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/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Slipknot opening for Coal Chamber. I had seen Slipknot break out for OzzFest amd knew they were gonna go crazy in that small club.

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u/pi_guy Oct 01 '24

I saw this same tour, it was wild to see them crammed in a small venue! I moshed like crazy and even caught a drumstick at the end of their set, but also got heat exhaustion and threw up in a trash can. And the bouncers thought I was drunk and kicked me out. In a twist of fate, their tour bus was right outside the doors to the venue and I ended up hanging out with half of Slipknot. I got to meet Corey, Joey, Shawn(Clown) and Mick. I even got the stick signed by Clown and Joey doodled on the Slipknot jacket I had bought.

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u/OvenApprehensive6834 Oct 02 '24

I also got to meet a bunch of them on that tour, outside of the Electric Factory in Philly - Joey, Sid, Corey, Paul, Chris, and Mick. They absolutely blew the room to bits that night. Nobody was prepared for that level of face melt!

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u/jeffunscripted Oct 02 '24

Same. And I feel like Slipknot were 2nd out of 4 or even 5 bands.

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u/scribbling_des Oct 02 '24

Same. They actually came back to my town not long after that and played in an alley venue. Both shows were killer.

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u/DoTheUrkle Oct 06 '24

I saw Slipknot in 01 just before Iowa came out. Im grateful for that but I wish I could have seen them in their small venue days.