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What lower end hair bands did you watch open for a major headliner?

Not saying Jackyll was a hair band per say, but watched the band open for Aerosmith in 1993.

Skid Row with Johnny Solinger opening for KISS in 2000. Honestly, he was so convincing as Bach l didn’t pick it up until the 5th or 6th song.

Those are just my examples, I’m certain there are way less or bands that open for bigger groups in different areas.

The Killer Dwarfs opened for Iron Maiden for a tour. It was a fairly odd pairing but they seemed to like each other.

Kingofthehill opening for Steelheart
Had tickets - wasn’t old enough to go to the club
One of few times I didn’t win in life.:can only think 4 times I didn’t win
13230865- 4.. that’s a good record

Love Hate opening for AC DC tour
AC DC became MTV hair band-ish -
AC DC are considered legends icons ..whatever
Love Hate was the attraction

Blackeyed Susan opening for Bulletboys

I was 0-3 on those

Tattoo Rodeo opening For Bad Company Damn Yankees

Tangier for White Lion/Cinderella

Four Horsemen for Black Crowes. Think they also opened for Joan Jett

Autograph for VH

Bonfire for Priest

ParaDime77 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 5:25 pm What lower end hair bands did you watch open for a major headliner?

The first few are below even the low end but still hair bands..
Paganini opening for Mötley
Zinatra opening for David Lee Roth (replacing Poison to my disappointment)
Don Patrol also opening for Roth - replacing Warrant when Jani Lane broke his ribs
Icon and Electric Angels opening for Ace Frehley
Thunder opening for ZZ Top
Love / Hate opening for Ozzy
Little Angels opening for VH

did The Graveyard Train open for any bigger bands?

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:47 am

ParaDime77 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 5:25 pm What lower end hair bands did you watch open for a major headliner?

The first few are below even the low end but still hair bands..
Paganini opening for Mötley
Zinatra opening for David Lee Roth (replacing Poison to my disappointment)
Don Patrol also opening for Roth - replacing Warrant when Jani Lane broke his ribs
Icon and Electric Angels opening for Ace Frehley
Thunder opening for ZZ Top
Love / Hate opening for Ozzy
Little Angels opening for VH

Was it Little Angels or Baby Animals. Baby Animals had a great album at the time.

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:47 am

ParaDime77 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 5:25 pm What lower end hair bands did you watch open for a major headliner?

The first few are below even the low end but still hair bands..
Paganini opening for Mötley
Zinatra opening for David Lee Roth (replacing Poison to my disappointment)
Don Patrol also opening for Roth - replacing Warrant when Jani Lane broke his ribs
Icon and Electric Angels opening for Ace Frehley
Thunder opening for ZZ Top
Love / Hate opening for Ozzy
Little Angels opening for VH

Very jealous of you seeing Icon/Electric Angels

greengoblinrulz wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:24 pm

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:47 am

ParaDime77 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 5:25 pm What lower end hair bands did you watch open for a major headliner?

The first few are below even the low end but still hair bands..
Paganini opening for Mötley
Zinatra opening for David Lee Roth (replacing Poison to my disappointment)
Don Patrol also opening for Roth - replacing Warrant when Jani Lane broke his ribs
Icon and Electric Angels opening for Ace Frehley
Thunder opening for ZZ Top
Love / Hate opening for Ozzy
Little Angels opening for VH

Very jealous of you seeing Icon/Electric Angels

X2. Even ace back in the day would have been cool to see.
That is a great package

LAglamrocker wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 8:15 pm AC DC became MTV hair band-ish -

Wait. What?

GUN opened for The Rolling Stones !

Mister Freeze wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 7:34 pm I don't get the premise.

Less popular bands open for more popular bands. That's how it's always been, right?

I read it as C level hair bands opening for whatever.

Bang Tango opening for Cheap Trick

Vixen opening for Bad Company etc

Possibly Extreme opening for ZZ Top when it was booked but not by the time the tour started. Same for LA Guns and Billy Squier or Ratt and Billy Squier.

The thing is in 1989 to 1991 there were a lot more opening act level hair bands than arena headliners.

War_in_D wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 5:33 am

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:47 am
Little Angels opening for VH

Was it Little Angels or Baby Animals. Baby Animals had a great album at the time.

It was Little Angels. Stockholm 1993.

I saw Baby Animals opening for someone a few years before that. Bryan Adams, Roxette, someone like that.

daveg wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:34 pm

greengoblinrulz wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:24 pm

Love_Industry wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:47 am

The first few are below even the low end but still hair bands..
Paganini opening for Mötley
Zinatra opening for David Lee Roth (replacing Poison to my disappointment)
Don Patrol also opening for Roth - replacing Warrant when Jani Lane broke his ribs
Icon and Electric Angels opening for Ace Frehley
Thunder opening for ZZ Top
Love / Hate opening for Ozzy
Little Angels opening for VH

Very jealous of you seeing Icon/Electric Angels

X2. Even ace back in the day would have been cool to see.
That is a great package

Indeed it was even if it was the "wrong" line-up of Icon and Ace was past his prime.

