Greatest Band/Group……..Got to Be……

[Mr Soul '68]

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I still have Simon kirkes drumstick from his wildlife days

Great band in the same way cream , who , zep , sabbath were great bands

I think kossoff was a major influence on Angus Young

Zep very young chaps when they started out

Yep! We've chatted on here before of how you got Kirkey's drumsticks when his band Wildlife (later to morph into FM) blew the Schenker band offstage at Cardiff St. David's Hall.

Yep. Koss was a huge influence on on Angus Young, as he was on Skynyrd's Gary Rossington.

Zep just ain't in the same class as Free. A bit contentious I know but I love the rawness of Free. I love their blues soulful take on rock music. Zep came already well formed with the 100s of sessions Page and J.P. Jones had done. Also did they do an original song on their first two albums?.
All the songs were basically stolen from the blues greats. On top of that they had a nasty vicious thug for a manager, and his equally vile assistant John Bindon. I did see Zep live the once at Knebworth in '79 and quite frankly I was underwhelmed.

[splott parker]

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Fab Four For Me.

[Father Dougal]

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I think we can all agree that, despite a few good bands and tunes, britpop was without question one of the worst things that happened to the British music scene. It was a vacuous and rancid era for British music. Flag shaggers, new labour, nonsensical lyrics, lager, chris evans and often misogynistic.

Yeah but every band of that era passionately denies they were part of it.

[jon1959]

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The Pogues.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Yep! We've chatted on here before of how you got Kirkey's drumsticks when his band Wildlife (later to morph into FM) blew the Schenker band offstage at Cardiff St. David's Hall.

Yep. Koss was a huge influence on on Angus Young, as he was on Skynyrd's Gary Rossington.

Zep just ain't in the same class as Free. A bit contentious I know but I love the rawness of Free. I love their blues soulful take on rock music. Zep came already well formed with the 100s of sessions Page and J.P. Jones had done. Also did they do an original song on their first two albums?.
All the songs were basically stolen from the blues greats. On top of that they had a nasty vicious thug for a manager, and his equally vile assistant John Bindon. I did see Zep live the once at Knebworth in '79 and quite frankly I was underwhelmed.

It's opinions but free didn't have the wide ranging repertoire zep had

Flat out metal , folk , reggae, funk , blues

Even the beatles stole from the blues as did the stones

I like free though , don't get me wrong

[bobh]

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Yep! We've chatted on here before of how you got Kirkey's drumsticks when his band Wildlife (later to morph into FM) blew the Schenker band offstage at Cardiff St. David's Hall.

Yep. Koss was a huge influence on on Angus Young, as he was on Skynyrd's Gary Rossington.

Zep just ain't in the same class as Free. A bit contentious I know but I love the rawness of Free. I love their blues soulful take on rock music. Zep came already well formed with the 100s of sessions Page and J.P. Jones had done. Also did they do an original song on their first two albums?.
All the songs were basically stolen from the blues greats. On top of that they had a nasty vicious thug for a manager, and his equally vile assistant John Bindon. I did see Zep live the once at Knebworth in '79 and quite frankly I was underwhelmed.

Are you telling porkies?
I didn't see you there.

[Elwood Blues]

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Why has no one mentioned the Monkees yet........

[sneggyblubird]

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I still have Simon kirkes drumstick from his wildlife days

Great band in the same way cream , who , zep , sabbath were great bands

I think kossoff was a major influence on Angus Young

Zep very young chaps when they started out

I used to be a drummer back in the day and the beat to alright now was one of the first I learned to play because it was so easy. Two American artists I went to see that I find hard to beat for their sheer talent on their instruments were Oscar Peterson in the Capitol and Buddy Rich in the New Theatre.I 've never seen anyone else that surpassed them for their ability in their instruments though I saw Kossof in the students union about a month or so before he died and many others too.I invite you to Utube Oscar Peterson "A little Jazz Exercise" which is a couple of minutes of jaw dropping , mind numbing greatness.Of course, I'm 66 now so it's all relative to your age and experiences in life.

[Mr Soul '68]

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Are you telling porkies?
I didn't see you there.

With a crowd reported to be in excess of 200,000 I doubt you would have done

[Mr Soul '68]

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I used to be a drummer back in the day and the beat to alright now was one of the first I learned to play because it was so easy. Two American artists I went to see that I find hard to beat for their sheer talent on their instruments were Oscar Peterson in the Capitol and Buddy Rich in the New Theatre.I 've never seen anyone else that surpassed them for their ability in their instruments though I saw Kossof in the students union about a month or so before he died and many others too.I invite you to Utube Oscar Peterson "A little Jazz Exercise" which is a couple of minutes of jaw dropping , mind numbing greatness.Of course, I'm 66 now so it's all relative to your age and experiences in life.

Koss died in March '76. I'm pretty the only time Koss played the Students Union was with John Martyn, when he use to come out to play three or four numbers with Martyn on his 'Sunday's Child tour, which I believe was in the first half of 1975. Is this what you are alluding to?

[sneggyblubird]

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Koss died in March '76. I'm pretty the only time Koss played the Students Union was with John Martyn, when he use to come out to play three or four numbers with Martyn on his 'Sunday's Child tour, which I believe was in the first half of 1975. Is this what you are alluding to?

Yes that's right mate. Obviously died a bit later than I thought but that was it.Looked off his face but that guitar still sang.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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I used to be a drummer back in the day and the beat to alright now was one of the first I learned to play because it was so easy. Two American artists I went to see that I find hard to beat for their sheer talent on their instruments were Oscar Peterson in the Capitol and Buddy Rich in the New Theatre.I 've never seen anyone else that surpassed them for their ability in their instruments though I saw Kossof in the students union about a month or so before he died and many others too.I invite you to Utube Oscar Peterson "A little Jazz Exercise" which is a couple of minutes of jaw dropping , mind numbing greatness.Of course, I'm 66 now so it's all relative to your age and experiences in life.

My old man loved Oscar Peterson

[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

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1. Moody blues
2. Hendrix experience
3. Fleetwood Mac esp early days
4. Pink Floyd
Spedger

[NYCBlue]

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stupid thread imo its a matter of opinion

THIS.

[Moodybluebird]

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1. Moody blues
2. Hendrix experience
3. Fleetwood Mac esp early days
4. Pink Floyd
Spedger

Spedger, who am I to argue with your very sound judgement. And that goes for bands 2, early 3 and 4.