What opening band have you seen that blew the headliner outta the water?

[ralphberries]

Dio opening for Aerosmith...Dio had just released his first solo record and Aerosmith were at the lowest depths of their drug addicted dysfunctionality. The crowd actually turned on Aerosmith and they had to cut their set short.

Bad Brains opening for RHCP....it wasn't even close.

Dio really kicked ass on that tour! Vivian Campbell was a badass on the guitar! Now he sucks in Def Leppard.

[FOXXXONE]

2 shows come to mind instantly..

Rage against the machine -- opening for house of pain

Nirvana --- opening for urge overkill

[FlaFlaFlunkie]

Skid Row (opened for Guns 'N Roses)
Queensrhyche (opened for Def Leppard)
Metallica (2nd band of 5, Monsters of Rock [over Van Halen])
Scorpions (4th band of 5, Monsters of Rock [over Van Halen])

[August West]

Junior Brown>>Bob Dylan

I can see that happening

[KOC]

Black Album -era Metallica stole the show from Guns & Roses. Axl's voice was shot, and every time it would crack, he'd get more pissed off at the crew and the audience. Pouted like a little bitch

[FlaFlaFlunkie]

Black Album -era Metallica stole the show from Guns & Roses. Axl's voice was shot, and every time it would crack, he'd get more pissed off at the crew and the audience. Pouted like a little bitch

I've seen G'NR twice and both times Axl was late and sounded like shit.

[MatthewT]

Black Album -era Metallica stole the show from Guns & Roses. Axl's voice was shot, and every time it would crack, he'd get more pissed off at the crew and the audience. Pouted like a little bitch

damn, dude, that happened in LA too; right after James melted his hand in the pyro. Oh, yeah, that riot was up in your neck of the woods, wasn't it

[KOC]

damn, dude, that happened in LA too; right after James melted his hand in the pyro. Oh, yeah, that riot was up in your neck of the woods, wasn't it

Yep. He got burnt in Montreal and we saw them a couple days later.

[FOXXXONE]

damn, dude, that happened in LA too; right after James melted his hand in the pyro. Oh, yeah, that riot was up in your neck of the woods, wasn't it

I used to work with the pyro guy from that incident.

[KOC]

2 shows come to mind instantly..

Rage against the machine -- opening for house of pain

Nirvana --- opening for urge overkill

I saw that House of Pain tour. They just fought bad mics that kept cutting out, and they took a big break in the middle so gear could get repaired. No momentum at all. It was embarrassing. Rage were on fire like always.

[FOXXXONE]

I saw that House of Pain tour. They just fought bad mics that kept cutting out, and they took a big break in the middle so gear could get repaired. No momentum at all. It was embarrassing. Rage were on fire like always.

opera house is where I saw it .

[MatthewT]

I used to work with the pyro guy from that incident.

he must have been shitting his pants