Top 10 UK 70.s underground heavy progressive bands

[@alexhamilton4084]

1969 to 1971 was an awesome period in uk music.

[@voshche]

probably up to 1980

[@alexhamilton4084]

voshche NO, that god forsaken music “punk” came out in 1975 😱🤬

[@voshche]

​@@alexhamilton4084 what about Yes -Drama ,Iron Maiden ...?

[@indianmaid70]

1967 - 1973 I'd say

[@EvivOgaz]

Good Job ! Everyone on planet earth should need to hear about T2 and May Blitz. And anyone hearing it for the first time will not understand why it took so much time.

[@Pellefication]

'Tear Gas' is kinda funny...great band. They became 'The Sensational Alex Harvey Band' later. Love them!!

[@TheSnedderingYunk]

Real nostalgia here. I saw Stray and Edgar Broughton at the Dagenham Roundhouse in the early 70s. Great bands. In those days radio coverage of progressive rock, aside from John Peel's 2-hour long 'Top Gear' radio show on a Sunday afternoon, was virtually zero. Therefore, lots of great bands developed loyal followings through constant gigging, but were never really heard by the masses; eventually passing into obscurity. That's what makes uploads like this so important. Great stuff, thanks.

[@nedd.8479]

Some of my favourites in no particular order: Budgie Atomic Rooster Edgar Broughton Band The Groundhogs

[@skyhookCDN]

What a find... just downloaded it from itunes. excellent!!! Leaf Hound....

[@Sabredance66]

May Blitz made two amazing albums! I was in contact with Reid Hudson for quite sometime. He & James moved back to their native Canada. Reid told me that Tony (Tony Newman) was touring with the Everley Brothers. He send me a picture of a reunion (not musical) the three of them had... this must have been 10 years ago now! Stray was another great band... i saw them a few times. Del was always a nice guy! Great back catalog those guys have!

[@gainsbourg66]

Thanks, that is one amazing video you've made..the depth of talent around was unbelievable by todays standards

[@redshaftedflicker]

Geat, great bands. Thanks for the upload!

[@closedchannel2713]

Thanks for sharing all the great heavy mind melting riffs. I just can’t get enough of all of these great bands I still have lots to find. All I have is May Blitz, T2 , Stray, Leafhound and the rest I hope to find, Cheers Sean

[@1HandGuitar]

Very interesting collection of vids. This is the first youtube page I'm going to bookmark and check out exstensively. Right on man!

[@winparerurk6578]

What a collection! ❤thank you for sharing this.

[@1990-t1j]

Leaf Hound by far the best for me. Thanks for uploading this.

[@toneyisaiah408]

You can't deny them.

[@user-gb2im4yl6o]

It may or may not be 'prog', but it's a great list to reference for obscure early 70's U.K. rock. Thanks for posting.

[@Sabredance66]

Thanks for sharing! I had never heard Stonehouse or Zior. Atomic Rooster is a noticeable admission. May Blitz, T2 & Stray are amongst my fave ever bands!

[@johnstevens2680]

+Simon Wilson Atomic Rooster, not as obscure, In Hearing Of was pretty popular, they got pretty well known, great band!

[@robpattison6606]

ya .. no AR :( “ Black Snake hiding in the dead of night “ powerful stuff !

[@maraluciaduclosduclos7496]

Bandas que deixaram a sua luz para a memória dos sábios. Foi um passado muito magnífico. Bandas eternas e maravilhosas.

[@brianandanneaustin7866]

Way to go. I've got T2's album and I thought that it was probably the only copy left in existence. Good stuff.

[@paskiiainen]

This is the best recommendation video i've ever seen. Without this I wouldnt never have heard about these bands.

[@98nfccg]

@dyvelsten Thank you sir, i really appreciate you putting this video up. I consider myself a fan of early prog and am always looking for the heavier stuff in the style. Like king Crimson, camel, Van der Graaf generator and such but i have not heard of any of these bands. Thank you for expanding my horizons

[@bobgreen623]

Wot no Stray? Never made records that well, but live they were gerrreeeaaatt! Saw Mayblitz a few times, another great live band. Sqeet!

[@tutenvanman2715]

What about Pink Faries, Budgie, Hawkwind etc

[@PepperoniWolf]

Edgar Broughton Band should really be higher on this list.

