I remember when I saw them as a support act. Look at them now!!

seachto7

So, as the thread title suggests, can you remember bands you saw play to a handful as a warm up or support act, and you thought *meh,not too sure on these lads*, and then a few years later they are packing them in headlining.
Of all the gigs I was at, I can't think of any, most seemed to be fairly dull.
I do remember Corrosion of Conformity support Metallica in the Point, but then again, it wasn't exactly a small gig, and CoC were big enough in their own right.

I remember playing a gig in Dublin once, and we had this support act called Matt Lunson. No idea who he was at the time. He just waltzed in with his guitar, played a few songs and left again. Then he did go on to better things, though no idea where he is at these days.

Only other thing I can think of is Mumford and Sons on Balcony tv a few years back. I know it wasn't a support slot...

So, any bands you saw on support slots, thought *meh I'll go to the bar* and now they have now gone on to bigger things?

AnonoBoy

Chicks supporting Sonic Youth in the Olympia.

Oh wait.... they went nowhere.

ned rierson

nirvana supporting sonic youth. i thought they were rubbish

Birneybau

Beach House supporting Fleet Foxes in Whelan's.

Missed most of their set, turned up not long before they finished.

the_doctor199

Two Door Cinema Club come to mind. I watched them play a ton of gigs for a few years and were appalling, genuinely awful.

scudzilla

Seen System of a Down years ago at Dynamo in Holland, think they were on 3rd at around 1pm, look at the fcukers now!!

Also seen a great little band called Guns n Roses who were second (2pm) on the bill at Donington in '88.

yogi beer

Mumford and Sons were a supporting band, and one of the most successful of them all.
They were Laura Marlings supporting band (piano, guitar etc.)
The 2nd last time I saw them was when I saw Laura marling in London years ago and they were standing in the back of the spotlight strumming along to Laura's god awful sh*te!
The last time I saw them however was this year at Benicassim, where they played Main Stage to 40,000 people

honru

I remember Franz Ferdinand supported Interpol in The Village the year before they released their debut album... think that was 2004? A year later Franz Ferdinand were a markedly bigger draw than Interpol. Nowadays it seems Interpol has slowly crawled up and passed the ranks.

evercloserunion

yogi beer wrote: »

Mumford and Sons were a supporting band, and one of the most successful of them all.
They were Laura Marlings supporting band (piano, guitar etc.)
The 2nd last time I saw them was when I saw Laura marling in London years ago and they were standing in the back of the spotlight strumming along to Laura's god awful sh*te!
The last time I saw them however was this year at Benicassim, where they played Main Stage to 40,000 people

Some of Laura's stuff is brilliant! Although she can be very up and down. But yeah, I heard of Mumford and Sons a good while before I heard of Laura Marling. Most of my friends have heard of Mumford but not Marling.

Furious-Red

Remember going to see Faithless in Marlay park in 06 and Kasabian were supporting them and now look at them

corm500

Biffy Clyro supporting the Who at Marlay Park

kbell

Tool supporting Rage against the machine in the tivoli theatre in 92 or 93

indiewindy

Florence and the machine supporting gravenhurst in front of a small crowd in crawdaddy, both acts have gone in slightly different directions sales wise

paddylonglegs

Watched Snow Patrol support Ash in Temple Bar Music Centre, around the time they released "When its all over...." They were pretty amazing, alot better than they are now tbh.

redsky7

kings of leon supporting the pixies in 05

neil_18_

Editors when they supported Franz Ferdinand in The Point, thought they were sh*t!

The Blizzards, Villagers and Bell X1 supporting Aslan.

delbertgrady

paddylonglegs wrote: »

Watched Snow Patrol support Ash in Temple Bar Music Centre, around the time they released "When its all over...."

I saw Snow Patrol supporting Belle & Sebastian in the Olympia in 1999, a couple of years before they reinvented themselves. They were still on Jeepster at the time, and doing their raucous indie thing, which didn't go down too well with the B&S crowd.

RayCon

Queensryche supporting Dio in 84 ... a few years later they released one of the best concept/metal albums ever.

Tesla supporting Def Leppard 86-ish .... debut album went on to be a platinum seller.

christeb

Snow Patrol supporting Feeder in 2001. They sucked back then too

maps and atlas

the cranberries supported suede on a us tour in the early 90s. as the tour progressed the cranberries became more and more popular and become the bigger draw - people were going to see the cranberries and leaving when suede would come on.

maps and atlas

eventually suede ended up supporting the cranberries on that tour.

vrobot

Saw Snow Patrol support a band called 'Skindive' in Dolans Warehouse.

rcaz

Adebisi Shank supporting Deerhoof in Whelans a few years ago, can't remember the year...

I went to the merchandise table to get Deerhoof's then-latest album (Offend Maggie) on vinyl, just asked "Could I have a vinyl please?" and was handed This Is The Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank on 10 inch, and I was too awkward to say "I don't want that, I want Deerhoof" so I bought it - ****ing glad I did too, great great album!

That's how I accidentally got into Adebisi Shank. Now they're touring the US and Japan and all? Savage.

krustydoyle

2 that stick out for me are The Kill's supporting Franz Ferdinand in the Olympia and Ben Kweller supporting Kings of Leon also in the Olympia...

Another would be Dan Donnelly supporting Duke Special in Vicar St..

They might not be BIG acts to some people on here but they have done well for themselves

Bannasidhe

U2 supporting the Virgin Prunes at the Arc in Cork - thought Bono was an a t**t even then.

qwytre

The Kills supporting Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in the Tivoli back in 2003. They were excellent (the kills).

old gregg

Bannasidhe wrote: »

U2 supporting the Virgin Prunes at the Arc in Cork - thought Bono was an a t**t even then.

