Forgotten rock bands of the 70s

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 09 Mar 10 - 08:40 PM

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. A couple of these guys from Springfield MO continue on as the Garbonzos.

Black Oak Arkansas.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: brashley46
Date: 09 Mar 10 - 10:25 PM

FM, the Canadian band with Cam Hawkins, Ben Mink and that incomparable violinist Nash the Slash.

Cam resurrected the band a few years ago but they are not the same without Nash.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: theleveller
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 06:11 AM

I really used to like It's a Beautiful Day - especially Bombay Calling on the first album, which also had one of the best album covers ever. Still got my copy around somewhere.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: theleveller
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 06:12 AM

They were also one of the earliest rock bands to use a violin.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 06:29 AM

for some reason me and my mates really liked the only LP
from

"Longdancer"

can't remember why..

or why their name just randomly re-emerged in my head..????




There was also a bloody amazing early UK synth rock LP
on the Gull lable

Seventh Wave - "Things To Come"


my dad got both their LPs to show off his HiFi to his workmates.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,punkfolkrocker
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 06:36 AM

correction,
just done some googling,
Longdancer released another earlier LP
we were completely unaware of at the time.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,eric the viking
Date: 10 Mar 10 - 04:40 PM

Late 70's into the 80's. Why hasn't anyone recalled "the Mac Lads"?

Frigid Pink?

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Brakn
Date: 11 Mar 10 - 04:53 AM

Macc Lads were 80s.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Brian
Date: 12 Mar 10 - 08:18 AM

Golden Earring are definitely still touring and still going strong, check live performance in the UK from last year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSKleYxxkh4

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Nick
Date: 16 Mar 10 - 06:47 AM

As a response to the comment "You need a damn good reason to play rock music over 40 years of age. That's what folk is for" and comments about pensioner rock here's a link to another thread which I'd subtitle 'Rock begins way after 40':

Blues thread. Opinions sought

Do have a listen as I could do with some feedback and you can either agree with glueman that us older folk should stick with folk, or agree with me that they don't have to! :)

Nick

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Ed Taylor
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 02:21 AM

There are classic rock stations in just about every major city. I'll bet they take requests.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 02:55 AM

Scanned the whole thread and I can't believe no-one's mentioned Vinegar Joe yet!!!

I never liked Elkie Brooks or Robert Palmer as solo artistes, but VJ was a great band live:

Vinegar Joe

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,woodsie
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 04:49 AM

And Vinegar Joe featured Jim Mullen on guitar.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Rob Naylor
Date: 14 Apr 10 - 11:50 AM

Not in the same class as Vinegar Joe, but the Kursaal Flyers are pretty well forgotten these days, unless (like my wife) you're from Canvey Island.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 09:01 PM

OK, here is some rock -n-roll bands from the 70's all but forgotten:
•        Detective
•        Widow Maker
•        Face Dancer
•        Legs Diamond
•        The Babys
•        Roadmaster
•        Piper
•        Flame
•        Starz
•        Klaatu
•        Earth Quake
•        The Rockets
•        Pat Travers
•        Shooting Star
•        Sea Level

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Clontarf83
Date: 14 Jun 10 - 11:27 PM

Not quite a rock band, but still remembered fanatically by a small cadre----Portsmouth Sinfonia

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: buddhuu
Date: 15 Jun 10 - 04:25 AM

STACKRIDGE! Saw them more times than I can recall. They did a great 'Old Grey Whistle Test' performance of 'Dancing on Air'. I think the vid is on Youtube somewhere...

String Driven Thing
Renaissance
Toad the Wet Sprocket (UK)
John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett
Wreckless Eric
Groundhogs
Hamsters
Cockney Rebel (circa Judy Teen, Human Menagerie, Psychomodo)

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Wallace
Date: 22 Nov 10 - 06:53 PM

bankley wrote:

from Quebec:

Ville Emard Blues Band
Contraction
Toubabou
Harmonium
Octobre
L'Infonie
Offenbach
Dionysus
Mashmakan
Beau Dommage
Koma
Maneige
L'Orient d'O

...................................
I'm well-versed in the Quebec 70s scene yet am intrigued by KOMA - a band Ive never heard of till now.

