I dont claim to own any of the music, video, or pictures in this project, so please dont remove it. Kthxby P.S. Closing music is Witchcraft's "Walk Between The Lines" from The Alchemist (2007)
Adrian Tempes i liked this documentary alot wish it could have been longer and mention more all of the obscure bands and even went in depth about the different styles of music from that time such as the krautrock, prog and psychedelic styles and which bands in fact pioonered and played the those varying styles and go into the scenes that were happening in the different countries. wishful thinking i guess but this piece is still a fine job.
Very good clip , I was surprised to see Dust on this, saw them in 71 they blew the roof off the place, Sir Lord Baltimore, Cactus & Capitan Beyond ,Fuckin A ,!!! Arrmeggedon was not mentioned but worth checking out . these were the best times for hard rock ...
Adrian, you must be commended & encouraged to do keep doing this! I dunno how far your interests reach, but you went a step further than most lists (also commendable) by adding informative narration that people would want to know, and you did it with poise! I wish more folks would put that xtra bit of juice into giving tasty info bits that they would want to know and perhaps a few guiding comparisons. You have poise and clearly want to get others excited about things they've missed but might dig
Thank you for posting!! I only heard a few of the bands mentioned. I will check the others out, for sure! I would like to mention a band, and album, from my home city, of Minneapolis MN., called Cain, the album., a pound of flesh, 1975., and available at Rockadrome., and yet another brief, but shining moment, of the power, and glory, of the 70s, and the essence of raw, uninhibited, talented rock and roll musicians, at their peak, and heyday. Enjoy!
I must thank you for introducing me to some great music that I was unaware of, especially for Flower Travellin' Band. I can't believe how good this band is and that I'd never heard of them till now.
@bsaacks Budgie is absolutely awesome. "Never Turn Your Back On a Friend" in particular is a killer slab of rock. Definitely a glaring omission. As I recall, though, I wasn't privy to their wicked-awesomeness when this was created.
As someone who's very interested in the origins of heavy metal (particularly the synthesis of blues-rock, psychedelia and even prog elements) I thought your video was a great primer. Nice work! I'm definitely going to check out more of Jerusalem's output.
Fortunately (or maybe unfortunately) I have all these bands already in my collection so nothing new for me to snatch up. But I'd still like to say thanks for making this great video and helping turn people on to these awesome bands. Also check out great stuff from Truth And Janey, Pentagram, Atomic Rooster, etc. Too many to list. Keep these awesome bands in your ears and spread the word. Thanks again for making this vid!
Adrian, thank you for posting this. Please slow down your commentary, as alot of great info. got by some of us. Born in 1960, being the youngest of 7 kids I was introduced to alot of these bands at a very early age. A couple of my brothers took me to see my 1st concert in late 1969. A band named CACTUS opened for the Small Faces. The 1st Cactus album had not yet been released. Needless to say I loved Cactus and wanted to leave once I heard the Faces 1st song (no offense to any Faces fans)
Nice clip, sure we missed out on many a great band that got placed on the back shelf along the way........ a few of the bands I don't remember but would like to find their music.....
May Blitz were always one of my favourite bands from the early '70's . l remember they gigged constantly around the U.K . but like so many other fine bands never got the breaks . Check out their self titled debut and their second aptly entitled "The 2 nd of May" . Good and original heavy rock with great songs .
just got some great lp's from my dad as a present. had no idea he had these! jerusalem, sir lord baltimore, hard stuff, budgie, captain beyond and some more sick shit. i'm so fucking stoked!!
hey, great vid! a little difficult for me to understand as a non-native speaker. whats the harp-song in the very beginning? i know, it's a well known thing, but i can't find out, what exactly it is. please help.
great video. I'm really learning a lot here, and pleased to see that many of these albums have been reissued. Some are unofficial releases, but I think I'd allow them in my collection due to the rarity of the originals.
I saw both Cactus & Captain Beyond in the early 70's. The incarnation of Captain Beyond that I saw has Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt on guitar,Lee Dorman on Bass & the great Bobby Caldwell on Drums with Rod Evans as the Frontman. I saw the original classic line up of Cactus with McCarty,Bogert,Appice * Day....Both did really good live shows!
