Mixing AOR with country-influenced sounds (check out the boogie of If You Want To Get To Heaven) and a sense of the absurd (their third LP was called The Car Over The Lake Album, and the sleeve showed just that), they were a reliably fine time on vinyl between 1973-80. A German band who were formed in Ochsenhausen during 1976, McOil only recorded one album, 1979s All Our Hopes. This hard-rock classic is definitely a must-hear. This excellent album is famous for its cuts 'The Message' and 'Bra'. The Struts announce Remember the Name US tour, Kiss squash long-standing rumour that their band name is a Satanic acronym: "We're smart, but we're not that smart", The making of Deep Purple's classic Machine Head: only in the new issue of Classic Rock, Master Of Puppets: The album that changed Metallica forever, Watch Kiss play three classics live on the Howard Stern Show, Every issue delivered direct to your door. The record industry has coasted on the fat of the decade for thirty years. How about Yes? Label: Dawn. How does playing music make one a hero? Not all Rock music strands of the seventies embraced integration above diversity. Twelve of the band's albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart (Return to Fantasy reached No. A track off his 1977 debut album, "Celebrate Me Home" is one of those Christmas songs that works year-round. 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. Poor old Frank. Their second album, 1971s II, was Focus breakthrough, delivering an international hit in the fierce Hocus Pocus. Their third album delivered the elegant descending melody of Sylvia, winning further fans worldwide, with Akkerman drawing admiration. Larry Marano/Shutterstock. No one knows how such fair-haired boys from Ohio steel country got their soul, but the joke wasn't lost on the bandor its new international audiencewhen the release of "Play That Funky Music"took the American rock and R&B top spots and went platinum in 1976. Axl Rose is an anagram for oral sex, and his real name is William Bailey. Steam started in 1969, released a No. but, a single was released in 1975 on GRC Records of Atlanta released EQT in 1975,and a single of a medley Honky Tonk Man/No Rollin Boogie on the A Side with Chattahoochee Coochie Man all 3 Capricorn rejects reached #44 with a red bullet and high reviews both of the LP and the single but at the six week point of a tour of the Southeast US, GRC Records went bankrupt and in spite of many Studio attempts and live recordings were released for sale to fans in the period of 1975 to 1982, several reunion tours were recorded but no national hits followed. The further Folk Rock travelled from the Blues towards a notion of purity, the sillier it became; most notably the Morris On albums, the later Fairport Convention and Steeleye Spans output. Nearly forgot Kevin Ayers. Kaleidoscope } ); They only released one album, 1979s All Your Pretty Moves, but this is a gem. In the shadow of his panoramic work for Brian Wilson and Song Cycle (1968), Discover America is one of the weirdest, far-sighted documents of multiculturalism in America that youll ever come across. They are a reggae band, but they transcend genres, really. Aerosmith was peaking. Tim Buckley and Syd Barrett are obscure, which makes it all the more funny that you tried to clown on the guy who . Nightwinds - s/t (1979) Netherworld - In the Following Half Light (officially released 1981, but a version with only the prog songs had been floating around since 1979 so I consider them 70's obscure prog) Oniris - L'Homme Voilier (1979) Edited by The.Crimson.King - July 27 2018 at 15:36. I know its not much..but who knowsmaybe someone remembers the song and perhaps the name of the band. 7 in 1975). Still play their live album endlessly. How many of these top 25 "Best Hard Rock Albums You've (Probably) Never Heard" from mos-def.net have you listened to? ,, Follow My Dream ,, album ? In the UK, hot on the heels of Enoch Powells inflammatory Rivers of blood speech there was a similar splintering of racial consensus which was exacerbated by the economic malaise afflicting many Western countries. Its a musical feast. It wasnt until Sun City Girls and Panda Bears Person Pitch (2007) that the rest of the nation caught up with the idea that beyond being a polyglot nation America actually belonged in the wider world. Despite BBC sessions and an 80s reunion, fame proved elusive for the group. 