Did they have a lp release?

Any info forthcoming?

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Nov 10 - 06:57 PM

brashley 46 wrote:

Perth County Conspiracy, the first band to use a synth live on stage, AFAIK, anyway. It was a really bulky Moog with three or four keyboards and took half the stage at Bathurst Street in Toronto where I heard them about 1972.

.................
Your thinking of Syrinx.
Perth County were folky-hippiecommune & no synths!

My friend was at their farm "commune" back in the day. Says there were a fair amount of jiggling breasts bared.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Ian Burdon
Date: 23 Nov 10 - 03:19 AM

On the internet, no band is completely forgotten no matter how hard you might try. Adding my thr'penny worth to thise worth remembering:-

Be Bop Deluxe
Soft Machine
National Health
Kahn
Gilgamesh
Doctors of Madness

and, big at the time but rarely mentioned these days, 10CC

Until recently I would have added Dr. Feelgood to the list but their memory has flickered again recently with Julien Temple's wonderful 'Oil City Confidential'.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST
Date: 23 Nov 10 - 12:58 PM

Automatic Fine Tuning
and
Luigi Anada Boys

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: The Sandman
Date: 23 Nov 10 - 02:37 PM

Dr Squit and the Di rears

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,PatrickH
Date: 23 Nov 10 - 02:51 PM

Does anyone remember a British pub-rock band with two (2!) violins? I remember seeing them at the Univ. of Aston in Birmingham in 74-75. They opened for Roy Harper (who got into a fight that night with college security when they tried to interrupt Me and My Woman). Only song I remember was a rocked-out cover of Eleanor Rigby.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Zedder
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 02:00 PM

The band with 2 violins could have been "Its a Beautiful Day"

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: fat B****rd
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 03:05 PM

Audience
The Amazing Friendly Apple
John L Watson and the Web

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Joe Moran
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 04:35 PM

I was brought up in Southport,UK, and a kid a couple of years below me at school went on to be one of the great rock guitarists. His name was Ollie Halsall and he played with a number of bands in the 70s including Patto. Here's a sample of Ollie innovative guitar playing.



Patto Youtube link

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: lefthanded guitar
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 04:37 PM

Rhinocerous- great power band,ferget if it was 60' s or 70's tho.
And Pearls Before Swine.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Wallace
Date: 24 Nov 10 - 06:11 PM

Lot of trash bands mentioned here but finally someone hits gold:

Ollie Halsall

One of the all-time best.
(I never cared for Patto, but Ollie was THE MAN.)

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Dec 10 - 10:42 PM

The original Skid Row where formed in Dublin in the late 60s which consisted of Brush Shields, Gary Moore and Noel Bridgeman completely differant band than thoses queers formed in 87. Moore sold the name in the 80s

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Richie Black (misused acct, bad email)
Date: 26 Dec 10 - 06:41 AM

Nazareth, they were a young Scottish rock band that had several hits in the UK in the early 1970s, and established an international audience with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST
Date: 26 Jun 11 - 07:57 PM

Stan Penticoff & The American Hearts

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Edthefolkie
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 07:54 AM

Since this thread seems to have popped up again..

Brakn mentioned Fusion Orchestra. Yes I do remember them vividly at the Greyhound, more than once. Specifically their female singer who always wore a VERY nice outfit and did interesting things with mic stands. Then of course there was Hawkwind's Stacia, front woman extrordinaire....(pauses to throw a bucket of cold water over himself)

Phew, that's better. Heads Hands and Feet (Albert Lee!)
Kilburn & the Highroads - what happened to their lead singer?
The JSD Band, who deserved a lot more success than they got.
Companions of the Rosy Hour (well they were western swing really)
Ducks DeLuxe.
Mungo Jerry (not really forgotten, as long as any DJ still plays "In The Summertime"). Saw them in some sweaty dive when the record had just got to No. 1, therefore there were about 1000 punters in a room designed to hold about 80. Ray Dorset stood on a chair to play and sing, surrounded by desperate young ladies.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,hsa
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 12:22 PM

