WORST 1970's rock band?

IMO, one 70's band always did suck, and always will suck.

Steve Miller Band. :nuke:

That's it. :nuke:

:spank:

Jungle Love and Jet Airliner was the swingingest stuff on the radio in my little town.

What I always hated in the 1970s was Rod Stewart, but is that rock?

And yes, Rod has pretty much sucked since then.

Cheeseburgers.....

Steve Miller was only about 15 when he started his long climb to success....

Go on, take the money and run...

Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash....

In an era when groups were trying to be heavier, I'm not talkin' Metal here, Steve Miller was a breath of Fresh Air...

He was having fun, playin' fun music and had a whole lot of snappy songs and great riffs....

that the Steve Miller Band was awful. It is not debatable among intellectually honest people.

posted in wrong place.

and what are you smoking? ;)

I save that for nighttime. Are you telling me I have my decades mixed up? When you've lived through as many decades as I have, that's not too surprising. Maybe .38 Special was an '80s band, but they sounded like a '70s band, a la Lynyrd Skynyrd, of which I am also not a huge fan, although I like them a bit better. Whatever....

UPDATE! I looked them up on the Internet, and they were formed in 1975. So there -- they are TOO a '70s band. Apologize now.

:puke:

.... reasonably talented musicians doing ridiculous songs. God I hate their music :)

Lousy musicians doing crappy songs. :-)

(You have to hear "Rockin' Me Baby" to appreciate how stupid it was.)

... nobody hates that whole record like I do. He should be jailed just for the synth abuse.

... he did that Abracadabra crap. How does he sleep? :)

The Professor

I'm sorry, what's wrong with that song? Nevermind that just the sound of it is great. Has one of the niftiest most people don't even notice it guitar parts ever.

just not possible. It's like saying something with Jimmy Page sucks, just not allowed by the laws of physics.

Err, I mean, Ted Nugent. He really needs to be put in the funny farm, fucking wack job...

Lu

Even before I knew anything about his politics, I couldn't stand him.

:shrug:

Also, Paper Lace. The Night Chicago Died. Gak! Shoot me now.

"Afternoon Delight" has got to be the WORST song ever.....

Country Roads". I actually met him once when I was working at a public tv station in Washington, DC.

I found this info:

This is a "double entendre" song inspired by the late-afternoon appetizer menu at Clyde's Of Georgetown (in Washington, DC). The other meaning is Diddy sex. (thanks, Insider - Rockville , MD)
This was the only hit for The Starland Vocal Band, who won the Grammy for Best New Artist of 1976.
Despite having only this one hit, they were given their own TV show called The Starland Vocal Band in 1977. An unknown comic named David Letterman appeared on the show.
The Starland vocal band was Bill Danoff, his now ex-wife Taffy Nivert Danoff, Jon Carroll and his now-ex wife Margot Chapman. The group split up after their 4th album.
Under the name Fat City, the group sang backup on John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads." Bill and Taffy Nivert co-wrote the song.
At Clyde's they have a gold record from this song hanging in the restaurant.
Bill Danoff has his own restaurant in Washington DC called The Starland Cafe. (thanks, Insider - Rockville , MD)
This was used in two 2004 movies that were set in the '70s: Anchorman and Starsky and Hutch. (thanks, Billy - Pittsburgh, PA)

If I'm not mistaken, mention of it was made in "Good Will Hunting," and "PCU." I'll bet there are others.

I would rather hear John Ashcroft sing Innagadadavida then have to ever listen to that song again!

I am too visual for my own good. The vision of Asscroft singing Innagadadavida made me spew my coffee all over the keyboard!

Then he died. It's still a pretty emotional song for me.

And it is far from the WORST ever. Once Rick Astley hit the airwaves, all previous worst songs ever were given a reprieve.

Otherwise, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"--was one of my favorite heavy metal bands of the 60's, Iron Butterfly.

Otherwise, having the image John Ashcroft singing it does crack me up.

The song's awfulness pales in comparison.

In other words, at the bottom of Lake Michigan.

:crazy:

You have to suck for more than just one song to suck worse than a band that was around most of the decade.

Two garage bands that should've stayed in the garage.

Lesser-known: Bloodrock. They had a minor hit with "D.O.A." but these guys were awful. They actually released an album, "Bloodrock II," with mistakes. I can only guess that they took so many takes in the studio that they finally said "Screw it."

....really were until tonight. Deep Tracks (on XM radio) played a Grand Funk cover of "Gimme Shelter" (which I had never heard before) and God it was horrible! Sid Vicious could have played a better bass line, I swear this fucker was playing one string through the entire song. Definitely stands out compared to the excellent work Bill Wyman did on the original.

they were better than Zeppelin, who I believe were on their first US tour. GF had better stage presence. Led Zep was underwhelming to us, huge fans of it's very first album.

