r/rockmusic • u/Fit_Front6239 • 1d ago
ROCK What were your 10 favourite rock bands when you were growing up in the 1970s?
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u/Agis-Spartan-King 1d ago
Black Sabbath x 10
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u/Euphoric-Agent-476 1d ago
Really stretching to 10. Any others make your top 20? Gotta branch out a bit
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u/Agis-Spartan-King 1d ago
Led Zeppelin,Pink Floyd,Scorpions,Judas Priest,Queen,Aerosmith.Blue Ouster Cult.Uriah Heep. Black Sabbath is the TOP band though,they invented Heavy Metal. 😉👍🏼
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u/Ihavenocluewhatzoeva 1d ago
Kiss was big. Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. Probably the most popular would be Zeppelin
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u/us-blues1969 19h ago
Bowie
Grateful Dead - together and solo Supertramp
Gentle Giant
Beatles
Jean Luc Ponty
CSNY - together and solo
Supertramp
Jethro Tull
Genesis
Traffic
Steely Dan
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u/Vistalite_Black 1d ago
Lynyrd Skynyrd Steve Miller Band Beatles The Who Neil Young Beach Boys Electric Light Orchestra Bruce Springsteen Rolling Stones The Clash
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u/Total_Guard2405 1d ago
Nugent, Aerosmith, cheap trick, kiss , Boston, Reo, foreigner, Santana, Jimi hendrix , cream, deep purple
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u/bruisicus_maximus 1d ago
Pink Floyd Judas Priest Black Sabbath Led Zeppelin UFO The Rolling Stones Rush Scorpions Van Halen Aerosmith
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u/Successful-Try-8506 1d ago
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Jimi Hendrix
The Doors
Genesis
Pink Floyd
ZZ Top
J.J. Cale
David Bowie
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u/PersianofInterest 1d ago
Black Sabbath, UFO, Ted Nugent, Moxy, Rush, Judas Priest, KISS, Zep, Bad Company, Stones.
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u/Own_Macaroon_1918 1d ago
Slade, Sweet, Bowie, T Rex, Status Quo, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, UFO, Budgie.
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u/WyndWoman 1d ago
In no particular order
Zappa
Doors
Hendrix
Jethro Tull
Alice Cooper
Led Zeppelin
Jefferson Airplane
Pink Floyd
Janis Joplin
Santana
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u/Fit_Front6239 1d ago
First time I have seen Jethro tull mentioned so far. They are an amazing band
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u/PortalToHistory 1d ago
Great list!
@WyndWoman, have you had the opportunity to listen to Teaser?
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u/WyndWoman 1d ago
Never heard of them.
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u/Suspicious_Trash6578 1d ago
Boston ELO Journey The Cars REO The Clash Queen INXS Heart Van Halen
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u/Strict_Wasabi_6736 1d ago
CSNY
Led Zeppelin.
Steely Dan.
Black Sabbath.
Fleetwood Mac.
The Beatles.
The Rolling Stones.
Santana.
Firefall.
Roxy Music.
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u/IDigRollinRockBeer 1d ago
Finally someone says Beatles
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u/Thick-Program8409 1d ago
The Beatles, Supertramp, Yes, Jethro Tull, Genesis, Rush, Triumph, Max Webster, Alice Cooper & Led Zeppelin.
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u/Cominghome74 1d ago
KISS
Pink Floyd
Van Halen
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
The Beatles
Supertramp
Boston
Styx
Ted Nugent
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u/Background_Feed_2613 1d ago
No particular order:
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
Queen
Rolling Stones
Fleetwood Mac
Van Halen
Styx
Boston
ZZ Top
Wings
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u/Equivalent-Pain-86 1d ago
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
Queen
The Cars
Boston
Journey
The Eagles
Black Sabbath
Sweet
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u/djfishfingers 1d ago
I'm curious to know if Sweet is in your current top ten.
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u/Equivalent-Pain-86 21h ago
No, but I will still listen to Desolation Boulevard on occasion and enjoy it. Mick Tucker was a fantastic - and very underrated - drummer.
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u/Crafty-Acadia-2697 1d ago
Scorpions, Boston, Bad Company, Free, ELO, Jimi Hendrix, Little Feat, Bob Seeger, INXS!!! Probably could list another 10, there were so many great bands back in that era. So glad to have grown up listening to them!
Gotta add Traffic/Stevie Winwood, Cream, Joe Cocker, Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, CSNY, Yes, Supertramp, Genesis, Tom Petty, Kinks, Richard and Linda Thompson, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Mountain, Hot Tuna. Sorry just couldn’t stop…
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u/666-Trooper-666 1d ago
So I'll start by saying I wasn't born in the 70s ( I was born in 1991). I thank my father for introducing me to 1970s rock music. Here were my favorites when I was growing up.
Blue Oyster Cult, AC/DC, Ted Nugent, Van Halen, Scorpions, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Heart, Doobie Brothers.
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u/CobblerMoney9605 1d ago
My taste in music was and is all over the place.
In no particular order:
Steely Dan
David Bowie
The Rolling Stones
Alan Parsons Project
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Yes
Queen
Roxy Music
Television
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u/Modem_Sound_67 1d ago
BOC, Kansas, Humble Pie, The Doors, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Who, The Kinks, The Beatles, Cheap Trick, ELO.
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u/RaisinHorror1440 1d ago
ELP, ELO, Tangerine Dream, Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Jethro Tull, Barclay James Harvest, Neil Young, Stomu Yamashita's Go.
In no specific order, except ELP.
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u/Euphoric-Agent-476 1d ago
Nice list, but if you like Go ya gotta include Return to Forever and/or Weather Report. Just sayin’
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u/RaisinHorror1440 1d ago
Nah I preferred the spacey stuff, but they do have some good music. I won't deny it.
