Bands you Love but have never seen live yet !

If this was an older thread I apologize! I was posting on some other threads and it made me think of this topic! I have gone to TONS of shows! And yet there are still dozens of bands I love I have still not yet seen live! Case in point for me Saxon! Love em, never seen them live! I have tickets to see them on this tour in California finally! Another is Overkill! Which I will finally get to see at the Iron Maiden festival in San Bernardino!

Savatage and Tesla are 2 other ones I have not been able to see live yet!

What are some of yours?

WAY too many to name.

I'm most excited about seeing maiden for the first time next month!

Ironically most of the bands I want to see live are no longer active in the way they were originally:

Queen - I was too young and lived in communism during the time when Freddie was alive and Queen was at the top of their game.

Led Zeppelin in their heyday when John Bonham was alive. Unlike with Queen w/ Freddie, there is still a chance to see most of Led Zeppelin live today that is if they decide to tour.

Thin Lizzy w/ Phil Lynott

As far as current active bands - I have seen Iron Maiden and AC/DC multiple times and I feel like I can die happy knowing I have seen those giants live.

I'd love to see Rage.

Way too many to name.

Judas Priest



Metallica (just because)

I saw Metallica live twice during the Death Magentic tour. Great band live even now in their late 40s early 50s (James just turned 50 this week if you can believe that...).

However, I gave them a miss when they returned here earlier this year. I felit like it was too soon to see them again. When I was younger I would see a band multiple times, like Megadeth and Slayer but after seeing them so many times the experience was kinda spoiled for me - starting taking both bands for granted especially Megadeth which toured here several times in the last decade or so. It stopped being exciting and became very predicatble.

Out of all of them, Slayer.

Allman Brothers Band w/Duane Allman & Barry Oakley
Fleetwood Mac w/Peter Green*
Savoy Brown w/Chris Youlden*
Canned Heat w/Alan Wilson
The Jiimi Hendix Experience
Band Of Gypsys
Humble Pie w/Peter Frampton
Quicksilver Messenger Service
Jefferson Airplane
Zeppelin

Of those 10 only the ones with * are still possible

Every single one I listen to. I haven't been to many live shows.

Way to many, since I rarely go to shows. However the highest on my list would be Doro.

Dead: Zepp, Hendrix, Doors, Warrant, Quiet Riot, MJ, Queen, Elvis

Alive (i still want to, but not in EU for this time): Twisted Sister, Poison, original GnR, Rob Zombie, Van Halen, Lita Ford, Kid Rock, Satriani, Vai...

I've always wanted to see Helloween, but while I was actively going to concerts they never came to the U.S.

Now of course they make semi-regular hops across the ocean now that I'm more or less retired.

I would have loved to see Pink Floyd with Syd. 'Piper at the Gates of Dawn' changed my life, unfortunately not until 1987!  

All of them.

Van Halen

AC/DC, Judas Priest - 'nuf said.

Deep Purple

Van Halen w/DLR

Saxon is another. I forgot to mention them earlier.

corplhicks wrote:

Every single one I listen to. I haven't been to many live shows.

This is the same for me. I live in the heart of Oregon so pretty much any concert is a 3-4 hour drive if not more. We are getting some stuff now but it is still very much Hit-or-miss.

I am going to see Saxon in October, which I am very stoked about.

A short list would include:

Accept
Raven
Megadeth
Motorhead
Priest
Maiden
Scorpions
Aerosmith
Ultimatum
Matchbox 20
Train
REO Wimpwagon
Van Halen
Sammy Hagar
Darrell Mansfield/w Glen Kaiser
Kenny Wayne Shephard

Edit:
The Toy Dolls
The Bouncing Souls
Authority Zero
Brian Setzer (in any format)
Bride
Saint
Theocracy
Grave Robber
Rex Carroll
The Offspring
The Street Dogs
The Briggs
Chuck Berry
The Hollies
Grand Funk Railroad

Y&T
AC/DC
King Kobra

I kinda wished I would have seen Nevermore before they imploded. Even if Warrell keeps the name alive, it won't be quite the same.

Iced Earth is another that has managed to elude me all these years. Other than that, I'm pretty satisfied with my concert going experiences over the last 25 odd years.

Ultimatum & Empire-era Queensryche.

All of them, as I've seen only Accept and Fates Warning.