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#43
RGerhart said:
Kind of a random, wide variety:

P.O.D.
Lita Ford
The Henningsens
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Rodney Atkins
Colt Ford
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Forgot one, too. Everclear. And yes, everything you've read about Art Alexakis is true. He's kind of an ***hole. His bass player was pretty cool, though. He was playing a beat up old 4-string Sadowsky jazz bass, and he let me try it out. It was light, resonant, and clearly had some mojo in it.
 
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#45
My band in college opened for BTTLS. John Stanier complemented my drumming. I thanked him and said I disagreed.

My current band opened for the Queers and looks like we'll be doing so again next month.

I think that's it, at least as far as bands that could be considered "known." I've played with plenty of out-of-town/out-of-state/occasionally international bands, but they were all smaller. That wasn't a problem, mind - I had a blast every time and saw some killer bands I would have never been exposed to otherwise.
 
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#46
feterpatch said:
A lifetime ago I opened for quite a few rock acts that were popular in Canada but probably not well known outside my country. April Wine, Kim Mitchell, Prism, Trooper, etc.
Only a couple of international... Nazareth twice, and JJ Cale twice.
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Hey! I know April Wine. Totally excellent yacht rock. Just didn't catch on in the states.
 
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In the past couple of years, pened up for L.A. Guns, Lillian Axe, and some poopy band named Trapt. Also opened up for some larger touring tribute acts.

In high school, we opened up for some groups like Suburban Legends, Mad Caddies, and a bunch of regional bands on tour.
 
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#52
promdates said:
In the past couple of years, pened up for L.A. Guns, Lillian Axe, and some poopy band named Trapt. Also opened up for some larger touring tribute acts.

In high school, we opened up for some groups like Suburban Legends, Mad Caddies, and a bunch of regional bands on tour.
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Wow, I didn't even know Trapt were still around. Takes me waaaay back to my college days. I think they were in that group of post-grunge, nu-metal type bands like Hoobastank, Cold, Fuel, Hinder, etc.
 
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#53
D.A.R.K. said:
Once upon a time, it was standard to have a local on the bill- so many of us older cats got to open for some really well known acts. It shows in that a lot of the listed headliners are like reading a classic rock list. I do wish that was still the standard, but in order to save 100 bucks and a case of beer promoters decided to cut that out, foolishly undercutting themselves and the industry in the long run. I got to open for Killing Joke, Radiators, Concrete Blonde, Tragically Hip, Love Tractor, Connells, Melt Banana, Tackhead, Sneaker Pimps, Blonde Redhead, that's just off the top of my head...
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Love Tractor from Athens? That's a blast from the (early 80s) past.
 
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#54
RGerhart said:
Wow, I didn't even know Trapt were still around. Takes me waaaay back to my college days. I think they were in that group of post-grunge, nu-metal type bands like Hoobastank, Cold, Fuel, Hinder, etc.
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The guys were all nice, except for the singer who was a giant prima-donna piece of poop. Pete was cool to chat with, Brendan and I joked about how he "customized" his ENGL cab by putting a while H and E on it for his name. Chris is true fashion refused to leave the bus and claimed he was going to cancel the show, then complained when it wasn't a packed house.
 

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