Many well known bands have been put forward as being obscure or forgotten . It's amazing that bands such as KING CRIMSON and GENTLE GIANT should be submitted...The most impressive statistic that I'VE been able to gauge thus far is that STACKRIDGE are winning "THE BEST REMEMBERED FORGOTTEN BAND POLL" quite convincingly... What a band they were and possibly still are as I have a feeling they still rally round together for a nostalgic gig... I have a few names to offer up from the seventies...P.F.M ( or Premiata Forneria Marconi if you like ), Tom Rapp's American outfit PEARLS BEFORE SWINE - there are at least two stunning tracks on THE USE OF ASHES album , THE JAMES GANG - another U.S.outfit with Joe Walsh leading them in their early years and the late Tommy Bolin taking over a little later... JACKSON HEIGHTS and BRIAN DAVISON'S EVERY WHICH WAY...both bands led by the lads from THE NICE who weren't Keith Emerson ( the same two lads would be jilted again by a keyboard player when Patrick Moraz buggered off from REFUGEE to join YES )... It's great recalling some of these old groups who supplied me with thousands of hours of pleasure.