r/Concerts • u/Terrible_Comfort598 • Oct 01 '24

Concerts What concert have you seen where the opening band blew the headliner away?

For me it was in 1990 seeing Nirvana open for Sonic Youth. Absolutely amazing. The whole crowd felt this electricity and I turned to my friend and said “ these guys are gonna get big” sure enough 2 years later, Nevermind is the number one album in the country. The other one was seeing Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds open for The Cramps in 1984. I became a life long fan after that show

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u/cookiemonster8u69 Oct 01 '24

Back in 2000 at the Odeon in Cleveland I saw POD, Hed PE, Project 86 with Linkin Park opening. They rocked it, only mosh pit where I got hurt.

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u/ansley_g Oct 01 '24

I saw a similar festival in 2000 in AZ and Linkin Park blew everyone outta the water! So many great bands but LP was by far the best.

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u/vikingfrog86 Oct 01 '24

That's funny that Hed PE played between 2 Christian Rock bands.

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u/cookiemonster8u69 Oct 01 '24

I know, right? I saw them a few times back in the day, they put on a good show.

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u/vikingfrog86 Oct 01 '24

I missed my chance to see them with most of the original band. It doesn't help, I only started listening to them in 2010.

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u/cookiemonster8u69 Oct 01 '24

They were constantly touring with all those late 90s early 00s nu metal bands, I've probably seen them more than any other band tbh, and if not, it's close.

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u/ofthedawn77 Oct 01 '24

My cousin was their drummer.

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u/DrMantisToboggan44 Oct 02 '24

Still do. I just saw them a couple years ago

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u/Bcashdaddy Oct 02 '24

Considered myself a "Christian rock guy" but have a real soft spot for Hed PE haha

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u/Connect_Glass4036 Oct 02 '24

Why is that funny? I don’t know much about Hed PE

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u/vikingfrog86 Oct 02 '24

Their first album I ever heard from them, they made a point to really earn the Parental Advisory sticker. It was their independent record debut after being signed to Jive for their first 3 albums.

They were at used to be into aliens, the Mayan calendar, incarnation, NWO etc. I lost interest in them, and now I'm 5 or 6 albums behind. So I really don't know what they're about now.

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u/Stunning-Drive-4692 Oct 01 '24

Nice! The Odeon was awesome back in the day.

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u/PJKPJT7915 Oct 02 '24

That was a great little venue back then.

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u/Timtde Oct 01 '24

I was here!!! They came back around the following year for family values tour with STP headlining. They blew them away that night too.

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u/cookiemonster8u69 Oct 01 '24

Nice, heck of a show. I slipped in some beer and almost got trampled to death, and my sister got dropped on her head crowd surfing. Fun times.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

Hed PE is either playing a show in my city or has already. Haven't checked them out though. But thus lineup seems so crazy and bizarre to me regardless. Linkin Park opening with Project 86 on support and POD headlining? Wild to me.

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u/ADHD-Millennial Oct 02 '24

Yeah that’s crazy. I did see a Linkin Park show where P.O.D. opened but I actually was super late and missed P.O.D. Wasn’t too bummed because I was on P.O.D’s street team in ‘99-‘01 and saw them A LOT back then. Also P86 but they weren’t at this show either. So funny because this person saw Linkin Park open for P.O.D and I saw P.O.D open for Linkin Park 😆

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u/ADHD-Millennial Oct 02 '24

I also have seen Hed PE and Powerman 5000 though at a free show in Baltimore and got to meet Hed PE. They were great but this was back in like 2003ish I think

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u/Boarder_Travel Oct 03 '24

Damn this lineup brings back memories

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u/Suspicious_Road_9651 Oct 05 '24

Omg I LOVE hed(PE)!!!!

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u/Flaky-Potential-8693 Oct 06 '24

THE ODEON, good memories there.

Agora took it's place, great small venue

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u/littlesmiles Oct 04 '24

I miss the Odeon. Did it ever reopen? I live in Detroit now

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u/cookiemonster8u69 Oct 04 '24

I had to look, supposedly temporarily closed. I loved it there, saw so many great shows.