Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American band whose repertoire consists of works in the style of hard rock (hard rock). Success came to the team in 1974 with the release of the album "Get Your Wings (Get Your Wings)", which sold over 3 million in one year. Until the end of the 70s Aerosmith was in the top five most popular bands in the world.
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Automatic Satisfiers (The Vibrators)
Automatic Satisfiers (The Vibrators) - An English rock band from the 70s. The direction in music is punk rock. At the beginning of their career, they worked at concerts with world stars, but after the release of the hit "Baby, my baby" they gained their own world fame. The band's most famous hit is "Automatic Lover".
White snake (Whitesnake)
White snake (Whitesnake) - Anglo-American group formed on Dee Peple coals in 1978. Since the group has already participated famous musicians, success was guaranteed. The first album of the group "Snakebite" in 1978 immediately hit the charts of the world.
Boston
Boston (Boston) - Rock band from the USA. She is known for her incredibly beautiful combination of hard rock and disco elements. The band's first self-titled album, released in 1976, gained immense popularity among listeners. The group has released only 5 albums in its entire history.
Fear of trains (Grand Funk Railroad)
Fear of trains (Grand Funk Railroad) - An American rock band that thundered until the mid-70s. The founders of stoner rock (a kind of slow metal in the style of heavy metal). The most famous hits of the group: "The Loco-Motion" and "We" re An American Band ".
Van Halen
Van Halen is an American rock band from the 70s. She played in the style of hard rock. Created in 1974 by two brothers. Thanks to the virtuoso guitar solo, the very first album of the group "Van Halen" went platinum in one year. For guitar rock lovers, the group is considered an unsurpassed ideal to this day.
Gong
Gong - French rock band of the late 60s and 70s. Space rock music trend (synthesizer music with various effects). The trilogy "Radio Gnome trilogy", released in 1973-1974, enjoyed particular success. Beautiful and mesmerizing music.
Head with a motor (Motorhead)
Head with a motor (Motorhead) - An English rock band that combines hard rock and proto-thrash (fast paced work) in their works. Founded in the late 70s. The most famous single of the group "No Sleep" til Hammersmith "
Talking Heads
Talking Heads - American experimental rock band of the 70s - 80s, combining a huge number of styles of music in their compositions. The most famous song of the group is "Burning Down the House".
Damned (The Damned)
Damned (The Damned) - English punk rock band of the 70s. The leading punk band of the first wave. Favorite group of Yuri Klenskikh (Gaza Strip). The lyrics of the group's songs were written on mystical and afterlife themes. The group's image was the same. The band's most famous song is "Eloise".
- An English rock band from the 70s. It was created by eminent musicians, which is why it did not need special promotion. The group worked in the style of progressive rock (complex musical parts on instruments). The group's most famous hits are "Lucky Man" and "From the Beginning".
Earth (Earth, Wind & Fire)
Earth (Earth, Wind & Fire) - American rock band from the 70s. The direction in music is a combination of traditional rock and dance music. Real success came to the band members in 1975 with the release of the super-hit "Shining Star". After this success, the singles of the team more than once topped the charts in the USA and Europe.
Queen (Queen)
Queen (Queen) - English rock band, whose creative career began in the 70s. One of the most famous rock bands in history. The incredible voice data of the band's lead singer Freddie Mercury and the beautiful and unique music - all this added up the group's success at the musical Olympus for decades. Literally all of the band's albums went platinum. The band's most famous song is "Bohemian Rhapsody".
Ditch (Slade)
Kanava (Slade) - English rock band of the 70s. The main direction in music is glam-rock (spectacular costumes, extraordinary behavior on stage). Popularity came with the release of the super hit "Coz I Luv You", which soared to # 1 on the UK charts in a week. After this success, until the mid-70s, the group's hits were constantly spinning in the top ten.
Kaipa
Kaipa is a Swedish rock band from the 70s. Like most Scandinavian bands, they played in the style of progressive rock. Complex musical parts on synthesizers were skillfully combined with the guitar rhythm. In the late 70s the group became one of the most famous in Sweden. They achieved worldwide recognition only in the 80s.
