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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