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    Quote Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad View Post
    OP said 75 and earlier, Iron Maiden formed 75 & Twisted Sister formed 72. The fact that their debuts came out in 80 & 82 is irrelevant
    Wow, I didn't realize Maiden formed that early, even though I read a book about them. TS I just thought weren't around till MTV!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Progatron View Post
    Okay, just pretend that I haven't seen him live then.
    That's not gonna be easy...

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    Quote Originally Posted by adap2it View Post
    The Detours..The High Numbers..The Who.
    Tell me you saw Gilmour in Joker's Wild and I'll slap you!

    Or that you saw The Architectural Abdabs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JKL2000 View Post
    Tell me you saw Gilmour in Joker's Wild and I'll slap you!

    Or that you saw The Architectural Abdabs.
    No Jed..I was in Canada by then...Pink Floyd were not on my radar at that time.
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    In addition to the previous
    Just for personal completest reasons:
    Steely Dan
    The Residents
    Bruce Springstein & the E st. band
    Marshall Tucker Band
    Pure Prairie League
    Oregon
    Talking Heads

    Roxy Music
    New Riders of the Purple Sage
    Paul Winter Consort
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    Jimi Hendrix Experience
    Chicago
    Jeff Beck Group
    Beck, Bogart, Appice
    Foghat
    The Seeds
    Poco
    ELP
    King Crimson
    YES
    Gentle Giant
    Renaissance
    PFM
    Nektar
    Genesis
    Jethro Tull
    Fairport Convention
    Steeleye Span
    Pink Floyd
    Argent
    The Residents
    Black Sabbath
    Deep Purple
    Led Zeppelin
    Spirit
    Ten Years After
    The Moody Blues
    UK
    Edgar Winter Group
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
    Return to Forever
    Mahavishnu Orchestra
    ...many more, but my memory is shot!
    Day dawns dark...it now numbers infinity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad View Post
    OP said 75 and earlier, Iron Maiden formed 75 & Twisted Sister formed 72. The fact that their debuts came out in 80 & 82 is irrelevant
    Exactly, Maiden were gigging in 75, which is the point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    Exactly, Maiden were gigging in 75, which is the point.
    I worked that out from your OP including IM
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    saw these before the end of 1975;

    Alice Cooper (when that was the band name) w Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
    Lighthouse
    Black Sabbath w Three Dog Night w Humble Pie
    James Gang w Edgar Winter's White Trash
    Queen w Kansas
    Wishbone Ash w Camel
    Grand Funk
    The Guess Who
    The Who
    Beach Boys
    Supertramp w Triumvirat
    PFM
    Yes w Tranquility
    Gentle Giant
    Jethro Tull
    Pink Floyd
    ELP w Lynyrd Skynrd
    BTO
    Genesis
    Mott the Hoople
    King Crimson w Golden Earring
    The Band w CSNY
    Hall and Oates
    Nazareth w Rush
    PFM
    I remember tomorrow

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    saw these 1976 and onwards

    Poco
    Wings
    Chieftans
    VDGG
    Steeleye Span
    Strawbs
    Renaissance
    ELO
    Eagles
    Tangerine Dream
    TR's Utopia
    Fleetwood Mac (F, McVie, Buckingham, Nicks, McVie line up)
    journey
    Max Webster
    10cc
    Abba
    Devo
    The Kinks
    Talking Heads
    April Wine
    Eric Burdon and the Animals
    Allman Brother Band
    The Zombies
    Faust
    Grateful Dead
    I remember tomorrow

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    For rock I don't think there is anyone I can mention not already listed.

    For jazz I thought of one, Art Ensemble of Chicago (1991, near the end of the classic quintet lineup).

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    I'll play

    Pink Floyd
    Alice Cooper
    The Strangers
    Kraftwerk
    Foghat
    King Crimson
    The Who
    Grateful Dead
    Kansas
    Nektar
    Gong
    Renaissance
    Yes
    Jethro Tull
    PFM
    ELP
    Magma
    VDGG
    Spirit
    Happy the Man
    Cream
    Amboy Dukes
    MC5
    The Stooges
    Mahavishnu Orchestra
    Tony Williams Lifetime
    Joe Cocker & The Grease Band
    Rolling Stones
    The Kinks
    Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
    Il Balletto di Bronzo
    Gentle Giant
    Procol Harum
    Strawbs
    Alex Harvey Band
    Caravan
    Return to Forever
    Hatfield &The North
    The Enid
    Curved Air
    The Residents
    Oregon
    James Gang
    The Eagles
    The Faces
    Soft Machine
    Tangerine Dream

    All I can remember right now, there's some others.

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    Now THAT is a list.
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    MO
    RTF
    Billy Cobham
    Tangerine Dream
    Caravan
    Van Der Graaf
    Universe Zero
    Weather Report
    Jan Hammer
    Brand X ?
    Split Enz ?
    Moody Blues
    Steve Miller
    Gong
    Steve Hillage
    Keith Jarrett
    McCoy Tyner
    Jean Luc Ponty
    Kitaro
    Al DiMeola
    Pink Floyd
    Gentle Giant
    Le Orme
    PFM
    Nektar ?
    Genesis
    Roxy Music
    Rick Wakeman
    YES
    King Crimson
    Kazumi Watanabe ?
    Kenso ?
    Santana
    Banco
    Steely Dan
    Jeff Beck ?
    Eric Johnson ?
    Allan Holdsworth ?
    Robin Trower
    Bonnie Raitt
    Night Hawks
    Lionell Hampton
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    Deep Purple
    Jethro Tull
    Yes
    Genesis
    VdGG
    Reniassance
    Happy the Man
    Nazareth
    UFO
    Black Sabbath
    BOC
    Camel
    Magma
    PFM
    Banco
    Le Orme
    Rush
    Uriah Heep
    Aerosmith
    KISS
    Nektar
    Caravan
    Kraan
    ZZ Top
    Pink Floyd
    The Who
    Rolling Stones
    The Zombies
    AC/DC
    King Crimson
    Tangerine Dream
    Return to Forever
    Procol Harum
    Gong
    The Residents
    ELP
    Il Balletto di Bronzo
    Wishbone Ash
    Kansas
    Styx
    Lynryd Skynryd
    The Tubes

    I'm sure I'm missing some.

