Pavement
Nirvana
Velvet Underground
Ramones
The Smiths


The Carpenters

V.U
The Smashing Pumpkins

The Breeders
The Amps
The Kelley Deal 6000
Throwing Muses
Portishead
Nirvana

I saw Ride on the Nowhere tour. One of the best shows I saw the whole decade, seriously. I saw them the next year and they were still good, but not like the first time. After Going Blank Again I couldn't listen to them anymore, but for those first few years....whoa.

My bloody valentine
spacemen 3
loop
Les rallizes denudes
amon duul
Sun Ra

man, now I am depressed I really wish I could have seen these bands, but when most of these bands were around I was just wee lad.

I saw My Bloody Valentine and was surprisingly underwhelmed, actually. I was SUPER into them at the time too.
To be fair, other people at the same show thought it was fantastic, but to me it was meh. The loudest meh ever.

I think Les Rallizes Denudes and Sun Ra would be on my list as well. Apart from that I'd have to think about it. My Landlord got to see Sun Ra not long before he died at Brecon Jazz Festival...bastard.

V.U.
Smashing Pumpkins
Talking Heads
Television
King Crimson
Pink Floyd

Unfortunately a lot of the cool bands I would like to see were around either when I was a toddler, not even born yet, or when I wasn't that into music

My brother saw Nirvana and the Pixies in the early 90's. He said they were shite. My Dad saw the Who and the Beatles in the '60s. He said they were shite. Feel free to amend your lists at will.

Did I say Roland Kirk? I should've done.

I saw Nirvana in 1991 at a small club (I could have seen them a year before at a tiny bar, but was too young to get in...dammit). I was in a very "non rock" phase at the time, being most heavily into Psychic TV and the Legendary Pink Dots, but I have to say Nirvana completely slayed back then. Nevermind had just come out, and I had no idea they had gotten so popular, having followed them from the start. I was shocked when I showed up to a packed club, but it really was a fantastic show. I am not so into listening to them anymore, but it was definitely a great show.

Never really dug the Pixies too much...

I would love to see:

Nirvana (1990)
My Bloody Valentine
Hüsker Dü
Sonic Youth(Late 80s)
Velvet Underground (1967-68)
Elliott Smith

King crimson in the 70's
The flaming lips
The minutemen
Radiohead
Nirvana
Sonic youth - Early to late 80's

The Kelley Deal 6000
Throwing Muse


oh yes!
even though the throwing muses are touring this summer

john coltrane
charles mingus
kelley deal 6000
mazzy stars
the smiths
joy division

L7
Nirvana
The Doors
Led Zeppelin
Misfits
Miles Davis

I guess....whatever.

jeff beck
patti smith (70s)
bob dylan (1966 tour)
john coltrane
howlin' wolf

sun ra and his arkestra (w/ gilmore, allen, etc...the classic lineup)
funkadelic in its heyday w/ eddie hazel
white heaven
either the terminals or the vacuum
savage republic

there is still hope for savage republic, as i've heard they are gonna reform for some gigs (they recently played SXSW from what i heard). i've been fortunate enough to see some reunions which were pretty damn great:

stooges (w/ watt)
slint
soft boys
mission of burma (1st reunion show)

Okay, here we go. By eras:

Nirvana-anytime, but preferably late 1990/early 1991 or February 1994
Smashing Pumpkins-late 93/early 94
Neutral Milk Hotel-anytime
U2-Zoo TV tour
Sonic Youth-1986 or earlier
The Who-1967-73

Polvo
Pavement
Smashing Pumpkins (not a reunion)
Velvet Underground

The Beatles....on the rooftop !
Jimi Hendrix Experience.... anytime!
The Who c. 1969-70
Cream c. 1968
The Zombies c. 1966
Wire c. 1979

^Good call on Cream.....Ginger Baker is one of my idols.

Jimi Hendrix Experience anytime
Black Flag around 85
Bad Brains in the early 80's
Sonic Youth Bad Moon Rising era
Dinosaur Jr. in the 80's
Husker Du anytime

I could name a lot of bands/musicians that aren't together anymore, or are past their prime, but the one that really kills me is Johnny Thunders. There's no helping that.

Birthday Party would've been great. The Stooges as well.

iggy & the stooges (w/james williamson)
dead kennedys (w/jello)
pink floyd (w/syd)
can (w/damo or malcolm)
velvet underground circa '69
n.w.a.

nirvana
the doors
the smashing pumpkins (with d'arcy)

SY during their Confusion is sex tour
Nirvana
The Beatles
Velvet Underground
The New York Dolls

I've seen a fair amount of the ones named, so I count myself lucky, but

The Velvet Underground
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Sex Pistols
The Beatles
John Coltrane Quintet or Quartet
Talking Heads

I saw them twice (on the Isn't Anything and Loveless tours) and was totally blown away both times. Sonic Youth's 91 tour with Nirvana supporting was the only gig that compared for a long time, although the Mary Chain in '87 was pretty special too.
Finally got to see the Who a couple of weeks back and they were still incredible - must have been just astonishing in their heyday.

You lucky bastard.

Would prefer to have seen them earlier, (during the 10 minute set + riot period :D ) but it was still a pretty short, intense set (about 35 mins), just after Darklands came out.
Saw them a couple more times on later tours, but the first time was by far the best.