What Warm Up Bands Or Opening Acts Have You Seen BEFORE They Hit It *BIG*

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,056
    Journey opening for Link Wray in the seventies. They were unknown at the time and looked like high school boys with bouffant hairdos.

    I saw the Go Go's in a small venue when they were young and a lot more punk than their later selves.

    R.E.M., Reckoning Tour, 1983. They were catching on by then but still mainly in the college radio circles.

    U2, War Tour 1983. That was probably their first semi-big tour so only semi-counts.
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  • eddieceddiec Posts: 3,881
    rmartin70 said:

    The first two that come to mind are Guns N' Roses opening for Aerosmith in 88' and Pearl Jam opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 91'.

    I saw GnR on that tour as well.


  • YefaYefa Posts: 1,133
    Pearl Jam opening for RHCP in November 1991

    White Zombie opening for Slayer in September 1990

    Soundgarden and Faith No More opening for Voivod in January 1990

    Alabama Shakes opening for Drive-By Truckers in 2012 (2x)

    My Morning Jacket opening for Pearl Jam in 2006 (3x)

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,958
    edited September 2015
    Not that I'm a fan now, but Michael Buble used to do a weekly set on music night in this martini bar in Vancouver every Sunday. $7 cover. The place was always packed - he did a great job. He could play a small room like nobody's business.

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  • scurtisscurtis Posts: 2,460
    edited September 2015

    scurtis said:

    Cool thread....

    I saw Blind Melon open for a Canadian band called the Tea Party

    Wilco for another Canadian Band Tragically Hip - this more of a festival though, still

    Was supposed to see Wu Tang open for RATM, but Wu Tang couldn't get across the border haha. Was Roots Crew instead (Jimmy Fallon's band)

    Again at a festival saw the Foo Fighters play on the small stage, short set in 1998, I think Green Day headlined that one, but I was already a big fan of theirs by then, Foo Fighters that is, I've never cared for Green Day.

    All I can think of for right now.

    when the hell did Blind Melon open for the Tea Party?????

    Haha you're right, I googled it and had it backwards. Was a big tea party fan so probably remembered them as being the band I cared about.
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  • Red Hot Chili Peppers opening for Suicidal Tendencies at The Olympic Auditorium in LA in May of '84. The Minutemen and SS Decontrol were also on the bill. Alice In Chains opening for Iggy Pop at The Palladium in Hollywood in 1990 also comes to mind.

    Suicidal, minutemen and SSD?!? That is one great hardcore lineup!

    Wow!!!
  • scurtis said:

    scurtis said:

    Cool thread....

    I saw Blind Melon open for a Canadian band called the Tea Party

    Wilco for another Canadian Band Tragically Hip - this more of a festival though, still

    Was supposed to see Wu Tang open for RATM, but Wu Tang couldn't get across the border haha. Was Roots Crew instead (Jimmy Fallon's band)

    Again at a festival saw the Foo Fighters play on the small stage, short set in 1998, I think Green Day headlined that one, but I was already a big fan of theirs by then, Foo Fighters that is, I've never cared for Green Day.

    All I can think of for right now.

    when the hell did Blind Melon open for the Tea Party?????

    Haha your eight, I googled it and had it backwards. Was a big tea party fan so probably remembered them as being the band I cared about.
    either way, still cool that TP opened for Blind Melon. where did this happen?

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  • scurtisscurtis Posts: 2,460

    scurtis said:

    scurtis said:

    Cool thread....

    I saw Blind Melon open for a Canadian band called the Tea Party

    Wilco for another Canadian Band Tragically Hip - this more of a festival though, still

    Was supposed to see Wu Tang open for RATM, but Wu Tang couldn't get across the border haha. Was Roots Crew instead (Jimmy Fallon's band)

    Again at a festival saw the Foo Fighters play on the small stage, short set in 1998, I think Green Day headlined that one, but I was already a big fan of theirs by then, Foo Fighters that is, I've never cared for Green Day.

    All I can think of for right now.

    when the hell did Blind Melon open for the Tea Party?????

    Haha your eight, I googled it and had it backwards. Was a big tea party fan so probably remembered them as being the band I cared about.
    either way, still cool that TP opened for Blind Melon. where did this happen?

    Edmonton, December 1993.

    It was at a relatively small venue, the Edmonton Convention Center.

    Not sure if the link to the photo will work, it's not mine...

