NAME THOSE OLD NOW OBSCURE BANDS

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OK, now I'll stump you!

Who was BLT?

They made 2 great albums in 1981, and they surely were not obscure, unknown hacks.

BLT, who can tell me?

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I read every goddam page on this fuckin thread,...

no, it's a great thread, but my fuckin eyes hurt now!

I saw mentioned some of my favorites:
Be Bop Deluxe,
Traffic,
Kraftwerk,
Uriah Heep,
Robin Trower.
Cream,
Yardbirds,
Zombies,
Animals,
Black Flag
Ramones
FOGHAT
Jethro Tull
C.C.R .
B.T.O.
Alice Cooper
Definitely great bands, definitely some of my favorites, but hardly obscure.

Then, I saw a few that really 'almost' jogged my memory, like:
Status Quo
Climax Blues Band
Head East
That's pretty darn obscure, for sure.

I, myself, layed a few 'choice' obscure bands on you, not previously mentioned:
-"X"-
Gary Myrick & the Figures
Ian Dury & the Blockheads
I'm obscure, it's true.

On this whole thread, no one mentioned:
Blue Oyster Cult,
The Minutemen,
or even the Pretenders!
Not Yet Mentioned... Reel scores again!

Ok, I'm waiting, who was BLT? I guess that's obscure, but the members were not really obscure at all, really.

Fame & obscurity are funny, sometimes someone can be both, famous and obscure at the same time. No one on this BBS, though, were definitely all obscure.
 
OBVIOUS

Deep Purple
Bloodrock
Rare Earth
Iron Butterfly
Grand Funk Railroad
Uriah Heep,
Doors
Cream,
Zombies,
Animals,
Black Sabbath
Zeppelin
Heart
Jethro Tull
B.T.O.
Alice Cooper
Lynard Skynard
Nazareth
Iron Maiden
Metallica
Side A
Scorpions
Styxx
Journey
Feedback
Survivor
Supertramp
Right Directions
Kinks
Van Halen
Trupath
Edgar Winter Group
The Who
Foreigner
Motley Crue
ELO
Queen
Stephenwolf
Doobie Brothers
Asia
Santana
Ten Years After
Quiet Riot

ON BLUES ROCK/SOLO ACTS:

TBone Walker
Buddy Guy
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Eric Clapton
 
Hey Tweed,

Are you sure you want to open this up to individual artists too?
Oh well, here we go again!

Kip Adada- Wet Dream
Steve Forbert
Dean Freidman - The Deli Song
Wendy Waldman
The Legendary Christine Perfect (guess who?)
Betsy Kaske
Shawn Phillips

I'll think of some more later.

Twist
 
Hey, not before I answer the question

The Legendary Christine Perfect (guess who?)
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Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, in her pre-Mac days...
 
Someone or ones have to compile a list without repeats, sheet, I'm probably repeating myself half the time. I could name all kinds of obscure 50's groups like the Jive Five and lots of one hit wonders, but I'm probably repeating myself. Any volunteers for list making. Probably 99% of the bands listed on this page have allready been mentioned and since when is Led Zepplin obscure?
May the forces that be and all of creation help us.
 
You are correct AlChuck! Did you use a lifeline?

How about Gil Scott Heron - Winter in America

Twist
 
KHVAS JUTE
ARIEL
SPECTRUM
RECKLESS ERIK
THE TOMMYS
NAVAHOADS
GT STRINGER
THE WETSUITS
SHAKE THE SHEIK
THE PLEASURE SEEKERS
THE DISPICABLES
THE PARASITES
RICHARD HELL AND THE VOIDOIDS
PUBLIC EXECUTION
JUST URBAN
DEMENTIA 13
THE GO BETWEENS
STRANGE GLORY
THE ANGRY SAMOANS
THE MEATMEN
PLUNDERERS
GIRLIES
GOD
SEMINAL RATS
 
Great stuff!

Good list, you guys [gals]!

Sure, quite a lot of the bands mentioned already are really not obscure at all. I tried to make that point, about 10 pages ago!

Sure, you have not seen the Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin or Jimi Hendrix Experience, until now, because these bands are not obscure at all! These bands and a lot of others on this list are not obscure, really, and they still enjoy daily radio airplay.

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OK, B.L.T: Jack Bruce, Bill Lordan, Robin Trower!

They made 2 albums in 1981: Robin Trower: BLT, and
Robin Trower/Jack Bruce: Truce. Both are excellent albums.
Then I guess they disbanded, but a compilation CD was issued, called "Robin Trower/Jack Bruce: No Stopping Any Time.

