Doughboys= Montreal 1993--bad
fastbacks= Toronto 1996--not bad at all
Chep Trick= Montreal 98, Barrie 98--Surrender classic!!
Supergrass= Montreal 2000----luved them already
Buzzcocks= Montreal 2003----Luved them already
SleaterKinney= Montreal, Québec 2005---Energic , good, very Grunge!
Pierre
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2003 - buzzcocks !! awesome
2005 (halifax) sleater-kinney great, knew 'the woods' inside/out at the time
2005 (st.john's) wintersleep - wow local group i never heard of yet, fan now
2003 - Sparta, Buzzcocks, Sleater Kinney - I don't care for any of these bands. I especially hate Sparta.
2004 - Death Cab For Cutie, Gob Roberts - The best opening bands I have seen before Pearl Jam but I liked Death Cab before I saw them at VFC.
2005 - Sleater Kinney - Can't they get a gig other than opening for Pearl Jam? Ladies please for the love of God go on your own tour and give someone else a chance to open for Pearl Jam. I will admitt that SK's drummer impresses me mightily. It can't be easy to play harmonica and drums at the same time.
The reason the main stream is thought of as a stream is because it's so shallow. -George Carlin-
1998: Frank Black & the Catholics
2000: Sonic Youth x2, Supergrass x2
2003: Sparta x2, the Buzzcocks x2, Sleater-Kinney
2004: Death Cab for Cutie x2, Gob Roberts x1 (missed them the first Boston show)
2005: Supersuckers, Sleater-Kinney x6
Not bad, not bad at all. Oh, and someone with an acoustic guitar opened twelve of those shows; played some Beatles, some Springsteen, even some Pearl Jam, people tell me he's in a band.
Steve
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I know some people might be getting sick of Sleater-kinney opening for PJ but I have to say I was super-happy this year when it was announced they were back. I have loved S-K since '95 and have seen them a few times on their own but the chance of seeing Pearl Jam and Sleater-Kinney together...!
In 2003 I didn't get to see them because S-K didn't play my leg of the tour. Saw the Buzzcocks... I normally like the buzzcocks but the sound was not too good for them so I didn't really enjoy it.
Seeing Sleater-Kinney and Pearl Jam play together was a dream for me. I thought I missed my chance.
Really strange experience. Hated them in London (had to leave!), and absolutely loved them in Hamilton. I even considered buying their music. Although I am still a little unsure about Corin's voice
... and the will to show I will always be better than before.
Really strange experience. Hated them in London (had to leave!), and absolutely loved them in Hamilton. I even considered buying their music. Although I am still a little unsure about Corin's voice
I can relate. I absolutely love Sleater-Kinney but I was underwhelmed by them in Toronto opening for PJ. I think it was the sound. They were fine but the guitars sounded muddy and the vocals weren't loud enough and on certain songs Corin sounded tired. Hamilton was awesome. Can't agree more with you. I loved Sleater-Kinney in Hamilton.
I highly recommend you pick up anything by them. "the woods," "one beat" or "dig me out."
"the Woods" is the best thing they've ever done so start there. (plus you'd recognize most of the songs from the Hamilton show).
They sounded good in Kitchener, but I will agree about the sound in London.
Janet kicks ass.
PBM
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King's X
Ramones
Ben Harper
Fastbacks
Mudhoney
Sonic Youth
Sleater-Kinney
Death Cab For Cutie
I've seen some really great opening bands for PJ. With each passing tour, I'm more and more excited that I got to see Ramones in 1995. I also became a huge fan of Ben Harper due to seeing him with PJ in 1996. The rest of them haven't been as important to me, but I'm as proud as I can be about having gone early and enjoyed their performances.
I think it's part of the intended effect for rock concerts. If you skip the opener, you miss out on something the main act wanted you to experience.
Memphis 1994 New Orleans 1995 Fort Lauderdale 1996 Atlanta & Birmingham 1998 New Orleans 2000 Tampa 2003 Kissimmee 2004 New York City (x 2) 2008 East Troy (x 2) 2011 Chicago & New Orleans 2013 Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016 Baltimore2020 Louisville 2022 Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
1995 - bad religion / fastbacks and ben harper
1998 - X (that was awesome)
2000 - supergrass (i have no recollection of it lol)
2003 - idlewild (i liked their set)
2004 - death cab (liked 'em) / gob roberts (um, tim robbins is a great actor....yeah lol), saw each 3 times
i missed the supersuckers set in vancouver (thanks a lot, damned canadian border!), i would have liked to have seen them.
