i saw this horribly shitty reggae/rap rock band open for flogging molly. the guy just went around screaming the f word. people were polite, but everyone HATED them. saw em twice. almsot got violent the second time

bill clinton open for the rolling stones

I saw Alice in Chains open for Kiss. They got boo'd off the stage. They got all pissed off so the drummer went into some horrid rendition of Beth and then proceeded to tell the crowd to basically fuck off, then they left the stage.

Dude! I LOVE The Coolies! I know the bass player, Jeb Baldwin. He's from my hometown in Illinois.

I saw this Salsa/Rock band open for Iron Maiden a few years back. I was like what the fuck? I think people were to freaked to even boo.


I think the most uncomfortable i've been during an opening act was when I saw that Bonnie Prince Billy as one of the opening bands for Bjork. I mean his music was THE MOST depressing shit I've ever heard. I mean you literally just wanted to kill yourself listening to his shit. It was just him and a autoharp or some weird instrument. Everytime he started a new song the boos got louder and you could hear loud groaning all over.

But I'll give him credit...he didn't act like wuss and stop the show. He kept on doing his thing as if the crowd didn't matter and finished his set. When I read fan reviews of the tour on Bjork's site there were HUGE debates over how much he sucked and "how Bjork fans should just accept him because bjork apparently loves him and booing him is disrespectful to her." This guy was getting booed at just about every show.

That's strange. I would have thought that Bjork fans would be more open minded to esoteric music.

My vote would be for most of the bands who have opened for Rush. They never could seem to get something appropriate. The last time I saw them with an opening act was when they toured with Mr. Big. Pointless.

They were a fun band. Their first album was almost all Simon and Garfunkel covers done in different styles.

Maybe the weirdest club lineup I saw was Daniel Lanois, Scruffy the Cat and 5440 one night in '89. And the odd thing is they played in that order. Should have been the exact opposite.

Well I think suck ass music crosses all tastes and Bonnie Prince Billy's music is waaaay out there.

I'm glad RUSH doesn't have opening bands anymore. You get a longer show. My favorite RUSH opener was Primus and the worst was Tommy Shaw. Shaw was boring as hell.

Let me also say that Smashing Pumpkins opening for KISS at Dodger Stadium was kinda weird too.

Yeah, I've got that one. In fact, I've got their Take That You Bastards! double CD that contains dig..? (the first album you mentioned), Doug (their rock opera) and several bonus tracks not originally released on the vinyl/cassette releases.

I saw the Violent Femmes open for the Grateful Dead.

Are you talking about that Mexican band that sang only in Spanish? I remember them being latin flavored metal. Not my cup of tea but not terrible either.

That dog show that opened for the Beastie Boys late last year....god that was strange...

I can't even remember. I agree they weren't bed but it did little to get me pumped for Maiden.

Gotta add Ted Nugent for Kiss.

So far Kiss seems to have the most ecclectic selection of openers.

Best fit: Grandaddy opening for Coldplay on their Parachutes tour.

Oddest: Dalek opening for MC Paul Barman & Prince Paul. (I hate Dalek).

One that I saw was STP booed off the stage opening up for Megadeth. That show was what got me into STP.

A weird one that I saw was Grace Jones opening up for RUN-DMC.

In '74 I saw KISS open for ZZ TOP. Nobody had heard of them or knew what to expect. When KISS started we all thought, WTF?

Strangest one was at a Dr. Hook concert. The opening band was called CHEESE. It was really just Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show in disguise. When CHEESE was done they went backstage, took off the disguises, changed clothes and came back out as Dr. Hook. Everybody freaked.

In the before they were famous category saw:
Aerosmith open for Lynard Skynard
Bob Seger for Blue Oyster Cult
John Cougar for The Kinks
Rush for Ted Nugent
Van Halen for Black Sabbath

In the surreal category:
The 1974 Homecoming concert at our high school was Journey(pre-Steve Perry) and Styx(pre-Tommy Shaw), in the high school auditorium. We had heard of Styx and I had their last two LPs but had never heard of Journey. The very same night Steppenwolf and REO Speedwagon were playing downtown. Me and everybody I knew went to that instead. I remember the teachers trying to talk us into going to the homecoming concert instead because nobody was buying tickets.

In the summer of '75 went to see Loggins and Messina with The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. It was general admission so if you got there early you got right down in front. The show was at a downtown movie theater that was no longer used to show movies, just events. A buddy and I jumped the gun and got there way to early. Nobody else around, deserted downtown on a late sunday afternoon. We rolled a few joints and stood on the street corner smoking, with a view from all angles in case a cop came by. This guy came walking down the street towards us. Long hair, t-shirt, big bells. I thought, "this guy looks familiar, where do I know him from?" He came up to us and asked for a hit off our joint, which we gave him. The entire time I was trying to think of who this guy was. He was a few years older than us so I figuired he must be somebody's older brother or just some guy I had seen around at parties. He went on his way and I forget about it. Finally the doors open and we get right down in the front row. When the lights went out for Ozark Mt. Daredevils the announcer says that The Ozark Mountain Daredevils couldn't make it for some reason I can't remember, and then says, "In their place we have THE FORMER LEAD SINGER OF REO SPEEDWAGON...KEVIN CRONIN!!!!" The lights go up on Cronin with an acoutic guitar and he breaks into "Music Man". I thought" That's who that guy is." True Story.

Smash Mouth opening for N'Sync was kind of strange

That's a great story!