Bands that you wish you had seen but never will

biondino

The Smiths, Queen, The Velvet Underground, Supertramp, Flying Burrito Brothers, Country Joe & the Fish, classic line-up Throwing Muses. For starters.

iain_j

stevewj wrote:

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.

+1 for Aussie Floyd - lost count how many times I've seen them now. Pushing 10 I think.

Would have loved to have seen the real Pink Floyd - I was 13 at the time of the Division Bell tour, and I wasn't really in to them way back then. Although there was little chance of seeing the whole line-up again (think Live 8 was only ever going to be a one-off), I would have liked to have seen Gilmour and his touring band, including Rick Wright.

Sadly, no chance of that anymore

st68

the specials nirvana tho theres rumours that the specials are reforming

niedermeyer

st68 wrote:

the specials nirvana tho theres rumours that the specials are reforming

Please no! All these bands reforming to re-live past glories/cash in - its just so depressing. It's the equivalent of when I was going to see the specials (saw them supporting the clash at the lyceum) and you had sixties bands like the Tremoloes or Gerry and the Pacemakers playing 'revival' gigs. Bleugh.

I never saw the Pistols - wish I had, but have absolutely no desire to see a reformed band with a bunch of old men pretending to be punks.

CHRISNOIR

st68 wrote:

...tho theres rumours that the specials are reforming

There's been rumours of that for ages but it never seems to happen. I'm sure I read about six months ago they were even rehearsing but then it went quiet again. I suspect Dammers is dragging his heels over this one.

wastelander

bobpzero wrote:

metallica, with cliff burton
kyuss

Was lucky enough to see the classic Metallica line up twice - once at Donnighton Monsters of Rock and shortly afterwars on the Master of Puppets tour just 14 days before Cliff's tragic demise.

To be completely honest there are not many bands I'd like to see that I've not already managed to catch in one incarnation or another.

robgodd

- Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band - fronted by Don himself, of course!
- Moby Grape
- Big Star


And any other obscure ones that probably no-one else has ever heard of....

synchronicity

Guns N' Roses, but before all this chinese democracy malarky.

McBain_v1

QUEEN with Freddy Mercury, Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon

Funkin' awesome sound they had, I ruddy love 'em

passout

I have to be honest and say Queen.....not cool I know.

stage_fright

I was lucky enough to see Queen twice in the 1980s -one unforgettable gig was at Wembly the year after they reminded everyone at Live Aid what they could do live. FM had 80,000 people mesmerised - amazing evening despite the rain!

Did anyone actually see Kate Bush live? Didn't she only ever do one tour?

cycologist

Sam and Dave backed by the Stax house band, Booker T & the MGs plus the Bar-Kays.

Otis Redding (see above for the backing band)

Muddy Waters and any of his classic lineups including Little Walter, Willie Dixon etc

Howlin' Wolf and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Only joking about the backing band)

pst88

PANTERA

Ectomorph

Just to buck the pop/rock bias:

Duke Ellington, 1941.

John Coltrane quartet, 1962.

I'll get me anorak...

passout

Stage Fright wrote:

I was lucky enough to see Queen twice in the 1980s -one unforgettable gig was at Wembly the year after they reminded everyone at Live Aid what they could do live. FM had 80,000 people mesmerised - amazing evening despite the rain!

Did anyone actually see Kate Bush live? Didn't she only ever do one tour?

Kate Bush would be great to see live. In a perfect night I'd like to see:
1) Kate Bush
2) Black Grape
3) Queen
in that order- each playing fror about an hour. Oh and free beer.

RockyHopperShow

Another one for The Smiths

secretsam

I can do 10:

Joy Division
The Smiths
Nirvana
JAMC
Ride (c. "Nowhere")
U2 pre-Unforgettable Fire
The Chameleons
The Go-Betweens
My Bloody Valentine ("Loveless" tour)
Gary Numan (c. 1980 - I was a huge fan as a kid)

I also wish I'd seen...Echo and the Bunnymen pre-split and reformation (I saw them at Glasto '97)...and Radiohead at Glasto 97: I only saw a little bit out the back of an ambulance, as I escorted my mate to the medical centre, for treatment, er, ahem <<discrete veil drawn>>

And I'd love to see Tindersticks again

Sigh

secretsam

Nuggs wrote:

Jeff Buckley

The Cure when they played small venues

Ohmigosh, can't believe I missed out Buckley. The Cure in a small venue...oh, lovely lovely lovely lovely...remember when they did the small venue tour in the early '90s? I worked with a guy who went to see them about 3 times at different venues...

bobtbuilder

Forgot one... Longpigs.

