Spooky Tooth , Pluto , Elmer Gantry , Bronco , Caravan , Kenny Loggins - "Celebrate Me Home". And they would be fine, since they were the vision of a bona fide superstar, Steven Stills, and featured Chris Hillman of The Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers amid an array of truly great players. I've been getting into searching obscure 70s rock bands (thanks Youtube!). Karl Wilds guitar work was powerful and surging, complementing the neat keyboard refrains from Doris Tischmann. There cant be many albums that start with someone elses track, but Discover America kicks off with a large section of Mighty Sparrows 'Jack Parlance'. mid-sixties she devised a way to combine her voice and augment it with the Moog, the instrument that occasionally seems like the only common fascination of the cutting-edge Black and White scenes in this period. They have a name that sounds like a forgotten Marx brother, but this is a long running Spanish band. 15. The best of these is the 1978 debut Los Cuatro Jinetes Del Apocalpsis. May I add my upvote to that of Peter Meyer for Babe Ruth, and remind all of 13th Floor Elevators and remind all of: From the genius mind of the late Marc Bolan, this folk duo-turn-glam rock monster band, have so many good songs it's unfair, 1972's "Bang a Gong (Get it On)" being the most successful, but hardly the track of the band's catalog worth listening to. 20 Rock Albums Rolling Stone Loved in the 1970s That You Never Heard We praised them 40 years ago and you should listen to them today! They're an underrated lot, but their first 3 albums are all glorious! Generations and incarnations later, Boney M has sold 100 million albums to date, and shows no signs of slowing down. Among them was Steve Harris, heartbeat of Iron Maiden, for whom the Ash was a major influence. Great article, brought back loads of memories,I loved Focus and still do,has anybody heard of Culpeppers Orchard and the album Second Sight , obscure Dutch prog ,well worth seeking out. However, more than any music, one dominated the media landscape to the extent that Greil Marcus noted that it became an ordinary social fact, like a commute or a highway construction project. Richard and Linda Thompson ended up the end of the decade as Sufi devotees and could hardly be described as your typical Nationalists. 50 Unfashionable But Brilliant 80s Bands That Time Cruelly Forgot By Emily Barker 26th September 2014 1 Trouble Funk We've sifted through the cultural residue of the Noughties and 90s, so now. Forgotten Favorites-Obscure '70s & '80s hard rock, prog, and metal! Hey people and what about Damnation of Adam Blessing? Steamhammer 1 in the final weeks of the 1970s, helping to usher in a new wave of music for a new decade. Niagara were a bunch of German dudes: Listed in the credits besides head honcho Klaus Weiss are Munich Machine mainstay and Billy Idol producer Keith Forsey, Doldinger/Passport stalwart Udo Lindenberg and even Popol Vuh cohort Danny Fichelscher. 70s bands like Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Black Sabbath and Blue yster Cult bestrode the globe like musical colossi, selling records my the million, elevating popular music to another level, and setting the template for anyone who subsequently picked up a guitar or screamed into a hairbrush in front of a mirror. Im not sure whether that given this relatively obscure record by a crack [sic] troupe of Black UK musicians came out in 1972 that mine could qualify as a controversial opinion, but I think they Forgotten? For me they are not forgotten, they just have not yet been discovewred by the modern listeners who do not know what they have missed. I've been looking for bands that don't have members that later became famous that rocked but never made it big. Some of the bands originating from greater Los Angeles, including Orange County and the Inland Empire , include: This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. Lost Hits of the '70s sticks to mainstream pop for most of its 20 tracks, but there are New Wave singles (the Knack's "Good Girls Don't"), power-pop (Rick Springfield's "Speak to the Sky," Dwight Twilley's "I'm on Fire," the Records' "Starry Eyes"), folk-rock (American Flyer's "Let Me Down Easy"), funk (Hotlegs' "Neanderthal Man"), country-pop . Theyre just musicians, FFS. They have won multiple awards, including five American Music Awards and six Grammy Awards. They released Eric Quincy Tate in early 1970 recorded at Criteria Studio in Memphis uner production of Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd,and Tony Joe White. Despite