Forgotten Bands

[Cr33p3r]

While downloading some music today I came across some bands I totally forgot about. I know this will take our older crowd back a few years and the younger group has most likely never heard of these bands.

Spooky Tooth
http://youtu.be/RbvJSfHwBMA

Uriah Heep
http://youtu.be/m4o--q6xuvs

Ram Jam
http://youtu.be/R044sleOW6I

Humble Pie
http://youtu.be/sdXjm8pZMws

Blackfoot
http://youtu.be/hBP15lRprPs

[Heather]

Spooky Tooth
http://youtu.be/RbvJSfHwBMA

Uriah Heep
http://youtu.be/m4o--q6xuvs

Ram Jam
http://youtu.be/R044sleOW6I

Humble Pie
http://youtu.be/sdXjm8pZMws

Blackfoot
http://youtu.be/hBP15lRprPs
!!!!!!! Love it! Totally forgot about Spooky Tooth. Still hear Black Betty on the Fox and sometimes KBPI. Sigh. Back when music was less, actually real, and better than most of what we have today.

[Rick]

:thumb::thumb::thumb:

[Brody]

Alvin Lee and Ten Year's After
Frampton's Camel (Way before his rather pathetic "Frampton Comes Alive" BS that made him so much $$)
John Mayal
The Flock.
Mother's of Invention
The Fugs
Deep Purple
Buddy Miles
Cream

I won't even get to the old blues guys...or the jazz...

I actually saw Deep Purple and Uriah Heep together in concert, along with Buddy Miles. Two of the guys from Uriah Heep live in the Denver Metro area as well as the drummer for the Mother's, Ansley Dunsbar.

[ShutUpHippie]

:thumb: Frampton's Camel & Blackfoot


Back when music was less, actually real, and better than most of what we have today.
These days programs like autotune and etc. ruin it all... you'll see a band live and they are actually horrible musicians- they have studio bands write/record their albums and they reap the benefits. Sad.

[Heather]

Deep Purple
Heck yeah. When I was in middle school, I listened to Deep Purple (and Black Sabbath, etc. never could get on board with the Beatles) on my folks' big vinyl albums, when my classmates all had tapes of Boy George and the like. The folks had Made In Japan (among much more). We used to have the house thumpin'. Ahh, those were the days. Now my father's musical soul has been stolen by country music. Something about the awful lyrics in today's rock.

[Cr33p3r]

Here are a few more

Blind Faith
Head East
Traffic
The Outlaws
The Yardbirds,
The Byrds
Edgar Winters
Canned Heat
Jethro Tull

I always liked Deep Purple, Ten Years After, Iron Butterfly, CCR, Cream, Three Dog Night just to name a few.

[Chris]

I had a great teen hangout when I was in high school that had some great music in the 60's. It's where I spent every Friday & Saturday night.

Shadows of Knight and Saturday's Children were the regular bands at least once a week. Less frequent but regulars were The Amboy Dukes, The Other Half, The Mauds, H.P. Lovecraft, Ted Nugent, The Huns, The Raevns, The Other Half and Little Boy Blues.

Some names that made it big that you might remember - The Who, Cream, The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, and The Spencer Davis Group.

The only one I didn't see was The Who because it cost $6 to get it - outrageous amount of money! :lmao:

Yes, I needed Wikipedia to help my recall. :smokin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cellar_(teen_dance_club)

[Chris]

Head East.

Thanks for the reminder Sean! Head East and REO Speedwagon were the weekend bands in my hangout (bar) in college! :thumb:

[Cr33p3r]

Do any of you remember Mungo Jerry or The Zombies?

Here is a pic of Mungo Jerry how could anyone forget those side burns and fro

[Chris]

Zombies - "she's not there" was a big hit IIRC.

