In their prime what musical band would you have love to seen perform?

Did you see it @ Cullen? I was aware of the show but it was shortly bf I got into them. Others had listed shows I did get to see; MBV back in 1992 w/Dinosaur Jr and the And Justice For All tour during a nasty winter ice freeze w/Queensreich opening up. In a word; WHIPLASH! Had the worse case of it for 3 days after the show from head banging so much, couldn't lift my head off my pillow! That show was total chaos; people sneaking into through the bathroom ceiling and all floor seating was tore up and thrown in a massive pile in the middle of it. And people were taking parts of the ceiling paneling and throwing in down to the floor like Frisbees! Like a great Rave party it felt out-of-control, I kept thinking; this is on the verge of getting out of hand!!

Also saw GnR in 1988 @ Texas Stadium opening for INXS, was some Mtv event and W. Axl was none too pleased..

 

Bowie
Joy Division
New Order
Velvet Underground
Nirvana
Daft Punk
Sneaker Pimps

I've been fortunate enough to see many of my favorites on multiple occasions over the years, but still wish I'd been able to catch some of them on earlier tours: NIN (Pretty Hate Machine/Broken), Radiohead (Ok Computer), Massive Attack (Mezzanine).

 

Sounds dope haha, how many people waited for him to come back?

 

Queen and Hendrix were already mentioned, so I'll go with a band not yet mentioned here:
Oasis at the beginning of 1994 probably, when Liam's voice was still non-****ed.

Also kind of cheating because it's no "band", but going back in time to see Chopin, Liszt, ,Rachmaninoff, Schumann etc would be something to watch.

 

You'd want to see them at least with their 2nd drummer, 1st guy Tony was a total hack. And the 1 act no one's mentioned yet you all should have is Jeff Buckley; by far the most individually talented person I saw during the 90's.

 

True. Cool thing is his voice is getting better (man) nowadays, to me sounds as good as he in the late 90s. Gem and the rest have joined Noel again, still got hopes for a complete reunion.

 

Good pick. I think his prime vocal period went through be here now. His live vocals really started dropping off post standing on the shoulder of giants. Saw them during the be here now tour at what was aerial theatre at the time.

 

Yeah I heard him do wonderwall on Howard Stern last month and his voice was surprisingly very good. I wouldn’t say prime Oasis but better than it’s been in close to 20 years. He seems a lot more mature. Unfortunately I’ve tried to listen to a couple of his new songs and they’re so cringe worthy I can’t finish them. If he could get back with Noel who is killing it with his solo material it would be sweet.

 

His new album is coming out soon, the three first songs already sound much better than the Beady Eye stuff to me. Actually looking forward to the album now.

 

Saw Nirvana 4 times.... Alice In Chains twice....Mother Love Bone.

Nirvana was very good, but a lot of that was the time period and that I had an incredible time that week. Lots of sex, drugs, good friends and not a care in the world.

 

Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Simon & Garfunkel
Johnny Cash
Jimi Hendrix
The Kinks
Led Zeppelin
Genesis (Gabriel & Collins)
Stevie Wonder
Pink Floyd
ELO
Fleetwood Mac
Queen
ZZ Top
The Clash
The Police
Journey
Prince
Run DMC
Public Enemy
Beastie Boys
Pearl Jam
Rage Against the Machine
The Fugees
Chemical Brothers
DJ AM w/Travis Barker

 

any of yall care about dillinger escape plan? they are one of my all time favorite bands. i'm thinking about going to new york city to see them at terminal 5 new years eve weekend on their last ever show before they breakup

 

The Clash, The Ramones, Public Enemy, Run DMC, The Replacements, Devo, The Velvet Underground, The Smiths, Chick Webb, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys...

I'm sure that I'm leaving more off the list that will come to me later. Those are the ones off the top of my head.

 

Peter, Paul and Mary

 

They are the best ever at what they do. I always hoped Mike Paton would come back and do more vocals with them. Very talented band.

 

NIN, audioslave, soundgarden, van halen

 

bwgahahaha

I see your PP&R and raise you Wilson Phillips

 

Probably about a third of the audience. From what we heard, a lot of people tried to get refunds and weren't getting them. Others just straight up walked out the front door.

 

This. Queen supposedly put on a he'll of a show. They rocked out Live Aid in 85.

 

First band that came to mind when I read the title of the thread was The Police.