Genesis
Genesis - An English progressive rock band from the 70s. The group's repertoire consisted mainly of long instrumental compositions. Extravagant appearance and use of specials. effects turned Genesis concerts into a spectacular show. The first to use pyrotechnics on stage. The most famous composition of the group is "Supper's Ready".
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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd - American rock band from the 70s. She worked in the style of combining rock and roll and country, later called the style of southern rock. The group was formed back in the mid-60s, but world success came only a decade later in 1974 with the release of the super-hit "Sweet Home Alabama". Their ballad "Freebird" is also widely known.
The Hypocrites (Uriah Heep)
The Hypocrites (Uriah Heep) - English rock band of the 70s. A distinctive feature of the group is the combination of hard rock and complex instrumental solos. The group gained wide popularity in the two years after its formation. The most famous hit of the team is "Lady in Black".
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin - Legendary 70s English hard rock band. The founders of the "heavy metal" style. Very strong vocals and heavy musical accompaniment quickly gathered a huge group of hard rock fans. One of the most successful bands of the 70s - 80s.
Nazareth
Nazareth is a rock band from Scotland. It gained popularity in 1972 with the release of the song "Dear John", which climbed to the first line of the French charts. After this success, the group in 1973 recorded an album that went down in the history of rock music. Half of the songs on the album "Loud" N "Proud" are on the first lines of the European charts. Subsequent creativity solidifies the group's success around the world.
Journey
Journey - American rock band from the late 70s and 80s. Success came in 1978 with the hit "Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin". The direction in music is pop-rock. The group's most famous hits are "Separate Ways", "Open Arms" and "Be Good To Yourself".
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Rush
Rush - A rock group from Canada, working in the style of progressive rock. The extraordinary virtuoso skill of the participants' playing earned recognition in world rock music, and brightly staged shows with the use of pyrotechnics and laser effects turned the band's concerts into an excellent show. The most popular album of the group is "2112".
Kiss
Kiss - Legendary New York rock band, which flourished in the 70s. The bright appearance and gothic make-up of the participants, provocative behavior and a huge amount of pyrotechnics are the integral attributes of the group. The most famous hits are "Detroit Rock City", "Strutter", "Rock and Roll All Night".
Accept
Accept - German hard rock band. It was created at the dawn of the 70s, but fame came only in 1978. The very strong voice of the soloist and weighted heavy metal with the most difficult improvisations on the guitars distinguish Accept from other bands. Subsequently, the group began to be considered the founders of the Teutonic rock style. For fans of real hard rock, I advise you to listen to the album "Balls to the Wall", which went platinum in the US and Europe.
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Joy Division
Joy Division - An English rock band from the late 70s. The band's style is punk rock. Against the background of punk rock bands of that time, Joy Division was noticeably distinguished by strict costumes and lyrical lyrics. The audience appreciated it. For a year after its creation, the group has already toured Europe and the USA. Their hit "Shadowplay" is well known to punk rock fans.
Ripple current (AC / DC)
Ripple current (AC / DC) - Australian rock band from the 70s. She played in the style of combining rock and roll and hard rock. The popularity is not inferior to Deep Purple. The most famous song of the group is "Highway to Hell".
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Ramones
The Ramones are an American punk rock band that began their musical career in the mid 70s. One of the first to pick up this style of rock, which literally swept the world in the late 70s. The most famous album of the group "Rocket To Russia".
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd - An English rock band from the 70s. One of the most famous bands in the world. The first glory came back in the late 60s, and the 70s significantly strengthened the group's success in the international arena. Since 1973, almost every album of the group has taken off to the top of the charts. The most famous album of the group is "The Wall".
Scorpions
Scorpions - One of the most famous rock bands. A German group formed in the mid 60s and having great success in the 70s and 80s of the last century. The most famous song of the group, which is known by most of the world's population, is "Wind Of Change".
Styx
Styx (Styx) - Rock band from the USA. The history of the rock band goes back to the early 60s, but they achieved success only a decade later. Since 1972, the group begins a victorious march along the top of the musical Olympus. 4 albums of the group one after another topped the charts in America. The most famous hits of the group are "Come Sail Away", "Boat On The River", "Little Moya" and other songs.
