Best Bands of the 70's

**eoinh** · 21/05/2004, 2:39 PM

ill probably think of more later but for me the answer would be Mott the Hoople, ELO, and although most of their best work was in the late 60s the Moody Blues had some good early 70's albums.

Anybody else got any favs

**tiktok** · 21/05/2004, 2:53 PM

Agree completely on 'Breakfast in America' Conor, mine would be....

David Bowie
Supertramp
Stevie Wonder
Billy Joel

Some of...
T-Rex
Zepellin

I never really got Genesis (or any of their 'offspring') to be honest

**corkharps** · 21/05/2004, 3:09 PM

The whole SKA thing is worth a mention,Specials,Beat etc.

The punk era also had a lot of good stuff(alot of crap also!)Buzzcocks,Stranglers,Television etc etc.(XTC)
Earlier; MC5,Stooges,Bowie,NY Dolls,The Mainliners.

**brendy_éire** · 21/05/2004, 3:41 PM

The Undertones.
And still going strong!

**Pat O' Banton** · 21/05/2004, 3:46 PM

Surely The Clash?!?!, T-Rex certainly,THe Undertones are a great shout and unless I'm mistaken weren't Blondie around in the late 70's? Another superb band.

**A face** · 21/05/2004, 4:01 PM

Lads, can you remember the site someone posted here a while back with all of the top tens going through the decades ? Handy little site that was !!

**eoinh** · 21/05/2004, 4:12 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Never liked Blondie, though listening to their music is one of my earliest memories.

one of mine too. funnily enough also vividly remember shawaddywaddy (if thats how you spell them and slade.

**Pat O' Banton** · 21/05/2004, 4:28 PM

Oh yeah, worse than that my parents made me get up in front of the relatives and do the dance for Wuthering Heights

If you ever notice a certain amount of twisted bitterness in my comments on this site it can probably be traced back to this event.

**eoinh** · 21/05/2004, 4:56 PM

my better half calls her "the wailing cat".

I quite like her myself (kate bush that is)

**liam88** · 21/05/2004, 5:05 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Never liked Blondie, though listening to their music is one of my earliest memories.

Playing up the road from my house this summer-thinking of going down-worth a look

**Metrostars** · 21/05/2004, 5:29 PM

Queen
The Clash
The Sex Pistols

**Lux Interior** · 22/05/2004, 12:09 AM

The Cramps
Bolan
Buzzcocks
late 70s Bowie
Kraftwerk

Nuff said

**the 12 th man** · 22/05/2004, 2:13 PM

Originally Posted by Pat O' Banton

Oh yeah, worse than that my parents made me get up in front of the relatives and do the dance for Wuthering Heights

If you ever notice a certain amount of twisted bitterness in my comments on this site it can probably be traced back to this event.

didnt stop you getting together with ub40 did it ?

**Macy** · 24/05/2004, 8:00 AM

How about early 70's Rolling Stones. They were great in the 70's, till they went Disco. Also The Who were still going strong. Then the punk stuff as above.

Here's one for the mix - Status Quo. Their stuff from that era was great.

**Lux Interior** · 24/05/2004, 3:26 PM

Originally Posted by Conor74

Yeah, hadn't thouhgt of that electronica stuff. Jean Michel Jarre's 'Oxygen' and Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells' were both from the 70s too. Great stuff.

Yep, I caught the Kraftwerk 'Olympia' gig in March ....

You can safely assume there wasn't much band-to-audience craic.

But worth it just to hear a spine-tingling version of 'Radioactivity'.

2 flat tyres on the way home dulled the evening somewhat

**sorbothegreek** · 25/05/2004, 7:09 AM

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention!

**the 12 th man** · 25/05/2004, 7:20 AM

best irish band about in this era imo:horslips.

**WeAreRovers** · 25/05/2004, 7:58 AM

The Clash
The Beat
Specials

Early 70s (before my time

)
Cheap Trick
Faces
Badfinger

KOH

**Crusader Al** · 25/05/2004, 8:42 AM

Anyone remember the great Mama's Boys from Derrylin ?, they should have been superstars ....

**the 12 th man** · 25/05/2004, 8:48 AM

Originally Posted by Crusader Al

Anyone remember the great Mama's Boys from Derrylin ?, they should have been superstars ....

i do indeed.do you remember when their ad campaign for their single "get out of dublin"went pear shaped.
they sent out anonymous letters to the local journalists with a note saying just "get out of dublin".
some of the hacks thought they were threating letters and were planking it