itchytasty

i would say it depends.

the band could have been having an off day, or they could just plain suck at playing thier instruments, or a band member could be ill, etc.

i'd say if you can't execute live, then that doesn't make you a good band.

i am not emo

what's the point in making the music if you can't play it?

itchytasty

well, there is more to a live show than just sitting and playing your insturments.

a band can be near perfect but be incredibly boring.

boo boo

Some artists use sharp studio production and complex methods to make a quality album, the beatles retired from doing live shows when they were making sgt peppers, they knew that the material was so complex with its use of countless overdubs, studio techniques and disperate instrumentation that they would have been incapable of playing the material live. The White Album was the same way.

[MERIT]

good point.