Against Me! has toured with so many distinct bands... there is no way you could say that Mastedon, Lucero, Cobra Skulls or The Gaslight Anthem sound anything like each other... so which was your favorite line up and where did you see them play?

World/Inferno Friendship Society

against me, riverboat gamblers, fake problems. state theater st. pete, fl

I don't know if this counts, but either the fest 2 or the fest 3
fest 2
Hot Water Music
Against Me!
Small Brown Bike
Lawrence Arms
Communique
Self Made Man

fest 3
Against Me!
Blood Brothers
True North
Lucero
Fifth Hour Hero
Strikeforce Diablo
New Mexican Disaster Squad
Deadsure
Glass and Ashes
St. Catherines
Stressface
Fiya

I saw Against Me! with Riverboat Gamblers/Fake Problems here in Edmonton, March 30 2007.

I didn't really like one of them, but loved the other. I forget which is which, honestly. The one that I couldn't stand was the one with the lead singer who wore tight ass pants and make up and acted like a spaz. They had a couple of okay songs, but they just acted like assholes on stage. The other band was solid, though.

that band you didn't like would be riverboat gamblers. www.myspace.com/fakeproblems

enjoy!

though i didnt go to one of these shows, my favorite line-up would have to be.
against me / this bike is a pipe bomb / the devil is electric

also i really enjoyed seeing w/

against me / the blood brothers
against me / mike park / lucero

I would have to go with World Inferno, Cobra Skulls, and Sage Francis at the Metro in Chicago.

I'd love to see Against Me! become one of those bands that has no opening band.

I saw Rush once and they just played for a couple of hours, no messing around with an opening act.

Am I the only person who actually hates opening acts, for the most part?

Maybe it's just Edmonton, because the philosophy around here seems to be that the opening acts should be the complete opposite of the headliner. It's a punk show? The opening acts will be an R&B singer and a Ukrainian folk dancer. Jazz? Then we're going to have 45 minutes of speed metal, and an hour of emo before the jazz band comes out. As far as I can tell, venue owners in Edmonton are all retarded. Or maybe Canadian acts are to blame. Not a lot of good music in Canada, as most of the talent seems to immigrate to the US, where all the money is.

i enjoy opening acts because it gives exposure to bands you may not be familiar with.

+1

I'm not a big fan of opening acts, either, for some reason. I've skipped opening bands at AM shows in the past, but I did enjoy them with Sage Francis because it was unexpected, for me at least. I didn't know who he was before, but I enjoyed it a lot.

i found out about the gaslight anthem because they opened for against me before, thank god for that because i love the gaslight anthem.

Actually, I do take that back. I've seen some amazing opening acts in my day.

.......it's just that I've seen even more awful ones. And lately, I've seen some awesome headlining acts play for LESS TIME than the fifteen opening bands. I think I just get mad when I pay money to see a band, then have 5 hours of high school kids completely failing to play their instruments followed by 30 minutes of awesome. But like I said, I think it's just Edmonton, and the venues that are run by morons.