Pantera reunion line-up reportedly recorded Minneapolis club show for new live album
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo also joined in the fun
Author: Paul TraversPublished 19th Aug 2024 Last updated 19th Aug 2024
Last Thursday (15 August) Pantera played a last-minute ‘secret’ show at the intimate First Avenue venue in Minneapolis, the night before supporting Metallica at the much larger US Bank Stadium.
Now it appears that the show was recorded for posterity and may emerge in the shape of a brand new Pantera live album.
BraveWords reports that comedian Craig Gass, who performed a stand-up routine at the show, told the crowd they were being recorded.
Gass reportedly said: "Announcement number one. The band you are seeing tonight is not called Cowboys From Hell. You are about to watch an exclusive show from the band Pantera.
“The rumours got out quickly, and you guys bought up all the tickets. And you may have heard this rumour. And this is also true, we are recording our first ever live album right here at the First Avenue.
“So, there's a couple things you need to know about it. First of all, you will all, for eternity, be heard on a live Pantera album. That's the good news. The bad news, you're not gonna get paid for this. Welcome to the music business."
The club show also saw Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo join Pantera onstage for a rendition of ‘Walk’.
Watch: Pantera – ‘Walk’ featuring Kirk Hammett and Roberrt Trujillo
The two musicians appeared to huge cheers partway through the song and received big hugs from Pantera singer Philip Anselmo as they yelled the iconic “Respect/ Walk” line into their microphones.
Pantera have been supporting on the Friday shows in each city of the ‘M72 World Tour,’ which sees Metallica playing two unique sets over two nights in each town on Fridays and Sundays.
Gallery: The greatest live albums of all time
Recorded in three countries across one gigantic tour, Live & Dangerous captured Thin Lizzy at their best. The Irish rockers played 17 of their biggest hits, even finding a way to medley Cowboy Song into the crowd-pleasing The Boys are Back in Town. Thin Lizzy were always in their element performing live - and Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson and Brian Downey certainly know how to rock an audience.
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Pantera reunion line-up reportedly recorded Minneapolis club show for new live album
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Tokyo is a good place to make a live album - and Unleashed in the East is no different. Recorded on the Hell Bent For Leather tour, Judas Priest rock the far east with an explosive set that features their biggest and best hits from 1969 to 1979. A real contender for a hard-rocking live album.
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Recorded in three countries across one gigantic tour, Live & Dangerous captured Thin Lizzy at their best. The Irish rockers played 17 of their biggest hits, even finding a way to medley Cowboy Song into the crowd-pleasing The Boys are Back in Town. Thin Lizzy were always in their element performing live - and Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson and Brian Downey certainly know how to rock an audience.
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Recorded in Osaka and the world-famous Budokan in Tokyo (appropriately), Made in Japan was a last minute decision for Deep Purple. Originally meant for only for a Japanese release, Warner Bros. changed their minds and released it in the US - only for it to skyrocket to platinum in a mere two weeks.
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UFO guitarist Michael Schenker left the band at the conclusion of this tour, making it his last live appearance as a member of the band - that is, until he reunited with them in 1993. As a result, Schenker never got the chance to overdub any of his guitar work - making this live album a rare, untouched recording that showcases just how incredible UFO were both in the studio and on the road.
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Who hasn't heard of the legendary Live at Leeds concert? Containing enormous hits from The Who's catalogue, as well as a healthy smattering of tunes from rock-musical Tommy, the album is held by some to be the best live concert recording of all time - but is it yours?
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Notable for the cover alone (in which Angus Young appears to have impaled himself on a Gibson SG - whoops), If You Want Blood, You Got It was ACDC's first live album. Recorded in Glasgow, the Australian rockers blazed through a ten song set before returning for an encore in the Scottish national football strip. Talk about playing up to the home crowd.
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Recorded throughout the band's World Slavery tour, Iron Maiden crammed heavy metal classic after classic into their setlist - reading much like a greatest hits compilation of 80s Maiden. Each concert in the tour kicked off with an extract of Winston Churchill's We shall fight on the beaches speech - seriously, how many other albums can count Winston Churchill as credited writer?!
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Recorded across the entirety of Pink Floyd's Division Bell tour, PULSE runs for over two hours, including a live version of the entirety of Dark Side of the Moon - an impressive amount for a live album. Attendees of the tour were also given the chance to win a customised Pink Floyd Volkswagen Golf every night, designed to David Gilmour's specifications - bonus!
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Frampton Comes Alive is a legendary figure in the rock pantheon. The rock epic shot him to fame, selling millions and topping both the US and Canadian Billboard charts and spawning three top 40 singles. Do You Feel Like We Do? still holds the distinction for being one of the longest songs to ever chart in the top 10.
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Who'd have thought it - KISS' biggest selling album of all time isn't Dressed to Kill, Destroyer or Love Gun - it's Alive! Recorded in the summer of 1975 across their American tour, the album managed to capture the showmanship and theatricality that KISS live shows are famous for.
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Seconds Out is Genesis' second live album, recorded across four dates in Paris. Featuring an assortment of songs from their previous eight albums, the recording captures Genesis in their Phil Collins-fronted prime. Uniquely, the concert was designed to have a symmetrical effect, with the opening bars of the show being the same as the closing ones - sweet stuff.
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Uninspired title aside (there are at least fifteen other bands with a live album called Live!), The Quo rocked the house down in Glasgow, delivering a solid ninety minutes of classic rock to the screaming crowd. The RossiParfitt pairing is one of the most enduring in all of rock - and so is this album.
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Fancy a prog-rock odyssey? Look no further! Yessongs includes recordings from the band's 1972 world tour, and the impressive run-time highlights just how eclectically symphonic Yes were at their best.
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Straight out of the Heavy Horses tour, Jethro Tull rocked across Europe with fantastic live versions of some of their biggest hits, including Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary. Plus - each concert finished with an arrangement of The Dambuster's theme. Because why not, eh?
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Space Ritual was, in all senses of the word, an extravaganza. Featuring dancing, light shows, science fiction, poetry and space rock music, the show presented itself as far more than just another gig. There's a strong case that Space Ritual is the best experimental live album of all time - what do you think?
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It's a well-known fact in music - if your band plays at the Budokan, you've officially made it. Cheap Trick's gigs there rocked all of Japan, and the live recording rocketed up charts across the world. Featuring a great selection of dynamite Cheap Trick tunes (as well as an incredible cover of Fats Domino's Ain't That a Shame), At Budokan is surely a contender for the best live album of all time.
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Recorded at various venues in the UK, the tidy four-piece Wishbone Ash rocked venue after venue with their own brand of hard prog rock. Ending with an extraordinary 17 minute long version of Phoenix, Wishbone Ash prove that they're as good live as they are in the studio.
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Recorded in 1973 (and accompanied by a concert film), Led Zep rocked New York's Madison Square Garden with great selections from their first five albums. Although The Song Remains the Same was initially badly received, the combination of powerful blues rock with trademark Zeppelin riffs ensures that this live album is one to be remembered.
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If you ever saw Queen live, count yourself lucky. Recorded across the European leg of their Jazz world tour, Live Killers captures Queen at their stadium-rocking best as Brian, John, Roger and Freddie blaze through their biggest and brightest hits. If there ever was a live album that could double as a band's greatest hits, this is it.
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Rush push the medley, one of the best things about live performances, to the very limit, blending nearly every song together. Listening to the live version of 2112 on All The World's A Stage is probably the closest you'll ever come to an out of body experience.
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Recorded at The Apollo, Glasgow, Exit Stage Left captures an incredible period in Rush's career, featuring hits like The Spirit of Radio, YYZ and Tom Sawyer. Whilst their previous live album All the World's A Stage references Shakespeare in the title, Exit Stage Left borrows from the catchphrase of the cartoon character Snagglepuss. Both are equally legitimate, I'm sure.
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One More From the Road has the sad distinction of being the only live album to come out of the Lynyrd Skynyrd ‘classic era', recorded a year before the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and Steve and Cassie Gaines. Regardless of the tragic circumstances, One More From the Road rocks harder than any southern rock live album, bringing together hit after hit that shows just how incredible those good ol' boys were.
