POST ONES YOU'VE SEEN, BECAUSE I AM INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC.

One I've seen that immediately comes to mind is Liars beating the shit out of Interpol a few years ago.

1/19/2010 3:14:36 AM

Titus Andronicus destroyed Los Campesinos! last year at the Cradle

White Stripes >>> Pavement at the Ritz in '99

1/19/2010 3:16:25 AM

the mooney suzuki was better than the strokes when i saw them in 02

1/19/2010 4:06:39 AM

Quiet Riot > Iron Maiden in '82 or '83 maybe?

1/19/2010 5:58:18 AM

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"Titus Andronicus destroyed Los Campesinos! last year at the Cradle"

1/19/2010 6:19:15 AM

papa roach was better than stain'd a couple years ago in greensboro


and no i didn't pay to see this

1/19/2010 6:54:18 AM

dane cooks opening act was better than dane was

1/19/2010 7:37:22 AM

Adema was better than Cypress Hill.

1/19/2010 7:42:06 AM

dan deacon >> girl talk at orange peel whenever that was a couple years ago

1/19/2010 7:52:08 AM

Q-Tip was better than Common a couple years ago at the House of Blues....although both were pretty awesome...Q-tip was a little more awesome.

1/19/2010 9:55:10 AM

The Helio Sequence was infinitely better than Rogue Wave

1/19/2010 12:36:35 PM

muse over u2 (G.O.D's opinion, then again she had been hyping U2 live in her mind for a number of years)

1/19/2010 12:41:47 PM

The Hold Steady >>>>>>>>> Drive-By Truckers on the "Rock and Roll Means Well" Tour in November of 2008. It was technically a co-headlining tour where they switched headlining duties for each city they played, but when they played in Raleigh, they came to Lincoln Theatre, and the Hold Steady went first. Their show was one of the best I've ever been to, easily. The Truckers were drunk as fuck and mediocre at best, and I didn't stay for the whole thing.

1/19/2010 12:43:30 PM

Ghostface Killah > Method Man/Redman in Vegas last summer

1/19/2010 12:44:49 PM

Also, Cymbals Eat Guitars gave The Pains of Being Pure at Heart a run for their money at Local 506 sometime last year, but both bands were great.

1/19/2010 12:45:30 PM

System of a down pwnt Limp Bizkit in 2001 @ RBC

1/19/2010 1:08:38 PM

everyone at Ozzfest in 2004

1/19/2010 1:56:10 PM

Maroon 5 over John Mayer at Walnut Creek back in '05.

Of course, that's not saying much

1/19/2010 3:33:22 PM

The Long Winters > The Decemberists
Kind of Like Spitting > Saves the Day
Rilo Kiley > Rainer Maria

1/19/2010 5:52:32 PM

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"System of a down pwnt Limp Bizkit in 2001 @ RBC"

Wu Tang Clan > Limp Bizkit 1999 @ RBC

1/19/2010 9:58:06 PM

passion pit and phoenix both rocked the crap out of headlining Spoon a month or so ago.

1/19/2010 10:10:24 PM

mute math blew the fray out of the water

1/19/2010 10:12:52 PM

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"Kind of Like Spitting > Saves the Day"

ha, i think i went to this show, fall 2002?

1/19/2010 10:19:47 PM

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"dane cooks opening act was better than dane was "

seconded. so glad i didn't actually shell out the $40 or so for those tickets!

1/19/2010 10:36:01 PM

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"Rilo Kiley > Rainer Maria"

I WAS THERE


funny that the only reason i quasi know edawg was that i drove him to the stephen malkmus and the jicks show back in the day

iirc

1/19/2010 10:50:48 PM

Snoop over RHCP at Walnut Creek in 2003

1/19/2010 11:02:24 PM

shows within the past year that come to mind:
white rabbits > fiery furnaces
man man > cursive

1/19/2010 11:13:50 PM

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"white rabbits > fiery furnaces"

At the cradle?

Pretty sure FF played first.

1/19/2010 11:56:53 PM

^no, in charlotte. and white rabbits played first.

1/20/2010 12:23:27 AM

Black Crowes > Tom Petty

1/20/2010 12:30:12 AM

mindless self indulgence > linkin park a few years ago in raleigh.

1/20/2010 1:19:50 AM

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"Black Crowes > Tom Petty"

1/20/2010 1:22:25 AM

For some reason Green Day opened for Blink 182 several years back at Walnut. That was quite the one sided show.

