opening bands on tours: ever discover anything you like?

[Choose Bronze]

i dont know about you,maybe its just me being pessimistic but what are the chances that an opening band is going to blow you away or really peak your interest? i havent found many that have.

have you ever gone to a show not knowing who the openers were and after they played you went over the merch table and picked up a record?

what were those bands?

mine:
Park
Northstar
Drumkan
& as of recent due to the He Is legend tour

Paulson.

what are your bands?

[hairsprayqueen]

i didnt buy a record but i really liked the subways..

[ohsolovely]

i saw valencia with boys like girls last november. they actually played after them, but i had no idea who they were or that they were even playing. they're pretty much my favorite band ever now and i don't know how i ever lived without them. in fact, that's how i found out about most of my favorite bands.

[Carlo Marx]

lux courageous was decent when they opened for hot rod/say anything/straylight run a few years ago.

[Choose Bronze]

lux courageous was decent when they opened for hot rod/say anything/straylight run a few years ago.

i got that bands EP for free when i ordered the Northstar DVD.

its nothing special but i liked it.

[Carlo Marx]

i got that bands EP for free when i ordered the Northstar DVD.

its nothing special but i liked it.

they were a sad replacement for northstar. not only did they drop off the tour right before coming to my town, but they went and broke up immediately after. i never did get to see northstar live.

[mcr_fob_aarx3]

Uhm.

This Providence/This Is Me Smiling opening for The Hush Sound (which I heard at Bamboozle when I went to see FOB/AAR)

Madina Lake @ Projekt Revolution (Went for MCR and LP)

Jet Lag Gemini opening for Patent Pending (summer crush tour)

Probably more, just cant think of it right now...

[valencourt]

lots of bands I've seen as openers have gotten big since then. I saw Brand New open for Dashboard (christ, before DC was even big at all). Brand New are one of my faves now.

saw Minus the Bear open for Straylight Run. And two or three years later, they're one of my favorite band, if not my favorite.

I also saw the following as openers and really liked them:
Classic Case
Mutemath
I Am The Avalanche
this is hell
DESA
the honorary title

and alot more

[noselove]

Sophomore when they came with SOTY

[thursday727]

I didn't like Mewithoutyou until i saw them open for Thursday.

[mattybobviously]

Steel Train
Animal Liberation Orchestra
The Early November
Anathallo

[hailthewarrior]

Mute Math for Mae
Anathallo for Underoath (festival, not a real tour, but still)
The Fold/Jonezetta for Emery/Anberlin

[guitarhead913]

kaddisfly on take action tour last year
classic crime supporting emery and anberlin

[myenqvist]

i saw Steriogram open for Phantom Planet a long time ago. i didn't buy their CD at the concert, but picked it up a few weeks later. they're still not well-known, but they're pretty interesting. or maybe i just liked them because the other band who opened sucked so hard.

[Smash Adams]

I discovered the format opening for tbs and jew
I didn't really get into them until a year later though

[malinbee]

The Explosion opening for Good Charlotte
Mest opening for Good Charlotte
Sugarcult opening for Good Charlotte
Fall Out Boy opening for Mest
Failsafe opening for Flogging Molly
Twopointeight opening for Bad Religion
The Riverclub opening for Gym Class Heroes
Cobra Starship opening for Fall Out Boy

Also bands I've discovered when I've gone to see the support:
Hot Club De Paris and The Maccabees, both supported by GoodBooks
Dropkick Murphys, supported by The Explosion

So lession learnt today: Good Charlotte is always worth going to see for the support bands!

[recall reality]

DESA


niiice! someone knows who these guys are. awesome dudes, and they put on a good show.

um... off the top of my head: The National, K-OS, Steel Train and Suburban Legends were all pleasent surprises.

[meliisssaaaa]

signal the escape and the receiving ends of sirens

[m_rue]

I saw Say Anything opening for someone and fell in love with their music.

[versus_god]

I picked up the new Cobra Skulls record when they opened for the Mad Caddies.

I loved Supernova after I saw them play an Aquabats show.

I enjoyed Satori's set when they were opening for Mustard Plug.

[noisefloor1989]

The show's not for two weeks, but I've been told by multiple people that Andrew Bird is opening for Bright Eyes when I go, and my friend sent me one of his albums... I enjoii it mucho.

