Three Bands/Artists You Regret Never Seeing In Concert

I am listing only performers that I easily could have seen perform.  Picked the first three that i thought of.

FZ
RATM
Johnny Cash

The Clash
The Replacements (although looks like it might be a possibility)
Van Halen

RatBastard wrote:
I am listing only performers that I easily could have seen perform.  Picked the first three that i thought of.

FZ
RATM
Johnny Cash

Are these meant to be bands that I could see and just haven't yet or bands from a different generation that due to my age I missed the boat?

Billie Holliday
Hank Williams
John Coltrane

Yada wrote:

RatBastard wrote:
I am listing only performers that I easily could have seen perform.  Picked the first three that i thought of.

FZ
RATM
Johnny Cash

Are these meant to be bands that I could see and just haven't yet or bands from a different generation that due to my age I missed the boat?

My concept was actually neither, moreso I was listing bands that I had least theoretically had the opportunity to see but because of death or band break up will never see. 

RatBastard wrote:

Yada wrote:

RatBastard wrote:
I am listing only performers that I easily could have seen perform.  Picked the first three that i thought of.

FZ
RATM
Johnny Cash

Are these meant to be bands that I could see and just haven't yet or bands from a different generation that due to my age I missed the boat?

My concept was actually neither, moreso I was listing bands that I had least theoretically had the opportunity to see but because of death or band break up will never see. 

Gotcha… well, if a band is still playing or has been playing in the past 20 years, I've probably seen most that I've wanted to see. Due to my youth and good looks, I've missed dozens of bands from the 50's through the 70's.

Yada wrote:

RatBastard wrote:

Yada wrote:

RatBastard wrote:
I am listing only performers that I easily could have seen perform.  Picked the first three that i thought of.

FZ
RATM
Johnny Cash

Are these meant to be bands that I could see and just haven't yet or bands from a different generation that due to my age I missed the boat?

My concept was actually neither, moreso I was listing bands that I had least theoretically had the opportunity to see but because of death or band break up will never see. 

Gotcha… well, if a band is still playing or has been playing in the past 20 years, I've probably seen most that I've wanted to see. Due to my youth and good looks, I've missed dozens of bands from the 50's through the 70's.

My first concert ever was Crosby Stills Nash and Young at Foreman Field (ODU) in the 70s, that is if you don't count a Barbie Benton right to life concert at the Lincoln Memorial when I was still sentenced to catholic school so I could have probably seen most of the 50s - 70s acts, but you do have me on the good looking part.

Clash
Bob Marley
Led Zeppelin (maybe)

rem
the knife
grateful dead (with jerry)

walkonby wrote:
rem
the knife
grateful dead (with jerry)

Obviously, brah… why else would you see the Dead?

Definitely on my list as well or some late 70's JGB.

1) Smiths - 1986 was outside George Washington and the cheapest ticket anyone was selling was 35 bucks and I thought it was too much.

2) U2 - 1984 went to ticketmaster at the end of the day instead of the in the morning when they played Constitution Hall.  If I went first thing I would have gotten tickets.  Tickets to expensive these days. 

3) Minor Threat - They broke up right before I got into hardcore.

Bowie

Sinatra
Garcia
Domino (I tried.. he bailed on Jazz Fest the year I went down)

I regret not seeing those in person but I'm not sure it would have been "top" concerts in their late years (well Joao is still alive of course)

Joao Gilberto
Johnny Cash
Serge Gainsbourg

The indie band (or musical experience in the last 15 years) that I most regret never seeing is Rachel's

and I guess nothing could beat Velvet Underground in 1967, although it is not like I could have been there.

a couple of recent bands stick out to me… i've either had work commitments, travel, show conflicts, or simply i couldn't get tickets. hopefully i'll have another chance over the next few years to cross some of these off the list.

swans
the walkmen
radiohead
daft punk
the war on drugs

Nirvana
Rage
Bowie

atomic wrote:
Minor Threat - They broke up right before I got into hardcore.

This goes for me as well.  Still could have seen Circle Jerks, Black Flag, etc but this is the one that bothers me.


Nirvana - could/should have gone 11/18/91 at the old 930. I wasn't in town when they last played the area.

Jeff Buckley makes 3.

Edit: had a ticket to see the Replacements with Bob Stinson but the show got cancelled. I was fully aware if their drunken performances and would have loved it.

Pylon
The Smiths
Husker Du

3 bands/artists I'm glad I got to see:
Beastie Boys
Elliott Smith
Lou Reed

(glad I got to see Nirvana too)

Elliott Smith
Pulp
Daft Punk

Julian, wrote:
Elliott Smith
Pulp
Daft Punk

I got to see Elliott with Heatmiser, once solo, twice electric. He was/is one of my very favorites. Can't wait to see the documentary this weekend.

Got to see Pulp 3 times….once opening for Blur, then headlining the 9:30, then at Tibet. They were always great. I think my favorite was when they opened for Blur.