all this my favourite track is the relatively straight hippy reverie 'Johnnys Garden'. Seemingly carrying the torch lit by Jimi Hendrix forward, the first two Mahavishnu Orchestra LPs, The band put out the album themselves, as they were unable to get a deal. I need to do some follow up work on some of those artist that you have listed. Stills was valiantly pulling together Americas unfurling strands, perhaps trying to revive the spirit of Woodstock, notable for performances by not just Sly and the Family Stone but also Santana. People have even ventured to supplant it with other of Richard and Lindas records like Pour Down Like Silver (1975) or Shoot Out The Lights (1982). The Aztecs later reformed in the early 70s to become one of the most popular Australian hard rock bands of all time. Moby Grape, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Cactus, Vanilla Fudge, Traffic, Uriah Heep, Captain Beyond, Iron Butterfly, Blue Cheer, Montrose, Foghat, Molly Hatchet, King Crimson, The Scorpions, UFO, etc! Trapeze, Bogart, Appice and Lange, McGuinness Flint, The Family Aposolitic, 10cc, Shivas Head Band, etc. Annie Haslam is still touring, in Brazil at the moment. There are guitar harmonies here which would grace a Lizzy record, while there are also some hefty nods towards the early Rainbow years. Label boss, former Cathedral singer and late 60s/early 70s music aficionado Lee Dorrian picks the best forgotten prog-psych albums of the 1960s The past few years have seen a rapid rise in interest in underground British rock music of the late 60s/early 70s. They were gone by 1980, but try and find a dance mix without "Rock the Boat Baby.". Coven - Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls (1969) Forget Gene Simmons and even Ronnie James Dio, Coven were flicking the Devil's horns sign at live shows as far back as 1968 and can be . The lascivious cover, you gotta hand it to them Unfortunately, we didn't hear how the band could have developed due Bolan's tragic death at age 29. With their silver suits and Motown-influenced dance steps, this California group played soul with style, and had six songs on the charts in the '70s. I introduced my sons to the 70s rock scene at an early age to their complete enjoyment. Their standout album was the 1978 debut Vivat Progessio Pereat Mundus, where all the strands that make up the P2O5 sound coalesce into a heavy mould, with Wolfgang Berkhards Hammond Organ sound right at the epicentre. a habitat, a structure, [even] an invisible oppression. It wasnt enough for Focus to boast a brilliant guitarist in Jan Akkerman; they had a wily way with a tune and succeeded with an unfashionable form of rock: instrumentals. Overlooked, underappreciated, but not forgotten. These artists had only one top 10 hit which charted during 1970-1979. No prizes for guessing where theyre from. It saw the civil rights movement, sexual liberation, the Vietnam war, the anti-war movement, and the use of psychedelic drugs. We all know about the 70s. Cauldron is somewhat legendary among aficionados of obscure off-the-wall psychedelia, and of early electronic music, being revolutionary in a similar fashion to the group Silver Apples. In the same way that The Selecter would be unequivocally described as a Rock group, so I think, should Cymande. AC/DC was picking up speed. The Rock against Racism movement, initially launched in response to comments in support of Enoch Powell made by Eric Clapton, received massive support. Watch on. Blues Magoos - Electric Comic Book. survived the pogrom. Here's the start of my list (Rule # 1: They are NEVER played on "classic rock" radio! For example, you've probably heard the classics "American Pie" by Don McLean or "Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum despite not knowing any of their other songs or discography. Musicians? The Beatles Pink Floyd The Rolling Stones The Doors The Beach Boys The Who The Kinks Steppenwolf Jefferson Airplane The Byrds 60s Psychedelic Rock Bands As an artist signed to Motown, Edwin Starr scored a No. The brazenly amplified, impossibly ornate instrumentation is yet more inones Ten easy ways to be the safest driver on the road. The band featured singer Ozzy Osbourne and was credited to be at the forefront of the heavy-metal music scene. 8) Moby Grape These overlooked 70s rock heroes moved audiences, made fantastic albums, then faded, but are still fondly thought of by diehards. Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (Island 1974)**. A second album, Thieves, Liars And Traitors, came out in 2010, culled from recordings made in 1974, and the band have since reunited. Hope to have helped broaden the content of the playing list, Quatermass Your email address will not be published. Holly is one of my 80's pop music icons. The further Folk Rock travelled from the Blues towards a notion of purity, the sillier it became; most notably the Morris On albums, the later Fairport Convention and Steeleye Spans output. Love White Witch as well as Captain Beyond! 2. Listen to it to calm down in a bustling airport. In theory this was a British Jazz album. When I first started following music closely twenty-five years ago, this record was everywhere. Hey I think it was you who got a mention on our local radio station program RTR FM Woodstock Rock from Perth Western Australia. They're a candidate for the title "First Punk Band." They released an album called Black Monk Time tha. ARS were a class act. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). The example of Huey Newtons Black Panthers inspired many other ethnic minorities to rail against the patchwork ethos of American society: Hispanics, Koreans, Italians, Poles and The comparison between Zappa and Beefheart is unfair, theyre radically different creatures, but Frank is cool too. Most members went on to success, notably bassist and songwriter Nick Lowe, who produced The Damned and Elvis Costello, was part of Dave Edmunds Rockpile, and wrote Dr. Feelgoods biggest hit, Milk And Alcohol. Another downbeat hero, Scottish guitarist Miller Anderson, breathed blues-fuelled fire into records by Keef Hartley Band, Savoy Brown, Ian Hunter, Jon Lord, and many more. The Struts announce Remember the Name US tour, Kiss squash long-standing rumour that their band name is a Satanic acronym: "We're smart, but we're not that smart", The making of Deep Purple's classic Machine Head: only in the new issue of Classic Rock, Master Of Puppets: The album that changed Metallica forever, Watch Kiss play three classics live on the Howard Stern Show, Every issue delivered direct to your door. Dome is also credited with inventing the term "thrash metal" while writing about theAnthraxsongMetal Thrashing Madin 1984. even the Irish followed suit as unmeltable ethnics. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. Or why not treat yourself? Her 'Jimmy Jean', with its delicious scat yodel, was a Patrick Forge and Gilles Peterson Acid Jazz staple and was even reissued under the auspices of that scene. It was the same for 70s rock coulda-beens: brilliant bands rocked audiences of thousands, made fantastic albums, then faded. Tackhead's fame was still pretty much confined to the 80s when US rhythm kings Skip McDonald, Doug Wimbish, and Keith 41. He lives in Dayton and is currently working on a PhD in English literature at the University of Cincinnati. Behind the sleeve artwork of famed designer Roger Dean, Osibisa played Afro-rock that mixed Ghanaian highlife, searing rock, and Caribbean grooves; ignore their biggest hit, Sunshine Day, and check out their eponymous debut LP and its 74 follow-up, Woyaya: both made loon pants rave. This band came from Louisiana, and sounded like a cross between UFO and Thin Lizzy, with daubs of doom. Audience, Gnidrolog, Clarke Hutchinson, Velvett Fogg, Fusion Orchestra, Jan Dukes de Grey to be going on with. Linda Ronstadt had a great run but her music is now all but forgotten. West London band Stray, and.. That's true of the top six songs on our Lost Factor calculations of the 100 most-lost songs of the 1970s. But you can also hear elements of what would later develop into both the doom and stoner genres. Answer (1 of 5): I'll name a couple of bands from that decade that I consider obscure to the mainstream public, but might be known as cult artists. Even though they were commercially successful, holding position in the new terrain they had created proved impossible, and the band melted down acrimoniously. These days his musical interests have a wide range, though he's still got a strong connection to the music of the 60s and 70s. Also there was Charlie with their Fantasy Girls album, Horslips with the Tain, and Van Der Graff Generator. 1. Popular culture in the 1970s is often misremembered as being all about bellbottoms and disco. Camel From 1970 to 1979, Rolling Stone printed over 250 issues, many of them with 20-plus record reviews. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, My other favourite band is the Abyssinians. The best 80s cartoons you probably don't remember 42. This band borders on the bizarre when it comes to its career path. Nightwinds - s/t (1979) Netherworld - In the Following Half Light (officially released 1981, but a version with only the prog songs had been floating around since 1979 so I consider them 70's obscure prog) Oniris - L'Homme Voilier (1979) Edited by The.Crimson.King - July 27 2018 at 15:36. Finally, two more British 70s rock bands who, sadly, barely registered: Spring, a highly melodious five-piece whose charming self-titled 1971 album is mostly recognized for copious use of the Mellotron (without sounding remotely like The Moody Blues). The most of the 70s artists are remembered by jourbalists, not comom people or musicians, so, as the media loves pop and minialism all of the artists who own a more worked instrumental are ignored. Recording technology advanced at breakneck speed in the last years of the sixties so that the expertise, hardware and facilities had reached a plateau of excellence by 1970. 5) Sweet Smoke The Beatles quit, glam came along T.Rex, Bowie, Slade; in the background, Floyd, Zeppelin and Sabbath sold squillions of records as 70s rock icons. Another only-in-the-70s enigma, this German-based Euro-Caribbean band's hits were staples at every disco party. Pilgrimage (1971) and Argus (1972) were 70s rock classics, mixing melody, blues, and a mythological element. The buzzword for race relations in the seventies was diversity. Year of release: 1974. This playful British band with a bizarre moniker, led by Ray Dorset, had a fondness for skiffle music and the blues. A patient piano introduction leads to a choir-filled chorus. Staying in the south, Wet Willie were named after a schoolyard prank but were no joke. Archers of Loaf (reunited 2011) 6. From Cleveland, Ohio, this band put out one album. Alice in Chains (reunited 2005) 4. probably were. A track off his 1977 debut album, "Celebrate Me Home" is one of those Christmas songs that works year-round. From the early days of "Shout at the Devil" to the later days "Primal Scream" these guys are straight ahead rock with a major attitude. Obscure heavy Rock bands of the early 70's Top 10 70s Obscure Hard Rock Records? The seventies were a signature decade for Funk, for Disco, for Reggae, for Brazilian music, for African music, Japanese music, for the Electronic Avant garde and for British Folk. Seemingly only The Stooges, Captain Beefheart, Can and Neu! Few would call this '70s-specific sound influential, but few had Bread's range within such a categorized genre, a range prevalent decades later: Check out the opening track of 1998s Mutations by a weird kid named Beck, and see if it sound familiar. Some of this band went on to form Christian metallers Philadelphia, but if you love The Godz, youll enjoy this. Their biggest hit was the laconic, steady-rollin Keep On Smilin in 1974, title track to their fourth album. At times, it sounds like Blue Cheer meets Budgie. Chart appearances include Pop, R&B, Country and Rock. Artists were frequently able to release ten LPs in as many years, with many famous names only hitting their stride a few discs in. And who could forget Anus and Andy, Assgasm, Balls to Picasso, Bedtime for Benzos, Berlin Airlift, Big Dick Daddy and the Bone Dancers, Bloated Bong Monkeys, Bonghit Aneurysm, Canticles of Nantochronty, Chad and the Choadwaffles, Chocolate Clark Henry and the Dorks, Chronoid, Cock Block Redemption, Custard Cannons, Cornfed Connie and The Hamsters, Cornhole Conniption, Deep Blue Dysplasia, and Delirium Tremens? Even today at the high end of recording the era forms a notional benchmark of lavishness. Blues Magoos - Psychedelic Lollipop. It seemed as much as he strived for the artistic high ground the more critics made a point of preferring Captain Beefheart. Conversely the most interesting Folk Rock did in fact work to an agenda of diversity John Martyns One World (1977) or the Incredible String Bands The Hangmans Beautiful Daughter (1968) with its global folk collision of Celtic, North African and Greek music. Not all Rock music strands of the seventies embraced integration above diversity. Gotta keep a running was huge in San Antonio. A subscription makes a thoughtful gift for both family and friends. The original lineup was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar, vocals). The then released their 3rd l.p. on G R C called E Q T resulting in a double regional hit one rock No Rollin Boogie one country. 98. The Blues, Latin, Bluegrass, Country and Folk vie for centre-stage, with Joe Lalas percussion a particular highlight. 