Funny this one should surface now as I've been spending the last few months reviewing my 70s records, putting the ones I still like onto CD and disposing of the rest (some benefit in liking obscure bands then!). Man who were mentioned right at the start of this thread turned out to (IMHO) be one of the few who had really stood the test of time so I started digging into their recent history. They split up in 1976 but reformed in 1983 and had been gigging mainly on the pub rock circuit ever since. They made 3 very good albums in the 90s - as their music was never categorisable it seems to have worked through the years - but guitarist Micky Jones died from a brain tumour last year. Deke Leonard went solo again prior to that and interestingly enough released a solo album about 5 years ago (Freedom and Chains) which is more in the folk/blues idiom than the rock idiom. Worth checking out if you like his songwriting in the 70s. There's a good website http://www.manband-archive.com/ if you fancy a trip down memory lane! There is a sort of "son of man" still gigging but I think Man as we knew it is now in the past. But lasted longer than many of the other bands mentioned here, even if relatively obscurely.

Ducks Deluxe as mentioned in the recent post of course featured Sean Tyla who was also in a band with Deke Leonard briefly in the early 80s (the Force).

I also remember Longdancer who were quite folky and I had both their albums. They were the first of Elton John's protegees on Rocket records.

Someone mentioned Mptt the Hoople - Ian Hunter has continued releasing records and performing until the current day. There was even a Mott the Hoople reunion gig or two a couple of years ago.

Couple of others I didn't notice mentioned but forgive me if this is repetition - Cockney Rebel (Steve Harley) and the original Blue who came out of the Marmalade.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: RolyH
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 01:12 PM

The JSD Band were very underrated. Thier second "black" album could have been a folk/rock classic. They hailed from the north of Scotland. Saw them at the Rainbow when they were support band to Status Quo! circa 1972

Ahhh memories.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,IL Angelus
Date: 12 Aug 11 - 04:15 AM

The band ANGEL with it powerful Synths and heavy riffs and outrageous costumes and scene.Too much for Rock´s appetite of guitar heroes and less keyboards.Long Live ANGEL!!

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: josepp
Date: 12 Aug 11 - 11:15 PM

Is no one going to mention Amon Duul? or Neu? or Cluster & Eno (if we're going to call them classic rock but then if we're going to called Throbbing Gristle classic rock I suppose we can).

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: josepp
Date: 13 Aug 11 - 01:45 PM

A lot of people keep mentioning Gentle Giant. I actually saw them open for Renaissance, if you can believe that. This was at Ford Auditorium in Detroit in the late 70s. It changed my life. Gentle Giant absolutely rocked. I had never heard anything like it before. Renaissance was great too. You can't listen to Annie Haslam's voice at 120 dB and not have an epiphany or two but Gentle Giant changed the very way I looed at rock music and music in general.

But were they techno-rock? They often got lumped with Genesis and ELP but in many ways had more in common with Steeleye Span. There really was no other band like them and I bought every album--first to last. Today, I have most of them on CD including several live bootlegs.

Techno-rock belonged to the British. The Germans to a lesser extent. I enjoyed Triumvirate even though they were an ELP retread--at times sounding more like ELP than ELP. But the British owned that genre.

North America made some forays into techno-rock but I found it hopelessly inadequate. Kansas, of course, was the main one. Never could stand Kansas. I thought they were bloody fucking horrible. "Dust in the Wind" was about as profound as what comes out of a soggy fortune cookie--not to insult soggy fortune cookies. And how I hated the violin sound they had.

Another American techno-rock band was Starcastle who sounded something ELP after being neutered by a combine. Like Kansas, I never bought one of their albums. You truly could not have given me one and I had over a thousand slabs of vinyl in those days. That leaves Rush. While I did like some of Rush's stuff (and admittedly had one Rush album), I still was not a big fan and never saw them live. I saw both ELP and Genesis. Same with King Crimson.    Never saw Triumvirate. I saw Kraftwerk--that was cool. I actually saw Karl Rodelius of Cluster once. Saw Ultravoxx. Saw Gary Numan. Saw Bowie but he was playing organ for Iggy.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Rattler
Date: 13 Aug 11 - 07:16 PM

I can't believe we've come this far without mentioning Mandrake Paddlesteamer, but frankly, I don't remember much about them. I think it was Albertos e los Trios Paranoias who were booed offstage at Sheffield City Hall for using a pneumatic road drill that some considered un-musical, but of course not everyone understands art.