[@fattwat1]

Out demons out

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Yup. Supported them several times and they were an amazing band.

[@nannaserrander]

Zamrock (Zambia) and I love WHITCH from60/70 💓🥰💓👏🏽

[@ZalMoxis]

Oh yeah!!! excellent.... love this stuff.... I have all of these...

[@thomashorine9198]

Necromandus would have made a nice addition.

[@ddave7026]

Andromeda..Wow! Hard and ambient texture..I will hunt down all their music now

[@davide4084]

+david h check out Atomic Rooster, the group ace guitarist John DuCann founded when he left Andromeda in 1970, try "I can't take no more" recorded in Berlin that year.

[@TheWattfour]

+David e Agree David, that Atomic Rooster should be checked out, but John Du Cann wasn't actually in their first line up. Vincent Crane, ex Crazy World Of Arthur Brown was the leader of the band.

[@tonygarcia179]

dyvelsten It’s been quite a few years since I recall first stumbling on your Top Ten list videos and I really gotta Thank you so much for introducing me to and sparking something within me an interest in these bands along with their music I’m sure I’m not the only one. I was hoping by now you would keep creating new videos of lists with these Obscure Classic bands, I’m sure you have more than ample supply of music and can create various more lists of various subjects. For example Top Ten or Twenty on the best albums by the obscure bands of each year then juxtaposed to that a video list of the Top Ten or Twenty popular albums of the same year. If you needed more ideas you could either ask the viewers which lists they’d like to see or contact me I have a few too. I hope this inspires you. Happy New Year and Keep on Rockin in the FREE WORLD !

[@rayrose4961]

I love finding out about new bands out of those 10 I thought stray was the most interesting and I plan to check them out Kudos on the video

[@richardsullivan3376]

I like. Becoming a big May Blitz and Leaf Hound fan.

[@RockOfAges94]

Someone needs to post the whole Love Gang-EBB! that song sounds great on here. Andromeda, T2, Tear Gas, Leaf Hound, all great bands here. Thanks!

[@borjelund2626]

Very interesting compilation!

[@euangaul7712]

Where's Iron Claw ?!

[@johnpastore7685]

I’m a painter totally rocks

[@rockyracoon3]

Thanks great recommendations!. discovered 2 great bands (T2, stray) throuh it!

[@TheSamgopal]

Brilliant stuff! Kind of expected The Sam Gopal featuring the young talent of Ian Wallis to be included but then that was '69, I realise.

[@jidissafi7413]

Edgar Broughton (if that's who's singing) has an Arthur Brown thing happening sometimes. - Not a complaint, I like AB. Looking forward to checking out some of these others - Thanks!

[@marcfedak]

Very interesting post dyvelsten. I liked the It'll All Work Out in Boomland song best, it sounds like the Yardbirds meeting Paul Revere and the Raiders.

[@mrchriswin]

If anyone is interested,the Leaf Hound album Growers of mushroom was released on CD in 2005 0n the Repertoire lable with bonus tracks.shouldn't be to hard to find.

[@sabalouie2000]

Great stuff!!!

[@Pellefication]

'T2'! Wonderful band!

[@RocknJazzer]

@captainbeyond51 May Blitz was a UK based band, whose guitarist and bassist were from canada...they both went to UK to form May Blitz in 69 there with a british drummer, and then play the UK scene (not in canada) so they were a UK based band made of 2 canadians and one brit.

[@metalwizard5502]

Thanks Master

[@vanglee9]

Bravo!!! Awesome list!! Leaf's Hound song is Stagnant Pool, not Stray.

[@grifftrain]

dyvelsten...i think you made a cool list. if you categorize music down to such specifics like Humberto wants you too, well, thats just ridiculous. I like the fact you turned me on to some bands I dont know much about, and thats cool to me

[@Groovy213]

All amazing bands!!!

[@BobTheRecordGuy]

thanks for making this list & post. everyone would make a different one but yours is great. and I understand that it's as much your personal faves as it is what you might think are the 'best'. I don't know what anybody else is complaining about - they should instead just go make their own posts. I knew 9 out of 10 of these bands so to me your list is logical and does contain pretty much 'the best' though I'd substitute a few. but these are UNDERGROUND, HEAVY, PROGRESSIVE. not PROG or SYMPHONIC.

