10 Classic Rock Bands Who Deserve More Respect

[Lynch]

I don't mind ballads at all, I don't mind up tempo rockers either, so I am easily pleased and that doesn't bother me in the slightest.

Way to take a firm/hard stance there LG!

 

[LG]

^^It's called "the Switzerland Approach"...Lynch.

And for the permanent record nothing any critic has ever said good bad or indifferent has affected my enjoyment or lack there of in any of my music.

 

[joe]

A lot of the bands on the list got thier respect back in the day IMO. Two the stand out for me are Black Oak Arkansas and Spirit.

Spirit was a band ahead of the times back in the '60's. The article states the band as "eclectic" though it doesn't state progressive. The UK bands seem to get all the accolades for the developement of prog but Spirit is never mentioned with them. Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus would me pick for thier best album.

 

[Wolf]

Two Canadian bands Steppenwolf and the Guess Who but some may consider the Wolf American.

9 US bands and one Canadian, I must strongly disagree with that list as I'm sure there are lots of bands not only American.

 

[LG]

John Kaye was born in Germany I think but grew up here and so did Jerry Edmonton...but the other Steppenwolf members were Americans I think Wolf...I could be mistaken been a long time since I thought about that one.

 

[Wolf]

Kay lived in Canada after fleeing East Germany and Jerry Edmonton and Goldy McJohn are both Canadian. Michael Monarch is from the USA and I think bassist Rushton Moreve was also from the USA. Second bassist Nick St. Nicholas who was in the Sparrow with the above except Monarch and Moreve before it turned into Steppenwolf left W.Germany for Canada. I may be off but it's close.

John Kaye was born in Germany I think but grew up here and so did Jerry Edmonton...but the other Steppenwolf members were Americans I think Wolf...I could be mistaken been a long time since I thought about that one.

 

[LG]

^^That sounds right to me...so they are like Foreigner, made up of members from two different countries...but if you want to call them a Canadian band, I'm down with that.

 

[Wolf]

I'm on the fence, they made it big in the USA and actually were the Sparrow in Canada playing a tamer tune. They came to the USA as the Sparrow and it died and turned into Steppenwolf a few months later. When Monarch joined he put the amp on 10 and away they went. Dennis Edmonton (Jerry's brother) was the guitarist in the Sparrow.

^^That sound right to me...so they are like Foreigner, made up of members from two different countries...but if you want to call them a Canadian band, I'm down with that.

 

[zamboni]

I think Thin Lizzy should have been on that list.

 

[oscar gamble]

Yeah, I don't get them being on this list at all.

The Raspberries did release four albums, plus they were REALLY good.

The mere fact we're debating their relative merits probably is a good reason to include them as needing more respect.