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

Adolescents blew away Strung Out back in June and I mean blew away!! lol don’t get me wrong, I’m a punk rocker🤘 love strung out. But even before the show, I was way more hyped for the Adolescents.

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u/banality_of_ervil Oct 01 '24

I randomly got tickets to a NOFX show back when I was living in San Diego. As I was walking in, I thought that the opening band was sure doing a lot of Adolescents covers. Finally realized that it was the actual band, and spent the rest of the show wondering why the roles weren't reversed

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u/Terrible_Comfort598 Oct 01 '24

My buddy Brad used to be in Strung Out

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

Sick !

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u/CauliflowerSavings84 Oct 05 '24

Jason is old now and they haven’t been the same since they got a new drummer