[Cr33p3r]

How about these Chris

Manfred Mann
Sgt. Barry Sadler
The Tokens
The Archies
GFR (Grand Funk Railroad)
Los Bravos
Rare Earth
Muddy Waters
Zager & Evans

[RockyMtnHigh]

I have to go country on this one:
Johnny Cash


Forgotten???
http://images.worldgallery.co.uk/i/prints/rw/lg/7/3/Celebrity-Image-Johnny-Cash---At-San-Quentin--Finger--73866.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T7sU3A2m18

[RockyMtnHigh]

OOOOH, thank you Jock :)

:D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcQKtl3MGCE&feature=related

[Cr33p3r]

For country

Patsy Cline
Bobby Bare
Leroy Van Dyke
Floyd Cramer
Johnny Horton
Eddy Arnold
Skeeter Davis

[Funrover]

I have a lot of the country music, but am out of the loop on the other! Time to search and listen!

[Squshiee1]

Some of these songs in my list are still popular if you ask me... like Frank Sinatra.
but i have a few not from my time
Marty Robbins:thumb:
Dean martin
Eddy Arnold
never really got into him but cole porter,
the ink spots
Roy brown
and kay kyser.

Is this an acceptable list for you guys?

[Chris]

How about these Chris

Manfred Mann
Sgt. Barry Sadler
The Tokens
The Archies
GFR (Grand Funk Railroad)
Los Bravos
Rare Earth
Muddy Waters
Zager & Evans

Without resorting to Google I Recall Manfred Mann and the Earth Band singing Do Wa Diddy, Sadler's Ballad of a Green Beret, Archie's Tighten Up? Used in some insurance type TV Ad? Grand Funk Railroad - I'm your Captain? Barb liked GFR.

Muddy Waters was/is a blues guy so I don,t recall anything besides his name. The Tokens, Zager & Evans, Los Bravos? Nothing.

Rare Earth? R&B for sure but that falls next to Blues so outside of the name nothing comes up.

Odd the sh!t I can remember and not know what day it is! :lmao:

[Squshiee1]

didn't even think about rare earth, i just went into an era, i am missing all of the 60s and 70s.
rare earth
canned heat
the coasters
the count 5
maybe CCR
Buffalo Springfield
neil young
david essex
are The Doors considers forgotten, if not then i sill love em!
edwin starr
fats domino
the guess who
i could go all day with this i will end on jefferson airplane.

[Heather]

Grand Funk Railroad
Aaah yes!

[Chris]

Never been a country music fan but Johnny Cash transcended the genre. I did like "Hank Williams Back" by Leon Russell though. IIRC the okie rocker did well with the country music crowd on the one.

[Bronc_17113]

None of those country ones were obscure to me but I only knew about half the rockers no surprise considering most of them were out b4 I was alive.

[Brody]

Any MoTown. I grew up with that and the Blues. 95% of my friends were black when I was in Florida, and I also listened to MoTown, R&B, Blues, rock, acid rock. Motown still is one of my favorite music styles of all time and the Blues pretty much transend all the genres because everyone does covers. Most of Cream's big hits were old blues songs (Standing at the Crossroads), as were most of Led Zeppilins (Dazed and Confused, Whole Lotta Love, etc), the Yardbirds, Alvin Lee...the list goes on still to this day.

I was probably one of two white kids in my whole town who went to see the big blues players at the "black community center" in the "black" part of town. I saw Gate Mouth Brown, Albert, Freddie, and BB King, Muddy Waters, Johnny Guitar Watson, Buddy Guy and a mess of other folks for about a $1 a ticket... When I was grounded ( a standard for me) I would sneak out, meet a buddy of two, hop the train where it slowed down on the outside of our property and we would bail when we hit 'colored town' and have some fun.

For those sensitive PC correct younger people, I used black and colored because that was how it was back in the day in the late 60s. We had a white section of town...very uptight, close minded, redneck...and we had the much cooler black section of town..White and black bathrooms and all the rest of that total lameass ****.

[Rob]

Sean, none of those bands are forgotten, except maybe Zager and Evans, one of the early one-hit wonders.

