My wish list:
Pink Floyd in late 1966, or in 1969-72
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Santana 1969-70
Sun Ra in the early 70s
Can
Faust
Funkadelic
Throbbing Gristle
The Fall in their first 5 or 6 years

Nirvana..rip mr cobain
guns n roses....if axl could be bothered to turn up that is

Every band a that gig in Woodstock in 1969

Easy, Queen
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Led Zepplin
Nivarana
Sex Pistols
The Clash
The jam
The doors
Jimi Hendrix!
Jeff buckley
And the great Thin Lizzy

Green Day before they were famous when they still played small venues. They are a great band but unfortunatly you cannot get anything like the same atomosphere in the massive venues they play now. Even a medium sized venue is bad for a punk gig. I saw the Damned for instance in the Victoria Hall in Stoke on Trent in 1985, and although they played good, the gig was too big and impersonal.

Thin Lizzy
Rory Gallagher
Jimi Hendrix
Acdc - Bon Scott Era
Led Zepplin
The Who
Bad Company
Rush - Before they went anal in recent years
1984
UFO
Bob Marley
The Jam
The Police
Jeff Buckley

Loads more but im getting hungry

The music business is a cold hard place we're good men die like dogs in hotels and that's the good side.

My problem is would you of really appreciated these great bands from the past at that particular point in time? You know a lot of these bands at their height (musically not fame-wise) we're not very well respected in terms of musicianship and all that lad-de-dah. It's only now and in recent times (apart from a few exceptions) they have got recognition for what they have achieved -

"Death makes hero's of us all and gives us wings, we're once shoulders as smooth as Raven claws was".

Lot's of these bands which people have named are very similar and rather obvious. What happened to obscurity and originality? (just playing). You know my little brother would probably know half of these bands and he's only 14 which makes the credibility of this thread questionable.
Anyway had to get that mini-rant of my chest here's my ultimate hit-list.

Stone Roses - Although Mr Brown can't sing they influenced everything British from 1987 - 1996

Rolling Stones - Brian Jones and `Keef Richards? C'mon i can't believe nobody has got them down.

Love - LA'S finest psychedelic band ever. Arthur Lee and his band was the first multi-racial band in the world. They opened the doors for everybody to have a crack at the fame game.

Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Need i say any more?

Booker T and Taj Mahal - Great band !!

Led Zeppelin
The Who with Keith Moon
AC/DC with Bon Scott

not a band but an artist.....Rolf Harris...aparently rolf doesnt tour with his didgeridoo like he used to

Mr Bungle - Ars Moriendi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNOi1icYjfw

or before the whole thing broke up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVptUewHi24&NR

Apart from all the obvious biggies like Bob Marley, Otis Reading, Jimi Hendrix etc, I would have to add:

John Coltrane
Lewis Taylor (now retired)
Young Disciples
Chic
D influence
James Brown (original JBs line up crica 1970)
Curtis Mayfield before the accident
Emperors New Clothes (amazing 90s jazz funkers)
Mother Earth...

the list is endless. That's why I don't hesitate to see the people I love these days

But since I may well be the oldest woman on site, I reckon I was born best time ever! I lived on the London pub,club,college,concert and free park performance circuits, so have seen and still love the bands of my youth. I saw Hendrix, Stones, Cream, Pink Floyd (with Syd Barrett), Jeff Beck, Kinks,Who......just too many to mention.

Sadly today, it's all a bit too expensive to see so many bands play live but would love to see Muse and The Streets live. Maybe get the chance one day.

The stone roses in the uk.

Nirvana the states!

Theres definately a theme here for most people, all very similar bands.
Maybe the doors if i was in my prime in the 60's!