Formerly of Genesis Antony Phillips made some pretty trippy stuff in the late 70's. The bass in the middle bit is fun stuff.
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70's Prog/Underground Thread
- Thread starter HeavyAxe
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What? Four pages and no Hawkwind? Lemmy.....and, ummmm, Stacia!Yeah they were out of Romania. The bass tone is delicious
The closest thing to a hit single they had.
And then, the album track favorite of FM radio...
This German trio was a stylistic mash-up of all the major players of the time period, and a little under the radar of most casual prog fans, but I think they deserve an honorable mention...
Don't forget the Tangs, at least the early stuff before the film soundtrack rut, they picked up where floyd left off...
My favorite band of the whole Virgin crew, whimsical British jazz-rock(of sorts)...
and their "trickle down" band....
pre-Gong Steve Hillage...
after Gong, Hillage made a serious attempt to crack the US market with a Todd Rundgren produced solo album. Of course it failed, but I got to see him(roughly at the time of this performance)opening up for ELO
Don't forget the Tangs, at least the early stuff before the film soundtrack rut, they picked up where floyd left off...
My favorite band of the whole Virgin crew, whimsical British jazz-rock(of sorts)...
and their "trickle down" band....
pre-Gong Steve Hillage...
after Gong, Hillage made a serious attempt to crack the US market with a Todd Rundgren produced solo album. Of course it failed, but I got to see him(roughly at the time of this performance)opening up for ELO
Let's not forget the late, great Kevin Ayers...
and, uh, if you want underground, I got it right here...
and, uh, if you want underground, I got it right here...
Well I'll have to burn myself some Hillage and the Phaedra album too. Great stuff! Thanks. That would of been a good one to catch live.(Hillage)
I LOVE Tangerine Dream and have Pheadra on vinyl. In my spare time I record TD-inspired stuff with analog synthesizers and sequencers.
I have to say calling Pheadra "rock" is kind of stretching the definition of rock, though, even though earlier TD was a Floyd-ish space rock group.
And don't "burn" a copy, buy it! I saw Tangerine Dream 2 years ago in Philly when they toured the US for the first time in decades, and after the show Edgar Froese came out to the crowd and we all got to meet him, get autographs, shake hands, etc. He's a really cool guy. His current bandmates are all way younger than he is, and they all watched in admiration of their bandleader as all these American fans showed their appreciation. It was pretty cool.
Since it's now okay to post Tangerine Dream here...this album Froese plays guitar and bass on, I believe. Chris Franke was also in the abdn at this time (1975 I think):
I have to say calling Pheadra "rock" is kind of stretching the definition of rock, though, even though earlier TD was a Floyd-ish space rock group.
And don't "burn" a copy, buy it! I saw Tangerine Dream 2 years ago in Philly when they toured the US for the first time in decades, and after the show Edgar Froese came out to the crowd and we all got to meet him, get autographs, shake hands, etc. He's a really cool guy. His current bandmates are all way younger than he is, and they all watched in admiration of their bandleader as all these American fans showed their appreciation. It was pretty cool.
Since it's now okay to post Tangerine Dream here...this album Froese plays guitar and bass on, I believe. Chris Franke was also in the abdn at this time (1975 I think):
Ashamed I hadn't thought of Renaissance...bassist John Camp is a TB'r BTW. I don't know exactly what "underground" means here, but this band was definitely NOT on US rock radio when I was growing up; somehow though my dad knew all about them and he had, and gave to me, 4 of their albums on vinyl. Much more orchestrated prog rock than usual. Love Camp's bass and their singer.
Here's my band:
Old album, old bassist. We're just finished recording the second LP so you'll hear it very soon.
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Old album, old bassist. We're just finished recording the second LP so you'll hear it very soon.
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Sweet stuff! Never heard that before. Not a mega fan of this song, just love that perfectly grainy 70's sound on it:
And a awesome instrumental version of this classic:
I don't know who said it, but You tube is what we all wished MTV could've been back in the day. Growing up in the 80s I have a very vague recollection of someone using the words "Atomic Rooster" somewhere, but it wasn't until the internet age that I could finally drench myself in the awesome music of the 70s that would otherwise have been forgotten.
A significant portion of the musicians in this thread have since passed away, the 70s being farther in the past than we'd all like to admit, but they made such great music. It would be a a shame for it to be lost.
Love these kinds of threads.
Well, be happy knowing that I'm carrying on the tradition. I missed the 70s, 80s, and most of the 90s so I've experienced very little of what I could call 'my type' of music in my lifetime. Not there aren't some great modern bands too though!
Killer album here:
