Same here... Bob Seger, Deep Purple, Foreigner underrated??? This Dude doesn't seem to realize that if we're talking the 70's... some of the greatest music and bands ever, were from that era... that's some stiff competition. Because Foreigner isn't hailed as the greatest band from that era, is because they were not. Foreigner was a great band yes, but there were A LOT of great bands from what is arguably the greatest decade for Rock music ever and likely to never be repeated... I would not want to have to choose 'the best' from among them all. But it wouldn't be Foreigner... sorry.
NAZARETH....one of the greatest rock bands with an amazing song list and their albums stack up against any of the greatest rock bands of all time. The unique vocals of Dan McCafferty combined with the superior guitar skills of Manny Charlton are legendary. I feel they never really got the recognition they deserve. RIP Dan and Manny 🎸
Badfinger would be my pick. What a great band. Pete Ham deserves so much more attention as a rock and roll composer. There’s a reason the Beatles signed this band to its Apple label. Badfinger is totally underrated.
Rainbow, Uriah Heep & The Sweet are so underrated, they didn’t even make your list! Those bands are awesome beyond belief. UFO would be another. Also ‘70s Scorpions. Everyone knows their ‘80s hits, but their ‘70s stuff is even better.
I don’t think any of those early ( I hesitate to call them “ glam bands “ ) second wave British hard rock groups ever get appreciated on these videos. Slade, Sweet, UFO, Budgie - the list is huge ( hell, I would even put The Bay City Rollers on this list!) Cheap Trick was huge, then forgotten!
Deep Purple are huge but we’re never promoted as much as other bands but to be fair they never needed it. They are still going. They were/are still one of the most influential bands around and Ritchie Blackmore is one of the best guitarists of all time.
@@gsxrkz i always just considered them a hard driving cousin of Zeppelin. Not superior or inferior, just a different brand of crazy. Floyd was always superior tripping music in my opinion.
Foreigner, Boston, Blondie, Deep Purple, and Bob Seger were all huge stars back in the day. How could they be called underrated? I'd nominate Billy Thorpe, Pavlov's Dogs, Starcastle, Angel, and a bunch of other artists that never quite "made it" here in the States.
p.s. Starcastle had their own genius - their drummer, who later went to medical school and has been a suburban Chicago physician for many years. He has an old promo picture of the band in his waiting room, and yep, he's had more than one person ask why there's a picture of Starcastle in the waiting room.
I can think of several bands that could have made this list. Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Three Dog Night were greats. Edgar Winter Band as well. I wore out a lot of 8-track tapes and players on these bands. And Frank Zappa was a favorite too.
BTO was a great band - and a great live act - also a somewhat unexpected success story - guitarist Randy Bachman had suddenly quit the Guess Who just as they were getting very successful - then he sank all his money into his new band BTO - it took a few years - but they became very successful and his big gamble paid off.
@@billyz5088 I saw the Guess Who and BTO at the same concert. It was a "fest". It was Rare Earth, Dr. Hook, The Guess Who, BTO and Grand Funk Railroad. Talk about a festival of underrated 70's bands. Sweet was underrated because they didn't write their own singles. Budgie is criminally underrated. Trapeze is a band that most people have never heard of, even though it had Glenn Hughes, Dave Holland of Judas Priest, and Mel Galley of Whitesnake. Rainbow was very underrated, also. Slade, Uli-era Scorpions, UFO, Nazareth, Uriah Heep, Triumph, April Wine, Mahogany Rush, Wishbone Ash, Cheap Trick... I listened to a lot of bands from the 70's before they got popular in the 80's or later. ZZ Top back in the 70's. They had hits in the 70's but didn't get huge until Mtv. Yes is another band that most people can only name two or three songs from the 70's albums. Blue Oyster Cult? Most of my music collection is bands from the 70's that kind of flew under the radar back in the day. How about the Wooden Nickel albums from Styx, pre-Tommy Shaw? Queen? If it wasn't Bohemian Rhapsody, You're My Best Friend, or We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions, Queen wasn't played on the radio around here. It wasn't until The Game, released in 1980 that they finally got radio airplay on a regular basis. That's the way it was with a lot of these bands. Once they finally broke, radio would start playing their back catalog in order to cash in on their popularity.
