I’ve seen most of the bands I care to see, but I would love to have seen Bad Religion in their prime in the early 90s.

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    The earliest I could find was a mesopotamian priestess named enheduanna, so that’s who I would want to see, just the chance to hear music no human since would ever get to hear

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    • Pink Floyd c. 1979 during The Wall tour
    • Portishead in '94 around the release of Dummy
    • CCR at any point really
    • Deftones in 2000 after the release of White Pony
    • Jeff Buckley just performing Hallelujah
    • Millencolin in 2000 right after release of Pennybridge Pioneers
    • Bob Dylan at Newport in 1964, then again in 1965
    • Nirvana at MTV Unplugged
    • Hendrix at Woodstock
    • AC/DC with Bon Scott in 1979
    • Rage Against the Machine in 1999
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    I dunno, Beatles in either the white album or Sgt pepper era would be amazing.

    Specific performance, the nirvana mtv unplugged might be a better option.

    Then again, there’s a dozen performances at Woodstock that were nuts. Hendrix at that show? Fuck me, that’s a peak music experience.

    I dunno man, this one is hard.

    Fuck! Robert Johnson! Any performance ever. The recordings from back then are not the best possible audio, and you know that man could tear up a room. That’s my final answer.

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    Prince in the early 90s. I’m not even that big of a fan but I’ve seen footage of this era and it looks amazing.

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      I’m a big fan. Came here to say I regret not being able to see Prince at a random show at Paisley Park.

      This is one of my favs (not there haha)

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      A classmate of mine had tickets to see Zeppelin in, I think the fall of 1980. I wasn’t into Zep much then, but I remember how crushed he was hearing that Bonham had died and the tour was canceled.

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    To be on the Festival Express train in 1970 and experience that rolling party/jam session with members of the Grateful Dead, The Band, Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Buddy Guy to name a few.

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    I got to see Kraftwerk perform Computerworld live a couple years ago and it was amazing. At this point I’ve seen the majority of my bucket list artists and I feel fortunate for this.

    If I’m thinking time travel maybe an early Daft Punk show in France.

  • I don’t really like concerts, but I really would love to see GWAR. I don’t know if they still tour; I had heard they retired but they also made a music video within the last year or two so IDK if they plan on coming back or what. I don’t follow music as much as a friend I haven’t talked to in years did.

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      I got dragged to a Gwar show in college. I was warned about the blood, but nothing can really prepare you for that.

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        I got dragged to a Revolting Cocks concert. Nothing prepared me for the giant phallus the lead singer pulled from under his kilt and squirted a foamy liquid over the front row audience. It was a fake one not his own, but I was a bit like wtf.

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      I used to love Gwar concerts, I used to live in Virginia Beach and they played there all the time, since they were from Richmond. It sucks that the original lead singer died back in 2012.

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      I was sooooo lucky, I worked at a tech shop in the late ‘00s. I was helping a guy set up his Zune, he was not tech savvy. I asked what he did for work, and he said “I drive tour bus.” I asked if he’s driving anyone right now, and he tells me “a band called GWAR.” I told him I’d love to be able to see that show, but I’m broke and have to get back home to do homework. He said “I can fix one of those things—want me to get your on the guest list?”

      I went after work, wearing my work clothes, and it was fucking insane. I’ve never been covered in so many various colored liquids after a show. There was so much cum and decapitation! I hope they tour near you someday!