[kj] [kj Support Bands (was Ha)

Wed Nov 1 16:45:56 EDT 2017

SK always felt like a cheap record company buy in, I believe they went on before shootz groove (sp) who were better anyway.

My memory could be wrong of course.

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> On 1 Nov 2017, at 17:25, Nick Scott via Gathering <gathering at misera.net> wrote:
> 
> Skunk Anansie UK tour January 1995 and Heather Nova UK Oct 1994 are the most
> commercially successful artists I have seen supporting Killing Joke.
> 
>> On 01 November 2017 at 17:16 "adrianwason at btinternet.com"
>> <adrianwason at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Treponem Pal were good, I remember seeing Tribazik before I realised exactly
>> who they were, didn't October File support Killing Joke
>> ----Original message----
>> From : gathering at misera.net
>> Date : 01/11/2017 - 16:58 (GMTST)
>> To : gathering at misera.net
>> Cc : andreasmisera at yahoo.de
>> Subject : Re: [kj] [kj Support Bands (was Ha)
>> 
>> Amazing history stuff!
>> 
>> My best memories of opening bands:
>> - Stabbing Westward opening for Killing Joke in Munich, around 1994 or so
>> - Green Day opening for Bad Religion in Seattle in 1993
>> 
>>> Am 01.11.2017 um 17:49 schrieb T.B. <planetary at socal.rr.com>:
>>> 
>>> I've seen a few support bands that at least were really good, some that blew
>>> away the headliner.  Most have been mediocre or at least poor fits for the
>>> main band.  Some memorable examples of both include:
>>> 
>>> Van Halen opening for Y&T in a small club in 1977.  I don't even remember
>>> Y&T, I think we left before their set.  But this was my first time seeing a
>>> live band and this was over a year before Van Halen even released their
>>> first album.  Mind blowing.
>>> 
>>> U2 opening for The J Geils Band in 1982.  Talk about a weird pairing, this
>>> was at the height of the J Geils Band's popularity with the "Freeze Frame"
>>> album and the "Centerfold" single.  U2 had released their 2nd album
>>> "October" and was still a pretty shaky, tentative live band.  I had seen
>>> them once before during the "Boy" tour in '81 and was very surprised to see
>>> them win over the arena crowd who would otherwise never would see such a
>>> "new wave" band like U2.
>>> 
>>> Prince opening for The Rolling Stones at the LA Coliseum in '81.  This was
>>> the infamous show where a pre-Purple Rain era Prince got relentlessly pelted
>>> with trash and shoes throughout his opening set.  The Stones crowd would
>>> have nothing of this skinny black dude dressed in tight leather and fishnets
>>> playing funky dance music.
>>> 
>>> Gary Moore opening for Rush 1984.  My friend and I were huge Gary Moore/Thin
>>> Lizzy fans and Moore rarely toured the US.  So we bit the bullet and went to
>>> this show, enjoyed Moore's set, and when Rush started, went up to the lawn
>>> area and gave our 10th row tickets to a couple who were bummed the sound and
>>> sightlines where so crappy back there.  Made their night, we left.
>>> 
>>> Guns n' Roses opening for The Cult 1987.  I saw Guns n' Roses a bunch of
>>> times either headlining clubs or opening for other bands around this time
>>> but this was by a long stretch their best show supporting their debut album.
>>> The Cult was plugging the "Electric" album and put on a great show but GnR
>>> blew them away and at some point, even Ian admitted during their set GnR
>>> were world beaters.
>>> 
>>> Demolition Doll Rods opening for The Cramps, 2006.  I had never heard of the
>>> Doll Rods before seeing this show.  Absolutely blew me away. There was a few
>>> people in the pit near me drunkenly boo'ing them and I almost threw down
>>> with one guy who wouldn't shut up. This also turned out to be one of the
>>> last  shows The Cramps ever played.
>>> 
>>> Nine Inch Nails opening for Jane's Addiction 2009.  Really should have been
>>> JA opening for NIN.  This was during NIN's "farewell" tour and they played
>>> an awesome set. Janes was doing the reunion with original bassist Eric Avery
>>> and you could tell he was already ready to quit the band.
>>> 
>>> Bands that were perfect fits for each other include Social Distortion
>>> opening for Iggy Pop - 1988, Bauhaus opening for Nine Inch Nails, - 2006,
>>> Motorhead & Dio opening for Iron Maiden - 2003, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
>>> opening for The Jesus And Mary Chain - 2007....
>>> 
>>> As far as support bands for Killing Joke, the only two I remember was Pigmy
>>> Love Circus in 2008 who were forgettable and Amen in 2003 who were laughably
>>> bad.
>>> 
>>> T.B.
>>> 
>>> +++++++++++++
>>> From: Gathering [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On Behalf Of jpwhkj---
>>> via Gathering
>>> 
>>> Top memories of support bands: 
>>> 
>>> Lords of the New Church (the Damned, 1983)
>>> Play Dead & Danse Society (Killing Joke, 1983)
>>> Big Black (Killing Joke, 1986)
>>> Sporadix (Ruts DC, er, 2015 or so)
>>> 
>>> ...doubtless others too.
>>> 
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