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Never really went to gigs when I was younger, not that many nowadays, but went to see Jurassic 5 at Glasgow ABC. Support was Ugly Duckling and they were outstanding. Never heard of them before but regulars on my playlists now.
Jon Hopkins was support for Plaid many years ago and was way better than the main act. I've seen him 4 or 5 times since.
Terrorvision and The Levellers supporting NMA.
Random Hand supporting King Prawn.
All About Eve supporting The Mission
Liines (not a typo). We saw them at the Ramsbottom festival in 2016, they first on the bill on the middle stage I think. They're brill. See also: Ukepunk.
edit- also Shonen Knife and Captain America at the Mayfair in Newcastle in 1991 supporting Nirvana 😁
Brian jonestown massacre supporting BRMC at Manchester university.
Think I must have seen the same tour but in Leeds and had completely the opposite opinion. BJM were awful. Playing nonsense and the whining in between songs about "why does nonbody like us" and generally being complete victims.
On the other hand, saw The Mooney Suzuki supporting Kings of Leon at Northumbria Students Union in 2005 (maybe). Mooney guys were proper showmen working with the crowd, hanging of light riggings etc.
The Kings of Leon came out on stage, bareley acknowledged the crown and stood completely still. Completely upstaged by their won support act.
Muse supporting Skunk Anansie and Incubus supporting Korn. Both at Rock City in the 00s.
Not so much discovery but...
Nirvana supporting Sonic Youth
Mudhoney supporting Sonic Youth
Hole supporting Mudhoney
A genuine exciting gig was Jacob's Mouse supporting Bleach.
More recently Luke Wright supporting John Cooper Clarke.
HMTLD (Interesting story on them [url= https://www.nme.com/music-interviews/hmltd-sony-parkas-the-west-is-dead-2574264 ]here[/url] - how the record industry tried to shaft them) - can't remember who they supported first time, was at the Joiners pub in Soton - great live. Seen them a few times since.
Funny, looking that up turns out I've seen Fontaines DC live too, (supporting Shame). They were so dull we went to the bar. 6 Musics big hype 😛
More recently Luke Wright supporting John Cooper Clarke
he must have been supporting the good Dr John for a good few years now then, as we saw him on the same bill many years ago.
The Kings of Leon came out on stage, bareley acknowledged the crown and stood completely still.
ah yes, another one that comes to mind for me now, KOL supporting the Music at bridlington spa. they were being hyped at the time but i just didnt 'get' them. ironically i really liked them a few months later when id given them another listen.
Funny, looking that up turns out I’ve seen Fontaines DC live too, (supporting Shame). They were so dull we went to the bar. 6 Musics big hype
aye, you may as well just listen to the records. i do love them, but as you say theres no interraction with crowd at all, no movement, darkish lighting, pretty dull live.
These days (as in over 6 months ago obv) I like to turn up late so maybe catch the last song or two if that. Come on down Workingmen's Club (I think) supporting the surprisingly good live Metronomy. Or Hookworms and the real rockstar vibe live Father John Misty. Actually that must've been two years ago.
BITD too many to remember. Saw Slits/Clash (didn't make that much of an impression), most memorably saw Human League, pre Heaven 17 split, supporting Siouxie ATBs, prob '78. I was impressed by the po-faced synthiness; rest of the audience less so. God knows what else. Had a ticket to see Buzzcocks supported by Joy Division. Should have gone really...
The band supporting It Bites at Aylesbury Civic Centre circa 1986. They were really very good. No idea who they were, mind.
The Standard Lamps-supporting The Who in Leeds
Slaves-supporting Foo Fighters in London
Both great bands very different genres though!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs supporting Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Not jealous at all! Oh no not me 😩
You can be jealous of me too DezB!
Verve (Before they were forced to add ‘The’) supporting The Black Crowes in ‘92. Both bands obviously very different - but at least one member from each band was incredibly stoned.
