Classic British Hard Rock Poll
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Topic: Classic British Hard Rock Poll
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Subject: Classic British Hard Rock Poll
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 12:34
I included Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden & Judas Priest in the poll even though they're primarily Heavy Metal bands, because I don't think their fans would forgive me if I'd left them out of the poll. 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 12:35
yeah, again too many great ones. I'll vote a favorite who does not get much votes in the end.  |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 12:40
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With Led Zeppelin in the Poll - don't have to read the other, no one would come close anyway. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 12:54
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I moved this from Prog Polls to General Music Discussions because it does not focus on British Progressive Hard Rock (like ones that would be found in our Heavy Prog category). I didn't sit this one out, as I love Cream, and actually have wanted it in PA, but am not getting into that again. I would have liked to see Gun, Black Widow, and Atomic Rooster included amongst others, and likely would have given one of those my vote. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:01
I'm sorry I couldn't include Atomic Rooster, Black Widow or Gun as I'd already used up all 25 poll options and I knew I'd have to leave some important bands out of the poll. I could swap Atomic Rooster for the Baker Gurvitz Army though, and Black Widow for Budgie. 
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Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:12
| Lots of good bands here. I went with The Who. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:15
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I knew this poll would be relocated. It was interesting to see how long it would stay in the prog section though. Anyway, my favorites would be Deep Purple, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath. I consider the last two to be heavy metal though.
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:19
I find you changing the poll options infuriating. Are you sucking up to the people who may not be pleased with your options? Because this is not how it works. The displeased ones can start their own poll (it rarely happens). So please leave the polls like they are. And you take the amazing Budgie out? Now that was a no-brainer...
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:19
| Almost all worthy contestants. I'll sit this one out. I simply refuse to choose between The Who, Black Sabbath, and Iron Maiden. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:20
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^^^^^ I wouldn't suggest it. Gotta have Budgie, and Baker Gurvitz Army are great. I don't usually use an "other' option, but say "vote for your favourite of the listed choices, and mention that in a post, but please also mention any other favourites". Of course when the question is "Who's Your Favourite Classic British Hard Rock Band?" without an "of these" addendum, and it's not one of the options available then it might be seen as wrong to vote for any of the options. I would have removed Def Leppard and Bad Company as neither have I thought of as remotely progressive hard rock, but maybe I know neither well enough. Nor Samson either... That said, when I do polls I tend to focus on my favourites, which may not be others. And if you weren't big enough on Gun, Atomic Rooster, or Black Widow to include them, well it's your poll and I think better polls tend to reflect the most on the OP's taste. I would rather people stick more to ones they like and love when making polls (also helpful in discussion about the acts if the OP knows and cares about all of the choices). I personally never care about poll results, but I do discover new-to-me ones thank to my polls and other people's polls quite often. If my poll reflects my tastes then I'm more likely to hear about related ones that I will enjoy. |
Posted By: Odvin Draoi
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:21
Do you REALLY think so? Why would a -for instance- Judas Priest band never forgive you because you didn't include them on a "classic hard rock" poll? I guess none would do that, conversely some might get offended and shout: "Judas Priest is METAAAAAL!"  Nice list, yet for example I would add The Rolling Stones, instead of Samson or Saxon. Not only TRS are more popular, but also they are more "classic" and "rock", as your title suggests. I'll go with Deep Purple. 
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:21
that's what I initially thought but then saw Black Sabbath and decided that, what I like by them - Paranoid, Iron Man, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - , I like more than anything by Led Zep
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:32
Good idea! I'll swap Samson for The Rolling Stones. It was a case of trying to please everyone at once by including the three Heavy Metal bands, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden & Judas Priest.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:40
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I am a big classic hard rock fan, and there are so many favourites in this poll that I find it hard to choose one. However, I went for Deep Purple, who to me are the quintessential HR band (even more so than Led Zeppelin). While I am OK with Judas Priest and Black Sabbath being included here on account of their early albums, I wouldn't have included any of the NWOBHM bands (Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Saxon and Samson). If you include those, I believe Motorhead should be mentioned too. And, if Hawkwind are included, High Tide should as well. Their debut album Sea Shanties is heavier than most of Hawkwind's output. |
Posted By: Odvin Draoi
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:40
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It is okay to include them. It would be perfectly reasonable to omit "classic", though. As heavy metal is more adventuresome and too odd to be "classic" in the rock genre. As I said, this is not a big deal as heavy metal emerged out of rock and use too many rock elements, with twists. I just made a realistic humour of some probable prospective reactions you may get from JP fans.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:54
| Another unfortunate omission: The Kinks |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 13:57
It's always tricky deciding who to include and who to leave out in these artist polls, especially when using all 25 available options. I could include Motorhead, but then I'd have to delete another band from the poll to create an empty slot for Motorhead.