1/20/2010 1:24:00 AM

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"^no, in charlotte. and white rabbits played first."

Ah. I guess they alternated.

1/20/2010 1:48:21 AM

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"ha, i think i went to this show, fall 2002?"

yeah, at the Norva in Norfolk. the little kids were booing KOLS but started waist-high moshing as soon as STD came out. the lead singer's face was covered in acne to relate to his target audience.

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"I WAS THERE funny that the only reason i quasi know edawg was that i drove him to the stephen malkmus and the jicks show back in the day iirc"

you had a sweet car.

1/20/2010 5:32:46 PM

august burns red > underoath at lincoln theatre recently

1/20/2010 6:23:27 PM

I've been to a lot of shows that I only went to for the opening acts, but a few times I was unexpectedly blown away by openers.

Rocky Votolato and Minus the Bear >>> New Amsterdams and Jesse Malin
Dillinger Escape Plan >>> whatever whack metal band they opened for
Annuals >>> Minus the Bear last time I saw them
Bon Iver >>> Wilco
Rise Against and Against Me! >>> Antiflag
David Bazan >>> Ben Gibbard

These are the one that immediately come to mind. I'm sure there are more.

1/20/2010 6:42:16 PM

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"Rocky Votolato and Minus the Bear >>> New Amsterdams and Jesse Malin"

i think i was at this show too, King's Barricades or something like that

it was my first trip to Raleigh

1/20/2010 10:32:52 PM

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"For some reason Green Day opened for Blink 182 several years back at Walnut. That was quite the one sided show."

You could not be more right here. Out of all the concerts I have ever seen, this was one of the dumbest moves by a band ever. You have as an opening band a group that you yourself are emulating and they do it infinitely better than you. Really made Blink look stupid(er than normal).

Others:
Black Crowes > ZZ Top (Chapel Hill 90)
KISS >>>>>>>>>>>>> Aerosmith (Creek 05? Again, regardless whether you like KISS's music, you can't deny their stage show.)
Phish > Santana (92)

1/20/2010 10:52:13 PM

the anniversary > dashboard confessional at the ritz in 2001?

1/20/2010 11:12:30 PM

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"The Helio Sequence was infinitely better than Rogue Wave"

hah. that band slept in our living room one time when they were playing at ?lincoln theater?/?ritz?. they gave us cd's in exchange

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"Bon Iver >>> Wilco"

i was at that show and couldn't disagree more. bon iver wasn't suited for that crowd or venue. and wilco brought it as usual.

[Edited on January 20, 2010 at 11:21 PM. Reason : .]

1/20/2010 11:20:33 PM

I went to that concert (well, in charlotte at least). Blink 182, Green Day, and Jimmy Eat World.

In order of quality it was as follows JEW>Green Day>Blink 182

1/20/2010 11:24:07 PM

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"For some reason Green Day opened for Blink 182 several years back at Walnut. That was quite the one sided show."

I was totally at that one and I agree.

1/21/2010 12:33:43 AM

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"Quiet Riot > Iron Maiden in '82 or '83 maybe?"

Girlschool > Iron Maiden >> Scorpions in '82 (Houston)

1/21/2010 10:07:14 AM

Nickelback > Bon Jovi

lol jk, they both were terrible and i would have rather been waterboarded

1/21/2010 12:07:18 PM

summerbirds in the cellar >> tokyo police club '09
mewithoutyou >> minus the bear > thursday back in '06

1/21/2010 1:56:35 PM

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"KISS >>>>>>>>>>>>> Aerosmith (Creek 05? Again, regardless whether you like KISS's music, you can't deny their stage show.)"

I was there, too, and this is absolutely true--never follow KISS. And I think it was '03.

I remember that Aerosmith played "Baby, Please Don't Go" for what seemed like 15 minutes, and when the song was finally over, some drunk guy yelled over a smattering of applause, "That was fuckin' weak!"

Aerosmith has a large catalog of hit songs. People just wanted to hear them.

1/21/2010 2:08:19 PM

Dude when an even more obscure indy band opened up for an obscure indy band....I was totally blown away at how one sided of a show it was.

1/21/2010 3:47:04 PM

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"the anniversary > dashboard confessional at the ritz in 2001?"

this is exactly why I left after the anniversary.

1/21/2010 3:57:29 PM

breaking benjamin > three days grace

think this was in 07 at walnut

tdg's "riot" was great, but other than that, bb tore them a new one

1/21/2010 4:11:33 PM