Ha! On the very day that I moved out of my parents' house & moved to a new city (Boston) I went to a free concert by Chilliwack! Never heard of them before that day
...or since, now that I think about it.
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Forgotten 70's Rock Bands
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Ha! On the very day that I moved out of my parents' house & moved to a new city (Boston) I went to a free concert by Chilliwack! Never heard of them before that day
...or since, now that I think about it.
I see your Focus and raise you:
Ekseption
Trace
Banco
Gun
Fruup
Zao (the 70's Magma offshoot, NOT the metal band)
Isotope
Soft machine
Grin (Nils Lofgren's band)
Nils Lofgren solo
The Rubinoos
The Blues Brothers
The Edgar Winter Group (not completely forgotten but most people don't remember them)
Rubicon (this band should have been bigger with this lineup - Jerry Martini, who was an original member of Sly & the Family Stone, Greg Eckler (vocals, drums), Brad Gillis (guitar), Max Haskett (lead vocals, horns), Dennis Marcellino (sax, vocals), Jim Pugh (keyboards) and Jack Blades (bass) - Brad Gillis and Jack Blades went on to form Night Ranger and Gillis also played with Ozzy Osbourne)
Nils Lofgren solo
The Rubinoos
The Blues Brothers
The Edgar Winter Group (not completely forgotten but most people don't remember them)
Rubicon (this band should have been bigger with this lineup - Jerry Martini, who was an original member of Sly & the Family Stone, Greg Eckler (vocals, drums), Brad Gillis (guitar), Max Haskett (lead vocals, horns), Dennis Marcellino (sax, vocals), Jim Pugh (keyboards) and Jack Blades (bass) - Brad Gillis and Jack Blades went on to form Night Ranger and Gillis also played with Ozzy Osbourne)
All these posts...I do not recall seeing JO MAMA mentioned.
Amazon.com: Jo Mama/J Is for Jump: Jo Mama: Music
Very cool band with Charles Larkey on bass & Danny Kortchmar on guitar.
Amazon.com: Jo Mama/J Is for Jump: Jo Mama: Music
Very cool band with Charles Larkey on bass & Danny Kortchmar on guitar.
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Big +1 there. One of the best 70s-80s rockbands with great songwriting. Nice to see Artful dodger on here to.
Heard one this AM on XM 70's on 7 I haven't heard since the 70's.
Go all the Way - The Baby's
Is this the song you heard? If so, that is The Raspberries. Great song!
Raspberries - Go All The Way - YouTube
I know Breathless and Jonah Koslen (ex MSB) They opened for the Journey once.. Awesome show. Wild cherry and Donnie Iris who I seen a year or so ago. New England w/ Kiss still remember that one..oh the years have gone by.
Thought of another. The First National Band.
This was Mike Nesmith's band after leaving The Monkees. A lot of people shrug off anything Monkee-related, but I happen to love them. TONS of bands from that era used studio/session people and even outside writers. The Monkees may not have been great technically, but they could play. They played pretty much everything on their third album and also toured in 1967 playing most everything themselves.
Moreover, Nesmith and Peter Tork were actual musicians prior to joining The Monkees. tork was a friend of Stephen Stills and Nesmith was playing and writing songs before he joined. (He penned the song "Different Drum" which was a hit for Linda Ronstadt's early band Stone Pony.) Nesmith also wrote some of The Monkees best tunes.
Okay, Monkee sermon over.
The First National Band were among the first bands ever to do that country/rock crossover, and did it very well. IMO, they should be credited more with the development of that sound, right alongside The Flying Burrito Bros.
Another group of bands from the 70s that hasn't been mentioned much here are the motorik/cosmic music bands from Europe (many from Germany) that were not so popular in the states (and somewhat obscure at the time even in their own countries.) Their influence has been widely felt, but they don't get a lot of talk, and some of the bass work from these bands was excellent, even though some of this music was more synth-based:
Can, Neu!, Amon Duul, Guru Guru, Cluster, Harmonia, etc.
This was Mike Nesmith's band after leaving The Monkees. A lot of people shrug off anything Monkee-related, but I happen to love them. TONS of bands from that era used studio/session people and even outside writers. The Monkees may not have been great technically, but they could play. They played pretty much everything on their third album and also toured in 1967 playing most everything themselves.
Moreover, Nesmith and Peter Tork were actual musicians prior to joining The Monkees. tork was a friend of Stephen Stills and Nesmith was playing and writing songs before he joined. (He penned the song "Different Drum" which was a hit for Linda Ronstadt's early band Stone Pony.) Nesmith also wrote some of The Monkees best tunes.
Okay, Monkee sermon over.
The First National Band were among the first bands ever to do that country/rock crossover, and did it very well. IMO, they should be credited more with the development of that sound, right alongside The Flying Burrito Bros.
Another group of bands from the 70s that hasn't been mentioned much here are the motorik/cosmic music bands from Europe (many from Germany) that were not so popular in the states (and somewhat obscure at the time even in their own countries.) Their influence has been widely felt, but they don't get a lot of talk, and some of the bass work from these bands was excellent, even though some of this music was more synth-based:
Can, Neu!, Amon Duul, Guru Guru, Cluster, Harmonia, etc.
SLF were a great band, but I always thought Green Day (at least early on) sounded more like a Buzzcocks ripoff.
Amazingly, someone already mentioned Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds! I was certain they were my ace-in-the-hole for forgotten 70s bands! 
Anyone remember Daddy Dewdrop? Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom - YouTube
How about The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose?
Zager & Evans? (hmm, their hit was 1969, so perhaps they don't qualify)
Ruby Starr?
Etron Fou Leloublan?
Okay, I'm out...
Anyone remember Daddy Dewdrop? Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom - YouTube
How about The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose?
Zager & Evans? (hmm, their hit was 1969, so perhaps they don't qualify)
Ruby Starr?
Etron Fou Leloublan?
Okay, I'm out...
Whoops, my bad. Memory's going. LOL
Babys still apply though, as well as Raspberries.
Haha, I've heard of bloodrock (yes, D.O.A.). I dunno, I guess I wish I could talk to any of the kids my age about ANY band from the 70's.
Not mentioned here yet so perhaps (undeservedly) forgotten: Rare Earth.
Many of the Motown acts from that vintage continue to get a lot of airplay, but not so much these guys. Love playing the basslines from these tunes...for example:
Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (1970) - YouTube
Many of the Motown acts from that vintage continue to get a lot of airplay, but not so much these guys. Love playing the basslines from these tunes...for example:
Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You (1970) - YouTube
The Box Tops started in the mid-60's and carried thru to the 70's.
Not "rock" enough for these TB'ers? ....... anyone? Ferris?
Not "rock" enough for these TB'ers? ....... anyone? Ferris?
Amazingly, someone already mentioned Hamilton, Joe Frank, & Reynolds! I was certain they were my ace-in-the-hole for forgotten 70s bands!
Anyone remember Daddy Dewdrop? Daddy Dewdrop - Chick-A-Boom - YouTube
How about The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose?
Zager & Evans? (hmm, their hit was 1969, so perhaps they don't qualify)
Ruby Starr?
Etron Fou Leloublan?
Okay, I'm out...
Didn't H,JF,&R sing " Baby, baby, fawwin' in love, I'm fawwin' in love again?"
