*jumps straight in*
When I saw the Chilis (see other reply) they were supported by the Henry Rollins Band, and he had just had his 'search & Destory' Tattoo done.

They were really rather good...scared the audience into liking 'em

EDIT 1: @Vipros...I played a gig once at the General Wolfe In Coventry after Robert Plant had played there. *swoons with claim-to-fame*

EDIT 2:Actually I have a tale...not so much the worst gig..but possibly the worst day of my life.

My band were playing a little shithole called the Dog & Trumpet. At the time (and I don't know if this has changed) the pub was being very poorly managed and publicised and was lazily relying on it's reputation.

We were supporting a trumped up talentless bunch of pretentious tossers who spent about 4 hours on a soundcheck, leaving us with 2 and a half minutes before we were due to start.

But we struggled on and, despite the bass player and myself being smashed on whizz, we were ready to begin...in front of absolutely nobody.

So our heart wasn't particularly in it, and by Peter Purvis' dunghampers we were shit. After about half an hour the other band's manager ambled up to us and after we had finished a song he mumbled 'Do you mind just going now lads?' and we trundled off, for the other band to bound on and scream 'Hello Coventryyyyyy'...to nobody.

In the meantime, across the city, my dad was busying himself at the car auctions spending my last penny in the world on a shit-heap shed of a car that didn't even make it back from the auction house.

rock 'n' roll
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