Random Best Opening Act You've Ever Seen (57 items)

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  (#1) Stevie Ray Vaughan

  • Blues-rock, Rock music, Instrumental rock, Electric blues, Jazz fusion, Jazz, Texas blues, Blues, Southern rock

  opened for the moody blues,
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  (#2) Queen

  • Pop music, Rock music, Heavy metal, Progressive rock, Glam rock, Art rock, Hard rock
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  (#3) Metallica

  • Thrash metal, Rock music, Heavy metal, Speed metal, Hard rock

  Opened for Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N' Roses
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  (#4) The Jimi Hendrix Experience

  • Blues-rock, Psychedelic soul, Rock music, Heavy metal, Acid rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues, Hard rock, Psychedelic music

  Opened for The Monkees
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  (#5) Rush

  • Progressive metal, Rock music, Heavy metal, Progressive rock, Hard rock

  Opened for Kiss
  
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  (#6) Van Halen

  • Glam metal, Rock music, Heavy metal, Hard rock

  Opened for Black Sabbath in Pittsburgh. Roth spent more energy jumping across the stage than he did on singing.
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  (#7) Alice in Chains

  • Rock music, Grunge, Heavy metal, Alternative rock, Traditional heavy metal, Sludge metal, Alternative metal, Hard rock

  Opened for Van Halen
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  (#8) AC/DC

  • Blues-rock, Boogie rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Rock and roll, Hard rock
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  (#9) Pearl Jam

  • Rock music, Grunge, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Hard rock

  Opened for U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers
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  (#10) Soundgarden

  • Rock music, Grunge, Heavy metal, Stoner rock, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Alternative metal

  Opened for Guns N' Roses
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  (#11) Foo Fighters

  • Alternative rock, Post-grunge

  Opened for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
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  (#12) Red Hot Chili Peppers

  • Alternative Rock, Funk Metal

  Opened for Pearl Jam
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  (#13) Alice Cooper

  • Glam metal, Experimental rock, Shock rock, Psychedelic rock

  Opened up for the Scorpions
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  (#14) Green Day

  • Pop punk, Rock music, Alternative rock, Punk rock

  Opened for Bad Religion and Rage Against the Machine
  
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  (#15) Guns N' Roses

  • Glam metal, Blues-rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Rock and roll, Hard rock

  Opened for Rolling Stones
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  (#16) Kiss

  • Glam metal, Rock music, Heavy metal, Rock and roll, Hard rock

  Opened for Blue Oyster Cult
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  (#17) Thin Lizzy

  • Celtic rock, Blues-rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Hard rock
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  (#18) Blue Öyster Cult

  • Rock music, Heavy metal, Stoner rock, Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock
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  (#19) ZZ Top

  • Blues-rock, Boogie rock, Rock music, Electric blues, Heavy metal, Rock and roll, Texas blues, Electronic rock, Southern rock, Hard rock, Tejano music
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  (#20) Dio

  • Rock music, Power metal, Heavy metal, Hard rock

  Opened Up For Alice Cooper
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  (#21) Pixies

  • Experimental rock, Grunge, Noise, Alternative rock, Noise pop, Punk rock, Indie rock, College rock, Surf music, Post-punk

  Opened for U2
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  (#22) The Black Crowes

  • Blues-rock, Boogie rock, Rock music, Jam band, Southern rock, Hard rock

  Opened for UFO. While most opening acts are dismissed out of hand, they left an impression on many of us who were there to see Schenker. A good, tight rock and roll band,
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  (#23) Scorpions

  • Glam metal, Heavy metal, Hard rock

  Opened the World Series of Rock in Cleveland. Late addition to the bill. Possibly their first U.S. Performance.
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  (#24) Rage Against the Machine

  • Crossover thrash, Nu metal, Political hip hop, Rock music, Rapcore, Funk metal, Heavy metal, Rap metal, Alternative rock, Funk rock, Alternative metal, Hard rock

  Opened for Bad Religion
  
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  (#25) Santana

  • Blues-rock, Chicano rock, Rock music, Rock en Español, Jazz fusion, Pop rock, Spanish rock, Psychedelic rock, Funk rock, Funk, Hard rock
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  (#26) Weezer