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Widely regarded as the loudest band ever (with decibel readings to back it up too), Motorhead do not disappoint with No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith. Recorded across a five date tour in 1981 (ironically there were no Hammersmith shows on the tour), the album ultimately peaked at #1 on the UK charts, and it remains to this day their only chart topper.
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Although only containing one original song, Humble Pie certainly rock the New York based Fillmore East with a wide selection of bluesy covers. Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton's twin guitar attack tears through an amazing sixteen minute version of Muddy Waters' Rollin' Stone before rolling into a sweet mix of Ray Charles' Hallelujah, I Love Her So. Great musicians, great songs - great album.
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Recorded during a Birmingham concert in 1973, Uriah Heep put the hard in rock with a fantastic selection of solid tunes. The album even includes a great throwback medley of 50s rock ‘n' roll tracks, showing just how diverse the London based group could be.
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Recorded in 1972 but only officially released in 2003, How the West Was Won collects two Los Angeles gigs into one epic volume. Jimmy Page considered the album to be indicative of Led Zeppelin's peak - and it's hard to disagree with him based on the quality of each of the live tracks. It's Led Zeppelin - was this ever going to be bad?
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Live at Wembley '86 was the perfect mix of the showmanship and spectacular that defined Queen's live performances. Rocking out for two hours, the band don't miss a beat - and neither does the album.
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The original four members of Asia reunited in 2007 and hit the road once more - heading East to Tokyo for a fantastic greatest hits concert. Fantasia rocks out originals as well as covers from the members' previous bands - and contains a live version of Heat of the Moment that is certifiably better than the original studio version!
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Despite Troubles erupting in Belfast, Rory Gallagher made the journey there in his 1974 Irish Tour. Blazing his way through a red-hot blues set, Gallagher doesn't disappoint once - every jam note improvised, yet utterly perfect.
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Live in the Heart of the City is a compilation of the ever hard-rocking Whitesnake's tours between 1978 and 1980, bringing together songs from Trouble, Snakebite and Lovehunter. Although missing some Whitesnake classics because of a very early release in the band's career, it still shows that Coverdale et al could rock hard from the very start.
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Recorded just over six months before Duane Allman's untimely death, At Fillmore East captures the classic Allman Brothers in their prime. Duane's consistently brilliant, wonderfully imaginative guitar playing drives the whole band forward, shaking all of Fillmore East to the ground. Southern rock sounds so much better live.
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Recorded at the Command Theatre, London, Slade Alive was born out of desperate times - with their previous two albums flopping, Slade fell back on the consistent income of touring. Slade Alive revitalised the band's sales and coincided with them hitting the top of the charts with Coz I Luv You. A great live album that really highlights what Slade do best.
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No-one thought it would work. Classical music and heavy metal? They're mad. But it better than worked. James Hetfield's ‘broken' voice is at its best, singing songs that become completely different animals with the merging of Michael Kamen's magnificent symphony orchestra. Breathtaking and ass-kicking - all at the same time.
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Recorded in New York and Maryland in 1969, Get Yer Ya Ya's Out was the first Stones live album to hit the number one spot. The concert featured a whistle-stop tour of the Stones' late-60s hits, showcasing their sound as well as the willful exuberance that Mick J, Keith, Mick T, Charlie and Bill all had when they rocked out live.
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Free's fifth album (and only live album) was recorded from two separate gigs and compiled into one amazing album that defines pub rock. Live was a hit, clocking in at #4 on the UK charts - and the stripped down, accessible, chord-driven sound of Free's classic rock is held right in this album.
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Recorded on the Rio leg of Rush's 2002 Vapor Trails tour, the perennial Canadian rockers prove they're able to recreate studio quality sound without the aid of an actual recording booth. Lifeson, Lee and Peart's playing is as tight as ever - and the album even includes a rare stripped-down version of Resist. Worth the listen for that gem alone.
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Thunder's final gig went out with a bang, with the British rockers jamming together at the Hammersmith Apollo before going their separate ways. 20 Years and Out is an excellent greatest hits compilation and is a marvellous live celebration of Thunder's whole career.