[thee kayleee]

I saw The Dresden Dolls open for Panic! At the Disco and bought Yes, Virginia... immediately.

It was love at first listen. *dramatic sigh*

[Slayer13]

Manchester Orchestra.

I saw them open for Anathallo. It was so awesome! They just kept playing the same generic bull-shit, and played so fucking long that Anathallo couldn't finish their set due to the Sunday noise ordinance!!!

In conclusion, Don't let MO open for anyone, because they've yet to learn what it means to OPEN for a band. Fuck, they're terrible.

[AP_Punk]

Recently I discovered The Last Town Chorus and Jeremy Fisher while they were on tour with The Weakerthans. :thumbup:

[duhpunk]

Valencia
Monty Are I
Powerspace

and this kinda breaks the rules. i went to see the opening band (The Fully Down) and got hooked on Between the Buried and Me afterward.

[duhpunk]

also, Zebrahead

[immorehxcthanu]

we are the fury opening for silverchair

[Smash Adams]

I saw The Dresden Dolls open for Panic! At the Disco and bought Yes, Virginia... immediately.

It was love at first listen. *dramatic sigh*

at least some good came out of you going to a panic! at the disco concert

[duhpunk]

Just Surrender
Madina Lake
Cartel

[thetrueblood]

Manchester Orchestra.

I saw them open for Anathallo. It was so awesome! They just kept playing the same generic bull-shit, and played so fucking long that Anathallo couldn't finish their set due to the Sunday noise ordinance!!!

In conclusion, Don't let MO open for anyone, because they've yet to learn what it means to OPEN for a band. Fuck, they're terrible.

I saw Manchester Orchestra open for Brand New and got really into them. I never like opening bands.

This seems to be a venue/promoter problem rather than a band problem. I'm sure they didn't overplay the time alotted for them (unless they weren't given one) and if it was going to be a problem they could've been cut short.

or just don't go to shows in cities with shitty ordinances like that.

[E-Skeezy]

the snake the cross the crown

[chokeychicken]

anathallo opening for brand new.

[makeasound]

I went to see Autopilot Off opening a show once, and discovered Don't Look Down, Over It, and Yellowcard (who were headlining but I hadn't really heard yet).

The Dear & Departed opening for Eighteen Visions
Dropping Daylight opening for Unwritten Law
Saosin opening for Avenged Sevenfold (back in the A.Green days)
Finch and Something Corporate opening for New Found Glory
Bayside opening for Mest
Fall Out Boy opening for Mest
Acceptance opening for Saosin
Anberlin opening for Sugarcult

There are more, but I'm drawing a blank. And this is random, but Maroon 5 opening for Duran Duran like four years ago.

[TotallyMandy]

Manchester Orchestra & Colour Revolt opening for Brand New
Murder by Death opening for Matt Pryor
Men Women and Children opening for Motion City Soundtrack
Ultimate Fakebook opening for MXPX
Copeland [I don't remember who they opened for the first time I saw them.]

[Anderson]

I've seen plenty of decent support bands that I hadn't heard before the show.

Parkway Drive supporting Shai Hulud,
Artreyu supporting Boy Sets Fire
No Trigger supporting Set Your Goals
Carpathian supporting Parkway Drive
Thunbs Down supporting Boy Sets Fire (I think)
Indecision supporting Sick Of It All
Trail By Fire supporting As Friends Rust

but if a local band is fairly decent I'll usually try and pick up their demo as well.

[takeiteasy_]

I first heard of Kevin Devine after seeing Brand New.

[dbair88]

plain white ts for relient k
boys night out for plain white ts
mae for relient k
melee for bolwing for soup

[MADSTA]

illScarlett opening for AAR
Damone opening for Hedley
Attack In Black opening for Alexisonfire

[zell_limitbreak]

Well during the Across the Great Divide tour in perth the opening band Expatriate had a very unique sound, they recreated the effects very well. And their bassist and drummer were very good

[jkaminallen]

Man Man (Modest Mouse tour)
Damiera and Pierce The Veil (SKSK tour)
YACHT (LCD Soundsystem tour)
The Forecast (MCS Tour)

[DCfreak]

Jonzetta supporting Anberlin
My Chemical Romance supporting Story Of The Year
Biggest two i can think of right now