Names Of Bands From The 70s

Rock music, which came in the '60s exploded in popularity throughout the '70s. A number of bands and artists released their finest albums in that decade.

Here the table below mentions the 10 Best Rock Bands of the 70s.

Led Zeppelin

Originally named the New Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin was an English rock band formed in London. The group was comprised of:

• Robert Plant
• Jimmy Page
• John Bonham
• John Paul Jones

The Zep is also regarded as one of the best-selling music artist of all time for selling between 200 and 300 million units globally.

Though in 1980, the band was disbanded, their music still continues to inspire countless fans as well as musicians.

Deep Purple

Deep Purple is regarded as the pioneer of modern hard rock. Formed in 1968, the band is still active to date.

The present band members are:

• Ian Paice
• Roger Glover
• Ian Gillan
• Don Airey
• Simon McBride

Over the years, their musical approach has been changed. Originally formed as a psychedelic rock and progressive rock band, they moved to a heavier sound with their 1970 album Deep Purple in Rock.

The Rolling Stones

Active across seven decades, The Rolling Stones are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the rock era.

The band's original lineup consisted of:

• Mick Jagger
• Keith Richards
• Ronnie Wood
• Bill Wyman
• Charlie Watts
• Brain Jones

They have estimated record sales of 200 million. The band has won altogether 3 Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Also, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2004.

Simply Punk or Punk rock is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Often they shout political, anti-establishment lyrics.

Punk bands typically produce short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles with stripped-down instrumentation.

Below is the list of 10 popular Punk Bands of the 70s:

Television

Television was most active in the 1970s. The group's most prominent lineup consisted of:

• Tom Verlaine
• Richard Lloyd
• Billy Ficca
• Fred Smith

However, the band recorded in a stripped-down, guitar-based manner similar to their punk contemporaries, their music was by comparison clean and technically proficient drawing influence from jazz and 1960s rock.

Marquee Moon, the group's 1977 debut album is regarded as one of the defining releases of the punk era.

The Stooges

The Stooges, also known as Iggy and the Stooges are widely regarded as a seminal proto-punk act.

With pioneering iconic vocalist Iggy Pop, the band was one of the most aggressive and unpredictable acts of the time.

In the years before noise rock was named as a musical genre, the Stooges were combining noise with punk rock in the same vein.

Furthermore, other several punk bands took their names from Stooges songs or lyrics including Radio Birdman, Penetration, Raw Power, and more.

The Clash

The Clash was an English rock band formed in London. The key players of the band were in the original wave of British punk rock.

Publicized as The Only Band That Matters, the band has also contributed to the post-punk and new-wave movements that emerged in the wake of punk.

They employed elements of a variety of genres including reggae, dub, funk, ska, and rockability.

Most of The Clash's recordings consisted of:

• Joe Strummer
• Mick Jones
• Paul Simonon
• Nicky Topper Headson

All over the 70s and 80s, funk music has only become more popular. Funk bands seamlessly unite fans from across different races, and nationalities.

Over the years, funk artists have also evolved by incorporating elements of rock and electronic music into their sound.

The best 10 Funk Bands of the 70s are:

Zapp

Zapp is also known as Zapp Band, Zapp & Roger. It is an American funk band that emerged from Dayton, Ohio.

Influential in the electro subgenre of funk, Zapp was known for their trademark use of the talk-box effect.

Their eponymous debut album (1980) achieved mainstream recognition from the single, More Bounce to the Ounce.

Alongside, the group's follow-up Zapp II released in 1982 sold well and was certified gold.

Though disbanded in 1999, Zapp reformed briefly in 2003 to produce the album Zapp VI: Back by Popular Demand.

Ohio Players

Most popular in the 1970s, Ohio Players is an American Funk band. They are best known for their songs Fire and Love Rollercoaster.

Though for their first dozen years, the band was not particularly successful they finally made their mark in the 1970s with a series of hits beginning with the song Skin Tight. It peaked at #11 in 1974 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Further, the group's most successful record, Fire peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart and Love Rollercoaster peaked at #1 on the Hot 100 chart.

For selling more than 1 million records, it received platinum certification from RIAA.

Despite their brief success in the mid-1970s, the band combined R&B, jazz, and funk to create a legacy influencing numerous that followed them.

Earth, Wind & Fire

Often abbreviated as EW&F or EWF, Earth, Wind & Fire is an American musical group.

The group's style and sound span various music genres such as jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin and Afro-pop.

With the sales of over 90 million records globally, they are among the best-selling music artists of all time.

The band is best known for its kalimba sound, dynamic horn section, and energetic and elaborate stage shows. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000 and also received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement in 2016.

The group remained an international stage attraction as well into the 21st century.