Roboto" bullshit.

And that's sayin' somethin'.

Everything from 1981 on was downhill though.

Dennis DeYoung's ghastly porn-star moustache and warbly, over vibratoed voice were equally :puke:-inducing. Horrible, horrible, horrible.

"Lady" -- :puke:

sorry that one song alone, Come Sail Away, makes them one of the best bands of the 70's. Nevermind Welcome to the Grand Illusion is an awesome album. And well they're from the burbs of Chicago, gotta stick up for the local boys.

grate on your ears CRAP

enuff said

not really a rock band, and had some great catchy dance ditties. What would disco have been with out them and Chic?

"Boogie Shoes" ...

:hide:

RL

Of course the Dead sucked in the 1960's and 1980's too.

Led Zepplin really sucked. You could at least fall asleep to the Grateful Dead. Zepplin was like a sick speed freak breaking down at 4 a.m.

:rofl:

RL

I can't remember a single song on it.

The title track screamed, but I can't remember any of the others.

He was a wizard of a thousand kings
and I chanced to meet him wondering
He told me tales
and he drank my wine
Me and my music are kind of feelin' fine

--Uriah Heep

(typed from memory)

Another one hit wonder song I liked was "Sufficient Breathless" by Captain Beyond, in which one of the members was a former member of Iron Butterfly.

The 70's was my favorite decade of "classic rock". I liked the 60's and parts of the 80's, but after that, I haven't been to compelled to attend many rock concerts. However, I did see Dave Matthews 2 weeks ago. :-)

I got so sick of hearing an ex play them over and over and over and over. Now, when I hear BTO, all I can think of is my ex...

And I'd put ABBA right up there (or down there) too.

Just couldn't understand a word that singer said....that said, the most well known thing about that band was how that singer said it. Just saying....

around 1970. They played Inagodadavida for 45 minutes! People were walking out.

:popcorn:

freakin' pan pipe, or flute or something else ungodly. They SUCK and BLOW!!

both lead singer Ian Anderson and guitarist Martin Barre play flute. Though Anderson is most known for it. And the flute parts on Living in the Past and Thick as a Brick are just sweet.

I absolutely HATED and DESPISED Jethro Tull. What that guy did with a flute was an abomination.

Just WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.

& WRONG.

title of the abomination?)....dear lord, I'd rather walk naked through a cannibal village than listen to that tripe.

Exactly the word I used even before I read your post. :toast:

Of course, it's all subjective. But you are STILL WRONG!! :)

A friend dragged me to one of their concerts back in 1990. Even the cloud of marijuana smoke in the stadium didn't make their music any more enjoyable to me...

I don't think so!

You should really work on that little problem of yours.

Tull STILL sucks!

How can you not like Boz Scaggs?

"just take those old records off the shelf..." BLEH!! :puke:

by Bob Seger

HOW EMBARRASSING!!!!...i know the difference, too.i cant believe i brainfarted that,LOL.oh well.too late to DELETE. :crazy:

I'm a not-so-closeted fan of his.

because I heard crappy cover bands at weddings and small town bars butcher their songs.

played totally different kind of music.

I loved Children of the Future and Sailor, was it? The one with Quicksilver Girl. Ah, good times. :hippie:

"...I wanna reach out and grab ya."

:eyes:

:puke:

Dream Weaver.

I like some Steve Miller.

and the dude back me up on this one

Eagles just bad bad bad bad bad bad

Corporate rock at its lamest. Although Lou Gramm could sing.

2nd place: Jefferson Starship. The sad decline of a once great band.

Take it back! ;)

Ok, I wouldn't throw a rock at you, but I will strongly disagree with you.

I didn't expect to find a Cream fan here. Actually, I wasn't sure that anyone would even remember them. Let's just agree to disagree, and if you change your mind and decide to throw a rock, please make it a small one.

Wish you had mentioned that "small rock" thing, before I launched mine. Incoming...

I remember my aunt playing her Cream vinyls when I was a kid. They just weren't my cup of tea, I guess.

I saw part of their reunion concert last week on PBS, and they were still amazing musicians.

I thought everyone at least respected Cream. They really were good, you know.

There are plenty of popular bands that I'm not all that fond of, and some obscure ones that I love.

That would mean they were NOT a '70's rock band. You are disqualified.
The Professor

I just remember my aunt playing the Cream vinyls when I was a kid.

The first album i bought with my own money was Wheels of Fire. That was their third album, and had one disk that was live. It turned me around about rock music, since The Beatles were about all i liked until 1968. (Grew up with Jazz.) That live performance, with all the improvisation, turned my head around.
The Professor

The correct answer is Three Dog Night. :puke; That's universally understood. Gad. Must I do everything around here?

