Opening acts for KISS...... anybody got some?

[KrazyKnight]

Hey guys,

Here is a big request I hope you can help me out with..

I am a big KISS fan and i have been to many shows through the years. I remember Slaughter & Llittle Ceasar opening for KISS on the HOT IN THE SHADE tour... Ted Nugent on the CRAZY CRAZY NIGHTS tour...

So what I'm looking for is those bands that went on to make it big after opening for KISS.... The list is way too long to type out here but i think we all know the names since Gene Simmons loves to them point out in interviews.. If you have or know where i can get those shows i would greatly apreciate the help....

I have some Maiden shows from 1980, Bon Jovi shows from 1984, Slaughter & Winger shows from 1990 even some WASP shows from 1986.... but i know Scorpions, Accept, Judas Priest, AC DC, Motley Crue, Anthrax and countless others have opened for KISS. I really want to fill out my collection to include the full night of the show (if posible) with the openers and KISS to have a complete day to look back on...

I know that many people that recorded the KISS show would not have give 2 chits about the opening act to record them but who knows whats out there....

Thanks for the help, you guys here at Guitars101 have always been great help when i am looking for something....

Krazy

[Bozo D. Klown]

Well, the only opening acts I remember seeing with Kiss had already made it.

1977 - Uriah Heep

1996 - Alice In Chains


Seen them half a dozen other times...don't recall the opening act for any of them lol. Musta been trashed or arrived late.

[jaspouille]

During the unmasked tour in europe 1982 it was IRONMAIDEN

[faffri]

have many 70s boots when ac/dc were opening for kiss. just dont know what dates they played before kiss. if you could post some dates when ac/dc opened ill see what i can do.

[KrazyKnight]

Sammy Hagar
1977-02-16_Hartford, CT
1977-02-18_New York City, NY
1977-02-21_Uninodale, NY

AcDc
1977-12-09_MemphisTN
1977-12-11_IndianapolisIN
1977-12-14_LouisvilleKY
1977-12-19_LandoverMD "WashingtonDC"
1978-01-15_ChicagoIL

Cheap Trick
1977-07-08_Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
1977-07-09_Mancton, New Brunswick, Canada
1977-07-12_Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1977-07-14_Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
1977-07-16_Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
1977-07-18_London, Ontario, Canada
1977-07-19_Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1977-07-21_Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1977-07-24_Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1977-07-27_Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1977-07-28_Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
1977-07-29_Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1977-07-31_Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1977-08-02_Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1977-08-04_Salt Lake City, UT
1977-08-07_Billings, Montana
1977-08-08_Rapid City, SD
1977-08-11_Spokane, WA
1977-08-12_Seattle, WA
1977-08-13_Portland, OR
1977-08-16_San Francisco, CA
1977-08-17_Fresno, CA
1977-08-19_San Diego, CA
1977-08-21_Tucson, AZ
1977-08-22_Phoenix, AZ
1977-08-26_Inglwood, CA
1977-08-27_Inglewood, CA
1977-08-28_Inglewood, CA
1979-07-13_Detroit, MI

Styx
1977-09-01_Houston, TX
1977-09-02_Houston, TX
1977-09-04_FortWorth, TX
1977-09-05_FortWorth, TX

Sweet
1979-06-19_Savannah, GA

Judas Priest
1979-09-01_Uniondale, Ny
1979-09-03_New Haven, CT
1979-09-05_Sprinfield, MA
1979-09-07_Philadelphia, PA
1979-09-10_Hunington, WV
1979-09-12_Knoxville, TN
1979-09-14_Cincinnati, OH
1979-09-16_Louisville, KY
1979-09-18_Fort Wayne, IN
1979-09-20_Evensville, IN
1979-09-22_Chicago, IL
1979-09-24_Milwaukee, WI
1979-09-26_Madison, WI
1979-09-28_Bloomington, Minneapolis
1979-09-30_Kansas City, Missouri

