rock act i regret not seeing…

[hdwrench]

so we have talked about the best , or favorite rock and roll act . what band do you wish you had a chance to see live but didn’t ? top of my list is pink floyd . i have been a fan before i was a teen . also regret not seeing led zeppelin, and elton john who in my older years have grown to appreciate.

 

[eldubb440]

Jimi Hendrix, but he died when I was like 4

 

[hdwrench]

Jimi Hendrix, but he died when I was like 4

excellent choice , i agree ! i was to young also …

 

[eldubb440]

excellent choice , i agree ! i was to young also …

he was one of my all time favorites, and immediately popped into my head when I saw your post

 

[fesser]

Tom Petty.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Zamfir. No one could play the pan flute like him.

 

[XS22J8R]

There are a number of bands I regret not seeing. But also some bands I regret not seeing years earlier then I did see them, when they were still in their prime. Some examples for me are The Who, I saw them in the late 70s on their first tour after Keith Moon died. I think most will agree they lost a lot of their magic without Moon. I saw the Grateful Dead a number of times in the 80s, by which time Jerry had got fat and his drug demons were taking their toll. The concert crowds had gotten too large at their shows by then too. I wish I’d been able to see them with Pigpen, and during their most polished era in 77 with Keith and Donna Jean in the band.
I saw Ted Nugent a few times in recent years and he still did great shows, but I wish I’d seen him in the 70s in his madman prime.
I saw Metallica a few times in the 90s, but wish I’d seen them in the 80s before Cliffs tragic death.
I could go on, but this list will get even longer then the list of bands I never saw but wished I did!

 

[gtx6970]

Easy.

PINK FLOYD.

Guy I know offered me free ticket.

 

[Charles Cook]

The band I regret not seeing was Pearl Jam. I was there but I passed out and missed the entire show. What a waste of money. Lol

 

[alsant]

The Band and Pink Floyd , seen a lot of bands but didn’t get them in.

 

[XS22J8R]

Easy.

PINK FLOYD.

Guy I know offered me free ticket.

Pink Floyd is another on my saw them,but wish I’d seen them in their prime list. We camped out overnight to get tickets for their tour in ‘88 I think it was. Roger Waters was no longer in the band. We ended up with nosebleed seats in the arena for the first of 3 nights here. We saw people in the parking lot trying to unload tickets for $10. So for the 3rd night me and a buddy went back intending to grab a couple of those cheap tickets scalpers were selling. Damn if none were around that night! But then we found a guy selling a pair of tickets for $25 each. We bought those, and entered the arena to find ourselves on the main floor, around 20th row center. It was cool!
The Wall tour was my senior year in HS, and their tour was extremely limited due to the complexity of building the “wall”. So I was disappointed they didn’t come to Chicago or I would have been there. They only played NY, LA and one city in Canada for the Wall tour as I recall. I did score a T shirt for the tour though. No, it doesn’t say “Pink Floyd did a Wall tour and all I got was a T shirt”, though it might have well said that!

 

[WileE]

 

[3sloppydogs]

The Neville bros.
Jethro Tull
The Band

 

[Runcharger]

Absolutely none. Ha, ha. Being a Mopar guy I always equated concert tickets to car parts and there was always something I wanted. Besides I had 3 suitcases full of 8 tracks to listen to while cruising! I did end up at a few concerts but you needed binoculars to see the acts anyway and the sound quality of my home stereo was better too.

 

[rklewis1005]

For me it's Frank Zappa. He had a.concert in Rochester, NY (living there at the time) the Friday night I had to leave for my 2 week Army Reserve duty. He died soon after and wish I could have seen him play

 

[Budnicks]

I saw so many rock headliners at 'Day on the green/s" several years in a row
mid-later 70's, I can't even remember all the names of them, so many great bands...

We lived just over the hill for Concord Pavilion, I could hear & almost see them for free
every weekend, some good band was playing, some pretty crappy ones too....

I wish I could have seen Elvis in his prime
not the Vegas Elvis, he died in my senior year summer 1977

I wish I could have seen Buffalo Springfield in their prime, I was a youngster
I dislike Neil Young (his Politics) but didn't mind him while he was with that band

The Beatles, my oldest sister Lori & one of my step brothers Tim
both played their albums constantly
I got sick of it
I sort of disliked them until I was out of the house, came to like their music
didn't care much for any of their solo careers

A whole bunch of Motown Ottis Redding
Sitting on the dock of the bay, I played my moms album like 3 times a week
I was pretty young when he died
The Supremes, The Tops, Ricky Valley, The Temps, Spinners, Marvin Gay
& so, so many of the Mowtown people/bands
(mostly older "oldies" bands late 50's early 60's & 70's eras)
I didn't get to see live...

I was into Surfer Music for a time too, it was old even when I heard it...

I like all kinds of music, if it makes me tap my feet or get up for it, I like it
I have a list of C&W too, but that's for another day...

I could have seen the Grateful Dead, for free, it was later in their careers
I passed, not into that stuff for the most part, too many dopers/acid trippers
to deal with, more than the band...
or the;
Skinhead/Headbangers mosh pit, Acid Rock or cRapp,
I had/still have no interest in either of them, at all
a whole lot of the grunge era...

I was into 'country or the hairbands' later 80's early-mid 90's
very slim piken's (it seemed) in good Rock & roll, then because of it,
(I liked stuff you could understand the words, not just loud ****)
I lived thru the Disco era, Disco Sucked, (much like Taylor Swift today)
I didn't care for it much then
now I'll listen to it on the radio, when they sneak one in, instead of switching channels
like I used to

I was born in 1959, didn't go to my 1st concert till 1975-ish at like 15-16 y/o

 

[Dutchrebuild]

Led Zeppelin circa 1975
Pink Floyd circa 1972
Grateful Dead circa 1974

 

[threewood]

Tom Petty
Beastie Boys

 

[RTDaddy]

Aerosmith, had tickets for the past tour, but Tyler can't perform now.
Poco, line-up with Randy Meisner.

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

for me it would be Blues traveler, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Rush, and early Elton John