@@Tammyperry1 I have a DVD of them in concert. Mickey McMeel, Turkey from Kaptain Kool and the Kongs is playing drums. He was in the band for a couple of years.
I would add 38 special, Alan parsons project, Blue Öyster Cult Love love love foreigner! I LOVE Boston and I hate that I never had the chance to see them live. Bob Seger made my fav cover of with a little help from my friends Debbie Harry is beyond. She was basically the first woman ever to branch out and show that chicks can lead a band; through decades and genre changes (punk -> rock -> disco)
I would have to agree how underrated 38 special is. Tight band, tons of good songs. Yet, they are mocked like Nickleback and took a back seat to Lynyrd Skynyrd.
@@johnjay9404 I feel the same way about Black Oak Arkansas. Don't know if you remember them but they were a bunch of hardcore Southern delinquents with a real annoying lead singer named Jim Dandy who was forever showing off his man-bulge in super tight white pants. But if you can hear past his honking voice they played some real lowdown mean and funky Southern rock n roll. I'm not actually familiar with .38 Special but isn't their singer the brother of Ronnie Van Zandt or something like that ? That alone makes them worth my investigating because I really loved Ronnie's vocals as well as his lyrics.
@@teddydog6229 yes, I remember Black Oak Arkansas. Car Over the Lake album. And what about Pure Prairie League, the Outlaws, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Molly Hatchet? One of my favorites, Georgia Satellites.
I remember when Boston's first album hit the airwaves. It was unlike anything I had heard before. It was like a whole album of #1 singles. They instantly shot up the charts. And when they came to town in 1980, I had to go see them. But their huge success didn't last as long as it should have because of law suits with their record label. They were forced to quit recording for years. I'd go see them today if they came to town.
I can relate. I was 7 when their debut album came out. Turned me on to rock n roll forever. Still my favorite album of all time at age 53. This was the only album that got played in its entirety every day on radio and pretty much still does on classic rock stations.
Boston's debut record came out late August of '76 - they went out on tour that fall & winter supporting more established bands at the time like Blue Öyster Cult - but just a few months later in spring of '77 they were headlining the big arena circuit due to the massive success of the record. I saw them in May of '77 at the 18,000+ seat Capital Centre near D.C. - with Journey opening for them - this was just before vocalist Steve Perry joined Journey - then they got huge also.
@@billyz5088 Nice. Wish I was a little older to see them back then. Had to be incredible. Have seen BOC many times but never the entire original line up. Also did get to see Boston on the Third Stage tour. Again not the original line up but excellent none the less.
interviewer: so who was the better band? led zeppelin or black sabbath? bruce dickinson (of iron maiden): the answer to that question is obviously deep purple.
Easter Worshipper, Zeppelin were nothing like Sabbath or Purple. Those bands never did anything like The Rain Song, Battle of Evermore, Bron-yr-Aur Stomp or even Stairway. I have no idea why some people lump Zeppelin in with Sabbath and Purple, both of which were one trick ponies.
@lyndoncmp5751 Dead Zeppelin never could touch Purple live. I've seen all 3 in their big days in the 70s. Zeppelin is more blues based than Purple or Sabbath. Let's face it Zeppelin was a continuation of the Yardbirds. "Dazed and Confused" is one example. All 3 are great in their own way. Purple is much more than smoke on the water. I will put Deep Purple's child in time up against stairway to heaven any day. Just because Zeppelin was more popular, don't make them better. If you compare all 3 lps Black Sabbath 1st Deep Purple In rock and Zeppelin 1. Sabbath and Purple much heavier. We all knew in the 70s that Purple was the best live band. Purple never did the same song twice, always experimental live. Not talking studio material. Pagie is a producer at heart. All 3 were the best ever on earth in their own ways. If you want to know where "hot dog" came from on zeppelins lp in thru the outdoor. Listen to Deep Purple's "anyones daughter" on Fireball lp. That song was straight-up country music. Purple is more than a one trick pony. Sabbath mainly stuck to what they were good at kicking ass. You could bring up the song "Planet Caravan." That was experimental at that time.
@@easterworshipper5579 And did you know what all of those 3 bands had in common? They did shows with a band called Grand Funk Railroad! Arena Rock was a stable for Grand Funk Railroad and they set tone for others to follow.
