bar bands of the 1970s: a picture thread

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Erection = great band name imo

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:29 (fifteen years ago)

guy
cubes
erection

call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:32 (fifteen years ago)

nobody would ever call their band 'Steve Brown Band' anymore.

Dave Matthews Band?
Derek Trucks Band?

he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:33 (fifteen years ago)

nobody would ever call their band 'Steve Brown Band' anymore

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BelOZxxIMHg/SeEAnEBSCWI/AAAAAAAAbTM/mS5T2UevqXU/thumbfront.jpg

the penis cream pilot walked free (Phil D.), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)

Ha, even better!

he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:34 (fifteen years ago)

the rock bus tour

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:39 (fifteen years ago)

the music stage tour

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:39 (fifteen years ago)

ok, ok. but the kind of band that calls themselves the '[firstname] [lastname] band' is a certain kind of band. sensible dudes sensibly rockin' in sensible long-sleeve shirts. in fact, it's probably modern bar bands. go fig.

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:39 (fifteen years ago)

Mike Johnson Band
Live
The Guitar Bass Drums Tour

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:40 (fifteen years ago)

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/85/l_252ffe13b14648819e7a6e7eb4383595.jpg

Thus Sang Freud, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:55 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.wabashvalleymusicianshof.com/GalleryMiscBands008.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:09 (fifteen years ago)

KID LIZARD
http://www.wabashvalleymusicianshof.com/GalleryMiscBands024.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:10 (fifteen years ago)

OREO SPEED COOKIE

http://www.wabashvalleymusicianshof.com/GalleryMiscBands052.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:12 (fifteen years ago)

hahaha brilliant

uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:17 (fifteen years ago)

at a local record store 25 years ago someone had modified reo speedwagon's divider label into "oreo speedcookie" in the vinyl bins. i thought it was just some clerk being snarky... THEY WERE REAL!

my stomach is full of anger. and pie. (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 16:42 (fifteen years ago)

I remember Salem Witchcraft from the 70's. (They were a Harpo's mainstay.) They ultimately shortened their name to Salem.

henry s, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:02 (fifteen years ago)

Holy shit how did I miss this thread yesterday. M Coleman where are you getting all these?

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:03 (fifteen years ago)

i n c r e d i b l e.

goole, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:05 (fifteen years ago)

impulse is my favorite

goole, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:06 (fifteen years ago)

Instant Classic Thread. Whew!

¿Can Your Gato Do the Perro? (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:11 (fifteen years ago)

The guy on the right in the Impulse photo!

Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:12 (fifteen years ago)

um, all the photos!

oreo speed cookie (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:13 (fifteen years ago)

Um... dude in the back right of Samson... with the shiny hair and the paisley shirt?

Would... errmmm... swyve.

procedurally generated todge (Masonic Boom), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:17 (fifteen years ago)

awesome thread

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:19 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.garagehangover.com/images4/JeanC/BarbaraAllenandtheTennesseeHotPants.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:20 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.wabashvalleymusicianshof.com/GalleryMiscBands012.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:22 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.wabashvalleymusicianshof.com/GalleryMiscBands033.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:23 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.wabashvalleymusicianshof.com/GalleryMiscBands049.jpg

gnarly sceptre, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:23 (fifteen years ago)

http://demokidblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/nightcrew_1970.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:25 (fifteen years ago)

http://demokidblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/pittsfamily_1978.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:26 (fifteen years ago)

<3 <3 <3 The Tennessee Hot Pants <3 <3 <3

what if "middlebrow" is pubes? (Matt P), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:27 (fifteen years ago)

that poor guy in the lower right from the Night Crew looks like a puppet or dummy or something!

oreo speed cookie (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:37 (fifteen years ago)

These bands all look like my uncle and his buddies.

― uNi-tArDs (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 15:58 (2 hours ago)

^^^

ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:46 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.garagehangover.com/images6/Factree/FactreePromoPhotoA.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 17:54 (fifteen years ago)

http://ropeadope.com/images/uploads/music-news_images/swedish-dance-bands-010.jpg

too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:07 (fifteen years ago)

http://pnwbands.com/SUNN4.jpg

too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:11 (fifteen years ago)

Query:

Were these band uniforms all hand made or was there a band uniform industry that died sometime in the 70's/80's?

Un peu d'Eire, ça fait toujours Dublin (Michael White), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:11 (fifteen years ago)

this thread is rad

my dream is to own a fly casino (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:14 (fifteen years ago)

mega-<3 Pitts' Dad rockin the double-neck SG!

Chewawa Allstar (herb albert), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:14 (fifteen years ago)

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs525.snc3/29875_1290790471710_1288707788_30730627_3029457_n.jpg

too rock for country/too country for rock & roll (m coleman), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:21 (fifteen years ago)

that's 80s surely?

hot as balls tho

goole, Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

after going thru a bunch of pics on gis, I think there should be another thread called Talent Show! in a few months

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:44 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.billythepocket.com/images/JonahsWhalepreHI.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:47 (fifteen years ago)

sorry for doublin' up on the pics but

http://www.billythepocket.com/images/JonahsWhalewithChuckW.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:48 (fifteen years ago)

http://pnwbands.com/easychair70gp.JPG

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:54 (fifteen years ago)

http://pnwbands.com/Airshow.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 22:55 (fifteen years ago)

http://pnwbands.com/JointEfforta.jpg

puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 27 July 2010 23:06 (fifteen years ago)

Haha the water aerobics class for old people at my local YMCA is called "Joint Effort."

sinister chemical wisdom (Jenny), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:17 (fifteen years ago)

Were the members of bar bands a lot older back then? Or do I just not pay attention to bar band members today?

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:16 (fifteen years ago)

pre-MTV

oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 05:06 (fifteen years ago)


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