Bands who you've supported...

[retreat_retreat]

For those of you in or have been in bands, i was wondering if any of you've played with (or in for that matter) any well known bands? Its been a while (a year or two lol) but ive shared the stage with... UK subs(x2), GBH, Goldblade, Subhumans (x2), sonic boom six, eddie and the hot rods and Glen Matlock. Pretty wierd meeting some of these guys considering at the time they were my idols! Any of you had similar experiences?

Peace, Rowan

[Retarded Chipple]

Thats some pretty cool bands there, nice one!


On June 2nd my band will be supporting Devil Sold His Soul. I'd never heard of em lol but when I told my friends they went crazy and creamed their pants.

Also, we were reviewed/interviewed in the same issue of FUSE Magazine as The Others and Imperial Vipers (Sharkey knows who they are :p )

[DrummerJonny]

ive supported a band who played with the subs....

i love em

[Talos]

A few, but none any of you will have heard of lol

[Retarded Chipple]

Oh, at my very first gig the guitarist from Spunge was there watching us :lol:

I almost opened for 4ft Fingers but luckily my band parted ways before it all went through.

[Drum Phil]

The Clashed

Rest were local :-/

[Damo]

Ive opened for:

Deep Purple
Judas Priest
Pungent Stench
Choirboys

..and was penned to open for these bands, but they never eventuated:

Vince Neil
Yngwie Malmsteen
Nevermore
Testament

[SkaRabbit]

too many ska band (Jesse james, fandangle, catch it kebabs etc) loads of crap pop punk emo bands (not your hero, not advised etc) And fecking loads more.

[wesm9787]

My band was going to be the opener for Hawthorne Heights one time at this local church-run concert venue type place. But then we got kicked off and someone else was listed to play that night, and he switched us to the next night when nobody famous was playing. So we were pretty mad about that.

It's cool though, Hawthorne Heights annoys me anyway.

[The Ska Man]

UK subs(x2), GBH, Subhumans (x2),



Deep Purple
Judas Priest




I love you guys...

[Mr. Grill]

Every Bridge Burned.

[The Chemist]

Less Than Jake waaaay back in '99.
Chixdiggit in '99.
Captain Everything in '04

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Ive played with a lot of well known hardcore bands. You hardcore haters may not know who they are. But ive played with...

Dr. Acula
Seneca
My Hero is Me
Cast the First Stone
Knives Exchanging Hands
Embracing Goodbye
The Hotness
The Lineage
Stickfigure Silhouette
Carving Jennifer
Carime
Deathblow
Silas Marnor
Ghost of a Fallen Age

[TheDancingDrum]

Dr. acula lol awsome name

[TravisBarkerrules]

Umm
The Swellers(been on the news of sputnik music lately)
Le Meu Le Purr( Amazing Band, check them out. Crazy live)
FoolProof(the are on some big label)
Bensin
Thats about it.

[alurny]

too many ska band (Jesse james, fandangle, catch it kebabs etc) loads of crap pop punk emo bands (not your hero, not advised etc) And fecking loads more.

Fandangle were wicked in Leeds t'other day.

My band is supporting "The Alaskans" at Leeds Rios soon. (They are NME's new big push)

[rohbit]

Ive opened for:

Deep Purple
Judas Priest
Pungent Stench
Choirboys

..and was penned to open for these bands, but they never eventuated:

Vince Neil
Yngwie Malmsteen
Nevermore
Testament

:amaze: ....

[retreat_retreat]

although im not a huge fan of those bands(part from deep purple), Damo, thats like...amazing! shame about testament though!

[Jon]

Threadstarter - what's your band called? I might like you :) (myspace?)

I know the Imperial Vipers :eek:

My friend's band supported Devil Sold His Soul agessss ago, they were awful.

I was supposed to be touring with Towers of London, that fell through, dunno if its a good or bad thing =/

[Talos]

Ive opened for:

Deep Purple
Judas Priest
Pungent Stench
Choirboys

Did you get to hang with any of the guys?

[Retarded Chipple]

I know the Imperial Vipers :eek:

Hi five!

My friend's band supported Devil Sold His Soul agessss ago, they were awful.

Hi five!

I was supposed to be touring with Towers of London, that fell through, dunno if its a good or bad thing =/

Definitely a bad thing!

Hi five :chug:

[Jon]

IV supported Hanoi Rocks on my birthday last year :grin:

Towers would have been really cool, IF Donny hadn't have gone on Big Brother or ....Buzzcocks (I was hanging out with Rev the day after they recorded it actually, that was in December, little did I know what would follow in the months before it was broadcast).

> All the diehard, long time Towers fans hate them (me included, but I only liked them for about a year before it all went sour)
> All the kids in college who'd never have heard of them otherwise hate them.
> In conclusion Donny ****ed up the best PR opportunity any band could ever have wished for, which I hate him for doing. Idiot.

It would have been cool to tour with them if they'd remained at last-november levels of publicity. still well on their way, but without everyone thinking they're retards.

They're cunts as well, like seriously I've been to my fair share of VIP parties, but at the one at SiN after their gig with Backyard Babies they were all wankers. I mean you go up to Rev wanting to talk amps (because I wasn't sure what amp I'd be using =/) for him to try and push you away and yell at you for drinking the free vodka =/. seriously.

Don't even get me started on how the skinheads I know totally owned Donny in camden once. ahahah. little rich "punk" doesn't even know who the Cockney Rejects are.

[retreat_retreat]

Jon , my old band supported the towers of london! ive quit em now but theyre still going www.myspace.com/guiltypleasures . shame in a way cos they get such good gigs (they played with discharge) but meh, i wasnt digging the direction they were going...(generic punk IMHO) hope you enjoy em neway

peace, Rowan

PS whats your band called???