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    I'm pitiful. Kay & I spent 4 days in Italy with Aldo Tagliapietra, and not only do I not include Le Orme, but I also forget Banco & PFM, Orme & Banco twice!.
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    I've seen 22 of the bands Joe listed.

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    I forgot:

    Kansas
    Styx
    Rush
    Jethro Tull
    Pretenders ?
    Hawkwind ?
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    Between 1964 & 1975, Rock Division:

    Beatles, '64
    Animals, '64
    Rolling Stones, '65; '69
    Yardbirds; '66
    Beach Boys, '66
    Buffalo Springfield, '66
    Hendrix, '67; '68; '69'; '70
    The Who, '67; '68; ;69
    Strawberry Alarm Clock, '67
    Peanut Butter Conspiracy, '67
    Mandrake Memorial, '67
    Lothar & the Hand People, '67; '69
    Doors, '67; '68; '70
    Hollies; '67
    Jefferson Airplane, '67; '69
    Moby Grape; '67
    Vanilla Fudge; '67
    Janis Joplin; '68, '69
    Jeff Beck Group, '68; '69
    BS&T, '68; '69
    Canned Heat, '68; '69
    Soft Machine, '68
    Ultimate Spinach, '68
    Iron Butterfly, '68
    Steppenwolf, '68; '70
    Cream, '68
    Moody Blues, '68; '69; '70
    Terry Reid, '68; '69
    Spirit, '68; '69
    LZ, '69 (opened for The Who); '70
    CSN, '69
    Grateful Dead, '69
    The Band, '69; '70
    AUM, '69
    CTA, '69
    Blind Faith, '69
    Taste, '69
    Jethro Tull, '69; '70; '71
    Aorta, '69
    TYA, '69; '70
    The Nice, '69
    Family, '69
    Savoy Brown (w/Chris Youlden), '69
    Guess Who, '69
    Manfred Mann Chapter III, '69; '71
    Mothers of Invention, '69
    Procol Harum, '69, '70; '71
    Incredible String Band, '69
    Mountain, '69; '70
    Arthur Brown, '69
    Renaissance, '69
    Laurel Pop Festival, '69
    Atlantic City Pop Festival, '69
    Woodstock, '69 (minus Friday)
    Kinks, '70
    CSNY, '70
    New York Rock N Roll Ensemble, '70
    Byrds, '70
    Love, '70
    Flock, '70
    Quatermass, '70
    Pink Floyd, '70; '71; '73
    Jack Bruce & Friends, '70
    Spooky Tooth, '70; '74
    Fleetwood Mac, '70
    Cactus, '70; '71
    It's A Beautiful Day, '70
    Seatrain, '70
    Atomic Rooster, '70?
    GFR, '70
    Zephyr, '70
    John Mayall, '70; '72
    Mark-Almond, '71
    Mott the Hoople, '71
    Traffic, '71
    Van Morrison, '70; '71
    King Crimson, '71; '72; '73; '74; 2000; 2001; 2014
    Yes, '71; '74
    Blodwyn Pig, '71
    Wishbone Ash, '71
    Black Sabbath, '71
    Sir Lord Baltimore, '71
    White Trash, '71
    ELP, '71
    Humble Pie, Rockin' The Fillmore, '71
    Allman Bros., At Fillmore East, 1971
    Johnny Winter And, '71
    Hampton Grease Band, '71
    Curved Air, '71
    Mahavishnu Orchestra (first public performance), '71
    Deep Purple, '71; '72
    Strawbs, '72; 2009
    Wild Turkey, '72
    FZ, '72 (Petit Wazoo); '73; '74; '75
    Genesis (first US performance), '72; '73
    String Driven Thing, '72
    Caravan; '73
    If, '73
    The Stooges, '73
    Peter Hammill, '73; '99
    Beck, Bogert, & Appice, '73
    David Bowie & the Spiders, '73
    Focus, '73
    Magma, 1974
    Robin Trower; '74
    T Rex, '74
    Gryphon, '74
    PFM, '74
    Roxy Music, '74
    Nektar, '74
    Camel, '74
    Gentle Giant, '74; '75
    VdGG, 2009

    ....others I can't recall just now, not to mention the plethora of opening acts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad View Post
    I worked that out from your OP including IM
    I never read his list threads' OP: I reserve that to after he's made his obligatory objection to my lists
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    According to Wikipedia, Iron Maiden was formed on Christmas Day 1975 and the first gig was in May 1976. So technically they qualify by about one week.

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    Adding:

    Weather Report
    Sun Ra Arkestra
    Badfinger
    SRC
    Bob Seger System
    Grand Funk Railroad

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    Quote Originally Posted by NogbadTheBad View Post
    I worked that out from your OP including IM
    Huh? I was agreeing with your reply to JKL.

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    And:

    The Enid
    Secret Oyster
    Keith Emerson
    Carl Palmer
    NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF STUPID PEOPLE IN LARGE GROUPS!

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