Bands you wish you could have seen live

Placid_Casual

Ok, the idea for this thread comes from the R.E.M. thread I started in the Alt/Indie forum where I mentioned I wished I could've seen them in the early/mid 80's

So, what are the acts you wish you could have seen but missed because you were too young/not born or just weren't aware of them at the time. Can be bands that are still going that you would like to have seen at an earlier stage of their career.

As well as REM, i'd love to have seen

The Clash circa 1979
The Velvet Underground circa 1967
The Smiths at anytime during their existence.

Samurai

the beatles

Chaosangel

pink floyd
cream
hendrix
led zeppelin
and...Sabbath.

Samurai

i went to pink floyds last gig (excluding live 8) at earls court with my dad when i was about 7 and i fell asleep, anyone have a time machine?

thebigcheese22

Samurai wrote: »

i went to pink floyds last gig (excluding live 8) at earls court with my dad when i was about 7 and i fell asleep, anyone have a time machine?

Lol! Poor you

Azhrei

Def Leppard during their Hysteria tour.

Black NG-60-90

Hawkwind in the early 70's
At The Drive-In circa 2000
Pink Floyd
Black Flag

Insect Overlord

Black Sabbath
Thin Lizzy
The Dubliners (feat Luke Kelly)
Nirvana

RastaRed

Bob Marley&The Wailers
The Stone Roses
The Smiths
Thin Lizzy
Joy Division

Samurai

RastaRed wrote: »

Bob Marley&The Wailers
The Stone Roses
The Smiths
Thin Lizzy
Joy Division

have my fingers crossed on aul stone roses reunion

GAAman

An File wrote: »

Black Sabbath
Thin Lizzy
The Dubliners (feat Luke Kelly)
Nirvana

All these plus

zepp

hendrix

and lastly ac/dc would have been on that list cept i was surprised with a ticket for this june :D:D

bubonicus

Kyuss
Acid Bath

Nolanger

Placid_Casual wrote: »

The Smiths at anytime during their existence.

Saw them play live in the mid-'80s down the country.

Mars Bar

Queen
Toto

Latchy

Would love to have seen many bands but Beatles has to be top .

But as long as they were not using 60s amplification which was crap, with speakers as big as a peanut .

lorco25

The Knife

Squirrel

Derek & The Dominos
Blind Faith
Cream
Stevie ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
Eric Clapton with Derek Trucks in his band

af_thefragile

At the Drive-In.
NIN's Lights in the Sky tour last year. Herd that was the last major tour of NIN and they wouldn't be doing any more tours of such scale in the future.

Taste of ink

I would love to see THE USED live watching them on a tv screen doesn't seem to have the same effect as seeing them perform. and when you get all pumped up and start jumping about break something in the house and get kicked out it loses its appeal

rovert

Too many to mention but in particular:
Led Zep
Queen w/Freddie
Jeff Buckley
Faith No More
Pixies in their heyday in a small club show likewise Nirvana

strongbluebell

Harry Chapin, I know he played in Dublin a few times but I was to young to fully appreciate him then.

funkydunkey

Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher
Audioslave

Thought id never get to see RATM, caught em at ******. Best live act i ever saw.

Mushy

Kyuss
DFA1979

holton

Led Zeppelin. Though I saw Plant & Page in '95. Best gig ever.
Joy Division
The Clash
The Stone Roses
Deep Purple
New Order - regret never seeing them live.

ReacherCreature

Definately The Clash around the era of Give 'em enough Rope/London Calling.
Guns N' Roses circa. Appetite of Destruction era.

They would have been awesome.

brendansmith

rovert wrote: »

Faith No More

Snap!

sammyv

The Doors
Queen
Jeff Buckley

sammyv

I think Faith no More maybe touring again!!

Mars Bar

mars bar wrote: »

Queen
Toto

May I add Phil Collins to the list too?!

Some reason, I wasn't allowed to edit my post!

doug1970

the who...before moon died...seen them a lot of times since the 89 tour...but wish i could have seen them between 69-76

tipptipp

Talking Heads

Ruddy Jimbo

Joy Division. I'd love to see the stone roses re-unite

Music4life

Pantera:(

JerryHandbag

Joy Division, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin

thewheel2.0

funkydunkey wrote: »

Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher
Audioslave

Thought id never get to see RATM, caught em at ******. Best live act i ever saw.

this guy nailed it! but you have to add zepplin and nirvana

Rockshamrover

The Doors
The Clash
The Sex Pistols
U2 in the Dandelion market
The Smiths
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Elvis (not a band but)
Elvis Costello and the attractions

JerryHandbag

How could I forget Rory Gallagher!

jill_valentine

I would literally suffocate an adorable baby seal if it meant I could see Death From Above 1979 play live.

lordgoat

The Libs.

Red Sleeping Beauty

KLF

Zaph

Talking Heads
The Clash
The Ramones
Blake Babies
Lone Justice

DazMarz

Queen

Thin Lizzy (Thunder And Lightning lineup; John Sykes is a hero)

Whitesnake (with John Sykes:D and the following touring line up, then in the late 80's with Steve Vai and then the mid-90's line up with Warren DeMartini)

Def Leppard (Hysteria-era line up)

UFO (with Michael Schenker)

Van Halen (original and best line up; no friggin Wolfgang)

Guns N Roses (original line up)

Ratt (original line up)

Quiet Riot ('Metal Health' line up)