I was lucky enough to see them in Wembley Arena back in the 80s.
I absolutely hate Radio Gaga, but seeing the whole arena lit up with people’s hands in the air and clapping was just utterly incredible.
Freddie’s voice was just unbelievable.
I agree. Adam Lambert is really good, way better than I've expected.
And yet, this just shows even more how phenomenal and exceptionally good Freddie was.
I saw them with Adam Lambert which while still pretty fun will never make up for me not being able to see Freddie. Adam sang everything except for Bohemian Rhapsody. They played and used footage of Freddie as a tribute.
My girlfriend likes to remind me she got to see them in a little hole-in-the-wall place in Portland before they were popular.
Obligatory “I used to like them before they were cool”.
Went to Seattle 6 or 8 years ago, and went to the Crocodile Cafe. It was early afternoon, so it was just my group and one other customer at the bar. Ended up talking with the older bartender for a long time. She was a Seattle native, and was telling me about all the shows she saw there in the late 80s/early 90s before those bands got big. I was so jealous lol. Pearl Jam is my favorite band, I love that era of music. It felt like jumping in a time machine almost, listening to her stories. Was so cool.
I saw them a few months before Cobain’s suicide. At least that night they really did not put on a good show at all. He just sat on a stool and mumbled incoherently into the mic for the whole show and there was no energy coming from the band at all.
It was my very first concert and it was during their In Utero tour. It was at the Detroit State Fairgrounds Coliseum. It was all general admission. Almost no one was in the stands and the main floor was only half full. If people knew what was going to happen 6 months later, then the whole place would have been packed. I feel pretty lucky for that.
Yep. The only tour I missed was when they did the only instrumentals set. Together Forever with Run DMC and the Ill Communication tour with The Roots and Jon Spenser Blues Explosion were my favorites.
I worked at McDonalds during my senior year in High School, which is when To the 5 boroughs came out. The head set to interact with drive thru customers made the beat sound of "check it out" my buddy and I would keep playing with it singing the song. Every so often we'd get a customer recognize it saying "Beastie boys!"
I would have loved to have been present at Daft Punk's 2007 Alive concert in Bercy. And I'm sad that Savage Garden had a bad breakup that they never seem to have gotten over.
Yeahhh, I remember being in line to see Deftones back in 07 and saw that Daft Punk was gonna be coming in a month. Thought about it, but said "nah, I'll go when they come back next time"... they never came back.
The savage garden singer still tours occasionally, who knows the cash might call them out of retirement for their 40th anniversary
I think the other guy is a record producer now
I'm very lucky to have seen Rush 3 times before Neil Peart passed. My family even has a pair of his sticks that he had just used in concert. We love Rush very much :(
Yeah man. What hits me hard for whatever reason is that you can hear John Bonham’s kick pedal squeaking in ten years gone.
I played the drums when I was younger. He was my idol.
This is my answer, surprised it’s not higher in the comments. Seeing zep at their prime or even the concert in London in like 2008 would’ve been so awesome. I agree with Putin though, Greta van fleet might give a similar vibe in today’s world. I saw them in Atlanta last summer and those boys put on a hell of a show.
Saw him at bonnaroo. Went because nothing else was going on, didn’t know I knew any of his songs.
Welp, I knew every song and they sounded flawless. Best outdoor big stage sound I’ve heard besides phish.
When they released "one more light" i thought like i really really want to attend a live concert of this album because it catered to my "older" self, especially coming from LP. Well...
My absolute childhood dream was to attend 3 concerts. I was able to attend the other two, but LP was my first dream, and it would never come true...
I remember sitting the whole night at home, watching youtube livestream of Rock In Rio 2014...
Saw Soundgarden live literally one week before he killed himself. Wasn't originally planning to go, it was a work night. But my friend talked me into it. So glad I went, the show was amazing. The band seemed to be having so much fun on stage, smiling and goofing around. Great energy.
