Bands you discovered as support acts

[kashmir]

saw that tour with mott the hoople with Queen as support band in Manchester, the next best was seeing black sabbath at the appolo with Van Halen as support band
bloody hell I feel old now!

 

[MCFCTrick]

Japan supporting Blue Oyster Cult .... still love both bands.

Saw Van Halen open for Sabbath, but had already heard of VH prior.

Talking Heads with Ramones.

One I wish I had seen, Lynyrd Skynyrd supporting Golden Earring at the Free Trade Hall.

 

[Mancitydoogle]

Mink Deville supporting Dr Feelgood FTH

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers supporting Nils Lofgren Apollo

The Waterboys supporting U2 Apollo

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Arctic Monkeys supporting Milburn

Orphan Boy supporting The Rifles in Coventry (becme great mates with one of the singers from OB)

 

[bornblueegg]

Saw Tracy Chapman open for John Martyn in Manchester. He introduced her himself with a joint in hand and said "listen to this girl, she's special" and she was

 

[hammocity]

Chemical Brothers were on with Oasis at the MEN mid 90’s, I thought, that’s a racket they’re making and still do.

Each to his own, just not my kind of music.

 

[chedlee]

Cabbage supported The Fall April 19th 2016. Saw them a number of times after that all over Manchester. Burned very bright for a short time and now, sadly, they have split.

 

[andyhinch]

So this thread is about which bands did you discover that you had never heard of previously, that you saw as a support act at a gig you attended and went on to love.
For me these four.....

James (supported The Smiths at Palace Theatre, Manchester 1985)


Inspiral Carpets (supported The Wedding Present at The Ritz, Manchester 1988)


The Thrills (supported Morrissey at Royal Albert Hall, London, 2002)


Girl In A Coma (supported Morrissey in New York / Boston 2007)


Honourable mentions to
The Comsat Angels (support to U2 at Warwick Uni 1982)
The Red Guitars (support to The Smiths at Lanchester Poly, 1984)

Some concert for James, thought they smashed it on the night.

 

[Half time draw tickets]

The Music supporting The Charlatans (around 2002)

The energy of the lead singer and the tunes just had me hooked......second album was shite though imho!!

That first The Music album… wow! I remember seeing them Leeds fest 2003 and they took the roof off

 

[staffsblue]

The Slow Readers Club supporting Puresence at Gorilla. Now they are probably my favourite band.
Also Working Men's Club supporting New Order at Heaton Park last summer. I'd heard a couple of their singles on 6Music, but they blew me away with their intense live performance.