[@tenorman57]

Top 10's are really really hard. I was around the scene at this time. Stray were a fantastic band from my home town. Personally I couldn't leave out Judas Priest who I used to go see at tiny venues like The Greyhound Hammersmith and The Marquee in Wardore St. They became one of the worlds biggest. Also I'd have to include Budgie. The Welsh 3 piece penned I think and performed the original and far superior Bread Fan

[@bakeone4406]

Dig the comments since they help throw light on some other great bands. Didn't see AFT, (Automatic Fine Tuning) listed...only made one album, they were mostly instrumental, maybe a bit like Wishbone Ash but with a heavier and more mechanical sound. Bands like Don Caballero (decades later) seem to have picked up where they left off.

[@kosycat1]

Aardvark, Ancient Grease very awesome heavily trippy albums especially Aardvark and Affinity

[@tryfan2101]

Atomic Rooster a shocking omission. And Hard Stuff (same DNA)

[@bobgreen623]

I never thought Stray recorded that well, but live they were a fucking riot

[@Sabredance66]

Hey Stray were great in the studio but I fully agree LIVE (Like BUDGIE) they were something else! I saw Stray live a number of times over the years despite only living in the UK for 1 year in the last 20 or so years! Del Bronham was a f--kin monster on stage and near flawless. Did you ever see BUDGIE? How good live were they!!!

[@bobgreen623]

Simon Wilson Funny, I never really went for Budgie that much so I never saw them, but yeah Del was a monster on stage, so was Steve.

[@nostromoau]

You're right. Their studio stuff seems over-produced.

[@TimJackson-eq6iy]

'twould be interesting to see how the members of each band progressed musically over the years, as there was a lot of raw talent.

[@FarfilicusStarship]

Awesome list!

[@colmschate1]

nice collection. gravy train or raw material could be in the list too.

[@vadzimaleksandrovic337]

Thanks indeed ☘️🌻🗡️... In my country I hadn't got any clue about so huge variety of heavy psycho those days... Except Stray I didn't know almost anything... Greetings from Belaruś ✌️✊❤️ Vitaņi ź Biełarùsi 🏳️🚩🏳️

[@CaseyVan]

Oh there was another band which was called Skid Row that had Gary Moore.

[@ianwilkinson4602]

IRISH

[@hg3x]

What about Atomic Rooster? they should be the number 1...

[@davide4084]

+hg3x I couldn't argue with that

[@dusan1449]

not a comment, sweat more

[@kosycat1]

well they did put Andromeda which is pre-atomic rooster, but yes agreed

[@davephare4151]

the only sane comment on the web today!

[@toneyisaiah408]

Hands down.

[@japagowtrio8008]

Good vid. Just confirms that living in the world of seventies rock and not ever coming out until things improve is the right strategy

[@carnichero]

a fine list!!

[@craigcrabfoot319]

Skid Row are an obvious omission, but Budgie should be in there. Apart from May Blitz and Stray, I think I'd rather listen to the Pink Fairies.

[@snakemanpete55]

@6FeetOfDirt ...i agree there are many others that could have been in, savoy brown, for example, and yeah id heard of exactly half of these only, but im surprised u dont know stray 6feet. started around 1966 and still going now, i saw them just about a month ago in bridgenorth shropshire. the have supported many big names,led zep, pink floyd etc, groundhogs etc, and the played isle of wight fest in 1970 alongside hendrix,free,fairport etc...

[@PhelanKell21]

Agreed, also The Groundhogs, King Crimson, and The Pretty Things

[@circean]

Could you include the song titles in the video description? I really like a lot of them and it would make them easier to find. I've just gone through a half a dozen Edgar Broughton Band songs trying to find that one. xD

[@kurtallanrandolph]

All have similar sounds except for one IMHO. T.2. is a clear standout. Unique time signatures, chord progressions and subdued but solid vocals. A true hidden treasure.

[@marcotron7288]

That is the only band who you can call "progressive" from that list...the rest is just heavy rock.

[@jeffthrow6892]

Cool list! How about Stackwaddy as well!

