What other good bands from the 70's and 80's fell thru the cracks?

eclein · « **Reply #60 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 03:57 pm »

HAWKWIND!!! What blasts from the past....

lazydays · « **Reply #61 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 04:40 pm »

* Plastic Ono Band
* Molly Hatchet (note: only one of them is alive right now)
* Vanilla Fudge
* Velvet Underground
* Golden Ear Ring
* Dr. Hook
* Climax Blues Band
* Atlanta Rythem Section
* Ohio Players
gary

eclein · « **Reply #62 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 04:45 pm »

Did anyone mention "The Pousette-Dart Band"-?? Remember "its only a case of amnesia"!

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #63 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 04:53 pm »

Quote from: eclein on 31 Jan 2010, 03:54 pm

I thought I was only person who loved NEKTAR!!

Nope; I have several friends from the 70's who turned me on to Nektar

martinr · « **Reply #64 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 04:54 pm »

Quote from: TheChairGuy on 31 Jan 2010, 05:21 am

Some great ones here...I really dug The Babys (and totally forgot about them)

My fave, by far, and given little respect in history was British bank UK. Talk about a power group! There were two iterations of them and I think they only made 4 albums (3 studio and 1 live). The live one, Night After Night, is probably my fave live album

Two sets of musicians in the band, but great music (progressive rock) regardless - check out these names:

Earlier
* Allan Holdsworth - guitar
* Eddie Jobson - keyboards, violin
* John Wetton - bass, vocals
* Bill Bruford - drums

Later
* Eddie Jobson - keyboards, electric violin
* John Wetton - lead vocals, bass
* Terry Bozzio - drums, percussion

U.K. was great! Bill Brufords solo work is very good also...that's where Bassist Jeff Berlin got some of his initial notoriety on "Gradually Going Tornado".. I met him after a gig a few years ago - he said that album put him on the map.

Ronnie Montrose solo album from that time is very good as well.

Also Brand X from that era
And Be Bop Deluxe...don't know that they fell through the cracks but Bill Nelson cranked out some great rock and roll back in the day!

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #65 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 05:09 pm »

Quote from: Scott F. on 31 Jan 2010, 03:45 pm

Hi Laura,

That is one of my ALL TIME favorite albums. It seriously rocks

Hi Scott,

Another band from this era I liked was Head East. When I was at Mizzou a lot of friends from StL raved about this band. I still listen to Flat as a Pancake

bummrush · « **Reply #66 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 05:13 pm »

God i havent thought of head east in 20 yrs, but i didnt forget about one of their album covers,for trivia what was loaded on the truck on the album cover???????????????????????????????????????????

Scott F. · « **Reply #67 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 05:49 pm »

Quote from: bummrush on 31 Jan 2010, 05:13 pm

God i havent thought of head east in 20 yrs, but i didnt forget about one of their album covers,for trivia what was loaded on the truck on the album cover???????????????????????????????????????????

I had to look that one up

...a goZillion pounds of reefer

Speaking of Head East, I just popped on REO Speedwagon's first album before Kevin Cronin showed up and they sold out.

Mike Nomad · « **Reply #68 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 05:51 pm »

Read all the posts (so far), and I'm not sure I have a handle on this thread. So...

Armageddon (w/ Keith Relf)

Graham Parker (& The Rumour)

Scottdazzle · « **Reply #69 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 06:20 pm »

Sea Level (featured Chuck Leavell and Randall Bramblett - southern jazz-rock & R&B)
The Flying Burrito brothers (featured Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, and Sneaky Pete - they were more famous by reputation than actually listened to)
Heads Hands and Feet (featured the amazing Albert Lee)

ted_b · « **Reply #70 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 06:21 pm »

Quote from: Scotthobby on 31 Jan 2010, 06:20 pm

Heads Hands and Feet (featured the amazing Albert Lee)

I listed them, too. Love Albert!!

bummrush · « **Reply #71 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 07:30 pm »

Wow,,Sea Level,,completely forgot about them.

bummrush · « **Reply #72 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 07:31 pm »

REO right up there with pretty much what i started listening to pretty young

mikef · « **Reply #73 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 07:56 pm »

Anyone remember Seatrain?
How about Greenslade, a British keyboard-driven prog band of the 1970s?

Mike Fox

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #74 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 07:57 pm »

Quote from: Scott F. on 31 Jan 2010, 05:49 pm

Speaking of Head East, I just popped on REO Speedwagon's first album before Kevin Cronin showed up and they sold out.

REO played at a free student activities concert in Columbia MO in the fall of 1971

steve k · « **Reply #75 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 08:06 pm »

Here's a few:
Blue Cheer--Remember "I'm the Light" , Rare Bird, Aphrodite's Child, Bloodrock, Crow--Remember "Evil Woman", Blues Image, Gentle Giant, Spooky Tooth-remember "Waiting for the Wind?", Soft Cell.
steve

vinyl_guy · « **Reply #76 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 08:32 pm »

Great posts that bring back a lot of fond memories. Here's another -- World Party

Lyndon · « **Reply #77 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 09:06 pm »

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Graham Parker (& The Rumour)

Ah, and such a tight band behind him.

And I love the extended version of Godley and Creme's 'You Make Me Wanta Cry" (from 10CC)
And did somebody mention 'Squeeze'? Tempted by the Fruit of Another'

eclein · « **Reply #78 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 09:15 pm »

I played with a Singer/Songwriter from that band Valentine and we were up against SQUEEZE for a label deal way back in the early eighties. We played for some big A&R guy at a studio in NY and they eventually signed SQUEEZE and not us!!! Hahaha...I was so nervous that I couldn't keep my right foot still on the bass drum pedal!!!! Just thought I'd share that

luckyrolls · « **Reply #79 on:** 31 Jan 2010, 09:26 pm »

Wow - Mckendree Spring - that just jarred my memory.

I think one of the first concerts I ever saw was a free concert at some park in Staten Island. They were there and and so was Taj Mahal playing with a tuba player. I remember getting up close to Taj who was wearing a hat and sun-glasses - I thought he was some old time blues musician and he did "Champagne don't make me lazy". This was 1972 so he was actually 29 -

I was about 16 and couldn't manage to down a big can Rheingold.

All I remember about Mckendree Spring was one big hit and that it had violin. But I just looked them up www.last.fm/music/McKendree+Spring on lastfm.

Quote from: thunderbrick on 31 Jan 2010, 01:30 am

What about McKendree (sp?) Spring?