I was fortunate enough to see them in concert about a decade ago with NIN. It was during that concert I realized how many hits they had during 91 to their break up in 97 since every song they played at the concert was something I heard on the radio.
I had the fortune of catching a stop that tour as well, ex won tickets calling into local radio. I was and am a much bigger Soundgarden fan, but Trent does a phenomenal show.
Check out BritFloyd. I've seen them twice and I thought I'd never say this, but I recon they're as good as the real thing, although Earls Court 94 still remains my favourite all time gig without a shadow of a doubt.
I saw Pink Floyd back in 1991 (?) for the Division Bell tour. It was, and still is, the best concert I've ever been to.
I've since seen Brit Floyd about six times (seeing them again later this month!) and I can concur, it's the closest thing you'll get to the real thing.
This is #2 on my list after Beastie Boys. I didn’t even know of Sublime until the day I heard about Bradley’s death on MTV news. Didn’t care at the time since I had no idea who he or Sublime was. That changed a few months later after their self titled album dropped.
I would have loved to see Dire Straits play live. I'm too young to have been able to see them live. Occasionally I put on "On the Night" and imagine how it would have been to have witnessed that live.
The other two are Genesis and Elton John. I stil regret not going to their "goodbye shows" when they where in my country.
My mom saw the Beatles in Miami. She said she couldn’t hear any of the music or singing because of the incessant screaming by the girls in the audience.
I'm convinced that The Beatles would have eventually done something together musically again had Lennon not been lost in 1980. He was coming out of his self-imposed exile, McCartney's Wings was coming to an end, Harrison and Starr would have signed on I think, and I think they would have taken the opportunity to play their music properly in a live venue with state-of-the-art sound and lighting. They would have been in a position to mount the most incredible show the world had seen.
The Beatles are my favorite band, but I disagree with you. I don't think they were particularly great Live. Maybe they would have been, but I doubt it. John was all "I throw up before I go on stage!" I did see Ringo live and I did it just because I could say I did it - but it turns out he is amazing live. Like a kindly uncle in your living room who has loved you and your siblings since you were little and is singing to you. So maybe you are right.
The Beatles never had the benefit of a quality presentation during the years they were playing live. Shoddy sound systems, rudimentary lighting, chaotic and rushed spectacles--all this led to their deep dissatisfaction with their own playing and an eventual decision to abandon live performance entirely.
By the early years on the 1980's they would have been able to utilize the most advanced staging and audio systems then available for live work and finally been able to give their music the proper performance which it had never had. With a vast back catalog of music (much of which had never been performed live at all) a virtually unlimited amount of money to throw at the project, and what surely would have been the most anticipated series of musical performances in history, it would have been epic.
I think they all would have jumped at the chance to cement their legacy. I really think things were moving in that direction. They were all starting to talk again, and you can make the argument that they never really wanted it to be permanent. They just needed a break, lol.
Folks are invited to recall the buzz surrounding The Jackson's Victory tour in 1984 and multiply that by a factor of 10. At least. Theatrical AV suppliers worldwide would have been falling all over themselves to provide the best sounding and most visually impressive show that had ever been mounted.
Children of Bodom. Tbh I have seen them but I would have liked to see them again, maybe sober this time so I can actualy remember something. Rip Wildchild
Another one is Nightwish. I grew up close to where they hail from so in the begining they had smaller gigs around me and a small Nightwish consert would have been dope af. Not really that into the whole stadium consert thing. Close and personal is the way to go
Came here to post this,
I was in montreal in 2013 for a festival, out comes this band i had never heard of, and they set up a keyboard. My expectations are set really low, cuz, wtf, a keyboard?
Then they opened with one of the most kickass songs ive heard (Needled), and that keyboard put in so much work throughout the entire setlist.
Absolutely fell in love with them, and to this day they are still my favorite band, nothing else scratches the itch that they could.
Saw them at heavy MTL2013, saw them on tour with Megadeth in 2016. Saw them again in 2016 when they did the I Worship Chaos Tour.
