Top 5 bands, not including The Kinks ?

[colb]

I find it very hard to pick just 5, but at the moment my top 5 would be.

1  Genesis ( Peter Gabriel era only ).

2  Jethro Tull.

3  Nick Drake.

4  Nightwish.

5  Slayer.

My taste swings from pop to prog to heavy metal to well everything under the sun.

Wow can't beleive I have left out The Stones,  The Beatles,  Amorphis, Cathedral, Yes and last but by no means least Frank Zappa and many many more.

Who the hell thought of this thread, it is impossible

[martin53]

Great new thread, Colb!

It's tough but as per today at the very moment my top 5 is:

1. Jethro Tull
2. Procol Harum
3. Savage Rose
4. Uriah Heep (David Byron era only)
5. Van Der Graaf Generator

[colb]

I love Jethro Tull, Procul Harem and Van Der Graaf Generator.
Have not heard much Uriah Heep to be honest, just the usual Stealin and Easy living. I have always classed them as second
division, maybe unjustly but i will give their David Byron era music a listen.
I am ashamed to say I have never heard of Savage Rose, just googled them and I see they have been going since 1967 so they must be doing something right. Another band to investigate Thanks Martin.

[martin53]

My pleasure, Colb.


Savage Rose

I became aware of the psychedelic progressive rock group Savage Rose thanks to the song "Long Before I Was Born" (1968). Consequently I bought their album "In The Plain". The record was mindblowing and convinced through multilayered and complex compositions. Savage Rose improved with every record.

On a side note it's interesting to check out the historical background of the clasically trained musicians Thomas and Anders Koppel. The lyrics of "Long Before I Was Born" make then perfect sense.

Savage Rose - Your Lifetime's A Fairytale





Uriah Heep

I’m with you. I’m not that keen on „Easy Livin'“ and „Stealin'“ either. But at that time (1972 onwards) the group had morphed into a hit writing machine. And who can blame them for being finally successful? Check out their first 5 albums starting off with „Very ‚Eavy – Very ‚Umble“ and finishing with „The Magician’s Birthday“. I wonder what you think.

Uriah Heep - Salisbury

[colb]

I will certainly check out Savage Rose and the first 5 Uriah Heep albums.
I remember after seeing Genesis at the Hammersmoth Odeon in the early 70's, on the train back my friends and I ended up in a compartment with some Uriah Deep fans on their way home from a gig and we spend the whole 4 hour journey home debating which was the best band. Of course no-one won but it helped the journey pass entertainingly. Ps I am still sure we were right

[martin53]

Cool.

I bet you were!

A similar thing happened to me in the early 70's on the bus back to home from commercial school at night. A group of new people got on the bus and all of a sudden Uriah Heep's "Gypsy" was heard at high volume in our compartment. They talked about how great the band's gig had been the previous night.

[martin53]

Hi Colb, as per today at the very moment my top 5 is:

1. Caravan
2. Electric Light Orchestra
3. Pendragon
4. Roxy Music
5. Spirogyra

[porimz]

5) Jack White (The White Stripes/The Raconteurs/The Dead Weather/solo)
4) Kula Shaker
3) Roger Gisborne (Plastiscene/Skylab/The Local Division/solo)
2) The Beatles

1) Velvet Starlings

I have some eclectic bands, I really like local groups. The Kinks are probably at 6, actually

[martin53]

1. ABBA
2. Deep Purple (Mark II era only)
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Moody Blues
5. Yes

[martin53]

1. Colosseum
2. Elton John
3. Greenslade
4. Mott The Hoople
5. Roine Stolt

[kinky]

I think for me this bands: The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Doors, The Beatles.

[colb]

Welcome Kinky, nice to see Creedence Clearwater Revival in your list, I love them.

At the moment my top 5 are :

1 Genesis (Peter Gabriel era) only.
2 XTC
3 Motorhead
4 Joni Mitchell
5 Icehouse

[martin53]

Excellent choices Kinky love them. Creedence Clearwater Revival are great, aren't they?

[colb]

I have always loved Creedence Clearwater Revival, superb band.

[martin53]

"Cosmo's Factory" and "Pendulum" are masterpieces.