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

seachto7 · 27-08-2011 04:49PM #1

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 · 27-08-2011 04:55PM

Chicks supporting Sonic Youth in the Olympia.

Oh wait.... they went nowhere.

ned rierson · 27-08-2011 06:28PM

nirvana supporting sonic youth. i thought they were rubbish

Birneybau · 27-08-2011 09:21PM

Beach House supporting Fleet Foxes in Whelan's.

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

the_doctor199 · 27-08-2011 11:47PM

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 · 27-08-2011 11:59PM

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 · 28-08-2011 12:04AM

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 · 28-08-2011 01:22AM

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 · 28-08-2011 01:31AM

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 · 28-08-2011 10:19AM

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

corm500 · 28-08-2011 11:51AM

Biffy Clyro supporting the Who at Marlay Park

kbell · 28-08-2011 12:11PM

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

indiewindy · 28-08-2011 03:09PM

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 · 28-08-2011 04:21PM

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 · 28-08-2011 07:39PM

kings of leon supporting the pixies in 05

neil_18_ · 28-08-2011 08:13PM

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

The Blizzards, Villagers and Bell X1 supporting Aslan.

delbertgrady · 29-08-2011 08:34AM

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 · 29-08-2011 08:45AM

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 · 29-08-2011 01:16PM

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

maps and atlas · 29-08-2011 01:50PM

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 · 29-08-2011 01:54PM

eventually suede ended up supporting the cranberries on that tour.

vrobot · 29-08-2011 04:21PM

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

rcaz · 29-08-2011 04:42PM

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 · 29-08-2011 05:15PM

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 · 29-08-2011 05:19PM

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

qwytre · 30-08-2011 08:25AM

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

old gregg · 30-08-2011 09:54AM

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 · 30-08-2011 09:57AM

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 · 30-08-2011 11:41AM

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 · 30-08-2011 02:01PM

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 · 30-08-2011 06:08PM

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

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

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