McBain_v1

Erm, what about ZZ Top playing most of their 80's stuff (Gimme all your Lovin', Sharp Dressed Man, Legs, Bad Girl) and some 90's stuff (Rough Boy, Burger Man, Stages)?

Well, I like 'em :oops:

iainf72

Faith No More
Ministry circa Psalm 69
Coil performing Time Machines
Skinny Puppy with full line up - Too Dark Park tour
Alice in Chains

There would be an enormous list of techno perfomances I wish I'd seen but those are events rather than bands.

andyp

I feel quite old reading through this as I've seen a lot of the bands people had wished they'd seen;

The Smiths (at least 3 times)
The Jesus and Mary Chain (twice - including one of the 'riot' gigs in Camden)
Johnny Cash
The Go-Betweens (5 times at least)
New Order
The Cure (in a small venue)
The Stone Roses
The Pixies (twice in a week)
Ride
My Bloody Valentine


Two bands I wished I'd seen are;

Joy Division (like so many others on here)
The Who with the classic line up (Daltrey, Entwistle, Moon and Townsend)

wiffachip

Glad no-ones mentioned the Beatles or Stones, or at least I didn't notice

only one for me, the Pistols

seen lots of the bands mentioned, without doubt, the Clash live were unbeatable

Television, Joy Division, Blondie, Specials, Slade, SAHB, Iggy Pop, Bowie, Rezillos, Ramones, Velvets, The Jam, Angelic Upstarts, XTC, The Skids, The Only Ones, Be Bop Deluxe - all brilliant live. I'm almost turning Japanese at the memories

Had two good discussions with the singer out of the Cure, and a much briefer chat with Joe Strummer

Top tip - don't dwell on the ones you missed, get out there and see what's going around now, The Pigeon Detectives anyone ?

Oddballcp

dondare wrote:

The DIngoes.

Neverheardofthem?

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

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=iUmtSpGhMEs

Brains

Hendrix
Some of those early 60's pop bands like Gerry and the pacemakers, Buddy Holly etc
Elvis in full white jump suit era
Stones and the Beatles say about 1963 in a small club
U2 (early)
Queen (mid 80's)
Deep Purple mid 1970's
Led Zep early 70's

Anyone know where I can buy a Tardis to achieve some of the above ?

robjhp

Stone Roses
Orbital
Happy Mondays
Smashing Pumpkins,oh and Bros!

whyamihere

Original GNR lineup
Sublime

captain_oakley

As per some of the previous posts have been lucky to see the following:

Pink Floyd (The Wall ) - Earls Court (1980)
U2 @ The Marquee in 1978
Genesis @ Knebworth 1978
Yes @ Empire Pool Wembley 1978
Ultravox (with John Foxx)
Mike Oldfield @ The Rainbow 1981
Led Zeppelin @ Knebworth 1980 (spent the night at Stevenage BR Stn)

Still kept all the tickets, would love to have seen......

Joy Division
Jimi Hendrix
The final Ziggy Stardust gig at the Hammersmith Odeon
Louis Armstrong
Ten Years After
Bob Marley with the original Wailers (incl Peter Tosh)
Tim Buckley (the Dreamletter Concert)
Curtis Mayfield
The Who (original line up)..... and so many more

Even at 45 I still love going to gigs, despite the prohibitive expense!!


'Muffy the Vampire Layer'

3leggeddog

Ones I'd love to have seen but know I never will

velvet underground
the ramones
crass
louis armstrong
elvis

Tom Butcher

The Who from the late 60s and lots of Soul acts from the 60s but picking one probably Otis Redding - his show at Monterey is my favourite live footage of any act.

Of those I was into at the time and could have seen but didn't probably The Jam - probably at the end of their career.

And one band I'm not a huge fan of but any 60s mods I've talked to rate the Yardbirds as an incredible live act.