Serj Tankian (from System of a Down) opened up for the Foo Fighters when i saw them in Philly at the Spectrum...
it was the worst piece of $hit performance i have ever seen. disgusting lyrics and just a bunch of noise and screaming. honestly seemed like NOBODY was digging it. i even booed it was so horrible
Wachovia Center, Philadelphia - 10/3/05
Tweeter Center, Camden - 5/27/06
Verizon Center, Wash. DC - 5/30/06
Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN - 6/14/08
Madison Square Garden, NYC - 6/19/08
Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/28/09
Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/30/09
Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/31/09
Madison Square Garden, NYC - 5/21/10
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia - 10/21/13
1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore - 10/27/13 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia - 4/28/16 Enterprise Center, Saint Louis - 9/18/22
Yep! It was Sloan, Alice Cooper, Kayne West opening for The Rolling Stones @ the Halifax Commons. Who ever is booking these acts on the same bill should be dragged out into the street and shot!
Sloan is kind of fun, but definitely not the venue for them.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
As far as PJ support:
1. Surprised to see some Ted Leo votes, but to each his/her own.
2. I can't really form an opinion on Sonic Youth. By the time I saw them in '00, they only had one original band member left on the tour. It was a lot of noise and not much music or vocals. But then again, it wasn't 100% Sonic Youth.
3. Sparta. They just bored me.
As far as other bands' support:
1. Sugar Ray opening for 311 circa 1998. They were booed off the stage by the entire arena because Mark McGrath a) abruptly stopped during the middle of a song and announced he was going back stage to take a shit, b) stage dove then bitched and moaned about someone taking his shoe & refused to play music til he got it back, and c) requested someone from the upper level shine a laser pointer on his forehead, then proceed to call that person a redneck because he "had good aim from being a hunter."
2. G. Love opening for 311 in '03. According to the set list, they played 11 songs. I only head two, which lasted about 24 minutes each.
3. De la Soul opening for 311 in 1997. Spent the better part of an hour just asking "Where da party at? Party over here? Or party over here?" while pointing to various sections of the crowd.
Moral of the story: 311 pretty much sucks it up with openers.
This summer Lauryn Hill was the opening headliner at Rock the Bells. She was terrible!! One of the worst performances I have ever seen and she kept the crowd waiting for over an hour. I was so disappointed. I actually can't think of a worse performance I have ever seen.
Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
As far as PJ support:
1. Surprised to see some Ted Leo votes, but to each his/her own.
2. I can't really form an opinion on Sonic Youth. By the time I saw them in '00, they only had one original band member left on the tour. It was a lot of noise and not much music or vocals. But then again, it wasn't 100% Sonic Youth.
3. Sparta. They just bored me.
As far as other bands' support:
1. Sugar Ray opening for 311 circa 1998. They were booed off the stage by the entire arena because Mark McGrath a) abruptly stopped during the middle of a song and announced he was going back stage to take a shit, b) stage dove then bitched and moaned about someone taking his shoe & refused to play music til he got it back, and c) requested someone from the upper level shine a laser pointer on his forehead, then proceed to call that person a redneck because he "had good aim from being a hunter."
2. G. Love opening for 311 in '03. According to the set list, they played 11 songs. I only head two, which lasted about 24 minutes each.
3. De la Soul opening for 311 in 1997. Spent the better part of an hour just asking "Where da party at? Party over here? Or party over here?" while pointing to various sections of the crowd.
Moral of the story: 311 pretty much sucks it up with openers.
WOW, I've seen G-Love probably 5 or 6 times and always have a kickass time. Then again, he's always headlining, but have never experienced long dragged out songs.
As far as PJ support:
1. Surprised to see some Ted Leo votes, but to each his/her own.
2. I can't really form an opinion on Sonic Youth. By the time I saw them in '00, they only had one original band member left on the tour. It was a lot of noise and not much music or vocals. But then again, it wasn't 100% Sonic Youth.
3. Sparta. They just bored me.
As far as other bands' support:
1. Sugar Ray opening for 311 circa 1998. They were booed off the stage by the entire arena because Mark McGrath a) abruptly stopped during the middle of a song and announced he was going back stage to take a shit, b) stage dove then bitched and moaned about someone taking his shoe & refused to play music til he got it back, and c) requested someone from the upper level shine a laser pointer on his forehead, then proceed to call that person a redneck because he "had good aim from being a hunter."
2. G. Love opening for 311 in '03. According to the set list, they played 11 songs. I only head two, which lasted about 24 minutes each.
