Yet despite this, they still are brilliant and write some incredible material. Sabbath was the best at what they did, and had some pretty dark and musically heavy music for their time, and thats what made them legends.

Santana successfully fused these two genres to get a distinguishable sound.

Imagine a rock band who isn't really rock, a jazz group that isn't jazz, or a pop band that isn't quite mainstream or snug enough to be pop.

Many of these bands came from England, where the punk scene was exploding quickly. They could change from blues to country at the drop of a hat, and their acoustic work is some of the most beautiful of the time. The band wasn't afraid to experiment either. Harrison's albums were more spiritual and full of lots of catchy folk/blues influences.Like many, I kind of have mixed feelings about the 70s Rolling Stones.

Fleetwood Mac was actually originally a British rock band started in the late 60s by former John Mayall drummer. During the course of the…,Ozric Tentacles is an instrumental band from Somerset, England, whose music can loosely be described as psychedelic rock. Ozzy left the band at the end of the 70s but instead of disbanding, they instead replace Ozzy with metal legend Ronnie F'ing Dio, to open up their 80s stint, which was a lot more metal now that the genre was well off its feet, but thats a different story. New content will be added above the current area of focus upon selection The longer songs on Gentle Giant albums tended to run 7-8 minutes and it worked out pretty well this way. During the late 70s in England, the new wave and punk movement were starting to pick up, and Costello was no exception, he took advantage of these movements and started playing new wave and punk in local bars.

Joel was the king of piano rock/pop and I prefer him to Elton John simply because Joel is more jazzy and Joel has a much smoother voice. Sure you had other mainland European prog bands like Focus and Can who could create more advanced and professional albums, but Nektars albums had a bit of a rawer sound. Though their later 70s work isn't quite as brilliant or complex as their early 70s work, they still earn a spot in the top 10 for being one of the most brilliant bands at a time where jazz was basically dead among younger generations. His 70s albums are all classics, and it was the decade that defined who he was. While the hippie movement embraced different forms of psychedelic music with open arms, the hippie culture involved with meditation and spiritual practices were disheartened about psychedelic rock being showcased in negative light through use of drugs.In the 60s, a number of bands emerged in the British music scene with a psychedelic pop sound.

After this, the Allman brothers never produced an album to this level of excellence but Brothers and Sisters is pretty good and sort of shifts directions from a more blues/jazz oriented band to a more country/folk rock sort of band, I wouldn't be surprised if these guys inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd. If any performer had to represent female fronted rock of the 70s, I'd easily give Patti Smith the spot, because she was making some of the most innovative music, didn't give a shit, and inspired a new generation of musicians.Funkadelic isn't really a full out funk band, despite its name.

Aside from having some catchy songs, they were a pretty solid hard rock outfit that had some unforgettable classics.

Although back in the 70s it actually took musical talent to make it big on rock radio stations.

They were still good though, despite having a few lackluster albums. Its too bad he had to die in 1973 at the age of 30 due to a plane accident.Before I get a load of hate, I have to say, as much as I think these guys are overrated, they do have some really good songs and are catchy.

A lot of rock bands don't have patience or interest in jazz, nor really understand it well. They were the first non-psychedelic rock band to create long instrumental passages that blended solos of different instruments and complex rhythms, and they are one of the few bands who still remain relevant to day and sound undated.

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Drake just created some of the most pleasant music of all time and its a shame he was pretty much unknown until after his death in 1974 due to either suicide or accidental overdose.Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young was sort of a supergroup, consisting of 4 very talented and folk influenced musicians, David Crosby of the Byrds, Graham Nash of the Hollies, and Neil Young and Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield.

Its incredible too, that after becoming paralyzed from the waist down after an accident, Wyatt was still able to drum and create some of his best albums.Patti Smith was sort of the first female punk rocker, I mean who was there before her, Joan Jett came out of Patti Smith's influence. In fact, the guitar work in T. Rex is incredible, it rocks really hard and the acoustic stuff is just pleasant, while the other instruments do a very good job finding their own place in the song. New wave soon died out once the 80s ended and punk survived, but in the 90s and 2000s, alternative and indie dominated the pop and rock charts, and industrial started dominating with bands like Ministry and Nine Inch Nails in the early 90s.Well these guys might also be well-known for their 80s albums, but they had 3 very well-crafted albums out before the 80s rolled over. Townsend basically composes the entire album that is a perfect blend of folk, hard rock, and rock n roll.

They were led by…,The Velvet Underground was a pioneering experimental rock band from New York City first active from 1965 to 1973.