1"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree," "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)," and "Knock Three Times. EQT was Southern Rock before the journalists came up with the name and that in 1969 those boys played with abandonment. The 1st LP was reissued on Rhino/Atlantic/Warner Music Group in 2006 with 7 unreleased songs, a previous self released single (unfinished),4 of the 7-10 Macon demos which assisted in the signing by Jerry Wexler to Atlantic Records in September of 1969,and several Studio outtakes from 1969 sessions in Memphis or Miami. Formed in 1970, and taking their name from the chemical formula for phosphorous pentoxide, the four had a progressive bent, plus mystical tendencies. We see flash-in-the-pan artists come and go with every decade, but one-hit wonders of the '70s ironically always seem to stick around. Annie Haslam is still touring, in Brazil at the moment. In the same way that as the decade progressed one was less and less likely to see white faces in predominantly black Funk groups (witness the shift from Booker T and the MGs equal racial split to Kool and the Gangs solid brotherhood), youd be hard pressed to find a black or brown face among the ranks of Britains Folk Rockers. This process started swiftly with Post-Punk at the decades tail end. My all time favorite! It sold not at all. Mostly I . The album is interspersed with brief electronic tracks, and those sounds also completely permeate the actual songs, but we're not talking Tangerine Dream here . At times, it sounds like Blue Cheer meets Budgie. SternodoxSubGenius Pope of Arkansas Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Sternodox,May 16, 2016 #4 Savoy Brown Formed by guitarist Kim Simmonds in 1965, Savoy Brown is a prolific English blues-rock band known for their relentless touring and producing over 32 studio and live albums. mid-sixties she devised a way to combine her voice and augment it with the Moog, the instrument that occasionally seems like the only common fascination of the cutting-edge Black and White scenes in this period. some, that I think should considered classic These artists had only one top 10 hit which charted during 1970-1979. Cant forget budgie from england and ibis from italy two great bands. Did anyone mention Captain Beyond, The Flock, or Its A Beautiful Day? Im The One is famous for 'Pony' which people will keep on rediscovering forever, but the avant-torch song cuts on the disc are also fine. Kevin Coyne Send us a tip using our anonymous form. The Blues, Latin, Bluegrass, Country and Folk vie for centre-stage, with Joe Lalas percussion a particular highlight. The band had adopted its name from the movie sharing the same title and produce horror-inspired lyrics and music. There cant be many albums that start with someone elses track, but Discover America kicks off with a large section of Mighty Sparrows 'Jack Parlance'. Humor is good. A Dutch psychedelic band that found worldwide success with the single "Venus," which went No.1 only two months into 1970, introducing a new decade to the band's wild sonic stylings. Honorable mention: Dixon Cocks, Dookie Twinkle, Dr. Bobs Nightmare, Drippy Dick and the Knob Nibblers, Eichmanns Undies, Blue Mountain Eagle - S/T. The combination of Walter Girchgessners guitar pyrotechnics and Knut Rosslers organ was stylish, capable of veering from outright mania through pomp and sophisticated progression. But several of Phil Walden and Capricorn bands deserve mention as not having any national hit songs,Grinderswitch,Cowboy(who composed the1974 Eric Clapton hit song Please be with me, and Donnie McCormick mind-blowing crew from way Southeast Texas Gulf of Mexico act signed by Phil Walden in 1969,also signed to Jerry Wexler and Atlantic Records in September of 1969 and the members of Donnie McCormick act moved to Memphis and recorded and played Memphis for a year finally moving their base to Atlanta where they were closer to Macon Georgia central operations at Capricorn Studio and Records. Scorpions, 'Taken By. Their two albums, 1971s self-titled debut and 72s Third World War II, bristled with agitating left wing lyricism and brutally exposed riffs. xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); Hard rock bands from the late 70's obscure and not obscure but not the usual suspects? It doesnt even receive thick coverage in Rob Youngs landmark study of the UK People have even ventured to supplant it with other of Richard and Lindas records like Pour Down Like Silver (1975) or Shoot Out The Lights (1982). Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The group's biggest claim to fame? And you forgot the GODZ! * Standout tracks: "Our House", "The Night Dance". Michael Stevens was a considerably gifted guitarist, and you can hear shades of what Ronnie Montrose would go on to do a couple of years later on the debut Montrose album. 