saw that tour myself. they were pretty awesome. I had no idea who they were, and they just turned a crowd who mostly didn't know them right on their ear. amazing.
also... The Fluid opening for Mudhoney. The Fluid were criminally under rated. So great.
I went to a gig that had Horace Andy w/ DJ support from the Mad Professor as the headline. They were pretty good, but the support act, which actually followed Andy were amazing; a band called the Soothsayers.
According to youtube comments, the horn section is now doing the FELA musical @ the Barbican. One of the highlights of their set was an afrobeat track that included an interpolation of the Outkast Spottieottiedoppielicious horns.
Mad Professor liked 'em as he (and Quantic) have remixed the above youtube track.
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In 1977, I saw Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers open for Nils Lofgren at the Liverpool Empire. Petty & co blew Nils into the Mersey.
I'm sure I've seen a few support acts turn over the headliner since then, but none have stayed with me to quite the same extent as that.
I must say, y'all have seen some incredible shows. I remember at the second Lollapalooza, Ministry did quite a bit to steal the RHCP's closing thunder.
Also went to another concert, maybe a different Lollapalooza, where about half the place emptied right after Hole finished and Sonic Youth went on. I thought it was strange that so many people weren't even curious to see the headliner. I understand that traffic is a bitch after a concert, but damn.
I saw the Laughing Hyenas opening up for Killdozer and when they were done most of the crowd flocked around the bar, talking to each other about what amazing thing they had just witnessed while the main act supplied the background music.
My dad once told me a story from about 1968 or so, when he and some friends got free tickets to a Vanilla Fudge show. He wasn't a big fan, but he went anyway. The opening act that day was a group none of them had heard of called Led Zeppelin. Most of the audience apparently didn't pay much attention, but my dad's little group (all musicians themselves) was so impressed that they didn't even bother to stick around for Vanilla Fudge.
Casual and Cali Agents (although it was when they split up and were doing their own solo things) both killed it prior to Pharcyde minus Fat Lip... i guess about 10 years ago?
However Casual's actual CD was nowhere near his performance live and was kinda meh.
In my humble opinion, I thought the local SF DJ's (Hakobo+Guillermo) were better than Dam Funk and PB Wolf at a show I saw last month. Dam Funk and PB Wolf played some gems (45's), but I was feeling the opening act far more in this case. They was fonky.
I remember seeing Rage Against The Machine open for House Of Pain right when the first album came out. Still one of the best live performances i've ever seen.
I remember seeing Rage Against The Machine open for House Of Pain right when the first album came out. Still one of the best live performances i've ever seen.
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Saw Santana open for Crapton at the LA Forum.
Maybe Crapton just sucks and it took me a while to figure it out.
stripjoint.
saw that tour myself. they were pretty awesome. I had no idea who they were, and they just turned a crowd who mostly didn't know them right on their ear. amazing.
also... The Fluid opening for Mudhoney. The Fluid were criminally under rated. So great.
According to youtube comments, the horn section is now doing the FELA musical @ the Barbican. One of the highlights of their set was an afrobeat track that included an interpolation of the Outkast Spottieottiedoppielicious horns.
Mad Professor liked 'em as he (and Quantic) have remixed the above youtube track.
I'm sure I've seen a few support acts turn over the headliner since then, but none have stayed with me to quite the same extent as that.
My old band played a couple of shows with them, they were a good band, nice guys too.
Also went to another concert, maybe a different Lollapalooza, where about half the place emptied right after Hole finished and Sonic Youth went on. I thought it was strange that so many people weren't even curious to see the headliner. I understand that traffic is a bitch after a concert, but damn.
what was the name of your band? recordings?
However Casual's actual CD was nowhere near his performance live and was kinda meh.
Angel Rot. We had two 45s and a CD (which was released a few years after we broke up without my knowledge).
I would only stand behind the first 45 at this point, the second one is just OK. The CD was an unfinished album that was not nearly up to snuff, imo.
I remember hearing a lot about that Clash/Who thing in 82. Would have loved to see that tour.
Ditto. At a small club here in Seattle.