Most of these artists got a whole lot of airplay in the 70's and still do; many of us would say overplayed. Nevertheless, if I stay away from classic rock stations, I can still enjoy some of these bands as long as I haven't heard them in a while. Consider some other influential bands of the 70's; Grand Funk Railroad, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, The Stooges, Pat Travers, Robin Trower, Steely Dan, The New York Dolls, Uriah Heep, Elvis Costello and Yes.
especially certain tracks were overplayed on FM radio - which changed drastically as the 70's went on - early 70s FM radio would play deep cuts - even entire album sides - then by the late 70s the 'corporate playlist' had taken over FM - that theme was the basis for the film "FM" - and the TV show "WKRP in Cincinnati".
As far as under appreciated, I would have to add UFO. They were pretty pedestrian when they first started, but, then, they added Michael Schenker in 1974 and they exploded onto the scene. They influenced nearly every 80’s metal band from sound to style. Quick, how many guitarists do you know that play a Flying V? Most of those people, especially those in the 80’s played one because of Michael Schenker and his seminal work with UFO. Before every Iron Maiden concert, they play Doctor, Doctor by UFO, then take the stage. Iron Maiden founder, bassist and main lyricist Steve Harris has stated that his favorite song is UFO’s ballad Love to Love. Finally, their live album, Strangers in the Night is widely acclaimed as one of the best live albums, ever.
One of my favorites also. I saw them in concert during the mid 70s at the Fabulous Fox Theater in St Louis Mo. A fantastic concert I will never forget. 'Force It' ....'Lights Out' ....and 'Obsession' ...are all three great rock albums. 'Love To Love' is a fantastic ballad and I also like the soft ballad 'High Flyer'. I smoked a pair of tower speakers listening their music at high volume back in the day. Won't happen now cause I built a system pushing over 2,000 watts that can handle them high volume levels. When I listen to UFO, my neighbors listen with me. 😂 Glad you mentioned them and I agree totally 👍
@Sam Doe Every song on Foreigners first four albums were awesome.They have sold over 80 millions albums. Same with Boston except there first three albums that sold over 75 million. Seger had quite a few big time radio hits also a 75+ million album's in sales.
Very pleased to see Roxy Music included here. I was essentially unaware of them (except for Love is the Drug) until I heard "Slave to Love" by Bryan Ferry in the "9 1/2 Weeks" soundtrack. I became an instant fan and became acquainted with the back catalog in a hurry. My favorite Roxy Music album is "For Your Pleasure" but there is so much great music. It's a shame they aren't really appreciated or known in America
Saw Seger in October 2019 at one of his last shows on his farewell tour. Great show, and his voice hadn't lost much if anything. Way underrated by the music critics, but not by fans who like rock and rock ballads.
Big fan of Foreigner. Saw them live. Half the band is British and half American thus foreigners wherever they go. Also big fan of Boston, Seger, and Deep purple
Saw Foreigner just after their debut record came out - they opened for Ted Nugent & Nazareth - I had never seen an opening act perform with such confidence & professionalism - everyone was like; "who are these guys ?"
You included several of my favorite bands from then. Deep Purple, Boston, Bob Seger, Blonde and Foreigner to name a few. But two bands that I still listen to all the time are Grand Funk and Badfinger; both are sooo underrated in my opinion. Both should be in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, I believe.
Love Grand Funk Railroad. Inside looking out, paranoid, & winter and my soul are amazing songs by them that most people have never heard. They definitely deserve to be in the Rock & Roll hall of fame 💯👌💯
Supposedly the president of the RnR HOF has it out for the Guess who ,Grand Funk,Phil Collins among others and they likely will never be inducted until he dies
@@naudianeels1328 Salut!!.....HI!! Grandfunk Railroad deserves to be in the H.O.F. with only their live album, it should be enough. And if they are not in the rock hall of Fame it's cause the people who's responsibles at that place well : "THEY DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ROCK MUSIC" and if GFR are not there ,AGAIN, at Rock hof,they have a serious lack of knowledge and experience and the most important: they are not honnest at that fu.....place.bottom line
BOB Seger is one of the greatest singers back n the 70's still love the man & his music. I grew up listening to Bob Seger. Deep Purple & Blonde & The talking heads & foreigner & Boston all are great bands.
I saw the start of the end of the REAL Uriah Heep.....the night Gary Thain got electrocuted and fell flat on his face in Dallas.....then when Byron got fired that band was over....its a bad joke whoever is playing their music today. About as pathetic as The Guess Who or Grand Funk.
