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]

:rolleyes: :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?

:D :D :D

[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!:D

[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!

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by 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???


I think that's a bit of a stretch

[fryingdutchman]

The best opening act would be NO opening act.

We've been waiting so long for this particular hell to freeze over that it should be all Classic Van Halen. Period.

Don't muck it up with any other shit. Just jam a needle of CVH into your arm and fuckin' overdose!!

It might be your last chance...

[binnie]

Well, if it had to be one of those then I'd take the Scorpions.

Saw em opening for Priest and they were great...

[Hollywood Jesus]

I say if the artist had a release in the '80s, they are not eligible. I'm not a huge fan of most new music, but you gotta bring in some young blood from a marketing perspective. Make certain kids are coming with parents to see this thing.

Wolfmother is darn near cheating since the guitars are Sabbath and the voice is Zep. It's an older sound than VH with fresh packaging.

Other ideas: Jet, Buck Cherry, Damone, The Darkness... not huge names, but recognizable.

And you gotta have a little warm-up. Not that the boys necessarily need someone else to do the heavy lifting, but why take a crowd from 0-120 out of the gate when somebody else can get them up to highway speed?

[cwsmith17]

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!

The Police

[FORD]

The 77s

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[Ice Cream Girl]

Originally posted by Hollywood Jesus
why take a crowd from 0-120 out of the gate when somebody else can get them up to highway speed?

I actually like that kind of a 0-120 rush.

That's what I get when Dave walks out on stage.

I don't care if there's an opening act.

I would prefer there not be one.

Maybe then they'd have more time to play more of their catalogue.

[binnie]

Velvet Revolver?

Nice idea, but they can play those size venues on their own....

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Originally posted by Hollywood Jesus
The Darkness... ?



That would have been GRATE...if they hadn't split up in December.

[binnie]

Originally posted by GreenBayLA
MONSTER MAGNET!

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OK not a great pairing but I dig em!


I would LOVE to see that!!

However, Dave Wyndorf had a big drug overdose at the back end of last year, so it;s not very likely...

[Roy Munson]

If Jet is the opening band I will vomit. I FUCKING HATE THAT BAND.

Wolfmother, too. Suck shit.

Cheap Trick would be great...fabulous.

Monster Magnet is OK, but Wynedorf is a dickfuck at the mic and is a buzzkill for the headlining band.

Army of Anyone would be my vote.

[indeedido]

I don't need an opening act. Just give me 3 hours of CVH

[Atomic Dyver]

3 hrs of CVH tunes live? Where do I sign?

[pjvan]

I vote for no opening act, but you know VH will have at least 1 band open.

How about Chevelle, they kick ass. I'd go along with Cheap Trick as well.

[DLR_EngineRoom]

Originally posted by Firebrand
Ratt

Newly reunited w/Stephen Pearcy. That's my vote.

[SNIPER]

I think every city should have a local battle of the bands for the opening slot. Show some support for up and comming acts.

[GreenBayLA]

Originally posted by SNIPER
I think every city should have a local battle of the bands for the opening slot. Show some support for up and comming acts.

Is it open to Van Halen tributes like Atomic Punk? ; )
What if The Other Half enters and (as if) wins?

[PenguinsKID1986]

Lets get some new blood I'll go with Saliva, I love the tune welcome to the show

[SNIPER]

NO COVER BANDS!!

[FORD]

Originally posted by indeedido
I don't need an opening act. Just give me 3 hours of CVH

This is Van HALEN, not Bruce Springsteen.

Has Van HALEN ever played a three hour show? If not, I doubt they're going to start in their 50's.

Come to think of it, I don't think The Boss himself plays that long anymore. At least he didn't when I saw him in 2002. :(

[SNIPER]

Bruce was the first concert I ever saw in 1985. I was 13 and I think it was almost a four hour show if I remember correct. But alot of it was him just telling bullshit stories and suff like that. I think Halen could pull off somthing like that. I bet Dave has a lot to talk about. That would rock! I would like to see just him and Eddie run through some rare tunes unplugged in the middle of the set for about 45 minutes.

[Nickdfresh]

This band would be perfect!!

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[katie]

Originally posted by fryingdutchman
The best opening act would be NO opening act.

We've been waiting so long for this particular hell to freeze over that it should be all Classic Van Halen. Period.

Don't muck it up with any other shit. Just jam a needle of CVH into your arm and fuckin' overdose!!

It might be your last chance...


It's offical fryingdutchman knows fuck all about the music biz! LOL