I had never heard of Electric Angels before that show and considered skipping them but I lived nearby and had nothing to do so I went early. EA turned out to be the best band at that show even if Icon and Ace were good too.

The Ritz, former Studio 54, in New York, February 1990.

King's X opened for AC/DC. They used hairspray in the 80s.

LAglamrocker wrote: ↑Sun Jun 22, 2025 8:14 pm Kingofthehill opening for Steelheart
Had tickets - wasn’t old enough to go to the club
One of few times I didn’t win in life.:can only think 4 times I didn’t win
13230865- 4.. that’s a good record

Ventura Theater, correct?

If so... I went to this show, as we were friends with KOTH.

$tEvil

Johnny Crash opened for Motley Crue on the "Dr. Feelgood" tour.

And... the obvious choice everyone missed... was, Skid Row being added to the Bon Jovi tour in 1989 as a complete unknown to 99.9% of the audience.

But... with Doc, Jon, MTV, and Flom/Atlantic throwing everything into them, by that summer, they were a legit draw on their own.

$tEvil

BulletProofPoet wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:40 pm GUN opened for The Rolling Stones !

Guns N Roses opened for the Rolling Stones!

Coney Hatch opening for Iron Maiden.

I saw the show, and I am STILL not sure who they were.

MetalSludgeCEO wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 9:22 am Johnny Crash opened for Motley Crue on the "Dr. Feelgood" tour.

And... the obvious choice everyone missed... was, Skid Row being added to the Bon Jovi tour in 1989 as a complete unknown to 99.9% of the audience.

But... with Doc, Jon, MTV, and Flom/Atlantic throwing everything into them, by that summer, they were a legit draw on their own.

$tEvil

Jon wanted Skid Row there because he was making money off their record sales, though.

Kingofthehill/Steelheart played same venue as Tuff in Fresno next to the Spaghetti Factory
I even bought Steelheart tickets at Ticketmaster when they went on sale.

I believe Tuff played Fresno twice next to the Spaghetti Factory..I only went to 2nd show
1st show I was on vacation on camping trip - so I don’t count that as a loss
Camping trips always ruled . I stayed in the motorhome with kitchen and card table lounge. I wasn’t going sleep on the ground in a tent. I was a diva even then

Not necessarily a "hair band" but Little Caesaer opening for KISS in 1990 comes to mind. For whatever reason, Winger couldn't do a few shows in the midwest and they moved Slaughter up to direct support and had Little Ceaser has special guests. They were 100x better than Slaugher for whatever that is worth.

Saw Alice in Chains open for Tesla and Great White in 1989 I think in Spokane. AIC were unknown and pretty much and a full on glam hair metal band then.

fret123 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:15 pm Saw Alice in Chains open for Tesla and Great White in 1989 I think in Spokane. AIC were unknown and pretty much and a full on glam hair metal band then.

Fast forward to 1991 and Van Halen's FUCK tour - AiC may have been a bit more "popular" due to MitB being on MTV, but you wouldn't know it. They were booed off the stage ahd Layne went after the hostile crowd. Fast forward again to 1993 and they were the conquering heroes at Lollapalooza who blew the "headliner" Primus off the stage.

Bono Nettencourt wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 1:41 pm

fret123 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 12:15 pm Saw Alice in Chains open for Tesla and Great White in 1989 I think in Spokane. AIC were unknown and pretty much and a full on glam hair metal band then.

Fast forward to 1991 and Van Halen's FUCK tour - AiC may have been a bit more "popular" due to MitB being on MTV, but you wouldn't know it. They were booed off the stage ahd Layne went after the hostile crowd. Fast forward again to 1993 and they were the conquering heroes at Lollapalooza who blew the "headliner" Primus off the stage.

Certainly not at the show I saw. But it was late and people were tired ...

AIC were excruciating dull the 4 times I saw them in 1991 were a little better in 1993.

ijwthstd wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:15 am

BulletProofPoet wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:40 pm GUN opened for The Rolling Stones !

Guns N Roses opened for the Rolling Stones!

No, the Scottish band GUN. Great band - you should check out their first 3 cds ( Taking on the World, Gallus and Swagger).

Actually, they both did.

ijwthstd wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 11:15 am

BulletProofPoet wrote: ↑Mon Jun 23, 2025 8:40 pm GUN opened for The Rolling Stones !

Guns N Roses opened for the Rolling Stones!

Quireboys snd Dan Reed also opened for Rolling Stones.