My favourite group to challenge all musical convention (or perhaps they were just seriously disturbed) was Faust. Their debut album was a thing of beauty in clear vinyl with a ghostly hand wafting through it. Truly weird and largely incomprehensible, it still lurks in some dark corner of my mind and brings a smile when I recall it, though I don't think it was meant to be humorous. We did take it all rather seriously at the time! RB

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: josepp
Date: 13 Aug 11 - 07:32 PM

One of the weirdest pop/rock groups of the 70s was White Noise. I remember buying Black Mass: An Electric Storm and pretty much wore the grooves off it in the first 6 months. It was typically European in its taste unlike, say, Captain Beefheart who could only be from America. another group I liked a lot were the Residents from San Francisco. All the Ralph Records groups were great like Chrome and Tuxedo Moon. Yello got their start on Ralph Records.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Wizz1
Date: 24 Aug 11 - 02:12 PM

Don't think I have seen mention of:

Third Ear Band (did festivals and the like including Reading '71 and the

Blind Faith Hyde Park Concert)

Black Widow - Saw them at an all night gig supporting Deep Purple at the Romford Odeon

Sam Apple Pie - Were great live

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Allan C.
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 09:05 AM

One of my all time favorite singles is "Mongoose" by the Elephant's Memory.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,David
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 09:35 AM

Sad to report that Clive John [aka Clint Space ] the keyboard player with Man and formerly of the Bystanders in the mid 60s, died in Swansea earlier this week after a long illness. He will be much missed .John Pugwash Weathers the drummer with Man and Gentle Giant led the public tributes to this very popular and talented musician.
David

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Aug 11 - 10:34 PM

Bacon Fat

Early Southern California blues band with Rod Piazza and Richard Innes, among others.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST
Date: 07 Dec 11 - 05:07 PM

can someone help this is driving me crazy need to know a 70's band who had a song i think called 'the snake' chorus 'here comes the snaaaakkeeee...watch out here it comes' doing my head in any help appreciated

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Suibhne Astray
Date: 08 Dec 11 - 04:07 AM

The Pink Fairies - and here they are doing it on John Peel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvbJopqBjmY&feature=related

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,GUEST, AP
Date: 29 Jun 12 - 10:16 PM

"One of my all time favorite singles is "Mongoose" by the Elephant's Memory."

HA! Thank you Alan. I played guitar on that. For you and anyone else who may be interested Stanley Bronstein, who led the band along with the late Rick Frank, is not in a good way. Sweet Relief has a fund set up for him here:

https://www.sweetrelief.org/program/stanley-bronstein-fund/

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Bizibod
Date: 30 Jun 12 - 03:31 PM

Wild Turkey !
At the Boat Club, Nottingham....
"Yesterdays's tomorrow is tomorrow's yesterday"...

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 30 Jun 12 - 04:03 PM

There was a Brum band called City Boy. a bit like 10cc.

Pat Travers supported SAHB. Zappa was still on the road. I used to work with a guy called brian Crane, who had been in a band called paper Bubble - folk rock a bit like the Strawbs.

There also the Steve Gibbons/Ricky Cool and the Icebergs crowd around Moseley and Nic Toczek's band Ulterior Motives and Mobile Workshop.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,pete from seven stars link
Date: 30 Jun 12 - 04:08 PM

no one mentioned mountain yet? i see them a few years ago.very good.
has anyone else seen out of darkness.disbanded now.

Subject: RE: Forgotten rock bands of the 70s
From: GUEST,Blandiver
Date: 30 Jun 12 - 04:12 PM

Classic footage of the Third Ear Band in 1970. Watch & be amazed that such a band ever walked the earth:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4MtYYotUO4