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152226250947793&set=p.10152226250947793&type=3&theater

    It's a picture of the ticket stub someone must have kept.
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  • edwhoedwho Posts: 811
    edited September 2015
    Aerosmith, Foriegner, ACDC - Summer 1978
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave Posts: 42,066
    few others which I remembered.
    MGMT opening up for Yeasayer in early '08. That was a cool show cause i got the "set list" and one of their people were handing out MGMT shoelaces. Also they played a Led Zeppelin song at the end and Andrew drummed while the drummer sang.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Rkp6Secs4

    and here's the set list which they threw out into the crowd and i caught it :smile:
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    The other one isn't too big in the US but really huge in the UK.

    I saw Kasabian open up for a band called The Music in Feb. '05. I had heard "Clubfoot" on the radio and bought the import cd before the show.
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  • lolobugglolobugg Posts: 8,192
    Radiohead opened for REM 1995
    Queens of the Stone Age opened for Smashing Pumpkins 1999
    No Doubt opened for Bush 1996 (don't laugh, I took my girlfriend to see them)
    Wilco opening for Cracker 1996

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  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    edited October 2015
    The Modern Savage (f.k.a. The Young Guns) is my cousin's band, and they are big in Alaska. They get to open for most of the bigger bands that grace the land of the midnight sun with their presence. Most recently, they opened for Jane's Addiction.

    They just released a cool music video.

    https://youtu.be/AOsjCe3_noI

    I've liked everything I've heard by them so far. Now if they would just press their records on vinyl....

    I haven't had a chance to see them yet because I imagine it's pretty hard for them to take the leap and tour outside of Alaska -- and I've got too many responsibilities to make it up there for the next, oh, 16 years. Hopefully, they break out at some point. The videos I've seen and the reviews I've read lead me to believe they are an awesome live act. I'd love to see them. Cuz should just bring the whole act to Thanksgiving some year.
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  • jjflashjjflash Posts: 4,957
    dankind said:

    The Modern Savage (f.k.a. The Young Guns) is my cousin's band, and they are big in Alaska. They get to open for most of the bigger bands that grace the land of the midnight sun with their presence. Most recently, they opened for Jane's Addiction.

    They just released a cool music video.

    https://youtu.be/AOsjCe3_noI

    I've liked everything I've heard by them so far. Now if they would just press their records on vinyl....

    I haven't had a chance to see them yet because I imagine it's pretty hard for them to take the leap and tour outside of Alaska -- and I've got too many responsibilities to make it up there for the next, oh, 16 years. Hopefully, they break out at some point. The videos I've seen and the reviews I've read lead me to believe they are an awesome live act. I'd love to see them. Cuz should just bring the whole act to Thanksgiving some year.

    Good song and killer, compelling video. One of the better videos I've seen in a while. Does you cuz appear in it?
  • dankinddankind Posts: 20,839
    ^^^Yeah, he's the dude that get most of the pink yack on him at the end -- middle longhair fella. His wife is the wanderer who lies down next to the naked log people.

    This sounds like an episode of Twin Peaks.
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  • They haven't hit it *big*, but they are significantly bigger and more popular, but I saw BRMC open for the Charlatans at the Double Door in 98 or 99 before their s/t came out. That' was cool.

    Wow. BRMC is my 2nd fav band. That must have been pretty sweet to see. I'm guessing you live near San Fran then? My first time seeing them was '04
    I was lucky enough to see BRMC at the Saint in Asbury Park, NJ when their self titled had just come out. There were about 30 people in the "crowd". It was one of the most incredible shows I've seen. The "stage" there isn't elevated so they were playing at like eye level. Very unique experience
  • I saw Muse "headline" at a bar in Philly during college. Probably around 2000-2001. They only had the album Showbiz out and I only knew them because I liked the song Muscle Museum. There were about 50 people in the place. Not really a Muse fan since and showbiz is still the only album I have.

    I'm sure this pisses off a muse fan just like if someone was to say they saw Pearl Jam at the wetlands in '91 and aren't big fans now, I'd be jealous and pissed lol.
  • I saw Stone Temple Pilots open for Butthole Surfers in 1992 right before Plush exploded. Sex type thing was their only single. The band that opened before STP: The Flaming Lips.
  • red mosred mos Posts: 4,953

    I saw Stone Temple Pilots open for Butthole Surfers in 1992 right before Plush exploded. Sex type thing was their only single. The band that opened before STP: The Flaming Lips.

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