Bands that you wish you had seen but never will

cee

A few friends and I were talking about this the other week, and what with chrisnoir's other post about the mighty knida-led-zep....... thought I would ask here.

If you could revive for 1 night only, any band or musical artiste....who would you bring back.

Bands that are still touring don't count.

Getting 1 is impossible, I struggled to even get a top ten.

How about 2 each?

Hendrix.
Nirvana (A mate of mine even has a ticket for a UK tour date, but unfortunately, kurt had shot himself by then.)

DaveyL

Nirvana played the QM union at Glasgow Uni in late 1991, I do believe. Not my cup of tea though.

It would have to be Talking Heads for me.

CHRISNOIR

cee wrote:

Nirvana (A mate of mine even has a ticket for a UK tour date, but unfortunately, kurt had shot himself by then.)

Sounds familiar... I had one for the GMex in Manchester but never saw them due to Kurt getting busy with a shotgun. Although, having heard of couple of bootlegs of some of his last shows they really were just going through the motions by then.

Anyway…

1. I’d love to have seen the full Who line-up. I saw them with Entwistle in 2001ish and they were brilliant.
2. Traffic. A very under-rated band.

Or maybe the Clash? Or Small Faces? Hmmm, even two is difficult isn’t it!?

boybiker

No... Not just two
The Jimi hendrix experience at Monterey 1967.
The sex pistols anywhere.
Nick Drake
John Coltraine and Thelonious Monk

Oh and Jimi Henrix the night Martin Luther King died.
I have thought of some more,
The Clash
Television
Nirvana
The Jam(not the crap later stuff)
The Jesus and Mary chain
erm.....

Gary D

CHRISNOIR wrote:

1. I’d love to have seen the full Who line-up. I saw them with Entwistle in 2001ish and they were brilliant.
2. Traffic. A very under-rated band.

Or maybe the Clash? Or Small Faces? Hmmm, even two is difficult isn’t it!?

In my yoof, I saw the Who in the original line up at Stafford County Showground. VERY loud :shock:

Also saw Thin Lizzy and Lynyrd Skynyrd at the Odeon in Birmingham. All brilliant

Gary.

bobtbuilder

For me it would have to be The Jam and The Clash.

don_don

Joy Division would do it for me.

stevewj

floyd - only seen Roger Waters live and the amazingly good Australian Pink Floyd. I hate tribute bands but they sound exactly the same and with the original bands sound effects, film loops and floating pigs they are the next best thing.

shockedsoshocked

Joy Division

The Skids

The Clash

The Jam (not the crap later stuff? what about the crap early stuff :P Everything after All Mod Cons, especially Setting Sons, are incredible albums)

Talking Heads

David Bowie

XTC

Split Enz

The Vapors

Icicle Works

Slade

The list goes on and on, forever and ever.

stage_fright

hhmm..seem to be backing up here some of the selections above!

The Jam (at any point..)

Slade most definitely, Noddy has one of the most distinctive voices in rock

Mott the Hoople in the 70s

Saw most of the 80s British rock bands, but always wanted to see Rainbow, ideally with Graham Bonnet on vocals

Talking Heads (to my disgust my wife once met David Byrne, but her degree is in classical music so she never understood the significance of the man)

The Vapors? maybe / maybe not, only know the one obvious song (weren't they managed by Paul Weller?)

Always good to see a band live tho - some bands just cannot put it together live, others are even better in the flesh. Saw Ultravox in the 80s, flat as a pancake live, Big Country were an amazing band in concert, and if anyone gets the chance to see the Barenaked Ladies live, take it - they are superb on stage,

meagain

Velvet Underground (only ever saw the Mo Tucker remnants - tho' pretty damn fine).

And...er...that's the only "the one" - another dozen at least between which I could not choose.The Dead, Butterfly, Beefheart, amongst those NEVER seen. The Who as they were the numerous times I saw them up til about '72. Family - especially when Roger was SO bombed he simply fell off the front of the stage - same era. Cream.

Led Zep - no, not again, thanks!