That was one of my favorites.

please take but a moment of your time to give the song "Room Service" a listen. Here is but a sampling of the stellar lyrics:

ROOM SERVICE
I could use a meal
ROOM SERVICE
Ya do what ya feel
ROOM SERVICE
I take the pleasure with the pain
ROOM SERVICE
I can't say no!

!

:puke:

What the hell??

really, what the hell?

oh, and I forgot Rush.....

Especially factoring in how much of a dick Gene Simmons is.

Detroit Rock City and Rock and Roll All Night, that more than make up for that. To say nothing of Love Gun, I Love It Loud, Christine Sixteen and a few others. Though personally my favorite KISS material is from the 80's, songs like Let's Put the X in Sex, Lick It Up, Heaven's On Fire, Crazy Nights and God Gave Rock and Roll to You.

Calling Doctor Lo-o-ove!

Not even close, even if they released their lone album in 1981:

http://home.earthlink.net/~jkhills/recordweirdo/allsportsband.html

Rational or irrational, I have a strong love for almost all the music released in this often-mocked decade. I can't even blame it on the blinding effects of nostalgia as I wasn't even alive for one minute of the 1970's. If I had to pick something, I'd go with Ted Nugent, though I don't think he exactly qualifies as a "band."

Now worst 1980's rock band would be a different story altogether...

Like you, I love even most of the bad Seventies music. Frankly, I've always envied people who got to grow up back then. I'm convinced that they had more fun. And even bad 70s music had more life in it than that irritating, forgettable crap I grew up on.

No contest. They were the suckiest of all that ever sucked.

:popcorn:

I think they were one of the best, and they hold up. So there!

Donald Fagan was great.

They are the one band I can honestly say that at no time ever in my life did I for one instance like a single note they played or attempted (and failed) to sing. Give me Ashley Simpson or Vanilla Ice any day over them.

bite me.:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Oh, the tedium...

:mad: Freddie Mercury forever!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

UGH.

The Doobie Brothers, Three Dog Night, The BeeGees, Kiss and Rush

That's all I can think of now. Good thing we had Zappa, Little Feat, The Grateful Dead, The Stones, Led Zepplin, The Ramones and the Dead Kennedys.

or Three Dog Night. Love them all.

:yoiks:

It was the SEVENTIES, for crying out loud. I had a great time listening to album rock and top forty stuff and loved everything mentioned in this thread. Graduated in 73, BS in 77, married in 78-it was without a doubt the greatest of decades. Sorry your life sucked so much. Hope it's working out better now.

I loved the Eagles. I have The Best of Bad Company. I went to a Bread concert in the 70's (my first date). The last CD I bought was Aja.

then why can't I paint you???

Tell these people to go to hell.

go to hell you you you Eagle dislikers you! I am already gone!

opinion: Lynyrd Skynyrd. I am so tired of them. To this day, that is all these rednecks play on the radio around here (in NC) besides country. I'd rather listen to nails on a chalkboard, a pencil tapping, repetitive phlegm snorting, water dripping, or any other form of aural psychological warfare than hear one more Lynyrd Skynyrd song in my life.

Should be 7 minutes instead of 1:39:45!!!! :eyes:

:hide:

they revolved around the Earth... um, sun.

:puke: I'll make a deal with ya. You use headphones for your Skynyrd and I'll use headphones for my punk rock and we'll share in our happniess when our politician of choice wins back the presidency back for us. Is that fair?

The ousting of the Repubs will be a perfect time to play "Free Bird," so I'll unplug the headphones for that!

what happens. :evilgrin:

for 7 minutes.

Hey, wait, you mean it's not already seven minutes long. It sure feels like it.

Did you find an edited version? The only version I've ever heard was about 7 hours long.

You should hear it played by a local bar band in a club here where I live. It really does seem to last all night long.

that the Skynard songs are some of the most enjoyable to play. They get quite old listening to them but I have aqlways enjoyed playing their songs.

to play them any more. When I first started learning how to play, I was taught a lot of their stuff, but grew tired of it way too quickly. Now, the Beatles stuff I was taught is still great, I guess, because I like their music to begin with, but not Skynyrd. I'm sick of them. I wish I could keep leftover strains of damn Freebird from causing me nightmares some nights.

One of the guys was quite good (Al Something?). The other two were just Richrathians, with the "diddla-diddla" triplets, over and over and over and over again.

I suppose for someone learning to play lead, it's stuff that gets one to understand the neck a bit, but i wouldn't play that stuff now with a gun to my head.
The Professor

Southern Fried Rock...

