Heartland

Apologies if this one's been done; I'm Road Kill.

Did a a Search ...

Smart money would say Gang of Four or Public Enemy. I'm going for The Scientists. Coventry Polytechnic 1985. First Sisters gig. First gig, full stop.

Can include bands below Sisters at festivals.

Or flip it: best band the Sisters supported? Includes being below them on festival bills also.

Gun Club, surely?

Depeche Mode weren't too bad as support.
I was so pissed I fell asleep!

I always enjoyed it when the Stuffies turned up on the bill and the Ned's were good fun at Reading.

I really like Black Moth, though I've not seen them live.

Course of Empire played with them on at a few US dates on the Event Horizon tour, and were always a good bet live. Initation and Telepathic Last Words are both fine records.

The Smiths! Or did the Sisters support them? Never made that gig sadly!

Did enjoy Sona Fariq back in 2000

Skeletal Family

The Ivories were great in 2006

My favourite support were probably Flesh and Fell (Gent 85). The Furs were probably the best I saw them support. Would have loved to have seen one of the gigs where they were on with the Violets, or to have seen how they went down with the Aswad fans.
Honourable mention for Black Moth who were great in Glasgow. Love this slow-builder set opener. A kind of Kiss The Carpet for the Royal Blood generation https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=f56mIDs1C-E.

More recently, iLiKETRAINS and Ulterior were fine to me, or back in 2006 Nihil.
Most support acts have, at the minimum, been interesting.
I've hardly ever seen one that I totally disliked, well maybe in 1998 ... ...

Being645 wrote:More recently, iLiKETRAINS and Ulterior were fine to me, or back in 2006 Nihil.
Most support acts have, at the minimum, been interesting.
I've hardly ever seen one that I totally disliked, well maybe in 1998 ... ...

Oh yeah, I forgot that's how came across iLIKETRAINS. I really like them - The Shallows is a great record.

the Mothers

Sulpher- Ulterior -Losers

paint it black wrote:the Mothers

Great call.

I was late getting to Wembley Arena so I missed them.

I'd seen them play as a support act at Liverpool Poly shortly before because a friend knew the singer so we went along. Loved them.

Gutted to miss them at Wembley

iggy pop. ok not technically supporting but on the reading bill (2 days) before the girls. hearing both acts' versions of 1969 in the same weekend was cool.

March Violets for me. Although hearing the Sisters play Hawkwind almost made me puke.

Paradise Lost were ok.

still, best combo is when sisters support DM

panzerfaust wrote:
still, best combo is when sisters support DM

Pretty much this ^^^^
Crystal Palace was a superb day out.

Didn't like DM in the day, but with my recent tastes I'd had loved to see Sisters with DM

Poisonheart wrote:Didn't like DM in the day, but with my recent tastes I'd had loved to see Sisters with DM

As I've grown older I've become more tolerant of DM. On the day I left midway through their set.

Poisonheart wrote:March Violets for me. Although hearing the Sisters play Hawkwind almost made me puke.

talking of hawkwind i really enjoyed Nik Turner's Space Ritual who supported at the 30th anniversary gig.

sona fariq seconded

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:

Poisonheart wrote:March Violets for me. Although hearing the Sisters play Hawkwind almost made me puke.

talking of hawkwind i really enjoyed Nik Turner's Space Ritual who supported at the 30th anniversary gig.

Oh yes ... ... me too. Very entertaining ... to my taste way better than Black Moth ... ...

Also cool: Losers last year. I almost forgot ... hell, I should listen to that CD more often ...

Poisonheart wrote:March Violets for me. Although hearing the Sisters play Hawkwind almost made me puke.

Surprised you've not been information raped at this juncture. They've clearly not been paying attention at the back.

Goldblade were a nice diversion we were chatting about on this tour

Eta Murder Inc.