S^$* ....old or what?

Nuggs

Ian Dury & The Blockheads

The Clash

The Jam

The Specials

Jeff Buckley

The Cure when they played small venues

shockedsoshocked

Stage Fright wrote:

The Vapors? maybe / maybe not, only know the one obvious song (weren't they managed by Paul Weller?)

I think Foxton discovered them and Wellers dad took them over. Their two albums (New Clear Days and Magnets) are both excellent. A bit like XTC in some ways, very pop-punk you'd say now I guess.

TheBoyBilly

I like this thread:

The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

Groundhogs (original line-up)

Ten Years After

Yes

Small Faces

Steve Gibbons band (not sure if they're still gigging)

unclemalc

boybiker wrote:

No... Not just two
The Jimi hendrix experience at Monterey 1967.
The sex pistols anywhere.
Nick Drake
John Coltraine and Thelonious Monk

Oh and Jimi Henrix the night Martin Luther King died.
I have thought of some more,
The Clash
Television
Nirvana
The Jam(not the crap later stuff)
The Jesus and Mary chain
erm.....

Jimi anywhere, anytime.
The Clash.

Someone else who likes Television -

LA

+1 for The Who - As a result of hearing them, I took up the electric guitar

Queen with Freddie Mercury. Huge fan of their early stuff & they played Maine Road in '86 & I thought....'oh, I'll catch them the next time they gig'...................

unclemalc

[quote="LA Queen with Freddie Mercury. Huge fan of their early stuff & they played Maine Road in '86 & I thought....'oh, I'll catch them the next time they gig'................... [/quote]

Saw Queen in '75 during the Sheer Heart Attack tour. Great stuff.Never fancied them live after that for some reson.

Gavin Gilbert

The Small Faces ('lo I got to meet Steve Marriot in 1986)

Any of the 60's line-ups of The Yardbirds

The John Mayall Band with Peter Green as guitarist

Radio Birdman

The Ramones

johnnyc71

I would have liked to see the Minutemen.

Did get to see Nirvana - 1990 Carlton Studios Edinburgh - L7 supported. After the gig - 3 of my mates were lounging on our coach and some scruffy urchin climbed up the steps and walked to the back, he shook our hands and thanked us for travelling (from Sunderland) to watch his band play. That impressed me alot - treating the fans kindly.

nosmo-king

The Clash, Joy Division,The Specials and....... Louis Armstrong!! pure genius.oh yeah!!

sicrow

Joy Division

Sex Pistols

toshmund

Managed to see Nirvana in the Kings Hall, Belfast - 1990. It was a bit like the scene out of Back to the Future, where he strummed the electric guitar and bounced off the back wall Talk about a wall of sound, tbh it was not a remarkable night.

Think it would have to be The Jam and Joy Division

adrianb1066

Queen with FM, Guns n Roses with AR

shazzz

I also saw Nirvana on the tour just before Nevermind came out (Oct '91?). I was sick as a dog so didn't enjoy it much. Saw them again at Reading festival when I was in a rather up my own arse 'Nirvana = past it' phase so didn't pay much attention to them.

I've also seen the Ramones and the VU (when they reformed and played at Glasto - surprisingly good).

Bands I'll never see but would love to.....
The La's
The Doors
Johnny Cash
Bob Marley
Kate Bush
13th floor Elevators
Funkadelic
Faust
Led Zep (RIP)
and
on
and
on
and
on
....

Jez mon

Led Zep
Hendrix
Metallica (Kill 'em all line up playing their old songs)
Pantera
GnR with their original line up.

cock_sportif

Gary Glitter,

desweller

1. The ELO

Deeply uncool I know!

2. Holy Bible-era Manics

Des

Bronzie

The Smiths
The Pixies

pugwashcp

The Smiths...imho the best band ever to grace the planet.

Blondie...Debbie Harry in her prime was AMAZING!!

bobpzero

metallica, with cliff burton
kyuss

dondare

The DIngoes.

Neverheardofthem?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dingoes