Best Opening Acts For SY That You've Seen
 

should be interesting, sy have had this tendency to select some pretty
polarizing bands to open up for them.

my top 5:

5. Black Dice 11/30/02, Irving Plaza--Of all the "noise" bands, these
guys are still my favorite. They didn't annoy the audience as much
as they did opening for the Yeah Yeah Yeah's but a great impatience
could be sensed.
4. Hair Police, 7/29/04, Vic Theatre--Wolf Eyes also played, but I'll be
damned if HP didn't just destroy them. Brutal shriek-fuck. Great on
record too.
3. Sleater Kinney, 9/4/05--Arthurfest--Played right before SY on the
main stage, so yeah, they count. Even sound issues and Corin
Tucker's iffy throat couldn't dampen this fun set.
2. Les Georges Leningrad, 8/4/04, Metropolis--Montreal weirdo freaks
came on after a wild performance by co-openers Sunburned Hand of
the Man and just went stupid. Expectorate flew upward and
outward, synth burped and vomited, band members fell over
(intentionally and not-so), and their hometown crowd was all :confused: .
1. Stereolab, 3/17/02--Again, played right before SY at ATP LA.
Practically a greatest hits set, and the last American gig the band
would play before the tragic passing of Mary Hansen. Started with
"Come and Play in the Milky Night" and ended with "John Cage
Bubblegum", and the middle was the choicest deli meats.

Yeah Sleater-Kinney at arthurfest was cool, as were all the other bands that came before them on the main stage (black keys, sunburned hand, wolfmother, etc.). Other than that, Ive seen the with Wolf Eyes (which was interesting, but got old quick), and Awesome Color, who were good, not great.

Stereolab.....def.

i saw them with hair police once and i liked them. and wolf eyes.

my top ten

Les Georges Leningrad - 8-4-04 Montreal
Sleater Kinney - 9-4-05 LA
Erase Errata and Anxious Rats - 8-8-02 DC
Sunburned Hand of the Man - 8-4-04 Montreal
Be Your Own Pet - 6-14-06 Philadelphia
Wolf Eyes - 7-29-04 Chicago
Magik Markers - 8-11-04 DC
Loren Mazzacane Conners and Jim O'Rourke 4-16-05 Hoboken
Awesome Color - 7-1-06 Portland
Hair Police - 7-30-04 Milwaukee

the top two outperformed SY

Guided By Voices, 8.15.03

I've only seen them once, but BYOP opened and I thought they were pretty good.

I actually really liked Awesome Color. Very repetitive, but they were fun to watch. The Beatles, The Velvet Underground, Jimi Hendrix, and The Ramones were all mentionable openers, too.

When I went to see Sonic Youth two years ago, the opening acts were Decaer Pinga and Afri Rampo. Dacaer Pinga are pretty much a drone band. Four tables with electronic whatevers on them. They played one 20-minute drone. It was shite.

Afri Rampo were ridiculously entertaining. I had no idea what the fuck was going on with their set. I also met their roadie after the gig who gave me a can of beer. I gave it to someone else.

Polvo and Unwound at the Austin Music Hall, 11-15-95
I don't really remember it that much cuz I was probably too stoned, but it was probably pretty dope

ive been meaning to check out awesome color, my friend hated them in portland.

godspeed you black emperor! montreal qc, may 1998

i wish they hadsomeone awesome opening for them in toronto... like Wolf Eyes and Hair Police. i don't really like the Go! Team all that much.. without the singer/rapper they'd be cooler.... does anyone know who else is opening?

:eek:

Polvo, Unwound and SY is heaven on earth.

top 5:
1 The Jesus Lizard Center Stage Atlanta 11/18/90
2 Hole, Cypress Hill, Pavement, Beck, The Jesus Lizard, Built to Spill, Redman Lollapalooza Lakewood Amphitheater Atlanta 8/05/95
3 Hole, Sinead O' Connor, Cypress Hill, Pavement, Beck, The Jesus Lizard Lollapalooza Fiddler's Green Denver 7/08/95
4 Stereolab The Tabernacle Atlanta 6/23/00
5 Superchunk International Ballroom Atlanta 10/09/92

Cows.

It was at a show at the 40 watt with Cows opening for The Jesus Lizard that a kid broke his neck stagediving & the lights went up for a moment & then Yow snarled, "cool, somebody died." & then the lights went back down & they resumed their set. It was only after the show that paramedics arrived to take the injured guy out on a stretcher & I checked the paper afterwards & never heard anything about it. I think that was the last time I took hallucinogens & that was the last time I ever saw The Jesus Lizard too.

this is true. but nothin in the natural world could top the huskers on a plane premire

Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you. Lucky bastard :(

Since i've only seen them once and BYOP opened for the philly show, i can say they were pretty fun.

I never would have pegged you as a fan of Hole.