It's some goooood stuff, go check it out! Maybe next week BLT and TRUCE will be on CD...

Come on, record industry hacks, get busy!!!!! Jack Bruce/Robin Trower!
 
Jamie Brockett - The Legend of the Titanic. The TRUE story of how the Titanic really sunk. An epic saga in the tradition of Alices' Restaurant.

Twist
 
Here's a couple for Billy Joel fans

Way back before Billy Joel's solo career he was in a couple of obscure bands.
"Attila" was one of them, "The Hassles" was the other.
This was back when he was just trying to make it into the business.
One of them was him on keys, a guitarist, and a drummer.
The other, I think, was just him and a drummer. I'm not sure which is which.

The stuff'll give you a major headache but Holy Shitzus is Billy Joel awsome!!!
He did some distorted organ stuff that made you not even miss the guitar. (sorry, it's true.)
 
the first video on MTV...*

Lest we forget:

Godley and Creme "Cry"
Buggles "Video Killed the Radio Star"*
Archie Bell and the Drells "Tighten Up"
John Travolta "Let Her In"
the Cranberries "Linger"
B-52's "Rock Lobster"
Santana "Oye Como Va" and "Black Magic Woman"
Bay City Rollers album "It's a Game"
The Osmonds album "The Plan"
The Rutles
Adam Ant (why?)
Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Marshall Tucker Band
38 Special
Stealer's Wheel with Gerry Rafferty
Modern English "I Melt With You"
Steve Miller Band "Electro Lux Imbroglio"
The MeatPuppets
Conway Twitty "It's Only Make Believe" "Halfway to Heaven"
Meat Loaf -all material!
Walter Egan "Magnet and Steel"
Ben E. King "Supernatural Thing"
Paper Lace "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" "The Night Chicago Died"
Rare Earth "Born To Wander" "Get Ready"
the Trammps "That's Where The Happy People Go"
Vanity Fare "Hitchin' A Ride"
Freda Payne "Band Of Gold"
the Chi-Lites "Oh Girl"
Mark Lindsay "Arizona"
the Fortunes "Here Comes That Rainy Day"
Sly and the Family Stone "Different Strokes"
George McCrae "Rock Your Baby"
Gallery "I Believe In Music"
Rose Royce "Car Wash"
Grass Roots "Temptation Eyes" "Sooner or Later"
Paul Simon "Kodachrome"
Gary Glitter "Rock and Roll Part 2"
Paul Revere and the Raiders "Indian Reservation"
Gamma with Ronny Montrose: (Gamma 3) "Moving Violation" "Right the First Time" "Modern Girl" "Mobile Devotion"
Scorpions "Still Lovin' You"
Renaissance (album) "Live at Carnegie Hall" Annie Haslam REALLY
has a fantastic set of lungs...
Quarterflash "Harden My Heart"
the Motels "Only the Lonely"
the Pretenders with Chrissy Hynde "Brass in Pocket"
the Proclaimers "500 Miles"
the Cramps "Menstrual Cramps"
Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds "Don't Pull Your Love"
the Sweet "Little Willie" "Fox on the Run" "Ballroom Blitz"
Frank Zappa "Peaches En Regalia" "the Illinois Enema Bandit"
Randy Vanwarmer "Just When I Needed You Most" (cool autoharp
solo)

just my two cents (And Robin Trower's album "Bridge of Sighs"
still kicks MAXIMUM ASS!)

Faithmonster

(eck- eck -eck- eee!)
 
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the proclaimers were cool. I never heard the rest of their songs but apparently they were a more serious folky style, much more seriuos than the singles....

how long is this thread wooooooohh hhooooo;)
:p :rolleyes: :eek:
 
All of Robin Trower's albums kick ass.

Especially the old ones, with James Dewar on bass/vocal. This classic Robin Trower lineup has many great albums. I don't know one that's not great.

Jack Bruce on bass/vocals still definitely kick ass. The 2 albums Jack Bruce, Bill Lordan & Robin Trower made, kick ass, definitely.

The latest albums are still great, Robin Trower's playing is great, but their vocalist isn't as strong as the previous 2.

Robin Trower does kick ass. He's a classic.
 
That supergroup from the 2000's; " Lackluster" and their smash hit "Grime".
 
Hix,

That's pretty obscure, man.

Score another one for Hixmix.
 
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