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Bands you've seen that got bigger than the band they opened for?
Posted on 7/12/23 at 1:03 am
Posted on 7/12/23 at 1:03 am
In Nov 1987 at Tipitinas I saw Jane's Addiction open for Love and Rockets. On the ticket it was misspelled as "James Addiction."
In 1990 at Tipitinas I saw Nine Inch Nails open for The Jesus and Mary Chain. Saw them for $1 a few months later too.
In 1990 I saw Alice in Chains open at Tips for someone I cant recall currently. Anyone recall who?
Side note...How awesome was Tipitinas back then? I got to shove Eddie Vedder up to the basketball goal that hung on the cross beam in like 1990 or 91.
In 1990 at Tipitinas I saw Nine Inch Nails open for The Jesus and Mary Chain. Saw them for $1 a few months later too.
In 1990 I saw Alice in Chains open at Tips for someone I cant recall currently. Anyone recall who?
Side note...How awesome was Tipitinas back then? I got to shove Eddie Vedder up to the basketball goal that hung on the cross beam in like 1990 or 91.
This post was edited on 7/12/23 at 1:10 am
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Posted on 7/12/23 at 3:22 am to Jake88
I saw the Scorpions open for Nugent in ‘80.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 4:14 am to Jake88
I can't think of too many examples, certainly not on a major level anyway. I saw Rammstein and Limp Bizkit open for Korn in 1998. Saw Breaking Benjamin open for Godsmack in 2003, and get heavily booed. Don't know if they actually got bigger than Godsmack but it was pretty close. Chevelle opened for Filter and Hank 3 at Bon Fete or whatever it was called in downtown Baton Rouge in 2001. Speaking of Filter, I saw Helmet open for them around 2011 when Helmet was probably the bigger band at that time.
On a smaller scale, I saw Meshuggah open for Ministry on their "final tour" in 2008. Machine Head opened for COC in 1997, and Dying Fetus open for Suffocation in 2004.
On a smaller scale, I saw Meshuggah open for Ministry on their "final tour" in 2008. Machine Head opened for COC in 1997, and Dying Fetus open for Suffocation in 2004.
This post was edited on 7/12/23 at 4:24 am
Posted on 7/12/23 at 6:17 am to Jake88
I don't know about being bigger but back in the 70's to early 80's Mothers Finest routinely blew away the bands they would open for. They were really good live
Posted on 7/12/23 at 7:17 am to Jake88
quote:
In Nov 1987 at Tipitinas I saw Jane's Addiction open for Love and Rockets. On the ticket it was misspelled as "James Addiction."
I still have that ticket.
Guns-n-Roses open for The Cult.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 7:24 am to Jake88
Yes
I saw Billy Joel open for The J Geils Band.
Saw the Doobie Brothers open for Rare Earth.
Saw Hall and Oates open for Loe Reed.
Saw Peter Frampton open for Poco
Saw Santana open for Ten Years After
Saw Joe Walsh open for Robin Trower
Saw Styx open for Exile
...too many more to think of
I saw Billy Joel open for The J Geils Band.
Saw the Doobie Brothers open for Rare Earth.
Saw Hall and Oates open for Loe Reed.
Saw Peter Frampton open for Poco
Saw Santana open for Ten Years After
Saw Joe Walsh open for Robin Trower
Saw Styx open for Exile
...too many more to think of
Posted on 7/12/23 at 7:51 am to Jake88
Maiden opened for .38 Special
Posted on 7/12/23 at 8:43 am to Cdawg
quote:
Guns-n-Roses open for The Cult.
Saw Guns N Roses open for The Cult at the Saenger and then
The Cult open for Guns N Roses.
Full circle!
Posted on 7/12/23 at 10:16 am to Jake88
Guns and Roses opening for Love and Rockets Indy
REM open for The Afghan Whigs Louisville
ACDC open for Ronnie Montrose...my first show...I am old.
REM open for The Afghan Whigs Louisville
ACDC open for Ronnie Montrose...my first show...I am old.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 10:19 am to Jake88
quote:From about 86 to 92, I saw some awesome shows there including The Ramones twice. My memory is cloudy and I wish I had kept my stubs, but I think my list from there is:
How awesome was Tipitinas back then?
Ramones x 2
Hoodoo Gurus
Guadalcanal Diary
The Connells
Posted on 7/12/23 at 11:22 am to AlxTgr
Leppard opening for Billy Squier
Posted on 7/12/23 at 11:36 am to Jake88
86-87 GNR opened for Motley Crue.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 12:18 pm to Jake88
I saw Nothing But Thieves open for someone at The Varsity. I can’t even remembers who the headliner was. Maybe Mutemath?
Posted on 7/12/23 at 12:55 pm to Jake88
Super jealous of your list. I wish I could have seen NIN with Jesus and Mary chain and Pearl Jam at Tipitinas. I think I only made it to Tipitinas once to see Dinosaur Jr.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 1:13 pm to STigers
I saw RATT open for Billy Squier and then years later saw Bob Jovi open for RATT.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 1:21 pm to Jake88
Tame Impala opened for MGMT
Posted on 7/12/23 at 1:37 pm to Jake88
Is Radiohead bigger than REM?
if so, that is my answer
if so, that is my answer
Posted on 7/12/23 at 1:56 pm to rondo
quote:
Is Radiohead bigger than REM? if so, that is my answer
By a pretty large margin.
Edit - I retract my statement. Didn’t realize REM has sold 90 million albums in their career. Not a lot of up-to-date statistics on Radiohead, but I saw an estimate of 47 million. I wonder if Radiohead releasing a few albums during the streaming era influences that.
Still though, Radiohead can still headline large festivals and produce a tour of sold out large venues. Not sure REM would have that pull.
This post was edited on 7/12/23 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 7/12/23 at 2:11 pm to StringedInstruments
saw Incubus and Sysetm of a down open up for the Phunk Junkeez in Lafayette before they made it big
Posted on 7/12/23 at 2:17 pm to jer0009
Less Than Jake opened for Bon Jovi
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