Looking at lists, I noticed no one mentioned Strawberry Alarm Clock
Fleetwood Mac when they were still a great blues band in the 60s
Jefferson Airplane
Edgar Winter's brother Johnny Winter
Golden Earring
Procol Harem
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
It's a Beautiful Day
Velvet Underground (Lou Reed)
The Band
Little Feat
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen
Mountain
Mott the Hoople
Blue Oyster Cult
Dr. Hook
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (and The Guess Who before that)
The Doobie Brothers

Did I miss any?

[Hypoid]

Did I miss any?
Three Dog Night
Steppenwolf
Robin Trower did get out on his own, and is still rocking! :)
Nancy Sinatra
Chicago Transit Authority

There are bands that have been forgotten for a reason, but you can still find Cherry People on youtube. :rolleyes:

[Chris]

Hey Rob, you included both The Band and Mott the Hoople which are a couple of my favorites. They also played in concert together in what had to be among the oddest combination of bands ever. I loved it!

You can imagine the reaction of the typical Band fan when Mott played All the Young Dudes as well as the Mott fans reaction when Garth Hudson did a 15 minute accordion solo!

Those were the good old days! :smokin:

[Brody]

Chicago Transit Authority's very first release. The rest of the stuff Chicago did (as Chicago) pretty much blows as it was such commercial pap.
Hall and Oates
Jethro Tull up to and including Aqualung (They had 2 releases prior to that, This Was and Stand UP)
Pat Travers
Tommy Bolin
Leon Russell
Blodwyn Pig
Small Faces/Faces with Rod Stewart
Jeff Beck, who was also in Small Faces/Faces with Rod...and in the Yardbirds with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page.

[Chris]

Here are the choices we had for music at my senior prom. Yeah, the asshats I went to school with voted for Wayne Cochran over Buffalo Springfield. I didn't go.

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm302/FrontRange4x4/Keep/40bdccb3.jpg

http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm302/FrontRange4x4/Keep/0503d879.jpg

[Rob]

Three Dog Night
Steppenwolf
Robin Trower did get out on his own, and is still rocking!

Drat. Good call, Mike. I wouldn't have guessed anyone would remember Robin Trower (I didn't obviously). I still have LPs from all three. I should go out to the garage and thumb through all my old albums.

[Bronc_17113]

INNNNNNNNNNNNN MAY OF 1941!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes..Johnny Horton IS on my Ipod :)


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

I am more of a fan of this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VQ3XUM9gUG4
or:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=xFTZ2--5xTc
or:
newer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dBpD87_w4Sg
or:
older

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wVoJeuK5slE
or:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=Njz4apc8V9I
or:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fhd0wOACwQg

I digress because I would simply be impressed if you watched that much of my eclectic music taste

[Pathrat]

I have to go country on this one:
Loretta Lynn
Johnny Cash
Johnny Horton
Kris Kristofferson
Waylon Jennings
Willie Nelson
George Jones
Tammy Wynette
etc etc :)

Why is Patsy Cline not on your list???

[Pathrat]

Hells yeah Johnny Horton! I hear Cherokee Boogie every time I go see the bands that do both Rockabilly and Early Country.

[Rob]

Rockabilly

Oh, yeah, I forgot Carl Perkins, who once did an album with NRBQ, not quite Chris' The Band/Mott the Hoople pairing, but close.

[Brody]

Fan of Robin Trower here, too. Never much cared for Procol Harem.

J Giel's Band
Susie and the Banshees
B52s (old and newer)
Old Chili Peppers up to Blood Sugar Sex Magic (After that, all they have been playing is commercial pap)
George Clinton in all of his manifestations: Funkadelic, Parliment, P-Funk All Stars, etc.
Infectious Grooves/Suicidal Tendencies
Savoy Brown

[Rob]

Dusty Springfield
Otis Redding
ELO
Zappa
Jim Croce
Pure Prairie League
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jesse Winchester
Steve Goodman
Jonathan Edwards
Otis Rush
The Flaming Groovies
Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
Eric Burden and the Animals
JJ Cale
Albert King
John Hiatt
Richie Havens
Taj Mahal

[Rick]

Dio
Accept
Kix
Circle Jerks
Aerosmith

[Brody]

Dave Brubeck Quartet - I wanted to play saxophone when I was younger cause of this guy and Clarence Clemons hehe

I had "Live at Oberlin" for a long time. It was great!

