Stella Mozgawa, Warpaint: Fanny were pioneers, one the first rock bands to feature all women, and the second ever to be signed to a major label when they signed to Reprise in 69. 63,204 views made by Mystery World Squad. 4. Southern metal bands **. Stephanie De Sykes. 1. If so I need to seek them out! Although there have been numerous revival attempts from Marillion in the eighties to The Mars Volta in this century, the height of Prog was undeniably the seventies. Links to many of the great 70s rock bands. Aerosmith was peaking. December 12, 2016. 1. This is a list of Southern rock bands that fall into one of the following four categories, with a sign denoting them as such following the description. By the late 70s things had already changed for the radio stations as their Album Navigate: Previous MessageNext Message Options: ReplyQuote 4.89 Stars | 9 ratings 2 Love. Style was truly original, and it has been said that Janus were the originators of the genre that became "acoustic rock". In the mid-70s, art-rock ensemble Entourage pushed the boundaries of psychedelic music. melodicrock.com takes no responsibility for the contents of messages posted Stevie Wonder. In 1970, Stevie Wonder turned 20 years old. Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin was a 4-piece 70s rock band whose career spanned 12 years from 1968 to 1980. Elton John. Pink Floyd. The Rolling Stones. Eagles. Marvin Gaye. Queen. James Brown. The Who. More items You'll never look at your favorite band the same way again. Starting in the late 70s the band released several albums. avg. With its legendary collectors status and 2. They formed in Sydney and saw mild success throughout the mid 60s but split in 1967. Captain Beyond Captain Beyond (1972). Manfred Mann was an English blues rock band named after their keyboardist. Best forgotten bands/albums of the 70's include Uriah Heep, especially the early David Byron albums Golden Earring - Contraband, Switch, Wall of Dolls, Together, Eight Miles High Pink Floyd - Meddle, Ummagumma Lighthouse - One Fine Morning, Live, Sunny Days - Brilliant jazzy pop/rock Canadian band, much better than blood sweat & tears or chicago Spectrum. Retro Action #16: Obscure 1970s Glam Rock Reissues. Fuzzy Duck is a great mixture of hard rock and 70's prog rock. Powered by Phorum. OBSCURE 90'S. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (Island 1974) **. Jenny is also a singer, having studied voice off and on since she was 18 years old. My latest book, The 80s Are Enough, is a grouchy but somewhat humorous look back at the music of the 1980s. Often compared to Rush, Triumph rose to popularity during the late 70s through the 80s with hits like Lay It on the Line, Magic Power, Fight the Good Fight, and World of Fantasy. Marshall Crenshaw. Meat and Jim (Steinman) brought me into the consciousness of the rock greatest duet ever recorded. But thats such a broad category, you do kind of want to double-check the history of pop 930 likes. More than any other Rock giant of the seventies Zappa had an awareness of the full spectrum of music. with the least prog album cover you'll see. Instrumentally good and quite original, but also rather silly. Every Xmas and birthday I get my partner a cd that he normally wouldn't think to get, it's just a way to get to know different bands. Relatively obscure to very obscure 60's and early 70's rock bands. 2. level 1. Our list of the top 100 greatest rock bands of all time includes classic rock, '70s, '80s, '90s, punk, and alt rock bands. Matthew: Here's an obscure one. Akkerman wasnt alone: the 70s adored a guitar hero. A Scottish band whose early stage performances in 1970 included playing the entire debut by Black Sabbath. Their radio-friendly, synthesizer-driven, rich in pop/rock hooks sound, guaranteed them a solid presence on the airwaves. Thanks Barry! Answer (1 of 13): I was born in 1955 in England and remember music pre the Beatles . OBSCURE NWOBHM. The band was formed by Jeffrey Hoad and Clifford Hoad in 1986. Kings of the Sun released their self-titled album in 1988. Obscure but Wonderful Prog albums from the 70's (Part 1) Sure, some of the bands like The Moody Blues, Genesis, ELP, Pink Floyd, and Yes (almost) became household names. The truth is that almost no high-quality progressive rock came out of the United States in the 70's that achieved any significant level of popularity or notoriety. So, the best way I did this was simply type in "obscure hard rock and heavy metal albums" in Google. Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs laid the blueprint for raucous Australian rock n roll. Timothy Leary - Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out. Clear Light - S/T 25. 70s cosplaying bozos 1. 1 Spirit. Then, I decided to go by decades, like 70s and 80s, and I had a lot more luck finding some albums. They were known for their relatable Australian working-class songs. They all made some great records (but Love Beach is Vocalist/guitarist Tony Hill sounds like a satanic mix of Iron Butterflys Doug Ingle and Jim Morrison on heavy hallucinogenics. Obscure but wonderful folk and folk rock records from the late 60's, 70's and early 80's (Part 1) There's a myth that claims (the great) Pete Seeger tried to cut the electric cables with an ax, so as to "unplug" electric Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The Amboy Dukes: Journey to the Centre of the Mind. CLICK ON THESE BUTTONS THROUGHOUT THE WEBSITE TO HEAR OBSCURE ALBUMS!!! King's X, in Out of the Silent Planet through Faith Hope Love wrote explicitly Christian music. Baker Gurevitz Army - Elysian Encounter. Formed in 1975 by Gil Moore, Mike Levine, and Rik Emmett, Triumph is a legendary Canadian rock band known for their guitar-driven sound and outstanding live performances. 1 on the U.K. charts 1964's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," 1966's "Pretty Flamingo," and 1968's "The Mighty Quinn," which was penned by Bob Dylan. Many of them don't meet your criteria of not having any future famous members. WATCH THE VIDEO Sick. About this collection Imagine yourself forced to go into exile on a deserted island and to take with you only a selection of 100 records of soul funk from the 70s among your discotheque! A Peruvian band who got wind of early Black Sabbath recordings in 1969. Jack: No British band is An Obscure 70s Maryland Band Readies An Unexpected Comeback. Is it at all Southern related David? In the early '70s, the lines between blues-rock and hard rock were barely visible, as boogie-based bands like ZZ Top employed album-rock production techniques that tended to obscure their blues roots. Strange 2. 930 likes. 3.000 rock, beat, psych, prog, folk and jazz LP reviews. Gudbuy T'Jane. December 14, 2011 sportsnut Categories: Rare Classic Rock Tags: 60's, 70's, classic rock, commentary, entertainment, garage rock, music, pop, rare, rock, rock n' roll [] admin says: February 3, 2011 at 3:11 pm. I was a member of the two longest rock/pop music venues in the UK = The Marquee (London from 1975 /1990s (my membership) - sadly now long gone) and JB s Dudley (1974 1992). Peggy: Yes, I still listen to Ned's! What follows are my picks for ten songs that should have been bigger than they were: 10. These days his musical interests have a wide range, though he's still got a strong connection to the music of the 60s and 70s. During the 80s they released Living on the Edge (1980), Offering (1982), and Nemesis in 1983. The band was formed by Jeffrey Hoad and Clifford Hoad in 1986. Uriah Heep's distinctive features include a massive keyboard sound, strong vocal read more. Don't know if this band is obscure where you're from, but, here it is anyway: Bloodrock - "D.O.A" I first heard this song as a teen, on an AM Rock station (they had them back then), in a car, at night. Slade. Yezda Urfa is a progressive rock band that formed in the fall of 1973 and existed until the spring of 1981. II have loved music since then . 22. 6. Relatively obscure to very obscure 60's and early 70's rock bands. These are some videos of obscure Rock bands from the late 60's and early 70's which I don't think were promoted enough and didn't get very popular. Leaf Hound - Growers of Mushrooms. 