Bands You Wish You Were Into "Back Then" (1 Viewer)

[Juxtatarot]

Concerts are a different story, but I often prefer to discover bands late and go through their discographies in reverse.

I did this with Modest Mouse after We Were Dead... in 2008 and loved that there were a bunch of old album I could move on to one after another at my own pace over the next few years. Sometimes it sucks having to wait two years (and usually more) for new material.

 

[Monsieur Meursault]

The Verve, Queen, Stevie Wonder, Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Hall & Oates, Dire Straits

 

[Herb]

Morphine

Mark Sandman died onstage in July of 1999. I had tickets to see them in Minneapolis in August 1999. I was so upset, I had never seen them and was really stoked to take my GF at the time. I still have those tix somewhere... Great band.

 

[Limp Ditka]

Morphine

Mark Sandman died onstage in July of 1999. I had tickets to see them in Minneapolis in August 1999. I was so upset, I had never seen them and was really stoked to take my GF at the time. I still have those tix somewhere... Great band.

Same except for Chicago. :(

 

[kutta]

Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

Yes, it was the Elevation Tour. It was awesome. No Doubt opened for them, and they were great too (back when they were good).It was just after 9-11, so we got that whole deal at the show. They did a good job with it.

 

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Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

Yes, it was the Elevation Tour. It was awesome. No Doubt opened for them, and they were great too (back when they were good).It was just after 9-11, so we got that whole deal at the show. They did a good job with it.

Out of Control from the Slane DVD is the best mother####ing thing I've ever seen. I made sure I had it playing in my iPod during the last mile of my first marathon. Got me through horrible leg cramps and over the finish line.

 

[jamny]

Morphine

Mark Sandman died onstage in July of 1999. I had tickets to see them in Minneapolis in August 1999. I was so upset, I had never seen them and was really stoked to take my GF at the time. I still have those tix somewhere... Great band.

Same except for Chicago. :(

Happened to me with Zeppelin. A friend was getting the tix the day Bonham died.

 

[kutta]

Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

Yes, it was the Elevation Tour. It was awesome. No Doubt opened for them, and they were great too (back when they were good).It was just after 9-11, so we got that whole deal at the show. They did a good job with it.

Out of Control from the Slane DVD is the best mother####ing thing I've ever seen. I made sure I had it playing in my iPod during the last mile of my first marathon. Got me through horrible leg cramps and over the finish line.

That's pretty awesome.I'm going to have to pick up this DVD.

 

[Abraham]

Morphine

Mark Sandman died onstage in July of 1999. I had tickets to see them in Minneapolis in August 1999. I was so upset, I had never seen them and was really stoked to take my GF at the time. I still have those tix somewhere... Great band.

Same except for Chicago. :(

Happened to me with Zeppelin. A friend was getting the tix the day Bonham died.

I've posted before here that I was at the Houston show (Numbers) in fall of 1995 where SHannon Hoon was HIGH OUT OF HIS MIND and died on the tour bus a few hours later. It was bizarre, even at age 18, standing there watching. On the one hand, the show was magnificent. The club held about 500 people and the band was on fire. They didn't miss a note. Hoon was dancing around like a hippie (expected) but kept getting tangled in the mic cord and falling over. He climbed the scaffolding and started adjusting par-can lights (which get unbelievably hot) with his hands. He would wander off stage in the middle of a jam and come back holding a tambourine or guitar just in time for the song to end, at which point he'd wander off to put the instrument away. But he sang wonderfully and never missed a word, even when he was falling in to the monitors. Really good show. THe end.

 

[Herb]

Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

Yes, it was the Elevation Tour. It was awesome. No Doubt opened for them, and they were great too (back when they were good).It was just after 9-11, so we got that whole deal at the show. They did a good job with it.

Out of Control from the Slane DVD is the best mother####ing thing I've ever seen. I made sure I had it playing in my iPod during the last mile of my first marathon. Got me through horrible leg cramps and over the finish line.

Wow. That is f-in AWESOME

 

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Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

Yes, it was the Elevation Tour. It was awesome. No Doubt opened for them, and they were great too (back when they were good).It was just after 9-11, so we got that whole deal at the show. They did a good job with it.

Out of Control from the Slane DVD is the best mother####ing thing I've ever seen. I made sure I had it playing in my iPod during the last mile of my first marathon. Got me through horrible leg cramps and over the finish line.
from that disc(sorry for the minor hijack)

 

[cstu]

Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

Yes, it was the Elevation Tour. It was awesome. No Doubt opened for them, and they were great too (back when they were good).It was just after 9-11, so we got that whole deal at the show. They did a good job with it.

