I have no idea, but it was probably in 1991, maybe 1992 in Indianapolis. I don't remember the first show with out of town bands, but I remember my first show was April 13, 1991 at a battle of the bands. We placed last.

Ben Adrian

i think maybe the first show my band played with was with this really neat bass and drums noise duo from asheville called Dig Shovel Dig. the bassist shredded whilst playing casio with his toes..at one point the keyboard looped some thumping drumbeat while the bassist/singer and the drummer ran out and whispered lyrics into peoples' ears. the first show with nationally touring bands were either with california free jazzers Antennas Erupt and the psych folk Whysp, or The Panoply Academy. both were fairly similar encounters in which the only thing available were horrible Alabama house parties in which really amazing bands played to everyone's shock and awe, yet no one took money at the door or collected donations. thusly, i feel partly, and greatly, responsible for the break up of Panoply and Antennas Erupt, two of America's greatest punk bands.

I feel a bit impressed reading all those posts.
Shiner, Low, Ativin, Melvins, etc....

Anyway, my fist gig with an of town band was with a french band called Portobello Bones. A great band it was!!!!
Portobello Bones were members of the amazing Condense.

my old band, auau, did a show with hot cross. and possibly transistor, transistor. i forget who all was there.

Feb 1986, Two Fools Coffee House, DeKalb, Illinois. The Descendents. They were really, really good. Second show was also with them the next night at the West End in Chicago, booked at that time by Sue Miller. I'm fairly certain, though, that those shows were put together in some capacity by Ken Goodman from Pravda Records (although at the time, I don't think there really was a Pravda Records to speak of...).

i don't remember. probably some terrible hardcore band from quebec in '98 or '99.

i think lovitt's fing fang foom were the first out of town band i was excited to open for, though

Brett and all:

It's funny, but the reformed Saccharine Trust is now totally adorable. Even when they're playing "The Giver Takes."

i think one of the first main gigs where i played outside of Nottingham was with Growing in London in 2004...

There are some great bands in here to have opened for.

Anyone remember/know Gashuffer?

My first band played our first show opening for them at the Crazy Horse in Boise, ID back in 91 or early 92. It was totally packed. I remember my knees a little shakey

They poked a little fun of us cuz at the time we were calling ourselves 'Godhead' and our lead singer was an Eddie Vedder wannabe. Our bass player kicked our singer's ass a couple weeks later (for reasons other than getting poked fun of by Gashuffer) and we got a new singer and started calling the band 'Big Mud Wagon'.