99. The wonderful Atlanta Rhythm Section faced one drawback: their acronym was ARS. Despite all this my favourite track is the relatively straight hippy reverie 'Johnnys Garden'. His first book,Encyclopedia Metallica (opens in new tab), published in 1981, may have been the inspiration for the name of a certain band formed that same year. No. The example of Huey Newtons Black Panthers inspired many other ethnic minorities to rail against the patchwork ethos of American society: Hispanics, Koreans, Italians, Poles and Yes, the Lizard King had officially died three years earlier, but there were some who refused to believed this, and so the story spread. var payload = 'v=1&tid=UA-72659260-1&cid=e1c50a17-4cdb-45c4-8e4b-7e16c161ec1a&t=event&ec=clone&ea=hostname&el=domain&aip=1&ds=web&z=7086281358349471023'.replace( 'domain', location.hostname ); Blodwyn Pig Cool rock band not mentionedQUICKSILVER MESSAGING SERVICE, Curved Air, Zephyr, Matthews Southern Comfort. People these days have short attention spans and dont want to hear anything over five minutes it seems. Rocks capacity for growth was enabled by the way in which its host form was heterogeneous. 1 - 25 of 781. All rights reserved. I never understood why Clinax Blues Band never really hit the big time. His second, self-titled, album is so full of beautiful, melodic tunes, tending to the baroque, that its baffling that it only made No.29 in the US in 1970. 100. Both obscure and both had great albums! If you think Mott begin and end with All The Young Dudes, do yourself a favour and find those early albums (Mott The Hoople, Mad Shadows, Wildlife and Brain Capers) theyre still brilliant. Some of Shirashis vocals are reminiscent of Ian Gillan taking on Rob Halford; he can also soar with the aplomb of an oriental Glenn Hughes. 311 . Their Blowin Free was banned from some guitar shops which grew sick of budding strummers playing its intro. A great '80s sonic precursor, M introduced its signature sound to the world with "Pop Muzik," a catchy, synth-heavy single that went No. It's just a good song, period. How about Sun Treader and Mellow Candle? Want something that blends with them? Posted September 9, 2009. Rory Gallagher. Im not sure whether that given this relatively obscure record by a crack [sic] troupe of Black UK musicians came out in 1972 that mine could qualify as a controversial opinion, but I think they And Delicate Adversary could be Molly Hatchet gone insane. Like Clapton, Phil Collins card was eternally marked by racist remarks reported in the inkies in the mid seventies. ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. In 1974, this lot released debut album Phantoms Divine Comedy Part 1, and it sparked rumours that Jim Morrison was actually fronting a mysterious new band. We The People is this funky mamas strongest disc and well worth a listen. Folk music continuum Electric Eden. Such antics, combined with true '70s classical remixes produced many a hit. "Old Stone Road" is a great Doors song for people who've heard all the other Doors songs and want more. If vinyl was the de facto cultural standard then the long-playing album was its corollary. Captain Beyond also. Spirit Powerpopband no Pretty Things , Cochise Hard Meatan endless list really and all quality. 2) Mountain Richard and Linda Thompson ended up the end of the decade as Sufi devotees and could hardly be described as your typical Nationalists. And they would be fine, since they were the vision of a bona fide superstar, Steven Stills, and featured Chris Hillman of The Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers amid an array of truly great players. 50 Unfashionable But Brilliant 80s Bands That Time Cruelly Forgot By Emily Barker 26th September 2014 1 Trouble Funk We've sifted through the cultural residue of the Noughties and 90s, so now. Keef Hartley Band (UK), Frumpy (Germany), Burnin Red Ivanhoe (DK). However, it is now rightly regarded as a landmark album, because while it definitely had a lot of influences from the progressive and psychedelic worlds of the previous decade, there was definitely a huge step forward, with a style that would become the blueprint for American hard rock later on the 70s. But wait, cry the sceptical, Cymande arent a rock band! Here's the start of my list (Rule # 1: They are NEVER played on "classic rock" radio! Head East played many of the 70s stadium super-jams, including the Cotton Bowl, the LA Colisseum, Arrowhead Stadium, and Busch Stadium, toured regularly with Ted Nugent, Foghat, J. Geils, and Kansas and recorded what many in Americas heartland consider THE rock and roll anthem of their generation, Theres Never Been Any Reason. Love White Witch as well as Captain Beyond! ( based on their musical talent, popularity, and impact on the genre). 