3. De la Soul opening for 311 in 1997. Spent the better part of an hour just asking "Where da party at? Party over here? Or party over here?" while pointing to various sections of the crowd.
Moral of the story: 311 pretty much sucks it up with openers.
I remember seeing Papa Roach opening up for 311 about 5 years ago. Didn't care for them. Also saw The Roots too opening for 311 so that was pretty cool.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
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
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
back in 06 i saw kanye west open for U2. i remember thinking wtf! and let me tell you brisvegas is not exactly a hiphop nation. they were extremely unappreciative of him. and he was smarting after touch the sky didnt win best video. he had a whinge about it but no one cared. when they tour in december U2 have decided jay z is a good bet.
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
Starsailor opening for the Rolling Stones. And Feeder opening for the Rolling Stones... Boring as hell.
Some cool opening acts were The Cranberries opening for the Stones (been to a lot of Stones shows xD ), Har Mar Superstar opening for The Strokes and a really awesome opening act were Village People for the german punk band "Die Ärzte" (kinda like a joke to mess with the fans) xD
"I'm sick of chasing my dreams, man. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later."
Mitch Hedberg
Prima Donna opening for Green Day, crowd basically ignored them through the whole set.
How I choose to feel is how I am...I will not lose my faith, It's an inside job today.
Manchester Aug 17th 2009
Hyde Park June 25th 2010
Manchester June 20th & 21st 2012
Leeds July 14th 2014
Going way back, Testament was doing a small club tour and had Green Jello opening for them. Words cant describe it...
Lamb Of God opened for Metallica on the Death Magnetic tour. Its was just this... RARRRRRR!! WHATS UP NEW YORK!! RARRRRRRRRR!!!! lol 2 nights in a row of that. Atleast they provided a nice pee break. lol
2. I can't really form an opinion on Sonic Youth. By the time I saw them in '00, they only had one original band member left on the tour. It was a lot of noise and not much music or vocals. But then again, it wasn't 100% Sonic Youth.
Sonic Youth has always had Lee Renaldo, Thurston Moore, and Kim Gordan as members of the band (touring and recording) since their inception.
2. I can't really form an opinion on Sonic Youth. By the time I saw them in '00, they only had one original band member left on the tour. It was a lot of noise and not much music or vocals. But then again, it wasn't 100% Sonic Youth.
Sonic Youth has always had Lee Renaldo, Thurston Moore, and Kim Gordan as members of the band (touring and recording) since their inception.
Right, I should've worded that a little differently... When I finally saw them (on the last night of the 2000 tour), Lee was the only member still traveling at the time. All the other members had abandoned the tour for various reasons.
2. I can't really form an opinion on Sonic Youth. By the time I saw them in '00, they only had one original band member left on the tour. It was a lot of noise and not much music or vocals. But then again, it wasn't 100% Sonic Youth.
Sonic Youth has always had Lee Renaldo, Thurston Moore, and Kim Gordan as members of the band (touring and recording) since their inception.
Right, I should've worded that a little differently... When I finally saw them (on the last night of the 2000 tour), Lee was the only member still traveling at the time. All the other members had abandoned the tour for various reasons.
Although Sonic Youth never played another gig on the tour after the NJ shows when Kim Gordon had to rush off for personal reasons Jim, Steve and Lee did stay around and do a few pre-set songs with Ed on a few dates. Don't think there was any attempt at an actual SY show without Kim though?
Like a book among the many on a shelf...
Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
Worst support act? Ummm. Nelson. Yeah, that's easy.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Lamb of God opening for Metallica last year. The 5 minutes I heard them were enough to qualify them as the worst opening act I have ever seen.
I saw Turbo Negro open for Queens of the Stone Age a few years ago. That wasn't the worst I've ever seen, but definitely the most unique. I had a total "WTF?" moment while watching them, as did everyone else at the 40 Watt Club that night. Definately entertaining.
opened for aic and i don't understand why they did
woulda much rather seen aic play for 3 hours
I completely agree with you. Ugh, they were just terrible.
i don't know if it's cause i was right on the rail or they just flat out sucked. i love punk music to death but least make it be so i can fucking hear it and understand lyrics.
Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
and by far the worst.......x japan. i have never wanted to puke so much in my life. having to endure them before soundgarden was definitely......dedication.
~~~~~~ALWAYS HAVE A GOOD TIME~~~~~~
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
Alan Vega, opening for BIlly Idol back in '84 or '85. He was literally booed off the stage and gave a nice, angry "FU" to the crowd at Nassau Coliseum. At the time I was laughing but thinking about it, I feel bad for the guy.
