Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands

brokensocscene

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Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 03:57 PM UTC #

Be Your Own Pet, with She Wants Revenge

azaghal1981

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 04:34 PM UTC #

Hah that one did come to mind.

I'd do BYOP->sick velvet lineup next friday if I didn't have a wedding to attend.

azaghal1981

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 04:47 PM UTC #

The Velvet lineup is still doable, though.

I'll be the guy all dressed up and feeling all sorts of awkward. :)

Back to the topic at hand:
Masaki Batoh/Helena Espval opening for Damon and Naomi (great on disc but a snoozefest live).

TheREALHunter

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 05:31 PM UTC #

Going to see Muse last year at Merriweather and leaving before My Chemical Romance went on.

azaghal1981

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 05:38 PM UTC #

Pelican toured opening for Thrice recently.

Explosions in the sky typically have great openers (Eluvium, Lichens).

That reminds me; I need to make a few additions to the "snailhook…" thread.

manimtired

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 06:06 PM UTC #

okkervil river opening for the new porns

jpauls20

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 06:20 PM UTC #

Not a fan of death cab..so the franz ferdinand opening for them show at dar a few years back was ridiculous…left after their awesome set

sweetcell

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 06:54 PM UTC #

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
Explosions in the sky typically have great openers (Eluvium, Lichens).

are you saying that EITS are a worse act than their openers? eluvium was sweet, but it's not as if he blew EITS out of the water - i still preferred the headliner. and let's not forget that wedged between them was The Paper Chase, arguably one of the least enjoyable openers i have ever experienced.

Originally posted by jpauls20:
Not a fan of death cab..so the franz ferdinand opening for them show at dar a few years back was ridiculous…left after their awesome set

it was indeed a great set, but death cab put on a very respectable performance afterwards. i too was wondering, after that amazing set, what the hell dcfc would have to come up with to not look lame. FF were still the highlight of the night, but dcfc managed to pull it off.

azaghal1981

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 07:33 PM UTC #

I'm just not too crazy about EITS.

Knew I'd catch shit for that post.

And yes, the Paper Chase were awful.

sweetcell

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 07:44 PM UTC #

nah, not shit… just pointing out a difference of opinion :)

DeathFromAbove1979

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 24, 2008 at 08:37 PM UTC #

Originally posted by TheREALHunter:
Going to see Muse last year at Merriweather and leaving before My Chemical Romance went on.

I did that too!

Also, didn't The Hives just open up for Maroon 5 a few months back?

And agree with DYOP opening for SWR. How sad is it this is gonna be my 4th time seeing SWR. The first 2 times I wanted to see them, Im completely over them.

kosmo

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 05:17 AM UTC #

Sloan before Pete Yorn
Idlewild before Placebo
Nic Armstrong before Bravery
Ash before Saves The Day and The Bravery

PigIron

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 07:02 AM UTC #

Originally posted by kosmo:
Sloan before Pete Yorn
Idlewild before Placebo
Nic Armstrong before Bravery
Ash before Saves The Day and The Bravery

To be fair here, isn't any band going to seem "good" next to The Bravery?

distance

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 07:38 PM UTC #

Originally posted by kosmo:
Sloan before Pete Yorn
Idlewild before Placebo
Nic Armstrong before Bravery
Ash before Saves The Day and The Bravery

didn't ash also open for coldplay back in 02 in baltimore?

i went and saw the flaming lips open for SCI a few years back and left after the lips set. nice to get home @ 10pm even after a 2 hour drive.

gaaaaaaaaah

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 08:13 PM UTC #

Originally posted by distance:

Originally posted by kosmo:
Sloan before Pete Yorn
Idlewild before Placebo
Nic Armstrong before Bravery
Ash before Saves The Day and The Bravery
didn't ash also open for coldplay back in 02 in baltimore?

i went and saw the flaming lips open for SCI a few years back and left after the lips set. nice to get home @ 10pm even after a 2 hour drive.

Who is SCI?
apologies if its obvious

azaghal1981

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 08:25 PM UTC #

String Cheese Incident.

Some girl from college wanted me to go to that show with her.

As much as having a chance with said girl would've been nice, I couldn't put myself through that torture.

gaaaaaaaaah

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 08:34 PM UTC #

Shit.

The Flaming Lips opened for them?

What the hell was wrong with the world for that to happen.

azaghal1981

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 08:38 PM UTC #

They opened for a lot of jambands that year.

moe. and the Disco Biscuits were two others off the top of my head.

gaaaaaaaaah

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 09:34 PM UTC #

I dont see the Lips as a "jamband" type of act. I guess the audiences are somewhat similar, but still. Weird

azaghal1981

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Re: Good bands playing with SHI*TTY headlining bands May 25, 2008 at 11:30 PM UTC #

Both they and ween have been pandering to the jammy crowd and have been regulars on the jamband festival circuit for a while now. A paycheck is a paycheck, I guess.