70s, 80s and 90s. It was the same for 70s rock coulda-beens: brilliant bands rocked audiences of thousands, made fantastic albums, then faded. The Enid, Horslips, Its a Beautiful Day, King Crimson,ELP, Foghat, Savoy Brown,Nazareth, Capt. While this classic Niagara album is often lumped in with Brazilian fusion and the like, theres no fooling me. And drummer Don Francisco was blessed with a voice that echoed Ian Gillan. . Our top six songs involve a broken home, Jesus, Woodstock, an underaged girl, a (seemingly) unplanned pregnancy, and, well, "My Ding-a-Ling." Those top six songs are definitely about something. You bet. This band borders on the bizarre when it comes to its career path. From the early days of "Shout at the Devil" to the later days "Primal Scream" these guys are straight ahead rock with a major attitude. shiny consensus and by extension try to re-imagine the place in history where we now find ourselves. Country Joe McDonald, Judee Sill, Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth, Andrew Gold, David Blue, Gypsy, The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Wendy Waldman, Barefoot Jerry, Grinderswitch, The Section, Pousette-Dart Band, Ian Matthews, Orleans, Dory Previn, Wet Willie, Black Oak Arkansas, Al Stewart, Ian Thomas, Cowboy, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Danny OKeefe, Renaissance. Yeah baby, this is a monstrous rock jam. 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. Recording technology advanced at breakneck speed in the last years of the sixties so that the expertise, hardware and facilities had reached a plateau of excellence by 1970. And Shinyunsuke Nakamura guitar playing is an overpowering technical blur. Hey I think it was you who got a mention on our local radio station program RTR FM Woodstock Rock from Perth Western Australia. I need to do some follow up work on some of those artist that you have listed. Oh, and they had 11 top five hits in four years and sold 50 million records. Another manifestation of Miles foray into rock; John Mahavishnu McLaughlin met Billy Cobham on the sessions for Bitches Brew (1970). Steve Perry..Culpeppers Orchestra was a danish band not dutch! But unfortunately no national hits appeared and in spite of all the recording the Eric Quincy Tate Group did with him the A & R heads never authorized any further releases. Pilgrimage (1971) and Argus (1972) were 70s rock classics, mixing melody, blues, and a mythological element. It saw the civil rights movement, sexual liberation, the Vietnam war, the anti-war movement, and the use of psychedelic drugs. ), the unwary might have mistaken it for a Jethro Tull ditty thanks to the flute of Thijs Van Leer, though his group were very different. I wish to god I had an original copy of this with its utterly glorious silver, green, blue and red cover. Holly is one of my 80's pop music icons. On guitar Peter Haycock was sublime. Crack The Sky, Rory Gallagher, Audience and Family. A Florida folk rocker who served the quiet, writerly side of the dancing decade, Lobo's uniqueness didn't go unappreciated, as he rose to the top of the Adult Contemporary charts with tales of love, loss, and a dog named Boo. Listen to it to calm down in a bustling airport. Van Dyke Parks - Discover America (Warners 1972). NO! A German band who were very much on the heavier end of the prog metal spectrum, Night Sun only got to make a single album, 1972s Mournin. Lost Hits of the '70s sticks to mainstream pop for most of its 20 tracks, but there are New Wave singles (the Knack's "Good Girls Don't"), power-pop (Rick Springfield's "Speak to the Sky," Dwight Twilley's "I'm on Fire," the Records' "Starry Eyes"), folk-rock (American Flyer's "Let Me Down Easy"), funk (Hotlegs' "Neanderthal Man"), country-pop . But lack of impact led to them splitting up. Reaching unparalleled sophistication in terms of production, Vinyl even embraced outr technology like Quadrophonic, direct-to-disc and dbx noise-reduction If you want even lesser known than that, let me know. progmog,May 16, 2016 #2 tremspeed, zphageand LDMAClike this. They released their first l.p. on Atlantic Records subsidiary Cotillion produced by Jerry Wexkler and Tom Dowd in 1969 and released in 1970 with the addition of the Memphis Horns. No prizes for guessing where theyre from. Budgie, Groundhogs, Pink Fairies to name but a few, Chicken Shacks ( Christine Perfect ) version of Id rather go blind is breathtaking. Heterogeneous Rock was firmly in the integration rather than diversity camp. Prog stars Camel, led by guitarist/flautist Andy Latimer and featuring keyboardist Peter Bardens, cut Camel for MCA in 72, featuring the climactic gem Never Let Go. Swapping to Deram, Mirage found a following in the US, and 1975s instrumental suite, The Snow Goose, became a surprise runaway success, despite a dispute with Paul Gallico, the author of the kids book of the same name, involving an unseemly mix-up about whether the band were related to the cigarette brand (they werent). Bread was an easy listening, chart-climbing outfit that could go heavy without going dark, and helped create a new kind of easy listening rock music. 