Priest of Judas (Judas Priest)
Priest of Judas (Judas Priest) - An English heavy metal rock band. A long-lived group on the world stage. The former introduced two guitar solos. The popularity of the group was marked by 1978 and the release of the album "Stained Class". Most famous works bands - "You" ve Got Another Thing Comin "" and "Freewheel Burning".
Steel Dan (Steely Dan)
Steel Dan (Steely Dan) - Rock band from the 70s from the USA. An important reason for the rush of popularity was the very propaganda lyrics, glorifying drugs and banditry. The band's musical style was a combination of rhythm and blues and soft rock styles. Rock fans are well aware of the band's songs "Do It Again" and "Reeling in the Years".
Super tramp (Supertramp)
Super tramp (Supertramp)- An English rock band from the 70s. Success came to the group in 1974, 5 years after its creation. Moreover, in their native England, the group was not very popular. After moving to the USA and recording the breakthrough album "Crime of the Century", the group was noticed in their homeland. The most famous hits are "School", "The Logical Song" and "Dreamer".
Sex Pistols
Sex Pistols - Legend of 70s punk rock. The most famous English punk rock band that turned the tide with their creativity musical history in the second half of the 70s. The band's only studio album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols, has sold tens of millions around the world and is a classic punk rock.
The Heartbreakers
The Heartbreakers - American punk rock band - followers of the Sex Pistols. Unlike Pistols, she played softer and less obscene punk rock. Their first albums "L.A.M.F." and "L.A.M.F. Reconstruction" went gold during the heyday of punk rock (1976-1979).
Sweet
Sweet (Sweet) - English rock band of the 70s. In the early 70s, the band played progressive pop rock, and during their heyday they changed their style to hard rock. 1972 - the beginning of the popularity of the group, and in 1973, after the release of a series of super-hits "Block Buster", "Hell Raiser", "Teenage Rampage" and five others, the European Music Society lit up new star represented by Sweet.
The Clash
The Clash - An English rock band formed against the backdrop of the immense popularity of punk rock in the late 70s. Thanks to the outstanding talent of the leaders Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, the group not only did not get lost in the glory of the Sex Pistols, but also created its own unique and very popular style of hip-hop. Most of the band's albums went gold.
Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot- American rock band, formed in 1975. The group gained fame only in the early 80s after the release of the breakthrough and most famous album "Metal Health", which immediately took first place in the US charts.
Tyrannosaurus (T. Rex)
Tyrannosaurus (T. Rex) - British rock band of the 70s, working in the style of glam rock (predecessor to punk rock). The group achieved fame in 1970, after the release of the hit "Ride a White Swan", which rose to number two in the UK charts. After this success, the group released a new hit "Hot Love", which is very well known to rock fans.
Deep Purple
Deep Purple - Legendary English rock band. Considered the founder of hard rock. World fame came at the end of 1970 with the rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar". The band's most famous early hits are "Smoke On The Water", "Gettin" Tighter ".
Foreigner
Foreigner - Hard-R & B-rock band from the 70s - 80s from the USA. One of the most commercially successful hard rock bands. Fame came to the group in 1977 after the release of the first album of the same name "Foreigner", which in a few weeks was sold millions of copies and took first place among rock albums. The next 5 albums were equally popular. The most famous hits of the group: "Waiting for a Girl Like You", "I Don't Want to Live Without You" and other equally famous songs.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath - English heavy-metal rock band of the 70s. One of the founders of the heavy metal style. A very commercially successful rock band in the early 70's. Their first self-titled album peaked in the UK's Top 10 Albums for over a year and went gold. The most famous songs of the group: "Paranoid", "Neon Knights", "Mob Rules" and a dozen others.
Russian rock bands of the 70s.
The first Russian rock groups appeared in the mid-60s, but since the strict Soviet nomenclature considered rock a pernicious product of the West, the rock group was prohibited from entering the big stage. So is the quality of home recording equipment and electronic musical instruments left much to be desired. The groups were only content with performances in clubs and dance floors. The first gigs of early rock bands are largely lost.