I was at this show and drove all the way from Ames, Iowa to see it. Had tickets in the heart shaped area and was front row center. Almost certainly the best concert I've ever seen.

 

[Steve Tasker]

LCD Soundsystem

I was a casual fan of theirs going back to 06-07, enjoyed listening to the albums every now and then but not much more than that. It didn't really "click" for me until spring 2011-ish, right around when they played that final show. I'm a pretty big fan now...just wish I could've seen em live. Oh well.

 

[Todd Andrews]

MorphineDavid Bowie

Love Morphine. Wish I could have seen them live.

 

[MikeIke]

I'm bummed that I missed Woodstock 94. A group of my buddies went and were part of the gang throwing mud at Green Day. I had to work

 

[JHuber77]

Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

It was even better if you got to see them on the Elevation tour after 9/11. Very moving. I actually had to buy the DVD after it came out, as it was the greatest concert. No Doubt even opened for them for the show here in Denver.

 

[mquinnjr]

My window was the '90s, pretty much, so I'll go with Pavement and Guided by Voices.

You know that the classic GbV lineup are back together, right? New record coming in January, another coming behind that and rumblings of more touring next year. I saw six of the shows from the reunion tour and every one of them was an all-timer. All of them. They're firing on all cylinders. From the last show of the tour, which I saw in Raleigh in September:

Talk about late to the party, a few decades short. But, thank god for Spotify. I'm just getting into The Smiths. Holy crap, what a great band. The music is awesome. THEN you dig deeper into the lyrics and their depth. This band was ridiculous, in a good way.

 

[Topes]

I'm bummed that I missed Woodstock 94. A group of my buddies went and were part of the gang throwing mud at Green Day. I had to work

It was cold and wet, especially if somebody stole your weekend bag that had all your clothes and gear.Bob Dylan was awesome. The Chili Peppers set their heads on fire. I didn't sleep all weekend.

 

[Apple Jack]

Back in 1987 a few friends of mine tried to convince me to go to see U2 at Arizona State University. I wasn't really into them at the time. This was the show that they used for the recordings on Rattle and Hum - and I missed it.

That's probably my biggest music regret.

I I went to that show! Joshua Tree tour. It was postponed a week I think, Bono had strep or something. But it was my first "adult" concert (up to them my folks had taken me to Mac Davis and Kenny Rogers). It was a huge step for me at 13. Lone Justice was the opening band, with their "hit" Shelter. That was the 13 year old that dumped me!

Very cool! I was 21 at the time, prime time for going to a show like that.Well, at least I got to see them at America West Arena about 10 years ago. Not quite the same thing though...

The Elevation Tour? That tour was astonishingly great, and both Bono and Edge have called it the best they've done. Get the Slane Castle DVD from that tour for a refresher and hold onto your hat. It might just be the greatest live music DVD there is. I don't say that lightly.

It was even better if you got to see them on the Elevation tour after 9/11. Very moving. I actually had to buy the DVD after it came out, as it was the greatest concert. No Doubt even opened for them for the show here in Denver.

I saw four shows on that tour. One at MSG in June. Two in the first run at MSG after 9/11, the first and last of the run. And then one in Philly maybe a week or two later. The June show was the best of them, although obviously the post-9/11 MSG run was incredible. They gave away a ton of tickets to first responders and it seemed like half of the place was NYPD/FDNY/PA for the two shows I saw. The final night getting a bunch of them up on stage. It was heavy to put it mildly. "You've got to leave it behind."ETA: Holy crap haven't looked since the invention of youtube...this was the end of the last night in NY. Everybody in the building seemed to be hammered drunk.

 

[Apple Jack]

My window was the '90s, pretty much, so I'll go with Pavement and Guided by Voices.

You know that the classic GbV lineup are back together, right? New record coming in January, another coming behind that and rumblings of more touring next year. I saw six of the shows from the reunion tour and every one of them was an all-timer. All of them. They're firing on all cylinders. From the last show of the tour, which I saw in Raleigh in September:

There are days when There Is a Light That Never Goes Out is the greatest song ever written.

 

[Restricted]

Rage Against the Machine

Beastie Boys

 

[shuke]

March 30, 1992:

"Hey shuke, you wanna go see Pearl Jam tonight at Bogart's (bar near University of Cincinnati that holds about 1,500)".

"Who?"

"Pearl Jam. They've got that Ten album".

"Nah, I've gotta study".

 

[Sister Havana]

Another vote for The Smiths.

(But how excited am I to see Morrissey on the Colbert Report this weekend?)

 

[whoknew]

So I'm just slightly too young to have witnessed David Bowie in all his glory. To me, Bowie was Modern Love and China Girl (which is great on its own).

