@larsman Yes I really like them, they released at least six albums I believe.
Forgotten heavy bands from late 60's to early 70's
Have been a fan of hard rock/metal since high school. Always liked the heavy/physcadelic bands equally to the metal bands I grew up with Ozzy-Maiden and Scorpions ect. Recently on Youtube I discovered some heavy/physcadelic bands I was unaware of. 13th Floor Elevators-Five Day Rain-Probe Direction-The Hook and Vahalla. Are these bands albums worth persuing? Feel free to mention any other band that deserves to be heard. Look forward to your responses.
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@lordmelton - it might be Greenslade, but Roger did SO many album covers back then, who knows what I was thinking of? That Medicine Head one - wow, that's a real obscuro!! |
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1264922-Sassafras No Roger Dean album covers, are you thinking of Greenslade?
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@lordmelton - I do remember Sassafras (did they have a Roger Dean cover?), though I don't think I'd seen or heard them; Beckett is another I recall seeing in the import section. I used to be in the record business in the 70's and would always read the English weeklies. We had a good local FM station then in San Jose that played nothing but prog and psychedelic music; shame it didn't last longer, but they're the ones who turned me on to Man and the whole Welsh scene (and the Canterbury scene as well). In fact one of their DJ's, Ron Sanchez, ended up producing 'Call Down the Moon'. |
@larsman Besides Man and Budgie there was also another Welsh band called Sassafras. They toured extensively in the US and Europe but never made the Big Time. Their Riding High album is on Tidal. Man and Budgie also on Tidal. Beckett another forgotten band which I saw live backing Slade, remember them? Beckett only issued one album "Beckett" then disbanded after the lead singer died in a car crash. That is a hard to find album. |
@richmon that Leaf Hound record was one (actually 2) of the most expensive sales on Discogs last month. I had no idea it was that in demand. |
@bdp24 - Indeed - I'm a big fan of Rockpile and got to see them several times during the 70's - got some cool pictures of Nick, Dave, and Billy, too! I imagine Terry got a bit larger paycheck with Dire Straits than with Man! Got some cool pictures of Man, too; wish I could copy and paste them here.... |
@arcticdeth This is true, but then metal really came into vogue around mid 70's. Both prog and metal morphed from these earlier bands. |
Most bands mentioned are,not metal. Maybe a,precursor in down tuned guitars. with the Sabbath slow dirge and bass heavy sound.
Leaf hound, possibly a steep towards that direction coven (lyrics are amazing, Jinx has the perfect voice for the band. I may be wrong, but if I remember history, didn’t the,first Coven LP predate the,first sabbath,album by weeks??? They have a song titled “Black Sabbath” and early sabbath was known as,”earth”
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Toad, Swiss band with members from Brainticket and lead guitarist from Hawkwind. For some real heavyosity try some Krautrock bands like Eloy, Faust, Amon Duul, Ash Ra Temple. As others have mentioned Michigan bands like MC5, Frigid Pink, Bob Seger System (2+2 total heavyosity), Stooges, SRC, Mitch Ryder and Detroit Wheels, The Underdogs, Unrelated Segments, Amboy Dukes, The Up, Sonics Rendezvous Band, Detroit (the band), I could go on and on. I got to see many of these bands around Ann Arbor when i was just a wee lad. |
@lordmelton - I'm a big fan of Man and that whole Welsh music scene of the 70's. I got to see them 5 or 6 times here in the San Francisco Bay Area, including that 'Live at the Keystone Berkeley' show that they released. The first time they were here was supporting Hawkwind on their '1999' tour, back in 1974.... @vinylvin - I don't think King Crimson are very 'forgotten'! 😄 |
Budgie have already been mentioned who were an inspiration for Metallica and who covered two Budgie tracks. They just chose a crap name. Man another band from Wales the same as Budgie, created many great albums but the best was Maximum Darkness a live album starring John Cipollina from Quicksilver Messenger Service and secondly Live at the Padget Rooms Penarth. Both albums are total rock icons. |
That debut by Blue Cheer was the first album I heard that had a "heavy" sound, Zeppelin's the second. The former contained the worst "music" I had yet heard at the time of its release (1968), but then in 1970 Black Sabbath's debut appeared. Everyone considers Spinal Tap funny, right? But not Blue Cheer and Black Sabbath?!.Unintentionally, but still..... |
