Pretty much all of the good ones except LZ, Hendrix, Stones and the Beatles
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
Yes
King Crimson
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Gong
Hawkwind
Deep Purple
Kiss
The Who
Van Der Graaf Generator
PFM
Il Balletto Di Bronzo
Camel
Magma
Happy The Man
Secret Oyster
Hatfield And The North
Proto-Kaw
Rush
Caravan
Soft Machine
Banco Del Muteo Suocorsso
ELP
Jethro Tull
Blue Oyster Cult
The Grateful Dead
Allman Brothers Band
Focus
Wishbone Ash
Judas Priest
Nektar
Flash
Queen (sort of, it was with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert)
The Beach Boys
Renaissance
Sun Ra Arkestra
Thin Lizzy
UFO
Scorpions
There's probably a bunch of others who I saw at either NEARfest or ProgDay that I'm just not remembering at the moment.
Originally Posted by SunRunner2
Not nearly as long of a list as some of the lucky ones above, but I recall them with much delight:
Beatles
Thanks, but what a complete blur it was and is now, as it entailed hundreds and hundreds of estrogen laden screaming girls grabbing my binoculars and knocking over anyone in their path to get a closer glimpse at the Fab Four as they performed "she loves you yeah, yeah, yeah" (almost inaudibly, as the screams drowned out most of the 31 minute set). Charles Finley paid them the (then) huge sum of $150,000 to stop at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City (09/17/64). My parents doled out $8 for me to see what they described at the time as a bunch of untalented, long haired creeps. Hey, at least they were more fun than watching the cellar dweller KC Athletics lose another doubleheader.
I know about three or four people who got to see The Beatles, and they all say teh same thing, "I saw The Beatles, I didn't really hear them". Imagine if they had the kind of PA systems that bands had even 10 years later. I imagine if The Beatles could have the Grateful Dead's Wall Of Sound!
I treasure that gig, although it was the tour to their last Studio Album "Fantasten" (which was rather poor) it was an awesome set.
These guys knew to put on a Show even in the small club this was happening. I'm very glad to have experienced a Version of Solar Music
live.
I know I posted to this thread when it made its first rounds, but I have a few additions:
Styx, FM, Soft Machine, Dixie Dregs, Mother Mallard.
How was the FM concert? I recall their first album "Indiscreet" when it came out in 1986, with "Frozen Heart" being a single with some airplay. I noticed their follow up albums in the bins in the (used to be) record stores around town. Appears as if they are still around today.
^^
Yep, the "Indiscreet" FM are a U.K. Hard Rock band and not the Canadian Progies
I guess it depends on what the OP means by "well known". But at least here on Progears, these are well known:
ELP
YES
King Crimson
Gentle Giant
Magma
PFM
Banco
Il Balleto di Bronzo
Mahavisnu Orchestra
Jethro Tull
Le Orme
Museo Rosenbach
Return to Forever
Weather Report
Camel
Hatfield and the North
Mike Oldfield
Sebastian Hardy
Gong
Genesis
Supersister
Focus
Univers Zero
Ange
Shylock
Mona Lisa
Zappa
Arti & Mestieri
SBB
I am sure there are quite a few more...
And if there were a god, I think it very unlikely that he would have such an uneasy vanity as to be offended by those who doubt His existence - Russell
Doubt this is complete,
Pink Floyd
Yes
ELP
Jethro Tull
Genisis
Renasance
Rolling Stones
The Who
Black Sabbeth
Alice Cooper
Queen
Van Halen?
Blue Oyster Cult
Rush
Santana
Meatloaf
Asia ?
King Crimson
Kansas
Styix
Alan Parsons Project
The Doors ( no Morrison )
Tom petty
Jackson brown
Return To Forever
Stanley Clarke
Chick Corea Electric Band
Theres more but senility encroaches
^^^
Well, at least you spelled senility correctly.
As to the Van Halen and Asia question marks, I assume that you are not sure if they pre-date 1975. VH qualifies (1972) but Asia doesn't (1981). Good list, though; I especially am envious of the Chick Corea Electric Band concert, must have been a real treat.
saw these bands before 1976:
Black Sabbath
Humble Pie
Three Dog Night
Lighthouse
Alice Cooper
Commander Cody & HLPA
James Gang
Edgar Winter's White Trash
Yes
A Foot In Cold Water
Wishbone Ash
Gentle Giant
Jethro Tull
Pink Floyd
ELP
BTO
Genesis
Mott the Hoople
Kansas
Golden Earring
King Crimson
Lynyrd Skynrd
Status Quo
CSNY
The Band
Nazareth
Rush
Camel
Queen
Grand Funk
The Guess Who
Neil Young and the Santa Monica Flyers
Hall and Oates
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
Beach Boys
Supertramp
Triumvirat
PFM
The Who
and then 1976-1979:
The Chieftans
Paul McCartney & Wings
Poco
VDGG
Steeleye Span
Strawbs
Renaissance
Eagles
ELO
Tangerine Dream
Journey
Fleetwood Mac
Max Webster
Triumph
10cc
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
UK
Devo
Abba
I remember tomorrow
^^^^
Quite a history of live performance attendance.
and then 1976-1979:
And, diversity as well as quantity.
Devo
Abba
If Devo had opened for Abba wouldn't that have been a night from heck.
I would have killed to see Devo open for ABBA. . .
Cobra handling and cocaine use are a bad mix.
adding to my previous list, from 1980 to now, not including bands already listed
The Kinks
Talking Heads
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
April Wine
ZZ TOP
Booker T & the MG's as Neil Young's band
The Rolling Stones
Allman Brothers Band
The Oak Ridge Boys
Downchild Blues Band
The Zombies
The Yardbirds
Sweet
Faust
Flamin Groovies
Eric Burdon and the Animals
Chilliwack
Santana
I remember tomorrow
How's about Omega and Epitaph
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