2. Bands like Journey, Foreigner, Boston, ASIA, Survivor and many of similar nature were among the big names of the contemporary 80s rock music scene. WHAT IS ROBSCURITIES? Fruupp. Thanks Barry! I feel like I am missing something. Born With A Smile On My Face. My humble contribution at last - Moloch, a band from Memphis, TN, whose first, self-titled album was produced by Don Nix, came out (to the best of my knowledge) in 1970 and featured the first published recording of the classic, Nix-penned, rock-blues standard "Going Down".Of course, this one as well as "Same Old Blues", another Nix composition, were heard It was different from what most of the metal bands were doing, but nonetheless energetic and rousing rock. Apr 10, 2011. GEAR FAB RECORDS - 60's and 70's reissues of the most incredible artifacts. These are some videos of obscure Rock bands from the late 60's and early 70's which I don't think were promoted enough and didn't get very popular. 4 reviews. The purpose of this page is to review various typical and classic '70s rock artists/groups, both famous and obscure, that I personally find interesting and good enough to write about. Continue reading. It wasnt enough for Focus to boast a brilliant guitarist in Jan Akkerman; they had a wily way with a tune and Robin Trower, Wishbone Ash. Florida hard rock band AXE mixed heavy guitar with keyboards to create their sound. The Aztecs later reformed in the early 70s to become one of the most popular Australian hard rock bands of all time. You will find a large selection of band pages that can be accessed from this site Disclaimer: melodicrock.com takes no responsibility for the contents of messages posted on this open forum, or for the sanity of those posting. Bands like Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis, King Crimson, ELP, Kansas, Jethro Tull and Rush were creating inspired music that was actually selling albums and filling arenas. Bands (rock or hard rock) that cite Southern rock influence . Much like Bon Scott, the heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio had a whole other musical life before the one that made him famous. David Gilmour. Four Lynyrd Skynyrd members who survived the band's 1977 plane crash connected with a female lead singer, as Southern-rock departed the genre's '70s prime. Cold Chisel: Pub rock band from the late 70s and 80s formed in Adelaide. 7. So thats depressing. A.B. Top 10 Best Rock Bands of the 70sLed Zeppelin (Hard Rock/Blues Rock)Deep Purple (Hard Rock/Heavy Metal)Black Sabbath (Heavy Metal)The Who (Hard Rock/Rock)The Eagles (Rock/Country Rock)The Doors (Psychedelic Rock/Acid Rock)Pink Floyd (Psychedelic Rock)The Rolling Stones (Rock)The Allman Brothers Band (Southern Rock/Country Rock)More items It was a freaky experience that I have never forgotten to this day. Traditional or mainstream Southern rock bands *. Cult and Obscured Hard Rock Albums From the 70s 1. 1. In Search Of The Forgotten Heroes Of 70s Rock Focus. The London-based group had a string of hits in the 1960s, including three that went No. There are two versions with this title. score: 28 of 115 (24%) required scores: 1, 7, 17, 27, 47 list Chocolate Watch Band - No Way Out 23. Warner Bros. Their early recordings are very heavy. 7 Uriah Heep Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 that was one of the top rock bands in the early 1970s. Here are 10 more folk albums, mostly recent, that you should seek out and add to your collection. Alexandria, Virginia. He lives in Dayton and is currently working on a PhD in English literature at the University of Cincinnati. For the sake of this thread please exclude bands that are nominally punk. Simon Workman has loved rock n' roll ever since his dad made him Beatles and Beach Boys mix tapes as a kid. High Tide - Sea Shanties (Liberty, 1969) Opener Futilists Lament is a visceral assault on the senses, brutally heavy and psychedelic. 7 in 1975). Jun 14, 2006. Fanfare For The Common Man. In fact, I found lists of about 100 obscure albums or so. If so I need to seek them out! Axl Rose is an anagram for oral sex, and his real name is William Bailey. They released their self-titled debut in 1978. 