Famous Bands You Opened Up/Played For

[feet_]

Sort of a brag thread. Me myself no one, unless you count dancing in front of a mirror with a tennis racquet thinking I'm playing with Slash...??..

 

[ChrisPatterson]

Well, currently Im playing with an artist (Leah Seawright) that just opened up for Chris Cagle and Bad Company...will be opening for Glorianna in July. And remember the country band Alabama? Their former drummer is playing with us.

 

[Richland123]

The Grass Roots
The Vogues
Pure Gold (from PBS TV)

 

[loend68]

Staind
Tesla
We were the only opener for those shows....most memorable shows of my career.


Shinedown, Korn, Taproot and a couple others where there were a bunch of other bands opening too....
Still fun....

 

[phillybass101]

Don't laugh guys but many moons ago my band opened for a group called Color me Badd in Okinawa Japan. Thay had a hit called I wanna sex you up.

 

[elgecko]

I opened for Steely Dan at the Glen Helen Pavilion on their 1993 reunion tour...kind of.

It was with a college jazz band that played between the bathrooms for the folks waiting to get into the seating/lawn areas before they opened the gates.

 

[Corevalay]

No one will top this...

Vanilla Ice. Yup, when he decided to go metal, we opened for him!

Other bands...
Not really a band but we played the 2nd stage at Surf & Skate festival with Blink-182, Sum 41, New Found Glory
Nevermore
Ill Nino
E-Town Concrete

 

[fireball69696]

korpiklaani (in end april this year), if you heard of them...

 

[bunkaroo]

Through the years...

Kansas (1995)
My Dying Bride (1997)
Angra (2003)
Symphony X (2003)
Overkill (2003)
King's X (2004)

Should have opened for the James LaBrie solo tour in 2010 but it was cancelled last minute due to visa problems for his band. Hoping to get some more choice opening slots when my band's record FINALLY gets finished.

 

[INTP]

I was in a blues trio that opened for Bugs Henderson in 1997 (I think). It was a small-ish club gig, but it was fun nonetheless.

 

[gt96g]

the toasters

 

[ExaltBass]

Kenny Rogers and the First Edition
The Grass Roots
Sha Na Na - (Their rehearsal was like boot camp!)
The James Gang
The New Colony Six (twice, they were from Chicago... great guys, awesome band... big in the Midwest in the late 60s)
Gary Lewis and the Playboys (Carle Radle played my amp!)
Dave Dudley (sittin' in with the band for a weekend back in '71- "Six Days On the Road")
The Classics IV
Crow(Evil Woman)
The Trashmen(Surf Bird)
Looking Glass (Brandi)
Probably others that I can't remember too... after all... it was the 60s & 70s

Other Upper Midwest regional acts too... Flippers, Unbelievable Uglies, Imagine That, The Mystics, many more ... etc. (we were one also)

 

[MtJam]

Edgar Winter

 

[PDGood]

Mother's Finest (at their peak)
Sea Level (Their first gig after the Allman Bros. broke up)
Steam (Sha Na Nah, Hey Hey, Goodbye)
Platters (I think everyone has played with these guys - always hire the backup band)
Johnny Tillotson (50s guy at an oldies show)
Jackie Wilson

More....just can't think of them all

 

[5StringBlues]

Did a couple of Willie Picnics back in the late 90's,can't remember who all was on those shows,certainly Willie.....


George Porter

David Allen Coe

Lucky Peterson and many others on blues festivals.



Edit: Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Copeland

 

[sloasdaylight]

Karnivool
Days of the New
Marcy's Playground
Helmet
Crowbar
St. Vitus
Kylesa

 

[chaosMK]

Prong

 

[jumbodbassman]

The Righteous Brothers, Ben E King, various 50's/60's acts like Del Shannon

 

[jasonplaysbass]

RHCP - 1985

 

[Marial]

Mr Gnome
Zoe Muth & the Lost High Rollers
Lydia Loveless

These are folks pretty well known in their respective scenes but I wouldn't call them huge or famous.

My punk band opened for the Bouncing Souls back in the day.