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Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 14:43
| Deep Purple a little bit above black sabbath |
Posted By: gr8dane
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 14:52
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Many greats there.Going for Nazareth who will probably only get my vote. Love tons of their music, seen them many times.Always great. Still going strong with only original member left.One for an underdog. ------------- Shake & bake. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:04
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I always remember the Nazareth song "This Flight Tonight" after hearing it on Top of the Pops many years ago. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:06
I've never thought of The Kinks as a Hard Rock band.
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:20
If Tull can win a Grammy for best Metal/Hard rock album, then surely the Kinks belong as well!!! In all seriousness, I get ya'. But think about when they dropped "You Really Got Me" in in '64--they were pretty much the progenitors of hard rock, even punk and to some extent, metal. And while they were never hard rock through and through, there's some genuine hard rock on pretty much every album in their very vast discography. But no, overall, they don't stand alongside the likes of Purple, Heep & Zep in that category.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:29
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If you want some REAL Heavy Metal, how about horror legend Christopher Lee..... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:34
are you trolling your own thread?
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:38
I've never heard of anyone "trolling" their own thread before.
 I'm guessing you didn't like the Christopher Lee video. Was it too heavy for you? |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:43
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Go with the Deep Purple crowd. although I like Hawkwind about as much. |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 15:55
well, you posting that video seems to me you are mocking your own thread. and no, there's plenty of metal i enjoy, in all its diversity.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 16:12
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I posted that video for anyone who was unaware of Christopher Lee's Heavy Metal years when he was in his early nineties.
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Posted By: HarryAngel746
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 16:13
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Too many great bands... hard to choose my favourite, I especially like UFO (I remember I confused them with Free - because of the "flying" cover) I will propose another one - even (proto?) heavy metal band Jerusalem with album from 1972 - hard rock killer! It's hard for me to even choose the best track, they're all great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbU5MwOpADw&list=PL94gOvpr5yt2aSynq-sYk_dI1qhbhhoQy&index=1" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbU5MwOpADw&list=PL94gOvpr5yt2aSynq-sYk_dI1qhbhhoQy&index=1 |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 16:37
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Go get 'em, Bill!!! ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 16:45
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I like far too many of these bands a great deal to cast a vote. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 16:49
| I didn't realise Black Sabbath's "Snowblind" was all about cocaine until I watched the live video above. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 19:24
Well, you can hear them say "cocaine" in the song. When I saw them play it on their farewell tour Ozzy said "cocaine" loud enough so that there was no mistaking it.
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 20:20
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Was a fairly big fan of Zeppelin in high school(who wasn't lol). And I consider myself currently a pretty big fan of Humble Pie, but... Wishbone Ash is solidly in my top 5 of all music arts in any genre. So that's where my vote goes. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 21:03
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Zeppelin or Sabbath. Either or. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 23 2019 at 23:05
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Iron Maiden as I still enjoy listening to them and somehow they carved out something unique from a well trodden genre. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 05:28
This.
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 05:29
they're not in a million years.
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 07:11
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Deep Purple for me. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 07:28
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I'm voting for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow for having the most consistently good albums with some great line-ups of singers and musicians.
