Best Surprise Concert you've seen.

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Ever go to a concert not really knowing the band, and find out they kick butt? Two for me were Nazareth and Zappa (at the time, I only knew the few "popular" Zappa songs played on the radio).
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Saw Modest Mouse last night in Reno....was blown away. I'd seen them before and assumed they wouldn't be that good.

Best Part: Johnny Marr doing the opening chords to How Soon is Now at the encore. LOL
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Three Doors Down came to a bar in my area right when they started catching on....tickets were only like $10 at the door.
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Went to see Slightly Stoopid about 3 years ago and The Expendables opened for them,was blown away, they are now one of my favorite bands.They kick ass live.
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I went to Austin last month to see My Chemical Romance at Stubbs and Billy Talent was one of the opening bands.

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I would have to say straight line stitch. they were a support band on the recent devildriver tour and they really surprised me. the vocallist is this little black girl thats about 5 foot 2 and 92 lbs. she can still rip the dark metal vox and screams. pretty badass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsXK1w0Yrm4
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I was just thinking about Morphine last nite! With the strong music scene here back in the '90's, I used to just head out to one of the clubs on any given night, regardless of if I knew who was playing. I happened to catch Morphine when they played Local 506 in Carrboro - holy crap - they were one of the most amazing bands I've ever seen, just like BP said. What a loss, when Sandman died. I feel really lucky to have been able to see them, but I woulda really liked to have had a chance to see them again -

Probably the most incredible show I've ever seen was an early '90's Flaming Lips show at the Cats Cradle. I didn't know who they were, but a good friend (who knew his stuff) told me I oughta go, that I wouldn't be disappointed. Man, was he right. Vintage Flaming Lips, absolutely mind-blowing. "Halloween on the Barbary Coast" was the last song of the night, and I will never forget that -

There's something just so cool about seeing a band you're not familiar with, and getting absolutelty blown away with them Smile
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prillernut wrote:
I was just thinking about Morphine last nite! With the strong music scene here back in the '90's, I used to just head out to one...
I was just thinking about Morphine last nite! With the strong music scene here back in the '90's, I used to just head out to one of the clubs on any given night, regardless of if I knew who was playing. I happened to catch Morphine when they played Local 506 in Carrboro - holy crap - they were one of the most amazing bands I've ever seen, just like BP said. What a loss, when Sandman died. I feel really lucky to have been able to see them, but I woulda really liked to have had a chance to see them again -

Probably the most incredible show I've ever seen was an early '90's Flaming Lips show at the Cats Cradle. I didn't know who they were, but a good friend (who knew his stuff) told me I oughta go, that I wouldn't be disappointed. Man, was he right. Vintage Flaming Lips, absolutely mind-blowing. "Halloween on the Barbary Coast" was the last song of the night, and I will never forget that -

There's something just so cool about seeing a band you're not familiar with, and getting absolutelty blown away with them Smile
Hey, priller, did you know Nirvana played the Cradle in '91. Man, I was in Goldsboro, 1- 1/2 hour away and never knew....
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volcati wrote:
Saw Modest Mouse last night in Reno....was blown away. I'd seen them before and assumed they wouldn't be that good. Best Part: Johnny Marr doing the...
Saw Modest Mouse last night in Reno....was blown away. I'd seen them before and assumed they wouldn't be that good.

Best Part: Johnny Marr doing the opening chords to How Soon is Now at the encore. LOL
see, that would piss me off- go ahead and play the damn song!!!


1st time seeing them w/ Marr, I guess?
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Went to see the Ramones in Raleigh one night around 1990 or so and one of my favorite local bands, The Sex Police, came out on stage and opened. I didn't know they were opening. Plus the Ramones were great, too.
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Okay, speaking of Chapel Hill, I saw Fetchin Bones in 87 or 88 not knowing anything about them.. they were sooo awesome. One of the best shows of my life.


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jtomasik wrote:
Ever go to a concert not really knowing the band, and find out they kick butt? Two for me were Nazareth and Zappa (at the time...
Ever go to a concert not really knowing the band, and find out they kick butt? Two for me were Nazareth and Zappa (at the time, I only knew the few "popular" Zappa songs played on the radio).
zappa was on the radio?
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I saw Guns & Rose's when they opened for Aerosmith when no one knew who they were, the were great, blew Aerosmith away, to bad they went down hill ever since.
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Let's Active was around when I was in school at UNC, albeit on the way out. I never saw them but had a couple of their ....cassettes?... Very influential. Mitch Easter did a lot of producing back then as well.


You and I have talked about the White Animals before , but it worth mentioning I still listen to them all the time. They put a new CD of all new material out around 2000, and it sounds as good as anything else I own.
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Tora Tora came to a local bar, 3 piece band best i ever heard.
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Tora Tora came to a local bar, 3 piece band best i ever heard.
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I saw Primus back in about 1995 or so before I knew who they were. Not only is Les Claypool probably the best bass player ever, he is quite an entertainer.

He started the show with a solo on his bass that sounded like a damn drum solo. But then they hit him with a spotlight and the crowd was blown away. He also played a big tall stand up bass at one point. All the while wearing a huge Uncle Sam style top hat.
I've been a huge Primus/Claypool fan ever since.
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Andrew Dice Clay!
Yeah I know he was a stand-up comedian, but half way through the routine, they set-up a set of drums on stage and he starts playing solo on them. One by one, here comes Slash and the other G & R guys, except for Axle, like usual and it to this day that was one damn good concert.


