[kj] Anyway we can get KJ to play Austin's South by Southwest Music Fest ...

[Alexander Smith]

Odd double-bills:

I saw Dwight Yoakam (perma-hatted country crooner/actor) open for  
Husker Du back in the day. Odd, to say the least.

Alex in NYC





On Jan 12, 2008, at 4:33 AM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> Wow, the Ramones opened for Black Sabbath?

>

> Reminds me of Black Flag opening for Venom sometime around 1985.  

> This was years after venom's 1st two, masterful, NWOBHM proto-thrash  

> LPs, and when they had become total wanker cock rock. I remember  

> reading Henry Rollins was embarrassed after the show.

>

> I've always wanted to collect odd double-billings like this.

>

> A couple more that strike me are Mnor Threat opening for PiL, or  

> Minor Threat opening for The Damned.

>

> The drummer of Minor Threat, Jeff Nelson, is selling the flyer that  

> advertised Minor Threat playing w/ The Damned, on eBay, here:

>

> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150202782939&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> LONESTYLE at aol.com wrote:

>> Well The Ramones opened for Sabbath. Talk about getting pelted with  

>> beer cans and other crap. :)

>> ~ LB

>> In a message dated 1/12/2008 12:31:55 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net 

>>  writes:

>>

>>

>>

>>    Early on The Damned did a small support tour for Marc Bolan, circa

>>    1978.

>>    That always struck me as really odd. Not sure how that actually

>>    fared,

>>    though.

>>

>>    -B.

>>

>

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