Saw them twice in 2017 for the 20 year tour (i lived an hr away from 2 diff cities of the tour)
And lastly saw them in 2019 for Hexed.
Tbh they could not have gone out on a better album, the keyboard and melodic elements of Hexed were simply amazing.
AC/DC with Bon Scott would've been fantastic. Also the original lineup of The Who.
I would also really like to see System of a Down without flying to Vegas and paying $300 for a one day festival pass.
The first time I saw them at Cambridge Corn Exchange, I saw a woman running out of the venue with blood running from her ears during Overkill. It was LOUD. Lemmy's bass had this immense physicality to it - more so than what you'd usually feel from bass. It was almost transcendent.
System of a Down. They’re still around and do shows but they hate the east coast.
Wild that I was able to see Rammstein live before them. Kinda sours my opinion of the band overall.
I saw the Flaming Lips in 2002 or 03 for $20. Now, the cheapest, shittiest tickets for them are at least $200.
It kinda feels like I'll never see them play live again.
I missed seeing the Spice Girls, and achieving a childhood dream, when they toured in 2007. It's unlikely all 5 will ever tour again because Victoria isn't interested.
INXS. My husband got to see them, in a small venue, right after "Kick" dropped. In Louisville, KY. I'm so jealous. He said he was feet from Michael Hutchence. FEET! He said it was an utterly incredible experience.
Never seen anyone on reddit who knows Buck-Tick. Was fortunate enough to see them live a few years ago, but would give anything to see them together again.
Pendulum had the D&B scene cornered with three consecutive and amazing albums from mid 2000's to early 2010's then vanished into thin air for over a decade and were never the same again, saddest thing for electronic music for a long time.
Not because they’re broken up or dead, but I would have loved to experience Motley Crue or Guns N Roses at their peak.
89-90 I can imagine those shows were incredibly fun and energetic. Both of those bands are pretty much hollowed out husks of what they used to be now, I mean they are getting old. I saw Crue in like 07 and Vince was already wheezing his way through songs then, and I know it’s gotten laughably bad recently.
Dr John. He came to my Canadian city for a festival and there was still tickets on the day of the concert but I was exhausted and slept. Thought there’d be another chance but he died a while later.
Alice In Chains. I know they are still a band (and their post-Layne albums are excellent) but they are the only 90s band I never got a chance to see back in the heyday that I feel like I missed out on.
Although I've seen The Ramones - it sucks that they are gone and I will never get to see either again. I try to explain to my kids what a force of nature they were live but I wish I could show them in person.
For me it would have to be Prince or James Brown both at their prime.
I scrolled way too far to find Prince. This is my #1 answer to this question. Sigh…
Bowie
I saw him when he toured with Nine Inch Nails in ‘95 or so. I was there for NIN but came away a Bowie fan.
Congratulations, I would give so much to have seen that show. First I would need a time machine.
Queen
My dad went backstage at the Halloween Concert in New Orleans 10/31/1978. He says it was by far the best show he’d ever seen by any artist.
Queen. On Halloween. In New Orleans. What an atmosphere that must have been!
This! No performer ever was or will be a force on stage as Freddie Mercury
I was lucky enough to see them in Wembley Arena back in the 80s. I absolutely hate Radio Gaga, but seeing the whole arena lit up with people’s hands in the air and clapping was just utterly incredible. Freddie’s voice was just unbelievable.
I wasn’t born until after he had died but honestly thought Adam lambert did a really good job capturing the stage presence I expected
I agree. Adam Lambert is really good, way better than I've expected. And yet, this just shows even more how phenomenal and exceptionally good Freddie was.
This so much! Such a huge fan of the music but I was born too late to get to experience the greatness of their concerts.
Same. I came to them late, missed the opportunity. But I did get to see Brian and Roger in separate, small concerts. Still my favourite band.
Was a roadie in the 70's for the opening act that played for them. To this day.. "shivers down my spine" when I hear those 5 piano notes.
