# British Hard Rock ca. 1970-75 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959 "2018-11-23T00:11:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/21 "2018-11-23T02:05:02Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > [Heronimus Fin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVJGF1AjurA&t=628s) is pretty good straight-ahead hard rock if you can ignore the cover picture that is so “edgy” it might be banned in Germany. You bet that this cover is not only “edgy” in Germany, but against the law. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/22 "2018-11-23T03:13:42Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Here’s a vote for Slade. They didn’t make it in the US first time around, but they had a small comeback with “Run Runaway” in the early eighties. This is what I came in here to say. Slade was a great band that was just too damn British to really make it here in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/23 "2018-11-23T03:30:09Z")
It’s not British, but there’s quite a bit of Australian stuff that should fit the bill. [Lobby Loyde and the Coloured Balls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p3Xk5Q3rdo) [Pre-Rose Tattoo Buster Brown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgVItd_WsJg) [Masters Apprentices](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihIGvrfE-5M) A number of the best of these have been re-released by ‘Aztec Music’, so [this list is worth perusing](https://www.discogs.com/label/62930-Aztec-Music) ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/24 "2018-11-23T03:35:37Z")
Definitely not unknown but great bands: Traffic Derek and Dominos - Okay, only Eric is British! Blind Faith - 1969 You don’t say what appeals to you about the bands you’ve listed, but many of them have their roots in the Blues. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/25 "2018-11-23T03:50:41Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I think bands like Tin Lizzy, Spooky Tooth, Colosseum or Atomic Rooster could also fit the bill. Atomic Rooster was short lived, at least the lineup in which duCann was the frontman, and had some flashes of brilliance. Their organ player was very creative and had been in Arthur Brown’s band. Their music and lyrics had a real sinister edge at times. Fairly unique stuff that I’m personally fond of compared to most early 70s hard rock. I think “Tomorrow Night” was their most successful song and that fits right in with the style you’ve been mentioning, can’t go wrong with that one. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/26 "2018-11-23T04:41:02Z")
Certainly not a band that was neglected by historians, and there’s only one of their albums that really sounds this way, but check out Electric Light Orchestra’s _On the Third Day_ (1973). A couple of samples: [Ma-Ma-Ma Belle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3i1qt7IsmiI) (Marc Bolan of T. Rex plays guitar on this one) [Showdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O51PXHRQCU0) [New World Rising / Ocean Breakup (Reprise)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUhNI8LgUyo) ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/27 "2018-11-23T04:51:34Z")
Bad Company ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/28 "2018-11-23T05:09:47Z")
I think I got a handle on what the OP is asking for: [Ducks Deluxe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX6ZGgAR8h0) - solid rock and roll [The Motors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8X1EKyhLHw) - 2 of the guys from the Ducks started this band (ha! I just saw that they threw this in as a factoid in the video; awesome!) [Dr. Feelgood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBBfVBqQif8) - these guys totally fucking rock; OF COURSE they’re going to be on this list [Bees Make Honey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIdic8GSPA) - a bit rockabilly, I admit [Eddie and the Hot Rods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQTuf9Wj4s) - because hey why not continue the 50s influence eh ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/29 "2018-11-23T06:07:47Z")
I’m seeing a lot of \*\*Glam Rock \*\*bands so far, so consider: [The Sweet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFBuYHldeY) [Wizzard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv3tyiCaA1k) [T Rex](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-QgFHEy22k) [Mud](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sMuVPMkkk) [Suzi Quatro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoogY-UGio) and, of course, certain periods of David Bowie and Roxy Music. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/30 "2018-11-23T12:24:01Z")
How about [Stone the Crows](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sazqW0JvPdc) or [The Sensational Alex Harvey Band](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rQ6BBc8f6Y) (SAHB)? Or maybe [Argent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt-cmi3MdUY)? Not sure how big they were in the US. Or even [Curved Air](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTxnWdUaKZ8), but they’re much more towards the prog end of the scale… Or[Nazareth.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBKrJl8PaVs) All youtube links ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/31 "2018-11-23T13:10:23Z")
