Obscure 70s Rock Bands

[bhunt1]

I've been getting into searching obscure 70s rock bands (thanks Youtube!). I've been looking for bands that don't have members that later became famous that rocked but never made it big. Here's an example:

Stepson
They put out their one and only studio album in 1974. Really like the singer (Jeff Hawks - on this track he reminds me of Lenny Kravitz at times) and guitarist (Joey Newman). Here's probably their 'best known' song from the album:



Have you got any other unknown 70s bands to share?

 

[lfmn16]

 

[Spectrum]

There is a whole thread here about "forgotten" 70s bands. Many of them don't meet your criteria of not having any future famous members.

Trapeze was an early Glenn Hughes band I'd never heard of, before he joined Deep Purple for instance.

Then there's bands like Sir Lord Baltimore, which was pretty unknown until the modern stoner/doom scene glommed onto them and started mentioning them in interviews and documentaries.

Pentagram's another one of those; that band technically never broke up as the singer/bandleader has kept it going and touring to this day on and off.

 

[fhm555]

Here you go.

 

[fhm555]

 

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[jallenbass]

Not sure if this qualifies because I know quite a few people who are familiar with them.

 

[SunnBass]

CAN

 

[fhm555]

While one member went on to (kinda sorta) fame, they were pretty obscure.

 

[fhm555]

 

[catcauphonic]

Not sure if this qualifies because I know quite a few people who are familiar with them.

As much as I love that song, I wouldn't qualify it as obscure so much as less well known. It still gets airplay today on classic rock stations

 

[Spent]

While one member went on to (kinda sorta) fame, they were pretty obscure.

My friends and I were pretty big Tom Verlaine fans back in college (early 80s). He was doing things no one else did, which pretty much guaranteed obscurity in those days, hence his appeal.

 

[bhunt1]

Lotsa good ones so far - keep 'em coming. I actually had a Starz album in the 70s, they are pretty obscure. The reason I had the idea of no future famous members is because I know of a lot of unknown bands only because of the famous guy - Trapeze is a good example. I am interested in the ones where nobody really made it big but the band still had something to offer. Here's another one: Cain - they had a couple of studio albums in the mid 70s; the singer Jiggs Lee is really good:

 

[EatS1stBassist]

I've been getting into searching obscure 70s rock bands (thanks Youtube!). I've been looking for bands that don't have members that later became famous that rocked but never made it big. Here's an example:

Stepson
They put out their one and only studio album in 1974. Really like the singer (Jeff Hawks - on this track he reminds me of Lenny Kravitz at times) and guitarist (Joey Newman). Here's probably their 'best known' song from the album:



Have you got any other unknown 70s bands to share?

Here's me playing bass in 78 with Eddie and the Subtitles

 

[bhunt1]

Here's me playing bass in 78 with Eddie and the Subtitles

Great pic! What kind of music did you play - any sound clips?

 

[Richland123]

Not sure if this qualifies because I know quite a few people who are familiar with them.

Head East had a couple hit songs and singer John Schlitt went on to bigger things with the band Petra.

 

[ultra60]

Moxy.. Buzz had a shot at replacing Bon Scott at one point. But there were not any famous members, and I believe they are fairly unknown... at least in the States.

 

[Richland123]

Stallion

 

[ultra60]

There's always Wiggy Bits:

 

[Richland123]

Moxy.. Buzz had a shot at replacing Bon Scott at one point. But there were not any famous members, and I believe they are fairly unknown... at least in the States.

Mike Reno (then calling himself Michael Rynoski) was the lead singer on one Moxy album "Under The Lights" in 1978 before forming Loverboy.