But I've just recently - within the last year or so - gotten into the Space Oddity/Ziggy Stardust Bowie. Wow. That is just amazing.

 

[Hobolo]

The Band (RIP Leon & Rick.....great musicians/vocalists), Dylan, Neil Young, Marley, Doors. I've always been a casual fan of these performers but in the past 6 months I have purchased & enjoyed their "older" music....remarkable musicians & songwriters. Also a casual fan of BHTM after the Sister Sweetly CD. I had a chance to see them at The Soul Kitchen in Mobile, Al back in March of this year & they were SUPERB....as my friend said after leaving the concert "Best bar band EVER". I purchased some of BHTM's early music & it's VERY good....not better than their live performance though. Todd Park Mohr is a phenomenal guitarist / vocalist & the other band members are EXTREMELY talented musicians. Also wished I would have discovered Collective Soul earlier......and John Prine.

 

[FootballDummy]

Morphine

David Bowie

Love Morphine. Wish I could have seen them live.

I saw them at some precursor to ACL in Austin at Southpark Meadows. I had never heard of them, but turned to my friend and said: "These guys are awesome".

There was a Deadhead there with one of the coolest shirts I have ever seen. It was a year or so after the Rockets had won their 1st or 2nd championship. It was the Rockets logo The 72-94 logo with a rocket trail coming out of the basketball. Above the logo it said: "Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart". I tried to trade him my shirt, but he wouldn't do it.

 

[Fiddles]

The Smiths and The Cure. Hated them at the time ( ) but that's who I'd like to go back and see.

I basically made fun on anyone who liked the Cure from 4th grade until my junior year in hs. My youth minister gave me and a buddy tickets to see them on the "wish" tour and said, "it's free. Best case, you have fun. Worst case, I got you out of having to study on a school night". One of the three or four best shows I've ever been to.

Wish could be the worst follow up album ever. Walked out on that show so disappointed.

 

[kupcho1]

Bob Marley and the Wailers - I was into them but in retrospect I should have done more sooner to see him live - I had tickets to see him but sadly he passed away before the date and like a dummy I went and got a refund.

Why wouldn't you get a refund? Not getting one wasn't going to bring him back.

 

[Brunell4MVP]

Prince.

At 9:30 club one night we were watching I think the band Luna (underrated indie band). Prince had done a concert in DC earlier that night and around midnight he shows up at the 9:30 club. Proceeds to play about 5 songs from his new album so he can practice them live. Incredible guitar player which I did not know at the time.

 

[⚡DEADHEAD⚡]

I'll always regret not going to see Pink Floyd on the Momentary Lapse tour at Milwaukee County Stadium in September 1987. I was 15, just getting into them. A few months later after getting exposed to DSOTM, The Wall, etc, I'd have been all over that show.

 

[General Tso]

Grateful Dead

CCR

The Band

 

[Amused to Death]

I was 15 the last time Talking Heads came around. Another band that I didn't really appreciate until it was too late.

 

[Insein]

Listened to them in high school but I wish I could have seen Rage Against the Machine live in the 90's.

 

[MikeIke]

Prince.

At 9:30 club one night we were watching I think the band Luna (underrated indie band). Prince had done a concert in DC earlier that night and around midnight he shows up at the 9:30 club. Proceeds to play about 5 songs from his new album so he can practice them live. Incredible guitar player which I did not know at the time.

Prince is an amazing musician, he can play just about any instrument you throw at him. Criminally underrated, IMO.

 

[flapgreen]

Listened to them in high school but I wish I could have seen Rage Against the Machine live in the 90's.

They were awesome live. Saw them early on at Lollapalooza and later on their on a few times.

 

[flapgreen]

Prince.

At 9:30 club one night we were watching I think the band Luna (underrated indie band). Prince had done a concert in DC earlier that night and around midnight he shows up at the 9:30 club. Proceeds to play about 5 songs from his new album so he can practice them live. Incredible guitar player which I did not know at the time.

Prince is an amazing musician, he can play just about any instrument you throw at him. Criminally underrated, IMO.

yes

 

[flapgreen]

Bob Marley and the Wailers - I was into them but in retrospect I should have done more sooner to see him live - I had tickets to see him but sadly he passed away before the date and like a dummy I went and got a refund.

Why wouldn't you get a refund? Not getting one wasn't going to bring him back.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

March 30, 1992: "Hey shuke, you wanna go see Pearl Jam tonight at Bogart's (bar near University of Cincinnati that holds about 1,500)". "Who?" "Pearl Jam. They've got that Ten album". "Nah, I've gotta study".

Saw a lot of damn good shows there in the late 70s and early 80s.