Worst support act you've seen?

DewieCox

jamburger wrote:

Melt Banana?

I don't remember them being that offensively bad, but I only caught about half their set. One of their members came out for an extended Lateralus and that was pretty cool. They were light years ahead of Tomahawk.

Isis was a pretty solid Tool opener and Meshuggah wasn't horrible, but definitely not my thing.

Spiritual_Chaos

Futureheads before PJ in Copenhagen.

jamburger

DewieCox wrote:

jamburger wrote:

Melt Banana?

I don't remember them being that offensively bad, but I only caught about half their set. One of their members came out for an extended Lateralus and that was pretty cool. They were light years ahead of Tomahawk.

Isis was a pretty solid Tool opener and Meshuggah wasn't horrible, but definitely not my thing.

We came in during their set so I can't pass judgement myself. I was trying to name them for the other poster, but completely agree about the drum duel in Lateralus. One of my favorite parts of that Atlantic City boot.

jamburger

he.who.forgets wrote:

jamburger wrote:

Jason P wrote:

I saw those sacks of shit before a Tool show. Chainsaws make better "music" then those assholes.

Melt Banana?

has to be...see page 2

They may just win this thread then.

red mos

Not the worst but very boring:

Thundercat opening for RHCP: sounded like two really long drawn out songs that lasted 45 minutes.
Psycodellic Ills opening for Butthole Surfers: Played 45 minutes but sounded like one song.

reesdog

This terrible, terrible band called The Helicopters from Norway or somewhere.

They opened for Foo Fighters at the Brixton Academy, London in about 2000. They played this really gross throw-back, hair-metal cock-rock shitty-ass rubbish and the whole crowd were jeering and booing so much the band spat the dummy, dropped their instruments and stormed off stage, one of them flipping the bird to the crowd as he walked, only to get laughed at and flipped back by a couple of thousand crowd members (a great image).

I had a bad feeling as soon as I heard they were called "The Helicopters"...

facepollution

reesdog wrote:

This terrible, terrible band called The Helicopters from Norway or somewhere.

They opened for Foo Fighters at the Brixton Academy, London in about 2000. They played this really gross throw-back, hair-metal cock-rock shitty-ass rubbish and the whole crowd were jeering and booing so much the band spat the dummy, dropped their instruments and stormed off stage, one of them flipping the bird to the crowd as he walked, only to get laughed at and flipped back by a couple of thousand crowd members (a great image).

I had a bad feeling as soon as I heard they were called "The Helicopters"...

Yeah I was at that show, they were pretty awful! Still, I would rather take cheesy pastiche over some of the tuneless bollocks I've had to endure over the years.

Of The Aggie

reesdog wrote:

This terrible, terrible band called The Helicopters from Norway or somewhere.

They opened for Foo Fighters at the Brixton Academy, London in about 2000. They played this really gross throw-back, hair-metal cock-rock shitty-ass rubbish and the whole crowd were jeering and booing so much the band spat the dummy, dropped their instruments and stormed off stage, one of them flipping the bird to the crowd as he walked, only to get laughed at and flipped back by a couple of thousand crowd members (a great image).

I had a bad feeling as soon as I heard they were called "The Helicopters"...

I think it's terrible that people will do things like this such as jeer, boo, throw things, and flip off a band. If you don't like them or are not interested in them them either don't show up that early, or find something else to do while they are on. Use that time to go out and get something to eat, drink a beer, go to the restroom, text, surf the web, whatever, but these bands have a right to play without being harassed. I don't really blame the ones that walk off the stage. I certainly wouldn't want to endure that. Have some respect and think about what if it was you or someone you know up there.

Spoony C

And then there's the always-polite, "This is our last song." [HUGE CROWD CHEER]

Stay classy, audiences.

Of course, I think the biggest issue isn't usually that these acts necessarily suck absolutely, but that they're a terrible mismatch with the headliner, thus unable to satisfy the crowd. Maybe they were chosen because the headline act is a fan of them, or they share management, or whatever, but they don't make a good package. My wife is going to see Pink tomorrow night, and her opening act this tour is The Hives. Which, on the one hand, it's cool that she's embracing her rocking side to show a band like that off to her audience, but I can't imagine the largely-female, largely-brought-to-the-show-by-pop-radio audience is going to be very receptive to the Hives' weirdo white-tie Swedish rock vibe. (Other good examples include U2 having Kanye West as an opener back in 2005, and Van Halen touring with Kool & the Gang last year--something I liked, but which a lot of people were against.)

I Am One Uninvited Chromosome

The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy opening for U2 at Zoo TV.

reesdog

Of The Aggie wrote:

reesdog wrote:

This terrible, terrible band called The Helicopters from Norway or somewhere.

They opened for Foo Fighters at the Brixton Academy, London in about 2000. They played this really gross throw-back, hair-metal cock-rock shitty-ass rubbish and the whole crowd were jeering and booing so much the band spat the dummy, dropped their instruments and stormed off stage, one of them flipping the bird to the crowd as he walked, only to get laughed at and flipped back by a couple of thousand crowd members (a great image).

I had a bad feeling as soon as I heard they were called "The Helicopters"...

I think it's terrible that people will do things like this such as jeer, boo, throw things, and flip off a band. If you don't like them or are not interested in them them either don't show up that early, or find something else to do while they are on. Use that time to go out and get something to eat, drink a beer, go to the restroom, text, surf the web, whatever, but these bands have a right to play without being harassed. I don't really blame the ones that walk off the stage. I certainly wouldn't want to endure that. Have some respect and think about what if it was you or someone you know up there.

It was pretty fucking funny, I guess you had to be there.