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re: Did You See A Band Perform Before They Got Big?
Posted on 1/23/25 at 10:01 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/23/25 at 10:01 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Beginning in 1970 until now so many I've lost count. Notables- Linda Ronstadt, the Allman Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, James Brown (I was 10 years old, and daddy would have killed my older cuz if he had known), Little Feat (no, they never got really big, but only those with the best tastes even deserved to like them).
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Posted on 1/24/25 at 12:47 am to SaintlyTiger88
Muse. They’ve since sold out Wembley.
In 2000, attracted by their album “Showbiz”, me and a couple dudes showed up at the old Cotton Club in ATL for a 99X show. No one showed up so the doorman let us in for free, crediting 99x for the tickets.
Small place. Single floor, bar in the back, stage was a small, maybe an 8’10’ half moon kinda deal. There was no more than 30 people in that room. At the time, I knew damn well Showbiz was a fantastic album and these dudes were headed for bigger things. It was astounding to me so few people showed up.
Unfortunately, thanks to many bottles of Red Stripe from the bar, we didn’t make an effort to meet the band after the show. Regardless, it’s by far the show I can look back on and be surprised to this day.
Showbiz is STILL a solid album.
In 2000, attracted by their album “Showbiz”, me and a couple dudes showed up at the old Cotton Club in ATL for a 99X show. No one showed up so the doorman let us in for free, crediting 99x for the tickets.
Small place. Single floor, bar in the back, stage was a small, maybe an 8’10’ half moon kinda deal. There was no more than 30 people in that room. At the time, I knew damn well Showbiz was a fantastic album and these dudes were headed for bigger things. It was astounding to me so few people showed up.
Unfortunately, thanks to many bottles of Red Stripe from the bar, we didn’t make an effort to meet the band after the show. Regardless, it’s by far the show I can look back on and be surprised to this day.
Showbiz is STILL a solid album.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 5:19 am to wareaglepete
I swear I was there too, but didn’t know anything about them. Was that during winter quarter 1991 in the white house across the street from the Amsterdam Cafe?
Posted on 1/24/25 at 5:22 am to SaintlyTiger88
Eddie Brickell & the New Bohemians in front of less than 10 people at the Theater Gallery.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 12:22 pm to RoscoeSanCarlos
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I swear I was there too, but didn’t know anything about them. Was that during winter quarter 1991 in the white house across the street from the Amsterdam Cafe?
Pretty sure that’s the house. Went there a few times. It was summer 91. I stayed for summer my first year to establish residency.
Even after talking to my buddy, I was never really sure it was Green Day until this article came out years later.
That time Green Day played a house show in Auburn.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 2:32 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Evanescence at the Cajun Heartland State Fair in Lafayette in the early 2000's. "Bring Me to Life" had just been released on the radio and they were promoting the record. I just remember how insanely good Amy Lee's vocals were. And also, the sound cut out during "Bring Me to Life" which was their last song and everyone had been waiting for it, they kept playing, the sound came back on at the end of the song... crowd is pissed and starts chanting "play it again!" but they did not. was kind of lame.
12 Stones in Mandeville at some outdoor amphitheater around the same time. "Broken" had just been released and started getting radio play.
12 Stones in Mandeville at some outdoor amphitheater around the same time. "Broken" had just been released and started getting radio play.
Posted on 1/24/25 at 3:37 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I've seen a bunch of prog rock bands before they made it big, big being a relative term for prog rock.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 8:50 am to Saint Alfonzo
Saw GunsRoses on their initial tour after they released Appetite. They were opening for Motley Crue, Nov of '87. Album had not hit it big yet. A couple of folks from school had also gone and we all thought they were fabulous.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 10:12 am to deltadummy
WSP
311
DMB
Tyler Childers
Billy Strings
These stand out as bands I all saw at clubs or festivals before they started being bigger rooms.
311
DMB
Tyler Childers
Billy Strings
These stand out as bands I all saw at clubs or festivals before they started being bigger rooms.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 12:04 pm to Prosecuted Collins
Rage Against the Machine at Lallapalooza. They opened that year it was either in 93 or 94.
Posted on 3/25/25 at 3:55 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Saw No Doubt open for Public Enemy at the Varsity in 1992. I remember thinking "This band is OK, but the chick singing is cute"
Posted on 3/25/25 at 5:28 pm to SaintlyTiger88
REM at the saenger 11/19/85
19 November 1985 - Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Pilgrimage / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Swan Swan H / Gardening At Night / 7 Chinese Bros. / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / Radar Love / I Can't Control Myself / We Walk - Falling In Love Again / See No Evil / Little America / Tired Of Singing Trouble
encore 2: Toys In The Attic / The Wayward Wind / Skip A Rope / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
19 November 1985 - Saenger Theatre, New Orleans, LA
support: 10,000 Maniacs
set: Feeling Gravitys Pull / Harborcoat / Pilgrimage / Maps And Legends / Fall On Me / Driver 8 / Green Grow The Rushes / Sitting Still / So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) / Swan Swan H / Gardening At Night / 7 Chinese Bros. / Can't Get There From Here / Auctioneer (Another Engine) / Old Man Kensey / Pretty Persuasion / Life And How To Live It
encore 1: Second Guessing / Radar Love / I Can't Control Myself / We Walk - Falling In Love Again / See No Evil / Little America / Tired Of Singing Trouble
encore 2: Toys In The Attic / The Wayward Wind / Skip A Rope / (Don't Go Back To) Rockville
Posted on 3/26/25 at 8:26 pm to cgrand
Alabama at Hamel’s Park, Shreveport.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 10:05 am to SaintlyTiger88
Lots of fortunate folks here.. 
This post was edited on 3/27/25 at 10:06 am
Posted on 3/27/25 at 8:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Saw John Cougar and the Zone open for KISS in Pine Bluff, AR in the late 70s.
Posted on 3/27/25 at 9:33 pm to LSUScores
Incubus open for 311 in ‘97
SOAD at varsity open for Incubus in ‘98 - we were like what the F is this? It’s awesome. Blew us away
SOAD at varsity open for Incubus in ‘98 - we were like what the F is this? It’s awesome. Blew us away
Posted on 3/28/25 at 3:42 am to SaintlyTiger88
KIX - Saw them at least a dozen times at several different venues prior to their debut album in '81.
Billy Squier - When he was still with a band called Piper & warmed up for KISS
Billy Squier - When he was still with a band called Piper & warmed up for KISS
Posted on 4/3/25 at 12:26 pm to RoscoeSanCarlos
Eddie Brickell & the New Bohemians
Except they were called the New Bo's by Dallasites back then. Edie didn't get star billing until their album release by Geffen, I think it was.
Another group that you could catch playing in Dallas bars and restaurants in the 90's were The Dixie Chicks, the original group that was four Chicks instead of three.
Except they were called the New Bo's by Dallasites back then. Edie didn't get star billing until their album release by Geffen, I think it was.
Another group that you could catch playing in Dallas bars and restaurants in the 90's were The Dixie Chicks, the original group that was four Chicks instead of three.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 1:44 am to LSUScores
I was at that show. If I remember correctly, it was the guitar player's birthday. Cougar thanked "the boys from KISS" for letting them open.
Posted on 4/4/25 at 6:07 am to SaintlyTiger88
The Fabulous Thunderbirds at The Chimes and Divinyls at a live music club in Southdowns are all I can think of at the moment.
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