92: cypress hill, seaweed, lazy susan
93: six in the clip, urge overkill
96: fastbacks
98: goodness, zeke, x, frank black, sean lennon, wallflowers
00: sonic youth, supergrass, c average
01: alanis, rem
02: brad, steve earle, mudhoney, neo, the who (pj opening)
03: johnny marr, sleater kinney, idlewild, sparta, buzzcocks
04: gob roberts, dcfc
05:sleater kinney, rolling stones (pj opening)
Idlewild kicks ass. They are by far the best opening band I've seen for PJ. One day PJ might be opening for them...Just joking..but it could happen.
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Most opening acts have been enjoyed from the confines of the beer garden
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1992 - Eleven (don't remember a thing about them)
1994 - Grant Lee Buffalo (fabulous!!!)
1996 - Fastbacks (missed them due to the worst traffic jam in the history of the Ohio Turnpike :( )
1998 - Iggy Pop (I love Iggy Pop and have seen him before, but he just didn't have it going on at this show)
2000 - Supergrass (they were ok)
2003 - Sparta (not my cup of tea, but my daughter loves them, and they went out of their way to thank her for her enthusiasm ... made her year, so they're alright by me!)
2003 - Buzzcocks (lots of fun!)
2004 - Gob Roberts (bleh), Death Cab for Cutie (good stuff)
2005 - Sleater Kinney (LOVED it!)
2006 - MMJ (I've missed them so far, been at the CCFA benefits ... I've got one more chance in Pittsburgh, I'm determined to see them then)
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2003: Sparta, Sleater-Kinney
2004: Death Cab for Cutie, Gob Roberts
2005: Sleater-Kinney
2006: My Morning Jacket (x2)
I liked Sparta, but they got a bad reception in Pittsburgh. Death Cab for Cutie really disappointed me live. The Sovereign Center's sound wasn't that great, but it was pretty bad in my opinion, and I like a few of their songs. MMJ is so much better live than on CD - but again the crowd around me in Camden didn't seem that into them. Definantly check them out again. Sleater-Kinney isn't my thing, but tolerable.
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fastbacks= Toronto 1996--not bad at all
Chep Trick= Montreal 98, Barrie 98--Surrender classic!!
Supergrass= Montreal 2000----luved them already
Buzzcocks= Montreal 2003----Luved them already
SleaterKinney= Montreal, Québec 2005---Energic , good, very Grunge!
I live in Laval, I'm looking for some musicians to make a band. Drum, bass and guitar are needed. More songs with voices can be sent on demand.
www.myspace.com/fridayzodds
www.myspace.com/vignesartichots
2005 (halifax) sleater-kinney great, knew 'the woods' inside/out at the time
2005 (st.john's) wintersleep - wow local group i never heard of yet, fan now
06/29/03 09/22/05 09/24/05 09/25/05 05/09/06 05/10/06
2004 - Death Cab For Cutie, Gob Roberts - The best opening bands I have seen before Pearl Jam but I liked Death Cab before I saw them at VFC.
2005 - Sleater Kinney - Can't they get a gig other than opening for Pearl Jam? Ladies please for the love of God go on your own tour and give someone else a chance to open for Pearl Jam. I will admitt that SK's drummer impresses me mightily. It can't be easy to play harmonica and drums at the same time.
1993 - Urge Overkill
1995 - Ramones
1996 - The Fastbacks
1998 - Murder City Devils
2000 - Supergrass
2003 - Sleater Kinney / Buzzcocks
2005 - Sleater Kinney
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I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
2000: Sonic Youth x2, Supergrass x2
2003: Sparta x2, the Buzzcocks x2, Sleater-Kinney
2004: Death Cab for Cutie x2, Gob Roberts x1 (missed them the first Boston show)
2005: Supersuckers, Sleater-Kinney x6
Not bad, not bad at all. Oh, and someone with an acoustic guitar opened twelve of those shows; played some Beatles, some Springsteen, even some Pearl Jam, people tell me he's in a band.
Steve
In 2003 I didn't get to see them because S-K didn't play my leg of the tour. Saw the Buzzcocks... I normally like the buzzcocks but the sound was not too good for them so I didn't really enjoy it.
Seeing Sleater-Kinney and Pearl Jam play together was a dream for me. I thought I missed my chance.
It's not like S-K decides to open up for PJ on a certain part of a tour. If you want to blame someone, blame Eddie.
00: 7/2 (cancelled...)
