[kj] [kj Support Bands (was Ha)

Wayne Walker wayneupnorth at hotmail.com
Thu Nov 2 05:12:51 EDT 2017


Skyscraper on the Pandemonium tour were pretty good. I still have one of their albums, Superstate.

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The one I remember supporting KJ was Strange Boutique. They did a great version of Magazines Under The Floorboards.
I bought one of their albums, which I probably listened to twice.

On 1 Nov 2017 17:25, "Nick Scott via Gathering" <gathering at misera.net<mailto: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<mailto:adrianwason at btinternet.com>"
> <adrianwason at btinternet.com<mailto: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<mailto:gathering at misera.net>
> Date : 01/11/2017 - 16:58 (GMTST)
> To : gathering at misera.net<mailto:gathering at misera.net>
> Cc : andreasmisera at yahoo.de<mailto: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<mailto: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<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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