- One of the first Russian rock bands, created by Boris Grebenshchikov. Despite the fact that the group was created at the turn of the 60s - 70s, fame came only at the very end of the 70s. From the first more or less famous songs of the group, one can single out "You are rubbish", "My sweet N" and the album "All brothers-sisters".
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- Quite a successful Moscow rock group in the 70s. Many aspiring stars have gone through this group. It is very difficult to single out the songs of the group, because the soloists and musicians were constantly changing, taking their songs with them.
- Alexey Kozlov's jazz-rock band, which has been telling its story since the mid-70s. The first recorded self-titled album was released in 1977. The group gained wide popularity only in the 80s.
- Russian rock band, which was formed in the late 70s. The founder of Russian punk rock. The incredible tricks of the band's soloist Oleg Garkusha markedly distinguished the group from others, turning the performance into a performance.
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- Legendary Russian rock group, which counts its history from the end of the 60s. The leader of the group is Andrey Makarevich. The group gains all-Union fame in 1979, after the release of the breakthrough hits "Pivot", "Candle" and other songs, which spread across the Union at lightning speed.
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The best bands, performers played and were popular in the 1970s:
Led Zeppelin 1968 - 1980Pink Floyd 1965 - 2014
The Rolling Stones since 1962
The Beatles 1960 - 1970
Queen since 1970
Aerosmith since 1970
Black Sabbath since 1968
Deep Purple since 1968
The Who since 1964
Yes since 1968
AC / DC since 1973
Eagles 1971 - 2016
Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1964
Rush since 1968
Journey since 1973
Kiss since 1973
Fleetwood Mac since 1967
The Allman Brothers Band since 1969
Blue Öyster Cult since 1967
Ramones 1974 - 1996
Jethro Tull 1963 - 2011
Genesis since 1966
Sex Pistols 1975 - 1978
The Clash 1976 - 1986
Kansas since 1970
Grateful Dead 1965 - 2015
ZZ Top since 1969
Van Halen since 1972
The Doors 1965 - 2016
Creedence Clearwater Revival 1967 - 1972
Thin Lizzy 1969
Electric Light Orchestra since 1970
Uriah Heep since 1967
The Doobie Brothers since 1970
Emerson, Lake Palmer since 1970
Blondie 1974
King Crimson since 1968
Styx since 1970
Roxy Music since 1971
Supertramp since 1969
T. Rex 1967 - 1977
The Kinks 1963 - 1996
The Moody Blues since 1964
Steve Miller Band since 1967
Cheap Trick since 1973
Steely Dan since 1972
Foreigner since 1976
Sweet 1968 - 1997
Mott the Hoople 1969 - 2013
Grand Funk Railroad since 1969
Slade 1964 - 1992
The Cars 1976 - 1988
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The name of rock groups of the 60-70s. overseas and got the best answer
Answer from Zurbat [guru]
This is only one of those about whom I have heard, and at least listened a little)) ... And so there are many more of them ...
Not everything on this list is purely rock, but it's still close. And not all of them are groups, there are many solo performers, but they don't make music alone, but with musicians, so it's still groups)) ... Everything here, in one way or another, falls within the period of existence from the 60th to the 79th year ...
