Best (and worst) Opening Bands

[millerjustin]

This should be a lively debate.....

My personal fav's so far are Neko Case and Band of Horses - mostly because they are good bands and interesting to sit in with Jacket.

Worst has to be Shabazz - I seriously thought it was a joke in Brooklyn.  Do they even qualify as a "band"???

And here's a question:  who would our ideal opener be??

[Taterbug]

WORST   Kings of Leon !!!   BAM   

BEST   Trampled by Turtles  ( because it's the bestest most recent I've seen )

Ideal   Led Zeppelin

[subinai]

i did enjoy shabazz palaces but i thought it was an odd choice as an opener. cheers to them for playing to an audience that normally wouldn't hear their music.

when did KOL open for MMJ?

if i had to a choose a best it would probably be everybody who played on saturday at newport this year but that prob doesnt qualify as an opener. 

[Fully]

Best Dr Dog and even though they didn't take the stage right before Jacket, North Mississippi AllStars, AND Trombone Shorty.

Worst - I'm not going to go down that road

[Bigsky]

Band of Horses was very nice...MSG 2011

[Bigsky]

...with that stated...all opening bands suck...they make us wait for MMJ...;)

[tdb810]

I loved Everest as an opener...they were my favorite.

I (and I know this is controversial) did not enjoy Shabazz Palaces at all.  I tried very hard to keep an open mind, and not seem like a middle age suburbanite....but I found their sound to be completely assaultive.  Not my thing..

[deathstick]

Grace Potter and BOH so far have been my favorites.

[buymycar]

...with that stated...all opening bands suck...they make us wait for MMJ...;)

The best opener was on the Evil Urges tour...no opener.  An evening with My Morning Jacket.

[MMPJ6306]

I've only seen them headline four times, but I've never loved any of their openers. BoH are pretty good (though I don't listen to them recreationally) but I do *not* want to see them again. And the Z T5 show may be the biggest disparity in quality between opener and headliner I've ever seen.

That being said, I believe PHJB and them is a match made in heaven. <3<3

[Northern Neighbour]

BoH-rrrriiiiinnnnggg.

[johnnYYac]

For all the anit-BoH sentiment, they rocked on Letterman last night.

Band of Horses -- "Knock Knock" 9/19/2012 Letterman

[woodnymph]

I'd see BOH over any of the T5 openers, I think. I don't really remember the T5 openers. But I do remember BOH.   

[woodnymph]

WORST   Kings of Leon !!!   BAM   

BEST   Trampled by Turtles  ( because it's the bestest most recent I've seen )

Ideal   Led Zeppelin

Nice! Right on, Tater! 

[johnnYYac]

I really got into Everest after they opened T5 #5.  I was bummed I missed them at Forecastle, to beat to make it.  They'll be opening for Neil Young in November in Boston.

Everest - I've Had This Feeling Before

[Fully]

...with that stated...all opening bands suck...they make us wait for MMJ...;)

The best opener was on the Evil Urges tour...no opener.  An evening with My Morning Jacket.

That's probably the truest statement I've read today.

[zanjam]

I've only seen four opening bands, so here goes:

1) Trombone Shorty
2) Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
3) Band of Horses
4) Shabazz Palaces

Note: I did not hate Shabazz Palaces like many others did, and like I thought I would.  It was actually kind of cool background music.  I didn't have a problem with them at all, and I thought I was going to be really sour on them.

Dream opener:
Deer Tick
White Denim
Trombone Shorty again

[ericm]

PHJB, and Grace Potter have been my faves, and Everest is up there too.

Not gonna touch the worst one.

[zanjam]

...with that stated...all opening bands suck...they make us wait for MMJ...;)

The best opener was on the Evil Urges tour...no opener.  An evening with My Morning Jacket.

Now THAT show at the Greek was 3+ hours!  Here's to no openers! 

[Northern Neighbour]

Best - The New Pornographers, even the fans in upstate NY weren't that into them.