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 08:51
| The correct answer is Iron Maiden!!! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 08:59
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its either The Who, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or Cream -------------  
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 09:00
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One band I would add that tend to go under the radar a bit is Lone Star - not the US band but the Welsh band whose first album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and whose second album features singer John Sloman who went on to join Uriah Heep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Star_%28band" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_Star_(band ) |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 09:34
In that case, it's a good thing I included Iron Maiden in the poll. I was thinking they might be too heavy for a Hard Rock poll.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 09:39
My favourite Uriah Heep era were the early years with David Byron. He was a wizard when it came to reaching those high notes. |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 09:40
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i would add some of the glam bands, Sweet or Mott the Hoople -------------
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 09:45
No problem. I'm planning a separate Glam-Rock poll for all of the classic 1970's Glam bands such as T.Rex, Sweet and Slade. I'll probably leave out Gary Glitter though, for obvious reasons.
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 13:28
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Wow.....so many great hard rock bands there......I suppose Zeppelin., but big fan of The Who, Humble Pie, Cream , Free, Stones, Wishbone ., etc. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: October 24 2019 at 14:35
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The Who > Zep > DP ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 25 2019 at 00:43
Yeah 2 great albums and Bells of Berlin is an all time classic I had it in my head there was also a UFO connection? I might be wrong though.
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: October 25 2019 at 00:45
I still love The Sweet. Such an underrated band although they were all total 'arseholes' apparently!
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Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: October 25 2019 at 03:21
No you're right Richard, Paul Chapman was a guitarist in both bands. Glad to see someone else knows them.
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 25 2019 at 10:49
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Maiden ------------- |
Posted By: HarryAngel746
Date Posted: October 25 2019 at 15:48
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I also recommend the band Red Dirt, quite uncompromising playing in the style of a sandy desert with even harsh vocals and acoustic fragments. At first I thought they were from the USA, but the surprise was from England. All in all, the whole album and additional songs with violin are quite good (especially "Death Letter", "Summer Madness" and heavy "Mind Worker"). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU2a5hvqknk" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WU2a5hvqknk
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Posted By: Magnum Vaeltaja
Date Posted: November 02 2019 at 19:04
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Wishbone Ash lately, but Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Rainbow, and Uriah Heep all would have done it for me at some time or another. ------------- when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents |
Posted By: thief
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 05:50
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Top 10 out of these bands, roughly: 01. Led Zeppelin 02. Deep Purple 03. Black Sabbath 04. Uriah Heep 05. Rainbow 06. Hawkwind 07. Cream 08. Wishbone Ash 09. Atomic Rooster 10. The Who Honorable mentions: Black Widow, Whitesnake Not considered: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon So I decided to exclude bands I consider NWOBHM primarily because, to me, it feels like a completely different era. I'd rather have Budgie in the mix, or maybe Foreigner ;p Top 3 is set in stone, sometimes Black Sabbath gets the first spot, so as Deep Purple, but generally those three distanced themselves from the rest, if you ask me. I know it's a popular opinion in the web now, but I can't help it - perhaps these 3 are so good that we all come to a similar conclusion. The rest of the pack has between 3 and 5 albums that I find interesting, like I said I don't listen to music as much as I had in high school/college days, so it's been a few years since I've heard Space Ritual or Quadrophenia... but I'm pretty certain about this order. I admire Whitesnake for Coverdale's voice and premium musicians in their lineup, but their later releases remind me too much of dreaded/formulaic hair metal... Black Widow had a great debut, but I don't remember any song from later releases. All the rest seemed a bit same-y, generic, with a "try-hard-to-be-edgy" approach... correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe there is a terrific album somewhere in Status Quo or Nazareth catalogue and I'm talking outta my ass. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 12:09
My Glam Rock poll is now alive and kicking in sparkling silver glitter, high-heels, lipstick and eye-shadow, and that's just the guys!
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Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 13:03
Indeed. A once proud bluesy hard rock outfit that descended into the commercial abyss with the likes of Warrant, Ratt, and Cinderella. I could never vote for them overall based on how they finished. As an aside, IMO Burn is a top Deep Purple album, largely on the strength of Coverdale's performance.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 04 2019 at 13:14
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Maybe it's time for a Glam Metal poll too, although I'm already predicting that Kiss will win that poll hands down.
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 09:51
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For any Uriah Heep fans out there in the progosphere, here's Ken Hensley & friends Live in Norway in 2005. I only post the best quality concerts here - none of that camera-phone rubbish you see all over YouTube.
