Since sucky opening bands are starting to become a trend around here, I have developed the following three tiered ordinal rating scheme to quantify the exact amount of sucking a given band does. The ratings are, in order of ascending suckiness:

• Sucks - show up early to get a good spot to see the headlining band, listening to this band won’t cause permanent damage;
• Sucks beyond belief - sacrifice a good spot in order to avoid this band; and
• Excuse me while I go puke my fucking guts out because this band sucks so bad - show up extremely late and risk missing the headlining band to avoid suffering through this.