1) 10 CC
2) Abba
3) AC / DC
4) Aerosmith
5) Alan Parson's Project
6) Alice Cooper
7) Allman Brothers Band
8) Amboy Dukes
9) America
10) Animals
11) Aphrodite "s Child
12) Argent
13) Bachman-Turner Overdrive
14) Bad Company
14) Badfinger
15) Band
16) Boney M
17) Beach Boys
18) The Beatles
19) Bee Gees
20) Billy Joel
21) Black Sabbath
22) Blind Faith
23) Blondie
24) Blue Oyster Cult
25) Bob Dylan
26) Bob Marley
27) Bob Seger
28) Bonnie Tyler
29) Boston
30) Boxtops
31) Bruce Springsteen
32) Buffalo Springfield
33) Byrds
34) Camel
35) Canned Heat
36) Cars
37) Cat Stevens
38) Chambers Brothers
39) Cheap Trick
40) Chicago
41) Chris De Burgh
42) Chris Rea
43) Christie
44) Clash
44) Cream
45) Creedence Clearwater Revival
46) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
47) David Bowie
48) Deep Purple
50) Derek and the Dominos
51) Dire Straits
52) Don McLean
53) Donovan
54) Doobie Brothers
55) Doors
56) Dr. John
57) Eagles
58) Edgar Winter group
59) Electric Light Orchestra
60) ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
61) Elton John
62) Elvis Presley
63) Eric Clapton
64) Fleetwood Mac
65) Focus
66) Foghat
67) Foreigner
68) Frank Zappa
69) Free
70) Gary Glitter
71) Gary Moore
72) Genesis
73) Geordie
74) George Harrison
75) George Thorogood
76) Golden Earring
77) Grand Funk Railroad
78) Grateful Dead
79) Guess Who
80) Head East
81) Heart
82) Hollies
83) Humble Pie
84) Iron Butterfly
85) Jackson Browne
86) James Gang
87) Janis Joplin
88) Jefferson Airplane
89) Jethro Tull
90) Jimi Hendrix
91) Jimi Hendrix Experience
92) Joe Cocker
93) Joe Walsh
94) John Fogerty
95) John Lennon
96) Journey
97) Judas Priest
99) Kansas
99) King Crimson
100) Kingsmen
101) Kinks
102) Kiss
103) Kraftwerk
104) Led Zeppelin
105) Leonard Cohen
106) Livin "Blues
107) Lou Reed
108) Lovin "Spoonful
109) Lynyrd Skynyrd
110) Mamas And Papas
111) Manfred Mann
112) Manfred Mann "s Earth Band
113) Meat Loaf
114) Middle of the road
115) Mike Oldfield
116) Monkees
117) Moody Blues
118) Mott The Hoople
119) Mungo Jerry
120) Nazareth
121) Neil Young
122) Norman Greenbaum
123) Outlaws
124) Paul McCartney
125) Pavlov "s Dog
126) Peter Frampton
127) Peter Gabriel
128) Pink Floyd
129) Police
130) Procol Harum
131) Queen
132) Rainbow
133) Ramones
134) Rascals
135) Reo Speedwagon
136) Rick Derringer
137) Rod Stewart
138) Rolling Stones
139) Roxy Music
140) Roy Orbison
141) Rush
142) Santana
143) Scorpions
144) Seals & Croft
145) Searchers
146) Sex Pistols
147) Shocking Blue
148) Simon And Garfunkel
149) Sky
150) Slade
151) Sly And The Family Stone
152) Smokie
153) Spencer Davis Group
154) Status Quo
155) Steely Dan
156) Stephen Stills
157) Steppenwolf
158) Steve Winwood
159) Stevie Ray Vaughan
160) Stooges
161) Stranglers
162) Strawberry Alarm Clock
163) Styx
164) Sugarloaf
165) Supermax
166) Supertramp
167) Suzi Quatro
168) Sweet
169) Syd Barett
170) Ted Nugent
171) Ten Years After
172) Thin Lizzy
173) Three Dog Night
174) Thunderclap Newman
175) Tina Turner
176) Todd Rundgren
177) Tom Jones
178) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
179) Tom Waits
180) T. Rex
181) Traffic
182) Troggs
183) Uriah Heep
184) Van Der Graaf Generator
185) Vangelis
186) Van Halen
187) Van Morrison
188) Ventures
189) Warren Zevon
190) Whitesnake
191) Who
192) Wings
193) Yardbirds
194) Yes
195) Young Rascals
196) Zombies
197) ZZ Top
Source: Rock encyclopedia and collection "Classic rock top 500" helped to remember all this)) ...
