Best Opening Act You Sat Through .......

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  1. TGH7

    TGH7 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Cleveland
    Billy Joel opening for the Michael Stanley Band-1976/77 at Akron Civic Theatre.

    Billed as co-headliners, if I remember correctly.
     
  2. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    Charlie Daniels Band opening for the New Riders Of The Purple Sage...incredible...they blew away the New Riders...
     
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  3. The Elephant Man

    The Elephant Man Forum Resident

    Probably Rockpile opening up for Van Morrison. Cleveland Public Hall, late October either '78 to '79.
    What a fabulous set by an incredible band!
     
  4. sailingsinkingships

    sailingsinkingships Forum Resident

    Location:
    Wake Forest, NC
    The National and Modest Mouse for R.E.M.
    Dawes opening for Blitzen Trapper.
    Willie Nelson for Bob Dylan.

    The best band I knew nothing about beforehand would be Man Man opening for Modest Mouse.
     
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  5. Peter G

    Peter G New Member

    Location:
    New Jersey
    Marillion open for Rush 9/83 Radio City Music Hall NYC
    Soundgarden open for Voivod with Faith No More 1/90 Ritz NYC
    Joe Satriani open for Stevie Ray Vaughan 8/88 Pier NYC
    Zodiac Mindwarp open for Guns N'Roses 5/88 Felt Forum NYC
    all great shows......
     
  6. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

    Location:
    Levittown. NY
    I saw The Records open for Joe Jackson in 1979; it was a great surprise for me because I only went for a night out (with a free ticket) with a friend who was a Jackson friend. I'd never liked him and still can't stand his music (or voice) to this day. But as a result of that night, those two Records albums (I believe they only made two..??) hold a very dear place in my record "collection".
     
  7. DesertChaos

    DesertChaos Forum Resident

    Ozzy's first solo tour (79 IIRC?), opening the show was Motorhead!
    Rockville opening for Elvis Costello
    Ramones opening for Iggy (Lust for Life tour)...Ramones stole the show completely for me, didn't even stay through all Iggy's set and I was a fan.
     
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  8. rocknsoul74

    rocknsoul74 Forum Resident

    Location:
    Boston
    I remember thinking that Meg White can't keep solid time.
     
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  9. Minstrel Boy

    Minstrel Boy Forum Resident

    Location:
    Toronto
    John Hammond opening for Muddy Waters, 1977.
     
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  10. Turmatic

    Turmatic Forum Resident

    Location:
    Charleston
    Eagles opening for The Rolling Stones at Milwaukee County Stadium...

    Great show:goodie:
     
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  11. Fullbug

    Fullbug Forum Resident

    Location:
    Seattle
    Best opening act I've seen was probably Squeeze, opening for Elvis Costello on the Trust tour. J. Geils for the Stones was good, but the venue was probably too big to really see what was going on. The Clash opening for the Who was really, really disappointing, same with Replacements opening for Tom Petty. Great bands, but both were on the downhill slide by then.
     
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  12. eelkiller

    eelkiller One of the great unwashed

    Location:
    Northern Ontario
    BOC
    Max Webster
    Teenage Head
     
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  13. DPK

    DPK Forum Resident

    Location:
    Southeastern U.S.
    Pegboy opening for Social Distortion
    Tar opening for the Jesus Lizard
    Unrest opening for Superchunk
    Elf Power opening for Guided by Voices
    The Mendoza Line opening for Elf Power
    God's Favorite Band opening for Alice Donut
    Chokebore opening for Samiam
    Prong opening for Sepultera
    Urusei Yatsura opening for The Wedding Present
    Band of Horses opening for My Morning Jacket
    Superdrag opening for Guided by Voices
     
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  14. DaveinMA

    DaveinMA Some guy

    U.K. opening for Jethro Tull in 1979.
     
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  15. auralden

    auralden Forum Resident

    Location:
    Singapore
    Coldplay off their debut album opening for Travis in Singapore.
     
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  16. cboldman

    cboldman Forum Resident

    Location:
    Hamilton, OH USA
    Richard Thompson opening for Crowded House. ( I actually didn't stick around for the main act.)
     
  17. Grunge Master

    Grunge Master 8 Bit Enthusiast

    Location:
    Michigan
    Social Distortion and Sonic Youth opening for Neil Young in 1991 (which was, coincidentally, the year that punk broke).
     
  18. Bhob

    Bhob Forum Resident

    Location:
    Atlanta Ga
    Van Halen opening for Journey. Blew Journey off the stage!
     
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  19. Bhob

    Bhob Forum Resident

    Location:
    Atlanta Ga
    Would’ve loved to see that.
     
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  20. wdiv

    wdiv Forum Resident

    Location:
    Maryland
    (not sure this counts but...) Alice Cooper opening for Iron Maiden in 2012
     
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  21. 131east23

    131east23 Person of Interest

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    gone
    Stevie Ray Vaughn opening for The Who
    Muddy Waters opening for Eric Clapton
    Judas Priest Opening for Foghat
     
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  22. hardknox

    hardknox Forum Resident

    Location:
    Earth
    Roxy Music opening for, ugh, Babe Ruth. Roxy was great; "Country Life" was the current album. I didn't stick around for the Babe.
     
  23. YMC4

    YMC4 EVthing or Nothing

    Location:
    The Valley, CA.
    Metallica opening for Ozzy in...'86, i think ?
    Metallica in the middle of the bill during Monsters of Rock, LA Coliseum...88' ? (people on the field almost getting crushed during their set).

    interesting thing is i've never seen Metallica by themselves despite of it :shrug:
     
  24. Guns ‘n’ Roses blew the Cult off the stage, August 1997

    When I saw ...Trail of Dead about 12 years back they brought along three other Austin bands as openers - Octopus Project, the Black, and The Sword. All three were great, but it was the Sword who really made an impression.
     
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  25. quindembo

    quindembo Forum Resident

    Location:
    Queens, NY
    Some of the more interesting ones:

    Radiohead opening for Belly in 1994
    The Pixies opening for U2 in 1992
    The Fugees opening for Coolio in 1996
     
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