No recommendation in hand, sorry, but I do want to give a shout out to the underapppreciated Faces. I almost dropped my crumpet into my tea when I first heard “Ooh La La” in an Amazon Echo commercial. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/32 "2018-11-23T14:58:02Z")
I would look into Savoy Brown, Wishbone Ash, the Groundhogs, and Chicken Shack. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/33 "2018-11-23T16:20:00Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I think I got a handle on what the OP is asking for: > > [Ducks Deluxe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX6ZGgAR8h0) - solid rock and roll > > [The Motors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8X1EKyhLHw) - 2 of the guys from the Ducks started this band (ha! I just saw that they threw this in as a factoid in the video; awesome!) > > [Dr. Feelgood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBBfVBqQif8) - these guys totally fucking rock; OF COURSE they’re going to be on this list > > [Bees Make Honey](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIdic8GSPA) - a bit rockabilly, I admit > > [Eddie and the Hot Rods](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyQTuf9Wj4s) - because hey why not continue the 50s influence eh Yeah, this sounds good and like what I’m looking for. I’ve known Dr. Feelgood for a long time, they had a small hit in Germany with “Milk And Alcohol” ca. 1979. But I only really checked them out much later, a few years ago when they were brought to my attention here in a CS thread. Yes, they totally rock! Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I’ve got a lot to listen to this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/34 "2018-11-23T16:30:38Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > I’m seeing a lot of \*\*Glam Rock \*\*bands so far, so consider: > [The Sweet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFBuYHldeY) > [Wizzard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv3tyiCaA1k) > [T Rex](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-QgFHEy22k) > [Mud](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2sMuVPMkkk) > [Suzi Quatro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYoogY-UGio) > > and, of course, certain periods of David Bowie and Roxy Music. I was born in 68 and grew up with Sweet, T Tex and Suzi Quatro. One of my first childhood memories is watching [Disco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_(TV_series)) with Suzi Quatro in a leather jumpsuit, playing a bass guitar bigger than herself and shouting her heart out in “Can The Can” and “48 Crash”. I still lover her. And the first rock songs I remember hearing on a record were T Rex’s “Hot Love” and “Metal Guru” which were on two compilation albums my parents had. And just the other day, I started to dig into Wizzard and listened to their first two albums. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/35 "2018-11-23T16:35:44Z")
I always think of Chicken Shack as a late 60s band, probably because that’s when Christine Perfect/McVie was a member, but I see thay were active well into the 70s after she left… Brian Auger did some good stuff but it’s either too early or tending more towards jazz. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/36 "2018-11-23T16:41:08Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > And just the other day, I started to dig into Wizzard and listened to their first two albums. Good stuff. Too late to edit: oops, I confused Wizzard with the Move, Roy Wood’s former band. So I dug into the Move, not Wizzard. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/37 "2018-11-23T16:51:50Z")
This is an esoteric category and I love it! Two that I stumbled on that I really dig: [Iron Claw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTccmIyuSlA) [Wicked Lady](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9wKizlSovo) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/38 "2018-11-23T18:26:57Z")
I’d also check out Ten Years After ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/39 "2018-11-23T20:05:45Z")
Be-bop Deluxe are pretty much footnotes now, and suffered from trying to be everything to everybody, being more Bill Nelson and sidemen than an actual band, and having a truly awful name, but when they were good, as with 1974’s [Axe Victim](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMVC03Yz46w), they were as good as anyone of that era: Bill Nelson was one hell of a guitarist, and songs like [Rocket Cathedrals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqiHrNSW4uU) and [Jets at Dawn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m13bD8qolwU) are just terrific 70s rock. And if [Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxuhSflU_ig) is essentially a fanfic mashup of “Starman” and “Ziggy Stardust” with a bit of “All The Young Dudes” thrown in, it’s still enormous fun. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959/40 "2018-11-23T20:10:25Z")
Depending on your definition (which was vague to begin with), there’s [Van der Graff Generator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CuOld2ldrc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-hard-rock-ca-1970-75/824959.md?page=3)