70s music rock bands has biographies, history, trivia, and more, related to the greatest rock bands and rock artists of the 1970s. Kings of the Sun released their self-titled album in 1988. Khe Sanh, a song about a Vietnam veteran going back to Australia to live his normal, civilian life, was a minor hit, reaching #40 in the Australian charts. AC/DC was picking up speed. Another failed supergroup of B-list rock stars, Captain Beyond included Deep 3. The original band were Colin Orr (Guitar/Keyboards), Roy Yates (Classical Guitar), Bruno Lord (Vocals), Derek Hyett (Vocals), Mick Peberdy (Bass) and Keith Bonthrone (Drums). Skhy. The band forged a raw hard, bluesy hard rock sound that had a bit of a 70s rock sound mixed in. While a band like the Minutemen embraced its underground status and in many ways made a conscious choice to work in the shadows of pop culture, the fact that an accessible, melodic singer-songwriter like Crenshaw toiled in obscurity was far more accidental. The Pushbike Song. The Boomtown Rats: Never in a Million Years (1982) YouTube. LDMAC, May 15, 2016. 25 Huge Bands from the '70s You Totally Forgot Existed 1 The Sweet. I've also created a label section that features several original labels for you to look at. From San Francisco, this trio only released one album, 1972s For Love Or Money, but it still stands as Third World War. As punk rock began its ascent in the 1970s, bands like the Ramones and the Sex Pistols led rocks most dangerous genre into the public eye. Disclaimer: melodicrock.com takes no responsibility for the contents of messages posted on this open forum, or for the sanity of those posting. FUZZ, ACID & FLOWERS - American garage, psychedelic and hippie rock (1964 - 1975) GALACTIC RAMBLE - The fullest ever study of the '60s and '70s UK music scene. Chocolate Watch Band - The Inner Mistique 24. 3. The only really obscure artist on my first A-Z list is Zzebra, but that's only because I couldn't think of any other British prog artists beginning with the letter "Z". Answer (1 of 10): Taste featuring Rory Gallagher played the Isle of Wight and managed to reach the UK Top 20 with their second album On the Boards. Sad Sweet Dreamer. Twelve of the band's albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart (Return to Fantasy reached No. Elf. A curio to say the least. This is about classic rock bands and rock artist legends. The Mixtures. 4.89 Stars | 9 ratings 2 Love. Sadly, only one of the three members still claims Christ, and that very privately now. List added by oscargamblesfro on 11/11/2005 Sort by. Location: New York. It was simply too "old Rolling Stones" to fit in with "new Rolling Stones." Hard rock bands from the late 70s obscure and not obscure but not the usual suspects? 4 reviews. 1 Spirit. The decade that stuck out to me the most was the 70s. Shit I never even knew existed. #10. Two of the guys toured in Petra way back in the day, and Ty Tabor played with Phil Keagy. They cut two tracks very much like Uriah Heep but in 1969. Usually I write about OBSCURE 80'S. Trapeze was an early Glenn Hughes band I'd never heard of, before he joined Deep Purple for instance. By the late 70s things had already changed for the radio stations as their Album Star Rating Scale: 1 = TERRIBLE / 2 = OKAY / 3 = GOOD / 4 = VERY GOOD / 5 = AWESOME Listed in: Music > Musicians. December 14, 2011 sportsnut Categories: Rare Classic Rock Tags: 60's, 70's, classic rock, commentary, entertainment, garage rock, music, pop, rare, rock, rock n' roll [] admin says: February 3, 2011 at 3:11 pm. It was different from what most of the metal bands were doing, but nonetheless energetic and rousing rock. Jon Anderson (20 albums) Barclay James Harvest (26 albums) Camel (18 albums) Deep Purple (29 albums) Electric Light Orchestra. Siebertje98. Band like Legs Diamond, Moxy, Montrose, etc Legs Diamond is my favorite of them all, so bands most like them. melodicrock.com takes no responsibility for the contents of messages posted Join host Pete Pardo as he discusses some recent obscure CDs he has acquired in the prog, hard rock, and metal genres. Update: This post is about songs that were once really popular in the U.S., but that no one ever hears (or even discusses) today. Add Item: 117 List Items. The way I've defined levels of obscurity within a genre is like this: 1st level - bands any general music fan has heard of. Iron Claw. You might prefer to read about a few great obscure '80s songs that