Bands with original members you wish you could have seen live

Athletico mtoto · Post by **Athletico mtoto** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:31 pm

The faces.
Musical chaos but a top night out.

Goalposts · Post by **Goalposts** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:41 pm

the doors

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:41 pm

Easy - the Beatles

Quickenthetempo · Post by **Quickenthetempo** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:43 pm

Queen with Freddie Mercury. Not massively into their music but what a performer.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:48 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:Queen with Freddie Mercury. Not massively into their music but what a performer.

I'd have to agree with that. Not really my cup of tea, but just to see them as a band in their pomp would have been great. Think it was Tony that said he was at the Live Aid concert - I was too young at the time, but I'd have loved to have been at that.

John Johnson 1605 · Post by **John Johnson 1605** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:11 pm

Sex Pistols.

djt2006 · Post by **djt2006** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:12 pm

Queen supporting Mott the Hoople what a gig that must have been.

For me though it would have to be Bowie on the Ziggy tour.

South West Claret. · Post by **South West Claret.** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:27 pm

NRC wrote:Easy - the Beatles

Same for me.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:27 pm

Queen and Oasis.

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:28 pm

Privileged to have seen (Rod Stewart) and the Faces, Sex Pistols, and Queen on their original Bohemian Rhapsody tour. Saw Paul McCartney in a private corporate gig, and Beach Boys in another private corporate gig - on a beach

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:29 pm

Ah Beach boys, I bet that would be a good gig.

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:37 pm

About 5 years ago - Wilson was there, and the F&B was free. Doesn't get much better than that.

Herts Clarets · Post by **Herts Clarets** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:39 pm

Seen them both with original line ups. But Marillion with Fish and Big Country with the late Stuart Adamson. Both Scots, both superb performers.

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:55 pm

The Stones in the early 70's when Mick Taylor was on guitar.

The Who with Moon in his prime before the junk caught up with him.

Early Zep would have been a phenomenon experience.

Cheated on the first one.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:58 pm

Aqua, Steps, pussy cat dolls and girls aloud.

longsidetrumpet · Post by **longsidetrumpet** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:58 pm

The Temptations, with their 'classic 5' line-up including the awesome David Ruffin and the so-distinctive voices of Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks. I've seen successive line-ups several times, but that classic group was something else.

Cooperclaret · Post by **Cooperclaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:01 pm

AC / DC with Bon Scott but Livewire is as close as you will get

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:04 pm

NRC wrote:Privileged to have seen (Rod Stewart) and the Faces, Sex Pistols, and Queen on their original Bohemian Rhapsody tour. Saw Paul McCartney in a private corporate gig, and Beach Boys in another private corporate gig - on a beach

Where did you see the pistols? It wasn't the lodestar at Ribchester or their gig at Keighley was it?

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:09 pm

Sidney1st wrote:Queen and Oasis.

Saw oasis the week they were on top of the pops doing shakermaker . Leeds Irish community centre. They'd played Newcastle the night before and noel was wearing a pair of sunglasses. Most thought he was trying to look cool. He wasn't, he'd been gobbing off to the geordies and got punched. The shades were to hide the shiner!

Saw house of pain in Leeds the same week.

Jakubclaret · Post by **Jakubclaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:11 pm

Big country. Saw them plenty of times post stuart adamson.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:30 pm

Bob Marley and the wailers

The clash

The Byrds

The kinks

The smith's

Led zepp

HollandsPies · Post by **HollandsPies** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:32 pm

I've seen many bands over the years but I was far too young to see:
Hawkwind with Lemmy
Uriah Heep with Byron/Hensley

Silkyskills1 · Post by **Silkyskills1** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:54 pm

Payton, Benson, Fakir and the inimitable Levi Stubbs, aka The Four Tops. Never made a poor record.

minnieclaret · Post by **minnieclaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:58 pm

Boring but The Beatles or Queen.

Quicknick · Post by **Quicknick** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:00 pm

Genesis with Gabriel fronting them. I saw Genesis in 1975 at Stafford with Collins singing. I did manage to see Gabriel solo in Leeds the year after. Brilliant.

aclaretinstevenage · Post by **aclaretinstevenage** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:33 pm

Led Zeppelin

The Rolling Stones

Cream

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:43 pm

The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
Jeff Buckley
The Doors
Joy Division
Bob Marley and the Wailers
James Brown

Beagleheart · Post by **Beagleheart** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:46 pm

Lynyrd Skynyrd with Ronnie Van Zant. Seen them four times since their reformation though. I would give virtually anything to see Bob Seger.

Athletico mtoto · Post by **Athletico mtoto** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:46 pm

What a great long night out all the bands mentioned would make with the exception of post 15 for obvious reasons.
Were Aqua really a band?