Simply metal or heavy metal was developed largely in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

During the 1970s, several American bands modified heavy metal into more accessible forms.

By the end of the decade, heavy metal fans became known as metalheads or headbangers.

A number of bands in the late 1960s began pushing the limits of blues rock into a new music genre called heavy metal.

Here below-mentioned are the top Metal Bands of the 70s:

Judas Priest

Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band. The band currently consists of:

• Ian Hill
• Scott Travis
• Rob Halford
• Glenn Tipton
• Richie Faulkner

Altogether the band has released 18 studio albums, 6 live albums, 7 compilation albums, 29 singles, 10 video albums, and 21 music videos.

To date, the group has sold over 50 million albums worldwide with 12 million copies in the US.

Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with indifferent record production and a lack of major commercial success until 1980.

They finally rose to commercial success with the album British Steel.

Motorhead

Often considered a pioneer in the new wave of British heavy metal, Motorhead reenergized heavy metal in the late 1970s and the early 1980s.

Motorhead has been frequently credited with being part of numerous musical scenes especially, thrash metal and speed metal.

The band is basically embraced by both punk and metal scenes. Typically, their lyrics cover topics such as war, good versus evil, abuse of power, and most famously gambling.

As of 2016, the band has sold more than 15 million albums around the globe.

Kiss

Many times styled as KISS, Kiss is regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of all time.

Primarily, the band is famous for its iconic makeup designs, each of which represents a different character or persona.

Currently, the band lineup consists of original four designs: the Starchild, the Demon, the Spaceman, and the Catman.

Most of the band's 1970s albums, particularly the first six released between 1974 and 1977 featured a hard rock or traditional heavy metal style.

Additionally, the band was ranked as the ninth Greatest Metal Band of All Time by MTV and placed tenth on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list.

Alongside, it was ranked as the third Best Metal and Hard Rock Live Band of All Time by Loudwire magazine.

Progressive Rock is often shortened as prog rock or simply said prog. It is a broad genre of rock music primarily developed in the US.

This music genre saw a high level of popularity in the early-to-mid-1970s but faded soon after. The table below shows 10 popular 70s Prog Rock Bands.

King Crimson

King Crimson was an English progressive rock band that drew inspiration from a wide variety of music like classical, jazz, folk, and many more.

In the early 1970s, the band exerted a strong influence on the progressive rock movement, including on contemporaries such as Yes and Genesis.

They also continued to inspire subsequent generations of artists across multiple genres.

As of 2020, the band's latest lineup is comprised of Fripp, Mel Collins, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Gavin Harrison, Jakko Jakszyk, and Jeremy Stacey.

Pink Floyd

As cited by some of the greatest prog rock bands of all time, Pink Floyd became a leading band of the progressive rock genre.

The band were innovators of prog rock during the 1970s and ambient music during the 1980s.

They had sold more than 250 million records globally, which made them one of the best-selling music artists of all time

In 1996, they were inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005.

In addition, they were awarded the Polar Music Prize in Sweden for their contribution to modern music in 2008.

Yes

Yes have explored several musical styles throughout their career and are most notably regarded as progressive rock pioneers.

The band is known to be one of the most successful, influential, and long-lasting progressive rock bands.

They have sold 13.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the US as well as more than 30 million albums worldwide.

The group had evolved from many new experiments into a valuable commercial franchise continuing to perform and record into the 21st century.

In simple terms, pop music literally means popular music. This musical style came into prominence in the '60s and '70s.

Several bands and artists in the land of pop music have achieved widespread commercial and critical success with their singles and albums.

The list below showcases the top 10 Pop Bands of the 70s.

The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5 is an American pop band composed of Jackson family members. The Jackson children started their music career in this group.

The band mainly included Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael for most of their career.

The group was managed by their father, Joe while Michael Jackson had a solo career after this.

Throughout their career, they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide, and in 1980, the brothers were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as the Jacksons.

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac was formed by Peter Green after he left the British blues band, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers.

The band's 1975s album Fleetwood Mac included a pop-rock sound. Eventually, the album reached No. 1 in the US. Similarly, Rumours (1977) produced four US Top 10 singles and remained at No. 1 on the American albums chart for 31 weeks.

To date, the band has sold more than 120 million records globally.

They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and have also received the Brit Award for outstanding contribution to Music.

The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys are considered to be one of the most influential acts of the rock era.

The group drew on the music of older pop vocal groups, 1950s rock and roll, and black R&B to create their unique sound.

Between the 1960s and 2020s, they had 37 songs reach the US Top 40 with 4 topping the Billboard Hot 100.

Basically, the band helped legitimize popular music as a recognized art form and influenced the development of music genres and movements.

Some of them are psychedelia, power pop, progressive rock, and more.