John Cougar
1979-10-02_St. Louis, Missouri
1979-10-04_Des Moines, IA
1979-10-06_Duluth, Minneapolis
1979-10-08_Omaha, NE
1979-10-10_Cedar Rapids, IA
1979-10-12_Wichita, KS
1979-10-14_Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Loverboy
1977-11-19_Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Iron Maiden
1980-08-29_Rome, Italy
1980-08-31_Genova, Italy
1980-09-11_Nurnburg, Germany
1980-09-12_Dusseldorf, Germany
1980-09-13_Frankfurt, Germany
1980-09-15_Dortmund, Germany
1980-09-17_Sindelfingen, Germany
1980-09-18_Munchen, Germany
1980-09-20_Kassel, Germany
1980-09-21_Brussels, Belgium
1980-09-23_Avignon, France
1980-09-24_Lyon, France
1980-09-27_Paris, France
1980-09-28_Bale, Switzerland
1980-09-30_Koln, Germany
1980-10-01_Bremen, Germany
1980-10-02_Hannover, Germany
1980-10-06_Karlsruhe, Germany
1980-10-13_Drammen, Norway
1980-10-16_Paris, France

Night Ranger
1983-01-06_Lexington, KY
1983-01-07_Saginaw, MI
1983-01-08_Toledo, OH
1983-01-09_Dayton, OH
1983-01-16_Glen Falls, NY
1983-01-18_Syracuse, NY
1983-01-20_Rochester, NY
1983-01-21_Portland, ME
1983-01-22_Worcester, MA
1983-01-25_Norfolk, VA
1983-01-27_Huntsville, AL
1983-01-28_Birmingham, AL
1983-01-29_Chattanooga, TN
1983-01-30_Knoxville, TN

Motley Crue
1983-03-28_Phoenix, AZ
1983-03-31_San Diego, CA
1983-04-01_Las Vegas, NV
1983-04-03_San Francsico, CA

Accept
1984-02-24_Worcester, MA
1984-02-26_Hampton, VA
1984-02-28_Baltimore, MD
1984-03-01_New Haven, CT
1984-03-03_Philadelphia, PA
1984-03-04_Pittsburgh, PA
1984-03-05_Erie, PA
1984-03-07_Binghamton, NY
1984-03-08_Poughkeepsie, NY
1984-03-10_New York City, NY
1984-03-13_Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1984-03-15_Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1984-03-17_Evensville, IN

Great White
1984-02-26_Hampton, VA
November 5th 1992 - December 20th 1992

Bon Jovi
1984-10-01_Southhampton, England
1984-10-02_St. Austell, England
1984-10-04_Manchester, England
1984-10-07_New Castle, England
1984-10-08_New Castle, England
1984-10-10_Leicester, England
1984-10-12_Stafford, England
1984-10-13_Leeds, England
1984-10-17_Offenbach, Germany
1984-10-18_Munich, Germany
1984-10-19_Nurnburg, Germany
1984-10-22_Drammen, Norway
1984-10-24_Lund, Sweden
1984-10-25_Lund, Sweden
1984-10-26_Stockholm, Sweden
1984-10-29_Hannover, Germany
1984-10-30_Dusseldorf, Germany
1984-10-31_Mannheim, Germany
1984-11-01_Lausanne, Switzerland

Queensryche
November 15th 1984 - December 31st 1984
January 24th 1985 - March 3rd 1985

Krokus
1985-01-03_Greensville, SC
1985-01-04_Johnson City, TN
1985-01-05_Fayetteville, NC
1985-01-06_Charlotte, NC
1985-01-08_Knoxville, TN
1985-01-09_Atlanta, GA
1985-01-10_Orlando, FL
1985-01-11_Fort Lauderdale, FL
1985-01-12_Fort Lauderdale, FL
1985-01-13_St. Petersburg, FL
1985-01-15_New Orleans, LA
1985-01-16_Biloxi, Mississippi
1985-01-17_Huntsville, Alabama
1985-01-18_Birmingham, Alabama
1985-01-19_Nashville, TN
1985-01-21_Pensacola, FL
1985-01-22_Memphis, TN

Dokken
1985-03-07_Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
1985-03-09_Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
1985-03-10_Grabd Forks, ND
1985-03-11_Bismark, ND
1985-03-13_Duluth, MN
1985-03-15_La Crosse, WI
1985-03-17_Des Moines, IA