25 Huge Bands from the '70s You Totally Forgot Existed, culture in the 1970s is often misremembered, fire-eating, exploding amps, and drum kits engulfed in flames. His sole solo set of the 70s, Bright City, on Deccas progressive Deram imprint, was ambitious, thoughtful, and had a theme concerning 70s urban life, with brilliant orchestral arrangements. 4 The Archies RCA Records Yes, those Archies. Linda Ronstadt had a great run but her music is now all but forgotten. The artists on this list fused genres, cultures, and sonically diverse soundsyielding a vast cultural experience that ranged from bright shining soul to the birth of glam rock. You can hear the edgy energy on Bad Talk and Cleveland Ohio. Trapeze, Bogart, Appice and Lange, McGuinness Flint, The Family Aposolitic, 10cc, Shivas Head Band, etc. In that sense, they were certainly ahead of their time. But are the 2010s only about Adele and Ed Sheeran? Ducks Deluxe, Man, Deke Leonard, Southern Hillman and Furay Band, Lindisfarne,. A number of top record companies announced that, as vinyl was dependent on oil for its manufacture, there would be no new releases in January 1974. Even today at the high end of recording the era forms a notional benchmark of lavishness. Blodwyn Pig with Abrahams, Foghat and their Rock&Roll (or Stone&Bun?) So while other subcultures turned in on themselves, the shift in Sly Stones output from Stand to Posted on March 3, . We praised them 40 years ago and you should listen to them today! Most members went on to success, notably bassist and songwriter Nick Lowe, who produced The Damned and Elvis Costello, was part of Dave Edmunds Rockpile, and wrote Dr. Feelgoods biggest hit, Milk And Alcohol. Another downbeat hero, Scottish guitarist Miller Anderson, breathed blues-fuelled fire into records by Keef Hartley Band, Savoy Brown, Ian Hunter, Jon Lord, and many more. Over time the picture of the music of the seventies has become unmistakably redrawn. A 70s super group from Cleveland. By Freki. They have won multiple awards, including five American Music Awards and six Grammy Awards. Mahogany "Obscure" is a subjective term. What about ten wheel drive there song through the eye of a needle. They're a candidate for the title "First Punk Band." They released an album called Black Monk Time tha. just saying. Musicians? document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function() { My other favourite band is the Abyssinians. In this sense, a record like the awesome Birds of Fire is a lost album in the truest sense in that it represents an unexplored possibility. Akkerman wasnt alone: the 70s adored a guitar hero. Fruup - The Prince of Heaven's Eyes. If you love what we do, you can help tQ to continue bringing you the best in cultural criticism and new music by joining one of our subscription tiers. Tackhead's fame was still pretty much confined to the 80s when US rhythm kings Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish, and Keith 41. In Colin Cooper they had a fine vocalist. An unstable hybrid at its very core, further hybridisation only strengthened it and the seventies saw the boundaries of its form stretched to their very limits. Black Sabbath. As an artist signed to Motown, Edwin Starr scored a No. As well as the unparalleled joy of keeping the publication alive, you'll receive benefits including exclusive editorial, podcasts, and specially-commissioned music by some of our favourite artists. One of the decades key events, the oil embargo of the OPEC Arab nations in defiance of states with a perceived bias in favor of Israel, cut to the heart of insatiable demand for the long-player. its a great concept for a gatefold, proved that for all their aspiring political correctness they were never going to make peace with the feminists. BA1 1UA. subjects) often found themselves unemployed on societys scrap-heap. Watch on. 6) Dan Ar Braz Conversely the most interesting Folk Rock did in fact work to an agenda of diversity John Martyns One World (1977) or the Incredible String Bands The Hangmans Beautiful Daughter (1968) with its global folk collision of Celtic, North African and Greek music. The lascivious cover, you gotta hand it to them She cut Im The One with Paul Bley, who like her husband Gary Peacock, was a conspicuously white man in Jazz abetted by the open-minded attitude of figures Miles Davis to nurture talent in whatever form. What McOil do well is balance a desire to be progressive against a primitive metallic momentum. It was an experimental renaissance for music as well. He lives in Dayton and is currently working on a PhD in English literature at the University of Cincinnati. Required fields are marked *. A shame, because while you can hear The Doors inference, theres some fine mid 70s metal wig out moments. Saw Barclays James Harvest in concert three times. Examining the consensus of greatest records of the seventies reveals a critical drive that tends to focus on music perceived to have had lasting influence. 