Saw Elbow supporting a more than a few bands before they really broke Asleep in the Back. Having been to a lot of gigs, its hard to remember the precise lineups of many.
Cashier No’9 supporting Pulp at Hyde Park - but not on the main stage. They were amazing.
@pocpoc I’ve seen BJM too, and it may well have been on that tour. They were shocking.
Ghostpoet supporting Alt-J
Very cool, uber cool.
Skunk Anansie supporting Senser.
Placebo supporting Whale.
Limp Bizkit supporting Korn I think. I know they went very commercial very quickly but they were pretty good. Always remember them coming on and opening up with George Michael's Faith and the bottles flying towards the stage until it got going.
watched metallica at Citys ground last year and was really impressed by Ghost having heard of them but never seen them.
They look a bit gimmicky but its done in a tongue in cheek kind of way and they are consistent to their theme. performance was great to say ttpically the ground was half full and initially most weren't paying attention.
After the god I listened to more of their stuff and was pretty blown away. for a supposedly Satan loving themed band their music is really uplifting. Guitars are pretty fantastic and lots of catchy numbers. became one of ky favourites very quickly and saw them in Leeds last November and was probably amongst the best few concerts I've been to.
For some reason, that song reminds me of REM
I missed seeing the Wonderstuff supporting Motorcycle Boy at the ICA because I was in the bar - regret that one. Motorcycle Boy were good tho, RIP Alex.
Briefly saw Loop supporting PWEI but they were so loud it hurt.
In the opposite way round to the thread title I went to see early Primal Scream supporting Julian Cope. Wasn't a fan of Cope until that night but he was fantastic!
As mentioned on the other support thread
My best has to be Tom Petty supporting Nels Lofgren,
But more recently
I went to see Tracey Anne and Danny at the Brudenell cos they were support for Public Service Broadcasting at the Albert Hall, so I figured they must be ok ( and were really good at both gigs )
It was at their Brudenell gig they had a young singer songwriter as support and that’s how I discovered Carla J Easton... well worth a listen
I originally posted this to the thread that got closed, so here it is in the preferred location for this discussion:
I saw The Heavy at the Liquid Room in 2013. They were supported by a band called The Computers, who were brilliant. I can’t say they outperformed The Heavy, as they were great that night too, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a support act fire up an audience as well as The Computers did that night. They got proper audience participation going and everything, which is an incredible achievement for a band when the audience isn’t actually there to see you and don’t know your songs.
The Slingbacks supporting Carter USM, I don’t think anyone else remembers the Slingbacks but they were bloody awesome. Still love their one album.
Great band, got the album and always enjoy their tracks when they pop up on shuffle play unexpectedly.
I honestly can’t remember if I saw The Slingbacks play live or not, I’ll have to find my folder of setlists and gigs to check.
Just had a dig around on the interwebz for anything on The Slingbacks, and shirleen the singer/guitarist is still living in London and works as an artist/activist...
https://www.shireenliane.com/artist-statement.html
Yeah, this might be uncharitable but I got the feeling she got more out of music and into other arts basically as her voice faded a bit. Like, the Transatlantic Bunnies stuff she did was obviously her but it didn't have the same cut and swagger. Went and saw one of her installations in London just out of curiousity, and had to have a conversation with her that went something like "I know **** all about art tbh, I'm only here because you supported Carter 20 years ago and your vowel sounds can still give me an instant erection"
The Isotopes opening for CJ Ramone.
Tragedy (metal Beegees) opening for Electric Six
Backyard Babies opening for the Wildhearts.
Anyone else been searching Spotify for new music mentioned on this thread? Found some bangers so far.
and had to have a conversation with her that went something like “I know **** all about art tbh, I’m only here because you supported Carter 20 years ago and your vowel sounds can still give me an instant erection”
Way to impress a girl as an opening line! 🤣
I’ll have to try that one...
Or maybe not. 😁