Bands / Artists You Would Love To Have Seen.

[Anna Woman von NRW]

REM
The Smiths
The Who - Quadrophenia era
The Jam

 

[Whirlwind]

I'm glad that I saw:
- Bauhaus (1998)
- The Inchabokatables (1993-2001)
- David Bowie (1997)
- The Prodigy (1997)
- Rage Against the Machine (1994, 1997, 2000)

This is a great addendum to this thread. We should all add one of these "I'm glad that I saw" to our posts.

I'm glad that I saw:
1. Public Image Ltd. - saw them with Keith Levene on guitar!
2. Prince - he ain't around anymore and if you never saw him, you missed out on the greatest live performer in history
3. Liquid Liquid - you may not know the name, but you sure know their iconic bassline. "White Lines." That legendary song sampled a Liquid Liquid bassline. I actually saw that band play that bassline live...before they were ripped off by Grandmaster Flash/Melle Mel and Duran Duran.
4. The Fall - saw the version with Brix. Best version of that band.
5. The Pretenders - saw the classic original lineup before those two guys (James Honeyman Scott and Pete Farndon) died.

[jackroadkill]

I wish I'd seen:

Nirvana (had tickets to see them in 1994 at Aston Villa Leisure Centre but it was canceled due to Kurt's overdose in Rome)
The Clash
Dream City Film Club
Elvis
Guns 'N' Roses (the proper lineup)
Kirtsy MacColl

I'm glad I saw:

REM (Milton Keynes Bowl, 1995)
The Damned (in a pub in High Wycombe in 2000)
William Eliot Whitmore (A social club in Brizzle)
Red Fang
Sepultura (Proper line-up, the night before Max left, Wolves Civic in 1996)

[Shush]

Would like to have seen

1-Nirvana
2-Sex Pistols
3-Generation-X
4-The Doors
5-Hendrix

Glad I have seen

1-Public Image Limited (Mr Lydon gave me a towel at that gig)
2-Janes Adiction
3-The Buzzcocks
4-Mudhoney
5-The Damned (with the added bonus of our very own Moose being in the line-up at the time)

[Bunny]

Thin Lizzy
The Smiths
pre 1980 Queen
Likewise ACDC

[Master Ray]

Aw, heck, recent posts have made me realise that I didn't mention The Smiths... one of my very fave bands, no less!   

[lostockboy]

1,Husker Du
2.Joy Division
3.The Gun Club
4.David Bowie
5.Crass
6.Soundgarden

[Ghosttrain]

I'm glad i saw.......
Pink Floyd 1975
Captain Beefheart
The Jam twice in Jersey
Genesis 1978
Bellowhead
Country Joe
Devo
Jake Thackray
REM
Gong With Daevid,Gilli,Mike Howlet,Steve Hillage,Tim Blake,Miquette and Didier Malherbe....

[smalltownpoland]

The Clash
Dead Kennedys
Bob Marley
Peter Tosh
Janis Joplin/ Jefferson Airplane

[Master Ray]

Seeing as this thread has evolved into 'Bands I'm glad I saw' (and for my post below, I'll take that to mean 'acts we'll never have any chance of seeing again'), can I say that I'm eternally grateful that I saw...

David Bowie
The Stooges
Pantera
Type O Negative
Rollins Band

 

[Wessexy Witch]

I'm suprised Nivana are on so many lists here.

How did you miss them? They played loads of gigs in the UK. I remember seeing them at The Reading Festival twice.

[Master Ray]

I'm suprised Nivana are on so many lists here.

How did you miss them? They played loads of gigs in the UK. I remember seeing them at The Reading Festival twice.

I think Shush mentioned that he had a ticket for them at Nottingham Rock City but couldn't make it for some reason or another (I might have that wrong, sorry mate if so!)... but just because a band played a lot in your home country doesn't mean that you would automatically have gone to see them!  Many reasons might ensue as to why you didn't (lack of money for one, certain personal circumstances for another), in fact the idea that they played so often might put the idea in your head that 'ah, well, I'll catch them next time...' which turned into 'damn, there was NO next time...'   

[Whirlwind]

I'm suprised Nivana are on so many lists here.

How did you miss them?

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I never saw them either. And I had my reasons.

I was really bitten by that grunge music. Loved it. I saw Pearl Jam and Soundgarden in concert, yet had no desire to see Nirvana. I had all their records, loved those records, but the idea of seeing them live never appealed to me. I kind of knew in advance what it would be. Just a loud, sloppy mess. They were a live band who believed that a sonic assault would win over concert goers. By all accounts I have found that assessment to be correct. Nirvana did not deliver deep emotional renditions of their tunes. On their unplugged show they did, but watch any live video of their shows. Just sophomoric performances. "Oh, we are loud and raw...we must be good, no?" I pass on that.

[Johnz]

Joy Division
pre-1985 Sisters of Mercy
Pink Floyd with Roger Waters (ideally around or before Wish You Were Here)
Motorhead (never got round to it)
The Doors
Husker Du (Could have gone but didn't grrr)
Marillion with Fish
Talking Heads

Glad I saw:
REM
Talk Talk
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Bowie
Nephilim (Original line-up)
Simon & Garfunkel

[lostockboy]

Joy Division
pre-1985 Sisters of Mercy
Pink Floyd with Roger Waters (ideally around or before Wish You Were Here)
Motorhead (never got round to it)
The Doors
Husker Du (Could have gone but didn't grrr)
Marillion with Fish
Talking Heads

Glad I saw:
REM
Talk Talk
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Bowie
Nephilim (Original line-up)
Simon & Garfunkel

I'm in the same boat regarding Husker Du who are my all time faves.  The played Manchester in June 1987 but on the same night I'd been invited to a wedding reception so I though, I'll see them next time round, but to my horror they split up in January 1988 so it wasn't to be, totally gutted indeed.  I have seen Sugar, Bob solo and with band and also Grant Hart solo but it'snot quite the same.