Who do you regret not seeing in concert, that sadly aren't around any more?

[leschirons]

Just been listening to Michael Hedges. Really regret not seeing him in concert.

[Lozz196]

The Sex Pistols in 76 (would have been 10/11 so little chance of that), The Jam, the original Hanoi Rocks, Guns N Roses.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

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

[FuNkShUi]

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!

[No lust in Jazz]

Captain Beefheart
Hendrix

[toneknob]

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)

[TheRev]

Jeff Buckley at the Fleece in Bristol. Could've gone but didn't.

[howdenspur]

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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.

[Mykesbass]

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!!

[mike f]

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.

[Guest bassman7755]

Queen (with freddie)

[bartelby]

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.


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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

[grumpyguts]

ACDC with Bon Scott - I would have been a bit young...
Hendrix
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Queen with Freddie
James Brown

[timmo]

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

[interpol52]

The Longpigs

[Twigman]

Joy Division

[MoonBassAlpha]

Zappa for me too.
I like Beefheart but I suspect John French does a better job live.

[ead]

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

[pfretrock]

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.....

[grunge666]

Entwistle

The Outfield

and two that are still around and on the bucket list:

Weezer
Melvins

[Highfox]

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.

[Happy Jack]

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 ...

[Bassman Steve]

Chic with Bernard
Peter Green era Fleetwood Mc

[goingdownslow]

Free.
The few times they came to play in Liverpool I was out playing myself.

[ras52]

+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!