I saw them with Adam Lambert which while still pretty fun will never make up for me not being able to see Freddie. Adam sang everything except for Bohemian Rhapsody. They played and used footage of Freddie as a tribute.
Talking Heads
100% but I went and saw the re-release of Stop Making Sense in theatres and that was close enough
They're all still alive... so there's some hope. But it certainly seems like they'd rather not play together anymore.
Nirvana
There was a RHCP/Nirvana show in the 90s I’d kill to have been at
My girlfriend likes to remind me she got to see them in a little hole-in-the-wall place in Portland before they were popular. Obligatory “I used to like them before they were cool”.
Went to Seattle 6 or 8 years ago, and went to the Crocodile Cafe. It was early afternoon, so it was just my group and one other customer at the bar. Ended up talking with the older bartender for a long time. She was a Seattle native, and was telling me about all the shows she saw there in the late 80s/early 90s before those bands got big. I was so jealous lol. Pearl Jam is my favorite band, I love that era of music. It felt like jumping in a time machine almost, listening to her stories. Was so cool.
I saw them a few months before Cobain’s suicide. At least that night they really did not put on a good show at all. He just sat on a stool and mumbled incoherently into the mic for the whole show and there was no energy coming from the band at all.
My one bragging right is that I saw Nirvana in 1993 when I was a teenager.
How was it? And yes, that is most definitely a badass bragging right. I have a feeling that will always be cool.
It was my very first concert and it was during their In Utero tour. It was at the Detroit State Fairgrounds Coliseum. It was all general admission. Almost no one was in the stands and the main floor was only half full. If people knew what was going to happen 6 months later, then the whole place would have been packed. I feel pretty lucky for that.
Michael Jackson. Prince. Queen. Journey.
Beastie Boys
I saw them live. The Intergalactic Tour. It was just as awesome as you think it was.
Yep. The only tour I missed was when they did the only instrumentals set. Together Forever with Run DMC and the Ill Communication tour with The Roots and Jon Spenser Blues Explosion were my favorites.
RIP Yauch
I worked at McDonalds during my senior year in High School, which is when To the 5 boroughs came out. The head set to interact with drive thru customers made the beat sound of "check it out" my buddy and I would keep playing with it singing the song. Every so often we'd get a customer recognize it saying "Beastie boys!"
I would have loved to have been present at Daft Punk's 2007 Alive concert in Bercy. And I'm sad that Savage Garden had a bad breakup that they never seem to have gotten over.
Truly madly deeply sad?
To the moon and back
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lucky you!
Yeahhh, I remember being in line to see Deftones back in 07 and saw that Daft Punk was gonna be coming in a month. Thought about it, but said "nah, I'll go when they come back next time"... they never came back.
The savage garden singer still tours occasionally, who knows the cash might call them out of retirement for their 40th anniversary I think the other guy is a record producer now
I'm very lucky to have seen Rush 3 times before Neil Peart passed. My family even has a pair of his sticks that he had just used in concert. We love Rush very much :(
Led Zepp.
Yeah man. What hits me hard for whatever reason is that you can hear John Bonham’s kick pedal squeaking in ten years gone. I played the drums when I was younger. He was my idol.
This is my answer, surprised it’s not higher in the comments. Seeing zep at their prime or even the concert in London in like 2008 would’ve been so awesome. I agree with Putin though, Greta van fleet might give a similar vibe in today’s world. I saw them in Atlanta last summer and those boys put on a hell of a show.
Tom Petty. I saw his 2nd to last show before he passed. 😔 Would’ve loved to see him again one more time.
Saw him in Tampa right before he passed. My favorite concert ever. Would see him again ❤️
This is the one for me getting a little emotional just thinking about it.
Seen them in London the summer before he passed. Will be a treasured memory for the rest of my life. He was incredible.
He and Buffett were on my short list. I've since erased that list for fear of killing off any other wonderful musicians.