WASP
March 19th 1985 - March 29th 1985
January 3rd 1986 - March 2nd 1986

Black n Blue
November 29th 1985 - December 31st 1985
1986-02-07_LasVegas, NV

White Lion
November 13th 1987 - December 7th 1987

Anthrax
March 1st 1988 - April 4th 1988

Faster Pussycat
1990-05-05_Dallas, TX
1990-05-06_Austin, TX
1990-05-09_Wichita, KS
1990-05-15_Saginaw, MI
1990-05-17_TerreHaute, IN
1990-05-19_Toledo, OH
1990-05-20_FortWayne, IN
1990-05-22_CapeGirardeau,MS
1990-05-23_CedarRapids, IA
1990-05-30_Peoria, IL
1990-05-31_Evensville, IN
1990-05-02_DesMoines, IA
October 1st 1992 - October 31st 1992

Slaughter
May 3rd 1990 - September 16th 1990
September 29th 1990 - November 9th 1990

Little Ceasar
June 6th 1990 - July 8th 1990

Danger Danger
July 10th 1990 - August 8th 1990
1990-09-01_Salt Lake City, UT
May 16th 1992 - May 26th 1992

Winger
August 22nd 1990 - November 9th 1990

Vixen
September 19th 1990 - September 28th 1990

Trixter
October 1st 1992 - December 20th 1992

Jackyl
1992-11-03_Greensville, SC

Nickelback
1999-12-31_Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Skid Row
March 14th 2000 - October 7th 2000

[faffri]

well the ac/dc shows doesent seem to be recorded im afraid as far as i can tell.
gonna take a look on the iron maiden and bon jovi shows if i can find any of them.

[Nashwolverine]

I have been pursuing Kiss opening acts for years now and have found a lot. I don't care how obscure it is, I want it. In fact, just today I closed a trade deal for video footage of Raimundos. They were on the bill with Kiss at Sao Paulo at the Monsters of Rock 8/27/94.

As for the bands you mentioned above, I've got something from almost all of them. Wish I could find some of the Hagar or AC/DC shows from the 70's but I haven't. I've got 22 of the 27 shows Bon Jovi played with Kiss on the Animalize tour, I've got about 20 Slaughter shows from 1990, a few Accept shows from early 1984 (including the final night of the Lick It Up tour in Evansville), a couple of Judas Priest gigs from 1979, a few Maiden shows from 1980, Anthrax from 88, Nugent from 87-88, a couple of White Lion gigs from late 87, etc. I've even found some bizarre stuff, like a group called Machine Gun Fellatio that opened when Kiss was in Australia in 2004.

Jeff

[kpar]

I remember seeing KISS @ Olympia stad,late 70's.cobo arena,mid 80's,it was some punk band that opened-The Plasmatics! is my mind right!

[RAMMQWQ]

rammstein opend up for KISS south america tour in 1999 and they are now one of few bands who allmost have a big live show as KISS but good luck finding records from those shows becus they are incredibel hard too find

[Nashwolverine]

kpar - I've got 3 Plasmatics gigs from the Creatures of the Night/10th Anniversary Tour. They were all in February & March of 1983.

RAMMQWQ - I've been looking hard for those 4-5 Rammstein shows from April of 1999 in South America without luck. With as many boots out there of Rammstein, I'm surprised these haven't turned up. If you have any leads or know of any of them, please let me know!

[RAMMQWQ]

Originally Posted by Nashwolverine

kpar - I've got 3 Plasmatics gigs from the Creatures of the Night/10th Anniversary Tour. They were all in February & March of 1983.

RAMMQWQ - I've been looking hard for those 4-5 Rammstein shows from April of 1999 in South America without luck. With as many boots out there of Rammstein, I'm surprised these haven't turned up. If you have any leads or know of any of them, please let me know!

I have allso been looking for them for a few years and the only recording I find is Asche zu asche from mexico (video) and a audio sampel from the song rammstein, a recording does exist but the keeper refuse too trade it :/