Members ForgetMeNacht Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 I'm sure further back ther is a thread like this but with the search engine down, here goes. I was once in a female goth rock outfit with some heavy stuff like Evanesence/Lacuna Coil with some industrial music. With some of us coming form a metal background we had some contacts with the metal promoters to get us a show. Well, most of the metal bands in our area we're mostly hardcore, death metal or southeren metal. There was one such show where we we're sandwiched between two death metal bands. Thinking we would get booed, we had a suprisingly positive response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Interesting Man Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 Country band. Fought for months to get in, then hated it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 For the OP, that's fairly common. We're in Massachusetts and play a decidedly melodic and pop influenced version of hard rock. We always get put on bills with metal bands. And every time we do, we make a slew of fans, most noticeably with Gargoyle Brootal Stringbender's girlfriend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sorocknroll Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 When we first started out, a friend of a friend asked us to open for them. I didn't even know it 'til we got there, but they were an Ozzy Tribute band...which is great, except that we are modern alternative rock/pop! It was weeeeeird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 When we first started out, a friend of a friend asked us to open for them. I didn't even know it 'til we got there, but they were an Ozzy Tribute band...which is great, except that we are modern alternative rock/pop! It was weeeeeird! Wasn't much of a friend if you didn't even know what kind of band he was in? Just sayin.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members clydekincaid Posted November 24, 2009 Members Share Posted November 24, 2009 wow.around these parts(mid-michigan),original bands are pretty varied and there are not a ton of places to play so you end up playing with some pretty wild stuff.anything from death metal,country-rock,experimental type stuff to jam bands.one of our best shows to date was with a pretty popular ska band"mustard plug".sold out show,the crowd"got us"but we are in my opinion miles from ska music ,but the crowd just dug us. we were pretty freaked out by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I've told this story before, but my pop-punk band right out of college was booked with several heavy metal bands over the years, including one where the lead singer wore a boa constrictor the whole night. Also, we were billed with a rapper one night. I'm almost positive that the line-up that night went Peter Gabriel-era Genesis type prog band, us, and the rapper. My later bluegrass band was once paired with a Velvet Underground-type high-volume drone-rock band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 Country band.Fought for months to get in, then hated it. Same here. We were a 7 piece horn driven blues rock/funk band, and alternated sets with a country band. Us, then them, then us, then them, then us....I wanted someone to kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xonetruedesirex Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 www.myspace.com/cromozonej - this band right here, literally drove all of the people out of the room during their set, and packed up and left before they got paid due to embarrassment, or something. For the record, this was my band, and all the other bands were along the same lines (hardcore/metal/punk) www.myspace.com/xazariahsprayerx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamieb Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I was playing keys/guitar in a pop rock original band (ala Matchbox 20/Counting Crows) about 10 years ago. Booked a show at a local theater. Three bands on the bill. We were the headlining act (since we rented the building). We had a little buzz in the area, and the place was pretty much packed the night of the show. The opening act was a blues-rock band. We all knew the singer/guitarist, and it wasn't a bad fit between them and us. They were really good, and the crowd really enjoyed them. Our guys are getting psyched. Now, for Act II... These guys had done a battle of the bands we were in. I didn't really know anything about them. The frontman from our band had booked them in the middle slot. I hadn't gotten to the battle of the bands to hear them, so I didn't know what to expect... Anyway, when they came out onstage, the lineup consisted of a (not-very-good) dj, drums and guitar/"vocals". The guitarist came out with a KFC bucket on his head (I know; Buckethead rip-off) a gas mask, shorts, sandals and a lab coat. He played his guitar with a piece of styrofoam he had cut from a cup backstage. They had a featured "entertainer", a big guy with (if I remember correctly) some kind of antennae and fairy wings. He had black tape strips across the front of his shirt, which he had quickly applied before they went onstage. He "danced" across the stage during their performance, shooting the crowd (and the band) with water pistols, and pushing what appeared to be broom straws up his nose. I stood about 10 minutes (hours?) of them, and had to go outside. Evidently, half the crowd followed suit. Unlike me, however, they didn't return for our set. EPIC fail on the band compatibility meter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamieb Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 Oh, and the band's name? Kolostimy Waffle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Christhee68 Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 Oh, and the band's name? Kolostimy Waffle... Man, thanks for the heads up; I was just about to book them for my daughter's first communion party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lsits Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 A puppet show. Not really. I did see Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show open for Kiss back in 77 though. I thought THAT was an odd pairing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members A Happy Crowd Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I used to play in a twee pop band (think Belle & Sebastian meets Talulah Gosh). One night we were booked at a bar to play after a Beastie Boys type act and before some hard rock band with massive Marshall stacks. Needless to say, there wasn't much audience cross-pollination that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stevie j Posted November 25, 2009 Members Share Posted November 25, 2009 I did see Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show open for Kiss back in 77 though. I thought THAT was an odd pairing. That is one hell of a show. I would love to have seen that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fendercaster Posted November 26, 2009 Members Share Posted November 26, 2009 Back in '69, I saw Mountain open for Arlo Guthrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stratmaster Posted November 26, 2009 Members Share Posted November 26, 2009 The worst combo of bands ive ever seen was fuel and sevendust in the same venue on the same night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dogtownmax Posted November 26, 2009 Members Share Posted November 26, 2009 wow.around these parts(mid-michigan),original bands are pretty varied and there are not a ton of places to play so you end up playing with some pretty wild stuff.anything from death metal,country-rock,experimental type stuff to jam bands.one of our best shows to date was with a pretty popular ska band"mustard plug".sold out show,the crowd"got us"but we are in my opinion miles from ska music ,but the crowd just dug us. we were pretty freaked out by it. yeah, similar here in northern cal. my favorite venues have varied original music. i think the local scene is eclectic enough that the audience like the variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GreenAsJade Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 A local pub here will let almost any band play. Heck, they let us play twice. This results in interesting pairings. Our first night up we had "Machete" on before us - chainsaw-metal I guess you would call them. They were so energetic they only played for 25 of their 45 minutes It's a kinda goth pub, so we were a bit worried, but it was nice that we pulled the "crowd" (few Thursday night patrons) from the bar into the stage area, which the chainsaw-metal did not do GaJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members js1 Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 Well, Hendrix did open for the Monkees.... js Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members theAntihero Posted November 27, 2009 Members Share Posted November 27, 2009 Now, for Act II...These guys had done a battle of the bands we were in. I didn't really know anything about them. The frontman from our band had booked them in the middle slot. I hadn't gotten to the battle of the bands to hear them, so I didn't know what to expect...Anyway, when they came out onstage, the lineup consisted of a (not-very-good) dj, drums and guitar/"vocals". The guitarist came out with a KFC bucket on his head (I know; Buckethead rip-off) a gas mask, shorts, sandals and a lab coat. He played his guitar with a piece of styrofoam he had cut from a cup backstage. They had a featured "entertainer", a big guy with (if I remember correctly) some kind of antennae and fairy wings. He had black tape strips across the front of his shirt, which he had quickly applied before they went onstage. He "danced" across the stage during their performance, shooting the crowd (and the band) with water pistols, and pushing what appeared to be broom straws up his nose. I stood about 10 minutes (hours?) of them, and had to go outside. Evidently, half the crowd followed suit. Unlike me, however, they didn't return for our set. EPIC fail on the band compatibility meter! I laughed, I cried, i vomited. Great story:thu: Although i seriously feel for you, your band, and most especially the crowd for going thru this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jamieb Posted December 1, 2009 Members Share Posted December 1, 2009 I laughed, I cried, i vomited. Great story:thu:Although i seriously feel for you, your band, and most especially the crowd for going thru this. Thanks. And every word is the truth. It was almost surreal. I actually have a copy of the video from that show somewhere at home. I couldn't get a copy of the tape that had all of OUR performance on it, but, through some crazy twist of fate, I ended up working at a day job with a guy who knew some of the Waffle crew. So I got their mix of the video, which they had re-arranged so that it only had a portion of our set, and we had been moved to the middle slot, and they (at least on their video) appeared to be the headliner. Anyway, IF I can stomach it, and can figure out the technicalities, I will post the video of them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FitchFY Posted December 1, 2009 Members Share Posted December 1, 2009 Fuel and Sevendust? That's not that odd of a pairing... heck, I would've happily bought tickets to that a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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