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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Pastmaster Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2016 at 11:48
Too many to list. Deep Purple, AC/DC, and The Cult are among my favorites though.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2016 at 11:55
Forgot to mention Spooky Tooth and Free.....glad to see someone else did mention them.
I never get tired of Spooky 2 and Fire and Water.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote micky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2016 at 16:05
hmmm  late change at the top.  I do love #2... but Keith is Keith

1) The Who (Keith Moon pure and simple)
2) B.O.C!!!! (Raise your can of beer on HIGH!)
3) Deep Purple (Nobody gonna take MY car)
4) AC/DC (She ain't exactly pretty....Ain't exactly small)
5) Aerosmith (pre sobriety of course LOL)
6) ZZ Top (pre and post MTV of course LOLLOL)
7) Ted Nugent (WANGO TANGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
8) Black Sabbath (I love you Sweet Leaf!)
9) Uriah Heep (She came to me one morning, one lonely Sunday morning)
10) Blind Melon (would be higher if they had done more albums
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Purple
Zep
Queen
Rainbow
Cream
Heep
Rush
Wishbone
Sabbath
Automatic Fine Tuning (recorded only one album, but I love it)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Son.of.Tiresias Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 01:07
You may see a smile on Tony Banks´ face but that´s unlikely.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Atavachron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 02:03
Stones
AC/DC
Aerosmith
UFO
Bad Co.
Rod Stewart and anyone
Kinks
Foreigner
Janis and anyone
and at number One, the incomparable Led Zeppelin




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Sean Trane Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 04:15
in no particular order:
 
 
Uriah Heep
Black Sabbath
Wishbone Ash
Deep Purple
Rainbow
Rush
Triumph
Blue Oyster Cult
Queen (well not really hard rock)
Birth Control & Jane
Led Zeppelin
Atomic Rooster
Aerosmith
Judas Priest The Who
Free/Bad Company
Golden Earring

Mahogany Rush

Pat Travers Band

 

Ac/Dc

Mountain

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Modrigue Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 04:41
For me:

Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Blue Oyster Cult
Uriah Heep
Rush
Queen
Motörhead
Aerosmith
AC/DC
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 09:45
I like all the old obscure ones from the early 70's....like this band......of course Hughes went on to moderate fame with Deep Purple mk3
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 09:59
Another one of those unusual ones.....like the vocals.....some of these bands had some fire in the belly .
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Atavachron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 18:12
Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

I like all the old obscure ones from the early 70's....like this band......of course Hughes went on to moderate fame with Deep Purple mk3

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote micky Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 06 2016 at 18:23
Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

I like all the old obscure ones from the early 70's....like this band......of course Hughes went on to moderate fame with Deep Purple mk3

Great  Clap .

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yeah Raff introduced me and hooked me on them.. being the sucka for Glen Hughes that she is.
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Allman Brothers Band
Wishbone Ash
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Ten Years After
Frumpy
Atomic Rooster
Uriah Heep
Birth Control
Blue Öyster Cult
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1. UFO
2. Uriah Heep
3. Deep Purple
4. Wishbone Ash (although I believe it is prog)
5. Ten Years After
6. Budgie
7. Groundhogs (on the edge)
8. Black Cat Bones
9. Dust
10. Edgar Broughton Band
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TeleStrat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 14 2016 at 12:15
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jeff Beck Group (the original version)
Scorpions (with Ulrich Roth)
UFO
Budgie
Thin Lizzy (the double lead guitar albums)
Led Zeppelin (the first three albums)
AC/DC (with Bon Scott)
The Allman Brothers (up to Eat A Peach)
The Animals

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote chopper Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 16 2016 at 07:10
Well done to those who mentioned Montrose.
Others I listened to in my hard rocking youth -
Ted Nugent
UFO
Thin Lizzy
Deep Purple
Rainbow
Bad Company (are they rockin' enough?)
Van Halen
Lone Star (the UK one, actually on PA but I count them as a rock band as well)
The Who
and Led Zep of course.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote KingCrInuYasha Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 17 2016 at 11:18
In no order

Deep Purple (Evans and Gillan)
Hendrix
Black Sabbath (First six albums)
Led Zeppelin
The Who
Thin Lizzy
Uriah Heep
Mountain
Cream
Motorhead
Judas Priest
Queen
Rainbow (Dio era)
He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball!
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Unranked list:

The Who
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
The Allman Brothers (with Duane, of course)
Ten Years After
Deep Purple
Cream
Steppenwolf
Black Sabbath
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Led Zeppelin

Jeff Beck Group

Thin Lizzy

Spirit

Blue Oyster Cult

Uriah Heep

Black Sabbath

Grand Funk

Chicago

MC5

Amboy Dukes

AC/DC

The Who


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Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
AC/DC
Thin Lizzy
Queen
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