Deep Purple? Give me a break. They are the grandfathers of heavy metal. Anyone who doesn't know them doesn't know rock. They still get tons of play on classic rock stations. Foreigner was also huge and still played all the time. Boston is also still big.
How about Frank Marino and Mahogany rush? Frank is one of greatest guitarists to ever walk on God's green earth. Listen to his version of Hendrix Red House. Tell me I'm wrong, also a song HE'S CALLING !!! You will most likely agree with me.
I’m in the UK so maybe different over the pond, but underrated artists of the 70’s have to Sparks & Creedence Clearwater Revival & Nick Drake. Roxy & Blondie are still very popular in UK and played daily on radio.
I'm thinking Debby Harry was somehow dipped in magic waters...live her voice sounded perfect , she was the cutest girl on the planet and I have never seen her look bad in a photograph. Even if it were taken with her unaware and or without preparation. Clandestine photographs of her without make up or even knowing somehow made her appear even cuter. It was uncanny.
I would hope nobody underrates them but they aren't as well remembered as they should be. A truly unique bag.The big E is the greatest keyboard player of all time and his synth sound creations are still unmatched. The same goes for Greg Lakes's incredible concert baritone voice unmatched in rock or any popular music.
@@KM769 Frank never used to get the respect he deserved, mostly known as being some weird clown act. That is changing now,as more people start to discover his vast catalog of amazing compositions and intelligent insights on a wide variety of subjects. He was the influence for the Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album as well.
If I could only listen to one singer/band for the rest of my life, it would be Bob Seger! I was born a few years too late to attend a concert so I never saw him live but I LOVE his music!
wow thank you. most these albums were a regular on my teen age 1970s turntable here in Detroit Rock city. and a couple i was unaware of like "Big Star" i always wondered why they had that theme song to the 70s show. gonna have to check them out. wow thank you so much for this fun visit to my 1970s childhood. The best decade ever.
I was into prog rock and there are a few bands from that genre that were very underrated, not getting the attention like some of the other bands from that era such as Genesis, ELP, Yes, King Crimson...just to name a few. Here are some of those bands in no particular order, that deserve the recognition. Renaissance with the brilliant vocals of Annie Haslam, Camel, an Italian band called PFM, Starcastle, Strawbs (one of my favourites), Triumvirate and Supertramp. There are more, but I really couldn't come with any off the top of my head while writing this. OHHH!! wait, there is one other band I thought of, even though I wouldn't classify them as totally prog and that is Wishbone Ash. I was going to put Styx down, but they were pretty popular, especially on this side of the big pond.
Underappreciated 70s bands I'd add Thin Lizzy and Traffic. Also I know Big Star as highly influenced Mpls underappreciated 80s band The Replacements shout out lead singer in "Alex Chilton".
I'm a 57 YR old kid 😁 and 8n my humble opinion BIG STAR and JIMMY CLIFF are the most definitely underated but the others like Boston,Bob Seger , Foreigner ECT. All achieved massive success during their time UNBELIEVABLE SUCCESS Even BLONDIE topped the charts for a few years and is respected as an ICON and innovative force, all of them aside from BIG STAR are still living off their success and in my opinion BIG STAR is as influential in their genre as anyone else.🥁😁✌️😎
As a teenager in the 70's, was in rock bands and hung with local musicians. We were always checking out the bands that were releasing records, so most of these were familiar to us.
Really?! Blondie, Bob Seger, Deep Purple, Foreigner are still mainstays on radio, and still performing. Cliff, T-Rex, Roxy Music are under-rated. Boston is somewhere in between.
Saw Bob Seger twice during his farewell tour. Took my Gen Z kids and they loved it. And how is Foreigner being lumped in with Kansas and Styx a bad thing? I love all those bands.
Bob Seger is an American Icon. He’s so iconic he had a on of Eagles (Glenn Frey) singing back up on one of his first hit singles “Ramblin Gamblin Man”. Edited - Thanks @Jim Coleman for squaring me away.
I’ve never heard of Big Star. Going to check them out now. I’m from Australia and remember Foreigner and Blondie were huge. Loved this video. Good topic. Thanks
Big Star- In The Street was used as he opening titles for "That 70s Show," "September Gurls" was recorded by the Bangles in the 80s. #1Record is really good power pop, as are Radio City and Third. Third has an amazingly beautiful ballad called For You.
