Perfect Opening Act?

[Firebrand]

Been thinking about this a little bit today, and man, if you put your brain in gear, there are a million potentially GREAT opening acts that could put this whole tour into the stratosphere.

My initial thoughts:

Poison (seems kind of a perfect marriage if you think about it)
Scorpions (how cool would that be??)
Pat Benatar (she can still sing her butt off)
Ratt (again, just the mix of the two seems to be a good one)
Night Ranger (like VH lite, but with two great guitarists)
Dokken (George Lynch and Eddie in one night???!!? Guitar heaven!)
Queensryche (let it soak in a moment....)

Give me any of those, follow them with REAL VH, and it'd be a night to remember!

Any others? Fire away!

[azcrdnal]

Originally posted by Firebrand
Been thinking about this a little bit today, and man, if you put your brain in gear, there are a million potentially GREAT opening acts that could put this whole tour into the stratosphere.

My initial thoughts:

Poison (seems kind of a perfect marriage if you think about it)
Scorpions (how cool would that be??)
Pat Benatar (she can still sing her butt off)
Ratt (again, just the mix of the two seems to be a good one)
Night Ranger (like VH lite, but with two great guitarists)
Dokken (George Lynch and Eddie in one night???!!? Guitar heaven!)
Queensryche (let it soak in a moment....)

Give me any of those, follow them with REAL VH, and it'd be a night to remember!

Any others? Fire away!

I would like to see Beck open up for them then ed could get mad and tell us how dave disrespected beck again.

[VanHalener]

Been thinking today about how many duplicate threads there have been lately about opening acts...

hmmmmmmm

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by vanhalener
Been thinking today about how many duplicate threads there have been lately about opening acts...

hmmmmmmm

Dude. Try to get out more. I remember starting a thread about this just after I read this one. I still think it should be Thirty Seconds To Mars. I'm not a fan or anything, but that singer just screams like he's dying. This type of cross-promotional stuff has been done forever. It's like Sha-Na-Na at fucking Woodstock.

[VanHalener]

:confused:

[redblkwht]

Originally posted by rustoffa
It's like Sha-Na-Na at fucking Woodstock.

NO WAY, too funny dude, dead on a well
deserved rip..LMFAO! sha na na?
hahahahaha..

get a job..

[VanHalener]

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[David Lee Rocks]

Cheap Trick opens for a lot of great bands these days

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by David Lee Rocks
Cheap Trick opens for a lot of great bands these days

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[VHrocks]

How about U2, The Police, or Genesis? Or maybe Pink Floyd or the Rolling Stones?

[VanHalener]

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[frankfasteddie]

Hansen



no opening act just cvh period

[Nickdfresh]

How about an act that Wolfgang can relate too?:

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[Ice Cream Girl]

Pat Benetar has an excellent voice but irritating fucking songs.

Queensryche wanted like $80 a head [and up], lowest price for the House of Blues in Cleveland, with no opening act, from what I heard. They can kiss my ass. They have one song that I know of, and it's not worth $80 live.

[Loons The Great]

Keb' Mo
Solomon Burke
B.B.King
Bobby Rush
The Robert Plant Band
Lenny Kravitz
Beck
Jeff Beck
Ludacris
Nelly
Bad Company
Blind Willie Loons
David"Honeyboy"Edwards
The Raconteurs
The Hives
Chuck Berry
Buckcherry
Leslie West
K-Fed
Eminem
Buddy Guy
Robert Lockwood, Jr.(Robert Johnson's stepson)

[Firebrand]

Dudes, sorry for the duplication, but as I stated pretty clearly in an earlier post, its been probably 6-8 months since I've been on here...no reason to otherwise.

I do think Cheap Trick would be a PERFECT opener, for what its worth.

[ThrillsNSpills]

Originally posted by Firebrand
Been thinking about this a little bit today, and man, if you put your brain in gear, there are a million potentially GREAT opening acts that could put this whole tour into the stratosphere.

My initial thoughts:

Poison (seems kind of a perfect marriage if you think about it)

Any others? Fire away!

