best British band of the 70s

[The Modernist]

Led Zeppelin managed almost as many good years as the Beatles, and I think it's inarguable that there are more great songs in their back catalogue.

I disagree with that for a start. How many great songs would you say they had?

[Bungo the Mungo]

Led Zeppelin managed almost as many good years as the Beatles, and I think it's inarguable that there are more great songs in their back catalogue.

I disagree with that for a start. How many great songs would you say they had?

I don't know. Maybe 20?

[The Modernist]

The Clash could probably stretch to close to that. I would say the best of The Clash is certainly not in the shadow of Zeppelin anyway.

[der nister]

The Clash could probably stretch to close to that. I would say the best of The Clash is certainly not in the shadow of Zeppelin anyway.

The Clash didn't out strip the Damned or The Jam

Motorhead, Joy Division, and Magazine also need to be considered

[der nister]

King Crimson straddles both eras with the single most impressive band reinvention ever attempted

They can hold their own with Zep, Floyd, Roxy and Magazine, This Heat, and Joy Division

[Bungo the Mungo]

Do you really think This Heat are serious contenders for best British band of the whole decade?

[der nister]

Do you really think This Heat are serious contenders for best British band of the whole decade?

more so than the Clash and Pistols, easily

[yomptepi]

It's one of these four:

Roxy Music
Led Zeppelin
Sex Pistols
Clash

any other suggestions are silly.

Don't be absolutely absurd. You cannot put two flash in pan bands, like the pistols and the clash againt the two defining groups of the era. Sometimes Coan....

[trans-chigley express]

Zep and Floyd.

[GeorgeBraque]

Hmmmm no The Who? In the past I would have said Zep, but I have been discovering The Who over the last couple of years.

Sabbath were incredibly influential, but within a narrower Metal sphere.

So for me it's out of

Zep
The Who
Sabbath
Clash
Floyd


Sent from another universe!

[Diamond Dog]

It's Led Zeppelin, isn't it?

It is.

[Jimbo]

Early 70s
Led Zeppelin

Later on
Gram Parker and the Rumour
Elvis Costello and the Attractions

[sloopjohnc]

Roxy Music
Led Zep
Black Sabbath
Genesis
Pink Floyd
Yes

If that was a six course meal, I'd send back three of the servings, and ask for a discount on my bill.

[meetthesonics]

The Jam or the Clash.

[Matty Red Sox]

The Stones had a pretty good 70's.

[meetthesonics]

Matty Red Sox wrote:

The Stones had a pretty good 70's

50/50 really. Three OK to good albums. Three Godawful embarrassments. It's a draw.

[C]

Gentle Giant is the correct answer



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[CRE072]

The Clash or The Jam

To choose anybody from before 1977 would be like choosing Harold as your the best 11th Century King.

[sloopjohnc]

The Stones had a pretty good 70's.

That was my original thought too.

[algroth]

Random order, okay?

Roxy Music
Slade
The Sex Pistols
T. Rex
The Clash
Mott the Hoople
Hawkwind
The Damned
The Sensational Alex Harvey Band ( although I guess they're technically Scottish)
Throbbing Gristle
Patto
Free
The Buzzcocks
Magazine

Throbbing Gristle ???

I mean there's another few on that list that are dubious but TG ?? You're taking the piss surely.

Not at all. I love TG. I might be the only one on BCB who does but I don't care.

They surely were one of the highlights of their time in UK. Great band.