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The opener smokes the headliner!
Ok I wanna know how many of you have seen a concert where the opening act or middle act on a bill has smoked the headlining band.
I can think of a few shows that I've seen off the top of my head.
Gun's n' Roses opening for The Cult back in the summer of '87. This was before Appetite for Destruction had even hit the streets. These guys came out with major attitude and swagger. Many people in the crowd didn't even know who they were at the time (I think my friend and I were the only ones actually cheering them on, no more than 10 feet from the stage), as a result there was some "Get off the stage" and boo-ing going on. The band just flipped the audience the finger and ripped into "It's So Easy". A moment I will never forget.
Whitesnake opening for Motley Crue on the Girls, Girls, Girls tour again in '87. God when I got tickets for this one I couldn't believe the mighty snake was opening up. Sure Motley was a visual spectacle (always are) but WS kicked major ass, not to mention the obvious fact that Vince Neil couldn't hold Coverdale's jockstrap. When Sir.David came out for the encore duet w/ Neil on "Jailhouse Rock", .... enough said.
Saw Tesla trump both Def Leppard and Posion within a year. Although the Lepps were certainly at the top of their game w/ Hysteria at the time, watching the go for the throat "Cumin' Atcha Live" attitude of the band and guitarist Tommy Skeoch's wild front rolls across almost every inch of Leppard's in the round stage set was priceless. As for them opening for Poison well let's just say I saw Warrant give them a serious run for thier money as well so what does that tell you?
I saw a few Blues shows that were quite amazing as well. Otis Rush gave the late Albert Collins a great warm up in the early '90's and one of my favorite shows ever was watching Luther Allison burn up the stage for 90 mins at Jazz Festival opening for the legendary Buddy Guy, who turned in a brilliant 2 hour set of his own in typical Buddy fashion. Sadly this would prove to be one of Allison's last shows as he succumbed to undiagnosed brain cancer a month later. A show that was filmed thankfully and one that will live on in my memory forever.
There may be a few others but that's all I can think of right now, you?
I can think of a few shows that I've seen off the top of my head.
Gun's n' Roses opening for The Cult back in the summer of '87. This was before Appetite for Destruction had even hit the streets. These guys came out with major attitude and swagger. Many people in the crowd didn't even know who they were at the time (I think my friend and I were the only ones actually cheering them on, no more than 10 feet from the stage), as a result there was some "Get off the stage" and boo-ing going on. The band just flipped the audience the finger and ripped into "It's So Easy". A moment I will never forget.
Whitesnake opening for Motley Crue on the Girls, Girls, Girls tour again in '87. God when I got tickets for this one I couldn't believe the mighty snake was opening up. Sure Motley was a visual spectacle (always are) but WS kicked major ass, not to mention the obvious fact that Vince Neil couldn't hold Coverdale's jockstrap. When Sir.David came out for the encore duet w/ Neil on "Jailhouse Rock", .... enough said.
Saw Tesla trump both Def Leppard and Posion within a year. Although the Lepps were certainly at the top of their game w/ Hysteria at the time, watching the go for the throat "Cumin' Atcha Live" attitude of the band and guitarist Tommy Skeoch's wild front rolls across almost every inch of Leppard's in the round stage set was priceless. As for them opening for Poison well let's just say I saw Warrant give them a serious run for thier money as well so what does that tell you?
I saw a few Blues shows that were quite amazing as well. Otis Rush gave the late Albert Collins a great warm up in the early '90's and one of my favorite shows ever was watching Luther Allison burn up the stage for 90 mins at Jazz Festival opening for the legendary Buddy Guy, who turned in a brilliant 2 hour set of his own in typical Buddy fashion. Sadly this would prove to be one of Allison's last shows as he succumbed to undiagnosed brain cancer a month later. A show that was filmed thankfully and one that will live on in my memory forever.
There may be a few others but that's all I can think of right now, you?
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Permalink Reply by STID on -
I am positively moist with anticipation at seeing Kim live, it is this years must see gig and I cannot wait.
You have succeed in whetting my appetite even more.
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Permalink Reply by rockjesus23 on -
I've seen at least 2 shows where this happened. May be more, but these 2 come to mind immediately.
2000 - Lynyrd Skynyrd/ZZ Top in Fort Worth. Skynyrd stole the show completely!! ZZ just aren't what they used to be.
2005 - John Fogerty opening for John Mellencamp. Both were great, but Fogerty stole the show with all the CCR songs & the great guitar playing!!
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