05: 9/11,9/12,9/13,9/15,9/16,9/19
06: 8/23,8/30, 9/9, 9/11
07: 6/26, 6/29
*****
Really strange experience. Hated them in London (had to leave!), and absolutely loved them in Hamilton. I even considered buying their music. Although I am still a little unsure about Corin's voice
Then for some reason at my next show this band called The Rolling Stones played after them. Isnt that strange? Never heard of them before...
I can relate. I absolutely love Sleater-Kinney but I was underwhelmed by them in Toronto opening for PJ. I think it was the sound. They were fine but the guitars sounded muddy and the vocals weren't loud enough and on certain songs Corin sounded tired. Hamilton was awesome. Can't agree more with you. I loved Sleater-Kinney in Hamilton.
I highly recommend you pick up anything by them. "the woods," "one beat" or "dig me out."
"the Woods" is the best thing they've ever done so start there. (plus you'd recognize most of the songs from the Hamilton show).
Janet kicks ass.
PBM
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Ramones
Ben Harper
Fastbacks
Mudhoney
Sonic Youth
Sleater-Kinney
Death Cab For Cutie
I've seen some really great opening bands for PJ. With each passing tour, I'm more and more excited that I got to see Ramones in 1995. I also became a huge fan of Ben Harper due to seeing him with PJ in 1996. The rest of them haven't been as important to me, but I'm as proud as I can be about having gone early and enjoyed their performances.
I think it's part of the intended effect for rock concerts. If you skip the opener, you miss out on something the main act wanted you to experience.
New Orleans 1995
Fort Lauderdale 1996
Atlanta & Birmingham 1998
New Orleans 2000
Tampa 2003
Kissimmee 2004
New York City (x 2) 2008
East Troy (x 2) 2011
Chicago & New Orleans 2013
Hampton, Raleigh, Boston 2016
Baltimore 2020
Louisville 2022
Philadelphia & Baltimore 2024
1998 - X (that was awesome)
2000 - supergrass (i have no recollection of it lol)
2003 - idlewild (i liked their set)
2004 - death cab (liked 'em) / gob roberts (um, tim robbins is a great actor....yeah lol), saw each 3 times
i missed the supersuckers set in vancouver (thanks a lot, damned canadian border!), i would have liked to have seen them.
03 - Buzzcocks
Sleater Kinney
04 - Death Cab For Cutie (yummy)
05 - Sleater Kinney
wish there was more, ill have to wait until 2006
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eleven
mudhoney
fastbacks
sonic youth
sleater kinney
93: six in the clip, urge overkill
96: fastbacks
98: goodness, zeke, x, frank black, sean lennon, wallflowers
00: sonic youth, supergrass, c average
01: alanis, rem
02: brad, steve earle, mudhoney, neo, the who (pj opening)
03: johnny marr, sleater kinney, idlewild, sparta, buzzcocks
04: gob roberts, dcfc
05:sleater kinney, rolling stones (pj opening)
did not include bridge school shows.
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Cheap Trick
Matt Good
Chilies
Most opening acts have been enjoyed from the confines of the beer garden
i'll be seeing them again. that is for sure
1994 - Grant Lee Buffalo (fabulous!!!)
1996 - Fastbacks (missed them due to the worst traffic jam in the history of the Ohio Turnpike :( )
1998 - Iggy Pop (I love Iggy Pop and have seen him before, but he just didn't have it going on at this show)
2000 - Supergrass (they were ok)
2003 - Sparta (not my cup of tea, but my daughter loves them, and they went out of their way to thank her for her enthusiasm ... made her year, so they're alright by me!)
2003 - Buzzcocks (lots of fun!)
2004 - Gob Roberts (bleh), Death Cab for Cutie (good stuff)
2005 - Sleater Kinney (LOVED it!)
2006 - MMJ (I've missed them so far, been at the CCFA benefits ... I've got one more chance in Pittsburgh, I'm determined to see them then)
2006: My Morning Jacket
2004: Death Cab for Cutie, Gob Roberts
2005: Sleater-Kinney
2006: My Morning Jacket (x2)
I liked Sparta, but they got a bad reception in Pittsburgh. Death Cab for Cutie really disappointed me live. The Sovereign Center's sound wasn't that great, but it was pretty bad in my opinion, and I like a few of their songs. MMJ is so much better live than on CD - but again the crowd around me in Camden didn't seem that into them. Definantly check them out again. Sleater-Kinney isn't my thing, but tolerable.
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10.01.04: Reading
07.12.03: Hershey
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