Horrible Lineups

Joel S. · #1 02-10-2009, 11:44 AM

So, what's the worst lineup you've been a part of? I've heard of a few bands being pop playing with punk bands, or a modern rock playing with metal bands, etc.

Played a gig in my prog rock band with a dark rock band (not metal, just dark creepy sounding rock), pop metal, and a band that you'd hear as hold music for an insurance company.

We were so excited to be there we're contemplating canceling our next gig at the venue.

StyleOverShow · #2 02-10-2009, 11:50 AM

Happened to a friend of mine, a drummer. He plays with "Very Be Careful" a world-music type band doing Columbian cumbias. They were in Europe doing a tour arranged by some nimrod. Showed up at a German pub that had metal written all over it. As they were setting up the crowd starting shouting for them to leave and the bar manager eventually came over and paid them half the show wages and asked them to leave 'before there will be trouble'. Considering the band name, they took the euros and ran.

-richard

Jehos · #3 02-10-2009, 12:26 PM

Primus opening for U2. I think that takes the cake.

Sorry to the op, but if you think that prog rock, dark rock, and pop metal are a bad mix, you really need to expand your musical horizons some. Colombian world music in a metal bar--*that's* a bad combo.

Phalex · #4 02-10-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Jehos

Colombian world music in a metal bar--*that's* a bad combo.

I was in a band that could best be described as a "variety" band back in the early 90's. Did a lot of 60's hippie music, lots of blues, and a little Sheryl Crow and Mellisa Etheridge thrown in for good measure.

We got booked into a very large club that was apparently heavy metal on every weekend except the weekend we were booked there. The audiance was less than enthusiastic, and the guitar player at the time damn near got us into a fight with the whole bar. In retrospect it was kinda fun.....

guitar ed · #5 02-10-2009, 12:58 PM

Back in the '70's, for those of us who (sort of) remember them... The Dead and The Who, same show.

edg

Joel S. · #6 02-10-2009, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Jehos

Primus opening for U2. I think that takes the cake.

Sorry to the op, but if you think that prog rock, dark rock, and pop metal are a bad mix, you really need to expand your musical horizons some. Colombian world music in a metal bar--*that's* a bad combo.

My usual reply to the question "so what type of music do you guys play" is "umm..." Progressive Rock is probably a misnomer when describing us. And trust me, I don't need to expand my musical horizons.

The first two bands were the closest in sound... and that's being nice.

Joel S. · #7 02-10-2009, 01:52 PM

oh, I saw Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings a few months back, and their opener was the Ivan Milev band. Weird combo that worked really well.

ACDC969 · #8 02-10-2009, 02:38 PM

Judas Priest Opening For Areo Speedwagon

emor · #9 02-10-2009, 03:20 PM

Billy Preston opening for Grand Funk

(one of these things is not like the other...)

TheGrizz · #10 02-10-2009, 08:22 PM

My band (see sig) was put on a bill with like 10 hardcore,metal, and grindcore bands. We normally wouldn't have played a show like that, but the money was right. The crowd was actually pretty cool and responded to us well. Although watching people mosh and hardcore dance to us was weird we made the best of it haha. We even sold a decent amount of merch.

I guess you shouldn't judge a crowd a face value.

rcarraher · #11 02-10-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by StyleOverShow

Happened to a friend of mine, a drummer. He plays with "Very Be Careful" a world-music type band doing Columbian cumbias. They were in Europe doing a tour arranged by some nimrod. Showed up at a German pub that had metal written all over it. As they were setting up the crowd starting shouting for them to leave and the bar manager eventually came over and paid them half the show wages and asked them to leave 'before there will be trouble'. Considering the band name, they took the euros and ran.

-richard

The absolute all time worst match up had to be back in like '73 Black Sabbath opening for Steely Dan. Now who thought that tour up, and which McDonalds is he working at now?

nitrofix · #12 02-11-2009, 07:47 AM

Rush opening for Bob Seger back in either 75 or 76...It was the first time I saw Rush live and have been hooked ever since, I made it through about 2 Seger songs before I left..After seeing Rush I couldn't handle anything Bob was doing....

Mcfunkinstein · #13 02-11-2009, 08:42 AM

i was at a local punk show but the first two bands had no reason to be there the first was a thrash/grindcore like band and the next was a "hard rock" band i felt bad cuz no one was even on the floor for either of them bleah but the next three bands were amazing and the bassist for one of them is a tb'er too and from the experience at the show me and my friend decided to get the same three good bands who belong together to put on another show ha alright

tomzilla23 · #14 02-11-2009, 08:46 AM

One of the death metal bands i was in played with a ska band once and that was pretty bad

Jake of Bass · #15 02-11-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Jehos

Primus opening for U2. I think that takes the cake.

Sorry to the op, but if you think that prog rock, dark rock, and pop metal are a bad mix, you really need to expand your musical horizons some. Colombian world music in a metal bar--*that's* a bad combo.

+1 right there.

Joel S. · #16 02-11-2009, 09:29 AM

Crazytown at Ozzfest

wellshuxley · #17 02-11-2009, 09:32 AM

As a wee lad I played in a rather bubbly pop band with mostly female teenage fans, often younger than that. I convinced the other guys to let a band from my high school (a Raleigh, NC band that now has a good bit of "indie cred") open a show in front of 500+ and it was a disaster. The front man ended up chugging whiskey from a Gatorade bottle on stage, hurling his acoustic guitar offstage mid-song, knocking drums and drum mics over, yelling obscenities (direct quote: "this song's about getting ****ED UP!!!"), etc. Needless to say it didn't go over well with the tweenies, not to mention their parents.

Phalex · #18 02-11-2009, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by wellshuxley

As a wee lad I played in a rather bubbly pop band with mostly female teenage fans, often younger than that. I convinced the other guys to let a band from my high school (a Raleigh, NC band that now has a good bit of "indie cred") open a show in front of 500+ and it was a disaster. The front man ended up chugging whiskey from a Gatorade bottle on stage, hurling his acoustic guitar offstage mid-song, knocking drums and drum mics over, yelling obscenities (direct quote: "this song's about getting ****ED UP!!!"), etc. Needless to say it didn't go over well with the tweenies, not to mention their parents.

I'd buy tickets to see that!

Vanceman · #19 02-11-2009, 10:09 AM

I saw Ace, they had a song called "How Long", which, I think, can be found on the Soft Rock cd's being sold on tv by 2 guys from Air Supply, open for Blackmore's Rainbow back in the mid 70's. The crowd hated them!

Joey3313 · #20 02-11-2009, 10:39 AM

One show we were trying to get together around here was:

Pop-punk opener
Rap trio
Metalcore band
Metal band

Needless to say, it didn't get off the ground, which is probably for the best.