Answer from Shark-Hardcore[guru]
what, everyone? I only like "The Doors"
Answer from Cat black[guru]
hmm .. they are dofig. AC / DC, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix (although this is a solo artist ..), Beatles, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Queen, Rainbow, Rush, Status Quo, Sweet (although it's glam ..) , The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Cars, The Kinks, Animals, Suzi Quatro (although this is a solo artist :)), Shocking Blue, Searchers, Scorpions, Procol Harum, Nazareth, Mamas and Papas, Electric Light Orchestra, Jefferson Airplane, Guess Who ... In general, of course, much more, but now I don't remember)
Answer from Lera Mostovshchikova[newbie]
? 1) 10 CC2) Abba3) AC / DC4) Aerosmith 5) Alan Parson "s Project 6) Alice Cooper 7) Allman Brothers Band 8) Amboy Dukes9) America10) Animals 11) Aphrodite" s Child12) Argent13) Bachman-Turner Overdrive14 ) Bad Company 14) Badfinger15) Band16) Boney M17) Beach Boys18) Beatles19) Bee Gees20) Billy Joel21) Black Sabbath22) Blind Faith23) Blondie24) Blue Oyster Cult25) Bob Dylan 26) Bob Marley27) Bob Seger 28) Bonnie Tyler29) Boston30 ) Boxtops31) Bruce Springsteen 32) Buffalo Springfield 33) Byrds 34) Camel35) Canned Heat36) Cars37) Cat Stevens 38) Chambers Brothers39) Cheap Trick40) Chicago 41) Chris De Burgh42) Chris Rea43) Christie 44) Clash44) Cream45) Creedence Clearwater Revival 46) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young47) David Bowie 48) Deep Purple50) Derek and the Dominos51) Dire Straits 52) Don McLean 53) Donovan54) Doobie Brothers55) Doors56) Dr. John57) Eagles58) Edgar Winter group59) Electric Light Orchestra 60) ELP (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) 61) Elton John62) Elvis Presley63) Eric Clapton64) Fleetwood Mac65) Focus66) Foghat67) Foreigner68) Frank Zappa69) Free70) Gary Glitter 71) Gary Moore72) Genesis73) Geordie74) George Harrison75) George Thorogood76) Golden Earring 77) Grand Funk Railroad 78) Grateful Dead79) Guess Who80) Head East81) Heart 82) Hollies 83) Humble Pie84) Iron Butterfly85) Jackson Browne86) James Gang 87) Janis Joplin88) Jefferson Airplane89) Jethro Tull90) Jimi Hendrix91) Jimi Hendrix Experience92) Joe Cocker 93) Joe Walsh 94) John Fogerty 95) John Lennon96) Journey97) Judas Priest 99) Kansas99) King Crimson 100) Kingsmen101) Kinks102) Kraftwerk 104) Led Zeppelin105) Leonard Cohen106) Livin "Blues 107) Lou Reed108) Lovin" Spoonful 109) Lynyrd Skynyrd 110) Mamas And Papas111) Manfred Mann 112) Manfred Mann "s Earth Band 113) Meat Loaf 114) Middle of the road115 ) Mike Oldfield 116) Monkees117) Moody Blu es 118) Mott The Hoople119) Mungo Jerry120) Nazareth121) Neil Young 122) Norman Greenbaum123) Outlaws124) Paul McCartney125) Pavlov "s Dog126) Peter Frampton 127) Peter Gabriel128) Pink Floyd 129) Police 130) Queen Procol Harum131) 132) Rainbow 133) Ramones134) Rascals135) Reo Speedwagon136) Rick Derringer137) Rod Stewart 138) Rolling Stones139) Roxy Music140) Roy Orbison141) Rush142) Santana 143) Scorpions144) Seals & Croft145) Searchers 146) Sex Pistel147) Shocking Blue148 150) Slade 151) Sly And The Family Stone152) Smokie 153) Spencer Davis Group154) Status Quo155) Steely Dan156) Stephen Stills157) Steppenwolf158) Steve Winwood159) Stevie Ray Vaughan160) Stooges 161) Stranglers162) Strawberry16 Alarm Clock165) Stygar ) Supertramp 167) Suzi Quatro 168) Sweet 169) Syd Barett170) Ted Nugent 171) Ten Years After 172) Thin Lizzy173) Three Dog Night 174) Thunderclap Newman175) Tina Turner176) Todd Rundgren177) Tom Jones 178) Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 179) Tom Waits180) T. Rex181) Traffic182) Troggs183) Uriah Heep 184) Van Der Graaf Generator 185) Vangelis 186) Van Halen187) Van Morrison188) Ventures 189) Warren Zevon190) Whitesnake191) Who192) Wings193) Yardbirds194) Yes 195) Young Rascals196)
In the 70s of the 20th century, a genre such as hard rock and its heavier variety called metal became widespread. The latter, later gave birth to many varieties. Hard rock was originally born in the 60s. Most prominent representatives this genre can be considered such foreign rock bands as Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin. I must say that technical limitations then did not allow making a really high-quality overloaded sound of guitars, therefore, for a modern listener, songs of this genre, written at that time, are unlikely to seem heavy in comparison with those recorded later. However, even then the main features of this genre were formed. Such as a dedicated rhythm section and 4/4 riffs.
