I worked stage security while going to college from 1978-83, so I got to see almost all the major show right up front.
Van Halen, ZZ Top, Yes, Scorpians, Stones, Monsters of Rock Shows, Moody Blues, Molly Hatchet, Inxs, Bad Co, Fleetwood Mac etc etc.
I saw some lousy shows also.
Two that really stuck out in my mind that I paid to see were Robert Cray at the Paramount and Pearl Jam doing pretty much an accustical show with only 2,500 people in attendance at Benaroya Hall.
Wish I was old enough to have seen Hendrix and should have gone and seen SoundGarden, Nirvana and Alice & Chains.
Brian