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Greatest lost Bands that deserved better

#101
Michedelic said:
Hmm, TD did quite well for themselves, regardless who was in there with Edgar, in the film soundtrack market. Even if they did slide into the 'new age' catagory, as many aging prog people did, the ensemble was still a going concern all the way up to Froese's illness and passing. They cranked out quite a number of titles.

My nomination is a trio that should be near and dear to all of our hearts, as the focal point of the band is a tour-de-force bassist, but the other two guys(of the original line-up)certainly held their own. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of archival video; hell, they even got sampled by the Beastie Boys...ladies and gentlemen, Back Door(with Colin Hodgkinson)...

keep in mind, this is from 1972








CH solo in 1975


a latter-day reunion; the sax player and drummer have since died



granted, this is not mainstream pop appeal stuff; the only other people I've encountered that were into this band were fusion, Zappa, Ornette Coleman and Henry Cow fans.
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Colin Hodgkinson was the inspiration that made me go out and buy my first bass! Not that I could necessarily play like him.....
 
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#106
Rubicon

Rubicon was formed in San Francisco by Jerry Martini, who was an original member of Sly & the Family Stone. Other members of the group included [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] (vocals, drums), Brad Gillis (guitar), [This invalid link has been removed] (lead vocals, horns), Dennis Marcellino (sax, vocals), Jim Pugh (keyboards) and Jack Blades (bass).

Gillis and Blades went on to form Night Ranger.

Check out some of the funky stuff they played along with their one and only hit, I'm Gonna Take Care Of Everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCGyk9-cg14



 
#114
Do solo artists count? There was a guy on the east coast, David Werner, that put out three albums throughout
the 70's, and just couldn't get arrested. Great pop writer. His earliest stuff, while he was in his late teens, was a curious blend of McCartney and Bowie, and was promoted as a glam act. After punk had hit, he came back with a harder edged power pop sound with help from Ian Hunter. I wore out his 1979 third album...


this tune got a little bit of airplay, i think...

this is from his earlier Bowie-ish era...

I guess he kept on with the songwriting, and placed "Rock the Cradle Of Love" with Billy Idol.

As far as bands are concerned, I nominate Tulsa's 20/20, they had a killer 'hit that never was'(although it's fondly remembered by late 70's power pop fanatics)in "Little Yellow Pills"...

this was kinda their 'secondary' song...

They scuffled around LA for two albums, before getting caught up in the post-Knack power-pop backlash that killed the chances for a lot of great bands.
 
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#116
Seatrain

This band put out four albums between 1969 - 1973 but could not keep a consistent lineup during its short tenure. They were a very cool band that had one hit song called 13 Questions (with an electric violin with wah-wah peddle solo). The album that song was on was produced by George Martin. However, the band fell into oblivion even though they should have done better.



 
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#119
Michedelic said:
Hmm, TD did quite well for themselves, regardless who was in there with Edgar, in the film soundtrack market. Even if they did slide into the 'new age' catagory, as many aging prog people did, the ensemble was still a going concern all the way up to Froese's illness and passing. They cranked out quite a number of titles.

My nomination is a trio that should be near and dear to all of our hearts, as the focal point of the band is a tour-de-force bassist, but the other two guys(of the original line-up)certainly held their own. Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of archival video; hell, they even got sampled by the Beastie Boys...ladies and gentlemen, Back Door(with Colin Hodgkinson)...

keep in mind, this is from 1972








CH solo in 1975


a latter-day reunion; the sax player and drummer have since died



granted, this is not mainstream pop appeal stuff; the only other people I've encountered that were into this band were fusion, Zappa, Ornette Coleman and Henry Cow fans.
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Back Door! - I read a feature on Hodgkinson in Bass Player Magazine back in the 90's, and never could track down their albums. And today I learned that I was copping one of their riffs because it was on "Stand Together" by the Beastie Boys. Thanks!
 
#120
nomeansno

my favorite of all time. rob & john wright are a monster drum and bass combo. Ive seen them half a dozen times since the early 90s. they still tour in europe and around canada as the hanson brothers.







atheist

technical thrash? i guess. i dont really do the genere tag thing. they actually put out an album quite recently (within a couple years ago) that is very good... here is some early stuff





operation ivy

i grew up on this one and its still great

 

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