But the real heyday of the genre came precisely in the 70s. Then a myriad of performers of this genre appeared. If you list them all, you will get an extremely impressive list. If you are just interested in this kind of music, then we recommend starting your acquaintance with the best popular rock bands of the 70-80s. Many of them are still listened to all over the world, and some continue to release albums and give concerts even today. Most of them are from Britain or the United States.
Queen
This collective is considered truly one of the greatest bands in history. even today their records are sold in huge numbers. The main years of Queen's creativity fall on 1970-1991, i.e. from the moment of foundation, until the death of the leader of the group, Freddie Mercury. The music of this group can hardly be considered heavy, therefore it suits a very wide range of listeners. Many of their songs have been known to us since childhood.
This English rock band is the ancestor of the genre of heavy metal. Their work became revolutionary for its time in many ways. First, it is a tighter and heavier sound of heavy riffs with a fuse effect. Secondly - dark texts, not typical for the music of that time. Subsequently, the group changed several vocalists who, leaving the group, began a successful solo career (Ozzy Osbourne, Ronnie James Dio). Despite this instability, the group still continues to exist, and the last album was recorded in 2013 and was accompanied by a very successful world tour.
Judas priest
Like Black Sabbath, they became the founders of the Heavy Metal genre. Moreover, it was in their performance that he acquired a modern sound. the first albums of the group were more of a hard rock, but later the sound became denser, and the songs themselves were more energetic and fast. Many of the group's songs can be considered the founders of new directions in the genre. So, the composition Exciter is considered the first speed metal song in history. Many heavy metal bands subsequently adopted both the sound of Judas Priest and their style (leather clothing and accessories).
This collective is perhaps the most successful among the heavy metal musicians. They began their careers at the time of the greatest popularity of this genre of music. To date, they have written many songs, including a large number of hits. In the 90s, after which vocalist Bruce Dickinson left the group, she lost her former glory. This can be attributed to the release of albums that do not sound like the band's fans are used to. Also, the new vocalist Blaze Bailey was objectively inferior to his predecessor. but after reuniting in 2000, things took off again. Currently, the group has no plans to stop, continuing to release new albums and making large-scale tours in support of them.
AC / DC
This Australian band is considered one of the favorites among hard rock fans. It is distinguished by its signature sound, which was later imitated by many other performers. The eccentric appearance and behavior of the musicians on stage became an important factor of success. Currently, the band's music is ubiquitous as a soundtrack for films, TV shows and computer games.
Metallica is the founding band of the genre of thrash metal. It is also the most commercially successful metal band in history. Throughout their career, they have dramatically changed the style of their work more than once. The band has now returned to their traditional sound. typical for albums of the 80s.
The Scorpions are among the pioneers of hard rock. Among collectives from non-English speaking countries, this collective is one of the most successful. Despite the fact that the group has a large number of speed songs. her acoustic ballads are best known. At the moment, the group continues its activities. It is worth noting that the vocalist of the group Klaus Meine, despite his age, kept his voice well. Therefore, the band sounds live no worse than 20 years ago even now, unlike many other bands-veterans of the rock scene.
This group performs music in the style of glam rock. They have sold over 130 million albums to date, making Bon Jovi one of the most successful rock bands in history. Compared to the traditional sound of har-rock, Bon Jovi's music has a softer sound, which should suit the taste of those who avoid being too heavy.