Bands or Artist you had wished you had seen when they were alive

[Wazo]

Is there any band or artist from the past that you wish you could have seen live ?


For me it would have to be Queen Live as Freddie Mercury died before i was old enough to really understand how great a musican he was was i still rate him as one of the worlds greatest singers to this day he died 2 young :(

[THL]

Queen would definitely be one to see for me. Them and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[Degra]

This is where being old has its advantages - I managed to see the original line up of Queen twice.

1982 : Milton Keynes Bowl - last date of their "Hot Space" tour supported by Heart, Joan Jett And The BlackHearts and Teardrop Explodes.

1986 : Knebworth - last date of their "Magic" tour supported by Belouis Some, Big Country and Status Quo.
This was their last ever performance.

I also saw the Paul Rodgers version of the band at Hyde Park last year where they headlined the Nelson Mandela 90th birthday celebrations.
Paul's good, but he's no Freddie.

When I went to "We Will Rock You" a few years back I couldn't help wonder if I was the only one in the audience who'd actually seen the band.

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The bands I always regretted not seeing when they were in their prime were Slade, Led Zeppelin and Genesis while Peter Gabriel was still with them, although I did see their one-off reunion in 1982 (again at the Milton Keynes Bowl) where they performed their old stuff with Peter singing and Phil back on drums.

[Elster Barton]

AC/DC (1975 - 1979)
Genesis (1970 - 1974)

[simco999]

Saw Bon Scott with AC/DC at the Apollo in Manchester c.1979 - about a year before he died?

Wish list

Led Zep
Pink Floyd - full line up - couldn't afford the recent reunion
Genesis with PC
Hendrix
Slade
Bolan
Thin Lizzy