[kj] Openers:

[Wessidetempest]

Memorable
Cheap Trick 1978-9 opening for Kiss
Meat Beat Manifesto got NIN
Shellac for Fugazi
Celebrity Skin for PTV
Dickies for Gwar
Carter the unstoppable sex machine for EMF
Motörhead for Wasp

The ones that suck aren't worth mentioning because I cannot think



On Dec 3, 2010, at 11:38 AM, fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com> wrote:


> Memorable support bands I'd never heard/seen before seeing them open for someone else:

> 

> Blonde Redhead (opening for Interpol)

> Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (opening for Killing Joke)

> Then Jerico - now bear with me here, they did the support circuit for years & I saw them many times as a support before they made it big & were truly excellent live (opening for Iggy pop)

> The Bolshoi (opening for Psychedelic Furs I think..?)

> 

> Pleasant unadvertised surprises:

> Wolfgang Press (opening for Nine Inch Nails)

> Meat Beat Manifesto (opening for PWEI)

> 

> A good friend of mine once saw Hendrix who opened for Cilla Black!

> Saids that was somewhat strange as the audience were so divided.

> 

> Memorable bad ones:

> Strange Boutique - opening for Killing Joke

> Faith Brothers - opening for Spear of Destiny

> Crazy Head - opening for erm, I dunno. Possibly Julian Cope.

> Peter Andre - Opening for [deep breath] Tina I-just-shat-myself-Turner (it's a long story & believe me was an even longer day from which I'm still scarred...) 

> 

> 

> On 3 Dec 2010, at 10:50, Alexander Smith wrote:

> 

>> 

>> Memorable support bands I'd never heard/seen before seeing them open for someone else:

>> 

>> Good:

>> The Secret Machines (opening for crappy Interpol).

>> The Volcano Suns (opening for The Wedding Present)

>> The Dwarves (opening for FEAR)

>> Pulp (opening for Blur)

>> 

>> Bad:

>> Far, far, far too many to cite.

>> 

>> Alex in NYC

>> 

> 

> 

> 

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