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wpcjs wrote:
I saw Guns & Rose's when they opened for Aerosmith when no one knew who they were, the were great, blew Aerosmith away, to bad they...
I saw Guns & Rose's when they opened for Aerosmith when no one knew who they were, the were great, blew Aerosmith away, to bad they went down hill ever since.
Was this around '90? If so, that was my first concert, but flip-flop the shows.Axl was so fucked up he didn't know where he was, and GNR was so loud you couldn't tell which song was which. Aerosmith kicked it pretty good.
Most suprising show was at one of those festivals, Gov't Mule played the second stage. I was going after a beer and caught the first song while in the beer line, and stuck around for the rest . Excellent show.
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Stevie Ray Vaughn played at Sam's truck stop in Arlington back in '79-'80?

we were bored at a wedding reception and I suggested to some out-of -towners that we go to Sam's, "Yeah, it's a dive, but they sometimes get some good talent" I told them.

Well SRV showed up, no one had heard him before, and damn nation he blew my freakin' hair back!
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Danzig in 88 at UCSD practice gym. Soundgarden opened and killed it. Loud love.
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volcati wrote:
Saw Modest Mouse last night in Reno....was blown away. I'd seen them before and assumed they wouldn't be that good. Best Part: Johnny Marr doing the...
Saw Modest Mouse last night in Reno....was blown away. I'd seen them before and assumed they wouldn't be that good.

Best Part: Johnny Marr doing the opening chords to How Soon is Now at the encore. LOL
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see, that would piss me off- go ahead and play the damn song!!!


1st time seeing them w/ Marr, I guess?
Yeah...and weird enough they were playing Morphine before they came on.

The leader of Morphine died a while back...I think he had a heart attack on stage or something weird???
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Went into a little bar in Nacogdoches, TX back in '85 and a then unknown to me Eric Johnson played. I stood about 4 feet away from him during his entire set. I sold all my guitar stuff after that show.
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That sound a lot like the 40 watt location from the late 80s. It was about that size if not narrower. I saw one of the freakiest shows ever at that spot.. a local industrial group called Nerve Clinic played there. this was when industrial didn't discribe goofy emo kidz in black pleather who listen oontz-oontz disco.
Anyway. Nerve Clinic were very loud, music very creepy, slow, dark.. they had performance artists who came out of big garbage cans filled with slimy guts and worms. Later in the show they had old TV sets playing videos of people being burned on piles of branches and wood. It was weird and disturbing, but interesting to watch & listen to.
I saw a few other bands there too, like Pylon who still play from time to time (and they are still good, unlike other aging athens bands (don't buy the new B's record it is terrible and sad).
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mxrose3 wrote:
Three Doors Down came to a bar in my area right when they started catching on....tickets were only like $10 at the door.
Me too. My first day of college after freshman orientaion at WVU. When orientation was over we went to what was said to be a free band, food and drinks. It turned out to be a big spread of food, kegs of beer and Three Doors Down. I was doomed from the start. WVU was #1 party school in the nation several times for a reason.
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Pylon was another group I caught by luck at Local 506, woulda been early '90's IIRC? I liked 'em Smile

Hey Dean - yep, Nirvana played the Cradle, but I missed them - I thnk it was just before I got into indie rock and the local club scene. Good story - a buddy of mine went to the show, and he tells of how he lost a shoe during the show somehow that nite, doesn't know when or how Tongue musta been good -

Never saw Lets Active, but Angie Carlson had a band here for a while called Grover - I loved 'em, thought they were pretty good and caught lots of their shows. I saw Mitch Easter play a Sneakers reunion show (with Chris Stamey), opening for the Pressure Boys about 3 weeks ago - was a really fun show, with the Pressure Boys finishing up with a killer cover of Radar Love Woohoo
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Raiders AFC championship game in '02.

Metallica pulled up into the parklin lot in some semi-trucks, pulled the side off one, it had a stage already set up.

They played for about 50 minutes all the way until right before kickoff. It was free, they did it as a favor to emperor palpatine...er....davis. Theyre all Raider fans.

It was a great show. Nobody knew they were going to do it, hows that for a "suprise concert"?
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prillernut wrote:
Pylon was another group I caught by luck at Local 506, woulda been early '90's IIRC? I liked 'em :) Hey Dean - yep, Nirvana played...
Pylon was another group I caught by luck at Local 506, woulda been early '90's IIRC? I liked 'em Smile

Hey Dean - yep, Nirvana played the Cradle, but I missed them - I thnk it was just before I got into indie rock and the local club scene. Good story - a buddy of mine went to the show, and he tells of how he lost a shoe during the show somehow that nite, doesn't know when or how Tongue musta been good -

Never saw Lets Active, but Angie Carlson had a band here for a while called Grover - I loved 'em, thought they were pretty good and caught lots of their shows. I saw Mitch Easter play a Sneakers reunion show (with Chris Stamey), opening for the Pressure Boys about 3 weeks ago - was a really fun show, with the Pressure Boys finishing up with a killer cover of Radar Love Woohoo
man I knew about tht Pressure Boys reunion show and just couldn't make it up there- I never saw them when I was at UNC, but the band they morphed into was the Sex Police and I saw them countless times. alway put on a great show- think the Chili Peppers with horns( if you never saw them)
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Sex Police were good - I saw them a few times. Awaiting for their next reunion show...We've actually got family ties to their drummer, Joe.
I had never seen the Pressure Boys, tho', so I got a kick outta seeing them - man, you shoulda been there, they were tight, the show was awesome. Not to take anything from the rest of the band, but Plymale is an amazing front man -
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i took my daughter to see aly and a.j. and the jonas brothers a couple of years ago. i thought i was going to get a nap, instead they both were surprisingly good.

also atlanta rhythm section, somewhat mellow on albums, rocked live.

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