(They werent expected to but outperformed pretty much everyone, bar Queen, on a day when the whole world witnessed that most 'popular' bands were awful live).
Squeeze. Supported Dr Feelgood at the Hammersmith Odeon late 77/early 78. They were great, but I must admit that the Feelgoods blew them away - original line up!
[quote][cite]Posted By: Leroy Ambrose[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: World of Woe[/cite]Already been mentioned... but Sepultura supporting Sodom at the Marquee was awesome... Sodom were and still are a great band, but on the day there was only going to be one winner... Metallica supporting Metal Church at the Marquee, or Downset supporting Biohazard.... nearly as painful as the mighty Napalm Death supporting Obituary... ouch.
Haven't been on here for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages..... this one was too good to miss though[/quote] Obituary are a killer live band - but chucking Napalm Death on the bill underneath them in the UK was a mistake. This was the show at the Astoria you're referring to, right?[/quote]
Yeah thats the one.... had torn a muscle in my ankle playing football and was strapped up from toe to my knee, spent the entire time laying waste to the pit whilst on my mates shoulders... Campaign for Musical Destruction if I remember rightly.... Saw Obituary recently support Amon Amarth... and they did nothing for me, which was a shame as I was really loooking forward to it :o(
[quote][cite]Posted By: Red5[/cite]Quo at Live Aid!
(They werent expected to but outperformed pretty much everyone, bar Queen, on a day when the whole world witnessed that most 'popular' bands were awful live).[/quote]
Yes agreed!!!! Except the Queen bit 'cos I hate queen!!
I tend not to watch support bands but Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers were very good - I think it was Tina Turner. One of my best gigs of all time Tom Petty in a small venue in Chicago.
Dire Straights supporting The Who - Lewisham Odeon.
Chas n Dave (plus others) supporting Led Zep - Knebworth.
U2 supporting someone i cannot remember - London
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Were actually 3rd on the bill to L7 & Godflesh.
The place erupted when they played Negative Creep. They were supposed to be on for 35mins but did nearly an hour.
Loreena McKennit supporting Mike Oldfield
Metallica supporting Metal Church at the Marquee, or Downset supporting Biohazard.... nearly as painful as the mighty Napalm Death supporting Obituary... ouch.
Haven't been on here for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages..... this one was too good to miss though[/quote]
Obituary are a killer live band - but chucking Napalm Death on the bill underneath them in the UK was a mistake. This was the show at the Astoria you're referring to, right?[/quote]
Yeah thats the one.... had torn a muscle in my ankle playing football and was strapped up from toe to my knee, spent the entire time laying waste to the pit whilst on my mates shoulders... Campaign for Musical Destruction if I remember rightly....
Saw Obituary recently support Amon Amarth... and they did nothing for me, which was a shame as I was really loooking forward to it :o(
(They werent expected to but outperformed pretty much everyone, bar Queen, on a day when the whole world witnessed that most 'popular' bands were awful live).[/quote]
Yes agreed!!!! Except the Queen bit 'cos I hate queen!!
Paul McCartney and Elton John 'supporting' Pink Floyd at Knebworth.
Terraplane supporting Twisted Sister at the Lyceum. (far better live than on record)
Slade halfway down the bill at the Reading festival
Foals were awesome too supporting Blur, Hyde Park last year.
Was looking forward to The Enemy but they pulled out last minute
Joe Strummer supporting The Who at Wembley Arena in 2000 (?)
as for the other Thread.........couldn't think of a bad gig that i'd been to, but then I don't go to that many.
Chas n Dave (plus others) supporting Led Zep - Knebworth.
U2 supporting someone i cannot remember - London
Ted Nugent supporting Judas Priest.
Lemmy + others supporting Girls School (though to be honest I didn't go to watch them for their musical abilities)
thats more like it
great support band i think their first album was bellybutton or something ridiculous like that
thats more like it
great support band i think their first album was bellybutton or something ridiculous like that[/quote]
I was there that day too. If my memory serves me right Blondie and Hothouse Flowers were the other bands on stage.
I couldn't agree more NLA. Jellyfish were absolute class and Bellybutton would be in my all time top 10 albums.
SummerXS: Also on the bill: Jesus Jones and Roachford: Oh dear!
I brought BellyButton on the strength of their performace - great album... "she still loves him".