You missed the music of Grand Funk Railroad. They hardly got any airtime compared to Foreigner and Boston. Closer to Home was by far their best album. GFR even outsold The Beatles at Shaw Stadium.
How are any of these underrated? As a 53 year old, I can tell you that everyone was popular and overplayed to the max back in the day. Even I got bored of most of these bands…although Roxy and Blondie still get pulled out of my collection now and then.
Just found out what's the best thing with this stream. It was reading all your comments. It gave me a lot of reminders of bands I once loved but had turned more to vague memories. Now catching up 🎸🎵 IMHO music was great before the seventies, and continued to be very good from the eighties and forward. But that decade, the seventies, was the golden age of Rock & Roll (maybe because it was my teen years 😂😂😂)
Since I'm in my 60s, I love all these bands... I still listen to their music to this day...Big Star and Jimmy Cliff I did not know... What decade do you place Three Dog Night in... they never get enough praise...
I love those groups. I am well familiar with all except don't know much Jimmy Cliff. Not a big Reggae guy. I still buy any new release from Deep Purple and Blondie. Boston went off the rails especially after losing Brad Delp. Foreigner never had much luck after Lou Gramm left the band. Anyone interested in Big Star should check out the documentary about them which has been on Netflix. Not sure if it's there now. Pineapple on pizza? You disgust me sir.
Dude you must be an 80's child. All these bands were massive and are legends to those of us alive at this time. Now perhaps you should talk about The Sweet, Ted Nugent, or even Styx. Now there's some bands you could have mentioned.
I remember the group foreigner my favorite song was double vision. I had the 1st four albums And then of course there's Bob Seger I'll remember listening to his music as a kid growing up in the seventies. And of course we have Boston. One thing we had for rock and roll in the seventies were really good sometimes Little known groups.
Dr. Hook, Leo Sayer,UFO,Atlanta Rhythm Section, Molly Hatchett,Blackfoot,April Wine,Triumph,Nitty Gritty dirt band, Ambrosia. My top 10 underrated 70's musicians.
I'm sorry. I just don't see how most of these bands are "underrated". It is true that they were of a specific time. 50 years ago. I listen to most these on a regular basis. Then again, I'm 62. So, there is that.
Poland: Breakout, Marek Grechuta/Anawa, Czesław Niemen, Dżamble/Andrzej Zaucha. US: Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Sun Ra, The Residents. UK: King Crimson, Soft Machine. Germany: Kraftwerk. France: J.M.Jarre.
Slade ,UFO , Sweet and a Norwegian band called Titanic their lead singer was Roy Robinson (british guy) . They were talented and put out I think 7 albums . They are one of the bands I listen to , a lot . Of course UFO and Slade also . Great songwriters. In fact Slade is only second to the Beatles in the seventies for the most top 20 songs in England , if I'm not mistaken . And Bad Finger , who was mentioned elsewhere .Pete Ham was a great songwriter and singer . He wrote one of the biggest songs ever . Google it. Hint : Harry Nilson . Sweet also great songwriters.
DEEP PURPLE is considered one of the "Big Three" of 1970s hard rock music, along with BLACK SABBATH and LED ZEPPELIN. And you can't mention BIG STAR without mentioning BADFINGER and THE RASPBERRIES, who were equally as good.
My list of underrated bands is: •Styx •Bad Company •Foreigner •Genesis •Crack The Sky •Kansas •Lynyrd Skynyrd •Fixx •Triumph It's not about fan popularity. If going by that, all these bands would have awards galore. The problem comes from certain people who have heavy influence in the music industry. And they won't allow acknowledgement of specific bands/artists regardless of how many records they've sold...
I like Bob Seger and he is underrated. I agree with you on that one and that movie, Taps and THE OUTSIDERS. Were the only three movies I like Tom Cruise in he was really good in the outsiders. That was a awesome movie and taps was really good as well, and then the movie forget the name, but that’s the only movies I like him in.
I would hardly consider most of these under appreciated. Only Big Star and possibly Jimmy Cliff are under appreciated. And several were my favorite band at some point during the 70s. For example Roxy Music, while I was a bit late to the party, 1976, I have all of their albums and last year were inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame last year.
