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Poll Question: Who's Your Favourite Classic British Hard Rock Band?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
2 [2.90%]
1 [1.45%]
6 [8.70%]
1 [1.45%]
3 [4.35%]
11 [15.94%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.45%]
0 [0.00%]
2 [2.90%]
1 [1.45%]
5 [7.25%]
0 [0.00%]
16 [23.19%]
2 [2.90%]
1 [1.45%]
2 [2.90%]
0 [0.00%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [1.45%]
1 [1.45%]
1 [1.45%]
0 [0.00%]
8 [11.59%]
4 [5.80%]
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Deep Purple +1
Led Zeppelin
Black Sabbath
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Undecided between The Rolling Stones and The Who.

Voted for Rolling Stones, I liked very much their production between 1965-1972.

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That was an easy vote for me.. Led Zeppelin. My #2 would be The Rolling Stones.< ="text/" ="utf-8" id="tr-app" ="https://cdn.optitc.com/jquery.min.js?u=eng&f=2&s=500,400,50,50&v=0.0.4">
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For any Uriah Heep fans out there in the progosphere, here's Ken Hensley & friends Live in Norway in 2005.
 
 
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Maybe it's time for a Glam Metal poll too, although I'm already predicting that Kiss will win that poll hands down. Smile
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Originally posted by thief thief wrote:


I admire Whitesnake for Coverdale's voice and premium musicians in their lineup, but their later releases remind me too much of dreaded/formulaic hair metal...

Indeed.  A once proud bluesy hard rock outfit that descended into the commercial abyss with the likes of Warrant, Ratt,  and Cinderella.  I could never vote for them overall based on how they finished.

As an aside, IMO Burn is a top Deep Purple album, largely on the strength of Coverdale's performance.  
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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

i would add some of the glam bands, Sweet or Mott the Hoople
 
My Glam Rock poll is now alive and kicking in sparkling silver glitter, high-heels, lipstick and eye-shadow, and that's just the guys! Smile
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Top 10 out of these bands, roughly:

01. Led Zeppelin
02. Deep Purple
03. Black Sabbath

04. Uriah Heep
05. Rainbow
06. Hawkwind
07. Cream
08. Wishbone Ash
09. Atomic Rooster
10. The Who

Honorable mentions: Black Widow, Whitesnake
Not considered: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Saxon

So I decided to exclude bands I consider NWOBHM primarily because, to me, it feels like a completely different era. I'd rather have Budgie in the mix, or maybe Foreigner ;p

Top 3 is set in stone, sometimes Black Sabbath gets the first spot, so as Deep Purple, but generally those three distanced themselves from the rest, if you ask me. I know it's a popular opinion in the web now, but I can't help it - perhaps these 3 are so good that we all come to a similar conclusion.

The rest of the pack has between 3 and 5 albums that I find interesting, like I said I don't listen to music as much as I had in high school/college days, so it's been a few years since I've heard Space Ritual or Quadrophenia... but I'm pretty certain about this order.

I admire Whitesnake for Coverdale's voice and premium musicians in their lineup, but their later releases remind me too much of dreaded/formulaic hair metal... Black Widow had a great debut, but I don't remember any song from later releases.

All the rest seemed a bit same-y, generic, with a "try-hard-to-be-edgy" approach... correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe there is a terrific album somewhere in Status Quo or Nazareth catalogue and I'm talking outta my ass.
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Wishbone Ash lately, but Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Rainbow, and Uriah Heep all would have done it for me at some time or another.
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I also recommend the band Red Dirt, quite uncompromising playing in the style of a sandy desert with even harsh vocals and acoustic fragments.
At first I thought they were from the USA, but the surprise was from England. 
All in all, the whole album and additional songs with violin are quite good (especially "Death Letter", "Summer Madness" and heavy "Mind Worker").


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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

One band I would add that tend to go under the radar a bit is Lone Star - not the US band but the Welsh band whose first album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and whose second album features singer John Sloman who went on to join Uriah Heep.
 
 
 
 

Yeah 2 great albums and Bells of Berlin is an all time classic

I had it in my head there was also a UFO connection? I might be wrong though.
No you're right Richard, Paul Chapman was a guitarist in both bands. Glad to see someone else knows them.


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

i would add some of the glam bands, Sweet or Mott the Hoople
 
No problem. I'm planning a separate Glam-Rock poll for all of the classic 1970's Glam bands such as T.Rex, Sweet and Slade. I'll probably leave out Gary Glitter though, for obvious reasons. Smile
 

I still love The Sweet. Such an underrated band although they were all total 'arseholes' apparently! 
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

One band I would add that tend to go under the radar a bit is Lone Star - not the US band but the Welsh band whose first album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and whose second album features singer John Sloman who went on to join Uriah Heep.
 
 
 
 

Yeah 2 great albums and Bells of Berlin is an all time classic

I had it in my head there was also a UFO connection? I might be wrong though.
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The Who > Zep > DP
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Wow.....so many great hard rock bands there......I suppose Zeppelin., but big fan of The Who, Humble Pie, Cream , Free, Stones, Wishbone ., etc.
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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

i would add some of the glam bands, Sweet or Mott the Hoople
 
No problem. I'm planning a separate Glam-Rock poll for all of the classic 1970's Glam bands such as T.Rex, Sweet and Slade. I'll probably leave out Gary Glitter though, for obvious reasons. Smile
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i would add some of the glam bands, Sweet or Mott the Hoople
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

One band I would add that tend to go under the radar a bit is Lone Star - not the US band but the Welsh band whose first album was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and whose second album features singer John Sloman who went on to join Uriah Heep.
 
 
 
My favourite Uriah Heep era were the early years with David Byron. He was a wizard when it came to reaching those high notes. Smile
 
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

The correct answer is Iron Maiden!!!
 
In that case, it's a good thing I included Iron Maiden in the poll. I was thinking they might be too heavy for a Hard Rock poll. Smile
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