Music

rockgar and the apes.

I heard they were all the rage in 4500BC.

Nothing at a stadium. I have gotten to see a lot of bands on the way up, in small venues, can't complain. So I'll go with the NIN show at the Ritz theater, or maybe Lady Gaga, since I'll never get to see them anywhere small, and could have.

My mom ran away from home to see Elvis in a high school basketball gym, that always struck me as much cooler than I would have thought her.

It would be great to hear some of that Baroque music back when it was new, Bach is so good.

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.

Beatles rooftop concert, hands down

Zappa and the Mothers, the lineup of Live in NY (I think 1978.), with Bozzio on drums and Michael Brecker playing sax. Alternatively, I'd really like to hear Django Reinhardt sometime in the 1930s.

I really racked my brains with this one and think mostly it would be to go back and see somebody just prior to becoming big to see the embryo performances at smaller gigs so maybe Early Kraftwerk or even Sparks. Also (and I can't believe I'm saying this as generally it's not my genre) Focus as part of the audience for the midnight special.

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

Woodstock '69 at the age of 19.

Ziggy Stardust

• 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

Frank Zappa’s Roxy band from the mid 70s

Queen, pre-80s

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'd like to see Zappa perform.

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.

Nirvana around '92 or '93

I can't decide between early Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath or Bal-Sagoth for something newer

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.

Led Zeppelin.

The Rolling Stones back in 735BCE

Electric Warrior, Devotional Tour, Hendrix

Allman Brothers Band with Duane and Berry Oakley (I’m old).

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.

Had an opportunity to see system of a down during one of their last tours with a chance to meet them backstage. But capitalism made me prioritize working that night.

I’m torn between the Beatles, honestly at any point. And Daft Punk.

Rammstein in Germany.

Crazy Town, circa 2000. I want to be there for that first tour just after Butterfly released and experience the paradigm shift for myself. If I have to pick a single show, let's make it the November 29th WBCN X-Mas Rave at the Avalon Ballroom in Boston, where you'd not only get to experience Shifty Shellshock in his prime, but also P.O.D. and Insane Clown Posse. In one night.

George Benson 1986 in Montreux. Or indeed any of those jazz guys in their day. Cobham, Davis, Hancock, Scofield, Corea... The list goes on.

2006 The Blood Brothers, easily. The craziest shows I’ve ever been to and I would LOVE my partner to be able to come with me.

Also, late ‘00s of Montreal. Not big into their recent stuff, but I loved the costumes, cross dressing, and all of their songs from inception to Lousy with Sylvenbriar.