For those 35 and over

todd17063 · Post by **todd17063** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

check out this cover of Traffics, "DearMr Fantasy" very cool cover IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrOFB03pyYw

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Here is Wishbone Ash playing Warrior:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg6zqejXvqI

313 · Post by **313** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

In addition to some of my favorites that have already been mentioned (Godz, Heep, Riot, Montrose, Dolls, Face Dancer, Starz ...) I'll add:

Legs Diamond
Mott the Hoople
Diamond Reo (Pittsburgh)
Artful Dodger
Hustler
Yesterday & Today (much different than their 80s work as Y&T)
Loosely Tight
Dictators

CCdrums · Post by **CCdrums** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Jim Price wrote:
A couple more names I'll float out there...

THE ANGELS/ANGEL CITY. Also from Down Under, The Angels had to change their name to Angel City when they came over to America to avoid confusion with the D.C. glam band Angel (another band that could arguably be on the list!). They also did Aussie raunch rock with a slightly punkier twist. I always liked singer Doc Neeson's paranoid singing style; he was having some serious health problems in recent years.

FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH. The legend had it that while Frank Marino was in a coma in the early 70's, that the spirit of Jimi Hendrix had taken him over, explaining his Hendrix-like sound. (Marino denies that myth.) My favorite album of theirs was their Live album which came out in '78. Frank and the current edition of Mahogany Rush played the Sterling Hotel in Allentown a couple of years ago; I heard they were fantastic!

I got turned on to Angel City back in the late 70's. We used to do 3 songs by them and they still go over. Take a long line/Marseilles, I ain't the one, I can't shake it. They reminded me alot of AC/DC. I saw Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush at St. Francis with the Guess Who. I don't really remember it much, just a guy with super long hair playing guitar in a strobe light. I'm sure they were good though.

VENTGtr · Post by **VENTGtr** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Lest we forget:

Spinal Tap's albums

Intravenus de Milo

&

The Sun Never Sweats

Thought someone would'a mentioned Pat Travers here by now.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

undercoverjoe wrote:Wishbone Ash

Ten Years After

Traffic

The only cover I have ever heard of any of these 3 bands was some Traffic being played by The House Band who did among others, Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys and another band locally who broke up used to do Light Up and Leave Me Alone. I have never heard any local band cover WA or TYA.

I was in a band in the mid 70's that did the Wishbone Ash song, "Throw Down The Sword"

Pat Travers is one of my favorites

Here are a couple more good ones.

Triumph
The Edgar Winter Group

Post by **Jim Price** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Two more:

BROWNSVILLE STATION. No, Crue fans, Motley Crue didn't invent "Smokin' in the Boys Room." The late Cub Koda and Brownsville Station created that classic, and had a string of good rowdy rock'n'roll singles in the early 70's. Singer/guitarist Cub Koda passed away from kidney failure in 2000. Guitarist Michael Lutz more recently was a member of Ted Nugent's band. One album I still need for my collection is Brownsville Station's self-titled 1977 album, with the "All Night Album Rock" classic "Martian Boogie" on it. Anybody have a copy?

SLADE. And likewise, Quiet Riot didn't invent "Cum on Feel the Noize" or "Mama Weer All Crazee Now;" those songs were Slade creations from the early 70's. In fact, even Quiet Riot's best-known non-Slade hit, "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" owes some homage to Slade, as Slade's fans are often credited with inventing the tradition of "headbanging;" they used to thrash their heads in front of the stage during the group's shows in English pubs in the early 70's. Slade's Slayed? album was the first record album I ever won from a radio station!

witchhunt · Post by **witchhunt** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

I remember Martian Boogie. Stopped at "EATS".

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Look what I found. A live version of the Martian Boogie by Brownsville Station.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoHf3QjRB20

CCdrums · Post by **CCdrums** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Jim Price wrote:
SLADE. And likewise, Quiet Riot didn't invent "Cum on Feel the Noize" or "Mama Weer All Crazee Now;" those songs were Slade creations from the early 70's. In fact, even Quiet Riot's best-known non-Slade hit, "Metal Health (Bang Your Head)" owes some homage to Slade, as Slade's fans are often credited with inventing the tradition of "headbanging;" they used to thrash their heads in front of the stage during the group's shows in English pubs in the early 70's. Slade's Slayed? album was the first record album I ever won from a radio station!