I think I'd rather shoot myself than ever listen to the whole of Freebird again. What a piece of garbage!

Living in the USA, My Dark Hour, the whole first greatest hits album

...the "really love your peaches wanna shake your tree" years, no.

:toast:

Oh, WAIT...you've already COVERED that.

Never mind.



:toast:

:evilgrin:

To think if we'd only known in the 70's, we could have headed them off before they started actually making records.

They were stale fro the git go.....

But I have to go with Mott the Hoople. OMFG were they bad.

Second place has to go to Focus.

Focus was an excellent band! "Hocus Pocus" was only a small piece of what they were capable of...Jan Akkerman is an amazing guitarist and Thijs Van Leer is one of the most tasteful organists and flautists in rock, a musician's musician. The two segued pieces "Focus 3" and "Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers!" are pure genius, especially on "Live At The Rainbow".

And whoever mentioned Emerson, Lake & Palmer needs to be flogged with a Leslie cable! :D

Heck, I like a bit of Steve Miller too, specifically the album version of "Fly Like An Eagle"...there's some scary B-3 work on that cut. Styx had their moments too (though in later years had more than a few turkeys in the repertoire....)

Todd in Beerbratistan

That would be the Rolling Stones in my book...

But Also Fleetwood Mac With Nicks & Buckingham {Not Peter Green's)
Journey Sucked
Toto
Elton John After Yellow Brick
All Suckers

I just checked out a Journey "Best of" CD from the library just to see if there was something I was missing. I couldn't fast forward through the songs fast enough. :puke:

The best album they ever made was Alive! (the first one) Put on the studio version of anything on the live album, and it leaves you wanting.

Then you get to the next three (Love Gun, Destroyer, and Rock And Roll Over), and you see what a really good producer can do with even a mediocre band.

Then they got REALLY commercial, to the point where people soon got tired of them. Merchandising run amok (but the pinball game rocked). TV specials (that really sucked). And then there were the four solo albums. And Dynasty. Eww.

Then they replaced half the band, took off their makeup (big mistake), and became yet another screeching 80's hair band in an era where they were already too plentiful. Put Animalize against anything Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, or Def Leppard did in the same era, and KISS loses. There's no contest.

Then they put the makeup back on, hired back the original members as temps, and started playing Super Bowls, writing books, and doing Holiday Inn Express commercials. Um. Okay.

and Rock of the Westies after Yellow brick.

If I never hear "Takin' Care of Business" again, it will be too soon.

"Heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who..."

Makes me want to hurl.

sure Take It on the Run is cheesy, but there's few rock songs as uplifting as Roll with the Changes. And Riding the Storm Out is sadly underrated. Also any band that names an album You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish with a fish with a tuning fork sticking out of its mouth on the cover? Genius. Ok so being from Illinois, like REO, I'm a bit biased.

I'll agree that is one of the more clever album titles and some of their live stuff wasn't bad but I can't forgive them for Take It On The Run.

I really liked "Roll with the Changes"...

oh you know you know you know you got to
keep on rollin'
rollin' with the changes..

REO is a strong second, though. They might have been better if the lead singer could sing even a little. Who can ever forgive the classic "...heard it from a friend who-o-oo" where he attempts to climb a scale and instead sounds like he was unexpectedly goosed by the lead guitarist (if you can call someone who can't play guitar a guitarist).

To quote one of my favorite lines in a movie: A little musicality, please.

:puke:

(See my "Worst Band of the 80's" thread)

:puke:

:shrug:

though their first album was without Steve Perry. He came along in late 77. Wherein Journey went from a prog rock band to a pop-rock/arena rock band. And started selling millions of records. Funny thing is they were already selling out huge arenas before that.

but mostly Journey.

I hates me some whiny-ass "power pop", can you tell?

Anybody remember them? The lead singer Jim Dandy Mangrum had really long blond hair and wore extremely tight pants. I think they had maybe one big hit record which featured a girl singer with really wild hair and supershort Daisy Dukes.

than on record. But not one of my favorites, but I don't dislike them either.

so far on this thread I "like" almost all of the rock bands - the pop stuff sucked ass but that wasn't the question


This is who sucked: Toto, Journey, Stix and anybody else that sounded like them (can you even tell a difference?)


wwwheeee the 70's :hippie: :smoke: :beer: :headbang: :woohoo: :rofl: :puke: get up and do it all again!

Four way tie for suckiest band of the 70's.

Each time "I Can Help" comes on the radio, I switch the channel.

Sucked then, still sucks now.

I'm sure there are worse, and they're probably fine musicians, but I can't stand their sound.

...Lobo.

Me and You and a Dog Named Boo? I mean, really.

That band was boring, generic, and tired.