anybody remember fanny from the 70s still the best woman rock band ever
I remember seeing Fanny support Humble Pie MANY years ago, dont remember much about them didn't see much of them we didn't waste valuable drinking time watching support bands in those days. Same goes for the time I saw 5 minutes of Queen supporting Mott The Hoople
I went to an outdoor rock festival at Rockingham NC Motor Speedway about 1972. . It had groups like Alice Cooper, Bloodrock, Fleetwood Mac, Rory Gallagher, James Gang etc. There was an all girl group called Bertha, and they rocked! I don't guess they went to far, because I never heard them anymore. They were sure good though.
I went to an outdoor rock festival at Rockingham NC Motor Speedway about 1972. . It had groups like Alice Cooper, Bloodrock, Fleetwood Mac, Rory Gallagher, James Gang etc. There was an all girl group called Bertha, and they rocked! I don't guess they went to far, because I never heard them anymore. They were sure good though.
What a kick ass bill!! I guess that was Domenic Troiano on guitar for the James Gang.
What a kick ass bill!! I guess that was Domenic Troiano on guitar for the James Gang.
Joe Walsh had left then, but I didn't know who was playing for sure. It was probably Troiano because he didn't leave until 73. I remember him jumping off the top of an amp into a split, still jamming. Great concert.
I've only read about Fanny but haven't heard them.
Magic, good stuff there! Heart,of course is great & I liked them a lot up until the mid 80's stuff (early 80's with Bebe Le Strange & Private Auditions were fine). I don't mind the mid 80's stuff but it was nothing compared to all of their 1970's releases.
It's cool to see you mention the Slits.I think the record I had was called Cut & I liked the song "Shop Lifting" off of it.
Patti Smith...what can I say...Amazing!. Back in the 70's I wasn't into the Punk Scene yet & all those pictures of Patti in Rock Scene magazine used to gross me out w her hairy arm pits! By the early 80's I finally understood & loved Punk(especially the 70's NYC Scene). If you haven't heard the Horses & Easter albums by Patti Smith they're "Must Haves". Amazing albums with amazing songwriting is the best way I could describe those albums.Radio Ethiopia is cool too but I really love the other 2 & I don't think a week goes by w/out me listening to something from those albums.
Of Course,my favorite is the Runaways.I can remember hearing "Cherry Bomb" on AM radio & I thought it was so full of energy. I didn't know much about them until a year or so later when I started really getting into Rock & began reading the magazines. I liked all of their albums but my favorite is actually the later one they did after Cherie Currie had left the Band.That album was titled '...And Now the Runaways' & that's a great album w/ Joan taking over the vocals.My favorite track on that album is a song written by Steve Jones & Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols called "Black Leather"
There was this one female vocalist who did a lot of backup vocals during the 70s. Rosemary Butler. I'm mostly fond of her work with Jackson Browne, I thought she had a fantastic voice. Very powerful, and soulful
Good to see THE RUNAWAYS getting mentioned ,they made some cracking albums starting from the basic debut L.P [ they were only 17 remember]...they could have dissapeared never to have been seen again but developed into great musicians. Must dig out those JOAN JETT albums.....and LITA FORD did ok Does anyone remember an all female band named SHE ? I have a track on a compilation album "outta reach" which i think was a single....did they make any albums? the track is from 1970...with a DOORS farfisa organ sound and has a punk mentality years ahead of Debbie Harry and BLONDIE
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bassist Steven Severin, the only constant members.
Initially associated with the British punk rock scene, the band quickly evolved to create "a form of post-punk discord full of daring rhythmic and sonic experimentation."[1] The Times cited Siouxsie and the Banshees as "one of the most audacious and uncompromising musical adventurers of the post-punk era."[2]
The group also became inspirational in the creation and development of gothic rock and their music also combined elements of pop and avant-garde.
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