leschirons Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Just been listening to Michael Hedges. Really regret not seeing him in concert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 The Sex Pistols in 76 (would have been 10/11 so little chance of that), The Jam, the original Hanoi Rocks, Guns N Roses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) Van halen , the classic tangerine dream lineup, Actually , as I started going to gigs in '79 I would've seen franke/ frose/ and one of the others .Missed Chris franke at the festival hall ( tho the album is boring ). Had a tkt for Pete nam look at the Astoria ,but it was cancelled and now he is dead Tool on the 100000 days toir. Just getting into the album , after the tour was done Edited November 24, 2015 by RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNkShUi Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Nirvana They got me into music, and i was obsessed when i was younger. I actually have a unused ticket of the next show they were meant to play, but didn't because he passed on. That is one of only two bits of music memorabilia i have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No lust in Jazz Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Captain Beefheart Hendrix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toneknob Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 The Oo (with John Entwistle) Bowie when he was good and still touring and had George Murray in the band, eg 1978 U2's Zoo TV tour Peter Gabriel's Secret World tour (sorry there's only one proper "not around any more" answer) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRev Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Jeff Buckley at the Fleece in Bristol. Could've gone but didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howdenspur Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 [quote name='No lust in Jazz' timestamp='1448370003' post='2914784'] Captain Beefheart Hendrix [/quote] Both of these chaps. Plus Little Feat with Lowell George up front Thin Lizzy - they played Cardiff Capitol just before it closed. Still don't know how I missed that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I had tickets to see Weather Report at Hammersmith (with Jaco) and forgot all about it until I found the ticket the next morning, oops!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike f Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Fugazi - got as close as standing outside one of there's but couldn't get in because it was sold out when I got there REM - just never got round to it. Wished I'd have seen them in the early 90s. Supergrass - I'm still puzzled as to why I never saw them. They were fantastic. Frank Zappa - in 1988. This is the one I most regret but I was yet to hear his music (I bought Ship Arriving Too Late... in 1990). At the time of his death I'd become a huge fan. Thankfully Dweezil is now playing his dad's music, and the ZPZ gigs I've been to have all been wonderful.., but I know it's not the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bassman7755 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Queen (with freddie) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) Nirvana, twice! Metallica in September 1986 a week before Cliff died. I couldn't be bothered to travel from Coventry to Birmingham. and Primus supporting Jane's Addiction. Again I could't be bothered to travel to Birmingham, so I went to see Carter USM instead. I know they're around now. But they're not as good. [quote name='mike f' timestamp='1448370942' post='2914797'] Fugazi - got as close as standing outside one of there's but couldn't get in because it was sold out when I got there [/quote] What year was that? Do you know about the Fugazi Live Series? You could get the recording of the gig you did't go to Edited November 24, 2015 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyguts Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 ACDC with Bon Scott - I would have been a bit young... Hendrix Stevie Ray Vaughn Queen with Freddie James Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 There are loads I would have liked to have seen. Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, jimi Hendrix, The Clash, Cream, Blind Faith amongst others. Too many more to list as I was far too young for the 60's and 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interpol52 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 The Longpigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigman Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Joy Division Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Zappa for me too. I like Beefheart but I suspect John French does a better job live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 For bands around when I would have been of an age to go to a gig: Pink Floyd - I actually had the offer of a ticket to see original tour of The Wall but backed out Queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfretrock Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Almost started a similar thread last week. This is a bit like only 8 discs for Desert Island Discs.... The Clash, Laura Nyro, Bert Jansch, Janis Joplin..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunge666 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Entwistle The Outfield and two that are still around and on the bucket list: Weezer Melvins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Well, I saw him a good few times under different incarnations.. But when Joe Strummer played Province Rock here in Finland in 99 with the Mescalaros, would of been the last time I got to see him alive Regret not going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 I was lucky enough to see a number of the bands listed above by people who didn't see them. The Sex Pistols? They weren't all that. Nowhere near as good as the bands they replaced ... Dr. Feelgood, Eddie & The Hot Rods, The Motors, etc. Little Feat? I thought they were OK. The friend I went with (far more knowledgeable than me about music) was absolutely blown away, but I wasn't that impressed. Frank Zappa? I went with an Australian drug dealer who lived in Chelsea. At every solo ... [i][b]every single f***ing solo[/b][/i] ... he passed around a bottle of amyl nitrate. Were Zappa any good? Sorry - what was the question again? AC/DC original line-up? Utterly, utterly mind-blowing. I saw them on three consecutive nights at The Marquee when they first hit London. Jesus H Christ, what a band! Incidentally, with the benefit of 40 years' hindsight my view of the first three bands listed here may have changed a bit ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Steve Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Chic with Bernard Peter Green era Fleetwood Mc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Free. The few times they came to play in Liverpool I was out playing myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ras52 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 +1 for the Sex Pistols. I could have seen them in Middlesbrough in '77, but thought, nah... Todd Rundgren's Utopia supporting Led Zeppelin at Knebworth, a year or so later. I'd recently got in to Todd, but didn't fancy standing in muddy field full of Led Zep fans... little did I know that the next opportunity to see Todd would be several years later, and a full decade for the one after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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