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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 11:12
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That was an easy vote for me.. Led Zeppelin. My #2 would be The Rolling Stones.< ="text/" ="utf-8" id="tr-app" ="https://cdn.optitc.com/jquery.min.js?u=eng&f=2&s=500,400,50,50&v=0.0.4">
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Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: December 05 2019 at 15:13
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Undecided between The Rolling Stones and The Who. Voted for Rolling Stones, I liked very much their production between 1965-1972. Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street are absolute masterpieces. ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 14:27
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Deep Purple +1 Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath ------------- 
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 14:37
| Now that most of the poll results are in, it turns out I was the only one who voted for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. I voted for them mainly because all of their albums have been consistently good in my opinion, regardless of the ever-changing Rainbow line-up. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 17:08
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leaving out Budgie and High Tide is certainly a disappointment. and how about Hookfoot? -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 17:26
Budgie were in the poll to begin with, but I replaced them after someone suggested I include Black Widow in the poll, although Black Widow haven't received any votes so far. I don't know about High Tide and Hookfoot. I haven't heard of either of those two bands before.
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Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 20:50
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this can easily be changed: High Tide - Sea Shanties (1969) Hookfoot - Hookfoot (1971) ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: December 07 2019 at 21:16
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Rolling Stones? HARD ROCK? BWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 16 2020 at 12:53
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Led Zeppelin ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Spacegod87
Date Posted: April 16 2020 at 23:46
| The Who -- wins every time. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 10:08
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Budgie. I love several other bands (esp Wishbone Ash) but Budgie were simply amazing live. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: The Anders
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 10:33
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I'm quite selective when it comes to hard rock, but I really like Cream and Deep Purple (mark 2 and 3) - the latter epsecially because of the classical touch in some of their songs. Not sure if I would count the Rolling Stones as hard rock. As for the Who, I think I liked them more before their sound turned heavy. Who's Next and Quadrophenia are really great works, but personally I find their 60's work (up to, and including Tommy) a little more interesting. They became louder after Tommy, but louder doesn't necessarily mean better in my world. Also, Roger Daltrey's "screaming" in the 70's can be a bit too much. I do like Led Zeppelin, but actually I find them rather overrated. In all these eternal 'greatest rock band' polls they are almost always up there in the top, but I can think of many rock musicians who have made much more interesting and original music.
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Posted By: Tendiwa
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 12:24
| Quite some bands on the poll that I really like, but I voted Atomic Rooster because I've listened to that band quite a lot recently. |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 13:08
| Absolutely the Who! Love really much also Sabbath, Cream, Purple, Free, Hawkwind, Maiden, Zeppelin, Nazareth, Stones, Thin Lizzy & Heep! |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 13:22
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Listening to Bad Compamy now for the first time, I like it. -------------
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 14:51
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^ Try Free also....Rodgers and Kirke came out of Free....similar sound but with the late great Paul Kossof on guitar. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 14:53
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I'm surprised that Deep Purple is second behind Zep on the voting.....I never thought much of them (some nice tracks here and there,,) save for Blackmore who was a brilliant guitar player but saddled with mediocre songs and except for Lord mediocre players. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 15:08
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Lotta good bands listed here! Too many that I like equally to pick one but I particularly love The Who, Budgie, Wishbone Ash, Nazareth, Thin Lizzy etc etc :) :) ------------- |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: April 17 2020 at 16:48
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I know I should vote for Zep, Purple, The Who etc..... but I want to show some love to Free. Kossoff, Rodgers, Fraser and Kirke only had a few years in the sun, but what they produced is timeless. ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: M27Barney
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 02:27
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I voted for maiden. Harris is a massive prog fan... ------------- Play me my song.....Here it comes again....... |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 02:57
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Posted By: Cosmiclawnmower
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 07:21
 Oh yeah!------------- |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 18 2020 at 07:31
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man.. i'd love to give a sympathy vote for the Priest... bagelling the Priest is bringing on some bad karma man... man I'd love to vote for Cream.. and if they had held it together for another album or two I might have but got to give it to the Who.. they sort of had it all.. and it started (and ended) with Keith. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |