The Obscure Hard Rock Thread

[starman]

I started this thread as a chance to spark some hard rock collecting enthusiasm.

These are some great old stoned out hard rockers from days long gone by. Most are WELL worth checking out if you can find 'em. (you can, believe me)

enjoy!

Bull Angus
Granicus
National Flag
Frank Marino & Mahagony Rush
Captain Beyond
Yesterday's Children
The Litter
Kingdom
Hillow Hammet
Bloody Mary
Blue Mountain eagle
Mariani
Frijid Pink
Golden Dragon
Wits End
Grim Reaper (We're All Fools)
Volcania
Kahvas Jute
Sainte Anthony's Fyre
Stonehouse
Totty
Parrish Hall
Fuse
Frantic
Kopperfield
Moloch
MC5
Head Over Heels
Highway Robbery
Maypole
Chariot
Silk
Tin House
Steel River
Fat (first only - second SUX)
Ilmo Smokehouse (ok, ok, it's an aquired taste ;-)
McDonald & Sherby
Bliss
Navasota
Lee Pickens (LPG)
Atlee
Steel
Bitter Blood Street Theater
Night Sun-Mournin'
Wildfire
Buffalo
Smack
Fanny Adams
Geeza
Street Theater
Wages of Sin
Q65
Cargo
Utopia (Kent Records, Growl, etc.)
Diamond Rio
Solid Ground
Orang-Utan
Blackfeather
Navasota
Point Blank (same-1st)
Thunderhead
Alkana
Hard Stuff (Bullet Proof -2nd sux)
Toad
Legend (Connetticut-Fjords, etc)
Pulse (Poison Ring)
Edge (noise records)
Master's Apprentices
Freight Train
J. Teal Band
Colored Balls
Southern Cross
Poobah
Bang
Help
Magi

 

[LG]

That's quite an extensive list Starman,,,I just got a copy of Captain Beyond a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had time to play it yet, the story of my life.

 

[starman]

That's quite an extensive list Starman,,,I just got a copy of Captain Beyond a couple of weeks ago, but haven't had time to play it yet, the story of my life.

So true, so true. For me, time is the ultimate deficit. I NEED a bail out!

 

[LG]

Oh and I got a copy of that rare album by Euclid you were taking about a few days ago,,,only an MP3 but I'll get around to it soon.

 

[starman]

Oh and I got a copy of that rare album by Euclid you were taking about a few days ago,,,only an MP3 but I'll get around to it soon.

Yeah, that's some GREAT stuff right there. Man, to think that you are about to embark on a musical adventure that includes the discovery or Captain Beyond and Euclid...

Hold on my man, you're in for a ride of a lifetime!

Those are a couple of my absolute favorites.

 

[LG]

That's what makes music so much fun, even though I've been collecting for almost 40 years, there are still undiscovered gems laying around waiting to be picked up, old and new.

 

[0000]

I may have just skipped over it on accident, but was Head East Mentioned?

 

[starman]

I may have just skipped over it on accident, but was Head East Mentioned?

Well, Head East deserves a mention because when you think of them all you can think of is "There's Never Been Any Reason", but truth be known, they had quite a following and a number of albums.

Obscure within the stream of classic rock history, but not really a "Hard Rock" band and not truly as low profile as most mentioned above.

Some of those in the above list shouldn't really be there because they are not nearly as obscure as others. Like Captain Beyond which is super well known these days and Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush whom are world class famous.

So the list is a bit confusing/disorganized and I do apologize for that.

 

[Foxhound]

Starman:

Those bands are obscure. Two that I recognize that I really like though are MC5 and Frijid Pink.

Here's another hard rock ensemble, which included Michael Bloomfield, that's beginning to be lost in the mists of time:

 

[LG]

I have one of MC5's CD's.

Here's another obscure hard rock early metal band, "Sir Lord Baltimore", a concert review of one of their shows in the late 60's was the first documented use of the term, "Heavy Metal", to describe the bands music.

I have this CD in the library.