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The Ronnie James Dio years were arguably Rainbow's best - and this live album is slap-bang in the middle of them. Dio's voice is still unmatched in rock, and hearing him and Rainbow in their prime is a real treat.
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Come on, of course this was going to be on the list. The seminal concert of the 20th century bought in a huge variety of acts for three days of peace and music. Featuring The Who, Jefferson Airplane and (of course) Jimi Hendrix - the sheer breadth of talent in this album qualifies it as one of the best live albums and best live performances of all time.
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Recorded on Gilmour's On An Island tour, Live in Gdansk features a mix of Pink Floyd songs and Gilmour's own. Accompanied by the Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Live in Gdansk does the impossible - makes Pink Floyd music even more trippy and transcendental.
undefined
Tokyo is a good place to make a live album - and Unleashed in the East is no different. Recorded on the Hell Bent For Leather tour, Judas Priest rock the far east with an explosive set that features their biggest and best hits from 1969 to 1979. A real contender for a hard-rocking live album.
undefined
Recorded in three countries across one gigantic tour, Live & Dangerous captured Thin Lizzy at their best. The Irish rockers played 17 of their biggest hits, even finding a way to medley Cowboy Song into the crowd-pleasing The Boys are Back in Town. Thin Lizzy were always in their element performing live - and Phil Lynott, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson and Brian Downey certainly know how to rock an audience.
undefined
Recorded in Osaka and the world-famous Budokan in Tokyo (appropriately), Made in Japan was a last minute decision for Deep Purple. Originally meant for only for a Japanese release, Warner Bros. changed their minds and released it in the US - only for it to skyrocket to platinum in a mere two weeks.
undefined
UFO guitarist Michael Schenker left the band at the conclusion of this tour, making it his last live appearance as a member of the band - that is, until he reunited with them in 1993. As a result, Schenker never got the chance to overdub any of his guitar work - making this live album a rare, untouched recording that showcases just how incredible UFO were both in the studio and on the road.
undefined
Who hasn't heard of the legendary Live at Leeds concert? Containing enormous hits from The Who's catalogue, as well as a healthy smattering of tunes from rock-musical Tommy, the album is held by some to be the best live concert recording of all time - but is it yours?
undefined
Notable for the cover alone (in which Angus Young appears to have impaled himself on a Gibson SG - whoops), If You Want Blood, You Got It was ACDC's first live album. Recorded in Glasgow, the Australian rockers blazed through a ten song set before returning for an encore in the Scottish national football strip. Talk about playing up to the home crowd.
undefined
Recorded throughout the band's World Slavery tour, Iron Maiden crammed heavy metal classic after classic into their setlist - reading much like a greatest hits compilation of 80s Maiden. Each concert in the tour kicked off with an extract of Winston Churchill's We shall fight on the beaches speech - seriously, how many other albums can count Winston Churchill as credited writer?!
undefined
Recorded across the entirety of Pink Floyd's Division Bell tour, PULSE runs for over two hours, including a live version of the entirety of Dark Side of the Moon - an impressive amount for a live album. Attendees of the tour were also given the chance to win a customised Pink Floyd Volkswagen Golf every night, designed to David Gilmour's specifications - bonus!
undefined
Frampton Comes Alive is a legendary figure in the rock pantheon. The rock epic shot him to fame, selling millions and topping both the US and Canadian Billboard charts and spawning three top 40 singles. Do You Feel Like We Do? still holds the distinction for being one of the longest songs to ever chart in the top 10.
undefined
Who'd have thought it - KISS' biggest selling album of all time isn't Dressed to Kill, Destroyer or Love Gun - it's Alive! Recorded in the summer of 1975 across their American tour, the album managed to capture the showmanship and theatricality that KISS live shows are famous for.
undefined
Seconds Out is Genesis' second live album, recorded across four dates in Paris. Featuring an assortment of songs from their previous eight albums, the recording captures Genesis in their Phil Collins-fronted prime. Uniquely, the concert was designed to have a symmetrical effect, with the opening bars of the show being the same as the closing ones - sweet stuff.
