5 Bands you wish you could have seen

What are the 5 bands that dont exist anymore, or that are different from their best line-up, that you wish you could have seen?


AC/DC with Bon Scott
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Black Flag before Henry lame ass Rollins
Queen
The Beatles in Hamburg

I was AT the last Beatles show at Candlestick Park, but it was a few months before I was born . My grandfather was a pretty big lawyer in SF and got special VIP passes for my 20 year old single mama. She got to meet them and everything. She said John was very rude and said, "What're you doing HERE like THAT?", but Ringo and Paul were very nice and George just disappered with some girl. I just hope I inherit the autographs someday!

the who (60s/70s era)
pink floyd (70s waters era)
U2 (joshua tree era)
john coltrane
igor stravinsky (the performance of rite of spring that caused a riot at the paris opera!)

I wish you could've seen them Toreena. I saw them once in 92. They were fucking amazing.

I gotta win/win for my answer...

Always wanted to see the Waterboys; saw Mike Scott and the new version of the Waterboys last spring WOW!

Always wanted to see the Replacements; saw Paul Westerberg acoustic set about a month ago, word!!

Always wanted to see the Sugarcubes; saw Bjork at Coachella this Spring, room a zoom ZOOM !!!

Blind Melon

elvis presley
buddy rich (with anbody!!)
john coltrane
the who (with original drummer keith moon)

The Misfits w/ Danzig. New Misftis blow donkey ass in comparison.

Big Black!

Early Butthole Surfers. Fucking pandemonium, from what I have heard. Anyone know of any videos?

The Beatles. Obvious, but come on! It's The Beatles!

Throbbing Gristle.

I saw Buddy Rich! It was way cool. In SF at the Great American Music Hall about 1985. My drummer freak friend and I sat in the balcony RIGHT above him. It was toally amazing! I've never seen anyone so wrapped up in rhythm - every single move he made was percussive. I just can't say enough about how cool it was!

The only thing missing was him blowing out and firing someone right on the spot.

the misfits (with danzig)
cat stevens
the beatles

i got to see the nerve agents many times but i am still sad about them breaking up. i am still upset at myself for not going to more of their shows i could have gone to. *kicks herself*

Tantra Monsters (Hawiian Ska)
Miles Davis in Paris with JJ Johnson in the hard bop days
The Who with Keith Moon
Primus back in the day when they were still god
Buddy Holly

you have been given a great gift my friend...

if we were closer i would buy you many drinks and beg you to tell the story again and again!!

Nirvana.
Jane's Addiction.
Guns n' Roses.
PJ Harvey (the Rid Of Me tour)

and the top contender...

Alice In Chains.

I could fucking cry.

1. B I G F U C K I N G B L A C K ! ! !

2. Love (tho I get to see the current lineup this weekend)

3. Crass

4. Either Helen Forrest or Peggy Lee with Benny Goodman

5. Arcesia (acid-head psychedelic lounge singer)

and... aww, five just isn't enough... but still, i guess i've been lucky enough to see most of my favorite bands in their prime. like Cocteau Twins, 1985!

jeff buckley -

a friend of mine opened for him in olympia and i was supposed to go to that show but i never made it. i had no idea he was opening for JB otherwise i would have definitely been there. i guess he bought my friend a few beers as well. i could have killed myself when i heard about it.

the doors in 1967 except i was less than a year old
the beatles in the batcave
edit: and charlie parker

[Edited on Aug 02, 2002 by Flyrite10950]

1)The Beatles
2)The Ramones
3)Nirvana
4)The Doors
5)Led Zepplin

The benefits of age:

I ha seen:

Janes Addiction OPEN for Big Black (and suck)
AC/DC with Bon
Replacements
Black Flag pre Henry
Elvis Costello (1st US tour)
DEVO
and too many more to name.

I missed:

Lynyrd Skynyrd
turbonegro
hellacopters w/ Dregen
CRIME
Birthday Party


deliverance

I used to have a box full of flyers from just about every punk show I ever went to - man there was some amazing stuff. They got stolen (with most of my records) by some skinhead chick in LA. Wherever you are Jamie, FUCK YOU!

It'll take me a minute to think of all of them, but let's see..

Rudimentary Peni. Sure technically they're still around, but how often do they play shows? Just about never. And I'm damn sure they've never played in the states in the 20+ years they've been together.

Also the Futurist music performance (I think it's by Bailila Pratella) in the 20's in Italy where the crowd kept yelling at the performers to stop through the whole show. Then the musicians jumped into the crowd and beat everyone up. Excellent fun.

Bands I'd died to have seen
Joy Division. Period. I could live without the rest..

Well I had to reconsider some important ones that slipped my mind:
The Velvets in 1966
The Stooges
MC5
New York Dolls

Nick Drake - If you don't own a Nick Drake record (or at least a CD) well...that may constitute a serious music faux pax

Sex Pistols in '77 London
Clash in '78
Bowie anytime during the '70's

Living in Mpls during the early mid '80's had its advantages of attracting many indie/ punk bands -as it was a "hot scene" like Seattle became in the late 80's - so there very few "big" shows I missed.


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[Edited on Aug 02, 2002 by Vates]

I was told I saw Nirvana by some friend of mine. When that Teen Spirit song was out (I remember it because it was the day that Paula from the Pandora's died and they announced it on KALX) I asked who it was and he said that it was Nirvana, who we had seen at the Chatterbox. I remembered the night but I couldn't recall a thing about the band. Must have been 88 or 89. I was drunk most of the time then.