Hi AdrianTemples, thanks for the infos on the current psychedelic scene. I know some of the bands you mentioned. Siena Root is one of my favourite "today-bands". I saw them two times here in germany. Great! If you are a little bit in actual krautrock, you may check out "weltraumstaunen" (especially the song pollenflug) or the group "liquid vision". Some nice authentic kraut and psych from nowadays. peace*
@AdrianTempes Thanks for mentioning Horisont! You should check out November from Sweden aswell. One of the best psych/prog rock bands, in my opinion. Denmark had a few too like The Old Man And The Sea, Pan, Hurdy Gurdy and Culpepers Orchard! Someone already mentioned Warpig, that made me think of Warhorse with Nick Simper. Released two of the best hard rock albums of the 70's if you ask me. You seem to know what you're talking about, though, so there's no need to "fill you in" :-)
Adrian, please post additional vlogs. Your efforts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Did someone mention "BUBBLE PUPPY" ? I have absolutely no idea what the 3rd link you mentioned was.
I was born in 1990, so I see where you're coming from, but SOME bands do get big because they actually deserve to. Don't knock it till you've tried it, I always say. It's also worth noting that the modern heavy rock underground is quite in-touch with the late 60s/ early 70s underground. There's tons of bands that pay homage to that classic sound. Check out Stone Axe, Burning Saviours, Siena Root, Radio Moscow, and especially Witchcraft, Horisont, and Graveyard for starters.
yeeeeaah, it's sabbath, a true classic! you have to know, that I'm a child of the 90s. today I'm more into the really obscure 60s and 70s. so, the "big" well known names like black sabbath don't seem to be worth to explore for me. but now I see, they are worth to as well! thanks for the info on this. i'll get it soon
Actually Budgie really doesn't belong on this list as they were fairly popular in the UK and Europe, popular enough to warrant 10 albums and a "best of" in the decade they were originally producing music. It was only here in the states that they weren't as well known until Metallica did a few covers in the late 80's and early 90's that they were "re-discovered" by most yanks.
A band I found that closely matches that 60s sound the most was Parchman Farm's 2004 album. And as far as classic rock radio is concerned, I'm fed up with it, because it's the same batch of songs every day. Seriously, how many times do I have to hear 'Barracuda' and 'More than a Feeling' per day..
More bands to check out if y'all haven't already - PAX, URSA Major, Tiger B. Smith, Masters Apprentices-- Master's Apprentices had a lot of 60s output, but check out their 70s material... such as 'easy to live' or 'future of our nation'...
Cactus was a really good band. I also liked Captain Beyond,Free, UFO,Family,Terry Reid most over looked talent ever , The Move ,Wishbone ash and I am too god damn old to remember anyone else.
While I've never heard of or listened to a lot of these groups : Cactus and Captain Beyond were not that obscure. I saw Cactus open up for Ted Neugent a couple of times. After Teds set the guitarist for Cactus (Mike Pinera) would come out and they would stage a guitar duel. It was pretty much a load but the concerts were good overall. Cactus was also prolific in album production. Captain Beyond's debut album and "Sufficiently Breathless" got airplay on underground radio. Thk God 4 Underground R
enjoy this music while it's freely available on the internet. The internet is soon to be controlled media and will end up like television. The music industry today is heavily controlled, lacks creativity and is made for quick cash. I'm 19 years old and listen to real music.
Hope against hope was dashed as the narrators voice revealed to me what was to come. A heavy leaning towards metal. metal! metal! metal! As if this is the only kind of music that was of any value that came out of the 60s or 70s. Metal was one kind of rock and whenever music narrows down to one specific and to the point of ruling out other forms has always looked back as forgotten. Like bell bottoms and wide belts. Embarrassing.There's plenty of songs and bands that wer'ent metal that were considered to be solid Rock bands and obscure espescially at the time..Steven Stills, Joni Mitchell, Arlo Guthrie most of Ian Anderson and Jethro tull...Jeff Beck...that didn't lean on thier amplifiers and caricature type voices, but had instead a large degree of talent.
What strange narration. It sounds like a child when they've been asked to read out their essay at the front of the class. Sort of hurried, drone-like. I was looking firward to this when I saw the title but I'm afraid the narration made me stop. Sorry!
