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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: openers > closers |
| Date | Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:21:11 -0500 |
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Of course, I'm sure a lot of us have gone to our fair share of shows only to
see the support band. Thinking back --
Frisbie opening for Big Star. And I really enjoyed Big Star -- this was the
first time I saw Frisbie, who I had never heard of before that night.
Twice I've seen Iggy Pop. Both times, an opener took it to him. The first
time it was perhaps the original rock-in-espanol band, Mano Negra, whose
frontman Mano Chao was as wild as the Igster. The second time, The Dickies
stole the proceedings from both Ramones and Iggy.
Those are the first two who come to mind...
Mike Bennett
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>From: Sam Smith <sam@lullabypit.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>CC: audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: openers > closers
>Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:25:49 -0400
>
>Holmes Online wrote:
>>>here's a thread-any opening bands that totally blew away the headliners?
>>>I remember seeing the True Beleivers from Austin open for Guadalcanal
>>>Diary at the Paradise here in Boston 'round 1986 and completely
>>>destroyed.....enough so that the singer from GD said something to the
>>>effect of "how do we follow that?"
>>
>>I recall The Dictators routinely making it impossible for the headliner to
>>follow them (a few times, early-mid 70s). But the vivid
>>wipe-the-stage-clean show was Split Enz nuking a VERY stoned Tom Petty
>>(1982 or 3).
>One of the worst cases I ever saw:
>
>Opener: Superdrag
>Second act: Semisonic
>Headliner: The Refreshments
>
>I gave the Refreshments two songs before leaving.
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