Miles Davis
Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters
Steely Dan
Crusaders
Jeff Beck Group
Johnny Guitar Watson
Brothers Johnson
Dazz Band
Gap Band
Arthur Brown
King Crimson
Black Oak Arkansas
Johnny Clegg and Savuka
Fela Kuti
Mountain
Allman Brothers Band (through Eat a Peach. The rest of their music was junk after that)
Sea Level (Jaimoe Johanson's band after the Allman Brothers break up...pretty creative)
Cactus

We should probably start a "gone and hopefully forgotten" section of all the bands that played AM total crap back in the 60's and 70's:

Paul Revere and the Raiders
Hollies
Turtles
America
Monkees
Dylan (Yeah, he can write good stuff. It just takes musicians to make them sound good...)
Joan Baez
Joni Mitchell
James Taylor
Jackson Brown
Abba (Gag....)
Milli Vanilli (Spew.....)
This list is almost endless There was NOTHING on AM radio that was worth a **** and AM radio is what a lot of us grew up with. There were good pirate radio stations -loosely called Radio X -(remember the ZZTop song? due to the Fm frequencies that they were broadcasting on, that were great FM stations, but you had to be in the right spot to pick them up.

[Chris]

I spent some time Googling this stuff when Pete was putting in my new front door so I won't add any more since I cheated :lmao:

I am surprised at how close Rob's memory is of musicians I liked. Jesse Winchester is one that I suspect few have heard of and Taj Mahal who's more familiar is one of those I saw very early on. As a matter of fact the first time I saw him was in an empty storefront in Chicago's Old Town where I was one of maybe 10 people there. Seeing Dylan in concert during his transition to electric was probably the most memorable. First half was acoustic and when he walked on stage with an electric guitar for the 2nd half most of the audience walked out. Great stuff! :smokin:

[Rick]

Neil Young
Gerry Rafferty
Bruce Springstein

[lucky13]

I actually saw Deep Purple and Uriah Heep together in concert, along with Buddy Miles. Two of the guys from Uriah Heep live in the Denver Metro area as well as the drummer for the Mother's, Ansley Dunsbar.

I had no idea Aynsley Dunbar lived around here...great drummer (and my favorite as the original drummer for Journey)! Lotta great music on these lists...so I'll just add a few local faves that nobody has mentioned yet:
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (especially when John McKuen was with them)
Zephyr (where Tommy Bolin got his start before he left to replace Joe Walsh in the James Gang but Zephyr was really about Candy Givens - what a voice!)
Firefall (isn't Richie Furray a preacher up around Boulder these days?)

I'm sure there are several I forgot too!

[Popsgarage]

Good stuff!!!!:thumb::thumb::thumb:

[Rick]

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HxQap_3Bj6Q" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Cr33p3r]

While headed over to Jon's yesterday on Sirus radio they was playing some good music and one of the bands they played that I have not heard in a few years was Argent.

[Rob]

one of the bands they played that I have not heard in a few years was Argent.


Thanks, Sean, now I have "Hold Your Head Up" stuck in my head. :lmao:

[CS79bronco]

I may have missed her but don't recall seeing Janis Joplin listed. "O Lord, wantcha buy me a Mercedes Benz"

[Brody]

The little Hell's Angel sponsored singer wasn't listed. Personally, I never saw her appeal and never liked any of her music. My friend, Sally Ratts, who is in the band The Runaway Express here in town, is good friends with Janis Joplin's sister and has been working on some music stuff with her.