Slade was awesome, best name for a front man in a rock band "Noddy Holder".
Here's two more:

T-Rex Bang a gong
Roxy music Love is the drug

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

The Troggs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTgo5nbw ... re=related

The Kinks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyDWGF2 ... re=related

A couple of songs that went on to be recorded by a few artists.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Steam: you probably won't remember the name but the his is a classic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwnqqj5Q1BU

The Music Explosion:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WEPSaaX ... re=related
and live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMKblZEn ... re=related

The McCoys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RHHZy2X ... re=related

Norman Greenbaum with the greatest one hit wonder of all time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ET8zhje ... re=related

and who could forget Spirit--

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDQUg3h6 ... re=related
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z_e17GJ ... re=related

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

So Sorry to bogarting this topic but I love old rock and blues. I could not skip out on Captain Beyond:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2L8wheR ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFfzUdNj ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOLTaUWV ... re=related

and some Little Feat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO3ZMdcL ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcPKa-iw ... re=related

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Darn, JP beat me to Slade!

I was gonna say:

Slade if you feel like drinking.
Television if you feel like thinking.

homerski · Post by **homerski** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

moxham123 wrote:Kim Mitchell's new version of I Got A Line

http://www.myspace.com/officialkimmitchell

WOW.. That really kicks ass!!!

JH

Atomic Jim · Post by **Atomic Jim** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Cold Blood with vocalist Lydia Pence (Tiny girl with a huge voice.)

Savoy Brown

Lighthouse

The Brooklyn Bridge

I'm old enough to do a 60s thread if you want to.

ozwalt816 · Post by **ozwalt816** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

UFO
Riot
Good Rats

each never quite received fame that equaled their abilities

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

A few more from my collection

West, Bruce, & Laing
(Jack Bruce from Cream & Leslie West & Corky Laing from Mountain - What a band!)

The Michael Stanley Band

Teaze

T@rgetDrone · Post by **T@rgetDrone** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

I can't believe I left out Starz! GOOD SAVE!! I have Violation, Attention Shoppers and Coliseum Rock on vinyl. I have the last two on CD. Amazing vocals and guitar work. Their singer, Michael Lee Smith, is the younger brother of Rex Smith. When Rex had is own band in their early days (REX), Orville Davis was their bass player. OD ended up playing w/Starz.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

T@rgetDrone wrote:I can't believe I left out Starz! GOOD SAVE!! I have Violation, Attention Shoppers and Coliseum Rock on vinyl. I have the last two on CD. Amazing vocals and guitar work. Their singer, Michael Lee Smith, is the younger brother of Rex Smith. When Rex had is own band in their early days (REX), Orville Davis was their bass player. OD ended up playing w/Starz.

I still have the Starz & Rex albums on vinyl. I should play them.

How about the band Angel?

Hawk · Post by **Hawk** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Anyone remember T-Rex ? I had their cassette but I can't remember their hits.

HurricaneBob · Post by **HurricaneBob** » Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

Goodbye yellow Brick Road, 73'. I heard Nigel Olsen for the first time and knew i wanted to be a drummer.

Mistress_DB · Post by **Mistress_DB** » Thursday Apr 10, 2008

Heart
Fleetwood Mac
Ted Nugent

VENTGtr · Post by **VENTGtr** » Thursday Apr 10, 2008

Hawk wrote:Anyone remember T-Rex ? I had their cassette but I can't remember their hits.

Yep. They were great. "Bang a Gong", "Jeepster", many others. For
dying so young Marc Bolan had a huge influence on several later genres.

Since many better known bands/performers are coming up:

Bowie
ELP
FLOYD!

Also,...Deep Purple, anyone?

Lotta others. Marshall Tucker Band, B.O.C., Jethro Tull, etc. OH! Hawkwind!

Just dawned on me that I was listening to one of the not-so-known best
albums on the way in this morning. Marquee Moon by Television.

daveb · Post by **daveb** » Thursday Apr 10, 2008

Crack the Sky - Rolling Stone album of the year '76.

Michael Stanley - Great writer/performer

Gamma - Ronnie Montrose post Montrose band

Savoy Brown - Kim Simmonds is as good as Clapton. It's true.

Kim Mitchell - Kicks ass

The James Gang - awesome with Walsh. Still pretty good post Walsh

UFO - shoulda ruled the world!!