Flat Stanley · Post by **Flat Stanley** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 8:52 pm

The Stones with Brian Jones or Mic Taylor
The Beatles
The Clash
The Band (would love to have seen them playing with Dylan as well on their own)
Credence Clearwater revival
Jefferson Airplane
Fairport convention
Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green and the Buckingham Nicks line up also
Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Doors
Nirvana

ClaretLoup · Post by **ClaretLoup** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:00 pm

Beagleheart wrote:Lynyrd Skynyrd with Ronnie Van Zant. Seen them four times since their reformation though. I would give virtually anything to see Bob Seger.

I was fortunate enough to see Lynyrd Skynrd with RVS at Knebworth in 1976. Fortunately a lot of this gig is on Youtube. The Rolling Stones were the headline act preceded by 10CC, the Skynrds blew both of them off the stage, in fact the Stones sounded like a pub band in comparison.
I saw them 3 or 4 years ago in Manchester where they sounded much more heavy metal than before when they were pure Southern Rock more like the Allman Brothers .

Also I have few regrets in life, but one of them is that when I was in school some mates asked me if I wanted to see the Doors in Manchester & I declined because I had never heard of them at the time, now I would give a lot to be able to go back in time and see that gig.

Allman Brothers with Duane Allman must have been really something else too.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:24 pm

Pantera

Firthy · Post by **Firthy** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:27 pm

I saw Cream and The Who live in the late 60's. Pete Townshend smashed the drumkit with his guitar at the end of the night.

claretabroad · Post by **claretabroad** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:49 pm

Cooperclaret wrote:AC / DC with Bon Scott but Livewire is as close as you will get

Would have love to have seen them in the mid 70's with Bon. He might not have been the original singer but was the best.

Pstotto · Post by **Pstotto** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:52 pm

Saw the Powereplage tour 78 at King Georg'e's Hall and was deaf fro three days afterwards.

Dressinggown · Post by **Dressinggown** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:03 pm

Big Audio Dynamite.

Missed them in the mid 80's.

Missed them again in 2011.

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Ex-Clash frontman Mick Jones looks like an accountant:

addisclaret · Post by **addisclaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:14 pm

Red Stripe

Carport · Post by **Carport** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:15 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:Queen with Freddie Mercury. Not massively into their music but what a performer.

Was fortunate enough to see Queen at Bingley Hall Stafford in late 70s. Freddy Mercury best I've seen live. Incredible!

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:30 pm

Saw Dr Feelgood and Wilko Johnson a few times but never in the same band.

If we're being pedantic, original Genesis would have been pre Steve Hackett and Fairport Convention would have been pre Sandy Denny. Not quite the same bands.

Manceau · Post by **Manceau** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:47 pm

Joy Division
66 Dylan with what became The Band
The Clash

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:19 am

For me it would have to be David Ruffin,Eddie Kendricks,Paul Williams,Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin.

Better known as my Favourite group of all time.......The Temptations

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longsidetrumpet · Post by **longsidetrumpet** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:26 am

Silkyskills1 wrote:Payton, Benson, Fakir and the inimitable Levi Stubbs, aka The Four Tops. Never made a poor record.

Fortunate to see them in the 70s, King George's, Blackburn

Fireguard · Post by **Fireguard** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:22 am

The Bachelors and Peter, Paul and Mary were magnificent.

Not really. Small Faces with Stevie Marriott- Brilliant.

Jamesy · Post by **Jamesy** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:35 am

longsidetrumpet wrote:The Temptations, with their 'classic 5' line-up including the awesome David Ruffin and the so-distinctive voices of Paul Williams and Eddie Kendricks. I've seen successive line-ups several times, but that classic group was something else.

Agree with you there trumpet. That was indeed the best Temps line up when David Ruffin was at the peak of his career. What a voice.
So sad how he spiralled into decline through drugs and then was dumped on hospital doorstep dying. What an undignified end for a star of his magnitude.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:42 am

Guns N' Roses. I know they've had something of a revival lately (maybe even with all band members present?) but they're not the band they were. Wish I could have seen them live in the late 80s or early 90s. Alas I was just a wee lad then.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:11 am

The Jam

HatfieldClaret · Post by **HatfieldClaret** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:13 am

Queen with Freddie would have been amazing.
Bowie
Bob Marley
Hendrix (I was too young for that one)

Don't keep putting these things off.

THEWELLERNUT70 · Post by **THEWELLERNUT70** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:13 am

Sidney1st wrote:Queen and Oasis.

I've been fortunate enough to see both with the proper line ups

Queen Knebworth

I even saw Oasis support The Milltown Brothers at Machester Academy 2 around 6 months before it really started to blow up for them

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:16 am

Cheesecake Eastwood, before lead bassoon player and main songwriter Kit Lardner went off to work as a Librarian.

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:29 am

addisclaret wrote:Red Stripe

Couldn't touch the Tiger Tails!