Reply With QuoteI'll go with The WhoOriginally Posted by Pitch3110
Or Led Zep or Deep Purple??
Ozzy's lot maybe, The Who??
Last edited by Pitch3110; 25th December 2016 at 11:34.
I'll go with The Who
Led zep must be in the running.
the quo don't really count do they? Unless you want a backing band for a metal themed Christmas panto
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Impossible question to answer, depends how you judge it. Here's my opinion:
I would say it has to be Led Zeppelin, but possibly Status Quo made more money. Zeppelin get the nod in terms of musical credibility, apart from their earlier stuff I never rated Status Quo as a serious band. Deep Purple were big in the early 70s but I don`t equate them with Zeppelin.
The Who were at their creative peak between 67 and 73, I think they fell away after that and were already in decline when Keith Moon died.
As for Sabbath, apart from their first album I was never a big fan. Again, I don`t rank them alongside Zeppelin.
Picking individual albums, Zeppelin 1 to 4, The Who's Quadrophenia and Who's next, Quo's Piledriver and Deep Purple's Machinehead are the stand-out ones for me............but thesedays I`m more of a soul music fan! Back in the 70s I had the hair and the interest in rock music but I was always a closet soul fan, just took a few years to 'come out'
I still play the old rock stuff though....wish I still had the hair!
Paul
Deep Purple for me. I still listen to Machine Head on a regular basis.
Status Quo were probably the most successful from a commercial perspective.
Just wondered as with this afternoons sad sad news there will be a massive amount hipe that they were one the most successful home rock bands.
Being an old mod it has always been The Who.
Paul
I'm biased :-)
That said, there wasn't much music I didn't like in the 70s. It was a magic decade as far as I was concerned.
The Who
Or led zep
Not 100% Brit, but I'd say Thin Lizzy.
Surely The Bay City Rollers?
Jam, Joy Division, Buzzcocks.
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Sure Freddie could be a big girls blouse but Queen would get my vote, I played "Now I'm here" earlier today and it still sounds fantastic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yyJuhlhDDA
Never really liked Status Quo....bit dull.
Had a Deep Purple phase and never really that fussed about Led Zep...bit self indulgent.
I would go for Queen who were magnificent in the 70s and into the 80s (up 1986 to be exact) but then became mundane and dull.
Pink Floyd.
Nope, Caravan, Gentle Giant and Camel.
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
After a row of number 1 albums through the 70's I believe they were the biggest band in the world for a time.
Que?
The Clash.
No, they were most definitely not.
With sales of around 120 million albums Quo sold less than half the estimated 320 million albums Led Zeppelin have sold to date, so I'd say Led Zeppelin were far and away more commercially successful and money-making. Regardless of opinions on musical prowess I always thought of The Quo as a working band, paying the bills by touring but not wealthy unlike Page, Plant et al who were mega wealthy from the 70's onwards (Plant's estimated wealth is $200m).
Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd
Andy
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Depends what you wanted. The Who were dangerously on the edge on their night and v. exciting. The tensions in the band always working for them. Zeppelin were rock personified with superb playing from all concerned. Floyd? The show was their thing rather than the band but their sound was unequalled. The Faces could be awful but could be a party onstage and the Stones were always dangerous until about 1975 when they became more showbiz. Quo were a good british band but not an equal to the big names of Purple/Zep/Who/Floyd
Motorhead surely
So just behind 22 year old Justin Bieber, who's $200M fortune is expected to grow by around $60M per year over the next few years.
No, not even top ten in my opinion.
But at least they stuck at it.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
What has Bieber got to do with British rock music? Or any music, come to think of it!
On the topic of fortunes, I would have thought Nick Mason might be worth a few quid based on his car collection. His Le Mans 250 GTO must be worth $50m on its own.
Whoever does not know how to hit the nail on the head should be asked not to hit it at all.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing. My comment was in relation to Robert Plant making a fortune over a life time of work, and a 22 year old herbert getting handed a similar wedge for doing feck all.
I'm sure he won't worry that half his dosh is tied up in an old motor.
http://www.therichest.com/celebnetwo...son-net-worth/
Then we are in total agreement
What about Slade?
I was thinking the exact same thing. Motörhead rule.
Sorry to to burst your bubble but you need to look beyond Wikipedia for your figures. Led Zep haven't sold anything like 320 million albums. Their confirmed sales are about 30% of that. Quo's confirmed sakes have been 120 million for at least 15 years. Nobody knows what the figure is currently.
Dont get tangled up in anything that says 'estimated'. It's nothing like the true figure.
We use £ here. Not $.
Noddy must love Xmas!
I wish I'd penned just that one song.
It's subjective of course - but while I do hold them in a degree of affection, Quo were a million miles off being the best British rock band of the '70s. It's the decade of Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, the Who, the Stones, Sabbath.. not to mention Purple, the Faces, Jethro Tull. UFO. Judas Priest. All of them a lot more interesting, clever and mostly more successful than Quo. And yes, I have heard Piledriver.
King Crimson were the best and their album Red is one of the all time greats .Black Sabbath were also fantastic .
Good god, Caravan - my local band in the 70s but prog rock not rock.
How about Budgie?
In terms of musical output I'd say that Led Zep are head and shoulders above the others mentioned. I was never a Who fan but I think it would be hard to argue about them being placed second, followed by Deep Purple.
Status Quo were just a commercial pop (or pap) rock band with nothing like the credibility or musical integrity of the others. I'm sure they made a few bob, though.
As an aside, I was really a Floyd fan, although I loved Jethro Tull and enjoyed a bit of Sabbath too. All of them made Quo seem something of a joke.
Well said
As you say though it's subjective of course!
For me it has to be Pink Floyd and Dark Side Of The Moon.
Last edited by JeremyO; 24th December 2016 at 21:57.
I saw them 3 times ...Led Zeppelin by far the best band I saw in the 70's, only saw the Who once and was a bit disappointed.
It's estimated he (and co-writer Jim Lea) get £1 million each for that song per annum. Led Zep set the bar for everybody else imo and by the time of Physical Graffiti everyone else was wondering how to top that. Purple had no steady line up - there trial with Tommy Bolin stalled their career. The Who were coming off the boil by 1978. Quo did have a commercial understanding which for me took them away from the rock mainstream and into a pop arena but it worked for them. Queen who I was not a big fan of straddled rock and pop but were boring to watch except they had a fantastic front man. However when I mention these acts what a golden age it was. Even to later acts like UFO/Iron Maiden, they were just so dynamic. When I listen to that golden era of Floyd from DSOM to The Wall, the sonic quality and Rick Wrights glorious Hammond playing still leaves me gasping at the talent they had/have
Last edited by mrushton; 24th December 2016 at 23:01.
I don't know about Status Que, but Status Quo were a banal pop group from that era, IMHO. Pub plodders done well, which doesn't reflect well on popular music taste given their record sales.
F.T.F.A.
I loved status que. Especially the lead singer, Manuel.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
75% not British :-)
Status Quo had their place in the early to mid seventies, but I don't think they ever hit the heights that The Who, Deep Purple. Led zeppelin etc. did. I bet they were blooming great fun live though.
Were they even a rock band? Surely you need lead guitar and prominent drums for that?
Ha ha ha
Very good!
I'm surprised that so many people consider Pink Floyd a rock band.
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The Rolling Stones
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