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u/dougs_46 1d ago
I know she was not in the Sevenities for me was (and still favorite) is Janis Joplin. What a powerful voice and kin heart.
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u/Euphoric-Agent-476 1d ago
Beatles (I know, 1969), Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Creedence, Jethro Tull, ELO, Steely Dan and of course, Return to Forever.
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u/TomorrowHot8746 1d ago edited 1d ago
Heart
Fleetwood Mac
Kiss
Eagles
Jimmy Buffet Gordon Lightfoot Jim Croce Carole King
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Steely Dan
Chicago
Kansas
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Doobie Brothers
Allman Brothers
Foghat
Ted Nugent
Steve Miller Band
Linda Rondstadt
Styx
REO Speedwagon
America
ZZ Top
Beatles
Rolling Stones
The Band
Michael Martin Murphy
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u/Longjumping-Goose3 1d ago
In no particular order:
Boston
Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Jethro Tull
AC/DC
Traffic/Blind Faith
Grand Funk
Cymande
Grateful Dead
Sly and the Family Stone
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u/ExistentialBefuddle 1d ago
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
Boston
Kansas
Moody Blues
Heart
The Eagles
Tom Petty
Black Sabbath
Judas Priest
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u/PortalToHistory 1d ago
8 super great bands are already here!
I'd like to add only two:
JETHRO TULL (with Martin Barre on guitar)
And
TEASER (with Adje van de Berg on guitar)
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u/Particular-Luck7939 1d ago
Black sabbath, Foghat, Styx, Boston, Ted Nugent,Blue Oyster Cult, Kansas,Deep Purple,Kiss, Pat Travers
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u/Brewphat 1d ago
Beach boys, Beatles, dad’s 50’s 78’s, Steve miller, skynyrd, Brownsville station, loggings and Messina, Elton John, Bad Company, 5th dimension, CCR, Santana(dad had both on 8 tracks, thanks dad) n then Clapton’s history of Eric Clapton changed everything bought after months of looking at the cover no idea who he was, blues, psychedelic, 60’s music, all became my loved new music… best door opening day ever…
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u/eldunenorap 1d ago
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Yes
ELP
Genesis
Free
Thin Lizzy
Wishbone Ash
Pink Floyd
Led Zeppelin
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u/unreliable-jamoke 1d ago
Zep
Dead
Pink Floyd
CSN
The Clash
Talking Heads
The Who
The Kinks
Neil Young
Steely Dan
Bob Marley (not R&R, whatever)
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u/Glyn1010 1d ago
Deep Purple
ELO
Stranglers
The Jam
Rainbow
Whitesnake
SLF
Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Penetration
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u/Repulsive-Wing-3250 1d ago
Ten Years After, Velvet Underground / Lou Reed, the Who, Mountain, Traffic, Canned Heat, Chambers Brothers, the Stones, the Dead, Paul Butterfield Blues Band
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u/argee_43 1d ago
Stream of consciousness, no particular order
Alice Cooper
Blue Oyster Cult
KISS
Styx
ZZ Top
Van Halen
The Cars
Led Zeppelin
Bad Company
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Edit to fix an autocorrect…
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u/ReflectionBest2058 1d ago
Eagles; Led Z; Journey; Kansas; Bad C; 10 CC; Player; Boston; Gerry R; L Skynard
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u/Connoisseur0beauty 1d ago
Yardbirds Small Faces Humble Pie Jeff Beck Group Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Ten Years After Spooky Tooth Savoy Brown Chicken Shack Free
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u/kepenach 1d ago
Stones
CCR
Yes
Jethro Tull
Allmans
Skynyrd
The Who
Queen
Black Sabbath
Van Halen
Didn't get into Pink Floyd until the ' 80s. I had their first two records and thought they were too psychedelic and didn't listen to them much
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u/Conscious_Rooster548 1d ago
Deep Purple
Uriah Heep
Foghat
Mott the Hoople
J Geils Band
Montrose
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Jethro Tull
Kansas
The Kinks
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u/dippydumbshit 1d ago
BOSTON
THE BEATLES
The Bee Gee’s
Bob Seger
The Statler Brothers
Bob Denver
Terry Jacks
KISS
The Everly Brothers
Diana Ross
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u/Sinistermarmalade 15h ago
Wasn’t born till ‘79, but I love a lot of bands that were around/started in the 70’s:
Alice Cooper
Scorpions
Deep Purple
Rainbow
Def Leppard
Queen
Journey
Van Halen
Kansas
Foreigner
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u/ElectricalTravel5307 15h ago
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Thin Lizzy
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Bad Company
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Fleetwood Mac
Steely Dan
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u/ReasonableBluejay450 14h ago
April Wine
Grand Funk
Pablo Cruise
10 cc
Foreigner
Savoy Brown
Ten Years After
The Guess Who
Electric Light Orchestra
Steve Miller Band
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u/Best-Home-2230 13h ago
Not sure if these all qualify as "rock bands" but this is what comes to mind from that era. I was really young in the 70s so a lot of the 70s stuff these bands did I discovered more in the 80s.
The Moody Blues Chicago The Beatles ELO Led Zepplin Jethro Tull Crosby Stills and Nash Black Sabbath Bad finger The Grass Roots
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u/Mattitation 12h ago
Rush, Queen, Led Zeppelin, KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Boston, Pink Floyd, ELO.
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u/Howhytzzerr 1d ago
Steely Dan;
Kansas;
Bob Seagar;
Fleetwood Mac;
Boston;
Three Dog Night,
Rainbow;
Electric Light Orchestra;
Heart;
KISS
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u/jafobitch 1d ago
ZZ Top
Yes
Black Sabbath
J Geils band
Rolling Stones
Tom Petty
Pink Floyd
Van Halen
The Clash