Moby opening for Bush. Bush was pretty bad, too. But not as bad as Moby...he just jumped around and pretended to be doing things with his keyboard, while he had a very obvious back track playing. It was just awful. Then he proceeded to tell the booing crowd that we just "didn't get it". :roll: I guess he was right. I don't get it, nor do I want to.
St. Louis, 2003; Kansas City, 2010; Alpine Valley 1&2 2011; Wrigley Field, 2013; OKC, 2013; St. Louis, 2014; Memphis, 2014
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Jann Arden opening for Bob Dylan. Ugh.
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it was the worst piece of $hit performance i have ever seen. disgusting lyrics and just a bunch of noise and screaming. honestly seemed like NOBODY was digging it. i even booed it was so horrible
Tweeter Center, Camden - 5/27/06
Verizon Center, Wash. DC - 5/30/06
Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN - 6/14/08
Madison Square Garden, NYC - 6/19/08
Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/28/09
Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/30/09
Spectrum, Philadelphia - 10/31/09
Madison Square Garden, NYC - 5/21/10
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia - 10/21/13
Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia - 4/28/16
Enterprise Center, Saint Louis - 9/18/22
1. Surprised to see some Ted Leo votes, but to each his/her own.
2. I can't really form an opinion on Sonic Youth. By the time I saw them in '00, they only had one original band member left on the tour. It was a lot of noise and not much music or vocals. But then again, it wasn't 100% Sonic Youth.
3. Sparta. They just bored me.
As far as other bands' support:
1. Sugar Ray opening for 311 circa 1998. They were booed off the stage by the entire arena because Mark McGrath a) abruptly stopped during the middle of a song and announced he was going back stage to take a shit, b) stage dove then bitched and moaned about someone taking his shoe & refused to play music til he got it back, and c) requested someone from the upper level shine a laser pointer on his forehead, then proceed to call that person a redneck because he "had good aim from being a hunter."
2. G. Love opening for 311 in '03. According to the set list, they played 11 songs. I only head two, which lasted about 24 minutes each.
3. De la Soul opening for 311 in 1997. Spent the better part of an hour just asking "Where da party at? Party over here? Or party over here?" while pointing to various sections of the crowd.
Moral of the story: 311 pretty much sucks it up with openers.
Don't fuck sheep. -EV 7/11/11
You can never have enough Neil in the mix. -EV 10/24/10
There's only one commandment: Don't be an asshole. -EV 5/6/10
I remember seeing Papa Roach opening up for 311 about 5 years ago. Didn't care for them. Also saw The Roots too opening for 311 so that was pretty cool.
8/28/98- Camden, NJ
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
Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly
Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
i just didn't get it...
Some cool opening acts were The Cranberries opening for the Stones (been to a lot of Stones shows xD ), Har Mar Superstar opening for The Strokes and a really awesome opening act were Village People for the german punk band "Die Ärzte" (kinda like a joke to mess with the fans) xD
Mitch Hedberg
Manchester Aug 17th 2009
Hyde Park June 25th 2010
Manchester June 20th & 21st 2012
Leeds July 14th 2014
Lamb Of God opened for Metallica on the Death Magnetic tour. Its was just this... RARRRRRR!! WHATS UP NEW YORK!! RARRRRRRRRR!!!! lol 2 nights in a row of that. Atleast they provided a nice pee break. lol
Sonic Youth has always had Lee Renaldo, Thurston Moore, and Kim Gordan as members of the band (touring and recording) since their inception.
Right, I should've worded that a little differently... When I finally saw them (on the last night of the 2000 tour), Lee was the only member still traveling at the time. All the other members had abandoned the tour for various reasons.
Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
I completely agree with you. Ugh, they were just terrible.
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don't blast me for seeing DL. I was surprised at how good they were...
8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
10/10 - Brad in B'more
I saw Turbo Negro open for Queens of the Stone Age a few years ago. That wasn't the worst I've ever seen, but definitely the most unique. I had a total "WTF?" moment while watching them, as did everyone else at the 40 Watt Club that night. Definately entertaining.
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
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and by far the worst.......x japan. i have never wanted to puke so much in my life. having to endure them before soundgarden was definitely......dedication.
Sir Mike McCready is....THE MASTER!!! WAHHH!!!
EVENFLOW PSYCHOS H.N.I.C~FEEL THE FLOW!!!
"Pearl Jam fans are obsessed, they'd see the boys in HELL if tickets were sold."-CROJAM95
It takes balls to put out a UKE album!