Which band do you regret not seeing live?

ok, obviously most of us on the list go to a lot of gigs, but have there been bands that you really like, that for one reason or another you never saw live? They have to be bands that you could have seen (you can't say The Beatles), i.e., they played a town you were in and you were old enough to go but didn't….

for me the two that most immediately spring to mind are The Housemartins and The Boo Radleys - I also really would like to see Neil Young but he always seems to play Merriweather or Nissan and I'm secretly hoping he might play 9.30 someday

by admitting to this i'm just reopening some old wounds…..

but eminem at 9.30…….the other half wanted to go and i thought it would be terrible………

whoops

nirvana

stone roses on spike island……

There was a bus trip from Peterborough for 45 GBP. I didnt realise it would be my only chance. Similarly I never got to see the happy Mondays either….

I guess I am too young to have seen the Smiths or the Clash.

I am really glad I saw Strummer the last time. We got back from a holiday that day and it was a real struggle going. We hung around and met him that night……

I could have seen Roy Orbison, but did't. Within a year, he was dead.

Originally posted by poorlulu:
by admitting to this i'm just reopening some old wounds…..

but eminem at 9.30…….the other half wanted to go and i thought it would be terrible………

whoops

Oh you idiot, I had forgotten all about that…

Actually what does anyone see in him anymore?

I possibly forgive you for making me go to see Robbie Williams. But then you made me see Jamiroquai…… :mad:

nirvana

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
nirvana

i always remember my friend and i stood in line for 6 hours for nirvana tickets………a month before the show he killed himself ……..

my friend kept both tickets ………bitch

But then you made me see Jamiroquai…… :mad: [/qb]

hey who would have thought it would have been that bad……..my god that was a horrible show…….

robbie was great though………..

i think i've seen every show i've wanted to see though……
smiths were a little before my concert attending time, happy mondays would have been a laugh, but otherwise i'm happy……….

Pixies
Clash
Nirvana


There's probably a ton if I thought about it long enough, but that's just too depressing.

I really do wish I had seen the late great Johnny Cash.

and I feel very lucky to have seen both Nirvana & Jeff Buckley not long before their demise.

Nirvana was @ Bender Arena (still there?) in the November before Cobain's death.

Jeff Buckley was one of my last shows @ the old 9:30 site. I've never witnessed a crowd that enraptured with any artist. It was packed and silent.

Originally posted by grotty:
I really do wish I had seen the late great Johnny Cash.

and I feel very lucky to have seen both Nirvana & Jeff Buckley not long before their demise.

Nirvana was @ Bender Arena (still there?) in the November before Cobain's death.

Jeff Buckley was one of my last shows @ the old 9:30 site. I've never witnessed a crowd that enraptured with any artist. It was packed and silent.

actually I should have said Jeff Buckley rather than Nirvana, I dont wnat to think about how many there are

Originally posted by Chaz:
Pixies
Clash
Nirvana


There's probably a ton if I thought about it long enough, but that's just too depressing.

Pixies — great big second on that one

Pulp (3 songs from the nosebleeds at the Tibetan Freedom Concert doesn't count)

I'm going to boast and say that I saw Cash twice, the Pixies on the Doolittle tour, and was at the Buckley show at the old 9:30 Club. Really, I was. hahahaha :)

Originally posted by grotty:
I really do wish I had seen the late great Johnny Cash.

and I feel very lucky to have seen both Nirvana & Jeff Buckley not long before their demise.

Nirvana was @ Bender Arena (still there?) in the November before Cobain's death.

Jeff Buckley was one of my last shows @ the old 9:30 site. I've never witnessed a crowd that enraptured with any artist. It was packed and silent.

Pulp (3 songs from the nosebleeds at the Tibetan Freedom Concert doesn't count)

yeah, that was the only time I saw em as well - you could barely even make out the songs

The Beatles

….and yes, I can say it.

Tons and tons of other shows I would have loved to have seen but missed out on for so many reasons. I'm just happy that I've had the good fortune to see all that I have seen.

Yes, the Happy Mondays, just to see Bez dancing. Would imagine many of their shows sucked too.

PiL with Jah Wobble and Keith Levine. Without them it was the Johnny Lydon road show.

Johnny Cash. That would have been great.

Verve (pre "The" in their name). Never saw either version, but the earlier reverb soaked one would have been great.

Others that I was too young for would fill a notebook so best to stop here.

Originally posted by Jaguär:
The Beatles

….and yes, I can say it.

Tons and tons of other shows I would have loved to have seen but missed out on for so many reasons. I'm just happy that I've had the good fortune to see all that I have seen.

you are THAT old?

mom, is that you? :D

My mom saw the Beatles….

They were third on the bill, with Tommy Steele headlining, from what I can remember…….