  • Pop punk, Rock music, Garage rock, Emo, Power pop, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Geek rock

  Opened for No Doubt
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  (#27) The Clash

  • Hip hop music, Pop punk, New Wave, Ska punk, Ska, Rock music, Rockabilly, Reggae, Dub, Punk rock, Funk

  Opened for The Who
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  (#28) Duran Duran

  • Synthpop, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Electronic music, Dance-pop, Pop rock, Alternative rock, New Romanticism, Funk rock, Post-punk

  Opened for the Police
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  (#29) The Go-Go's

  • Pop punk, New Wave, Pop music, Rock music, Teen pop, Pop rock, Power pop, Punk rock

  Opened for The Police
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  (#30) The Cult

  • Gothic rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Alternative rock, Hard rock, Post-punk

  Opened for Billy Idol in Toronto
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  (#31) Whitesnake

  • Glam metal, Blues-rock, Rock music, Heavy metal, Glam rock, Hard rock

  Opened for Dio
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  (#32) Styx

  • Pop music, Rock music, Heavy metal, Pop rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Hard rock
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  (#33) April Wine

  • Rock music, Hard rock

  Added to the bill with Scorpions and Sammy Hagar at the fairgrounds coliseum in Columbus. Also opened multiple times for Rush.
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  (#34) Joe Cocker

  • Blues-rock, Blue-eyed soul, Rock music, Blues
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  (#35) Radiohead

  • Rock music, Electronic music, New Prog, Experimental rock, Experimental music, Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Avant-garde music, Electronica

  Opened for R.E.M. and Alanis Morrissette
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  (#36) Nine Inch Nails: Live

  • Alternative rock, Synthpop, Electronica, Industrial rock, Industrial metal, Aggrotech

  Opened for Guns N' Roses
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  (#37) The Arcana
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  (#38) Steve Winwood

  • Blues-rock, Blue-eyed soul, Rock music, Rock and roll, Jazz, Progressive rock, Psychedelic rock
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  (#39) U2

  • Rock, Punk

  Opened for J. Gelis Band, Jethro Tull
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  (#40) Beastie Boys

  • Hip hop music, Pop punk, Alternative hip hop, Jazz-funk, Rock music, Rap metal, Jazz, Instrumental, Rap rock, Rapcore, Rock and roll, Alternative rock, Punk rock, New York hardcore, Funk rock, Hardcore punk, Funk
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  (#41) Sweet

  • Bubblegum pop, Pop music, Rock music, Heavy metal, Pop rock, Glam rock, Hard rock
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  (#42) Faith No More

  • Nu metal, Rock music, Heavy metal, Hard rock, Experimental rock, Rapcore, Funk metal, Alternative rock, Experimental metal, Avant-garde music, Funk rock, Post-punk, Alternative metal

  Opened for Metallica, Guns N' Roses
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  (#43) Yes

  • Rock music, Experimental rock, Pop rock, Progressive rock, Art rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Symphonic rock
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  (#44) Living Colour

  • Rock music, Experimental rock, Neo-psychedelia, Funk metal, Heavy metal, Funk rock, Alternative metal, Hard rock

  Opened for Soul Asylum
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  (#45) Doro

  Opened Up For Dio
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  (#46) Oasis

  • Rock music, Britpop, Alternative rock, Indie rock

  Opened for Neil Young
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  (#47) Babymetal

  • Hip hop music, Bubblegum pop, Eurobeat, Pop music, J-pop, Power metal, Heavy metal, Screamo, Death metal
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  (#48) Garbage

  • Pop music, Trip hop, Rock music, Electronic music, Industrial rock, Grunge, Post-grunge, Alternative rock, Glam rock, Electronic rock, Electronica, Hard rock, Techno
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  (#49) Kings of Leon

  • Blues-rock, Rock music, Garage rock, Alternative rock, Indie rock, Southern rock, Post-punk revival, Hard rock

  Opened for U2, Pearl Jam
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  (#50) W.A.S.P.

  • Glam metal, Thrash metal, Rock music, Shock rock, Heavy metal, Hard rock

  "Opened for KISS

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