Saw him at bonnaroo. Went because nothing else was going on, didn’t know I knew any of his songs. Welp, I knew every song and they sounded flawless. Best outdoor big stage sound I’ve heard besides phish.
John Denver, his live recordings are his best songs. I really wish I could see him in concert
Hendrix
Best guitarist ever. That man was a legend, so sad that he passed.
Linkin Park...
A live concert of LP with Chester Bennington will remain as incomplete in my bucket list forever..!!
I saw them live and got so excited I peed my pants. I'm a grown woman. So embarrassing.
Same. It was a bucket list item for me too. I never got to make a show but knew I would someday, not anymore.
Same. R. I. P Chester
When they released "one more light" i thought like i really really want to attend a live concert of this album because it catered to my "older" self, especially coming from LP. Well...
My absolute childhood dream was to attend 3 concerts. I was able to attend the other two, but LP was my first dream, and it would never come true... I remember sitting the whole night at home, watching youtube livestream of Rock In Rio 2014...
Their new song though! I cried. Chester was truly amazing!
I was lucky enough to see them twice, they were amazing
you're not helping
Janis Joplin
Saw her at the Aerodrome in Schenectady NY.
The Clash
The Doors
Saw them at SPAC
The Beatles at Shea Stadium. A once-in-a-lifetime event that changed music history forever.
Greatful Dead!
Saw the Grateful Dead in 94 & 95 I would've loved to see them anytime before 1992...
^this is the answer. I want to see 70s/80s era cocaine-fueled GD
Grateful
Daft Punk
I saw them at an underground rave called Further in MN at their first U.S. appearance right before they got big. It was a wild party.
Chris Cornell
I saw him live with Audioslave, still grateful!
Saw Soundgarden live literally one week before he killed himself. Wasn't originally planning to go, it was a work night. But my friend talked me into it. So glad I went, the show was amazing. The band seemed to be having so much fun on stage, smiling and goofing around. Great energy.
Queen, Prince and David Bowie. Specifically, Freddie and Bowie performing Under Pressure together.
Bob Marley
Rush Black Sabbath Alice in Chains (with Layne Staley) Tom Petty
Can’t believe I had to scroll so far to see AiC. Mad Season would be amazing as well.
Joy Division
I would have loved to have seen Amy Winehouse live in concert.
I'm so happy i was able to see her perform live in A'dam. She was drunk but wonderful!
Dolores o Riordan
Soundgarden
>Soundgarden It really does make me sad that I'll never get to hear Chris Cornell's pipes live.
I was fortunate enough to see them in concert about a decade ago with NIN. It was during that concert I realized how many hits they had during 91 to their break up in 97 since every song they played at the concert was something I heard on the radio.
I had the fortune of catching a stop that tour as well, ex won tickets calling into local radio. I was and am a much bigger Soundgarden fan, but Trent does a phenomenal show.
Some very good answers here. But no one said Pink Floyd so you’re all wrong.
Check out BritFloyd. I've seen them twice and I thought I'd never say this, but I recon they're as good as the real thing, although Earls Court 94 still remains my favourite all time gig without a shadow of a doubt.
I saw Pink Floyd back in 1991 (?) for the Division Bell tour. It was, and still is, the best concert I've ever been to. I've since seen Brit Floyd about six times (seeing them again later this month!) and I can concur, it's the closest thing you'll get to the real thing.
Sublime
This is #2 on my list after Beastie Boys. I didn’t even know of Sublime until the day I heard about Bradley’s death on MTV news. Didn’t care at the time since I had no idea who he or Sublime was. That changed a few months later after their self titled album dropped.
I would have loved to see Dire Straits play live. I'm too young to have been able to see them live. Occasionally I put on "On the Night" and imagine how it would have been to have witnessed that live. The other two are Genesis and Elton John. I stil regret not going to their "goodbye shows" when they where in my country.
The Smiths Rip Andy :(
Stevie Ray Vaughan, last time he played in Detrot area I had a wedding I had to go to. I said next year I'm going. There was no next year.