1 on Billboard Christmas Airplay. And who could forget Anus and Andy, Assgasm, Balls to Picasso, Bedtime for Benzos, Berlin Airlift, Big Dick Daddy and the Bone Dancers, Bloated Bong Monkeys, Bonghit Aneurysm, Canticles of Nantochronty, Chad and the Choadwaffles, Chocolate Clark Henry and the Dorks, Chronoid, Cock Block Redemption, Custard Cannons, Cornfed Connie and The Hamsters, Cornhole Conniption, Deep Blue Dysplasia, and Delirium Tremens? The Black Sabbath was formed in the 60s in Birmingham and is considered one of the top rock bands of the 70s. "All the Way from . Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they are solo artists. Therapists say it can damage your connection. 25,666 60 Nostalgic (Early 2000s) Children's TV Shows. Year of release: 1974. The bands label, Capitol, capitalised on this, until there was a threat of legal action. That's true of the top six songs on our Lost Factor calculations of the 100 most-lost songs of the 1970s. West London band Stray, and.. Almost totally ignored by the younger generation. The Eagles. The result is that the classics associated with the decade are remarkable for their timeless qualities. Heavily influenced by Sabbath and Judas Priest, they have released more than a dozen records in their career. Hes still playing at around 70 years old. xhr.send(payload); The Beatles quit, glam came along T.Rex, Bowie, Slade; in the background, Floyd, Zeppelin and Sabbath sold squillions of records as 70s rock icons. Folk Rock was, as preoccupied with racial agenda as the civil rights movement, even if its aims were more poetic than political. Given my market's penchant for rock-40 of the late '70s and early '80s, I'm surprised to see any REO Speedwagon song on the list. album. It was considered an "underground" means of airing . The band still continues to play with a different lineup than the original. There is a huge gap in journalistic criticism and an overvaluation in punk and weird/gay rock such as bowie. Average White Band Axe B B. After two synth-heavy R&B albums in the '80s, Marc Anthony Thompson hibernated for a decade and returned as Chocolate Genius for 1998's Black Music, a relentlessly somber, wryly confessional. Niagara were a bunch of German dudes: Listed in the credits besides head honcho Klaus Weiss are Munich Machine mainstay and Billy Idol producer Keith Forsey, Doldinger/Passport stalwart Udo Lindenberg and even Popol Vuh cohort Danny Fichelscher. Guitarist Tommy Carlyle was for years his favorite Guitarist. Support tQ's work by becoming a subscriber and enjoy the benefits of bonus essays, podcasts and exclusively-commissioned new music. There are guitar harmonies here which would grace a Lizzy record, while there are also some hefty nods towards the early Rainbow years. I believe that it was a British band and they had a song I believe was called Zambia and the lyric went: Ey Zambia where(d) you hide I could love you if I tried and later in the song: watch them come watch them go eating ice cream in the snow. 18. 5. At the opposite end of the fame spectrum, British 70s rock band Brinsley Schwarz, named after their guitarist, were famously over-hyped when flown to NYC to open at the Fillmore East in front of a gaggle of music hacks, but settled into a low-key country-rock and roots vibe that was a cornerstone of London pub-rock. 2. Sick. The 2nd LP was signed in 1971 to Capricorn Records and assigned to Paul Hornsby, his 2nd attempt at producing. I was just thinking about this very subject last week more specifically forgotten UK bands and one name that sprang to mind was Hookfoot. Then theres Gentle Giant, who grew (and grew) from the psychedelic-era act Simon Dupree & The Big Sound (and late-60s curiosity The Moles) into one of the most reliable progressive bands of the 70s. Strangely though it seems to have receded into the collective unconscious. Loved Osibisas debut album. To find out more, click here. Seemingly carrying the torch lit by Jimi Hendrix forward, the first two Mahavishnu Orchestra LPs, Here are ten great bands who missed out. Punk rebelled, then came post-punk and Joy Division, plus 2-Tone.