[Minnesota]

Dio
Accept
Kix
Circle Jerks
Aerosmith

Yeah man, Accept! Just listened to some the other night.

On the Dio note, will never forget waking up from a snooze in the back seat of my buddy's Subaru after fishing in Kremmling (off-grid for a long time). I was all foggy, but mumbled, "Wait a minute, no one plays this much Dio on the radio in one day..." Sat up and said, "Crap! Dio's dead!" Sure enough, that was the day.

After seeing him in "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey", we all tend to believe that my old cat Stinky is partying over at Dio's new pad. :thumb:

[Minnesota]

Given that the awesome old country greats have been covered, much to my pleasure. And after reviewing the submissions to make sure, I don't think anyone has offered one from these rocking ladies. Couldn't find a live vid, but song is the point.

Girlschool!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq1fgGMygWw

[Squshiee1]

Dio
Accept
Kix
Circle Jerks
Aerosmith

i just downloaded an accept cd the other day!

cause you're so
Restless restless and wild
Restless restless and wild
Restless restless and wild
Restless restless and wild

[Minnesota]

[QUOTE=Squshiee1;198749]i just downloaded an accept cd the other day!

Yeah, they're great. I'm "old" so I hit 'em up in doses. You gotta cut to the chase and d/l "Balls to the Wall". YouTube it while it's coming in...

[Rocket Scientist]

What? No love for Milli Vanilli?! LOL Kinda miss Damn Yankees & Ted Nugent myself

[MelloYello]

Nugent is the man!!

[Chris]

We disagree with that Keith, Ted lived in my neighborhood when we were teenagers and partied together. Not much good I have to say about him then or now.

[MelloYello]

You Sir, have lived an interesting life.
Since I have never met him, I will defer to your judgement. : )

[Brody]

We disagree with that Keith, Ted lived in my neighborhood when we were teenagers and partied together. Not much good I have to say about him then or now.

Having met and partied with Teddy a couple of times down in Florida, then again briefly when I was living in Michigan, I have to agree with Chris. Good bow hunter. Fair guitar player, though to be "friends" with Ted, you have to be on the same page he is on: the 'Ted Nugent is the greatest guitar player in the entire world' page. Man has a huge ego....

[4Runninfun]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI5eT4UmyFY

[Brody]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, those guys:

"Feb 21, 2003 – Pyrotechnics used by the heavy metal band Great White ignited the inferno. Owners of the nightclub have said they did not know the band ..."

Be worthwhile going to one of their concerts just to see what kind of disaster is going to happen:lmao:

[Minnesota]

Great White is killer. Have some on vinyl. And please, no low-brow jokes about my initial statement.

<edit- Brody, you we're quicker than me on that one. Makes us even ?:D

That tragedy just confirms my attitude of staying comfortably west of the Mississippi....

[Rick]

http://youtu.be/4sWpS8iSDIY always been a Crue fan

[Rick]

http://youtu.be/6nm1BJPe-pg

[Rick]

http://youtu.be/1PJOHbzQwGw

[Brody]

That tragedy just confirms my attitude of staying comfortably west of the Mississippi....

HAHA.....I prefer to stay north and west....Don't much care for south of the Mason Dixon Line, having spent 17-18 years living down there....

[Cr33p3r]

I always like both versions of this song, Crimson and Clover by Joan Jett and then Tommy James & the Shondells

http://youtu.be/hdhonK8NMm8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0&feature=colike)

[Cr33p3r]

How about some W.A.S.P. and lil Mad Max

http://youtu.be/Jy5YlcdLk34


http://youtu.be/Jy5YlcdLk34

[Rick]

http://youtu.be/pZb3Xya7jQ8

[Rick]

http://youtu.be/TsoLb-E7oy8

[Rick]

http://youtu.be/HUJ9tftPsGY

[Cr33p3r]

Anyone like Manowar?


http://youtu.be/76smdM553zk

[Minnesota]

Oh..and this one too...heard this at a Church thing LMAO


:lmao: Man, so bad, it's...