100. The impatient should head straight for 'Your Own Comes First'. It wasnt until Sun City Girls and Panda Bears Person Pitch (2007) that the rest of the nation caught up with the idea that beyond being a polyglot nation America actually belonged in the wider world. But unfortunately no national hits appeared and in spite of all the recording the Eric Quincy Tate Group did with him the A & R heads never authorized any further releases. KING (70's was his best music) B. J. Thomas Babe Ruth The Babys Bachman Turrner Overdrive Bad Company Badfinger Band, The (The Band) Barbara Streisand Barry White Bay City Rollers Beach Boys Beaver Brown Band Bee Gees Belamy Brothers Big Star Bill Haley & His Comets Bill Withers Billy Joel Billy Preston Black Oak . ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb. 13,520 views Apr 14, 2019 306 Dislike Share Save Sea of Tranquility 74.1K subscribers Join host Pete Pardo as he. No one knows how such fair-haired boys from Ohio steel country got their soul, but the joke wasn't lost on the bandor its new international audiencewhen the release of "Play That Funky Music"took the American rock and R&B top spots and went platinum in 1976. ,, Follow My Dream ,, album ? Something like a forgotten Sonny & Cher, this New York City trio, not duo, had 15 Top 40 hits in the '70s, including three that went to No. And lets also recall Manassas, who cut two fine albums in 1972-73. progmog,May 16, 2016 #2 tremspeed, zphageand LDMAClike this. 7) Fantasy Uriah Heep's distinctive features include a massive keyboard sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron's quasi-operatic vocals. The next year they scored again with Imaginary Lover and the strolling Im Not Going To Let It Bother Me Tonight, both from the platinum-selling Champagne Jam. 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The title itself already presents an interesting story: Nantucket Sleigh Ride, by definition, is the experience of being towed along in a ship by a harpooned whale, a reference to the whaling industry of the 1800's where voyages are done to hunt whales in order harvest oil from their blubber. but, a single was released in 1975 on GRC Records of Atlanta released EQT in 1975,and a single of a medley Honky Tonk Man/No Rollin Boogie on the A Side with Chattahoochee Coochie Man all 3 Capricorn rejects reached #44 with a red bullet and high reviews both of the LP and the single but at the six week point of a tour of the Southeast US, GRC Records went bankrupt and in spite of many Studio attempts and live recordings were released for sale to fans in the period of 1975 to 1982, several reunion tours were recorded but no national hits followed. The 2nd LP was signed in 1971 to Capricorn Records and assigned to Paul Hornsby, his 2nd attempt at producing. 1 Queen Queen are an English rock band formed in London in 1970. Ranker Music. In 1974, this lot released debut album Phantoms Divine Comedy Part 1, and it sparked rumours that Jim Morrison was actually fronting a mysterious new band. Malcolm Dome had an illustrious and celebrated career which stretched back to working forRecord Mirrormagazine in the late 70s andMetal Furyin the early 80s before joiningKerrang! Support tQ's work by becoming a subscriber and enjoy the benefits of bonus essays, podcasts and exclusively-commissioned new music. Hes still playing at around 70 years old. The record industry has coasted on the fat of the decade for thirty years. 1 on the U.K. charts 1964's "Do Wah Diddy Diddy," 1966's "Pretty Flamingo," and 1968's "The Mighty Quinn," which was penned by Bob Dylan. The surprise with this set however is its heavy emphasis on fusion. What McOil do well is balance a desire to be progressive against a primitive metallic momentum. And should you think T2 is just a movie, you havent heard Itll All Work Out In Boomland, a legendary progressive album that should have made stars of the trio that recorded it. Very good. Perhaps. A dirty rotten shame, as Andersons under-exposed vocal talent deserved exposure. 25,666 60 Nostalgic (Early 2000s) Children's TV Shows. Wild Billy Childish & The Buff Medways' Fanciers Association - 'Steady The Buffs' (Transcopic) The song is dedicated to Owen Coffin, a young . At which point the album and band disappeared. Required fields are marked *. . Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. There's a reason it more or less disappeared around 1980. For good reason. Finnish rock band formed in 1979, in Helsinki, by Michael Monroe and Andy McCoy was one of the most successful rock bands of the '80s, and the first one to tour Asia. for 70s its krautrock bands and caterburry bands, for 60s, its frank zappa, beefheart, syd barett, tim buckley, jefferson airplane. With huge sales, a slew of hits, and a half-century career, this trusted act may have ushered in 80s rock more than any other more recognizable group, fusing heavy glam with high-energy live shows. Please whitelist our site in order to continue to access The Quietus. But are the 2010s only about Adele and Ed Sheeran? Great bands, under promoted! xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); A list of Underrated, Obscure And Cult Heavy Metal Bands mainly from the end 70's To Start 90's most from the Golden 80,s era . . They should be on a list like this imo. Posted on March 3, . They sing in their native tongue only, which might explain why Zarpo have remained hidden in the shadows since their inception in 1977. There is a huge gap in journalistic criticism and an overvaluation in punk and weird/gay rock such as bowie. Beyond the odd thirties Jazz style cuts ('Bing Crosby'), Reggae versions ('John Jones' though via Byron Lee and the Dragonaires off-island waxings) and a take on Allen Touissants New Orleans standards 'Occapella' and 'Riverboat', this travelogue is essentially Van Dykes homage to Sparrow and Mangione, George Benson and the Crusaders, Fusion became vastly, almost unimaginably successful but also neutered. After the commercial success of The Beatles there followed a massive surge in R&D. The Enid, Horslips, Its a Beautiful Day, King Crimson,ELP, Foghat, Savoy Brown,Nazareth, Capt. They formed in Sydney and saw mild success throughout the mid-60s but split in 1967. And you forgot the GODZ! But that was just the beginning for this New York-based throwback act, whose hit TV series of the same name ran four seasons, and proved, in 1981, the world still needed doo-wop. Country Joe McDonald, Judee Sill, Tracy Nelson & Mother Earth, Andrew Gold, David Blue, Gypsy, The Hoodoo Rhythm Devils, Sutherland Brothers & Quiver, Wendy Waldman, Barefoot Jerry, Grinderswitch, The Section, Pousette-Dart Band, Ian Matthews, Orleans, Dory Previn, Wet Willie, Black Oak Arkansas, Al Stewart, Ian Thomas, Cowboy, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Danny OKeefe, Renaissance. Blue Mountain Eagle - S/T. By the mid-'60s, cutting-edge rock music began appearing on FM radio. Annette Peacock is almost too good to be true. Talent? A multitude more were kept on roster in the hope; their creativity subsidised by bigger acts. Average White Band Axe B B. Cool rock band not mentionedQUICKSILVER MESSAGING SERVICE, Curved Air, Zephyr, Matthews Southern Comfort. Van der graf generator. And vocalist Brian Clark had some of those Rob Halford chops. "Video Killed The Radio Star" was a hit on the charts in 1979, and, ironically, the first music video aired on MTV in 1981. Here is the intro and an extract on Rock Fusion. 3 Doors Down . Individual musicians who formed bands under their own name there are included, but not if they are solo artists. From Yokohama in Japan (but not to be confused with another band called Yokohama Ginbae! Heterogeneous Rock was firmly in the integration rather than diversity camp. Bakerloo blues line. But in taking a deeper look, and closer listen, you'll find out that there is much, much more to it than that. Words: Alex Machock November 20, 2018 Magazine Reviews As a teenager, I was hopelessly obsessed with classic rocknot exactly a shock for a white dude from the suburbs. } ); Aerosmith was peaking. shiny consensus and by extension try to re-imagine the place in history where we now find ourselves. Fusion subsequently became either funkified, as on Herbie Hancocks Sly Stone influenced Head Hunters (1973), or quickly unhitched from Rock and identifiable as a genre of its own. Wishbone ash, Hydra, captain Beyond, poco, also exemplified less publicized bands of the time, Since the mention of Hydra which was a Capricorn act l want to mention a South Texas act who was the 3rd band signed by Phil Walden and Associates, Donnie McCormick and his mind blowing crew named Eric Quincy Tate. Prog stars Camel, led by guitarist/flautist Andy Latimer and featuring keyboardist Peter Bardens, cut Camel for MCA in 72, featuring the climactic gem Never Let Go. Swapping to Deram, Mirage found a following in the US, and 1975s instrumental suite, The Snow Goose, became a surprise runaway success, despite a dispute with Paul Gallico, the author of the kids book of the same name, involving an unseemly mix-up about whether the band were related to the cigarette brand (they werent). 18. Black Sabbath. Unfortunately, we didn't hear how the band could have developed due Bolan's tragic death at age 29.