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Forgotten 70's Rock Bands

#161
LOL When I first saw this thread title, my first immediate thought was "Bloodrock." I remember recently someone here making a post about seeing them live back in the day and they said the sound really sucked.

P.s. Also, I have to give props to Lake. I have their first album with the cat and the sink on (sadly, warped) vinyl.
 
#164
Remus_Redbone said:
I've read every post and unless I just overlooked them, i didn't see either of these mentioned. Both were huge influences on my playing.

Grand Funk Railroad - I'm always striving for the Mel Schacher tone.

Santana - Dave Brown had those basic lines that supported all that precussion and Carlos' noodling.

Other mentions; Robin Trower - James Dewar's lines are burned into my head.

The Who - they played a little in the 70's......

Elvin Bishop - just fun stuff.

Oh yeah, another band that played a little bit in the 70's; ZZ Top
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Which one of these would you consider forgotten?
 
#166
Ayce said:
Now for a bit of a mystery.
I have a song I recorded from either a K-Tel or Ranco record, originaly recorded from vinyl to cassette, then converted to mp3. I have no clue as to who did it, or the actual title. I think it's from the mid - late 70's
The chorus goes:
"And the rain keeps falling from the clouds in the Canada sky,
And they found it together but they never knew the reason why,
Some fool with a gun shot the sun from the Canada....sky."
Any clue?
This sort of fits, cause I forgot them. hehe.
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I think it might be called Canada sky
 
#171
Richland123 said:
Golden Earring might have only had a few big hits in the U.S. but they have quite a history in Europe. For bass players, Radar Love and Twilight Zone are great tunes to play.

Golden Earring are a Dutch rock band, founded in 1961 in The Hague as the Golden Earrings (the 's' was dropped in 1969). They had international chart success with the songs "Radar Love" in 1973, "Twilight Zone" in 1982, and "When the Lady Smiles" in 1984. In their home country, they had over 40 hits and made over 30 gold and platinum albums. Current members of Golden Earring are Barry Hay (vocals, guitar, flute and saxophone, member since 1968), George Kooymans (vocals and guitar, founder of band), Rinus Gerritsen (bass and keyboard, founding member), and Cesar Zuiderwijk (drums and percussion, member since 1970). Golden Earring have sold millions of albums worldwide, and they are one of the longest existing rock bands in the world that are currently performing in the same line up.
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I had the pleasure of seeing them with 10cc in 1974 in Amsterdam...............great show!! :D


But seriously folks......how many of you "old-timers" remember this??

 
#172
Patto
Tempest
Colosseum
Hatfield & The North
Jody Grind
Area
Riff Raff
T2
Chase
Babylon (Genesis influenced band from Florida)
Cathedral
Raw Material
Finnforest
Egg
Nucleus
Mandrill
Azteca
It's A Beautiful Day
Gypsy
Hampton Grease Band
Cold Blood
Family
El Chicano
Malo
Frijid Pink
Grinderswitch
East of Eden
Kay Gee's
Jimmy Castor Bunch
Skyhooks
Edward Bear
Babe Ruth
Capability Brown
Mallard
The Dictators
Geronimo Black
The Screamers
The Germs
James Chance & The Contortions
Pere Ubu
 
#176
Man it's great to see some of these bands mentioned here. I'm glad someone stood up for the punks and mentioned The Screamers, Germs, etc.

But when I saw the thread title I automatically thought more of straight-up rawkinroll kind of stuff...you know, the "big-moustache, bell-bottom-wearing, cowbell-infused" variety.

Glad someone mentioned Good Rats (only took 5 pages!) and Frijid Pink and Bloodrock and Big Star (their third album is one of my all-time favorites. There's nothing else like it.)

Oh--and I've been listening to Stealers Wheel a good bit lately. Of course they are famous for their one big hit "Stuck in the Middle" but they released three albums of really excellent folksy baroque pop music. Really good stuff overall, some great songs.

I was going to mention Fever Tree, certainly a mostly-forgotten band, but they were more late-60s really.

Not truly a forgotten artist, but John Cale's Fear is a lost classic of the 70s and while Brian Eno is obviously well known, his two albums from 1973 and 1975 (Here Come the Warm Jets and Taking Tiger Mountain) are, IMO, two of the best, most interesting pop/rock albums of the decade.

However, there is one band that I always think of when threads like this one come up on internet forums full of music geeks like us: BANG.

This band deserved better. A three piece act from the USA that started out doing Black Sabbath covers, they quickly started writing their own material (which, aside from being pretty heavy rock, doesn't really sound much like Sabbath.)

They released 3-4 albums between 1970 and 1974, had one singe ("Questions") skirt the Top 100, then started getting jacked around by their management and record company who wanted them to replace their drummer and go for a more poppy sound. Disillusioned, they called it a day.

Too bad too because they really were a quality band. I've been a fan for a long time.

If anyone is interested, they do have a website that has pics, their history, etc.:

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I am really curious if ANYONE else out there has ever heard of BANG or was ever into them.
 
#177
Johno Dunn said:
I think they were 80's, but any body remember Gama?

J!
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Montrose on guitar + Carmassi on drums - "something in the air" is the tune I remember

Jefferson Starship - freedom at point zero - great rock album, then they went pop

Rainbow - don't think anyone posted them either

+ more.....Breathless w/ Jonah Koslen

Wild Cherry which led to Donnie Iris +the Cruisers

Blondie - Deborah Harry was the ****!

New England - opened for Kiss "don't ever wanna lose ya" - great tune

Most very late 70's into early 80's
 
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#180
Glad to see a few mentions for Budgie and The Dictators, two of my faves.

I'm surprised thus far no mention of Screaming Lord Sutch or Atilla (a little duo featuring Billy Joel). Apparently Atilla's only album has been been cited as "one of the worst rock albums of all time" and Sutch's debut album Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends was named in a 1998 BBC poll as "the worst album of all time". Actually, I didnt know either band was considered "bad" until I did a quick google fact check on the years before posting. Maybe thats why they are forgotten, I dunno, I kinda liked 'em both.
I was gonna site The Sonics too but they put out their first single in '64 so dont know if that counts. The Sonics absolutely rocked, though. Often considered alternately the first punk or grunge band.
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