Type O Negative
Beatles Jimi Hendrix
My mom saw the Beatles in Miami. She said she couldn’t hear any of the music or singing because of the incessant screaming by the girls in the audience.
Rush . 😔
I'm convinced that The Beatles would have eventually done something together musically again had Lennon not been lost in 1980. He was coming out of his self-imposed exile, McCartney's Wings was coming to an end, Harrison and Starr would have signed on I think, and I think they would have taken the opportunity to play their music properly in a live venue with state-of-the-art sound and lighting. They would have been in a position to mount the most incredible show the world had seen.
The Beatles are my favorite band, but I disagree with you. I don't think they were particularly great Live. Maybe they would have been, but I doubt it. John was all "I throw up before I go on stage!" I did see Ringo live and I did it just because I could say I did it - but it turns out he is amazing live. Like a kindly uncle in your living room who has loved you and your siblings since you were little and is singing to you. So maybe you are right.
The Beatles never had the benefit of a quality presentation during the years they were playing live. Shoddy sound systems, rudimentary lighting, chaotic and rushed spectacles--all this led to their deep dissatisfaction with their own playing and an eventual decision to abandon live performance entirely. By the early years on the 1980's they would have been able to utilize the most advanced staging and audio systems then available for live work and finally been able to give their music the proper performance which it had never had. With a vast back catalog of music (much of which had never been performed live at all) a virtually unlimited amount of money to throw at the project, and what surely would have been the most anticipated series of musical performances in history, it would have been epic. I think they all would have jumped at the chance to cement their legacy. I really think things were moving in that direction. They were all starting to talk again, and you can make the argument that they never really wanted it to be permanent. They just needed a break, lol. Folks are invited to recall the buzz surrounding The Jackson's Victory tour in 1984 and multiply that by a factor of 10. At least. Theatrical AV suppliers worldwide would have been falling all over themselves to provide the best sounding and most visually impressive show that had ever been mounted.
Considering how other 60s stars did in the 80s, maybe it's best left to the imagination
Michael Jackson
Children of Bodom. Tbh I have seen them but I would have liked to see them again, maybe sober this time so I can actualy remember something. Rip Wildchild Another one is Nightwish. I grew up close to where they hail from so in the begining they had smaller gigs around me and a small Nightwish consert would have been dope af. Not really that into the whole stadium consert thing. Close and personal is the way to go
Came here to post this, I was in montreal in 2013 for a festival, out comes this band i had never heard of, and they set up a keyboard. My expectations are set really low, cuz, wtf, a keyboard? Then they opened with one of the most kickass songs ive heard (Needled), and that keyboard put in so much work throughout the entire setlist. Absolutely fell in love with them, and to this day they are still my favorite band, nothing else scratches the itch that they could. Saw them at heavy MTL2013, saw them on tour with Megadeth in 2016. Saw them again in 2016 when they did the I Worship Chaos Tour. Saw them twice in 2017 for the 20 year tour (i lived an hr away from 2 diff cities of the tour) And lastly saw them in 2019 for Hexed. Tbh they could not have gone out on a better album, the keyboard and melodic elements of Hexed were simply amazing.
Imagine a Nighwish Concert with Tarja in an opera house
Ok yeah that could be an experience
Beatles
The Bee Gees
Miles Davis
Nina Simone 🥲
Pink Floyd. Had a chance to see them on the last tour and did not. One thing i will always regret
Thin Lizzy
Alice in Chains with Layne Staley
AC/DC with Bon Scott would've been fantastic. Also the original lineup of The Who. I would also really like to see System of a Down without flying to Vegas and paying $300 for a one day festival pass.
B-52s in their prime during the 80s.
Daft Punk
Motörhead.
The first time I saw them at Cambridge Corn Exchange, I saw a woman running out of the venue with blood running from her ears during Overkill. It was LOUD. Lemmy's bass had this immense physicality to it - more so than what you'd usually feel from bass. It was almost transcendent.