[Jon]

I dunno why, but you've given me a sort of Wild Youth vibe from what you've said, hmm.

http://www.myspace.com/bubblegumscrew is my current band (I'm only on the video, joined after they recorded the EP (but I did do all the artwork/design for everything))

http://www.myspace.com/prettysuspects is the old band, what a bunch of idiots.

[Panopticon]

i've played shows with a lot of well known local bands that you have all never heard of but are all amazing musicians.

Synapse http://www.myspace.com/synapsecanada
The Pink Cigars http://www.myspace.com/thepinkcigars
God From The Machine http://www.myspace.com/gftm
Space Bar http://www.myspace.com/spacebarband
Cue The Crowd http://www.myspace.com/cuethecrowd
For The Mathematics http://www.myspace.com/forthemathematics

[retreat_retreat]

wild youth? im not quite sure i getcha!

[Jon]

Oh they're just another of these young british punk bands that seems to (some how) get gigs everywhere.

There's a bit too many towers in their london though, if you get me.

http://www.myspace.com/wildyouthpunkrock

[DrumIntoTheNight]

Ive opened for:

Deep Purple
Judas Priest
Pungent Stench
Choirboys

..and was penned to open for these bands, but they never eventuated:

Vince Neil
Yngwie Malmsteen
Nevermore
Testament

Nevermore and Testament?

Woah.

[Seafroggys]

Damo wins this thread.

[retreat_retreat]

ahh i getcha:) yeah, i geuss we were kinda like that! but it was cool going to all these amazing gigs and suchlike! It all seems to be to do with 'contacts' and stuff, rather than how good the band actually is...shame really

[Mirror.Circuit]

Ive played with a lot of well known hardcore bands. You hardcore haters may not know who they are. But ive played with...

Dr. Acula
Seneca
My Hero is Me
Cast the First Stone
Knives Exchanging Hands
Embracing Goodbye
The Hotness
The Lineage
Stickfigure Silhouette
Carving Jennifer
Carime
Deathblow
Silas Marnor
Ghost of a Fallen Age

nice,dude.
my band is slated to open for these guys this summer:
this flood covers the earth.
comadre
and graf orlock.

[jttdrummer14]

i agree with seafroggys, damo wins

[Damo]

Did you get to hang with any of the guys?
Not so much 'hang' but we did run into them at different points on the night and exchange words, etc. Ian paice and Scott Travis are really nice guys. Scott used my drum throne :) To think that painkiller was played on MY throne!!

[SkaRabbit]

if you wanna listen to my band from looking at who i have supported you can catch my very drunken performance live on our myspace

www.myspace.com/shootmoon

[Sammy_L_D]

i've played shows with a lot of well known local bands that you have all never heard of but are all amazing musicians.

Synapse http://www.myspace.com/synapsecanada
The Pink Cigars http://www.myspace.com/thepinkcigars
God From The Machine http://www.myspace.com/gftm
Space Bar http://www.myspace.com/spacebarband
Cue The Crowd http://www.myspace.com/cuethecrowd
For The Mathematics http://www.myspace.com/forthemathematics

For The Mathematics are rad man.

What band do you play in?

[Mr. Grill]

Oh yeah, Deadstar Assembly too.

[The Ska Man]

Oh yeah, Deadstar Assembly too.

My friend loves those guys.

They look weird. Pretty ok music, though.

[Panopticon]

For The Mathematics are rad man.

What band do you play in?

Oh yeah i love them...my band name is Eclipse.

[Seafroggys]

Not so much 'hang' but we did run into them at different points on the night and exchange words, etc. Ian paice and Scott Travis are really nice guys. Scott used my drum throne :) To think that painkiller was played on MY throne!!

Ian Paice is one of my heroes (I'm sure you all know that though)

[Peg Dizzler]

The Swellers(been on the news of sputnik music lately)

I don't recognize too many of the bands in this thread, I suspect alot are just famous locally... But I have heard of the Swellers, I saw them do a gig here and they were actually really good. I don't even like punk music in general but I liked them enough to buy a CD!

[TravisBarkerrules]

They are pretty rad, I go to all the shows when they come around here still. Their full length comes out in June.

[DrumIntoTheNight]

Slightly off topic, but Damo, has your band got a myspace or something similar where I can check out your music? If your music is anything like that of the bands you've supported, it'll be right up my street.

[Fuzzy]

Ghost of a Fallen Age
Ghost is a local band here! I've seen them several times. Wicked stuff bro!

[Laney]

I played a festival headlined by The Who.

Pipedown and Red Lights Flash were pretty big if you're into that kinda thing, as was Break The Silence (ex Rise Against). I've also shared the bill with loads of B-List bands from the UK, infact, most of the Hidden Talent Roster (Sonic Boom Six etc)

Its a start I guess :)

[retreat_retreat]

sonic boom six are awesome! what kinda stuff you playing?

[Laney]

Most of that was playing in a old-school hardcore band (yawn) and then a posthardcore-punk band (yawn).

Good days though!

[retreat_retreat]

i know the feeling! ah well

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Ghost is a local band here! I've seen them several times. Wicked stuff bro!

Hell yeah dude. I love those guys.

Dr. Acula and MHIM were the 2 coolest bands to chill with. Acula is from NY, and they all had really think NY accents. It was fun :p

[Fuzzy]

We play just about every show with That Band With The Fat Kids. Despite us being metal and them being ska o_O; Wicked cool local band that lives about 5 minutes away. I've known these guys for a while.