[@animangusz7505]

Does somebody know what song is playing at 7:04 (also atomic rooster definitely deserves a mention here listen to sleeping for years or seven lonely streets by them its seriously ludicrous)

[@crom666doom]

ahh, as you can imagine I had the choice of making an explosive expression of my delight at finding some prog new to me online, or making an informed and knowledgeable discussive comment, so I chose the former. Was chuffed to hear the Edgar Broughton Band's similarity to Clear Blue Sky, as they're from Warwick, just down the road from me. I'll not even start suggesting alternative pigeon holes for classifying some of these selections, as it's all obscure 70's rock to me - awesome/ unheard!

[@kozmicmong]

i gotta say,,,. although i have other bands too,,, this aint a bad comp.. nice one .

[@candymintz]

saw Stray 1970 Watford, UK

[@mrchriswin]

if anyone is interested the Leaf Hound album Growers of mushroom was reissued as a CD in 2005 with bonus tracks on the Repertoire lable.should not be to hard to find.

[@NaughtyDogRex]

awesome rare bands man

[@krytuesdaygiving]

Cool tracks, gherkamum

[@peterg.bassist]

Titus Groan - The Hall of Bright Carvings, and Bring Out Your Dead by Colosseum, are also brilliant UK 70s underground PROG bands.

[@eduardoandradelong]

Very Cool!

[@joeyrider]

Love your choice T 2 rule!! I would rate May Blitz higher and Patto is the missing one and yes Grouund hogs of course they were the best IMO

[@ThirdDimensionalBeing]

Damn had to dig deep to find gems this fucking great.

[@NeilThompson30]

Fairplay Dyvelsten - there's some great bands here - some that I've never heard before alongside class like Stray and Edgar Broughton Band. One band that would probably have made number 11 - Horse - their RCA album is a classic.

[@toulds]

T2 - Yea!!!!

[@zsoltbarkaszi9387]

Pink Fairies--Never Never Land,Human Beast,Elias Hulk,Dark,Soho Orange,Stud....etc.

[@gilbertbono7603]

Super! ;)

[@CorvetteBoyss]

You best man!

[@lanfear63]

I had seen Stray a few times in their heyday. Had an album or two. Was wondering if you had ever heard of the Pink Fairies. Certainly a contender in my opinion.

[@keithbemrose3876]

The Pink Fairies were previously The Deviants. I saw them at High Wycombe town hall in the early seventies. I seem to think that Mick Warren was their vocalist.

[@joeyrider]

Love your choice T 2 rule!! I would rate May Blitz higher and Patto is the missing ones

[@grifftrain]

anytime someone makes a list people are bound to say, "oh you forgot so and so, and these guys shouldnt be on the list". Dont worry about those people. You put a cool list together

[@kingofpunk1977]

A good video. Just out of interest how much did you pay for Leaf Hound?

[@hugobear1]

If you want to know more about this kind of thing check out the book Galactic Ramble (I am a co-author), the most exhaustive study of British Rock Music - there is a website too.

[@DiscipulaDomini]

...i like this...:)

[@gustavoautran]

thank you dyvelsten!

[@guitarrito55]

where is Armageddon UK 1975? good list. thanks.

[@TheFunkyKingston]

thanks!!!

[@정명경-r2n]

thanks~

[@Renegade12866]

Just got ahold of Stonehouse - Stonehouse Creek and it's a great album. All songs are good.

[@Renegade12866]

Good list, but what about Hard Stuff - Bulletproof.

[@laurenceskinnerton73]

Good.

[@Bluesbreakerfritzx]

T2. One of the best unknown bands ever.

[@zopilotepurpura9476]

Vamos a ver si he cierto!

[@coreeeey420]

Tear Gas kind of have the NWOBHM sound... I gotta find these albums. This stuff is awesome!

[@kosycat1]

Best part is you can listen to basically atomic rooster and leaf hound at the same time on cactus' last album lolol Listen To bad stuff on 'Ot 'n' Sweaty

[@pooritech]

that andromeda piece kills me!

[@Filpiovano]

great list, I would have added Atomic Rooster & Uriah Heep though, and placed May Blitz higher. Also, this list could not be complete without Budgie. (unless u don't consider them underground). If u ever do an American list, u MUST place Captain Beyond at least in the top 3 and Iron Butterfly in the top 5.

[@евгенийшалумов]

what is the name of the first? thanks