bands that should never tour together

06Jul09

I’m pretty sure this entire post stems from a single wisecrack Maris made last week. We’ve all been nerding out to White Denim for weeks now over here in editorial, and when a Pissed Jeans demo landed on Joe’s desk, the (highly unfortunate) mental connection between the two was just too hard for us to ignore. Maris said, “There are two bands that should never tour together” — and then we were off. Below is a list of some groan-worthy double bills…if I had any Photoshop skills whatsoever, I would fashion some fake show posters.

White Denim and Pissed Jeans

Placebo and The Cure

Moby and Ezra Furman & the Harpoons

Kid Icarus and Sunn O)))

Cold War Kids and Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin

Busdriver and At the Drive-In

Let’s Wrestle and Barenaked Ladies

Vampire Weekend and the Blood Group

The Roots and Treepeople

Cut Off Your Hands and The Promise Ring

Deerhunter and Antlers

Pussy Galore and The Cramps

Wesley Willis and Guided By Voices

KAY NOW YOU GO!

jayson.

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1 maris on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

The New Pornographers and Youth Group!
2 Tim on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Jane’s Addiction and Morphine.
3 Craig on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Lay a little ’90s on you:

Rancid and Garbage

Slightly different:

The The and The Thermals (If I were going to that show I’d develope a stutter.)

Craig
4 JTO on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Peaches & Cream
Kaki King & Monica Queen
5 Nowhereman on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Cloud Cult and the Airborne Toxic Event!
The Waco Brothers and High on Fire!
The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Coldplay!
6 JTO on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Au Revoir Simone & Hello, Blue Roses
7 JonathanL on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Dirty Projectors and Camera Obscura
Rage Against the Machine and The Most Serene Republic
Sparks and AC/DC
Queen and The White Rabbits
The War on Drugs and Wasted Youth Orchestra
Kansas and Toto
Everclear and The Stills
Richard Cheese and The Refreshments
Murder by Death and The Killers
Eagles and Doves
8 joe on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

The Clean and Dirty on Purpose
9 maris on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

The Raincoats and Another Sunny Day
10 maris on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Orange Juice and Pulp
11 jayson on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Oh man, these are gold. Favorites:

The Waco Brothers and High on Fire
Peaches & Cream
Queen and The White Rabbits (WHOA, CONCEPTUAL!)

Oh, and

Nine Inch Nails and MC Hammer
12 joe on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Scott Walker and the Joggers
13 joe on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Spoon and No Knife
14 ilya on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Bad Brains and The Homosexuals

Black Flag and The White Stripes

Cat Power and Dr. Dog

Suicide and Happy Mondays
15 DJ Adequate on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

“Let’s Wrestle and Barenaked Ladies”

I, for one, would attend that one in a heartbeat.

How about:
The Cops & The Killers
16 ruadork on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

Pedro the Lion, Glass Tiger, & Grizzly Bear
17 Jayson on Jul 6th, 2009 said:

@ruadork -

OH MY
18 gary on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

eMusic and Sony
19 Roy on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

emu and Sony
20 SDM on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

Snow Patrol and Hot Hot Heat

the Get Up Kids and the Get Down Stay Down

Monster Magnet and Metallica
21 flamgirlant on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

this is fun!

Abe Vigoda & That Ghost
Joan As Police Woman & Robbers On High Street
Bombay Bicycle Club & The Rumble Strips
Cut Off Your Hands & We All Have Hooks For Hands
Girl Talk & The Gossip
22 Adamm on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

this ATP tour should never happen: The Cult performing their s/t album, Big Audio Dynamite Performing Kool Aid, and Brian Jonestown Massacre performing Thank God For Mental Illness.
23 BillyGoatBlue on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

‘Fuck’ and ‘The Virgins’
‘The Pogues’ and ‘Whiskeytown’
24 Tim on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

God DAMN, I’d go to every one of these shows. Any of them I couldn’t attend, I would totally buy the shirt. This thread should be bands that MUST tour together.

Any of these is more clever than the recent Allman Brothers/Doobie Brothers tour….although a pretty good time was had by all…
25 Matt on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

Ratt and Poison!
Hot Hot Heat and the Arctic Monkeys!
Veruca Salt and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes!
The Dining Rooms and the Kitchenettes!
26 Jayson Greene on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

“Veruca Salt and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes!”

I am SO into this one.
27 maris on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

Papercuts and The Mighty Lemon Drops
28 SR30 on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

Guys what happened to the new white denim album? Wasn’t it here?
29 jmogs on Jul 7th, 2009 said:

White Denim. Fan-tas-tic. When does the new one hit eMusic?
30 joe on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

this is the new one, right?
31 Ryan on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

Frightened Rabbit and Wolves in the Throne Room
32 Joel on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

Black Flag and The Beatles
33 michael on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

The Cure and The Sick
The Angels and The Damned
Jack Black and Jack White
Led Zeppelin and Air
Phish and Fishbone
Rotting Corpse and His Name Is Alive
Los Lobos and Lambchop
The Shins and The Necks
Slayer and The Dead Kennedys
Explosions In The Sky and Widespread Panic
Ghost and Spirit
Heaven, Graveyard, and Hellcat
High Places and Low
Howlin Rain and Lightnin’ Hopkins
Hem and Pinback
Private and Public Enemy
The Roots and The Leaves
Santogold and Silver Jews
White Rainbow and Black Moth Super Rainbow
U2 and Us3

Kenny G and Yanni
34 Jonny B on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

THE BAD PLUS plus THE GOOD, THE BAD, & THE QUEEN, plus THE MINUS FIVE
35 ori on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

crash test dummies & matchbox racers/motorhead
the exploited & kid rock
suicidal tendecies & razorblade
36 Jim on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

Boston & The Tea Party
37 Dann on Jul 8th, 2009 said:

-Phish & The Chips (they recorded the original version of “Rubber Biscuit”)
-Kajagoogoo, Goo Goo Dolls, Lady GaGa & The Go-Go’s
-Tricky Dick & The Butthole Surfers
-Styx & The Rolling Stones
-Chicago, Boston, Kansas, Alabama, America, Berlin, Nazareth, Europe, & Asia
-Bread & Hot Butter (had the instrumental hit “Popcorn”)
-Air Supply & Breathe
-Guess Who, Who, Them, Yes, a-Ha
-Sweet & A Taste of Honey
-Badfinger, Bad Company, Bad English, Modern English, & The English Beat
-Jefferson Airplane, The Doobie Brothers & The Tokens (I know, that’s a stretch)
-Poison & The Lovin’ Spoonful
-ABC, ABBA, AC/DC, , INXS, M, X, & ZZ Top
-Quite Riot & 10,000 Maniacs
-Pawn, The Rooks, Gladys Knight, Elvin Bishop, Queen, & B. B. King
-Squeeze, The Hooters
-The Originals, The Replacements, The Pretenders & The Scabs
-The Cranberries, The Raspberries, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Agent Orange, Bananarama, Lemon Pipers, Limeliters, Moby Grape, Peaches & Herb, Blind Melon, and Kid Creole & The Coconuts
38 Aitch on Jul 9th, 2009 said:

Vanilla Ice & Hot Chocolate
39 adam k on Jul 9th, 2009 said:

The New Pornographers & The Mountain Goats, ack!
40 Darra Nimubs on Jul 9th, 2009 said:

Smashing pumpkins and The Vandals
41 Jim on Jul 9th, 2009 said:

Who Flung Poo & The Monkeys
42 stormlight on Jul 9th, 2009 said:

Dann got to some of mine already, bravo.

Air Combustible Edison Matchbox 20 = Arcade Fire
Bad Religion Ministry
Black Box Recorder Jefferson Airplane
Bright Eyes She & Him U2 Mimi
Cassettes Won’t Listen Erasure
The Church Faithless
Dresden Dolls The Fiery Furnaces
Garbage What Made Milwaukee Famous
Morphine Sheep on Drugs
Ted Nugent Bows (or Guns ‘N Roses, or The Knife, or…) Caribou (or Deerhoof, or Grizzly Bear, or The Mountain Goats, or Phish, or…)
The Teenagers Orgy The New Pornographers
Tiny Vipers They Might Be Giants
43 Andy on Jul 10th, 2009 said:

@michael-

Diet of Worms and Dr. Hook would open for Phish and then Fishbone.
44 hollykathryn on Jul 13th, 2009 said:

bright eyes & the blind boys of alabama
45 hollykathryn on Jul 13th, 2009 said:

cut off your hands the phenomenal handclap band

my morning jacket fuck buttons

the pains of being pure at heart heartless bastards

infected mushroom the hives

los fabulosos cadilacs smog

the gossip guided by voices girl talk talk talk

tokyo police club ra ra riot

crystal castles dizzee rascal

does it offend you, yeah? the yeah yeah yeahs

chicks on speed chikita violenta !!!
46 Nergal on Oct 30th, 2009 said:

Reviving old Post

Tender Buttons and Fuck Buttons
47 Nergal on Nov 6th, 2009 said:

Seal and Polar Bear (Eric Avery’s awesome instrumental band)
48 Cadence on Mar 8th, 2010 said:

Its a nice theme and I have used it for my website
49 Braley on Jun 1st, 2010 said:

i love you lady gaga