I agree their live work was not as good as some peers
A band much picked on as eccentric but most flawless show I ever saw was Jethro Tull Aqualung tour and some 20 minutes of Brick too but mostly Benefit and Lung
Some Stand Up
Ian Anderson perfectionist as ever had a stereo speaker setup in a large coliseum, 10,000 max seating floor and stands
That’s a tall order but he did it and it sounded excellent for that limited acoustics venue
I saw Tull with the Passion Play tour. Excellent show. Steeleye Span (not Steely Dan) opened and they were almost better than Tull. They had an electric violinist who could really bring it.
The opening riff to Aqualung brought the roof down.