Name a band/artist of any genre, that you never heard before, that performed live @ a concert

[Urban Prairie]

that you attended, and turned you into a fan of his/her/their music afterwards.

For me it was an all-girl, alt-rock band from Stockholm, Sweden, that I saw the year before they broke up in '00. They released only three CDs, the first one being an EP. Their name was Drain STH and they were touring with another alt-rock band at the time that had a lot of radio airplay in the mid-late 90s named Filter, the latter who had a few popular songs that charted, one being "Hey Man, Nice Shot" I saw both bands perform live @ Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac, MI in '99. I still have a poster similar to the image below, and sold my other copy of it at auction on eBay a few years ago.



Drain STH: Crack the Liar´s Smile


All four were pretty hot looking babes as well..."Freaks Of Nature" indeed!! :headbang:

[MrsMatt]

1. 10,000 Maniacs

they were the opening act for Squeeze (1987 or 1988)

[flvegan]

2. Gaslight Anthem

Opened for Rise Against. I had "heard" of them, but never listened to them. They had a couple catchy songs, but the small venue/shitty typical "opening act stage rig" so the sound kind of sucked. I wanted to hear more of them, and lo and behold, they were on Letterman not a week later (doing "The '59 Sound) just killing it! I was sucked in ever since.

Another one I started liking after seeing perform live (on tv, not in concert) was Glasvegas who I caught on The Graham Norton Show. Can't understand half the shit they say the first time around (Scottish), it sounds cool.

edit: spelling

[SteppingRazor]

3. Drive-By Truckers.

Had heard of them, but had never heard them until I saw them in concert in 2002. Bought the album Southern Rock Opera at the next available opportunity.

[SoxFan]

4. The Three O'Clock

I saw them open for REM in Boston, and was hooked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6j6AlM62Bo

[Initech]

5. Caught the Black Keys, Manu Chao, and Peeping Tom at Coachella

[MiddleFingerMom]

6. Michelle Shocked

.
Had vaguely heard of her. Saw her perform at a community radio
convention and she blew me away.
.
Just her and her guitar.
.
Tracy Chapman, KINDA the same way. Had heard "Fast Car" and shortly
after she became known for that saw her perform solo at an Amnesty
International Concert. Everyone else had BIG LOUD ELECTRIC BANDS...
it was just her and her little wooden guitar and she blew EVERYBODY
away.
.
Not to mention when she and Peter Gabriel did an acoustic duet of
"Don't Give Up".
.

[amyrose2712]

7. Saul WIlliams opened for NIN @ HOB in AC...

Black Stacey--- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRsgavuG4sg

List of Demands w/Nine Inch Nails http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X1xf5NARzU


Break (produced by Trent Reznor)---- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7P8duVhT0I

[peacefreak]

8. I saw a really weird guy playing a banjo

with an arrow on his head. Yup, Steve Martin. I don't remember who he opened for. Saw him through a cannabis haze a lloooonnnnnggggggg time ago.

[gmoney]

9. "Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet" and "Departure Lounge"

"Shadowy Men" opened for The Fleshtones, and while I was somewhat familiar with them for doing the theme and incidental music for the "Kids in the Hall" TV show, they were great live, and I bought all their music right after that.

"Tim Keegan and Departure Lounge" both opened for Robyn Hitchcock, then served as his backing band for a show, but honestly, I think they were a LOT better, at least that night. And their album "Out of Here" is just wonderful. A bit like Oasis, but if they were actually really good. Or Stone Roses without being quite so psychedelic. If you can find it, get it!

[Sugarcoated]

10. Melissa Etheridge right before she got famous

Just went on a whim, she was amazing. I'm not a fan anymore, but I was for her first two albums.

[Iggo]

11. Three Inches Of Blood....Hatebreed.

TIOB opened up for Maiden one year.

I saw Hatebreed at OzzFest the year that SOAD headlined.

Hadn't heard of either of those bands before seeing them, and I bought their CD's afterward based on those performances.

[old mark]

12. Tesla. Someone had an extra ticket, so I went. I thought they were very good.

Not a raving fan, but I really liked their performance and their music.

mark

[AsahinaKimi]

13. AUNCIA

I freakin love these guys!

Auncia ~ Biscuit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek_U2HL8-h4

[Skittles]

14. Aimee Mann

bf a huge fan and dragged me to a concert - she's very good

[JCMach1]

15. R.E.M. playing a free concert in G-ville, FL in the EARLY 1980's

Before they had an album out.

RADIO FREE EUROPE ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWu5KZM8weo&feature=fvst


Must have been 1981 or 82

[tigereye]

24. wow, what a great thing to have seen them that early

I don't think I saw them here until the mid-late 80s... but their first EPs were eye-openers, that's for sure. Very exciting.

[Chan790]

16. Pinback.

My brother dragged me to a concert they were headlining at the TLA in Philly on their tour supporting their "Summer in Abaddon" album and I was hooked immediately. We'd actually gone to see Aqueduct who was the opening act and well...sucks live because he does way too many covers and has horrible cheesy stage presence.

Pinback - Fortress: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59cQWw9ctOA

Pinback - Loro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_qqTxhXy7k

Pinback - Non-Photo Blue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFMYeCMK4IY

[abq e streeter]

17. Alternated sets with an all-girl country band at the New Mexico State Fair in 1992

and thought they were awesomely talented besides being pretty damn cute... I thought they had a shot at hitting the big time, and kept wondering if I'd ever see them again, but considered myself a fan from that day on. Their name was the Dixie Chicks.