A.W.E.S.O.M.E!

Both the vid and your context. Classic. Ahh, the way were were... Aaaaaand... still are.:thumb:

[Brody]

I have always liked music that didn't fit any conventional molds and bands that were creative:

Weather Report

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xB2wZTmWC8&feature=related

Al Di Meola

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

Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9rhaYkud0

[EldoradoFJ60]

I guess this band now qualify as "old" since their debut came out 25 years ago in 1987. I saw Death Angel at the Gothic last Sunday and they rocked. I was impressed. It was a rare treat for fans of thrash metal.

[Popsgarage]

Holy Crap Robyn. Haven't heard Yello in forever. Chik, chikichika.

[Brody]

How about Clear Light:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4hpd4lcwpo

[Squshiee1]

Well, one of my cousins showed me this song! i figured i would share it with you because i figure that there is a reason that he was forgotten.... im sorry if you end up in the hospital!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c71RCAyLS1M&feature=related

[Cr33p3r]

Haha Tiny Tim he was a unusual character.

[Rob]

And I was expecting "Tip-Toe through the Tulips." Bummer.

[Squshiee1]

And I was expecting "Tip-Toe through the Tulips." Bummer.

Bum no longer! i was going to do both but i thought that one would be enough, but i guess not!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5rXqAsZnGU&feature=related

[Rob]

:lmao: Thanks, Chase. I remember seeing Tiny Tim's first appearance on "Laugh In" in 1968. Whoa.

[Cr33p3r]

Here is a couple more oldies I totally forgot about I know older gents will remember these!


http://youtu.be/cbUNVm1k3nU

[Cr33p3r]

http://youtu.be/YUi-2QC3c2Q

[Cr33p3r]

http://youtu.be/m43ifJVAjFU

[Cr33p3r]

Anyone remember who the commentator(host) was or the name of this show?


http://youtu.be/Qgcy-V6YIuI

[Cr33p3r]

Somebody asked about Patsy!


http://youtu.be/HG-8uZg2uV0

[Cr33p3r]

How about some good ol' Marty Robbins


http://youtu.be/GgI5DMVegIk

[Cr33p3r]

I always liked this one!


http://youtu.be/tqcolorLyww

[Cr33p3r]

Another good one, this is the last one for today.



http://youtu.be/ExH7h9Lk5HY

[Rob]

Wow, Sean, a Skeeter Davis video. She did an album with NRBQ in '85, and was married to the band's bass player for about a decade.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRprCVz58Jw&feature=related

[Popsgarage]

1987 is old

The hell it is!!!! I graduated the year before that, so what are ya sayin'?????

[Cr33p3r]

here...I S P E A K S L O W L Y....

1987 I S O L D :p

Hahaha '87 is old dang, I graduated in 83.

[Popsgarage]

Do I need to speak slowly for the blonde???? S O W H A T A R E Y O U S A Y I N'??????? Are you sayin' I'm old???? You've wounded my feeling, Robyn. It might never recover.

[glacierpaul]

Y...O....U.......A....R....E......A....N...C...I.. ..E.....N.....T......POPS! :p

......but extremely wise!!!:thumb:

[Brody]

Quote Originally Posted by Sunshine24 View Post
here...I S P E A K S L O W L Y....

1987 I S O L D
Hahaha '87 is old dang, I graduated in 83.

HA....I graduated in 69, so watch the 'Old" comments, youngster...Chris graduated in something like 43 or so.

And speaking of 'sensitive', Jonathan isn't the only one of us older gentleman (YES, GENTLEMEN) who have a feeling left on this forum. I can mention at least 4 more, I think, if I include myself....and you know how sensitive I am. Hell, I even have a BADGE that says so!

[Popsgarage]

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao:

[Jeepin Chef]

Its All Good""

[Chris]

Don't believe Pete, we would have both graduated in '68 but he must have been held back a year!