Rush rip NP
Fugazi
Fats Domino and Johnny Cash
Frightened Rabbit.
RUSH
Missed out on going to see The Smiths, 84. I had to quarantine, as my friend had tested positive for mono!
Oasis
Scrolled and scrolled for this.
Me too, fellow redditor who's madferit
Frank Zappa, seems like it would have been wild.
System of a Down. They’re still around and do shows but they hate the east coast. Wild that I was able to see Rammstein live before them. Kinda sours my opinion of the band overall.
T.Rex
Nirvana. I missed one of the last concerts at the time.
Talking Heads. They keep rumouring a reunion, but I don't want to see that. 1978 or nothing.
REM
I saw the Flaming Lips in 2002 or 03 for $20. Now, the cheapest, shittiest tickets for them are at least $200. It kinda feels like I'll never see them play live again.
Slayer
David Bowie, Amy Winehouse
Beastie Boys
Queen and maybe George Michael.
I missed seeing the Spice Girls, and achieving a childhood dream, when they toured in 2007. It's unlikely all 5 will ever tour again because Victoria isn't interested.
INXS. My husband got to see them, in a small venue, right after "Kick" dropped. In Louisville, KY. I'm so jealous. He said he was feet from Michael Hutchence. FEET! He said it was an utterly incredible experience.
Pantera. R.I.P Dime and Vinnie.
I saw them in 1992, and this past summer with Metallica. Made me sad
Queen. Always.
Queen
I will never experience gg allin throwing poo at me :(
buck-tick Queen David Bowie
Never seen anyone on reddit who knows Buck-Tick. Was fortunate enough to see them live a few years ago, but would give anything to see them together again.
Mac Miller
Chico Science e a Nação Zumbi
Michael Jackson I guess
Tragically Hip
Grateful Dead, or even Dead and Company on account of they only perform in the Americas
Queen. Although to be honest I did see them play their last live show at Knebworth in 86.
The black dahlia murder. After the singers suicide, obviously not feasible
Queen & Nirvana
Juice Wrld
Rush. I was a drummer for about a decade and always looked up to Neil.
Pendulum had the D&B scene cornered with three consecutive and amazing albums from mid 2000's to early 2010's then vanished into thin air for over a decade and were never the same again, saddest thing for electronic music for a long time.
The Doors, Janice Joplin, Hendrix.....of course they would all be too old to perform now.
Michael Jackson
George Michael
The Beatles
Not because they’re broken up or dead, but I would have loved to experience Motley Crue or Guns N Roses at their peak. 89-90 I can imagine those shows were incredibly fun and energetic. Both of those bands are pretty much hollowed out husks of what they used to be now, I mean they are getting old. I saw Crue in like 07 and Vince was already wheezing his way through songs then, and I know it’s gotten laughably bad recently.
George Michael.
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Prince
Led Zeppelin
Lynyrd Skynyrd with Ronnie Van Zant and Steve Gaines.
Juice WRLD
Avicii.
The Hanson Brothers
They are not broken up or dead, they are still touring and making new songs.
Sweeeeeeet. Mmmbop
Akae Beka
Modern Baseball :-(
Tron
It's got to be queen
Someone still loves you Boris yeltsin
Queen live aid
Queen, Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie.
The four tops
Zeppelin, Ramones, Tom petty, Van Halen
Roxette
Beastie Boys
Dr John. He came to my Canadian city for a festival and there was still tickets on the day of the concert but I was exhausted and slept. Thought there’d be another chance but he died a while later.
Linkin park
Husker Du
INXS
Husker Du
Alice In Chains. I know they are still a band (and their post-Layne albums are excellent) but they are the only 90s band I never got a chance to see back in the heyday that I feel like I missed out on.
Linkin Park. Elvis. Beach Boys. Cranberries.
Although I've seen The Ramones - it sucks that they are gone and I will never get to see either again. I try to explain to my kids what a force of nature they were live but I wish I could show them in person.