i liked weta opening for soundgarden. that made me go see them open for other bands who i didnt want to see.

//im so pleased nickelback got so much shit when they were here.

what impresses me is that there exists one single, solitary band on which *everyone* agrees. What I want to know is - who the hell is buying the albums?? Certainly noone I know / speak to / sit next to on the bus..

//who the hell is buying the albums?

George W Bush Voters

hah! I thought that was a gag URL until I read popbitch this morning...

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Yep that night was mayhem... I came out battered and bruised (the mosh pit was so tightly packed and people were stage diving from the front, back and sides!) and my ears ringing and the biggest smile on my face ever. I still remember some guy standing next to me saying to his mate, 'These roadies fucking rock man!'

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3Ds/Nirvana in 92 has to be one of the best openers ever.

google this.

Thanks for that Miss Clean, that was a very cool account!

oh i have plenty of those....

undercarriage opening for filter at the powerstation. do the fuck are these guys? the most generic angst-rock band we could find in auckland at the time? they were dreadful. and what a shit name

savant opening for audioslave at the town hall. if these guys hadnt broken up im sure they'd be opening for scott stapp and loving every minute of it, but auckland had far better bands at the time to share the stage with guys from Rage and Soundgarden (it's the principle, audioslave's music is pretty average, but those guys are legends).

my all-time favourite support band moment was shihad opening for filter in australia, kicking SO MUCH ASS and then richard patrick sneering after filter's first song "those guys may kill us on stage but we've SOLD MORE RECORDS".
dick.

bwahahaha! there is a god! and not the silly one scott stapp is always wailing his salvation to..

brilliant- there's such a sweet irony in covering cities in posters of yourself posteuring all rock-star in front of a mic, only to have absolutely fucking NO ONE (obviously they couldnt give enough tickets away on The Rock) buy tickets

now if only the hotel room he and kid rock had filmed their porno in had exploded 'fight club'-style due to some freakish gas leak, the world would be a better place

That poster was just asking for it.

blasphemy

The Stones were the best thing I've seen in years

And Nickelback were the worst thing I've seen in years

Uhm I saw them iN Wellington. The show was amazing. The music wasn't that tight and didn't have the bite. I hardly recognised IORR because Mick wasn't even singing the high notes in the chorus! Kieth Richards I'm sure is dead. He was playing about 2 seconds behind the rest of the band. I was about 8 rows from the front and there were a lot of times he was playing out of time. Thats why the keys and horn section were so high in the mix.

I did see them on the 40 Licks tour about 5 years ago and they were on form then. Everything sounded like a well oiled machine. Tight, muscular and energetic.

The show though had the most amazing atmosphere and they put on a fun show nonetheless!

well I went to the wgtn show and Charlie was ultra impressive, he holds the whole thing together fucken brilliantly. The guy drives the best moments of the show for me. Like jungle beat, skin slave ship pounding styles. Blank, you're a hard task master, god forbid he'd actually miss a beat or two...
I mean I've seen them in 95 at western springs and have seen heaps of concert footage of them and let's face it, they may be hard pushed to match Die Die Die for sheer excitement in a sweaty little club.
The truth is, the guitaring in the past decade or so of the Stones has got increaingly sloppy onstage, that's partly why they've got a cat on the side of the stage strumming out regular rhythm on an acoustic so Ron and Keith can do their raunchy little bits over it, stuff that may disappoint fans if they heard it alone on certain songs. But Ron surprised me, i thought he'd be pretty sloppy but keith was the one who appeared to be the sloppiest, like a bit too sloppy at times, falling back on his legend..

haha.

yeah, i guess it was just me being a little bit dissapointed. The only other stadium shows I've been to recently were David Bowie and Robbie Williams. I am not realy a fan of Robbie WIlliams at all, but god damn his band were the absolute motherfuckers. David Bowies band were also fucken on it and rocked the stadium.

i reckon the AKL show was just a bad night for Charlie. Seriously, haha. He even caught his drumstick under one of the crash's a couple of times. I have heard from people who went to both that Wellington was a much better performance from the band.

they know how to work the crowd alright. fucken rockstar gods. lovin' it. I don't think they've got alot of years left in 'em though. Some of the songs just had no punch cause the band weren't locked in.

I'm over this. Just my personal account of the night. They didn't seem on. maybe it was just a bad night for them, maybe they have "lost it". who knows. I'm not the type of geek who travels around the world watching them.... though one of those geeks was standing infront on me at the show...and he was greatly dissapointed as well.

"and even though i can't stand Nickleback as much as the next poster on these boards, I thought they were a much better band then the Stones. The Stones, while a fun show, were as loose as fuck. "

This is just a bad comment, Nickleback were bordering on "spinaltapishness" the whole set, although Im glad to here you used up all the fluid in your lighter.

The Stones played a collection of songs that would have to be the strongest set I've ever seen period, they are and always have been a loose band. Keith is a loose rhythm player who is backed up by a one of the smartest (and under rated) pop drummers ever. Tightness and mushushunshup is not a prerequisite for great music, remember punk 101. Admittedly the Stones lost a lot of live dynamic when Mick Taylor left the band & Ronnie is stuck playing other peoples guitar lines, Stadium rock is a bad idea that makes a lot of money fast , Speedway rock (Western Springs,Altamont) is worse and hey theyre getting on, but man that was a lesson in spirit and GREAT SONGS on Sunday Night, Nickleback&cmon dude dont make me cry. I thought you were a man of wealth and taste, well ya know taste at least.

// Nickleback,c'mon dude don't make me cry. I thought you were a man of wealth and taste

haha, buddy, please don't accuse me of enjoying Nickelback. Just cause i think they were a better band on the night, doesn't mean i like them. If i were to say that I thought Goodnight Nurse were a better band then My Life Story would that mean that i had to have liked Goodnight Nurse?

haha. I don't think anybody quite gets what I'm trying to say. so I'll shut up. Just my opinion, however horribly skewed it is.

Apparently during Sympathy for the devil in Wellington, everybody in the stadium was woo woo'ing and it was incredible. The vibe was so lame at western springs that I couldn't hear a single person woo woo'ing. The hardcore fan in front of me who was following the stones around the globe was bummed out at seeing such a bum show.

ah well. Midnight Rambler and Paint it Black were awesome.

this is a forum about best opening act, not my warped opinions on old timers and their drumming skillz.