'70s metal/proto-metal

[no country for old wainds]

i reckon there are probably big gaps in my knowledge and i wanna put this right, so gimmie some essentials, cheers mdears

 

[black blood]

UFO - Flying
Lucifers Friend - Lucifers Friend
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
Legend - From The Fjords
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
Deep Purple - In Rock
Rush - 2112

 

[Vitor]

UFO - Flying
Lucifers Friend - Lucifers Friend
Flower Travellin' Band - Satori
Budgie - Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
Legend - From The Fjords
Sir Lord Baltimore - Kingdom Come
Deep Purple - In Rock
Rush - 2112

birtha
rainbow
uriah heep
black sabbath

 

[The Ozzman]

Blue Oyster Cult

 

[mutantllama]

Led Zeppelin

 

[Rumpole]

Bedemon - Child Of Darkness

 

[Belligerent]

rainbow
uriah heep
black sabbath

DEFINITELY.

I'll add Mountain. Leslie West is the man.
Also UFO's Phenomenon and Lights Out are essential.

 

[johan68]

Blue Cheer
Cactus
Hawkwind
Gravy Train
Trapeaze
Montrose

 

[Belligerent]

Montrose

Forgot to add them. Sammy Hagars best band tbh.

 

[The Ozzman]

Sam Halen only had one decent album anyway

 

[Belligerent]

Precisely. 5150

 

[SouthernTrendkill]

If you're going for Led Zeppelin, I reccomend getting How The West Was Won. It'll give you a really good overview of Zep's material and their influence on metal. Whatever you do, don't go for any of those best ofs though, they're obsolete. Every Zep song gets heavy radio play so the only valid "Greatest Hits" would be the Complete Studio Recordings. All the Zep compilations are just a random collection of songs thrown together in a random order.

I don't think Blue Cheer was as important as people say. Their early material is no more metallic than Led Zeppelin's first album, it's the same kind of hardcore blues rock. But if I remember correctly, their 1984 album The Beast Is Back is totally awesome and pretty metallic.

Some pretty cool non-essentials:

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
Bloodrock - Bloodrock, Bloodrock 2

You should also go for some Robin Trower because they are cool. You could go for Bridge of Sighs but that's cliche' so I reccomend For Earth Below/Live.

 

[black blood]

Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond

Yes, I forgot about Captain Beyond.

Also Buffalo - Volcanic Rock

 

[Vitor]

DEFINITELY.

I'll add Mountain. Leslie West is the man.
Also UFO's Phenomenon and Lights Out are essential.

i think that lights out is their best moment so far.

also, uriah heep is very essential. demons and wizards is an obligation, and the last albun is fuckin' awesome.

 

[Einherjar86]

Cirith Ungol

Their first album came out in 1980, but they have the same spirit and sound as a lot of bands mentioned.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

High Tide - Sea Shanties


I'll also second the following:

Budgie
Deep Purple
Rainbow
Blue Oyster Cult
Blue Cheer
Hawkwind
Bloodrock

 

[Belligerent]

also, uriah heep is very essential. demons and wizards is an obligation, and the last albun is fuckin' awesome.

I've been jamming the hell out of Heep lately (D&W, Look at Yourself)
but the new one didn't sound good to me at all.



4500th post!

 

[Crimson Velvet]

Legend - From the Fjords

 

[Vitor]

I've been jamming the hell out of Heep lately (D&W, Look at Yourself)
but the new one didn't sound good to me at all.



4500th post!

dude, you are the first guy that i know that doesn't like wake the sleeper.

 

[Vitor]

king crimson is a good call too