undefined
Uninspired title aside (there are at least fifteen other bands with a live album called Live!), The Quo rocked the house down in Glasgow, delivering a solid ninety minutes of classic rock to the screaming crowd. The RossiParfitt pairing is one of the most enduring in all of rock - and so is this album.
undefined
Fancy a prog-rock odyssey? Look no further! Yessongs includes recordings from the band's 1972 world tour, and the impressive run-time highlights just how eclectically symphonic Yes were at their best.
undefined
Straight out of the Heavy Horses tour, Jethro Tull rocked across Europe with fantastic live versions of some of their biggest hits, including Aqualung and Cross-Eyed Mary. Plus - each concert finished with an arrangement of The Dambuster's theme. Because why not, eh?
undefined
Space Ritual was, in all senses of the word, an extravaganza. Featuring dancing, light shows, science fiction, poetry and space rock music, the show presented itself as far more than just another gig. There's a strong case that Space Ritual is the best experimental live album of all time - what do you think?
undefined
It's a well-known fact in music - if your band plays at the Budokan, you've officially made it. Cheap Trick's gigs there rocked all of Japan, and the live recording rocketed up charts across the world. Featuring a great selection of dynamite Cheap Trick tunes (as well as an incredible cover of Fats Domino's Ain't That a Shame), At Budokan is surely a contender for the best live album of all time.
undefined
Recorded at various venues in the UK, the tidy four-piece Wishbone Ash rocked venue after venue with their own brand of hard prog rock. Ending with an extraordinary 17 minute long version of Phoenix, Wishbone Ash prove that they're as good live as they are in the studio.
undefined
Recorded in 1973 (and accompanied by a concert film), Led Zep rocked New York's Madison Square Garden with great selections from their first five albums. Although The Song Remains the Same was initially badly received, the combination of powerful blues rock with trademark Zeppelin riffs ensures that this live album is one to be remembered.
undefined
If you ever saw Queen live, count yourself lucky. Recorded across the European leg of their Jazz world tour, Live Killers captures Queen at their stadium-rocking best as Brian, John, Roger and Freddie blaze through their biggest and brightest hits. If there ever was a live album that could double as a band's greatest hits, this is it.
undefined
Rush push the medley, one of the best things about live performances, to the very limit, blending nearly every song together. Listening to the live version of 2112 on All The World's A Stage is probably the closest you'll ever come to an out of body experience.
undefined
Recorded at The Apollo, Glasgow, Exit Stage Left captures an incredible period in Rush's career, featuring hits like The Spirit of Radio, YYZ and Tom Sawyer. Whilst their previous live album All the World's A Stage references Shakespeare in the title, Exit Stage Left borrows from the catchphrase of the cartoon character Snagglepuss. Both are equally legitimate, I'm sure.
undefined
One More From the Road has the sad distinction of being the only live album to come out of the Lynyrd Skynyrd ‘classic era', recorded a year before the plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and Steve and Cassie Gaines. Regardless of the tragic circumstances, One More From the Road rocks harder than any southern rock live album, bringing together hit after hit that shows just how incredible those good ol' boys were.
undefined
Widely regarded as the loudest band ever (with decibel readings to back it up too), Motorhead do not disappoint with No Sleep ‘Til Hammersmith. Recorded across a five date tour in 1981 (ironically there were no Hammersmith shows on the tour), the album ultimately peaked at #1 on the UK charts, and it remains to this day their only chart topper.
undefined
Although only containing one original song, Humble Pie certainly rock the New York based Fillmore East with a wide selection of bluesy covers. Steve Marriott and Peter Frampton's twin guitar attack tears through an amazing sixteen minute version of Muddy Waters' Rollin' Stone before rolling into a sweet mix of Ray Charles' Hallelujah, I Love Her So. Great musicians, great songs - great album.
undefined
Recorded during a Birmingham concert in 1973, Uriah Heep put the hard in rock with a fantastic selection of solid tunes. The album even includes a great throwback medley of 50s rock ‘n' roll tracks, showing just how diverse the London based group could be.
undefined
Recorded in 1972 but only officially released in 2003, How the West Was Won collects two Los Angeles gigs into one epic volume. Jimmy Page considered the album to be indicative of Led Zeppelin's peak - and it's hard to disagree with him based on the quality of each of the live tracks. It's Led Zeppelin - was this ever going to be bad?