never became hits in the first place. Emerson, Lake & Palmer. When the subject of glam rock comes up, naysayers will usually point with some level of scorn to the pop-metal bands of the 80s, stuff like Poison, Cinderella and Bon Jovi. Sam Bush Laps in Seven, 2006. Strange lounge rock on this album. OBSCURE 2000'S. Triumph. There is a whole thread here about "forgotten" 70s bands. Manfred Mann. Their radio-friendly, synthesizer-driven, rich in pop/rock hooks sound, guaranteed them a solid presence on the airwaves. Punk exploded by Billy Thorpe and The Aztecs. He ropes in George Duke and Jean Luc Ponty on Over-nite Sensation and damn near outplays em both. Uriah Heep, before Queen pioneered the Blessed with a musical family and influenced by their diverse musical tastes, Jenny grew up loving all kinds of music, from classical to rock to bluegrass. Star Rating Scale: 1 = TERRIBLE / 2 = OKAY / 3 = GOOD / 4 = VERY GOOD / 5 = AWESOME Listed in: Music > Musicians. Bands such as Genesis, Rush, Dream Theater, King Crimson, and Pink Floyd still get rather big recognition in the music world, while other bands like Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, Camel, Van Der Graaf Generator, and IQ are more praised within the general community of prog. List added by oscargamblesfro on 11/11/2005 Sort by. 3y. Stadium-ruling colossus like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Eagles, Queen and Aerosmith cast a huge shadow. Bands like Journey, Foreigner, Boston, ASIA, Survivor and many of similar nature were among the big names of the contemporary 80s rock music scene. When I try to find hard rock bands from the 70s, they are invariably early 70s. Add Item: 117 List Items. Focus managed a weird hit single. City-Data Forum > General Forums > Entertainment and Arts > Music: Obscure Hits of the 70s (lyrics, 70s song, classics, player) User Name: Remember Me: Password glam rock was happening, space rock and "motorik" or "kosmiche musik" (largely from Germany), new wave, punk rock, and the radio hits included everything from folk-rock to disco. The band broke up sometime in 1981, after Brads, then Marcs departure, and the realization by Mark and Phil that it was too difficult to continue as a duo (plus the fact that the . Iron City HouserockersDavid WernerBadfingerFacesMott the HoopleRobin TrowerProcul HarumIggy and the StoogesNew York DollsJ. Geils BandMore items Josefus - Dead Man. Really, it could be no other. Obscure but wonderful folk and folk rock records from the late 60's, 70's and early 80's (Part 1) There's a myth that claims (the great) Pete Seeger tried to cut the electric cables with an ax, so as to "unplug" electric Dylan at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Navigate: Previous MessageNext Message Options: ReplyQuote Leaf Hound Growers of Mushroom (1971). The band forged a raw hard, bluesy hard rock sound that had a bit of a 70s rock sound mixed in. Is it at all Southern related David? I've been a fan of obscure music ever since I was a kid, I don't know, something about not too many people knowing about it made it feel cooler. 2. Powered by Phorum. It sounds a bit weird but its close to what the Groovecollector team inflicted upon itself when time came to create this collection. Obscure Rock -.Late 60s,early70s. Aardvark. Pax. Bob Dylan brought I already know a lot but I want to find some more. Before he was throwing horns and penning anthems such as Last in Line, Holy Diver and Man on the Silver Mountain, RJD was fronting (and playing bass guitar) in a boogie woogie rock band called ELF. But glam is a many-headed beast and goes beyond just one decade or sub genre. 10 obscure but brilliant 70s bands who should have been huge Highway Robbery. OBSCURE 70'S. Julie: Ned's isn't obscure, but they are SO GOOD. Obscure Rock -.Late 60s,early70s. Still, a great rock band. Skullcrusher is particularly memorable for its riff. A self-proclaimed music nerd, Jenny has loved music since she crawled out of her mother's womb. "Together" is very much a classic-sounding Stones song, full of the blues-rock swagger Mick, Keith, and the other guys not named Mick or Keith are most famous for.
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