Top bands you never got to see

[troywellbuilt]

Link Wray
The Shadows
Madness

[Fritz]

just about any Brit band in 68-69, back in the home country.
Strawbs early 70s.
Jimi
Buffalo Springfield 68
Coltrane
Aretha 60's
Keith & Jane Relfs Renaissance (not that Annies was weak, but I saw them)
Bowie early and Pin Ups band
Otis
Al Green 70's

[lafinfil]

Little Feat when Lowell George was still alive

Saw later versions - but Lowell was da sh!t !

Lot's of the old blues & jazz guys - too many to name.

[michaelb]

My all time regret, any venue any time: Led Zep

I am very venue sensitive, so I regret that I wasn't smart enough, and maybe just a year or two too young, to see these bands when they came and played in clubs and bars on tour:

Gang of Four
U2
Bauhaus (don't remember ever seeing a notice that Bauhaus toured the US, but I would guess they did).

I skipped the 90s musically for the most part, and now really regret not seeing:
Radiohead (preferably in the metro in Chicago)

If I could climb in a time machine though, I would certainly add:
The Who (playing Tommy), and
Pink Floyd (playing Animals)

[ztirffritz]

The Sonics (not the crappy basketball team)

[prof]

Talk Talk
Kate Bush

[MacArtist]

Pink Floyd
The Stones
The Who
Led Zep

I have seen some good concerts but I would say any of those 4 would have to be about the best.

[ka jowct]

Janis Joplin

[Yoyodyne ArtWorks]

[quote ajakeski]Frank Zappa.
I had tickets to see him near the end of my freshman year in college, but I got so sick that I didn't go. It was right on the campus, a great venue too...I've always regretted that.

[the_poochies]

Latin master Tito Puente played in my town back in the early 1990s, and I really regret not getting tickets to see him.

I've seen a few bands in small clubs before they hit the big time, including Soundgarden and the Smashing Pumpkins.

Nirvana put on a crazy live show as well.