Why are people writing off an act just because they've never heard of them?

If Jovi have chosen these guys to support them and they aren't some stupid competition winners like last year's HAND tour support acts were, why don't you just wait and see how they sound before passing judgment?

I doubt Jovi would have picked just any little band to open for them - there must be some reasoning behind it. Unless of course it's just the promoters again looking to get a bigger slice of the pie for themselves as a small act would not look just at the financial aspect of playing such a high profile gig but more the knock-on benefits and recognition they could get from it as well.