Top 5 favorite bands of the 70's?

Depends what you mean... if you mean bands formed in, or released their first album in the 70s (if that were so Zep and DP would be dissqualified) or the peak of their career was the 70s?

I'll assume you meant peak!

1. Deep Purple
2. Led Zeppelin
3. Black Sabbath
4. Rainbow
5. Yes

1.judas priest

2.Deep Purple

3.rainbow

0f course:1.DEEP PURPLE; 2.RAINBOW; 3.WHITESNAKE;

1. Rainbow
2. KISS
3. Purple

Hey Kimberly, im gonna list which bands releases in the 70's i still listen to the most.

Deep Purple
Nazareth
Rainbow
Trapeze
Frank Marino

i have to say though, i play more 80's than 70's but most of the stuff i listen to these days is from 1990 onwards - although Hughes/Thrall has been getting a lot of play recently thanks to the HT2 announcement

1. Led Zeppelin
2. Tommy Bolin or Deep Purple w Tommy
3. Trapeze
4. Steely Dan
5. Van Halen

I know this was not asked but how how about your favorite top 5 people from the rock world in the 70's.

1. Tommy Bolin
2. Glenn Hughes
3. Frank Zappa
4. Neil Peart
5. David Lee Roth

Question? Has anyone listened to the David Lee Roth Show? I listen to it on podcast and I really enjoy it!

I never see anyone mention Bruce Springsteen & the E-street band....

His first few albums are ROCK albums with a little bit of funk and soul.

Listen to... the wild, the innocent and the e-street shuffle...
That is imho one of the greatest early 70ties records


cheers
Hiawatha72
www.burnermusic.nl

Here is my list, everyone ;

1. Trapeze.

2. Deep Purple.

3. Black Sabbath.

4. Judas Priest.

5. Whitesnake (1978-1984).

Ayesha

Black Sabbath
Led Zeppelin
Trapeze
Mahogany Rush
Deep Purple

Very Honorable mentions:
(every one of them was in my top 5 at one time or another)

Robin Trower
Rush
Pat Travers Band
Ted Nugent
Montrose
Les Dudek
The Allman Bros
Journey
Foghat
Uriah Heep
Humble Pie
Dave Mason
The Beatles as Solo Artists

my top 5 bands are

Deep Purple
PFM
New Trolls
Trapeze
Uriah Heep

my top 5 talent are

Glenn Hughes
Geezer Butler
Nico Di Palo
Ken Hensley
John Bonham

hello from Canada

Someone else who loved PFM !!! One of the greatest bands to ever walk the planet !!!

This is so hard!
Rainbow
Uriah Heep
Deep Purple
Black Sabbath
Van Halen

Just left out
UFO,B.Ö.C,Scorpions,F.Marino,AC/DC,Whitesnake,JPriest,LZ....

Hi All! I'd like to add in this list AC/DC and THIN LIZZY as well..
Maybe grandfunk railroad and mountain too...

Marko

Deep Purple
Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Black Sabbath
Kansas



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Blue Oyster Cult
Deep Purple
Thin Lizzy
Black Sabbath
Black Oak Arkansas

Also worth mentioning: UFO, Whitesnake, Scorpions, Rainbow, Rush, Roky Erickson, Journey, Chicago, Billy Joel...the list goes on and on.

Cheers...Todd

Mine are pretty obvious choices actually, but they really are my favourites. A runners up list would be very interesting though but also never-ending....

Thin Lizzy
ELP
King Crimson
Yes
Led Zeppelin

the special award goes to
Sparks

who have released another unique album last week and still manage to fascinate and surprise the public with their "out there" approach to all kinds of musical and non-musical style and creativity.


Christian

Tough to come up with "Top" anything lists for me...but here goes.
1. King Crimson
2. Nektar
3. Uriah Heep
4. Hawkwind
5. Mott the Hoople/ Ian HUnter
Honorable Mentions: PFM, Amon Duul, Focus, Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, Slade, Blue Oyster Cult, J. Geils Band, Ramones and counting...

Yes,the new Sparks is best since Indiscreet!:claphands