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.