What bands did you see live before they really made it?

[Daughter of the West]

Re: What bands did you see live before they really made it?

Saw British India playing at the Moonee Ponds festival a four or five years ago, they were pretty good live in Queen's Park. And saw Boy and Bear when they supported Laura Marling's tour of her first album. I think they had just released their first EP "With Emperor Antarctica" at the time (my favourite song of theirs is still Mexican Mavis).

[Bulldog4life]

Re: What bands did you see live before they really made it?

Was that as the wiggles, or their rock band before the start?

They were The Wiggles. I would say about early to mid 90's. There was a Council ran Family day at the St.Albans footy oval and they appeared.

[Remi Moses]

Re: What bands did you see live before they really made it?

They were The Wiggles. I would say about early to mid 90's. There was a Council ran Family day at the St.Albans footy oval and they appeared.

Wasn't there a member of the Cockroaches who left because he thought there was no money in selling kids music.
Oh dear!!

[KT31]

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It was a great place to be in Melbourne during the eighties and early ninety's.
Most bands played a pup gig wether they had made it or not.
Most weekends had one band one somewhere.
They would call it a back to 'our roots' or 'one for the fans' night and it was brilliant even managed to see John Cougar play with one of his cover bands in Prahran Pub.
Probably the biggest I saw in pub's were INX's, Midnight Oil, Eric Burden.

[Bornadog]

Re: What bands did you see live before they really made it?

It was a great place to be in Melbourne during the eighties and early ninety's.
Most bands played a pup gig wether they had made it or not.
Most weekends had one band one somewhere.
They would call it a back to 'our roots' or 'one for the fans' night and it was brilliant even managed to see John Cougar play with one of his cover bands in Prahran Pub.
Probably the biggest I saw in pub's were INX's, Midnight Oil, Eric Burden.

pub gigs in the 70's was even bigger. Saw bands like ACDC, Split Enz, Chisel, La de das, Lobby Lloyd, and many more

[The Underdog]

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It depends upon you're definition of made it, but I saw Death Cab for Cutie at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle in 98. Supporting a band called Peter Parker who I remember being quite good. A few weeks later I saw Wilco do a secret gig at a bar in Chicago. They were a name at the time but it was around the time that the first Woody Guthrie album they did with Billy Bragg dropped. Prior to the Summerteeth/YHF explosion anyway.Seeing them in their home town in a place the size of the Corner was awesome.