70s Hard Rock vs. 70s Punk

[Vincent Vega]

Which was the ultimate rock subgenre in the '70s?

[Zint]

Both were pretty damn cool.

[Powerage5]

80's hardcore was better than 70's punk rock.

[Vincent Vega]

80's hardcore was better than 70's punk rock.

Yeah but isn't the '70s stuff what started it all, what really launched the genre, it's the pure roots of it all?

[Zint]

A lot of 80's hardcore got very same-ish after a while.

70's punk was far more diverse and less constricted.

Both had a lot of cool shit though.

[MEXzilla]

Zep,Aerosmith,Queen,ACDC,Black Sabbath(if that counts), Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, ect. hard rock easily wins for me.

[moreblack]

Don't forget early Priest, Scorpions and Motorhead, as well as UFO, Heart, Rush and the Runaways.

Edited May 31, 2013 by moreblack

[MEXzilla]

true dat

[izzygirl]

AC/DC and Motorhead are enough to me to choose hard rock.

[Chewbacca]

Zep,Aerosmith,Queen,ACDC,Black Sabbath(if that counts), Ted Nugent, Thin Lizzy, ect. hard rock easily wins for me.

Don't forget early Priest, Scorpions and Motorhead, as well as UFO, Heart, Rush and the Runaways.

This.

[pepsicoca]

todd rundgren

[JKKDARK]

The Clash > 70s Hard Rock

Edited May 31, 2013 by JKKDARK

[moreblack]

todd rundgren

been meaning to check him out, any particular songs that should be heard first?

[pepsicoca]

todd rundgren

been meaning to check him out, any particular songs that should be heard first?

although he wrote some hits like "heavy metal kids", "hello, it's me", "i saw the light", "sons of 1984", it's better to approach him listening to his albums.

i started with "a wizard, a true star", it's a gem.

albums like "todd", "something" and "initiation" are great too.

rundgren also did some great hard-rock music with his band utopia.

[Georgy Zhukov]

The most one sided poll better.

[LightningBolt]

Lately my opinion on 70's (and 80's) hard rock has soured pretty considerably. There are plenty of genuinely good bands in the bunch, but I feel there's a general shallowness in a lot of it. I'm not a big fan of punk, but I probably would trade every 70's hard rock band in the world for The Clash.

[Georgy Zhukov]

The Clash is the one punk band that would stack up with any of the hard rock bands.

[Johnny Drama]

The Clash go in the same pile as The Eagles and Billy Joel for me. Boring as batshit.

[Iron MikeyJ]

Led zeppelin, pink floyd, van halen, queen, aerosmith, black sabbath, and others eat the clash for breakfast and shit out the sex pistols. The clash has what 3 songs that get played on classic rock radio? Van halen has more hits on their first album. I like punk, but it is highly overated by our uk posters.

[Georgy Zhukov]

What I like most about The Clash is they play their instrument.