I want the guy with no arms that plays guitar with his feet with the mutant riding his 3 wheeled bicycle
rides by.

poison?
dude do you hate us?

[ThrillsNSpills]

Savicki with a Ukelele

[Matt White]

BUTTHOLE SURFERS

[Ice Cream Girl]

Originally posted by Loons The Great
Keb' Mo
Solomon Burke
B.B.King
Bobby Rush
The Robert Plant Band
Lenny Kravitz
Beck
Jeff Beck
Ludacris
Nelly
Bad Company
Blind Willie Loons
David"Honeyboy"Edwards
The Raconteurs
The Hives
Chuck Berry
Buckcherry
Leslie West
K-Fed
Eminem
Buddy Guy
Robert Lockwood, Jr.(Robert Johnson's stepson)

Nice list....but K-Fed??? HAHAHAHAHA!

[Loons The Great]

Originally posted by Ice Cream Girl
Nice list....but K-Fed??? HAHAHAHAHA!

J/k!

[ThrillsNSpills]

Maybe the Ozark Mountain Daredevils will reunite to open for Van Wolfin.

Or the guy that sang Rock Me Gently.

[Ice Cream Girl]

Originally posted by ThrillsNSpills

Or the guy that sang Rock Me Gently.

Andy Kim.

Yep. I'm old enough to remember AM radio.

[Loons The Great]

Muddy Waters, Jr.
Merle Haggard
George Jones
Joaquin Pheonix
Eric Sardinas
Taylor Hicks
Body Count
Marcy Playground
Nerfherder
Russell Crowe's band

[ThrillsNSpills]

Originally posted by Loons The Great

Nerfherder

Nice one Loons.
"Is this what you wanted?
Sammy Hagar
Is this what you wanted?
I'll never buy your stupid records again."

[isthatTHUNDER?!]

i've been told it's going to be Lisa Marie Presley or Joan Jett.

[Loons The Great]

Anyone...that's still alive and shit-kickin'...from this a here record label:

http://www.fatpossum.com/

[Loons The Great]

Or thissin':

http://www.alligator.com/

[DavidLeeNatra]

Originally posted by vanhalener
Been thinking today about how many duplicate threads there have been lately about opening acts...

hmmmmmmm

four or five...

[DLRDUDE]

All joking aside! What are Black n Blue or Britney Fox doing these days

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Whitesnake?

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by Shaun Ponsonby
Whitesnake?

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[frankfasteddie]

the other half

or the waboritas


llllllloooooooooooollllllllllllllllll

[Loons The Great]

Originally posted by Firebrand

Night Ranger (like VH lite, but with two great guitarists)

FUCK NO!!

[fenway5150]

I'm anything but a fan of new music and most of the suggestions I've read here would be cool but if it's going to be a new band I would go with a band called Wolfmother. I heard a song called Joker & The Thief on Sirius and was really impressed.

Outside of that, put anyone you want. I'm there to see VH.

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by fenway5150
I'm anything but a fan of new music and most of the suggestions I've read here would be cool but if it's going to be a new band I would go with a band called Wolfmother. I heard a song called Joker & The Thief on Sirius and was really impressed.

Outside of that, put anyone you want. I'm there to see VH.

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[Matt White]

WOLFMOTHER


& VELVET REVOLVER

[VanHalener]

Originally posted by Matt White
WOLFMOTHER


& VELVET REVOLVER

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[Antman]

I haven't read any of the other replies, so forgive me if I repeat what's already been said. Remember how VH opened for the Stones in 81 at the Rose Bowl (pics on Diver Down)? The Stones are so legendary and command so much respect that anyone would open for the Stones no matter how big like GNR, No Doubt, Pretenders, Metallica, etc. I think VH can do the same. No one band for the tour, but different bands in different cities, like Foo Fighters, Chili Peppers, maybe even Korn, Megadeth, etc. That's my take. It can be done. Who wouldn't want the opportunity???

[GreenBayLA]

MONSTER MAGNET!

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OK not a great pairing but I dig em!