@dayglow + 1 |
@artemus_5 My point was objective NOT subjective! |
I’ve listened to them since they first came on the scene in the mid - late 60’s and never have heard about them being polarizing. And I certainly disagree with you about their talent. I’ve played in enough 3 piece bands to know that you have to be very talented to do it, much less be successful. But everyone is allowed their opinion. |
@artemus_5 IMO Grand Funk Railroad is not a Forgotten band but a very polarizing band. Since I was in Elementary school during there peak I have only recently(last 10 years) discovered(listened/studied) there discography. "E Plurbis Funk" is possibly there best recording but is it great? Vocals and skill set are well below the best bands of that period but the blue collar image of giving "it all" on stage made them fan favorites. |
One of the best in the field hasn’t been mentioned. Nor are they in The R&R Hall of fame despite their selling out Shay stadium faster than the Beatles. Led Zeppelin refused to play after they opened. That band Grand Funk Railroad BTW, I like CTS immensely But they are not heavy but progressive and way ahead of their time. I also saw Iron Butterfly do the entire Metamorphosis album at a nightclub in Ocean City MD back in the mid 70’s. It cost $3 a head. Probably the best $3 I’ve spent. Well worth seeing/hearing |
@goofyfoot - I only have the first, self-titled album from Patto. It was released in 1970. Good album, great first track - "The Man". |
Hey, @reubent , I only know the first Godz record though they made two or three if I'm correct. What era is Patto? |
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Hey @goofyfoot - "Godz are Rock and Roll Machines..." |
There used to be an early 1970’s Metal Band from Columbus, Ohio called ’The Godz’. They were very good but not all that prolific, so they supported a lot of main acts like ’Kiss’. Though not Metal, I saw Canned Heat at an outdoor festival a few years after ’Blind Owl’ Alan Wilson died. Bob ’The Bear’ Hite was a huge presence. That was a total biker event.
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Armageddon was a supergroup of sorts, albeit very short-lived. The band was formed by bassist Louis Cennamo of Renaissance/Illusion fame, Bobby Caldwell on drums, from Johnny Winter and Captain Beyond, Martin Pugh, guitar, from Steamhammer and Keith Relf from The Yardbirds and Renaissance on vocals and harp. Their only album came out in 1975, and it's one of the better hard rock albums of the seventies. A buddy turned me on to them back in my life in the barracks USAF days. |
Some of my favorites from the era have already been mentioned, but I'll reiterate... Patto (first album) The first track "The Man" is golden... Budgie - "Squawk", "Bandolier" and "If I were Brittania, I'd Waive the Rules" are my favorites. Crack the Sky - First album - S/T, "Safety in Numbers" and "White Music" - Not as heavy. Prog-ish. Excellent. |
Sir Lord Baltimore - Currently I'm re-reading Bill Graham's autobiography (No, not THAT Bill Graham!). A tremendous book that, without trying to, explains very clearly much of what's wrong with the American music industry today, but I digress. Here's a tale about Sir Lord Baltimore I just read last night: "Dee Anthony had a group called SLB booked into the Fillmore East. They were so awful. As we were moving their equipment, we found a book on how to play guitar on the gtr players amplifier. For the rest of the weekend, we kept asking him what page he was on". |
Iron Butterfly put out an album later in the 70's called Metamorphosis. This album was a sea change for them, different music than from their Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida days. Three of the four original members remained but they added two guitarists, one of whom played slide guitar. It retains the heavy sound but branches out in style and playing. The album has a picture of mountains with two coffins on one of the mountains. |
The name will not shock anyone, but Deep Purple. I only mention this because I dusted off/played their Shades of Deep Purple album last night. This is their lineup w/Nick Simper on bass, and Rod Evans on vocals. Although Jon's keyboards are easily distinguishable, it is very different than the mk. II lineup. I found this to be an interesting listen. They do a version of I'm So Glad, which of course makes one think of CREAM. It's actually a Skip James tune, which I learned while reading the album cover. I really have to be in the mood for Made in Japan..., but Shades less so. |
