Rate GN'R Opening Bands youve seen N' who fit the bill (the most).

[LongGoneDay]

Tough to beat Metallica or Soundgarden. SG was still in their prime, and Metallica weren't too far removed from theirs.
I thought Bullet For My Valentine were horrible live, but didn't know their songs before hand either, so I'll give em a pass.
Papa Roach shouldn't be allowed in the same venue as GNR, or any venue for that matter.
Bach is always entertaining.

QUOTSA can be great live sometimes, and boring others. Depends if Lanegan is touring with em or not.
I like Homme, but think he's at his best when he sticks to playing guitar and letting someone else handle the vocals.

[jarmo]

Mostly guys posting and nobody's mentioned the Suicide Girls? WTF!

 




/jarmo

[Bodhi]

Thats right I forgot about CKY. They seemed to like being there but I didn't care for them either.
I would have to say one of the best ones was that street performer Axl had come the one night at Hammerstein. lol He was actually really fun to watch.

haha I remember that guy!!

[Bodhi]

oh and for the record, Metallica was not the opener for GN'R, they played a 3 hour set!! They were co-headliners, they just went on first.  So to be fair I wouldn't count them in this. 

[richwoman]

I saw faith no more with them years back when Mike Patton hit himself with a plank of wood and threw himself into the crowd beat that for entertainment  

[zihuatenajo]

Mostly guys posting and nobody's mentioned the Suicide Girls? WTF!

 




/jarmo

hahahaha yes : great show!

[MrGawain]

Bullet for My Valentine were HIDEOUS- That sort of Bass sludge that sounded like a kick to the kidneys. Just Because Bullets come from Guns and Roses are given for Valentines, it doesn't mean that these troglodytes have ANYTHING in common with the class of G'N'R.

[One.In.A.Million]

Bullet for My Valentine were HIDEOUS- That sort of Bass sludge that sounded like a kick to the kidneys. Just Because Bullets come from Guns and Roses are given for Valentines, it doesn't mean that these troglodytes have ANYTHING in common with the class of G'N'R.

I agree, and then they had the nerve to say how Metallica treated them better than GN'R did on tour. The dudes where lucky Axl threw them a bone and let them open for GN'R. I think they just got tired of everyone being so pumped for GN'R and not giving a shit for them. 

I wasn't there, but I can remember the live updates from the first Hammerstein show in 2006 (12th). And apparently, Bullet virtually got raped by the GN'R fans, who were throwing bottles and shouting to them to get off. I don't blame them either, Guns N' Roses are in a different universe compared to Bullet. 

[Bodhi]

I thought Bullet was pretty good, solid hard rock/metal band...

[Mr. Redman]

What about Shakerleg?

[gnrjanus]

What about metallica

[Axlfanatic]

Definitely the original SKID ROW back in 91' Greensboro- "Slave to the Grind" had just come out & they openened with "Monkey Business"- they sounded fantastisic & were at the top of their game then GnR played for nearly 4 hrs!

[LIGuns]

I totally 4got about Papa Roach, guess they blended in w/ Bullet for my Valentine..

[Sillything]

danko jones

[Kierkegaard_Says]

I saw Bullet for my Valentine with GNR and of course BAZ.
Wanted to see Towers of London... but im glad i got baz... he was amazing.

[rebelhipi]

melrose was avarage i remenber them playing a cool version of ac/dc let there be rock
danko was cool
skunk anansie was briliant!

[slasherr]

650north sucked
Danko Jones were ok
but Sebastian Bach was amazing