# If you could see ANY rock act in history.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 7, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489 "2006-07-07T12:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stringer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringer)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/21 "2006-07-07T14:55:56Z")
Led Zeppelin and Jeff Buckley. Didn’t get into Buckley until he was already dead, and Zep was before my time. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/22 "2006-07-07T15:02:13Z")
[QUOTE=norinew] **Queen**. For my money, Freddie Mercury was possibly the best front-man for a rock group, ever. I regret that I never saw them live. [/QUOTE] Ditto. I’d give a lot to get to see Queen perform live with Freddie Mercury out front. I’ve seen some live tapings and… damn. The atmosphere must have been incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/23 "2006-07-07T15:14:56Z")
Beatles Rolling Stones (60’s version) Janis Joplin w/ Big Brother & the Holding Co. Doors ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/24 "2006-07-07T15:16:58Z")
Any rock act? Hmmm. I guess I’d like to see the time the Puritans got a shock when they landed on Plymouth Rock. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/25 "2006-07-07T15:20:04Z")
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s concert on [August 26, 1990.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Ray_Vaughan#Accidental_death_in_1990) I’d make my way up to him and say “TAKE THE BUS!” ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/26 "2006-07-07T15:21:38Z")
Gotta go with Pink Floyd. They have no equal. ---
**Author:** ![dinahmoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dinahmoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dinahmoe)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/27 "2006-07-07T15:51:14Z")
**The Clash** or **the Jam**. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/28 "2006-07-07T16:03:59Z")
1. Hendrix as the opening act for the Monkees. Two of my favorite groups on one bill! The Monterey Festival has to be the all-time wish-for festival, though. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/29 "2006-07-07T16:29:48Z")
I don’t like a lot of rock from the sixties and seventies (most actually). I find the sound, for the most part, very unpleasant. It has to do with recording style, instruments, and vocals. I do like **Queen** a whole lot though and would have liked to see them. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/30 "2006-07-07T16:36:06Z")
Allman Brothers Band (Fillmore East group). Chicago before Terry Kath’s death ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/31 "2006-07-07T16:51:31Z")
The Beatles at the Cavern Club. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/32 "2006-07-07T16:52:12Z")
Definitely Woodstock. ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/33 "2006-07-07T18:13:47Z")
**Hüsker Dü**. Was finally going to see them on their last tour, but something came up (probably to do with some girl I was interested in) and I didn’t end up going. I figured I’d see them next time around, but they broke up. I’ve been lucky enough to see most of my favorite bands live, but I guess of the ones I didn’t I’d add **The Clash, The Minutemen, XTC** (even though they did most of my favorite material after they stopped touring), **Talking Heads, Gang of Four** , and, of course, **The Beatles** (Star Club/Hamburg era). ---
**Author:** ![Kid\_A\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Kid\_A\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kid_A_1)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/34 "2006-07-07T18:24:52Z")
The Clash. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/35 "2006-07-07T18:28:41Z")
**Oingo Boingo** , circa 1982 ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/36 "2006-07-07T18:43:35Z")
Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Misfits, Nirvana. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/37 "2006-07-07T18:52:15Z")
In addition to a lot of the names mentioned already, I wish I had been able to see The Guess Who in 1971-72. I regret that I never got to see Kurt Winter play the guitar with my own eyes. I would have loved to hear performances from “Share The Land” and “So Long Bannatyne” by the group that made those albums (not later musicians in the group who learned the parts). Those were their best years. They were at their peak, and they weren’t too messed up on booze and drugs yet, and Domenic Troiano was still in Mandala, so TGW was safe for a couple more years. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/38 "2006-07-07T18:54:00Z")
**Elvis** , I would be happy with either the early years or with the crazy Vegas gig. The people who mentioned **The Doors** reminded me of a woman I used to work for who had seen the Doors several times back in the day. Sometimes when we didn’t feel like doing work, someone in the office would casually bring up the Doors in conversation, as a set-up for another coworker to ask “Gee, what was it like to see the Doors in concert?” This resulted in _hours_ of not-working. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/39 "2006-07-07T19:45:13Z")
Hendrix. I have only seen a couple of the acts listed by others. [QUOTE=Jonathan Chance] Honestly, the one band I truly regret never seeing is Slade. [/QUOTE] Saw them once in a club near Baltimore in the mid 70’s. They were good, lots of fun, but basically just a really good bar band. Lose the regret. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Chicago before Terry Kath’s death One of my favorite guitarists and I got to see them once with him (and once with his “replacement”). ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2006, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489/40 "2006-07-07T19:57:42Z")
Pink Floyd, either in the really early days when Syd was still relatively sane and dependable, or one of the first performances of Dark Side of the Moon. That way they don’t have as many casual, yet still manic, hangers-on as they did later on and they’d play the album in its entirety. I don’t know if this has ever happened, but I’d like to see Coheed and Cambria play the entire _In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3_ album in order. I saw them in concert but they only played 3 songs off of it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-see-any-rock-act-in-history/363489.md?page=3)