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Might be cheating as Ariel Bender/Luther Grosvenor went on to Mott The Hoople.
What happened to Mike Patto and Ollie Halsall after "Patto" (see earlier in thread)
Steven Amazing on bass. The band did back Jeff Beck for a bit.
Might be cheating as that drummer looks a little familiar.
FAR from being obscure, a major concert draw from 1972-1975; drummer Tommy Aldridge went on to play with Ozzy, so, wrong on two requirements of the OP
Point Blank was mentioned. I played "Bad Bees" is one band and "Nicole" in another band.
The Godz were mentioned. At one time their members included Ken Hensley and Greg Lake.
The Godz were mentioned. At one time their members included Ken Hensley and Greg Lake.
For those of you (quite a few actually) who mentioned Angel......
From my Facebook Feed:
Punky is local to me, although I didn't know that until recently. I remember seeing Angel albums in the Dart Drug record section (I could walk there after school), when I was about 12. Never bought one though. Fast forward to the Facebook era, and I see the former bass player of the Nighthawks (also local) posting pictures of his pre-Nighthawks days. A band called The Cherry People, of which Punky was a member. So upon reading comments and so on, I learn about him, and Angel, who I remembered from the Dart Drug record bins. Anyway, kinda cool.
From my Facebook Feed:
Punky is local to me, although I didn't know that until recently. I remember seeing Angel albums in the Dart Drug record section (I could walk there after school), when I was about 12. Never bought one though. Fast forward to the Facebook era, and I see the former bass player of the Nighthawks (also local) posting pictures of his pre-Nighthawks days. A band called The Cherry People, of which Punky was a member. So upon reading comments and so on, I learn about him, and Angel, who I remembered from the Dart Drug record bins. Anyway, kinda cool.
At the time, it was Ramona and the Meteors. I want to say Suburban Lawns were also playing.
Ok, times up:
King Crimson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Auditions for a singer included those from Bryan Ferry, Elton John"
Elton John got booked to Audition and paid for the audition but never actually got that far after Fripp heard his first album.
Nice finds those latest ones. Pluto I haven't heard about. But Black Oak...obscure? Naaah...they were not in the import bins or cutouts. Then we can say Brownsville Station too, in that case. Which is a stretch. I vaugely remember Sitting Bull and Geronimo at my friends collection.
Does early incarnations of bands that later changed name but kept the same personell, counts?
Say, THE NEW YARDBIRDS?
Not that Yardbirds were exactly underground and obsucre. But you know, bands that had a name and album that didn't went anywhere, but then they changed just name and just music and went ballistic. Say, some underground starting phsycedelic or prog, but later changed name and started to play hard rock or anything else that sold. Like Simon Dupree and the Big Sound.
"A then unknown keyboard player by the name of Reginald Dwight was hired to fill in for an ill Eric Hine and he joined them on a 1967 tour in Scotland. They were asked to allow him to stay on, and he was almost recruited as a permanent member.
It seems that sir Elton was hedging his bets back then, trying to get in anywhere he could. What's more interesting is that it was in all those intellectual bands. You can't get further away from Eltons music than King Crimson, or Gentle Giant. He auditioned for both, in a way, so to speak.
Does early incarnations of bands that later changed name but kept the same personell, counts?
Say, THE NEW YARDBIRDS?
Not that Yardbirds were exactly underground and obsucre. But you know, bands that had a name and album that didn't went anywhere, but then they changed just name and just music and went ballistic. Say, some underground starting phsycedelic or prog, but later changed name and started to play hard rock or anything else that sold. Like Simon Dupree and the Big Sound.
"A then unknown keyboard player by the name of Reginald Dwight was hired to fill in for an ill Eric Hine and he joined them on a 1967 tour in Scotland. They were asked to allow him to stay on, and he was almost recruited as a permanent member.
It seems that sir Elton was hedging his bets back then, trying to get in anywhere he could. What's more interesting is that it was in all those intellectual bands. You can't get further away from Eltons music than King Crimson, or Gentle Giant. He auditioned for both, in a way, so to speak.
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Oh all three bands that I've got vinyls of, in one post! I've seen PATTO live opening for TYA. Great. Boxer too. Streetwalkers? Wasn't that with the Roger "Chappo" Chapman on vocals? That's an aqcuired taste. Roger Chapman is one of these fellows that is obscure in one country, but famous (still) in another. Like Germany.
Streetwalkers Roger Chapmen was from the Family and Bob Tench was from Jeff Beck's bands they also had a bit of career besides Nicko. I still have some of their vinyl around somewhere.
This obscure British band missed the 70s by two years with this song. It's too bad they did not last long. I bet they would have produced some interesting songs in the 70s.
Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup
Speed, Glue and Shinki
Clearlight
Ekseption
Jericho
Fantasy
Boeing Duveen & The Beautiful Soup
Speed, Glue and Shinki
Clearlight
Ekseption
Jericho
Fantasy
Good Rats was the very first band that came to my mind when I read the title of this thread! I listened to Live At Last a month or so ago, and was Blown Away...AGAIN!
They used to make Frivilous Sal's Last Chance Saloon in Poughkeepsie a regular part of their rotation...Packed the joint...ROCKED the joint!!i
(You tell the story really well! You are, apparently a Really Good Son!)
New York Rock & Roll Ensemble was the 2nd band I thought of when I saw this thread. The bass line to Gravedigger is still a regular part of my warm up routine! Dorian Rudnytsky was a huge influence...
RE: 'warm up routine'...must play the opening bars to Gravedigger in 5 keys...one of them must be C#.
Why C#? I have no idea...I guess that's why it's called a 'routine'...
Man! I really thought that I was the only guy in the world who knew about...gave a damn about...this stuff! It does my heart Good to hang with like-minded folk!
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