[kj] Openers:

[GREG SLAWSON]

Bad Manners for Desmond Dekker--wait, maybe those were different shows, but equally drool-inducing!
 

> CC: gathering at misera.net

> From: wessidetempest at hotmail.com

> Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 17:15:31 -0500

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Openers:

> 

> 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:

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> > 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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