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Favorite opening bands you've seen

bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
edited June 2010 in The Porch
Here's the order of my favorite openers I've seen since I first saw Pearl Jam in Nov 95:
1. Ben Harper (2009)
2. Ramones (1995)
3. Sonic Youth (2006)
4. X (1998)/ 5. Tenacious D (1998)
6. Supergrass (2000)
7. Idlewild (2003)
11/6/95, 11/18/97, 7/13/98, 7/14/98, 10/24/00, 10/25/00, 10/28/00, 6/2/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 7/6/06, 7/7/06, 7/9/06, 7/10/06, 7/13/06, 7/15/06, 7/16/06, 7/18/06, 10/21/06, 4/10/08, 4/13/08, 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, 10/9/09
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  • pjtradekingpjtradeking Posts: 4,045
    No Band of Horses? Havent seen them, or just didnt care for them?
    Never, ever, flipping forget
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  • theserialthrillatheserialthrilla Posts: 15,760
    at hyde park yesterday..

    1st the hives
    2nd ben harper
    forgotten the rest already

    shame the hives didnt play after ben harper think it might of been better
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,101
    edited June 2010
    Band of horses they were amazing in NY :thumbup:

    I would've loved to see sleater kinney and bad religion but it wasn't my time yet 8-)
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    Ben Harper - '96+
    Band Of Horses - '10

    MMJ I'm a fan of now, but I only caught 3 songs of them opening one night.
    ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you. :)
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    *Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
    *VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
    *EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
    *Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
  • gearboygearboy Posts: 349
    sleater kinney ROCKED!!!! never heard of them before but they turned me into a huge fan

    b.o.h. impressed me. I think they were really good

    I saw L7 open for them at a voters for choice show and they were AMAZING!!! I went out the next day and bought all their cd's
    Neil also opened for them that night!!! man that was a GREAT show!
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  • En La ClandestinidadEn La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,692
    1. The Black Keys
    2. Ben Harper
    3. Band of Horses
    4. Bad Religion

    Funny thing is that all for of my opening bands that I've seen have started with the letter 'B'. Interesting... :mrgreen:
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Band of Horses. by far the best opener for any band I've seen. I'm a huge fan now.
    He who forgets will be destined to remember.

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  • Citizen ZackCitizen Zack Posts: 1,763
    Idlewild
    My Morning Jacket
    Death Cab For Cutie
    Band of Horses
    Sleater Kinney
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,118
    1. Ben Harper
    2. Band of Horses
    3. Kings of Leon
    4. Sleater Kinney
    5. Mudhoney
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  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Never scene an opening act for PJ, i'm always in the bar.
  • mohomoho Posts: 541
    Ben Harper
    Gomez
    Paddy Casey
    JUST PLAY THE F***ING NOTE!!!
  • starmap3333starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    Bad Religion because I'm a medium fan of them anyway. But, the only band I would have never heard of before they opened for Pearl Jam was....

    The Fastbacks. The only other good band at all IMO that ever opened. I'm still convinced junk jokers like MMJ blahhhhhhhhhh and KOL ewwwwwwwwwwww are ONLY big because... well.... if PJ had them on tour they must be good! Both those bands blow.
  • En La ClandestinidadEn La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,692
    KO282453 wrote:
    Never scene an opening act for PJ, i'm always in the bar.

    That sucks, you are missing some great acts and wasting cash on booze.
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,077
    1. social D
    2. bad religion

    those are the 2 i've ever actually seen. other concerts i'm at bars or tailgating.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 31,148
    mudhoney '93 - no recollection
    X '98 - love the band, not impressive that night :cry:
    supergrass '00 - think i missed them
    idlewild '03 - no recollection
    sonic youth '06 - loud
    recently, ben and boh have been decent, but not spectacular

    the dude who opened for them at the vic was decent. :shifty:

    really, how many opening acts for any band are memorable? not many, in my experience. usually, too small of a repertoire, too short of a set, a disinterested audience and a band that would be better in a club than in an arena.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • stonegstoneg Posts: 1,941
    KINGS OF LEON!!!!! :geek:
    Ft. Lauderdale 96'
    Tampa 00'
    West Palm Beach 03'
    House of Blues 03'
    Tampa 03'
    Kissimmee 04'
    West Palm Beach 08'
    Tampa 08'
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  • on2legson2legs Posts: 15,881
    Social Distortion is one I've enjoyed the most by far.

    Sorta of OT, but am I imagining seeing Lifehouse open for PJ on a second stage in 2000 - I think it was at a show in Ohio?
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    I had no idea who My Morning Jacket was before they open for Pearl Jam, and now they're my 2nd favorite band.
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  • blenderman69blenderman69 philly Posts: 2,104
    social disstortion 10/28/09 spectrum
  • DillsnufusDillsnufus Posts: 1,165
    i've heard of band of horses before but didn't really got into them until i knew they were gonna open for pj. i saw a link to listen to their new album a few days before the first of pj shows and loved it (especially with my grado sr80i's on damn). they were great when i saw them then a month later saw them at grand central terminal fow free. :lol: front too. great band. i feel more like a hipster now tho.


    ps my morning jacket were better but i didn't really pay attention when i saw them opening for pj.
  • BinauralJamBinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    INside HIDING Job wrote:
    KO282453 wrote:
    Never scene an opening act for PJ, i'm always in the bar.

    That sucks, you are missing some great acts and wasting cash on booze.


    After seeing Ben/ Ed singing Hunger Strike, trust me i'm kicking myself the ass for not catching Band of Horses.

    i think i was damaged long ago, i saw "The The" ......ya......... open for Depeche Mode back in '93.
    they didn't even turn the light's off.

    i Swore then to skip all opening acts. my only exception was catching Liam and that crazy chick opening for Ed in Jersey '08, but that had more to do with not being late and not being familiar w/ the area.
  • Thief_of_silenceThief_of_silence Posts: 52
    Alice in Chains who opened up for Van Halen in 1991 :D
  • NoCode416NoCode416 Posts: 417
    1. Sleater-Kinney
    2. Kings of Leon
    3. everyone else...
  • curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 4,123
    Social Distortion :D
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  • DS1119DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    Social Distortion
    Band of Horses
    Ben Harper
  • maxferlmaxferl Quebec City Posts: 118
    Liam Finn (opening for Eddie solo tour)
  • number1PJfannumber1PJfan Posts: 3,748
    PJ opener is KOL!

    Non PJ opener is Gn'R opening for Motley Crue in 1987!
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  • eeriepadaveeeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 42,990
    Bad Religion
    Mudhoney

    Missed Band Of Horses at MSG cuz we got there late :(
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    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
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  • serpent boyserpent boy Virginia Beach Posts: 372
    AMAZING
    1.) Sonic Youth (2000)
    2.) Kings of Leon (2008)
    ---
    GREAT
    3.) Sleater-Kinney (2005)
    ---
    GOOD
    4.) Bad Religion (2009)
    5.) The Buzzcocks (2003)
    6.) Band of Horses (2010)
    7.) Social Distortion (2009)
    ---
    OK or DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION
    8.) My Morning Jacket (2006)
    9.) Death Cab for Cutie (2004)
    ---
    BAD
    10.) Gob Roberts (2004)
    11.) Ted Leo & The Pharmacists (2008)
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