While you were comatose, Jerry Garcia died. The Dead are no longer touring. Get a life.
If you want to record some other band, maybe you don't need microphones. If there isn't a multi-output distribution box behind the console, the band probably doesn't want you making tapes. More.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.