I'd still reckon the biggest twat in the house that night was probably Morgan the Bouncer (a fave of us Arc heads back in the day, not)

Mental Mickey

scudzilla wrote: »

Seen System of a Down years ago at Dynamo in Holland, think they were on 3rd at around 1pm, look at the fcukers now!!

Also seen a great little band called Guns n Roses who were second (2pm) on the bill at Donington in '88.[/QUOTE]

............and look at them now too. How the mighty have fallen!?

seachto7

saw Explosions in the Sky in the high stool in Limerick on a little bill of bands. I know they're not the biggest even now, but are defo a bigger draw than the high stool in Limk. They were savage then though....

ned rierson

qwytre wrote: »

The Kills supporting Jon Spencer Blues Explosion in the Tivoli back in 2003. They were excellent (the kills).

true, they were great that night. but not any time i've seen them since. that was the longest JSBX show i ever attended.

Tenks

The Script supported The Blizzards once upon a time...

df1985

the killers on the new band stage at oxegen!

artic monkeys playing an NME new band thing in the ambassador in 04 i think it was.

mikemac

Saw Muse backup Ash in Galway

bodhrandude

Saw Bon Jovi support Kiss in 1984 at the Glasgow Apollo. I think it was the Kiss Unmasked tour where they played without their make up.

Pigwidgeon

I'll probably get banned from here for admitting these people I've seen but I saw Justin Bieber supporting Taylor Swift in 2009 when he was pretty much unheard of.

I also saw Black Eyed Peas supporting Christina Aguilera in 2003 or something.

qwytre

ned rierson wrote: »

true, they were great that night. but not any time i've seen them since. that was the longest JSBX show i ever attended.

Agree, I jave seen them twice since that and it never was quite as good for some reason. They were trying too hard when supporting Franz F. in the Olympia.

schemingbohemia

Showing my age but Pixies supporting Sugarcubes in a small little club in Boston in 1988, both were amazing.

Think Snow Patrol supported Sebadoh in Mean Fiddler/Village back in the 90's, they were alright nothing to get too excited about.

aw

mikemac wrote: »

Saw Muse backup Ash in Galway

This was going to be my contribution too.

Heineken Green Energy in Castlegar in 2001.

Motley Crue

I suppose the best example of this is when I saw The Darkness support Def Leppard in February 2003 in the UK, mainly because they were gathering a lot of press at that time.

That was the week their first single came out now that I think about it, they didn't even have a video yet, and in July 2004 I saw them substitute for David Bowie as the headliners of the Oxegen festival....makes you laugh when you think back....

I also seen Mastodon do a 20 minute set to open for Slayer in Wales a few years ago now, this would have been before the release of Leviathan. A friend of mine seen them in 2000 though supporting Cannibal Corpse when Eric was still their lead singer!

cjmcork

Oasis supporting REM in Slane '95

iGenius

cjmcork wrote: »

Oasis supporting REM in Slane '95

My brother was at that gig, pity there's no footage of it. They were already pretty massive though..

lordgoat

cjmcork wrote: »

Oasis supporting REM in Slane '95

iGenius wrote: »

My brother was at that gig, pity there's no footage of it. They were already pretty massive though..

Yes pity as right. Oasis were shi-te at Slane in 95. Got booed off the stage, and left in a temper when someone threw a shoe at them. Very funny, also you could hear the crowd singing Blur's 'All the people, so many people' at them.

Michael Franti and Spearhead were amazing at that gig however.

actuallylike

Sigur Ros supporting Godspeed You Black Emperor in TBMC in 2000. What. A. FÚCKING. GIG!!!!!
...
Fly Pan Am were there as well who are not to be sniffed at.

seachto7

actuallylike wrote: »

Sigur Ros supporting Godspeed You Black Emperor in TBMC in 2000. What. A. FÚCKING. GIG!!!!!
...
Fly Pan Am were there as well who are not to be sniffed at.

f**king hell! :cool::cool::cool:

cjmcork

iGenius wrote: »

My brother was at that gig, pity there's no footage of it. They were already pretty massive though..

really - cos I didn't know who the hell they were, I just couldn't figure out who would put Sharon Shannon on the same billing as REM!

novarock

Muse supporting JJ72 in the olympia, probably in 2000 around the time showbiz was released.

there were issues with JJ72's gear getting in from the UK, so it ended up with Muse headlining to a crowd that didnt know them at all, but they absolutely killed it.

ned rierson

lordgoat wrote: »

Yes pity as right. Oasis were shi-te at Slane in 95. Got booed off the stage, and left in a temper when someone threw a shoe at them. Very funny, also you could hear the crowd singing Blur's 'All the people, so many people' at them.

Michael Franti and Spearhead were amazing at that gig however.

i thought oasis blew rem away that day. dont remember them getting booed or walking off stage as the rock was thrown during the second song and they were only warming up.

ned rierson

iGenius wrote: »

My brother was at that gig, pity there's no footage of it. They were already pretty massive though..

i have a video of the rem set

Keith Urban supporting Bryan Adams in the point in 2005, i didnt really know who he was then but i sure did when he finished playing!

schemingbohemia

actuallylike wrote: »

Sigur Ros supporting Godspeed You Black Emperor in TBMC in 2000. What. A. FÚCKING. GIG!!!!!
...
Fly Pan Am were there as well who are not to be sniffed at.

Yeah that was an amazing show, they'd really put in some effort with the venue as well, loads of candles and drapes around the walls. One of the best gigs I've ever been to.

whiskeyman

Saw a pretty unknown Josh Ritter support Beth Orton in Vicar Street a good few years ago.