Forgotten heavy bands from late 60's to early 70's

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.

Hah!! This thread is almost 10 years old! Cool to see mentions of Patto (I like Boxer, too), Budgie, and great art-rock band Crack the Sky. 

Attila. The first band of some guy named Billy Joel. You can thank me later.

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.

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.