undefined
Live at Wembley '86 was the perfect mix of the showmanship and spectacular that defined Queen's live performances. Rocking out for two hours, the band don't miss a beat - and neither does the album.
undefined
The original four members of Asia reunited in 2007 and hit the road once more - heading East to Tokyo for a fantastic greatest hits concert. Fantasia rocks out originals as well as covers from the members' previous bands - and contains a live version of Heat of the Moment that is certifiably better than the original studio version!
undefined
Despite Troubles erupting in Belfast, Rory Gallagher made the journey there in his 1974 Irish Tour. Blazing his way through a red-hot blues set, Gallagher doesn't disappoint once - every jam note improvised, yet utterly perfect.
undefined
Live in the Heart of the City is a compilation of the ever hard-rocking Whitesnake's tours between 1978 and 1980, bringing together songs from Trouble, Snakebite and Lovehunter. Although missing some Whitesnake classics because of a very early release in the band's career, it still shows that Coverdale et al could rock hard from the very start.
undefined
Recorded just over six months before Duane Allman's untimely death, At Fillmore East captures the classic Allman Brothers in their prime. Duane's consistently brilliant, wonderfully imaginative guitar playing drives the whole band forward, shaking all of Fillmore East to the ground. Southern rock sounds so much better live.
undefined
Recorded at the Command Theatre, London, Slade Alive was born out of desperate times - with their previous two albums flopping, Slade fell back on the consistent income of touring. Slade Alive revitalised the band's sales and coincided with them hitting the top of the charts with Coz I Luv You. A great live album that really highlights what Slade do best.
undefined
No-one thought it would work. Classical music and heavy metal? They're mad. But it better than worked. James Hetfield's ‘broken' voice is at its best, singing songs that become completely different animals with the merging of Michael Kamen's magnificent symphony orchestra. Breathtaking and ass-kicking - all at the same time.
undefined
Recorded in New York and Maryland in 1969, Get Yer Ya Ya's Out was the first Stones live album to hit the number one spot. The concert featured a whistle-stop tour of the Stones' late-60s hits, showcasing their sound as well as the willful exuberance that Mick J, Keith, Mick T, Charlie and Bill all had when they rocked out live.
undefined
Free's fifth album (and only live album) was recorded from two separate gigs and compiled into one amazing album that defines pub rock. Live was a hit, clocking in at #4 on the UK charts - and the stripped down, accessible, chord-driven sound of Free's classic rock is held right in this album.
undefined
Recorded on the Rio leg of Rush's 2002 Vapor Trails tour, the perennial Canadian rockers prove they're able to recreate studio quality sound without the aid of an actual recording booth. Lifeson, Lee and Peart's playing is as tight as ever - and the album even includes a rare stripped-down version of Resist. Worth the listen for that gem alone.
undefined
Thunder's final gig went out with a bang, with the British rockers jamming together at the Hammersmith Apollo before going their separate ways. 20 Years and Out is an excellent greatest hits compilation and is a marvellous live celebration of Thunder's whole career.
undefined
The Ronnie James Dio years were arguably Rainbow's best - and this live album is slap-bang in the middle of them. Dio's voice is still unmatched in rock, and hearing him and Rainbow in their prime is a real treat.
undefined
Come on, of course this was going to be on the list. The seminal concert of the 20th century bought in a huge variety of acts for three days of peace and music. Featuring The Who, Jefferson Airplane and (of course) Jimi Hendrix - the sheer breadth of talent in this album qualifies it as one of the best live albums and best live performances of all time.
undefined
Recorded on Gilmour's On An Island tour, Live in Gdansk features a mix of Pink Floyd songs and Gilmour's own. Accompanied by the Baltic Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Live in Gdansk does the impossible - makes Pink Floyd music even more trippy and transcendental.
undefined
Tokyo is a good place to make a live album - and Unleashed in the East is no different. Recorded on the Hell Bent For Leather tour, Judas Priest rock the far east with an explosive set that features their biggest and best hits from 1969 to 1979. A real contender for a hard-rocking live album.
