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Michael Forster writes:

>I'm sorry to close a discussion but the worst opening act anyone has 
>ever had, not limited to the Who (although it was our boys) was the 
>Rockets opening for them in 1981 in Birmingham, Alabama.  I drove from 
>Athens,GA and got there early enough to endure their whole 9 hour (OK, 
>you know what I mean) set.  Their claim to fame was an incredibly lame 
>version of "Oh Well" and their attempt to get the crowd to echo their 
>shouts of "Turn it Up" only to get met with stony silence still cause 
>me nightmares.
>

I can second this one - I was there (date was actually 11/30/82)...
 Fortunately, they cut their set a little short, but they sucked - sorry, I
mean <Bashired> - in ways we haven't seen bands <Bashir> before!!

John