Who was your favorite band during your coming of age

[Cool Hand Hodge]

I was born in 82...still i would say the Eagles were my biggest influence. Thats really saying somthing about their music

 

[DeathGrip]

I know there are some Zappa fans here.

No mention of Deep Purple?

How about Yes?

So many good ones,I predict this thread is going to go on for a while.



D.G.

 

[Hermann]

Bachman Turner Overdrive (BTO)

 

[JamesArthur60]

To many to mention, but many are here where I spent last weekend: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum

 

[GRIZZLYBEAR]

In no order as I like them all:
Marshall Tucker Band
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
ZZ Topp
CDB
Ventures
CCR
Lynyrd Skynyrd


grizz

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

When I was coming of age, it wasn't necessarily a band or any other kind of group that was in the spotlight. Sometimes it was, of course, but often the focus was on an individual, like Buddy Holly or Richie Valens or Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis. Of course, groups counted, too, like the Belmonts (as in Dion & the Belmonts), the Bellnotes, the Rock-a-Teens and the Ultratones.

Nowadays, I still like that music, but I've started listening to Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson, Tampa Red, Henry Gray, and Dr. John in his boogie-woogie incarnation.

 

[cmort666]

Wow many great ones already mentioned ! 2 additional favorites of mine.

Warren Zevon
Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Rick

I didn't pick up on Zevon until I was stationed in Korea in '81. Another officer whom I loathed, used to constantly play a reel to reel recording of the "Excitable Boy" album in the Camp Howze O-Club. I hated that guy, but I've loved Zevon ever since. His last CD was one of his best. "Hit Somebody!" is hilarious.

A friend at Ft. Knox used to have an audio cassette of nothing but "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", over and over.

 

[cmort666]

I know there are some Zappa fans here.

I HATE Zappa's vocal works, but simply love his instrumentals.

I was listening to the song "Peaches in Regalia" on my mp3 player yesterday while I was undoing a friend's "improvements" to one of his office PCs.

 

[mesell]

All the bands mention so far Ill add Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin, Pretenders The Police, Little Feat, Muddy Waters Those were the days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark

 

[Evil Dog]

I'm sure I had a favorite group but I really don't remember the 60's all that well.... pretty much in a haze.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Allman Brothers
Stones
Grateful Dead
so many!!!!!!!!! and Deep Purple's "Machine Head" a classic
or Jethro Tull "Aqua Lung"
My goodness-makes one want to go hunt up the ol' bong

 

[jimmyj]

Mitch Miller and the Sing Along Gang

 

[jframe]

Journey, first and foremost. ZZ Top a VERY close second. Def Leppard, Led Zepplin, even though they had disbanded by the Eighties. Love old country singers and bands even to this day. Waylon, Johnny Cash, Jerry Reed, all those guys.

 

[jframe]

And I thought I was the only one. They sound about as out of tune as Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi. Just awful. You have to be tone deaf to listen to it.

I never could figure what was so great about them either. Zeppelin was just so much more POWERFUL! The Beatles seemed like a Sixties version of New Kids on the Block to me.

 

[spricks]

Here is a couple more favorites of mine....

J. Geils Band
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
REO Speedwagon

spricks

 

[Mr Sola]

Led Zeppelin
AC/DC
Allaman Bros
ZZ Top

 

[bricker]

ELO, BTO, ZZ Top, what's a bong?

 

[samIam]

Black Sabbath
ZZ Top
Aerosmith
Deep Purple
Rush
Led Zeppelin

 

[kennyb]

as john lennon said..."before ELVIS there was nothing"

 

[woftrax]

The choices are surprising...No mention at all of:

Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys

That was a real BAND.. "Take me back to Tulsa?", a super hit..and many more..how soon we forget the great ones..