Concert injustices you've been to?

Situation's common; You go to a concert and the opening band was far too talented/better/influential and winds up thouroughly embarassing the headlining band IYHO (for example, Jimi Hendrix opening for The Monkees).

Mine would be:

Mr Bungle having to open for Incubus and Boy Hits Car, SnoCore 2000 tour. COME on. Incubus was painfully boring RHCP/Faith No More tribute (this was before they went into total pop wussdom) and Boy Hits Car was non-descript fluff. I don't mind that System of a Down headlined the show, but those other two . . . NO.

Neurosis opening for local hardcore favorites Integrity. Unbelievable. Don't get it whatsoever. I don't care HOW long Integrity has been around, you just don't follow Neurosis under any circumstances. Neurosis laid waste to the place. No need to stick around.

The Melvins opening for Tomahawk. I like most Mike Patton bands, but Tomahawk makes merely average music considering who's in it. And the Melvins shouldn't play second banana to ANYone. Period. Wasn't even a contest.

Helmet opening for Faith No More. FNM didn't get embarassed and put on a great show, but Helmet was better in dynamic, sound, energy and volume that night. I think it was because of the apparent tension between Jim Martin and the rest of the group and as I understand, he left the band soon after. Two bands that thousands of others owe their careers to, and I saw them on the same night.

Every band that preceded the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lollapalooza 1992. My first and last Chili Peppers show. Weak sound, indifferent and obviously high Anthony Keidis, non-energetic show, total disappointment. Among the acts that blew them away that day: Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Ice Cube, Ministry (and they didn't even bust out "Jesus Built My Hot Rod") . . . I even thought LUSH was better than them.

My wife once saw Stevie Ray Vaughn open for Huey Lewis and the News.

with Lollapalooza 1992. Pearl Jam and Ministry blew the headliners away.

Also, Rise Against opening for Alkaline Trio. Now, I like AT, and they were good, but pfft. Not even close.

I'd have loved to see Helmet and FNM. What a great lineup.

I'd also put a vote in for the Beastie Boys opening for Madonna. I didn't actually see one live, but I've seen a couple bootlegs.

I once saw The Roots open for Little Kim. My friends and I left before she got on stage.

Yeah, Roots vs Lil' Breast would be a gross mismatch.

I've left shows after the openers several times, or while the headliner's playing.

If it was Neurosis prior to Souls at Zero then they were a pretty generic hardcore band, and Integrity was a much better straight ahead hardcore/metalcore band. If it was post Souls At Zero, weird, artsy, crazy Neurosis then no band can touch them period and you're right.

It was the musical equivalent of Key Tower falling on a hot dog stand.

That was Neurosis at their peak and Integrity just starting their decline.

Humanity Is The Devil is still a pretty great album in my eyes. But Neurosis is/was just the whole damn package. Such a great band.

Although A Sun That Never Sets was really dissapointing to me.

It's no Enemy of the Sun or Silver in Blood by any means.

Live footage of them at the Relapse 2003 Contamination fest from Philly (which I would have GONE to, had it not snowed like a bitch that week), they played the title track and Stones from the Sky. DAMN, that was cathartic.

In 1974 I went to see Uriah Heep (OK, I was bored) but the opening act was Earth, Wind, and Fire. Talk about stealing the show!

The Beastie Boys went on before Smashing Pumpkins, and stole the show. . The Pumpkins, who by far are one of the worst live acts out there (they are a studio band, IMO) couldn't compare.

Whining Billy and his Morose Band of Drug Addicts. WOW, sign me up for the front row!

Here's an idea, Billy. Stop acting like such a little bitch because people are getting into your music. You're a rock band. That's what fans DO at a rock show. They don't sit around and shoegaze. They aren't touching your precious guitar effects because you have a barricade and you're lucky you even HAVE as big an audience as you do. So shut the fuck up, play your songs and collect your $20,000 guarantee.

Yeah, who thought of that Lollapalooza? You had Nick Cave, The Boredoms, the Beasties and George Clinton . . .and then counter it with The Breeders, Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins. OhhhhKAY.

Why on earth they had an ear shattering band open for them became apparent once their tuneless, infantile lead singer opened his mouth to "sing". The crowd was razzing lil Billy from the get go which resulted in an outbreak of shoes being hurled at the band. Lil Billy screamed if one more motherfucker threw a shoe they were outta there......before he even got "fuck you Houston" out of his mouth a Birkenstock greeted him upside the head. Bye Bye.

maybe I misunderstood the question because this really isn't an injustice. :evilgrin:

Startship opened AND closed with "We Built This City", they were horrible. The Hooters were much better overall.

Little local community center show back in the early 70s. Nils' band was great and a regular opening act. The Small Faces got booed, the place emptied early that night.

This was just before Soul Asylum hit it big. I think the problem was that Living Colour's fans exepected "Soul" Asylum to be another black rock band!

And though I didn't witness this, Biohazard was kicked off the Insane Clown Posse tour after just two gigs--when they left the stage, three-quarters of the audience left, too! But they hooked up with their lablemates Machine Head and Coal Chamber and did a spectacular tour.

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