx wrote:The Genesis tour was just that...a tour, as compared to the one-off Zep show. So the intense planning is hardly to be unexpected. I went to the October 12th Genesis concert at the Hollywood Bowl ("The Rain Show"), and it was as good as any of the other 18 shows I've seen the band perform since "The Lamb" back in 1974.

;^)

It rained on 18 of the (I think) 20 dates of the recent Genesis Turn It On Again tour. Was yours the date where there was an outbreak of lightning that almost stopped the show?

No lightning, but the rain fried Tony Banks' keyboards, and they cut the last two songs of the set because of that...

BTW: you were very lucky to have actually attended the Zep show at the O2...IMHO.

;^)

The Trial By Fire reunion was terribly disappointing.

Saint John wrote:The Trial By Fire reunion was terribly disappointing.

It was.


p.s., re: your sig: what in hell are the Swafford Chronicles? You know what. Nevermind.

Saint John wrote:The Trial By Fire reunion was terribly disappointing.

That's what I was going to say for most disappointing.
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Most exciting for me was Journey for Trial By Fire before Perry backed out, and also Survivor when they got back together in 1993.

I didn't plunk any $$$ down for it
but seeing The Cars try to reunite
without Ocasek and the late Benjamin Orr
was pretty painful...

finalfight wrote:Rob Halford returning to Judas Priest was both exciting and disappointing in some ways. The idea was great but the output so far has been weaker than Rob's recent solo albums and the previous two Priest records without him.

Matt Barlow returning to Iced Earth was a massive disappointment.

The recent Genesis reunion with Phil Collins although short was a nice surprise.

Have to strongly disagree on the Halford/Priest thing. A.O.R. was definitely stronger than jugulator/demolition combined... and from what I've been hearing of Nostradamus, it might be the Priest's best album ever.

Now on the Barlow/Iced Earth situation... WHAT THE F WAS SCHAFFER THINKING?!?!?!? Seriously. Fan pressure is quite a horrible thing sometimes. From what I hear it was just a bunch of European fans whining about how Barlow wasn't there anymore. Probably because it wasn't "their" underground metal band that not many people really know about anymore. They got (relatively) massive success with Tim Owens, and thus Iced Earth wasn't the "cool" band for them to be into anymore. Add that to the fact that the new material just isn't really that good, and that Barlow chopped off his once mighty man-mane, and you just have one huge disastrous disappointment. Besides, if Schaffer hears Owens' voice in his head when he writes the songs, wouldn't it make sense to keep him in the band? I was hoping somewhere down the line for another Days Of Purgatory type album with Owens redoing a lot of the older songs... maybe a 3 disc set... but alas, it is not to be. And btw the Barlow remakes of Setian Massacre & The Clouding are beyond pathetic. Never said this about a band before, but there's a better chance of me buying the next Metallica album the day it comes out than me shelling out anything for a new IE album for at least the forseeable future.

THe Kiss tour in '96
Eagles in '94
Van Halen '07
Police '07
Journey '98

Were the best that I've seen. Van Halen and Kiss were the two big ones for me personally. Obviously the Journey '98 followed the most disappointing '96-'97. But, once they got back, although missing a key member, was still a thrill. Steve Perry '94 was cool too at the time.