[abq e streeter]

18. Alice Cooper, who I'd vaguely heard of, performed at my college's homecoming dance

in 1970.They'd already recorded Love it to Death, the album that made them stars, but had not yet released it. They were absolutely great,and especially for 1970, incredibly weird and bizarre, and performed ,as far as I can remember, the whole album, beginning with Sun Arise ( which I did, at the time , know was by Rolf Harris, and I thought that was a totally cool way to start the show). To this day, one the better bands I've ever seen, even if Alice/Vincent has become a repube, which I've heard; actually, that doesn't surprise me if true. ( Doesn't let him off the hook though; if he is, then fuck him--still a great band back then though).

[livetohike]

20. I loved Alice Cooper back then - saw them several times

in larger venues. That concert must have been fun :-).

[abq e streeter]

22. In my college's gym, and it WAS a blast ( from what I was able to remember)

:smoke:

[livetohike]

25. I hear you

:-) I attended the last concert ever held in my college's gym in 1971. Savoy Brown, Foghat and Badfinger. After that one, the administration said no more concerts in the gym.

[abq e streeter]

27. Would've loved to have seen Savoy Brown back then

I don't think the administration had a problem with that homecoming "dance" ( which also included Chase, Frijid Pink and SRC;an odd, almost random collection of bands). Everyone was too stoned to trash the place and seems to me there were plenty of other concerts in the gym after that. ( Knox College in Galesburg, Ill.) You people must have been a lot more rowdy...:party:

[livetohike]

30. I guess - not much to do in a small town state university 75 miles

from Pittsburgh (Indiana, PA)- home to the Christmas Tree Capitol of the world and Jimmy Stewart :-).

[livetohike]

19. Black Oak Arkansas - opened for Grand Funk Railroad in 1971

I thought they were pretty good. It's really the only "new" band I can remember for the many concerts I saw.

"Hot and Nasty"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGAPhLK8qdk&feature=related

[RT Atlanta]

21. Burning Tree

Burning Tree opened for the Black Crowes in 1990 or early '91 when I saw them in Atlanta (Center Stage!) and they rocked the house - a great warm up for a great Crowes' show.

Here's the Amazon summary of their album:

http://www.amazon.com/Burning-Tree/dp/B0026CYDA8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1267020341&sr=8-2

This is from Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_tree)

Burning Tree was a rock power trio from Los Angeles, California. The band performed from the late 1980s to 1990.

The band was officially started in 1987 by guitarist Marc Ford and drummer Doni Gray and were soon joined by bassist Mark 'Muddy' Dutton to complete the three piece but not before trying half a dozen bass players including Jay Bentley from Bad Religion. Doni Gray and Mark Dutton had already been playing the local L.A. scene in a band called The March and shortly after, Gray got together with Marc Ford and started a small buzz in L. A. and Orange County playing in a band called Citadel, so the synergy between the three was present from the very beginning.

The band secured a residency at the Coconut Teaszer in Hollywood (one of the better clubs to be seen playing in at the time) from 1988-89. By the end of that year they landed a recording contract with a major label (Epic Records).

The release of their self titled debut album was met with overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and fans alike. However, for reasons that remain unknown, Burning Tree's destiny would not allow them to fulfill their contractual obligations and no further recordings followed.

Marc Ford joined the Black Crowes and is presently pursuing a solo career. Doni Gray recorded an album with Izzy Stradlin & The JuJu Hounds and later started God's Hotel with Spike Gray (London Quireboys) and Ted Hutt (Reacharound) and now has his own band Chromosapien. Mark 'Muddy' Dutton recorded and toured with Gilby Clarke in Col. Parker as well as with L. A. Guns. At present, Dutton has formed the group Up The Dose and has become quite an accomplished record producer.

[tigereye]

23. Queen Ida and then Scrawl

[Orrex]

26. I was very impressed when I saw Cristina Martinez in her debut performance with Boss Hog

Very impressed.

[mitchum]

33. I bet you were!

[Orrex]

34. Remarkable stage presence.

[gmoney]

38. was she nekkid?

Seems she did that quite often at one point.

[av8rdave]

28. Lucinda Williams

She was opening for Neil Young.

Have been a big fan of hers ever since.

[bif]

29. Rachael Yamagata opened for David Grey

Singer/pianist. She was great.

[abq e streeter]

31. Richie Havens in'71; some kid named Jackson Browne opened the show

None of the people I was with had ever heard of him, and when the curtain opened, there was this skinny kid with a guitar sitting on a stool all by himself in the middle of this big stage. Opened his mouth and started singing and blew everybody away.

[mitchum]

32. Kiss opening for Black Oak Arkansas...give me a break, I was only 14!

[Kat45]

35. Filter had a new album out last year or the year before.

Yup, they're still (or back) around.

[lazarus]

36. Halloween Town

opened for The Killers this fall here in San Diego. Good music.

http://www.myspace.com/halloweentownband

[greendog]

37. Michael Hedges, David Wilcox, Michael Peter Smith, Suzanne Vega, Yank Rachell

Värttinä, Alejandro Escovedo.

[LearnedHand]

39. Ozomotli

An East L.A. band who does ROCKIN' concerts.

[yellowdogintexas]

40. Willie Nelson . saw him at a concert in Nashville during DeeJay week

right before he hit BIG. It was one awesome concert.

That same night we saw 'Asleep at the Wheel' who were the new kids on the block at Columbia.