Wild Early 70s Hard Rock

[heavyrock]

 

[Hajidub]

lately Ive had an insatiable appetite for wild 70s hard rock. I know there are more people out there who just can get enough of that no-holds-barred blistering crackling energy of bands like The Who and Blue Cheer.

While chasing the sonic dragon Ive come across a few lesser-known bands that really blew me away, I figured I'll share a few here and hope that AK users could point me in the direction of some other wild stuff.

Jerusalem - This band sounds WAY ahead of their time, incredibly heavy, just ordered the LP

Toad - Hard rock bordering on proto-metal from 1971

Crank - Super heavy riff in this song, maybe the heaviest Ive heard come from the 60s!

JPT Scare Band - Totally relentless guitar in this song, i was HOWLIN' when I first heard it!

Leaf Hound - Top-tier guitar tone right here

Nice grouping. My opinion, the Brit's keep rock afloat during the 70's; America was taking a nose dive (music wise). Like I mentioned, "my opinion" so agree or disagree I could care less.

 

[Dingman]

I know nothing about Ramones or where this came from, but I'm sure liking the music. thanks for sharing.

 

[Cactus Bob]

I know nothing about Ramones or where this came from, but I'm sure liking the music. thanks for sharing.

Cool, much prefer progressive rock like "Dust" over the punk rock of The Ramones.

 

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[fredgarvin]

 

[fredgarvin]

 

[fredgarvin]

 

[fredgarvin]

Fasten your seatbelts

 

[Mystic]

Nice grouping. My opinion, the Brit's keep rock afloat during the 70's; America was taking a nose dive (music wise). Like I mentioned, "my opinion" so agree or disagree I could care less.

The Ramones, Television, New York Dolls, Blue Oyster Cult -- nosedives? Dare I bother including mention of Aerosmith and/or ZZ Top? Lynyrd Skynyrd? And then there are Mountain (later West, Bruce, & Lang), Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, effin' Grand Funk... and a nod @ the direction of our friends @ The Great White North, how about The Guess Who? All these nosedivers as well?

How about the band Spirit, out of Ojai, CA?

re: Brits holding up Rock @ The Seventies, I'll cast a vote for this guy & group:

 

[savatage1973]

Lots of good stuff!!! I might have missed this one in the posts, but it deserves to be here:

 

[Mystic]

A better band than they (usually) receive credit. The band they came from, i.e., The Gun, were also pretty darned good, but as they disbanded before the Seventies it wouldn't right to include them @ this thread. Yeah their '69 release was so close, but...

 

[BigElCat]

Thanks for that link, never heard of this group before, and they're excellent.

Turns out they were jammin' in my neighbor when i was 10 years old. Missed the boat until now.

 

[BigElCat]

^^^off topic by a year.

Those dudes could play and sing. The drummer says they didn't succeed because they could find work. What a shame.

 

[heavyrock]

Argentina 1972. Great jammer, with some few prog moments, but one of the heaviest from this country, fits this thread perfectly.

 

[heavyrock]

 

[Mystic]

Patto (1970)

 

[BigElCat]

^^^Some think guitarist Ollie Halsall influenced Eddie Van Halen. I can hear EVH's style in some of these earlier works.

https://themalestrom.com/music/the-greatest-guitarist-youve-never-heard-ollie-halsall/

 

[Mystic]

Spirit: Randy California & Co., 1970...